Listen and answer the following questions by either choosing the correct answers or supplying your own answers in the space provided.. Your answers Part 2: Write the correct FORM of ea
Trang 1UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2011
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi : 23/11/2011 Đề thi có 15 trang , gồm 04 phần ( I, II, III và IV ) Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp lên đề thi ( ở những chổ dành sẵn ) Chữ ký Giám khảo I : Chữ ký Giám khảo II : Điểm từng câu Câu 1 ………
Câu 2 ………
Câu 3 ………
Câu 4 ………
Câu 5………
Câu 6………
Câu 7………
Câu 8………
Câu 9………
Câu 10…………
Tổng điểm ( số ) -
I LISTENING ( 4/20 points)
Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu
Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe
Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh ( bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe
Part 1: Questions 1 – 10
This is an introductory talk by a Student Information Officer Listen and answer the following questions by either choosing the correct answers or supplying your own
answers in the space provided ( You do not need to write full sentences.)
1 Overseas students will enroll on
SỒ PHÁCH
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B 16th February
C 17th February
D 18th February
2 Undergraduate students must enroll
A between 8.00 and 10.30 am
B between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm
C between 12.30 and 2.30 pm
D between 2.00 and 4.30 pm
3 The venue for enrolment is
A in the Mathematics Faculty
B on Level 158
C in Room C658
D in Room C6
4 At enrolment, all students
A must show a letter of acceptance from their faculty
B need not show their letter of acceptance
C need not bring any identification
D must prove their level of English proficiency
5 Students who have paid their fees
A should go to the International Students’ Office
B are guaranteed a place at university
C must get a bank cheque
D should pay a further $ 10,000
6 The student Card
A is issued before enrolment
B has the student’s identification number
C is issued by the Library
D is not laminated
7 During university term, the Library will be open
A from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
B from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm
C from 8.30 am to 9.00 pm
D from 4.00 pm to 9.30 pm
8 If anyone who hasn’t paid their fees for this semester yet, where should they go?
9 As regards paying the fees, what is a word of advice?
10 Why don’t you have to bring a photo for Student Cards?
Because the enrolling officer will _ and put it on the card, so it’s all done at once
Part 2 : Questions 11 – 25
Listen to a newsreader talk about a disaster and fill in the missing information in the numbered space
Severe storms hit the western areas of the city last night, leaving (11)
of destruction and at least a hundred homes without power or running water
Dozens of families were left homeless when the roofs of their houses (12) were
_ away
Many of the areas hit were the same ones badly affected by (13) _
last week
In Macquarie Street, the council car park was completely (14) _
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_ and into a large stormwater drain
A separate storm (16) _ through the Federation Botanical Park
It uprooted at least (17) _ ; many of them were over a hundred years old
In Menal, several trees were found lying on parked cars, causing an insurance bill that will run into the (18) _ of dollars
Winds were recorded at speeds of over (19) _ kilometers an hour People were trapped in cars for up to an hour because the (20) _ had left them stranded in swollen creeks, amidst a sea of debris
There were (21) _ of cars being piled one on top of the other
In Lucas Heights a tree fell on a mini-bus that was taking the (22) _ soccer team to training Luckily all but the driver escaped serious injury
The (23) _ is in an (24) _ condition in Westmead Hospital
For tomorrow, weather reports predict improved conditions, with clear skies and an expected (25) _ temperature in the city of 14, Helen Brookes reporting for ILTC RADIO NEWS
Part 3: Questions 26 - 40
You will hear a conversation between a representative of an insurance company and a person who wishes to apply for life insurance While you listen to the conversation, complete the
person’s application form by either circle the choice or by supplying the information
Swallow Life Insurance
Name of Applicant
(26) ………
………
………
………
Postcode (28)
………
Age (29)
………
Height (30)
………
Weight (31)
………
Marital Status (32)
………
Single Married Divorced Widowed
MEDICAL HISTORY
Serious illness
(33) ………
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is not described as
serious illness by the
interviewer?
measles, kidney disorder, pneumonia, cancerous growth
(34) ………
Major surgical
Any current medical
Is applicant’s father or
mother dead ?
Father Mother (37) ………
If so, at what age did
he/she die? Why?
Age: (38)
………
Cause of Death: (39)
………
Is the applicant
currently a smoker?
Yes No (40) ………
II LEXICO - GRAMMAR ( 6/20 pts.)
Part 1 : Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence Write your answer ( A, B, C, or D ) in the numbered box
41 In the last century, it was widely ……… that Indian fakirs were capable of
superhuman feasts
42 We may win, we may lose – it’s just the ……… of the draw!
43 Claims for compensation could ……… run into billions of pounds
44 Trespassers will be ………
A perpetrated B persecuted C proscribed D prosecuted
45 A traveler looks down on anyone who seems to be a(n) ………tourist
46 We welcome the new regulations, which become ……… on the first of next month
A effective B efficient C efficacious D effete
47 He’ll never be able to come ……… with his failure to win the tournament
48 He’s on his own now – he’ll have to ………… his own canoe!
49 Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ………… 25 years
50 People who are squeamish are afraid of the ………… of blood
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Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided
in the column on the right ( 0) has been done as an example
Your answers
There is (0) _ (WIDTH) cross-cultural variation in the
social rules governing the selection of a partner for marriage There is
variation in the degree to which (51) _ (PART) selection is an
individual decision by the partners or a collective decision by the partners
kin groups, and there is variation in the rules (52) _
(REGULATIONS) which partners are valid (53) _ (CHOOSE)
In many societies the choice of partner is limited to suitable persons from
specific social groups In some societies the rule is that a partner is
selected from an individual's own social group - endogamy, this is the case
in many class and caste based societies But in other societies a partner
must be chosen from a different group than one's own - exogamy, this is
the case in many societies practicing totemic religion where society is (54)
_ (DIVISION) into several exogamous totemic clans, such as
most aboriginal Australian societies In other societies a person is
expected to marry their cross-cousin, a woman must marry her father's
sister's son and a man must marry his mother's brother's daughter - this is
often the case if either a society has a rule of tracing kinship (55)
_ (EXCLUSION) through patrilineal or matrilineal descent
groups as among the Akan people of Africa Another kind of marriage
selection is the levirate marriage in which widows are obligated to marry
their husband's brother, this is mostly found in societies where kinship is
based on endogamous clan groups
In other cultures with less strict rules governing the groups from
which a partner can be chosen the selection of a marriage partner may
involve either the couple going through a selection process of (56)
_ (COURT) or the marriage may be arranged by the couple's
parents or an outside party, a matchmaker
A pragmatic (or 'arranged') marriage is made easier by formal
procedures of family or group politics A responsible authority sets up or
(57) _ (COURAGE) the marriage; they may, indeed, engage a
professional matchmaker to find a suitable spouse for an (58) _
(MARRY) person The authority figure could be parents, family, a
religious official, or a group consensus In some cases, the authority figure
may choose a match for purposes other than marital (59) _
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In rural Indian villages, child marriage is also practiced, with parents
at times arranging the wedding, sometimes even before the child is born
This practice is now (60) _ (LEGAL) under the Child Marriage
Restraint Act In some societies ranging from Central Asia to the
Caucasus to Africa, the custom of bride kidnapping still exists, in which a
woman is captured by a man and his friends
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Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes Underline the mistakes and correct them
in the space provided in the column on the right ( 0) has been done as an example Your answers
English is an West Germanic language that originated from the
Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from
various parts of that is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands
Initially, Old English was a divert group of dialects, reflecting the varied
origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England One of these dialects,
Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate
The original Old English language was then influential by two further
waves of invasion: the first by speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the
Germanic language family, which conquered and colonized parts of
Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries; the latter by the Normans in the 11th
century, who spoke Old Norman and ultimately developed an English
variety of this called Anglo-Norman These two invasions caused English
to become "mixed" to any degree
Cohabitation with the Scandinavians resulted in a significant
grammatical simplification and lexical enrichment of the Anglo-Frisian
core of English; the later Norman occupation led to the grafting onto that
Germanic core of a more elaborate layer of works from the Romance
languages (Latin-based languages) This Norman influence entered
English large through the courts and government Thus, English
developed into a "borrowing" language of great flexibility, resulted in an
enormous and varied vocabulary
0 an → a
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Part 4 : Supply the correct form of the VERB in brackets to complete the passage Write your answer in the numbered box
Learners of English often have difficulty ( 71 MANIPULATE) the various ways
in which English uses the first auxiliary verb of a tense These include negation (e.g He hasn't been drinking.), inversion with the subject (72 FORM) a question (e.g Has he been drinking?), short answers (e.g Yes, he has.) and tag questions (has he?) A further complication is that the dummy auxiliary verb do /does /did is added (73 FULFIL) these functions in the simple present and simple past, but not for the verb to be
Word derivation in English requires a lot of rote (74 LEARN) For example, an
adjective can be (75 NEGATE) by using the prefix un- (e.g unable), in- (e.g inappropriate), dis- (e.g dishonest), or a- (e.g amoral), or through the use of one of a myriad
related but rarer prefixes, all modified versions of the first four
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The (79 SPELL) system causes problems in both directions - a learner may know
a word by sound but not be able to write it correctly (or indeed find it in a dictionary), or they may see a word written but (80 NOT, KNOW) how to pronounce it or mislearn the pronunciation
Your answers
Part 5: Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or particles in the box Use each word only ONCE and write your answer in the numbered box ( Please note that the given words outnumber the gaps)
81 Leaving fingerprints _ was very foolish
82 Doctors advice people who are deficient _ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables
83 As his aunt’s only beneficiary, he came _ a fortune on her death
84 On returning home, Peter discovered _ his horror that the pipes had burst and the entire house was flooded
85 The police held the two suspects for further questioning because their stories did not tie _ with each other
86 She has been a bit _ the weather recently She has not been very well
87 When he came _ after the operation, he had absolutely no idea where he was
88 He has been harboring his grievances _ his boss
89 _ length, the bus arrived, forty minutes late
90 He is _ disgrace with his father because he told a lie
Your answers
III : READING ( 4/20 points )
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer ( A, B, C, or D ) best fits each gap Write your answer in the numbered box ( 0) has been done as an example
Trang 8(0.) _ developing countries, the (91.) _ and seriousness of the problems faced are naturally greater People in more remote or agrarian areas are sometimes unaware of the importance of education However, many countries have an active Ministry of Education, and in many subjects, such as foreign language learning, the degree of education is actually much higher than in industrialized countries; for example, it is not at all (92.) _ for students in many developing countries to be reasonably fluent in multiple foreign languages, (93.) _ this is much more of a rarity in the supposedly "more educated" countries where (94.) _ of the population is in fact monolingual
Universal primary education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals and great improvements have been (95.) _ in the past decade, yet a great deal (96.) _
to be done Researchers at the Overseas Development Institute indicate the main obstacles to greater funding from donors (97.) _ donor priorities, aid architecture, and the lack of evidence and advocacy Additionally, Transparency International has identified corruption in the education sector as a major stumbling block to achieving Universal primary education in Africa Furthermore, demand in the developing world for improved educational access is not as high as one would expect as governments avoid the (98.) _ costs involved and there
is economic pressure on those parents who prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education Recent studies on child labor and poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic (99.) _ where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been (100.) _, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school
0 A At
91 A amount
92 A unkind
93 A as
94 A far
95 A achieved
96 A keeps
97 A comprise of
98 A current
99 A altitude
100 A accessed
B By
B figure
B ordinary
B since
B nearly
B attained
B remains
B consist of
B emergent
B ceiling
B breached
C In
C number
C usual
C when
C many
C obtained
C stay
C contain
C recurrent
C summit
C failed
D On
D quantity
D uncommon
D whereas
D much
D reached
D still
D include
D urgent
D threshold
D terminated
Your answers
(0) C
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G for each gap from 101 to 107 (There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.) Then, choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the questions from 108 to 110 Write your answer in the numbered box
For adults who remain vivaciously childlike in old age, there has to be a sustained enthusiasm for some aspect of life (101) ……… If they are forcibly retired they should immerse themselves in some new, absorbing activity
Some people are naturally more physically active than others, and are at a considerable advantage providing their activities are not the result of stress (102) ……… The more earnest ageing exercisers display a conscious or unconscious anxiety about their health If they take exercise too seriously it will work against them Older individuals who take up intensive athletic activity are usually people who fear declining health Yet it is crucial that physical exercise – as we grow past the young sportsman stage – should be extensive rather than intensive and, above all, fun
A calm temperament favours longevity Those who are sharply aggressive, emotionally explosive or naggingly anxious are at a grave disadvantage (103) ………
Relaxation does not contradict the idea of passionate interest Indeed, zest for living, eagerness
to pursue chosen subjects are vital in long life
Thinking about the ‘good old days’, complaining about how the world is deteriorating, criticising the younger generations, are sure signs of an early funeral
Being successful is a great life-stretcher, and can even override such life-shorteners as obesity and fondness for drink (104) ……… And success must always be
measured in personal terms A hill-shepherd may feel just as successful in his own way as a Nobel Laureate
Long-lived individuals seem to be more concerned with what they do than who they are They live outside themselves rather than dwelling on their own personalities
In personal habits, the long-lived are generally moderate Extremes of diet are not common A mixed diet seems to favour longevity (105) ……… Many long-lived individuals enjoy nicotine and alcohol - in moderation
Most long-lived people have a sense of self-discipline (106) ……… The man who lives long because he walks a mile a day does so because he does it every day, as part
of an organised existence
Over and over, during my researches, it emerged that long life goes with a “twinkle in the eye” (107) ……… The sour-faced puritan and the solemn bore soon begin to lose ground, leaving their more amused contemporaries to enjoy the last laugh
Finally, nothing is to be gained by a head-in-the-sand avoidance of the facts of life and death The healthiest solution is to accept that one’s span on Earth is limited and then to live every day, in the present, and to the full
(Desmond Morris: The Book of Ages)
A But it is important to make a distinction between calmly relaxed and passively lazy
B Puritanical arguments about smoking and drinking have little to support them
C People who want a long life with an alert old age should never retire
D But, in gaining success, individuals should not overstress themselves
E A sense of humour, impishness, a feeling that life is fun, are strong weapons against ageing
F Such activities as walking and gardening prolong life spectacularly because they are ‘non-intensive’ forms of all-over bodily movement
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108 Which sentence is the counter statement of “ Some people are naturally more
physically active than others, and are at a considerable advantage providing their
activities are not the result of stress”?
A If they are forcibly retired they should immerse themselves in some new, absorbing activity
B If they take exercise too seriously it will work against them
C Older individuals who take up intensive athletic activity are usually people who fear
declining health
D Yet it is crucial that physical exercise – as we grow past the young sportsman stage – should
be extensive rather than intensive and, above all, fun
109 What is implied in “A hill-shepherd may feel just as successful in his own way as a Nobel
Laureate.”?
A A hill-shepherd may feel successful as he wins the Nobel Prize
B Success must always be measured in personal terms
C Being successful is a great life-stretcher, and can even override such life-shorteners
D A baccalaureate graduate may get the Nobel Prize as successfully as a hill-shepherd
110 What is the best title for the passage?
A How to live to be a hundred
B Ageing persons should always exercise and keep a proper diet
C Enthusiasm, longevity, retirement and discipline
D Life-stretchers and life-shorteners are sometimes sustainable
Your answers
Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 111 to 120
Sand Dunes
A sand dune is a geological feature that is simply a mound of sand that has formed due
to wind erosion called the Eolian processes The shape and size of a sand dune is entirely dependant on the wind and can differ in look from the other adjoining sand dunes Although they can differ, there are some standard descriptive terms that apply to all types of sand dunes: the slack is the valley between two adjoining sand dunes while a dune field refers to a landscape filled with dunes If a dune field is particularly large, it is referred to as an erg The side of a dune is known as a slipface
The two most common places that sand dunes are found are along coastal regions or inland in large, dry regions such as deserts Along the coasts, sand dunes protect the land against stormy seas and subsequent erosion Although the conditions sound harsh, many kinds
of seaweed and seabirds find coastal dunes to be an ideal habitat while many forms of cacti, snakes, and spiders find the conditions of desert dunes to be ideal
There are a variety of dune shapes, each caused in part by the vigor and direction of the wind and the landscape that surrounds it The most common dune shape is the crescent dune This type of dune is generally wider than long and is formed when the wind blows continuously from one direction Star-shaped dunes are very symmetrical, with three or more sides that radiate down from a high peak This kind of dune is common in deserts, such as the Grand Erg Oriental in the Sahara, due to winds shifting in various directions This dune grows upwards as opposed to laterally Reversing dunes are the ones that come in varying shapes and sizes due to a periodic reversal of wind direction