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(1)UBND TỈNH BẮC GIANG SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HỘI THI GIÁO VIÊN DẠY GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 ĐỀ THI KIỂM TRA NĂNG LỰC MÔN: Tiếng Anh (cấp THCS) Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút Ngày thi: 21 tháng 10 năm 2012 (Thí sinh không sử dụng tài liệu) Đề chính thức ĐIỂM BÀI THI Lưu ý: Bằng số: Chữ kí Giám khảo 1: Bằng chữ: Chữ kí Giám khảo 2: Số phách - Đề thi gồm trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi - Có thể viết bài sang mặt giấy phía sau đề thi PHẦN I: KIẾN THỨC CHUYÊN MÔN (70 ĐIỂM) I Listening: You will hear several talks, after each talk you will hear a question (The talks and questions will not be repeated), then read the four possible answers and choose the best one (10 pts) A That the man should review more carefully B That they should study together C That the man needs to master the subject D That there is too much information to cover A They should be fine for driving C They aren't very safe B It's too late to drive on them D Chains are required for driving on them A The test specifications aren't outlined in the syllabus B The final exam will cover everything they studied this semester C The exam will be longer than usual D The final exam will contain some math problems A She'll take a nap on a mat C The geometry is a snap for her B She tried to the math before class D She'll the assignment after she rests A She will check the weather before going to the bookstore B The books she needed had not been ordered C She can't pick up her books until her check clears D She must wait to pick up her order A He's rushing to finish the paper C He's not in a hurry B He's been doing the paper for several weeks D The paper has been overdue for a week A She quit her job C She lost her job B She took some time off D She moved to a company downtown A The tablets were all probably taken C The man took some medication B The medication is not working D The pills were not taken on schedule A He has gone to his high school reunion C He is braver than Cathy B He lacks the funds to go to the event D He dislikes high school reunions 10 A He wired the paper to the professor B The paper was handed in just in time C His paper was a little late D He slipped the late paper under the professor's door Your answers: 10 _ -1- (2) II Listen to the conversation between the manager of the Student Hostel and a student Tick (v) if the information is correct, or write in the changes (5 pts) STUDENT HOSTEL CHARGES FOR MEALS - Breakfast $2.00 $2.50 - Lunch $3.00 v - Dinner $3.00 - Three-meal plan $48.00 per week - Two-meal plan $36.00 per week - Breakfast 7.00 – 9.30 am - Lunch Noon – 2.00 pm - Dinner 6.00 – 7.30 pm MEAL TIMES THE END OF LISTENING TEST III Choose the best answer A,B,C or D (10 pts) Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh won the 2012 Yonex Chinese Taipei Open championship after beating Tien Chen Chou of Taiwan in sets 21-11, 21-17 on Sunday A long B straight C big D neutral Sorry, but that book is _ We’ll get some copies from the publisher next Monday A out of print B out of order C off shelf D out of stock Jim: “Could you me a hand the decoration?” Peter: “Sure Just tell me how I can help you.” A join / in B offer / about C help / for D give / with Jack: “Hi, Dick Are you doing ok?” Dick: “ ” A So long! B That’s okay You? C Couldn’t be better! Yourself? D No big thing Six months after he the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney will finally step into the ring with President Obama tonight for their first debate A joined up B went over C took up D locked up The education through private schools will help our country progress A offered B offering C to offer D having offered The teachers have had some problems return the papers to the students A to decide when to B deciding when to C deciding D deciding when James: “You have done a really good job.” Laura: “ ” A Thank you You really deserve it B Thanks How nice of you to say so C Thanks I’m proud of you D Thank you It’s going to be alright speaking, I not really like my present job A Honest B Honesty C Honestly D Dishonest 10 Cambodia has decided to hold for its King Father Norodom Sihanouk, starting from October 17th A a week-long national mourning B a mourning national week-long C a national mourning long week D a mourning week-long nation Your answers: 10 _ -2- (3) IV Read the following passage, then choose the best phrase or sentence given below to fill in each of the blanks Write one letter (A-H) in each of the numbered blanks Some of the suggested answers not fit at all (5 pts) Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the world’s oldest “statue” - a stone standing four feet high, covered with plaster (1) of a human being This “stone man” dating from 11,000 years ago, was fashioned by people who were emerging from the pre-agriculture Stone Age into the Neolithic world of early farming The statue, probably of religious significance, was located inside a prehistoric house - one of the earliest sophisticated buildings (2) Investigations have shown that the house had beautifully finished clay-coated, lime plastered walls and floor So far, excavations have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing stones, (3) retain traces of lime plaster which once covered them However, only one of these shows evidence of having been shaped into the likeness of a human being It is 30 centuries older than the world’s previous known oldest statue (4) that each building appears to have had at least one standing stone inside it, and that one house actually had three The plaster covered human shaped obelisk (5) shoulders and the stumps of arms and part of neck The “head”, however, seems to have broken off A to have been built B excavations have revealed C strangely covered D moulded into the shape Your answers: E ever discovered by archaeologists F has what appear to be G it has been decided H four of which V Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given in parentheses (5 pts) Your answers: Information technology has developed in Vietnam in recent years (ENCOURAGE) Various kinds of colourful flowers were used to the stage in the "Opening ceremony to receive cultural events of Bac Giang province" (BEAUTIFUL) about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money on it (CERTAIN) This is the first time in Vietnam that the Party Politburo and its members’ mistakes have been (PUBLIC) You should use it as a study room It’s quiet (COMPARE) VI There is ONE mistake in each box in the following passage Underline the mistake and write your correction in the numbered box provided (5 pts) Correction: We all know stories about people with exceptional memories who have the possibility to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only once Now experts are saying that such feats can be taught For example, almost people can repeat about nine numbers if they are read out slowly In one experiment, ten hours’ training producing only a small improvement, but the result after practicing for a thousand hours was amazing: some people remembered 80 or even 100 numbers Similarly, a number of adults can identify only about five out a set of 21 colours which are only slightly different But after 80 training hours, one person could recognize 18 of them -3- (4) Studies of 76 major composers show that it took at least ten years of musical training before any of them wrote a major work Psychologists are therefore rising the possibility that genius is the product of teaching VII Read the passage, then choose the best answer A, B, C or D (5 pts) PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES Public Education in the United States, programs of instruction (1) _ to children, adolescents, and adults in the United States through schools and colleges operated by state and local governments Unlike the nationally regulated and financed education systems of many other industrialized societies, American public education is (2) _ the responsibility of the states and individual school districts The national (3) _ of formal education in the United States developed in the 19th century It differed from education systems of other Western societies in three fundamental respects First, Americans were more inclined to regard education as a solution to various social problems Second, because they had this confidence in the power of education, Americans provided more years of schooling for a larger percentage of the population than (4) _ countries Third, educational institutions were primarily governed by local authorities rather than by federal ones The most notable characteristic of the American education system is the large number of people it serves In 2002, 86 percent of Americans between age 25 and 29 had graduated from high school, 58 percent had (5) _ at least some college, and 29 percent had earned at least a bachelor’s degree Expanding access to college education is an important priority for the U.S government A offered B sorted C sent D gave A primarily B only C shortly D totally A networks B schools C system D webs A together B one another C another D other A done B completed C made D created Your answers: VIII Read the passage and fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (10 pts) VIETNAM CONTINUES TO PROTEST CHINA’S ESTABLISHMENT OF ISLAND CITY The foreign ministry sent a note to its Chinese (1) Tuesday, July 25, 2012 protesting that country's illegal establishment of the so-called Sansha city to administer Vietnam’s Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos In the note, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said this “seriously” violates international (2) and Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands It said the city's establishment and related activities are (3) the ground rules for resolving maritime issues the countries agreed to last October and the Declaration of Conduct (DOC) signed (4) ASEAN and China in 2002 The acts also complicate the East Sea situation Vietnam objects to the (5) and demands that China should immediately stop all the wrongful actions, respect Vietnam’s sovereignty, and make practical contributions to the countries’ friendship and to peace and stability in the East Sea The protests follow a decision by China’s Central Military Commission to (6) a Sansha city military command with a base on Phu Lam Island in Hoang Sa This was on July 19, and two days (7) China organized elections to the city legislature despite objections from Vietnam (8) international experts It recently organized a ceremony to mark the establishment of Sansha on Phu Lam attended (9) senior officials from the transport, civil affairs and public security ministries Earlier, on June 23, authorities in Da Nang and Khanh Hoa had made similar protests (10) China announced its decision to create Sansha -4- (5) Your answers: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 IX Rearrange the following paragraph into the correct order to make a suitable passage (5 pts) A One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others Examination that factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character B By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied C Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteen century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud Only during the nineteen century did silent reading become commonplace D Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening Indeed this argument remains with us still in education However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literary culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other E The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy, and thus in the number of readers As readers increased, so the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers Your answers: X Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (5 pts) Some amazing experiments have been carried out by biologists recently, haven’t they? Don’t you believe that ……………………………………………………………… ? Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill Scarcely ………………………………………………………………………… The fact that every child has the same educational opportunities is essential It is essential ……………………………………………………………………… What particularly impressed me was her accent-free pronunciation I ……………………………………………………… He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work He objected ……………………………………………………………… .…… XI Complete the following sentences, using the words or phrases given (5 pts) Thank you / much / invite me / speak / your students / conservation// ……………………………………………………………… .…… Jane / promise / keep in touch / us / while / Australia// ……………………………………………………………… .…… I / be used / get up early / don’t mind / leave / o’clock / morning// ……………………………………………………………… .…… He / used to / go hunting / forests / younger// ……………………………………………………………… .…… Reality television / cover / wide range / television programming formats// ……………………………………………………………… .…… -5- (6) PHẦN II: HIỂU BIẾT VỀ CHỦ TRƯƠNG ĐƯỜNG LỐI, NGHIỆP VỤ SƯ PHẠM (30 ĐIỂM) Câu (15 điểm) Ngày 01/9/2011, Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo đã ban hành Công văn số 5842/BGDĐT-VP việc hướng dẫn điều chỉnh nội dung dạy học (giảm tải) Trên sở công văn này, đồng chí hãy nêu mục đích việc điều chỉnh nội dung dạy học? Để thực tốt nội dung này, giáo viên, các tổ nhóm chuyên môn và các nhà trường cần làm gì? Câu (15 điểm) Thế nào là phương pháp dạy học theo nhóm? Đồng chí hãy cho biết ưu, nhược điểm phương pháp này? Những yêu cầu để phương pháp này đạt hiệu quả? Bằng nội dung cụ thể chương trình tiếng Anh THCS, đồng chí hãy lấy ví dụ minh họa để thể phương pháp dạy học theo nhóm? -6- (7) -7- (8)