Đề thi HSG đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TIỀN GIANG
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG
CỬU LONG LẦN THỨ 16 TẠI TỈNH TIỀN
GIANG
ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
(Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 04 tháng 01 năm 2009
(Đề thi có 08 trang)
Chú ý: Mỗi câu hỏi thí sinh làm trên 01 tờ giấy riêng biệt

Câu 1:LISTENING ( 3.0 điểm )
PART 1: Listen to a talk and circle A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer.
1. What is the main topic of the talk?
A. How to become young entrepreneurs.
B. How to meet rich, famous people.
C. How to become wealthy people.
D. How to have qualities of rich people.
2. Who is the audience?
A. Young entrepreneurs.
B. University students.
C. Rich businesspeople.
D. Famous millionaires.
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the talk?
A. The rich have qualities that make them different.
B. Not all the qualities that rich people have are good.
C. Meanness is one quality people should have to get rich.
D. Rich people’s appearance is very different from ours.
4. What did Matthew Freud do to get money when young?
A. He helped his friends with their homework.

B. He sold mice to his friends at school.
C. He showed rich schoolfriends how to learn.
D. He made friends with millionaires’children.
5. Which of the following is NOT a quality of the rich?
A. Extravagance
B. Confidence
C. Hard work
D. Ambition
6. Which of these people is mentioned as an example of a hard-working person?
A. John Paul Getty
B. Bill Gates
C. Rupert Murdoch
D. Anita Roddick
PART 2: Listen to a conversation and fill in the numbered gaps in the table. Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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TIM JANE
Day of arrival Sunday (1)…………………………
Subject (2) ………………………… (3) …………………………
Number of books to read (4) …………………............. (5) …………………………
Day of the first lecture (6) …………………………. (7) …………………………
First essay’s topic / title (8) …………………………. (9) …………………………

Câu 2:VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR ( 7.0 điểm)

A. Multiple choice : (3.0 điểm)

1. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .
A. fail B. failure C. trouble D. mistake

2. People who are unemployed can receive the ____________ .
A. pension B. dole C. scholarship D. allowance
3. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have ________ . any
solutions.
A. looked into B. thought over C. got round to D. come up with
4. I have never seen _____________ before .
A. such good film B. so good film C. so good a film D. such good a film
5. We've got a very good ____ in the local newspaper this morning. They must have liked the
play.
A. critic B. article C. write-up D. praise
6. The accused man was proved innocent and was ______________ .
A. liberated B. excused C. interned D. acquitted
7. As we were driving along a car suddenly ______________ in front of us.
A. set out B. put up C. pulled out D. stepped in
8. I know for _________ that he was at the scene yesterday. .
A. exact B. certain. C. true D. correct
9. She's certainly a _________ writer; she has written quite a few books this year.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. prolific D. successful
10. I’ll _________ the idea with the other members in the family and let you know. .
A. discuss B. argue C. explain D. talk
11. The car burst into ________ but the driver managed to escape .
A. fire B. burning C. heat D. flames
12. I was just ___________ to go out when you telephoned .
A. around B. about C. thinking D. planned
13. They live in a very _____________ populated area of Italy .
A. sparsely B. scarcely C. hardly D. barely
14. The _________ exam in January prepared pupils for the real thing in June .
A. false B. unreal C. untrue D. imaginary
15. Automobile production in the United States _________
A. have taken slumps and rises in recent years

B. has been rather erratic recently
C. has been erratically lately
D. are going up and down all the time
16. While attempting to reach his home before the storm, ______________ .
A. the bicycle of John broke down B. it happened that John's bike broke down
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C. the storm caught John D. John had an accident on his bicycle
17. Unless you give up smoking , you’ll _________ the risk of damaging your health .
A. bear B. suffer C. make D. run
18. Do you think Ms. Brown will _________ for Parliament in the next. election? .
A. sit B. run C. walk D. stand
19. I ________ my best suit - everyone else was very casually dressed.
A. needn't wear B. mustn't wear
C. needn't have worn D. mustn't have worn
20. He passed the test by the skin of his teeth.
A. easily B. with very little margin
C. with a very high score D. All are correct
21. It has rained for four days without letting up.
A. thundering B. freezing
C. increasing in intensity D. slackening
22. Are you sure you told me ? I don’t recall _________ about it .
A. having told B. having been told
C. to have told D. to have been told .
23. There are two small rooms in the beach house , ______________ served as a kitchen .
A. the smaller of which B. the smallest of which
C. the smaller of them D. smallest of that
24. Last year, Matt earned ____________ his brother , who has a better position .
A. twice as much as B. twice as many as
C. twice more than D. twice as more as
25. The doctor insisted that his patient _____________ .

A. he did not work too hard for three months
B. take it easy for three months
C. take it easy inside of three months
D. could take some vacations for three months
26. _______ we have finished the course , we should start doing more revision work .
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now
27. Some very important issue was __________ all his attention .
A. taking up B. taking off C. taking out D. taking in
28. I wish you ‘d stop chatting and ________ with some work .
A. get down B. come on C. get on D. come back
29. Jane changed her major from French to business __________
A. with hopes to be able easier to locate employment
B. hoping she can easier get a job
C. with the hope for being able to find better a job
D. hoping to find a job more easily
30. This university's programmes _________ those of Harvard.
A. come second to B. are first
C. are second only to D. are in second place
B. Word form : (1.0 điểm)
In developing nations, the (31) _____ of food is the primary cause of malnutrition. Famine,
drought, war, and (32) ____________ systems of food distribution contribute to the (33)
________ problem of world hunger. Many countries have little or no reserves of (34) _______
land or water: in addition, some, such as Bangladesh and other Southeast Asian nations, cannot
afford to buy food from other countries. Some countries have enough resources to grow food
but governmental (35) ________ of agriculture and poor policy decisions have resulted in (36)
_______ diets.
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In addition to (37) _______ disorders, there are certain diseases that contribute to malnutrition
by (38) _______ with the body's (39) ________ or utilization of (40) ______ .
31. A. availability B. available C. inavailability D. unavailability

32. A. reliable B. unreliable C. reliant D. reliance
33. A. ongoing B. going C. outgoing D. gone
34. A. fertility B. fertilize C. fertile D. fertilized
35. A. neglectful B. neglect C. neglectfulness D. neglecting
36. A. adequate B. imadequate C. unadequate D. inadequate
37. A. dietetic B. dietary C. dietarian D. dietetics
38. A. interfering B. interfere C. interfered D. being interfered
39. A. absorptive B. absorbed C. absorption D. absorbent
40. A. nutrients B. nutrition C. nutritious D. nutritionist
C. Use the correct verb tense / form : (1 .0 điểm)

I heard the sound of children playing in the street outside. I listened more closely. Their
words (41) _______ with death, injury and revenge. The names they called out were all from
the latest series of so-called children's films (42) ________ in the cinemas. They were in a
fantasy world.
It (43) ______ that these boys were playing in this way only because of the films they (44)
______ , and that this will encourage them to grow up into violent adults.
I disagree with that. It is true that if they (45) _____ these things they (46) _____ these
particular games, but I am sure they would be playing other games of equal violence, as young
boys(47) _______ . Moreover, if (48) ________ to get this natural violence out of their systems
at an early age, they are less likely to grow up into violent adults.
To sum up, I would say that violence in the cinema (49) _____ people to be violent, with the
exception of a very few. However, it (50) ____ people ideas about how to put violent feelings
into practice.
41. A. were all associated B. have associated C. associated D. associate
42. A. showing B. were shown C. to show D. being shown
43. A. can be said B. could be said C. should be said D. would be said
44. A. saw B. were seeing C. had seen D. see
45. A. didn’t see B. saw C. had seen D. had not seen
46. A. would not be playing B. wouldn’t have played C. would not play D. would play

47. A. had always done B. are always doing C. have always done D. always did
48. A. allowing B. allowed C. it allowed D. it allows
49. A. did not encourage B. does not encourage C. encourage D. encourages
50. A. must give B. will give C. is to give D. may give
D. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or article : (1 .0 điểm)

51. The police wanted Ted to call at the station. They wanted him to call _____ them.
A. at B. in C. on D. up
52. The writer got on the bus but he didn't know where to ________
A. get down B. get off C. get out of D. get over
53. This is an experiment. The astronauts will be trying something ________
A. on B. out C. in D. with
54. We are appreciative _________ their efforts.
A. of B. for C. in D. over
55. She was unequal ___________ the demands placed on her.
A. towards B. with C. for D. to
56. You know your problem? You get too wound up _________ things.
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A. with B. for C. under D. about
57. I was _______ the impression that I had paid you ______ the work you did _______ me.
A. on ... for ...for B. under ... for ... for
C. under ... on ... for D. under ... for ... with
58. The professor interceded _________ the review board on my behalf.
A. at B. on C. with D. for
59. It was _________ January after we went to Greece.
A. a B. an C the D. no article
60. Winton Churchill has been called __________ of ________ century .
A. the / the B. a / a C. a / the D. the / a
E. Mistake recognition : (1.0 điểm)
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Compact discs (CDs) have revolutionized the music industry with surprisingly realistical
A B C D
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sound. The six-inch discs look thin plastic sandwiches with aluminum in the center.They
A B C D
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have digitally recorded material that is read by laser beams so that the sound has none of
A B C D
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the cracking of vinyl records.CDs are also virtually undestructible, and they are lighter and
A B C D
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much smaller than conventional record. Since their introduction, CDs have become more
A B C D
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afford and widely available. In fact, they are now sold in electronics and video
A B C D
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stores that they haven't formally carried records or cassettes.
A B C D
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There has been a phenomenal growth in the sale CDs. Sales climbed dramatically during
A B C D
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the second half of the 1980s. In the 1990s, sales were evenly greater. CDs have all but
A B C D
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replaced LPs in stores and, in spite of their being fewer affordable than cassettes, continue
A B C D
to gain in popularity.

Câu 3: READING ( 4.0 điểm)
PART 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle
A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. (0) has been done as an example.