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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG LẦN THỨ IX MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10
Ngày thi: 02 tháng 08 năm 2013
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm: 10 trang (Thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào bảng cho sẵn đề)
Điểm Giám khảo Giám khảo Số phách
Bằng số Bằng chữ
PART I LISTENING
Section 1: Listen to the conversation and supply the blank with missing information Write ONE WORD OR NUMBER for each answer You will hear this piece twice (5 points)
LIBRARY INFORMATION
Minimum joining age: (1) _ years
For registration: must take two passport photos and two I.D documents, e.g driving license, bank (2) _
Cost to join per year: North College students : Free Current students : £25
Others : (3) _ Length of borrowing: (4) _ days
Renewal (if books not required): (5) _or log into the library website Your answers
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Section 2: You will hear a radio interview with the manager of a summer activity course For each question, choose the correct answer You will hear this piece twice (5 points)
6 This year, the course will run for
A seven weeks B six weeks C eight weeks D nine weeks
(2)7 The problems last year were mentioned except A staff was not enough
B the music and art lessons were not interesting C the rainy weather made outdoor activities difficult D a few children were turned away
8 This year, children can many activities except for A rock climbing and caving
B painting and singing C doing fun projects
D taking part in a talent show
9 Molly would like to organize a course for teenagers because teenagers A are interested in computer and electronic games
B should be provided with opportunities to the creative things C can take care of the younger ones
D are difficult to please
10 It is important for parents of children attending the course to A let their children all the tasks
B choose the activities the child wants to when they apply C inform Molly about any food the child cannot eat
D pay the full amount immediately Your answers
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PART II PHONETICS
Choose one word whose stress is different from that of the others (2.5 points)
1 A preferential B religious C courageously D indeed
2 A employee B nominee C committee D employee
(3)Your answers
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PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Question Choose the correct answer that best fits each blank (10 points)
1 ASEAN has emphasized cooperation in the three pillars of security, sociocultural and economic _ in the region
A production B establishment C organization D integration It is vital that everyone _ aware of the protection of the environment
A is B be C are D were
3 He escaped by _
A a hair’s breadth B the breadth of a hair
C the hair’s breadth D a breadth of a hair
4 _ further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers
A Should B Were C Had D Did
5 The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t _ at all Nobody in the classroom believed in his far-fetched story
A credential B logical C credible D creditable
6 Out of the water _
A jumped the penguin C the penguin jumped
B did the penguin jump D the penguin jump
7 People have used coal and oil to _ electricity for a long time
A cultivate B breed C raise D generate
(4)A run B time C future D perspective It turned out that we _ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours
A hadn’t B should have C needn’t have D mustn’t
10 After running up the stairs, I was quite _ breath
A from B out of C without D beyond
Your answers
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Question 2: The following text has 10 mistakes Identify and correct them (5 points)
Line Text
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Recent research has revealed that a third of people in Britain have not met their next-door neighbors, and those who know each other barely speak ‘Neighbors gossiping on garden fences and in the street was a common view in the 1950s’, says Dr Carl Chinn, an expert on local communities Now, however, longer hours spent working at the office, together with the Internet and satellite television, is eroding neighborhood ties ‘Poor neighborhoods once had strong kinship, but now prosper buys privacy’, said Chinn
Professor John Luke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed the large number of surveys He found that in America and Britain, the amount of time spent on social activity is increasing A third of people said they never spoke with their neighbors at all Andrew Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in West London and two flatmates, who work in e-commerce ‘We have a family of teachers upstair and lawyers below, but our only contact comes via letters concerning to the communal facilities or complaints that we’ve not put out our bin bags properly’, said Mayer
Your answers
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(5)Question Fill in each blank with a correct preposition or particle.(2.5 points) His lectures start dead _ time so don’t be late for school
2 His bad behavior was put _to his upbringing Jason always gets _with cheating in his math tests Her latest novel is coming _ in paperback soon Firefighters were _ the scene immediately Your answers
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Question 4: Supply the correct form of the capitalized word at the end of each sentence (10 points)
1 When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the _ hospitality of the staff (COMPARE) He is the bad manager in the factory and everyone is in attempt to _ him (FAME)
3 The _ of an epidemic will be unavoidable unless measures are taken to prevent the rural population from drinking the contaminated water (BREAK)
4 Please keep the email short _ makes everyone’s lives easier (BRIEF)
5 With the help of the computer, checking information has become less _ (LABOR) _ has caused many so-called man-made disasters (FOREST)
7 She looked in on the baby _ to check that it was all right (PERIOD) They were totally _ by the girl’s disappearance (MYSTERY)
9 I did not know who it was With a mask on, she was completely _ (RECOGNIZE) 10 The advantage of living in the countryside is that the air is _ (POLLUTE)
Your answers
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Question 5: Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word (10 points)
When you read something in a foreign (1) _, you frequently come across words you not fully understand Sometimes you check the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess The strategy you adopt depends very much (2) _the degree of accuracy you require and the time (3) _ your disposal If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is worth remembering (4) _ every dictionary has its limitations Each definition is only an
(6)translate (5) _ English into your native language and vice versa If you must use a dictionary, it is usually (6) _ safer to consult an English-English dictionary In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary Even if you are allowed to use one, it is very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited You are, (7) _ , forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic However, if you develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will overcome a (8) _ of possible problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at (9) _ thought likely Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both within the sentence and outside, and making (10) _ of clues derived from the formation of the word
Your answers
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PART IV READING
Question 1: Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each blank.(10 points) Dogs are probably much clever than (1) _ people think, scientists say They are (2) _ that dogs can count and that the animals try to (3) _ different messages through the pitch and pace of their barks Animal behaviourists used to think their bark was simply a way of (4) _ attention Now a new study suggests that individual dogs have (5) _ barks with a range of meanings For example, dogs usually use high-pitched single barks when they are (6) _ from their owners and a lower, harsher super-bark when strangers (7) _ towards them or the doorbell rings Dogs also know when they are receiving fewer treats because they have a basic mathematical ability that (8) _ them to tell when one pile of objects is bigger than another But to count, an animal has to recognize that each object in a set (9) _ to a single number and that the last number in a (10) _ represents the total number of objects
1 A most B mostly C almost D most of
2 A converted B convinced C determined D persuaded
3 A transfer B suggest C bear D convey
(7)8 A assists B facilitates C enables D informs
9 A complements B ties C fits D corresponds
10 A sequence B system C progression D succession
Your answers:
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Question 2: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D (10 points) Many ants forage across the countryside in large numbers and undertake mass migrations; these activities proceed because one ant lays a trail on the ground for the others to follow As a worker ant returns home after finding a source of food, it marks the route by intermittently touching its stinger to the ground and depositing a tiny amount of trail pheromone – a mixture of chemicals that delivers diverse messages as the context changes These trails incorporate no directional information and may be followed by other ants in either direction
Unlike some other messages, such as the one arising from a dead ant, a food trail has to be kept secret from members of other species It is not surprising then that ant species use a wide variety of compounds as trail pheromones Ants can be extremely sensitive to these signals Investigators working with the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant Atta texana calculated that one milligram of this substance would suffice to lead a column of ants three times around Earth
The vapor of the evaporating pheromone over the trail guides an ant along the way, and the ant detects this signal with receptors in its antennae A trail pheromone will evaporate to furnish the highest concentration of vapor right over the trail, in what is called a vapor space In following the trail, the ant moves to the right and left, oscillating from side to side across the line of the trail itself, bringing first one and then the other antenna into the vapor space As the ant moves to the right, its left antenna arrives in the vapor space The signal it receives causes it to swing to the left, and the ant then pursues this new course until its right antenna reaches the vapor space It then swings back to the right, and so weaves back and forth down the trail
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A The information contained in pheromones B Different species of ants around the world C The mass migration of ants
(8)2 The word “forage” in the passage is closest in meaning to _
A revolve around B look up C search for food D walk toward The word “intermittently” in the passage is closest in meaning to _
A incorrectly B periodically C rapidly D roughly The phrase “the one” in the passage refers to a single
A species B dead ant C message D food trail According to the passage, why ants use different compounds as trail pheromones?
A To protect their trail from other species B To reduce their sensitivity to some chemicals C To attract different types of ants
D To indicate how far away the food is
6 The author mentions the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant to point out A the different types of pheromones ants can produce
B a type of ant that is common in many parts of the world C how little pheromone is needed to mark a trail
D that certain ants can produce up to one milligram of pheromone According to the passage, how are ants guided by trail pheromones?
A They sense the vapor through their antennae B They concentrate on the smell of food
C They follow an ant who is familiar with the trail
D They avoid the vapor spaces by moving in a straight line The word “furnish” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A include B cover C select D provide
9 The word “oscillating” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A falling B swinging C depositing D starting
10 According to the passage, the highest amount of pheromone vapor is found A just above the trail B in the receptors of the ants C in the source of food D under the soil along the trail Your answers:
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(9)Question 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence
(5 points)
1 I’m certainly not going to give you any more money
I have no ……… My father was sound asleep in his chair, worn out after his day in the field
So……… Could you help me to post these letters?
Would you be so ………? I'm absolutely sure that he took the money on purpose
He couldn't ……… I’d rather you didn’t phone me at work
I’d prefer ……… Question 2: Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence (5 points)
1 We had expected Pedro to get promoted (SURPRISE)
Pedro’s ……… It’s not necessary for you to promise – I know I can trust you (WORD)
You ……… The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness (RESULTED)
The Prime Minister’s ……… The final version of the plan was quite different from the initial draft (RESEMBLANCE)
The final version of the plan ……… The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime (RED-HANDED)
(10)Question 3: Write a paragraph (120 – 150 words) on the following topic (20 points)
Computers are becoming increasingly popular in education Therefore, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons and examples to justify your viewpoint
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