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PRACTICE TEST 1 I. VOCABULARY A. Choose the best word from A, B, C or D that fits each blank. 1. People who take on a second job inevitably.........themselves to greater stress. A. offer B. subject C. field D. place 2. The building work must be finished by the end of the month......of cost. A. ignorant B. thoughtless C. uncaring D. regardless 3. Sarah's friends all had brothers and sisters but she was a(n).......child. A. singular B. individual C. single D. only 4.....................from being embarrassed by his mistake, the lecturer went on confidently with his talk. A. Distant B. Far C. A long way D. Miles 5. The increased pay offer was accepted although it........short of what the employees wanted. A. fell B. arrived C. came D. ended 6. The old lady's savings were considerable as she had........a little money each week. A. put by B. put in C. put apart D. put down 7. His poor handling of the business...........on negligence. A. bordered B. edged C. approached D. neared 8. After the accident, there was considerable doubt.........exactly what had happened. A. in the question of B. as to C. in the shape of D. for 9. Price increases are now running at a(n)..........level of thirty per cent. A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top 10. The police...............a good deal of criticism, over their handling of the demonstration. A. came in for B. brought about C. went down with D. opened up 11. The stage designed was out of this...........but unfortunately the acting was not so impressive. A. moon B. planet C. world D. earth 12. To discuss this matter with anyone else would.........our professional regulation. A. contradict B. counteract C. contrast D. contravene 13. I.................on the grapevine that George is in line for promotion. A. heard B. collected C. picked D. caught 14. This monument is..............to the memory of distinguished former students. A. erected B. dedicated C. commissioned D. associated 15. To begin studying chemistry at this level, you must already have proved your ability in a related ………….. A. line B. discipline C. region D. rule 16. This sad song movingly conveys the...........of the lovers' final parting. A. ache B. argument C. anxiety D. anguish 17. Do you expect there will be a lot of...........to the project from the local community? A. rejections B. disapproval C. disagreement D. objections 18. As a …………..parent, my main concern is balancing the needs of a small child with the need to earn a living. A. solo B. single C. sole D. solitary 19. By the time we got home, we were...........frozen and starving hungry. A. extremely B. very C. absolutely D. exceedingly 20. She says that unfortunately, in the...........circ*mstances, she cannot afford to help us. A. ongoing B. contemporary C. actual D. present B. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. HARD TO BELIEVE! Albert and Betty Cheetham hit the headlines recently thanks to an astonishing lists of coincidences. On holiday in Tunisia, the (1. retire)............................couple found themselves dining opposite another retired couple - Albert and Betty Rivers. And, also (2. coincidence)................, Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Rivers had both previously worked for a railway company, while Mrs. Cheetham and Mrs Rivers had both worked for the post office. The two couples also made the (3. discover) …………..that they both had two sons and five.......grandchildren and, to their (4. amazing) , that the date and time of their (5. marry) …………..was exactly the same i.e. 2p.m. August 15th, 1942. A more sustained coincidence is that seven of the eight US presidents who died in office were elected at exactly 20 year intervals between 1840 - and 1960. It was eventually Ronald Reagan, beginning his (6. president) in 1980, 20 years after John. F. Kennedy, who broke the cycle after surviving an (7. assassinate). .attempt and finishing his last term (8. live) ………….. . OUT FOR THE COUNT 'You are what you think you are,' says self-hypnotist Jonathan Atkinson, so there are 20 of us lying on our backs trying to communicate with our (9. conscious) minds. We start by describing our problems. I've got the usual (10. complain): …………..tiredness, insomnia, (11. anxious) ………….. . Six years ago, Jonathan was a typical 40 cigarettes a-day executive under too much (12. stressful) ………….. .
Then he learnt self-hypnosis. What is particularly (13. impress)......is that he can stop the bleeding when he cuts himself shaving, and have his teeth filled without needing an (14. inject) ………….. . Gradually what started off as weird becomes (15. understand).........Why in hypnosis, Jonathan. tells us that whenever we count to ten, with the (16. intend) …………..of going into self-hypnosis, we'll be able to do it. Amazingly, it seems to work. C. In the following advertisem*nt or a guide to travelling as an air courier all the full stops (.) and question marks (?) have been removed. Show where the full stops or question marks should be inserted by writing them, together with the preceding word, in the space provided. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (√). TRAVEL FREE AS AN AIR COURIER
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I.GRAMMAR A. Complete the sentences below with one of the follow.ing verbs plus a preposition. (Make any changes to verb tenses that may be necessary.) abide confine decide surround account count grumble specialize accuse cry insist taste book deal refrain translate
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The teacher...............calling me Ghenghis, even though my real name is Attila. Michael trained as a psychiatrist, and he now.........mental disorders of the very rich. I was................cheating in the examination, just because I had made a few notes on the back of my hand. Scientists are unable to.............the sudden increase in sunspot activity, although some people believe that aerosols are to blame. Footballers used to..............the referee's decision, but nowadays they are just as likely to punch him in the mouth. The hotel's fire regulations have been...........eighteen languages, thereby ensuring that guests will bum to death while trying to find the version in their own language. "My coffee...............garlic!" - "You're lucky, mine has no taste at all." The English...............the weather, but secretly they don't mind their climate, because they love complaining. I was thinking of going to live in Scotland, but when I heard that I would have to wear a kilt, I it. If there are any personnel problems in the factory, the boss always asks his deputy to. .them.
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"Why am I...............idiots?” - "We don't know, Father." 'They used to say of Errol Flynn that you could.........him: he would always let you down. It's no use...............spilt milk. The kakapo is a rare flightless, nocturnal ground parrot. It is now …………..South Island, New Zealand, which is another reason why most people have never seen one. 15. Passengers are' kindly requested to...........smoking in the gangways and in the toilets. As it was getting late, we decided tothe nearest hotel. B. Read the following dialogue between two students. Put the verbs in brackets into one of the following tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Future Simple, Future Perfect, Future Continuous. A: Hi Julie. How was your summer break? B: Great! I can't believe it's all gone so fast! A: So; what (1. you, do).............since you got back? B: Well the main' thing has been moving all my stuff into the house I (2. share)....with four others from next Saturday. It (3. belong).............to the university and it's really nice. A: Great! Well, while you (4. move).........., I was revising for my exams in October. B: You (5. joke)..............! You don't have exams already, do you? A: Yes, well, you know I (6. fail)...........a couple of my June exams. So now I have to retake them. B: Oh yes, I (7. Completely, forget).............How awful! A: At least they (8. be).............over soon. Anyway, what's it like in your new place? B: Well, it's complete chaos at the moment but with luck we (9. unpack)....most of the boxes by the weekend. A: Listen, if there's anything I can do, just tell me, won't you? B: Hey thanks but I think we (10. do)...........all the main things. Anyway, you should be concentrating on your exams! II. READING A. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion. San Francisco is where I grew up between the ages of two and ten and where I lived for a period when I was about 13 and again as a married man from the ages of 37 to 51. So quite a big slice of my life has been spent there. My mother, who is now 90, still lives in Los Gatos, about 60 miles south of San Francisco; - Even though I have since lived in Switzerland and settled in London over 25 years ago, I have kept property in California for sentimental reasons. I was born in New York and I love the United States. It is still a land of enormous drive, strength, imagination and opportunity. I know it well, having played in every town and, during the war, in every army camp. I have grown new roots in London as I did in Switzerland and if I am asked now where I want to live permanently, I would say London. But I will always remain an American citizen. Climatically, San Francisco and London are similar and so are the people who settle in both' cities. San Francisco is sophisticated, and like London, has many parks and squares. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children. We had an English upbringing in terms of plenty of fresh air and outdoors games. I didn't go to school. My whole formal education consisted of some three hours when I was five. I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day and said I didn’t enjoy it, hadn't learned anything and couldn't see the point of a lot of children sitting restlessly while a teacher taught from a big book. My parents decided, wisely I think, that school was not for me and I never went back. My mother then took over my education and brought up my two sisters and me rather in the way of an educated English lady. The emphasis was on languages and reading rather than sciences and mathematics. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers and we were kept to a strict routine. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park which led down to the sea and on our walks my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a small windmill in the window of a shop we passed on our way back to the park and I remember now how my heart yearned for it. I couldn't roll my 'r's when I was small and my mother who was a perfectionist regarding pronunciation, said if I could pronounce an 'r' well I'd have the windmill. I practiced and practiced and one morning woke everyone up with my r's. I got the windmill. I usually get the things I want in life-but I work for them and dream of them. 1. When the writer was twelve he was living in A. San Francisco. B. Los Gatos. C. London. D. a place unknown to the reader. 2. During the war, the writer A. became an American soldier. B. went camping all over the country. C. gave concerts for soldiers. D. left the United States. 3. The writer did not attend school in America because A his mother wanted him to go to school in England. B. his parents did not think he was suited to formal education. C. his mother preferred him to play outdoors in the parks. D. he couldn't get on with the other children. 4. He was educated at home by A. his mother and other teachers. C. his mother and sisters. B. an educated English lady. D. teachers of languages and science. 5. The writer managed to obtain the little windmill he wanted by A. borrowing the money for it. B. learning to read music.
C. succeeding in speaking properly.
D. working hard at his lessons.
B. You are going to read an article about people who have a very strange gift. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which /its each gap (1-6). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0) A. One such, the physicist Sir Isaac Newton wrote that, for him, each note of the musical scale corresponded to a particular color of the spectrum: when he saw a color, he sometimes heard the note. And the philosopher John Locke reported the case of a blind man who claimed that he had had a revelation of what the color scarlet looked like when he heard the sound of a trumpet for the first time. B. Interestingly, he stated that his wife and son both have the gift of color hearing and that their son's' colors sometimes appear to be a mix of those of his parents. For example, the letter M, for him was pink, and to his wife it was blue and in their son they found it to be purple. C. The scheme of colors that he recommended for each age group was intended to reflect a child's stage of development. The younger children had pink/red, while the older ones had yellow/green. D. As each child develops; he or she learns to use all the senses cooperatively. What the child learns from one sense can be transferred to another. E. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that the five senses were drawn together by a 'common sense' located in the heart. Later we see that the anatomical drawings of Leonard Da Vinci reflect the 15th century belief that the senses have a common mechanism. F. When their tutor asked them to draw what they 'saw' when they heard a note rise and fall on a clarinet, their images included lips, lines and triangles. One even drew a house nestling amid hills. G. He casually remarked to her that the colors of the letters were all wrong. It turned out that she could also see the letters in different colors and that she also heard musical notes in color. H. Apparently, green helps people relax, whereas red is good for getting people to talk and produce ideas. However, too much color can have a different effect from the one intended - excess red brings out our aggression, for example, while too much green makes staff lazy. LISTENING TO COLOR Color has a deep impact on each and every one of us. In both offices and factories, shops and homes, the management of color is used to improve the environment. 0. H In the early part of the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner studied these effects of color on individuals. He developed a theory from which he produced color schemes for a learning environment. 1. ……….. Although learning to integrate information from different senses is vital, for the majority of people sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing are fundamentally separate. Yet there is evidence, some anecdotal, some more scientific, to suggest that they are, in fact, linked. This idea of sensory unity is a very old one. 2. ……….. In more modern times, many individuals have reported experiencing what is normally felt through one sense via another, and have described occasions when experiences of one sense also trigger experiences of another. Many respected scholars have reported the linking of the senses, known as synaesthesia. 3. ……….. More recent studies include the case of a girl who associated colors with the notes of bird song. There was also a boy who felt pressure sensations in his teeth when cold compresses were applied to his arms. Among a group of college students, it was found that more than 13 per cent consciously summoned up images of color when they were listening to music, claiming that this made the experience more enjoyable. 4. ……….. The author Vladimir Nabokov was once interviewed for a magazine article. He told the story of his 'rather freakish gift of seeing letters in color'. 5. ……….. In his autobiography, he remembered the time when he was seven years old. He was using old black and white alphabet blocks to build a tower, while his mother was watching. 6. ……….. This gift for seeing letters or hearing music in color is not yet understood. There are probably more people out there who have the gift, but feel embarrassed or awkward about admitting it. V. USE OF ENGLISH A. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank. HIGH STAKES Few people in the world of high finance had heard of Marc Colombo. There was no (1) why they should have done. He was a mere foreign-exchange (2)......................................................................................, at the Lloyds Bank in Lugano, Switzerland: But in 1974, Colombo (3) ………..the headlines around the world leaving (4) ………..money experts open-mouthed – in amazement. Lloyds (5) ………..that 'irregularities' had cost the bank a (6) £32 million. What had the 28-year-old Colombo been (7) ………..to? And how had he got (8)..........................with it? Colombo had been watching the world's leading (9).....change their values on the foreign exchange markets.He decided to buy
34 million US dollars with Swiss francs in three months' time. If, as he (10) , it turned out that the dollar was (11) less when the time came to settle, he would make a handsome profit. But the dollar'svalue did not (12) It went up. And Colombo lost £1 million. Consequently he increased his stake, and went for (13) ………..or - nothing. Without Lloyds (14) a thing, he set up transactions totaling £4,580 million in just nine months. At first, he was betting that the dollar would lose value. It did not. (15) ...........................................................................................................................................................he switched to gambling that it would go on rising. It did not.
1. A. cause 2. A. dealer 3. A. knocked 4. A. hard-hearted
B. purpose B. salesman B. struck B. hard -headed
C. basis C. merchant C. hit C. hard pressed
5. A. announced 6. A. swaying 7. A. down 8. A. away 9. A. monies
B. publicized B. shaking B. off B. on B. rates
C. broadcasted C. staggering C. up C. through C. accounts
10. A. expected 11. A. value 12. A. tumble 13. A. twice 14. A. considering 15. A. So
B.contemplated B. cost B. trip B. pair B. speculating B. Moreover
C. wondered C. worth C. spill C. twofold C. suspecting C. Despite
D. reason D. retailer D. beat D. hardhitting D. divulged D. wobbling D. on D. by D. currencies D. considere D. charge D. topple D. double D. believing D. However
B. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word. Men have lived in groups and societies (1) ……….. all times and in all places, as (2)as we know. They do not seem (3) ………..to survive as human beings (4) ………..they live in (5) ……….. cooperation with one (6)……….. . The most basic of (7) ………..human groups is the family in (8) various forms. The most important reason for this is the simple (9) ………..that human beings take many years to (10) ……….. . In (11) ………..they are the most helpless of all earthly creatures. For several years after (12) ……….., a child has to be (13) , clothed and protected day and night. In all societies such duties normally fall (14) ………..a family group of some (15) ……….. . Men (16) ………..groups for countless (17) ……….. reasons. For instance, it is (18) by cooperating that they are able to (19) ………..their environment and defend (20) ……….. . C. For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in capital letters. These words must not be altered in any way. 1. If you don't obey the regulations, you will be permitted to fish in this river. LONG 2. Taking the necessary precautions, you shouldn't have any health problems. PROVIDED 3. He'll give you the sack if you are late for the meeting. OTHERWISE 4. If we took effective action now, we could still save the rainforests. WERE 5.Your refusal to co-operate would cause immediate expulsion from the country. SHOULD 5. The ban on hunting was only imposed because the minister insisted. BUT 6. They will try Abrams for murder at the High Court next week. TRIAL 7. After such a long time together they are still happily married. TEST 8. How do our sales compared with those of other firms? RELATION 9. He is unlikely to win the competition. CHANCE D. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it. 1. This is my brother's first solo flight in a glider. This is the first time ………………………………… 2. We will not see each other again before I go. This will be the last time …………………………… 3. The train left before he got to the station. By the time …………………………………………. 4. The school was founded ten years ago.
It is ten ……………………………………………… 5. The house looks better since the repainting was done. The house looks better now ………………………… 6. She hadn't had a relapse for six months. It was ……………………………………………….. 7.We should spend as little money as possible. The less …………………………………………….. 8.My slow progress was due to bad teaching. As a result ………………………………………….. 9.Nobody in the world can run as fast as Fleetfoot. Fleetfoot …………………………………………… 10.All that stood between John and a gold medal was Jim's greater speed. But for …………………………………………………………………
VI. COMPOSITION I. Write a composition (300 words) about the following topic: A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the advantages, and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.
II. The chart and graph below give information about sales and share prices for Coca-Cola. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words.
III. Summarize the passage about the effects of pollution in about 100 words. POLLUTION IN ITS MANY FORMS One of the most serious problems facing the world today is pollution. That is the contamination of air, land and water by all kinds of chemicals such as poisonous gases, waste materials and insecticides. Pollution has upset the balance of nature, destroyed many forms of wildlife and caused a variety of illnesses. It occurs in every country on Earth but is most prominent in industrial countries. Breathing polluted air is very common to most people, especially those living in cities. In heavily industrialized areas, fumes from car exhausts and thick smoke from factory chimneys can be seen darkening the atmosphere. This would reduce visibility and make the air unpleasant to breathe. Large scale burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, gas and oil, in homes and industries also produces a wide range of pollutants. This includes sulfur dioxide which damages plants, destroys buildings and affects health. Other known pollutants are carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and dirt particles. The fumes produced by car exhausts and factories would normally disperse in the air, but sometimes they are trapped by air layers of different temperatures. The result is a fog-like haze known as smog. Britain and some other countries introduced smokeless zones and smokeless fuels some years ago and smog no longer occurs, but it still remains a very real problem in Japan and the United States. The motor car is a major source of pollution. In densely populated cities where there are millions of cars on the roads, the level of carbon monoxide in the air is dangerously high. On windless days, the fumes settle near ground level. Fumes from car exhausts also pour out lead and nitrogen oxide. The testing of nuclear weapons, and the use of atomic energy for experimental purposes in peaceful times have exposed some people to levels of radiation that are too high for safety. Crop- spraying by aircraft also adds chemical poisons to the air. Domestic rubbish is another very serious pollution problem. The average American citizen throws away nearly one ton of
rubbish every year. Much of this consists of plastic, metal and glass packaging that cannot be broken down naturally. Instead it lies with old refrigerators, broken washing machines and abandoned cars in huge piles for years without decaying. Each year the problem of rubbish disposal becomes more serious. Sewage causes another form of pollution. Most of it flows straight into rivers, where it is broken down by tiny bacteria. The bacteria need oxygen for this process, but because of the vast quantities of sewage, the bacteria uses up all available oxygen in the water, causing the death of countless fish and other river life. Rivers provide a very convenient outlet for industrial waste, as well as being a source of water for cooling in nuclear and other power plants. Like rivers, oceans have been used as dumping grounds for waste of all kinds. One of the recent sources of sea pollution is oil and millions of tons of it spill into the sea each year. Oil not only pollutes beaches, it also kills fish and seabirds. (512 words)
ANSWER TO PRACTICE TEST 1 I. VOCABULARY A 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. A - subject to (v) : cause sb to undergo st unpleasant {recruits subjected to rigorous physical training} - take on (v) : undertake task {I can't take on any more projects at the moment.} - fall short of st : fail to meet a desired standard; become less - put by (v) : save money for future use - put in (v) : make telephone call; say st; make claim; give time/energy - put apart (v) : place st {I put my arms around her.}{They put the child's money into a trust fund.}, cause sb to go to a place and stay there for a period of time; place sb or st in a particular state or situation {It put me in mind of my last visit.}; set/ make sb do st; make sb or st have or be affected by st {They put pressure on him to accept the offer} - put down (v) : release a hold or grip on st and put it on a lower surface, or restore to the ground sb who has been lifted up; write st on paper; suppress a rebellion; use force to bring a rebellion to an end - negligence (n) : carelessness; the condition or quality of being negligent; civil wrong causing injury or harm; casualness - border on st (v) : be almost the same as st, verge on st {The boy’s reply to his teacher was bordering on rudeness.}; be next to st {The new housing estate borders on the motorway.} - uppermost (a) : highest - come in for : receive; be subjected to; be the object of criticism or scrutiny {The policy has come in for scathing attacks by the media.} (scathing: severely critical and scornful) - go down with : find acceptance; become ill with + disease 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. D - contradict (v) : disagree with; show to be wrong {The results contradicted all previously held theories.} - counteract (v) : lessen effect of - contrast (v) : seem/make things seem different {These poems have a mature voice when contrasted with her earlier work.}; marked difference - contravene (v) : violate a rule/law {outdated equipment that contravenes the safety regulations}; contradict st {There was no question of contravening the committee's findings.} - the grapevine /aI/ (sl) : means by which news is passed on from person to person - in line for st : likely to get st {She’s in line for promotion.} - dedicate to st (v) : devote attention to st; set st aside for purpose - commission (v) : assign task to sb; order st special; fee paid to agent - discipline (n) : branch of knowledge; subject of instruction; kiến thức bộ môn - anguish (n) : extreme anxiety; sorrow, grief - solo (a) : if one does st solo, he does it alone - on one’s own : by oneself; do st alone without the help of anyone else; unaided - single (a) : not married (present status) - sole (a) : unmarried - solitary (a) : single + thing {a solitary boat on the sea/flower}; done alone - extremely (ad) : + nervous/important/difficult/bad (gradable adjectives); even more than very - absolutely (ad) : + perfectright/correct/incredible/fantastic/crazy/terrible/awful/impossible/ sure/dreadful/ brilliant/no/none/everything/nothing/all (ungradable adjectives){Mr. Morris is absolutely correct. It would be impossible for us all to go.} {He just sat there doing and saying absolutely nothing.}{There is absolutely no evidence against him.} - exceedingly (fml) : + difficult/complex{It is exceedingly difficult to determine the exact cause of death in some murders} - completely : in every way; + different/relaxed/isolated/forgot/ruined {Keith’s dad was completely different from what I had expected.} - ongoing (a) : continuing; occurring now B. HARD TO BELIEVE 1. retired 2. coincidentally 3. discovery 4. amazement 5. marriages 6. presidency 7. assassination 8. alive 9. subconscious 10. complaints 11. anxiety 12. stress 13. impressive 14. injection 15. understandable 16. intention - subconscious (a) : existing unknown in mind; unconscious part of mind; thuộc tiềm thức - hit (v) : produce; give sb information - hit/reach/make the headlines: become important or much publicized news; trở thành tin quan trọng
được nhiều người biết đến - sustained (a) : continuous, continual - interval (n) : a period of time between one event and the next - (self-) hypnotist (n) /I/: sb who (himself) performs hypnosis /i/ - insomnia (n) : difficulty in sleeping
- executive (n) : official, administrative, manager - weird /wi◻d/ (a) : strange, odd, supernatural - start off/out (v) : set off {She turned and started off up the hill.}, begin {Let's start off by introducing ourselves.} C 1.√ 2. fee. 3. price? 4. √ 5. airlines. 6. yourself? 7. √ 8. distributors. 9. rewarding. 10. living. 11. √ 12. often. 13. all. 14. √ 15. savings. - freelance (n) : người làm nghề tự do; a self-employed person working, or available to work, for a number of /’fri:l◻ns/ employers, and usually hired for a limited period - courier /’k◻:ri◻/ (n) : traveler’s guide; sb providing delivery service - coupon /ku:’pon/ (n) : order form; a ticket issued under a rationing system that entitles somebody to an amount of a rationed item and that must be handed in exchange for that item II. GRAMMAR A 1. insists on 2. specializes in 3. accused of 4. account for 5. abide by 6. translated into 7. tastes of 8. grumble about 9. decided against 10. deal with 11. surrounded by 12. count on 13. crying over 14. confined to 15. refrain from 16. book into - abide, abode (v) : tolerate, put up with, bear - confine (v) : jail, imprison, keep within limits; keep in some place - grumble (v) : express dissatisfaction; say st as complaint - refrain (v) : cease, avoid doing st - psychiatrist (n) : a doctor trained in the treatment of people with psychiatric disorders /saI’kI◻trIst/ - aerosol /’er◻sol/ (n) : bình xịt, chất trong bình xịt - kilt (n) : Scottish garment (a knee-length wraparound tartan garment that is part of the traditional Scottish highland dress for men and is also worn by women and girls) - deputy (n) : second-in-command; somebody fully authorized or appointed to act on behalf of somebody else - kakapo /’ka:k◻p◻/ (n) : a large flightless nocturnal parrot with green feathers, now extremely rare - idiot /’IdI◻t/ (n) : - count on (v) : rely on, be sure of B 1. have you been doing 2. I'll be sharing 3. belongs 4. were moving 5. are joking 6. failed 7. have completely forgotten 8. will be 9. will have unpacked 10. have done - stuff (n) : things (material things generally, especially when unidentified, worthless, or unwanted) {What's all this stuff doing in my office?} III. READING A 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C - slice of (n) : part of, percentage of - in terms of st : in relation to st - yearn for (v) : long for, feel affection B 1. C 2. E 3. A 4. F 5. B 6. G - correspond to (v) : be similar, conform, be consistent, or be in agreement with something else, write to one another - spectrum (n) : distribution of colored light - revelation (n) : information revealed; eye-opener - scarlet (a) : crimson, red, cherry, ruby - mix (n) : combination, act of mixing - scheme (n) : system - anatomical (a) : relating to physical structure; relating to or showing the physical structure of animals or plants - mechanism (n) : machine part, st like machine; method or means {Interest rates are only one mechanism for controlling inflation.} - nestle (v) : be secluded, be in a sheltered or secluded place {a village nestling in the foothills}; settle into comfortable position - senses (n) : any of the faculties by which a person or animal obtains information about the physical world, e.g. sight or taste - amid /◻’mId// (prep): in the middle of, within, among
- aggression - excess - integrate - anecdotal experience /◻m◻k’dotl/ - via /’vai◻/
(n) : attack, assault, hostility, violent behavior (n) : extra, surplus (a) more than enough (v) : make st open to all; fit in with group; make into whole (a) : consisting of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or or scientific investigation, chuyện thật, giai thoại (prep): through, by means of
- synaesthesia (n) : the feeling of sensation in one part of the body when another part is stimulated; the evocation / of one kind of sense impression when another sense is stimulated, e.g. the sensation of color sInI’i:z I◻/ when a sound is heard; in literature, the description of one kind of sense perception using words that describe another kind of sense perception, as in the phrase "shining metallic words" - sensation (n) : physical feeling; cảm giác; power to perceive - compress (v) : press things together, (n) treatment pad - sensory (a) : relating to sensation; elating to sensation and the sense organs {heightened sensory awareness} - unity (n) : the state or condition of being one; harmony; something whole - summon up (v) : call sb into court; send for sb; manage to get st - freakish /i:/ (a) : very unusual, suddenly variable - awkward (a) : uncomfortable, embarrassed IV. USE OF ENGLISH A 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10.A 11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A - stake (n) : risk; thin pointed post in ground; money risked in gambling; share/interest st; personal involvement - foreign exchange : dealing in foreign money; foreign money - hit/reach/make the headlines: become important or much publicized news; trở thành tin quan trọng được nhiều người biết đến - irregularity (n) : irregular thing; unauthorized thing; misdeed; wrongdoing; abnormality - be up to : be able to undertake or endure {I don't think I'm up to the journey.} - get away with (v) : experience no bad results from st; manage to do something without being blamed or penalized or experiencing an expected bad result {You could get away with a phone call, but it would be better to write.} - handsome (a) : impressive, good-looking, substantial (pleasingly large in extent or size) - transaction (n) : an instance of doing business of some kind, e.g., a purchase made in a shop or a withdrawal of funds from a bank account; thương vụ - switch to doing st : change, shift, transfer - divulge(nce) /ai/(v) : reveal st - hard-hearted (a) : unfeeling - hard-headed (a) : practical, not sentimental; thiết thực - hard-pressed (a) : closely pursued, theo sát, burdened with urgent business, công việc khẩn chồng chất - hard-hitting (a) : brutally honest, direct and uncompromising {a hard-hitting documentary} - sway (v) : swing back and forth; cause st to do this - stagger (v) : astonish sb; move unsteadily, nearly falling - wobble (v) : move from side to side; quiver, vibrate - get on with (v) : hòa hợp với; make a start - get by (v) : survive, cope, get along, manage - get through (v) : contact somebody, especially by telephone - monies (ey) (n) : duty, taxes, levy - contemplate (v) : have st as possible intention; consider st; think about spiritual matters; look at st thoughtfully - tumble (v) : make, fall over, move hastily, roll around, drop steeply - topple (v) : fall, make st fall over; totter; overthrow sb/st; collapse; bring down - speculate (v) : make risky deals for profit; take risks; consider possibilities; conjecture (guess) B 1. at 2. far 3. able 4. unless 5. close 6. another 7. these 8. its 9. fact 10. develop 11. infancy 12. birth 13. fed 14. to 15. kind/sort/type 16. form 17. other 18. only 19. control 20. themselves/it C 1. As long as you obey the regulations, you will not be permitted to fish in this river. 2. Provided you take the necessary precautions, you should not have any health problems. 3. Don't be late for the meeting; otherwise, he'll give you the sack! 4. Were we to take effective action now, we could still save the rainforests. 5. Should you refuse to co-operate, they would expel you immediately from the country. 6. But for the minister's insistence, the ban on hunting would not have been imposed. 7. Abrams will stand trial murder at the High Court next week. 8. Their marriage has stood the test of time. 9. How do our sales stand in relation to those of other firms?
10. He stands little chance of winning the competition. D 1. This is the first time that my brother has flown solo in a glider.
2. This will be the last time we see each other before I go. 3. By the time he got to the station, the train had left. 4. It is ten years since the school was founded. 5. The house looks better now that it has been repainted. 6. It was six months since she had had a relapse. 7. The less money we spend, the better. 8. As a result of bad teaching I made slow progress. 9. Fleetfoot is the fastest runner in the world. 10. But for Jim's greater speed John would have won the gold medal. - relapse /’ri:l◻ps/ (n) : go(ing) into former state; become(ing) ill after apparent recovery, sự tái phát, tái phạm V. COMPOSITION I. MODEL New factories often bring many good things to a community, such as jobs are increased prosperity. However, in my opinion, the benefits of having a factory are outweighed by the risks. That is why I oppose the plan to build a factory near my community. I believe that this city would be harmed by a large factory. In particular, a factory would destroy the quality of the air and water in town. Factories bring smog and pollution. In the long run, the environment will be hurt and people's health will be affected. Having a factory is not worth that risk. Of course, more jobs will be created by the factory. Our population will grow. To accommodate more workers, more homes and stores will be needed. Do we really want this much growth, so fast? Your town is going to grow, I would prefer slow growth with good planning. I don't want to see rows of cheaply constructed townhouses. Our quality of life must be considered. I believe that this growth will change our city too much. I love my hometown because it is a safe, small town. It is also easy to travel here. If we must expand to hold new citizens, the small-town feel will be gone. I would miss that greatly. A factory would be helpful in some ways. However, I feel that the dangers are I greater than the benefits. I cannot support a plan to build a factory here, and hope that others feel the same way. 251 words II MODEL MODEL ANSWER The pie chart shows the worldwide distribution of sales of Coca-Cola in the year 2000 and the graph shows the change in share prices between 1996 and 2001. In the year 2000, Coca-Cola sold a total of 17.1 billion cases of their fizzy drink product worldwide. The largest consumer was North America, where 30.4 per cent of the total volume was purchased. The second largest consumer was Latin America. Europe and Asia purchased 20.5 and 16.4 per cent of the total volume respectively, while Africa and the Middle East remained fairly small consumers at 7 per cent of the total volume of sales. Since 1996, share prices for Coca-Cola have fluctuated. In that year, shares were valued at approximately $35. Between 1996 and 1997, however, prices rose significantly to $70 per share. They dipped a little in mid-1997 and then peaked at $80 per share in mid-98. From then until 2000 their value fell consistently but there was a slight rise in mid- 2000. (163 words) III. SUMMARY Pollution, covering the contamination of air, land and water, is one of the most serious problems facing the world today. Pollution has destroyed ecological balance and wildlife and caused various illnesses. Air pollution caused by fumes from factories, car exhausts and crop-spraying has reduced visibility and caused breathing problems. Nuclear testing and use of atomic energy exposes people to high radiation levels. Burning of fossil fuels damages plants, buildings and human health. Undecayed domestic rubbish also presents problems. The bacteria breaking down sewage, oil and industrial waste uses up valuable oxygen needed by fish and plants. hence killing flora and fauna. (101 words)
PRACTICE TEST 2 A. VOCABULARY I. Choose the best word from A, B, C or D that fits each blank. 1. Oliver Twist had already had his fair.......of food. A. ratio B. help C. ration D. division 2. Some great men have had an........school record. A. indistinguishable B. indistinct C. extinguished D. undistinguished 3. Buyers and sellers were.........over prices. A. hacking B. hugging C. heckling D. haggling 4. Within a few weeks all this present trouble will have blown ……….. . A. along B. over C. out D. away 5. The sixth (and last) volume in the series is.......with its predecessors. A. uniform B. similar C. like D. identical 6. Politicians often promise to solve all a country's problems ……….. . A. thick and fast B. on the whole C. of set purpose D. at a stroke 7. When the detectives finally trapped him, he had.....to lying. A. resource B. retort C. resort D. recourse 8. My late grandmother.........me this silver teapot. A. bequested B. willed C. bequeathed D. inherited 9. It was getting...........midnight when he left. A. on B. on to C. to D. past 10. In his student days, he was as poor as a church ……….. . A. beggar B. miser C. mouse D. pauper 11. She may have been poor, but she was.......honest. A. finally B. in the end C. at least D. at last 12. The manager was very.........with me about my prospects of promotion. A. sincere B. friendly C. just D. frank 13. The unmarried ladies regard him as a very......young man. A. ineligible B. illegible C. illicit D. eligible 14. Mr. Lazybones..........to work harder in future. A. excepted B. agreed C. accorded D. accepted 15. He believed that promotion should be awarded on....., not on length of service. A. equality B. merit C. characteristics D. purposes 16. It is a criminal offence to.........the facts. A. oppress B. suppress C. repress D. express 17. He.............the cart before the horse by buying the ring before he had proposed to her. A. fastened B. tied C. put D. coupled 18. Every delicacy Miss Cook produces is done ……….. . A. 19. She tells her small boy every day not to be rude, but it's like water off a duck's ……….. . A. wings B. beak C. back D. feathers 20. Announcing that he was totally done......., Grandfather retired to bed. A. out B. with C. in D. down II. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. 1. People used to suffer from their life-time physical (normal) ………... . 2. Unless we do research on (sun) …….…..energy, wind power, (tide) power , our fossil fuels will run out. 3. In my opinion, this book is just (intellect)...... rubbish. 4. The alpine (land)………… is very dramatic. 5. The slight (form)..........…….….in his left hand was corrected by surgery. 6. It may be (produce)..........…….to force them into making a decision, and if you upset them they're quite likely to overact. 7. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a (renew)..... source of energy. 8. Various …………...(practice) by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry. 9. Tourists forget their (conceive) …………...ideas as soon as they visit our country. 10. They won the case because of the (appear)...... in court of the defendant. III.In most line of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or it does not fit in with the sense of the text. Read the text carefully and then write the word in the space provided at the end of the line. Some of the lines are correct. If the line is correct, indicate with a tick (√)
IV. against the line number. Two of the lines have been done for you.
Caring for your teeth and gums should include avoiding such sugary drinks and food, especially between meals. Regularly remove the plaque and debris from off your teeth with a toothbrush. Use a small-headed brush device of medium hardness. This type of brush will easily reach to the awkward areas of the mouth. Brush your teeth after each meal, especially more after the breakfast and after the last food or drink of the day. Bleeding gums are thought such a common occurrence that most of people think it is normal. In fact, bleeding and inflammation of the gums are these signs of a common disease - periodontal disease - which may gradually destroys the tissues supporting your teeth. Periodontal disease will affects teenagers and adults, and is the commonest cause of tooth loss in amongst adults. It is caused by the continued presence of plaque on the teeth.
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A. GRAMMAR V. Fill the gaps in the following text with the correct prepositions. THE POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND Suddenly you find that you have lost all awareness (1). . .what you were going to say next, though a moment ago the thought was, perfectly clear. Or perhaps you were (2)...the verge of introducing a friend, and his name escaped you, as you were about to utter it. You may say you cannot remember; (3) all probability, though, the thought has become unconscious, or (4)......least momentarily separated from consciousness. We find the same phenomenon (5) ……….our senses. If we concentrate hard (6) ………. a continuous note, which is (7) the edge of audibility, the sound seems to stop (8)......regular intervals and then start again. Such oscillations are the result of a periodic decrease and increase (9) ……….our attention, not due to any variation (10) the note. But when we are unconscious (11).......something it does not cease to exist, any more than a car that has disappeared round a corner has vanished into thin air. It is simply (12). of sight. Just as we may later see the car again, so we come across thoughts, that were temporarily lost (13). us. Thus, part of the unconscious consists of a multitude of temporarily obscured thoughts, impressions, and images that, in spite of being lost, continue to have an influence (14)................our conscious minds. A man who is distracted or 'absent-minded' will walk across the room (15) ……….search of something. He stopped, in a quandary - he has forgotten what he was (16) ………. . His hands grope (17)............................the objects on the table as if he were sleepwalking or (18) ……….hypnosis; he is oblivious (19).....his original purpose, yet he is unconsciously guided by it. (20)...........the end, he realizes what it is that he wants. His unconscious has prompted him. VI. Pick out the verbs and particles from the lists below to make phrasal verbs to fill in the blanks. Do not forget to use the correct forms of the verbs count, let, push, take, get, hold, turn, feel, hang, look, let, fall, walk, crop, call, up, through, down, on, to, for, in 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
I've been trying to phone my sister in Australia for an hour, but I can't ………. . I was talking to Jeff on the phone when suddenly he I've no idea why. 'I'm going to the library.' 'If you........I'll get the car and drive you there. I promised Bill that I would lend him some money. He's. .me, so I can't disappoint him. Liz promised to help Tony with the report, but she ……………him so he had to write it without her. What made Pete.........his family and his job? Where did he go and why? Sue's financial worries are beginning to ……….her......She's very depressed. Kate has made great success of her life. We all....her. You can't possibly say no to such a wonderful job offer. It's too good to ………. . I'll............you at seven this evening. Will you be ready by then? I'm very tired. Joan invited me to dinner at her house, but I don't. it. I'll go to bed early. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They're going to ………. . I’m sorry I'm late. Something urgent......at the office, so I couldn't leave early. It isn't that woman's turn. It's yours. Don't let her....! Simon........................................................................an Irish girl that he met on holiday. Three months later they were married. A. READING VII. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion. Does it matter that we British are so grudging towards the sciences compared with our almost slavering eagerness to vaunt
the winners in the arts? Is this a lingering example of our quiet unspoken pride in one of our very greatest areas of achievement? Or is it media meagerness, or madness or, worst of all, fashion? Coverage of science has grown in newspapers and magazines lately; and science has its redoubts in radio and television. But it cannot claim the public excitement so easily agitated by any slip of a new arts winner who strolls onto the block. Perhaps this public recognition is unnecessary to science; perhaps it is even harmful and scientists are wisely wary of the false inflation of reputation, the bitching, and the feeding of the flames of envy which accompanies the glitz. Perhaps scientists are too mature to bother with such baubles. I doubt it. The blunt fact is that science has dropped out, or been dropped out, more correctly, of that race for the wider public recognition and applause given so readily to the arts. There is also the odd and persistent social canard about scientists: they are boring. I have met many artists and many scientists over the years and here are my conclusions. First, the scientists know much more about the arts than artists do about anyone of the sciences. Secondly, when artists think they know about science, they almost always - according to scientists - get it wrong. Thirdly, scientists are deeply interested in new ideas, theories, 'wild speculations, and imaginative wizardry. For these reasons, I guess they'd rather talk to each other in preference to talking to the rest of us because they find the rest of us rather boring. The explanation for the bad press could simply be that those in charge of our great organs of communication are molded by arts or news or business or sport or entertainment, and therefore science has a struggle to join the game. But the effect of this could be unfortunate. Because which young person wants to be left out of what is perceived by peers robe the current scene? If science is in the amateur league of animated discourse, then who wants to play for an amateur club? It would be a shame were this to become a drip-drip effect. Most British people are scarcely half aware of what keeps ideas turning into inventions which save lives, drive societies, and open up the heavens of imagination and possibility - as has happened in the last-couple of centuries in science with its stout ally, technology. And does our comparative indifference to the subjects which make up this great flow of knowledge dispirit many of those who in the future could have built on the proud statistics of a few years ago? 1. What does the writer say in the first paragraph about the British attitude to the sciences? A. It is typical of the British -attitude towards many other things. B. People who do well in the arts have had a big influence on it. C. There may be a reason for it which is not too terrible. D. Most British people are not aware that they have it. 2. In the second paragraph, the writer says that scientists in general A. tend not to be capable of feeling envious. B. are frustrated by the kind of coverage given to science. C. do not pay much attention to each other's reputations. D. would probably welcome a certain amount of fame. 3. The writer includes himself among people who A. have tended to regard scientists as boring people. B. have made a point of getting to know scientists. C. have narrower interests than most scientists. D. have wrong ideas about the work scientists do. 4. The writer says that there is a danger that young people will regard science as A. elitist B. unfashionable C. predictable D. unintelligible 5. What does the writer conclude in the final paragraph? A. British attitudes to science may result in fewer useful inventions. B. British attitudes to science are likely to change in the future. C. Scientists will become keener to educate the public about science. D. Scientists will gain wider public recognition in the future. VIII. For this exercise, you must choose which of the paragraphs A-G fit into the numbered gaps in the following newspaper article. There is one extra paragraph, which does not fit in any of the gaps. A. It was the finest friendship anyone could have, a brilliant pure friendship in which you would give your life for your friend. .And life seemed marvelous, it seemed full of sunshine, full of incredible, beautiful things to discover, and I looked forward so much to growing up with René. B. There is not a single bitter note, there are no power games, there is nothing secret, there is nothing which detracts from the purity of it. C. Maybe because he was more mature he understood a bit better that this was part of life, that life brings people together and separates them, and distance is not necessarily the end. D. Well our parents realized it would be very traumatic, and they did not know how to break the news, so they just announced it the day before. It was a beautiful summer's day, around five o'clock in the evening, and both parents came and said: "We are moving away, and obviously René will have to come with us." Our neighbors had a son, and my wonderful childhood was shared with René; basically, we grew up together, we spent every day together, went to school together; we did all the things that children can do. It was a childhood spent in the woods, discovering the beautiful seasons, there was an abundance of produce that grew in the wild, and we went mushrooming and frog hunting, and we searched for toadstools under a full moon in winter, which we would sell because my parents didn't have much money. E. Hopefully, we will see each other more, but it is not essential. We now have a beautifully matured, adult friendship where it is easy to talk about anything because we feel totally at ease. F. And at that time my world stopped, it was the most incredible pain I have ever experienced, I couldn't see life without my
friend, my whole system, my life, was based on René, our friendship was my life. And although he was only going away, he did not die, it was the worst loss I have ever had in my life, still, now, and 30 years later I have not received another shock of that nature. BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES I thought the world was caving in, for the first time ever I lost somebody I loved; he didn't die, he just went away, but I still measure all pain by the hurt René caused me. It was a very nice childhood, an adolescence most people would wish to have, we lived in a tiny village and were a close family. (1) ………. The adventures that children go through are the making of a friendship, building a tree house and spending a night in the forest and losing our way back home, these things create a fantastic fabric to the friendship. There was the loving element, too, he was very caring. René was a tall bloke and very strong, and he would be my defender: if anyone ever teased me, he would be there. (2) ………. And then at the age of 14, his family moved to the south of France, and we were in the east of France, which is 750 kilometers away... the south of France sounded the end of the world. (3) ………. I went quiet for the news to sink in; at first it was sheer disbelief, numbness. I couldn't sleep, and then in the night I understood the impact of the news, I understood that my life would be totally separate from his, and I had to be by myself, alone. (4) ………. I had other friends, but never did I achieve I that kind of closeness. My world completely collapsed, and nothing was the same, people, the classroom, nature, the country, butterflies. (5) ………. He accepted that life would separate us, he didn't see it as something final, it was my dramatic side to see only the negative side, self-pity in a way. He is now living a happy life in Provence with a beautiful wife and two lovely daughters, and he is coming here next year, so it is going to be quite wonderful. It is the first time he has ever come to England, he's a good Frenchman, he does not speak a word of English. (6) ………. It is a good, solid relationship that has been established over so many years, and has overcome all the barriers which life and time can create. I don't think it really could have lasted the way it was. D. USE OF ENGLISH IX. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank.
HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: A MOBILE IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is ……….worth having. This is the (2) ……….of the (3) ……….ranks of female mobile- phone users who are beginning to (4) the consumer market. Although Britain has been (5) ……….to be one of the most expensive places in the world to (6) a mobile phone, both professional women and (7) mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man's plaything, or a businessman's (8) symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones as men do - but for very different reasons. The main (9) ……….for most women customers is that it (10) ……….a form of communications back-up, wherever they are, in case of (11) ………. . James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: 'The (12) of people buying phones from us this year were women - often young women - or men who were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of (13)...........of mind. 'Size is also (14) for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag,' said Mr. Tanner, 'The tiny phones coming in are having a very big (15) This year's models are only half the size of your hand.' 1. A. totally B. certainly C. absolutely D. completely 2. A. vision B. vista C. view D. panorama 3. A. swelling B. increasing C. boosting D. maximizing 4. A. master B. dominate C. overbear D. command 5. A. demonstrated B. shown C. established D. seen 6. A. function B. drive C. work D. run 7. A. complete B. total C. full-time D. absolute 8. A. prestige B. fame C. power D. status 9. A. attraction B. enticement C. charm D. lure 10. A. supplies B. furnishes C. provides D. gives 11. A. urgency B. emergency C. predicament D. contingency 12. A. most B. C. majority D. bulk preponderance 13. A. tranquility B. calmness C. serenity D. peace 14. A. crucial B. necessary C. urgent D. essential 15. A. impact B. impression C. perception D. image
X. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word. DREAMS Dreams have always fascinated human beings. The idea that dreams provide us with useful information about our lives goes (1) ……….thousands of years. For the greater (2) ………. of human history (3) ……….was taken for granted that the sleeping mind was in touch with the supernatural world and dreams were to be interpreted as messages with prophetic or healing functions. In the nineteenth century, (4) ……….was a widespread reaction (5)............................................................this way of thinking and dreams were widely dismissed as being very (6) ……….more than jumbles of fantasy (7)……….about by memories of the previous day. It was not (8) ……….the end of the nineteenth century (9).................................................an Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud, pointed out that people who have similar experiences during the day, and who are then subjected (10) the same stimuli when they are asleep, produce different dreams. Freud (11).......................................................on to develop a theory of the dream process which (12)............................................................................................................................enable him to interpret dreams as clues to the conflicts taking place within the personality. It is by no (13) ……….an exaggeration to say that (14) ……….any..........................................................................................................................................................other theories have had (15)......................................................................................................................................................................great an influence on subsequent thought. XI.For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given in capital letters. This word must not be altered in any way. 1. I find it very easy to speak German. EASE ………………………………………………………… 2. He got over his operation very quickly. RECOVERY ………………………………………………………… 3. How has the strike affected student attendance? EFFECT ………………………………………………………… 4. She began to suffer from irrational fears. PREY ………………………………………………………… 5. Mr. Misery was the only student who didn't smile. EXCEPT ………………………………………………………… 6. I assume you're hungry. GRANTED ………………………………………………………… 7. The book was not as good as he had hoped. EXPECTATIONS ………………………………………………………… 8. You would benefit from a change. GOOD ………………………………………………………… 9. He works when it suits him. FEELS ………………………………………………………… 10. I don't care whether you come or not. DIFFERENCE ………………………………………………………… XI.Finish each of the following sentences -in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence written before it. 1. No one has challenged his authority before. This is the first time ……………………………. . 2. 'If Brian doesn't train harder, I won't select him for the team.' said the manager. The manager threatened ……………………………. . 3. The hurricane blew the roof off the house. The house ………………………………… . 4. You'll certainly meet lots of people in your new job. You are ……………………………………………… 5. I left without saying goodbye as I didn't want to disturb the meeting. Rather ……………………………. ………………………………… 6. There aren't many other books which explain this problem so well. In few other books ……………………………. ………………… 7
I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly. I object ………………………………………. . 7. Robert is sorry now that he didn't accept the job. Robert now wishes ……………………………. .. . 8. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week. An increased ……………………………. ……………………………. 9. She listens more sympathetically than anyone else I know. She is a ……………………………. ………………………
XII. Complete the letter by using the cues given. Dear Georgos, 1. I / so glad / get / letter / learn / you able / come / spend / part summer holiday here //
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
doubt / weather / so good / as / Greece / but hope / not / too bad // sea / not more / fifteen minutes / house / perhaps / bathing / possible // at first / you / find / sea / cold / particularly / you accustomed / Mediterranean / but / soon / used to it // unfortunately / not manage / come London / meet you / but if / you able / get / train / Brighton / I / meet you / station // only hours / journey / train / London Brighton / from / Victoria Station // It / become / easier / quicker / reach / Victoria Station // simply / take / airport bus / now / go / direct / Grosvenor Gardens / opposite / station // when / Victoria / telephone / me / tell / arrival / time / Brighton / you / already / have / number / last letter // when / reach / Brighton / expect you / recognize / me / photograph / but I / wearing / depending weather / light- grey raincoat / make / extra sure // 11. Looking forward to seeing you // Your ever
XIII. There are 10 mistakes in the paragraph (either the word use, word lack or extra word). Underline the incorrect word or make an oblique stroke (/) and correct it on the right column. Line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Content Piccadilly Circus is a famous traffic intersection and public space of London’s West End in the City of Westminster. Building in 1819 to connect Regent Street and the major shopping street of Piccadilly. The Latin word circus (meaning circle) refers to a “circular open space at a street junction”), it now links directly with to the theatres in Shaftesbury Avenue as well as the Haymarket, Coventry Street (onwards to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse Street. The Circus is closed to major shopping and entertainment areas in a central location at the heart of the West End. Its status as a major traffic intersection has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting point and a tourist attraction in its own right. The Circus is particularly known as its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner of building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue known as ‘Eros’ (sometimes called ‘The Angel of Christian Charity’, that would be better translated as ‘Agape’, but formally ‘Anteros’ – see below). It is surrounded by several noted for buildings, including the London Pavilion and Criterion Theatre. Directly underneath plaza is the London Underground station Piccadilly Circus.
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E. COMPOSITION XIV. Write a composition (250 words) about the following topic: People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, enriching knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and 'examples to support your answer.
XV. The chart below gives information about global sales of games software, CDs and DVD or video. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Summarize the passage about THE BENEFITS OF E-MAIL AND ITS USAGE in about 100 words. Electronic mail (e-mail) threatens to pervade every one's life - whether you are living in the western world or in a third-world country. A look at today's business cards verifies this fact. Virtually every business card nowadays sports an e-mail address. Businesses prefer to communicate by e-mail, as it is easier, quicker and cheaper. Furthermore, the message goes direct from the desk of the sender to the desk of the recipient. All that is needed to be an e-mail user is a PC, a modem, an Internet account and of course, a phone line. Ever since the Internet has been commercialized, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have sprung up in almost all the countries in the world. Subscribers only need to pay a small yearly subscription fee to an ISP. What makes e-mail extremely popular is the negligible cost. Compared to faxes, e-mails are extremely cost effective. Sending an e-mail to the United States or Germany costs no more than sending it to your neighbor across the street. It is also very easy to send an e-mail. When the message has been written, all one has to do is to click on the 'send' button on the screen. The mail gets transferred from the PC to the ISP, and is then automatically sent to the recipient. The sender does not have to worry about a busy line at the other end (as compared to sending a fax). The e-mail software can also be configured for the sender to receive a confirmation e-mail when the e-mail has been delivered and downloaded by the recipient. If the e-mail cannot be delivered, it is returned to the sender with a reason given. One of the most important reasons supporting the use of e-mail is that it is eco-friendly. No papers are used which means no chopping down of trees! Another advantage of using the e-mail is that it is very fast. For example, an e-mail from Asia to the United States would normally arrive in less than two minutes and within the same country, in less than a minute. This means that e-mails and attached documents, spreadsheets and database files can be routed to friends, family members or colleagues all over the world several times in a day. Similar to roaming facilities offered on the mobile phone, ISPs offer global roaming for Internet access. A person can dial a local access number in the foreign country (at a small surcharge) and download and upload his e-mails the same way as he does at home, in school or in the office. All that one has to do is to get access to a computer. In short, this means that you can send and receive your mails anywhere and anytime - e-mails are mobile! These days, e-mail software provides advanced facilities allowing one to save incoming and outgoing e-mails onto different diskettes. Along with search facilities, this acts as a repository for future reference. This feature is very handy, especially when one is traveling, as a person can now literally carry all his incoming and outgoing communication with him all over the world. In conclusion, using the e-mail is very advantageous and it has become a necessary tool in all businesses. (536 words)
ANSWER TO PRACTICE TEST 2 I 1. C 2. D - ratio /eI/ - ration /◻/
3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10.C (n) : proportional relationship, one number divided by another (n) : fixed amount allocated to sb; adequate amount {more than your ration of bad luck}, khẩu phần ăn trong thời kỳ khó khăn - indistinguishable (a) : unable to tell apart; very like sb/st else {His handwriting is indistinguishable from his father's.}; indistinct - undistinguished (a) : unremarkable; ordinary; nothing special; not made separate; not differentiated from others - hack (v) : cut way through obstruction; chop st off or into parts - heckle (v) : interrupt sb with shouting - haggle (v) : argue over st such as a price or contract in order to reach an agreement; try to settle on price - blow over (v) : be forgotten {It was quite a scandal but it all blew over.} - blow out (v) : extinguish; die down; puncture; emit uncontrollable - blow away (v) : disperse, scatter, kill; move by wind; defeat sb decisive - blow along (v) : be moving as an air current {It blew all night.}{I blew the dust off the shelf.} - uniform (a) : identifying look; the same, equal - identical (a) : like, alike; exactly the same {His name was identical to mine.}, similar - like (a) : resembling; similar to; inclined toward; typical of - at a stroke (a) : by a single action (từng cái một) - thick and fast (ad) : quickly and in great numbers {Offers of help are coming in thick and fast.} - resource (n) : source of help; ability to find the solutions - retort (n) : sharp answer - recourse to (n) : resort, source of help/solution; use of others for assistance - bequest (n) : st left in the will; st passed down to posterity, act of bequeathing; inheritance - bequeath (v) : leave sb/st in will; hand down to posterity; hand down, will, bestow, donate - get on (v) : become - get on to (v) : become aware of; make contact with - pauper (n) : very poor person; recipient of public aid - miser (n) : somebody who hates spending money and lives as though he or she were poor; ungenerous or selfish person 11. C 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. C - frank (a) : expressing true opinion {Let me be frank with you.} - ineligible (a) : not eligible; not legally entitled or qualified to do, be, or get something - illegible (a) : hard to read; impossible or very difficult to read - illicit (a) : illegal, unlawful, dishonest - eligible (a) : qualified, suitable, appropriate - lazybones (n) : a lazy person, idler, slacker, freeloader, loafer - accord (v) : agree, grant st {accords with my own view} - merit (n) : value, good quality, ability - oppress (v) : subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination; be a source of worry, stress, or trouble to somebody; áp bức, đè nặng - suppress (v) : cause to stop; prevent st {Some slimming drugs are designed to suppress appetite.} {Her voice shook with suppressed anger.}; ngăn chận, đàn áp, - repress (v) : check or restrain an action that would reveal feelings {He had to repress a smile.}; kìm chế, nén lòng - fact (n) : st known to be true; truth, reality; piece of information; st based on evidence - delicacy (n) : st nice to eat; sensitivity; need for tact; great sensitivity in feelings - there and then (ad) : immediately and in the very place; ngay tại chỗ, ngay lúc ấy - at will (ad) : whenever one wishes, bất cứ lúc nào mình muốn - sooner or later (ad) : finally, in the long run, in due course, in the end, ultimately - to a turn (ad) : be (un)helpful to sb - do in (v) : kill, murder; make somebody feel exhausted 1
- do down (v) : criticize, knock, cheat sb - do out (v) : clean or tidy st - do with (v) : connect with, relate to - retire (v) : go to bed II 1. abnormalities 2. solar, tidal 3. pseudo-intellectual 6. counter-productive 7. non-renewable 8. malpractices - alpine /’◻lpaIn/ (a) : of mountainous area
4. landscape 5. deformity 9. preconceived 10. non-appearance
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- enquiry (n) : official review; act of asking - defendant (n) : a person or company required to answer charges in a court - pseudo-intellectual : ngụy trí thức, trí thức dỏm - non-appearance (n) : nonattendance, absence - counter-productive : có kết quả ngược lại - malpractices (n) : việc làm bất chánh /m◻l’pr◻ktIs/ - preconceived (a) : formed in advance /pri:k◻n’si:v/ III 1. off 2. device 3. to 4. √ 5. more 6. the 1st 7. thought 8. of 9. these 10. may 11. √ 12. will 13. in/almost 14. √ - plaque /pl◻k/ (n) : bựa răng, cao răng - debris /d◻’bri:/ /deI’bri:/: fragments (of something that has been destroyed or broken into pieces) - medium /’mi:dI◻m/ (a) : neither large nor small; between rare and well-done - awkward (a) : difficult, ill at ease, uncomfortable, discomforted - inflammation (n) : swollen reddened state /Infl◻’meI n/ - periodontal (a) : in tissues around teeth /peri◻’d◻ntl/; relating to or affecting the tissues that surround the neck and root of a tooth IV 1. of 2. on 3. in 4. at 5. with 6. on 7. at/ on 8. at 9. in 10. in 11. of 12. out 13. to/from 14. on 15. in 16. after 17. about/around 18. under 19. to 20. In - unconscious (n) : mind’s hidden part, tiềm thức; (a) bất tỉnh; subconscious (n/a) - on the verge of (ph) : at/close to the point where st new begins/takes place - in all likelihood (ph) : very probably {In all probability, he’s already left.} - momentarily (ad) : briefly, progressively; very soon; temporarily; for a short time - consciousness (n) : awareness of surrounding/a particular issue; sb’s mind - note (n) : musical or vocal sound; symbol in music; key on keyboard - audibility (n) : capability of hearing - oscillation (n) : state of moving backward and forward; sự lắc, chao động - multitude (n) : a large number , majority - obscure (a) : hard to understand, indistinct, unimportant, unknown; known to few people; dim; unstressed - distract (v) : catch sb’s attention, amuse sb, make sb uneasy - in search of : trying to find st; {Search me!= I don’t know} (lack of knowledge about st) - quandary /◻/ (n) : dilemma /I/; a state of uncertainty or indecision as to what to do in a difficult situation - be after st : theo đuổi cái gì - grope (v) : search by feeling, be without guidance; feel your way uncertainty; sờ soạng tìm, dò dẫm - hypnosis /I/ (n) : the technique or practice of inducing a state of hypnosis in people - oblivious (a) : unaware, unconscious; forgetting - prompt (v) : cause st to act; bring about st; remind sb {His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.} V 1. get through 2. hung up 3. hold on 4. counted on 5. let him down 6. walk out on 7. get her down 8. look up to 9. turn down 10. call for 11. feel up to 12. take me on 13. cropped up 14. push in 15. fell for - get through (v) : contact somebody, especially by telephone {I finally got through to her.} - hang up (v) : end a telephone call by returning the receiver to its original position - hold on (v) : wait, especially for a short while {Hold on until she comes to the phone.} - count on (v) : rely on, be sure of - let sb down (v) : disappoint somebody by not meeting expectations {Sorry to let you down, but I won't be able to make it tonight.} - fall for (v) : fall in love with - call for (v) : arrive and pick up - join line ahead of others: force yourself unfairly into a line of people, ahead of others who arrived
- turn down - crop up - look up to - take sb on - get sb down
before you; interrupt (v) : reject st (v) : happen unexpectedly, appear, occur, arise, emerge (v) : admire, adore, (have) respect (v) : employ, hire sb; undertake a task (v) : demoralize, make sb demoralized (erode or destroy the courage, confidence, or hope of a person or group; corrupt sb morally) or discouraged
- feel up to - walk out on VI 1. C
2. D
- matter
- grudge - slaver /◻/ - eagerness - vaunt - linger - meagerness nghèo - redoubt - agitate - slip - stroll - block - wary of - bitch - glitz /glIts/ - bauble tiền - blunt - drop out - canard - get it wrong - wild - speculation - imaginative - wizardry - mold - press - peers
(v) : consider yourself ready for st or able to do st; be ready to face with; feel capable of st (v) : leave, abandon a spouse partner, family permanently {My wife walked out on me last summer.} 3. 4. B 5. A C (v) : have importance, make difference; có tính chất quan trọng; (n) matter of fact: trên thực tế; in reality; tầm thường; as a matter of course: theo việc tất nhiên, theo lẽ đương nhiên; as a natural thing; as a matter of life and death: as a vital importance: vấn đề sống còn; it is not important=no matter what (v) : give st reluctantly; envy st → (a) grudging: reluctant, unwilling, resentful, complaining (v) : tang bốc, thèm thuồng, nhỏ giải; drool, slobber, dribble (n) : keenness, enthusiasm, excitement, zeal, impatience (v) : nhảy sào, jump with a pole, spring over, nhảy tót lên (v) : dây dưa, rề rà, nấn ná, stay behind. Remain, loiter, delay leaving (n) : scantiness, lack, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall, sự xoàng xỉnh, sơ sài, (n) : temporary fortification; stronghold (defensible place/concentrated area); pháo đài (v) : arouse public interest; make sb anxious; move st violently {Agitate the mixture until the sediment is thoroughly dispersed.} (n) : error; a minor mistake, especially one caused by carelessness (v) : walk unhurriedly; perform effortlessly; (n) leisurely walk (n) : platform (a) : cautious {wary of hidden rocks in the water}; showing suspicion (v) : complain continually; be nasty (wicked, cruel) about st; (n) female dog, taboo term (thuật ngữ phạm huý, kiêng kỵ) (n) : glamour (glamour, especially that associated with show business or celebrities); extravagant and often tasteless display, especially of wealth; khoe mẻ, lóng lánh hào nhoáng (n) : trinket (something that is small and decorative but of little real value); đồ trang sức rẻ
(a) : insensitively frank, thẳng thừng, toạc móng heo (v) : reject society; leave without finishing st; give up, stop, abandon (n) : a deliberately false report or rumor, especially something silly intended as a joke; tin vịt : make a mistake, misunderstand (a) : enthusiastic, eager; undomesticated, untamed, uncultivated, natural; rough; mad (n) : theory, thought; opinion based on incomplete information (a) : skilled at visualizing or thinking originally (n) : skill, art of wizards (v) : influence sb/st (n) : comments by reporters; act of pressing, device for flattening st (n) : somebody who is the equal of somebody else, e.g. in age or social class, người quí tộc, người cùng đẳng cấp - robe (n/v) : mặc/khoác áo choàng, áo khoác ngoài - league (n) : level of skill; group with common goals - discourse (n) : language; speech, dialogue, conversation; sự bàn luận rộng, bài diễn văn - animated (a) : lively, active, energetic - drip-drip (a) : gradual - as + be/do + S : and so too {She’s unusually tall, as are both her parents.} {He’s a doctor, as was his wife before she had children.} - half-aware of (a) : chưa nhận thức đầy đủ - drive (v) : force sb/st into condition {Her son's behavior drove her to despair.}; steer progress of st {This company is driven by a concern for quality} - stout /stat/ (a) : strong; thickset or heavy; chắc nịch, chắc bền, can trường - ally /’◻laI/ (n) : related organism, member of alliance /◻’lai◻ns/, đồng minh - dispirit (v) : depress, discourage, dishearten sb; làm chán nản
- proud - frustrate
(a) : impressive; satisfying; fulfilling (v) : discourage sb; prevent somebody or something from succeeding or something from coming to fruition {All attempts to put to sea were frustrated by high winds.} - elitist /I’litIst/ (a) : believable in the control by a brilliant group (tin vào sự lãnh đạo của ê kíp xuất chúng - unintelligible (a) : incomprehensible; khó hiểu, không thể hiểu được VII 1. E 2. A 3. D 4. G 5. C 6. F - detract (v) : take st away; reduce the quality, value, or importance of st by taking st away from it; lấy đi, làm giảm bớt - trauma(tic) (a) : shocking; disturbing, extremely distressing; hurtful, thuộc về chấn thương; đau đớn
- toadstool - bloke - cave in - caring - sheer - self-pity VIII 1. B 2. C 11. B 12. C - totally meaning
(n) (n) (v) (a) (a) (n)
: poisonous fungus : man : hollow out or undermine st; lún, sụp : concerned : complete {That explanation is sheer nonsense.} : feeling sorry for oneself, sự thương xót bản thân
3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C 13. 14. A 15. A D (ad) : totally impossible/unacceptable/incapable; totally refuse/reject/fail; used with negative
{My mind just went totally blank and I couldn’t remember the damn number.} (ad) : absolutely right/perfect/correct//crazy/terrible/awful//incredible/fantastic/ amazing//no/none/nothing/all/everything - completely (ad) : thoroughly; completely comfortable/relaxed/different/isolated//forget/ruin - undeterred (a) : encouraged - back-up (n) : backing; help, encouragement; dự bị, sự sao chép dự trữ - vision (n) : mental picture; st seems in a dream/trance; far-sightedness - vista (n) : view seen through a narrow opening - view (n) : range of vision; the range or extent of somebody's ability to see something - panorama (n) : 3600 view; picture with wide view - boost (v) : improve st, increase st, push sb/st up, raise voltage, promote st - maximize (v) : increase st to maximum; emphasize the importance of st, make image larger - master (v) : become skilled in st, control st, make sb/st submit - dominate (v) : control, be prominent, be influential - overbear (v) : overpower sb, surpass st in importance, produce too much - command (v) : look over st; be able to obtain st - show (v) : prove; demonstrate qualities - demonstrate (v) : explain workings of st; explain or describe how something works or how to do something - enticement (n) : temptation; lure /In’taIsm◻nt/ - charm (n) : attractiveness; magic spell - provide st (v) : make st available to sb who needs it/wants it {Although the course is free, you have to provide your own books.} provide st for sb/sb with st - supply (v) : provide people with st that they need of want, esp. regularly and over a long period of time {Three men have been arrested for supplying to / street dealers with drugs.} - furnish (fml) (v) : provide sb with the information they need in order to do their job/make a decision… {The police have been furnished with a list of suspected terrorists.} - urgency (n) : hurry, importance - emergency (n) : urgent situation - predicament (n) : difficult situation; dilemma - contingency (n) : st set aside for unforeseen emergency; điều bất ngờ - preponderance (n) : majority {A preponderance of the settlers in this area was/were French.}, a large number or the majority of - the bulk of + (un)c.n (n): the greater part of st, most of a large number of things/people {The bulk of the funding will come from the federal government.}{The bulk of population is concentrated in the valleys.} {The bulk of disputes between private and individuals concern the ownership of land.} - the majority of + c.n : {Look at the people who live around here. The majority of them are over 60.} {Why public st that will offend the majority of your readers?} - tranquility (n) : a very pleasantly peaceful situation, esp. one in which nothing seems to change {Nothing ever happens to disturb the tranquility of this little town, hidden in the Tuscan hills. - calmness (n) : a state in which there is no loud noise, hurried activity or worry {She didn’t want to - absolutely
- serenity - peace
leave the calmness of the country for a job in a busy city.} (n) : no worry, stress, or disturbance (n) : a peaceful situation with no unpleasant noise or interruptions {The residents complained that their peace was disturbed by the traffic.}
IX 1. back 2. part 3. it 4. there 5. against 6. little 7. brought 8. until/till 9. that 10. to 11. went 12. would/could/might 13. means 14. hardly/scarcely 15. so/as/that - take it for granted : cho là dĩ nhiên, không ngưỡng mộ vì quá quen thuộc; assume st to be true {I take it for granted you have read this book.} - prophetic (a) : correctly predicting; relating to a prophet
- neurologist - jumble - fantasy
(n) : a person who studies nervous system (v/n): mix(ture); put things out of order (n) : hope, dream, daydream; imaginative power, mental image/dream, impractical idea {She has this fantasy that someday she'll write a novel.}; creation of mental images
- Freud /fr◻id/ - subject to (v) : give sb unpleasant experience, chịu đựng - subsequent (a) : later, following, successive ≠ preceeding X 1. I speak German with great ease. 2. He made a very quick recovery from his operation. 3. What effect has the strike had on student attendance? 4. She fell prey to irrational fears. 5. All the students smiled except Mr. Misery. 6. I take it for granted you're hungry. 7. The book fails to come up to his expectations. 8. A change would do you good. 9. He works when he feels like it. 10. It makes no difference to me whether you come or not. XI 1. This is the first time (that) his authority has been challenged (that) anyone/someone has challenged his authority. 2. The manager threatened not to select Brian for the team/(that) he wouldn't select Brian/(that) Brian would not be selected unless he trained harder /if he did not train harder. 3. The house had its/the roof blown off by/in/during/as a result of /because of the hurricane. 4. You are certain/bound/sure to meet lots of/{certainly) going to meet lots of people in your new job. 5. Rather than disturbing the meeting I left without saying goodbye. 6. In few other books is/would one see this problem so well explained OR is there/would one find etc. such a good/so good an explanation of this problem. 7. I object to people criticizing me unfairly/(my) being unfairly criticized/{to it) when people criticize me unfairly. 8. Robert now wishes (that) he had accepted/taken the job. 9. An increased number of travelers are being stopped by customs officials this week. 10. She is a more sympathetic listener than anyone else. / She is a person who listens more sympathetically than anyone else. - rather than + V-ing/n : instead of (prep) XII Dear Georgos, 1. I was so glad to get your letter and learn that you'll be able to come and spend part of your summer holiday here. 2. I doubt whether our weather will be so good as it is in Greece but I hope won't be too bad. 3. The sea is not more than fifteen minutes away from my house so perhaps some bathing will be possible. 4. At first you will find our sea cold - particularly since you are accustomed to the Mediterranean but you'll soon get used to it. 5. Unfortunately I can't manage to come to London to meet you, but if you're able to get the train to Brighton I will meet you at the station. 6. It's only an hour's journey by train from London to Brighton, from Victoria Station. 7. It has become easier and quicker to reach Victoria Station. 8. Simply take the airport bus, which now goes direct to Grosvenor Gardens, opposite the station. 9. When you get to Victoria, telephone me to tell me your arrival time in Brighton. You already have my number in my last letter to you. 10. When you reach Brighton I expect you will recognize me from my photograph but I will be wearing or carrying (depending on the weather) a light-grey raincoat to make extra sure. XIII
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
L2. Built L3. and L5. in L7. closed L8. It’s L10. as
→ Building → with → on → close → Its → for
7. L11. corner of → corner
8. L13. That → which 9. L15. noted for → noted buildings 10. L16. plaza → the plaza - onwards (ad) : moving forward {the great onward march of organization} - memorial (a) : commemorative (intended as a reminder of a person or event or as a celebration of somebody's life and work); (n) commemorative object or event - plaza /’pla:z◻/ (n) : shopping center; town square; widened area in highway; parking area XIV. Composition People attend colleges or universities for a lot of different reasons. I believe that the three most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have new experiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and the world around them. Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, preparing for a career in a competitive job market is the primary reason to go to college. At college, it's possible to learn new skill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such as information technology, that are expected to need a large workforce in the coming years. Also students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means having the opportunity to meet people different from lose in their home towns. For most students, going to college .is the first time they're been away from home by themselves. Being independent like this means having to make decisions that they've never had to make before. Making these decisions increases their knowledge of themselves. Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand their knowledge in subjects they find interesting. For many, this will be their last chance for a long time to learn about something that doesn't have to do with their career. I would recommend that people not be so focused on. a career. They should go to college to have new experiences and learn as much as they can about themselves and the world they live in. (253 words) XV. MODEL ANSWER The chart shows the changes in the sales of video material / DVDs, games software and CDs around the world in billions of dollars over a three-year period. It can be seen that the sales of videos / DVDs and games software have increased, while the sales of CDs have gone down slightly. Between 2000 and 2003, the sale of videos and DVDs rose by approximately 13 billion dollars. In 2000, just under 20 billion dollars worth of these items were sold, but in 2003, this figure had risen to a little over 30 billion dollars. The sales of games software also rose during this period, but less sharply. Sales increased from about 13 billion dollars in 2000 to just under 20 billion dollars three years later. By contrast, during the same time period, the sale of CDs fell from 35 billion dollars in 2000 to about 32.5 billion dollars in 2003. (152 words) XVI. Answer to Summary Sending e-mails is easier, quicker and cheaper than sending normal mails. You need a computer, a modem, an internet account and a telephone line. The message goes directly from the sender to the recipient at negligible cost. Since e- mails move quickly, they can be exchanged all over the world several times a day. Besides that e-mails are eco- friendly. E-mails can also be sent from anywhere in the world as long as there is access to a computer and telephone line. All mails can also be saved onto diskettes and carried along wherever a person goes. (96 words)
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - VÒNG 1
LONG AN
Ngày thi: 06/10/2011
Đề chính thức
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Bảng A
Thời gian: 180 phút (Phần A & B)
LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY A. LISTENING: (20 marks) You will hear a short conversation. Each question in this part has four answer choices. Choose the correct answer(s). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. 1. What does the World Bank do? (Choose 1 answer) (A) It saves seeds from plants all over the world. (B) It gives money to the United Nations. (C) It gives money, low interest loans, and interest-free credit to poor countries. (D) It is part of the United Nations. 2. How does the professor explain that not everyone is rich? (Choose 2 answers) (A) She compares how much money people in poor countries and rich countries make. (B) She tells a story of poor people in Bolivia. (C) She gives the example of how many children in poor countries cannot go to school. (D) She defines wealth. 3. What is the talk mainly about? (Choose 1 answer) (A) Parts of the World Bank (B) The history of the World Bank (C) What the World Bank does (D) How the World Bank has changed 4. What reason is given for giving extra money to the poorest countries in 2002? (Choose 1 answer) (A) To start new farms (B) To build schools (C) To recycle water (D) To help fight the illness AIDS
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B. READING & WRITING: (80 marks) I.
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (15 marks) Steve grew up in a children’s home in Scotland. Every week, the staff took a proportion of the children’s pocket money to pay for holidays. Little Steve developed a daring strategy to hang on to what little money he had. He laughs about it now. “I used to swallow all my coins. That got them really furious, so they’d put me in a room on my own as a punishment. After a few minutes in there, I’d hit myself on the chest and cough the money back up.” Since then, Steve has turned into Steve Starr, a professional regurgitator who does up to four shows a day, and can demand fees of $500-$2,000 a show. Everything Steve swallows comes back dry, except for the goldfish. They swim about in his stomach in the water that he swallows for them first. After ten minutes they resume their normal lives in a goldfish bowl. “They never die”, says Steve. Medical experts might have a few worries about Steve. The sight and sound of him swallowing and bringing back a snooker ball sometimes causes even normally calm people to panic. He also smokes a cigarette, retains the smoke in his stomach, then swallows some butane gas and mixes the two. Next he swallows some washing-up liquid, blows a huge bubble, brings up the smoke and gas inside the bubble, cuts the bubble off, gets someone to set light to it, and bang! Physically, Steve doesn’t believe he is any different from the rest of the human race, who use their stomachs simply to digest food. “It’s all done by muscle control”, he says. “I imagine a little pair of hands in there doing everything, controlled by my brain. I’m sure I could teach anyone to do what I do”. 1. Why was Steve punished in the children’s home? 2. What does the sentence “Steve grew up in a children’s home” tell you about Steve’s early childhood? 3. What does the sentence “They’d put me in a room on my own as a punishment” tell you about the children’s home? 4. Why does the bubble go bang when someone sets light to it? 5. What, according to Steve, is the secret of his skill?
II. Read the following passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the numbered blanks. (15 marks) THE LANGUAGE OF TEARS The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists have suggested that human tears are evidence of an aquatic past – but this does not seem very likely. We cry from the moment we enter this (1) for a number of reasons. Helpless babies cry to (2) their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (3) they will also cry just to attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it. The idea that (4) a good cry can do you (5) is a very old one and now it has scientific (6) since recent research into tears has shown that they (7) a natural painkiller called enkaphalin. By (8) sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to feel better. Weeping can increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (9) . Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (10) activity. Because some people still regard it as a (11) of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically. Tears of emotion also help the body (12) itself of toxic chemical (13) , for there is more protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, calms and can be very enjoyable – (14) the popularity of the highly emotional films which are commonly (15) “weepies”. It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together. 1. A. world B. place C. earth D. space 2. A. communicate B. persuade C. inform D. demonstrate 3. A. evolve B. change C. develop D. alter 4. A. doing B. making C. getting D. having 5. A. better B. fine C. good D. well 6. A. validity B. truth C. reality D. reason 7. A. contain B. retain C. hold D. keep 8. A. struggling B. fighting C. opposing D. striking 9. A. construct B. achieve C. provide D. produce 10. A. curing B. treating C. healing D. improving 11. A. hint B. symbol C. feature D. sign 12. A. release B. rid C. loosen D. expel 13. A. rubbish B. waste C. leftovers D. remains 14. A. consider B. remark C. distinguish D. regard 15. A. named B. entitled C. subtitled D. called III. Read the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence, given below, to fill each of the gaps. Write one letter (A-P) in each of the numbered gaps. Each phrase is only used once. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. (15 marks) 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, (2) who were emerging from the pre-agricultural 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 (3) . Investigations have shown that the house had (4) with clay-coated, lime-plastered walls and floor. So far excavation have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing stones, (5) retain traces of lime plaster which once covered them. However, (6) shows evidence of having been shaped into the likeness of a human being. It is 30 centuries older (7) previously known oldest statue. (8) 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 (9) and part of a neck. The “head”, however, (10) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.
ever discovered by archaeologists molded into the shape to have been built strangely carved was fashioned by people excavations have revealed only one of these neither of them
shoulders and the stumps of arms . I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P.
beautifully finished than the remaining has what appear to be seems to have broken off four of which has been missing it has been decided than the world’s
IV. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. (20 marks) The worry about salt is that it may (1) _ high blood pressure. Chemically, salt (1) of sodium and chloride ions, both of (3) are common in the human (4) and are important for many physiological and biochemical (5) . We not only need salt, we eat salt, but too (6) may still be bad for us. Although the idea of a (7) between salt and high blood pressure (8) back to 2000 BC, there is still no scientific (9) as to whether this so or not. One reason for this (10) to agree is that individual salt intake (11) enormously from day to day, and so reliable measures of intake are hard to come (12) . Those who believe that salt does (13) to high blood pressure (14) to the high incidence of high blood pressure in countries that eat a very (15) diet. In Japan, for instance, where salted fish is an important part of the diet, high blood pressure and (16) complications are common, (17) among some Amazonian and African tribes, which have a low intake of salt, they are almost (18) . But (19) there is this neat relation between salt intake and the incidence of high blood pressure between countries, it doesn’t seem to apply (20) those countries themselves. Studies, for instance, of couples who have a similar salt intake don’t show any consistency in how often they develop high blood pressure. V. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Follow the example. (15 marks) Example: Line 1: 0. which € when FAMILY HISTORY In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many people are being attracted by the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can make this is by investigating their own family history. They can try to find out more about what their families came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a fairly short history, alike Australia and the United States. It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take the decision to investigate your own family’s past. It is quite another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganizing way and cause yourself many problems that could have avoided with a little forward planning. If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, not to let this idea take over your research. Just treat it as an interesting possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your way. The most important thing, though, is to get starting. Who knows what you might find? ----- THE END -----
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - VÒNG 1 Ngày thi: 06/10/2011 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Bảng A
Đề chính thức
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI Tổng số điểm các phần của bài thi là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài làm, giám khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm ghi bằng chữ, sau đó chia điểm này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 không làm tròn số vào khung điểm ghi bằng chữ. A. LISTENING: (20 marks) 1. (C) (4 marks) 2. (A) (4 marks) (C) (4 marks) 3. (C) (4 marks) 4. (D) (4 marks) B. READING & WRITING: (80 marks) I.
Total: 15 marks (3 marks for each) 1. Because he would not let staff take away his pocket money for holiday – he swallowed it instead. 2. Steve was possibly an orphan or his parents could not look after him. 3. It was probably run on strict, disciplinarian lines. 4. Because it contains butane gas. 5. The secret of his skill is muscle control.
II.
Total: 15 marks (1 mark for each) 1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 A
8 B
9 D
10 C
11 D
12 B
13 B
14 A
15 D
III. Total: 15 marks (1.5 marks for each) 1 B
2 E
3 A
4 I
IV. Total: 20 marks (1 mark for each) 1. cause 2. consists 3. which 4. body 5. processes 6. much 7. link/relationship/connection 8. goes/dates 9. agreement/consensus/evidence/proof 10. failure/inability
5 M
6 G
7 P
8 F
9 K
10 L
11. varies/differs/changes 12. by 13. lead/contribute 14. point 15. salty 16. its 17. whereas/while 18. unknown/non-existent 19. whereas/while 20.within
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V. Total: 15 marks (1.5 marks for each) - Find the mistake € 0.75 mark - Correct the mistake € 0.75 mark 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
developed € developing (attracted) by € (attracted) to make € do what € where alike € like disorganizing € disorganized have avoided € have been avoided say € tell not to € don’t starting € started
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KỲ THI CẤP TỈNH CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1 Ngày thi : 06/10/2011 MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH BẢNG B Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút cho cả hai phần A và B
LƯU Ý : THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI THI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY A/. LISTENING (20 points) You will hear a short conversation twice. Each question in this part has four answer choices. Choose the best answer A,B, C or D. Write your answer(s) on your paper. 1.
2.
3.
4.
What is the speaker’s main point? (A) Professional resumé writers can make a lot of money. (B) Resumé are easier to write than letters. (C) Resumé should be written carefully (D) Computers can make resumé writing easier According to the speaker, what can you do if you are not sure of the meaning of a word? Choose 2 answers (A) Look it up in dictionary. (B) Ask a friend how to spell it. (C) Guess the meaning. (D) Look it up online. Why should you choose your words carefully? (A) You want people to think you’re passive. (B) Some words sound alike but mean different things. (C) Words are very personal. (D) Words are very interesting. Why should your resumé look professional? (A) More people will read it. (B) It could be published. (C) An employer may decide to see you or not because of it. (D) You will make more money.
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B/. READING AND WRITING (80 points) I/. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. Write your answers on your paper. (20 points) One day more than 200 years ago a man complained to his doctor that he had a ball in his throat. “It goes up and down when I breathe”, he said. The doctor laughed at him and said, “There is nothing in your throat”. Soon after the man died and the doctor discovered that there was a steel ball in his throat. This unfortunate man worked in needles factory and in the process of grinding steel to make the needles, he had breathed in particles of it which soon accumulated and formed a lump in his throat. Ever since that time workers in factories producing needles have had to wear masks to protect themselves. Needles were first used by the Stone Age man about 50.000 years ago to stitch together pieces of pelt to make clothes. At the time primitive men used the bones of animals and fish, and even thorns, to make ‘needles’- rough stone tools with a hole in one end. Later the Romans and the British used iron and bronze for making needles. Today’s needles are made from steel wire. When you examine a needle it looks quite a simple object but there are fifteen different stages a steel wire has to go through before it becomes a needle. Let us look at some of them. First the worker cuts a steel wire into the length of two needles. Then he straightens out the wire and sharpens it at both ends. At the center he pierces two eyes: this forms two needles joined end to end. Usually machines are used to break up the needles; only very good quality needles are broken by hand. The needles are by no means ready yet. They must go into a special machine which removes the rough edges from around the eye of each needle. After this the worker puts all of them into a small furnace called a ‘muffle’, and when the needles are red hot he plunges them into a container of cold oil. This process is repeated many times to harden the needles and give them elasticity. Washing, rolling and polishing follow, after which needles are put into packets for sale. You can see needles everywhere today, in your home and in the hospital where they are used as surgical instruments. Compasses and record-players too require different types of needles. The Stone Age man would indeed be amazed if he could see how many uses we have made of his simple invention. 1. Why did the doctor laugh at the man who went to him with a complaint? 2. Was the doctor right in laughing at the man? Why? 3. How had the steel ball formed inside the man’s throat? 4. Why do workers in needles factories wear masks? 5. Why are the needles heated and then cooled many times?
II/.Use the words below to fill in the blanks. Each correct word is only used once. Write the words in the corresponding numbered places on your paper. (30 points) Passage 1 (10 points)
well – which – works – also – after – grew – order – from – where – as Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps most famous for his (1)......................................................of art. Among his more well-known paintings are the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper” Leonardo was an accomplished painter but he was (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an architect, a sculptor, an engineer, a scientist and a musician. He was one of the most talented men of all time. Leonardo was named (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the town of Vinci (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he was born. Leonardo da Vinci actually means “Leonardo of Vinci”. He (5) up in the busy city of Florence which was then a center of education and of the arts. Leonardo did not receive much formal education. He became an apprentice to a painter and sculptor. Verocchio, (6) ......................................................................................whom he learned his craft. He conversed with the scholars and noblemen who came to order works of art and learned much from them. Leonardo was a very curious and creative person. He believed that (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an artist, he had to acquire an understanding of objects in (8) to paint them well. Before he embarked on a new painting, he would find out all the information he could gather about the subjects he was painting. He would also draw sketches of these subjects in a notebook. When he was alive, he was accepted as a very learned man. The breath of his knowledge can be seen in more than thirty of his notebooks (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .are still intact today. The notes and drawings in the notebooks included plans for a tank, a helicopter as (10)...............................................................................................................................as a detailed study of the human anatomy. Passage 2 (20 points) ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
consists – just – others – some – proportion – lasts – both – departments – practical – number – changes – All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge are fairy new. London University is the biggest of the modern English Universities and (1)...........................................................................................of a great variety of colleges and other institutions including medical schools. A university usually has (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . faculties and departments. The most common faculties are medicine, law, arts, science, and theology. The (3)...............................................................................................include engineering, economics, commerce, agriculture, music and technology. After taking examinations a university graduate is awarded with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Science, or Engineering, or Medicine, etc. depending on their field of study.
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Each faculty is headed by one or more professors who are helped by a staff of teachers called lecturers. Professors and lecturers spend (4).................................................................................................of their time giving lectures to a large (5) of students or studying with smaller groups and here the students have a chance to argue and discuss. All universities admit men and women, but the (6)............................................................of men is rather more than 75%. Most of the universities provide hostel accommodation for their students. At a university the course of studies (7) ...............................................................................six years and the curriculum is wide. There are many special types of colleges in Great Britain too. They give a specialized training. They are medical, teachers’, technical colleges and many (8)..........................................................................................One can see colleges within universities. The course of studies at a college is (9)..........................................................three years. At medical colleges the students study various subjects, learn to treat patients and have (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . work at hospitals. After graduating from the college they are given a certificate. III/. Each of the following sentences has 4 underlined parts, marked A,B,C and D. Choose the underlined part of the sentence that needs corrections and then give the correct word. Write on your paper (30 points) Ex : 1. They have (A)been (B) living here (C) since six years (D) now. Answer : 0 : (C), for 2. Each of the (A) students (B) in the accounting class (C) has to type (D) their own research paper this semester. 3. (A) Plants and animals (B) live in the see sank (C) to the sea bed (D) when they died. 4. How (A) much times (B) did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they (C) obtained the results they had (D) been expecting. 5. Mrs. Stevens, along (A) with, (B) her cousins from New Mexico, (C) are planning (D) to attend the festivities. 6. (A) Joel giving up (B) smoking has (C) caused him to gain weight and (D) become irritable with his acquaintances. 7. I (A) will send this book (B) to you (C) before I (D) will finish it. 8. (A) Establishing in 1984 (B) for students who wanted to study art and music subjects, LaGuardia (C) was the first public school of (D) its kind. 9. Alloys of gold and copper (A) have been (B) widely (C) using in (D) various types of coins. 10. We should put (A) people first and (B) save people’s (C) lives is still the top priority of our (D) relief work. 11. Scientists and economists (A) believe that human beings (B) can never (C) use away all the (D) mineral resources on Earth. - THE END -
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KỲ THI CẤP TỈNH CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1 Ngày thi : 06/10/2011 MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH BẢNG B
ĐỀ CHÍNH HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH Tổng số điểm các phần của bài thi môn Tiếng Anh là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài làm, giám khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm bài làm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ, sau đó chia điểm này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 này (không làm tròn số) vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ. PHẦN THI NGHE I/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 4 điểm 1. 2. 3. 4.
(C) Resumé should be written carefully. (4 điểm) (A) Look it up in dictionary and (D) Look it up online. (8 điểm) (B) Some words sound alike but mean different things. (4 điểm) (C) An employer may decide to see you or not because of it. (4 điểm) PHẦN THI
ĐỌC – VIẾT II/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 4 điểm. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Because the doctor was amused with the man’s story. No, he wasn’t. Because there was a real steel ball in the man’s throat. He had breathed in particles of steel at work. They wear masks to protect themselves from breathing in steel particles. The needles are heated and cooled many times to harden the needles and give them elasticity.
III/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 30. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 1 điểm đối với đọan 1, 2 điểm đối với đọan 2. Passage 1: 1. works 2. also 3. after 4. where 5. grew
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
from as order which well
3. 4. 5.
departments some number
Passage 2: 1. 2.
consists both
6. 7. 8.
proportion lasts others
9. just 10. practical IV/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 30. Mỗi câu đúng là 3 điểm (phát hiện lỗi 1 điểm, sửa lỗi 2điểm) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(D) His/her (B) living (A) many (C) is (A) Joe’s (D) finish (A) Established (C) used (B) saving (C) use up
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital. How much times did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they obtained the results they had been expecting. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities. Hummingbirds are the only birds capable to fly backward as well as forward, up, and down. Joel giving up smoking has caused him to gain weight and become irritable with his acquaintances. We are suppose to read all of chapter seven and answer the questions for tomorrow’s class. The explanation that our instructor gave us was different than the one yours gave you. Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music subjects, LaGuardia was the first public school of its kind. Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various types of coins. There was a light disagreement between committee members of the Club, regarding their trip next month. The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighbourhood last night. American manufacturers depend on ocean shipping for most of trade with other countries. Venus approaches the Earth more closely than any other planet is. A kangaroo moves around by leaping on its rear legs, which is much bigger and stronger than its front legs. Many of the satellites of space carry telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy to look at the stars. Scientists and economists believe that human beings can never use away all the mineral resources on Earth. Scientists have recently argued that Einstein's contribution to physics and mathematics are less important as Newton's.
19. The study of astronomy is so recent as the past centuries, but astrology has existed for thousands of years. 20.
Hướng Dẫn Làm Bài Thi Nghe 1. Bài thi nghe được thực hiện trong vòng khoảng 25 phút, được bắt đầu và kết thúc bằng một đoạn nhạc, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần. 2. Sau khi tính giờ làm bài, giám thị coi thi chỉ cần cho đĩa vào máy và nhấn nút PLAY, không cần giải thích gì thêm.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 VÒNG 2
LONG AN
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 10/ 11/ 2011 Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể phát đề)
(Đề chính thức)
Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo
Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi
Chữ kí Giám khảo I:……………….
Chữ kí Giám khảo I:……………….
Chữ kí Giám khảo II:………………
Chữ kí Giám khảo II:………………
Số phách phúc khảo:
Số phách chấm thi:
Điểm của từng phần:
Điểm của từng phần:
I………III………..
I………III………..
II……...IV……….
II……...IV……….
Tổng điểm bằng số:……..
Tổng điểm bằng số:……..
Tổng điểm bằng chữ:……
Tổng điểm bằng chữ:……
LƯU Ý: -
Đề thi gồm 22 trang; thí sinh làm bài thi trên đề thi này.
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Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
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Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. ooooo
I.
LISTENING (6/40 points):
PART 1: You are going to listen to two students talking about libraries in Australia. Listen and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question. 1/ Why is Yumi worried? A. She is a new student B. She doesn’t know very much about libraries C. She hasn’t used a library much
1
D. She has a lot of assignments. 2/ Who advised Yumi to join the local library? A. B. C. D.
her flat mate Mary Ann The librarian Mary Ann and Yumi’s flat mate
3/ What items cannot be borrowed from the local library? A. B. C. D.
Books Video and audio tapes or CDs CDs Newspaper
4/ If Yumi returned the book two days after the loan period has ended,
A. B. C. D.
she will have to pay the fine she will have to pay 10 cents it won’t cost her anything she can’t borrow anything later
5/ Why hasn’t Yumi been to university library yet? A. B. C. D.
She couldn’t attend the orientation activities She has been sick all week She has to go to her lecture She doesn’t know where it is
Label the map of the library below. Choose the correct letter from A- E for each answer: E A
D
MAIN ENTRANCE
………………….. 6. Return box: ………… 7. Library computers: ……………
………………………………………………..
8. Monograph collection: ………….. 9. Reference section: ……………. 10. Advisor’s desk: …………….. Your answers: 1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
PART 2 You will hear an interview with a man called Richard Porter who is a maker of musical instruments called organs. Listen and complete the sentences: Musical Instrument Maker
Richard’s first ambition was to be a
1
Richard makes organs which are used in churches
and
2
worldwide.
It
costs
£
3
to buy one of the organs which
Richard makes.
According to Richard, personal with most
4
provide him
of his overseas clients. Richard says that he is involved in well as building and selling
5
organs, as
them. In terms of raw materials, only the uses comes from Britain.
that Richard
6
Richard’s new workshop will be a building that was once used as a
7 Richard will have to work in a new
as well as in his
8
workshop. The only thing that Richard will have for his new workshop is the
to
9
The new workshop will be perfect for the instruments Richard makes because it is a place.
10 Your answers: 1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
II.
LEXICO-GRAMMAR (14/ 40 points)
PART 1 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence. 1.
Even though they don’t agree with what is happening, they are too…......................................to protest. A. outgoing
2.
B. subdued
C. quiet
D. apathetic
The policeman….....................me off with a warning as it was Christmas. A. sent
B. gave
C. let
D. set
pay
3.
Big cities like New York and Tokyo are A. greatly
populated.
B. closely
C. densely
D. variously
4.
I am sorry for all the.....................................things I said to you. A. hostile B. abrupt C. nasty D. short 5. Conservationists are worried that many potentially valuable of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. A. examples B. brands C. variations D. species 6. I find his behavior towards me quite…...............................He treats me like an idiot. A. offending B. insulting C. crude D. ill-mannered 7. At first Tom insisted he was right, but then began to……………… A. back down B. follow up C. drop off D. break up 8. It’s no good pretending. You’ve got to......................................reality. A. bargain for B. come up against C. face up to D. get down to 9. In the United States,.................................is the most concentrated is New Orleans A. French influence the city C. the city where French influence B. Where the city influences French D. where the French influence the city 10. They turned the proposal............................................that it didn’t fulfill their requirements. A. allowing B. as a cause C. by reason D. on the grounds Your answers: 1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
PART 2: In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling or an punctuation error, for each numbered line 1- 15, write the correctly spelt word or show the correct punctuation in the space on the right. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (✓). The first three lines are done for you as examples. How Equal Are Woman, Really? On the face of it, women in Britain haven’t done too badly over the passed
0. past
thirty years. There has been a woman Prime Minister a woman has gone into
0. Minister, a
space, and women are ordained as priests. They have won the right to equal
0. ✓
pay with men for the same work inspite of the fact that they still earn only
1.
80% of their male colleague’s salaries. They have even become professionals
2.
in what have always been considered male sports, like football. But can it
3.
really be said that equality of the sexes is fact rather than wishful thinking.
4.
The trouble begins at school, though equality shouldn’t be an issue in
5.
education since, acording to the Department of Education’s statistics, they do
6.
better than boys in exams at all levels. Nevertheless, they are at an immediate
7.
disadvantage as soon as they apply for jobs and go out to work. Teachers
8.
believe its vital to overcome this by encouraging them to study subjects like
9.
physics, which have been almost exclusively a male preserve. A peice of
10.
research recently carried out at Reading University may explain why boys
11.
succeed, weather or not they have better academic qualifications. It shows
12.
that they are willing to call out answers in class and risk making mistakes,
13.
whereas girls feel self conscious. This capacity to take the lead is why boys
14.
tend to make a better impresion at an interview for a business career, though
15.
they may not always prove to be the best choice thereafter.
Your answers: 1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
15.
PART 3: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits the space in the same line.
The Desire to Know
Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (0)…existence
This
EXIST CHARACTER
irresponsible desire to know is not a (1).........................................of inanimate objects. Nor does it seem to be attributable to some forms of living organism which, for that very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. A tree, for example, does not display (2)………………..curiosity, nor does a sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring them poison, predators or parasites, they die as (3)
RECOGNISE
as they lived. CEREMONIOUS
Early in the scheme of life, (4)……………….motion was developed by some organisms. It
DEPEND
meant an (5)……………….advance in their control of the environment. A moving
ORDINARY
organism no longer waited in stolid (6)
for food to come its way, but went out RIGID ZEAL
after it. The individual that hesitated in the (7)……………….search for food, or that was overly (8) in
its
CONSERVE
investigation, starved.
As organisms grew more complex, more messages of greater variety were received from and about the (9)………………environment. At the same time, the nervous system, the living instrument that interprets and stores the data collected by the sense organs, became
ROUND
(10).........................................................................................................complex. INCREASE
Your answers: 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
PART 4: Replace the underlined expressions in the sentences below with the suitable phrasal verbs in the box. Make any necessary changes. There are more words than you need.
8
suck up to dumb down clamp down on
put across count towards take over
drop out of swot up mess around
pi ck up drag on kick out step down
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
I’ve got tests all next week- I’ve really got to revise hard. Todd stopped attending school at 16 because he considered schoolwork a waste of time Does this term’s test mark contribute to our final grade? Apparently, the headmaster is going to implement punishments more strictly for truancy. Just because Jilly cleaned the blackboard, it doesn’t mean she is trying to make herself popular with the teacher. 6. If you make too much noise in Mrs. Skinner’s class, she will make you leave. 7. I can’t wait for the summer holidays- this term has seemed to last a long time. 8. So many students lacked basic numeracy skills that the course has been made simpler and easier. 9. I couldn’t hear the teacher because the other kids were behaving badly. 10. Surely if Hannah were dyslexic, it would have been noticed long before now. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 5: Read the text below and think of the word that best fits the gap. Use one word for each gap only. The first one is done as an example. Advertising Each and (0)………every…………day we see hundreds of advertising images. (1)…………..other of image confronts us (2)................................................................................................anything like the same frequency. Never in history (3)…………….there been such a concentration of visual messages. The brain cannot help (4) …………..take these messages in, and for a moment they stimulate the imagination (5)… virtue of their appeal to memory or expectation. Advertising is usually justified as a competitive medium of benefit (6)…................................................the public and efficient manufactures. (7)...........................................it may be true that, in advertising, one particular brand competes against another, it is also just (8)….........................................true that such publicity images confirm and enhance others. That there are choices to be made (9)…………….without saying
but, ultimately, advertising as a system makes a single proposal- namely (10)…...............................................we transform ourselves, or our lives, by buying something more. We are led to believe that, by (11)…………..doing, we will in (12).........................................................................way or another become richer- but in fact we will become poor, (13).............................................spent our money. Advertising shows us people who have apparently been transformed into a new state and are, as a result, enviable. The state of being envied is (14)……………….constitutes glamour. And advertising is in the business (15) ..........................................................................................manufacturing glamour. Your answers: 1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10. 15.
PART 6: Complete the sentences below, using one of the words in the box. arrest praise 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
consequence appearance
lead reach
face intention
increase exception
means stage
Crime is said to be on the (a)……………….in this area, and in (b).............................................the mayor has appealed for more police to be brought in to deal with it. Before the police could put him under (a)............................, he fled abroad to a country without an extradition treaty, beyond the (b).......................................of authorities. On the (a)......................of it, it looks a simple task but from bitter experience I know that it isn’t easy by any (b)……………… There have been several reviews in (a)......................................of the film but it’s too early to say at this (b)...............................that it will win the prize at the festival. He took the (a)…………..in arranging these meetings and has every (b)......................................of playing his full part in the process.
Your answers: 1.(a) (b)
2. (a) (b)
3. (a) (b)
4. (a) (b)
5. (a) (b)
III. READING (8/40 points) PART 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each gap. MEN AND SHOPPING Normally, a crèche is where children are looked after while their parents work, but recently a shopping center opened a ‘crèche’ which (1)…….. men to play computer games while their partners go shopping. The aim is to (2) .........................................................................................men to feel that shopping is fun. You only have to (3) at men’s faces in a shopping center in the UK to realize that they find shopping less (4) ………. than women. Whether they are well off or (5)...................................up, the effect is the same: they are so anxious before they go shopping that their stress levels increase to a truly (6)……… extent, comparable to those felt by (7)……. fighter pilots or riot police. According to one psychologist, women are much more (8)……… in the shops and men get so impatient because men are less used to shopping than women. She adds that, quite (9) over the years, women have developed a laid-back (10)………. to shopping, but that men’s negative feelings (11) when they are buying things for people other than themselves. It’s understandable, then, that women (12)……….. men for not (13) an effort when it comes to buying things for the family. She notes that, in the UK, many men (14)......................................to go shopping at all, or claim to feel (15)...................out after only five minutes. Let’s hope the crèche makes a difference! 1. A. enables 2. A. support 3. A. catch 4. A. funny 5. A. short 6. A. astonished 7. A. taught 8. A. comfortable 9. A. biologically 10. A. acceptance 11. A. exaggerate 12. A. complain 13. A. making 14. A. cancel 15. A. broken
B. opens B. encourage B. spot B. silly B. hard B. influential B. experienced B. convenient B. physically B. appeal B. lengthen B. criticize B. taking B. refuse B. fed
C. makes C. convince C. watch C. enjoyable C. week C. easy C. tested C. relaxing C. naturally C. agreement C. increase C. object C. doing C. reject C. paid
D. removes D. let D. glance D. capable D. poor D. amazing D. prepared D. restful D. environmentally D. approach D. add D. argue D. giving D. deny D. tired
Your answers: 1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10. 15.
PART 2: Read the following passage and do the tasks below: Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case that it depends on which expert you listen to, or which statistics you study. Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting warmer, with one of the world's leading weather predictors stating that air temperatures have shown an increase of just under half a degree Celsius since the beginning of the twentieth century. And while this may not sound like anything worth losing sleep over, the international press would have us believe that the consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the opinion that what we are seeing is just part of a natural upward and downward swing that has always been part of the cycle of global weather. An analysis of the views of major meteorologists in the United States showed that less than 20% of them believed that any change in temperature over the last hundred years was our own fault - the rest attributed it to natural cyclical changes. There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in understanding weather. The effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation, the seas and oceans gases such as methane and ozone, or even solar energy are still not really understood, and therefore the predictions that we make using them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was predicting that the likely effects of global warming would be a rising of world temperature which would have disastrous consequences for mankind: “a strong cause and effect relationship between the current climate and human alteration of the atmosphere ". He has now gone on record as stating that using artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible. In fact, he now believes that, rather than getting hotter, our planet is getting greener as a result of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect of increasing vegetation in areas which in recent history have been frozen wastelands. In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature have been cut back. In addition, if we look at the much reported rise in global temperature over the last century, a close analysis reveals that the lion's share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man began to "poison" his world with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the twentieth century. So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from billboards and television news headlines, claiming that man, with his inexhaustible dependence on oil-based machinery and ever more sophisticated forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of greenhouse gas emissions, poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer? Doubters point to scientific evidence, which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two
percent come from man-made sources, the rest resulting from natural emissions. Who, then, to believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the car at home, to buy re-usable products packaged in recycled paper and to plant trees in our back yard? Or the skeptics, including, of course, a lot of big businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a mountain out of a molehill? And my own opinion? The jury's still out as far as I am concerned! Question 1-6: Choose the appropriate letters (A, B, C or D), based on the information from the passage. 1.
The author ........
A
believes that man is causing global warming
B
believes that global warming is a natural process
C
is sure what the causes of global warming are
D
does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are
2.
As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that ........
A
occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to
B
the facts always depend on who you are talking to C often the facts depend on which expert you listen to D you should not speak to experts
3.
More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the opinion that .........
A
global warming should make us lose sleep
B
global warming is not the result of natural cyclical changes, but man-made
C
the consequences of global warming will be devastating
D
global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes
4.
Our understanding of weather ...........
A
leads to reliable predictions
B
is variable
C
cannot be denied
D
is not very developed yet
5.
Currently, Dr. James Hansen's beliefs include the fact that .......
A
it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models
B
the consequences of global warming would be disastrous for mankind
C
there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of the atmosphere
D
Earth is getting colder
6. Which of these is the best title for this text? A
Global Warming is for real
B
Global warming - media hype or genuine threat?
C
Weather changes over the last 100 years
D
Global Warming - the greatest threat to mankind
Questions 7-13: Do the statements below agree with the information in the reading passage? On your answer sheet write: Yes
if the statement agrees with the information in the passage No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage Not Given if
there is no information about the statement in the passage 7. Computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated. 8. At the same time that computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated, weather forecasters have become more expert. 9. Most of the increase in global temperature happened in the second half of the twentieth century. 10. The media wants us to blame ourselves for global warming. 11. The media encourages the public to use environmentally friendly vehicles, such as electric cars to combat global warming.
12. Environmentalists are very effective at persuading people to be kind to the environment. 13. Many big businesses are on the side of the skeptics as regards the cause of global warming. Questions 14-15: Complete the sentences below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each blank space. Write your answers on your answer sheet. 14. As well as planting trees and not driving, the environmentalist would like us to choose products that are wrapped and can be used more than once. 15. Big businesses would have us believe that we are making too much fuss about global warming, because they have . Your answers: 1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
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PART 3: Read the article. Choose the most suitable headings ( A-L) for paragraphs (1-8) from the list of headings in the box below. There are more headings than paragraphs, so do not use all of them
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L.
Know when to stop Organize Check your notes are accurate Use various formats for your notes Take mock exams seriously Work out what you revise Study with your colleagues Read textbooks Start early Look for mock exams Check the information in your textbooks Revise
REVISING FOR EXAMS The way to do well at History is to know which study techniques work best for you as an individual. Nevertheless, here are some sensible guidelines that are worth following.
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Apply good study skills from the beginning of your course rather than seek magical solutions a few weeks before the exam. Ideally, every evening you should read through the notes you made that day, improving them and making sure they are useful. Then, every few months, go through all the notesthis will make your final revision much easier. In this way, essential information will be committed to your long- term memory and will be readily recalled, even under stressful exam conditions. You will also avoid last-minute cramming, which is seldom useful.
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3. Listen to your teacher’s advice on important areas or likely questions. Select topics for revision. Decide what number you need to know about: for example if you are required to answer four questions, go through the papers of the last few years and make sure you can answer five or six of them. If you can answer them all, take care- you are probably working too hard.
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Do not work from poor materials. Improve your notes by comparison with a friend’s or read them alongside a textbook, making any additions and modifications needed. Make sure that you understand them before you try to commit them to memory- if you don’t, the ideas simply will now stick. Underline, color or highlight headings and key points.
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Make sure that you have a copy of the syllabus or course handbook. Check the format of your exam. How many papers? How many questions must be answered? Are there any compulsory sections? Sort out any external or personal problems that may hamper your progress. If necessary talk with your tutor, student counseling service or doctor. From Easter cut out or cut down your weekend employment until after the exams. about key issues as well as memorizing information. Your aim should be to look at old, so familiar materials in a new way.
6. 7. Working with a group (the right group for you) will
The more your notes are rewritten, the better you will remember them. Summarize key information on each topic on one A4 page. Abbreviate again on small index cards: carry them round with you and learn them whenever you have a few spare minutes. If you are having difficulty remembering key quotes or the dates, write them out and put them in places around the house where you see them frequently. Perhaps, record them on tape. But remember to think actively enable you to share ideas, notes and books and can help alleviate boredom and stress. Revising in pairs is good, but working in group of three or four is better. The ideal is to meet for two or three hour sessions two or three times a week at home, school or college- looking for a working environment with minimum distractions, read out answers for group criticism, test each other, prepare outline answers.
When your teachers give you practice exams to do in class time, enter into these wholeheartedly. They will help you assess your progress and familiarize you with
working under strict exam conditions. Afterwards, take notes of the feedback you receive. Pinpoint the errors you made. Did you include too little information, misread the questions, run out of time? What does your mark tell you about your revision techniques?
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Far more exams are failed because of too little work than too much. But often the brightest students work too hard at revision and worry unnecessarily. So take regular exercises, get plenty of sleep, and maintain a sensible social life. If you are an arch- worrier, then by all means carry gentle revision until last moment: you can’t worry if your mind is occupied with something else. But remember that the aim is to reach your peak at the right time, so be sure not to go into the exam room exhausted from overwork. Frenetic late-night cramming can be easily avoided by the short of revision techniques outlined above.
Choose the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D), based on the above reading: 9.
According to the passage, what is the main cause of poor performance in exams? A. tiredness due to overwork B. not study enough C. not getting enough exam practice D. worrying about the exam 10. According to the passage, when should you continue revising right up to the exam? A. when you have not been working hard enough B. if you suffer from exam nerves C. when you cannot remember vital information D. if your tutor advises you to do. Your answers:
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IV. WRITING (12/40 points) PART 1 (2 points): Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word (s). Look at the example in the box. Example:
Immediately after winning the race, Sandy began training for the next one. (had) No sooner had Sandy won the race than she began training for the next one.
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Without a loan from the bank, we would have gone bankrupt. ( borrowed) Had . ………………………………. , we would have gone bankrupt. 2. The only calls we've made have been local ones, so our bill can't possibly come to this much. (run) We can't......................................................when we've only made local calls. 3. Could you take a quick look at my essay before I hand it in? (eye) Would you mind….............................................................................................my essay before I hand it in? 4. Harry wanted to be famous so much that he participated in a reality show. (desire) So great… fame that he participated in a reality show 5. There is no need to feel superior to everyone else. (nose) You shouldn’t……………………………………………………… 6. When she sold the jewellery at such a low price, she was cheated. (ride) When she sold…………………………………………………………… 7. We should not continue the experiments because we have encountered serious problems. (halt) Since we have encountered………………………………………………………………. 8. The best solution was thought of by Sally. (came) Sally…………………………………………………………………………………… 9. When Tony has to face with the crisis, he panics. (faced) ……………………………………………, he panics. 10. Anne’s dedication to her work has always been exemplary. (herself)
Anne……………………………………………………………………………………. Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 2 (4 points) The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of students’ activities. The first graph shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the activities in which girls participate. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
Girls' Cultural & Leisure Activities
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 VÒNG 2
LONG AN
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 10/ 11/ 2011 Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể phát đề)
(Đề chính thức)
ANSWER KEY ooooo I.
LISTENING (6/40 points): 0.3 x 20 PART
1: 1. B 6. C
2. D 7. B
3. D 8. A
4. A 9. E
5. A 10. D
PART 2: 1. composer 6. wood
I.
2. concert halls/ concerts 7. school/ schoolroom
3. 9500
4. contacts
5. mending
8. (small) museum
9. heating (bills)
10. dry
LEXICO-GRAMMAR (14/ 40 points):0.2 x 70 Part 1: 1. D 6. A
2. C 7. A
3. C 8. C
4. C 9. C
5. D 10. D
Part 2 1. in spite of 2. colleagues’ 3. ✓ 4. thinking? 5. ✓
1
6. according 7. ✓ 8. ✓ 9. it’s 10.piece 11. ✓ 12. whether 13. ✓ 14. self- conscious 15. impression Part 3 1.characteristic
2.recognizable
3. unceremoniously
4. independent
5. extraordinary
6. rigidity
7. zealous
8. conservative
9. surrounding
10. increasingly
Part 4 1. swot up
6. kick you out
2. dropped out of
7. drag on
3. count towards
8. dumbed down
4. clamp down on
9. messing around
5. suck up to
10. picked up
Part 5 1.no
2. with
3. has
4. but
5. by
6. to
7. (Al)though/ While/ Whilst/ Whereas
8. as
9. goes
10. that
11. so
12. one
13. having
14. what
15. of
Part 6 1.(a). increase (b). consequence
2. (a) arrest (b) reach
3. (a) face (b) means
4. (a) praise (b) stage
5. (a). lead (b). intention
READING (8/40 points): 0.2 x 40 Part 1 1. A 6. D 11. C
2. C 7. B 12. B
3. D 8. A 13. A
4. C 9. C 14. B
5. B 10. D 15. D
Part 2 1. D
6. B
11. NOT GIVEN
2. C
7. YES
12. NOT GIVEN
3. D
8. NOT GIVEN
13. YES
4. D
9. NO
14. IN RECYCLED PAPER
5. A
10. YES
15. MOST TO LOSE
Part 3 1. I
5.D
2. B
6. G
3. F
7. E
4. C
8. A
IV. WRITING Part 1 (2/40 points): 0.2 x10 1.
we not borrowed money from the bank
9. B 10. B
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run up such a high bill
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
casting an eye over was Harry’s desire for look down your nose at everyone (else) When she sold the jewellery at such a low price, she was taken in for a ride. Since we have encountered serious problems, we should call/ put a halt to the experiments Sally came up with the best solution
9. Faced with the crisis 10. Anne has (always) dedicated herself to her work PART 2: 4/40 points Bài viết của thí sinh phải thỏa mãn được các yêu cầu sau: -
Đảm bảo thỏa mãn được giới hạn số lượng từ đưa ra (0.25đ) Thể hiện được 3 phần của bài viết
Phần introduction: thể hiện được xu hướng chung (trend) và nêu bật được mục đích của 2 biểu đồ (0.25) Phần nội dung: + Trình bày, sắp xếp thông tin hợp lý, dễ theo dõi (0.25đ) + Miêu tả được thông tin trên mỗi biểu đồ (1đ) + So sánh được thông tin giữa 2 biểu đồ. (0.5đ)
Phần kết: tóm tắt và đánh giá được xu hướng chung rút ra từ 2 biểu đồ (0.25đ) -
Chuẩn về spelling, punctuation, grammar (0.5đ) Grammar, sentence structures, word choice đa dạng và theo lối văn phong của miêu tả biểu đồ (1đ). Ví dụ: thí sinh sử dụng được các lối diễn đạt sau:
The graphs show/ indicate / illustrate / reveal / represent It is clear from the graph(s) It can be seen from the graph(s) As the graph shows As can be seen from the graph(s) As is shown by the graph(s)
The graphs compare Account for (21%) There is a similar number of The opposite is true of……. more double than/ less than compared to/ in comparison with
Part 3 (6/40 points): Bài viết của thí sinh phải thỏa mãn được các yêu cầu sau: -
Đảm bảo thỏa mãn được giới hạn về số lượng từ theo yêu cầu của bài (0.25đ) Nội dung bài biết phải đảm bảo trả thích hợp và liên quan đến nội dung câu hỏi đưa ra (0.75đ) Thể hiện được 3 phần của bài viết
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Phần mở đầu: phải có câu chủ đề (topic sentence) và nêu lên được ý kiến bản thân (0.5đ) Phần thân bài: (2đ) : Làm rõ được ý kiến đã nêu ở phần mở bài; có ví dụ, chứng minh cụ thể.. Phần kết luận: đánh giá chung và đưa ra suy nghĩ riêng (0.5đ)
Chuẩn về spelling, punctuation, grammar (1đ) Sử dụng đa dạng về structures, từ vựng (0.5đ) Nội dung được trình bày, sắp xếp khoa học, hợp lý, dễ theo dõi (0.5) (có thể chú ý đến cách sử dụng các từ liên kết (linking words) giữa các đoạn/câu.
1. Answer: D. The answer is in the first paragraph. The author does not say what he believes. A and B are incorrect, because the writer says: ... we hear about ...; not that he believes it one way or the other. Nor does the text state whether he is sure or not as in C. Also, look at the last paragraph. 2. Answer: C. The answer is in the last sentence of the first paragraph. The key phrase is as is so often the case. Therefore, A and B are not possible. As for D, the text does not tell you this. 3. Answer: D. The answer is in the second paragraph, in the last sentence. A does not relate to what the meteorologists believe. See earlier in the paragraph. B is not correct, because it is the opposite. C is incorrect, because the meteorologists do not say that the results will be devastating. 4. Answer: D. The answer is in the first part of paragraph 3, in the first sentence. A is the opposite of the correct answer. B and C appear in the text, but in a different context. 5. Answer: A. The answer is in the second part of paragraph 3: using artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible. B is incorrect, because this is what Dr. Hansen said in the past; the same is true for C. D is incorrect, because Dr. Hansen does not say anything about Earth getting colder, only greener. 6. Answer: B. The writer wrote the passage to show that the issue of global warming is often exaggerated by the press. The other titles refer to only parts of the text. You would be wise to leave this question until you have answered all the other questions, so that you have a better feel for the text. Questions 7 – 13 7. Computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated. Answer
: Yes.
8. Answer: Not Given. The answer can be found in paragraph 4. The text does not say anything about the weather forecaster's expertise.
9. Answer: No. The answer is in the second part of the fourth paragraph. The opposite is true, as most of the increase happened before the second half of the twentieth century. 10.
Answer: Yes. The answer can be found in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph. Also see paragraph 1.
11.
Answer: Not Given. This is not mentioned in the passage. Look in paragraph 5.
12.
Answer: Not Given. The is not mentioned in the passage. Look in paragraph 6.
13.
Answer: Yes. The answer can be found in the second part of the last paragraph.
Questions 14 and 15 14. Answer: in recycled paper. The answer is in the last paragraph. The elements of the sentence have been changed around. 15. Answer: most to lose. The answer can be found in the last paragraph. Again the elements of sentence have been changed around.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO I LONG AN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG Ngày thi: 2-10-2013 MÔN TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET), KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY A. LISTENING You will hear people talking in five different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B, or C). (20 points) 1. You hear a radio announcement about a job vacancy. What skill must you have if you want the job? (A) an ability to deal with complaints (B) an ability to work with numbers (C) an ability to write well 2. You overhear a conversation about evening classes. Why did the girl decide to register for a photography course? (A) She wanted to take better holiday snaps. (B) She thought it would help her in her career. (C) She needed a relaxing change from her studies. 3. You overhear two people talking about a new café. What did they both approve of? (A) the size of the proportions (B) the originality of the food (C) the efficiency of the service 4. You hear a man talking about exploring underground caves. What is he? (A) an experienced caver (B) a journalist (C) a student 5. You overhear a woman talking about a job interview she had. What does she say about it? (A) Some of the questions were unfair. (B) She felt she was insufficiently prepared. (C) The interviewers put her under pressure. B. READING AND WRITING I. Answer questions 1-5 by choosing the correct option, A, B, C or D. Give only one answer to each question. Put a cross on A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (10 points) ARE YOU READING ME? Catherine Cassidy has every reason to be proud. This summer she graduated with a 2:1 honors degree in zoology and biological sciences from Queen’s University, Belfast, where she won awards for water- polo and swimming. She is going on to study for an MSc and has ambitions to be a scientific journalist. She is also profoundly deaf. Catherine is oral-deaf, which means she can lip-read. Deaf students who cannot lip-read need interpreters to translate speech into sign language, while partially deaf students can benefit from various different types of hearing aid.
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I interviewed Catherine via e-mail. Given the patchy nature of special needs provision in British schools, she told me getting to university was an achievement in itself. Disabled students need an enormous amount of determination to succeed, and there are few role models. She says: ‘You have to work considerably harder than your peer and have to be prepared to commit yourself. Luckily, I have a phenomenal level of support from my family.’ Catherine is one of 22 deaf students at Queen’s. The Disability Discrimination Act insists that universities increase their intake of special needs students to reflect the numbers of disabled in the community, and all now set targets for admissions. But there are difficulties. First, there are no reliable figures on the numbers of disabled in the community, hence universities are unsure of the percentages they should be aiming to recruit. Second, definitions of disability are hard to pin down. Some students on the edges of disability with conditions such as dyslexia might require very little extra provision, while others might have a severe physical handicap requiring specially adapted computers, or online learning support. Of all the disabilities, deafness is probably the one that is hardest to cope with at university. Dr Roddie Cowie, a senior lecturer in psychology at Queen’s, explains: ‘Universities run on talk. Knowledge is communicated in lectures, seminars, talking to fellow students – reading is only secondary. For deaf students, casual spontaneous discussions are out.’ Fortunately for Catherine, Queen’s is a center of excellence for the teaching of deaf students on account of a special project. Succeed, set up in 1995 with a grant of £95,000. The Joint Universities Deaf Education center (JUDE) organized a special phonic earpiece that enabled Catherine to listen to lectures. Now self-financing, JUDE has been extended to the other further and higher education institutions of Northern Ireland. JUDE is setting an example in what can be achieved. Sharon Easton, deaf student support officer, says: ‘One of our officers visits schools to make deaf people aware that higher education is a possibility. Another part of our role is to talk with employers. We’re offering them deaf awareness training – how to adapt to the needs of deaf employees, and where to apply for grants. There is no reason why a deaf person shouldn’t manage any job within reason.’ JUDE’s funding may be secure but there are no universally agreed standards of provision and no handy funding formulae. The Higher Education Funding Council for England, HEFCE, is currently working with the UK Department for Education and Employment and local authorities to draw up funding proposals. A spokesman for HEFCE says: ‘Robust data on numbers and types of disability is unbelievably difficult to come by. The cost of provision for an individual student could be anything from £50 to £3,000. We are committed to removing cost barriers.’ Support and encouragement was an essential part of JUDE’s offering. Catherine says: ‘Having a tailormade service gave me independence that was a key element to my enjoying university life.’ But Catherine presented a major challenge for the staff at JUDE: her skill in lip-reading made communicating with her seem so effortless that many people did not believe she had a problem. At times this experience has been painful. Catherine says: ‘People have labeled me “not really deaf”. It is like telling me I don’t count. And this can be very disheartening, very demoralizing.’ At the end of the day, Catherine believes that excellent and well-focused special needs support should be available to all disabled students at university whatever the cost. She says: ‘You are accepted by a university on the basis of your ability to learn and carry out mental tasks. You have a right to be there – people should not judge the mental capability of a person by any physical disability.’
1. Catherine believes that deaf students who want to get to university must (A) have a good role model. (B) have a lot of support from their family. (C) be able to lip-read. (D) work harder than other students. 2. The main problem for deaf students at university is that (A) it is difficult to get phonic earpieces. (B) most learning takes place through the spoken word. (C) very little extra provision can be made for them. (D) fellow students won’t talk to them. 3. According to the writer, The Joint Universities Deaf Education center (A) sends teachers out to schools to teach deaf people. (B) collects comprehensive facts and figures about disabled people. (C) finances deaf people through higher education. (D) encourages businesses to employ deaf people. 4. At university Catherine found it depressing that (A) her difficulties often went unnoticed. (B) it was difficult for her to be independent. (C) her deafness gave her a lot of pain. (D) the staff found it difficult to talk to her. 5. Catherine believes that (A) it should be easier for deaf people to get to university. (B) disabled students should help with the cost of any special support. (C) everyone who is intelligent enough has the right to be at university. (D) universities already provide excellent support for the disabled. II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box. Use only ONE word for each space. There are more words than you need. Write your answer in the numbered gaps on your answer sheet. (10 points) close healthy
confidently immeasurably
deeply impossible
exasperating opening
extremely playful
familiar undesirable
OURSELVES AND OUR FRIENDS Most of us have friends as (1)........ as family, who, at a pinch, we’d call at 3 am for consolation or congratulations because we know they won’t resent us. They’re almost part of us, and we regale them (2)........ with our troubles and triumphs. But while I love these Pour Your Heart Out friends, I also need the energy of my Let’s Party friends. These friends care on a different level – less intense, less deep – but they still care. And such friendships are important. ‘With some friends, you want to be (3)........ rather than (4). ...............disclosing,’ says psychotherapist Susie Orbach. ‘It’s not just a relief to them that you won’t give chapter and verse, it’s a relief to you. It’s (5)........ to have lots of different friends at different levels of intimacy because not only is it (6)........ to be close to everyone, it’s also (7)........................................You need the full spectrum. This is the only way you can experiment with different parts of yourself.’ Of course, it’s (8)............to feel stranded with friends who can’t – or won’t – allow you to open up when there’s (9)............up to be done. But if we accept our ‘lite’ friends for what they do want to offer us – fun, laughter, full stop – then enrich our lives (10)........ .
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III. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Put a cross on A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (15 points) YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS ... Sometimes you might feel that if you had a perfect memory, all your problems with learning would be solved. You would be able to (1) through exams without much revision. You would never again (2)...... the embarrassment of forgetting someone’s name. But imagine, for a moment, not forgetting anything – not even last year’s shopping (3)...... you would be (4) with information. With hard work you can recall the parts of a verb or the layout of a town as you need them, so that you can learn a foreign language or (5)...... a taxi driver’s license. But the memory (6) called for by some professions are only one of the roles memory plays in our lives. Memory covers a (7). range of actions and needs. What we (8)...... about the brain is far from complete, so philosophers and scientists find it difficult to be (9) about the nature of memory. Remembering and forgetting can be understood in many different (10)...... but broadly, three distinct classes of memory have been established: personal, cognitive and habit memory. Personal memories are those acts of remembering which (11). specifically to each person’s life history. If you say, ‘I remember the first time I traveled by train’, you will probably have an image in your mind of the (12)...... and be able to describe things in it. Cognitive memory helps us learn, for example, stories, a speech or a (13)...... of music. Habit memory (14)...... those abilities needed to perform actions such as typing or driving. All these actions must be learned but once they have been, you will rarely remember anything (15). as you perform them. 1. 2. 3. 4.
(A) (A) (A) (A)
sail encounter receipts overweight
(B) (B) (B) (B)
walk face notes stuffed
(C) (C) (C) (C)
run realize lists burdened
(D) (D) (D) (D)
float accept bills overloaded
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
(A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
win concepts wide study precise ways connect occasion piece means totally
(B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
gain choices large learn explanatory concepts appear happening tune covers hardly
(C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C)
earn feats long discover correct forms have process sound enables knowingly
(D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
award methods big know aware types refer thought instrument directs consciously
IV. Complete the text below by writing each missing word in the gaps on your answer sheet. Use only ONE word for each space. (15 points) EFFECTS OF TELEVISION ON CHILDHOOD LITERACY Television occupies a large portion of children’s time. Starting in preschool, children spend more time watching television (1)........ participating in any other activity (2)........ sleeping. Children also have extensive experience of television before (3)........ exposed to many socializing agents, (4) as schools and peers. Because television has this important role, it is important to understand its potential positive and negative effects (5). most children. The results of recent research suggest that there is considerable overlap (6) the comprehension processes that take place while reading and the processes activated (7)....................a period of television viewing. If (8)........ , it may very well (9)........ the case that children who learn comprehension skills from television viewing before they are ready to read are equipped (10)........ some very important tools when they later learn to read. Trang 4/6 Clearly, television viewing is not the sole context providing important foundations for literacy.
(11)........ that most parents are positive about the value of stories, many children may be read (12)........ at bedtime. Television, however, is an ideal medium in (13)........ to cultivate some of the skills and knowledge needed for later reading. Television is also a visual medium, and thus presents information more concretely than written and spoken text. This content difference across media seems to account (14)........ the fact that preschool children are frequently better (15). recalling televised stories they have watched compared to those they have simply heard. V. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence below that needs correcting. Put a cross on A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (10 points) 1.
Although most of the wild horses in the western range have already been rounded up, (A) (B) the most remote the area, the greater the possibility that wild horses can still be found. (C) (D)
2.
Only rarely sound waves are of a single frequency encountered in practice. (A) (B) (C) (D)
3.
She asked why Peter looked so embarrassing when he saw Jane. (A) (B) (C) (D)
4.
The Girl Scouts, found by Juliette Gordon Low in 1992, has grown to a current membership of (A) (B) (C) more than three million girls. (D)
5.
Ted went asleep when he was reading his book because it was too boring to read. (A) (B) (C) (D)
6.
She felt unexpressible joy when she managed to pass her driving test at the first attempt. (A) (B) (C) (D)
7.
The shop manager didn’t even apologize us for the rude behavior of his staff. (A) (B) (C) (D)
8.
Now when they’ve bought a much better car, they can go to Croatia in July. (A) (B) (C) (D)
9.
As I’m a little bit confused right now I wouldn’t rather argue the point at the moment. (A) (B) (C) (D)
10.
Not only he came late, but he was also completely unprepared and looked as though he (A) (B) (C) had never seen that kind of task before. (D)
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. Write your sentences on the answer sheet. (20 points) 1.
Martina was very annoyed that her son had borrowed her new bike. great To............................borrowed her new bike.
2.
If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately. operating Only............................save your eyesight. Trang 5/6
3.
Many people died because of the lack of medical facilities.
caused It was because of the lack of medical facilities ........................ . 4.
Although he studies hard, Derek never does well in his exams. matter Derek never does well in his exams,................................he studies.
5.
The town council rarely seem to consider the wishes of the residents. into The wishes of the residents rarely................................by the town council.
6.
There were a lot of people at the resort, but Mandy still had a great time. fact Mandy had a great time at the resort................................crowded.
7.
We get on well with Laura’s parents. terms We............................Laura’s parents.
8.
They are decorating our living room, so the house is a mess. done We are............................., so the house is a mess!
9.
I really hate it when people speak to me like that! being I really object.............................like that!
10.
I was just about to call him when he rang me instead. point I was............................when he rang me instead.
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A A. LISTENING (20 points, 4 points each) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
(C) an ability to write well (C) She needed a relaxing change from her studies. (B) the originality of the food (C) a student (B) She felt she was insufficiently prepared.
B. READING AND WRITING I. (10 points, 2 points each) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
(D) work harder than other students. (B) most learning takes place through the spoken word. (D) encourages businesses to employ deaf people. (A) her difficulties often went unnoticed. (C) everyone who is intelligent enough has the right to be at university.
II. (10 points, 1 point each) (1) close
(6) impossible
(2) confidently
(7) undesirable
(3) playful
(8) exasperating
(4) deeply
(9) opening
(5) healthy
(10) immeasurably
III. (15 points, 1 point each) 1.
(A)
sail
9.
(A)
precise
2.
(B)
face
10.
(A)
ways
3.
(C)
lists
11.
(D)
refer
4.
(D)
overloaded
12.
(A)
occasion
5.
(B)
gain
13.
(A)
piece
6.
(C)
feats
14.
(B)
covers
7.
(A)
wide
15.
(D)
consciously
8.
(D)
know
IV. (15 points, 1 point each) (1) than (2) except (3) being (4) such (5) on (6) between / in / among / amongst (7) by / during (8) so
(9) be (10) with (11) Given (12) to (13) which (14) for (15) at
V. (10 points, 1 point each) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
C B C A A
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B B A C A
VI. (20 points, 2 points each) 1. To ............ Martina’s great annoyance her son had....................borrowed her new bike. 2. Only ............by operating immediately can you...................save your eyesight. 3. It was because of the lack of medical facilities ............that caused many people die............ . 4. Derek never does well in his exams, ............no matter how hard.....................he studies. 5. The wishes of the residents rarely ..........seem to be taken into consideration.........................by the town council. 6. Mandy had a great time at the resort ...........despite the fact that it was.......................crowded. 7. We ............are on very good terms with...................Laura’s parents. 8. We are ..........having our living room done up....................., so the house is a mess! 9. I really object ...........to being spoken to....................like that! 10. I was ............on the point of calling him..................when he rang me instead.
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B Ngày thi: 02/10/2013 Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Đề thi có 6 trang) LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET) KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY.
A. LISTENING (20 points) You will hear people talking in 5 different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B, or C). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. 1. You hear a young man talking. What is he? A a parent B a student C a teacher 2. You hear a man and a woman talking. Where are they? A in a film studio B in a radio studio C in a TV studio 3. You hear a man and a woman talking. What is the relationship between them? A She is one of his customers. B She is his business partner. C He is her boss. 4. You hear a young couple talking about moving house. What do they think about the move? A It would cause huge problems. B It would be a good idea. C It would be much too expensive. 5. You hear a man talking about his holiday. How did he travel? A on foot B by bike C by car
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B. READING AND WRITING (80 points) I. For questions 6-10, read the passage and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think best fits according to the text. (10 points) I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happen to be that put-upon member of society-customers. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I’m convinced that things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be an insidious new motto for so-called “service” organizations – Staff Before Service. How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there weren’t enough staff on duty to man all the service grilles or checkout counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to recruit cashiers and counter staff? Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that unshrouding all their cash registers at any time would increase overheads. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grilles to be occupied “at times when demand is low”. It’s the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is curtailed. As for us guests (and how the meaning of that word has been whittled away), we just have to put up with it. There is also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been phased out in the interests of “efficiency” (i.e. profits) and replaced by coin-guzzling machines which dispense everything from lager to laxatives. Not to mention the creeping menace of the tea- making kit in your room: a kettle with an assortment of teabags, plastic milk cartons and lump sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don’t, especially when I am paying for “service”. Can it be halted, this erosion of service, this growing attitude that the customer is always a nuisance? I fervently hope so because it’s happening, sadly, in all walks of life. Our only hope is to hammer home our indignation whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, resurrect that order, older slogan – and Take Our Custom Elsewhere. 6. The writer feels that nowadays a customer is (A) the recipient of privileged treatment. (B) unworthy of proper consideration. (C) classified by society as inferior. (D) the victim of modern organizations. 7. In the writer’s opinion, the quality of service is changing because (A) the customers’ demand has changed. (B) the staff receive more consideration than the customers. (C) The customers’ needs have increased. (D) the staff are less considerate than their employers. 8. According to the writer, long queues at counters are caused by (A) difficulties in recruiting staff. (B) inadequate staffing arrangement. (C) staff being made redundant. (D) lack of co-operation staff. 9. Service organizations claim that keeping the checkout counters manned would result in (A) a rise in the price for providing service. (B) demands by cashiers for more money. (C) insignificant benefits for the customers. (D) the need to purchase expensive equipment.
10. (A) (B) (C) (D)
The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that few people are willing to do this type of work. machines are more reliable than human beings. the personal touch is appreciated less nowadays. automation has provided cheaper alternatives.
II. For questions 11-20, fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered gaps on the answer sheet. (10 points).
acknowledged linked
announced noticed
associated portrayed
established thought
fascinated understood
interpreted unlocked
SLEEP AND DREAMS Although they have been a topic of speculation throughout human history, the content and purpose of dreams are not (11)......... It is now (12)........ that dreams are strongly (13)............................................................to the rapid eye movement that takes place during the first stage of sleep. Over the full course of a typical human lifespan, a total approaching six years may be spent dreaming. Yet, despite this, it has not been (14)...................................................................................where in the brain dreams originate, or whether they have a common cause. Philosophers and artists have for centuries been (15)........ by sleep and dreams. Yet they are often (16). as a dark and often disturbing sphere of human existence, despite the fact that it has been known for many years that both physical survival and mental wellbeing depend upon them. Two thousand years ago, dreams were regularly (17)...........................as supernatural or divine communication, and they were therefore (18)........ to foretell the future. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the interpretation of dreams was most commonly (19)........ with psychoanalysis and its famous practitioners, Freud and Jung, who regarded dreams as the bridge between the unconscious and conscious mind, a tool with which the secrets of the human mind could finally be (20). But the key to those secrets has yet to be found. III. For questions 21-35, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. (15 points) HOW TO RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY TREE Creating a family tree can be an absorbing and rewarding pastime, and who knows where it might (21)...... ? You might discover you have royal (22)...... , a hereditary title and a coat of arms, a forgotten legacy or even an infamous mass murderer in the family. You’ll be creating a(n) (23)...... and valuable resource to share and a fascinating insight into your own life and times for future (24)...... . Before you begin, ask around to see if any of the (25)...... research has already been done. Most families have at least one (26)...... historian whose records may be able to get you off to a good (27). Older family members can give you a first-hand (28)...... of recent family history, though remember to (29)...... some tact and always be sensitive to any skeletons and scandals that you may uncover. Official documents such as old birth, marriage and death certificates are an invaluable (30)...... and family photo albums can provide a(n) (31)...... of information. Postcards and letters also often contain useful historical snippets and even (32)...... photographs of places and buildings can provide additional (33)...... of exploration. Start with an Internet search of your family name. You may come (34)...... a family home page providing a link to long-lost relations or overseas (35) of the family.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
(A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
guide ancestry sole offspring inaugural amateur beginning way exercise fount wealth indistinguishable courses around branches
(B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
follow lineage unique generations beginning beginner initiation access have origin abundance obscure passages to portions
(C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C)
lead pedigree only ages introductory apprentice start account apply root profusion unknown avenues across sections
(D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
direct descent single progeny initial unskilled outset entrance practice source richness nameless ways through parts
IV. For questions 36-50, read the text below and think of a word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write your words in the corresponding numbered gaps on the answer sheet. (15 points) Traffic jams are nothing new In the age before the motor car, what was travelling in London like? Photographs taken 100 years ago showing packed streets indicate that it was much the (36)…………… as it is now. It has (37) ……………. calculated that, even with new anti-congestion systems in place, commuters who choose the car to get to work travel at (38) …………… average speed of 17 kph from their homes (39) …………. the suburbs to offices in the centre. This is virtually the same (40) …………. that they (41).................................................................................................................have travelled at in a horse and carriage a century ago. As towns and cities grow, (42)..................................does traffic, whether in the form of the horse and carriage (43) ……………. the modern motor car. It would seem that, wherever (44)..........................................are people who need to go somewhere, they would (45) …………… be carried than walk or pedal. The photographs show that, in terms (46) …………….. congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn’t changed over the past 100 years. London has had traffic jams ever (47) ………….. it became a huge city. It is only the vehicles that have changed. However, apart (48) …………… the congestion which affected London long (49)....................................................the car came along, the age of the horse produced relatively (50) …………….. unpleasantness. This age, for example, saw none of the exhaust fumes which city dwellers have to live with today. V. In each of the questions from 51 to 60, identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. (10 points) 51. All the developed countries of the West have a high level of living which makes life a lot more (A) (B) (C) comfortable there. 52. However people are rich, they always seem to want more and more. (A) (B) (C)
(D)
(D)
53. Persons who smoke cigarettes don’t seem to realize it is a serious hazard to health. (A) (B) (C) (D) 54. Smiles and grimace can be very effective used in conversations, but more commonly, we do not (A) (B) (C) tend to think that nonverbal physical response may be communicating. (D) 55. The progress was made in space travel in the early 1960s is remarkable. (A) (B) (C) (D) 56. As many as 50 per cent of the income from motion pictures produced in the United States comes (A) (B) from marketing the films abroad. (D) 57. Tom suggests that she looks for another job. (A) (B) (C) (D) 58. The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the way the band played. (A) (B) (C) 59. As you approach to the town the first building you see is the church. (A) (B) (C) (D)
(C)
(D)
60. The moment she smiled to him he knew instinctively that she’d be his wife. (A) (B) (C) (D) VI. For questions 61-70, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet. (20 points) 61. He didn’t remember about the gun until he got home. DID Not.......................................................................................................................remember about the gun. 62. The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness. RESULTED The Prime.......................................................................................................................his sudden illness. 63. Please check for the damage before signing the delivery note. SIGN Do not....................................................................................................................................for the damage. 64. Although the children weren’t listening, the teacher didn’t get angry. ATTENTION Although the children weren’t.........................................................saying, the teacher didn’t get angry. 65. The house collapsed because of faulty building work. CAUSED It was because of faulty building work …….…………………………………..................... 66. Never have I seen an eclipse of the sun. TIME This............................................................................................................have seen an eclipse of the sun. 67. One day she’s going to become a famous film star. MATTER It’s only..............................................................................................................................becomes a famous film star.
68. The students regretted that they had missed the lecture. REGRETTED The students........................................................................................................................................the lecture. 69. He’s likely to lose his job if he keeps disagreeing with his boss. DANGER If he keeps disagreeing with his boss, he’s…..................................................................................from his job. 70. My slow progress was due to bad teaching. MADE As a result...............................................................................................................................................progress.
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC BẢNG B
A. LISTENING 20 points (4 points each) 1 C a teacher 2 C in a TV studio 3 C He is her boss. 4 B It would be a good idea. 5 B by bike B. READING AND WRITING 80 points I. 10 points (2 points each) 6 D the victim of modern organizations. 7 B the staff receive more consideration than the customers. 8 B inadequate staffing arrangement. 9 A a rise in the price for providing service. 10 D automation has provided cheaper alternatives. II. 10 points (1 point each) (11) understood
(16) portrayed
(12) acknowledged
(17) interpreted
(13) linked
(18) thought
(14) established
(19) associated
(15) fascinated
(20) unlocked
III. 15 points (1 point each) 21.
(C)
29.
(A)
22.
(A)
30.
(D)
23.
(B)
31.
(A)
24.
(B)
32.
(B)
25.
(D)
33.
(C)
26.
(A)
34.
(C)
27.
(C)
35.
(A)
28.
(C)
IV. 15 points (1 point each) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43)
same been an in speed would/ must so or
(44) there (45) rather/ sooner (46) of (47) since (48) from (49) before (50) little
V. 10 points (1 point each) 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
B A A B A
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
A C B B B
VI. 20 points (2 points each) 61. Not ………… until he got home did he........................................remember about the gun. 62. The Prime ..............Minister’s resignation resulted from........................................his sudden illness. 63. Do not ……… sign the delivery note without checking............................................for the damage. 64. Although the children weren’t....................................paying attention to what he/ she was ………...…saying, the teacher didn’t get angry. 65. It was because of faulty building work…..................................that caused the house to collapse. 66. This ………… is the first time (that) I..........................................have seen an eclipse of the sun. 67. It’s only ........... a matter of time until/before she...................................becomes a famous film star. 68. The students ……… regretted not attending/ having attended.............................................the lecture. 69. If he keeps disagreeing with his boss, he’s…… in danger of being/ getting dismissed/ sacked/ fired his job. 70. As a result ..………… of bad teaching I made slow................................................progress. -----------------------------
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12-VÒNG 1 Ngày thi: 23/10/2012 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH- Bảng A Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên giấy thi, không làm trên đề thi này. A. LISTENING (20 points) You will hear the conversation and the questions twice. Each question in this part has four answer choices. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D (there is one that has 2 answers). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. 1. What can be implied from the student’s initial request? A. A student is seeking guidance for his thesis project. B. The student is seeking advice on how to become a TA. C. The professor is giving a student the school’s new rules and regulations. D. The professor is advising the student on how to get into a tutoring program. 2. What can be inferred about how the student feels about himself? A. The student feels he is very capable. B. The student feels sorry for the professor. C. The student feels hungry and will talk later. D. The student feels the new rules can be a problem. 3. What does the professor tell the student? A. He tells the student all about a TA’s duties. B. He tells the student to study hard for the TA exam. C. He tells the student that they don’t need anymore TAs. D. He tells the student that TAs get low pay and no respect. 4. According to the professor, what are some of the duties a teaching assistant performs? Choose 2 answers. A. Grader
B. Test writer
C. Lecture writer
D. Tutorial leader
5. Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question. What does the professor imply about a teaching assistant position? A. The student should have more credentials. B. The department is not interested in hiring TAs. C. The department can always use bright grad students as TAs. D. The student should reapply when he starts the next semester.
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B. READING AND WRITING (80 points) I. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (20 points) In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities. Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass- walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of halfinch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air- conditioning equipment builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city’s sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as much as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960's, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them – personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space. 1. What is the main purpose of the passage? 2. What is one disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls? 3. Which aspect of skyscrapers were some residents of Boston concerned with in the late 1960’s? 4. Why do people keep on building skyscrapers despite their disadvantages? 5. Where in the passage does the author compare the energy consumption of skyscrapers with that of a city? II. Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (10 points) THE PRICE OF FAME Charlotte Church looks like a normal teenager, but she is far from average. She has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in (1) for hours to get tickets for her concerts and she is often on television. Charlotte’s singing (2) began when she
performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of a record company was so impressed by her voice that he (3)_ her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the charts. Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. (4) , she is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn’t miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor with her! She (5) three hours every morning with him. Her exam results in all the (6) she studies are impressive. But how does she (7) with this unusual way of life? She (8) that she has the same friends as before. That may be true, but she can no longer go into town with them because everybody stops her in the streets to ask for her (9) . It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to (10) these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame! 1.
A. rows
B. queues
C. ranks
D. files
2.
A. professions
B. job
C. labour
D. career
3.
A. signed
B. wrote
C. made
D. picked
4.
A. Although
B. While
C. For
D. However
5.
A. takes
B. utilises
C. spends
D. uses
6.
A. titles
B. materials
C. subjects
D. lessons
7.
A. cope
B. adjust
C. bear
D. tolerate
8.
A. denies
B. refuses
C. insists
D. complains
9.
A. signature
B. autograph
C. sign
D. writing
10.
A. look down on
B. make do with
C. put up with
D. run out of
III. Read the text and choose the option best fits each of the spaces. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (10 points)
for
facts inform
however other
occupy
called
defined
absent
leaders
THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY LIFE Family life continues to (1) a somewhat ambiguous position in public debate and policy in Britain today. On the one hand, references to the importance of the family, however (2) or understood, are rarely (3) from speeches at political party conferences or statements from religious (4)_ . On the (5) _ hand, in contrast to some other European countries, we do not have a minister with special responsibilities (6) “the family” and nor do we have anything like a coherent programme that could be (7) a family policy. Some sociologists might lend their support to particular programmes or social policies, on the basis of the evidence as they see it. More often, (8) , the popular impression would seem to be that the sociologists provide the (9) about family life and that these facts, thus “discovered”, provide the basis for public statements or, possibly, public policy. For instance, sociologists may provide facts about the
circ*mstances of lone mothers and their children and these studies may (10)_ policy-makers. IV. Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (30 points) PANAMA HATS When summer (1) and the sun appears, it’s (2) to have a hat. Many people have traditionally gone for the panama hat. Stylish, light and cool on the head, these palm leaf hats are flexible enough to roll up and (3) in a pocket or bag. Nowadays, panamas can be found in fashionable shops (4) over the world, sometimes at exorbitant (5) . However, the hat itself originated in rather humble (6) in the jungles of South America. In a long tradition (7) down from generation to generation, the palm leaves are (8) by the men and the hats are woven by the women. It can (9) up to 12 palm leaves to make a (10) quality hat. Each leaf is split up to 25 times to obtain a straw that is fine enough to be woven into a hat. The women’s job is dictated by the weather and visibility : there must be enough light for them to (11) the fine straw, but the air must be moist enough for it to (12) _ flexible. This means that the women can usually only work in the (13) morning. (14) panama hats are expensive, back in the villages the craftsmen and women are struggling to keep the tradition (15)_ a fraction of the price you pay in the shops.
and often receive only
V. Read the text and find 10 mistakes in the text. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (10 points) Sample answer:
0. Line 1: by A TIDY HOME
There were eight of us in my family. We lived by in a very small house. It was always untidy because we left our toys lying down around. At first our parents picked our things up of for us. But eventually they decided not to put up with our untidiness any longer. They worked out an original way to make us tidier. They placed one big box by on the front door for all the things that we dropped by on our way into the house from the garden. Each of us had our own personal box indoors, too. So when anyone tidied the house, they could put by things into boxes instead of taking them upstairs. Our parents made us pay a fine if we didn’t pick up to our things. We hated this punishment more than being told it off. We didn’t get much pocket money and didn’t want to waste it on fines. So, we sat down and worked out a schedule for tidying the house. We took off turns cleaning and made out sure the house was tidy when our parents came home. We have all grown it up and left home now but we agree that our parents definitely had the right idea.
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12-VÒNG 1 Ngày thi: 23/10/2012 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH- Bảng A Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC
A. LISTENING 20 points (4 points/each) 1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A, D (2 points/each) 5. C
B. READING AND WRITING (80 points) I. 20 points (4 points/each) 1. The main purpose of the passage is to describe people’s attention to environmental problems and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers/ skyscrapers and their effect on the environment/ disadvantages of skyscrapers. 2. One disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls is to raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. 3. In Boston in the late 1960’s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common./ Some residents of Boston were concerned with the harmful effects on the city’s grass. 4. People keep on building skyscrapers for personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space./ Because of personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space. 5. The author compares the energy consumption of skyscrapers with that of a city in line 5 to line 8./ Line 5-8./ It’s in the second paragraph. II. 10 points (1 point/each) 1. B
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
III. 10 points (1 point/each) 1. occupy
6. for
2. defined
7. called
3. absent
8. however
4. leaders
9. facts
5. other
10. inform
IV. 30 points (2 points/each) 1. comes
6. surroundings/ places
11. see
2. good/ nice…
7. handed
12. remain/ maintain
3. put
8. gathered/ collected
13. early
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4. all
9. take
14. Although
5. prices
10. top/high / good
15. alive
V. 10 points (1 point/each) 1. Line 2: down
6. Line 8: to
2. Line 3: of
7. Line 9: it (1)
3. Line 5: on
8. Line10: off
4. Line 5: by
9. Line 11: out
5. Line 7: by
10. Line 12: it
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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1 LONG AN Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B Ngày thi: 23/10/2012 Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY. A. LISTENING: (20 marks) You will hear a short conversation twice. Each question in this part has four answer choices. Choose the correct answer(s) A, B, C or D. (There is one question that has two answers). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. 1. Why does the woman say it is stressful to choose clothes? (Choose 1 answer) A. To indicate that uniforms are bad. B. To give an example of her daily routine. C. To mention a good point about uniforms. D. To change to another discussion topic. 2. According to the discussion, what are the reasons schools make students wear uniforms? (Choose 2 answers) A. Uniforms stop students from wasting time on clothes. B. Uniforms are cheaper than other clothes. C. Uniforms designs fit all students in schools. D. Uniforms prevent students from showing off with expensive clothes. 3. What does the man imply about the students wearing school uniforms? (Choose 1 answer) A. He thinks that everyone must wear uniforms. B. He agrees that school uniforms can be a good idea. C. He thinks that school uniforms are helpful to students. D. He does not like school uniforms. 4. Listen again to part of the discussion. Then answer the question you will hear. (Choose 1 answer) A. To say that he thinks the woman is right. B. To say that he still does not like wearing uniforms. C. To make a point about wearing uniforms. D. To correct the woman about the uniforms. B. READING AND WRITING: (80 marks) I- Read the passage carefully and then answer the following questions. (20 marks) Perhaps it was his own lack of adequate schooling that inspired Horace Mann to work so hard for the important reforms in education that he accomplished. While he was still a boy, his father and older brothers died, and he became responsible for supporting his family. Like most of the children in his town, he attended school only two or three months a year. Later, with the
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help of several teachers, he was able to study law and become a member of the Massachusetts bar, but he never forgot those early struggles. While serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he signed a historic education bill that set up a state board of education. Without regret, he gave up his successful legal practice and political career to become the first secretary of the board. There he exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system. Under his leadership, the curriculum was restructured, the school year was increased to a minimum of six months, and mandatory schooling was extended to age sixteen. Other important reforms included the establishment of state normal schools for teacher training, institutes for inservice teacher education, and lyceums for adult education. He was also instrumental in improving salaries for teachers and creating school libraries. Mann’s ideas about school reform were developed and distributed in twelve annual reports to the state of Massachusetts that he wrote during his tenure as secretary of education. Considered quite radical at the time, the Massachusetts reforms later served as a model for the nation. Mann was recognized as the father of public education. During his lifetime, Horace Mann worked tirelessly to extend educational opportunities to agrarian families and the children of poor laborers. In one of his last speeches he summed up his philosophy of education and life: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Surely, his own life was an example of that philosophy. 1. What does the sentence “…but he never forgot those early struggles.” in the first paragraph tell you about Horace Mann’s early childhood? 2. In the passage, how many Mann’s careers are mentioned? What are they? 3. What is the second paragraph mainly about? 4. Was Horace Mann’s influence on American education great? 5. What is Horace Mann’s philosophy? II- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. (20 marks) Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. In
used – loss – means – even – suffer – especially – harmful – proof – warning – too many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a (1) of communication – having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected. The explosion in mobile phone use around the world has made some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may (2) health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, there has been a serious dabate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no (3) _ _ that mobile phones are bad for your health. On the other hand, medical studies have shown changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones. Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at young age
because of serious memory (4) . He couldn’t remember (5) _ simple tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man (6) to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employer’s doctor didn’t agree. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially (7) _? The answer is radiation. High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation, but they say the amount is (8) small to worry about. As the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient, (9) in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a (10) label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often. III- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. (20 marks)
improperly – as – unpaid – retailers – dependent – factory – estimate – produce – goods – about CHILD LABOUR Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile (1) _ in conditions described as close to slavery to (2) clothes that appear destined for one of the major high street (3) . Speaking to a British newspaper, the children described long hours of (4) work and threats and beatings. The company said it was unaware that clothing intended for its stores had been (5) _ outsourced to a sweatshop that used child labour. It further announced it had withdrawn the garments involved until it had investigated the alleged breaches of the ethical code it imposed on manufacturers three years ago. The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat area of Delhi has renewed concerns (6) the outsourcing by some large retail chains of their garment production to India, recognized by the United Nations (7) _ one of the world’s hot spots for child labour. According to one (8) , over 20 percent of India’s economy is (9) on children, which comes to a total of 55 million youngsters under 14 working. Consumers in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers about how their (10) _ are produced but also should be looking into their consciences at how they spend their money and whether cheap prices in the West are worth the suffering caused to so many children. IV- Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. (20 marks) 1. It is essential that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure A B C D a successful cure.
2.
3. 4. 5.
Since lighting was probably significant in the formation of life, understanding it might A help us to understanding life itself. C D Some underground water is enough safe to drink, but all surface water must be treated. A C D Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics. A B C Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex industrial A C D operations.
The University of Wisconsin was the first school to do a serious effort to teach students A B public administration. D 7. The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate from rain. A D 8. Because it was structurally unsafe and too expensive to repair, the 75-years-old building A had to be demolished. D 9. Commercial honey is heated and filtered in order to stabilize and clarify itself. A C D 10. Many of the important products obtained from trees, one of the most important is wood A pulp, which is used in paper-making. D
B
B
D C
6.
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B B
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1 LONG AN
Môn
Ngày thi: 23/10/2012
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH Tổng số điểm các phần bài thi môn Tiếng Anh là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài làm, giám khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm bài làm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ, sau đó chia điểm này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 này (không làm tròn số) vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ. A. PHẦN THI NGHE Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 4 điểm. 1. 2. 3. 4.
( C ) To mention a good point about uniforms. ( A ) Uniforms stop students from from wasting time on clothes. ( D ) Uniforms prevent students from showing off with expensive clothes. ( D ) He does not like school uniforms. ( B ) To say that he still does not like wearing uniforms.
(4 điểm) (4 điểm) (4 điểm) (4 điểm) (4 điểm)
B. PHẦN THI ĐỌC – VIẾT I- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 4 điểm. 1.
He had a difficult time/ difficult times in his childhood/a his difficult childhood. (4 điểm)
2.
( There are) two. A barrister/ lawyer and a secretary of the board of education.
(4 điểm)
3.
It is about Mann’s (significant/ important/ great) educational reforms.
(4 điểm)
4.
Yes, it was.
(4 điểm)
5.
Help others/ everyone
(4 điểm)
II- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 2 điểm. 1. means 6. used 2. suffer
7. harmful
3. proof
8. too
4. loss
9. especially
5. even
10. warning
1.
III- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 2 điểm. factory 6. about
2.
produce
7. as
3.
retailers
8. estimate
4. 5.
unpaid improperly
9. dependent 10. goods
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IVA.
2.
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B.
Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 2 điểm.
8. C. 9. D. 10.A.
HẾT
B. PHẦN ĐỀ THI (Lưu ý: Phần đề thi gồm 18 trang, thí sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này) Từ phần này trở xuống, thí sinh không được viết hay đánh dấu gì khác với hướng dẫn.
Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo
Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi
Chữ ký Giám khảo I: ………………………….
Chữ ký Giám khảo I: ………………………….
Chữ ký Giám khảo II: …………………………
Chữ ký Giám khảo II: …………………………
Số phách phúc khảo:
Số phách chấm thi:
Điểm của từng phần:
Điểm của từng phần:
( Speaking )
I ……………..
I ……………..
II …………….
II …………….
III …………...
III …………...
IV ……………
IV ……………
V …………....
( Speaking )
V ………….....
Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..
Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..
Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….
Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….
I. LISTENING (50/200 points) Part 1: Questions 1-11 Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD or circle the correct answer. 1.
What is the subject of this morning’s lecture? …………………………………………………
2.
What time does the lecture begin? A. 8. 45 B. 9.00 C. 8.15 D. 9.15
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THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT TRONG KHUNG NÀY
Listen to the directions and find the Bradley Building. Choose the appropriate letter. 3.
Where is the Bradley Building?
A
B C
lawn
E
lawn
Physics Building
D
lawn
Student Union
William and Mary
F
G
Circle the appropriate letter A, B, C or D as you listen. 4.
Which floor is Lecture Theater H on? A. fourth B. sixth C. eighth D. tenth
5.
How do William and Mary go to Lecture Theater H? A. escalator, then lift B. lift, then stairs C. stairs only D. stairs, then lift
6.
What does the sign say? A.
C.
Lecture postponed until 10.00 today
Dr. Jones ill-lecture canceled today
B.
D. Lecture changeProfessor Smith to present today’s lecture
Lecture to be held in Theater C today
Complete the table below: Mary’s timetable Class Chemistry lecture Chemistry lab Genetics
Day of week
Time
Example: Tuesday
Example: 10 o’clock
Wednesday (8)
lecture Microbiology
………………….
lecture Microbiology
(9)………………….
tutorial Plant pathology lecture Plant pathology lab Plant pathology tutorial
(7).................................o’clock 5 o’clock 2
o’clock (10)
Wednesday
.......................................o’clock
Friday
(11)................................o’clock
Tuesday Wednesday
3 o’clock 12 o’clock
Part 2: Questions 12-20 Complete the notes below: Write a NUMBER or ONE WORD for each answer. The Island of Astoria 12.
. Distance from New Zealand:..............................................................................km
13.
. Direction from New Zealand:.............................................................................km . Size compared to New Zealand:
Example: 25% larger
14.
. Shape of island: ……………………………....……………………..
15.
. Climate: ………………………………………………….………….
Complete the table. Write a NUMBER or NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. The provinces of Astoria Province
Part of island
Hornchurch
(16)………….. Example
New Devon
northeast
Anglezark
Main tourist
Population
Language
Example
Example
Example
2.5 million
English
culture
(17)………….
English
(19)…………..
English
attraction
(18)………….. (20)…………..
Write your answers here:
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II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20/200 points) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D ) in the corresponding numbered boxes. 21. He couldn’t find two that matched, so he was forced to wear..........................................socks. A. old
B. mixed
C. uneven
D. unlike
22. Social workers admitted feeling utterly...................................when faced with the problemof drugs and violence.
A. aimless
B. helpless
C. pointless
D. clueless
23. , Phil was a pregarious individual who enjoyed the company of others enormously. A. Psychologically
B. Technically
C. Physically
D. Socially
24. Why did you................................and mention the party to Roger? It was supposed to be a surprise. A. let the cat out of the bag
B. put the cat among the pigeons
C. have kittens
D. kill two birds with one stone
25. “I’m looking my best today, am I?” She asked, obviously fishing.....................................................compliments. A. up
B. for
C. with
D. in
26. Three people were captured at the.....................................today trying to get into the country. A. line
B. equator
C. border
D. edge
27. He managed to..........................the branch of a tree and avoid being swept away by the flood waters. A. grasp
B. clutch
C. hug
D. munch
28. She.........................the tablecloth carefully and put it away in a drawer. A. bent
B. creased
C. folded
D. pleated
29. The judge’s ruling................................a wave of protest campaigns across the country. A. instigated
B. launched
C. provoked
D. commenced
30. Add the essence.................................until the teaspoonful is beaten into the mixture. A. drop by drop
B. inch by inch
C. leaf by leaf
D. spot by spot
Write your answers here: 21.
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Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. A UNIQUE MUSEUM Given its reputation as a (0) ……………. (HIGH) fashion-conscious city, it seems fitting that Milan should be the site of a unique testament to man’s (31) …………… (VAIN): the world’s only museum of shaving. The collection of razors and other items related to shaving was put together by three generations of the Lorenzi family, who first opened a shop there sixtyeight years ago. Originally, the shop dealt in scissors, knives and other items of (32)
(CUT), but today it has become a
center for (33) ………….. (FINE) crafted sharp instruments of all types. In the museum, there is an exhibition which
charts the history of shaving equipment from the earliest prehistoric blades right through to the modern electric razor. Along the way, we see a number of (34) …………. (CURIOUS) including razors with lights attached and others which spray jets of water (35) …………….. (AUTOMATION) at the appropriate moment. Write your answers here: 0.
31.
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highly
Part 3: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Find and correct them. Write your answers in the space provided in the box below. (0) has been done as an example. ONE JOKE TOO MANY My boyfriend Pete is a real joker. He is always playing tricks on me and usually I find them funny, if a bit much annoying. But his most recent trick involved so many of other people and made me look so silly that I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive him. Last month, I was lucky enough to reach up the finals of a karaoke competition. Then a few days later, I received a letter from a big television company, saying that one of their staff had seen me perform and that they wanted me to appear on a future television show. I was so thrilled that I rang all my friends with the news. Pete didn’t seem very interested in, however, and although I thought this was strange, I imagined he was just shocked, as what I was, or possibly even jealous. Then I noticed an identical copy of the letter sitting on the back seat of his car and when I realized that Pete had actually typed the letter himself and it was all a joke! What kind a fool I had been! The letter wasn’t even written on company notepaper. And then, of course, I had to ring all my friends back and tell them the truth, which was really embarrassing. Write your answers here: 0.
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III. READING (50/ 200 points) Part 1: Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. Psychology: the science of the mind Psychology is the study of the mind, by far the most sophisticated machine (41)……… Earth. But how can something as inaccessible as the mind be studied? Even (42)……… we were to open someone’s skull
and look inside, we would only see the brain, not the mind in action. (43)..........................................we cannot observe the mind directly, it controls everything we do. Therefore, psychologists study human behaviour in order to discover (44) the mind works. The behaviour that interests them ranges from simple acts such as feeding, to much more complex skills (45)................................language. Psychologists measure behaviour, and often use statistics to show that what they find is reliable evidence and not just down to chance. The scientific knowledge gained from this research is then used by practising psychologists. For example, clinical psychologists- (46) ………. make up the largest group of specialists – help people with emotional problems (47)
with their difficulties. Research findings are not only
used by psychologists, but also by other professionals who are concerned with the ways people interact-doctors, teachers and judges, to name just a (48) ………. A substantial body of psychological knowledge has been built up since the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, the enormous complexity of the mind (49) ………. that there will always be more to learn about it, (50) much
research
is
undertaken. Write your answers here: 41.
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Part 2: You are going to read an article about someone who does not have a computer. Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (51- 56). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. UNPLUGGED Martin Newell explains why he shuns computers and remains a devotee of ‘snail mail’. I am an Internot. That is, I have no desire to be on the Internet. I am, of course, well aware of the Internet. Boy, am I aware of the Internet! The world is being overrun by people setting up websites, talking www-slash-dot.coms and worrying about updating and upgrading.
51. In fact, if I wanted to, I could sit in front of the computer, ordering whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, 24 hours a day, and play for it all electronically. But I don’t have a computer. My friends, who look upon me as a ‘technological oddity’, find it hard to believe that I can still find work. I can’t drive a car, won’t fly and won’t travel abroad any more. I don’t even have a mobile phone.
52. As a congenital sender and receiver of snail mail, I can only remember about two occasions in twenty-odd years when a letter has gone astray. Exactly how many bits of info has your machinery swallowed this
month, brave internaut? There is the access to information, though. While doing some research on a fairly esoteric subject earlier this year, I was told by a friend that 37 Internet pages existed upon the matter. He downloaded them for me.
53. As for the actual equipment itself, computers are so unattractive and bulky. Buying a laptop I can understand, because you can put it away. But all that dreadful grey-white office junk in your living space?
54. I almost upgraded to a computer once but decided that a piano would be more fun, so I spent the money having one fork-lifted up into my first-floor living room. While others are getting neck-ache and headaches and running up their phone bills, I’ve almost figured out how to play the first few bars of ‘Return to Sender.’
55. It strikes me, though, that the main reason the Internet exists is not as a medium for spreading the joys of music, but more for the purpose of shopping and advertising. Now I know a little bit about shopping, because I get on my bicycle and go to the greengrocer’s every once in a while.
56. But perhaps by doing things in this quaint, old-fashioned way, I’m missing out on some of the financial benefits of the whole computer culture. Companies are constantly undercutting each other. Full-page newspaper ads are currently offering me the whole kit and caboodle and telling me that I can get myself connected and surfing, all for under a thousand pounds. Wow! What a bargain, I could get an electric organ fork-lifted up here for that. Seriously, though, there is, I suppose, an outside chance I will be forced onto the Internet one day. By that time, however, it will have devolved into one tiny little module about the size of an answering machine, cost about fifty quid, and be instant, as well as idiot-proof for people like me.
A. There’s also this marvellous little alternative to buying books on the Net: it’s called my local bookshop. It has human beings working in it. Whenever I want a particular book, I just walk down there or telephone them, and they find it for me. Within a day or two I always have it. B. The information was largely superficial and in one or two cases, written by someone who I suspect was not entirely of this planet. In the end I went to the local reference library, where a reassuringly stern librarian plonked a huge pile of books on the table in front of me and said: ‘That should be a start.’ I had everything I needed within an hour.
C. It has not escaped my attention that you can buy and sell houses on the Internet. You can book holidays, buy a pool-table and, so I hear, even get a divorce on the Internet. Were my dog to fall seriously ill, I could even consult a vet on the Internet. Or maybe he’s called the Internet. D. Friends like these will spend hours, days even, in front of their ugly state-of-the-art computers. As they listen to music being broadcast online from all four corners of the globe, they are subjected to a constant bombardment of advertisem*nts encouraging them to buy, buy, buy. Well, bye bye, friends. E. While we are on the subject, I hear that we can now download our music from the Net. I have only recently completed the costly operation of replacing my vinyl record collection with CDs. I hope this does not mean that these, too, will soon be obsolete. F. My own word-processor, with VDU, keyboard and printer all in one unit, is much more compact. It can be quickly shoved in the cupboard when I’m not using it. In fact, even this is too ugly for me so I glued a piece of tapestry on the space between the keyboard and the screen to make it look more homely. G. ‘But how will we get hold of you?’ people ask, in a tone I usually associate with anguished parents pleading with a runaway daughter calling from a phone-box. Well, you can telephone me. Or fax me. Or you could try writing me a letter. Write your answers here: 51.
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Questions 57-61: You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 57-61, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. It’s a commonplace of parenting and modern genetics that parents have little or no influence on the characters of their children. As a parent, you never know who you are going to get. Opportunities, health, prospects, accent, table manners – these might lie within your power to shape. But what really determines the sort of person who’s coming to live with you is chance. Cheerful or neurotic, kind or greedy, curious or dull, expansive or shy and anywhere in between; it can be quite an affront to parental self-regard, just how much of the work has already been done. On the other hand, it can let you off the hook. The point is made for you as soon as you have more than one child; when two entirely different people emerge from their roughly similar chances in life. Here in the cavernous basem*nt kitchen at 3.55 a.m., in a single pool of light, as though on stage, is Theo Perowne, eighteen years old, his formal education already long behind him, reclining on a tilted- back kitchen chair, his legs in tight black jeans, his feet in boots of soft black leather (paid for with his
own money) crossed on the edge of the table. As unlike his sister Daisy as randomness will allow. He’s drinking from a large tumbler of water. In the other hand he holds the folded-back music magazine he’s reading. A studded leather jacket lies in a heap on the floor. Propped against a cupboard is his guitar in its case. It’s already acquired a few steamer trunk labels – Triesta, Oakland, Hamburg, Val d’lsère. There’s space for more. From a compact stereo player on a shelf above a library of cookery books comes the sound, like soft drizzle, of an all-night pop station. Henry Perownw sometimes wonders if, in his youth, he could ever have guessed that he would one day father a blues musician. He himself was simply processed, without questions or complaint, in a polished continuum from school, through medical school, to the dogged acquisition of clinical experience, in London, Southend-on-Sea, Newcastle, Bellevue Emergency Department in New York and London again. How have he and Rosalind, such dutiful, conventional types, given rise to such a free spirit? One who dresses, with a certain irony, in the style of the bohemian fifties, who won’t read books or let himself be persuaded to stay on at school, who’s rarely out of bed before lunchtime, whose passion is for mastery in all the nuances of the blues guitar tradition, Delta, Chicago, Mississippi, and for the success of his band, New Blue Rider. In the confined, gossipy world of British blues, Theo is spoken of as a man of promise, already mature in his grasp of the idiom, who might even one day walk with the gods, the British gods that is – Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Eric Clapton. Someone has written somewhere that Theo Perowne plays like an angel. Naturally, his father agrees, despite his doubts about the limits of the form. He likes the blues well enough – in fact, he was the one who showed the nine-year-old Theo how it worked. After that, grandfather took over. But is there a lifetime’s satisfaction in twelve bars of three obvious chords? Perhaps it’s one of those cases of a microcosm giving you the whole world. Like a Spode dinner plate. Or a single cell. Or, as Daisy says, like a Jane Austen novel. When player and listener together know the route so well, the pleasure is in the deviation, the unexpected turn against the grain… And there’s something in the loping authority of Theo’s playing that revives for Henry the inexplicable lure of that simple progression. Theo is the sort of guitarist who plays in an open-eyed trance, without moving his body or ever glancing down at his hands. He concedes only an occasional thoughtful nod. Now and then, during a set he might tilt back his head to indicate to the others that he is ‘going round’ again. He carries himself on stage as he does in conversation, quietly, formally, protecting his privacy within a shell of friendly politeness. If he happens to spot his parents at the back of a crowd, he’ll lift his left hand from the fret in a shy and private salute. 57. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that parents A. are often disappointed by their children’s behaviour.
B. have relatively little impact on their children’s personality. C. sometimes leave too many aspects of child development to chance. D. often make the mistake of trying to change their children’s character. 58. Which phrase is used to suggest that parents are not to blame for how their children turn out? A. ‘anywhere in between’ (line 5) B. ‘an affront to…..self-regard’ (line 5) C. ‘let you off the hook’ (line 6) D. ‘roughly similar chances’ (line 8) 59. What do we learn about Theo Perowne in the second paragraph? A. He has successfully completed his studies. B. He is not particularly interested in travel. C. He is not making a living as a musician. D. He has little in common with his sister. 60. With regard to his music, we learn that Theo is A. dedicated to one particular style. B. planning to form a band of his own. C. unable to take it comletely seriously. D. already admired by some famous people. 61. From the text as a whole, we understand that Henry is A. proud of his son’s musical ability. B. puzzled by his son’s attitude to music. C. envious of his son’s great skill as a guitarist. D. sorry that he introduced his son to blues music. Write your answers here: 57.
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Part 3: Read the following texts about some famous walls around the world. For questions 62-75, choose from the four texts about walls (A-D). The texts may be chosen more than once. A GUIDE TO GREAT WALLS A. Erected in 1961 to prevent East German citizens crossing to the West, the Berlin Wall initially consisted mainly of barbed wire and armed guards. Within months a concrete wall began to appear, to be replaced on three separate occasions by ever more sophisticated versions, increasingly resistant to breakthroughs.
On the east side of the wall, tank traps and ditches were built as protection against attack, and as a further deterrent to would-be escapees. Although over 170 people lost their lives in Berlin trying to flee to the West, human will and ingenuity often prevailed, with a number of successful escape attempts via tunnels and, on one occasion, in a home- made hot air balloon. The 107-kilometrelong structure lost its relevance in 1989, when Hungary allowed East Germans to pass through their country on their way to Austria and West Germany, and after travel restrictions were lifted, people began to demolish whole sections of the wall. Now very little of it remains and the land has been used for housing and other property development. B. Stretching for several thousand kilometres from the east coast of the country to the Gobi Desert, the Great Wall of China is said to be the only man-made structure visible from outer space. The oldest section was begun in 221 BC, using soldiers and local people, as well as intellectuals who had been sentenced to forced labour under the repressive Qing dynasty. Not surprisingly, the layers of compacted earth used to construct the wall soon began to crumble, and it was left to the later Han dynasty to restore and add to it. By now the wall had evolved from a mere defence system for keeping out marauding tribes into a safe haven where trade could flourish, and bustling market towns sprang up at the many busy gates. But the ornate and imposing structure with which we are familiar from photographs was not added until the fourteenth century by Ming, using advanced brick-building technology. It was he who joined the three separate walls to create this truly impressive feat of construction. C. Situated in the north of England at one of the narrowest parts of the country, Hadrian’s Wall is arguably the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. Construction of the wall began in 120 AD on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, who wanted to mark the northernmost boundary of his Empire. The 117-kilometre wall was manned by thousands of troops, who kept watch from numerous turrets and milecastles, and who lived in a series of forts situated at strategic locations. In the centuries following its abandonment around 400 AD, its stones were used by local people to build houses, walls and even churches. Nevertheless, spectacular stretches of the wall remain and a number of forts and museums along its length can be visited, providing a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the Roman soldiers who patrolled it. Although built of stone, the wall itself is vulnerable to erosion and visitors are discouraged from walking on it. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, Hadrian’s Wall ranks alongside some of the more famous architectural treasures in the world. D. Originally known as Ebotacum, York served as a military base for the Romans, who were the first to build a set of defences on the site. However, most of the 3.5 kilometres of wall – the longest town walls in
England – date from the Middle Ages. Throughout their length one can still see a number of medieval gateways, or ‘bars’, which acted as control points. Non-residents and those who were not members of a guild were charged a toll on items brought into the city. As York’s status as England’s second city dwindled in the nineteenth century, York Corporation began dismantling sections of the walls, blaming their decision on the high cost of maintenance. They also argued that the walls were of no historical value and that they caused disease by preventing the free circulation of air. Local people protested vehemently and the York Footpath Association set about restoring parts of the wall, confident that their work would help to attract tourists. The city and its walls now receive a million visitors every year. According to the information given in the texts, which wall …. 62. can be seen from a great distance? 63. is susceptible to damage? 64. was considered a threat to health? 65. quickly fell into disrepair? 66. is no longer very much in evidence? 67. is a series of different walls which were connected? 68. required certain people to pay money when passing through? 69. was built with the help of prisoners? 70. is compared favourably with other ancient monuments? 71. became unnecessary as a result of events elsewhere? 72. was partly demolished by the authorities? 73. proved to be an ideal site for commercial activity? 74. did not always achieve its purpose? 75. offers visitors an insight into the lives of the original guards? Write your answers here: 62.
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Questions 76 - 80: Do the statements below agree with the information in the reading passage? Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Y if the statement agrees with the information in the passage, N if the statement contradicts the information in the passage, or NG if there is no information about the statement in the passage. JOB SHARING Job sharing refers to a situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one-full time job. The two people willingly act as part-time worker, working enough hours between them to fulfil the duties of a full-time worker. If they each work half the hours of the job, for exaple, they each receive 50 percent of the job’s wages, its holidays and its other benefits. Of course, some job sharers take a smaller or larger share of the responsibilities of the position, receiving a lesser or greater share of the benefits. Job sharing differs from conventional part-time work in that it is mainly (although not exclusively) occurring in the more highly skillled and professional areas, which entail higher levels of responsibilitty and employee commitment. Until recently, these characteristics were not generally seen as compatible with anything less than full-time employment. Thus, the demands of job sharing are reciprocated by better pay and conditions and, ideally, more satisfaction than conventional part-time work. Job sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which pertains to increasing the number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the growing number of unemployed people. Job sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address unemployment problems; its focus, rather, is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and professionals who want more free time for other pursuits. As would be expected, women comprise the bulk of job sharers. A survey carried out in 1988 by Britain’s Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) revealed that 78 percent of sharers were female, the mojority of whom were between the ages of 20 and 40 years of age. Subsequent studies have come up with similar results. Many of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant reduced wages abd lower status. Job sgaring also offered an acceptable transition back into full-time work after a long absence. Although job sharing is still seen as too radical by many companies, those that have chosen to experiment with it include large businesses with conservative reputations. One of Britain’s major banks, the National Westminter Bank, for example, offers a limite number of shared positions intended to give long-serving employees a break from full-time work. British Telecom, meanwhile, maintains 25 shared posts because, according to its personnel department, ‘Some of the job sharers might otherwise have left the company and we are now able to retain them.’ Two wide-ranging surveys carried out in the country in 1989 revealed the proportion of large and medium-sized private-sector businesses that allow job sharing to be between 16 and 25 percent. Some 78 percent of job sharers, however, work in public-sector jobs.
The types of jobs that are shared vary, but include positions that involve responsibility for many subordinates. Research into shared ssenoir management positions suggests that even such high-pressure work can be shared between two people with little adjustment, provided the personalities and temperaments of the sharers are not vastly different from one another. A 1991 study of employees working under supervisory positions shared by two people showed that those who prefer such a situation do so for several reasons. Most prevalent were those who felt there was less bias in the evaluation of their work because having two assessments provided for a greater degree of fairness. The neccessity of close cooperation and collaboration when shaing a job with another person makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position, one-person jobs. However, to ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person neeeds to know the strengths, weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a position. Moreover, there must be an equitable allocation of both routine tasks and interesting ones. In sum, for a position to be job-shared well, the two individuals must be well-matched and must treat each other as equals. 76. The majority of male job sharers are between 20 and 40 years of age. 77. Job sharers have no intention of later resuming full-time work. 78. Employers may allow job sharing to keep or attract good workers. 79. Fewer job sharers are employed in the private sector than in the public sector. 80. Most employees prefer to work under a shared supervisory position. Write your answers here: 76.
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IV. WRITING (60/200 points) Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it (in about 80 words) You MUST NOT copy or re-write the original. (20 points) It is commonly believed that in the United States that school is where people to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio,
from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high schools students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. Write your answer here: ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ Part 2: The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. (20 points) UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SYSTEMS City
Date opened
Kilometers of route
Passengers per year (in millions)
London
1863
394
775
Paris
1900
199
1191
Tokyo
1927
155
1927
Washington DC
1976
126
144
Kyoto
1981
11
45
Los Angeles
2001
28
50
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO AN
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 LONG VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH NGÀY THI: 08/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ nhất) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút ( không kể thời gian phát đề )
ĐỀ DỰ BỊ
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM (gồm 3 trang) I. LISTENING (50/200 points) 2,5 x 20 1. history
2. B
3. F
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. 9/nine
8. Wednesday
9. Tuesday
10. 3/three
11. 10/ten
12. 1100
13. northeast
14. rectangle
15. warm
/rectangular//square 16. northeast
17. 2/two
18. beach(es)
19. 250 000
20. hot springs//mineral
million
baths//bushwalking// mountains
II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20/200 points) 1 x 20 Part 1: 21. A
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. B
26. C
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. A
Part 2: 0.
31. highly
32. vanity
33. cutlery
34. finely
curiosities
35. automatically
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up→× III. READING (50/200 points) Part 1: (12,5/50 points) 1,25 x 10 41. on
42. if
43. Although/ While 44. how
45. like
46. who
47. cope/ deal
48. few
50. however
49. means
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Part 2: (7,5/50 points) 1,25 x 6 51. C
52. G
(6,25/50 points) 57. B
53. B
54. F
55. E
59. D
60. A
61. A
56. A
1,25 x 5 58. C
Part 3: (23,75/50 points) 1,25 x 19 62. B
63. C
64. D
65.B
66. A
67.B
68. D
69. B
70. C
71. A
72. D
73. B
74. A
75. C
76. NG
77. N
78. Y
79. Y
80. NG
IV. WRITING (60/200 points) Part 1: Điểm tối đa cho bài viết tóm lược là 20. Chia ra như sau: - Phải có 2 nội dung dưới đây. Có đề cập mỗi nội dung được 5 điểm: + Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. + Schooling is a specific, formalized process which has patterns varying little from each other. - Điểm tối đa cho kỹ thuật diễn đạt, cú pháp, từ vựng là 15. Part 2: Điểm tối đa cho bài viết mô tả biểu đồ này là 20. Các yếu tố cần xem xét để cho điểm gồm: - Tính lô-gích trong lập luận và sự kết nối mạch lạc: + Có lô-gích trong suy diễn, quy nạp. + Có sử dụng nhiều từ, ngữ liên kết ý tưởng, câu, đoạn văn và sử dụng các thành tố này phù hợp tạo sự mạch lạc. - Sử dụng chính xác và phù hợp các từ vựng liên quan thể loại bài viết mô tả biểu đồ. - Viết câu đúng cú pháp. Part 3: Điểm tối đa cho bài viết này là 20. Điểm số chia ra cho từng mục như sau: 1. Kỹ thuật triển khai nội dung (7 điểm) - Triển khai đúng kỹ thuật: topic sentence, clearly appropriate explanations, exemplifications, và/hoặc details. - Các details, examples và reasons phải củng cố vững vàng các luận điểm.
- Phần mở bài không bị rườm rà, dài dòng. 2. Yếu tố mạch lạc, nhất quán, bám sát ý tưởng chính (7 điểm) - Nội dung trình bày không bị rối rắm. - Diễn đạt mạch lạc, không bị trùng lặp ý tưởng. - Không nêu ý tưởng lạc khỏi nội dung đang triển khai. 3. Kỹ thuật sử dụng ngôn ngữ (6 điểm) - Sử dụng nhiều dạng cấu trúc câu. - Sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp. - Không sử dụng lặp lại nhiều lần một cấu trúc câu đơn. Không mắc quá nhiều lỗi cú pháp dẫn đến nội dung khó hiểu hoặc gây hiểu lầm.
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B. PHẦN ĐỀ THI (LƯU Ý: PHẦN ĐỀ THI GỒM 14 TRANG, THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI NGAY TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY) TỪ PHẦN NÀY TRỞ XUỐNG, THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT HAY ĐÁNH DẤU GÌ KHÁC VỚI HƯỚNG DẪN
Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo
Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi
Chữ ký Giám khảo I: …………………………
Chữ ký Giám khảo I: …………………………
Chữ ký Giám Khảo II: …………………………
Chữ ký Giám Khảo II: …………………………
Số phách phúc khảo:
Số phách chấm thi:
Điểm của từng phần:
Điểm của từng phần: I. ……………..
( Speaking )
I. ……………..
II. …………….
II. …………….
III. …………...
III. …………...
IV. ……………
IV. ……………
V. …………....
( Speaking )
V. …………....
Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..
Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..
Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….
Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….
I. LISTENING (50 points) PART 1: Listen to a conversation between an accommodation officer and a student. Questions 1 – 4: Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS for each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1. Martina Bila’s appointment with the accommodation officer is at _________________________. 2. Martina’s current accommodation is _____________________from the university than she expected. 3. The landlady is a_________________. 4. The ________________to the university isn’t good.
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Questions 5 – 7: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 5. Martina is looking for A. catered accommodation. B. self-catering accommodation. C. a place with a landlady. D. catered or self-catering university accommodation. 6. The accommodation officer received details of some accommodation A. the day before Martina made the appointment. B. the day Martina made the appointment. C. the day after Martina made the appointment. D. the day before he met Martina.
7. When does the accommodation officer think other accommodation will be available? A. In the next few days. C. Not for a long while. B. In the next few weeks. D. He doesn’t know. Questions 8 – 10: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 8. How much do students pay for catered accommodation during term-time? 9. What nationality are Martina’s new flatmates? 10. What will Martina lose? Your answers: 1.
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PART 2: Listen to an introductory lecture on the geography of the United Kingdom. Questions 11-15: Complete the information in the table, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. UK
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PART 3: Listen to a recording about treatments for migraine. Questions 16-20: Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS each answer to complete the summary. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Migraine is a growing problem, particularly among people who (16) _________. A migraine can also be brought on by certain foods and wine, or if a person doesn’t get enough sleep. Painkillers are a conventional way to treat migraine, but they don’t always work. In alternative therapy, the use of (17) _________ relieves mild attacks. During acupuncture, (18) ________________________________four needles to the face has a quick effect. To keep a patient free from attacks, it is usually sufficient to have (19) _. Many people don’t understand hypnosis. The intense relaxation causes the attack to (20)_______________________. Your answers: 16.
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18. II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20 points) PART 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D ) in the corresponding numbered boxes. 21. The manager complained that unfortunately many people in this country think that serving others is them. A. under B. underneath C. beneath D. behind 22. Emily managed to talk to the politician by herself off as a journalist. A. passing B. talking C. putting D. calling 23. It must be true. I heard it straight from the mouth. A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s 24. The puppy was_____________so much I nearly dropped him. A. snigg*ring B. giggling C. chuckling D. wriggling 25. I work in a government department where every document is packed with technical . A. cliché B. jargon C. phrase D. euphemism 26. Poor visibility hampered rescue efforts to such a(n) that the search for the fishing boat had to be called off. A. demand B. emergency C. extend D. degree 27. On entering the duty-free shop, she made for the perfume counter. A. a mountain B. no odds C. no bones D. a beeline 28. In addition to being beautiful, she is also a very talented actress. A. stunningly B. perfectly C. hysterically D. patently 29. These new measures have been introduced to the flow of illegal goods entering the country. A. level B. allay C. stem D. pluck 30. I know you’re upset about breaking up with Tony but there are plenty more . A. tigers in the zoo B. horses in the stable C. cows in the field D. fish in the sea
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PART 3: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space provided in the right column in any oder (36 - 40). (0) has been done as an example. A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisings it carries. A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily makes a lot of money. Less seriously newspapers are probably read just for entertainment. They have big headings above the new stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violence. The gossip columns are full of stories of private lives of famous people. No one takes the political views of such papers seriously. In the other hand, in the free country where there is no censorship, serious papers are read principally for their news, sent to them by their correspondents round the world and by the big news agencies. People also read these papers for their revisions of news books, films and plays and for their editorials what represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment.
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III. READING (50 points) PART 1: Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. Drift diving is diving with a difference. Are you already an experienced diver who fancies a change (41) _________ splashing around a reef or wreck? If so, then drift diving may be worth trying. Basically, drift diving (42)___________________________use of the prevailing current in the ocean to propel you along underwater. Depending on the speed of the current, which is measured in knots, drift diving can either be like flying underwater, (43)__________________________simply the lazy person’s approach to diving. A slow drift would involve travelling at about one knot, equivalent (44) _________ just under two kilometres per hour, (45)______________it feels much faster when you’re down at depth. With drift diving, of course, there’s (46)_________________need to kick. You’re being carried along, and can view all the local sealife as you float by. It feels quite surreal to begin with; you float along as if you were on a conveyor belt. What’s (47) _______, you often cover (48)___________________________much greater distance than on a conventional dive. If the current is running fast, say four knots, it can be a very different experience, however, comparable only really to flying. Travelling underwater at speed (49) _________ your heart pumping as the plants, rocks and sea life suddenly pop (50)________________in front of you and whiz past. Your answers: 41.
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PART 2: Read the following passage and then answer the accompanying questions. A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently In the last decade a revolution has occurred in the way that scientists think about the brain. We now know that the decisions humans make can be traced to the firing patterns of neurons in specific parts of the brain. These discoveries have led to the field known as neuroeconomics,which studies the brain’s secrets to success in an economic environment that demands innovation and being able to do things differently from competitors. A brain that can do this is an iconoclastic one. Briefly, an iconoclast is a person who does something that others say can’t be done. This definition implies that iconoclasts are different from other people, but more precisely, it is their brains that are different in three distinct ways: perception, fear response, and social intelligence. Each of these three functions utilizes a different circuit in the brain. Naysayers might suggest that the brain is irrelevant, that thinking in an original, even revolutionary, way is more a matter of personality than brain function. But the field of neuroeconomics was born out of realization that the physical workings of the brain place limitations on the way we make decisions. By understanding these constraints, we begin to understand why some people march to a different drumbeat. The first thing to realize is that the brain suffers from limited resources. It has a fixed energy budget, about the same as a 40 watt light bulb, so it has evolved to work as efficiently as possible. This is where most people are impeded from being an iconoclast. For example, when confronted with information streaming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information in the quickest
way possible. Thus it will draw on both past experience and any other source of information, such as what other people say, to make sense of what it is saying. This happens all the time. The brain takes shortcuts that work so well we are hardly ever aware of them. We think our perceptions of the world are real, but they are only biological and electrical rumblings. Perception is not simply a product of what your eyes or ears transmit to your brain. More than the physical reality of photons or sound waves, perception is a product of the brain. Perception is central to iconoclasm. Iconoclasts see things differently to other people. Their brains do not fall into efficiency pitfalls as much as the average person’s brain. Iconoclasts, either because they were born that way or through learning, have found ways to work around the perceptual shortcuts that plague most people. Perception is not something that is hardwired into the brain. It is a learned process, which is both a curse and an opportunity for change. The brain faces the fundamental problem of interpreting physical stimuli from the senses. Everything the brain sees, hears, or touches has multiple interpretations. The one that is ultimately chosen is simply the brain’s best theory. In technical terms, these conjectures have their basis in the statistical likelihood of one interpretation over another and are heavily influenced by past experience and, importantly for potential iconoclasts, what other people say. The best way to see things differently to other people is to bombard the brain with things it has never encountered before. Novelty releases the perceptual process from the chains of past experience and forces the brain to make new judgments. Successful iconoclasts have an extraordinary willingness to be exposed to what is fresh and different. Observation of iconoclasts shows that they embrace novelty while most people avoid things that are different. The problem with novelty, however, is that it tends to trigger the brain’s fear system. Fear is a major impediment to thinking like an iconoclast and stops the average person in his tracks. There are many types of fear, but the two that inhibit iconoclastic thinking and people generally find difficult to deal with are fear of uncertainty and fear of public ridicule. These may seem like trivial phobias. But fear of public speaking, which everyone must do from time to time, afflicts one-third of the population. This makes it too common to be considered a mental disorder. It is simply a common variant of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let inhibit their reactions. Finally, to be successful iconoclasts, individuals must sell their ideas to other people. This is where social intelligence comes in. Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage people in a business setting. In the last decade there has been an explosion of knowledge about the social brain and how the brain works when groups coordinate decision making. Neuroscience has revealed which brain circuits are responsible for functions like understanding what other people think, empathy, fairness, and social identity. These brain regions play key roles in whether people convince others of their ideas. Perception is important in social cognition too. The perception of someone’s enthusiasm, or reputation, can make or break a deal. Understanding how perception becomes intertwined with social decision making shows why successful iconoclasts are so rare. Iconoclasts create new opportunities in every area from artistic expression to technology to business. They supply creativity and innovation not easily accomplished by committees. Rules aren’t important to them. Iconoclasts face alienation and failure, but can also be a major asset to any organization. It is crucial for success in any field to understand how the iconoclastic mind works.
Questions 51-55: Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D, and write the correct letter in the given boxes (51-55). 51. Neuroeconomics is a field of study which seeks to A. cause a change in how scientists understand brain chemistry. B. understand how good decisions are made in the brain. C. understand how the brain is linked to achievement in competitive fields. D. trade the specific firing patterns of neurons in different areas of the brain. 52. According to the writer, iconoclasts are distinctive because A. they create unusual brain circuits. B. their brains function differently. C. their personalities are distinctive. D. they make decisions easily. 53. According to the writer, the brain works efficiently because A. it uses the eyes quickly. B. it interprets data logically. C. it generates its own energy. D. it relies on previous events. 54. The writer says that perception is A. a combination of photons and sound waves. B. a reliable product of what your senses transmit. C. a result of brain processes. D. a process we are usually conscious of. 55. According to the writer, an iconoclastic thinker A. centralises perceptual thinking in one part of the brain. B. avoids cognitive traps. C. has a brain that is hardwired for learning. D. has more opportunities than the average person. Questions 56-60: Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the above reading passage? In boxes 56-60, write YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 56. Exposure to different events forces the brain to think differently. 57. Iconoclasts are unusually receptive to new experiences. 58. If you think in an iconoclastic way, you can easily overcome fear. 59. When concern about embarrassment matters less, other fears become irrelevant. 60. Fear of public speaking is a psychological illness. Your answers: 55. 51. 52. 53. 54. 56.
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PART 3: Choose which of the paragraphs A – G fits into the numbered gaps in the following newspaper article. There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. (0) has been done as an example. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. No Longer Blowing in the Wind Plastic bags disfigured South Africa’s landscape until a small town decided to act. They have been called the national flower of South Africa. Outside every city, town and village, hundreds of them flutter and rustle in the thorn bushes with the evening breeze. They come in red, green, blue and black, and even in multi-coloured stripes. Plastic bags. Lots of them. For South Africa consumes eight billion per year, or nearly two hundred for every man, woman and child in the country. But the country is not uniquely cursed. From the deserts of Yemen to the mangrove swamps of Thailand, the discarded plastic supermarket bag disfigures the landscape of much of the developing world.
0 “Our town was filthy,” says Sheila Joseph whose family has run the local general store for ninety years. “Our park looked as though there had been a snowstorm every weekend. It was littered with plastic bags and rubbish. We had lots of clean-up campaigns, but they didn’t work. After two or three weeks, the town was filthy again.”
61 There are so many plastic bags blowing around the Northern Cape that a job-creation project in the provincial capital employs 38 people to wash discarded bags, cut them into strips and knit them together into brightlycoloured hats, carpets, doormats, bags and even picture frames for sale.
62 “The biggest businesses have been with us from the start, and haven’t given a plastic bag out since,” says the polite but steely Joseph, whose advice is now eagerly sought by other litter-strewn towns across South Africa. “Within two weeks, our park was clean. It’s definitely brought the community of Douglas together.”
63 As a representative explained: “We all want Douglas clean, but I will give a plastic bag instead of talking about it for ten minutes if a customer moans.” But if the government has its way, the store and others like it across the country may soon be banned from handing out the bags. The argument put forward by the authorities is that thicker bags would not only be used again and again, but would also be easier to collect and recycle. Supply of bags with a thickness of less than 80 microns (a micron is a million of metre) is therefore likely to be outlawed.
Plastic manufacturers and retailers have reacted to the plans with predictable outrage. They warn that thousands of people would lose their jobs and that the new rules are likely to be unenforceable as importers would almost certainly ignore them. They pointed out that old-fashioned heavy-duty bags use more plastic, not less. Consumers, they insisted, would be greatly inconvenienced.
64 The proposals may eventually need to be softened to allow manufacturers more time to adapt. The determination to eradicate the plastic scourge of the countryside has already galvanised some of the culprits into action, however.
65 Indeed, on the clean streets of Douglas it is difficult to believe that South Africans really ever needed those eight billion plastic bags. “It’s not that much of a hardship to remember to bring a shopping bag,” says one elderly resident getting into her car outside Joseph’s store. “Is it, dear?”
A Eager to fend off even more draconian legislation, however, many retailers are now promising to withthea mess nationwide recycling programme the bags they give B Shehelp blamed on the thin bags handed out free to for shoppers. Douglas’s 15,000away. residents did not like the litter. Nor did the tourists who came to see the confluence of the Vaal and Orange, two of southern Africa’s greatest rivers. Farmers were unhappy too. Livestock sometimes ate the bags and died.
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First inspired by the people of Douglas, they are equally passionate in their hatred of the bags. They nonetheless remain somewhat sceptical about the practicalities of such a solution.
E South Africans, however, have decided to do something. And it was the hither to unremarkable town of Douglas in the arid Northern Cape region that took the lead. F “It won’t work,” said a spokesperson. “The problem is not the plastic bags, the problem is litter, it’s a question of attitude. What worries me is that instead of having cheap plastic bags cluttering up the streets, we’ll have expensive ones.”
G So it was that the people of Douglas, rejoicing in the slogan “Fantastic – no plastic” came to ceremonially execute an effigy made up from old plastic bags by the project staff. Since then, shoppers bring their own, reusable baskets and bags, including those made from locally recycled Your answers: 0. E
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IV. WRITING (60 points) PART 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it (in about 80 words). You MUST NOT copy or re-write the original. The development of the horse has been recorded from the beginning, through all of its evolutionary stages, to the modern form. It is, perhaps, one of the most complete and well-documented chapters of paleontological history. Fossil finds provide us not only with detailed information about the horse itself but also with valuable insights into the migration of herds and even evidence for the speculation about the climatic conditions that could have instigated their migratory behaviour. Now geologists believe that the first horses appeared on Earth about sixty million years ago as compared with only two million years ago for the appearance of human beings. There is evidence of early horses on both the American and European continents, but it has been documented that, almost twelve million years ago at the beginning of the Pliocene Age, a horse about midway through its evolutionary development crossed a land bridge where the Bering Strait is now located. It travelled from Alaska into the grasslands of Asia and all the way to Europe. So, this early horse was a hipparion, about the size of a modern-day pony with three toes and specialized cheek teeth for grazing. In Europe, the hipparion encountered another less advanced horse called the anchitheres, which had previously invaded Europe by the same route, probably during the Miocene Period. Less developed and smaller than hipparion, the anchitheres was eventually completely replaced by it. By the end of the Pleistocene Age, both the anchitheres and the hipparion had become extinct in North America where they orginated, as fossil evidence clearly demonstrates. In Europe, they evolved into the larger and stronger animal that is very similar to the horse as we know it today. For many years, this horse was probably hunted for food by early tribes of human beings. Then the qualities of the horse that would have made it good servant were recognized – mainly its strength and speed. It was time for the horse to be tamed, used as a draft animal at the dawning of agriculture, and then ridden as need for transportation increased. It was the descendant of this domesticated horse that was brought back across the ocean to the Americas by European colonists. Your answers: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……..
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The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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Nowadays, some people like to give help to the local community or provide people with direct help. Other people prefer to give money to national and international organizations. Discuss both methods and give your own opinion on which is better. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. Your answers:
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PHẦN THI NÓI ( SPEAKING) You have 7 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to SPEAK as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 3 minutes. Question # 1 Some people think that it is important to use leisure time for activities that improve the mind, such as reading and doing crossword puzzles. Others feel that it is important to rest the mind during leisure time. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Question # 2 Some people say that education is the only critical factor to development of a country. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Question # 3 Today our communications, medicine and transport systems all depend on computer technology. Our reliance on computer technology has created a dangerous situation. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Question # 4 The best way to solve the world’s environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Question # 5 Success is something which most people try to achieve. What can success mean to different people? What is your view of success? Question # 6 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Many countries have compulsory military service for men after they leave school. It would be a good idea for all countries to adopt this system for men and possibly women. Question # 7 Studying the English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way to learn language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Question # 8 Internet when used as a source of information, has more drawbacks than advantages. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Question # 9 Disruptive school students have a negative influence on others. Students who are noisy and disobedient should be grouped together and taught separately. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer. Question # 10 With the rise in popularity of the internet, newspapers will soon become a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM PHẦN THI NÓI Điểm tối đa cho phần thi nói là 20. Giám khảo chấm điểm dựa vào các yếu tố sau: 2. Tính lưu loát và mạch lạc: - Diễn đạt trôi chảy. - Biết sử dụng các từ ngữ liên kết để kết nối ý tưởng, câu, đoạn. 3. Sử dụng từ vựng: Biết linh hoạt sử dụng các từ ngữ phù hợp chủ đề và biết cách thay đổi từ ngữ làm đa dạng ngôn ngữ khi diễn đạt. 4. Sự tuân thủ ngữ pháp và mức diễn đạt chính xác: - Biết sử dụng nhiều cấu trúc câu. - Giám khảo hiểu được ý kiến dù diễn đạt có chứa lỗi. 5. Về kỷ năng phát âm: - Mức độ giám khảo hiểu được nội dung diễn đạt. - Mức độ thích đáng và phù hợp của ngữ âm và trọng âm khi thí sinh diễn đạt.
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 LONG AN VÒNG 2 - NĂM 2013
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MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH NGÀY THI: 9/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ hai) PHẦN THI NÓI ( SPEAKING)
You have 7 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to SPEAK as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 3 minutes. Question # 1 Describe how your life will be different five years from now. Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Question # 2 What characteristics of a house or an apartment do you think are the most important? Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Question # 3 What is a challenging experience you have overcome, and how did you overcome it? Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Question # 4 In which kind of natural environment (the mountains, the sea, etc.) would you like to live? Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Question # 5 What kinds of job do you think will be the most popular in the future? Please include specific examples and details in your explanation. Question # 6 Some schools have all of their first-year students live together in dormitories. Other schools have first-year students live together with students from other years. Which housing arrangement do you think is better and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your preference. Question # 7 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students should take classes during the day and work part-time jobs at night or on the weekend. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Question # 8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People in modern society live more comfortable lives than their grandparents’ generation did. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Question # 9 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People cannot learn important lessons about life in classrooms. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Question # 10 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Having money and power is the best way to measure success. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. ---------- HẾT ---------
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH NGÀY THI: 8/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ nhất)
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM I. LI S T E N I N G
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10. Are all the words spelled correctly, and are the punctuation marks used correctly? SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO LONG AN
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2007 - 2008 MÔN TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút Ngày thi: 20 tháng 3 năm 2008
Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo
Số phách do Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi
Điểm
Giám khảo 1:
Bằng số
Bằng chữ
Giám khảo 2: Đề thi gồm 06 trang. Học sinh làm bài trên đề thi và ghi câu trả lời vào ô trống tương ứng cho mỗi câu hỏi. SECTION A: LISTENING You are going to hear a recording of someone discussing a picture. Who are the people mentioned and what are they there for? Write NO MORE THAN THREE words for each answer. People models 2.
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and deciding having a look at collections; as rich people getting pictures for magazines or newspapers getting stories for magazines or newspapers
SECTION B: USE OF ENGLISH I. Select the best option to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. 1. There is no reason to his honesty; he is absolutely sincere. A. search B. doubt C. inquire D. ask 2. His personal problems seem to have been him from his work lately. A. disrupting B. disturbing C. distracting D. dispersing 3. Pick me up at 4 p.m. I my bath by then. A. will have B. will be having C. will have had D. must have had 4. She said that she would be punctual for the opening speech, she were late? A. but what if B. how about C. and what about D. so if 5. What are the main of this illness? A. traces B. emblems C. tokens D. symptoms 6. We believe that these animals could be saved if our plan were . A. adopted B. taken up C. practised D. exploited 7. Local people are concerned about pollution from oil wells. A. maritime B. sea-going C. off-shore D. coast line
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The topic at yesterday’s meeting was of great importance. A. to be discussed B. to have been discussed C. discussed D. having been discussed 9. Evidence came up specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old. A. what B. when C. which D. that 10. There have been protests from animal rights group about on animals. A. experience B. experiments C. expiration D. trials 11. She couldn’t perform well once she was . A. under pressure B. out of mind C. in the mood D. over the moon 12. All the sales people I met always try to buying their products. A. persuade me for B. force me to C. talk me into D. help me with 13. He confessed being somewhat nervous about having to speak in front of a large crowd. A. about B. to C. for D. with 14. In a money-oriented society, the average individual cares little about solving problem. A. any other B. any other’s C. anyone else’s D. anyone’s else 15. Would you please leave us details of your address forwarding any of your mail to come? A. for the purpose of B. as a consequence of C. for the sake of D. by means of 16. The woman they finally choose was much older than the other for the job. A. informants B. participants C. applicants D. consultants 17. He can’t find money for life necessities, such luxuries as wine and tobacco. A. leave alone B. buy alone C. mention alone D. let alone 18. Cigarette smoking has been breast as well as lung cancer. A. concerned to B. originated from C. caused by D. associated with 19. The general is always about his past campaigns. A. boasting B. praising C. complimenting D. congratulating 20. of the Chairman, the Executive Director will be responsible for chairing the meeting. A. For the absence B. On the absence C. In the absence D. To the absence Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. II. Use the right form of the word given in bold to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the box provided. 1. Jenny has sent me a very letter explaining why she didn’t do what she promised. APOLOGY 2. The of this document is wrong! There’s no page 13. PAGE 3. For the sake of convenience, please do not the Internet after use. CONNECT 4. In delivery of goods, several kinds of soft materials are now used to avoid of glassware. BREAK 5. The general director was blamed for his of the company’s business. HANDLE 6. You must realize that such can not be tolerated. OBEY 7. It’s essential that the application forms be sent back before the . LINE 8. His work brought him fame, but little reward. MONEY 9. Scientists are beginning to believe that the of the planets in this century is not impossible. COLONY 10. It is dangerous for an driver to drive a car in the center of Paris during the mid-day rush. EXPERIENCE Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Identify the underlined word (or combination of words) that is not correct in each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. 1.
If you have nothing else to do, will you please accompany me to go to that fishing village? A BC D 2. Petrol prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that many people have been forced to A B D use the public transport. 3. He failed his examination, which proves that he wasn’t working enough hard. A B C D 4. Privatization is thought to be beneficial because it promotes health competition. A B C D 5. The law breaker was let off with a fine in stead of being sent to prison. A B C D Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION I. Read the passage and choose the best word or combination of words to fill in each blank. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. TRAFFIC IN OUR CITIES The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk (1) accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is difficult to (2) people to change their habits and leave their cars at home. One possible (3) is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by (4) charges for parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who (5) the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (6) as “road pricing”, is already being introduced in a number of cities, using a special electronic card (7) to windscreen of the car. Another way of dealing with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (8) of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed in to the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the (9) stage of their journey. Of course, the most important thing is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to give up the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares (10) at an acceptable level. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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II. Read the passage and do the exercises that follow. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. Women Manage Better The days when only men would hold management positions are over. More and more women are moving into top jobs in the USA. Despite a slowing economy, the number of women in management has risen to 16% in 1995, when it used to be less than 9%. One result of this tendency is that women are now more accepted in these roles, and it has also been found that women in management ease tension and gender conflict in the workplace. A comprehensive nation-wide study of executive performance accidentally found that women scored higher in almost all areas of performance evaluation, while compiling a large-scale analysis of 425 high-level managers. Areas where women are particularly effective are in supporting their staff, and sharing information. They tend to work harder behind the scenes, while men prefer the glamorous, more aggressive side of management. The masculine approach is more suited to the traditional style of business, where the boss would work alone and simply dictate orders to his staff. Now, in the global information age, teamwork and partnering are increasingly important, and these are exactly the areas where women excel. Although the number of women in middle management is on the increase, there are still few women running large companies. It may be that the same qualities that make women more effective as managers are also holding them back. Most women get stuck in jobs which involve human resources or public relations, as their people skills make them highly suitable for this type of work. However, these posts rarely lead to the top. Ambitious women are frustrated by this, and many left to start their own companies. Another reason why women are overlooked for promotion is that men are seen as more dynamic and competitive. Women tend to work for the good of the company as a whole, while men are looking out for themselves. Some bosses may interpret the feminine approach as showing a lack of vision. A woman will often adopt the strategy of making people think something is their idea, so that they will co-operate with her plan. Although this is an effective way of achieving an objective, the result is that she will lose credit for her creativity and innovation. It is also surprising to learn that the greatest prejudice against female bosses comes from women themselves. In a recent Gallup poll, 70% of men said that they would be prepared to accept a female boss, compared to 66% of women. One possible for this is that of tradition. Since nearly all bosses used to be male, women feel more comfortable being supervised by a man than by another woman. Some women also feel that a male boss is less demanding, and feels more relaxed about being in a position of authority. Since women have to work harder to get to the top, they expect more of their staff when they get there. In conclusion, although more and more women are rising to higher positions, there are still many deep-rooted prejudices and double standards that keep them from achieving the very top positions. Companies may say that they value interpersonal skills, but they still look for a leader who is decisive and a risk taker. These qualities are perceived as being mainly masculine. Although women have proved that they are capable of leading a company, it seems that they will not get the chance to do so until they are prepared to start their own businesses. Select the best option to complete the statements. 1. Women are becoming more accepted because A. they are more like men nowadays B. there are more of them than there used to be C. there exists gender conflict among the staff D. they are starting their own businesses 2. The areas where women managers are more effective are A. giving directions to staffs B. fighting their way to the top C. dealing with their male bosses D. talking to people and helping them
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Academic Overdrive Student life is becoming increasingly difficult. Not only are students expected to perform and compete within the class, but also to (1) time and energy to extra-curricular activities as well as struggle with an increasing load of homework. The push to get into the top universities has caused many overachieving students to (2) on heavier workloads and more challenging classes. This push, however, doesn’t end once students reach (3) . In fact, when they reach the top places they have worked so hard to get into, many students are forced to work even harder than they did in high school. Once in the top universities, the (4) is on to secure a place in the top graduate school. But it doesn’t end there. Once students have graduated with the best results, they find that they must continue to overextend themselves in order to secure the top (5) in their particular field. Such is the emphasis on academic success. (6)
There are many who claim that this entire system is wrong because it puts too much on measuring achievement and not enough on true learning. This in turn has inevitable on the students themselves. In such a high-pressure learning environment, those that
(7) find the pressure overwhelming have nowhere to turn. In an academic world (8) only by academic success, many students begin to feel a low sense of worth, yet they fear to turn to anyone for help as this would be perceived as a signal of failure, an (9) to cope with that which other students appear to have no problem. This can be particularly hard for foreign students as they find themselves isolated (10) familiar cultural or family ties in their new environment and thus they concentrate solely on their work. Perhaps the main thing to remember is that although it is important to study hard, school life should also be fun. Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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SECTION D: WRITING I. Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. 1. You can use it as long as you like, and it will not wear out. No matter . 2. John didn’t celebrate a party until he received the offer of promotion in writing. It was . 3. Please check for damage before signing the delivery note. Do not . 4. I write to Alice almost every day. Hardly . 5. All books have something to teach you. Every . II. For each of the sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the word given in CAPITALS. This word must not be altered in any way. 1. What astounds me is that he paid the money before having a look at the goods. IT I find before he paid for them. 2. As my roommate continues to give me a lift to work, I shan’t learn to drive. STOP Were , I would learn to drive. 3. “I’m sorry, I know nothing about computer programming,” said the interviewee. HAVING The interviewee admitted to computer programming. 4. Please do not disturb the contestants under any circ*mstances. ACCOUNT On to be disturbed. 5. I was just about to leave the office when the phone started ringing. POINT I was when the phone started ringing. III. Today, in addition to being a home-maker, many women pursue a career outside the home. How can they achieve this? Write a paragraph of about 150 words expressing your opinion. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2007 - 2008 MÔN TIẾNG ANH SECTION A: LISTENING (10 points) 1. modeling new clothes 2. clothes designers 3. getting new ideas 4. clothes shops 5. seeing new fashions
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SECTION B: USE OF ENGLISH (35 points) I. Multiple choices: (20 points) 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. C II. Word Form: (10 points) 1. apologetic 2. pagination 3. disconnect 6. disobedience 7. deadline 8. monetary III. Error correction: (5 points) 1.C 2.A 3.D SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (30 points) I. Multiple Choices: (10 points) 1. A 2. D 3. A 6. D 7. A 8. A II. Multiple Choice comprehension Questions : (10 points) 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. T 6. T III. Cloze: (10 points) 1. devote 2. take 3. university 6. emphasis 7. effects 8. measured
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH YÊN BÁI
Đề chính thức (Đề gồm 10 trang)
KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Điểm của bài thi
Họ, tên và chữ kí của giám khảo
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PART I: LISTENING (5 points) There are two sections, each will be played twice. There is a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the listening part. Before you listen, you have 1 minute to read the questions.
Section 1: Listen to a talk between a tutor and two students and do the tasks that follow. Complete the notes, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.
FBT Award The FBT Award gives students money to 1. Conditions to be met Applicants have to: be in their 2. year. be a British or Commonwealth citizen. be among the 3. in their year in the final exams. hand in application by the 4. be under 5. at the end of their Circle the best answer. 7. The Award Sandra is applying for is A. awarded twice a year. B. not as hard as the one Derek is after. C. not for as much money as the FBT award. D. much harder to obtain than the one Derek is after.
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8. To apply for the Bisiker Award, students have to A. write a 5,000 word outline of their project and complete a detailed application form. B. write a 5,000 word outline of their project and complete a form with their details. C. fill in a short application form. D. write a 50,000 word outline of their project and fill in a form with their details. 9. The lecturer puts great emphasis on A. the need for the summary to be original. B. making five copies of the application. C. having it read through by someone before submitting it. D. studying previous applications. 10. The lecturer also lays great emphasis on the fact that A. the Bisiker Award is not much harder to get than the one Derek is after. B. the application should be typed, neat and bound with a ring binder. C. there is no need to type the application. D. the application has to be typed, neat and bound with a ring binder. Your answers 1.
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Section 2: Listen to a lecturer and do the tasks that follow. Complete the lecture notes, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER - Energy goes grey refers to the 1. changes in Europe since the 1960s. - by 2029 approximately 2. % of the UK population will be over retirement age. - roughly 23% of the population of 3. will be 65 or over by 2020. - the number of centenarians in the UK will be increasing by 4. percent per year in the 21th century. Reasons for increased life-span: - better diet, better housing, the 5. of health care. The birth rate in Europe has fallen as a consequence of: - 6. , education of women, more women working Circle the best answer. 7. The speaker says that the elderly A. generally need care. B. can be both happy and retired. C. vary in their situation and needs. D. worry about who will care for them. 8. Unlike in the past, today families A. don't care about their grandparents. B. tend to live in the same area. C. don't take care of their grandparents. D. share the care of the elderly. 9. As regards the elderly, financial assistance is needed to A. pay the wages of carers. B. help independent old people. C. create new medical services. D. increase the level of pensions. 10. The speaker suggests that in the future A. people should be helped to prepare financially for their old age. B. existing houses of the elderly should be adapted. C. retirement ages should be increased. D. people should respect the elderly more.
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PART II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (3 points) Section 1: Choose the best answer to complete the questions. 1. How voters will react to the latest political scandal to be seen. A. is B. remains C. has D. waits 2. After months of getting , the detectives began to feel that they were onto something. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere 3. He his life to the skill of the surgeons. A. owes B. keeps C. preserves D. maintains 4. He was awarded a medal in of his services to the Queen. A. view B. recognition C. regard D. light 5. I have been meaning to repairing that fence for ages. A. get round to B. get out of C. get up to D. get on to 6. I revised my views comments from my colleagues. A. in the light of B. further to C. against D. consequent upon 7. You have failed to pay the outstanding bill and, , we have been forced to take the matter further. A. finally B. consequently C. subsequently D. eventually 8. A for the company said that the matter was being investigated. A. speaker B. representative C. publicist D. spokesperson 9. Doctors are often to accidents in rural areas. A. called up B. driven out C. called out D. rung up 10. Making mistakes is all of growing up. A. chalk and cheese B. top and button C. part and parcel D. odds and ends Your answers 1.
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Section 2: Give the correct form of the words in brackets. The image that we have of science has undergone radical changes in the last hundred years. An enormous (1) technology explosion, together with a number of very real (2) anxious about the environment and all the moral and political ramifications of economic growth have (3) question put science at the centre of public debate. The 20th century began with a challenge to the (4) assume that human knowledge was approaching completion. It will come, perhaps, as something of a surprise to all of us to realize that the emergence of this highly (5) destroy process came both from within and outside science. New scientific theories (6) overwhelm reveal the limitations of the old perspective. We had thought that the world, understood through the medium of rational (7) be , was, indeed, the real world. Now we know that this was no more than a simplification that just happened to work. Once we realize this, though, we can move in a number of opposing directions. We can re-evaluate all knowledge (8) pessimism and decide that it is eternally fragmentary and full of a vast number of (9) perfection , or we can be more positive and view these vast explosions of the (10) high that the human imagination has so far scaled.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Section 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline and correct them. Write your answers in the space provided. Although speech is the most advance form of communication, there are many ways of communication without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols and gestures will be found in every known culture. The basic function of a signal is to impinge to the environment in such way that it attracts attention, as, for example, the dots and the dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coding to refer to speech, its potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of its intricate relationship with the receiver's cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theatre provides performances with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and handshaking also communicate certain cultural message. Although signals, signs, symbols and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to share without the sender being direct adjacent to the receiver. Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART III: READING (6 points) Section 1: Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word. Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. These people say that because of the Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or (1) . Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard to imagine a world without (2) . In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools (3) , not to eliminate them. We should invent a new kind of school that is linked to libraries, (4) , science centers, laboratories, and even companies. Experts could give (5) on video or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations could develop programming about things students are actually (6) in school. Is this just a dream? No. Already there are several towns where this is beginning to (7) . Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the entire city is linked to the Internet, and learning can take place at home, at school and in the (8) . Businesses provide program for the schools and the community. The schools provide computer labs for people without their own (9) at home. Because everyone can use the Internet, older people participate as much as younger ones, and everyone can visit distant libraries and museums as easily as (10) ones.
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Section 2: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. The United States Department of Education describes “giftedness” as exceptionally advanced performance or the potential for outstanding performance in intellectual, creative, leadership, artistic, or specific academic fields. Children who demonstrate outstanding talents come from all social, cultural, and economic groups. Educators believe that gifted students require special education services because their learning needs differ significantly from those of the general population. They learn more rapidly and are able to understand more abstract and complex ideas. They are also able to transform existing knowledge into new and useful forms, and to create new knowledge recognized for its originality, complexity, and elegance. Special education services and facilities for gifted children may enhance these abilities. In addition, some gifted learners may require special counseling services to address social or emotional adjustment issues that are complicated by their exceptional abilities. Many regular elementary and secondary schools in the United States offer special programs designed specifically to meet the needs of gifted students. Some schools provide specialized education programs to gifted children exclusively. These schools offer advanced education in mathematics, science, technology, the arts, or other academic disciplines. Many school districts rely on intelligence tests to identify gifted students. However, most guidelines for determining giftedness recommend the use of a combination of standardized test scores, rating systems developed by individual schools, classroom observational records, and performance assessments. Gifted children may study a specially modified curriculum or may progress through academic subjects at an accelerated pace. Acceleration involves adapting education programs so that students may progress through particular subject material quicker than usual. These modifications may take place within the regular classroom setting or they may involve changing the child’s placement in school. Some gifted children gain early entrance to kindergarten, skip grades, enter college earlier than usual, or take specific courses with older children. Ideal programs for gifted students consider the individual needs of children and offer multiple options for services. These programs generally involve both advanced course materials and acceleration. 1. Gifted children come from . A. hom*ogenous race B. different backgrounds C. specific economic groups D. different careers 2. Among the various qualities, gifted children are believed to be able to learn fast and A. apply knowledge creatively B. create new learning methods C. find out new knowledge D. behave themselves well 3. The word “enhance” in this case can be replaced with . A. turn up B. further improve C. encourage D. strongly implant 4. The word “existing” is closest in meaning to . A. up-to-date B. fashionable C. permanent D. present
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5. Some gifted learners’ exceptional abilities may . A. deprive them of certain opportunities B. bring them great success C. help them solve difficult problems D. cause certain trouble for them 6. In order to help gifted children, some schools . A. provide them with coaching B. give them exclusive programs C. isolate them from the rest D. provide them with international programs 7. Special services are provided to some problematic gifted children to A. help them cope with social and emotional difficulties. B. make them forget about social and emotional problems. C. concentrate on their studies and their school. D. help them accomplish their academic objectives. 8. The word “disciplines” mostly means . A. violations B. penalties C. rules 9. Giftedness can be measured by means of . A. class observations B. specialized assessments C. psychology specialists D. recorded observations 10. Giftedness is described to include exceptionally advanced performance in A. academic area B. leadership ability C. various fields D. intellectual fields Your answers
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Section 3: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. A. One misguided legacy over a hundred years of writing on bilingualism is that children's intelligence will suffer if they are bilingual. Some of the earliest research into bilingualism examined whether bilingual children were ahead of monolingual children on IQ tests. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the tendency was to find monolingual children ahead of bilinguals on IQ tests. The conclusion was that bilingual children were mentally confused. Having two languages in the brain, it was said, disrupted effective thinking. It was argued that having one well-developed language was superior to having two half-developed languages. B. The idea that the bilinguals may have a lower IQ still exists among many people, particularly monolinguals. However, we now know that this early research was misconceived and incorrect. First, such research often gave bilinguals an IQ test in their weaker language – usually English. Had bilinguals tested in Welsh or Spanish or Hebrew, a different result may have been found. The testing of bilinguals was thus unfair. Second, like was not compared with like. Bilinguals tend to come from, for example, impoverished New York or rural Welsh backgrounds. The monolinguals tend to come from more middle class, urban families. Working class bilinguals were often compared with middle class monolinguals. So the results were more
likely to be due to social class differences than language differences. The comparison of monolinguals and bilinguals was unfair. C. The most recent research from Canada, the United States and Wales suggests that bilinguals are, at least, equal to monolinguals on IQ tests. When bilinguals have two well- developed languages (in the research literature called balanced bilinguals), bilinguals tend to show a slight superiority in IQ tests compared with monolinguals. This is the received psychological wisdom of the moment and is good news for raising bilingual children. Take, for example, a child who can operate in either language in the curriculum in the school. That child is likely to be ahead on IQ tests compared with similar monolinguals (same gender, social class, and age). Far from making people mentally confused, bilingualism is now associated with a mild degree of intellectual superiority. D. One note of caution needs to be sounded. IQ tests probably do not measure intelligence. IQ tests measure a small sample of the broadest concept of intelligence. IQ tests are simply paper and pencil tests where only "right and wrong" answers are allowed. Is all intelligence included in such right and wrong, pencil and paper tests? Isn't there a wider variety of intelligences that are important in everyday functioning and everyday life. E. Many questions need answering. Do we only define an intelligent person as somebody who obtains a high score on an IQ tests. Are the only intelligent people those who belong to high IQ organizations such as MENSA? Is there social intelligence, musical intelligence, military intelligence, marketing intelligence, motoring intelligence, political intelligence? Are all, or indeed any, of these forms of intelligence measured by a simple pencil and paper IQ test which demands a single, acceptable, correct solution to each question? Defining what constitutes intelligent behavior requires a personal value judgement as to what type of behavior, and what kind of person is of more worth. F. The current state of psychological wisdom about bilingual children is that, where two languages are relatively well developed, bilinguals have thinking advantages over monolinguals. Take an example. A child is asked a simple question: How many uses can you think of for a brick? Some children give two or three answers only. They can think of building walls, building a house or perhaps that is all. Another child scribbles away, pouring out ideas one after the other: blocking up a rabbit hole, breaking a window, using as a bird bath, as a plumb line, as an abstract sculpture in an art exhibition. G. Research across different continents of the world shows that bilinguals tend to be more fluent, flexible, original and elaborate in their answers to this type of open-ended question. The person who can think of a few answers tend to be termed a convergent thinker. They converge onto a few acceptable conventional answers. People who think of lots of different uses for unusual items (e.g. a brick, tin can, cardboard box) are call divergers. Divergers like a variety of answers to a question and are imaginative and fluent in their thinking. H. There are other dimensions in thinking where approximately balanced bilinguals may have temporary and occasionally permanent advantages over monolinguals: increased sensitivity to communication. A slightly speedier movement through the stages of cognitive development, and being less fixed in the sounds of words and more centred on the meaning of words. Such ability to move away from the sound of words and fix on the meaning of words tends to be a (temporary) advantage for bilinguals around the ages four to six. This advantage may mean an initial head start in learning to read and learning to think about language.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences. 1. For more than , books and articles were wrong about the intelligence of bilingual children. 2. For approximately 40 years, there was a mistaken belief that children who spoke two languages were . 3. It was commonly thought that people with a single were more effective thinkers. 4. It was unfair to compare bilinguals and monolinguals by using _ in English. Choose the correct heading for paragraph B-G from the list of headings below. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix Example 5 6 7 8 9 10
No single definition of intelligence Faulty setting, wrong conclusion Welsh research supports IQ testing Beware: inadequate of testing intelligence International research support bilingualism Current thought on the advantage bilinguals have Early beliefs regarding bilingualism Monolinguals ahead of their bilingual peers Exemplifying the bilingual advantage paragraph A paragraph B paragraph C paragraph D paragraph E paragraph F paragraph G
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Write T (true), F (false) or NG (not given) for the following statements. 11. Balanced bilinguals have more permanent than temporary advantages over monolinguals. 12. Often bilinguals concentrate more on the way a word sounds than its meaning. 13. Monolinguals learn to speak at a younger age than bilinguals. 14. Bilinguals just starting school might pick up certain skills faster than monolinguals. 15. What is the most suitable title for the passage? A. Types of intelligence B. The use of IQ tests C. Bilingualism and intelligence in children D. A new discovery in bilingualism Your answers 1.
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PART IV: WRITING (6 points) Section 1: Chart writing The graph below shows the number of students who got prizes in the National exams for excellent students from 2008 to 2011 in three provinces. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make relevant comparisons where relevant.
Students with national prizes, 2008 - 2011 number of students
60 50 40 30
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Section 2: Essay writing The Ministry of Education and Training is planning to teach natural science subjects in English in the high school system in the coming years. Do you support the plan? Give reasons for your answer and include relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. You should write at least 250 words.
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM - ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH PART I: LISTENING (5 points) Section 1: 2,5 points 1. travel abroad 2. 4th/fourth 3. top 5 students
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its – their performances – performers message – messages share – to be shared direct – directly
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PART IV: WRITING (6 points) Section 1: 2 points Organisation: 0,4 Content: 0,8 Language use : 0,4 Spelling and grammar: 0,4 Section 2: 4 points Organisation: 1,0 Content: 1,5 Language use : 1,0 Spelling and grammar: 0,5 PART V: SPEAKING (4 points) 1. Fluency and coherence: 0,5 point - Ability to produce long responses - How easily the candidate can produce long responses - The amount of hesitation - The speed of speech - Use of discourse markers/ linking phrases/ connectives - The amount of self-correction 2. Lexical resources: 0,5 point - Ability to use less common words - Use of idiomatic language - Paraphrasing (explaining words that you don't know) - Ability to talk about unfamiliar topics - Ability to convey precise meaning 3. Grammatical range and accuracy: 0,5 point - Sentence formation - Use of clauses (subordinates etc.) - Use of complex structures - Range of tense use - Error density (the amount of errors in each sentence) - The level of errors (whether the errors occur in basic or complex structures) 4. Pronunciation: 0,5 point - How easily the examiner understands what is being said - Word stress - Sentence stress - Intonation - Evidence of first language accent.
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 01 (4 points) Do you think that a woman's place is in the home and married women should not go to work? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 02 (4 points) The habit of reading books has not been popular with the young these days. What do you think are the causes of this phenomenon? What solutions can you suggest to change their attitude towards reading books? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 03 (4 points) What volunteer activities can young people do to improve the community? What benefits do they gain from these activities? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 04 (4 points) Do you think that young people spend too much time studying, watching TV, playing on computers rather than taking part in outdoor activities? What solutions can you suggest to deal with this problem? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 05 (4 points) Why do many students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries? What difficulties can they face when studying abroad? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. ………………………………………… ….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not
exceed 5 minutes. Question 06 (4 points) An increasing number of young people are unable to find jobs after graduation. What are the causes of this phenomenon? What problems do you think youth unemployment causes to them and society? Get ready to talk to an audience about this phenomenon. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH YÊN BÁI
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C SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. ………………………………………… ….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 07 (4 points) What can you do to build a greener world for the future? Specify the reasons for your answer. G e t r e a d y t o t a l k
to an audi ence abou t this issu e. You can take note here. ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 08 (4 points) Should sex education be introduced into the high school curriculum? Specify the reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 09 (4 points) Do you think that increased violence in the media is related to the rise in crimes among the young? What solutions can you suggest to deal with this issue? Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 10 (4 points) What problems do teenagers often face today? What solutions can you suggest to deal with their problems? Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 11 (4 points) What are the negative effects of spending too much time on a hobby? What solutions can you suggest to deal with them? Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 12 (4 points) Which would you like to choose: Internet-based studying at home or going to school? Specify the reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about your choice. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 13 (4 points) Do you think teachers will be replaced by technology in classrooms? Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 14 (4 points) Why is it normally difficult for parents and children to understand each other? What solutions can you suggest to bridge the gap between them? Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 15 (4 points) What are the differences between women's roles in old times and those in the modern times? Specify the reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 16 (4 points) What changes would you make in the high school education system in your country if you were the minister of Ministry of Education and Training? Specify the reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about your opinion on this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 17 (4 points) What important skills should students learn in order to succeed in the world today? Specify the reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012 Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 18 (4 points) What are the main causes of stress that people experience nowadays? What solutions can you suggest to reduce stress? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 19 (4 points) Do you think it is necessary for students to go to extra classes or spend time with private tutors? What are the causes of this growing trend? Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN THAM DỰ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2013 - VÒNG 2 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Phần thi: Nói Thời gian: 10 phút Ngày thi: 12/11/2012
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………….. …………………………………………….. You have 5 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of full sentences and try to speak as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 5 minutes. Question 20 (4points) What measures should the government and individuals in your country take to protect the environment? Give specific reasons for your answer. Get ready to talk to an audience about this issue. You can take note here. …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… …………………………………
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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2013 - 20014 Khoá ngày 28 tháng 03 năm 2014 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 THPT Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề thi này có 05 trang)
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Họ và tên:..................................... Số báo danh:................................
Lưu ý: * Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. * Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển. * Giám thị không hướng dẫn hoặc giải thích gì thêm.
SECTION ONE: LISTENING Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được ghi âm 2 lần. Giữa 2 lần ghi âm của mỗi phần và giữa các phần có một khoảng thời gian chờ. Part 1. Listen to the story on the tape and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). (5pts) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Easter Sunday was a cloudy day. The Easter egg hunt started at about 10:00 p.m. The kids were from two to six years old. Amanda found her first egg less than five minutes after the horn blew. The Easter egg hunt was over in one hour.
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Part 2. Fill in the following blanks according to what you hear. (10pts) People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is (6)..............books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City (7).......................................................have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have. But how do you (8)............... this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “sold out” year after year. People (9).......................................half an hour for a parking space to become available. This outdoor festival, sponsored by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was estimated at 70,000 on Saturday and (10)......................................on Sunday. The festival featured 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an (11)............. question-and-answer period following (12)....................talk. Autograph seekers sought out more than 150 authors. A food court sold all kinds of popular and ethnic foods, from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking (13)............................., the festival was free. Even so, some people avoided the food court prices by sneaking in their own sandwiches and drinks. People came from all over California. One couple drove down from San Francisco. “This is our sixth year here now. We love it,” said the husband. “It’s just (14)............... to be in the great outdoors, to be (15)..................................................so many books and authors, and to get some very good deals, too.” SECTION TWO: PHONETICS Part 1. Pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (3pts) 16. 17. 18.
A. promote A. orchestra A. gull
B. promise B. orchard B. skull
C. proper C. chord C. dull
D. profit D. chaos D. bull
Part 2. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. (2pts) 19.
A. experiment
B. fabulous
C. merchandise
D. influence
Page
20.
A. comprehend
B. adequate
C. individual
D. unexpected
SECTION THREE: LEXICO - GRAMMAR Part 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (10pts) 21. Those robbers were.....................to five years’ imprisonment. A. given B. sent C. allowed D. sentenced 22. I wish you wouldn’t smoke. Why don’t you give..........................? A. it up B. up C. up it D. it away 23. The vase is definitely not....................., but just a very good imitation. A. real B. factual C. genuine D. true 24. Jack and Mary that repaired the window the other day. A. That was B. There were C. It was D. They were 25. She asked such a silly question that I couldn’t………….. . A. help laughing B. stop laughing C. help to laugh D. stop to laugh 26. Mr. Smith is the author of the story.....................have just read. He was a very famous writer. A. who you B. that C. about which D. you 27. She..................hasn’t replied to the letter I sent two weeks ago. A. still B. yet C. already D. ever 28. many times I tell him, he always forgets to pass on phone messages. A. Wherever B. Whatever C. However D. Whenever 29. I am.....................tired to think about that problem at the moment. A. simply B. far too C. much more D. nearly 30. I am going to do.....................shopping. Do you want anything? A. a B. the C. a lot D. Ø Part 2. Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms. (5pts) 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
I’m broke! If only I (not/spend)....................all my money. Come in please. I (wait)...................for you long. The room (fill)...............with boxes of different sizes which had been delivered the day before. Don’t leave until you (talk).....................to the headmaster about the problem. It was vital that everything (do)........................on time.
Part 3. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (10pts) One Sunday morning Aunt Emily made an announcement. She told us (36).................that she was going to take us on a cruise! I was surprised, knowing how (37).........................a holiday like that could be. We weren’t a (38)...................family, but we had put some of our (39).....................for the holiday. When the day of our (40)..................finally came, we were delighted and thrilled to see how huge and (41)...............................................the ship looked. Our cruise liner sailed elegantly out to sea and our holiday began. But it was such a (42)..............................! There was so little to do on board. The (43)...............almost drove us mad. We visited several ports, but we didn’t have the (44).................. to do what we wanted. We had to follow a very tight schedule of guided tours and visits to museums. It was a (45)...................................holiday!
HAPPY EXPENSE WEALTH SAVE DEPART LUXURY DISAPPOINT BORE FREE DISASTER
Part 4. Complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each one once only. There is one extra phrasal verb that you do not need to use. (5pts)
take advantage of
stand for
come across
take it easy
make sense of
take after
46. A: “I’m nervous about my interview.” B: “..............................You’ll make a better impression if you are relaxed.” 47. A: “My roommate is from Italy.” B: “You should...........................this opportunity to learn some Italian.” 48. The teacher won’t..............................cheating. When she caught one student cheating on the midterm exam, she gave him a zero on that test. 49. What a confusing movie! I couldn’t.................................it. 50. We were on our way to college when we............................some dancers. They were doing a beautiful dance in the street. SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION Part 1. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Choose A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. (10pts) What does a personal trainer do? I meet each client to discuss what he or she is looking for. It could be anything from improving general fitness to losing - or, in a few cases, (51)........... weight. I then devise a training programme for them which I think will help them to achieve their (52).............. . If they have had anything (53)..............with them, say a back injury, I speak to their doctor who will (54)............................me what not to do. If someone eats and drinks too much, it’s easy to suggest they (55)..............., but if that doesn’t (56)......................, I look at their diet. I prefer to train on a one-to-one basis, though I do sometimes work with (57)...............if they are friends and want to train together. Who needs a personal trainer? I think most of people do. A trainer will push you to try (58)............... . You achieve 20 percent more than you could train alone, no (59)..............................how dedicated you are. I’ve got a lot of Americans on my books, and actually prefer them. (60). most Brits, who still haven’t really got the idea, Americans know how to work out. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
A. adding A. hope A. ill A. persuade A. cut out A. work A. crowds A. stronger A. matter A. Compared
B. gaining B. intention B. bad B. advise B. cut off B. function B. couples B. better B. point B. Contrary
C. putting C. aim C. off C. suggest C. cut back C. manage C. twins C. more C. way C. Different
D. finding D. wish D. wrong D. order D. cut down D. advance D. doubles D. harder D. doubt D. Unlike
Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. (10pts) Over the last few years, there has been more interest in the subject of history, perhaps because historical documentaries (61)..........television have attracted large viewing audiences. Historians who often complain (62) lack of interest in their subject should be delighted at this development, should (63).................? According to a survey, more people are applying for places at university, and the number of those wanting to study history (64)..............increased. However, professors of history are (65). ......................particularly happy about this increase and have expressed concern about the quality of their students. They claim that most of (66).............first-year students have never read a history book and do not have the skills to study the subject (67)..............................................depth. TV programmes make students think that story studying is (68)..............simple as storytelling. Documentaries oversimplify the subject and concentrate on personalities in an attempt to attract audiences. On the other hand, traditional historians could learn (69)........................to tell a story from the makers of such documentaries. Many historians do not have good narrative skills, which is (70). so many history books are not popular with readers.
Part 3. Read the text below and choose the most suitable heading from A-G for each part (71-75) of the article. There is an extra heading which you do not need to use. An example is given. (5pts) HOW TO GET THE JOB OF YOUR DREAM
A. DECIDE ON A DREAM B. BE AMBITIOUS C. GET INFORMED D. BE POSITIVE E. GET EXPERIENCE F. BE REALISTIC G. USE YOUR CONTACTS
D
The main complaint from young people these days seems to be “ I don’t know what I want to do” followed closely by “ It’s pointless trying anyway.” Times have changed and the job market is not what it was with even graduates living off state unemployment benefits. But there is work if you want it, and if you are prepared to try hard and follow our handy and helpful plan for Getting The Job of Your Dreams, you can still find your first foothold on the career ladder.
71 Compromise, improvise and give up your ideas of walking straight into a company director’s job and you may well find that later rather than sooner you are engaged in doing a useful and rewarding job.
72 Think about what you would like to do. If you hate children, forget about primary school teaching. If you can’t stand writing, forget about journalism. Do you want to work abroad? Do you want to work in an office? Be imaginative. Don’t limit yourself to what you want to be, but to what you like to do. And watching telly doesn’t count!
73 If you like listening to people’s problems and helping your friends out when they are in tricky situations, you should find out about the kind of jobs which involve this sort of work. Psychotherapy, social work, teaching, and personnel management are some of the jobs you could do. Find out what you would have to do in the job, and how you could get qualified.
74 Get in touch with people you know who already have your dream job. Ask to spend a day “shadowing” them. They can explain how they got where they are today, the pros and cons, the salary and other details and you can get first-hand experience of what the job involves.
75 It’s not too late to volunteer your free time for the sake of your curriculum vitae. Write off and offer your services free. Then impress your colleagues by learning fast and being nice to everyone. Who knows, they may even offer you a job. And you can still claim unemployment benefit while you are volunteering, so long as you make an effort to find paid employment.
SECTION FIVE: WRITING Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (10pts) 76. They think the owner of the house is abroad. →The owner.............................................................................................. 77. How long is it since they bought the car? →When...................................................................................................... 78. The room still needs cleaning. →The room hasn’t..................................................................................... 79. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money. →If it were................................................................................................ 80. I’ve never met such a famous person before. →It’s......................................................................................................... 81. The storm blew the roof off the house. →The house had....................................................................................... 82. Joe is now sorry that he didn’t accept the job. →Joe now wishes..................................................................................... 83. Just as she put the phone down, it rang again. →Scarcely................................................................................................ 84. The boy was too frightened to hide behind the sofa. →So.......................................................................................................... 85. These new machines have put an end to queuing. →Before these ......................................................................................... Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. (5pts) 86. There were so many people on the train that I couldn’t get a seat. →The train was..............................................nowhere for me to sit. 87. Why didn’t you tell me I was wrong? →You...............................................I was wrong. 88. Carole is the only person I know who enjoys homework. →I don’t know.......................................Carole who enjoys homework. 89. The last exercise was very difficult. This one is easy. →This exercise is.................................................the last one. 90. He seems not to care about anything. →He acts................................................to him.
crowded told apart much matters
Part 3. Essay writing. (10pts) It is better to study English in an English-speaking country. To what extent do you agree with this view? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience. You should write at least 200 words. …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ------THE END------
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Khoá ngày 28 tháng 03 năm 2014
Tống số điểm toàn bài: 100 điểm Làm đúng mỗi câu, cho 1,0 điểm. Bài luận cho tối đa 10,0 điểm. Sau khi cộng toàn bộ số điểm, giám khảo quy về hệ điểm 10, không làm tròn số. SECTION ONE: LISTENING Part 1. Part 2.
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. comic
7. libraries
8. explain
9. wait
10. 75,000
11. audience
12. each
13. fee
14. fantastic
15. among
SECTION TWO: PHONETICS Part 1. 16. A
17. B
19. A
20. B
18. D
Part 2
SECTION THREE: LEXICO - GRAMMAR Part 1. 21. D 26. D
22. A 27. A
23. C 28. C
24. C 29. B
25. A 30. B
Part 2. 31. had not/ hadn’t spent 34. have talked
32. have been waiting 35. (should) be done
33. was filled
36. happily 39. savings 42. disappointment 45. disastrous
37. expensive 40. departure 43. boredom
38. wealthy 41. luxurious 44. freedom
46. Take it easy 49. make sense of
47. take advantage of 50. came across
48. stand for
Part 3.
Part 4.
SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION Part 1. 51. B 56. A
52. C 57. B
53. D 58. D
54. B 59. A
55. D 60. D
1
Part 2.
Part 3.
61. on
62. about/of
63. they
64. has
65. not/never
66. their
67. in
68. as
69. how
70. why
71. F
72. A
73. C
74. G
75. E
SECTION FIVE: WRITING Part 1.
Part 2.
76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85.
The owner of the house is thought to be abroad. When did they buy the car? The room hasn’t (yet) been cleaned. If it were not for the money, this job would not be worthwhile. It’s the first time I have (ever) met such a famous person. The house had its/the roof blown off by/ in/ during/ as a result of the storm. Joe now wishes (that) he had accepted the job. Scarcely had she put the phone down when it rang again. So frightened was the boy that he hid behind the sofa. Before these new machines were invented, people/ we had to/had had to queue/ had queued.
86. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for me to sit. 87. You should have told me I was wrong. 88. I don’t know anyone (else)/ anybody/ a single person apart from Carole who enjoys homework. 89. This exercise is much easier than the last one. 90. He acts as if/ though nothing matters to him. Part 3. - Nội dung, ý tưởng (5 điểm): Nêu được ý tưởng, lý do một cách rõ ràng, có sức thuyết phục. - Kỹ thuật viết (5 điểm): Bố cục rõ ràng, hành văn mạch lạc, tự nhiên, đúng văn phong, đúng ngữ pháp, dùng từ, cấu truc phong phú, chính xác. ------THE END -----
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH lớp 12 – THPT (Bảng B) Ngày thi: 15/3/2014 (Thời gian: 180 phút – không kể thời gian phát đề)
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Nhắc nhở thí sinh: Điền đầy đủ thông tin của cá nhân; Đề thi và bài làm có 12 trang, thí sinh kiểm tra số trang, chất lượng bản in trước khi làm bài; Bài NGHE gồm 03 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 02 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây; Bài làm bằng bút mực hoặc bút bi, không làm bằng bút chì kể cả phần trắc nghiệm; THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI NGAY TRÊN TẬP ĐỀ NÀY (VIẾT CÂU TRẢ LỜI VÀO PHẦN YOUR ANSWERS ĐƯỢC CUNG CẤP HOẶC VÀO CÁC PHẦN TRỐNG Ở CÁC CÂU HỎI (Ở CÁC PHẦN KHÔNG CÓ YOUR ANSWERS); Không sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu nào trong quá trình làm bài. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Phòng: ……………
Lớp: ……………………Trường … …………………………………………………………
Họ, tên và chữ ký giám thị 1
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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TỈNH (THPT - BẢNG B) - NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 - TIẾNG ANH lớp 12
SỐ PHÁCH
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Điểm bài thi đã quy đổi Bằng số Bằng chữ
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SỐ PHÁCH
I. LISTENING: (30 ms) Section 1: Questions 1-10 (10 ms) You will hear a man arranging to get a telephone connection. (Questions 1-10) Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
CLEARPOINT TELEPHONE COMPANY Customer Order Form Order taken by:
Ms Jones
Name:
Harold (1)
Address:
(2)
_ Fulton Avenue, apartment 12
Type of service:
(3)
_
Employer:
Wrightsville Medical Group
Occupation:
(4)
Workphone:
(5)
_
_ Time at current job: (6) _ Special services:
(7)
_ (8)
Section 2: Questions 11 - 20 (10 ms) You will hear a conversation between a student and a librarian. (Questions 11-14) Complete the following information. Surname
(11)
Given name
Garba
Local address
(12)
Home address
Lagos, Nigeria
Date of birth
(13)
Course
(14)
(Questions 15-17) Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. 15. How many other UK universities have libraries open 24 hours? 16. What size photocopies are available at the library? 17. How many entries are there on the library database?
(Questions 18-20) Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. 18. It is not necessary to be
on the lower floor of the library.
19. On the upper floor of the library are
.
20. It is not always necessary to make an appointment to use the
room.
Section 3: Questions 21-30 (10 ms) (Questions 21-30) You are going to hear two friends, Scott and Melissa, discussing three fitness centres in their area. Listen and complete the information in the table. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each gap. Name Sweatshop
(24)
What’s available (21)
,
weights
Price
Where
Phone number
(22)
Town centre
(23)
£180 a year
Near station
(26)
(30)
Out of town
gym, (25) , yoga (28)
(27)
,
sauna, (29) aerobics,
, free
car
park
II. VOCABULARY – GRAMMAR: (60 ms) (Questions 31-35) Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (5 ms) 31. A. commune
B. security
C. punctuality
D. distribute
32. A. weather
B. growth
C. wealthy
D. geothermal
33. A. pleased
B. raised
C. practiced
D. used
34. A. collect
B. common
C. modest
D. accomplish
35. A. loves
B. laughs
C. theories
D. belongings
Your answers:
31. …………
32. …………
33. …………
34. …………
35. …………
(Questions 36-40) Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others. (5 ms) 36. A. installation
B. disadvantage
C. dissatisfied
D. disappointed
37. A. nature
B. dangerous
C. interfered
D. devastating
38. A. fertilizer
B. interference
C. maintenance
D. offspring
39. A. interference
B. consequences
C. electricity
D. entertainment
40. A. fertilize
B. deliver
C. imagine
D. destroy
Your answers:
36. …………
37. …………
38. …………
39. …………
40. …………
(Questions 41-60) Choose the answer A, B, C, or D which best completes each sentence. (20 ms) 41. About half of the rope................is used by the marine and fishing industries. A. producing
B. having produced
C. produced
D. to be producing
42. She..........anything she wanted, but she decided to remain a simple housewife with the man she loved. A. was becoming
B. might become
C. could have become
D. had to become
43. You..........very hard on this assignment, or you would have done a better job. A. would not work
B. did not use to work
C. should not have worked
D. must not have worked
44. Paleontologists have come to no definite conclusions as to ...... there have been periodic mass extinctions throughout prehistory. A. what
B. why
C. which
D. that
45. The man............of the murder hasn’t been brought to trial yet. A. suspect
B. having suspected
C. suspecting
D. suspected
46. Nowadays too many people work too hard in offices and get too little exercise;...................................they tend to eat unhealthy convenience food because they do not have time to shop or cook. A. furthermore
B. on the contrary
C. for fear that
D. the opposite
47. ...... the high rate of crime, the police have been granted extraordinary powers to stop and search people. A. Due to
B. Unless
C. For
D. If
48. Stop by my office so that we can have a chat about that,..........................? A. can we
B. are you
C. shall we
D. will you
49. I had ...... got home...............people began ringing to ask what was going on. A. neither / nor
B. the sooner / that
C. either / or
D. hardly / when
50. Robin Hood, ...... the ideal of the common people of England in the later Middle Ages, stands for liberty and the rights of the people against unjust laws and the tyranny of the nobles. A. represent
B. to represent
C. represented
D. representing
51. The robbery, ...... by a number of people in broad daylight, was one of the boldest...................................in this city. A. witnessed / to have been committed
B. to be witnessed / committing
C. to witness / being committed
D. witnessing / committed
52. ...... of the countries we visited in Europe was cheap, though............................were more expensive than others. A. Any / everywhere
B. No / nowhere
C. None / some
D. All / others
53. I could not find him when I needed him, now that he wants to borrow money, I cannot get rid of him. A. In case
B. Much as
C. Because
D. As though
54. Tonight, I............a 1500-word essay for my literature class tomorrow, so I’d better get started. A. am supposed to write
B. ought to be written
C. should have written
D. would rather written
55. hard he tried, he simply could not forget the girl he had met during the summer. A. Provided
B. Even though
C. However
D. Despite
56. It was not until he left her with three children and no means of support that Mary realised that she ...... Jake. A. didn’t have to marry
B. might not have married
C. couldn’t have married
D. shouldn’t have married
57. we can get our bags through customs without having to pay duty remains to be seen. A. Whether
B. Although
C. In case
D. Despite
58. It’s a shame you were so late. ...... have eaten most of the food and there is.................................left. A. Others / none
B. The others / little
C. Everybody / not much
D. Everyone / a little
59. No one has ever got a close enough look to be sure exactly ...... the asteroids are or................................they came from. A. when / how
B. what / where
C. why / which
D. who / what
60. I’m sure the president was sorry ...... in such a manner because, later, it was impossible to get journalists............about anything else. A. having behaved / writing
B. to behave / to be writing
C. to be behaving / written
D. to have behaved / to write
Your answers: 41. …………
42. …………
43. …………
44. …………
45. …………
46. …………
47. …………
48. …………
49. …………
50. …………
51. …………
52. …………
53. …………
54. …………
55. …………
56. …………
57. …………
58. …………
59. …………
60. …………
(Questions 61-70) Use the numbered word to form a word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. (10 ms) (61) STAND / (62) SUCCESS / (63) SURE / (64) DEVOTION / (65) NOTICE / (66) ARRANGE / (67) ROYAL / (68) ADMIT / (69) CHARACTER / (70) COMMENCE THE BEATLES - THE GREATEST ROCK ’N’ ROLL BAND OF ALL TIME There have been in the history of rock ’n’ roll a lot of artists that at one time were considered (61) ...... phenomena. After some time these stars appeared to be just a passing fad. However, some artists have (62) ...... in grasping the attention of the world until the present. The Beatles (63) ...... belong to them. The Beatles achieved enormous commercial success racking up more worldwide number-one singles and selling more records than any other band in the history of popular music. The Fab Four also had really (64) ...... fans, which was particularly (65) at the peak of Beatlemania between 1963 and 1971. Crowds were screaming at the Beatles’ concerts, girls fainted at the very sight of them, and wherever the Boys went, there were hysterical hordes of fans in pursuit, so that police protection was a must. In fact, the Beatles’ security (66) ...... cost more than those for (67) or top politicians. The bands’ status stems not only from their immense popularity but also from their artistic value. Though (68)..............a fair number of the Beatles’ songs are sweet and simple with trivial lyrics, they were only (69)............of the (70).............of the bands’ activity. Your answers: 61. …………
62. …………
63. …………
64. …………
65. …………
66. …………
67. …………
68. …………
69. …………
70. …………
(Questions 71-80) Fill each of the numbered spaces in this passage with ONE suitable word. (10 ms) 71-72. I couldn’t (71) …… laughing when I saw my brother falling (72) …… a horse. 73-74. (73) …… wouldn’t have been so much noise about the redundancies, (74) …… they informed their workers beforehand.
75-77. The man with (75) …… I spoke a (76) …… minutes ago is a CEO, which stands (77) …… Chief Executive Officer. 78-80. I’ll give you my phone number in case there (78) …… be any more pressing questions (79) …… give attention (80) …… . Your answers: 71. …………
72. …………
73. …………
74. …………
75. …………
76. …………
77. …………
78. …………
79. …………
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(Questions 81-90) In most lines of the following text, there is ONE unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Cross out (example) the word or tick (√) the line as a correct one. (10 ms) CORAL REEFS 81. Indonesia’s coral reefs are in a trouble. Coral mining, industrial pollution and ..................................... 82. toxic agricultural runoff all play a role in their destruction, but the fishermen ....................................... 83. have been being the worst offenders. They not only bomb fish but also poison ..................................... 84. them with cyanide, an equally destructive practice. Fishermen are also among ..................................... 85. in the biggest potential victims of the devastation. Two thirds of Indonesia’s 7,000 ............................. 86. coastal villages are adjacent to coral reefs and thus are depend for their livelihood ............................... 87. on the harvest of reef fish and crustaceans. The disappearing reefs are already ..................................... 88. leading back to a dramatic decline in the productivity of coastal fisheries and to .................................. 89. increasing turf wars among fishermen for the remaining of spoils. Indonesia’s ..................................... 90. reefs are vast - they cover for 51,000 square kilometres, surround 17,500 islands ................................. 0. and stretch 3,500 kilometres from Sumatra to Irian Jaya but they are not much infinite. …much… 00. Many foreign experts and Indonesians fear that the region’s entire marine environment …√… could be seriously and irreversibly damaged if the reefs keep dying at their present rate. adapted from “Saving the Coral Reefs” in “Newsweek” Nov. 12, 2001 III. READING: (50 ms) (Questions 91-100) Choose the answer A, B, C, or D which best completes each sentence. (10 ms) 91. until you’ve worked here for one year. A. You didn’t really understand the job B. You might have received a generous salary C. The company failed to increase its profits D. You won’t be eligible for promotion
92. , advances in medicine have also led to the present threat of worldwide over-population. A. While they’ve undoubtedly improved the quality of our lives B. Although sometimes more than one form of therapy is used to treat an illness C. Because they have played an important part in raising our standard of living D. Once dreaded annual events, polio epidemics are now mentioned only in history books 93. I admit that I should have confirmed the reservations, ...... . A. considering the fact that there have never been any problems before B. but I really thought everything had been taken care of C. so you could have done it as well, had you thought of it D. so that we won’t have to bother looking for accommodation 94. Whenever there is an international incident, ...... . A. the United Nations was not able to solve it B. powerful nations try to use it to their advantage C. it has not been fair to expect too much of the United Nations D. athletic competitions have certainly stimulated good-will between nations 95. It is essential that no one leaves the building ...... . A. so that the building is very crowded B. until the police have checked everyone’s identity C. as though everyone was still inside D. yet it is still possible that there were a lot of people inside at the time 96. , sometimes things all work out for the best. A. Though it can be quite disappointing not to get to the university you set your heart on B. Because in some countries there is no longer any compulsory military service C. We all had a great time hiking through the woods last weekend D. I’ve never seen such a terrible hotel or eaten at such a bad restaurant 97. , most citizens of the sultanate actually live in poverty. A. Since the Sultan of Brunei is one of the wealthiest people in the world B. Considering that the largest concentration of urban population is in Brunei’s capital, Bandar Seri Begawan C. Because Brunei earns billions of dollars a year from petroleum exports D. Although the average income in Brunei is among the world’s highest 98. The cost of living in Alaska is extremely high, ...... . A. as the price of petrol there is surprisingly low B. whereas Eskimos live in ice houses called igloos C. due to the fact that only about 500,000 people live there D. because nearly everything has to be imported
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Cashmore’s argument is that despite women’s exclusion from most sports for the first half of this century, they have caught men up rather rapidly. Women’s best times in the marathon have improved by an average per year of 2 minutes 47 seconds while men’s have improved by a mere 66 seconds. 111. It can be inferred from this passage that Cashmore believes that ... A. modern medicine is based more on myth than on genuine scientific fact B. sociologists are better qualified to discuss human anatomy than medical researchers C. in the last three centuries, there have been significant changes in the anatomy of women D. there’s no good reason why men and women shouldn’t compete against each other in sport 112. According to the passage, 19th century anatomists ... A. were surprised to learn that there were hardly any differences between men and women B. were Claiming that women shouldn’t be excluded from various sports C. discovered that, apart from the obvious differences, men and women were alike D. supported the idea that women were physically weaker than men Stuttering is the term given to the condition in which the sufferer speaks with difficulty because he or she cannot easily say the first sound of a word. Overall, there are about 50 million stutters in the world. Despite decades of research, the cause of stuttering is not known, though - contrary to popular opinion - it is not thought to be caused by emotional distress. Some believe it might be caused genetically, but scientists have been unable to pinpoint the actual reasons. What is known, however, is that it affects four times more men than women, and that 25% of all children go through a stage of development during which they stutter. Stuttering can be extremely demoralising. Those who are severely affected often attempt to avoid speaking situations altogether. 113. The passage tells us that stuttering ... A. is passed down genetically from fathers to sons B. usually stems from the sufferer experiencing a sudden shock C. is a type of speech problem that affects a large number of people D. can be avoided by neglecting to say the initial sounds of words 114. We learn from the passage that scientists ... A. know that stuttering is genetic, but haven’t found the gene that causes it B. doing research into stuttering generally agree with public opinion C. have not yet been able to determine exactly what causes stuttering D. have discovered that both genetics and psychology cause stuttering 115. It is implied in the passage that stuttering ... A. will always cause people suffering from it to be unable to speak at all B. can be avoided by trying not to speak around too many people
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No further explanation may be asked or given. Examinees are strictly forbidden to use other materials, including dictionaries. Violation of this rule may result in instantaneous disqualification. SECTION ONE. PHONETICS Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 1. A. seasonality B. conservatory D. discordant 2. A. rejection B. regardless D. religiously 3. A. assessment B. passages D. pessimism 4. A. elaborate B. gracious D. maximum 5. A. hallucinate B. industrialist D. tuxedoed Part 2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 6. A. amicable B. agreeable D. arguable 7. A. renaissance B. remonstrate D. relevance 8. A. orchestrating B. bedevilment D. poignancy 9. A. foliage B. dislocate D. personnel 10. A. domesticity B. conductress D. stentorian Your answers 1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 8. SECTION TWO. LEXICO–GRAMMAR Part 3. Choose the word that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. 11. In the morning, she always ……… coffee, without which she cannot work properly.
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A. craves B. hinders C. negates D. heeds There was a lot of ……… as throngs of people tried to see the famous actor walking through the mall. A. stamina B. discipline C. counsel D. commotion My friend is so ……… – she never believes people are telling the truth. A. domestic B. erudite C. cynical D. crucial Deciding what ……… to focus on in university can be a difficult decision. A. freebie B. mentor C. perseverance D. discipline When the forces on an object are balanced, you can say that the object is in ……… . A. collusion B. equilibrium C. collision D. incubation Due to the snowstorm, there was a slight.............in my flight time. A. corollary B. plateau C. culprit D. delay He has been trying to improve his grades but instead, they have remained as as possible. A. static B. oncoming C. parasitic D. virtual A trap.............disguise is what has come to be called a Trojan Horse. A. offered a gift of B. offers a gift in C. offering a gift to D. offered as a gift in I would.............eat out in an expensive restaurant than have dinner and do the washing at home. A. sooner B. likelier C. better D. prefer Then,.............opening the door, Jerry found that his house had been broken into. A. with B. on C. at D. during Even a few drops of this liquid would represent a............. a small child. A. lethal B. mundane C. terminal D. mortal I cannot open the envelope because it is ……… . A. concealed B. locked C. sealed D. secured The great leader was.............during a public forum, but no suspect has yet to be caught. A. murdered B. assassinated C. invaded D. terminated
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Part 4. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box. Each word can only be used once. Write your answers in the numbered box. under out at off over in through into down round up away 26. Computer games are not so interesting to me anymore – I have gone ……… it. 27. His parents pulled him ……… difficult periods of multiple financial problems. 28. The portly women were excited about going into the city to indulge ……… a lavish buffet. 29. He won simply because he was ……… no pressure to win. 30. As the team shakes ………, their performance should improve. 31. “Your credit card can be done ……… with already,” her father said. 32. I am not friends with David anymore – we have fallen ……… . 33. A great sense of relief flooded.............her when she heard that her father was all right. 34. I do not understand what he is driving ……… . 35. The animals can be blending.............the tall grass to avoid exposure. Your answers 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Part 5. Supply the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. Write your answers in the column on the right. The statistics on the safety of flying (36. BE) immensely comforting. It seems that the chances of being involved in an accident (37. BE) a million to one – the equivalent of flying safely everyday for 95 years. Try telling that to the white-faced, petrified aero-phobic, who (38. SEE) every frown on a stewardess’s face as a portent of disaster. For some years now, psychologist Henry Jones (39. TRY) to tell them, and he (40. DO) a lot more besides. He has developed both a theory and practice for treating air travel anxiety. Apparently, it is a widespread phobia. One American survey puts it as the fourth most common fear, preceded only by snakes, heights and storms. Jones has had nearly 500 clients during the last decade. Before they came to him, some of his clients (41. NEVER FLY), others had just one bad experience after years of flying. One man (42. TAKE) over 200 flights a year for 5 years and (43. NEVER WORRY) up till then. Then, one day on a flight to Chicago the pilot (44. ANNOUNCE) that they (45. GO) to turn back because of an engine fault. The man had a panic attack and tried to get off the plane in mid-air. After Jones’s course, the man overcame his fears and managed to fly again.
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Part 6. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the column on the right. Recently, researchers have been kept busy picking lettuces under cover of darkness, but there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this (46. APPEAR) bizarre experiment. Tests have shown that the vegetables 46. ............................. picked at night stayed fresh (47. CONSIDER) longer than those picked during the day, though the reason for 47. ............................. this improved (48. LONG) is unclear. Lunar gardeners claim to have known about the (49. BENEFIT) effects of nocturnal vegetable management 48. ............................. for years, and those gardeners who believe in environmentally friendly organic methods see the idea of 49. ............................. working with the moon’s influence as a continuation of their principles. They claim to be following a 50. ............................. tradition, long-established in various parts of the world, of working in harmony with the moon’s (50. GRAVITY) pull. In England, lunar gardening reached its zenith in the 16 th century, but the vagaries of the 51. ............................. 52. ............................. (51. PREDICT) climate meant that it survived only as part of an oral folklore tradition. (52. CONFUSE), several different and sometimes contradictory systems are practised today. Although all 53. ............................. of them focus on the effects of moonlight and the moon’s pull on the Earth’s water, the exact science remains 54. ............................. controversial. There are some (53. HORTICULTURE) who regard the ideas with (54. SCEPTIC). Others, however, are more encouraging and less (55. DISMISS), and advocate further research, even though no 55. ............................. discernible results have been forthcoming in support of any particular theory. SECTION THREE. READING Part 7. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered box. No one else in the group (56) ……… have been as relieved as I was to leave the dense forest. The thick (57) ……… had cut my knees and thighs and streaks of mud lined my shoes. On (58) ………, I was probably the most inappropriately dressed. I regretted not reading the itinerary before leaving the house. At the very least, I could have dressed suitably. The area ahead was much better. I walked more
confidently, even daring to walk (59) ……… the others instead of behind them. For a while, I continued (60) ……… at the ground, out of habit trying to search for places where the ground had already been (61) ……… on. We were about to stop for a break when Jason, the leader, (62) ……… suddenly. He held up both arms horizontally, forming a human barrier to prevent us from walking ahead. I nearly bumped (63) ……… him. Luckily, Ash gripped my arms to (64) ……… me. Any further movement from me would have been (65) ……… . 56. A. should B. must C. could D. need 57. A. undergrowth B. overgrowth C. outgrowth D. regrowth 58. A. retrospect B. hindsight C. thinking D. purpose 59. A. after B. outside C. alongside D. round 60. A. peeping B. regarding C. staring D. noticing 61. A. stridden B. stepped C. footed D. ambled 62. A. halted B. ceased C. settled D. braked 63. A. up B. off C. against D. after 64. A. becalm B. steady C. overrule D. collide 65. A. faithful B. needless C. wasted D. fatal Your answers 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Part 8. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. MIGRATION Various types of migration have occurred perpetually throughout history. The earliest evidence tells of groups of people who were hunter-gatherers and nomads. These people lived off the land that bordered their homes. When resources were used up, survival was a matter of finding more resources. Surprisingly, these groups were able to return to previous locations after several cycles of migration. The lives of nomads were not as gruelling as it was usually made out to be. Instead, their livelihood contributed to the ecological system and they were very much a crucial factor in the system. Nomadic life was plain and nomads possessed few personal assets. Their environment was their source of survival, not just for food and drink but also for basic items like tools. Clothes and jewellery were made from animal skin and beans respectively. It was not difficult to obtain the materials prerequisite for whatever they needed. The thought of rebuilding houses on a quotidian basis might seem daunting but it had become part and parcel of their daily routine. Everyone chipped in to help build the houses and quickly as possible. Contrary to popular belief, women were often seen joining pieces of wood together or packing straw and wood to form roofs. It is a wonder that each new home could be made as comfortable as the previous ones. During the onset of industrialisation, factory work was commonplace. Massive rural-urban migration took place. Thousands of workers shifted from farm to factory work. Assembly line work was supposed to provide a much better form of livelihood for these farmers than the rigorous work on the farm. However, the supply of homes could not keep up with the demand and squatters became the new homes of these workers. They were not better off in the city compared to the countryside. Hygiene was poor and there were exiguous water facilities. Overcrowding led to the outbreak of many diseases. Migratory farm labour was also common during the 1920s and 1930s. Unversed and without land, these farmers were forced to migrate from one state to another in America in search of jobs in the different farms. Jobs were aplenty during harvest time and luckily, these occurred at different times of the year, depending on the states. At any one harvest, about two hundred thousand workers might be needed. Fruit and berry crops required additional hands during harvest time but wheat played the most significant role in periodic rural migration. Besides harvesting, packing of berry crops and other fruits also required a large amount of help. Workers moved in groups together with their families. Each acre of land was assured of help from both the young and old. However, with technological advancement, there was fervent competition for jobs at the farms. From the planting to the harvesting and later the packing as well, less and less manual labour was needed. Five men replaced the three hundred men that used to perform a task and machinery was used for menial and repetitive work. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, pea-pickers were also another migrant group of workers who found it arduous to make ends meet. Staying in tents, these groups moved about from place to place. However, when the harvest was poor, there was little that could be done. Some of the men were actually workers in the city but many had lost their jobs. The pea-pickers, who were the women, were left to bear the brunt of taking care of the family. Large families with an average of seven children were commonplace. The lucky ones outlived the ordeal on frozen vegetables that they had obtained the season before. Throughout history, people have moved from one place to another in search of better jobs and opportunities. The hapless ones were usually the working lass. Without proper education and armed with manual skills, many of them were in the clutches of the inevitable technological advancements. Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the numbered box. 66. The word “perpetually” as used in the first line can be best substituted by the term ……… . A. outrageously B. particularly C. undyingly D. incessantly 67. Why were nomads able to live on very few assets? A. They were too satisfied to seek possessions of other things. B. They were able to manage with their assets. C. They retrieved other needed things from their environment. D. They made other things from natural materials. 68. Why does the writer mention “the supply of homes” and “exiguous water facilities” in the third paragraph? A. To lessen the lures of urban life. B. 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How did the Great Depression affect the pea-pickers? A. The introduction of machines made them redundant. B. They were left with the responsibility of family care. C. The crises left them in makeshift tents. D. They had to search for a longer time for food. 70. The word “exiguous” used in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to the word ……… . A. inadequate B. ample C. indulgent D. inexhaustible For each of the following sentences, decide whether they are true, false or not given by writing T, F or NG respectively in the numbered box. 71. The working class was forced to compete for their jobs in light of mechanisation. 72. Rural-urban migration resulted from the need for better living conditions. 73. Wheat harvesting required more farmhands than any other kinds of crops. 74. Metropolitan area observed minimal spreading of diseases. 75. Nomads are believed to have lived more exhaustingly than they actually did. Your answers 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Part 9. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered box. HOW MANY SENSES ARE THERE? The obvious answer is that there are five; but, (76) ……… most such answers, this one is wrong. In (77) ……… to the generally recognised sense of vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste, human beings (78)..............known to have a further one, called kinaesthesia, (79) ……… we are aware of the relative position of our limbs, the tensions in our muscles and (80)...............on. Clearly, then, psychics and fortune tellers should talk about having “a seventh sense” (81) ……… than a sixth! There has been a lot of debate, most (82)...............which has been conducted outside scientific circles, about the possible existence of (83)...............a sense – or, to be more accurate, set of senses. We generally refer to them collectively (84)..............ESP (Extra Sensory Perception), thereby embracing the supposed abilities of telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition. But in so (85) ………, we are probably – assuming that these abilities exist at (86)..................mixing chalk with cheese. Clairvoyance, for example, has (87) ……… little to do with precognition as vision (88)..............to do with touch. The problem is that we do not as (89) ……… have any way of knowing for sure and, (90)..............scientists reluctant to address the subject, answers may be a long way off. Your answers 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. SECTION FOUR. WRITING Part 10. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. 91. It will not hurt to tell her that you do not love her anymore. 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EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH SPECIMEN PAPER 1 ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. A 22. C 13. B 14. C 15. D 26. off 27. through 28. in 29. under 30. down 31. away 32. out 33. over 34. at 35. into 36. is 37. are 38. sees 39. has been trying 40. has done 41. had never flown 42. had taken 43. had never worried 44. announced 45. were going 46. apparently 47. considerably 48. longevity 49. beneficial 50. gravitational 51. unpredictable 52. Confusingly 53. horticulturists 54. scepticism 55. dismissive 56. C 57. A 58. B 59. C 60. C 61. B 62. A 63. C 64. B 65. D 66. D 67. C 68. B 69. B 70. A 71. T 72. NG 73. T 74. F 75. T 76. like 77. addition 78. are 79. whereby 80. so 81. rather 82. of 83. such 84. as 85. doing 86. all 87. as 88. has 89. yet 90. with 91. You have nothing to lose by telling her that you do not love her anymore. 92. I do not know how to make amends for forgetting his birthday last week. 93. The economy is starting to/is showing signs of recovery/recovering at last. 94. Sharon and I are not on speaking terms with each other. 95. I think she is now having second thoughts about coming with us. Part 11. For this part of the Paper, markers may refer to the following scheme of grading the composition: Contents (15 marks): The student must be able to: - Refer to a particular place and time. - Describe possible experiences - Explain reasons for this choice. Organisation and cohesion (15 marks): Clear paragraphing. May be in article or narrative format. Command of Language (15 marks): Language of description and evaluation. Vocabulary specific to the place and time. Handwriting and Presentation (10 marks): The student’s handwriting is intelligible and space is cleverly used.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION
EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH SPECIMEN PAPER 2 Concerned Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Approximate Time: 180 minutes Examination Date: …… / …… / ……
Student Name: .......................................................... .................. Class: .............................................. ........................................... School: ............................................. ..........................................
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No further explanation may be asked or given. Examinees are strictly forbidden to use other materials, including dictionaries. Violation of this rule may result in instantaneous disqualification.
SECTION ONE. LEXICO–GRAMMAR Part 1. Choose the word that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. 1. You may catch a ……… of the deer galloping in the forest. A. glimpse B. glance D. glaze 2. He is on ……… with you, I really do not know who to promote to manager. A. strength B. similar D. level 3. The squirrels are ……… nuts into their homes for the winter. A. picking B. stowing D. concerting 4. Animals with thick fur are well ……… in winter. A. hibernated B. sheltered D. incubated 5. Have you ……… the sale sign in front of your shop yet? A. displayed B. monitored D. demonstrated 6. I am sure that you are ……… enough to afford a luxurious car like that. A. standard B. influential D. effluent 7. The accountant ……… the company fund and ran away to another country. A. swallowed B. confiscated D. embezzled 8. She goes for a ……… once a week to ensure that her hands and nails are in good condition. A. massage B. trimming D. filing 9. It is impossible to miss the ……… of the Generation X in America. A. manifestation B. advancement D. acknowledgement 10. How are we going to reach you when you are staying in that ……… village? A. illusive B. hidden D. remote
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The government has been criticised for its new economic ……… . A. policy B. infrastructure C. constitution D. legislation 12. The spendthrift has been..............money out of his old parents. A. squeezing B. pressing C. torturing D. squandering 13. He has a strong.............to succeed. A. dream B. priority C. desire D. feeling 14. Henna is still very............, unaware of the cruel world outside. A. immature B. naïve C. childish D. pure 15. He..............his head as he listens to her approvingly. A. knots B. knocks C. kneads D. nods Your answers 1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 8. 11. 12. 13. Part 2. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box. Each word can only be used once. Write your answers in the numbered box. in out down off from aback 16. If you draw.............income from your investment too quickly, it may not last long. 17. They agreed to the policy.............the understanding that it would be to their benefits. 18. Pack it............, will you? Your guitar playing is getting on my nerves. 19. Further.............the road, some more policies are sure to be introduced. 20. Clever people never bite..............more than they can chew. 21. I think it would be fun to swan.............Europe in the summer.
22. That old, crazy man once claimed he was descended ……… William Shakespeare. 23. Without any information to bank on, we landed ourselves ……… the most boring job of the lot. 24. She gets so nervous at the thought of examinations that her mind completely blanks ……… . 25. She gambled.............the house even though it was not hers. Your answers 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24.
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Part 3. Match the verbs in column A with the appropriate prepositions in column B to fill in the blanks. Note that there are two extra pairs of verbs and prepositions. Make sure that the verbs are in the correct form. Each word may be used only once. There are two extra words in each column. Write your answers in the provided space. A B chase weigh keep go chalk get up to off for in after cease sue suit set hear bind of down out over along forward 26. We could not move fast because we were.............by bags of shopping. 27. When he first tried to.............for the basketball team, he harshly failed. 28. He is always..............young women. I wonder when he will get serious. 29. After she tried to.............divorce and the husband did not show up, the court granted her that wish. 30. What do you ……… your success.............to, luck or hard work? 31. He can always ……… his conversation.............whoever he is with. 32. Just make sure you ……… the tower.............sight. That way, you will not get lost. 33. The man always.............before seven o’clock to avoid traffic jams. 34. How are you.............in your new work? I hope everything is fine. 35. Do I know Fred Smith? No, I have never..............him. Your answers 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Part 4. Read the letter below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( ) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on the left. 36. ....................... I am writing to complain about our recent holiday, which involved several last-minute changes to the 37. ....................... arrangements, despite the fact that we had made our booking for several months in advance. The journey to the 38. ....................... coast took four hours longer than your brochure suggested. The coach which took us was far too much old and 39. ....................... the last part of the journey was terrifying, as if the driver tried to make up for the time we had lost. However, 40. ....................... this was nothing compared with our horror when we arrived at the hotel. Your advertisem*nt promised to us 41. ....................... large rooms with colour television. In fact, our bedroom was hardly that big enough to lie down in and the only 42. ....................... television was in the lounge. We did not go downstairs for an evening meal, but decided instead to go to the bed 43. ....................... straightaway. It was quite clear that we could not enjoy our holiday in this hotel. Your representative was no 44. ....................... help at all, so we had to find somewhere else to stay at for the rest of the week ourselves. I expect you to return 45. ....................... the money we paid for this trip, which it totally failed to live up to the claims in your brochure. Part 5. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the column on the right. FAST BRAIN WAVES Over half a century ago, scientists found that they could record the electrical signals of the brain at work. What at first appeared a random hotchpotch of activity became a pattern of elegant waves (46. 46. .................................. RHYTHM) determined. Ever since, scientists have wondered whether the secrets of our thoughts, (47. 47. .................................. PERCEIVE) and even (48. CONSCIOUS) itself might be hidden in the patterns of our brain waves. 48. .................................. The question of why we have brain waves is, (49. ARGUE), as hotly debated today as it was when the patterns were discovered. But the meaning, and even the existence, of fast rhythms in the alert brain is 49. .................................. 50. .................................. highly (50. CONTROVERSY). What is problematic is that you cannot perceive these rhythms directly, they are so well hidden in the 51. .................................. noise created by other brain activity, but many (51. SEARCH) now hold the (52. CONVINCE) that the 52. .................................. significance of these brain waves should not be (53. ESTIMATE). The latest suggestion is that the rhythms could be (54. DECIDE) in detecting progresses going on in 53. .................................. different regions of the brain. Some believe that these rhythms might even interact, and in doing so help 54. .................................. the brain to package information into (55. COHERE) thoughts. How we bring together these related 55. .................................. signals of the brain is a puzzle as yet unsolved. SECTION TWO. READING Part 6. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered box. SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY Sport as a spectacle and photography as a way of recording action have developed together. At the turn of the 20th century, Edward J. Muybridge was experimenting with photographs of movement. His pictures of a runner (56) ……… in every history of photography.
Another milestone was when the scientist and photographer Harold Edgerton (57) ……… the limits of photographic technology with his study of a (58) ……… of milk hitting the suffice of a dish. Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s, which made it possible for sports photographers to (59) ……… their cumbersome cameras behind. The arrival of television was a significant development in the transmission of sport. Paradoxically, it was of benefit to still photographers. People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (60) ……… the still image as a reminder of the game. Looking back, we can see how (61) ……… sports photography has changed. Early sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself. Contemporary sports photography (62) ……… the glamour of sport, the colour and the action. But the best sports photographers today do more than simply tell the story of the event, or make a ( 63) ……… of it. They (64) ……… in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the participants, emotions with which people looking at the photographs can (65) ……… . 56. A. exhibit B. show C. feature D. demonstrate 57. A. enlarged B. extended C. prolonged D. spread 58. A. splash B. drop C. dash D. drip 59. A. put B. keep C. lay D. leave 60. A. chose B. valued C. pointed D. cheered 61. A. highly B. radically C. extremely D. severely 62. A. outlines B. signals C. emphasises D. forms 63. A. preservation B. store C. mark D. record 64. A. seize B. grasp C. capture D. secure 65. A. identify B. share C. unite D. join Your answers 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Part 7. Read the following passage and answer the questions following the instructions given. Inflation is a dreaded situation among everyone all over the world. It normally occurs after a long period of changes but there are also intervals at which large and sudden increases in prices take place. When the supply of well-traded goods falls suddenly, the prices of the goods will rise. Whether inflation is to happen depends on the nature of the demand and supply of the goods. When demand increases, the prices of the goods will rise, especially if supply cannot keep up with the demand. It is common to see the price of fuel increasing when the supply of oil is disrupted. The supply and demand of a good determines the price at which it is sold. How many times have we seen items that have been collecting dust on shop shelves given a discount? When an item is popular, the price naturally increases. Suppliers increase the price when people are willing to pay more for the goods they want. Inflation is usually most pertinent in everyday items. These are usually necessities, like food, soap, shampoo and even clothes and shoes. It might be surprising to discover that such common items, most of which fetch an average of ten dollars, will be the hardest hit when changes occur in the economy. Luxury goods are only demanded by a small portion of the population and will hardly be affected by inflation. However, as more and more goods become part of everyday items, inflation begins to affect a wider spectrum of goods sold in the market. For example, in the past, air-conditioners and washing machines could only be found in homes for the rich. Today, they are a necessity in almost every household. Tribal groups are the hardest hit when inflation occurs in the country that they are residing in. For many of them, the opening up of their societies has exposed them to the different goods available in the world. In a bid to obtain these goods, many of them have to leave their homes and work in the city. For the less fortunate ones, they usually remain in the mountains and countryside, producing traditional handicraft on a massive scale. The only way for them to obtain goods sold in the towns is to earn money from the sale of their handicraft. Some of them have even opened their homes to tourists for a fee. When inflation occurs, goods that are affected are usually those that the tribal groups have set their sights on. Hence, the price of spices, material and household tools like cutlery become more expensive. On the other hand, the price of handicrafts remain the same. The situation is worsened when the tribes produce more handicraft to earn more. The uniqueness of such handicraft is the draw for many buyers and when produced on a massive scale, becomes less desirable. Inflation therefore affects different people differently. Besides the relationship between the type of goods that are desired and the type of goods that one has to offer for sale, inflation usually affects those in the lowest rungs of society. The little that they own can now buy much less than they could before. Answer the questions that follow by choosing A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the numbered box. 66. It can be inferred from the passage that ……… . A. tribal groups are the sole affected group of people during inflation B. items needed by less people are less affected by inflation C. people in the city find it harder to obtain goods D. inflation can be prevented by supplying more goods 67. Why does the writer mentions “items that have been collecting dust on shop” in the second paragraph? A. To show the extent to which demands affect prices. B. To demonstrate how the supply of goods is important. C. To state how difficult it is to find antiquities in shop. D. To exemplify the cause of inflation. 68. The word “disrupted” used in the first paragraph can best be replaced by ……… . A. permitted B. perceived C. obstructed D. precognitive 69. The word “spectrum” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to the word ……… . A. range B. power C. matter D. length
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Which of the following is not stated as a hindrance to the obtaining of spices by tribal groups during inflation? A. There is an increase in the price of spices. B. Prices of handicrafts remain unchanged by inflation. C. Too many handicrafts are produced leading to reduction in price. D. They are not allowed to go to the city. For each of the following sentences, decide whether it is true, false or not given by writing T, F or NG in the numbered box. 71. Inflation oftentimes affects those at the lowest ranks of the society. 72. Tribal members that leave to seek jobs in the city are more likely to suffer from inflation than others. 73. The only way for tribal groups to get goods sold in the towns is to sell their handicrafts or open their homes to tourists for a fee. 74. Monetary negotiations are often made during inflation. 75. Goods that sell badly are those not very demanded ones. Your answers 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Part 8. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered box. URBAN SPARROWS During the last 25 years, Britain’s urban sparrow population has declined by as much as two-thirds, and the bird has almost disappeared from many of (76) ……… former haunts. The decline has been blamed on (77) ……… from cats to garden pesticides. Moreover, modern buildings have far (78) ……… few nooks and crannies (79) ……… the birds can nest. Factors (80) ……… these may well be involved, but alone they (81) ……… to explain the severity of the decline, or the fact that other urban birds have been less affected. Denis Summers-Smith is the world’s leading expert on sparrows, so when he (82) ……… up with a theory to explain their decline, it has to be (83) ……… listening to. He suggests that the culprit is a chemical added to unleaded petrol. It would be deeply ironic if a policy that was intended to improve the nation’s health (84) ……… to prove responsible for the decline of (85) ……… of its favourite species. (86) ……… to Summers-Smith, social species such as the sparrow require a minimum population in a specific area to breed successfully. If, (87) ……… whatever reason, numbers drop (88) ……… this threshold, the stimulus to breed disappears. The most dramatic example is the passenger pigeon, (89) ……… in the late nineteenth century went from (90) ……… the world’s most common bird to total extinction within fifty years. Your answers 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. SECTION FOUR. WRITING Part 9. For Questions 91 – 115, write at least 150 words following the instruction below. The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION Concerned Subject: Approximate Time:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 180 minutes
EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH SPECIMEN PAPER 2 ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. C 3. B 6. C 7. D 8. C 11. A 12. A 13. C 16. down 17. on 18. in 21. about 22. from 23. with 26. weighed down 27. go out 28. chasing afte 31. suit to 32. keep in 33. sets off 36. 37. for 38. much 41. that 42. the 43. 46. rhythmically 47. perception(s) 48. consciousne 51. researchers 52. conviction 53. underestima 56. C 57. B 58. B 61. B 62. C 63. D 66. B 67. A 68. C 71. T 72. F 73. F 76. its 77. everything/anything 78. too 81. fail 82. comes 83. worth 86. According 87. for 88. below/benea Part 9. For this part of the Paper, markers may refer to the following sc Contents, Organisation and Cohesion (8 marks): The student must - Summarise key features of both charts. - Identify clear trends and support them with appropriate figures - Organisation is clearly clever and progressive in showing the a Command of Language (5 marks): The student employs a good ran structures. Handwriting and Presentation (2 marks): The student’s handwritin Part 10. For this part of the Paper, markers may refer to the following Contents (11 marks): The student can show clear, pondering reason Organisation and cohesion (11 marks): Clear paragraphing and coh Command of Language (11 marks): The student employs a good ra structures. Handwriting and Presentation (2 marks): The student’s handwritin Example Answer (Part 9). The first graph shows that there is a gradual decrease in study for caree study for their career. This percentage gradually declines by 10 – 20% e over 49 years old studying for career reasons in late adulthood. Conversely, the first graph also shows that study stemming from interes studying out of interest. The percentage increases slowly till the begin adulthood. Nearly same number of 40 – 49 years old study for career an in comparison to 18% studying for career reasons in that age group. The second graph shows that employer support is maximum (approxim to 32% up to the third decade of life, and then increases in late adultho only for career-focused study, but the highest level is for those students w Examiner’s Comment. This answer summarises the key features of both charts and integrat appropriately-selected figures. The answer could only be improved by ad The information is well organised, with a clearly-signalled progression. is occasional omission. Paragraphing is used well initially, but lapses in t A very good range of vocabulary is used to convey the information conc are used precisely and there are no errors in spelling or word form. A wide range of structures is used and most sentences in this answer are this answer.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION SPECIMEN PAPER III
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English Language Examination Examination Date: … / … / …… Approximate Time: 120 minutes Marker’s Signature Marks Detached Part Number:
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Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same line. 1. A. celebration B. telecommuter C. energising D. commentator 2. A. access B. dragonfly C. tradition D. popularity 3. A. subscribe B. observance C. resolute D. represent 4. A. precession B. outcrosses C. associate D. possibly 5. A. competitive B. controversial C. promote D. commercial 6. A. raspberries B. spaciousness C. aspersed D. waspishly Part 2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line. 7. A. facsimile B. influenza C. conscientiously D. multimedia 8. A. inapplicable B. congenially C. diagonally D. recoverable 9. A. collaborate B. commercially C. fluctuation D. impractical 10. A. mysteriously B. necessarily C. originally D. elaborately 11. A. continuous B. scandalous C. malicious D. delicious 12. A. mutagenesis B. socialisation C. immobility D. xylophonic SECTION TWO. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Part 1. Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) placed before the option that best completes each sentence. 13. People in this village has an ……… appetite for news. A. inevitable B. inexorable C. insatiable D. inedible 14. I could not believe that she, of all people, was such a ……… to you. A. brute B. harrow C. nuance D. philistine 15. The pupils are very fond of their teacher because she is as ……… as a mother. A. gentle B. devoted C. gracious D. wise 16. The girl was ……… to tears by the sight of the famine victims. A. changed B. turned C. pushed D. moved 17. We were ……… that the three-year-old child could actually speak a foreign language. A. thrilled B. frightened C. amazed D. alarmed 18. The road twists and turns—it is ……… . A. curved B. bent C. wavy D. winding 19. The island is..............with absolutely nobody living there. A. isolated B. barren C. uninhabited D. vacant 20. The old lady died very.............in her sleep. A. willingly B. peacefully C. patiently D. movingly 21. The contestants have to ponder over that question very carefully because there is no ……… answer. A. straightforward B. undemanding C. effortless D. cushy 22. With little experience, the doctor failed to..............the pain. A. lighten B. soothe C. cushion D. soften 23. The pupils have been prepared for a.............career. A. pedagogic B. academic C. didactic D. scholarly 24. The silly boy only.............at the memory, feeling rather embarrassed. A. laughed B. giggled C. snigg*red D. roared 25. Her choice of word, according to the professor, is a bit ……… . A. obsolete B. antiquated C. elderly D. old-fashioned Part 2. For each set, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. 26. He was afraid that his revolutionary proposals would..............with strong opposition from hardliners. The Chinese factories were operating nonstop churning out shoes to.............the demand in Europe. With only two hundred dollars a month, the family struggled to make ends ……… .
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It is irritating that they do nothing but ……… lies about our family. The whole village is about to believe their incredible stories. Do not allow the educational system to restrict your ability to think. I urge you to ……… your wings and do things your way. He opened the jar, took out some jam with his knife and ……… it evenly on the warm toast. 28. Marijuana is not regarded as a ……… drug, which is why some countries are thinking of letter people use it, at least for medical purposes. It is ……… to believe that there are no good people out there. I am sure you can find some good-natured individuals in this area. I am trying to spare you learning things the ……… way. Follow my advice and you do not need to make mistakes. 29. Blankets and shelters were in ……… supply in the aftermath of the disaster. Nobody in the business knew his real name. He was called Bill for ……… . She reacted angrily when her name had not been included in the..............list. 30. Though the movie was widely.............across the country, the sales were a disappointment for the studio. For a woman to get.............in the business world seems to be a tall order in a predominantly male environment. This website was shut down soon after the Internet provider realised it.............extreme views inciting violence.
Part 3. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box. Each word can only be used once. Write your answers in the numbered box. over for on around through up at with across back out down 31. Urged.............by the home crow, Saito forged ahead after just five kilometres and built up a two-minute lead. 32. Remember to ice.............the champagne for the party. 33. When you mouse.............this button, it plays a harmonious sound. 34. He only smiled when we identified him..............his famous brother. 35. At this school, the first thing they teach you is how to think..............yourself. 36. When she saw her old house, all her memories came flooding ……… . 37. She messed.............all the year and as a consequence, failed the final examination. 38. Frodo tied the boat..............and jumped ashore. 39. The love of life shone.............the author’s book, giving me as much inspiration as I could ever ask for. 40. After many failed attempts, the police finally managed to get.............the truth. Part 4. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in bold. Write your answers in the column on the right. RAIN MAKING When it rains, it does not always pour. During a typical storm, a (41. COMPARE) small amount of the locked up moisture in each cloud reaches the ground as rain. So the idea that human intervention—a rain dance, perhaps— 41. .................... might encourage the sky to give up a little (42. ADD) water has been around 42. .................... since prehistoric times. More recently, would-be rain makers have used a more direct (43. PROCEED)—that of throwing various chemicals out of aeroplanes in 43. .................... an effort to wring more rain from the clouds, a practice known as ‘cloud 44. .................... seeding’. Yet such techniques, which were first developed in the 1940s, are (44. 45. .................... NOTORIETY) difficult to evaluate. It is hard to (45. CERTAIN), for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway. So, despite much anecdotal evidence 46. .................... of the advantages of cloud seeding, which has led to its adoption in more than 40 47. .................... countries around the world, as far as scientists are concerned, results are still (46. CONCLUSIVE). That could be about to change. For the past three years (47. 48. .................... RESEARCH) have been carrying out the most extensive and (48. RIGOUR) 49. .................... evaluation to date of a revolutionary new technique that will substantially boost 50. .................... the volume of (49. RAIN). The preliminary (50. FIND) of their experiments indicate that solid evidence of the technique’s effectiveness is now within the scientists’ grasp. SECTION THREE. READING Part 1. Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) placed before the option that best completes each sentence.
It was still dark as she (51) ……… down the back stairs and drew back the (52) ……… of the kitchen door as noiselessly as possible. It made a loud (53) ……… sound. She must remember to oil it! Every time it happened she thought that, but never remembered until the next time it made the same noise. It never seemed to wake the (54) ……… of the house, though. Probably because it was so early. The grass was (55) ……… with dew as she crossed the lawn in front of the house. Wet feet, again. She (56) ……… have worn her wellingtons, but she did not know where they were. She might have left them in Maeve’s house, or Sheila could have borrowed them. She often borrowed them, even though they were about three (57) ……… too big. She had lost one of hers and was afraid to tell Mam about it. Sheila was careless and was always losing things. She heard bird (58) ……… as she reached the riverbank and saw the first (59) ……… of the sun shining (60) ……… the Doonagh Hills. 51. A. slithered B. crawled C. bounded D. crept 52. A. bolt B. key C. chain D. lore 53. A. squeaking B. screeching C. screaming D. squealing 54. A. remains B. last C. rest D. others 55. A. moister B. damp C. arid D. shrivelled 56. A. could B. need C. must D. should 57. A. figures B. sizes C. pairs D. numbers 58. A. tune B. song C. cry D. music 59. A. sparkles B. lights C. rays D. gleams 60. A. over B. through C. from D. off Part 2. Fill in each of the following gaps (61—70) with one suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered box. Man is a unique being. He is (61) ……… from all other creatures in that he does not merely form part of the environment. Man reshapes his environment (62) ……… will to suit his purposes. He does not have a natural habitat and is able to adapt (63) ……… to living in different environments. Among the many ways in which Man has changed his environment are the building of cities and roads, the (64) ……… of land for farming and the reclaiming of land from the sea. (65) ……… some of the changes are harmless, some are extremely harmful to the environment. An example of a harmful consequence of Man's actions is (66) ……… of pollution. Through the use of scientific knowledge and advanced technology, Man has increased his well-being and life (67) ……… . In the process, (68) ………, he has also brought about the growing problem of worldwide pollution. One of the main sources of air pollution is motor vehicles. Gases emitted from the car (69) ……… do contain many chemicals, which are harmful to people, animals and plants. Industry also contributes significantly to the pollution of the environment. There is no majority city in the world today in which we can breathe fresh, clean (70) ……… . It is, therefore, important for us to be environment-conscious and avoid actions, which bring about harmful effects to our environment. Your answers 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. Part 3. Read the following article about books. Write the letter that represents the publishers (A—E) that are mentioned. 71mentions reviewers taking the opportunity to display 76.feels that certain books are frequently overlooked by their own experience. reviewers. 72describes how good reviews can contribute to the 77.talks about the sales of some books being stimulated by commercial failure of a book. mixed reviews. 73says that writers and publishers do not react to negative 78.says the effect of reviews on sales does not have a reviews in the same way. regular pattern. 74 – 75. ……… and.............suggest that the length of a review 79 – 80. ……… and.............say that some books succeed whether may they are reviewed or not. be more important to publishers than what they actually say. DO REVIEWS SELL BOOKS? We asked five leading British publishers about the effect of the reviews of a book on its commercial success. Here is what they said. Publisher A When the reviews are favourable, of course, they are worth Reviews are absolutely key for publishers—the first part of the infinitely more than any advertisem*nt. The reader knows that the newspaper we turn to. The Book Marketing Council found some good review is not influenced by the publisher’s marketing budget: years ago that when questioned on why they had bought a particular it is the voice of reason, and there is no doubt that it helps to sell book, more people cited reviews than any other prompting influence books. Publishers themselves often claim that they look for size (advertisem*nts, word of mouth, bookshop display, etc.). rather than content in reviews. Authors’ reaction to reviews is slightly different from publishers’. The actual effect of reviews on sale is the inscrutable heart of the Both are devastated by no reviews, but publishers are usually more whole business. Good reviews can launch a book and a career and equable about the bad reviews, judging that column inches are what occasionally lift sales into the stratosphere: but never entirely on matter and that a combination of denunciation and ecstatic praise their own. There has to be some fusion with other elements—a can actually create sales as readers decide to judge for themselves. word-of-mouth network of recommendation, a robust response from Publishers probably get the most pleasure from a review that the book trade, clever marketing. precisely echoes their own response to a book—they are often the Publisher D first ‘reader’. The relationship in Britain between publishing and reviewing? I Publisher B wish I knew! In the United States it is simple: the New York Times While publishers and the press fairly obviously have a common can make or break a book with a single review. Here, though, the interest in the nature of book review pages, one also needs to people in the bookshops often do not appear to take much notice of
remember that their requirements substantially differ: a newspaper or magazine needs to provide its readers with appropriately entertaining material; a publishing house wants to see books, preferably its own, reviewed, preferably favourably. Without any question, book reviewing is ‘better’—more diverse, less elitist—than 40 years ago, when I began reading review pages. That said, there is still a long grumbled-about tendency to neglect the book medium read by a majority—namely paperbacks. The weekly roundups are not really adequate even if conscientiously done. And even original paperbacks only rarely receive serious coverage. But publishers should not complain too much. Reviews are an economical way of getting a book and an author known. There is no question that a lively account of a new book by a trusted name can generate sales—even more if there are several of them. Publisher C Reviews are the oxygen of literary publishing; without them, we would be cut off from an essential life-source. Because the books we publish are generally not by ‘brand-name’ authors, whose books sell with or without reviews, and because we seldom advertise, we develop on the space given to our books by literary editors.
them. It sometimes takes 20 years of consistently outstanding reviews for people to start reading a good writer’s work. Yet some of the most dismally received books, or books not yet reviewed, are the biggest sellers of all. So it is all very unpredictable, though nonfiction is less so. Mind you, non-fiction does allow reviews to indulge themselves by telling us what they know about the subject of the book under review rather than about the book itself. Publisher E Of course, all publishers and all writers dream of long, uniformly laudatory reviews. But do they sell books? I once published a biography. The reviews were everything I could have craved. The book was a flop—because everybody thought that, by reading the lengthy reviews, they need not buy the book. Does the name of the reviewer make a difference? Thirty years ago, if certain reviews praised a book, the public seemed to take note and obey their recommendations. These days, it is as much the choice of an unexpected reviewer, or the sheer power or wit or originality of the review, which urges the prospective buyer into the bookshop.
SECTION FOUR. WRITING Part 1. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. 81. She is likely to be shortlisted for the position. STANDS She.........................................................................................................................................................through to shortlist for the position. 82. My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night. RECOLLECTION My grandfather...........................................................................................................................................................phoning me last night. 83. If Matt had not taken up politics, he might have become a famous art historian. NAME Had it...................................................................................................................................................................himself as an art historian. 84. Nadia’s friend arrived just as she was about to leave the restaurant. POINT Nadia was just...................................................................................................................................the restaurant when her friend arrived. 85. Louise felt offended by the fact that she was left out by her friends. EXCEPTION Louise....................................................................................................................................................................................leaving her out. Part 2. 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EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
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No further explanation may be asked or given. Examinees are strictly forbidden to use other materials, including dictionaries. Violation of this rule may result in instantaneous disqualification. SECTION ONE. PHONETICS Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 1. A. psychiatrist B. psychiatric 2. A. parallel B. paracetamol 3. A. postbags B. posterior 4. A. engineering B. sabotage 5. A. conjunctive B. hallelujah Part 2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 6. A. discrepancy B. convivial 7. A. overemphasis B. overgeneralise 8. A. disembark B. disfigure 9. A. illustrative B. illustrate 10. A. negligible B. perceptible Your answers 1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 8. SECTION TWO. LEXICO–GRAMMAR Part 3. Choose the word that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. 11. The ……… man refused to give his son a single cent to start his own business. A. miserly B. meagre D. frugal 12. After a day of hard work, the tired man ……… in music to relax. A. pampers B. indulges D. wallows 13. The committee members ……… for hours over the issue without coming to a conclusion. A. haggled B. disputed D. bargained 14. The general was convinced that if his army could make the first ……… strike, they would be able to win the battle.
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A. enigmatic B. pre-emptive C. showdown D. rudimentary Phillips asked the teacher to ……… him from lessons that day as he was not feeling well. A. excuse B. pardon C. relieve D. detract Her grandson was ……… in the armed forces at the age of eighteen. A. accepted B. consigned C. enlisted D. recruited This cupboard has the ……… to topple over when too many heavy things are put on the top shelf. A. propensity B. tendency C. favour D. probability It is ……… of you to conclude that all swans are white because you have only seen white ones. A. abrupt B. quizzical C. illogical D. thoughtless Mother has never been ……… for being an excellent cook, so be prepared for the food you will get to taste. A. awarded B. acclaimed C. rewarded D. noted Abraham has a very low ……… of tolerance for noise, so please keep the volume of the radio down. A. threshold B. limit C. minima D. barrier She could not go on the overseas trip with her parents because she failed to renew her ……… passport. A. terminated B. renounced C. expired D. invalidated The answer is staring at you – it is so ……… . A. blatant B. obvious C. perspicacious D. ostentatious To uphold his wholesome............, the pop star refuses to appear in advertisem*nts of cigarettes and liquor. A. impression B. reputation C. caricature D. image
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The old professor can ……… for days before getting to any point at all. A. ramble on B. stumble forward C. go ahead 25. In him aroused an ……… feeling of homesickness. A. intense B. intensive C. intentional 26. Only under certain circ*mstances of stress do some people ……… their hidden qualities. A. uncover B. expose C. express 27. Last year, thousands of lives were ……… by earthquakes. A. removed B. claimed C. cost 28. Lobsters, which are available in abundance here, are considered a lavishing ……… in some cities. A. flavourer B. delicacy C. appetite 29. Had we ……… the suggested plan, we would not have failed so harshly. A. commanded B. ridden C. decided 30. Do not try to mess with him today, he is in no ……… . A. mood B. opinion C. feeling 31. He had to.............his back very hard to dig in the garden. A. stretch B. pull C. strain 32. Only after he had carefully.............the figures did he make any comments. A. estimated B. watched C. scrutinised 33. Northerly gales are experienced at intervals although the..............winds are from the west. A. existing B. particular C. special 34. Ask her, she ought to be able to give you some ……… . A. nudges B. winks C. tips 35. A unanimous.............of Not Guilty was given by the Jury. A. decision B. opinion C. verdict 36. The old lady.............at them kindly when she saw them enter her shop. A. glared B. grinned C. grimaced 37. Parts of her letter were.............as the ink had failed to withstand the test of time. A. illegible B. illiterate C. illegitimate 38. Most of the time, translators have difficulties.............the exact meaning of idioms in a foreign language. A. transferring B. conveying C. exchanging 39. A taxi driver who was.............the traffic lights caused the accident. A. jumping B. rushing C. beating 40. Two trucks were.............in the accident that blocked the highway. A. contained B. connected C. included Your answers 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.
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Part 3. Match the verbs in column A with the appropriate prepositions in column B to fill in the blanks. Note that there are two extra pairs of verbs and prepositions. Make sure that the verbs are in the correct form. Each word may be used only once. There are two extra words in each column. Write your answers in the numbered box. A B forgive offer go sink tip cut under up over across on off double forge jumble chew argue spur out along into for above ahead 41. Even though she is unfamiliar with the scholastic programme, she is already..............with her study. 42. Seeing everybody going out of the shop with lots of shopping bags, you could.............thinking that everyone has much money. 43. The entire crew seems to have the work.............for them since remaking the original series will certainly prove to be a challenge. 44. You know, authors often.............other names known as pen names. 45. It was such a bad stomach ache that he.............with pain during the conference. 46. We decided to climb one side of the mountain and.............on the other. 47. The more the horses pulled, the deeper the wheels.............the mud. 48. If it had not been for her first success ……… her.............to greater ones, she would not be so thriving now. 49. As the police had been..............about the robbery, they arrived on time to catch the criminals. 50. The entire weekend was spent.............the difficult problem. Your answers 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Part 4. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box. Each word can only be used once. Write your answers in the numbered box. out to on up from over
into without down within along in 51. After a tremendous amount of attempts, she managed to prise Rick’s number ……… John. 52. When she tried to tell them his secret, he shouted her ……… . 53. The police bound him............., saying that if he ever dared to break the law again, he would have to appear in court. 54. He blacked.............after working non-stop for three entire days. 55. When the new star decided to settle down in the area, inadvertently making it a central place, new services sprung.............everywhere. 56. I lied my way.............the concert by claiming to be a journalist. 57. “If I were to marry,” she said, “my husband’s and my career would go.............parallel.” 58. Lack of finance resulted in the plans coming..............grief. 59. He does not think that his salary is.............the par with his position in the company. 60. All students.............exception are to take the English examination. Your answers 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. Part 5. Supply the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. Write your answers in the numbered box. I (61. JUST COMPLETE) the first leg of my journey. My legs (62. ACHE) but I persisted. I had to keep my promise. After another twenty minutes of convincing myself, I finally gave up and rested my head against a tree. With the rays of the sun (63. BEAR) down on me, I (64. TEMPT) to curl up behind a bush and sleep the afternoon away. However, logic got the better of me and I looked longingly at the ground before (66. FORCE) myself to put another foot forward. The second leg of my journey proved to be more rewarding. I (65. BARELY WALK) for another kilometre before I spotted two of the birds (66. PERCH) on a low tree. I inched forward, (67. TAKE) my camera out. Clumsily putting in the wide-angled lens, I only managed to take two photographs before they became aware of my presence and flew off, (68. CAUSE) leaves and twigs to rain on me. I was tempted to give up because the birds where shy creatures who (69. NEVER VENTURE) where they thought danger lurked. After years of hunting, it was difficult to convince these once (70. TRUST) creatures that I meant no harm. I ploughed through the dry desert sand during the next leg of my adventure. Unprepared for the change in terrain, the discomfort (71. BEGIN / SET) in barely five minutes later. The hot sand reached into every corner of my feet, a (72. PIERCE) pain occurring whenever it touched my toes. Travelling to the next forest was not in my itinerary. I cursed inwardly as I thought of my carelessness when (73. PHOTOGRAPH) the two birds later. They (74. FRIGHTEN) if I (75. MAKE) the changes earlier. Your answers 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Part 6. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the column on the right. Passage A On holiday last year my two travelling (76. COMPANY) and I joined a day’s cookery course in a Mexican restaurant. There were eight participants, all keen to learn the secrets of the nation’s cuisine. The students 76. ............................ ranged from people who already had some (77. EXPERT) in the kitchen, to totally (78. SKILL) people like 77. ............................ myself. 78. ............................ Our teacher, Liana Cabrera, started with a short talk, then handed out some notes giving (79. EXPLAIN) of terms we would be coming across. Soon we were trying out a range of exotic ingredients, with (80. 79. ............................ SURPRISE) good results. Cabrera started giving cookery lessons five years ago, and has become quite a (81. 80. ............................ CELEBRATE), with long waiting lists for her courses. And because of her extensive knowledge of almost81. ............................ forgotten regional dishes she is also a regular (82. CONTRIBUTE) to cookery programmes on national 82. ............................ television. In the afternoon I joined the salsa-making team, with rather (83. DISASTER) results. My colleagues 83. ............................ complained that my food was so (84. PAIN) hot it made their eyes water. Their own efforts turned out (85. 84. ............................ CONSIDER) better than mine. 85. ............................ The communal meal at the end of the day was delicious, and I had not only learnt something about cooking but also broadened my understanding of Mexican culture. Passage B It is commonly believed that a break from everyday routine can only do you good. Every summer, you can spot prospective (86. HOLIDAY) at airports and waiting for car ferries. They are (87. MISTAKE) – you can tell them a mile away by their sun hats and hopeful expressions. For all their optimism, what often actually happens can be a rude (88. WAKE) from the blissful holiday dreams of the rest of the year. Sunburn, mosquitoes and (89. SEE) expenses can make you think twice about how (90. BENEFIT) getting away from it all really is. The fact is, the (91. LIKELY) of something going wrong is maximised when you are abroad and, (92. FORTUNE), your ability to deal with crisis and catastrophe is often minimised. This could be because of language problems, (93. FAMILIAR) with the culture, or simply a different climate, all of which make everything seem different and unreal. So, what is the answer? (94. DOUBT), an annual escape from normal working life is a positive thing.
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However, the (95. WISE) of seeking an exotic location is questionable when you think of all the things that can go wrong. Part 7. The following passage contains 15 errors. Underline and correct them in the numbered box.
94. ............................ 95. ............................ Beds play an important role on allowing a person to get a good night sleep. Many different types of beds in the market today provide with a source of comfort that are tailored to individual needs. Most of them are soft enough to ensure that the bed follows the contours of a person’s body, yet allowing a person to feel comfortable when he is tossing and turning in bed. There are mattresses filling with different types of materials and sewn with different types of clothes. The need to farther improve the quantity of mattresses shows the importance of the bed as a peace of furniture in a home. Whether it is reclining, sleep or even have a meal, people seek to buy the most comfortable beds for them. A latex foam bed is one such bed. Latex is obtained from the rubber tree and it solidifies quickly and becomes rubbery and elastic. These rubber particles are suspending by soap in water and the liquid will then whip into foam and poured into a mould. Hundreds of heated pins pierced the mould to creating air chambers for natural ventilation. The core of this mixture is then rinsed, washed and squeezed until it is damp. The dampness is removed with a hot air oven and further frozen to cool it. Latex foam mattresses therefore have a springlike resilience that not only follow the contours of a person body when he is asleep but is also able to revert to the original shape without taking on the body impression of anyone. Your answers
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SECTION THREE. READING Part 8. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered box. UNIVERSAL WET WEEKEND The weather across much of the British Isles (111) ……… settled last week, with a good (112) ……… of sunshine. On Saturday, the lunchtime temperature at Bridlington in the northeast of England was 28.2oC, which compared favourably with Alicante in southern Spain at 29 oC. The rest of the world, however, was (113) ……… with some extreme conditions. A tropical storm, given the name Helen, hit Hong Kong on Saturday morning, though her presence had been (114) ……… in (115).......From noon on Friday, the showers and (116) ……… of rain became more and more frequent so that by midnight on Sunday, thirty-six hours later, there had been 333mm of rainfall, not far off the (117) ……… for the month of August, at 367mm. Even on Sunday there was a (118) ......................................................................................................................................................................... in Helen’s tail. The town centre of Shanwei, near Hong Kong, was flooded when 468mm of rain fell in the sixty hours (119) ……… up to midday on Sunday, (120) ……… twice the normal August rainfall. On the other (121)..............of the globe, tropical storm Gabrielle moved across the Gulf of Mexico and overnight rain (122) ……… the usual rainfall for the (123)..............month. Although most of Europe enjoyed sun, the high temperatures were sufficient to set off some (124) ……… showers. On Tuesday morning, a thunderstorm at Lyons in eastern France (125)..................................................................................................................................................................................... of rain in just six hours. 111. A. kept B. remained C. lasted 112. A. extent B. quantity C. proportion 113. A. coping B. matching C. colliding 114. A. waited B. found C. felt 115. A. light B. advance C. likelihood 116. A. outbursts B. outbreaks C. outputs 117. A. general B. standard C. medium 118. A. sting B. prick C. stab 119. A. going B. leading C. taking 120. A. only B. fairly C. hardly 121. A. section B. side C. face 122. A. overtook B. exceeded C. passed 123. A. total B. sole C. single 124. A. huge B. weighty C. heavy 125. A. deposited B. placed C. lay Part 9. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered box. THE SAHARA MARATHON One of the most amazing marathon races in the world is the Marathon of the Sands. It takes place every April in the Sahara Desert in the south of Morocco, a part of the world (126) temperatures can reach fifty degrees centigrade. The standard length of a marathon is 42.5 kilometres but (127)..............one is 240 kilometres long and takes seven days to complete. It began in 1986 and now attracts about two hundred runners, the majority of (128) ……… ages range from seventeen to forty-seven. About half of (129).................................................................................................................................................................................... the rest from all over the world. From Britain it costs £2,500 to enter, (130)...............includes return air fares. The race is rapidly (131) ……… more and more popular (132)............., or perhaps because of, the harsh conditions that runners must endure. They have to carry food and (133) ……… else they need (134) ……… seven days in a rucksack weighing no more than twelve kilograms. In (135)..................................................................................................................................................................................
this, they are given a litre and a half of water every ten kilometres. Incredibly, nearly (136) ……… the runners finish the course. (137) ……… man, Ibrahim El Journal, took part in every race from 1986 to 2004. Runners do suffer terrible physical hardships. Sometimes they lose toenails and skin peels (138) ……… their feet. However, doctors are always on hand to deal (139) ……… minor injuries and to make sure that runners do not push (140) ……… too far. Your answers 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. Part 10. Read the following passage. Choose from the list A–I the one that best summarises the associated paragraph to fill in each gap 141–148. There is one extra title which you do not need to use. A. Avoiding human contact D. A choice of routine G. Looking ahead B. Forced to remain E. Freezing H. A varied community C. The loneliest place on Earth temperatures I. The need for human contact F. Alternative routes DARK DAYS 141. 145. The last ship of the season has left; the next will not be here until December. There will be eight months of isolation, cut off from the rest of the world on the edge of the world's coldest, remotest continent: Antarctica. 142.The people who spend the winter at Davis Station in Antarctica regard the departure of the last ship not with fear but with something like a feeling of relief. Gone are the busy days of summer, the helicopters, and the crowd of people. Now life starts again. 143. There are more than 40 research projects being carried out in Antarctica but many of the scientists have left by the time winter arrives. The station is home to physicists, biologists, weather observers, mechanics, communications technicians, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, a doctor and a chef. There is also a station leader whose job is to keep everyone happy and productive and to look after all the paperwork. When most of the team arrive each year in December, the sun never sets. By the beginning of the following June it will never rise, so people have to get used to many dark days. 144. It does not matter what hours people choose to walk so long as the work gets done, so they can start and finish work at whatever times suit them. The first real meal of the day, a hot breakfast, is served at 10 A.M. There is a hot lunch and a hot supper but putting on weight is a potential problem for many people. The doctor is there to advise on diet and exercise and a gym is available to help people keep fit.
Inevitably, small social groups develop within this isolated community. There is usually a group of smokers, a group of video watchers, a group of people who sit and chat. As people try to maintain contact with home so the cost of phone bills increases, but in any case there is nothing else to spend money on. 146. It is quite common for the sea to freeze during April and instead of waves lapping the beach, thick plates of ice lift and move with the tide. Once the sea ice has been checked to see if it is strong enough to walk on, one can ski over and fish through the holes. Eventually it becomes strong enough for vehicles to drive on it and the researchers can open up a new road system to enable them to drive around the coast in minutes, to huts which could only be reached after hours of walking in summer. 147. Trips to the huts are the only means of physically escaping from life on the station. Some trips are for science, others for recreation and a way of having some personal and private space. Some trips can be made on foot or skis, but in winter they are usually in vehicles. 148. There are no animals as they all leave for the winter, but in spring seals and seabirds and penguins arrive. Only humans stay in Antarctica for the full year, and although their lives are comfortable they are still isolated and imprisoned. They have good food, comfortable buildings, telephones, entertainment, the internet, but for many months at a time no chance of leaving.
Part 11. Read the text and then choose from the list A–I given below the best sentence to fit each gap (149–155). Question (0) has been done as an example. IN HOT WATER Rachel Mills is a scientist who spends as much time as she can at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Rachel Mills teaches and does research into marine geochemistry, which means she studies the chemical processes happening in the sea. (0) ……… When she is not teaching, she lowers herself into a steel vehicle, a vessel for underwater exploration the size of a small car, and dives three kilometres down into the Atlantic Ocean to study underwater volcanoes. “Inside,” she says, “space is so limited that I can reach out and touch the two pilots.” (149) ……… A dive can last for 16 hours – three hours to reach the ocean floor, ten hours gathering samples of rock and water and then three hours to get back up to the surface again. “If anything happens, and you have a problem and have to get to the top quickly, you can hit a panic button.” The outside drops away leaving a small circular escape vessel that gets released, and it is like letting go of a ping-pong ball in the bath – it goes rapidly to the surface. (150) ……… “I didn’t know how I was going to react the first time I climbed into the vehicle. It was on the deck of a ship and I got in with an instructor. (151) ……… They were testing me to see how I would react to being in such a small place.”
Now Rachel has made six dives. Last year she dived with a Russian crew. “We went to a site which was a five-day sail west of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. (152) ……… It is where the Atlantic Ocean comes alive. The Russian team were dropping off some scientific equipment there to discover the effect of a multi-national programme that would make a hole 150 metres through a volcano.” When she is not at sea, Rachel is in her office at the Oceanography Centre, Southampton. “Two thirds of my salary comes from teaching which I love, but I do it so I can get on with my research into the ‘black smokers’. This is just another name for underwater volcanoes – water comes out of the rock and turns into what looks like black smoke. (153) ……… The only time I have been frightened is when I first went down with the Americans. We were towing equipment on a 50-metre rope when suddenly there was an explosion. There was this immense bang as the shock waves hit our vehicle and I thought, ‘I am going to die.’ We stared at each other in silence, waiting. (154) ……… The relief was incredible – we were still alive!” “It is such an adventure diving down to the deepest part of the ocean. Every time I look out of the porthole and see those chimneys, there is such a sense of wonder. (155) ……… I had studied the black smokers for three years for my PhD. When I got down there and saw them for real, it was such an amazing feeling.” Here, on the ocean floor, is a huge area of underwater They are volcanoes, used to these their chimneys conditions,allwhich blowing mean outthey blackcannot smoke. stand up or move, and they must sta Here I am on the bottom of the sea, and no one When else onitthis did planet not happen, has ever webefore could not seen believe them.it. “No one has tested it yet, but I do not think it would This be pours a very outpleasant at a rate journey.” of one metre per second and at a temperature of 350 degrees. He then talked me through the emergency procedures, After that, including as youwhat get really to dodeep, if theitpilot is near has freezing a heart attack! point so you need a sweater, thick socks, glov I. She is a lecturer at the Oceanography Centre at Southampton University. Your answers 0. I 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. Part 12. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Joanne scanned the area around her, her small frame straining above the pile of wood. She had to wriggle her way through the wood and rubble. It did not matter where she tried, they were all the same. The holes were too small and she used all her might to remove the obstacles, pushing and shoving them out of the way, the noise ringing into the night. She was imprisoned. The silence was a far cry from the explosion moments ago. Afraid to be heard, she tried to be as quiet as possible. It was an impossible and ludicrous task. The destruction left behind by the men was far greater than their numbers. Their goals had probably been achieved. Those who did not escape were probably dead. Telephone lines had been cut and lights had been shut off moments before the much feared raids began. Except for the cut-off in communication, there was nothing to indicate that the men would soon arrive. Under the cover of darkness, the more fortunate ones had managed to escape. Those near the border climbed through the holes in the fence, to seek refuge in the neighbouring country. For weeks, the government had warned of an impending attack by the group. Initial apprehension turned to fear when the expected day arrived. However, when nothing happened, everyone thought that the government had made a mistake. After all, how often within that past year had they failed to deliver what had been promised to the citizens. First, the new lands promised to the farmers after the massive insect attacks were insufficient and each farmer had to contend with land that was one third their original size. Then, there was the promise of opening the economy to the international community, allowing many to sell their handicraft overseas but this never materialised. The people soon became angry as they were being deceived and complacency about the raids was abounding in the community. The environment was ripe for the triad attack. No one noticed the men ambling into the town. What made their attack even more shocking was that the multitude of people returning from work and sitting down to a meal did not even notice the seven men walking past their windows. Military uniform had been a common sight in the town ever since the government’s warning was announced. There was no need for these men to run or hide. No one had seen them. Joanne inched her foot out of a gap and half crawled, half walked ahead. Every step she took was painful. Mounted up by the lack of water for hours, the pain in her leg was excruciating and the more she walked, the more bodies she saw. Arms and legs were sticking out from under piles of rubble and sometimes a lifeless face could be seen among the debris. Everyone she saw was dead. Despite her situation, Joanne hoped that she would not be able to find any of her family members. Suddenly, she saw a movement among a pile of rubble. She ran the short distance forward, glad for any sign of life in the place. What she saw spurred her on and she pushed aside several pieces of wood and lifted an orange cloth, probably once a curtain. Groping about, she managed to locate the little body and using all her might, dragged it out. The child could have been more than five years old. He was covered in soot and his stomach heaved in and out in agony. His eyes were shut and only his breathing told her that he was still alive. Joanne carried the child over her shoulder and squinted in the darkness, trying to locate her bearings. Her only hope was the border. Moments ago, she had wanted to forgo everything, thinking that it was probably better to lie in the darkness until it eventually overcame her and the feelings of loneliness would disappear. Now, she was encouraged to continue. If she could reach the border, she would be able to get help. Looking around, she ran in the direction of what looked like spots of bright yellow light. Answer the questions 156–165 by choosing A, B, C or D. 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156. What was causing “the noise” in the first paragraph? A. Her small frame straining above the pile of wood. B. Her wriggling through the wood and rubble. C. Her pushing and shoving the obstacles out of the way. D. The explosion heard moments ago. 157. Why were the lights “shut off” in the second paragraph? A. It enabled the people to escape from the place. B. It led them to the neighbouring country. C. It warned the people of the coming raids. D. It was shut inadvertently by the raiders. 158. The word “apprehension” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ……… . A. anxiety B. clairvoyance C. voidance D. incongruity 159. It can be inferred from the passage that ……… . A. the government had yet to fail the people B. the strange men were dressed in military uniform C. the main target of the mentioned men were Joanne D. there were numerous indications of the men’s arrival 160. What spurred Joanne to remove the wood and orange cloth? A. The child’s stomach which was moving. B. The short distance between her and the child. C. The vague sight of a family member. D. The lifeless faces seen among the debris. 161. The word “excruciating” in the fifth paragraph can best be replaced by ……… . A. painless B. discerning C. piercing D. powerful 162. What is not mentioned as a cause of the pain in Joanne’s walk? A. Her leg was then in physical agony. B. She saw numerous dead bodies. C. She walked in fear of the men approaching. D. She was in need of being hydrated. 163. Which did not happen before the raids began? A. The people were cut off from the outside world. B. Militarily dressed men entered the town. C. The small frames strained above the wood. D. The people saw massive insect attacks. 164. The word “bearings” in the last paragraph can be substituted by the term ……… . A. whereabouts B. collocations C. managements D. strengths 165. What particular feeling led Joanne to the desire to “forgo everything” as mentioned in the last paragraph? A. The fright the shadows had given her. B. The worry for her family members. C. The fear that the men would come for her. D. An intense feeling of loneliness. For each of the following sentences 166–170, decide whether they are true (T), false (F), or not given in the passage (NG). 166. Joanne’s previous heavenly feelings were interrupted by the explosion. 167. The government’s promise of opening the economy to the rest of the world did not come true. 168. Even if the child had not come into her sight, Joanne would still want to survive. 169. The time of the attack by the group was foreseen precisely by the government. 170. Joanne fought her way through the layers of destroyed woods to their border. Your answers 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. SECTION FOUR. WRITING Part 13. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. 171. The two brothers do not trust each other at all. COMPLETE There is...............................................................................................................................................................................my two brothers. 172. Fortunately, I found a job in London. FORTUNE By a......................................................................................................................................................................................a job in London. 173. Never forget that the customer is always right. BORNE It should............................................................................................................................................................the customer is always right. 174. It is impossible to predict how long it will take to do this. 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No further explanation may be asked or given. Examinees are strictly forbidden to use other materials, including dictionaries. Violation of this rule may result in instantaneous disqualification. SECTION ONE. PHONETICS Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 1. A. particularly B. marvellously D. pardoning 2. A. embraceable B. empathically D. emphatically 3. A. essentially B. gradually D. unpunctually 4. A. recognisance B. solidify D. responsiveness 5. A. saffron B. sacrament D. sabbatical Part 2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line. Write your answers in the numbered box. 6. A. irrevocably B. unconditional D. descendeur 7. A. empowerment B. omnisciently D. momentum 8. A. consortium B. consummate D. cowardice 9. A. mahatmas B. localisable D. outrageously 10. A. morbidly B. crossbreds D. journalese Your answers 1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 8. SECTION TWO. LEXICO–GRAMMAR Part 3. Choose the word that best substitutes for the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. 11. The ……… old man stood by the seashore, gazing into the horizon. A. immobile B. motionless D. stationary
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Lisa is in her mourning ……… as her grandmother has just passed away. A. suit B. apparel C. accessory D. attire 13. Mrs Smith is a ……… woman who makes all the decisions for her family. A. determined B. despicable C. domineering D. dominant 14. The immature girl takes a very ……… view of things, which makes us wonder whether ‘moderation’ is even in her dictionary. A. extreme B. absolute C. defined D. impetuous 15. The railway track has been constructed in such a way as to allow space for ……… on a hot day. A. extension B. expropriation C. expansion D. explosion 16. We have yet to find an ……… means to divide the profits we made from the bazaar. A. equable B. equivocal C. equilateral D. equitable 17. My brother has a ……… for pink items, so he loves strawberry ice-cream. A. favour B. preference C. keenness D. temptation 18. My brother, who is in the army, has to suffer the ……… of army life. A. trials B. impossibilities C. rigours D. hardness 19. The thief made a ……… of the keys he had stolen. A. copy B. duplicate C. replica D. reprint 20. Worried about the declining population, the government ……… the citizens to have three or more children per family. A. induced B. rewarded C. pushed D. motivated 21. We are sincerely sorry if we ……… you by any chance. A. inconvenience B. impose C. induct D. output 22. Two days ……… without any trace of water—we were beginning to lose hope. A. elated B. elaborated C. eclipsed D. elapsed 23. Could you help me to ……… his handwriting? A. pronounce B. understand C. detach D. decipher
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The employees are ……… against the new manager of the company. A. compelled B. prejudiced C. repelled D. humiliated 25. Have you ……… the baby’s milk bottles yet? I need them now. A. sterilised B. roasted C. purified D. cured 26. The union leader will ……… with the employer regarding the bonus of the workers. A. negotiate B. comply C. necessitate D. meditate 27. The story was blown out of ……… by the media. A. proportion B. contortion C. distortion D. presentation 28. Do not ……… against the wall as the paint has not dried yet. A. lay B. lean C. fall D. blob 29. Ralph ……… his fists tightly and tried to control himself. A. clung B. clinched C. clenched D. cleaved 30. We have to do something to save our children from violence because the number of cases of child ……… has increased tremendously. A. employment B. adoption C. rupture D. abuse Your answers 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Part 4. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box. Each word can only be used once. Write your answers in the numbered box. from in with along at back of together over through for into 31. She left the coffee to boil ……… in the kitchen and had to clean it up afterwards. 32. I can hardly believe that she actually won in the face of competition ……… such a fiery writer. 33. The worsening condition of the president is giving cause ……… concern. 34. Local people had to take matters ……… their own hands because the governors failed to deliver their promise. 35. Some communities, unfortunately, still remains divided ……… religious lines. 36. Their garden is over ten thousand square metres ……… extent. 37. Only when they have discussed the matter ……… great length will they draw any conclusion. 38. Without any prior preparation, Peter sailed ……… his final exams. 39. I am afraid to say that the notes do not seem to hang ……… . 40. For sufficient records are kept, Helen can trace her ancestry.............to the 1700s. Your answers 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Part 5. Match the verbs in column A with the appropriate prepositions in column B to fill in the blanks. Make sure that the verbs are in the correct form. Each word may be used only once. Write your answers in the numbered box. A B head grow turn tip dispense to upon with on up tear tide try infringe look over off between for away 41. Camera surveillance, as we all know, can.............the privacy of shoppers in the mall, but it helps when it comes to their security. 42. Bill was asked.............the technical team of the company. 43. The previous gas leak seems to necessitate.............with the gas cooker. 44. I only need thirty dollars ……… me.............till the end of next month. 45. She has to.............all her previous experience to answer that one tricky question of her students. 46. At some point of life, we.............from our parents and live independently. 47. She found herself.............her love of singing and her fear of performing in public. 48. The police must.............beforehand, otherwise they would not have been able to capture the criminals. 49. Only two people tried to help us, the rest just.............in silence. 50. They.............a baby but fortune has not smiled on them yet. Your answers 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Part 6. Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Write your answers in the column on the right. Industrial relations in football in Britain, it seems, (51. TIE) to a form of language that makes (52. MEASURE) assessment difficult and causes ill feeling by its very nature. Just as player—manager relations (53. CONDUCT) in the (54. OUTDATE) language of the traditional factory floor, so the terminology (55. USE) (56. DESCRIBE) changing jobs, ‘buying’ and ‘selling’ players, (57. DISTORT) the reality. Both sides suffer from this: the management accuses some players of greed or disloyalty, while the players feel the club (58. TREAT) them cynically, as if they were disposable objects.
In the real world, though, people move from one job to another all the time. They (59. NOT BUY) or (60. SELL), they resign, sign a new country with another business, have a change. Sometimes, if they have signed a long-term contract, their old employers refuse to let them go, or demand (61. COMPENSATE). In fact, life in the corporate world is generally less well paid, less secure and more demanding than it is in the world of professional football. The resentment that players feel about (62. SELL), (63. PROBABLY CREATE) more by the language used to describe the process than by the process itself. This all has a tendency (64. DESCEND) into stereotypes: the gentleman chairman who considers himself a good model of good business behaviour, and the hypersensitive player who thinks he (65. TREAT) as a disposable commodity. Your answers 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Part 7. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the column on the right. There is little to disagree about in the notion that a good voice, whether in opera or rock music, is one 66. .................................. that moves its audience and brings a sense of release and fulfilment to the singer. But contemporary pop 67. .................................. and rock music have come about due to (66. SUBSTANCE) advances in technology. Here, the impact of 68. .................................. the microphone should not be (67. ESTIMATE), as it has (68. ABLE) the magnification of quiet, 69. .................................. intimate sounds. This, in turn, allows, the singer to experiment with the (69. EMPHATIC) on mood 70. .................................. rather than on strict (70. ADHERE) to proper breathing and voice control. 71. .................................. Donna Soto–Morettin, a rock and jazz vocal trainer, feels that (71. ANATOMY) reasons may account for the raspy sound produced by certain rock singers. Her (72. SUSPECT) is that swollen vocal chords, 72. .................................. which do not close properly, may allow singers to produce deeper notes. She does not, however, regard 73. .................................. this as detracting (73. NOTICE) from the value of the sound produced. Singing, she maintains, has an 74. .................................. almost (74. SEDUCE) quality and so our response to it has more (75. SIGNIFY) than its technical 75. .................................. qualities. Part 8. In most lines of the following text, there is one extra word. Identify this word by underlining and writing it in the column on the right. Some lines, however, are correct. Put a tick ( ) in the right column to indicate them. 76. ........................................... Stainless steel was discovered by an accident in 1913 by the British metallurgist Harry 77. ........................................... Brearley. He was experimenting with steeling alloys—combinations of metals—that they 78. ........................................... would be suitable for making gun barrels. A few months later he had noticed that most of 79. ........................................... his rejected specimens had rusted although one was containing 14 percent chromium had 80. ........................................... not. The discovery led to the development of stainless steel. Ordinary steel goes rusts 81. ........................................... because it reacts easily with oxygen in the air to produce crumbly red oxides. Other 82. ........................................... materials, such as aluminium, nickel and chromium, also react in a much the same way but 83. ........................................... their oxides form an impermeable surface layer, stopping oxygen to reacting with the metal 84. ........................................... underneath. With Brearley’s steel, the chromium formed such as a film, protecting the 85. ........................................... metal from further attack, and the whole success of stainless steel is based well on the fact 86. ........................................... that it has this one unique advantage. In fact, a variety of stainless steels are now made. 87. ........................................... One of the commonest contains of 18 percent chromium and 8 percent nickel and is used 88. ........................................... for kitchen sinks. Kitchen knives are made of steel containing about 13 percent chromium. 89. ........................................... A more corrosion–resistant alloy is achieved by adding up an incredibly small amount of 90. ........................................... the metal molybdenum—these steels are used as cladding for buildings. Part 9. There are ten errors in the following passage. Underline them in the text and correct them in the numbered box. Question (0) has been done as an example. 1. century ‹ a century For more than century, robberies of every kinds have plagued nations around the world. 91. ........................................... Bank and house robberies were common occurrence. As many were caught so those who 92. ........................................... were not and over the year, many continued to turn to these get rich quick methods. Despite 93. ........................................... the nature of these ‘occupation’, media reports glorified the ingenious ways the robbers 94. ........................................... managed to escape with loot. Then, films, too, were made about famous robberies and 95. ........................................... criminals were turned for celebrities. 96. ........................................... More and more people began robbing houses and banks and its techniques became more 97. ........................................... sophisticating, making it close to impossible for them to get caught. To compound this 98. ........................................... problem, many robbers returned to their countries where they were no rules of extraditions. 99. ........................................... As a result, many of them simply returned to their home countries to prevent the foreign 100. ........................................... countries from punishing them. SECTION THREE. READING Part 10. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the numbered box. Roaring across the bay in a motorised rubber boat, we were told by the captain to (101) our eyes open. With the engine turned off, it was not long before half a dozen dolphins (102) swimming around us. Eventually, two came up (103) beside the boat and popped their heads out of the water to give us a wide grin.
Dolphin watching was just one of the many unexpected attractions of a holiday in South Carolina, in the USA. The state has long been popular with golfers and, with dozens of (104) in the area, it is (105) a golfer’s paradise. But even the keenest golfer needs other diversions and we soon found the resorts had plenty to (106). In fact, Charleston, which is midway along the (107), is one of the most interesting cities in the USA, and is where the first shots in the Civil War were (108). Taking a guided horse and carriage tour through the quiet back streets you get a real (109) of the city’s past. Strict regulations (110) to buildings so that original (111) are preserved. South of Charleston lies Hilton Head, an island resort about 18kkm long and (112) like a foot. It has a fantastic sandy beach (113) the length of the island and this is perfect for all (114) of water sports. Alternatively, if you feel like doing nothing, (115) a chair and umbrella, head for an open space and just sit back and watch the pelicans diving for fish. 101. A. stand B. keep C. hold D. fix 102. A. started B. headed C. kept D. came 103. A. direct B. right C. precise D. exact 104. A. courses B. pitches C. grounds D. courts 105. A. fully B. truly C. honestly D. purely 106. A. show B. provide C. offer D. supply 107. A. beach B. coast C. sea D. shore 108. A. thrown B. aimed C. pulled D. fired 109. A. significance B. meaning C. sense D. comprehension 110. A. apply B. happen C. agree D. occur 111. A. points B. characters C. factors D. features 112. A. formed B. shaped C. made D. moulded 113. A. lying B. running C. going D. following 114. A. manner B. matter C. manifesto D. kind 115. A. change B. lend C. hire D. loan Part 11. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Everybody looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society. Progress signifies a person’s ability to reshape the way he is living at the moment. The collective elucidation given to change from the lower and upper echelons of society is something that is positive and can only have rewarding outcomes. Progress must lead to a better life and a better way of doing things. All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to embrace technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things. However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the good old days, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes more productive, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or see each other without even leaving their homes. With these new communication gadgets, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional trait of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off. With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialisation today. Factories have improved efficiency. Menial tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handicrafts are now produced in a factory. Although this means that the supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production prunes the quality of the handicrafts and it is difficult to seek peerless designs on each item. Many tourists opt to visit the indigenous people in their natural habitats and purchase souvenirs from them than from the shops amidst the cities. Perhaps, blood, sweat and tears do make a difference to what is being produced. Nonetheless, we must not commit the mistake of analysing progress only from one point of view. Ironically, it is progress that has allowed tradition to persevere. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be refurnished to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old. Vinyl records are a classic example. Many might have been destroyed if not for the ability to store them properly. Additionally, players for these records have also been restored. They look and work exactly like their original state but it is technology that has given them this new lease of life. It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of impact that technology has on society. Technology is versatile. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s mindset. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. We can reminisce about the past but lamenting the effects of progress will cause the past to stagnate in our minds. When we embrace progress and adapt it to suit out needs, a new ‘past’ is created. Answer the questions 116–123 by choosing A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the numbered box. 116. It can be inferred from the passage that ……… . A. production of handicraft in profusion escalates the price of items B. progress allows decrepit ways to plough on C. it is impartial to say that progress comes with solely impediments D. progress is the only thing with which tradition can flourish 117. The word “this” in the third paragraph refers to ……… . A. the production of handicraft in a factory B. the improvements in efficiency C. the loss of the personal touch when producing handicraft D. the success of industrialisation 118. Which of the following points is made in the second paragraph? A. All progress is harmful in some way. B. Inferior tasks are usually done by machine. C. Efficiency, to many people, is not without its downsides. D. New communication gadgets encourage personal visits.
119. What is not referred to when the author uses the phrase ‘the good old days’ in the beginning paragraph? A. The times before the excessive use of technology. B. The positive impacts of old times. C. The times when manufactured production was unavailable. D. The time of increased productivity. 120. Which of the following is stated as a negative impact of manufactured production? A. The quantity of products has drastically improved. B. The luxuriance of goods remains unchanged. C. Streamlined productions allow greater accuracy. D. The authenticity of goods is shrunken. 121. The term “refurnished” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ……… . A. predated B. perceived C. precluded D. rehabilitated 122. The word “lamenting” in the last paragraph can be best substituted by ……… . A. embracing B. rethinking C. unleashing D. mourning 123. The word “versatile” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ……… . A. obdurate B. multipurpose C. hidebound D. unwavering For each of the following sentences 124–128, decide whether they are true (T), false (F), or not given in the passage (NG). 124. Shaping progress to serve our needs produces more supreme way of life. 125. It is a recurrent mistake of people to regard progress only from the negative viewpoint. 126. The very worst effects of progress befall those incapable of adapting to changes. 127. Change is regarded with solely positivity. Your answers 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. Part 12. Read the following extract from a novel. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the excerpt. If Heather should return now, of course, or even five minutes from fitis Ilias made itself known. Silence, he rather thought, was at the now, it would still be all right. Harry’s thought that he might never bedrock of its mood. Silence the empty hotel and the ruined villas in see her again could then be dismissed as a delusion, an absurd over- the woods around seemed merely to magnify, as if abandoned reaction to an excess of solitude and silence. And from the notion habitations were worse than no habitations at all. that, at any second, Heather would return, calling to him as she came 131. down the track, part of his mind could not be dislodged: the orderly, For he could not help remembering that, when they had first left the the housetrained, rational part. car and strolled down to admire the view the hotel commanded, he 128. had glanced up at the wooden balconies and red-painted shutters that To spend half an hour sitting on a fallen tree trunk halfway up a gave the building its stolid, alpine quality—and seen a figure pine-forested mountainside, whilst the warm glow of the afternoon withdraw abruptly from one of the unshuttered first floor window. sun faded towards a dusty chill and silence—absolute, windless, 132. pitiless silence—quarried at the nerves, was enough to test anyone’s It had been a stiff climb from the hotel up the uneven, overgrown self–control. He wished now that he had gone with her to the path towards the summit, and Heather had set a sharp pace. Out of summit, or stayed in the car and listened to the radio. Either way he breath and far from his normal stamping grounds, Harry had been should really have known better than to wait where he was. He took willing enough, in the circ*mstances, to stop at a point where a a deep breath. fallen tree blocked their route while she went on to the top. 129. 133. Nor, if the truth be told, did he ever want to again. Two hours ago, he and Heather had been basking in the sun just down the coast. Now even visualising the scene was difficult, for Profitis Ilias possessed the power to consign every memory and perception beyond its own domain to half-forgotten remoteness. And Profitis Ilias had been Heather’s choice. “We could drive up there in half an hour from here,” she had said. “It is a fantastic place. Deserted old Italian villas. And stupendous views. You must see it.” 130. At first Harry had detected nothing amiss in the growing isolation. It was not until they had reached the hotel that the road served and found it, as expected, closed for the winter, that the character of Pro-
Peace of mind, he reckoned now, had lasted no longer than a minute or two. Since then, his thoughts had ranged over many subjects, but always they had returned to what in his surroundings adamantly refused to be ignored: silence so total that the ears invited a halfheard chorus of whispering voices in the trees around, silence so complete that his straining senses insisted that somewhere, above or around him, something must be watching him. 134. Or he could follow the path to the top, in case she was in some difficulty or had simply lost track of time. That, he concluded, was really the only choice open to him. He started along it, feeling at once the relief that action brings after the suspense of indecision. Choose from the paragraphs A–H the one which best fits each gap (128–134). There is one extra paragraph that you do not need to use. A Harry had felt no such obligation, preferring the décor of a E It was only in the chaotic realm of instinct and sensation that a contrary suspicion had taken root, only, as it were, in the part dozen cafés he could think of to any vista of nature, however of himself that he did not care to acknowledge. Besides, Harry supposedly breathtaking. Nevertheless, he had raised no had every justification for blaming his anxious state on the objection. And so they had come, driving up the winding road position in which he found himself. through the village of Salakos, till all the other traffic was left behind and only the limitless ranks of pine and fir stood witness to their progress. B Two months ago, the hotel would still have been open for the F At the time, he had dismissed it as a trick of the light, but now the memory added its weight to all the other anxieties by which season, the children of its guests playing in the grounds, he was beset. Why had she not returned? She had seemed so perhaps even climbing on the very tree trunk where Harry sat. It
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was surprising to discover how uncomfortable he found it to be alone. If, that is, he was alone. “Take the keys,” she had said, “in case you want to go back to the car.” Then she had added, noticing his frown: “Don’t worry. I will not be long. I cannot turn back now, can I?” And so saying, she had scrambled up round the tree, smiled back at him once, and then gone on. Nearly an hour ago, and seemingly a world away, that last smile beckoned to Haran from up the wooded slope. Harry looked at his watch. It was nearly four o’clock, which meant that there was little more than an hour of daylight left. He could return to the car, in case Heather had done so herself by a different route. He could stay where he was, on the grounds that that was where she would expect to find him. But one glance around reminded him that he could bear to remain there no longer.
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confident, so reassuringly certain that she would be back before he had had a chance to miss her. But first he had to find Heather. Dismayed by how reluctant he felt to shout her name aloud, he began to follow the path, still faithfully bordered with flints, as it twisted along the ridge between outcrops of rock and gnarled, wind-carved cedars. If she had kept to the path, he could not fail to find her. But if she had not— It was growing cold now in the shadow of the mountain, yet the costal plain below was still bathed in warm, golden sunlight. Only here, on the thickly conifered slope, could the waning of the day no longer be ignored. Why had she not returned? She could scarcely be lost, not with the guidebook and a compass. After all, she had been to Profitis Ilias before, which Harry never had.
Part 13. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered box. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION Most animals manage, (135) ……… some extent, to communicate with members of the same species. Honeybees, for example, can convey to one (136) ……… the direction, distance and quality of a source of nectar. Certain monkeys have several distinct vocalisations including different alarm calls when they catch (137) ……… of leopards, eagles and snakes. Animal communication appears to be (138) ……… two basic kinds. On the one hand, the calls of birds and non–human primates (139) ……… of a number of signals, (140) ……… of which has a purpose, (141) ……… it be a danger call, food call or distress call. On the (142) ……… hand, bees have an unlimited number of signals which show they are clearly (143) ……… of conveying any combination of distance, direction and quality but which cannot communicate anything else. In both cases, the signal manifests (144) ……… only when the appropriate stimulus is present. Contrast (145) ……… with human speech: we do not necessarily begin talking about eagles the (146) ……… we see them; conversely, we can discuss eagles even when there are (147) ……… of them about. In recent decades, attempts have been made to teach human language to apes. These have met (148) ……… extremely limited success. (149) ……… there may be some evidence that they can recognise large numbers of words, there is very little evidence to suggest that apes are able to learn much, if (150) ………, grammar. Your answers 135. 136. 137. 139. 140. 141. 143. 144. 145. 147. 148. 149. SECTION FOUR. WRITING
Part 14. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. 151. Without access to the statistics, I will not be able to complete the report. Unless................................................................................................... 152. The head teacher is well known for his reliability and dedication. REPUTED The head teacher.................................................................................. 153. Managers intend to consult their staff about job descriptions. ARE Staff......................................................................................................
154. She really enjoys going for a swim every morning. ON What she.................................................................................................................................................... 155. Louise is an expert in all aspects of the business except marketing. OF With................................................................................................................................................................. 156. When faced with a fierce opponent, even the most skilled swordsmen must be careful. FROM In......................................................................................................................................................................................... 157. We suppose the new models are about ten thousand dollars. VICINITY The new models............................................................................................................................................................ 158. We are having problems because we did not take out medical insurance. COST We are............................................................................................................................................................................................ 159. The students in his class come from many different places, which makes the place very special. WIDE The students in his class..................................................................................................................... 160. I do not expect another accident of the same type to happen here again STRIKE It is not my........................................................................................................................................................................................... Part 15. For Questions 161 – 200, write a composition of between 400 and 700 words on the following topic.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATION Concerned Subject: Approximate Time:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 250 minutes
EXAMINATION OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH CONSOLIDATION PAPER II ANSWER KEY
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012 - 20013 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Vòng I) Khoá thi: Ngày 11 tháng 10 năm 2012 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề thi này có 05 trang)
Lưu ý: * Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. * Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển. * Giám thị không hướng dẫn hoặc giải thích gì thêm.
SECTION ONE: LISTENING Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu: Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được ghi âm 2 lần. Giữa 2 lần ghi âm của mỗi phần và giữa các phần có một khoảng trống thời gian chờ. Mọi hướng dẫn làm bài cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1. Listen to the dialogue between Leo and Jenny, and fill in the gaps. Jenny: Hi, Leo. Would you like to go (1)..............................this afternoon? Leo: I wish I could, but I have to (2).............................around the library the rest of the day in. I have a ten-page (3)............................due tomorrow. Jenny: Oh, is that for Professor Smith’s class? Leo: Yeah, I have to do an (4).............................of a poem we read in class. Jenny: That’s hard. How is it going so far? Leo: Not very well. And I also have to (5)..........................a lot for math. I don’t know how I’m going to do at all. Jenny: Listen, Leo, I’ve been doing well in math, if you want, I’d be happy to help you. Leo: Holy cow! That will be great, Jenny. Part 2. Listen to the story on the tape and decide whether statements are True (T) or False (F). 6. Ed put the groceries into the cupboard and the refrigerator. 7. Ed had ever opened up a disposal before. 8. The disposal is about seven inches across. 9. The halves are held together by three bolts. 10. Ed went to the department store to buy some screws.
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SECTION TWO: PHONETICS Part 1. Pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
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A. hobby A. massage A. naked
B. comfort B. message B. wicked
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D. popular D. dosage D. sacred
Part 2. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in eac 14. A. politics B. impolite C. volunteer D. afternoon 15.
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SECTION THREE: LEXICO - GRAMMAR Part 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. 16. John: “Well it was nice talking to you, but I have to dash.” - Jane: “…............................................” A. Well, another time. B. Yes, I enjoyed talking to you, too. C. OK, see you. D. That's nice.
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17. pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them. A. Although B. However C. Because D. On account of 18. Tom nor his brothers help in the housework. A. Not B. Both C. Either D. Neither 19. I must congratulate you. You’ve.............................a very good job. A. done B. made C. finished D. worked 20. For......................reason is this meeting being held? A. what B. why C. how D. that 21. I’ve been working............................quite a lot of pressure lately. A. in B. with C. on D. under 22. She loves London,..............................in the spring. A. mostly B. especially C. most D. specially 23. Make sure you end each sentence with a …………… . A. dot B. point C. comma D. full stop 24. They travelled to the capital city of Scotland by the most..............................route. A. easy B. direct C. straight D. unique 25. He failed in the election just because he............................his opponent. A. overestimated B. underestimated C. understated D. undercharged 26. Which........................agency do you work for? A. ads B. advertised C. advertising D. advertisem*nt 27. His face looks.........................., but I can’t remember his name. A. similar B. alike C. memorable D. familiar 28. There is a...........................of skilled craftsmen in the industry. A. want B. fault C. lack D. need Part 2. Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
This is an awful hotel. I wish we (go)......................................to The Grand instead. My suggestion is that your brother (see)...................................the dentist. Please wait a minute! My boss is busy (write)......................................something. (spend).............................all their money, they decided to go home. Peter painted the room black. It looks dark and dreary. He (choose)...................a different colour. Nowadays children would prefer history (teach)...................................in more practical ways. Tell him to come at 5 p.m. because I (finish).................................my work by then.
Part 3. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. EXERCISE Exercise is one of the best ways of keeping depression away. It improves your body and your mind and (36)............................you to perform better in the work place and at home. Proper (37) ……..…… is essential if you want to get the most from exercise and you should also take into (38).........................................your heart rate. It can be (39)..............................to do too much, which is why all good fitness instructors emphasise the (40) ………….… of “listening to your body.” When you first start, you should use good (41).........................because it is easy to make the mistake of using the equipment (42)..............................or doing too much at one time. Start slowly and build up gradually. Exercise should not be seen as a (43)..............................task; it can be as easy as a quick walk. To increase your fitness (44)................................., exercise for 20 minutes a day, 4 to 6 times a week and you will notice a (45)........................in your body and mind in a few weeks.
ABLE BREATH CONSIDER HARM IMPORTANT
JUDGE CORRECT DEMAND STEADY DIFFERENT
Part 4. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 46. Tom said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to attend the A B C D concert. 47. Stand up straight, breathe deeply, hold your head up, and no look down! A B C D 48. It spent a long time to travel to the skiing resort but in the end, we got there. A B C D 49. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful A B C restaurants for over 100 years. D 50. Adult humans have more than a trillion cells in his bodies. A B C D SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION Part 1. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. SPECTATOR SPORTS A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or basketball, started in Europe or the USA in (51).....................................nineteenth century. This did not happen by chance. It was the result of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time. Until then (52)....................people lived in the country than in towns. They worked in small groups and had (53)....................regular time off. All this changed with the growth of factories and industry in the nineteenth century, first in Europe and then in the USA. (54)..............................the first time most people began to live in towns, and they found themselves with regular free time. They had more leisure time than ever before. This resulted in the need for organized entertainment. Suitable games developed or (55) ………. invented, typically team games, in (56).........................the crowded could take sides and become involved. This gave people some of the entertainment they needed in (57) ………….. free time. The recent explosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cable channels, (58) …….…. caused an increase in demand for sports as entertainment. The money TV has brought to games (59) ……….…. as football, tennis and baseball means that spectator sports (60).................certainly go on playing an important part in our lives. Part 2. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Choose A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. How men first learnt to (61).......................words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a (62) ….….... . All we really know is that men, unlike animals, (63) .…….….. invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (64) ………….. certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. These sounds, (65)...............................................spoken or written in letters, are called words. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words that (66).............................powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary (67) …………... . Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can (68)..........................................his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can (69)..........................men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully, (70)..........................they will make our speech silly and vulgar.
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A. invent A. story A. whatever A. at A. if A. interest A. prose A. carry A. take A. or
B. create B. secret B. however B. upon B. however B. appeal B. work B. convey B. send B. so
C. make C. mystery C. somewhat C. for C. whether C. attract C. form C. transfer C. break C. although
D. discover D. legend D. somehow D. in D. though D. lure D. style D. transmit D. move D. because
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each question. Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, 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. 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 materials 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 literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills 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. 71. Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because ……………….. . A. people relied on reading for entertainment B. silent reading had not been discovered C. there were few places available for private reading D. few people could read to themselves 72. The development of silent reading during the last century indicated ………………... . A. an increase in the average age of readers B. an increase in the number of books C. a change in the nature of reading D. a change in the status of literate people 73. Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of …………… . A. the decreasing need to read aloud B. the development of libraries C. the increase in literacy D. the decreasing number of listeners 74. The phrase “oral reader” in the last paragraph mostly means “a person who...................................” A. is good at public speaking B. practises reading to an audience
C. takes part in an audition D. is interested in spoken language 75. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. Reading aloud was more common in the past than it is today. B. The decline of reading aloud was wholly due to its distracting effect. C. Not all printed mass media was appropriate for reading aloud. D. The change in reading habits was partly due to the social, cultural and technological changes. SECTION FIVE: WRITING Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 76. It was the goalkeeper who saved the match for us. → If it hadn’t………………………………………………….. 77. It is thought that the accident was caused by human error. → The accident………………………………………….…….. 78. I think the last time I saw you was at Diana’s house-warming party. → I don’t think…………………………………………………. 79. I gave Tom the message, but he already knew about it. → I needn’t……………………………………………………... 80. I’ve forgotten that singer’s name but she’s very well-known. → That singer,…………………………………………….……. 81. It is essential that no one is told about our plans. → You………………………………………………………….. 82. It is your duty to tell him what to do. → You are …………………………………………………….. 83. Do you have a good relationship with your boss? → Are you…......................................................................................? 84. Under no circ*mstances should you phone the police. → The last ………………………………………………….….. 85. The permit expires at the end of this month. → The permit is not……………………………………………. Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. 86. Susan said that she didn’t want to go out that evening. (RATHER) → Susan said that..................................................................out that evening. 87. When was the last time you saw Robert? (LONG) → How.................................................................you last saw Robert? 88. Would you like to see the photos I took? (HAVE) → Would you like..................................................................the photos I took? 89. They share a lot of hobbies and interests. (COMMON) → They have a lot of ……………………………..………… . 90. I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up. (FEAR) → I daren’t turn on the television...............................................the baby up. Part 3. Essay writing Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. You should write at least 200 words. …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ------THE END------
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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Vòng I) Khoá thi: Ngày 11 tháng 10 năm 2012 HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
Tống số điểm toàn bài: 100 điểm Làm đúng mỗi câu, cho 1,0 điểm. Bài luận cho tối đa 10,0 điểm. Sau khi cộng toàn bộ số điểm, giám khảo quy về hệ điểm 10, không làm tròn số. SECTION ONE: LISTENING Part 1. 2. swimming 2. stick 4. analysis 5. study Part 2. 6. T 7. F 8. T SECTION TWO: PHONETICS Part 1. 11. B 12. A Part 2. 14. A 15. D
3. paper 9. F
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SECTION FIVE: WRITING Part 1. 76. If it hadn’t been for the goalkeeper, we could have lost the match. 77. The accident is thought to have been caused by human error. 78. I don’t think I’ve seen you since Dianna’s house-warming party. 79. I needn’t have given Tom the message, because/as/since he already knew about it. 80. That singer, whose name I’ve forgotten, is very well-known. 81. You mustn’t tell anyone about our plans. 82. You are supposed to tell him what to do. 83. Are you getting along with your boss? 84. The last thing you should do is to phone the police. Part 2. 85. The permit is not valid after the end of this month. 86. Susan said that she’d rather not go out that evening. 87. How long is it/ has it been since you last saw Robert? 88. Would you like to have a look at the photos I took? 89. They have a lot of hobbies and interests in common. Part 3. 90. I daren’t turn on the television for fear of waking the baby up. - Ý tưởng (5 điểm): Nêu được ý tưởng một cách rõ ràng, có sức thuyết phục. - Kỹ thuật viết (5 điểm): Bố cục rõ ràng, hành văn mạch lạc, tự nhiên, đúng văn phong, đúng ngữ pháp, dùng từ phong phú, chính xác. ------THE END -----
Model essay: Obviously, the first teachers we have in our lives in most cases are our parents. They teach us to walk, to speak, and to have good manners before we reach "the real world." More than even the professional teachers that we have in school, parents are generally the most involved in the development and education of children. Almost for sure, our parents are the best teachers at the beginning of our lives, which actually corresponds to the parents' role in nature. Parents are most committed and involved in teaching their children; they have a kind of instinct to sacrifice a part of themselves for the betterment of their children. They love us and have great patience while passing down their knowledge to us. They wish us a success and thus will not teach us bad things. And of course, implicit learning occurs when children unconsciously copy some of their parents' habits and styles of behavior. During the second stage of child development, adolescence, parents can still be in the best position to offer advice even though the children might not accept it. In this case, perhaps the child's friends would be the best teachers. Adolescents are notoriously rebellious in many cultures and may automatically reject any advice from their parents. My first marriage for instance, was solely a matter of doing the opposite when my parents tried to intrude in offering their advice. So in such matters, parents should be much more flexible and be rather the partners with their children. So we can see that being a teacher of growing child become more and more complicated case as the time passes and many parents are simply not able to meet the increased demands. On the other hand, I would say that parents are not professional teachers and they tend to be very biased by their love of their children. So wishing good things and an easy life may prevent children from maturation. In any case, parents usually can present only one viewpoint of the world, while good teaching should be based on different attitudes. Thus, when children go to school and have a great diversity of teachers, they learn much more than their parents could probably give them. Furthermore, once our parents get older, they become more conservative and cannot always be objective in regard to modern trends and fashions. Thus, we need to take their advice with caution during that period. However, some kind of intuition, which I believe, shared between relatives about what everybody needs and great love, which exists in families, still makes our parents very good teachers and advisers at any time. In conclusion, while parents are not the ideal teachers, and well-rounded children will generally need a great diversity of teachers in their lives in order to have a more accurate view of the world, parents are generally the most committed of all teachers and have the greatest emotional investment in their children and their future. ------THE END -----
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT Năm học 2010 - 2011
Đề chính thức (đề gồm 7 trang)
Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 10/10/2010
Điểm của bài thi
Họ, tên và chữ kí của giám khảo
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PART I: LISTENING (3 points) There is a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the listening part. You have 30 seconds to read each question before listening. Each recording is played twice with an interval of 10 seconds.
Question I: Listen to 5 telephone massages and complete Carlos's diary. (2 points) Number 1 2 3 4 5
Appointment
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Question II: Listen to the story and choose the best answer. (1 point) 1. The speaker went to London not to buy . A. Christmas presents B. books C. Christmas cards 2. The speaker wanted to catch the early afternoon train not because A. it was the only train back B. he didn't like the noise of London C. he had made some arrangements for that evening 3. The train he wanted to catch was the train. A. 3.13 B. 3.30 C. 3.33 4. While waiting for the train, he didn't buy . Page 1 of
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PART II: PHONETICS (1 point) Question I: Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. coach B. chore C. chorus D. check 2. A. shared B. helped C. asked D. laughed 3. A. rough B. tough C. cough D. enough 4. A. idea B. wise C. bride D. determine 5. A. cliffs B. friends C. claps D. compliments Your answer:
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Question II: Pick out the word that has different stress pattern from the rest. 1. A. village B. begin C. pity D. column 2. A. suspicious B. marvelous C. physical D. argument 3. A. computer B. dependence C. discovery D. obviously 4. A. innovation B. identify C. understand D. disappear 5. A. generate B. confidence C. engineer D. energy Your answer:
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PART III: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (5 points) Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by choosing the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase. (1 point) 1. Many Americans agree that wives and husbands should all thoughts. A. talk B. share C. discuss D. argue 2. I to accompany her to the theatre last night but she refused. A. promised B. suggest C. invite D. offer 3. Mary did not expect to go to John's party. A. asking B. to ask C. being asked D. to be asked 4. There must be a perfect between close friends. A. sympathy B. deceit C. absence D. pleasure 5. Most married couples in European countries their wedding anniversaries every year. A. present B. conduct C. celebrate D. hold 6. This is the most difficult job I have ever done. A. by far B. by all means C. by rights D. by the way 7. The English more tea than Americans do. A. drinks B. drink C. drinking D. drank 8. I passed the test. I it without your help. A. would pass B. wouldn't pass C. would have passed D. wouldn't have passed 9. Lynn waved to us as a that she saw us. A. symbol B. sign C. signal D. signature 10. Stop wasting your time. It is time you some real work. A. got off with B. got on for C. got down to D. got up to Your answer: 1.
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Question II: Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (1 point) This happened last year when one afternoon my husband and I (1. decide) to repaint our out kitchen ceiling. It was about three o'clock and our two young children (2. play) in their room quite happily. I had sent them there while we (3. decorate) so that they (4.not/get) in our way. We (5. paint) for about twenty minutes when we
suddenly (6. realise) that they (7. stop) talking and laughing. The silence was worrying. I (8. rush) _ upstairs and opened the door of their room. They (9. admire) their wall which they had just finished painting blue, green and yellow. "We (10. paint) too, Mum" they said. Your answer: 1.
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Question III: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words. (1 point) Football is the most important sport in Italy (1. unite) the country when the (2. nation) team (Azzurri) plays the football season, running from September to June, culminates with the final Coppa Italia (3. compete) , the equivalent of the English FA Cup. Italy's football, like an (4. obsess) , reaches a climax (5. one) every four years when the World Cup is held. Other sports throughout the year also attract a large number of (6. follow) , so fans are never at a (7. lose) for varied activities. For most big sporting events, tickets can be obtained at club outlets or at the venue. Agencies provide tickets but often at (8. inflate) prices. People should beware of buying (9. enter) tickets from touts at popular events as their expensive tickets may be (10. valid) Your answer: 1.
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Question IV: There is one mistake in some of the following sentences. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space provided. Put a tick ( ) next to the correct sentences. (1 point) 1. When I arrived at the station, John has been waiting for me for an hour. …………………… 2. I think that you must have difficulty to find her house. …………………… 3. Having finished his assignment, he called his teacher. …………………… 4. The accident looked seriously at first but nobody was injured. …………………… 5. There are some laptops on the table. The black one is mine but others are not. …………………… 6. Not only Britain but also the United States have good universities. …………………… 7. The first things a new student must do include renting a flat, registering for …………………… classes and getting to know the city. 8. That cats have nine lives have been believed for centuries. …………………… 9. Almost lemons grown in the US come from Florida and California. …………………… 10.Concord can fly across the Atlantic without refueling and carrying 11 tons of …………………… freight Question V: Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition. (1 point) Welcome to the class every body. I'm sure you are dying to show me exactly what you are capable (1) . I hope to see your faces at the pool a lot from now on. If you are serious (2) swimming, you really need to be doing it (3) regular basis, say two or three times a week in addition to these teaching sessions. (4) the early stages, you'll be working on the basics breathing, body position and so on. Today, we are going to work on putting the head under water (5) a view to getting you all swimming correctly, with the head partly submerged. If you don't succeed (6) the first attempt, don't worry. And please don't be afraid (7) water - just try and relax. Eventually, we'll progress to the big pool, but (8) the time being, we are going to be in the small pool where you can stand up and practise your techniques. The warm- up exercises we are going to start (9) today are designed to get you out of breath, so keep your heads well clear of water. These exercises may well be different (10) anything you are used to as we'll be doing some jumping and hopping in the water. Your answer: 1.
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PART IV: READING (4 points) Question I: Read the following passage and use ONE word to fill in each gap. (1 point) In countries where parents are legally obliged to make (1) their children receive a satisfactory education, school is compulsory for all children. Pupils usually attend (2) school up to the age of 11 or 12. Then they move on to (3) school, where they stay for the next five years or so. Most schools have (4) at the end of the school year to test pupils' progress. If their marks are not good (5) , they may have to do extra work to catch up and in some countries, they (6) the school year. Teachers write reports about their pupils and these can be discussed with parents. Most pupils attend (7) schools, which are free. However, some parents send their children to private schools, where the (8) may be quite high. If parents work abroad, they may send their children to a (9) school, where pupils live for up to three months at a time. Pupils at these schools only go home at the (10) of each term. Your answer: 1.
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Question II: Read the passage carefully and choose a suitable word to fill in each blank. (1 point) Getting good results in your studies come from (1) good study habits. The best place to study is a comfortable room with good (2) _ . The best chair for studying should be one which you would be comfortable in, (3) so comfortable that you may fall asleep in it after a while! Before you study, look for a (4) environment without distractions. If you find your home too noisy for studying, try the library or community center (5) . When you study, set (6) targets for yourself to (7) . For example, do not aim to study five chapters of Geography in one (8) when you know that it will take more than an hour to finish one chapter. Furthermore, remember not to push yourself too (9) . When you have studied for a period of time, (10) yourself by taking a short break. You could perhaps take a short walk or listen to some music for a while. 1. A. creating B. developing C. getting D. making 2. A. lighting B. light C. brightness D. shining 3. A. rather than B. without C. unless D. but not 4. A. silent B. still C. quiet D. mute 5. A. then B. or else C. just so D. instead 6. A. real B. realistic C. true D. life-like 7. A. achieve B. reach C. fulfill D. attain 8. A. stretch B. moment C. sitting D. serving 9. A. strongly B. hardly C. powerfully D. hard 10. A. award B. reward C. compliment D. congratulate Your answer: 1.
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Question III: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers. (2 points) Millions of people are using mobile phones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. In many countries, mobile phones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication - having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected. The explosion in mobile phone use around the world has made some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, there has been a serious debate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health. On the other hand, medical studies have shown changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones. Signs of changes in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling businessman had to retire at young age because of serious memory loss. He could not remember even
simple tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, everyday of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use but his employer's doctor did not agree. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? The answer is radiation. High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about. As the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient, especially in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it's wise not to use your mobile phone so often. 1. According to the passage, mobile phones are popular with young people because . A. they are indispensable in everyday communications B. they make them look more stylish C. they keep the users alert all the time D. they can not be replaced by regular phones 2. The changes possibly caused by mobile phones are mainly concerned with . A. the mobility of the mind and body B. the smallest units of the brain C. the arteries of the brain D. the resident memory 3. The word "means" in the passage is closest in meaning to . A. meanings B. expressions C. method D. transmission 4. The word "potentially" mostly means . A. obviously B. possibly C. certainly D. privately 5. "negative publicity" most likely means . A. information on the lethal effects of mobile phones B. widespread opinion about bad effects of mobile phones. C. the negative public use of mobile phones D. poor ideas about the effects of mobile phones 6. Doctors have tentatively concluded that mobile phones . A. cause some mental malfunction B. damage their user's emotions C. change their users' temper D. change their users' behaviors 7. The man mentioned in the passage, who used his mobile phone too often, A. had a problem with his memory B. could no longer think lucidly C. abandoned his family D. suffered serious loss of mental ability 8. According to the passage, what makes mobile phones potentially harmful is A. their radiant light B. their power of attraction C. their raiding power D. their invisible rays 9. According to the writer, people should . A. only use mobile phones in certain cases B. never use mobile phones in all cases C. keep off mobile phones regularly D. only use mobile phones in medical emergencies. 10. The most suitable title for the passage could be . A. Mobile phones; a must of our time B. Technological innovations and their prices C. The way mobile phones work D. The reasons why mobile phones are popular Your answer: 1.
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PART V: WRITING (7 points) Question I: Rewrite these sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one. (1 point) 1. As I get older, I want to travel less. The older
2. He warned me not to use the mountain road. "I wouldn't " 3. She discovered a new chemical element in her experiment. Her experiment resulted 4. I'd prefer you not to disturb me when I'm reading. I'd rather 5. Her son is so weak that she hardly leaves him alone. Such Question II: Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word so that the new one has a similar meaning as the one preceded. You must not change the given word. (1 point) 1. I haven't seen my granddad for over 5 years. (LAST) 2. The power went out as soon as I turned on the computer. (NO) 3. Both John and Jim don't wear helmets when going to school. (NOR) 4. They worked together to clean up the mess after the storm. (HANDS) 5. There's nothing new about the generation gap in every family. (HILLS)
Question III: Passage writing (2 points) Write a passage to describe some of your family rules in 150 words ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Question IV: Essay writing (3 points) Many students think that learning English is learning its grammar and structures. However, others argue that learning English is learning the skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) to use it in everyday life. Which idea do you agree with? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. THE END
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PART I : LISTENING (3 points) There is a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the listening part. You have 30 seconds to read each question before listening. Each recording is played twice with an interval of 10 seconds. Question I: Listen to a telephone conversation and complete the notes below (1 point). a. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. TRANSPORT FROM AIRPORT TO MILTON Distance: 147 miles Options: Car hire: don't want to hire 1…expensive Greyhound bus: direct to the 2………………….……, long 3……………..…………… Airport Shuttle: 4…………………….…..service. Need to 5. ………………..………
b. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer: AIRPORT SHUTTLE BOOKING FORM To: Milton Date: 6.……………………. Number of passenger: One Bus Time:7…………………….. Name: Flight No: Address: Fare: Janet 8……………. 9…………………….. Type of ticket:Single From: Vacation Motel, 24, Kitchener Street $ 35
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Question II: Listen and fill in the gaps. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. (1 point) John Frank Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times. Kennedy was born in 1. , whereas Lincoln was born more than 100 years earlier. As for their family backgrounds, Kennedy came from a rich family. He was able to attend expensive private schools. he graduated from 2. University. Lincoln only had one year of formal schooling. In spite of his lack of 3. , he became a well-known lawyer. He was a 4. _ man. In spite of these differences in their backgrounds, some interesting 5. between the two man are evident. For example, take their political careers. Both of them began their political careers as a 6. _ . They went to the Congress just 7. apart. Another interesting coincidence is that each man was elected President of the United States in a year ending with the number 60. Furthermore, both men were presidents during the years of civil 8. in the country. Both of them were 9. while in office. They were shot while they were sitting next to 10. Question III: Listen to a talk and choose the correct answer (1 point). 1. PS Camping has been organising holidays for A. 15 years B. 20 years 2. The company has most camping sites in A. France B. Italy 3. Which organised activity can children do everyday of the week? A. football B. drama 4. Some areas of the sites have "no noise" rules after _ A. 9.30 pm B. 10.00 pm 5. The holiday insurance that is offered by PS Camping _ A. can be charged on an annual basis. B. is included in the price of the holiday. C. must be taken out at the time of booking. 6. Customers who have recommended PS Camping to friends will receive _ A. a free gift B. an upgrade to a luxury tent
C. 25 years C. Switzerland C. model making C. 10.30 pm
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Where are the following items? Write A,B or C after each item A. They are provided in all tents. B. They are found in central areas of the campsite. C. They are available on request.
7. barbecues ………………. 8. toys ………………. 9. cool boxes ………………. 10. mops and buckets ………………. PART II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (6 points) Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by choosing the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase (1 point). 1. I'm afraid a rise in the salary is out of___________just now. A. sight B. control C. date D. question 2. Mr Black supposes, , that he will retire at the age of 60. A. like most people do B. like most people did C. as do most people D. as did most people 3. Please come to us sometimes. You are always welcome. A. to B. about C. round D. away
4. He set the alarm clock at 5 a.m. so as to _ he did not oversleep. A. assure B. ensure C. insure D. reassure 5. The Sun and the Moon are often _ in poetry. A. personified B. personalised C. personal D. privatised 6. I finished my homework 3 days ahead the deadline. A. of B. to C. by D. at 7. The government is expected to steps against the unemployment. A. use B. take C. make D. apply 8. _ he loved her, he didn't forgive what she had done. A. Much as B. Because C. However D. No matter 9. He spent his entire life _ _ round the world, never settling down anywhere. A. roaming B. scattering C. scrambling D. transporting 10. She tries to set 15 minutes everyday to do some aerobics. A. about B. aside C. down D. in Your answers: 1.
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A teacher standing in front of a history class is seldom teaching history alone. A good teacher is also (1) self-expression, management ability, (2) _ skills and a whole host of other skills that may be (3) for you later in life. There are certain basic (4) _ that everyone needs to have if they are to be (5) in education, employment and even in social circ*mstances. Learning these skills is (6) important at secondary school level in order to (7) _ prepare for further education and the working world. A minimum level of (8) _ is demanded by all employers, colleges and universities. The more advanced you are in those areas, the more the (9) _ believes you will be competent. These personal (10) skills differ from other school subjects in that they can not be taught in isolation from the rest of school curriculum. Your answers: 1.
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Question III: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space provided in the column on the right. (1 point) Most obviously, those exposing to weekly general music classes or private instrumental or Organizational vocal lessons will find an outlet for their creativity and self-expression. Therefore, a closer, more skills are better, - scientific look at music will show that the advantages are indeed much greater than just grades are higher, increased creativity. and children learn Research has showed that learning a musical instrument and merely learning how to read what it takes to at music assists a child in developing higher thinking skills, such as problem-solving and problem- excel finding, analysis, and evaluation. A child who learns to understand the aspects of reading music, something. including notation, key signatures, and other items found on a piece of music as well as the child who develops the ability following the sequence of notes, is using the same portion of the brain that is used in mathematics thinking. Gifted musicians, it’s reported, are often gifted mathematicians as well. Those who study music diligently also develop self- discipline. The serious music student who sets up time to practice each day will develop similar positive habits in other subjects.
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3. 6. Participate in group musical activities builds teamwork, and students learn that working 7. together as a group is essential to the production of a good finishing product. They learn to rely 8. on others and to be relied upon. Teamwork also promotes responsibility; i.e. If you’re the only trumpet in the band, you need to show up for rehearsing no matter what! They’ll also come to 9. understand that music is the threat that binds them together with the world,. Music is indeed the 10. universal language but it also helps children to learn about cultural heritage, their own as well as others, and gives them an insight into history. Question IV : Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (1 point). In mankind's millions of years on Earth, many types of energy resources (1. utilise) _. However, in the last ninety years, petroleum by far (2. become) the most important. Accounting for over fifty percent of all energy consumed, it (3. be) so essential that, without petroleum, we (4. face) _ economic disaster. Of course, the Earth's supply of petroleum (5. not/last) forever, and in fact, it (6. disappear) _ sooner than most people (7. believe) _ . At the current rate of consumption, the world oil reserves (8. may/exhaust) _ within forty or fifty years. Obviously, measures (9. take) decades ago to reduce our dependence on oil. Amazingly, such measures (10. still/discuss) _ today. Your answers: 1.
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Question V: Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle (1 point) 1. The company is committed raising salaries and improving conditions. 2. I’ve really gone Bill. I thought he was such a kind man but I’ve found out that he is really very self - centered. 3. The delegate touched _ a number subjects during her speech. 4. I applied for a part - time job at the supermarket. They’ve going to take me 5. I was passing their house, so I dropped _ Claire and Peter. 6. Damage to the building resulted an unusually high wind. 7. I would like to protest your treatment of the staff. 8. We are no obligation to change goods which were not purchased here. 9. You should do what you believe is right and stick your principle. 10. Tourists complain of being ripped _ by local cab drivers. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Question VI: Insert A, AN, THE or where necessary (1 point). Animals have (1) intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without (2) _ analysis of the difference between a number of objects and (3) smaller number. In his book “The Natural History of Shelburne” (1786), (4) naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from (5) _ plover’s nest, and how (6) mother laid another egg each day to make up for (7) missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of (8) _ single egg but abandon their nests if certain type of wasp always provides five- never four, never six- caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when (9)
eggs hatch. Research has also show that both mice and pigeons can be taught to do distinguish between old and even numbers of food pieces. These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to (10) numerical questions with correct number of barks, or horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper number of time.
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PART III: READING (4 points) Question I: Choose a suitable word to fill in each blank. (1 point) Nobody knows for certain what the origin of music was. Music is certainly older than poetry and painting but as early man had no way of (1) it, we can only guess what it sounded like. Watching a child (2) on a drum with his hands or a piece of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of instruments. It does not (3) _ much effort to produce a rhythm on it. Wall painting show what some of the instruments looked like. Early civilisations had already discovered three basic (4) of producing music; blowing into a tube, striking an object and scraping a string. We know that western music comes from the (5) Greeks. The musical scale we now use are (6) _ on a certain sequences of notes which the Greeks used to create a particular (7) . Until the sixteenth century, most players of instruments were single performers, but as music became more (8) , orchestras and musical groups began to (9) . This (10) _ about the writing of music to be played by several musicians at a time. This can certainly be called the birth of modern music. 1. A. recording B. playing C. producing D. performing 2. A. hitting B. knocking C. crashing D. banging 3. A. make B. call C. take D. do 4. A. forms B. manners C. systems D. ways 5. A. ancient B. old C. aged D. antique 6. A. raised B. based C. established D. supported 7. A. spirit B. temper C. mood D. humour 8. A. widespread B. enlarged C. expanded D. extended 9. A. turn B. appear C. spring D. be 10. A. produced B. affected C. caused D. brought Your answers: 1.
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Question II: Read the passage carefully and use a suitable word to fill in each blank (1 point). In the 1960s women tennis players received little or no prize money at all. In the 1990s, (1) _, the top players can earn twice as much in a fortnight as a successful company director does in a whole year. And (2) most young people of their age were still studying for exams, players (3) Monica Seles and Jenifer Capriatia were earning thousands of pounds a week. When she was only sixteen, Seles was rich enough to buy any car she (4) . Nowadays, most of a (5) tennis player’s income comes from sponsorships contracts with fashion or sportswear companies rather than from major championships. Players are (6) _ huge sums of money to wear anything from tennis shoes (7) _ a wristwatch. Official prize money, in fact, only accounts for fractions of total earnings. But (8) so much money in the bank, and the world of their feet, it will be surprising if these young stars (9) _ not affected by success. Both Seles and Capriati are coached by their fathers, (10) do their best to protect their daughters from the pressure fame has brought. Only time will tell whether this is enough. Your answers: 1.
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Question III: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point). Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings. This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newtown, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present - day university. When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestown, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college. Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors. 1. The main idea of this passage is that _ . A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities B. What is today a great university started out small. C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great University D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts 2. The passage indicates that Harvard is _ A. one of the oldest universities in the world B. the oldest university in the world C. one of the oldest universities in America D. the oldest university in America 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were . A. rather well educated B. rather rich C. rather supportive of the English government D. rather undemocratic 4. The underlined pronoun “they” refer to _ . A. Oxford and Cambridge universities B. university graduates C. sons D. educational opportunities 5. The “pounds” are probably _ . A. types of books B. college student C. units of money D. school campuses 6. The “English cousin” refers to a . A. city B. relative C. person D. court 7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard? A. What he died of B. Where he came from C. Where he was buried D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard 8. The underlined word “fledgling” could best be replaced by which of the following? A. newborn B. flying C. winged D. established 9. The passage implied that _ . A. Henry Dunster was an effective president
B. Someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster C. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty D.The position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years 10. The underlined word “somewhat” in line 20 could best replaced by . A.back and forth B. to and from C. side by side D. more or less Your answers: 1. 6.
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Question IV: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point). ARE YOU A MACHINE OR MANY PARTS? What future historians remember about the impact of science during the last decade of the 20th century? They will not be much concerned with many of the marvels that currently preoccupy us, such as the miraculous increase in the power of home computers and the unexpected growth of the Internet. Nor will they dwell much on the global warming, the loss of biodiversity and other examples of our penchant for destruction. Instead, the end of the 20th century will be recognised as the time when, for better or worse, science began to bring about a fundamental shift in our perceptions of ourselves. It will be the fourth time that science has forced us to re-evaluate who we are. The first time, of course, with the revolution that began with Copernicus in 1543 and continued with Kepler, Galileo and Newton. Despite the Church's opposition, we came to realise that the Earth lie in the center of the universe. Instead, we gradually found we live on a small planet on the edge of a minor galaxy, circling one star in a universe that contains billions of others. Our unique position in the universe was gone forever. A few centuries later, we were moved even further from stage center. The Darwinian revolution removed us from our position as a unique creation of God. Instead, we discovered we were just another part of the animal Kingdom proud to have "a miserable ape for a grandfather", as Thomas Huxley put it in 1860. We know now just how close to the apes we are - over 90% of our genes are the same as those of the chimpanzee. Increasing knowledge of our genetics is one of the driving forces in the third great conceptual shift that will soon take place. Other are the growing knowledge of the way our minds work, our new ability to use knowledge of the nervous system to design drugs that affect specific states of minds and the creation of sophisticated scanners which enable us to see what is happening inside our brains. In the third revolution, we are taking our own selves to pieces and finding the parts which make up the machine that is us. Much of the new knowledge from genetics, molecular biology and the neuro-sciences is esoteric. But its cultural impact is already running ahead of science. People begin to see themselves not as wholes with a moral center but the result of the combined action of parts for which they have little responsibility. It's Nobody's Fault is the title of a popular America book on "difficult" children. Many different children, the book explains, are not actually difficult but are suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). There is nothing wrong with them or the way they have been brought up. Rather, the part of the brain which controls attention is short of a neuro-transmitter. ADD is now the world's fastest growing psychological problem. In the United States, a survey showed that 1.5 million children between the ages of five and eighteen were being treated with a drug, Ritalin, for the disorder. Since then, the number taking the drug is believed to have doubled. You might, as many people do, question the way in which the disorder has been diagnosed on such staggering scale but that is not the point. The cultural shift is that people are not responsible for their disorders, only obtaining for treatment for the parts of them that have gone wrong. The more we know about the parts of ourselves, the more cures for our defects will appear. The bestselling Listening to Prozac claimed the drug "can transform pessimists into optimists, turn loners into extroverts". And Prozac, the book explained, "was not so much discovered as planfully discovered, through the
efforts of a large pharmaceutical firm… the likely result of this form of research is not medicines that correct particular illnesses but medicine that affects clusters of function in the human brain." Even when a treatment is not to hand, the notion that we are made of "clusters of functions" remains strong. Genetic analysis supports this view. A gene linked to alcoholism has been located and a Gallup poll has revealed that the majority of Americans consider alcoholism to be a disease. There are claims of genes too for obesity, hom*osexuality and even for laziness. Some claims about the genes may be silly. Or you may think that the current conceptual shift is just a re-run of old arguments about the relative role of nature and nurture. Instead, take Viagra, as an example of the new way of thinking about our selves. If you suffer from impotence, it might have a variety of psychological causes. Or you just might be anxious about sexual performance. But Viagra does not make such fine distinctions; it acts at the level of the chemical reactions that control the blood flow needed to maintain an erection. Once we can dissect ourselves into parts and know how the parts work, it really does not matter what was the initial cause of the problem. If you own a car and the breaks wear out quickly, it is not important whether you have been driving the car too hard or you bought cheap brake shoes to begin with. You just need to change the breaks. The more direct means we have of changing who we are, through changing the parts we are composed of, the harder become the question of who was the person who made the decision to change, before becoming someone else. This will be the real issue for the 21th century: who are we, if we are the sum of our parts and science has given us the power to change those parts. 1. What is the most important scientific progress in the 20th century? A. The development of computer technology. B. The birth and growth of the Internet. C. Mankind's ability to control global warming. D. People's new knowledge of themselves. 2. What did Copernicus discover? A. The Earth does not lie at the center of the universe. B. The Church was wrong about the history of mankind. C. Human beings live on a small planet. D. Mankind has a unique position in the universe. 3. What did Darwin discover? A. Human beings were a unique creation of God. B. Human beings and apes shared a common ancestor. C. Human beings were lucky while apes were miserable. D. Human beings and chimpanzees were nearly identical. 4. Which of the following is NOT "one of the driving forces in the third great conceptual shift"? A. Knowledge of our own genetics. B. Knowledge of our way our minds work. C. Knowledge of how to use sophisticated scanners D. Knowledge of how to design drugs that affect specific states of mind. 5. Which of the following is likely to be the main idea of the book It's nobody's fault? A. Many children are suffering from ADD. B. ADD is the problem for problematic children. C. Some people's brains do not have neurotransmitters. D. The way people are brought up determines their behavior. 6. How many people are taking Ritalin in the US? A. less than 1.5 million B. 1.5 million of the people aged 5-18 C. 3 million of the people aged 5-18 D. more than 3 million teenagers
7. Which of the following refers to the cultural shift? A. More people are diagnosed to be suffering from mental disorders. B. People are not responsible for the problems they have. C. More people are seeking mental treatment. D. People begin to question the accuracy of doctors' diagnoses. 8. What is Prozac? A. a book B. a medicine C. a type of people D. a mental disorder 9. Genetic analysis seems to have confirmed that there is a gene in our body that is responsible for A. alcoholism B. hom*osexuality C. obesity D. laziness 10. Which of the following does the drug Viagra illustrate? A. "Some claims about genes may be silly" B. We have "a new way of thinking about ourselves" C. A physical order "might have a variety of psychological causes" D. "People … are … obtaining treatment for the parts of them that have gone wrong" Your answers: 1.
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PART IV: WRITING (7 points) Question I: Rewrite the sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one (1 point). 1. It's such a wonderful opportunity that we mustn't miss it. It's too 2. You have disobeyed, you will therefore be punished. As a result 3. Even if we don't like the idea, we'll have to follow him this time. Whether 4. I'm absolutely sure that he took the money on purpose. He couldn't 5. Her success went beyond her expectation. Never
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Question III: The chart below shows the changes of literacy rates by country in 1990 and 2000. Write a report describing the information in the chart in at least 150 words. (2 points)
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Question IV: Some students consider the National Exam for gifted students a waste of time and practice whereas others appreciate its great help in further study. Which opinion are you for? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your ideas. (3 points)
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012- 2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi có 06 trang)
Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết chữ cái A hoặc B, C, D. Phần tự luận: Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài. (Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu gì.)
A. LISTENING: (15 points) I. Listen to the conversation and then choose the correct answer among A, B, C, or D for each question: 1. How long did Hannah think it would take her to find a place to live? A. less than three weeks weeks
B. three
C. more than three weeks than four weeks
D. more
2. There is not enough accommodation to rent because……………………….. A. it is the end of the academic year B. Hannah is a new student C. the area has lots of new technology companies D. the town is small 3. £400 a month for rent is……………………….. A. higher than Hannah has paid before than Hannah has paid before C. cheap for the area cheap for the area 4. At the moment Hannah is living……………………….. A. in a hostel D. in a flat
B. in a guest house
B. lower D. not
C. in a hotel
5. Hannah's new flat……………………….. A. is a bit noisy B. is on the second floor C. has two bedrooms D. has a large roof terrace II.Listen to the conversation and fill in each blank with ONE word:
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I attend English classes at a language program in my city because I want to improve my (6)......................................................................................................................................................... English has become the international language around the world, and I might be able to get better (7)..................................................................................................................................................................... make more friends if I learn to speak it fluently. I take four classes a day that all (8).......................................................................................... different language skills including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and grammar. I think that some people have a (9)................................................................................................................................................................................. up a language and master it, but I don't think I fit that group. (10)................................................................................................... English well requires a great amount of effort, (11)....................and practice. Too often, students speak English in their classes, but they go back to using their (12) ………… language after school ends. In fact, if you want to (13)............................................................................................. new culture, you should make it a point to study, (14) …………, and practice everything you are studying. (15)................................................................................................. will never learn and fit into any group. A. PHONETICS: (5 points) Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A. responsibility A. appliance A. psychology A. stimulate A. appointment
B. originality B. conscientious B. environmental B. maximize B. punishment
B. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
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I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence: (15 points) 21. Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” Laura: “…..................................” A. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it was terrible. B. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected. C. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. D. No doubt! 22. Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” Girl: “….................................” A. I'm afraid not.
B. Worms, definitely!
C. Probably people who smoke. D. I haven't made up my mind. 23. Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr. Robinson.” Mr. Robinson: “…...................................” A. You can say that again. C. You are right.
B. I see. D. Delighted I was able to help.
24. I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate. The soil is ……………………….. A. as dry as rice B. as dry as a tile C. as dry as a bone D. as dry as wood 25. Susan was sad because she wasn’t invited to any social events. She felt ……………………….. A. left out B. turned out C. omitted out D. gone out 26. Most psychologists believe that the basic structure of an individual’s personality is……………………….. A. well established extremely by the age of five B. by the age of five it is extremely well established C. by the age of five and well established extremely D. extremely well established by the age of five 27. In most ……………………….. developed countries, up to 50% of..............................................population enters higher education at some time in their lives. A. Ø / Ø B. the / Ø
C. Ø / the
D. the / a
28. I wish you ……………………….. me a new one instead of having it.............................................as you did. A. would give / to repair C. had given / to be repaired
B. gave / to repair D. had given / repaired
29. Henry was really a silly boy when we were at high school. I still remember..........................................very stupid questions. A. him asking B. him to ask C. asking him D. his being asked 30. the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn. A. With reference B. Akin C. Prior to
D. In addition to
31. No sooner ………………………..to marry Jack...........................................to have serious doubts. A. had Carol agreed / than she began B. Carol has agreed / than she began C. had Carol agreed / than she begins D. had Carol agreed / than she had begun 32. Having been served dinner, ……………………... A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee. B. the committee members discussed the problem. C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem. D. a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee. 33. The marathon runner ……………………...for nearly one hour and a half when she.........................................to the pavement. A. has been running / collapses B. were running / collapsed C. had been running / collapsed D. ran / had been collapsing 34. Son: “What is the process of........................................., Dad?”
Father: “Well, it involves the heating of liquid such as milk in order to kill harmful bacteria.” A. industrialization B. pasteurization C. commercialization D. globalization 35. An artist.....................................will do his best to express innocence and inexperience in the child’s face. A. portraying a child B. who portray a child C. he portrays a child II.Give the correct form of the words in brackets: (10 points)
D. portrayed a child
36. Deforestation and excessive farming have............................................the soil. 37. The damage caused by the terrible storm two days ago was……………………... by the government. The real figures go up every minute.
(POOR) (ESTIMATE)
38. Barack Obama is the first President of the United States with............................................background.
(RACE) (BREATH) (SUSPECT) (OBSERVE) (FURIOUS) (VALID)
39. From the hotel there is a…...................................view across the canyon. 40. The policeman examined the parcel...........................................as he had no idea what it could be. 41. It was very.....................................of you to notice that. 42. In his..................................., Mike smashed all the breakable items in the kitchen. 43. Before enrolling on a course, you should first ensure that it has been..................................................by an officially recognized body. 44. Mr. John, who teaches us Latin, usually stresses the need for regular ……………………... 45. The government has yet to make an official...........................................on the issue. III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (5 points):
(ATTEND) (PRONOUNCE)
46. Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and indication its correct use. A B C D 47. The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from the Earth without a telescope. A B C D 48. Children subjected to violence, exploitation , abuse and neglect are in risk of death, poor physical and mental A B C health, HIV/AIDS infection, and educational problems. D 49. It is important that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure a successful cure. A C D
B
50. A ten-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped prisoner. A B C D D. READING: I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space: (10 points) Everyone has got two personalities - the one that is shown to the world and the other that is (51)…………... and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you are (52)….........................., because you can control yourself. But when you are asleep, your feeling position (53)…………...the real you. In a normal (54)…............................, of course, people often change their position. The important position is the one you go to sleep in. If you go to sleep on your back, you are a very (55)…………...person. You usually believe people and you accept new things or new ideas easily. You don’t like to make people sad, so you never express your (56) …………... feeling. You are quite shy. If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You (57)…………...a lot and you always easily become sad. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you (58)…………...having a good time. If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very (59)….......................person. You have a low opinion of yourself. You are shy and don’t like meeting people. You (60)…........................to be on your own. You are easily hurt. 51.
A.
important
B.
serious
C.
secret
D.
particular
52.
A.
awake
B.
active
C.
happy
D.
honest
53. 54.
A. A.
makes room
B. B.
understand bed
C. C.
changes night
D. D.
shows body
55.
A.
independent
B.
open
C.
talkative
D.
generous
56.
A.
real
B.
lonely
C.
cheerful
D.
gentle
57.
A.
talk
B.
sleep
C.
relax
D.
worry
58.
A.
regret
B.
enjoy
C.
mind
D.
deny
59. 60.
A. A.
strong pretend
B. B.
healthy oppose
C. C.
nervous refuse
D. D.
careful prefer
II. There are 5 blanks in the passage below. From the words given in the box, choose the most suitable for each blank. There are THREE extra words that you do not need to use: (5 points) legal community
C. responsibility D. give back
E. serve F. long-term
G. organizations H. rare
Volunteering has many intangible benefits. It can help you (61)..............................................to society, break down barriers of misunderstanding or fear, explore personal issues and even have fun. It also has a meaningful, positive impact on your (62)…………………….... But did you know that it can have many benefits for you, too? You may have heard that volunteering helps you get into college, but keep in mind they are not just looking for a list of (63)……………………... and dates. Colleges want to see a complete picture of you and real examples of your commitment, dedication and interests. Volunteering brings together a variety of people. Both the recipients of your volunteer efforts and your co- workers can be rich sources of insight. For example, maybe you’ll learn about the (64)…profession from a former lawyer you visit at a convalescent center. Colleges pay attention to your life inside and outside the classroom. Your extracurricular activities reveal a great deal about you, such as what your interests are, whether you can manage your priorities and maintain a (65)….................................................................promise and how you’ve made an important contribution to something. III.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer: (10 points) For many people who live in cities, parks are an important part of the landscape. They provide a place for people to relax and play sports, as well as a refuge from the often harsh environment of a city. What people often overlook is that parks also provide considerable environmental benefits. One benefit of parks is that plants absorb carbon dioxide—a key pollutant—and emit oxygen, which humans need to breathe. According to one study, an acre of trees can absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide that a typical car emits in 11,000 miles of driving. Parks also make cities cooler. Scientists have long noted what is called the Urban Heat Island Effect: building materials such as metal, concrete, and asphalt absorb much more of the sun’s heat and release it much more quickly than organic surfaces like trees and grass. Because city landscapes contain so much of these building materials, cities are usually warmer than surrounding rural areas. Parks and other green spaces help to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect. Unfortunately, many cities cannot easily create more parks because most land is already being used for buildings, roads, parking lots, and other essential parts of the urban environment. However, cities could benefit from many of the positive effects of parks by encouraging citizens to create another type of green space: rooftop gardens. While most people would not think of starting a garden on their roof, human beings have been planting gardens on rooftops for thousands of years. Some rooftop gardens are very complex and require complicated engineering, but others are simple container gardens that anyone can create with the investment of a few hundred dollars and a few hours of work. Rooftop gardens provide many of the same benefits as other urban park and garden spaces, but without taking up the much-needed land. Like parks, rooftop gardens help to replace carbon dioxide in the air with nourishing oxygen. They also help to lessen the Urban Heat Island Effect, which can save people money. In the summer, rooftop gardens prevent buildings from absorbing heat from the sun, which can significantly reduce cooling bills. In the winter, gardens help hold in the heat that materials like brick and concrete radiate so quickly, leading to savings on heating bills. Rooftop vegetable and herb gardens can also provide fresh food for city
dwellers, saving them money and making their diets healthier. Rooftop gardens are not only something everyone can enjoy, they are also a smart environmental investment. 66. Based on its use in paragraph 2, it can be inferred that mitigate belongs to which of the following word groups? A. exacerbate, aggravate, intensify C. allay, alleviate, reduce
B. obliterate, destroy, annihilate D. absorb, intake, consume
67. Using the information in paragraph 2 as a guide, it can be inferred that .................................. A. cities with rooftop gardens are cooler than those without rooftop gardens B. some plants are not suitable for growth in rooftop gardens C. most people prefer parks to rooftop gardens D. most people prefer life in the country over life in the city 68. According to the passage, the Urban Heat Island Effect is caused by the fact(s) that .................................. a. cities are warmer than nearby rural areas b. building materials absorb more of the sun’s heat than organic surfaces c. building materials release the sun’s heat more quickly than organic surfaces A. a. only B. a. and b. only C. b. and c. only D. a., b., and c. 69. Based on the information in paragraph 3, which of the following best describes the main difference between parks and rooftop gardens? A. Parks are expensive to create while rooftop gardens are not. B. Parks are public while rooftop gardens are private. C. Parks absorb heat while rooftop gardens do not. D. Parks require much space while rooftop gardens do not. 70. The author claims all of the following to be the benefits of rooftop gardens except .................................. A. increased space for private relaxation B. savings on heating and cooling costs C. better food for city dwellers D. improved air quality 71. According to the author, one advantage that rooftop gardens have over parks is that they .................................. A. decrease the Urban Heat Island Effect B. replenish the air with nourishing oxygen C. do not require the use of valuable urban land D. are less expensive than traditional park spaces 72. The author’s tone in the passage is best described as.................................. A. descriptive B. passionate C. informative D. argumentative 73. Which of the following pieces of information would, if true, most weaken the author's claim that rooftop gardens are good for the environment? A. Parks have many benefits that rooftop gardens do not share. B. More pollution is produced during rooftop garden construction than rooftop plants can remove from the air. C. Extremely high winds atop tall city buildings can severely damage some plants. D. The overall environmental benefits that result from driving less exceed those of planting a rooftop garden. 74. Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage? A. A hypothesis is stated and then analyzed. B. A proposal is evaluated and alternatives are explored. C. A viewpoint is established and then defended. D. A thesis is presented and then supported. 75. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would most likely endorse a program that .................................. A. permitted the construction of buildings in city park land provided they have rooftop gardens B. extended discounts on plants to customers who use them to create rooftop gardens C. offered free admission to schools willing to take their students on field trips to the city park D. promised vacation getaways to cooler destinations for those trapped in the city at the peak of summer E. WRITING:
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it: (5 points) 76. Its lack of irregular verbs makes Esperanto a unique language. Unlike………………………………….........................................………………………………………………………….. 77. Mr. Smith knew little about the Internet, so he didn’t invest into any computer companies. Had…......................................................................................................................................................................... 78. The Board of Directors discussed the business in length, but came to no decision. The Board of Directors had ...................................................................................................................................... 79. When she got to the party, everyone was dancing and singing. On.............................................................................................................................................................................. 80. Barbara runs a successful company and she also manages to look after her five children. Not only...................................................................................................................................................................... 81. It is my opinion that you should spend more time practicing English. If................................................................................................................................................................................. 82. Everyone was surprised that the famous actor had very little money when he died. The famous actor....................................................................................................................................................... 83. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications. The more.................................................................................................................................................................... 84. “Get out of my house or I will shoot you”, the woman shouted at the strange man. The woman threatened............................................................................................................................................. 85. What mainly distinguishes man from other animals is the power of speech. Man………….............................................................................................................................................................. II. After having attended a course on computing at ABC Information Technology Center for two weeks, you notice that many things are worse than what were advertised by the Center. Write a letter of complaint of about 150 words to the Director of the Center: (10 points) Your letter should include: - the reason for writing - the problems you have encountered - your suggestions and the actions you wish to be taken to resolve the problems Trong bài viết thí sinh phải dùng tên và địa chỉ sau: Pham Hai Nam 19 Ly Nam De Street, Hai Duong City III.Violence among school students seems to be increasing. Write a passage of about 150 – 170 words to suggest what should be done to help solve this problem: (10 points)
Họ và tên thí sinh:................................................. Số báo danh.......................... Họ và Tên, chữ ký Giám thị 1: ............................................................................. Họ và Tên, chữ ký Giám thị 2: ............................................................................ S□ GIÁO D□C – □ÀO T□O H□I D□□NG ************************ A. LISTENING (15 points) Part I. 5 points (1.0 point for each correct answer)
Híng dÉn chÊm ®Ò thi häc sinh giái tØnh M«n TiÕng Anh - n¨m häc 2012-2013
1. A 2.C 3.D Part II. 10 points (1.0 point for each correct answer)
4.C
5.B
6. communication
7. employment
8. focus
9. natural
10. Actually
11. patience
12. native
13. adjust
14. review
15. Otherwise
19. C
20. B
B. PHONETICS (5 points) (1 point for each correct answer) 16. D
17. A
18. B
C. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY. I. 10 points (1.0 point for each correct answer) 21. B
22. B
23. D
24. C
25. A
26. D
27. C
28. D
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. B
35. A
II. 10 points (1.0 poin t for each correct word) 36. impoverished
37. underestimated
38. multiracial
39. breathtaking
40. suspiciously
41. observant pronouncement
42. fury
43. validated
44. attendance
45.
48. C
49. A
50. B
III. 5 points (1.0 point for each correct answer) 46. D D. READING
47. B
I. 10 points (1.0 point for each correct answer) 51. C
52. A
53. D
54. C
55. B
56. A
57. D
58. B
59. C
60. D
61. D 62. B 63. G III. 10 points (1.0 points for each correct answer)
64. A
65. F
66. C
67. A
68. C
69. D
70. A
71. C E. WRITING
72. C
73. B
74. C
75. B
II.5 points (1.0 point for each correct answer)
I. 5 points ( 0.5 point for each correct answer) 76. Unlike other languages, Esperanto has no irregular verbs. 77. Had Mr. Smith known something / more / a little more / some more about the Internet, he would have invested into some computer companies. 78. The Board of Directors had a long discussion on / about the business, but come to / reached / made no decision. 79. On her arrival at the party, everyone was dancing and singing. 80. Not only does Barbara run a successful company, but she also manages to look after her five children. , but she manages to look after her five children (as well) , she also manages to look after her five children. 81. If I were you I would spend more time practicing English.
82. The famous actor had very little money when he died, which surprised everyone. , which made everyone surprised 83. The more qualifications you are able to / can amass, the more successful you become / are in the academic field. , the more success you can / will make / have in the academic field. 84. The woman threatened to shoot the strange man if he did not get out of her house. 85. Man is mainly distinguished from other animals by the power of speech. II.10 points Bài viết cần phù hợp về hình thức, ngôn ngữ và nội dung. Gợi ý cho điểm: 1. Form: - Form of the letter: Formal letter
(1 point)
2. Content: (4 points) - the reasons for writing (1 point) - the problems the writer has encountered (2 points) - suggestions for solutions (1 point) 3. Language: (4p) - Appropriate vocabulary (1 point) - Correct grammar (2 points) - Punctuating/ Spelling (1 point) III.
10 points
Bài viết cần phù hợp về hình thức, ngôn ngữ và nội dung. Gợi ý cho điểm: 1. Form: passage (2 points) - Easy to follow - Coherent 2. Content: (4 points) +Successful fulfillment of the task. 3. Language: (4 points) + Appropriate vocabulary (1 point) + Suitable connectors (0.5 point) + Correct grammar (2 points) + Punctuating / Spelling (0.5 point)
.
UBND TỈNH HẢI DƯƠNG SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Đề thi có 05 trang)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết chữ cái A, hoặc B, C, D. Phần tự luận: Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài. (Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu gì.)
A. LIST ENIN G
I. Listen to an interview on transportation and fill in each of the blanks with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS / NUMBERS (5.0 points). Questions How do you get to school?
How far is it from your home to school?
How long does it take you to get to school?
By bus
(2)
15 or 20 minutes
(1)
20 miles
It depends
By bike
A few blocks
(3)
Names Mike
Liz
Tom
II.Listen to a conversation between Daphne and her father. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) (5.0 points).
6.
Daphne is playing a computer game at the moment.
7.
Daphne’s dad doesn’t know what an e-mail is.
8.
Daphne’s dad thinks emails are cheap to send.
9.
Telephone rates are cheaper after 6:00 pm.
10.
Daphne’s dad would like to send an e-mail.
III. Listen to an announcement at a school fête and choose the best answer for the following statements and questions (5.0 points). 11. The money will be spent on _ A. school computers B. a new building C. the fête D. a new swimming pool Page 1 of 5
12. What starts at 2 o’clock? A. The fête. gymnastics competition. C. The gymnastics display and games 13. You can have a coffee break A. in classroom 6 B. in classroom 7 C. in the sports hall D. in the front playground 14. You can enter the three-legged race if you are A. a child with an adult B. a mum and a dad C. an aunt and an uncle D. an adults over 18 15. You should buy your raffle tickets A. by 4.30 pm C. when you enter the fête anytime before 5pm
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B. PHONETICS - GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS I. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the groups (5.0 points) 16. A. individual 17. A. knowledge 18. A. political 19. A. confidence 20. A. company
B. entertainment B. miserable B. yesterday B. minimize B. atmosphere
C. introduction C. reaction C. ambulance C. complaint C. customer
D. environment D. accident D. furniture D. imitate D. employment
II.Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence (15 points) 21. Peter: “ I’ve got to go, Betty. So long." Betty: ” So long, Peter. And _ ” A. be careful B. don’t hurry C. take care D. don’t take 22. John: “How lovely your house is!” Jack: “ ” A. I love it, too. B. Thank you, it’s nice of you to say so. C. Can you say that again. D. Really? It is. 23. Mr. Thomson is one of the most distinguished scientists in his . A. matter B. field C. part D. place 24. There has been a great in her English. A. escalation B. rise C. increase D. improvement 25. The of the general election will be known today. A. result B. decision C. effect D. choice 26. Released in 1915, A. D.W Griffith’s made an epic film about the Civil War, Birth of a Nation. B. the Civil War was the subject of D.W. Griffith’s epic film, Birth of a Nation. C. D.W. Griffith’s epic film Birth of a Nation was about the Civil War. D. the subject of D.W. Griffith’s epic film Birth of a Nation was the Civil War. 27. As soon as you buy a car, it starts falling in . A. cost B. worth C. value D. price 28. Boy: “Would you say that English is a global language?” Girl: "_ " A. Yes, it has. B. I like it. C. I don’t understand the difference. D. Oh, absolutely. 29. The couple decided to every month for their retirement. A. put some money away B. put some money aside C. take up some money D. take some money away 30.The taxi was so late reaching the station that my father missed his train. A. rarely B. immediately C. entirely D. almost 31. an emergency arise, call 911. A. Should B. Can C. Does D. Will 32.The doctor gave the patient _ examination to discover the cause of his collapse. A. a thorough B. an exact C. a universal D. a whole 33.On _ she had passed the exam, she jumped for joy. A. having told B. he was told C. being told D. telling 34. Henry: " " John: "Nothing." A. What do you do? B. What's new? C. How are you? D. Are you a newcomer? 35. Sarah: "I am terribly sorry, Mr. Johnson. I won't be able to come to the office tomorrow." Mr. Johnson: " " A. Oh, that's annoying. B. Sounds like fun. C. Well, never mind. D. Great, Sarah. III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (10 points). 36. (MYSTERY), the light came on though no one was near the switch. 37. Excessive (EXPOSE) to direct sunlight should of course be avoided. 38. The complete (RELEVANT) of this answer shows that the student did not read the question carefully. 39. Most birds (MIGRATORY) in the winter. 40. When a boy, Bob was a very (ATTEND) student and seemed to spend most of the time looking out of the window. 41. Travelling gives young people opportunities to (DEPTH) their understanding of the world. 42. The living-room is littered with (DISCARD) newspapers. 43. The boys took part in the competition with great (ENTHUSIAST).
44. Most young Americans want to lead a / an (DEPEND) life at the age of twenty. 45. (NEW) energy sources such as wind and wave power are pollution-free. IV.Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting: (5.0 points) 46. Visitors may realize that even though they can’t make their homes in Venice city, they can take away with A B them memories of their beauty. C D
47. The news of the negotiations for a peace treaty between the two Presidents were received with mixed emotions by A B C the citizens of both countries . D 48. If they took their language lesson seriously, they would be able to communicate with the locals now. A B C D 49. The Girls Scouts, found by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, has grown to a current membership of more than A B C three million girls. D 50. Americans annually import more than $ 3 billion worthy of Italian clothing, jewelry, and shoes. A B C D C. READING I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space: (10 points) These days in business, people have to face many challenging questions when designing and implementing new projects in undeveloped areas of the countryside. One issue which has to be faced is whether it is possible to introduce new technology without destroying the local environment. Economic (51) _and environmental conservation are often seen as natural enemies. It is unfortunate that in the past this has often been true, and it has been necessary to choose between (52) the project or protecting the environment. However, by taking environmental considerations (53) at an early stage in a project, companies can significantly reduce any impacts on local plants and animals. For example, in southern Africa, a company called CEL was asked to put up 410 km of a power transmission line without disturbing the rare birds which inhabit that area. The project was carried out with (54) disturbance last summer. What may surprise many business people is the fact that this consideration for local wildlife did not in any way (55) down the project. Indeed, the necessary advance planning (56) with local knowledge and advanced technology, (57) that the project was actually completed ahead of schedule. CEL was contracted to finish the job by October and (58) to do so two months earlier. CEL is one of those companies which is (59) to the principle of environmental conservation. Many other companies have yet to be (60) of the importance of balancing the needs of people with those of the environment. However, it may be the only realistic way forward. 51. A. development B. progression C. rise D. increase 52. A. running B. dealing C. controlling D. leading 53. A. deeply B. gravely C. seriously D. severely 54. A. bare B. smallest C. least D. minimal 55. A. turn B. slow C. speed D. hold 56. A. tied B. combined C. added D. related 57. A. led B. caused C. resulted D. meant 58. A. managed B. succeeded C. achieved D. fulfilled 59. A. promised B. persuaded C. convicted D. committed 60. A. argued B. convinced C. urged D. impressed II. There are 5 blanks in the passage below. From the words provided in the box, choose the most suitable for each blank. There are THREE extra words that you do not need to use (5 points). But need
C. bad D. true
E. help F. good
G. benefit H. Indeed
In Britain, the average young person now spends more money on games each year than on going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this necessarily a (61) thing? For years, newspaper reports have been saying that children who spend too much time playing computer games become unsociable, badtempered, even violent as a result. But new research, carried out in both Europe and the USA, suggests that the opposite may be (62) . (63) _, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to improve certain skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games make the brain work harder in certain ways, like imagining sounds and movements quickly and identifying what they are. The fact that
people play the games repeatedly means that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore likely to become highly developed. Social skills may (64) , too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first- person shooter games such as “Counterstrike” are better than non-players when it comes to building trust and cooperation, and that this helps them to make good friendships and become strong members of their communities. So rather than giving up computer games, perhaps young people (65) to spend more time on them?
III. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question (10 points). In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment. Recycling means finding ways to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling movement is “ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products. When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop. The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they can return them to the store. The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles. The third step is to recycle. Spent motor oil cans can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are costly to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world’s precious resources. 66. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. what is involved in the recycling movement. B. what people often understand about the term “recycle”. C. how to live sensitive to the environment. D. how to reduce garbage disposal. 67. The word “sensitive” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A. responding B. logical C. cautious D. friendly 68. People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT_ . A. buy high-quality product B. buy fewer hamburgers C. buy simply-wrapped things D. reuse cups 69. Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products? A. Because they have to be repaired many times B. Because they produce less energy. C. Because customers change their ideas all the time. D. Because people will soon throw them away 70. What is the best description of the process of reuse? A. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again. B. The bottles are collected, returned filled again and washed. C. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed. D. The bottles are washed, returned, filled again and collected. 71. The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because A. each returned bottle is paid. B. people are ordered to return bottles C. not many bottles are made of glass or plastic D. returned bottles are few 72. The word “practice” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A. drill B. exercise C. deed D. belief 73. The energy used to make a can is the energy used to run a color TV set for 3 hours. A. more than B. less than C. as much as D. not worth being compared to 74. The word “precious” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. natural B. substantial C. first D. invaluable 75. Which statement is true according to the passage? A. It's imppossible to recycle aluminum. B. Aluminum is one resource that needs to be saved.
C. Aluminum is a lasting resource. D. It's cheap to make aluminum cans.
D. WRITING I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (5 points). 76. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the past few years. - There ............................................................................................................................................................. 77. Their chances of success are small. - It is ................................................................................................................................................................ 78. Someone has suggested abolishing income tax. - It .................................................................................................................................................................... 79. Most people can understand Tom when he speaks Vietnamese. - Tom can make ............................................................................................................................................... 80. We are thankful to General Vo Nguyen Giap for his contribution to the cause of the national liberation. - We are thankful to General Vo Nguyen Giap for what ................................................................................... II.Use the suggested words and phrases below to make complete sentences of a passage(10 points). 81. Come / enjoy / three hundred years / history / single day! 82. Highfield House / one / Britain's finest old buildings / attractive / well-kept gardens / good view / beautiful North Norfolk coast. 83. Until recently / it / home / members / Highfield family. 84. Now / however / this classic 18th century hall / living museum / full /art / history. 85. There / so many attractions / from beautiful rooms / peaceful picnic places / by / lake. 86. You can even / trip / water / if / weather / suitable. 87. Enjoy / guided tour / House / start / the grandeur of the entrance / carry on through / various rooms. 88. tour / House / end / old kitchen / where valuable antique tools / display. III.It is said that modern technology makes it easier for students to learn. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Write an essay of about 180 – 200 words to support your opinion (10 points) ---------THE END--------Họ và tên thí sinh:..........................................................................Số báo danh........................... Họ và tên, chữ ký Giám thị 1:........................................................................................................ Họ và tên, chữ ký Giám thị 2:........................................................................................................ UBND TỈNH HẢI DƯƠNG SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
A. LISTENING: (15 points) I. (5.0 p): 1 point for each correct answer: 1. by car / drive
2. five / 5 miles
4. Yes
5. a better
3. fifteen / 15 minutes
II.(5.0 p): 1 point for each correct answer: 6. F
7. T
8. F
9. T
10. T
13. A
14. A
15. A
III. (5.0 p): 1 point for each correct answer: 11. D
12. C
B. PHONETICS: (5.0 points) 1 point for each correct answer: 16. D
17. C
18. A
19. C
20. D
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. C 27. C 28. D 31. A 32. A 33. C II. (10 points): 1 point for each correct answer:
29. B 34. B
30. D 35. C
36. 37. EXPOSURE MYSTERIOUSLY 40. INATTENTIVE 41. DEEPEN 44. INDEPENDENT 45. RENEWABLE
39. MIGRATE
C. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - LANGUAGE FUNCTION: I. (15 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 21. C
22. B
38. IRRELEVANCE 42. DISCARDED
43. ENTHUSIASM.
III. (5.0 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 46. D
47. B
48. A
49. A
50. C
D. READING: I. (10 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 51. A
52. A
53. C
54. D
55. B
56. B
57. D
58. A
59. D
60. B
63. H
64. G
65. B
II.(5 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 61. C
62. F
III. (10 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 66. A
67. D
68. B
69. D
70. C
71. A
72. C
73. C
74. D
75. B
E. WRITING: I. (5 points): 1 point for each correct answer: 76. - There has been a considerable increase / rise in the cost of living in the past few years. 77. - It is unlikely that they will succeed / will be successful. - It is likely that they will not succeed / will not be successful. 78. - It has been suggested that income tax should be abolished. 79. - Tom can make himself understood when he speaks Vietnamese.
80. - We are thankful to General Vo Nguyen Giap for what he contributed to / what he did for the cause of the national liberation. II.(10 points) 81. Come and enjoy three hundred years of history in a single day! (1.0 p) 82. Highfield House is one of Britain's finest old buildings (1.0 p) with attractive, well-kept gardens and a good view of the beautiful North Norfolk coast. (1.0 p) 83. Until recently, it was the home of the members of the Highfield family. (1.0 p) 84. Now, however, this classic 18th century hall is a living museum (which is) full of art and history. (1.0 p) 85. There are so many attractions from the beautiful rooms to the peaceful picnic places / such as the beautiful rooms and the peaceful picnic places by the lake.(1.0 p) 86. You can even have / make / take a trip on the water if the weather is suitable. (1.0 p) 87. Enjoy a guided tour of the House, starting with the grandeur of the entrance (1.0 p), and carry on through the various rooms. (1.0 p) 88. The tour of the House ends in the old kitchen where / in which valuable antique tools are display. (1.0 p) III. (10 points): 1. Form: essay (1.0 points) + include 3 parts: - introduction - body - conclusion 2. Organization: (10 points) - easy to follow - coherent 3. Content: (4.0 points): - successful fulfillment of the task with important ideas and relevant details 4. Language: (4.0 points) - a variety of structures and sentences patterns - appropriate vocabulary - suitable connectors - correct grammar - correct punctuating / spelling ---------THE END---------
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TIỀN
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
GIANG
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Năm học 2012-2013 Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Bảng: A
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi thứ nhất: 23/10/2012 (Đề thi có…15... trang, gồm…11...bài/câu) (Thí sinh nghe 02 đoạn băng mỗi đoạn 02 lần. Bắt đầu và kết thúc phần nghe đều có nhạc. Băng đã được ghi đủ số lần, giám thị mở cho máy chạy từ đầu tới cuối không cần trả băng. Giữa các đoạn có khoảng im lặng để thí sinh làm bài) PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2 pts. ) Question 1 : Listen to the recording two times and make your best choice for questions from 61 to 70 61. What does the man want to do? A. Visit Indonesia Pay his taxes C. Sell computers abroad Start a consulting business 62. What does the woman agree to do? A. Go to an earlier show See a boxing match C. Call George Go by cab 63. What is wrong with the fax machine? A. The print is too light The paper inside is jammed C. The supply tray is askew The printer is broken 64. What is the problem? A. The man doesn’t want to transfer to the other office B. The inventory has not been kept up-to-date C. There are no chairs in stock D. The man can’t access the inventory records 65. What kind of rooms are being referred to? A. Offices B. Bathrooms Dining rooms D. Bedrooms 66. What is Sonya responsible for? A. Selecting a suitable projector Product presentation C. Calling those attending the meeting Training the sales staff 67. What is the man asking Maria to do? A. Work faster Purchase some office equipment C. Get travel brochures about Hong Kong Take down some numbers 68. When will the speakers meet again? A. Monday B. Tuesday Thursday D. Friday
Đề thi HSG cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12, bảng A, 20122013
B. D. B. D. B. D.
C. B. D. B. D. C.
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69. Where are the speakers? A. At a church ceremony clothing store C. In an office 70. What is Ms Carreras’ job? A. Copy machine mechanic lecturer D. Advertiser
Đề thi HSG cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12, bảng A, 20122013
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Question 2 : Listen to the recording two times, then fill in the numbered blanks from 1 to 4 with the missing information from the report. A survey released yesterday by Investor’s Choice magazine found that despite the ……(1)....…. economy in decades, Europeans are extremely worried about their money, especially since their wages have not been keeping pace with ……(2)...........................................Jules Brandsen, Senior Vice President of Munich Publishing, which conducted the survey for the June issue of Investor’s Choice, said this: “Although people are ……(3)...…., about how the economy is doing and how they are doing personally, their optimism is guarded.” Why? Rising stress, unhappiness with corporate downsizing, concerns about financial privacy, and a growing feeling that ……(4). are not being put to good use. PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 8 pts.) Question 3: Pick out ONE best option ( A, B, C or D ) to complete each blank : 1/. She was a young woman. She was barely 25 and in the............................................of her life. A/. beauty B/. grown-up C/. mature D/. prime 2/. The balloon stayed...........................for days. It didn’t come down! A/. afloat B/. aloft C/. aside D/. away 3/. In 1952 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Elizabeth II,..............................to the throne as Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of 7 independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon. A/. held B /. stepped C/. succeeded D/. took 4/. Her second marriage was.............................unhappy. A/. fully B/. highly C/. likewise D/. so-called 5/. For many years Osama Bin Laden was hunted but his..............................was still unknown. A/. whatever B/. wherever C/. whatabouts D/. whereabouts 6/. ……………, we need more staff. A/. If that is the case B/. Unless the case is it C/. In the case as that D/. On the case as such 7/.........................broke out between police and demonstrators. A/. Attacks B/. Beats C/. Clashes D/. Crashes 8/. It was a(n).....................story. A/. hair-raising B/. warm-blooded C/. well-built D/. worked-up Question 4 : Pick out ONE option ( A, B, C or D ) which needs to be changed to make a correct sentence: 1/. As specified in Constitution, the 2012 presidential election will coincide with the A B C United States Senate elections where one-third of the Senators will face re-election (33 Class I D seats). 2/. The Silk Road or Silk Route is a modern term referring to a historical network of A B interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connects East, South, and C D Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa. 3/. Work on the Panama Canal, which began in 1881, was completed in 1914, enabling it no A B longer necessary for ships to sail the lengthy Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of C
South America or to navigate the dangerous waters of the Strait of Magellan. D 4/. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid A B tropical savanna that composes the northern region of central and western Sub-Saharan Africa. C Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 metres (590 ft) highly. D 5/. The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great A B Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and any longer a part of the British C D Empire. 6/. The etiquette of business is the set of written and unwritten rules of conduct that make A social interactions run more smoothly. Office etiquette in particular applies to coworker B interaction, excluding interactions with internal contacts such as customers and suppliers.. C D 7/. The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands. The A B archipelago lies out of the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah), about one third of C the way from there to southern Vietnam. D 8/. Very simple weapon use has been observed among chimpanzees, leading to speculation that A B early hominids began their first use of weapons as early five million years ago. C D Question 5 : Complete these sentences, using the suitable form of the words in brackets : 1/. The school has a valuable new ……… in Mr Smith. ( ACQUIRE ) 2/. Solving this problem calls for firm action by the union...................................( LEAD ) 3/. Scientists had maintained that the crop failure was not..............................( EXPLAIN) 4/. Lowering interest rates could have........................consequences for the economy. (DISASTER) 5/. His complete lack of interest in money ……….. the family. ( WILD) 6/................., she comes from New York. (ORIGINATE) 7/. The prime minister was .………. by terrorists. ( ASSASSIN ) 8/. They sell a wide range of household.......................like washing machines, dishwashers and so on. ( APPLY ) Question 6 : Complete these sentences with proper prepositions or adverbs: 1/. Look! The farmers are pulling...........................the weeds in a field. 2/. Helen is a lawyer. She specializes........................company law. 3/. Diane got on her bike and rode .……….. . 4/. Calm............................There’s no point in getting angry. 5/. There was a fight in the street and three men ended...........................in hospital. 6/. When the children had finished playing with the toys, they put them .……….. . 7/. The accident was my fault, so I had to pay for the damage..........................the other car.
8/. Clare’s salary has just gone up from $2000 a month to $2200. So it has increased .……….. $200. PART III : READING COMPREHENSION ( 6pts. ) Question 7: Match each of these short passages ( 1- 6 ) with its best headlines ( A – H ): Note that there are 2 headlines left out. ( 1.5 pts ) THE 6 SHORT PASSAGES: 1/. Imagine that the behavior is the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical power. It can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. Especially a type of it occurs in connection with education. It can be physical, verbal, or emotional. In schools, this occurs in all areas. It can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, though it more often occurs in PE, recess, hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and waiting for buses, classes that require group work and/or after school activities. This behavior in school sometimes consists of a group of students taking advantage of or isolating one student in particular and gaining the loyalty of bystanders who, in some cases, want to avoid becoming the next victim. The ones who commit this crime taunt and tease their target before physically hurting the target. Targets of this behavior in school are often pupils who are considered strange or different by their peers to begin with, making the situation harder for them to deal with. 2/. It is the physical or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department for Children And Families (DCF) define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. It can occur in a child's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with. There are major categories of it: neglect, physical one, and psychological or emotional one. Different jurisdictions have developed their own definitions of what constitutes this behavior for the purposes of removing a child from his/her family and/or prosecuting a criminal charge. According to a journal, this behavior occurs when there is "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm". 3/. It refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations. Legislations across the world prohibit it. These laws do not consider it as all work by children; exceptions include work by child artists, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, and others. 4. In recent years, the average age for first arrest has dropped significantly, and younger boys and girls are committing crimes. Between 60-80 percent of adolescents, and pre-adolescents engage in some form of youth offense. These can range from status offenses (such as underage smoking), to property crimes and violent crimes. The percent of teens who offend is so high
that it would seem to be a cause for worry. However, youth offending can be considered normative adolescent behavior. This is because most teens tend to offend by committing non- violent crimes, only once or a few times, and only during adolescence. It is when adolescents offend repeatedly or violently that their offending is likely to continue beyond adolescence, and become increasingly violent. It is also likely that if this is the case, they began offending and displaying antisocial behavior even before reaching adolescence. 5. This condition is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. The diagnostic criteria require that symptoms become apparent before a child is three years old. This condition affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. It is one of three recognized disorders in the ASDs, the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for this condition or Asperger syndrome are not met. Parents usually notice signs in the first two years of their child's life. The signs usually develop gradually, but some children affected by the condition first develop more normally and then regress. Early behavioral or cognitive intervention can help these children gain self-care, social, and communication skills. Although there is no known cure, there have been reported cases of children who recovered. Not many children with the condition live independently after reaching adulthood, though some become successful. 6. This condition impacts school-aged children and results in restlessness, acting impulsively, and lack of focus which impairs their ability to learn properly. It is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children, affecting about 3 to 5 percent of children globally and diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school-aged children. It is a chronic disorder with 30 to 50 percent of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have symptoms into adulthood. Adolescents and adults with this condition tend to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for some or all of their impairments. This condition is diagnosed two to four times more frequently in boys than in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be partially due to subjective bias of referring teachers. This and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the media. Topics include this condition's causes, and the use of stimulant medications in its treatment. Most healthcare providers accept that this condition is a genuine disorder with debate in the scientific community centering mainly around how it is diagnosed and treated. The American Medical Association concluded in 1998 that the diagnostic criteria for this condition are based on extensive research and, if applied appropriately, lead to the diagnosis with high reliability. BEST HEADLINES : A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.
Autism Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Child labor Child Abuse Terrorism School Bullying Juvenile Delinquency School Violence
Question 8 : Fill in each of the numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the meaning of the passage : ( 2 pts ) The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the nature of reality and the unavoidability of the (1-) ………, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist for the whole of the future or temporary, meaning that it won't and thus will come to an end. The future and the concept of eternity have been major subjects of philosophy, religion, and science and defining them non- controversially has consistently eluded the greatest of minds. It is the opposite of the past. In the Occidental view, which uses a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the projected time line that is anticipated to occur. In physics, time is considered to be the fourth dimension of the universe. In the philosophy of time, presentism is the belief that only the present exists and the future and the past are unreal. Religions consider the future when they address issues such as karma, life after death, and eschatologies that study what the end of time and the end of the world will be. Religious figures such as prophets and diviners have claimed to see into the future. Future studies, or futurology, is the science, art and practice of postulating possible futures. Modern practitioners stress the importance of alternative and plural futures, rather than one monolithic future, and the limitations of prediction and probability, versus the creation of possible and preferable futures. In art and culture, the future was explored in several art movements and genres. The futurism art movement at the beginning of the 20th century, (2-) ……… every medium of art, including painting, sculpture, poetry, theatre, music, architecture and even gastronomy. Futurists had passionate loathing of ideas from the past, especially political and artistic traditions. Instead, they espoused a love of speed, technology, and violence. Futuristic music involved homage to, inclusion of, or imitation of machines. Futurism expanded to encompass other artistic domains and ultimately included industrial design, textiles, and architecture. Forecasting Organized efforts to predict or forecast the future may have derived from (3-) ……… by early humans of heavenly objects, which changed position in predictable patterns. The practice of astrology, today considered pseudoscience, evolved from the human desire to forecast the future. Much of physical science can be read as an attempt to make quantitative and objective predictions about events. Forecasting is the process of estimation in unknown situations. Due to the element of the unknown, risk and uncertainty are central to forecasting and prediction. Prediction is a similar, but more general term. Both can refer to estimation of time series, cross-sectional or longitudinal (4-)......................................Econometric forecasting methods use the
assumption that it is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forecast. If the causes are understood, projections of the influencing variables can be made and used in the forecast. Judgmental forecasting methods incorporate intuitive judgments, opinions and probability estimates, as in the case of the Delphi method, scenario building, and simulations. Forecasting is applied in many areas, including weather forecasting, earthquake prediction, transport planning, and labour market planning. Despite the development of cognitive instruments for the comprehension of future, the stochastic nature of many natural and social processes has (5-) ……… precise forecasting of the future elusive. Modern efforts such as future studies attempt to predict social trends, while more ancient practices, such as weather forecasting, have benefited from scientific and causal modelling. Future studies Future studies or futurology is the science, art and practice of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. Futures studies seeks to understand what is likely to continue, what is likely to change, and what is novel. Part of the discipline thus seeks a systematic and pattern-based (6-) ……… of past and present, and to determine the likelihood of future events and trends. A key part of this process is understanding the potential future impact of decisions made by individuals, organisations and governments. Leaders use results of such work to assist in decision-making. Futures is an interdisciplinary field, studying yesterday's and today's changes, and aggregating and analyzing both lay and professional strategies, and opinions with respect to tomorrow. It includes analyzing the sources, patterns, and causes of change and stability in the attempt to develop foresight and to map possible futures. Modern practitioners stress the importance of alternative and plural futures, rather than one monolithic future, and the limitations of prediction and probability, (7-) ……… the creation of possible and preferable futures. Three factors usually distinguish futures studies from the research conducted by other disciplines (although all disciplines overlap, to differing degrees). First, futures studies often examines not only possible but also probable, preferable, and "wild card" futures. Second, futures studies typically attempts to gain a holistic or systemic view based on insights from a range of different disciplines. Third, futures studies challenges and unpacks the assumptions behind dominant and contending views of the future. The future thus is not empty but fraught with hidden assumptions. Futures studies does not generally include the work of economists who forecast movements of interest rates over the next business cycle, or of managers or investors with short-term time horizons. Most strategic planning, which develops operational plans for preferred futures with time horizons of one to three years, is also not considered futures. But plans and strategies with longer time horizons that specifically attempt to anticipate and be robust to possible future events, are (8-) ……… of a major subdiscipline of futures studies called strategic foresight.
The futures field also excludes those who make future predictions through professed supernatural means. At the same time, it does (9-) ……… to understand the models such groups use and the interpretations they give to these models. Psychology While ethologists consider animal behavior to be largely based on fixed action patterns or other learned traits in an animal's past, human behavior is known to encompass an anticipation of the future. Anticipatory behavior can be the result of a psychological outlook toward the future, for examples optimism, pessimism, and hope. Optimism is an outlook on life such that one maintains a view of the (10-)..........................as a positive place. People would say that optimism is seeing the glass "half full" of water as opposed to half empty. It is the philosophical opposite of pessimism. Optimists generally believe that people and events are inherently good, so that most situations work out in the end for the best. Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circ*mstances in one's life. Hope implies a certain amount of despair, wanting, wishing, suffering or perseverance — i.e., believing that a better or positive outcome is possible even when there is some (11-) ……… to the contrary. "Hopefulness" is somewhat different from optimism in (12-) ………. hope is an emotional state, whereas optimism is a conclusion reached through a deliberate thought pattern that leads to a positive attitude. Religion Religions consider the future when they address issues such as karma, life after death, and eschatologies that study what the end of time and the end of the world will be. In religion, major prophets are said to have the power to change the future. Common religious figures have claimed to see into the future, such as minor prophets and diviners. The (13-) ………. "afterlife" refers to the continuation of existence of the soul, spirit or mind of a human (or animal) after physical death, typically in a spiritual or ghostlike afterworld. Deceased persons are usually believed to go to a specific region or plane of existence in this afterworld, often depending on the (14-)...............................................of their actions during life. Some believe the afterlife includes some form of preparation for the soul to be transferred to another body (reincarnation). The major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics. There are those who are skeptical of the existence of the afterlife, or believe that it is absolutely impossible, such as the materialist-reductionists, who believe that the topic is supernatural, therefore does not really exist or is unknowable. In metaphysical models, theists generally believe some sort of afterlife awaits people when they die. Atheists generally do not believe in a life after death. Members of some generally non- theistic religions such as Buddhism, tend to believe in an afterlife like reincarnation but without reference to God. Agnostics generally hold the position that like the existence of God, the existence of supernatural phenomena, such as souls or life after death, is unverifiable and therefore
unknowable. Many religions, whether they believe in the soul’s existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one’s status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their (15-) ……… during life, with the exception of Calvinistic variants of Protestant Christianity, which believes one's status in the afterlife is a gift from God and cannot be earned during life. (16-) ………, is a part of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world. While in mysticism the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in many traditional religions it is taught as an actual future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the end time, and the end of days. Science fiction Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein defines science fiction as: More generally, science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theater, and other media. Science fiction differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of (17-) ……… (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation). Settings may include the future, or alternative time lines, and stories may depict new or speculative scientific principles, such as time travel, or new technology, such as nanotechnology, faster-than-light travel or robots. Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional (18-) ……… of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". Some science fiction authors construct a postulated history of the future called a "future history" which serves as a common background for their fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in their history, (19-) ……… other times the reader can reconstruct the order of the stories from information provided therein. Some works were published which constituted "future history" in a more literal sense - i.e., stories or whole books purporting to be excerpts of a history book from the future and which are written in the form of a history book - i.e., having no personal protagonists but rather describing the development of nations and societies over decades and centuries. Examples (20-) ……… H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1933), which was written in the form of a history book published in the year 2106 and - in the manner of a real history book - containing numerous footnotes and references to the works of (mostly fictitious) prominent historians of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Question 9 : Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each question ( 1-10) : ( 2.5 pts ) Education in the United States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: local, state, and federal, in that order. Child education is compulsory. There are also a large number and wide variety of higher education institutions throughout the country that one can choose to attend, both publicly and privately administered. Public education is universally available. School curricula, funding, teaching, employment, and other policies are set through locally elected school boards with jurisdiction over school districts with many directives from state legislatures. School districts are usually separate from other local jurisdictions, with independent officials and budgets. Educational standards and standardized testing decisions are usually made by state governments. The ages for compulsory education vary by state. It begins from ages five to eight and ends from ages fourteen to eighteen. Compulsory education requirements can generally be satisfied by educating children in public schools, state-certified private schools, or an approved home school program. In most public and private schools, education is divided into three levels: elementary school, middle school (sometimes called junior high school), and high school (sometimes referred to as secondary education). In almost all schools at these levels, children are divided by age groups into grades, ranging from kindergarten (followed by first grade) for the youngest children in elementary school, up to twelfth grade, the final year of high school. The exact age range of students in these grade levels varies slightly from area to area. Post-secondary education, better known as "college" in the United States, is generally governed separately from the elementary and high school system, and is described in a separate section below. History Formal education in the United States dates from 1635, when the Boston Latin School was founded in colonial New England. Grammar schools were established in the larger cities of each colony throughout the rest of the 18th century, as well as several religious colleges. Formal education for women started with the American Revolution, and for black children with the American Civil War. However, Homeschooling remained predominant, especially in the south, until the mid 19th century (the 1840 census revealed that about 55 percent of children attended some form of primary school). Free public schools for all started being established after the revolution, and expanded in the 19th century, as the results of efforts of men like Horace Mann and Booker T. Washington. By 1870, all states had free elementary schools, albeit only in urban centers. As the 20th century drew nearer, states started passing laws to make schooling compulsory, and by 1910, 72 percent of children attended school. Private schools continued to spread during this time, as well as colleges and—in the rural centers—land grant colleges. The year of 1910 also saw the first true high schools. During the rest of the 20th century, educational efforts centered on reducing the inequality of the schooling system. The landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education made the desegregation of elementary and high schools a national priority, while the Pell Grant
program helped poor minorities gain access to college. Special education was made into federal law in 1975. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 made standardized testing a requirement, and in 1983, a commission was established to evaluate their results and propose a course of action. The resulting No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was controversial and its goals proved to be unrealistic. A commission established in 2006 evaluated higher education, but its recommendations have yet to be fully implemented. Statistics In the year 2000, there were 76.6 million students enrolled in schools from kindergarten through graduate schools. Of these, 72 percent aged 12 to 17 were judged academically "on track" for their age (enrolled in school at or above grade level). Of those enrolled in compulsory education, 5.2 million (10.4 percent) were attending private schools. Among the country's adult population, over 85 percent have completed high school and 27 percent have received a bachelor's degree or higher. The average salary for college or university graduates is greater than $51,000, exceeding the national average of those without a high school diploma by more than $23,000, according to a 2005 study by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2010 unemployment rate for high school graduates was 10.8%; the rate for college graduates was 4.9%. The country has a reading literacy rate at 99% of the population over age 15, while ranking below average in science and mathematics understanding compared to other developed countries. In 2008, there was a 77% graduation rate from high school, below that of most developed countries. The poor performance has pushed public and private efforts such as the No Child Left Behind Act. In addition, the ratio of college-educated adults entering the workforce to general population (33%) is slightly below the mean of other developed countries (35%) and rate of participation of the labor force in continuing education is high. A 2000s study by Jon Miller of Michigan State University concluded that "A slightly higher proportion of American adults qualify as scientifically literate than European or Japanese adults". School grades Most children enter the public education system around ages five or six. The American school year traditionally begins at the end of August or the day after Labor Day in September, after the traditional summer recess. Children are assigned into yelovdvdmwar groups known as grades, beginning with preschool, followed by kindergarten and culminating in twelfth grade. Children customarily advance together from one grade to the next as a single cohort or "class" upon reaching the end of each school year in late May or early June. The American educational system comprises 12 grades of study over 12 calendar years of primary and secondary education before graduating, and often becoming eligible for admission to higher education. After pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, there are five years in primary school (normally known as elementary school). After completing five grades, the student will enter junior high or middle school and then high school to get the high school diploma.
The U.S. uses ordinal numbers (e.g., first grade) for identifying grades. Typical ages and grade groupings in public and private schools may be found through the U.S. Department of Education. Many different variations exist across the country. Students completing high school may choose to attend a college or university. Undergraduate degrees may be either associate's degrees or bachelor's degrees (baccalaureate) Community college typically offer two-year associate's degrees, although some community colleges offer a limited number of bachelor's degrees. Some community college students choose to transfer to a four-year institution to pursue a bachelor's degree. Community colleges are generally publicly funded and offer career certifications and part-time programs. Four-year institutions may be public or private colleges or universities. Most public institutions are state universities, which are sponsored by state governments and typically receive funding through some combination of taxpayer funds, tuition, private donations, federal grants, and proceeds from endowments. State universities are organized in a wide variety of ways, and many are part of a state university system. However, not all public institutions are state universities. The five service academies, one for each branch of the armed forces, are completely funded by the federal government; the academies train students (cadets or midshipmen) to be commissioned officers in exchange for a mandatory term of military service. Additionally, some local governments (counties and cities) have four-year institutions of their own - one example is the City University of New York. Private institutions are privately funded and there is wide variety in size, focus, and operation. Some private institutions are large research universities, while others are small liberal arts colleges that concentrate on undergraduate education. Some private universities are nonsectarian while others are religiously affiliated. While most private institutions are non- profit, a number are for profit. Curriculum varies widely depending on the institution. Typically, an undergraduate student will be able to select an academic major or concentration, which comprises the main or special subjects, and students may change their major one or more times. Some students, typically those with a bachelor's degree, may chose to continue on to graduate or professional school. Graduate degrees may be either master's degrees (e.g., M.S., M.B.A., M.S.W.) or doctorates (e.g., Ph.D., J.D., M.D.). Academia-focused graduate school typically includes some combination of coursework and research (often requiring a thesis or dissertation), while professional school (e.g., medical, law, business) grants a first professional degree and aims to prepare students to enter a learned profession. Elementary and secondary education Schooling is compulsory for all children in the United States, but the age range for which school attendance is required varies from state to state. Most children begin elementary education with kindergarten (usually five to six years old) and finish secondary education with twelfth grade (usually eighteen years old). In some cases, pupils may be promoted beyond the next regular grade. Some states allow students to leave school between 14–17 with parental permission, before finishing high school; other states require students to stay in school until age 18
Most parents send their children to either a public or private institution. According to government data, one-tenth of students are enrolled in private schools. Approximately 85% of students enter the public schools, largely because they are tax-subsidized (tax burdens by school districts vary from area to area). There are more than 14,000 school districts in the country. More than $500 billion is spent each year on public primary and secondary education. Most states require that their school districts within the state teach for 180 days a year. Parents may also choose to educate their own children at home; 1.7% of children are educated in this manner. Nearly 6.2 million students between the ages of 16 and 24 in 2007 dropped out of high school, including nearly three of 10 Hispanics. The issue of high-school drop-outs is considered important to address as the incarceration rate for African-American male high school dropouts is about 50 (fifty) times the national average. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that forced busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation. This ruling resulted in a white flight from the inner cities which largely diluted the intent of the order. This flight had other, non-educational ramifications as well. Integration took place in most schools though de facto segregation often determined the composition of the student body. By the 1990s, most areas of the country have been released from mandatory busing. In 2010, there were 3,823,142 teachers in public, charter, private, and Catholic elementary and secondary schools. They taught a total of 55,203,000 students, who attended one of 132,656 schools. States do not require proper reporting from their school districts to allow analysis of efficiency of return on investment. The Center for American Progress, called a "left-leaning think tank", commends Florida and Texas as the only two states that provides annual school-level productivity evaluations which report to the public how well school funds are being spent at the local level. This allows for comparison of school districts within a state. In 2010, American students rank 17th in the world. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says that this is due to focusing on the low end of performers. All of the recent gains have been made, deliberately, at the low end of the socioeconomic scale and among the lowest achievers. The country has been outrun, the study says, by other nations because the US has not done enough to encourage the highest achievers. About half the states encourage schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Teachers worked from about 35 to 46 hours a week in a survey taken in 1993. In 2011, American teachers worked 1,097 hours in the classroom, the most for any industrialized nation measured by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. They spend 1,913 hours a year on their work, just shy of the national average of 1,932 hours for all workers.
Transporting students to and from school is a major concern for most school districts. School buses provide the largest mass transit program in the country; 8.8 billion trips per year. Non- school transit buses give 5.2 billion trips annually. 440,000 yellow school buses carry over 24 million students to and from school. School start times are computed with busing in mind. There are often three start times; for elementary, for middle/junior high, and for high school. One school district computed its cost per bus (without the driver) at $20,575 annually. It assumed a model where the average driver drove 80 miles per day. A driver was presumed to cost $.62 per mile (1.6 km). Elementary schools started at 7:30, middle schools/junior high school started at 8:15 and senior high schools at 9:00. While elementary school started earlier, they also get out earlier, at 2:25; middle schools at 3:10 and senior high schools at 3:55. All school districts establish their own times and means of transportation within guidelines set forth by their own state. 1/. Education in the United States ……….. . A/. is provided by the private sector for the most part B/. requires children to go to school by law C/. has school districts run on their own fund but by administrators from another state D/. usually standardizes everything including training and testing federally 2/. The ages for school ……….. A/. are hom*ogeneous for all states B/. range from five to eight years old C/. can be met by educating children in an approved home program D/. can be based on to tell which grade the students are in 3/. Education in the United States ………….. . A/. was formally found in 1965 B/. was established in the larger cities of each colony throughout the rest of the 18th century C/. was started for women before the American Revolution D/. was began for black children along with the Civil War 4/. In terms of history, before the 20th century, ……….. A/. urban centers of all the states had free elementary schools B/. states had already finished passing laws to make schooling compulsory C/. 72 percent of the American children attended school D/. the people witnessed the first true high school 5/. “desegregation” in “the desegregation of elementary and high school a national priority …” can be best replace with ……….. . A/. end the policy of segregation B/. discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, religion, etc. C/. isolation D/. insulation 6/. About statistics, ……….. . A/. 76,6 million students enrolled in kindergarten B/. 10,4 % of the 5.2 million population were attending private school C/. 99% of the population over age 15 are able to read while the rate for science and math literacy is lower D/. A study by Jon Miller indicates a pessimistic signal for the American adults in science literacy of the year 2000 7/. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A/. The grades begin with preschool, followed by kindergarten, then five years in primary, entering junior high, next middle school, and culminating in twelfth grade of high school. B/. College can be a two –year or four – year long period. C/. Students at state universities don’t pay tuition.
D/. Requiring a thesis or dissertation is the work of professional school. 8/. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A/. Elementary education includes kindergarten. B/. Some special pupils can be moved to a higher grade beyond his next regular one. C/. Some states allow students to leave school earlier in case their parents agree and once they have finished high school. D/. The majority of students enter the public schools mainly due to the easing of tax burdens. 9/. “incarceration” in “as the incarceration rate for African-American male high school dropouts …” is closest in meaning to … . A/. imprisonment B/. opposition C/. impatience D/. desegregation 10/. The last part “ States do not require reporting ….set forth by their own state.” is mainly about ……….. . A/. Analyses of efficiency of return on investment B/. The USA has been outrun by other nations. C/. A survey taken in 1993 on teachers’ work D/. The transportation of students back and forth school is a major concern. PART IV : WRITING ( 4 pts. ) Question 10 : Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words or phrases given in such a way that they remain exactly the same meaning as the original ones : ( 2 pts ) 1/. What must be done about this problem? What is ………………………………. . 2/. He expects to have finished by June. He expects that ………………..... ………………………………….. . 3/. How deep is the Suez canal? What...........................................................? 4/. I happened to be standing next to him when he collapsed. It happened ………....………………………. . 5/. He might have gone. It is ……....………………………… . 6/. “ I advise cancelling the meeting,” he said. He advised that ………………………………… . 7/. The fruits are stolen from the neighbor. Which of these fruits do you know? . Which ……………………………… . 8/. Is it right that everyone has read the notice? Everyone......................................................................? Question 11 : ( 2 pts ) Write about an important turning point in your life up to now or in the time to come. How do you think it affected or would affect your life? ( in about 200-250 words ) HẾT Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. Họ và tên thí sinh: Số báo danh:
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TIỀN
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
GIANG
ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC
Năm học 2012-2013 Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Bảng: A
(Đáp án có…3... trang, gồm…11...bài/câu)
PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2 pts. ) Question 1 : 0.1 × 10 = 1 điểm 61. C 62. D
63. C
64. D
66. A
68. C
69. B
67. B
Question 2 : 0.25 ×4 = 1 điểm (1) healthiest
(2) inflation
(3) confident
PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 8 điểm.) Question 3: 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm 1/. D/. prime
2/. B/. aloft
3/. C/. succeeded
5/. D/. whereabouts
6/. A/. If that is the case
7/. C/. Clashes
Question 4 : 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm 1/. B the Constitution 5/. D no longer
2/. C
connected
6/. C external contacts such as
3/. B
making
7/. C off
Question 5 : 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm 1/. ACQUISITION 5/. BEWILDERS/ BEWILDERED
2/. LEADERSHIP/LEADERS 6/. ORIGINALLY
3/. EXPLICABLE 7/. ASSASSINATED
Question 6 : 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm 1/. …OUT…..
2/. .…IN……..
5/. .…UP……...
6/. .…OFF/……..
Đáp án HSG cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12, bảng A, 20122013
3/. .…OFF/ AWAY…….. 7/. .…TO……..
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PART III : READING COMPREHENSION ( 6 điểm ) Question 7: 0.25 × 6 = 1.5 điểm 1 – F. School Bullying 4 – G. Juvenile Delinquency
2 – D. Child Abuse
3 – C. Child Labor
5 – A. Autism
6 – B. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Question 8 : 0.1 × 20 = 2 điểm (1-) …FUTURE……
(2- EXPLORED ……
(3-) OBSERVATIONS (4-) …… ……DATA…. .
(6UNDERSTAND -ING…… (11-) EVIDENCE……
(7-) …VERSUS… … (12-) …THAT…….
(8-) ……PART…
(9-) …SEEK……
(13-) ……TERM….
(16-) ESCHATOLOG Y…
(17-) …NATURE… …
(18-) …PURPOSE……
(14-) RIGHTNESS …… (19-) …WHEREAS ……
(5-) …MADE… … (10-) …WORLD… …. (15-) CONDUCT … (20-) INCLUDE.. …
Question 9 : 0.25 × 10 = 2.5 điểm 1/. B/. requires children to go to school by law 2/. D/. can be based on to tell which grade the students are in 3/. D/. was began for black children along with the Civil War 4/. A/. urban centers of all the states had free elementary schools 5/. A/. end the policy of segregation 6/. C/. 99% of the population over age 15 are able to read while the rate for science and math literacy is lower 7/. B/. College can be a two –year or four – year long period. 8/. C/. Some states allow students to leave school earlier in case their parents agree and once they have finished high school. 9/. A/. imprisonment 10/. A/.
Analyses of efficiency of return on investment
PART IV : WRITING ( 4 điểm . ) Question 10 : 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm
1/. What must be done about this problem? What is TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DO/TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? 2/. He expects to have finished by June. He expects that HE WILL HAVE FINISHED BY JUNE. 3/. How deep is the Suez canal? What IS THE DEPTH OF THE SUEZ CANAL ?/ 4/. I happened to be standing next to him when he collapsed. It happened THAT I WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIM WHEN HE COLLAPSED. 5/. He might have gone. It is POSSIBLE (THAT) HE WENT/HAS GONE. It is LIKELY (THAT) HE WENT/HAS GONE. 6/. “ I advise cancelling the meeting,” he said. He advised that THE MEETING (SHOULD) BE CANCELLED/ THEY (SHOULD) CANCEL THE MEETING. SOMEONE (SHOULD) CANCEL THE MEETING. 7/. The fruits are stolen from the neighbor. Which of these fruits do you know? Which OF THESE FRUITS DO YOU KNOW ARE STOLEN FROM THE NEIGHBOR? 8/. Is it right that everyone has read the notice? Everyone HAS READ THE NOTICE, HAVEN’T THEY? Question 11 : ( 2 điểm ) Viết về một bước ngoặt quan trọng cho tới nay đã từng xảy ra với bạn hoặc nếu chưa thì hãy tưởng tượng một bước ngoặt rất quan trọng sẽ xảy ra ảnh hưởng đến cuộc đời của bạn. Thí sinh kể lại hay tưởng tượng ra một kỹ niệm, trãi nghiệm quan trọng trong cuộc đời đồng thời có phân tích đánh giá sự kiện đó ảnh hưởng như thế nào đến cuộc đời mình. Bước ngoặt đã xảy ra: - sự kiện: ngày đầu tiên đi học, cuộc chiến tranh, thảm hoạ, sự cố gia đình - gặp ai đó: gặp thầy, gặp thần tượng - làm gì đó: mở công ty, học nghề gì đó, chọn nghề, tham gia cuộc thi, đi học nước ngoài, thi đậu TOEFL Bước ngoặt sẽ xảy ra: - thi đậu đại học - hôn nhân - vào Đoàn/Đảng/vào quân dội Bước ngoặt có thể ảnh hưởng tốt, tích cực hoặc ảnh hưởng xấu, tiêu cực tới sự hình thành nhân cách, hình thành nhân sinh quan (lifestyle and behaviour), thế giới quan (viewpoint), rèn luyện kỹ năng sống, trên cơ sở đó quyêt định sự thành – bại trong nghề nghiệp, gia đình, cũng như vị trí trong xả hội. Từ đó cuộc đời của thí sinh trở nên khác đi. Thí sinh cám thấy rất biết ơn sự kiện đó xảy ra với mình hay hối tiếc và ước là nó đừng xảy ra.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TIỀN
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
GIANG
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Năm học 2012-2013 Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Bảng: B
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi thứ nhất: 23/10/2012 (Đề thi có…8. trang, gồm…11 .bài/câu) (Thí sinh nghe 02 đoạn băng mỗi đoạn 02 lần. Bắt đầu và kết thúc phần nghe đều có nhạc. Băng đã được ghi đủ số lần, giám thị mở cho máy chạy từ đầu tới cuối không cần trả băng. Giữa các đoạn có khoảng im lặng để thí sinh làm bài) PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2 pts. ) Question 1 : Listen to the recording two times and make your best choice for questions from 51 to 60 51. Where does this conversation take place? A. In a store B. In a restaurant C. In a theater D. In a train station 52. What does the new accountant want to do? A. Inspect former records B. Taste some food C. Purchase new storage space D. Pack up the files 53. What is the problem? A. Several managers are sick B. Unemployment is rising C. Stefan reprimands everybody D. Stefan hasn’t been doing his job 54. Who is the woman talking to? A. A carpet installer B. An office manager C. A janitor D. A restaurant manager 55. What might the speakers be working with? A. Wood B. Stone C. Gas D. Water 56. What is the woman doing? A. Learning a language B. Ordering French bread C. Studying Spanish D. Applying for a job 57. Who is the man talking to? A. A lifeguard B. A travel agent C. A gift wrapper D. A gymnasium manager 58. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Ask her about the evening before B. Telephone the police C. Give her some information about cars D. Look to see what was taken 59. What was the goal of the meeting? A. To organize a protest B. To work
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out a good schedule C. To learn about computers reach a purchasing decision 60. Who is the man talking to? A. A barber B. An accountant C. A travel agent D. A librarian Question 2 : Listen to the recording two times, then fill in the numbered blanks 1 to 4 with the missing information from the report. The ability to have children in the ……(1)....…. decade may be a market for slow aging and the subsequent ability to achieve extreme longevity. Researchers at the Mongolian
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Medical School in Beijing studied records of two groups of women born in ……(2)....…. . Many women in one group were still ……(3)..................at the age of 100 while most women in the other group died in their seventies. Women who lived to be at least 100 were four times more ……(4)............to have had children in their forties than women who survived only to the age of 73. PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 8 pts.) Question 3: Pick out ONE best option ( A, B, C or D ) to complete each blank : 1/. The sink in the kitchen is …………… . A/. breaking B/. bursting C/. chipping D/. leaking 2/. Back pains can be the result of bad …………… . A/. position B/. posture C/. potential D/. sitting 3/. If someone disagrees, they can …………… . A/. call B/. challenge C/. request D/. require 4/...........................education is education at university or college level. A/. Advanced B/. Honored C/. Pioneering D/. Tertiary 5/. Life within a university or college is also called…………… . A/. campus life B/. academy life C/. study life D/. bachelor life 6/. Show me how to make..............................this textbook. A/. the majority of B/. the most of C/. the plenty of D/. the worst of 7/. I don’t like …………… . A/. keeping to wait B/. keeping waiting C/. being kept waiting D/. being keeping to wait 8/. Many families struggle to make ………… . A/. ends meet B/. a living rich C/. full and enough D/. food sufficient Question 4 : Pick out ONE option ( A, B, C or D ) which needs to be changed to make a correct sentence: 1/. The United States House of Representatives elections occur to elect the members for the A B 113th Congress. Eleven gubernatorial elections and many elections for state legislatures will also take space at the same time. C D 2/. The central Asian sections of the trade routes were expanded around 114 BC by the Han A dynasty, large through the missions and explorations of Zhang Qian, but earlier trade routes B C across the continents already existed. D 3/. The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama where connects the A B C Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key D conduit for international maritime trade. 4/. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert and third largest desert, after Antarctica and A the Arctic. At over 9,400,000 square kilometers (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of North B C Africa, making it mostly as large as China or the United States. D 5/. The Independence Day of the United States of America celebrated on July 4, the day A B
Congress approved of the wording of the Declaration. C D 6/. These rules are often echoed throughout an industry or economy. For instance, 49% of A employers surveyed in 2005 found that non-traditional attire will be a "strong influence" on B C their opinion of a potential job candidate. D 7/. Such small and remote islands have little economic value in themselves, but are important A in establishing international boundaries. There are no native islanders but there are, at least for
B C
now, rich fishing grounds; and initial surveys indicate the islands may include significant D reserves of oil and natural gas. 8/. Some of the earliest unambiguous weapons were throwing sticks and spears dated to more A 300,000 years ago. The Schöninger Speere, eight wooden throwing spears from the Lower
B C
Paleolithic era, are thought to be the earliest known example of weapons used by the genus D hom*o. Question 5 : Complete these sentences, using the suitable form of the words in brackets : 1/. The Antarctic is the world’s last great..............................( WILD ) 2/. Women are forced to make a.......................between family and career. ( CHOOSE ) 3/. Her eyes were bright and...........................( LIFE) 4/. I leave a light on when I’m out to......................the burglars. (COURAGE) 5/. Violence ………..during the night. ( INTENSE) 6/................., there’s not a lot we can do about it. (BASIC) 7/. The bridge was blasted by .………. . ( TERRIBLE ) 8/. The party was......................we had a good time there. (ENJOY) Question 6 : Complete these sentences with proper prepositions or adverbs: 1/. “ I belong............................a beautiful kingdom,” said the man. 2/. Many people suffer.....................bureaucracy. 3/. The firefighters tried to put......................the fire. 4/. How are you getting.......................at school? 5/. People are fed.....................with all these traffic jams. 6/. You are advised not to put........................what you can do today till tomorrow. 7/. The chief police wanted you........................person to see him. 8/. Lucy is homesick. He longs.......................his relatives in his home town. PART III : READING COMPREHENSION ( 6pts. ) Question 7: Match each of these short passages ( 1- 6 ) with its best headlines ( A – H ): Note that there are 2 headlines left out. ( 1.5 pts )
THE 6 SHORT PASSAGES: 1. It is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, this disaster manifests itself by vibration, shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. The vibrations may vary in magnitude. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and evacuation planning. 2. This disaster can cause widespread destruction and consequent disaster in several ways. The effects may cause harm following the explosion or the fall of rock. Second, lava may be produced during the disaster. As it comes down, the lava destroys many buildings and plants it encounters. Third, ash from it generally meaning the cooled ash - may form a cloud, and settle thickly in nearby locations. When mixed with water this forms a concrete-like material. In sufficient quantity ash may cause roofs to collapse under its weight but even small quantities will harm humans if inhaled. Since the ash has the consistency of ground glass it causes abrasion damage to moving parts such as engines. 3. It occurs when a gas, usually CO2, suddenly erupts from deep lake water, posing the threat of suffocating wildlife, livestock and humans. Such an eruption may also cause tsunamis in the lake as the rising gas displaces water. Scientists believe landslides, volcanic activity, or explosions can trigger such an eruption. Up to now, only two events of this disaster have been observed and recorded: In 1984, in Cameroon, one in Lake Monoun caused the deaths of 37 nearby residents; At nearby Lake Nyos in 1986 another much larger one killed between 1,700 and 1,800 people by asphyxiation. 4. It is severe winter storms characterized by heavy snow and strong winds. The difference between it and a snow storm is the strength of the wind. To be considered as this disaster, the storm must have winds in excess of 35 miles per hour, it should reduce the visibility to 1/4 miles, and must last for a prolonged period of 3 hours or more. Ground ones require high winds to stir up snow that has already fallen, rather than fresh snowfall. They can impact local economic activities, especially in regions where snowfall is rare. 5. It is falls of rain drops that arrive as ice, rather than melting before they hit the ground. A disaster of this kind, which is particularly damaging, hit Munich, Germany, on July 12, 1984, causing about 2 billion dollars in insurance claims. 6. It is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments. Although the action of gravity is the primary driving force for this disaster to occur, there are other contributing factors affecting the original slope stability. Typically, pre-conditional factors build up specific sub-surface conditions that make the area/slope prone to failure, whereas the actual one often requires a trigger before being released. BEST HEADLINES : A. B. C. D. E.
A Landslide An Avalanche An Earthquake A Volcanic Eruption A Typhoon
F. A Blizzard G. A Hailstorm H. A Limnic Eruption Question 8 : Fill in each of the numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the meaning of the passage : ( 2 pts ) Biodiversity is the degree of variation of …..(1)….. forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich …..(2)….. polar regions support fewer species. Rapid environmental changes typically cause mass extinctions. One estimate is that less than 1% of the species that have existed on Earth are extant. Since life began on Earth, five major mass extinctions and several minor events have …..(3)….. to large and sudden drops in biodiversity. The Phanerozoic eon (the last 540 million years) marked a rapid growth in biodiversity via the Cambrian explosion—a period during which the majority of multicellular phyla first …..(4)… The next 400 million years included repeated, massive biodiversity losses classified as mass extinction events. In the Carboniferous, rainforest collapse led to a great loss of plant and animal life. The Permian–Triassic extinction event, 251 million years ago, was the worst; vertebrate recovery took 30 million years. The most recent, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, occurred 65 million years ago, and has often attracted more attention than others because it resulted in the …..(5)….. of the dinosaurs. The period since the emergence of humans has displayed an ongoing biodiversity reduction and an accompanying loss of genetic diversity. Named the Holocene extinction, the reduction is caused primarily by human impacts, particularly habitat destruction. Conversely, biodiversity impacts human health in a number of ways, both positively and negatively. The existence of a "global carrying capacity", limiting the amount of life that can live at once, is debated, as is the question of whether such a limit would also cap the number of species. …..(6)… records of life in the sea shows a logistic pattern of growth, life on land (insects, plants and tetrapods)shows an exponential rise in diversity. As one author states, "Tetrapods have not yet invaded 64 per cent of potentially habitable modes, and it could be that without human influence the ecological and taxonomic diversity of tetrapods would continue to increase in an exponential fashion …..(7)… most or all of the available ecospace is filled." Most biologists agree however that the period since human emergence is …..(8) of a new mass extinction, named the Holocene extinction event, caused primarily by the impact humans are having on the environment. It has been argued that the present rate of extinction is sufficient to eliminate most species on the planet Earth within 100 years. …..(9)…......species are regularly discovered (on average between 5–10,000 new species each year, most of them insects) and many, though discovered, are not yet classified (estimates are that nearly 90% of all arthropods are not yet classified). Most of the terrestrial diversity is …..(10)….....in tropical forests.
Question 9 : Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each question ( 1-10) : ( 2.5 pts ) It is difficult to write rules that tell exactly when we should apologize, but it is not difficult to learn how. If we have done something to hurt someone’s feelings, or if we have been impolite or rude, we should apologize. An apology indicates that we realize we have made a mistake, and we are sorry for it. It is a way of expressing our regret for something. When we apologize, we admit our wrongdoing, usually offer a reason for it, and express regret. The simplest way to apologize is to say “I’m sorry,” but often that is not enough. Let’s take a common situation. Mario is late for class and enters the classroom, interrupting the teacher in the middle of the lesson. What does he do? The most polite action is usually to take a seat as quietly as possible and apologize later. But if the teacher stops and waits for him to say something, he could apologize simply “I’m sorry I’m late”, ask permission to take his seat, and sit down. Naturally, more than this – a reason for the tardiness – is needed, but this is not the time or the place for it because he has already caused one interruption and doesn’t need to make it any longer or worse than it already is. After class, when he can speak to the teacher privately, Mario can apologize again, this time giving his excuse. He might say, “Mr Blair, I’m sorry I was late for class this morning. I overslept and missed the bus.” When we give an excuse to the person to whom we are apologizing. We are admitting responsibility. After the excuse there sometimes comes a promise to change, improve, or not to let the action happen again. For example, after Mario gives the reason for his tardiness, he might add, “I won’t let it happen again” or “I promise I’ll be on time from now on.” Contrite Makes Right Whether used to repair old, strained relationships or to lay the groundwork for new, productive ones, the mighty “sorry” has proved effective. Apologies are powerful. They resolve conflicts without violence, repair schisms between nations, allow governments to acknowledge the suffering of their citizens, and restore equilibrium to personal relationships. They are an effective way to restore trust and gain respect. They can be a sign of strength: proof that the apologizer has the self-confidence to admit a mistake. Apologies, like so many other communication strategies, begin at home. They are one of a bevy of what some linguists call speech acts and are used to keep relationships on track. Each cultural group has its own customs with regard to conventional formalities, including conventionalized means of repairing disruptions. In the American context, there is ample evidence that women are more inclined to offer expression of contrition than men. One woman, for example, told me that her husband’s resistance to apologizing makes their disputes go on and on. Once, after he forgot to give her a particularly important telephone message, she couldn’t get over her anger, not because he had forgotten (she realized anyone can make a mistake) but because he didn’t apologize. “Had I done something like that,” she said, “I would have fallen all over myself saying how sorry I was … I felt as though he didn’t care. “ When I asked her husband for his side of the story, he said apologizing would not have repaired the damage. “So what good does it do?” he wondered. The good it does is cement the relationship. By saying he was sorry – and saying it as if he meant it – he would have conveyed that he felt bad about letting her down. Not saying anything sent the opposite message: It implied he didn’t care. Showing that you empathize provides the element of contrition, remorse, or repentance that is central to apologies – as does
the promise to make amends and not repeat the offense. In the absence of these, why should the wife trust her husband not to do it again? Apologies can be equally powerful in day-to-day situations at home and at work. One company manager told me that they were magic bullets. When he admitted to subordinates that he had made a mistake and then expressed remorse, they not only forgave him, but became even more loyal. Conversely, when I asked people what most frustrated them in their work lives, co- workers refusing to admit fault was a frequent answer. Given the importance of taking responsibility for the results of our actions, it is distressing when the litigious nature of our society prevents us from doing so. We are, for example instructed by lawyers and auto insurance companies never to admit fault – or say we’re sorry – following automobile accidents, since this may put us in a precarious legal position. The stance makes sense but takes a toll spiritually. Civilization magazine 1/. An apology ……….. . A/. is easy to know when to make B/. should be made in case we offend someone C/. indicates that it is not our fault D/. is a way of expressing our pride 2/. Which of the following statements is FALSE? A/. Saying “I’m sorry” is not always believed to be enough. B/. Mario should insist on interrupting the teacher more. C/. It is better for him to sit down and apologize later. D/. He should not prolong his disturbance at that time. 3/. After class Mario ……….. . A/. meets Mr Blair again and accepts his apology B/. goes to see Mr Blair on the bus C/. sees Mr Blair and explains for his tardiness D/. oversleeps and misses the bus 4/. Apologies ……….. A/. create conflicts B/. give rise to suffering C/. make peace D/. break off relationships 5/. “ conventional ” in “Each cultural group has its own customs with regard to conventional formalities..” means ……….. . A/. acceptable by society B/. (of weapons) not nuclear C/. conference D/. strange and unusual 6/. From this passage it can be inferred that American women ……….. . A/. are more impressive than American men B/. contribute more than American men C/. tend to apologize more than American men D/. are more resistant than American men in their disputes 7/. According to the wife, the husband’s not saying anything means ……….. . A/. he wanted to cement the relationship B/. he felt bad about letting her down C/. he was not used to taking care of her D/. he didn’t think about her at all 8/. “contrition’, “remorse”, “repentance” , “apologies” have ……….. meanings A/. similar B/. very different C/. exactly the same D/. perfectly like 9/. Which terms are not used in this passage to describe apologies? A/. mighty B/. makes right C/. magic bullets D/. takes a toll 10/. What is the best title for the passage?
A/. Apologies: When, How, and Why to make it? B/. The simplest way to apologize is to say “I’m sorry” C/. No one has ever refused an apology, don’t they? D/. Apologies speak volumes PART IV : WRITING ( 4 pts. ) Question 10 : Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words or phrases given in such a way that they remain exactly the same meaning as the original ones : ( 2 pts ) 1/. It is difficult to understand him. He ……………………………… . 2/. He was not able to find out a cure for cancer. He didn’t ……….……………………………. . 3/. I have never tasted this kind of food before. This is ……………………………………….. . 4/. AIDS results from HIV. HIV ……………………… . 5/. It is possible that he escaped. He ……....………………………. . 6/. “ Could you possibly show me the way?” she said to the man. She requested …...………………………………………… . 7/. It is alleged that the man was driving at 110 miles an hour. The man ……………………………………………….. . 8/. When did you last see Joe? How long.....................................................? Question 11 : ( 2 pts ) In the event of global warming, the Mekong Delta may get much flooded in the future. Write an essay to give some analyses and make suggestions to fight against the disaster? ( in about 200-250 words )
HẾT Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. Họ và tên thí sinh: Số báo danh:
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TIỀN
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
GIANG ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC
Năm học 2012-2013 Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Bảng: B
(Đáp án có…2. trang, gồm…11 .bài/câu) PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2 điểm ) Question 1 : 51. B 56. D Question 2 : 1 - FIFTH
0.1 × 10 = 1 điểm 52. A 57. B
53. D 58. B
54. A 59. D
0.25 × 4 = 1 điểm 2 - 1896
3 - ALIVE
PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 8 điểm .) Question 3: 0.25 × 8 = 2 điểm 1 / . D / . l e a k i n g 2 / . B / . p o s t u r e 3
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/ . B / . c h a l l e n g e
. B / . t h e m o s t
4 / .
o f 7 / .
D / .
C / .
T e r t i a r y 5 / .
b e i n g
A / . c a m p u s l i f e 6 /
k e p t w a i t i n g 8 / . A / . e n d s
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m e e t Question 4 :
0.25 × 8 = 2 đi
1/. C
take place
2/. B
5/. B
was celebrated
6/. C
Question 5 :
0.25 × 8 = 2 đi
1/. WILDERNESS 5/. INTENSIFIED/IES Question 6 : 1/. TO 5/. UP
2/. CHOICE 6/. BASICALLY 0.25 × 8 = 2 đi
2/. FROM 6/. OFF
3/. OUT 7/. IN
PART III : READING COMPREHENSION ( 6 điểm ) Question 7: điểm 1 – C An
0.2 × 6 = 1.5
2–DA
3–HA
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Earthquake
Question 8
Volcanic Eruption
Limnic Eruption
Blizzard
Hailstorm
Landslide
0.2× 10 = 2 điểm
1 - LIFE
2 – WHEREAS/WHILE/ 3 - LED WHILST
4 - APPEARED
5 - EXTINCTION
6 - WHILE
7 - UNTIL
9 - NEW
10 - FOUND
Question 9 1-B 6-C
8 - PART
0.25× 10 = 2.5 điểm 2-B 7-D
3-C 8-A
4-C 9-D
5-A 10 - A
PART IV : WRITING ( 4 điểm ) Question 10 : 0.25× 8 = 2 điểm 1/. It is difficult to understand him. He IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND/TO BE UNDERSTOOD. He is NOT EASY TO UNDERSTAND/TO BE UNDERSTOOD. 2/. He was not able to find out a cure for cancer. He didn’t SUCCEED IN FINDING OUT A CURE FOR CANCER. 3/. I have never tasted this kind of food before. This is THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER TASTED THIS KIND OF FOOD. 4/. AIDS results from HIV. HIV RESULTS IN AIDS. HIV CAUSES/IS THE RESULT OF AIDS. 5/. It is possible that he escaped. He MAY/MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED. 6/. “ Could you possibly show me the way?” she said to the man. She requested THE MAN TO SHOW HIM THE WAY. 7/. It is alleged that the man was driving at 110 miles an hour. The man IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT 110 MILES AN HOUR. 8/. When did you last see Joe? How long IS IT SINCE YOU (LAST) SAW JOE? Question 11 : ( 2 điểm ) “Trong tình hình nóng lên toàn cầu, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long có thể sẽ bị ngập lụt nặng. Hãy viết bài luận phân tích và đề xuất giải pháp để chống lại thảm hoạ này.” Phân tích nguyên do: Do con người tàn phá mội trường, xả ra nhiều khí thải làm tác động đến khí hâu. Biến đổi khí hậu không những làm cho mực nước biển dâng cao, băng ở hai đầu địa cực (polar ice caps melts) tan chảy, chúng còn gây ra hạn hán tại một số vùng (hiện tượng El Nino, La Nina), đảo lộn các mô hình khí hậu (chaos in current climate patterns) hiện có.
Với vị trí hạ nguồn lưu vực sông Mekong, là con sông lớn, đồng thời có một đường bờ biển dài, có thể Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long phải hứng chịu hậu quả từ các nước thượng nguồn và mực nước biển dâng cao. Hậu quả: - ngập nước --> mất đất canh tác --> sản lượng lương thực giảm/nhiều người bị thất nghiệp/lâm vào cảnh không nhà không cửa/sinh ra bệnh tật/nghèo đói/tệ nạn xã hội/… Giải pháp: - trồng thật nhiều rừng ngập mặn để chống chọi sức tàn phá - chính phủ phải có đề án thật quy mô và lâu dài cho nhiều vùng ven biển được tái định canh (agricultural resettlement), tái định cư (relocation). - chính phủ cần đầu tư xây dựng nhiều con đê (dyke) hơn nữa để ngăn lũ và các bức tường (wall) chắn mực nước biển tương tự như Hà Lan - giáo dục, nâng cao ý thức của người dân (raise people’s awareness) về thảm hoạ mội trường do hiện tượng nóng lên toàn cầu gây ra. Nhiều người nghe nói hiệu ứng nhà kình, nòng lên toàn cầu cứ tưởng nó ảnh hưởng ở đâu đâu trên thê giới không ngờ rằng nó sẽ tác động nghiêm trọng tới Việt Nam nói chung, ĐBSCL nói riêng, nơi mà mình đang sinh sống. - huy động các thiết chế pháp luật, các lực lượng xã hội, quốc tế và dư luận đồng tình của mọi người để ngăn cấm, phạt nặng những ai gây hai môi trường.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO THỪA THIÊN HUẾ
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012- 2013 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 150phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
I.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ( 30 marks)
Part 1:Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.Circle the letter A,B,C,or D next to the correct word or phrase.(1 x 10= 10marks) 1/ Motorists........................of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. A. convicted B. arrested C. charged D. judged 2/.....................parrots are native to tropical regions is untrue. A. All B. Why all C. That all D. Since all 3/. It’s high time…....................your homework,Tony. A. you should do B. you do C. you will do D. you did 4/......................not until the invention of the camera that artists correctly painted horses racing. A. There was B. It was C. There D. It 5/. My father is not very .................................................................of dishonesty. A. tolerant B. toleratedC. tolerable D.tolerate 6/. Dinosaurs are believed…...................................................millions of years ago. A. to die B. died out C. having died out D. to have died out 7/. She…......................them of lying to her. A. blamed B. threatened C. accused D. criticized 8/. The news was…....................to them that they were all dead silent. A. so shock B. such a shock C. such shock D. too shocked 9/. We got on well when we shared a flat, ………… A. in spite of the difference in our old B. although the difference in our age. C. despite her being much older than me. D. in spite the fact that I was much older than her 10/. In his absence,I would like to thank all concerned on my brother’s………… A. part B. business C. behalf D. interest Part 2: Replace the words underlined in each sentence with one of the verbs from the list. ( 1 x 10= 10marks)
break down – do without – go off – hang up – keep up with – look out – pick up – put off – run out – stand for 1/ My car isn’t as fast as yours.I won’t be able to stay near you. 2/. The torch doesn’t work.The batteries must have been used up. 3/ The radio doesn’t receive the BBC World Service very well. 4/. The car is making a funny noise.I think it’s going to stop working. 5/. I was going to buy a motorcycle,but I was discouraged by my parents. 6/. People call me on the phone,but then put down the receiver. 7/. Be careful! You’re going to give yourself an electric shock. 8/. It’s difficult to manage if you don’t have a washing machine. 9/. The letters CD mean compact disc, actually. 10/. Without a fridge, fresh food will become bad very quickly.
Part 3. Read the text below.Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. ( 1 x 10= 10marks) LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Humans have long been fascinated by (0)………space, and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms (1) ………,which we might be able to contact.(2) ………, we’ve all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but “aliens” like these owe more to the (3) ……… using human (4) ………to play the parts than to any real form of ( 5) ………investigation.
OUT → OUTER ELSE NATURE CONVENIENT of ACT SCIENCE
However, many serious space (6) ………are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might (7) ………look like.One early result is Arnold the Alien, (8) ………by biologist, Dougal Dixon.This strange being, (9)………humans, has its eyes,ears, and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but, despite its odd (10) ………, its behaviour is not very different from our own.
RESEARCH ACTUAL DESIGN LIKE APPEAR
II. READING (30 marks) Part 1.Read the text below and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each space. ( 1 x 15=15marks) DREAMS Everyone can dream.Indeed, everyone does dream.Those who (1) ………that they never dream at all actually dream (2) ………as frequently as the rest of us,(3) ………they may not remember anything about it. Even those of us who are perfectly (4) ………of dreaming night(5) ………night very seldom remember those dreams in (6) ………detail must merely retain an untidy mixture of seemingly unrelated impressions.Dreams are not simply visual – we dream with all our (7) ………,so that we appear to experience sound, touch,smell,and taste. One of the world’s oldest (8) ………written documents is the Egyptian Book of Dreams. This volume is about five thousand years old, so you can (9) ………that dreams were believed to have a special significance even then.Many ancient civilizations believed that you (10) ………never wake a sleeping person as, during sleep, the soul had left the body and might not be able to return (11) ………time if the sleeper were suddenly (12) ……… From ancient times to the present (13) ………, people have been (14) ………attempts to interpret dreams and to explain their significance. There are many books available on the subject of dream interpretation, although unfortunately there are almost as many meanings for a particular dream (15) ………there are books. 1/. 2/. 3/. 4/. 5/. 6/. 7/. 8/. 9/.
A. demand A. also A. though A. familiar A. after A. great A. feelings A. considered A. see
B. promise B. just B. besides B. accustomed B. on B. high B. emotions B. known B. feel
C. agree C. only C. however C. aware C. through C. strong C. impressions C. regarded C. ensure
D. claim D. quite D. despite D. used D. over D. deep D. senses D. estimated D. think
10/. 11/. 12/. 13/. 14/. 15/.
A. would A. by A. awoke A. minute A. doing A. as
B. ought B. in B. awoken B. hour B. putting B. like
C. should C. with C. awaken C. moment C. making C. so
D. need D. for D. awake D. day D. taking D. such
Part 2.Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.Use only one word in each space. ( 1 x 15=15marks) SHARKS For anyone who wants either to film (0)..or…study great white sharks, Australian expert, Rodney Fox, is the first contact.Fox knows exactly (1) ………the sharks will be at different times of the year; and can even predict (2) ………they will behave around blood, divers and other sharks.He understands them as well as (3) …………..else alive.Infact, he’s lucky to be alive; a “great white” once (4) ………to bite him in half. Three decades (5) ………this near- fatal attack, Fox still carries the physical scars, but feels (6) ………hate for his attacker.Instead he organises three or four trips (7) ………year to bring scientists and photographers to the kingdom of the great white shark.(8) ………main aim of these trips is to improve people’s understanding of an animal(9) ………evil reputation has become an excuse for killing it. Great white sharks are not as amusing as dolphins and seals, (10) ………their role in the ocean is critical.They kill off sick animals, helping to prevent the spread (11) ………disease and to maintain the balance in the ocean’s food chains.Fox feels a responsibility to act (12) ………a guardian of great white sharks.(13) ………the scientists, film makers and photographers can communicate their sense of wonder (14) ………other people, he is confident that understanding ( 15) ………replace hatred. III. WRITING.( 40 marks) Part 1. In the text below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be there. Indicate the correct line with a tick (). For the incorrect lines, write the word that should not be there. (1 x 15=15marks) IS LETTER-WRITING A LOST ART? Do you write letters any more? In this age of advanced telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking the time to sit down and write letters to friends and relatives.For hundreds of past years, letters were the only way to keep in touch with people who were at any distance away, and letter-writing was seen as an important skill for all those educated people to master.Gradually, however, the importance of letter-writing has decreased up to a point where the majority of us must have to make a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint.Personal letters, just when we bother to write them at all, are often not much more than a stream of unconnected thoughts.In business circles, the same tendency is for routine communications to become shorter and, although clients they may appreciate a detailed letter,an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as an inefficient.Many people prefer the telephone in all circ*mstances and, naturally,its own speed is vital in many situations but how very often have you put the phone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my pen away from yet
0….............. 00…even……. 1……………... 2…………….. 3…………….. 4…………….. 5…………….. 6…………….. 7…………….. 8…………….. 9…………….. 10…………….. 11…………….. 12…………….. 13…………….. 14…………….. 15……………..
Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,using the word given. ( 1 x 10= 10marks) 1/. There’s no point in asking George to help. worth It…..............................................................................................................................George to help. 2/. Everyone was surprised to see Pike leave the party early. surprise To…...................................................................................................................................the party early. 3/. All the witnesses said that the accident was my fault. blame All the witnesses said that…...............................................................................................................the accident. 4/. Margaret was offered a place on the course but couldn’t accept because she was ill. turn Margaret was offered a place on the course but………………………………………………………… because she was ill. 5/. The staff in that office all have great respect for their boss. look The staff in that office all….............................................................................................................their boss. 6/. Jane was sure there were no mistakes in her homework. nothing Jane was sure..................................................................................................................................with her homework. 7/. You can borrow my bike if you’re in a hurry. mind I........................................................................................................................you my bike if you’re in a hurry. 8/. “Did you leave a tip for the waiter,Dad?”.I asked. he I asked my father….............................................................................................................a tip for the waiter. 9/. They are letting David out of hospital next week. released David….........................................................................................................................................hospital next week. 10/. Sally might not bring her camera to the party, so I’ll take mine. in I’ll take my camera to the party...........................................................................................................bring hers. Part 3. In about 150 words,write a composition on this topic: “ The advantages and disadvantages of television”.Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details. ( 15 marks)
THE END –
ĐÁP ÁN I.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 MARKS)
Part 1. .(1 x 10= 10marks) 1.A
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.C
8.B
Part 2 .(1 x 10= 10marks) 1.
keep up with
2.
run out
3.
pick up
4.
break down
5.
put off
6.
hang up
7. 8.
look out do without
9.
stand for
10.
go off
Part 3. .(1 x 10= 10marks) 1.
elsewhere
2.
Naturally
3.
convenience
4.
actors/ actresses
5.
scientific
6.
researchers
7.
actually
8. designed 9. unlike 10. appearance II.
READING (30 MARKS)
Part 1. .(1 x 15= 15marks) 1. D
6. A
11. B
2. B
7. D
12. B
3. A
8. B
13. D
4. C
9. A
14. C
5. A
10.C
15. A
9.C
10.C
Part 2..(1 x 15= 15marks) 1.
where
2.
how
3.
anybody/ any one
4.
tried/ attempted/ threatened
5.
after
6.
no
7.
a/ per/ each/ every
8.
The
9.
whose
10. yet/ but/ although/though 11. of 12.as 13. If/ Provided/ Providing (that) 14. to 15.will/can III. WRITING.( 40 MARKS) Part 1. .(1 x 15= 15marks) 1.
6. must
11.
2. past
7. just
12. an
3. at
8.
13. own
4. those
9. same
14. very
5. up
10.they
15. from
Part 2 .(1 x 10= 10marks) 1. 2.
isn’t worth asking everyone’s surprise,Pike left
3.
I was to blame for
4.
had to turn it down
5.
look up to
6.
there was nothing wrong / nothing was wrong
7.
don’t / wouldn’t mind lending
8. if / whether he had left 9. is being released from / will be released from 10.in case Sally doesn’t Part 3. ( 15 marks)
SỞ GD & ĐT
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG THAM DỰ HSG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2011 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (VÒNG 1)
I. LISTENING Section 1 From Question 1 to 10, complete the notes Example Answer Name of agent Flagstone Area dealt with Rent: Depends on Properties available
1......................................... North suburbs from 2 £.......................to £..................................month the area Availability of 3............................................ Garage West Park Road Rent 4 £..........................................a month Including 5 ....................................
Tithe Road rent £ 380 a month including 6......................................rental Viewing arrangements meet at office on 7.................................................................at 5.00 pm Need letter from bank reference from 8........................................... Must give 9.......................................................notice of moving in give deposit of 10.................................. pay for contract Section 2 Question 11 and 12: Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer 11. Who is Mrs Sutton worried about? ................................................................ 12. What is the name for a group of a family doctors working in the same building together? .................................................................
Question 13 – 17
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Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer Name of Number of Other information Health Center doctors Appointment system 15 than Dean End 13..................... South Hay
South Hay
14...................
Building less modern than Dean End
Information about doctors Dr Jones is good with 16........................... patients Dr Shaw is good with small children
Dr William helps people with 17............................
Question 18-20: Question 18 Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER Doctors start seeing patient at the Health Center from 18 ................. Question 19: Choose TWO letter A – E Which TWO groups of patients receive free medication? A. People over 17 years old B. Unemployed people C. Non UK residents D. People over 60 years old E. Pregnant women Question 20: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER The charge for one item of medication is about £.............................. I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR For question 1 – 25 choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences 1. General Custer was confident of victory despite being vastly by the enemy. A. outnumbered B. outclassed C. overcome D. overtaken 2. Don’t tell me you’ve read War and Peace...................................! A. yet B. still C. already D. just 3. The ministry refused to the figures to the press. A. release B. leak C. show D. add 4. Steve his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question. A. threw on B. threw off C. threw away D. threw in 5. Mr Jones gave his sons some money to them up in business. A. Get B. set C. put D. make 6. comes a time when you have to make a decision and stick to it. A. It B. Therefore C. There D. That
7. James had, _, saved the manuscript of his first novel from the burning house. A. lastly B. at last C. lately D. at least 8. After months of getting , the detectives began to feel that they were onto something A. somewhere B. nowhere D. everywhere D. anywhere 9. It is very appropriate that the prize_ go to such a young architect. A. could B. should C. need D. might 10.The High street in Cambridge is blocked by a lorry that has its load. A. slipped B. shed C. loosed D. overturned 11.There is more here than I can on my own. A. cope with B. do with C. make out D. go for 12. In the early years of the twentieth century, several rebellions in the northern parts of the country. A. rose up B. turned out C. came up D. broke out 13. Marcus never writes the timetable down. He keeps it in his A. brain B. mind C. head D. heart 14.For a couple of hours after I left the dentist’s my jaw was still_ A. asleep B. unfeeling C. painless D. numb 15. I expect the course next year. A. completing B. to complete C. will complete D. completed 16.Don’t tell anyone about this, _ ? A. do you B. won’t you C. will you D. should you 17.The accused guilty to all charges. A. pleaded B. admitted C. said D. confessed 18. The lawyer claimed that the tests had been carried out by experienced scientists but this is not necessarily A. so B. the way C. thus D. the method 19. what he says, observe what he does. A. although B. In contrast C. Contrary D. Never mind 20.It was decided that_ the following Thursday. A. we met B. we would meet C. our meeting D. we will meet 21.Most of the victims died because they _ poisonous fumes. A. suffocated B. inhaled C. inspired D. gasped 22.He his life to the skill of the surgeon. A. owes B. keeps C. perseveres D. maintains 23.His ideas about the future of the company did not with those of the chairman. A. fit B. go along C. tally D. suit 24.. I don’t think that this fashion will _ A. catch on B. catch up C. catch out D. catch over 25. If you don’t repay the money, we will, as a last_ , take you to court.
A. Measure
B. attempt
C. act
D. resort
Read the passage and fill each blank with the correct form of the word given THE ART OF GIVING AND TAKING Gift exchange, which is also called (0) ceremonial (CEREMONY)exchange, is the transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as (26)............(VOLUNTEER) by people involved, is part of the expected social (27)........... (BEHAVE). Gift exchange may be distinguished from other types of exchange in several respects: the first offering is made in a generous manner and there is no haggling between donor and (28)........... (RECEIVE); the exchange is an expression of an existing social relationship or the establishment of a new one that differs from (29)................(PERSON) (market relationships; and the profit in gift exchange may be in the sphere of social relationship and prestige rather than in material advantage. The gift- exchange cycle entails (30).....................................................................................(OBLIGE) to give, to receive, and to return. Sanctions may exist to induce people to give, (31).............(APPROVE) or loss of prestige resulting from a failure to do so. (32) (REFUSE) to accept a gift may be seen as rejection of social relations and may lead to enmity. The reciprocity of the cycle rests in the necessity to return the gift; the prestige associated with the appearance of (33)..............(GENEROUS) dictates that the value of the return be(34)..............(APPROXIMATE) equal to or greater than the value of the original gift. Alongside its obvious economic functions, gift exchange is (35) (SIGNIFY) expression of social relations. Complete the passage with suitable prepositions Not everyone who blows (36) a building is a terrorist. Demolition technicians use explosive to destroy old buildings in order to make room (37) new ones. Building demolition is not as simple as just placing a bomb in a building. It is a complex process that takes weeks of planning and preparation Before a building is destroyed, all valuable material is removed so that it can recycled. In addition, all the glass is taken out of the building. After all of these materials have been taken out of building, demolition technicians place explosives (38).................some of the walls (39)........................the building. They always choose the walls that hold most of the weight of the building. This way, the building actually falls (40) its own weight and fewer explosives are used. Finally, after all the preparations have been completed, it’s blast time. Before technicians actually blow up the building, they carefully check to make sure that nothing (41) the building or too close (42) it. After all the safety checks have been made, the chief technician counts (43) from ten
(44) zero, he presses a button, and BOOM! The building falls (45) perfectly planned explosions.
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II. READING COMPREHENSION Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word EARTHQUAKES An earthquake is one of the most terrifying natural phenomena. We generally think (1) the ground we stand on as solid and completely stable. An earthquake can shatter that idea instantly when we see the ground move and buildings fall (2) _We only hear about earthquakes in the news every now and again, but (3) _are actually an everyday occurrence. In fact, our planet experiences (4).......... than three million earthquakes a year. However, the vast majority of (5) _earthquakes are extremely weak, and some of the stronger quakes affect uninhabited places, where they go largely unnoticed. It is only big quakes (6) _densely populated areas that get our attention.(7) _quite recently, nobody was sure what caused earthquakes. There is still a certain amount of mystery surrounding them today, (8)_ we now have a much clearer understanding of the natural movements of rock beneath the surface of the earth that (9)_ the ground above shake. Enormous progress has been made over the past century. Seismologists have identified the forces that cause earthquakes, and developed technology that can tell us (10) size. They can even say where major earthquakes are likely to occur. Unfortunately, what they have not yet found is a way of predicting exactly when an earthquake is going to happen. Read the following article about a woman who taught a gorilla to “speak”. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. TALKING WITH KOKO Dr Patterson was introduced to Hanabi-Ko (Koko) in 1972. at a time when Koko was just a tiny, undernourished one-year-old gorilla. Patterson was in search of a candidate for her forthcoming four-year project, with Stanford University, on inter- species communication. Little did she know that this would turn into her lifelong work. She wanted to research communication between humans and one of their closest relatives in the animal world - the gorilla. On a visit to San Francisco Zoo, Dr Patterson's eyes immediately fell on Koko. (11)................This decision would not only provide Patterson with a constant companion over the coming years but also make Koko one of the most famous gorillas in the world.
From the beginning. Patterson chose to communicate with Koko through American Sign Language. She began by teaching Koko the basic signs.(12).............. She suddenly started to create her own signs by combining different signs for words she already knew and casually dropping them into her 'sign conversations' with Patterson. For instance, when she wanted to signal 'ring', a word she had not been taught yet. she signed bracelet' together with "finger'. Although this was not traditional sign language, it made sense. After some time of having only human company. Koko signed that she still felt lonely. So a friend was found for her in the form of Michael, an orphaned gorilla from Cameroon.(13). .They became inseparable. Although there were no plans to teach Michael to sign, he had an aptitude for learning and was very willing. By the end of his first year, Michael had learnt over twenty signs, some of which were even taught to him by Koko. Amazingly, the pair even began to sign to each other. When Koko reached adulthood, she communicated her desire to have a baby. Patterson's people suggested Michael as a father but Koko surprisingly showed signs of human-like embarrassment, explaining that she considered Michael to be more like a brother since they were raised together and gorillas appear to have their own rules regarding matches. (14)......Their friendship lasted for twenty-four years so, naturally, when Koko was told of Michael's death from heart failure in 2000. she showed signs of grief by crying, searching his rooms and signing his name repeatedly. By the end of his life. Michael could sign six hundred phrases and understand one thousand words spoken in English while Koko could sign and recognise twice as many. One particularly memorable moment occurred when Koko was experiencing great pain. After signing to her caregivers that she had a toothache, she was able to indicate her level of pain as being between nine and ten on a pain level chart. (15)............After the painful tooth was removed she received a full health check-up and thankfully was found to be in good shape. Over the years, technology was used to enrich Koko's world. To provide her with a voice, she was given a specially adapted computer and a screen on which she could make sentences. The screen was housed in the floor of her enclosure and could withstand 900 kg of gorilla force. (16) She could switch the lights on and off when she wanted, for example. And in 1998. the world watched in wonder as Dr Patterson conducted the world's first inter-species live web chat with Koko. Although some are sceptical about Koko's true intelligence, it can not be denied that Koko has challenged the world's stereotypical view of the angrily. blood-thirsty gorilla. (17) Its main aim is to make people aware of the problems great apes face, both in captivity and in the wild, and to save them from extinction.
A It also allowed her to have a certain amount of control over her environment. B If only all animals could tell humans this kind of information.
C Dr Patterson's initial project resulted in the setting up of The Gorilla Foundation. D However, it soon became clear that Koko was not only learning each sign, but also logically adapting the sign language herself. E But in the beginning, Koko had difficulty adapting to her new environment. F. As a result, they were destined to remain just good friends. G. It was at this point that she knew she had found the perfect subject for her project. H. At first they did not take to each other, but they started to get on and eventually formed a very strong bond. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question In most discussion of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain “invisible” aspects of their culture exist. Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behaviour, what we consider beautiful or ugly. These are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behaviour as cultural in origin. Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize other’s behavioural differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences. Formal organization and institution such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks out language and does not and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise.
18. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To explain the importance of invisible aspects of culture B. To describe cultural diversity C. To point out that much of culture is learned consciously D. To explain why cross-cultural conflict occurs 19. The word “deliberately” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to... A. Slowly B. accurately C. intentionally D. randomly 20. The word “invisible’ means A. Cannot be seen B. easily misunderstood C. cannot be mistaken D. unable to be captured 21. The phrase “the tip of the iceberg” in paragraph 1 means that... A. other cultures seem cold to us B. visible aspects of culture are learned in formal of culture C. we usually focus on the highest forms of culture D. most aspects of culture cannot be seen 22. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an example of invisible culture A. What topics to avoid in conversation B. What food to eat in a courthouse C. How late is considered impolite D. How people express interest in what others are saying 23. The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to... A. people from a different culture B. invisible cultural assumptions C. people who speak a different language D. topics that should be avoided 24. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that conflict result when A. people think cultural differences are personal B. people compete with those from other cultures C. one culture is more invisible than another culture D. some people recognize more cultural differences than others 25. The author implies that institutions such as schools and workplaces... A. are aware of cultural differences B. teach their employees about cultural differences C. reinforce invisible cultural differences D. share a common culture 26. Which of the following would most likely result in misunderstanding? A. Learning about our own culture in school B. Unusual food being cooked by foreign visitors C. Strange behaviour from someone speaking a foreign language D. Strange behaviour from someone speaking our language 27. Which sentence is TRUE A. Cultural diversity has nothing to do with such aspects as language, religion and food.
B. Misunderstanding often results from different cultural behaviour towards the same things. C. Schools are one of the places where the invisible cultural differences hardly causes problem D. Behavioural differences should be considered something personal and subjective Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Tips for Flying The number and length of flights has increased sharply in the past few years and the number of passengers on long distance flights is also higher. As the human body was not designed for flying, people can (28).............if they are on an aeroplane for a long time. Therefore, it is important to (29)............ certain measures to increase your comfort. In the air, your body is more (30)...................................................to the effects of alcohol, coffee, tea and rich or fatty foods, so it is best to (31)............these the day before you leave as well as during the flight. A long- distance journey often (32).................. travellers feeling stiff, because they have been sitting in one (33)...........for several hours. In order to reduce the (34)...........of this happening to you, there are some exercises you can do while you are flying. (35)..........this, a hot shower taken after the flight can be an effective way of minimising stiffness. If you wear loose clothing made from natural materials, such as cotton, you will feel more comfortable as your skin will be able to breathe more easily. Your skin suffers in other ways too, becoming drier once you have left the ground. This can be avoided, however, if you (36) some skin cream with you. 28
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WRITING
In most lines in the following text, there is ONE unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in the sense of the text. For each line find this word. Some lines are correct.
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GETTING OLDER TELESCOPES YOUR PERCEPTION OF TIME The common experience that time flies as you get older was first note more than a hundred years ago by the psychologist
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William James. Now researchers have proved it that age really does affect on your perception of time. They asked people in three
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age groups to date the twenty major public events such as natural disasters and political changes. The 18-21 age group who thought
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For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in capital letter. These words must not be changed in any way. 1. They continue to suggest that I was lying PERSISTED ................................................................................................. 2. She passed the word around that she was looking for a flat KNOWN ................................................................................................... 3. We missed the bus because we overslept CONSEQUENCE .................................................................................................. 4. His charming manners deceived several people including me TAKEN .................................................................................................. 5 You can buy these gadgets almost anywhere nowadays WIDELY .................................................................................................. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence given.
1. After seeing the film for himself, my father stopped criticising it. Since.................................................................................... 2. No sooner had the witness begun to speak than the judge interrupted her. The minute........................................................................... 3. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will be probably be him He is the most................................................................... 4. My parents think I should go to university rather than start a job immediately My parents would prefer...................................................... 5. The government have been reviewing their immigration policy for some time The government’s.................................................................... Write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of private tutoring Write at least 200 words
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HSG VÒNG 1 NAM 2011 I.
LISTENING
SECTION 1 SECTION 2 1. city center /center 2. £250 to 11.daughter ₤ 500 (Anna)//Anna/her child 12.practice/ practices 3. (a) garden 4. £ 325 13.6 doctors the water bill 14.4 doctors telephone(rental) 15.better/ more efficient/faster 16.elderly/old/ older Wednesday/Wed (afternoon) 17.back problems/ trouble/ employer 18.9 o’clock 19.B/E 2 week’s// fortnight’s/fourteen/14 days 20. £5 (five pounds) 10.(1/one) month’s rent II.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
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23.C. tally 24..A. catch on 25.D. resort Word form 26. voluntary
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Rewrite the sentences 1.
They persisted in suggesting that I was lying
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She let it be known that she was looking for a flat
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We missed the bus as a consequence of oversleeping
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Several people were taken in by his charming manners including me
5. These gadgets are widely available nowadays. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence given 1. Since he saw the film for himself, my father has stopped….. 2.
The minute the witness began to speak the judge interrupted her
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He is the most likely person to succeed in solving the problem My parents would prefer me to go to university rather than start a job.
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The government’s immigration policy has been under review for sometime now
Writing essay Content Accuracy Coherence
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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG THAM DỰ HSG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2011 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (VÒNG 2)
I. LISTENING Section 1: Question 1- 10 Complete the notes below. Write NUMBERS OR NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer NOTES ON APPLICATION Name: Degree: Teaching experience: Location: Dates: Volunteer Organisation: Type of school: Subjects taught: Other responsibilities NOTES (continued) Reasons for wanting to leave in first year Reasons for wanting tour wanting to train to teach Geography
Jonathan Bridge Economics and 1 ......................... Volunteer teacher 2.................................................. 3.................................................. 4.................................................. 5................................................. 6.....................................................Forms1,2 and 3 English Form 7................ Agriculture Science Form 6 ran school farm
8.................................................. few teaching resources success of cattle breeding project to extend obtained funds for farm buildings Reason for It is his 9...................................... It has many 10...............................
Section 2: Question 11- 15 Choose the correct letters A – C 11. Which of the bar chart represents the figures quoted?
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12. According to the speaker, the main cause of back pain in women is A. pregnancy B. osteoporosis C. lack of exercise 13. As treatment for a back pain the Clinic mainly recommends A. pain killers B. relaxation therapy C. exercise routines 14. Bed rest is advised A. for a maximum of two days B. for extreme pain only C. for pain lasting more than two days 15. Being overweight A. is a major source of back pain B. worsens existing back pain C. reduces the effectiveness of exercise II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Choose A, B, C or D that fits each blank 1. Apart from the cough and cold. I’ve been remarkably healthy all my life. A. Odd B. opportune C. irregular D. timely 2. I had to take out a bank loan when I started up in business and it took me two years to pay it _ A. Out B. up C. over D. off 3. He’s applied for a (n) _ lot of jobs but he’s only been short-listed once. A. Dreadful B. awful C. enormous D. wide 4. I’ve been working quite a lot of pressure lately A. In B. with C. on D. under
5. There is no point in phoning him. He’s certain by now. A. To leave B. to have left C. left D. having left 6. If you don’t stop smoking, you _ _the risk of developing chronic bronchitis. A. Bear B. suffer C. make D. run 7. At time did I ever promise you a pay rise. A. Any B. no C. all D. some 8. As he walked along the landing, he himself in the mirror at the top of the stairs. A. Glimpsed B. glanced C. gazed D. glared 9. The doctor prescribed tablets to help the pain. A. Lighten B. calm C. relieve D. rid 10. You should be grateful to have opportunities which were to me at your age. A. Refused B. declined C. denied D. restricted 11. I haven’t got the time to do my own work help you with yours. A. Leaving aside B. not counting C. let alone D. apart from 12. He looks much older. His financial worries seem to have taken a terrible on his health. A. Burden B. toll C. strain D. tax 13.During the war, the black market in luxury goods A. Flourished B. flowered C. bloomed D. blossomed 14.All equipment must be sterilized and germ _ A. Vacant B. free C. vacuous D. vacated 15. you are, the more you laugh A. The happier B. More happy C. The happy D. Happier 16.The girl felt _with hunger A. Faintly B. fainting C. fainted D. faint 17.Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to _ heart disease. A. Push off B. put off C. ward off D. throw off 18.The job requires a(n) for hard work in different conditions. A. Ability B. skill C. faculty D. capacity 19.Strong protests were made with demands for an international enquiry. A. Joined B. added C. coupled D. included 20.Although I explained the situation he didn’t seem to _ danger he was the degree of in. A. Seize B. grab C. catch D. grasp 21.The restaurant is popular with film stars and the _ A. Like B. same C. similar D. such 22. I can lend you five pounds to help you until you’ve had time to go to the bank. A. By B. up C. on D. out
23. He was caught using forged bank notes to pay for goods and charged with A. Deception B. fraud C. embezzlement D. theft 24. If you spend _ too much of your energy on the climb, you’ll have none left for the descent. A. Spend B. lose C. expend D. invest 25. The politician gave a press conference to deny the charges that had been at him. A. Targeted B. levelled C. accused D. blamed Read the passage and fill each blank with the correct form of the word given The courteous smile of an author selling books, signing copies or chatting on television shows can be (26)(DECEIVE)_ . Behind the scenes of the book tour that has become as much a part of the modern bestseller as print and paper, the writer may be a (27)(CONTEND)_ for a Golden Dartboard Award. This is the Oscar for author (28)_ (ALLEGE)behaving badly, an informal award nominated by the weary, sometimes (29)(TRAUMA) _, publicists who travel from city to city garnering and sales. The call themselves (30)(BABY) and wet nurses as they tend to fragile egos and (31)(CONVENTION)_ demands of authors freed from their word processors. Among the most feared (32)(ASSIGN) for the publicist are the feminist writer who is remembered for yelling at her publicists in public and in (33)(COLOR) language, and the thriller writer whose publicists report that they have instruction from his publisher to speak only when spoken to. One (34)(SURVIVE) of a tour with him, who nominated him for a Golden Darboad, says “He treats us all as his inferiors”. However, publicists on his most recent tour say that he was an absolute (35) _(ENJOY) Complete the passage with suitable prepositions The hazards of extreme weather conditions discourage most walkers (36) venturing into the hills in winter. The mere thought of having to contend (37) snow and ice on mountain slopes, or even being confronted (38)_ an avalanche, is enough to dampen the sprites of even the most experienced of climbers. For those few adventurous souls who do insist (39)_ climbing in winter, however, a course in winter mountaineering skills lessens the dangers. John White’s Mountain School in Cumbria offers in short course which introduces beginners (40) winter climbing. Anyone is eligible (41) the Winter Walking Skills course, provided they are (42) good health. Those who participate (43)_ the sessions are taught basic navigation skills, winter skills, the use of ice-axes and crampons, and mountain first aid. This last subject, of course, is (44) particular importance. The necessity (45) learning how to recognize and deal (46) hypothermia and frostbite effectively, for example, is impressed (47) _ all the students who enrol (48) the course
More advanced courses are also (49)_ offer at John White’s school. The Winter Mountaineering course, for example, is geared (50)_ those who are experienced (51) climbing. This course covers many of the subjects taught on the basic course, but also includes climbing techniques and more complicated navigation. Much (52) demand is the Ice Climbing course – the equivalent perhaps (53) learning to drive a lorry after having learnt to drive a car – which caters (54) _ experienced climbers and covers more specialized ice – axe and crampon techniques, rope work and other essentials for those determined to gamble (55) fate. By the end of the course, climbers will have sampled their first proper ice- climbing route. Weather permitting of course./. III. READING COMPREHENSION Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word For over two hundred years, scholars have shown an interest in the way children learn to speak and understand their first language. Several small – scale studies were carried out especially towards the end of the nineteenth century, (1).....................................................................................................................................data recorded in parental diaries. But detailed, systematic investigation did not begin until the middle decades of the twentieth century, when the tape recorder (2).....................................................................................................in to routine use. This made it possible to keep a permanent record of samples of child speech, so that analysts could listen repeatedly to obscure (3)..............., and thus produce a detailed and accurate description. The problems that have to be (4)...............when investigating child speech are quite different from (5)................encountered when working with adults. It is not possible to carry out certain kinds of experiments, because aspects of children’s cognitive development, such as their ability to (6)........................attention or to remember instructions, may not be sufficiently advanced. (7).................................. is it easy to get children to make systematic judgements about language- a (8)............. that is impossible below the age of three. Moreover, anyone who has tried to make a tape recording of a representative sample of a child’s speech knows/realizes/ understands how frustrating this can be. Some children, it seems, are innately programmed to (9)..........off as soon as they notice a tape recorder (10)....................................................................................................switched on. The article below is not complete and logical. Eight paragraphs have been removed from it. Find out one of the suitable paragraphs (A-I), then insert it into the gaps (1118) where it should be to make the article a good one. Be careful! There is one extra paragraph. ADMIRING THE SKILLS OF THE AMERICAN SKYWRITERS Skywriting isn’t quite a dying art, but you have to scan the American skies pretty carefully these days to find white smoke puffing out a message. Skywriters have a skill that’s seen by nearly all, but no more than a dozen pilots in the USA regularly practise it.
11 With this information, gunners on the ground could more easily aim their fire at the enemy beneath the smoke. In the mid-1920s a US company began the first advertising campaign in the sky, promoting cigarettes. The plane flew over Philadelphia sending out a message in the air to the people below. This is how skywriting began and it has continued to fascinate us. The memory of that moment stayed with him when he followed in his father’s footsteps as a pilot and now, as head12of the Aerial Sign Company in Hollywood, it comes back when he puts floating adverts up in the sky himself. He says the pilots need to be highly skilled: Most skywriters work about two miles high. Everything has to be 13 square, otherwise it’s simply poor penmanship that everybody sees. You have to know where your plane is at all times. 14 Together they try it out on the runway, taking half-steps at different corners and turning at angles to be followed in the sky later on. 15 Pepsi-Cola certainly agrees. Fourteen years ago the soft drink company, searching for someone to carry on a tradition begun in the early 1930s, looked through some 3,000 applicants for a skywriter, and chose a 21-yearold woman pilot from Oregon. She says that when you are two miles away from your audience, you forget how big 16 comes an impression it makes on the people below. Kids stop playing ball and traffic to a complete standstill. You can’t actually see while she ‘s writing, of cours e. But during the descent and on landing she can look back and see what she’s written. 17 Children come up to Asbury- Oliver after her shows. She says that they are really curious because they are learning and form their own letters and they imagine her aeroplane as a pencil. Their parents are often surprised when they meet her. 18 Each letter is about half a mile across, so a simple IT’S FESTIVAL TIME !, including punctuation and spacing, takes up about eight miles of sky ! THE REMOVED PARAGRAPHS A. Butler’s newest pupil is his 26- year- old son, and Dad shows Junior a diagram he has sketched out to put his wife’s name, Regla, up in the air. The drawing looks like
her name backwards, as if in a mirror, with arrows, angles, numbers of seconds, and dotted lines showing the pilot what to do. B. Today that same woman, Suzanne Asbury-Oliver, flies twenty or thirty times a year above festivals and fairs. Suzanne and her husband, Steve, who flies aerobatic manoeuvres, live in Colorado but keep their plane in Illinois. C. Jim Butler remembers the day as a kid in the 1950s in New Hampshire when he looked up from his backyard to see a plane writing in the skies. D. “You’d think it was nothing special to have a woman skywriter, but parents will bring their little girls to meet me. At first they ‘ll approach my husband and say,” Look what he did,” and he’ll say,” No, she did that.” They’re astonished.” E. She gets great pleasure out of doing it well.” If it’s a beautiful day and the letters are staying, you say to yourself, I did a good job. If a letter isn’t quite right, you become your own worst critic, and you say, I can’t believe I did that.” F. What’s more, Butler doesn’t get as much business from industry as he used to and isn’t sure how much longer he will continue training skywriters. G. “For me to train a skywriter,” Butler says, in his office at North Perry Airport,” they have to be able to fly straight and parallel lines and judge their work without using equipment.” H. “Women are better students in skywriting,” Butler continues, back inside.” They pay more attention to detail, and they’re less likely to depart from procedure.” I. The art began almost eighty years ago in the skies over Europe during the First World War, when a British pilot squirted some light oil into his plane’s exhaust system to make a mid-air spot of smoke above an enemy position. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants but from what we can observe of pre- industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany, as such has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “knowledge” at all. Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10, 000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next seasons, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel
of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and little there from many varieties that grew wild and the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away. 19: Which of the following assumptions about early humans is expressed in the passage? A. They probably had extensive knowledge of plants B. They divided knowledge into well-defined fields C. They did not enjoy the study of botany D. They placed great importance on ownership of property 20: What does the comment “This is logical” mean? A. There is no clear way to determine the extent of our ancestors’ knowledge of plants B. It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like people in pre- industrial societies C. It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants D. Human knowledge of plants is well –organized 21 The phrases “properties of each” refers to each….. A. tribe B. hundred C. plant D. purpose 22 : According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany declined? A. People no longer value plants as useful resource B. Botany is not recognized as a special branch of science C. Research is unable to keep up with the increasing number of plants D. Direct contact with a variety of plants has decreased 23: What is the author’s purpose in mentioning “a rose, an apple, or an orchid? A. To make the passage more poetic B. To cite examples of plants that are attractive C. To give botanical examples that most readers will recognize D. To illustrate the diversity of botanical life 24: According to the passage, what was the first great step toward that practice of agriculture? A. The invention of agriculture implements and machinery B. The development of a system of names for plants C. The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted D. The changing diets of early humans 25: The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between zoology and …. A. deer hunting B. bird watching C. sheep raising D. horseback riding
Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. BECOMING A TRANSLATOR The role of the translator in enabling literature to pass beyond its natural frontiers is receiving growing recognition. In view of the general increase in this (26)..............it is not surprising that many people with literary interests and knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full or part
time (27).......... Some advice may be usefully be (28)...........to such would be translators. The first difficulty the beginner will (29)............is the unwillingness of publishers to entrust a translation to anyone who has not already (30)..............................................................................................................a reputation for sound work. The least publishers will (31)..................................................before commissioning a translation is a fairly lengthy (32) of the applicant’s work, even if unpublished. Perhaps the best way the would – be translator can begin is to select some book of the type which he or she feels competent and (33) to translate, translate a (34)............section of the book and then submit the book and the translation to a (35).......publisher. If he or she is extremely lucky this may (36).........in a commission to translate the book. More (37)...................................................................................................................................., however, publishers will (38)...................the book as such but if they are favourably (39)...........by the translation, they may very possibly commission some other book of a (40). nature which they already have in mind. 26.A. field B. category C. ground D. class 27. A. work B . employment C. occupation D. line 28. A. made
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D. introduce D. established
31. A. instruct 32. A. instance
B. oblige B. case
C. demand C. specimen
D. direct D. model
33. A. eager
B. nervous
C. agitated
D. excited
C. grand
D. plentiful
34. A. substantial
B. main
35. A. fit 36. A. finish 37. A. surely
B. right B. lead B. probably
C. convenient C. effect C. certainly
D. suitable D. result D. expectedly
38. A. exclude
B. reject
C. object
D. disapprove
39. A. impressed 40. A. common
B. convinced B. same
C. affected C. similar
D. taken D. joint
IV.
WRITING
The passage below contain 10 mistakes. Pick them out and correct them The term “drug” covers many of kinds of chemical which they are absorbed by the body, the majority being medicines designed to injure illness. They are manufactured from a variety of sources which include animal products, plants and minerals. In the recent years it has become possibly to synthesise in the laboratory many drugs which previously obtained from plants and animal products. A small number of drugs can become addictive if taken excessively, that is either too frequently or in doses larger to recommend for medical to use. Drugs intended as painkillers, or drug with hypnotic effects are used as sleeping pills, can both become addictive if abused. It is important to make emphasise the fact that it is the abuse of drugs which has once
become a widespread social problem in many societies and that the drug itself may have beneficially effects when used medically. This is why many drugs are obtainable only through prescription from a doctor. Some people would argue that addiction to drugs involve both psychological and social factors, since those people who become addicts may do so in order to finding some relief from personal or social inadequacies. For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in capital letter. These words must not be changed in any way. 1. Jane is likely to be promoted CHANCE ................................................................................................. 2. Don’t panic about something so trivial MOUNTAIN ................................................................................................... 3. Don’t tell the boss anything about this BREATHE .................................................................................................. 4. Our experiments can not continue because of the serious problems we have encountered AGAINST ............................................................................... 5 I’m sure Charles bought them a lovely present for their wedding BOUND .................................................................................................. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence given. 1. She became interested in wildlife conservation, so she joined Greenpeace. But.................................................................................... 2. Mike is a good player but Ted is better Very good..................................................................... 3. Lately I have thought of nothing but work. I have been rather............................................................... 4. You brought the umbrella but it didn’t rain. You needn’t ...................................................... 5. They are soon accustomed to swimming It is................................................................................ The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words
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DAP AN DE THI CHON HSG THAM DU DOI TUYEN MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (VÒNG 2)
I. LISTENING Section 1: Question 1- 10 1. Politics 2. West Africa 3. 1990 to 1992 4. Teach South 5. Rural co-operative 6. Geography 7. 5 8. Homesick/missed family 9. Favourite subject 10.applications Section 2:
19. 20
11. A 12.B. osteoporosis 13. B. relaxation therapy 14. C. 15. A for pain lasting more than two days 16. B. worsens existing back pain 17. B. 18. A B
. C. II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A Read the passage and fill each blank with the correct form of the word given 26. Deceptive 27. Contender 28. Allegedly 29. traumatized 30. babysitters 31. Unconventional 32assginements 33.colorful 44. . Survivor 35. joy Complete the passage with suitable prepositions 36. from 37. With 38. With 39. On 40. To 41. for 42. In 43. In 44. Of 45. Of 46. with 47. Upon 48. On 49. On 50. Towards 51. in 52. In 53. Of 54. For 55. with
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READING COMPREHENSION 1. Using /analyzing 5. those 6. Pay
2. Came 7. Nor
3. Extracts 8. Task 9. Switch
4. Faced/solved 10. Being
The article below is not complete and logical. Eight paragraphs have been removed from it. Find out one of the suitable paragraphs (A-I), then insert it into the gaps (1118) where it should be to make the article a good one. Be careful! There is one extra paragraph. 1. I 2. C 3. G 4. A 6. B 7. E 8. D Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question
5. H
19. A 20. B 21. C 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. C Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. . 26.A. field 27..C. occupation 28. B. given 29. A. encounter 30. D. established 31.C. demand 32. C. specimen 33. A. eager 34. A. substantial 35. D. suitable 36. D. result 37. B. probably 38. B. reject 39. A. impressed 40. C. similar IV.
WRITING
For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in capital letter. These words must not be changed in any way. 1. Which they € which 2. Injure – > cure 3. In the recent years€ in recent years 4. Possibly € possible .
5. to recommend € recommended 6. Are used –> used 7. has once become € become 8. Beneficially € beneficial 9. involve € involves 10. finding € find Rewrite the sentences 1. John stands a good chance of being promoted 2. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill 3. Don’t breathe a word to the boss about this 4. Charles is bound to have bought them a lovely present for their wedding. 5. Our experiments can’t continue because of the serious problems we have come up against. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence given 1. But for her interest in wildlife conservation, she wouldn’t have joined Greenpeace 2. Very good though Mike is as a player, Ted is better 3. I have been rather preoccupied with work lately 4. You needn’t have brought the umbrella 5. It is easy for them to get accustomed to swimming The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Length: at least 150 words Point out the main feature and make comparison if relevant (proportion of population aged 65 in three countries and the significant differences )
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÚ THỌ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI THI (Giám thị hướng dẫn cho thí sinh 5 phút trước giờ thi) A. CẤU TẠO ĐỀ THI:
Đề thi gồm có 4 phần chính:
I. NGHE HIỂU (Listening) Gồm có 2 phần (10 câu) II. NGỮ ÂM (Phonetics): Gồm có 2 phần (10 câu) III. TỪ VỰNG VÀ NGỮ PHÁP (Grammar and Vocabulary): Gồm có 4 phần (60 câu) IV. ĐỌC HIỂU (Reading comprehension): Gồm có 4 phần (50 câu) V. VIẾT (Writing): Gồm có 2 phần (20 câu) B. HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI: •
Thí sinh làm toàn bộ bài thi trên đề thi theo yêu cầu của từng phần. Thí sinh phải viết câu trả lời vào phần trả lời được cho sẵn ở mỗi phần. Trái với điều này, phần bài làm của thí sinh sẽ không được chấm điểm.
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Đề thi gồm có 10 trang. Thí sinh phải kiểm tra số tờ đề thi trước khi làm bài.
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Thí sinh không được ký tên hoặc dùng bất cứ dấu hiệu gì để đánh dấu bài thi ngoài việc làm bài theo yêu cầu của đề ra. Không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không viết hai thứ mực trên tờ giấy làm bài. Phần viết hỏng, ngoài cách dùng thước để gạch chéo, không được tẩy xóa bằng bất kỳ cách gì khác (kể cả bút xóa màu trắng). Trái với điều này bài thi sẽ bị loại.
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Thí sinh nên làm nháp trước rồi ghi chép cẩn thận vào phần bài làm trên đề thi. Giám thị sẽ không phát giấy làm bài thay thế đề và giấy làm bài do thí sinh làm hỏng.
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Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm về đề thi. Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì kể cả từ điển.
I. LISTENING Part 1: Listen to the conversation and put a tick on the box to indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) (10 points) T F 1. The shopping centre was opened 3 years ago. 2. People sometimes have to wait a long time for the bus. 3. Customers cannot get into the shopping centre until 10 a. m on Saturday. 4. There aren’t any banks in the shopping centre. 5. You can get a map on the first level of the shopping centre. Part 2: You will hear a job interview. As you listen choose the best answer to each question (10 points) 1. When did Mr. Wilson graduate from the university? A. in 1999 B. two months ago C. a few weeks ago D. in 2002 2. Why does he want a new job? A. For a change B. To earn more money C. To get a promotion D. To have a new challenge 3. The thing he likes most about his present job is …. A. the responsibility B. good salary C. his colleagues D. working conditions 4. What is his present job? A. A personnel manager B. A journalist C. A clock watcher D. A student 5. How does he find his present job? A. Boring B. Interesting C. Difficult D. Stressful
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here: 1.2.3. 4.
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II. PHONETICS Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the sp ace provided. (5 points) 1. A. advised B. devised C. raised D. practised 2. A. machinery B. march C. cheerfully D. merchant 3. A. refer B. summer C. teacher D. mother 4. A. bulb B. consumer C. plumber D. luxury 5. A. delicate B. concentrate C. private D. accurate Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
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Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your answers in the space provided. (5 points) 1. A. economic B. catastrophe C. initiate D. photography 2. A. industrial B. interfere C. develop D. activity 3. A. mausoleum B. conservative C. disqualify D. magnificent 4. A. literature B. preventive C. measurement D. temperature 5. A. collective B. climatic C. abundant D. regional Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
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III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR Part 1: Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER TO SOME QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the space provided. (30 points) 1. I wish I could the habit of drinking coffee late at night. A. break B stop C. avoid D. get out of 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following sentence. Tadpoles typically dwell at the bottom of bodies of fresh water. A. swim B. feed C. live D. reproduce 3. Hot springs are one of the most characteristic features of areas of recent volcanic activity, although in other areas less abundantly. A. also to have occurred B. their occurrence also C. also occur D. they also occur 4. “ ”. - Never mind! A. Thank you for visiting me B. Would you mind going out for dinner next Saturday? C. Congratulations! How wonderful! D. Sorry for spilling your coffee. I’ll make another cup for you. 5. This dish . Is it spicy? A. smells good B. smells well C. is smelled good D. is smelled well 6. The only way you'll be able to contact her is by e-mail. A. that B. which C. what D. φ 7. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the United States developed the reusable space shuttle space cheaper and easier. A. to make access B and making access C. which made accessible D. and made accessible 8. We can’t go skating. The has been closed for repairs. A. ring B. course C. rink D. pitch
to
9. All students should be and literate when they leave school A. numerate B. numeric C. numeral D. numerous 10. The to listen while not being listened to should not be underestimated. A. aptitude B. ability C. technique D. skill 11. Only if you promise to study hard to tutor you. A. will I agree B. agree I C. I agree D. I will agree 12. Don’t leave anything behind, ? A. do you B. don’t you C. will you D. shall we 13. I saw a scarf in a shop near my house. A. sweet little green silk B. little green silk sweet C. sweet green little silk D. green little sweet silk 14. - How well you are playing! - “ ”. A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. I think so. I am proud of myself C. Thank you too much D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment 15. The actress to having had first-night nerves. A. admitted B. agreed C. confessed D. accepted 16. Genetically, the chimpanzee is more similar to humans . A. are than any other animal B. than is any other animal C. any other animal is D. and any other animal is 17. My girlfriend suggested alone to the football match. A. I go B. going C. went D. to go 18. freshwater species of fish build nests of sticks, stones, or scooped-out sand. A. As the many B. Of the many C. Many D. Many of them are 19. The stolen jewels were a lot of money. A. valued B. cost C. priced D. worth 20. Hardly the captain of the team when he had to face the problems. A. had he been appointed B. did he appoint C. was he being appointed D. was he appointing 21. “Can you tell me the way to the nearest post office?” - “ ”. A. Turn left and then right. B. It's about two kilometers. C. It opens at nine o'clock. D. You can walk or go there by taxi. 22 . , particularly the oxides of sulfur, greatly increases the rate at which rust forms. A. Air pollutants are present B. The presence of air pollutants C. Because the presence of air pollutants D. Air pollutants whose presence 23. our children may be, we cannot go picnicking in this weather. A. Though excited B. Excited as C. Because of excitement D. Exciting as 24. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the following sentence. Other characters may think that a problem is inexplicable, but Poe’s detective, Auguste Dupin, finds it easy to understand. A. boring B. mysterious C. evident D. simple 25. When he finally , he couldn’t remember what had happened. A. stood back B. wore off C. came round D. held back 26. Despite its fishlike form, the whale is and will drown if submerged too long. A. an animal breathes air that B. an animal that breathes air C. an animal breathes air D. that an animal breathes air 27. The Continental United States is that there are four time zones. A. so big an area B. very big C. such big area D. so a big area 28. The hourglass, an instrument used , usually consists of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. A. measures time B. time is measured C. for measuring time D. the time for measuring 29. of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve. A. In the end B. At the height C. On the top D. At the bottom 30. The twentieth century has been a period of enormous growth in mathematical research and in the number of mathematicians and fields them. A. they require B. requiring C. require D. as required
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 26.
2. 7. 12. 17.
3. 8. 13. 18. 22. 23. 27. 28.
4. 9. 14. 19. 24. 29.
5. 10. 15. 20. 25. 30.
Part 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. Write your answers in the space provided. (20 points) 1. Most of the damage property attributed to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 resulted from the A B C fire that followed. D 2. However cheap it is, the poor quality products cannot always appeal to customers. A B C D 3. In order for no money would be wasted, we had to account for every penny we spent. A B C D 4. The decomposition of microscopic animals at the bottom of the sea results in an accumulation of the oil. A BC D 5. Not only the supply of mahogany has dwindled markedly in the past ten years, but its price has tripled A BC D during the same period of time. 6. Anyone with absolute, or perfect, pitch are able to identify by ear any note at some standard pitch or to A B C sing a specified note at will. D 7. Virtually no disease exists today for which there is no drug that can be given, neither to cure the disease A B C or to alleviate its symptoms. D 8. In this world of high technology ,it is easy to forget that the most important tools ever developed for A BC D learning is still the book. 9. In the late 1800’s, United States painter Thomas Eakins has developed a broad, powerful realist style that A B became almost expressionistic in his later years. C D 10. The North American Review, a magazine was first published in 1815, was one of the leading literary A B C journals of the past two centuries. D Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 4. 8.9.
5. 10.
Part 3: Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage. (20 points) 1. Panda is to China only. (NATION) 2. , the project is impossible to carry out because of insufficient funds. (PRACTICE) 3. I object strongly to the of sport. (COMMERCE)
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
are alarmed by the rate at which tropical forests are being destroyed. (CONSERVE) Explosives are weapons. (DIE) Heavy rain and excessive use have the soil . (POVERTY) He told me that he’s thinking of resigning next year. (CONFIDE) The seemingly oil and minerals have shown signs of depletion over the years. (EXHAUST) Is it to tip waiters in your country? (CUSTOM) I will resign if you continue to what I say. (REGARD)
Write your answers here
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
Part 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points) 1. They should think we are a group of tourists. Let’s look surprised as if we here for the first time. A. would be B. are C. were D. have been 2. If you go on insisting a copy of every report, you’ll end up buried under a pile of paper. A. on being given B. on giving you C. to be given D. to give you 3. Jenny is an early riser and she shouldn’t object the trip before 7 a.m. A. to have to start B. to starting C. to start D. against starting 4. the truth, I’ve never done this type of work before. A. To tell B. Telling C. Having told D. Being told 5. By the time we to the train station, Susan for us for more than two hours. A. will get / has been waiting B. got / was waiting C. got / had been waiting D. get / will wait 6. She so politely at the party. Everyone was in casual clothes. A. couldn’t have dressed B. mustn’t have dressed C. should have dressed D. needn’t have dressed 7. If so many people about it, how do want to keep it secret? A. are discussing B. are to be said C. are to be told D. will be saying 8. “ How long have you been with the company?” “ I there for ten years by September” A. will work B. was working C. will be working D. will have worked 9. He would rather they the sofa before 4 p. m. A. deliver B. are delivered C. delivered D. were delivered 10. I never imagined the mountains so high! A. being B. to be C. are D. be Write your answers here:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
IV. READING COMPREHENSION Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage (15 points) HAPPINESS In recent years there has been a remarkable increase in research into happiness. The researchers have (1) a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness. First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy: in other words, happiness (2) in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite (3) with the main dimensions of personality: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.
Second, people often (4) good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In particular, friends are a great (5) of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do together, partly because of the way friends use positive nonverbal (6) , such as caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (7) relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness. Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (8) overall satisfaction, and vice-versa- perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (9) both ways. Job satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (10) by social interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the (11) , can be a serious cause of unhappiness. Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (12) than most other causes of happiness. Activities (13) sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (14) themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very strong (15) the case of religious groups. 1. A. fallen back on 2. A. arrives 3. A. strongly 4. A. explain 5. A. meaning 6. A. movements 7. A. near 8. A. consist of 9. A. works 10. A. too 11. A common 12. A. check 13. A. like 14. A. facilities 15. A. by
B. gone in for B. runs B. nearly B. prefer B. origin B. motions B. close B. applies to B. effects B. as well B. contrast B. power B. such B. activities B. for
C. got down to C. goes C. firmly C. talk C. base C. slogans C. tight C. contributes to C. makes C. also C. comparison C. control C. so C. exercises C. in
D. come up with D. descends D. hardly D. report D. source D. signals D. heavy D. counts on D. turns D. plus D. contrary D. choice D. as D. amenities D with
Write your answers here
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 2: Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each question. (15 points) Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher, the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top, more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the movement of water in trees and other tall plants was a mystery. Some botanists hypothesized that the living cells of plants acted as pumps, but many experiments demonstrated that the stems of plants in which all the cells are killed can still move water to appreciable heights. Other explanations for the movement of water in plants have been based on root pressure, a push on the water from the roots at the bottom of the plant. But root pressure is not nearly great enough to push water to the tops of tall trees. Furthermore, the conifers, which are among the tallest trees have unusually low root pressures. If water is not pumped to the top of a tall tree, and if it is not pushed, to the top of a tall tree, then we may ask. How does it get there? According to the currently accepted cohesion-tension theory, water is pulled there. The pull on a rising column of water in a plant results from the evaporation of water at the top of the plant. As water is lost from the surface of the leaves, a negative pressure or tension is created. The evaporated water is replaced by water moving from inside the plant in unbroken columns that extend from the top of a plant to its roots. The same forces that create surface tension in any sample of water are responsible for the maintenance of these unbroken columns of water. When water is confined in tubes of very small bore, the forces of cohesion ( the attraction between water molecules) are so great that the
strength of a column of water compares with the strength of a steel wire of the same diameter. This cohesive strength permits columns of water to be pulled to great heights without being broken. 1. How many theories does the author mention? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four 2. The passage answers which of the following questions ? A. What is the effect of atmospheric pressure on foliage? B. When do dead cells harm plant growth? C. How does water get to the tops of trees? D. Why is root pressure weak? 3. The word "demonstrated" in line 5 is closest in meaning to A. ignored B. showed C. disguised D. distinguished 4. What do the experiments mentioned in lines 4-6 prove? A. Plant stems die when deprived of water. B. Cells in plant sterns do not pump water. C. Plants cannot move water to high altitudes. D. Plant cells regulate pressure within stems. 5. How do botanists know that root pressure is not the only force that moves water in plants? A. Some very tall trees have weak root pressure. B. Root pressures decrease in winter. C. Plants can live after their roots die. D. Water in a plant's roots is not connected to water in its stem. 6. According to paragraph 1, all of the following sentences are true EXCEPT A. The movement of water in trees was not known until the end of the nineteenth century. B. The sequoia tree can move water to appreciable heights. C. Some botanists thought root pressure was the reason why water was pushed to the top of the tree. D. Tall plants always have high root pressure. 7. Which of the following statements does the passage support? A. Water is pushed to the tops of trees. B. Botanists have proven that living cells act as pumps. C. Atmospheric pressure draws water to the tops of tall trees. D. Botanists have changed their theories of how water moves in plants. 8. The word "it" in line 10 refers to A. top B. tree C. water D. cohesion-tension theory 9. The word "there" in line 12 refers to A. treetops B. roots C. water columns D. tubes 10. What causes the tension that draws water up a plant? A. Humidity B. Plant growth C. Root pressure D. Evaporation 11. The word "extend" in line 14 is closest in meaning to A. stretch B. branch C. increase D. rotate 12. According to the passage, why does water travel through plants in unbroken columns? A. Root pressure moves the water very rapidly. B. The attraction between water molecules is strong. C. The living cell of plants push the water molecules together. D. Atmospheric pressure supports the columns. 13. Why does the author mention steel wire in line 18? A. To illustrate another means of pulling water B. To demonstrate why wood is a good building material C. To indicate the size of a column of winter D. To emphasize the strength of cohesive forces in water 14. Which of the following words is defined in the passage? A. pressure (line 1) B. pumps (line 4) C. evaporation (line 12) D. cohesion (line 17) 15. Where in the passage does the author give an example of a plant with low root pressure? A. Lines 1-3 B. Lines 5-7 C. Lines 8-10 D. Lines 13-14
Write your answers here
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 3: Choose from the phrases A-J the best phrase to fill in each gap. Use each phrase only once. (20 points) Most people are unaware they possess a quite remarkable skill, (1) because it is exercised daily, and in the most ordinary of contexts. (2) ………….., our lives would be unfulfilled and empty. It is the ability to relate to others, to engage them in conversation, to orperate as social and sociable individuals and to develop both short-term and long-term relationships (3) of our very existence as human beings. We are not born with this ability. There is nothing wired into the human brain (4) .......to social situations. To perform effectively in a world (5) on social interaction, encounters and relationships, we have to learn what to do. Small babies, (6) ……………., are among the least sociable beings (7) ........ They are totally demanding, utterly selfish and scream with rage if their every whim is not immediately satisfied. Somehow this unlikely raw material is transformed over the year into a being which relies for survival on being able to form reciprocal bonds with others and to follow complex rules (8) .......of its social life. The monstrous infant becomes the caring, responsible adult (9) around both the joys and pains, and the giving and receiving of friendships and other relationships. (10)…………… which is the central characteristic of being human. A. that you could imagine B. that relies so heavily C. But without it D. It is this remarkable transformation E. as any parent will remember F. which lies at the heart G. whose life experiences revolve H. that govern every aspect I. that provides us with set responses J. which is usually overlooked
Write your answers here
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 4: Read the passage and point out whether the statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). (10 points) Since ancient times, rice has been the most commonly used food grain for the majority of people in the world. A member of the grass family Graminae, rice (Oryza sativa ) can be grown successfully under climatic conditions ranging from tropical to temperate. Properly cultivated, rice produces higher yields than any other grain with the exception of corn, and although the total area planted in rice is far smaller than that devoted to wheat (the world total is about one-third less), the rice crop feeds a far greater proportion of the world’s population. In contrast to wheat and corn, only a small percentage of the total rice crop enters international trade. Not quite 4% of the total worldwide becomes an export commodity, although the United States exports approximately 45% of its total production. Limited international trade in rice has prevented the establishment of large, active trading centers like those for marketing cereal grains, and formulation of official grain standards for rice has been low to develop.
During the past quarter of a century, rice-breeding programs have been initiated in several countries. Resistance to diseases and insects was the major objective of the earlier Research, but hybrid programs have dominated recently. High-yielding dwarf plants that can withstand deep water and that respond to fertilizers have been developed. Improved grain quality and higher protein levels have been added objectives of new programs designed to improve nutrition. 1. Rice has been eaten since ancient times. 2. Corn produces higher yields than rice. 3. Rice can only be grown in tropical climates. 4. Some people eat rice three times a day. 5. Rice feeds more people than wheat. 6. Rice is traded internationally all over the world. 7. Thailand is a major exporter of rice. 8. More than half of rice in the United States is exported. 9. Recently many countries have conducted research into resistance to diseases and insects. 10. New programs don’t aim at improving grain quality and increasing protein levels in rice. Write your answers here
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
V. WRITING Part 1: Rewrite each sentence so that it begins with the words and the meaning stays the same. (20 points) 1. I’m sure he recognized us at the airport. → He must.................................................................................................................................... 2. The journalists only heard about the changes to the wedding plans when they arrived at the avenue → Not until .................................................................................................................................. 3. “Why can’t you do your work more carefully?” Helen’s boss said to her. → Helen’s boss criticized............................................................................................................. 4. All the passengers of the jumbo jet were killed in the crash → None…………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. They haven’t invited either Mr. Simon or his children to the barbecue. → Neither ...................................................................................................................................... 6. If you sleep more, you will be more relaxed. → The longer ................................................................................................................................ 7. I was not shocked to hear that David won the scholarship. → It came ...................................................................................................................................... 8. Someone has suggested raising the parking fees in the city. → It............................................................................................................................................... 9. The trip is so amazing that we will never forget it. → It is too..................................................................................................................................... 10. Don’t misquote. I never said I hated ballet. → Don’t put .................................................................................................................................. Part 2: Choose the option A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the sentence above it. (10 points) 1. There is something about that man’s face that strikes me as very familiar. A. That man’s face hit me in a familiar way. B. That man has something that strikes me in the face. C. I think I have seen that man somewhere before. D. Something about that man’s face makes me familiar. 2. However hard you work, you will never be promoted here. A. You will never be promoted here; however, you work hard. B. No matter how you work, you will be promoted here. C. Although you work really hard, you will never be promoted here.
D. If you didn’t work hard, you would never be promoted here. 3. You’ll have no hope of growing crops here unless you find a way to irrigate this land. A. Without discovering how to water this land, there is no chance that you can grow crops here. B. Even if you find a method of watering this land, there is no hope that any crops will grow on it. C. Because there is no way you can irrigate this land, you had better give up trying to grow crops on it. D. You’ll have to try growing crops elsewhere if you prove unable to irrigate this land here. 4. You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to me in the first place. A. If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now. B. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now. C. If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now. D. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess right now. 5. He only realized how wonderful his wife was after they got divorced for a month. A. Not until a month after their divorce did he realize how wonderful his wife was. B. Scarcely did he realize how wonderful his wife was when their divorce lasted a month. C. Only after a one-month divorce did he realize that his wife was wonderful. D. He wished they hadn’t got divorced because he realized that he got a wonderful wife. 6. The government does not know what to do with household rubbish in large cities. A. Little does the government know what to do with household rubbish in large cities. B. It is unknown what to do with household rubbish in large cities by the government C. Rarely the government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities. D. Hardly any government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities. 7. "If I were in your shoes, I would try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment" said the professor to his research student A. The professor advised his student to try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment. B. The professor complained that his student didn't finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment. C. The professor told his student that he wished he could finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment. D. The professor regretted that his student didn't try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment. 8. Peter and Lucy had a quarrel, but they soon made up. A. Peter and Lucy made a mistake but they soon corrected it. B. Peter and Lucy hate each other since their argument. C. Peter and Lucy had a squirrel, but they soon let it go. D. Peter and Lucy had an argument, now they are friends again. 9. On the trip to Newcastle, John and Bill took turn driving. A. The boys took a wrong turn during the trip. B. Bill took most of the driving during the trip. C. John drove Bill to Newcastle. D. The boys divided the driving time. 10. He is an authority on primitive religion. A. He is famous for his vast knowledge of primitive religion. B. He has authority over the people who practice primitive religion. C. He has a great influence on the people who practice primitive religion. D. He has official permission to practice primitive religion. Write your answers here
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 Môn: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
I. LISTENING Part 1 Listen to the conversation and put a tick on the box to indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) (10 pts)
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
Part 2 You will hear a job interview. As you listen choose the best answer to each question (10 pts)
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. B
II. PHONETICS Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the space provided. (5 pts)
1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your answers in the space provided. (5 pts)
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. (30pts)
1. A, D 6. A, D 11. A 16. B 21. A 26. B
2. C 7. A 12. C 17. A, B 22. B 27. A
3. D 8. C 13. A 18. C 23. B 28. C
4. D 9. A 14. D 19. D 24. C 29. B
Part 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. Write your answers in the space provided. (20 pts)
1. A 6. A
2. A 7. C
3. A 8. C
4. D 9. A
Part 3: Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage. (20 pts)
1. native 6. impoverished
2. Practically 3. commercialization 7. confidentially8. inexhaustible
4. Con 9. cust
Part 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 pts)
1. C Hướng dẫn chấm HSG tỉnh môn Anh 12 – Năm học 20132014
2. A
3. B
4. A Page 1/2
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. B
IV. READING COMPREHENSION Part 1: Read the passage and then decide which word (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space. (15 pts)
1. D 6. D 11. D
2. B 7. B 12. C
3. A 8. C 13. A
4. D 9. A 14. B
5. D 10. C 15. C
Part 2: Read the following passages and choose the best answer (15 pts)
1. C 6. D 11. A
2. C 7. D 12. B
3. B 8. C 13. D
4. B 9. A 14. D
5. A 10. D 15. C
Part 3: Fill in the blank with a suitable word to complete the passage. (20 pts)
1. J 6. E
2. C 7. A
3. F 8. H
4. I 9. G
5. B 10. D
Part 4: Read the passage and point out whether the statements are True (T), False (F) or Not given (NG). (10 pts)
1. T 6. F
2. T 7. NG
3. F 8. F
4. NG 9. F
5. T 10. F
V. WRITING Part 1: Rewrite each sentence so that it begins with the words and the meaning stays the same. (20 pts) 1. He must have recognized us at the airport. 2. Not until the journalists arrived at the avenue did they hear about the changes to the wedding plans. 3. Helen’s boss criticized her for not doing her work (more) carefully. 4. None of the passengers of the jumbo jet survived the crash. 5. Neither Mr. Simon nor his children have been invited to the barbecue. 6. The longer you sleep, the more relaxed you will be. 7. It came as no shock to me (to hear) that David won the scholarship. 8. It has been suggested (that) the parking fees in the city (should) be raised. 9. It is too amazing a trip for us to forget. 10. Don’t put words into my mouth. I never said I hated ballet. Part 2: Choose the option A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the sentence above it. (10 pts)
1. C 6. A
2. C 7. A
3. A 8. D
4. B 9. D
Tổng điểm toàn bài: 200 điểm Quy về thang điểm 20
5. C 10. A
