Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.. Tom: “Fancy seeing you again!”.[r]
SO GIAO DUC VA DAO TAO VINH PHUC KỶ THỊ CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CAP TINH LỚP 12 THPT - NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 Mon: TIENG ANH - THPT DE CHINH THUC Thoi gian: 180 phiit, khéng ké thoi gian giao dé Ngày thi: 25/10/2013 Dé thi gom 05 trang PART A - LISTENING: Complete the table below Write ONE answers on your answer sheet WORD AND/OR A NUMBER HOLIDAY RENTALS: Dates: Example Name of Location Property (1) Kingfisher for each answer Write your 10" — 22" July Disadvantage(s) | Booking details Features e Rural apartment distance from www e surrounded two bedrooms (2) (3) by fields open plan e rural house expensive? phone the owner e next to the three bedrooms (4) (5) nice views living room e com (6) room kitchen Sunnybanks |e inavillage house no contact the e next to the has a private (9) (10) (7) (8) PART B - PHONETICS Identify the word whose main Stress is different from that of the others in each group Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet A documentary B environmental C characteristic D mathematician A abstract B cater C career D access A cartoon A opinion B typhoon B appropriate C hurricane C miracle D beloved D miraculous A audience B entrance C definite D suppress PART C - LEXICO-GRAMMAR I, Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D) Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet Tom: “Fancy seeing you again!” Mary: 66 99 A: Yes, we must B: Yes, nice to see you again! C How you do? D Pleased to meet you 2 I was so tired that I A dropped in on the sofa and went to sleep B flaked off Her parents were very A responsible C glazed over because she was out so late that night B sorry C worried After a lot of difficulties, he A managed D stretched out to open the door B succeeded Parents tend to D overcome C obtained D realized C underlook D underestimate C detect D deter their children A underfeed B underdose I could a note of panic in his voice A desist B detest Your progress will be A counted in six months’ time B evaluated Let me give you a(n) C valued D enumerated of advice, my son A blade B pair C article She is I am surprised she didn’t go into music professionally A such good pianist C too good a pianist that 10 You D piece B so good a pianist that D a pianist so good me, because I didn’t say that A must misunderstand B must be misunderstanding C must have misunderstood D had to misunderstand IT, Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter Write your answers on your answer sheet The girl sitting next to Mike smiles very He was a very , doesn’t she? ATTRACT pupil and seemed to spend most of the time ATTEND looking out of the window He hoped that she had remained the same so that he could renew her ROMANTIC that he had always cherished Some poor families are unable to meet their needs Their wedding marked the time they entered into the lam fond of watching her play tennis [need a car that is Widows may Peter says he 1s 10 I told you and reliable if they like or if they find the right man fed up with the government not to write your answers in pencil, Smith! BASE of marriage PARTNER PARTICULAR ECONOMY MARRY TOGETHER SPECIFIC IIT In most lines of this text there is one unnecessary word It is either incorrect grammatically, or does not fit the sense of the text Write the unnecessary word in the space beside the text Tick @) each correct line There are two examples at the beginning Transfer your answers to your answer sheet Can I add some comments to your to debate about the value of | {O television? Your readers may find that some of my views reflect | 00 exactly of their own experience in this matter First of all, [| heartily apree with your reader Mrs Goldwood who she wrote | that she has decided to abandon her television set in protest at | the mind-boggling boredom of medical dramas, soaps and fly- | on-the-wall documentaries Six enough that enough, was months and took my ago I decided that| set to the rubbish tip] where it belongs I can assure to Mrs Goldwood that she will not | miss with hers Since getting rid of mine, I have discovered that | § there are far more than interesting serials on the radio I think | that she will also find herself 1s reading more, and at least with | books you can choose what 10 kind of story you want to follow, instead of being at the mercy of the programme planners I am sure that other readers can confirm that life after The Box is richer and more rewarding PART D: READING I Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania She studied biology in college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933 In 1936, she was hired by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941 It recetved excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952 In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology Her imagery and language had a poetic quality Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work A as a researcher B at college C at the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service D as a writer According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns Hopkins University? A Oceanography B History C Literature D Zoology When she published her first book, Carson was closest to the age of A.26 B 29 C 34 D 45 It can be inferred from the passage that in 1952, Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind A was outdated B became more popular than her other books C was praised by critics D sold many copies Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for 7he Sea Around Us? A Printed matter B Talks with experts C A research expedition D Letters from scientists Which of the following words or phrases is LEAST A Highly technical B Poetic accurate in describing The Sea Around Us? C Fascinating D Well researched C continuous D irresponsible The word reckless in bold is closest in meaning to A unnecessary B limited According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily A an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food B a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply C a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides D an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word flawed in bold? A faulty B deceptive C logical D offensive 10 Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee in the last sentence? A To provide an example of government propaganda B To support Carson’s ideas C To indicate a growing government concern with the environment D To validate the chemical industry’s claims IT, Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space Write your answers on your answer sheet Family life has always been extremely important in Chinese culture For thousands of years, the Chinese people practiced loyalty (1) Chinese philosophy (2) family, obedience to the father and respect for ancestors and religion emphasized these values However, social and economic changes in late 1900’s had affected Chinese traditional family values Relationships within families have become less formal and parents no (3) except their children to show unquestioning obedience In the past, parents arranged marriages for their children and chose (4) Many young people today (5) the children would marry their own marriage partners, although usually with the consent of their parents Parents still help arrange some marriages in rural areas Chinese families traditionally valued sons far more than (6) A husband could divorce his wite if she failed to give birth to sons Today, social policy in China stresses that families should value girls and (7) equally The government strongly supports the idea that women should contribute to the family income and (8) (9) in social and political activities Women many kinds of work the home Many young husbands share in the shopping, housecleaning, cooking and caring for the children However, equality between the sexes is more widely accepted in the cities (10) the countryside in ITT Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each numbered gap in the passage below Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet We send our children to school to prepare them (1) the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves They learn their own language (2) they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and what they know and understand what others (3) foreign languages in order to be able to (4) them They learn from what people in other countries written and said, and to make people from other countries understand what they themselves mean They learn arithmetic to (5) and to count things in their daily life, geography to know something about the world around them and history to know something about (6) beings they meet every day Nearly everything that they study at school has some practical use in their life and work But is that the only (7) why they go to school? No There is more in education than just learn facts We go to school above all to learn how to learn so that when we leave school we can (8) to learn A man who really know how to learn will always be (9) , because whenever he has to something new which he has never had to before, he will (10) teach himself how to it in the best way A for B with C about D on A in order B so C so that D and A say B tell C speak D talk 4A gain B profit C earn D benefit A measure B interpret C translate D number A man B mankind C people D human A cause B reason C evidence D belief A repeat B manage C continue D reach A capable B successful C victorious D courageous 10 A hardly B fastly C closely D rapidly PART E: WRITING (2 points) I Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence answers on your answer sheet Write your We’ll have to leave immediately at the end of the film >The moment I’ve only recently started wearing glasses > I didn’t My responsibility is to take out the garbage every day > lam John doesn’t like other people telling him what to at work > John doesn’t like “Are you taking much money with you to France?” asked the sales manager > The sales manager asked me II Topic writing In about 150- 200 words, write a paragraph about one of your worst dreams that you have ever experienced THE END SỞ GD & DT VINH PHUC _ KÌ THỊ CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 THPT NMHOC2013-2014_ HUONG DAN CHAM MON: TIENG ANH - THPT PART A - LISTENING: moonfleet 01752669218 15 points — 1.5pt/ item shops | sea PART B- PHONETICS: 1A summerhouse(s) | river dinning garden 10 agent parking points — 1pt/ item | 2.C | 3.C | 4.C | 5.D PART C - LEXICO-GRAMMAR - 30 points I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: 10 pt - pt/item 1.B 6.C 2.D 7.B 3.C 8.D 4A 9.B 5.D 10.C attractively inattentive romanticism basic partnership particularly economical remarry altogether 10 specifically II 10 pt — 1pt/item III 10pt - 1pt/item of she that ( was that enough > was | to 3.4 with than 10 is enough) PART D: READING ( 30 points) I 10pt — 1pt/item 1.D 6.A 2.D 7.D 3.C 8.C 4.D 9.A 5.C 10.B to the longer whom choose daughters boys participate outside 10 than LA 2.C 3.B 4.D S.A 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.D II 10pt — 1pt/item III 10pt — 1pt/item PART E: WRITING (20 points) I 5pt — Ipts/item The moment the film finishes/ has finished we’\l have to leave I didn’t wear/ start to wear glasses until recently am responsible for taking out the garbage every day John doesn’t like being told what to at work The sales manager asked me if/ whether I was taking much money with me to France II Topic writing 15 points Content: points: a provision of all main reasons and examples as appropriate Language: points: a variety of vocabulary and appropriate structures Presentation: points: coherence, cohesion, and appropriate style TOTAL: 100 points