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UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2011

Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi : 23/11/2011 Đáp án có 11 trang , gồm 04 phần ( I, II, III và IV )  Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển  Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm  Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp lên đề thi ( ở những chỗ dành sẵn ) Chữ ký Giám khảo I : Chữ ký Giám khảo II : Điểm từng câu Câu 1 ………

Câu 2 ………

Câu 3 ………

Câu 4 ………

Câu 5………

Câu 6………

Câu 7………

Câu 8………

Câu 9………

Câu 10…………

Tổng điểm ( số ) -

I/ LISTENING (4/20 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở

đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu

 Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Thí sinh có 3 phần để hoàn chỉnh bài

trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe

 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe

Part 1: Questions 1 – 10

This is an introductory talk by a Student Information Officer Listen and answer the following questions by either choosing the correct answers or supplying your own

answers in the space provided ( You do not need to write full sentences.)

1 Overseas students will enroll on

A 8th February

Đáp án chính thức

B 16 February

C 17th February

D 18th February

2 Undergraduate students must enroll

A between 8.00 and 10.30 am

B between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm

C between 12.30 and 2.30 pm

D between 2.00 and 4.30 pm

3 The venue for enrolment is

A in the Mathematics Faculty

B on Level 158

C in Room C658

D in Room C6

4 At enrolment, all students

A must show a letter of acceptance from their faculty

B need not show their letter of acceptance

C need not bring any identification

D must prove their level of English proficiency

5 Students who have paid their fees

A should go to the International Students’ Office

B are guaranteed a place at university

C must get a bank cheque

D should pay a further $ 10,000

6 The student Card

A is issued before enrolment

B has the student’s identification number

C is issued by the Library

D is not laminated

7 During university term, the Library will be open

A from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

B from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm

C from 8.30 am to 9.00 pm

D from 4.00 pm to 9.30 pm

8 If anyone who hasn’t paid their fees for this semester yet, where should they go?

_THE STUDENT ADMISSIONS OFFICE _

9 As regards paying the fees, what is a word of advice?

_IT’S BEST TO GET A BANK CHEQUE TO PAY YOUR FEES _

10 Why don’t you have to bring a photo for Student Cards?

Because the enrolling officer will _TAKE AN INSTANT PHOTO and put it on the card,

so it’s all done at once

Part 2 : Questions 11 – 25

Listen to a newsreader talk about a disaster and fill in the missing information in the numbered space

Severe storms hit the western areas of the city last night, leaving (11)

scenes of destruction and at least a hundred homes without power or running water

Dozens of families were left homeless when the roofs of their houses (12) were

_ ripped away

Many of the areas hit were the same ones badly affected by (13) _ hailstorms last week

In Macquarie Street, the council car park was completely (14) _

flooded

A Toyota Corolla was badly damaged by floodwaters which carried the car across the (15) _ carpark and into a large stormwater drain

A separate storm (16) _ raced through the Federation Botanical Park

It uprooted at least (17) _ 50 trees; many of them were over a

hundred years old

In Menal, several trees were found lying on parked cars, causing an insurance bill that will run

into the (18) _ tens of thousands of dollars

Winds were recorded at speeds of over (19) _ 70 kilometers an hour

People were trapped in cars for up to an hour because the (20) _

floodwaters had left them stranded in swollen creeks, amidst a sea of debris

There were (21) _ reports of cars being piled one on top of the other

In Lucas Heights a tree fell on a mini-bus that was taking the (22) _

local soccer team to training Luckily all but the driver escaped serious injury

The (23) _ driver is in an (24) _

satisfactory condition in Westmead Hospital

For tomorrow, weather reports predict improved conditions, with clear skies and an expected

(25) _ maximum temperature in the city of 14, Helen Brookes

reporting for ILTC RADIO NEWS

Part 3: Questions 26 - 40

You will hear a conversation between a representative of an insurance company and a person who wishes to apply for life insurance While you listen to the conversation, complete the

person’s application form by either circle the choice or by supplying the information

Swallow Life Insurance

 Name of Applicant

(26) ………GEORGE ROWLANDS ……

52, GREEN STREET

……….

Postcode (28)

……2135……

Age (29)

………35……

 Height (30)

………1 METRE 75 /

175 CENTIMETERS…….

 Weight (31)

………80 KILOS/KILOGRAMS……

 Marital Status (32)

……SINGLE…….

Single Married Divorced Widowed

MEDICAL HISTORY

 Serious illness

(33) …NONE…

 Which of the

following is not

described as

serious illness by

the interviewer?

measles, kidney disorder, pneumonia, cancerous growth

(34) ……MEASLES……

 Major surgical

operations (35 ……NONE…

 Any current

medical condition (36) ……HAY FEVER……

 Is applicant’s

father or mother

dead ?

Father Mother (37) ………FATHER…………





If so, at what age

did he/she die?

Why?

Age: (38)

………67……

Cause of Death: (39)

…CAR ACCIDENT





Is the applicant

currently a

smoker?

Yes No (40) ……YES………

II LEXICO - GRAMMAR ( 6/20 pts.)

Part 1 : Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence Write your answer ( A, B, C, or D ) in the numbered box

41 In the last century, it was widely ……… that Indian fakirs were capable of

superhuman feasts

42 We may win, we may lose – it’s just the ……… of the draw!

43 Claims for compensation could ……… run into billions of pounds

44 Trespassers will be ………

A perpetrated B persecuted C proscribed D prosecuted

45 A traveler looks down on anyone who seems to be a(n) ………tourist

46 We welcome the new regulations, which become ……… on the first of next month

A effective B efficient C efficacious D effete

47 He’ll never be able to come ……… with his failure to win the tournament

48 He’s on his own now – he’ll have to ………… his own canoe!

49 Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ………… 25 years

50 People who are squeamish are afraid of the ………… of blood

Your answers

Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided

in the column on the right ( 0) has been done as an example

Your answers

There is (0) _ (WIDTH) wide cross-cultural variation in the

social rules governing the selection of a partner for marriage There is

variation in the degree to which (51) _ (PART) selection is an

individual decision by the partners or a collective decision by the partners

kin groups, and there is variation in the rules (52) _

(REGULATIONS) which partners are valid (53) _ (CHOOSE)

In many societies the choice of partner is limited to suitable persons from

specific social groups In some societies the rule is that a partner is

selected from an individual's own social group - endogamy, this is the case

in many class and caste based societies But in other societies a partner

must be chosen from a different group than one's own - exogamy, this is

the case in many societies practicing totemic religion where society is (54)

_ (DIVISION) into several exogamous totemic clans, such as

most aboriginal Australian societies In other societies a person is

expected to marry their cross-cousin, a woman must marry her father's

sister's son and a man must marry his mother's brother's daughter - this is

often the case if either a society has a rule of tracing kinship (55)

_ (EXCLUSION) through patrilineal or matrilineal descent

groups as among the Akan people of Africa Another kind of marriage

selection is the levirate marriage in which widows are obligated to marry

their husband's brother, this is mostly found in societies where kinship is

based on endogamous clan groups

In other cultures with less strict rules governing the groups from

which a partner can be chosen the selection of a marriage partner may

involve either the couple going through a selection process of (56)

_ (COURT) or the marriage may be arranged by the couple's

0 wide

51 partner

52 regulating

53 choices

54 divided

55 exclusively

56 courtship

parents or an outside party, a matchmaker

A pragmatic (or 'arranged') marriage is made easier by formal

procedures of family or group politics A responsible authority sets up or

(57) _ (COURAGE) the marriage; they may, indeed, engage a

professional matchmaker to find a suitable spouse for an (58) _

(MARRY) person The authority figure could be parents, family, a

religious official, or a group consensus In some cases, the authority figure

may choose a match for purposes other than marital (59) _

(HARMONIZE)

In rural Indian villages, child marriage is also practiced, with parents

at times arranging the wedding, sometimes even before the child is born

This practice is now (60) _ (LEGAL) under the Child Marriage

Restraint Act In some societies ranging from Central Asia to the

Caucasus to Africa, the custom of bride kidnapping still exists, in which a

woman is captured by a man and his friends

57 encourages

58 unmarried

59 harmony

60 illegal

Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes Underline the mistakes and correct them

in the space provided in the column on the right ( 0) has been done as an example Your answers

English is an West Germanic language that originated from the

Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from

various parts of that is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands

Initially, Old English was a divert group of dialects, reflecting the varied

origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England One of these dialects,

Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate

The original Old English language was then influential by two

further waves of invasion: the first by speakers of the Scandinavian branch

of the Germanic language family, which conquered and colonized parts of

Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries; the latter by the Normans in the 11th

century, who spoke Old Norman and ultimately developed an English

variety of this called Anglo-Norman These two invasions caused English

to become "mixed" to any degree

Cohabitation with the Scandinavians resulted in a significant

grammatical simplification and lexical enrichment of the Anglo-Frisian

core of English; the later Norman occupation led to the grafting onto that

Germanic core of a more elaborate layer of works from the Romance

languages (Latin-based languages) This Norman influence entered

English large through the courts and government Thus, English

developed into a "borrowing" language of great flexibility, resulted in an

enormous and varied vocabulary

0 an → a

61 what

62 diverse

63 influenced

64 who

65 second

66 some

67 ( cho 0.2 câu này )

68 words

69 largely

70 resulting

Part 4 : Supply the correct form of the VERB in brackets to complete the passage Write your answer in the numbered box

Your answers

71 MANIPULATING 76 TEACHING

Part 5: Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or particles in the box Use each word only ONCE and write your answer in the numbered box ( Please note that the given words outnumber the gaps)

81 Leaving fingerprints _ was very foolish

82 Doctors advice people who are deficient _ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables

83 As his aunt’s only beneficiary, he came _ a fortune on her death

84 On returning home, Peter discovered _ his horror that the pipes had burst and the entire house was flooded

85 The police held the two suspects for further questioning because their stories did not tie _ with each other

86 She has been a bit _ the weather recently She has not been very well

87 When he came _ after the operation, he had absolutely no idea where he was

88 He has been harboring his grievances _ his boss

89 _ length, the bus arrived, forty minutes late

90 He is _ disgrace with his father because he told a lie

Your answers

III : READING ( 4/20 points )

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer ( A, B, C, or D ) best fits each gap Write your answer in the numbered box ( 0) has been done as an example

(0.) _ In developing countries, the (91.) _ number and seriousness of the

problems faced are naturally greater People in more remote or agrarian areas are sometimes unaware of the importance of education However, many countries have an active Ministry of Education, and in many subjects, such as foreign language learning, the degree of education is actually much higher than in industrialized countries; for example, it is not at all (92.)

_ uncommon for students in many developing countries to be reasonably fluent in multiple foreign languages, (93.) _ whereas this is much more of a rarity in the supposedly "more educated" countries where (94.) _ much of the population is in

fact monolingual

Universal primary education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals and great

improvements have been (95.) _ achieved in the past decade, yet a great deal (96.)

_ remains to be done Researchers at the Overseas Development Institute indicate the main obstacles to greater funding from donors (97.) _ include donor priorities,

aid architecture, and the lack of evidence and advocacy Additionally, Transparency International has identified corruption in the education sector as a major stumbling block to achieving Universal primary education in Africa Furthermore, demand in the developing world for improved educational access is not as high as one would expect as governments

avoid the (98.) _ recurrent costs involved and there is economic pressure on those

parents who prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits

of education Recent studies on child labor and poverty have suggested that when poor families

reach a certain economic (99.) _ threshold where families are able to provide

for their basic needs, parents return their children to school This has been found to be true,

once the threshold has been (100.) _ breached, even if the potential economic

value of the children's work has increased since their return to school

Your answers

(0) C

Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list A to

E for each gap from 101 to 107 (There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.) Then, choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the questions from 108 to 110 Write your answer in the numbered box

Your answers

Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 111 to 120

Questions 111-115: Complete the summary and choose NO MORE THAN TWO

WORDS from the above-mentioned passage to fill in each numbered blank supplied Write your answer in the numbered box

Sand dunes

In terms of geological features, sand dunes are described as large mounds of sand Sand dunes are the result of wind blowing and causing (111) _EROSION Their shape is up

to the (112) _WIND There are many different kinds of dunes

Sand dunes are usually in coastal regions or in deserts They have many different shapes and the (113) CRESCENT dune is found more often than any other ones

They come in different types Among them, the one that is without the minimum number of sides nor is a larger dune containing many smaller dunes in itself is a (114) _COMPLEX dune

Their effects are to help prevent erosion, create environment for fauna and flora to live

in, and to give rise to (115) DESERTIFICATION

Questions 116-120: Complete another brief summary of the passage be selecting the FIVE answer choices that express important ideas in the passage Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage

or are minor ideas in the passage

(116) …………A………

(117) …………E………

(118) …………F………

(119) …………G/H………

(120) …………H/G………

Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word Write your answers in the numbered boxes provided below the passage

Your answers

IV WRITING ( 6/20 points )

Part 1: (0.5/20 pts)

Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence

in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Do NOT change the form of the given word(s)

131 Turning down that job was very foolish of you

YOU MADE A FOOL OF (YOURSELF) TURNING DOWN THAT JOB /

IT WAS VERY FOOLISH OF YOU TO TURN DOWN THAT JOB/

YOU TURNED DOWN THAT JOB, WHICH WAS VERY FOOLISH

………

132 Many species of wild life are threatened with extinction

MANY SPECIES OF WILD LIFE ARE DRIVEN TO THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION./ MANY SPECIES OF WILD LIFE ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION

……… ………

133 Pandas need a special diet, without which they perish

PANDAS PERISH/WILL PERISH UNLESS THEY HAVE/LIVE ON/GO ON/ARE

GIVEN/ARE PROVIDED WITH/ ARE FED WITH A SPECIAL DIET

……… ………

134 You’d be wasting your time trying to make him change his mind

IT IS/’D BE POINTLESS TO TRY TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND/

TRYING TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND IS POINTLESS

……… ………

135 The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime

THE POLICE CAUGHT THE THIEVES RED-HANDED./

THE THIEVES WERE CAUGHT RED-HANDED

………

136 We don’t seem to have much sugar left!

WE SEEM TO BE RUNNING OUT OF SUGAR

……… ………

137 Mass tourism has been one of the causes of the problem

THEY HAVE BEEN TO BLAME MASS TOURISM FOR THE PROBLEM./

THEY HAVE BEEN TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON MASS TOURISM./

MASS TOURISM HAS BEEN TO BLAME FOR THE PROBLEM

……….………

138 The ‘environmentally friendly’ label on this product is misleading

CONTRARY TO THE LABEL/ITS LABEL/THE LABEL ON IT/WHAT IT SAYS /READS

ON THE LABEL/ WHAT IS SAID ON THE LABEL/ , THIS PRODUCT IS NOT

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

………

139 The pressures of being in the public eye have proved too much for him

HE HAS HAD TO COPE TOO MUCH WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE./

HE CAN’T COPE WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE ANY LONGER./ ANY MORE

HE CAN NO LONGER COPE WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE

……….………

140 We were not very surprised to hear that he had been stealing money from the company THEIR STEALING/HAVING STOLEN MONEY FROM THE COMPANY CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US /

IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US THAT HE HAD BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM THE COMPANY./

THAT HE HAD BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM THE COMPANY CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US

………

Part 2: (2.5/20 pts)

The chart below shows Consumer Price Indexes of Vietnam in 2007 Write a report describing the information shown You should write at least 150 words