English survived, but the spelling of many English words changed to follow French ..( 6) ,and many French words were..(7) into the language.. The result was more irregularity.[r]
(1)SỞ GD- ĐT NGHỆ AN KÌ THI CHỌN GIÁO VIÊN GIỎI TRƯỜNG TRƯỜNG THPT QUỲNH LƯU NĂM HỌC 2013- 2014
Đề thi môn: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề gồm 06 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút( không kể thời gian giao đề) Điểm số:………
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Giám khảo 1:……… Giám khảo 2:………
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SECTION A: PHONETICS
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others A together B tolerate C.gossip D foray
2 A delicate B concentrate C private D accurate A hatred B wretched C naked D asked A submarine B subnormal C supper D subjective
5 A unlock B until C undo D under
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II Choose the word that differs from the other words in the possition of the main stress
1 A independent B altogether C benificial D considerate A secondary B university C politics D comfortable A colour B nation C apply D moment A nutritious B chameleon C historic D momentary A influential B creative C introduction D economics
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SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answer in the numbered box provided below
1 A lot of my friends at the local cafe
A hang up B hang on C hang about D hang off When ironing, I like to put the clothes in neat
A packs B piles C bunches D heaps
3 " Will the Jacksons be invited?"-" I "
A expect so B expect not so C so expect D not expect so He passed the written test only the oral test
A fail B failing C to failing D to fail Bright colours people with dark complexions
A fit B match C suit D effect
6 I wish she make so much noise!
A wouldn't B couldn't C hadn't D weren't There is food left but not enough for everyone
(2)A little B a little C few D a few My job is so that I don't think I'll be able to take a summer break A demanding B persisting C hard D tough Never in my life eating duck
A did I try B have I tried C I tried D I have tried
10 .of my daughters speak French Kate speaks German and Mary knows a bit of Italian
A Both B Neither C None D Either
11 .your cigarette! Can't you see you're not supposed to smoke in here? A Let down B Point out C Put out D Put off 12 I pretended not his question I didn't want to answer it
A to have heard B to heard C having heard D hearing
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II Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space Write your answer in the numbered box provided below
Magazines are big business A large (MAJOR) of the population buy them ( REGULAR) In fact, some people even get their magazines brought to their home by a ( DELIVER) service For others, magazines are an ( OBSESS) and they even collect them But magazines are not to my ( LIKE) They have ads promising a ( DESIRE) appearance with the use of certain products They also print ( ACCURATE) and unreliable information Apart from that, they fill their pages with photos of ( FASHION) clothes What a waste of money!
I admit that I'll ( OCCASION) buy one when going on a trip, but short novels or comics are always ( PREFER), as far as I' m concerned
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III There are 10 words which shouldn’t be in the passage Find them and write in the box given below
Line Text
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You tell me that you are under a lot of stress lately and think I can help you Since
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SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
I Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage
Why does English spelling have a reputation for being difficult? English was first written down when Christian monks came to England in Anglo- Saxon ( 1) They used 23 letters of Latin to write down the sounds of Anglo- Saxon ( 2) as they heard it However, English has a ( 3) range of basic sounds( over 40) than Latin The alphabet was too small, and so combinations of letters were needed to ( 4) the different sounds Inevitably, there were inconsistencies in the way that letters were combined
With the Norman invasion of England, the English language was put ( 5) risk English survived, but the spelling of many English words changed to follow French ( 6) ,and many French words were (7) into the language The result was more irregularity
When the printing press was ( 8) in the fifteenth century, many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages They ( 9) little effort to respect English spelling Although one of the short- term ( 10) of printing was to produce a number of variant spellings, in the long term it created fixed spellins People became used to seeing words spelt in the same way Rules were ( 11), and dictionaries were put together which printers and writers could ( 12) to However, spoken English was not fixed and continued to change slowly- just as it still does now Letters that were sounded in thev Anglo- Saxon period, like the" k" in " knife", now became ( 13) Also, the pronunciation of vowels then had little in ( 14) with how they sound now, but the way they are spelt hasn't changed No ( 15), then, that it is often difficult to see the link between sound and spelling
1 A times B centuries C ages D years A chat B communication C speech D discussion A wider B longer C thicker D deeper A explain B tell C perform D express
5 A in B at C on D under
6 A guides B plans C patterns D types a announced B found C started D introduced A discovered B made up C invented D taken in
9 A made B did C brought D put
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II Read the following passage and answer the questions below by circling the correct option( A, B, C or D)
A distintively American architecture began with Frank Lloyd Wright, who had taken to heart the admonition that form should follow function, and who thought of buildings not as seperate architectural entities but as parts of an organic whole that included the land, the community, and the society In a very real way the houses of colonial New England and some of the southern plantations had been functional, but Wright was the first architect to make functionalism the authoritative principle for public as well as for domestic buildings As early as 1906 he built the Unity Temple in Oak park, Illinois, the first of those churches that did so much to revolutionize ecclesiastical architecture in the United States Thereafter he turned his genius to such
miscellaneous structures as houses, schools, office buildings, and fatories, among them the famous Larkin Building in Buffalo, NewYork, and thevJohnson Wax Company building in Racine, Wisconsin
1 The phrase" taken to heart" in line is closest in meaning to:
A taken seriously B criticized C memorized D taken offence
2 In what way did Wright's public buildings differ from most of those built by earlier architects? A They are built on a larger scale
B Their materials came from the southern United States C They look more like private homes
D Their designs were based on how they would be used The author mention the Unity Temple because it A was Wright's first building
B influenced the architecture of subsequent churches C demonstrated traditional ecclesiastical architecture D was the largest church Wright ever designed
4 The passage mention that all of the following structures were built by Wright EXCEPT A factories B public buildings C offices D southern plantations Which of the following statements best reflects one of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural principles?
A Beautiful design is more important than utility
B Ecclesiastical architecture should be derived from traditional designs C A building should not fit into its surroundings
D The architecture of public buildings does not need to be revolutionary
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III Fill in each blank with one suitable word Write your answer in the box provided below One of the greatest problem with holidays, ( 1) from the usual travel complications and
(5)preoccupied, short- tempered, ( 6) to relax, envisages herself/ himself ( 7) , from the moment of locking the office door, a radically different (8) of person: carefree, good- humoured, ready to relax and enjoy whatever adventures present ( 9) In practice, we take ourselves with us ( 10) we go, and the personality that is shaped over years of stress and tension is almost impossible to shake off at a moment's notice
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SECTION D: WRITING
I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it
1 I'm quite sure that she didn't steal the necklace
She can't The garden still needs digging
The garden has
3 Her grief was so great that she almost fainted
So………
4 I don't see the point of redecorating the room
Redecorating……… People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to
The………
II Rewrite the following sentences using the capital words given in brackets
1 You need to consider the fact that he hasn't spoken French for years.( ALLOWANCES)
You need to……… The neighbours will look after our house while we are away ( EYE)
The neighbours……… They tried very hard to finish by midnight.( BEST)
They……… Is it likely that you will move before July?( CHANCES)
What………
5.She was just about to pass out when someone offered her a seat ( VERGE)
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III Write a composition( about 200 words) about the following topic:
Climate changes have seriously affected people's lives Discuss the causes and suggest some solutions.
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