Đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh Cà Mau năm 2010 môn tiếng Anh pot

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VềNG TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT
CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2009-2010

Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 20 – 12 – 2009
(Đề thi gồm cú 8 trang) Thời gian: 180 phỳt (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề)

Hóc sinh laứm baứi vaứo ủề thi naứy

ẹIỂM
TOAỉN BAỉI THI
Gia
ựm khaỷo 1

(Hó, tẽn vaứ
chửừ kyự)
Gia
ựm khaỷo 2

(Hó, tẽn vaứ
chửừ kyự)
SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chuỷ tũch Hẹ ghi)

Baống
chửừ

Baống
soỏ

SECTION I: GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY (7.5 points)
PART I: (1.5 pts) Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Circle A,
B, C or D to indicate your answers.
1. She had to hand in her notice ______ advance when she decided to leave her job.
A. in B. from C. with D. to
2. The old lady’s savings were considerable as she had _____ a little money every week.
A. put in B. put by C. put down D. put apart
3. The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have _____ by
2015.
A. run out B. taken over C. caught up D. used off
4. “Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ______?”
A. do you B. don’t you C. can’t you D. will you
5. Mary: “Your new blouse looks gorgeous, Helen!”
Helen: “_________”
A. It’s up to you B. Thanks, I bought it at Macy’s
C. I’d rather not D. You can say that again
6. “Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop _______ excuses!”
A. talking B. doing C. having D. making
7. _ “Should we bring a lot of money on the trip?”
_ “Yes. ______ we decide to stay longer.”
A. So that B. Because C. In case D. Though
8. We couldn’t fly ______ because all the tickets had been sold out.
A. economics B. economy C. economical D. economic
9. He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead.
A. must have gone B. couldn’t go

C. didn’t have to go D. should have gone
10. There was nothing they could do _______ leave the car at the roadside where it had
broken down.
A. unless B. instead of C. than D. but
PART II: (1.0 pt) Find ONE mistake in each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to
indicate your answers.
1. The media have produced live covering of Michael Jackson’s fans around the world
A B C
mourning for him.

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D
2. Found in the 12
th
century, Oxford University ranks among the world’s oldest universities.
A B C D
3. Although smokers are aware that smoking is harmful to their health, they can’t get rid it.
A B C D
4. However small, the sitting room is well designed and nicely decorated.
A B C D
5. Educated in the UK, his qualifications are widely recognized in the
A B C
world of professionals.
D
PART III: (1.5 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the
numbered spaces provided. (0) has been done as an example.

A CHANGE OF CAREER
Wildlife (0)_____ had always been a hobby for Mark Chester, but PAINT

when he lost his job, he took the (1)______ to turn it into a full- time DECIDE
career. Mark had obtained his (2)______ qualifications in the fields of PROFESSION
(3)_________ and advertising and felt that these skills would be useful PHOTOGRAPH
in his new life. He had sold his work before, and was (4)_____ confident REASON
that he could earn enough to live on.
Mark discovered that he would be able to receive an (5)_____ from a ALLOW
government (6)_____________ to help him set up his business. They also AGENT
provided him with (7)___________ information on how to run his affairs. USE
As (8)___________of his work increased, Mark realised that he could SELL
not paint enough (9)_________pictures to keep up with demand, so he is ORIGIN
now trying to interest a (10)________________ in producing prints of his PUBLISH
work. Meanwhile, Mark has started making prints of his own.
Your answers:
0/ painting
1/ 6/
2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

PART IV: (1.0 pt) Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION. Write your
answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage
Reginald Andrews, 29, was standing (1)______ the subway platform (2)______ 14
th

street, waiting (3)_________ the train to take him back (4)________ his flat (5)_______
Harlem. He was worried (6)________ being (7)_______ of work. He had been unemployed
(8)_______ a year, and he owed a lot of money (9)_____ the bank. But he had an interview
that morning (10)______ Jamac Frozen Foods in Manhattan, and he was hoping they would
offer him a job.

Your answers:
1/ 6/
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2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

PART V: (1.0 pt) Insert A, AN, THE or ỉ (zero article) where necessary. Write your
answers in the numbered spaces provided under the passage.
(1)____ whales live in (2)_____ sea and are being hunted to extinction. (3)______ men
who hunt them for (4)_____ money will lose their jobs when all (5)_____ whales are dead.
Then (6)____ sea will die because (7)_____ whales live on (8)_____ plankton, (9)_____ little
creatures will grow too many and (10)_______ sea will not to be clean and clear.
Your answers:
1/ 6/
2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

PART VI: (1.5 pts) Supply the correct form of the VERBS in the brackets to complete
the passage. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.
In the relative short span of twenty-five years there has been an incredible evolution in
the size and capabilities of computers. Today, computers smaller than the tip of your fingernail
(1. have) the same capacities as room-sized machines of twenty years ago. The first computers
(2. develop) around 1945. They were so large that they (3. require) special air-conditioned
rooms. About twenty years later, in 1960s, desk-sized computers were developed. This (4.
represent) a gigantic advance. Before the end of the same decade, however, the third
generation of computers, which (5. use) simple integrated circuits and which (6. be) even

smaller and faster, (7. appear) . In 1971, the first microprocessor, less than one square
centimeters in size, (8. develop) . Today, electronic engineers (9. predict) that even smaller
and more sophisticated computers (10. be) on the market before the end of this decade.
Your answers:
1/ 6/
2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

SECTION II: READING (6.5 pts)
PART I: (1.5 pts) Fill each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in
the space provided under this passage.
From a close study of history you would never gain the impression that ____(1)_____
behaviour is dictated by intelligence, ____(2)_____ by responsible morality. An observer from
____(3)___ planet, devoid ____(4)_____ instincts himself and unaware of the way in which
instincts, the aggressive instinct in particular operate ____(5)_____ us, would be at a complete
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___(6)______ to explain history at ____(7)____ . The phenomena of history do
_____(8)______ have reasonable causes. It is a mere commonplace ____(9)_____ say that
they are caused by that common parlance so aptly _____(10)_____ “ human nature”
Your answers:
1/ 6/
2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

PART II: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answer which is most
accurate according to the information given in the passage.

Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (1)_________ it would be
possible to set up a “village” under the sea. A special room was built and lowered
(2)_________ the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days, five men lived
(3)_________ a depth of 40 feet. At a (4)_________ lower level, another two divers stayed for
a week in a smaller “house”. On the returning to the surface, the men said that they had
experienced no difficulty in breathing and had (5)_________ many interesting scientific
observations. The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of the possibility of
(6)_________ the seabed. He said that some permanent stations were to be set up under the
sea, and some undersea farms would provide food for the growing population of the world.
The divers in both “houses” spent most of their time (7)_________ the bottom of the sea.
On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary
(8)_________ of the marine life, some of which had never been seen before. During their stay,
Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of 1,000 feet and witnessed a gathering
of an immense (9)_________ of crabs which numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They
also found out that it was (10)_________ to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel
known as a “diving saucer”.
1/ A. which B. what C. how D. whether
2/ A. underneath B. into C. down D. below
3/ A. in B. at C. on D. from
4/ A. any B. more C. much D. some
5/ A. made B. exercised C. caught D. done
6/ A. implanting B. transplanting C. growing D. cultivating
7/ A. inquiring B. exploring C. imploring D. enquiring
8/ A. systems B. forms C. breeds D. castes
9/ A. pack B. herd C. school D. flock
10/ A. able B. possible C. hardly D. capable

PART III: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D
which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.
Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example. That

you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them. But perhaps this of intuition
isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all
the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood. If you
hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel
that you are being defensive. Holding your head to one side shows interest in the other, while
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an easy, open posture indicates that you are self-confident. All this affects the way you feel
about someone.
Also, a stranger may remind you of meeting with someone. This may be because of
something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated
you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be influenced by the smell in the air
that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single word can
bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
1. What does the word “open” in the passage most closely means?
A. Unrestrained B. Relaxed
C. Confined D. Unlimited
2. What influences your impression of the person you meet the first time?
A. Intuition B. Familiarity
C. Knowledge D. Feeling
3. What one feels about a stranger may be influenced by something that _______.
A. strengthens one’s past behaviours
B. remind one of one’s past treatment
C. revives one’s past memories
D. points to one’s childhood
4. What does the second paragraph discuss?
A. Meanings of signals one implies towards a stranger.
B. Factors that may influence one’s feelings about a stranger.
C. How people usually behave to a stranger.
D. Factors that cause people to act differently.

5. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _______.
A. styles B. languages
C. patterns D. behaviours

PART IV: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with
the words in the box.






Next to influenza, food poisoning is probably the most common minor ailment which
Singaporeans have to put up with. It is regarded by most people as (1) _____ serious than
suffering from a cold because (2)______ symptoms-stomachache, cramps, nausea, vomiting
and diarrhea usually clear up (3)______ a few days. In many cases, the victims (4)_______
not need to see a doctor or miss a day’s work. The disturbing thing is that the number of cases
(5)_____ more serious food poisoning is (6)_______ the rise.
Food poisoning is caused by eating contaminated food. The bacteria in the food can get
into the food from the air or through agents such as insects which come into contact with food.
Some forms of food (7) ______ carry bacteria or other parasitic organisms. Examples of such
food include selfish, especially oysters which grow in polluted waters, and raw meat which
(8)_______ not been properly refrigerated. Certain foods such as milk, eggs and meat are
prone to bacteria growth, (9)______ they are high in protein and moisture. The best way to
prevent food poisoning is (10)______ observe the rules of hygiene. If food prepares do not
abide by strict sanitary regulations, serious incident of food poisoning will continue to escalate.

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SECTION III: WRITING (6.0 pts)
PART I: (1,0 pt) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that means exactly
the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. I couldn’t hear them because they were speaking too softly.
 They were speaking
2. If I were you, I’d look for another job.
 I suggest
3. All his suits were made in Paris.
 He
4. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
 Only by
5. If there’s an emergency, ring this number.
 In case

PART II: (1.0 pt) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the sentence printed before it. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do
not change the form of the given word.
1. There were a lot of people on the bus. (with)

2. You can avoid tooth decay by brushing your teeth regularly. (prevented)

3. Everybody in the office likes Harry. (popular)

4. We don’t seem to have much sugar left. (running)

5. This house brings home to my mind. ( reminds)


PART III: (4.0 pts) Write a paragraph about 200-250 words expressing your own
opinion about the topic: “Should marriages be arranged by parents or left to the choice
for the young people concerned?”







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