‘The best age to start learning the violin is between three and six,’ said Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher.. ‘It’s the time when you are learning about the world,’ Margare[r]
(1)PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH CHƯƠNG
-BÀI THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI
NĂM HỌC 2015 -2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP - VÒNG 3
Thời gian làm 150 phút (Thí sinh làm trực tiếp đề thi)
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……… SECTION A VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Question (10 points) Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
1 Are you sure you told me? I don’t recall about it
A having told B having been told C to have told D to have been told
2 If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop by every little thing that happens
A bothering B being bothered C to bother D to be bothered Never _that poem
A I have read B I read C have I read D I have read Only by working independently so quickly
A he could grow up B he did grow up C he grew up D could he grow up
5 _ the salary meets my expectations, I will accept the job offer A Due to B Even if C Provided that D Unless No one could account for it They couldn’t it
(2)8 You have to pay extra if you take too _ with you
A much luggages B many luggages C much luggage D many luggage She told me that she _ happy for what he _
A is feeling/did B was feeling/had done C feels/did D had left/ has been doing
10 The professor said that Vietnam to South-East Asia
A has belonged B had belonged C belonged D belongs Question (10 points) Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in the blanks on the right Number and 00 have been done for you.
CITY LIGHTS Line
1 I was born in a small country town When I was young
1 it seemed as an idea place to live I had lots of friends to play with and I was enough happy But, as I got older, everything suddenly seemed
3 like a bit boring I wanted to go to museums and theaters but they were too far away to get to very often Then, when I was 16, we moved to London because my father was offered a much more better job in a big hospital in the city center At first, my brothers and I were very unhappy The people in the city seemed be really unfriendly to us However, we made friends eventually and we slowly realized
8 there was a lot much more to in the city than in the country Near our house, for example, there was a fantastic amusement park It was the most greatest place
10 I could imagine! We used to spend as much time as we could there We were too
11 young for to go on many of the rides, but we loved the atmosphere When I was a little older, I discovered many more exciting places to visit
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Question (10 points) Read the text below Use the word given in capital letters at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line Number (0) has been done for you
VOICES FOUNDATION
Voices Foundation is a music education (0) organization Its founder, Susan Digby, believes (1) _ that learning to sing is the best way to introduce children to music ‘Playing a (2) _instrument is difficult, and the (3) _of children who begin usually give up, but everyone has a voice,’ she says
Digby’s (4) _for the Foundation came when she was travelling in Hungary ‘People there believe that a child’s (5) benefits from music education, and it has a (6) _effect on other skills, like (7) and linguistic skills Music education provides
1) ORGANISE 2) PASSION 3) MUSIC 4) MAJOR
5) INSPIRE 6) DEVELOP 7) SIGNIFY 8) MATHEMATICS 9) COMMUNICATE 10)ENJOY
(4)from singing, they are more likely to learn an instrument (10) when they are older
SECTION B READING COMPREHENSION
Question (10 points) Complete this passage using sentences marked by A-G. There is one extra sentence which you not need to use Write your answer in the box.
MUSIC TO HELP YOUR BRAIN A Pupils were put into groups to listen to different things
B Pupils doing best had probably liked what they had heard C Those listening to pop music did best on the test
D It was thought that difficult music made the brain work better E The experiment suggests that the children did not listen to Mozart F Listening to Mozart seemed to improve mental ability
G The experiment was carried out in all parts of Britain G
Listening to pop music may make you cleverer, according to a Megalab experiment in which 11,000 children in 250 schools across Britain took part
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The idea was put forward as a scientific study by Dr Sue Hallam of the Institute of Education, London, to follow up work in California which suggested that listening to music by Mozart for ten minutes had a direct effect on people’s ability to work out problems
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The children were the given problem-solving tasks The group which had listened to the discussion scored 52 per cent, those who had listened to Mozart also scored 52 per cent, but those who had listened to pop group scored 56 per cent Dr Hallam said the result is interesting and ‘approaching significance’
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She thought that the reason was not due to the ‘Mozart effect’ but because the mood of the children had changed, so they were more aroused and tried harder ‘They were probably enjoying it and so they were well motivated,’ she said ‘The others were probably uninterested or not particularly inspired by Mozart or by the discussion.’
Dr Frances Rauscher, of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory in Berkeley, California, had suggested that students would better after listening to Mozart because his music is complex and stimulates particular activity in the brain Question (10 points) Read the passage below and choose the correct answer for each question Choose the correct answers by circling A, B, C or D.
TEACHING THE VIOLIN
(6)Parents also have to attend the lessons It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lesson
From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play by ear They not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years, and for a long time there is a big difference between their playing and reading of music Margaret says that her method is not supposed to produce great violinists, and always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods
1 What is the writer trying to in the text? A explain why Margaret likes teaching the violin B describe a different way of learning the violin C give advice on how to find a music teacher D explain why Margaret has a lot of pupils Why should someone read the text?
A to discover how Margaret learnt the violin B to learn why it is important to read music C to find out about Margaret’s teaching method D to learn why children should play the violin
3 What opinion does Margaret have about her best pupils? A They ought to find another teacher
B They will become great violinists using her method C They could try harder
D They take several years to learn to read music Who were Margaret’s first pupils?
A her children B three and four – year – olds C her own friends D her children’s friends
5 Which of the following would Margaret include in an advertisement for her classes? A Learn to play the violin with your children – lessons a week
B Watch your children learn to play the violin
C Group violin lessons for children – no more than per group D We’ll look after your children while you learn the violin
(7)DICTIONARIES
Dictionaries are (0) AMONG the most important tools of self-education (1) Samuel Johnson wrote his influential English dictionary in the eighteenth century, the work kept him busy for seven years At the end of that period he (2) written the meanings of over forty thousand words Most modern dictionaries require a (3) _ deal less time and effort to write because writers often use earlier dictionaries as a source of reference
Nowadays, most dictionaries are put together by teams of writers, or lexicographers Sometimes they need to work together in meetings; at other times they work independently of (4) other, on different parts of the dictionary
(5) one time, the starting point for deciding on which words to include used to be the lexicographer’s own knowledge These days, teams (6) use of a large collection of examples of (7) only writing but also every day speech, which is known as a corpus Teams also refer (8) _books and articles about language as (9) as asking experts in particular subjects about the more specialized words Finally, ordinary people are asked to say what they think about the way the words are defined and (10) they find the examples provided helpful or not
SECTION C WRITING
Question (10 points) Using the word in capital letters, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one Do not change the word given.
1 He took a taxi so he wouldn’t have to walk in the rain AVOID He took a taxi _in the rain
2 No one has ever stolen my car HAD
I have stolen
3 My parents met for the first time thirty years ago THAT
It _my parents first met
(8)5 I always trust Carla’s advice SOMEBODY Carla I always trust
6 We appear to have been given the wrong address AS
It we have been given the wrong address
7 Valerie doesn’t object to her photograph appearing in the magazine OBJECTION
Valerie her photograph appearing in the magazine
8 I find Robert’s taste in music very hard to tolerate PUT
I find it _Robert’s taste in music
9 Golf is becoming increasingly popular in Britain POPULARITY
The _in Britain
10 Too tired to continued, Phil stopped walking CARRY Phil couldn’t he was too tired
Question (10 points) Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original one
1 I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting
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2 That’s the last time I go to that restaurant
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(9)3 The drama critic of the ‘Daily News’ regards the new play as a major breakthrough
According to
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Had………
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7 I wasn’t a bit surprised to hear that Karen had changed her job
I came as
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10 The computer will be available anytime but one o’clock
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