GIFTED STUDENTS MATERIALS 05

SO GIAO DUC VA DAO TAO
VINH PHUC

KỶ THỊ CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CAP TINH
LỚP 12 THPT - NĂM HỌC 2013-2014

Mon: TIENG ANH - THPT

DE CHINH THUC

Thoi gian: 180 phiit, khéng ké thoi gian giao dé.
Ngày thi: 25/10/2013.
Dé thi gom 05 trang.

PART A - LISTENING:
Complete the table below. Write ONE
answers on your answer sheet.

WORD

AND/OR

A NUMBER

HOLIDAY RENTALS: Dates: Example
Name of

.
Location

Property

(1)

Kingfisher

for each

answer.

Write your

10" — 22" July
.
.
.
Disadvantage(s) | Booking details

Features

e

Rural

apartment

distance from

www.

e

surrounded

two bedrooms

(2)

(3)

by fields

open plan

e

rural

house

expensive?

phone the owner

e

next to the

three bedrooms

(4)

(5)

nice views

living room

e

.com

(6)

room

kitchen
Sunnybanks

|e

inavillage

house

no

contact the

e

next to the

has a private

(9)

(10)

(7)

(8)

PART B - PHONETICS
Identify the word whose main Stress is different from that of the others in each group. Identify your
answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. documentary

B. environmental

C. characteristic

D. mathematician

2. A. abstract

B. cater

C. career

D. access

3. A. cartoon
4. A. opinion

B. typhoon
B. appropriate

C. hurricane
C. miracle

D. beloved
D. miraculous

5. A. audience

B. entrance

C. definite

D. suppress

PART C - LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I, Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by
writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. Tom:

“Fancy seeing you again!”

Mary:

66

99

A: Yes, we must

B: Yes, nice to see you again!

C. How do you do?

D. Pleased to meet you.


2. I was so tired that I
A. dropped in

on the sofa and went to sleep.
B. flaked off

3. Her parents were very
A. responsible

C. glazed over
because she was out so late that night.

B. sorry

C. worried

4. After a lot of difficulties, he

A. managed

D. stretched out

to open the door.

B. succeeded

5. Parents tend to

D. overcome

C. obtained

D. realized

C. underlook

D. underestimate

C. detect

D. deter

their children.

A. underfeed

B. underdose

6. I could

a note of panic in his voice.

A. desist

B. detest

7. Your progress will be
A. counted

in six months’ time.
B. evaluated

8. Let me give you a(n)

C. valued

D. enumerated

of advice, my son.

A. blade

B. pair

C. article

9. She is

I am surprised she didn’t go into music professionally.

A. such good pianist
C. too good a pianist that
10. You

D. piece

B. so good a pianist that
D. a pianist so good
me, because I didn’t say that.

A. must misunderstand

B. must be misunderstanding

C. must have misunderstood

D. had to misunderstand

IT, Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The girl sitting next to Mike smiles very
2. He was a very

, doesn’t she?

ATTRACT

pupil and seemed to spend most of the time

ATTEND

looking out of the window.
3. He hoped that she had remained the same so that he could renew her

ROMANTIC

that he had always cherished.
4. Some poor families are unable to meet their

needs.

5. Their wedding marked the time they entered into the
6. lam

fond of watching her play tennis.

7. [need a car that is
8. Widows may
9. Peter says he 1s
10. I told you

and reliable.
if they like or if they find the right man.
fed up with the government.
not to write your answers in pencil, Smith!

BASE
of marriage.

PARTNER
PARTICULAR

ECONOMY
MARRY
TOGETHER
SPECIFIC


IIT. In most lines of this text there is one unnecessary word. It is either incorrect grammatically, or does
not fit the sense of the text. Write the unnecessary word in the space beside the text. Tick @) each
correct line. There are two examples at the beginning. Transfer your answers to your answer sheet.
Can I add some comments to your to debate about the value of | 0...... {O.............
television? Your readers may find that some of my views reflect | 00...4...............
exactly of their own

experience

in this matter.

First of all, [|

heartily apree with your reader Mrs Goldwood who

1.....................

she wrote | 2......................

that she has decided to abandon her television set in protest at | 3......................
the mind-boggling boredom

of medical dramas, soaps and fly- | 4......................

on-the-wall

documentaries.

Six

enough

that enough,

was

months

and took my

ago

I decided

that|

5......................

set to the rubbish tip]

6......................

where it belongs. I can assure to Mrs Goldwood that she will not | 7......................
miss with hers. Since getting rid of mine, I have discovered that | §......................
there are far more than interesting serials on the radio. I think | 9......................
that she will also find herself 1s reading more, and at least with |
books you can choose what

10.....................

kind of story you want to follow,

instead of being at the mercy of the programme planners. I am
sure that

other readers can confirm that life after The Box is

richer and more rewarding.

PART D: READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. Identify your answer by
writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania.

She studied biology in college and

zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was
hired by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.
Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It recetved excellent reviews, but
sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which
provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology

and marine biology. Her imagery and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000
printed sources. She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field.
However, she always realized the limitations of her non-technical readers.
In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring,

a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved

how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they poison
the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food. At the time, spokesmen for
the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her
findings were flawed. However,

her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science

Advisory Committee.
1. The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work
A. as a researcher

B. at college

C. at the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

D. as a writer

2. According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns Hopkins University?
A. Oceanography

B. History

C. Literature

D. Zoology


3. When she published her first book, Carson was closest to the age of

A.26

B. 29

.

C. 34

D. 45

4. It can be inferred from the passage that in 1952, Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind
A. was outdated

B. became more popular than her other books

C. was praised by critics

D. sold many copies

5. Which of the following was NOT

mentioned in the passage as a source of information for 7he Sea

Around Us?

A. Printed matter

B. Talks with experts

C. A research expedition

D. Letters from scientists

6. Which of the following words or phrases is LEAST
A. Highly technical

B. Poetic

accurate in describing The Sea Around Us?

C. Fascinating

D. Well researched

C. continuous

D. irresponsible

7. The word reckless in bold is closest in meaning to
A. unnecessary

B. limited

8. According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily
A. an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food

B. a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply
C. a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides
D. an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry
9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word flawed in bold?
A. faulty

B. deceptive

C. logical

D. offensive

10. Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee
in the last sentence?
A. To provide an example of government propaganda.
B. To support Carson’s ideas.
C. To indicate a growing government concern with the environment.
D. To validate the chemical industry’s claims.
IT, Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each

space. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Family life has always been extremely important in Chinese culture. For thousands of years, the
Chinese people practiced loyalty (1)
Chinese

philosophy

(2)

family, obedience to the father and respect for ancestors.

and religion emphasized these values.

However,

social and economic

changes

in

late 1900’s had affected Chinese traditional family values. Relationships within families have

become less formal and parents no (3)

except their children to show unquestioning obedience. In

the past, parents arranged marriages for their children and chose (4)
Many young people today (5)

the children would marry.

their own marriage partners, although usually with the consent of

their parents. Parents still help arrange some marriages in rural areas.
Chinese families traditionally valued sons far more than (6)

. A husband could divorce his

wite if she failed to give birth to sons. Today, social policy in China stresses that families should value
girls and (7)

equally. The government strongly supports the idea that women should contribute

to the family income and (8)
(9)

in social and political activities. Women do many kinds of work

the home. Many young husbands share in the shopping, housecleaning, cooking and caring for

the children. However, equality between the sexes is more widely accepted in the cities (10)
the countryside.

in


ITT. Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each numbered gap
in the passage below. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your
answer sheet.
We send our children to school to prepare them (1)

the time when they will be big and will

have to work for themselves. They learn their own language (2)

they will be able to tell others

clearly what they want and what they know and understand what others (3)

foreign languages in order to be able to (4)

them. They learn

from what people in other countries written and said,

and to make people from other countries understand what they themselves mean. They learn arithmetic to
(5)

and to count things in their daily life, geography to know something about the world around

them and history to know something about (6)

beings they meet every day.

Nearly everything that they study at school has some practical use in their life and work. But is that
the only (7)

why they go to school? No. There is more in education than just learn facts. We go to

school above all to learn how to learn so that when we leave school we can (8)

to learn. A man

who really know how to learn will always be (9)

, because whenever he has to do something new

which he has never had to do before, he will (10)

teach himself how to do it in the best way.

1. A. for

B. with

C. about

D. on

2. A. in order

B. so

C. so that

D. and

3. A. say

B. tell

C. speak

D. talk

4A. gain

B. profit

C. earn

D. benefit

5. A. measure

B. interpret

C. translate

D. number

6. A. man

B. mankind

C. people

D. human

7. A. cause

B. reason

C. evidence

D. belief

8. A. repeat

B. manage

C. continue

D. reach

9. A. capable

B. successful

C. victorious

D. courageous

10. A. hardly

B. fastly

C. closely

D. rapidly

PART E: WRITING (2 points)
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence.
answers on your answer sheet.

Write your

1. We’ll have to leave immediately at the end of the film.

>The moment

2. I’ve only recently started wearing glasses.

> I didn’t
3. My responsibility is to take out the garbage every day.
> lam
4. John doesn’t like other people telling him what to do at work.

> John doesn’t like
5. “Are you taking much money with you to France?” asked the sales manager
> The sales manager asked me
II. Topic writing.
In about 150- 200 words, write a paragraph about one of your worst dreams that you have
ever experienced.
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HUONG DAN CHAM MON: TIENG ANH - THPT
PART A - LISTENING:
1. moonfleet
6. 01752669218

15 points — 1.5pt/ item

2. shops
| 7. sea

PART B- PHONETICS:

1A

3. summerhouse(s) | 4. river

5. dinning

8. garden

10. agent

9. parking

5 points — 1pt/ item

| 2.C

| 3.C

| 4.C

| 5.D

PART C - LEXICO-GRAMMAR - 30 points
I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: 10 pt - 1

pt/item

1.B
6.C

2.D
7.B

3.C
8.D

4A
9.B

5.D
10.C

1. attractively

2. inattentive

3. romanticism

4. basic

5. partnership

6. particularly

7. economical

8. remarry

9. altogether

10. specifically

II. 10 pt — 1pt/item

III. 10pt - 1pt/item

1. of

2. she

6. that ( was that enough > was | 7. to

3.4

4.

5.

8. with

9. than

10. is

enough)

PART D: READING ( 30 points)
I. 10pt — 1pt/item

1.D
6.A

2.D
7.D

3.C
8.C

4.D
9.A

5.C
10.B

1. to

2. the

3. longer

4. whom

5. choose

6. daughters

7. boys

8. participate

9. outside

10. than

LA

2.C

3.B

4.D

S.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

II. 10pt — 1pt/item

III. 10pt — 1pt/item

PART E: WRITING (20 points)
I. 5pt — Ipts/item
1. The moment the film finishes/ has finished we’\l have to leave.
2. I didn’t wear/ start to wear glasses until recently.
3. am responsible for taking out the garbage every day.
4. John doesn’t like being told what to do at work.
5. The sales manager asked me if/ whether I was taking much money with me to France.

II. Topic writing. 15 points

1. Content: 8 points: a provision of all main reasons and examples as appropriate.
2. Language: 4 points: a variety of vocabulary and appropriate structures.
3. Presentation: 3 points: coherence, cohesion, and appropriate style.

TOTAL: 100 points