THPT Phu Bai 2007-2008
TRƯỜNG T.H.P.T PHÚ BÀI KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
Name: ......................... Lớp 12 THPT – Năm học 2007 -2008
Class: .................... Môn : TIẾNG ANH - 180 phút
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I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (35 points )
Part 1: Choose the words or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A,B,C, or D next to the correct word or phrase.
1. I’m sure they were .......... lies.
A. telling B. speaking C. talking D. saying
2. He always did well at school .......... having his early education disrupted by illness.
A. on account of B. in spite of C. in addition to D. even though
3. That child is really .......... by its grandparents.
A. stained B. polluted C. spoilt D. naughty
4. It is difficult for museums to find funds to protect the nation’s ..........
A. inheritance B. heritage C. possessions D. legacy
5. Why was he turned down when he tried to join the army ?
A. called down B. reprimanded C. rejected D. accepted
6. Which would you .......... have, the red or the blue one ?
A. better B. prefer C. rather D. choose
7. There was so much noise that we could hardly .......... what the speaker was saying.
A. take in B. take up C. bring in D. bring up
8. I am sure we can believe her. She is usually ..........
A. true B. truthful C. trustful D. trustworthy
9. Early retirement is a .......... of reducing the workforce while avoiding redundancy.
A. device B. source C. proposal D. means
10. I like his essay because it is very ..........
A. imaginary B. imaginative C. imaginable D. imagination
Part 2: 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.
THE ENVIRONMENT : OUR RESPONSIBILITY
These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the
damage we are doing to the environment. The earth is being ...(1)............ and THREAT
the future looks sad. What can each of us do ?
We can’t clean up our ...(2)........ rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we POLLUTION
stop the .....(3).... of plants and animals. But we stop adding to the problem APPEAR
while ...(4).....search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s ....(5)....... SCIENCE /DEFEND
It may not be easy to change your lifestyle ..(6 ).............. , but some steps COMPLETE
are easy to take: cut down the amount of ...(7).......you do, or use as little DRIVE
plastic as possible. It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8).......... HOUSE
bills. We must all make a personal ...(9)............... to work for the future of DECIDE
our planet if we want to ..(10).......... a better world for our grandchildren. SURE
Your answers:
1. .................................. 2................................ 3................................ 4..............................
5................................... 6..................................... 7.................................. 8...............................
9................................. 10....................................
Part 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary.
I arrived in New York on Thanksgiving Day ten years ago. It (be) .................... a rainy, misty day, and as the boat ( approach) ........................ the harbor, I was able (see) ...................... only the vague outlines of the famous skyline. When I could hear or feel the motions of the engine no longer. I (know) .............that I (reach) .........................America, my new house. I ( greet) ....................by an uncle of mine whom I (meet , never ) .........................before. After the customs officials ( clear ) .................my baggage, I (go) ......................to a magnificent turkey dinner . I remember that I (be) ......................a very unappreciative guest because I (feel )....................lonely. I (can) .........................understanding neither the language of my hosts nor their attitude toward the food . Worst of all, all the members of the family (scrutinize ) .......................me like a strange phenomenon which (drop) ..............................in from an old and obsolete world. Strangely enough, no one ( explain ) ...........................the meeting of Thanksgiving and the reason for the feast to me on the day of my arrival.
II. READING ( 23 points )
Part 1: Fill in each gap with ONE appropriate word. The first gap has been done as an example.
THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA
Today, there are libraries in almost every town (0) .........in .......the world. Even in areas (1) .............. there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (2).................... But in the days when books were copied by hand (3) ...........than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very (4) ............time to produce, and there were far (5) .................. copies of any given work around. The greatest library (6) ......................all, that in Alexandria, had 54.000 books. In the ancient world, this number (7) ..................considered huge. It was the first time that anyone (8) .... ...... ever collected so many books from all around the world (9) .............. one roof. There are many theories about (10)............... these books were lost. (11)............ is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to (12) .....................burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (13) ..................happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever – some books were (14) ............... recovered. We cannot even know (15) ................... exactly the library contained.
Your answers:
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 answers to the comprehension questions.
The sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is powered by thermonuclear reactions near its center that change hydrogen into helium. The sun has existed in its present stage for about 4 billion, 6000 million years and is thousands of times larger than the earth.
By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the sun’s life will be like.
About 5 billion years from now, the core of the sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of the sun will expand approximately 35 million miles, about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the sun. The sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures on the earth will become too hot for life to exist.
Once the sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it shrinks to the size of the earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The sun may throw off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf.
After billions of years as a white dwarf, the sun will have used up all its fuels and will have lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the sun has become a black dwarf, the earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen onto the earth’s surface.
1. What is the primary purpose of this passage ?
A. To alert people to the dangers posed by the sun.
B. To discuss conditions on earth in the far future,
C. To present a theory about red giant stars.
D. To describe changes that the sun will go through.
2. It can be inferred from the passage that the sun
A. is approximately halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf.
B. has been in existence for ten billion years.
C. is rapidly changing in size and brightness.
D. will continue as a yellow dwarf for another ten billion years.
3. What will probably be the first stage of change as the sun becomes a read giant ?
A. Its core will cool off and use less fuel.
B. Its surface will become hotter and shrink.
C. Its sun will throw off huge amounts of gases.
D. Its center will grow smaller and hotter.
4. When the sun becomes a red giant, what will conditions be like on earth ?
A. Its atmosphere will freeze and become solid.
B. It will be enveloped in the expanding surface of the sun.
C. It will become too hot for life to exist.
D. It will be destroyed in nova explosions.
5. As a white dwarf, the sun will be
A. the same size as the planet Mercury.
B. thousands of times smaller than it is today.
C. around 35 million miles in diameter.
D. cold and dark.
6. According to the passage, which of the following best describes the sequence of stages that the sun will probably pass through ?
A. Yellow dwarf, white dwarf, red giant, black giant.
B. Red giant, white dwarf, red dwarf, nova explosion.
C. Yellow dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf.
D. White dwarf, red giant, black dwarf, yellow dwarf.
7. The word “there” in the last line refers to
A. our own planet
B. the outer surface planet of the sun.
C. the core of a black dwarf.
D. the planet Mercury.
8. Which of the following best describe the tone of the passage ?
A. Alarmed
B. Comic
C. Objective
D. Pessimistic.
III. WRITING (22 points)
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that is has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. Don’t you regret not learning to swim ? ( wish )
Don’t you ......................................................................................................swim ?
2. I was on the point of leaving the office. ( about )
I was just ..................................................................................................... office.
3. I’ve got to get a new computer. ( need )
What I really ...............................................................................................new computer.
4. I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly. (too )
The time I had .....................................................................................the town properly.
5. You’ve already lied to me once today. ( lie )
This is not the first .........................................................................................me today.
6. I can’t describe people as well as you can. ( better )
You’re ...........................................................................................................I am.
7. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert. ( no )
We ........................................................................tickets for the concert.
8. They properly don’t live at the same address any more. ( doubt )
I ............................................................................at the same address any more.
9.” It’s not worth worrying about the past. “, I told him. ( point )
I told him that there was .............................................................about the past.
10. While I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. ( wrong )
While I was driving, I realized that ................................................... the car.
Part 2: Read the text 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 ( ü). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.
OPERA AND THE ENGLISH
When I told an architect friend that I was writing a brief book on opera, he asked if 0...ü....
it would tell him what he was missing. The feeling of that he was missing something 1. ........
was a step in the exactly right direction, but the fact that he had lived in England 2..........
without setting his foot in the theatre for an opera performance was a reflection on the 3. ........
small part that opera plays in the lives of the majority of so intelligent people in Britain. 4..........
The basic appeal of opera is to the heart, if not the head, and the British find the outpouring 5........
of emotion and passionate melody feel a little embarrassing. Unlike the Italians, the Germans6.......
and the French, the British have no native operatic tradition of long standing, and so this 7. ........
opera has remained a largely suspect foreign import, which indulged in by the rich, and 8..........
condemned by intellectuals on the old premise that anything too silly to be said, could be 9..........
sung. Opera is not really something like that at all. Half of its origins may be aristocratic 10........
, but the other half are firmly rooted in the songs, stories and dances of popular 11........
entertainment through the centuries. 12........
IV. LISTENING ( 20 POINTS )
Part1: Roy and Sylvia have a lot of things to do this weekend. Listen to them deciding which things they want to do. Fill in the blanks to complete their activities.
1. Roy: - clean ......(1.)....... ......(2)................
- go ......(3.)...........
- .........(.4)..... the car.
- clean the ..........(5.)..........
- put away the ........(6)..................
- .........(7)..... the .....(8.).................
2. Sylvia: - take ...(.9).......... the ..........(.10.)...........
- ...........(11).......the carpet.
- clean the .......(12)...........
Your answers:
1. .................... 2. ........................... 3. ................... 4. ..................... 5. .....................
6. .................... 7. ...................... 8. ................... 9. ..................... 10. .................... 11................. 12. ................
Part 2: Listen to people comparing the prices of things in three different cities. List the cities
From the most expensive (1) to the least expensive (3). The first one is done.
0: London .......1..........
Madrid ...........3..........
Paris ........2............
1. New york..................... 2. Singapore .............................
London ....................... Tokyo ................................
Tokyo..................... Honolulu ....................
3. Chicago .................... 4. Mexico City.......................
San Francisco .................... Los Angels..........................
Phoenix ........................... Hongkong ............................
5. Rio .......................
Washington..................
Jakarta .........1...........
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
Lớp 12 - Năm học 2007 - 2008 - Trường T.H.P.T Phú Bài
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Thời gian 180 phút
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I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (35 points )
Part 1: Choose the wors or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A,B,C, or D next to the correct word or phrase.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. B
Part 2: 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.
Answers:
1. threatened 2. polluted 3. disappearance 4. scientists
5. defence 6. completely 7. driving 8. household
9. decision 10. ensure
Part 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary.
Answers:
was - was approaching - to see - knew - had reached - was greeted - had never met -
- had cleared - went - was - was feeling - could - scrutinized - had dropped - explained
II. READING ( 23 points )
Part 1: Fill in each gap with ONE appropriate word. The first gap has been done as an example.
1. where 2. .another 3. rather 4. long. 5. fewer
6. of 7. was . 8. had 9. under/beneath 10. how
11. One 12. be 13. Whatever 14. never 15. what
Part 2: Read the following passages and choose the best answers to the comprehension questions.
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C
5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C
III. WRITING (22 điểm )
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that is has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. wish you had learnt / learned to
2. about to leave the
3. need to get is a
4. was too short to visit
5. lie ( that) you have told
6. better at describing people than
7. had no difficulty in getting
8. doubt whether/ if they are living / live
9. no point in worrying
10. there was something wrong with / something was going wrong with
Part 2: Read the text 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 ( ü). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.
1. of 2. exactly 3. his 4. so
5. if 6. feel 7. this 8. which
9. ü 10. something 11. .ü 12. ü
IV. LISTENING ( 20 points )
Part1: Roy and Sylvia have a lot of things to do this weekend. Listen to them deciding which things they want to do. Fill in the blanks to complete their activities.
Answers:
1. the 2. bathroom 3. shopping 4. clean 5. fridge
6. groceries 7. iron 8. sheets 9. out 10. rubbish
11. vacuum 12. windows
Part 2: Listen to people comparing the prices of things in three different cities. List the cities
From the most expensive (1) to the least expensive (3). The first one is done.
1. New York......2............... 2. Singapore ...........3..................
London ........3............... Tokyo ..................1..............
Tokyo.............1........ Honolulu ................2....
3. Chicago ......2.............. 4. Mexico City.......2................
San Francisco .......1............. Los Angels..........1................
Phoenix ..............3............. Hongkong ...............3.............
5. Rio ........3...............
Washington. ....2............
Jakarta .........1...........
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