SỞ GD&ĐT HẬU GIANG KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG LẦN THỨ 16 NĂM HỌC : 2008 – 2009 MÔN TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài 180 phút ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ I/. LISTENING : 3ms PART II : Listen to some announcements twice and choose the best answer : 2ms 1. The plan will leave Gatwick Airport at ……… A. 6.30 am B. 8.25 am C. 2.25 pm D. 4.30 pm 2. The people who are taking part in the trip A. is a small group B. are small goups C. is quite a large group D. are quite small groups 2. The transport from Athens Airport will be ……… A. by boat B. by plane C. by coach D. by train 3. The hotel is booked for ……… A. two nights B. three full days C. three days and a night D. two days and a night 4. Group members will then have free time on ……… A. Monday B. Saturday C. Thursday D. Friday 5. They will ………….for the rest of the day . A. go shopping B. have nothing planned C. have something done D. will visit historic sites 6. On Saturday they’re off to ……… A. Ireland B. the isles C. the island D.Queensland 7. The group will see the Greek Islands and ……… A. will go by bus B. will travel by submarine C. will visit by plane D. will travel by boat 8. They will be able to …………… A. go a sight seeing and camping B. cruise around and sleep on board C. go camping and sunbathe D. sailing boat and sleeping on board 9. …………will be part of the package . A. Rock music B. Greek traditional music C. Leeds traditional foods D. Jazz music 10. At last , the tour organiser will give them………. A. tickets B. luggage C. brochure D. guide book PART II : Listen carefully and give TRUE or FALSE : 1m ………… 1. The organiser would like to thank the Greek government . ………… 2. Trips like this can’t be successful because of long days . ………… 3. People should bring to the party photographs and food . ………… 4. The menbers of the group share an interest in studying old societies . ………… 5. They all enjoy travelling . 1 II/. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY : A. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence : 1. Kathy was as pleased as ………. when she heard she had passed the exam . A. punch B. a poppy C. a sunflower D. pound notes 2. I haven’t had an accident yet but I’ve had a number of ……. shaves . A. narrow B. near C. close D. tiny . 3. All the ………of the dances went to charity . A. results B. proceeds C. rewards D. finances 4. Enough money has been raised to ……… the hospital’s survival . A. ensure B. enlarge C. enable D. empower 5. Many students do ………… jobs in hotesl over the summerto earn money . A. low B. poor C. menial D. inferior 6. They could find no …………….of the mising car despite an extensive search. A. clue B. remnant C. indication D. trace 7. When they retired they bought a tiny ……… in the country . A. mansion B. bungalow C. shack D. barn 8. It is too early in the ……… to expect many visitors to the town . A. term B. season C. time D. calendar 9. Is promoting public health ………. as state concern ? A. necessary B. necessary being C. necessarily D. of necessary 10. Neon light is utilized in airport beacons because it can permeate fog . A. pass through B. transmit C. suspend D. break up B . Give the correct form of the verb : 1. The performance ( begin ) 1 at 7 o’clock and ( last ) 2 for three hours , we all ( enjoy ) 3 it . 2. David ( repair ) 4 the TV set at the moment . He ( work ) 5 at it for one hour or so . 3. I suppose when I ( come ) 6 back in two years’ time , they ( pull) 7 down all these old buildings . 4. Don’t worry ! By the time you ( finish ) 8 cooking they (do ) 9 their homework . 5. If I (take ) 10 his advice , things would be different now . C. Prepositions and adverb particles : 1. You may be set now , but you’ll………………………… it . a. get through b. get along c. get over d. get around 2. You walk so fast that it’s difficult ………………………… you . a. to keep up b. to keep out c. to keep pace with d. to keep back 3. I have just been ………………………… my new car . It’s very good . a. trying up b. trying out c. trying on d. trying in 4. The result of his examinations reduced him …………………………fears . a. in b. to c. with d. by 5. My meeting with him was previous ………………………… my meeting with you . a. to b. at c. of d. on 6. He ran ………………………… his inheritance in less than two years . a. down b. away c. through d. out of 7. Stop quarrelling ! You’re ………………………… the queue ! a. holding up b. holding back c. holding on d. holding off 8. “ There is nothing I cannot cope ” he boasted . 2 a. to b. with c. for d. on 9. What chemical is this . It is ………………………… a horrible smell . a. giving down b. giving off c. giving up giving out . 10. I am not averse an occasional crop of brandy or two . a. of b. for c. about d. to D. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets : If you’d like to do something different on your holiday , You may be (1. INTEREST ) …………………… in the following the Pilgrim Route to Santiago . The journey starts in France , and takes you through the(2. MARVEL ) ……………… scenery of the Pyrenees to Santiago in Spain . It (3. NORMAL ) …………… takes about five weeks to complete the 800 kilometer walk , which give you more than enough time to go (4. SIGHT) …………… . There are plenty of (5. CAMP ) ………… , but you can also get rooms in monasteries, which cost little or nothing. Alternatively , you can stay in (6.COMFORT ) ………………… hotels , but these are obviously more ( 7. EXPENSE ) …………………The Pilgrim Route can be quite ( 8.CROWD ) ……………during the summer . Some people find it more ( 9. ENJOY ) ………………to go in October and November , Which are quieter months, but the ( 10. ADVANTAGE ) …………… of travelling then is that some of the hotels are closed . E . There are ten mistakes in the text . Identify each mistake, write it down and give your correction : As far back as 700 B.C, man has talked about children to be cared for by wolves Romulus and Remus, the legend twin founders of Rome; were purported to have been cared for by wolves. It is believed that why a she-wolf loses her litter, she seeks a human child to take its place. This seeming preposterous idea did not become credible until the late nineteenth century when a French doctor actually had found a naked ten-year-old boy wandering in the woods. He did not walk erect, could not speak intelligibly, or could lie relate to people. He only growled and stared of them. Finally the doctor won the boy's confidence and began to work with them. After many long years of devoted and patient instruction, the doctor was able to have the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and utter a number of word, as well as write letters and form words. 3. READING : A. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank . SAVE MONEY ON THE BOOK THAT AIMS TO SAVE ANIMALS Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is the book which will(1) …………… you in the fight for survival that (2) ……………many of our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the (3) ……………of extinction . As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the (4) …………… of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to (5) …………… animals (6) …………… From the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s animals close-up and explore their habitats. You will also discover the terrible results of human (7) …………… for land, flesh and skins. Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts. Did you know that polar bears cover their black noses (8) …………… their (9) …………… so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that (10) ……………each orang-utan which is captured, one has to die? This superb (11) has so (12) …………… Britain’s leading wildlife charity that it has been chosen as Book of the Year, a (13) …………… awarded to books which are considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife conservation. You will find Animal Watch at a 3 special low ( 14) …………… price at all good bookshops, but hurry while (15) …………… last. 1. A. combine B. involve C. bring D. lead 2. A. meets B. opposes C. forces D. faces 3. A. edge B. start C. limit D. end 4. A. satisfaction B. enjoyment C. virtue D. value 5. A. enable B. help C. allow D. assist 6. A. preserve B. conserve C. revive D. survive 7. A. greed B. interest C. care D. concern 8. A. with B. by C. for D. from 9. A. feet B. claws C. paws D. toes 10. A. for B. at C. from D. to 11. A. publicy B. periodical C. publication D. reference 12. A. imposed B. impressed C. persuaded D. admired 13. A. symbol B. title C. trademark D. nickname 14. A. beginning B. preparatory C. original D. introductory 15. A. stores B. stocks C. goods D. funds B /. Read the text and choose the best answer : The planet Earth is 4600 million years old. It is difficult for us to think about such an enormous length of time because it has little meaning for us. We can, however simplify idea to make it more understandable. We can compare the planet Earth to a person of forty-six years of age. Nothing is known about the first seven years of this person's life. Very little information exists about the middle period either. It was only at the age of forty-two that the Earth began to flower. Dinosaurs and great reptiles did not appear until one year ago. When the planet was forty-five mammals only arrived eight months ago. In the middle of last week, man-like apes became ape-like men and began to communicate with each other. Last weekend, the Ice Age covered the Earth. Modern man has only been around for four hours. During the last hour man discovered agriculture. The Industrial revolution and the rise of large cities began just sixty seconds ago. During that short time, modern man has made a rubbish of the Earth. In one minute, he has increased his numbers to terrible proportions and has caused the death of hundreds of species of animals. He has robbed and destroyed the planet in his search for fuels. Now he stands, like a violent spoilt child delighted at the speed of his rise to power, on the edge of the final mass destruction and of killing all the life which exists in the solar’s system . 1. It would appear that the main danger ahead is that A) man will use up all the fuels B) more species of animal may die out C) man will destroy everything on Earth D) there will be a population explosion 2. The author is mainly interested in A) the effects of farming B) the period before the last Ice Age C) what has happened since the Industrial Revolution D) the time when man first evolved from apes 3. The author's general view of man seems to be that A) he has no right to be so destructive B) he will be able to control the environment C) he has learned a lot from past mistakes D) he has been the most successful animal 4. The passage tells us that 4 A) life on Earth began relatively recently B) a great deal is known about how the Earth were created C) more is known about the first part of the Earth's life than the middle part. D) scientists are well-informed about the middle part of the Earth's life. 5. We are informed by the author that A) the dinosaurs appeared during the middle period B) mammals and great reptiles both appeared at the same time C) ape-like men appeared before the last Ice Age D) there were more than forty-five kinds of great reptiles C /. You are going to read a passage about arts. Some paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A – G the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0) Looking at Art Art communicates to us primarily through our eyes. We look at art, and we try to find some meaning in the experience. If we are to begin to think about art more seriously, we might do well to become more aware of the process of seeing itself. 0 E Science tells us that seeing is a mode of perception, which is the recognition and interpretation of sensory data – in other words, how information comes in our eyes (ears, nose, taste buds, fingertips), and what we make of it. 1 We can take great pleasure in merely looking at art, just as we take pleasure in the view of a distant mountain range or watching the sun set over the ocean. But art, unlike nature, is a human creation. 2 The understanding of process – the how – often contributes quite a lot to our appreciation of art. 3 Knowing the place of a work of art in history – what went before and came after – can also deepen your understanding. Artists learn to make art by studying the achievements of the past and observing the efforts of their contemporaries. They adapt ideas to serve their own needs and then bequeath those ideas to future generations of artists. The more you know about this living current of artistic energy, the more interesting each work of art will become. 4 An artist may create a specific work for any of a thousand reasons. An awareness of the why may give some insights as well. Looking at Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, it might help you to know that Van Gogh was intrigued by the belief that people journeyed to a star after their 5 death, and that there they continued their lives. “Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen”, he wrote in a letter, “we take death to reach a star”. 5 But no matter how much you study, Van Gogh’s painting will never mean for you exactly what it meant for him, nor should it. An artist’s work grows from a lifetime of experiences, thoughts, and emotions; no one else can duplicate them exactly. Great works of art hold many meanings. The greatest of them seem to speak anew to each generation and to each attentive observer. 6 A. It is one of the many ways we express oursselves and attempt to communicate. A work of art is the product of human intelligence, and we can meet it with our own intelligence on equal footing. This is where study comes in. B. If you understand why painting in watercolor may be different from painting in oil, why clay responds differently to the artist’s hands than does wood or glass, why a stone building has different structural needs than one made of poured concrete – you will have a richer appreciation of the artist’s expression. C. In visual perception our eyes take in information in the form of the light patterns; the brain pocesses these patterns to give them meaning. The machanics of perception work much the same way for everyone, yet in a given situation we do not all see the same things. D. The most important thing is that some works of art come to mean something for you, that your own experiences, thoughts, and emotions find a place them, for then you will have made them live. E. What is it to look? F. The tree that rises so dramatically in the foreground of the painting is a cypress, which has aften served as a symbol of both death and eternal life. This knowledge might help you to understand why Van Gogh felt so strongly about the night sky, and what his painting might have meant to him. G. Working backwards, on this basis, they constructed a table of historical givergence.Using this kind of table, estimates have been given for the possible point of divergence of the languages in many of the world’s families. H. For example, Matisse assumed that his audience would know that Venus was the ancient Roman goddess of love. But he also hoped that they would be familiar with one Venus in particular, a famous Greek statue known as the Venus de Milo. Knowing the Greek work deepens our pleasure in Matisse’s version, for we see that in “carving” his Venus out of a sheet of white paper, he evokes the way a long- ago sculptor carved her out of a block of white marble. 4. WRITING : 1. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it . 6 1. The judge was taken ill just after the trial proceedings began. -> Barely ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. She didn’t let us know what she was thinking . -> She …………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The chances are that the whole thing I have been fogotten by next term . -> In all ………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Christmas won’t be the same if we don’t have any snow . -> ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. You can take any of the routes , it will still take you about an hours to get there . -> Whichever ……………………………………………………………………………. 6. The way he took everything she did for granted really annoyed her . ( BACK ) -> ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7. She was so anxious while the results were read out. ( BREATH ) -> ………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason . ( ACCOUNT ) -> ………………………………………………………………………………………. 9. A huge investment has been put into the field of solar-electricity.( INVEST ) -> ……………………………………………………………………………… ………… 10. Alice was not a confident person, and that was why she was so shy. ( DUE ) -> ……………………………………………………………………………………… WRITING : 1. The chart below shows the result of a survey that sampled a cross section of travelers at a major metropolitan airport about the purpose of the trip . The survey was carried out during four different months in 2002 . Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant . ( Write at least 150 words ) Purpose of Travel March 2002 June 2002 September 2002 December 2002 Bussiness 73% 29% 53% 34% Holiday 18% 54% 31% 35% Visit family 6% 13% 11% 26% Other 3% 4% 5% 5% 2. Most schools offer some types of physical education programme to their students . Why is physical education important? Should physical education classes be reqired or optional ? Give reason for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience . ( Write at least 250 words ) THE END 7 . SỞ GD&ĐT HẬU GIANG KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG LẦN THỨ 16 NĂM HỌC : 2008 – 2009 MÔN TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài 180 phút ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ I/. LISTENING :. everyone, yet in a given situation we do not all see the same things. D. The most important thing is that some works of art come to mean something for you, that your own experiences, thoughts, and. holding back c. holding on d. holding off 8. “ There is nothing I cannot cope ” he boasted . 2 a. to b. with c. for d. on 9. What chemical is this . It is ………………………… a horrible smell . a. giving down