KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC: 2010- 2011 potx

1



SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN
QUẢNG NGÃI DỰ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA
NĂM HỌC: 2010- 2011
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
THỜI GIAN: 180 PHÚT (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

SBD




Họ và tên: Ngày sinh:

Học sinh trường: Phòng thi:

Giám thị 1: Chữ ký:

Giám thị 2: Chữ ký:

Mã phách

2

Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2






Mã phách:

(Đề thi này gồm 10 trang không kể tờ phách. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề này )
PART A: LISTENING ( 20 X 0,15 = 3pts)
A. Listen to the talk and fill in the missing words.
Good morning , ladies and gentlemen!
I am here to tell you how Internet can help you to (1) in the Asia- Pacific region.
Let’s have a look at(2) Can everybody see? Good.
This table shows the number of (3) in different parts of the world. On the third line,
you have the figures for Asia-Pacific. Noted that the number of Internet users is rising rapidly
an increase of 878%-yes 878 (4) . What does that mean for e-commerce in Asia
Pacific? The color on the right shows the estimated revenue for e-commerce in 2002. For
Asia-Pacific, the figure is 34.5 billion dollars. Not bad. When you (5) Western
Europe at 55.5 billion , and Japan at 26 billion.
Let’s look at my next slide. This (6) compares the number of Internet users in 1997
and 2001. These figures are only for Asia-Pacific. I’d like(7) to the white and green
segments. Can everybody see? These show (8) in the region . In 1997, only 19% of the
population had an Internet connect. For 2001 the figure is 35%. That’s 28% in the highly-
developed countries- Australia, Hong Kong and so on, and 7% in developing countries like
Malaysia and Thailand.
So, as you can see, (9) in all Asia- Pacific countries . There is a big market in Asia-
Pacific, ladies and gentlemen, and (10) .
YOUR ANSWERS
1

6
2

7
3

8

4

9
5

10
B-Listen to the talk carefully and answer the questions.

11. The festival lasts for .
A. 2 days B. 3 days C. 4 days D. 13 days
12. It will take place on .
A. 14
th
July B. 4
th
July C. 4
th
August D. 14
th
August
13&14. Choose two answers.
3

You can buy tickets from .
A. the town hall
B. the festival office
C. library
D. tourist advice centers
E. Post office
Your answers:

11 12 13 & 14


15. The weather forecast for the festival is
16. Food will be available from
17. There will be a bar selling soft drinks,
Name of band

Where they come from What kind of music

Petie’s Dozen

(18)

Jazz

Strings

Poland

(19)


The Fiddlers

(20)

Folk

PART B: PRONUNCIATION (10 x 0.15 = 1.5 pts)

SectionI: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
21. A. eradicate B. character C. magazine D. marine
22. A. fasten B. little C. gentle D. battle
23. A. fought B. bought C. drought D. ought
24. A. patient B. question C. sugar D. fresh
25. A. admiral B. adventure C. advertise D. adverb
Section II: Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the
others.
26. A. dismiss B. destroy C. dislike D. district
27. A. intelligent B. apprentice C. preferential D. potential
28. A. instrumental B. communicate C. mathematics D. accidental
29. A. considerate B. Parisian C. redundancy D. agriculture
30. A. character B. adventure C. ordinary D. worldwide
Your answers:
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30


PART C: STRUCTRURES AND VOCABULARY (50 x 0.15 = 7.5pts)
4
Section I: Choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D) to complete each of the following
sentences.
31. I had a of misfortune .
A. success B. continuation C. repetition D. succession
32. Being both spoilt and lazy he everyone else for his lack of success.
A. accused B. charged C. criticized D. blamed
33. Next year I hope to my ambition of climbing Mount Blanc.
A. complete B. follow C. realize D. impose
34.The chairman announcement was followed by debate.
A. warm B. heated C. hot D. boiling

35. Most people ice-cream with the summer.
A. link B. image C. remind D. associate
36. Sally paid no attention ,as she was completely in her book.
A. engrossed B. distracted C. concentrated D. dominated
37. Some people feel that television should give less to sport.
A. programmes B. coverage C. concern D. involvement.
38. Police believe there is a between the two crimes.
A. link B. chain C. joint D. connector
39. It was only then how much I owed to her.
A. did I realize B. had I realized C. did I realize D. that I realized
40. Here is a report from our political .
A. journalist B. editorial C. correspondent D. bulletin
41. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a writer.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific
42. My passport last month, so I have to get a new one.
A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated
43. Four people drowned when the yacht in sudden storm.
A. inverted B. overflowed C. upset D. capsized
44.I hear that miniskirts are coming back into fashion, I wonder if they’ll really again.
A. catch up B. catch on C. catch out D. catch hold
45. I shall the loss of my reading-glasses in newspaper, with a reward for the finder.
A. announce B. advertise C. publish D. make known
46. This little stream into the river just outside the town.
A. flows B. meets C. unites D. contributes
47. Nam was shocked when they disagreed with him. He’s so used to getting her own .
A. mind B. way C. opinion D. views
48. I don’t believe a word she said; I think she just made that story.
A. down B. out C. off D. up
49. Alex complained that no one invited him to any social events and that he felt .
A. turn out B. left out C. omitted out D. gone out

50. Many young families have little or no of buying their own homes.
A. aspect B. prospect C. concept D. view
51. Goods carried on a ship are called .
A. items B. merchandise C. cargo D. articles
52. Marianne seemed to take at my comments on her work.
5
A. annoyance B. insult C. offence D. indignation

53. the phone rang later that night did Lan remember the appointment.
A. Just before B. Not until C. Only D. No sooner
54. John his friend to go camping with him.
A. attracted B. suggested C. appealed D. persuaded
55. He lost the race because he petrol on the last lap.
A. got out of B. ran out of C. made out of D. put out of
56. By the age of twenty-five he had his ambition of becoming a pianist.
A. obtained B. achieved C. completed D. reached
57. The drunken man was crazily from one side of the street to the other.
A. racing B. scrambling C. marching D. staggering
58. A…………… woman is needed to take care of two small children.
A. confident B. reliable C. confidential D. faithful
59. My landlady is chasing me up the rent, as it’s now three weeks late.
A. of B. about C. for D. with
60. These clothes will be inappropriate for this evening.
A. unsuitable B. unnecessary C. unattractive D. unavailable
Your answers:
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45


46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

Section II: Give the correct forms of the words given in column B to complete the
passage in column A.
A B
According to some science, high-risk sports
can be particularly (61) for certain types
of people. Such activities help them to learn that
being (62) doesn’t mean that they have to
lose control. The recent fashion for jumping from
bridges attached to a (63) of elastic rope,
known as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried
by over one million people (64) and interest
in it is continuing to grow.
Before the special elastic rope (65) around
them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160 kph.
First-timers are usually too (66) to open
their mouths, and when they are finally (67)
safely to the ground, they walk around with broad
smiles on their faces, saying (68) how
amazing it was. However, for some people, it is
only the (69) of refusing to jump at the
last minute that finally persuades them to conquer

VALUE

FRIGHT

LONG

WORLD

TIGHT

TERROR
LOW

REPEAT

EMBARRASS

6
their fear of (70) and push themselves off
into space.
HIGH

Your answers:
61. 62. 63 64. 65.
66. 67. 68 69. 70.
Section III: Read the following paragraph in column A, one word is missing from each
line. Put an oblique store (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing
word in each blank.

A B
Although the world’s energy resources/taken
millions of years to produce, we quickly beginning to
exhaust these supplies. Recently UN committee
reported that world’s oil and gas supplies would
about 100 years if used carefully. The report stated
that there be enough oil and gas for a century only if
the present demand could controlled. If the demand

continued grow, the report said that fuel supplies
last for less than forty years. According to the
report, governments now take steps to control the
amounts of fuels are used.
00. have
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80

Your answers:
71. 72.
73. 74.
75. 76.
77. 78.
79. 80.

PART D: READING ( 20 x 0.15 = 3pts )
Section I: Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with only ONE
suitable word.
There are thousands and thousands of different (81) of sea animals. Some live near the
(82) of the sea in the sunlit water. Others live deep, deep down (83) it is always
dark and cold. Yet, all the animals of the sea are alike in one way. They all must find food to
eat. And there (84) be no food for any of them if there were no plants.

The tiny green plants of the sea float in the water. They take in minerals from the water.
They also take in the air in water. The sun (85) on the green plants and helps them to
grow. They become food for the tiny animals, (86) in turn are food for other animals.
People like to live where they can get plenty of (87) That is why many people in
many countries live near the seacoast and eat seafood. But we cannot just pick fish as we
pick fruit. We must know the ways we are trying to catch fish. People have been (88)
their living from the sea for many, many years. They have found out a great (89) of
valuable things and have shared what they learned (90) others .
Your answers:
81 82 83. 84. 85
7
86 87 88. 89. 90
Section II: Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each
question.
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which
products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system
of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products
bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor,
professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these
prices make up the “system” of prices .The price of any particular product or service is linked
to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less
upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many
would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or
service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed
upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a
complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount
of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not
only the money amount, but with the amount, and quality of the product or service to be
exchanged ,the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be

made ,the form of money to be used the credit terms and discounts that apply to the
transaction ,guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other
factors .In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that
comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked – for amount of money in order
that they may evaluate a given price .
91. What is the best title for the passage ?
A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System
B. The Complexities of the Price System
C. Credit Term in Transactions
D. Resource Allocation and the Pubic Sector
92. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to
A. labor and education B. transportation and insurance
C. utilities and repairs D. products and services
93. In the last line of the passage, the word “they” refers to
A. return privileges B. all the factors C. buyer and seller D. money
94. What does “transaction” mean?
A. buying done between people B. selling done between people
C. paying done between people D. business done between people
95. The last paragraph of the passage most likely discusses
A. unusual ways to advertise products
B. types of payment plans for service
C. theories about how products affect different levels of society
D. how certain elements of a price “package” influence on its market value.

Your answers:
91 92 93 94 95.
8

Section III: You are going to read an article which gives young people advice on choosing
a career and getting a good job. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for

each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. An
example is given.
HOW TO GET A JOB OF YOUR DREAM
A. DECIDE ON A DREAM
B. BE AMBITIOUS
C. GET INFORMED
D. SELL YOURSELF
E. GET EXPERIENCE
F. BE REALISTIC
G. BE POSITIVE
00 G
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.
96
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.
97
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!
98
If you like listening to people’s problems and helping your friends out when they’re 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.
99
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’re volunteering, so long as you make an effort to find paid
employment.
100
It will take more than an impressive curriculum vitae and a smart suit to get you a job but you
can’t go wrong with a careful worded “Hire me” letter mailed to prospective employers. Who
9
knows, your letter could end up the desk of a compassionate employer. What have you got to
lose?
PART E: WRITING (5pts)
Section I: Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same.

101. We’re thinking of getting someone to paint the outside of the house. PAINTED

102. What time is the train for Ho Chi Minh City ? LEAVE

103. Do you ever regret not going to university ? WISH

104. The minister proposed regular meetings for the committee. MEET

105. He was warned by the fireman not to re-enter the house. HIM

106. Emily’s cousin lost his job two years ago. UNEMPLOYED

107. We have no definite plans to go away. ARE


108. “If you don’t apologize immediately, I’m leaving,” she told him. THREATENED

109. I’d lost his phone number so I couldn’t contact him before. TOUCH

110. “Please don’t take my money, it’s all I’ve got,” said the old woman to the intruder.

PLEADED

Section II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before.
111. The manager wrote a long ungrammatical report.
The report
112. Although she was frightened, she forced herself to pick up the snake.
Frightened
113. It’s necessary to do all of this photocopying before lunchtime.
All of this photocopying
114. A heavy shower prevented them from finishing their game of tennis.
They were
10
115. You may be disqualified if you don’t obey the regulations.
Failure to
116. Customs officials are stopping more travellers than usual this week.
 An increased
117. I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.
 It came
118. Nam insisted on being told the complete story.
 Nothing but
119. It doesn’t matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The results will be the
same.

 It makes
120. The fate of the two climbers is unknown.
 It is a mystery
Section III: Write a short paragraph about 15-20 lines on each of the following topics.
You have to write about all 2 topics below.
1. “Family is a very good school.”

11

2. How important is self-study?

THE END










12

ANSWER KEYS AND MARKING SCHEME
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC


PART A: LISTENING ( 20 x 0.15 = 3pts)
A. Listen to the talk and fill in the missing words.
YOUR ANSWERS

1 do business

6 pie chart
2 the first slide

7 to draw your attention
3 Internet users

8 the percentage of Internet users
4 in five year period

9 consumption increasing dramatically
5 compare with

10 it’s waiting for you
B-Listen to the talk carefully and answer the questions. Circle the correct answers.
11 12 13 & 14
B C B & E

11. B 12. C 13&14. B & E
15. hot and sunny 16. stands 17.beer and wine
18

20
Name of band Where they come from What kind of music
Petie’s Dozen (18)New Orleans Jazz
Strings Poland (19) Favourite Classical Music
The Fiddlers (20) Ireland Folk

PART B: PRONUNCIATION (10 x 0.15 = 1.5 pts)

21

30
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D A C B B D C B D B

PART C: STRUCTRURES AND VOCABULARY (50 x 0.15 = 7.5pts)
Section I: Choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D) to complete each of the following
sentences.

31

60
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
D D C B D A B A D C D B D B B

46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
13
A B D B B C C B D B B D B B A

Section II: Give the correct forms of the words given in column B to complete the
passage in column A.
61. valuable 62. frightened 63. length 64. worldwide 65. tightened
66. terrified 67. lowered 68. repeatedly 69. embarrassment 70. heights

Section III: Read the following paragraph in column A, one word is missing from each
line. Put an oblique store (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing
word in each blank.
71. we are quickly 72. Recently a UN
73. that the world’s 74. would last about

75. there would be 76. could be controlled
77. continued to grow 78. supplies would last
79. governments would 80. fuels that are

PART D: READING ( 20 x 0,15 = 3pts )
Section I: Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with only ONE
suitable word.
81. kinds 82. surface 83. where 84. would 85. shines
86. which 87. food 88. earning 89. number 90. with

Section II: Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each
question.
91.B 92.D 93.C 94.D 95.D

Section III: You are going to read an article which gives young people advice on choosing
a career and getting a good job. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for
each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. An
example is given.
96. F 97.A 98.C 99.E 100.D

PART E: WRITING (5pts)
Section I: Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same.

101. We’re thinking of getting the outside of the house painted.
102. What time does the train for Ho Chi Minh City leave ?
103. Do you ever wish you had gone to university ?
104. The minister proposed that the committee should meet regularly.
105. The fireman warned him not to re-enter the house.
106. Emily’s cousin has been unemployed for two years.

107. We are not definitely planning to go away.
108. She threatened to leave if he didn’t apologize (unless he apologized) immediately.
109. I couldn’t get (keep) in touch with him before because I’d lost his phone number.
14
110. The old woman pleaded with the intruder not to take her money as it was all (that) she
had.
Section II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before.
111. The report (which was) written by the manager was long and ungrammatical.
112. Frightened as/ though she was, she forced herself to pick up the snake.
113. All of this photocopying has got to be done/ has to be done before lunchtime.
114. They were unable to finish their game of tennis because of a heavy shower.
115. Failure to obey the regulations may lead to (result in) disqualification.
116.An increased number of travellers is/are being stopped by customs officials this week)
117. It came as no surprise (to me) that Harry had failed his driving test.
118. Nothing but the complete/ whole story would satisfy Nam/ was enough for Nam.
119. It makes no difference which chemical you put into the mixture first.
120 .It is a mystery (as to) what (has) happened to the two climbers.

Section III: Write a short paragraph about 15-20 lines on each of the following topics.
You have to write about all 2 topics below.
Open answer


THE END