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Trang 1SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ KÌ THI OLYMPIC ĐBSCL
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Môn : Tiếng Anh –Lớp 12
(Thời gian làm bài 180 phút, không kể phát đề)
I LISTENING (3 points)
PART 1: Listen to a talk and circle A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer
1 What is the main topic of the talk?
A How to become young entrepreneurs
B How to meet rich, famous people
C How to become wealthy people
D How to have qualities of rich people
2 Who is the audience?
A Young entrepreneurs
B University students
C Rich businesspeople
D Famous millionaires
3 Which of the following is NOT true according to the talk?
A The rich have qualities that make them different
B Not all the qualities that rich people have are good
C Meanness is one quality people should have to get rich
D Rich people’s appearance is very different from ours
4 What did Matthew Freud do to get money when young?
A He helped his friends with their homework
B He sold mice to his friends at school
C He showed rich schoolfriends how to learn
D He made friends with millionaires’children
5 Which of the following is NOT a quality of the rich?
A Extravagance
B Confidence
C Hard work
D Ambition
6 Which of these people is mentioned as an example of a hard-working person?
A John Paul Getty
B Bill Gates
C Rupert Murdoch
D Anita Roddick
PART 2: Listen to a conversation and fill in the numbered gaps in the table Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
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PART 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces provided under this part.
1 They say he inherited his money from a relative he had never met
2 The discovery of penicillin was a significant medical
3 As the day wore , I began to feel more and more uncomfortable in their company
4 It was a rough _ and a lot of people on the ferry were seasick
5 I was thinking of going out, but on _ thoughts, it might be better to stay in
6 One of my classmates is always putting me _ in public It’s so embarrassing!
7 Turn to page 35 to find out at a _ which courses are available to you
8 The aircraft experienced severe _ during the final approach, but the pilot kept his
9 Frank has been the _ of the local history museum for over ten years now
10 With our help, she finally came _ after having passed out for five minutes
11 I know his name is ‘Jim’, but it was just a of the tongue when I called him ‘Tim’
12 Increased traffic _ has led some local councils to start charging drivers to enter city centres
13 I know it’s hard to stop smoking, but you’ll feel better in the long _
14 If you leave your baggage at the airport, it will be taken away
15 James Bond was sent _ a mission to recover a top secret file
PART 2: The passage below contains 10 errors Identify and correct them Write your answers
in the space provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example
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Have you ever complained in a restaurant? I never thought I
would, but last week I ended up doing just that It was my best
friend’s birthday, but I had booked a table at a new restaurant
that had just opened in the city centre But while we arrived,
exactly on time, they told me that it was no record of my
booking and we would have to wait for a table to become free I
suspected that they had given our table to anyone else, but I
didn’t say anything Then we were kept waiting for an hour
without an apology, because they did take our order We both
chose soup as a starter and my friend ordered a steak like a
main course I thought I would be a bit more adventurous, and
decided to try something called Ossobuco, if I wasn’t quite sure
what it was To cut a long story short, a soup was almost cold,
my friend’s steak was uncooked at the middle and my
Ossobuco turned out to be a plate of bone within a very acidic
sauce So, we called the manager and told we would not pay
because the meal had been substandard But in the end we paid
because we had eaten it all, but we won’t be going there again!
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PART 3: Write the correct form of each word in brackets in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example FOOD MILES In Britain, what is described as ‘food miles’, the distance which food is transported from the place where it is grown to its point of sale, continues to rise This has major (0 ECONOMY) , social and environmental consequences, given the traffic congestion and pollution which (1 VARIABLE) follow According to (2 PRESS) groups, the same amount of food is travelling 50% further than twenty years ago What’s more, the rise in the demand for road haulage over this period has mostly been due to the transport of food and drink The groups assert that the increase in the number of lorry journeys is (3 EXCEED) and that many of these are far from (4 ESSENCE) In the distribution systems employed by British food (5 RETAIL), fleets of lorries bring all goods into more (6 CENTRE) located warehouses for redistribution across the country (7 LOGIC) as this might appear, the situation whereby some goods get sent back to the same areas from which they came is (8 AVOID) In response to scathing (9 CRITIC) from environmentalists, some food distributors now aim to minimise the impact of food miles by routing vehicles, wherever possible, on motorways after dark This encourages greater energy (10 EFFICIENT) whilst also reducing the impact on the 0 economic 1 ………
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The actress Vanessa Kemp (1 DISAPPEAR) Yesterday she (2 FAIL) to arrived at the Prince Charles Theatre in London’s West End for her leading role in the comedy ‘Don’t look now!’ Ms Kemp, who (3 LIVE) in Hampstead, left home at four o’clock yesterday afternoon for the theatre, a journey she (4 MAKE) several times the week before Two people who (5 WALK) past her home at the time saw her (6 LEAVE) But no one (7 SEE) her since then At half past seven she still (8 NOT, ARRIVE) at the theatre At eight o’clock the theatre manager (9 HAVE) to break the news to the audience, who (10 WAIT) patiently for the play to start Since yesterday, theatre staff and friends (11 TRY) to contact Ms Kemp, but they (12 HAVE) not success so far The police (13 TAKE) the matter seriously, but they (14 BELIEVE) that she
is unlikely to be in any danger Her friends all (15 WANT) to hear from her soon
PART 5: This is a weather forecast on a local radio station Put in the missing prepositions Write your answers in the spaces provided below the passage.
Good morning This is the weather at six in the morning on Thursday 7 February It’s cold outside, and there’s ice (1) the roads, so don’t drive too close to the car in front of you! There should be forty metres (2) _ you and that car! If you’re driving (3) the city this morning, pay attention to schoolchildren walking (4) the road Remember, you might be next to a school! Traffic is moving very slowly (5) the city centre (6) the moment There was an accident last night – If you’re driving (7) Central Library, the Police may stop you and ask you a few questions That’s all for now More weather news every hour, (8) six in the morning (9) six at night This is the KC News Network making sure you’re up to date (10) _ the news!
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I came home from school one day with (1) headache, and took two aspirins from (2) _ bottle in (3) medicine cupboard They left (4) _ curious aftertaste in my mouth, and when my mother came home half an hour later I told her what I had done She shrieked and ran to (5) _ telephone: I had taken some tablets that (6) doctor had prescribed for her stomach cramps, and she had been warned that it was dangerous to exceed (7) _ stated doze – one tablet a day She had broken (8) bottle that morning, and transferred (9) _ tablets to (10) _ empty aspirin bottle
III READING (4 points)
PART 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage Circle A,
B, C or D to indicate your answer (0) has been done as an example
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
The Open University was created in 1968 to (0) _ people who cannot afford
to (1) regular courses of study, the opportunity of studying and (2) _ a university diploma or degree They study at home and their academic performance is assessed by (3) of written examinations or project work Most Open University students (4) in study while also holding down a job or coping with a busy home life They study
in order to update their job skills or for personal (5)
At the heart of most courses is a (6) _ of specially written and professionally printed textbooks and workbooks which students receive by post On many of the courses, students are (7) to watch television programmes on the BBC network, which are usually broadcast in the (8) _ hours of the morning The (9) _ of these programmes is to develop and broaden the study experience, so that students do not have to (10) only on the printed material they are sent
Students are (11) with all the notes and books they need and, in (12) , some courses also include audio and video cassettes and computer software However, studying at the Open University can be a (13) because students have few opportunities to (14) _ each other That is why the University encourages students to set (15) and run informal study groups themselves
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legendary Atlantis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean The city, dubbed “Marinnation”, would have about one million inhabitants, two airports, and possibly even a space port Marinnation, if built, would be a separate country but could serve as a home for international organisations such
as the United Nations and the World Bank
Aside from the many political and social problems that would have to be solved, the engineering
task envisaged is monumental The initial stage requires the building of a circular dam eighteen
miles in diameter attached to the sea bed in a relatively shallow place in international waters
Then, several hundred powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea
water from within the dam When empty and dry, the area would have a city constructed on it The actual land would be about 300 feet below the sea level According to designers, the hardest task from an engineering point of view would be to ensure that the dam is leak proof and earthquake proof
If all goes well, it is hoped that Marinnation could be ready for habitation at the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century Whether anyone would want to live in such an isolated and artificial community, however, will remain an open question until that time
1 According to the text, Marrination, when built, will be a(an) city
2 The word ‘akin’ in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
3 Which of the following would NOT be a problem for the construction plan?
4 Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A Marinnation will be located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
B Marinnation will be built in a deep place in the Pacific Ocean
C Marinnation could be served as home for international organisations
D Marinnation would have about one million inhabitants
5 The word ‘monumental’ in Paragraph 2 means _
6 What is going to be built first?
7 The phrase ‘suck out’ in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
8 The most difficult task is to protect the dam against _ and earthquake
9 According to the text, people could come to live in the future city in the year _
10 What does the author imply in the last sentence of the passage?
A The construction of Marinnation could never be completed in time
B People will ask an open question about living in Marinnation
C People will ask how they can live in such an isolated and artificial city
D People might not want to live in an isolated and artificial community
PART 3: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage The first (0) has been done as an example.
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Having to obey rules and regulations when riding a bike is (0) one of the first experiences
children have of the idea of obeying the law However, a large number of children (1) _ left to learn the rules by trial and (2) , instead of being guided by experienced (3) _ Every year, hundreds of children visit the doctor or the hospital casualty department (4) crashing on their bikes This could be easily prevented by (5) _ them the basics of bicycle safety Ideally, children should be allowed to (6) only in safe places, such as parks and cycle tracks When this is not possible, and they are permitted to go on the (7) , it is important to teach them (8) basic safety principles
First, they ought to learn and obey the rules of the road, which (9) _ traffic signs, signals and road markings Second, they should (10) _ wear a helmet Studies have shown that wearing bicycle helmets can (11) head injuries by up to 85 per cent In many places, (12) are required by law, particularly (13) _ children Finally, children should be made to understand (14) _ importance of riding in areas that are brightly lit and of wearing clothes that make (15) _ clearly visible on the road
IV WRITING (6 points)
PART 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
1 The alarm went off just as they came out of the building
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2 I told Simon to stop talking, but he didn’t
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3 To be sure of catching the bus, they got to the bus station very early
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4 Good working relations depend on effective management
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5 You ran the risk of being burgled when you left the door unlocked
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PART 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the original sentence Use the word given and other words necessary Do not
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PART 3: The chart below shows the results of a poll of theatre-goers on what disturbs them during performances at the theatre Write a report, describing the information shown You should write about 150 words
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