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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12
NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 THPT - BẢNG B
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Bằng số:………
Bằng chữ:……… ……….
Giám khảo 1: ………
Giám khảo 2: ………
SECTION A – PHONETICS I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1 A challenge B chance C achievement D scholarship 2 A headaches B wishes C finishes D watches 3 A parked B laughed C ploughed D established 4 A musician B sociable C society D official
II Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
Section B – vocabulary and grammar
I Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
11 You are old enough to take _ for what you have done
12 Should gravity, the pull of the earth, be zero, everything
13 I’ll have to work hard to _ with the rest of the class
14 _ his exhaustion, he won the marathon by nearly three minutes
15 Your success in life very largely on yourself
16 Buying a car was an important for them
17 No one can predict the future exactly Things may happen _
18 _! The tree is going to fall
19 We took _ of the fine weather and spent the day on the beach
20 All the athletes taking part in the international games should be proud of
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22 I can’t understand is _ he wants to change his mind
23 The nurse was on _ in the hospital all night
24 Only when you grow up the truth
25 All the boys are good at cooking, but _ is as good as the girls
II There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it.
26 Mrs Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities
27 Some of us have to study their lessons carefully if we expect to pass this examination
28 A five-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped criminals
29 Many kinds of vegetables are growth in California’s Imperial Valley
30 Despite the metric system is used throughout the world, it is still not commonly used in the Unite States
31 She is looking forward to meet him again
32 In 1837 Victoria, an eighteen-year-old woman, named queen of England
33 The tickets that you ordered they will be delivered tomorrow
34 Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the presence of dead organic material provide the ideal living conditions for mushrooms
35 When I first went to a university I studied law
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Section C – reading
I Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
When you enter the supermarkets, you see shelves full of food You walk in the aisles between the shelves You push a shopping cart and put your food in it
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles If you hear fast music, you walk quickly The supermarket plays slow music, you walk slowly and have more time to buy things
Maybe you go to the meat department first There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale
The dairy department sells milk and milk products such as butter and cheese Many customers like milk that has only little butterfat in it One store has three different containers of low fat milk
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‘Low fat’ in big letters and 1% in small letters As you can see, all the milk has the same amount of fat The milk is all the same The amount of milk in each container is also the same However, in
this store they cost three different amounts of money Maybe the customers will buy the milk that
costs the most
36 What is the main topic of this passage?
A How different kinds of food are arranged in supermarkets
B Soft, slow music makes people buy more in supermarkets
C The supermarket is designed to make you buy things
D Be sure not to be deceived in supermarkets
37 The manager knows
38 When you walk by the expensive meat
39 The word “they” in the last paragraph means .
40 There are three different containers of low fat milk
A One has 99 percent of butterfat
B They all cost the same amount of money
C One has less fat than the others
D They all have the same amount of fat
II Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time glued to the telly and not enough time on other activities (41) _ sports and reading A survey recently (42) _ on people’s viewing habits does not disprove this It shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in front of the television, (43) _ works out at over three hours every day
(44) is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: incredible 28 hours a week We (45) to have become a nation of addicts Just about every household in the country has a television and over half have two or more According to the survey, people nowadays don’t just watch television sitting in their living-rooms, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed (46) _
The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain’s pupils (47) _ spend more time reading Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do (48) _ reading than young people In fact, reading is at the (49) _ of their list of favourite pastimes They would (50) _ listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch
on their televisions at home
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III Fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
The traditional of birthday parties started a long time ago People thought that there (51) a special danger from evil spirits, so friends and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and even presents At one time, only kings had birthday parties but as time went (52) , children and then adults began to have their (53) _ birthday celebrations There are some traditions - (54) as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song, that you can find (55) _ anywhere, any time
In China, everyone celebrates their birthday on New Year’s Day: they become one year (56) on that day On a child’s second birthday, family members put a variety of objects on the floor around the child (57) to Chinese tradition, the first object that the child picks up tells you what profession the child will choose (58) in life
In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key on top, or the cake (59) is sometimes in the shape of a key The key means that the young person is now old (60) to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!
Section D – writing
I Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
61 The heavy rain prevented everybody from going out
62 Mrs Taylor regretted buying the second-hand washing machine
63 They believe that the wanted man was living in London
64 What is the weight of your suitcase?
→ How _
65 In spite of his age, Mr Benson runs 8 miles before breakfast everyday
II.
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Do NOT change the form of these words.
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69 Are you and your husband the same age? (old)
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“Students learn just because of good marks” Do you agree or disagree with that statement?
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SECTION A – PHONETICS
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
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II
Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others
(1p for 1 correct answer X 5 = 5 points)
SECTION B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D
(1p for 1 correct answer X 15 = 15 points)
II
There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it
(1p for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
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SECTION C - READING
I
Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D
(2p for 1 correct answer X 5 = 10 points)
II
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
(1p for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
III Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word
(1p for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
SECTION D - WRITING
I
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one
(1p for 1 correct answer X 5 = 10 points)
61 Had the rain not been heavy, everybody could have gone out
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Had it not rained heavily, everybody could have gone out
62 Mrs Taylor wishes (that) she hadn’t bought the second-hand washing machine.
63 The wanted man is believed to be living/ to have been living in London.
64 How heavy is your suitcase?
65 Though Mr Benson is old, he runs 8 miles before breakfast everyday.
II
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Do NOT change the form of the given word(s).
(2p for 1 correct answer X 5 = 10 points)
66 Were I to meet the author one day, I would ask him to sign my copy of his new book.
67 Jane accused her brother of breaking/ having broken her vase the day before/ the
previous day
68 She is so beautiful that everybody admires her.
So beautiful is she that everybody admires her.
69 Are you as old as your husband (is)?
Is your husband as old as you (are)?
70 Neither Hoang nor Nhan came to class today.
III Write a composition about 150-200 words on the following topic: (20 points)
“Students learn just because of good marks” Do you agree or disagree with that statement?
Notes:
The mark given to this part is based on the following scheme:
1 Content: (40% of total mark) a provision of all main ideas and as details as appropriate.
2 Organization & Presentation: (30% of total mark) ideas are organized and presented
with coherence, style, and clarity appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students
3 Language: (30% of total mark) a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the
level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students
TOTAL: 100 / 5 = 20