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1 Sở GD&ĐT Quảng Ninh K THI LP I TUYN HC SINH GII CP TNH LP 12 THPT NM HC 2010-2011 Đề thi chính thức ( thi cú 12 trang) H, tờn v ch ký ca hai giỏm th Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề SBD: 1: Ngày thi: 15/11/2010 Họ, tên thí sinh: Số phách: Ngày sinh: 2: Nơi sinh: Học sinh trng: Điểm bài thi: Bằng số: . (Bằng chữ: ) H, tờn v ch ký ca hai giỏm kho: 1: 2: Số phách: Ghi chú: Thí sinh trả lời ngay vào bi thi này. Nếu viết sai phải gạch bỏ rồi viết lại. I. LISTENING (3,0 points) Activity 1: Listen to the director of the college talking about the school then answer the questions by circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the right answer and complete the statements below. Use no more than THREE WORDS for each space. 1. The colleges firm aim is to be a __________________________ institution. 2. The college judges people on their __________________________ and commitment to study as much as __________________________. 3. Which statement about the students that the director has mentioned? A. Some students are seeking specific skills. B. Some are learning about the latest scientific knowledge. C. Some are seeking to develop their artistic abilities. D. Some are stretching their bodies. 4. How many teachers and staff are there at the college? A. 500 B. 800 C. 1,000 D. 1,500 5. Which word best describes the directors speech? A. Informative B. Depressing C. Inspiring D. Amusing 6. Is it a congratulation speech? Indicate whether the following statements are accurate or not by writing "A" for the accurate statement; write "I" for inaccurate one and write "N" for no information. ____ 7. You may find a suitable course at the polytechnic college. ____ 8. The college specializes in a narrow range of subject areas. ____ 9. The college has a homogeneous student body. ____ 10. The college has the longest history of any school. 2 Activity 2: You are going to hear four people asking for or giving information about flying. Listen and write "T" next to the sentence bellow if it is true and write "F" if it is false. ____ 1. The first speaker wants to spend a week in Canada. ____ 2. The charter flight to Toronto costs £450. ____ 3. The second speaker is extremely worried about possible delays. ____ 4. Her flight leaves Corfu at 3.23 on Saturday 25 th . ____ 5. The third speaker has only got hand luggage. ____ 6. He'd prefer a no-smoking seat. ____ 7. The fourth speaker plans to travel alone. ____ 8. She is booking only just in time. Activity 3: You are going to hear two friends, Scott and Melissa, discussing fitness centre in their area. Listen and complete the information in the table below. Name What's available Price Where Phone number 1. Sweatshop (1) weights (2) Town centre (3) 2. (4) gym, (5) , yoga £180 a year Near station (6) 3. (7) (8) , sauna (9) , aerobics free car park (10) Out of town II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5,0 points) Activity 1. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the right word to complete the sentences below. 1. General Custer was confident of victory despite being vastly _______ by the enemy. A. outnumbered B. outclassed C. overcome D. overtaken 2. The ministry refused to ________ the figures to the press. A. release B. leak C. show D. add 3. Steve _______ his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question. A. threw out B. threw off C. threw away D. threw in 4. Mr. Jones gave his sons some money to _______ them up in business. A. get B. set C. put D. make 5. _______ comes a time when you have to make a decision and stick to it. A. It B. Therefore C. There D. That 6. James had, _______, saved the manuscript of his first novel from the burning house. A. lastly B. at last C. lately D. at least 7. Mr Nixon refused to answer the questions on the __________ that the manner was confidential. A. reasons B. excuses C. grounds D. foundations 8. The lawyer insisted that his client _______ never have been arrested in the first place. A. should B. must C. ought D. would 9. As they came under heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to _______. A. fall away B. fall back C. fall over D. fall out 3 10. Can you take ______ of the shop while Mr. Bentall is away? A. management B. running C. charge D. operation 11. Jack and Christine wondered how the rumours had begun to _______. A. disseminate B. spread C. run D. develop 12. The forecasters take a glommy ________ of the economic future. A. regard B. aspect C. view D. outlook 13. I wish the neighbours _______ making so much noise. A. would stop B. will stop C. stopping D. stopped 14. Every worker gets an extra month’s salary as an end-of-year _______. A. bonus B. addition C. reward D. donation 15. At the scene of the disaster the Prince said some comforting words to the _______ relatives. A. lamenting B. wailing C. complaining D. grieving Activity 2. Write the correct form of each word in capital letters on the right in the numbered spaces provided. (0) has been done as an example. ANCIENT PARK UNDER THREAT Pontefract Heritage Group is so concerned with the level of (0) vandalism at their ancient park that it has written to Council Leader Peter Box asking him to tackle the (1) ________________ worrying problem. In one of the most recent incidents, eight birch, ash and maple trees were sawn down. Pontefract’s bowling’s club is planning to create an (2) _________________ zone by fencing off the greens to prevent further (3) ________________ damage to them. These attacks come hot on the heels of damage inflicted on Pontefract Castle by gangs of youths who have ripped masonry (4) ___________________ from the ruins. Michael Holdsworth, Chairman of the Heritage group, yesterday commented: "(5) __________________ damage has occurred over several years in the gardens and action taken to stop the culprits entering at night has so far been (6) __________________. And it’s not just the bad (7) __________________ of teenagers which is wreaking havoc with the gardens. Adults misuse them too in the daytime by parking on the grass and flower-beds." Earlier this year, English Heritage gave the gardens Grade II status a site of (8) __________________ interest in a national register of parks and gardens. The gardens date back to the thirteenth century, when the land formed part of the monastery gardens of Pontefract’s Dominican Friary. Earning a place in the register means that the local council is required to make (9) ____________________ for the protection of the gardens. (10) _____________________, this means that more instrument is now needed to tackle the problems facing the gardens and provide much-needed facilities. 0. VANDAL 1. INCREASE 2. EXCLUDE 3. EXTEND 4. DISCRIMINATE 5. NOTICE 6. EFFECT 7. BEHAVE 8. HISTORY 9. PROVIDE 10. UNDERSTAND Activity 3. In the following passage, there are 15 mistakes left. Read the passage carefully then underline them and correct all the words in the spaces. Line 2 is an example. 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Lies, damned lies and awkward statistics temper the mood of the week as we listen the lastest snapshot of the country with the publication of Social Trends 22. For as their statistics chronicle when are probably the most rapid social changes in British history, we are surrounded by forces which will say black is white, if necessary, in order to deny the evidence through the figures. Basically what the survey tells them is this: marriage is in steep decline, divorce the highest outside Europe, marriage declining further still. Single persons living alone now account of more than a quarter of all households, lone-parent households are on the rise, and although the majority of parents stay still married, an astonishing 28 % of babies are now born without wedlock. Put all these in and you may be shaken, if not stirred. But then consider the more extraodinary figure of all. The percentage of households now living Kelloggs Comflakes style, with a married husband and stay-at-home-with-the-kids wife, is actually just a fraction over seven percent, but around 1,4m of our 19,5m households. In 1979, when the first statistics became available, the figure stood at nearly 12%, and since to there has been a persistent downward trend. It means, in other words, the dear little nuclear reactor, which was born of-and for-the industrial revolution, had gone. It did not even last 200 years. RIP. Your answers: Line Line 1. 11. 2. Example: listen – see 12. 3. 13. 4. 14. 5. 15. 6. 16. 7. 17. 8. 18. 9. 19. 10. Activity 4. Fill in each of the sentences below with one phrasal verb by combining the verb “GO” or “TAKE” with one preposition in the box. Pay attention to the form of the verb in each sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided. down apart in down off off up ahead for away 1. I had to wait for permission from the town Council before I could ……………… … with my plans. 2. The alarm ……………….…. when the burglars tried to open the door. 3. He really ……………………. her when she dared to criticize him. 4. The price of tomatoes usually …………….… … in summer in England. 5. I’m not very fit, so I’ve decided .……………………. an active hobby such as squash or jogging. 6. Why have you ………… …….… all the pictures in the sitting room? Because I’m going to decorate it. 5 7. The new pizza restaurant is a great success. It’s really …………………… . 8. This skirt is very loose. I think I’ll have to ………… it …………. at the waist. 9. I ……… …. the camera ………….… from my eye and gazed unbelievingly. 10. Most of these machines have to be …………………… to be cleaned. III. READING (6,0 points) Activity 1. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the right word to complete the passage below. Julie always thought of herself as an easy going and (1) ….…. person, who put up with people’s differences. She hardly ever became (2) ….…. about anything, and believed that if you treated people well, they would (3) …… with you. That is, until Alex and Harry moved in next door. At first, when their music woke her in the night, she was just a bit (4) …… , but didn’t feel (5) …… . She shrugged her (6) …… and said to herself, “Never mind, I make a lot of noise sometimes. I’ll go round and (7) …… in a way as nice as possible.” When she knocked at Alex and Harry’s door she said, “I’m not very (8) …… on very loud music, to be (9) …… . Do you think you could turn it down a bit?” They just (10) …… , and then Alex said, “You can think whatever you like, as far as we’re (11) …… ” then they shut the door in Julie’s face. By the end of the week, Julie felt angry, but was determined not to (12) …… her temper. She had hardly slept, and kept (13) …… all the time, but she kept busy. The next time she called next door, she gave Harry and Alex a present. “It’s just a cake I made for you. Please (14) …… my apologies for the last time.” And that day the noise stopped. “What a (15) …… ”, thought Julie. “Now there’s some please and quiet and I can read my favourite book” “The history of poison”. 1. A. dull B. glad C. quarrelsome D. tolerant 2. A. upset B. helpful C. fascinating D. careless 3. A. scream B. like C. co-operate D. mind 4. A. furious B. irritated C. annoying D. thrilled 5. A. realistic B. guilty C. conscience D. offended 6. A. shoulders B. arms C. hands D. head 7. A. cry B. quarrel C. complain D. fall out 8. A. interested B. like C. happy D. keen 9. A. loud B. honest C. upset D. nervous 10. A. whispered B. cried C. waved D. grinned 11. A. concerned B. determined C. decided D. embarrassed 12. A. have B. lose C. shout D. break 13. A. blushing B. snoring C. yawning D. growling 14. A. accept B. take C. attempt D. invite 15. A. believe B. naughty C. shame D. relief Activity 2. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the text below. For over two hundred years, scholars have shown an interest in the way children learn to speak and understand _______________ (1) first language. Several small-scale studies were ________________ (2) out, especially towards the end of the nineteenth century, using data recorded in parental diaries. But detailed, systematic investigation did not begin _________________ (3) the middle decades of the twentieth century, when the tape recorder ________________(4) into routine use. This made ________________ (5) possible to keep a permanent record of samples of child speech, so that analysts ________________(6) listen repeatedly to obscure sounds _________________ (7) thus produce a detailed and accurate description. 6 The problems _________________ (8) have to be solved when investigating child speech are quite different from _________________ (9) encountered when working with adults. It is not possible to carry out some kinds of experiments, because aspects of children's cognitive development, _______________ (10) as their ability to _________________ (11) attention or to remember instructions, may not be very advanced. Nor is it easy to get children to _________________ (12) systematic judgements about language - a _______________ (13) that is virtually impossible below the age of three. Moreover, ________________ (14) who has tried to make a tape recording of a representative sample of a child's speech knows _________________ (15) frustrating this can be. Some children, it seems, are innately programmed to _________________ (16) off as soon as they notice a tape recorder being switched on. Activity 3. Read the passage and answer the questions. Write the name of the country next to each question. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY A. Denmark. “Although foreigners living in Denmark often complain of nine months of winter and 12 months of high taxation, a survey of 124 nations conducted by Pennsylvania University ranks the country first in the world for quality of life. This has come as something of a surprise to most of Denmark's five million inhabitants who see their country's liberal image threatened by rising economic problems, racial tension caused by the arrival of Middle Eastern refugees and social unrest. But recent EEC polls also show the Danes as the most happy of all people in the Community, even if they do not wish to become too closely involved in it.” B. France. France, it would appear, is a nation that lives and dies for its automobile. "France has the most deadly roads in Europe. 11,000 are killed every year, and nearly 200,000 injured. It also has the rudest and most aggressive drivers. One third of drivers admitted that they sometimes shouted insults at other drivers. The worst offenders were drivers in the professional and senior white-collar classes and drivers aged from 18 to 34. Another major hazard on French roads are traffic jams, and they are getting worse. Three-quarters of French families own at least one car, and one in four owns two or more cars. Returning to Paris after a weekend in the country has become a nightmare with regular traffic jams of more than 30 kilometres." C. Italy. Italy is pictured as a place where public money always ends up in private pockets. “At a hospital in Sicily the windows are broken, the beds have no sheets and the patients ragged and barefoot. Yet according to the hospital's accounts, the patients gobble kilos of Parmesan cheese and consume litres of olive oil every day. Meanwhile Italy's railways have added up huge expenses on luxury travel and hotel suites for hundreds of employees to attend a transport exhibition in Vancouver. The delegation included wives, girlfriends, secretaries and executives who never set foot in Canada but went directly to Florida or the Bahamas.” D. Spain. In Spain, “ the preferred form of exercise is `Iberian yoga'. It involves stretching your stomach muscles to the maximum round a four-course meal and a bottle of wine. The exercise is difficult without wine as the sportsman is afterwards required to lie flat on his back and empty his mind of all useful thought. It takes about two hours to perform this, and at the end, a Spaniard may or may not feel the urge to return to his job that afternoon. The most beneficial effect of the yoga is that once rested, the Spaniard is strong enough to stay out until two in the morning, eating fried squid and gossiping with his friends.” 7 E. Germany. The Germans are presented not just as nationalists, but as a bunch of nationalist beer-drinkers. “We are not going to drink that imported stuff. The beer has got to be pure. I have been a regular in this pub for 35 years and I don't know a single person who would drink it. It's all chemicals. The beer-drinkers of West Germany are agreed. The European Court can force them to let that nasty foreign beer into their country, but it cannot make them drink it. Beer makes up a quarter of the average German man's diet. Therefore the additives used in other countries could endanger his health. At least, so runs the argument put forward by the Bavarian brewers.” Of which country is it said that people ? 1. shout insults at each other 2. go to bed late 3. are contented 4. confuse public and private money 5. have a liquid diet 6. complain about the weather 7. take a long time getting home at the weekend 8. don't want additives 9. have a high quality of life 10. like to rest in the afternoon 11. rob the government Activity 4. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answers. The United States Constitution established a political system comprising a national and federal government. The new federal system accommodated the thirteen original state governments while establishing new bodies and powers designed to address national concerns. The national government created by the union of states stood above the state governments in specific national matters while acknowledging the role of the states or sharing power with them in other areas. State officials were required to take an oath to support the Constitution and the laws and treaties made under it as the supreme law. The constitution, a veritable work of genius, greatly enhanced the power of central government but carefully divided its functions into three distinct branches- executive, legislative, and judicial. The principle of separation of powers was applied throughout the document. Carefully measured checks and balances were inserted to prevent the acquisition or concentration of power in any one branch and also for the purpose of protecting minority nights from the potential rule of the majority. In their powers to amend the constitution and to elect the president and members of the Senate, the states also gained a role in applying checks and balances. 1. In line 6, the word “them” refers to A. national matters C. state officials B. the states D. national and federal government 2. According to the passage, state officials were required to take an oath to A. recognize the Constitution as a work of genius B. share power with the federal government C. support the Constitution D. protect minority rights 3. The word “amend” in line 14 could best be replaced by A. change B. balance C. enhance D. construct 4. The author of the passage is probably an expert in A. social science B. minority issues C. public housing D. political science 8 5. What is the author’s main purpose in the passage? A. to discuss one of the principal elements of the Constitution B. to mention the roles of state officials in government C. to persuade the state legislators to support the Constitution D. to summarize the role of the Senate. Activity 5. Read the following passage and answer the questions. TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES In the 19 th century, an American academic, Newman, characterized a university as: “a place of teaching universal knowledge (a place for) the diffusion and extension of knowledge rather than its advertisement.” Newman argued that if universities were not for teaching but rather for scientific discovery, then they would not need students. Interestingly, during this century, while still teaching thousands of students each year, the resources of most universities have been steadily channeled away from teaching into research activities. Most recently, however, there have been strong moves in both North America and the United Kingdom to develop initiatives that would enhance the profile of the teaching institutions of higher education. In the near future, therefore, as well as the intrinsic rewards gained from working with students and the sense that they are contributing to their overall growth development, there should soon be extrinsic rewards in the form of job promotion, for those pursuing academic excellence in teaching in universities. In the future, there will be more focus in universities on the quality of their graduates and their progression rates. Current degree courses, whose assessment strategies require students to learn by rote and reiterate the course material, and which do not require the student to interact with the material, or construct a personal meaning about it or even to understand the discipline, are resulting in poor learning outcomes. This traditional teaching approach doesn’t take into account modern theories of education, the individual needs of the learner, nor his or her prior learning experience. In order for universities to raise both the quality and status of teaching, it is first necessary to have some kind of understanding of what constitutes good practice. A 1995 report, complied in Australia, lists, eight qualities that researches agree are essential to good teaching. Good teachers A. are themselves good learners - resulting in teaching that is dynamic, reflective and constantly evolving as they learn more and more about teaching; B. display enthusiasm for their subject and the desire to share it with their students; C. recognize the importance of context and adjust their teaching accordingly; D. encourage deep learning approaches and are concerned with developing their students’ critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills and problem-approach behaviors; E. demonstrate an ability to transform and extend knowledge, rather than merely transmit it; F. recognize individual differences in their students and take advantage of these; G. set clear goals, use valid assessment techniques and provide high-quality feedback to their students; H. show respect for, and interest in, their students and sustain high expectations of them. 9 In addition to aiming to engage students in the learning process, there is also a need to address the changing needs of the market place. Because in many academic disciplines the body of relevant knowledge is growing at an exponential rate, it is no longer possible, or even desirable, for an individual to have a complete knowledge base. Rather, it is preferable that he or she should have an understanding of the concepts and the principles of the subject, have the ability to apply this understanding to new situations and have the wherewithal to seek out the information that is needed. As the world continues to increase in complexity, university graduates will need to be equipped to cope with rapid changes in technology and to enter careers that may not yet be envisaged, with change of profession being commonplace. To produce graduates equipped for this workforce. It is essential that educators teach in ways that encourage learners to engage in deep learning which may be built upon in the late years of their course, and also be transferred to the workplace. The new role of the university teacher, then, is one that focuses on the students’ learning rather than the instructor's teaching. The syllabus is more likely to move from being a set of learning materials made up of lecture notes, to a set of learning materials made of print, cassettes, disks and computer programs. Class contact hours will cease to be the major determinant of an academic workload. The teacher will then be released from being the sole source of information transmission and will become instead more a learning manager, able to pay more attention to the development and delivery of education rather than content. Student-centered learning activities will also require innovative assessment strategies. Traditional assessment and reporting has aimed to produce a single mark or grade for each student. The mark is indented to indicate three things: the extent to which the learned material was mastered or understood; the level at which certain skills were performed and the degree to which certain attitudes were displayed. A deep learning approach would test a student's ability to identify and tackle new and unfamiliar: real world problems. A major assessment goal will be to increase the size and complexity of assignments and minimize what can be achieved by memorizing or reproducing content. Wherever possible, students will be involved in the assessment process to assist them to learn how to make judgments about themselves and their work. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Write "T" next to the the statement if it agrees with the information; write "F" if it disagrees and write "N" if there is no information. _____ 1. Newman believed that the primary focus of universities was teaching. _____ 2. Job promotion is already used to reward outstanding teaching. _____ 3. Traditional approaches to assessment at degree level are having a negative effect on the learning process. _____4. University students have complained about bad teaching and poor results. Look at the eight qualities of “good teachers” in the passage. Write the letter A-H from the passage next to the quality statement with the same meaning. Good teachers _____ 5. can adapt their materials to different learning situations. _____ 6. assist students to understand the aims of the course. _____ 7. are interested in the developing the students as learners. _____ 8. treat their students with dignity and concern. _____ 9. continually improve their teaching by motoring their skills. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the best answer. 10. In the future, university courses will focus more on 10 A. developing students’ skills and concepts. B. expanding students’ knowledge. C. providing work experience for students. D. graduating large numbers of students. 11. According to the authors, university courses should prepare students to A. do a specific well. B. enter traditional professions. C. change jobs easily. D. create their own jobs. 12. The author believes that new learning materials in universities will result in A. more work for teachers. B. a new role for teachers. C. more expensive courses. D. more choices for students. 13. The author predicts that university assessment techniques will include more A. in-class group assignments. B. theoretical exams. C. problem-solving activities. D. student seminar presentations. IV. WRITING (6,0 points) Activity 1. Use the word in the brackets to write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original one. Don't change the form of the given words. 1. David went to see the bank manager about getting a loan. (view) 2. She realized she had said something wrong. (conscious) 3. I wish I know what to do about this problem. (solution) 4. The storm resulted in the deaths of over 50 people. (caused) 5. The station is within easy walking distance of the hotel. (easily) Activity 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. 1. I won't agree until Tom's apologised. Only when 2. The residents get very angry when bicycles are left in the hallway. The residents all wish bicycles 3. “John shouldn't have behaved so badly”, said Janet. Janet objected 4. Anna failed to understand how serious her illness was until she spoke to the doctor. Not until 5. They set off to climb the mountain in spite of the fog. Although [...]... - the end 12 Sở GD&ĐT Quảng Ninh Đề thi CHNH THC HNG DN CHM THI LP I TUYN HSG CP TNH lớp 12 THPT năm học 2010 - 2011 Môn: Tiếng Anh I- Listening (3,0 im) Activity 1: (1,2 im) Cõu 2 v cõu 3 mi cõu ỳng 0,2 im Mi cõu cũn li 0,1 im 1 student-centered/ centred 2 motivation/ formal qualification . the end 13 Sở GD&ĐT Quảng Ninh HNG DN CHM THI LP I TUYN HSG CP TNH lớp 12 THPT năm học 2010 - 2011 Đề thi CHNH THC Môn: Tiếng Anh I- Listening (3,0 im) Activity 1:. 1 Sở GD&ĐT Quảng Ninh K THI LP I TUYN HC SINH GII CP TNH LP 12 THPT NM HC 2010 -2011 Đề thi chính thức ( thi cú 12 trang) H, tờn v ch ký ca hai giỏm th Môn: Tiếng Anh