Đề thi hsg tỉnh Phú Yên (2009-2011)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2009–2010
MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút
( Không kể thời gian phát đề )

Lưu ý : Đề thi có 5 trang. Thí sinh làm bài trên giấy thi, khơng làm trên đề
LISTENING
I. You will hear a tourist guide talking about some places to visit in London . Choose
the correct answer. You will hear the piece twice ( 1.5 points )
1. The guide says you can eat at the Canal Café Theatre
A. before the show B. during the show
C. in the interval D. after the show
2. What has improved at the Donmar Warehouse ?
A. It is more comfortable for the audience.
B. The performers are more famous.
C. The shows are more up-to-date.
D. It is now larger.
3. What does the guide like about the Hackney Empire ?
A. its shows B. its audiences
C. its appearance D. its television stars
4. The nearest station to the Hackney Empire is called
A. London Seals B. London Hills
C. London Theatres D. London Fields
5. Which part of the Brixton Academy is unusually big ?
A. the entrance B. the screen
C. the stage D. the sign
6. What is special about Mondays at the Drill Hall ?
A. The performers are from abroad.
B. It is only open to students.

C. They experiment with new work.
D. Men can’t go in.
II. Look at the notes about a competition. Some information is missing You will
hear a radio announcer giving information about the competition. For each
question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.You will hear the
piece twice ( 1.5 points )
COMPETITION
Take a photograph showing (1)…………….
First prize : Holiday at (2) …………….Bay, Jamaica.
Second prize : (3) …………….worth £500
Closing date : (4) …………….
Age : Must be (5) …………….
Send to DCM Radio, (6) ……………. , Brighton , Sussex
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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentence with a preposition (1.25 points)
1. I've told the police …………… people throwing stones at our windows.
2. I thanked everyone………… all the help they had given me.
3. The school provides all its students………… books.
4. I congratulated her………… winning the tournament.
5 The station platform was crowded…………………… people waiting for the train
II. Choose the correct answer ( 2 points )
1. The little girl wouldn’t go to the beach ………… her father went to.
A. but B. also C. unless D. except
2. He learned ………… to drive when he was 17.
A. what B. when C. how D. who
3. Every Sunday, Bob is with his father………… him with his carpentry work.
A. has helped B. helps C. helped D. helping
4. Last month , our class made a two-day………… to Yen Tu pagoda.
A. travel B. excursion C. flight D. voyage

5. I remember………….him say the grass needed………….
A. to hear/to be cut B. hearing/to cut
C. hearing/cutting D. to hear/cutting
6. She………….the bell three times before he answered the door.
A. has rung B. had rung C. was ringing D. is ringing
7. He’s not used ………….spoken to like that.
A. to be B. being C. to being D. be
8. Music makes people………….
A. excited B. excite C. excitedly D. excitement
III. Add a suitable verb to make the correct phrasal verb. There are two extra verbs
( 1.5 points )
look take cut break
run get turn go
1. There was no sign indicating that the cottage had been…………into, yet, the owner
was sure his precious paintings had been stolen.
2. Don’t you think Patrick…………after his grandfather ? They both have got equally
blue eyes and blond hair.
3. During the Winter Olympic Games, the small mountain village…………into a city
with thousands of visitors from all over the world.
4. Luckily the bomb……….off near the bank last Friday didn’t kill anyone.
5. I’m trying to lose weight by………….down on bread and sweet things.
6. The bus is coming now. If you don’t know where to……………off, ask the bus driver.
He’ll tell you.
IV. Give the correct form of the word in capitals ( 2 points)
It is (1) believed that paper was invented in China. A TRADITION
(2) , Chinese court official by the name of Ts'ai Lun first RESOURCE
developed a material that was (3) similar to the paper APPEAR
that we use today. The (4) details of the story are FACT
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unknown, but it is thought that among his ingredients were

bits of tree bark, old rags and fishing nets. Ts'ai Lun's
inspiration came (5) from making observations of PRIME
insects that construct a thin-shelled nest from tiny pieces of
wood fiber. The first industrial machine for making paper in a
continuous roll was perfected in France in 1799. Since then,
the world has had an (6) supply of paper. Today paper INTERRUPT
(7) can offer a wide variety of paper types, from fine MANUFACTURE
white paper to tough brown (8) paper. These days, WRAP
paper-making is no longer such a time-consuming activity.
READING
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2.5 points
II. Read the following passage and answer the question (1.25 points )
Although he created the game of basketball at the YMCA in Springfield ,
Massachusetts, Dr. James A. Naismith was a Canadian. Working as a physical education
instructor at the International YMCA, now Springfield College, Dr. Naismith noticed a
lack of interest in exercise among students during the wintertime. The New England
winters were fierce , and the students balked at participating in outdoor activities.
Naismith determined that a fast-moving game that could be played indoors would fill a
void after the baseball and football seasons had ended.
First he attempted to adapt outdoor games such as soccer and rugby to indoor
play, but he soon found them unsuitable for confined areas. Finally, he determined that
he would have to invent a game.
In December of 1891, Dr. Naismith hung two old peach baskets at either end of
the gymnasium at the school, and, using a soccer ball and nine players on each side,
organized the first basketball game. The early rules allowed three points for each basket
and made running with the ball a violation. Every time a goal was made, someone had to
climb a ladder to retrieve the ball.
Nevertheless, the game became popular. In less than a year, basketball was being
played in both the United States and Canada. Five years later, a championship

tournament was staged in New York City , which was won by the Brooklyn Central
YMCA.
The teams had already been reduced to seven players , and five became standard
in the 1897 season. When basketball was introduced as a demonstration sport in the 1904
Olympic Games in St. Louis , it quickly spread throughout the world. In 1906, a metal
hoop was introduced to replace the basket, but the name basketball has remained.
1. What does this passage mainly discuss ?
A. The Olympic Games in St. Louis in 1904.
B. The development of basketball.
C. The YMCA athletic program.
D. Dr. James Naismith.
2. The author mentions all the following as typical of the early game of basketball
EXCEPT
A. Three points were scored for every baskets.
B. Running with the ball was not a foul.
C. Nine players were on a team.
D. The ball had to be retrieved from the basket after each score.
3.The phrase “balked at” in line 5 could be best replaced by
A. resisted B. enjoyed
C. excelled at D. were exhausted by
4. The word “them” in line 9 refers to
A. indoors B. seasons
C. games D. areas
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the original baskets
A. were not placed very high
B. had a metal rim
C. did not have a hole in the bottom
D. were hung on the same side of the basket court
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III. Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word ( 2.5 points )

Central Park
If you have the chance to take a walk through Central Park in New York, you will get a
quick tour of the wide range of cultures and people who live in the city. (1) man
speeds along on a racing bike singing (2) the top of his voice, (3) dances to the
beat of techno music coming from a tape recorder.
Central Park, the first public park built in America, allows for just about (4)
conceivable leisure activity in a rectangle of just over one and a half square kilometres.
But it may (5) that its best use is for the most entertaining sport in New York - people
watching.
Visitors can have (6) better introduction to the diversity of New York than a stroll in
this park.
Central Park did not always embrace (7) a variety of human life. Having won a
competition for the park's design in 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux saw
the place as an oasis of calm in a disorderly city. The idea (8) to create a place where
the upper-class citizens of the city could take gentle exercise (9) being disturbed.
However, the park authorities never managed to enforce (10) regime of order.
Olmsted has been determined to create the illusion of the countryside in the heart of New
York.
WRITING
I. 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 ( 2 points )
1. I wished I’d done more to help. HAVING
I regretted……………………………………………….
2.In my opinion, these two kinds of music are completely different from each other.
COMPARISON
In my opinion, there is…………………………………….
3. I prefer eating sandwiches to a cooked lunch. RATHER
I…………………………………………………………
4. The burglar was caught while stealing the jewels. ACT
…………………………………………………………

5. “That meal would have satisfied a king!” he exclaimed. FIT
…………………………………………………………….
6. She sued the shop as their claim had damaged her reputation. INJURIOUS
……………………………………………………………
7. He never stops criticizing people. LIMIT
…………………………………………………………
8.The board met secretly to discuss changes in company policy. DOORS
………………………………………………………….
II. Writing :Do you agree or disagree with the following statement ?Children should
begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school. Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer. ( 2 points )
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