Read the passage about Phong and choose the best option.. (2) _______ he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college.[r]
(1)PHÒNG GD&ĐT GIÁ RAI KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP CẤP THỊ XÃ NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Gồm 08 trang) Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 25/12/2016
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Part 1: LISTENING
I Listen to the passage and complete the sentences Write the answers in the spaces provided You'll hear the passage twice (2 points)
Most kids say they don’t like school They say their subjects are boring or there’s too much homework In fact, school is one of the (1) _ times of a person’s life Think about it The hours are short – usually just six hours a day You have the opportunity to learn lots of really (2) _stuff You get to science experiments, learn a musical instrument and play sports On top of that, you get loads of (3) Oh, I nearly forgot, you also get to see and play with your friends five days a week What is there not to like? OK, school (4) _ are not the best in the world but you can bring your own lunch And yes, exams are (5) _, but if you study, you’ll well in them I’d love to go back to school If I had another chance, I’d try my best in every subject
Your answers:
1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
II Listen to the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D Write the answers in the spaces provided You'll hear the passage twice (2 points) How does Suzanne go to work?
A By car B By Skytrain C By metro D By motorbike How long does it take Suzanne to go to work every day?
A Two hours B Five hours C Half an hour D Three hours What is the most serious problem in Bangkok?
A Pollution B Bad weather C Traffic jams D Crime In the evening, the traffic is
A better B worse C the same D noisy
5 Why is traffic so bad in Bangkok?
A People move around by boat C There isn't a Skytrain or metro B There aren't enough roads D People travel to work by car
(2)1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5……… Part 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I Complete the each of the sentences below For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (3 points)
1 She speaks English as as I
A good B better C very good D well
2 When I came home last night, my mother dinner
A is cooking B was cooking C cooked D cooks Would you mind if I _ your dictionary?
A use B using C to use D used
4 Peter: I enjoy listening to pop music - Marry: _
A I don’t, either B I am, too C Neither I D So I The table of wood is more expensive than the plastic one
A made B to make C making D makes
6 I didn’t study hard enough for the examination I wish I harder
A had studied B studied C have studied D could study He stay up late when he was young
A used B was used to C used to D used to be Donald Trump as the president of the USA
A is chosen B chooses C chose D chosen
9 He in Hanoi for two years but now he is living in Ho Chi Minh City
A lived B lives C has live D was living
10 John likes Vietnamese songs very much he doesn’t speak Vietnamese well
A but B so C although D because
11 He is looking forward ………you
A to see B seeing C to seeing D of seeing
12 My father advised me ………… part in outdoor activities
A take B to take C taking D took
13 He suggests ……… paper bags instead of plastic bags
A used B using C to use D use
14 You will fail the final exam _ you study harder
A if B but C because D unless
15 The teacher made a deep _ on the students by singing a very beautiful English song when he fisrt came to the class
A action B symbol C achievement D impression
Your answers:
1……… 2………. 3………. 4……… 5……… 6……… 7……… 8……….
(3)II Read the passage about Phong and choose the best option For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (2 points)
As a child, Phong always dreamt of going (1) _to study (2) _ he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college Phong was very happy that his dream finally (3) true
When he first arrived in the country, Phong's English was not very good and sometimes he did not (4) _ what other people said He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with the new teaching and learning method He felt (5) in this new place, and missed all his buddies in Viet Nam The food there was so different (6) _ what his mum used to cook for him And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (7) But Phong was young and enthusiastic He learnt to (8) _ to this new environment After two years, Phong is now very (9) in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school He has a lot of friends from different countries He is even good (10) being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant
1 A travelling B abroad C up D foreign
2 A At B During C After D.While
3 A come B become C turned D came
4 A understand B.like C care D consider
5 A happy B interested C desperate D lonely
6 A from B for C as D about
7 A freely B careful C carefully D carelessly
8 A discover B explore C adapt D adjust
9 A bad B good C smooth D fluent
10
A at B than C of D that
Your answers:
1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
6 ……… 7 ……… 8 ……… 9 ……… 10 ………
III Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning to the pervious one (2 points)
1 Their trip lasted for three days
-They had The last time I watched this film was in 2014
(4)3 Although Lan took a taxi, she arrived late for the meeting
- In spite of My father spent hours repairing my bike
- It ……… ……… ………… ……… The teacher had the students clean the schoolyard
- The teacher… The river is so polluted that we cannot swim in it
- It is such You cannot smoke in this room
- You are My father is too busy to have a day off at the weekend
- My father.… They say that he invented the digital camera
- It …… ……… …… 10 "You'd better morning exercise", said my father
- My father Part 3: READING
I Read the passage and fill in each blank with only ONE suitable word Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)
I've been working with teenagers (1) _ five years I've spent time talking to them besides teaching them English I remember once I asked them (2) _ their parents or classmates had more influence on their success at school
Some said their parents had the (3) _ influence on their achievement The (4) _ given was that parents usually loved their (5) _ unconditionally, and they definitely would their best to help and support their children For (6) _, parents could all the housework so that their children could have (7) _ for studying
(5)Your answers:
1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………
6 ……… 7 ……… 8 ……… 9 ……… 10 ………
II Read the passage below and choose the correct answers Write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (2 points)
Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake,and was originally named after the location it was in It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake from the classroom windows In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945 In that year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the Tran Dynasty Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton ThatTung, and poet Xuan Dieu
used to be the school's students
Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its prestige, as well as its reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi It is very difficult to be admitted to the school Every year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted Those applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and Training of Ha Noi
1 The passage mainly discusses
A Chu Van An, the teacher B Chu Van An School in the future
C Chu Van An School over time D the difficulty of being admitted to Chu Van An School
2 All of the following are true about the school EXCEPT A the school was originally named after the location it is in B the school admits three thousand students every year C the school has a view of the West Lake
D the school is large
3 The word 'principal' is closest in meaning to
A Teacher B head teacher C Founder D Supporter The word 'prestige' in the passage mostly means _
A Respect B Fame C Status D Position It can be understood from the passage that _
A students of the school are very smart B the school fees are very high
(6)D the teachers at the school earn a lot of money Your answers:
1.……… 2……… ……… 4……… ………
III Use the words in the box to complete the following passage There are more words than you need Write the answer in the spaces provided (1 point)
which carry because make take is the richest poor although
Brunei is one of the smallest counties in the world Its population is only 250,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with (1) ………… longest name in the world) It is also the (2) ………… country in Asia and maybe one of the richest countries in the world (3) ………… it has a lot of oil and gas (4) it exports to Japan Every week huge tankers (5) …… oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan
Your answers:
1 ………… 2……… ………… 4………… 5…………
Part 4: WRITING (4 points)
Write about your NEIGBORHOOD in a paragraph of 100-150 words
(7)(8)