Page 1 of 8 SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VỊNG TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 13 – 11 – 2011 (Đề thi gồm có 8 trang) Thời gian: 180 phút (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề) Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này ĐIỂM TOÀN BÀI THI Giám khảo 1 (Họ, tên và chữ ký) Giám khảo 2 (Họ, tên và chữ ký) SỐ PHÁCH (Do Chủ tòch HĐ ghi) Bằng chữ Bằng số SECTION I: GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY (8.0 points) PART I: (2.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. 1. The stories show how __________humans have been trying to live in harmony with nature. A. during the earliest times B. that the earliest times C. from the earliest times D. because earliest times 2. The Andean condor glides on air currents and doesn’t flap it wings _______ it must do so to reach updrafts. A. because B. until C. that D. as if 3. _______ is that a hen stands up to lay its eggs. A. Many people don’t realize B. What many people don’t realize C. It is that many people don’t realize D. Because many people don’t realize 4. _______ in the frozen wastes of Antartica takes special equipment. A. Survive B. It is survival C. That survival D. To survive 5. I knew she wasn’t going to like what I was going to say, so I tried to find a _______ way of saying it. A. civil B. diplomatic C. flattered D. well-mannered 6. If you want to _______ success in life, you have to work hard. A. achieve B. receive C. award D. earn ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Page 2 of 8 7. _ “Stop laughing!” _ “I can’t ______!” A. help it B. resist C. do anything against it D. hold myself 8. It takes years to ___________ as a doctor. A. practice B. pass C. complete D. qualify 9. A device called a laser _____ through metal and other material very easily. A. cutting B. that cuts C. cuts D. it will cut 10. There was _____ new in his letter. A. a great many B. hardly any C. a great deal of D. a large number of PART II: (1.0 pt) The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers in the space provided below. (0) has been done as an example. The evening meal at Bateman’s bay brings together three generation: 18 months-old Same, his sister-Nina, their parents-Rubina and Haleem and the grandparent. Sometimes there are other family members as good. “ People catch up with each other at meal times,” say cousin Samreen. “ we usually eat quite later, about 8.30 or 9.00 p.m., because we wait for everyone to get in. It’s importance to have a table that’s lays out, although during the week it’s usually just a couple of dish. Weekends are a bit more special!” Rubina will normally cook a ricy dish, a meat curry and sometimes a salad. Your answers: 0/ bay Bay 1/ 6/ 2/ 7/ 3/ 8/ 4/ 9/ 5/ 10/ PART III: (2.0 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided on the right. (0) has been done as an example. We all know stories about people who have the (0. ABLE) to remember hundreds of numbers after (1. HEAR) them only once. Now experts are saying that such feats can be (2.TEACH). For example, most people can (3. REPETITION) about nine numbers if they are read out one a second. In one experiment, ten training hours produce only a small (4. IMPROVE), but the results after 0. ability 1………………… 2………………… 3………………… 4………………… Page 3 of 8 practising for a thousand hours were (5.AMAZE): some people remembered 80 or even 100 numbers. (6. SIMILAR), most adults can identify only about five out of a set of 21 colors that are only (7. SLIGHT) different. But after 80 training hours one person could (8. RECOGNITION) 18 of them. 5………………… 6………………… 7………………… 8………………… PART IV: (1.0 pt) Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage This is, of course, a day of joy and gladness (1)______ us all- but particularly for my wife and me. We have seen our dear daughter married (2)______the man she loves and to whom we know we can entrust her (3)______confidence. But I am sure you will understand me when I say that this joy is mixed with a touch (4)______ sadness, for us. When you have had someone you love living with you (5)______ twenty years, have seen her grow (6)______from babyhood to childhood, and (7)______childhood to womanhood, it is not easy to get used (8)______the idea that she is not going to live there any more. Yet this does not prevent us (9)______wishing them well (10)______ all our hearts. Your answers: 1/ 6/ 2/ 7/ 3/ 8/ 4/ 9/ 5/ 10/ PART V: (2.0 pts) Supply the correct form of the VERBS in the brackets to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage. My friend Paul and Ellen (1. just/return) from their honeymoon in Europe. Before they (2. leave) New York, I (3. give) them my brother’s address in Switzerland in the hope that they (4. visit) him and his family. When I (5. go) (6. call) on the newly-weds last Tuesday night, they (7. tell) me how much they (8. enjoy) travelling around Europe and that we (9. soon/look) at the color slides they (10. take) Your answers: 1/ 6/ 2/ 7/ 3/ 8/ 4/ 9/ 5/ 10/ Page 4 of 8 SECTION II: READING (6.0 pts) PART I: (1.5 pts) Fill each blank with One suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage. Ever since (1)__________have inhabited the earth, they have made use of various forms of (2) __________. Generally, this expression of thoughts (3) __________ feelings has been in the form of oral (4) __________ . When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign (5) __________ in which motions stand for (6)__________, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the (7) __________ have had to resort to this (8) __________ of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are (9)__________ picturesque and exact and can be (10) __________ internationally; spelling, however, can not. Your answers: 1/ 6/ 2/ 7/ 3/ 8/ 4/ 9/ 5/ 10/ PART II: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answer which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage. In practically any country in the world, you are (1) _______ to find a market somewhere. Markets have been with us since (2) ________ times, when people became self- sufficient and needed to exchange the goods they produced. For example, a farmer might have exchanged a cow (3) ________ tools and so on. But just as times have (4) _________, so have market practices. So, whereas in early times the main activity(5) ________ with markets would have been “ bartering”, meaning the exchange of goods as described above , today most stall- holders wouldn’t be too (6) _______ on accepting potatoes as payment, for instance, instead of cash. In contrast, what might be a common sight in a modern market is a certain amount of “haggling”, where customer and seller eventually (7) ________ on a price, after what can sometimes be quite a heated debate. This has become so popular in certain places that many people think that this is what makes the (8) ________ atmosphere of a market. But just as no two people are the same, no two markets are the same either, and so behavior which is expected in one market in one country may not be (9) _______ in another. Even within one country, there are those markets where you could haggle quite easily and those where you would be (10) __________ not to try! 1/ A. safe B. confident C. definite D. sure 2/ A. ancient B. antique C. old D. past 3/ A. into B. by C. for D. over 4/ A. changed B. turned C. developed D. differed Page 5 of 8 5/ A. associated B. relating C. connecting D. attached 6/ A. fond B. keen C. eager D. pleased 7/ A. confirm B. consent C. approve D. agree 8/ A. sole B. single C. only D. unique 9/ A. acceptable B. convenient C. comfortable D. receptive 10/ A. informed B. advised C. noticed D. suggested PART III: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage. The diseases related to smoking are a big problem. Doctors think that the annual medical cost for lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses connected to smoking is between 12 and 35 million pounds. And smoking costs society in other ways. Between 27 and 61 billion pounds is spent each year on sick days when people don’t go to work, on wages that you don’t get when you don’t go to work, and on work lost at the company when you are sick. This money counts the wages from people who die of cancer at young age and stop paying taxes. This does not count fires started by cigarettes, which kill fifteen hundred people yearly and injure another four thousand. Smoking costs every man, woman and child in the UK from one hundred and ten to two hundred and fifty pounds each year in the lost work and wages. If everyone stopped smoking, a family of four could have up to one thousand six hundred and forty pounds a year more. Smoking will also cause other problems. People who don’t smoke will live longer and so they will take more money from the government when they are old. But they will also work for more years and pay more taxes. In the end, the values of a non- smoking nation is not in pounds. The good health of the people is the true value for us all. 1. Every year companies lose _______ because of disease. A. work B. wages C. time D. money 2. If everyone stopped smoking, all the United Kingdom _______ A. would have less money B. would have more money C. would have more problems D. would live longer 3. If everyone stopped smoking, a family of four could have _______more each year. A. from £160 to £410 B. from £110 to £250 C. from £1,500 to £4,ooo D. £1,640 4.The true value for the UK of not smoking is_______ A. good health B. more money C. more working D. more taxes 5. This text is about_______ A. diseases that smokers get B. how much smoking costs the UK Page 6 of 8 C. how much the UK get if everyone stopped smoking D. taxes which are not paid by smokers PART IV: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with the words in the box. The telephone is a modern convenience without which life would be quite difficult. Imagine not being able to dial 999 for an ambulance or to report (1)______robbery. The vital importance of the telephone (2)______ summoning help in an emergency cannot be over estimated. To a businessman, the telephone is his lifeline. He has to be (3)______ constant, direct contact with his suppliers and clients through telephone calls. A breakdown in communication can mean loss of business opportunities. (4)______, people in business normally (5)______ more than one telephone in (6)______ a phone goes out of order due to a faulty line or other technical fault. The telephone is, of course, (7)______a must for the average person in his or her everyday life. A person uses the telephone to make appointments, enquire(8)______ services and products, and make social contact with friends and associates. Keeping in touch (9)______the telephone is a necessary and important part of modern living because busy working lives and other commitments leave people (10)______ little time for visiting each other regularly. Your answers: 1/ 6/ 2/ 7/ 3/ 8/ 4/ 9/ 5/ 10/ SECTION III: WRITING (6.0 pts) PART I: (1.0 pt) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. I never intended to help such a man. I never had 2. They decided not to go for the picnic because the weather might be bad. For fear of with therefore has about how through without have also the for in a order case Page 7 of 8 3. I was on the point of leaving the house when the telephone rang. I was about 4. Although the woman was old, she looked very graceful. Despite 5. The students were so clever to see the solution to the problem quickly. How clever it was of PART II: (1.0 pt) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. 1. You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night. (if) 2. I can’t describe people as well as you can. (better) 3. Would you like to go for a coffee in ten minutes or so? (about) 4. People claim that he is the best tennis player of our times. (said) 5. This office is too small for two people. ( enough) PART III: (4.0 pts) Write a paragraph about 250 words expressing your own opinion about the topic: “The pleasure of reading” Page 8 of 8 THE END . of 8 SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VỊNG TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 13 – 11 – 2011 (Đề thi gồm có 8 trang) Thời gian: 180. (Đề thi gồm có 8 trang) Thời gian: 180 phút (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề) Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này ĐIỂM TOÀN BÀI THI Giám khảo 1 (Họ, tên và chữ ký) Giám khảo 2 (Họ, tên và chữ. price, after what can sometimes be quite a heated debate. This has become so popular in certain places that many people think that this is what makes the (8) ________ atmosphere of a market.