Tuyển tập 100 đề thi HSG môn tiếng Anh lớp 12 cấp tỉnh

Questions 1-7: Choose the answer A, B, C or D which you think fits best according to the passage.. Read the passage and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D i

SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (7 points)

PART 1: Choose the option (A,B,C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences Write your answers

in the numbered table below.

1 Our country is rich natural resources

2 The idea to a visit to the local council residence was welcomed by all the visitors

3 In his anxiety to make himself , he spoke too loudly and too slowly

A understand B understanding C understood D to understand

4 for the fact that he was working abroad, he would willingly have helped with the

project

A If it hadn’t been B If it had been C Had it been D Hadn’t it been

5 Some animals are on the of becoming extinct

6 The play is very long but there are three

7 The last lecture completely over my head

8 Could I pick your on the subject before the meeting?

9 I was prepared to lend my brother some money but he turned my offer.

10 I with the performances but I got flu the day before

A was to have helped B helped C was to help D had helped

11 The dying man’s speech was so that no one was able to interpret his last request

12 Very soon I found some other people to and we began to write songs

A keep up with B team up with C talk through with D get along with

13 chair the meeting

A John was decided to B It was decided that John should

C There was decided that John should D John had been decided to

14 I thought about the problem but I couldn’t a solution

A come in for B come across C come up with D come out

15 , they slept soundly

A Hot though was the night air B Hot though the night air was

C Hot as was the night air D Hot although the night air was

PART 2: Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap Use only ONE word in each gap There

is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers in the numbered table below.

Is your school just as you wanted (0) _ to be? Or are there things you and your classmates (1)

change, given the opportunity? This is your chance to express your ideas about (2) the ideal school is like Our competition is open to (3) student between the ages of twelve and eighteen You can enter (4)

an individual or your whole class can work together on a team entry Your entry can take any form – apiece of writing, a picture, or even architectural plans It is

completely (5) to you What we are looking for is evidence (6) originality, imagination and, above (7) , the genuine views of young people.

By (8) part in this, you will help in a study being carried out at a leading university All work entered ( 9) the competition will be kept at the university and used in research Entries cannot be returned (10) of this But it also means that, even (11) you do not win, your views will still be heard and will

remain for future educationalists to study

Entries must reach us no (12) than Friday 30 April Winners will receive valuable prizes of computer

equipment and software for their schools

PART 3: Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick (√) If the line has a word that should not be there, write the word at the end of the line There are two examples at the beginning.

0 Congratulations on winning of the tennis championship! You must be of

00 very pleased, especially since the prize is quite a lot of money √

1 What are you going to spend it on? You could even buy a new car

2 with all that money! You should have be in great shape after all the

3 training you have been doing It must be so very hard work, practising

4 all those hours for every day but it is worth it in the end, isn’t it?

5 Perhaps you are thinking of going on holiday so that you can have

6 a break from tennis and relax Can you tell me exactly what is kind of

7 tennis racket you chose for the competition? If I would get the same,

8 it might help me to improve my game Anyway, congratulations on

9 your great victory! I’m still studying English every single day and the

10 course has three months to go I have moved house, as if you can see

11 from my new address Make sure you reply back to the right address!

12 Your last letter went to my old address, but it wasn’t by your fault

13 because I hadn’t told anyone who I had moved then Did you know

14 that I have had a job for the last three weeks? I work in a restaurant

15 four evenings a week I like it, but I don’t arrive at home until one

o’clock in the morning, which is a bit inconvenient

PART 4: Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage Write your answers in the numbered table below (0) has been done as an example.

18,000 years ago, much of Europe (0) lay (lie) (1) (bury) beneath vast sheets of ice, hundreds of metres thick Ever since this astonishing fact (2) _(discover) in the last century, scientists (3) (speculate) on the nature of the Ice Age climate, and the circumstances that brought it to an end.

More recently, people (4) (wonder) if climatic changes could (5) (take) place in our own time During the early 1970s there (6) _(be) disastrous droughts in Africa, and frequent failures of Indian monsoon.

In 1976, Europe sweltered in the hottest summer for over a century, and (7) _(experience) one of the worst

droughts since records began Could such events as these be symptoms of a worldwide climatic shift?

Even small changes in climate that (8) (occur) from time to time can have a highly damaging effect on agriculture With food reserves now (9) (stand) at only a few per cent of annual production, the world is extremely vulnerable (10) (adverse) shifts in climate It is therefore vitally important for us to understand

how climate changes take place

PART 5: Think of ONE WORD only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences Write your answers

in the numbered table below (0) has been done as an example.

0. She screamed for _ and luckily someone heard her

Thanks for all your _ through such a difficult time

Practical is offered through our accommodation service to new students

1. I get off at the next _

The referee was forced to _ the game because of heavy snow

Work has temporarily come to a _ while the funding in reviewed

2 Keep your _ on your work

Do you have anyone in _ for this job?

Don’t _ her She didn’t mean what she said

3 There is a little gift _ around the corner

I do a weekly _ at the supermarket

He didn’t expect his own mother to _ him to the police

4 Everyone wished her the best of _ at university and hoped she would enjoyed it

Jenny won the competition at her first attempt – perhaps it was beginner’s _!

There is no such thing as _, we are capable of creating our own good fortune

5 Politicians can abuse their position of _

The _ supply to our house was cut because of roadwork

I’m afraid I do not have the _ to authorize this change

6 Few people could have predicted the huge impact of information _

No matter how advanced _ becomes, machine will never be able to think like humans

It’s a waste of time for humans to do tasks that modern _ can do

7 She was struck by the sudden _ that he might already have left

He dived in after her without a second _

It was once _ that the sun traveled around the earth

8 Governments should give as much foreign _ as possible to poorer countries

In certain circumstances, emergency _ in the form of money should be sent immediately

The most successful long-term _ programmes encourage self-help

Write your answers here:

an example at the beginning (0).

Before going to an interview, it is (0) _ to go through a mock interview.

This will give you the opportunity to try out your technique and answers live It is

also a chance to receive feedback that is (1) in guiding you towards

improving your interview style and general (2) _ Just one mock interview

will result in a (3) _ improvement in your interview skill Why? For the

same reason that a (4) _ doesn’t exist while it is still on paper or floating

in your head It only exists when you give it (5) _ The first time you give it

in front of an audience, it will come out nothing like the one you prepared

It is the same with being interviewed It is not enough to look at a question and say,

‘Yeah, I know the answer to that one.’ You need to practise your answer live; this is

not the time to talk to yourself in front of a mirror Seek out a (6) _ and

have the session videotaped Then you will have two opinions – the interview’s and

your own You will find you get a completely different (7) when listening

to yourself than when you are watching yourself saying something Just as your

voice always sounds different on tape, so do your (8) _ You will be glad the

image is captured on tape and not in a potential employer’s mind For maximum

effect, you should (9) your answers and go through a second mock

interview This should help with any (10) and give you more confidence

for the real interview

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SECTION III: READING (4 points)

PART 1: Read the article below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in the numbered table below There is an example at the beginning (0).

Students and jobseekers keen to get onto the course or into the workplace of their ( 0) hope that voluntary work will help them (1) from the crowd This chance to (2) experience – personally and professionally – is (3) on the wish-list of young people.

A survey carried out last year revealed that young and old (4) said volunteering had improved their lives, particularly those (5) in conservation or heritage work.

Businesses recognise its importance and get to (6) their profile in the community, while staff get a break from their daily routine to develop ‘soft skill’, (7) initiative and decision-making One volunteering

organisation is (8) another survey to find out if volunteering does make a difference in the workplace, or if it

is something businesses do simply to improve their (9)

Not (10) are business-sponsored placements becoming more common, the government is also investing money and aiming to (11) volunteers The push is clearly on to make volunteering as attractive as possible

to everyone

And the more people who participate, the more the act fulfils its (12) of making the world a better place.

3 A extreme B high C sharp D strong

4 A similar B the same C alike D too

8 A governing B guiding C conducting D directing

9 A representation B look C image D figure

PART 2: Look at the sentences below about a hotel Read the text to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.

If it is correct, write C If it is incorrect, write I.

Write your answers in the numbered table below

1 During the 1980s, few tourists used to go to the Arctic in summer.

2 People came in large numbers to Jukkasjärvi to see the Arctic Hall.

3 The artist encouraged people to sleep in the Arctic Hall.

4 Each winter, guests come and sleep in the hotel before it is finished.

5 Progress when building the hotel is influenced by the weather.

6 The temperature inside the hotel changes according to the temperature outside.

7 Some clothes are provided by the hotel.

8 Guests should buy boots which fit as tightly as possible.

9 Items ordered through the ICEHOTEL shop will be delivered to your home.

10 It is possible to take a train from the airport to the IceHotel.

THE ICEHOTEL

For many years the Arctic was a popular destination in the summer season to see the land of the midnight sun but inwinter the few inhabitants had the snow and ice to themselves By the end of the 1980s it was decided that the darkand cold winter should be seen as an advantage In the winter of 1990 the French artist Jannot Derit was invited tohave the opening of an exhibition in a specially built igloo (a building made of snow) in the little town of Jukkasjärvi

on the frozen Torne River The building, named Arctic Hall, attracted many interested visitors to the area One night agroup of foreign guests decided it would be a good idea to sleep in the Arctic Hall The following morning the bravegroup were very pleased with their experience and the idea of an ice hotel was born Today it is world famous.

As soon as winter begins, a team of snow builders, architects and artists from all over the world come to Jukkasjärviand they make the hotel for that year As one part is completed, it opens to visitors and overnight guests, while theother parts are still being built The first part is completed in December and each week after that a new part opens,until January 7th when the hotel is completed As the ICEHOTEL is built under the open sky, using the naturalmaterials of the winter season, the finishing date depends on nature and therefore there are sometimes changes to theplan In the spring, as the weather gets warmer, the hotel melts

Inside the hotel, the temperature is never colder than –5 °C to –8 °C, however cold it may be outside Winter outerclothes such as warm overalls, hats and gloves are included in the cost of guests’ stay at the hotel In addition to this,

it is a good idea for guests to bring sweaters and a scarf as well as plenty of woolen socks and to choose footwear that

is larger than normal to allow space for thick socks

If you are planning to come to the hotel, you can buy warm sweaters, woolen socks and much more on the ICEHOTELwebsite You can order these and the equipment you will need at the same time as you book your visit The items will bedelivered to your room when you check in

The hotel is in the village of Jukkasjärvi, 200 km above the Arctic Circle but only 15 km from Kiruna airport and 17

km from Kiruna train station Transport by bus can be arranged from the airport or train station to the IceHotel

PART 3: Read the following passage and do the tasks below Write your answers in the numbered table

The Atmosphere of Venus

Venus, also called the Morning Star and Evening Star, is the second-closest planet to the sun and the brightestobject in the night sky The planet orbits the sun every two hundred and twenty four Earth-days and is sometimesreferred to as Earth’s sister planet because the two share both a similar size and bulk What is not similar, however, isVenus’s atmosphere in comparison to Earth’s atmosphere

The atmosphere on Venus is much heavier and has a higher density than that of Earth Venus’s atmosphere

also expands significantly higher than Earth’s atmosphere although a thick cloud cover makes the surface of Venusnearly impossible to see unless observed through radar mapping

While the pressure and temperature of Venus’s upper atmosphere are comparable to those of Earth, the heatand pressure of the lower atmosphere are not unlike a furnace Venus’s atmosphere is very thick due to a composition

consisting mainly of carbon dioxide, and a small amount of nitrogen If man could survive the extreme heat of Venus’s surface (400 degrees Celsius), then he would have to contend with a surface pressure that is more than

90 times that of Earth Venus’s extremely high temperature is thanks to the greenhouse effect caused by such a large

amount of carbon dioxide The greenhouse effect is a process by which the sun’s infrared radiation is more readilyabsorbed by the atmosphere Just like in a real greenhouse used to grow plants years round, the proliferation of carbondioxide traps radiation and warms Venus’s atmosphere Due to this phenomenon, Venus boasts a higher atmospherictemperature than Mercury, even though Venus is twice the distance from the sun

However, scientists postulate that Venus’s atmosphere was not always so hot [A] Studies show that large

bodies of water were once on Venus’s surface but that eventually evaporation of all the water caused the runaway

greenhouse effect which regulates the planet today [B] Thus Venus has become a critical study for today’s scientists,

as human being are only beginning to struggle with the early stages of the greenhouse effect [C] Our problems do not stem from evaporated water supplies but from a propagation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases due to industrial and automobile emissions [D]

Another interesting characteristic to note regarding Venus’s atmosphere is that its daytime temperatures andnighttime temperatures are not that far removed from each other This is due to the thermal inertia, the ability of asubstance to store heat despite changing temperatures and the transfer of heat by Venus’s strong winds Althoughwinds on the surface of Venus move slowly in comparison with Earth’s winds, Venus’s air is so dense that a slow-moving there can move large obstructions and even skip stones along the planet’s surface

In 1966, humankind made its first attempt at sending a recording instrument into Venus’s atmosphere TheVenera 3 probe did collide with Venus surface; however, the abrupt impact caused its communication system to fail,and it was unable to send and feedback In 1967, Venera 4 successfully enter Venus’s atmosphere and was able totake many readings, one of which recorded that Venus’s atmosphere was between ninety and ninety-five percentcarbon dioxide Subsequent Venera probes were sent into Venus’s atmosphere, but most of them succumbed to thecrushing air pressure

Questions 1-7: Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the passage

1 According to paragraph 1, Venus is named the Morning Star and Evening Star because

A it is very bright

B it is close to the sun

C it can be seen from evening till morning

D it is used to find the direction by sailors

2 The word that in paragraph 2 refers to

3 Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in paragraph 3? Incorrectanswer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information

A Earth experiences greater surface pressure than Venus.

B If a man could survive its surface pressure

C The surface pressure and heat of Venus are much greater than those on Earth.

D Venus’s surface temperature and pressure make it uninhabitable by humans.

4 According to paragraph 3, the greenhouse effect on Venus is owed to

A the small amounts of nitrogen

B the rapid increasing amounts of carbon dioxide

C growing plants

D the high atmospheric temperatures

5 In paragraph 4, the author of the passage implies that Earth

A might suffer the same greenhouse effect as Venus

B once had an atmosphere similar to Venus’s

C has bodies of water similar to those on Venus today

D is experiencing a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions

6 Look at the four blanks […] in paragraph 4 that indicate where the following sentence could be added to thepassage

Although the causes are different, the ramifications are the same.

Where would the sentence best fit?

7 The word propagation in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

A generation B elimination C evaporation D desecration

Question 8: Complete the brief summary of the passage by selecting the THREE answer choices that express important ideas in the passage The introductory sentence for the summary is provided bellowed.

Scientists look at Venus to predict Earth’s future

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Answer Choices

A Venus once had large bodies of water that elaborated and cause a rapid increase in carbon dioxide.

B Earth’s wind has a greater velocity than Venus’s because the air movement on Venus is denser and can even

more large obstructions

C Spaceships landing on Venus, though often crushed by Venus’s atmosphere, have revealed much about its

carbon dioxide filled atmosphere

D If man could survive the hot temperature of Venus, then he would have to contend with the great surface

pressure

E The first space probe of Venus was made in 1966.

F Scientists are concerned that conditions on Earth that propagate significant quantities of carbon dioxide will

produce a greenhouse effects similar to Venus’s

Write your answers here:

PART 4: You are going to read a magazine article about learning how to fly a plane Eight paragraphs have been removed from the article Choose from paragraphs A-I the one that fits each gap (1-8) There is one extra paragraph that you do not need to use Write your answers in the numbered table below

Learning to Fly

I had been testing cars and motorcycles for over twenty years I couldn’t take any more It wasn’t terribly excitingand, in any case, new cars were beginning to look identical and drive similarly What I needed was a new challenge 1

Unfortunately, I wore glasses The Royal Air Force wouldn’t consider anyone for pilot training unless they hadperfect eyesight Halfway through an aptitude test, they realised that my eyes were far from perfect I didn’t stand achance.

A A week which we had set aside for finishing the course came and went with no possibility of getting in the air at

all And besides the problems with the weather, my second son was born, and that made it even more difficult to findthe time for lessons and studying

B But the real reason I chose this club was that a friend of mine, Andrew Wilkins, is the chief instructor there He

impressed me by taking me out for a free flight just so that I could see what it was like

C Unfortunately, I got myself lost this time and flew too far east I completely missed the first airport However, I

flew over a car factory I recognised and managed to get back on course

D Along the way, he’ll take the controls and fly off course, just to get you lost Then he’ll hand back the control to

you and expect you to find your way home

E One day I was asked by an air-traffic controller if I could see another aircraft ahead I said yes, and immediately it

disappeared into a cloud I just didn’t know what to do

F At the time, taking private lessons to learn how to fly was financially beyond me So I had to delay my plans to

become a pilot for quite a while It was twenty years, in fact, before I finally enrolled at a flying club in Hertfordshire

G Since getting my pilot’s license, I’ve been out flying a few times The highlight so far was flying up to

Birmingham International Airport for a motor show with Andrew beside me As we approached the way, the traffic controller came on the radio asking for as much speed as our little plane could manage

air-H For months, my head was always in a book and my head hurt from all the facts, figures and flying instructions.

I This feeling of needing a change coincided with my 40th birthday, which started me thinking about what I’d beendoing all those years When I left school all I had really wanted to do was fly

SECTION 4: WRITING (6 points)

PART 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed before it.

1 Return the product to the shop if you have any complaints about it

7 Simon hadn’t expected that he would feel so weak after the operation

 The operation left

PART 2: Finish each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the sentences printed before it, using the word given DON’T CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN You must use between three and five words, including the word given There is an example at the beginning (0).

0 You must do exactly what the manager tells you (CARRY)

 You must carry out the manager’s instructions exactly.

1 I would like to be able to speak French (HAD)

I wish speak French

2 It was raining cats and dogs (TORRENTS)

 The rain was

3 The two theories appear to be completely different (COMMON)

The two theories

4 It was wrong of you to borrow my book without asking (HAVE)

 You before you borrowed my book

5 When I was younger, this record was one of my favourites (FAVOURITE)

 This record used mine when I was younger

6 My sister finds commuting every day annoying (PUT)

 It’s difficult for my sister _ every day

7 The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime (RED-HANDED)

The police

8 The Mediterranean is warm, whereas the North Sea is much colder (NOTHING)

 The North Sea is the Mediterranean

PART 3: In class, you have been discussing the statement ‘Old people should be looked after by members of their family or it is better for them to live in nursing-home’ Your teacher has asked you to write an essay expressing your own opinion

Write your essay in 250-300 words.

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PART II GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D)

1 He's really shy _ girl

2 The teacher _ her to improve her drawing.

3 I couldn't quite what they were doing because they were so far away

4 The meal Mary cooked tastes _

5 at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone

6 The people who the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents

7 The judge found him of stealing and sent him to prison

8 The house we have rented is So we will have to buy some beds, chairs, tables, etc

A unrestored B unrepaired C unfurnished D undecorated

9 He was turned down for the job because he is

A qualified B qualifying C unqualified D qualification

10 The trouble started only the other man came into the room

11 _, the disaster would not have happened

A Had you have obeyed the orders B You had obeyed the orders

C You obeyed the orders D Had you obeyed the orders

12 _ had booked in advance were allowed in

13 Traveling alone to a jungle is adventurous,

C when not impossible D when it not impossible

14 I the hot weather in the south

15 The meat looked very _ to the dog

II Use the correct form of each word on the right to complete the numbered spaces provided in the passage Write your answers on your answer sheet

The mysteries of the skies

Three hundred and fifty years before the first men looked down on the amazingly

beautiful surface of the moon from close quarters, Galileo’s newly built telescope (1)

_ him to look at the edge of the hitherto mysterious sphere He saw that the 1 ABLE

apparently (2) _ surface was not divinely smooth and round, but bumpy and

imperfect He realized that although the moon might appear (3) _,

resembling a still life painted by the hand of a cosmic (4) , it was a real

world, perhaps not very different from our own This amounted to a great (5)

_ hardly to be expected in his day and age, although nowadays his (6)

_ may appear to some to be trivial and (7) _

Not long after Galileo lunar’s observations, the skies which had previously been so (8)

_ revealed more of their extraordinary mysteries Casting around for further

wonders, Galileo focused his lens on the (9) _ planet of Jupiter Nestling

next to it, he saw four little points of light circling the distant planet Our moon it appeared,

perhaps (10) in the eyes of those fearful of what the discovery might mean,

was not alone!

KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE

Personal space is a term that refers to the distance we like to keep between

ourselves and other people When someone we do not know well gets too close that

we usually begin to feel uncomfortable If such a business colleague comes closer

than 1.2 meters, the most common response is to move away Some interesting

studies have been done in libraries If strangers will come too close, many people get

up and leave the building, others use to different methods such as turning their back

on the intruder Living in cities has made people to develop new skills for dealing

with situations where they are very close to strangers Most people on so crowded

trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contract, and apologize if hands

touch by a mistake People use newspapers as a barrier between themselves and

other people, and if they do not have one, they stare into the distance, making sure

they are not looking into anyone’s eyes

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PART III READING

I Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank

In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness The researchers have come up a number

of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness

First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in other words, happiness(1) _ in families And happiness seems to correlate quite strongly with the main dimensions of personalities:extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.

Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness In particular, friends are agreat (2) of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do together, partly because of the way friends usepositive non-verbal (3) such as caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship Marriage and similar (4) relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness

Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (5) overall satisfaction, and vice versa - perhaps this is why somepeople are happy in boring jobs: it (6) both ways Job satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature ofthe work, but (7) _ by social interactions with co-workers Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause

of unhappiness

Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (8) than most other causes ofhappiness Activities (9) _ sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and social clubs of various kinds,can give great joy This is partly because of the (10) themselves, but also because of the social support of othergroup members – it is very strong in the case of religious groups

4 A near B tight C close D heavy

5 A consists of B applies to C counts on D contributes to

9 A so B such C like D thus

10 A facilities B activities C exercises D amenities

II Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct option (marked A, B, C or D) to answer the questions

Scientists have established that influenza viruses taken from man can cause disease in animals In addition,man can catch the disease from animals In fact, a greater numbers of wild birds seem to carry the virus withoutshowing any evidences of illness Some scientists conclude that a large family of influenza virus may have evolved inthe bird kingdom, a group that has been on earth 100 million years and is able to carry the virus without contractingthe disease There is even convincing evidence to show that virus strain are transmitted from place to place and fromcontinent to continent by migrating birds

It is known that two influenza viruses can recombine when both are present in an animal at the same time.The result of such recombination is a great variety of strains containing different H and N spikes This raises thepossibility that a human influenza virus can recombine with an influenza virus from a lower animal to produce anentirely new spike Research is underway to determine if that is the way major new strains come into being Anotherpossibility is that two animal influenza strains may recombine in a pig, for example, to produce a new strain which istransmitted to man

1 According to the passage, scientists have discovered that influenza viruses .

A cause ill health in wild animals B do not always cause symptoms in birds

C are rarely present in wild birds D change when transmitted from animals to man

2 What is known about the influenza virus?

A It was first found in a group of very old birds B All the different strains can be found in wild birds

C It existed over 100 million years ago D It can survive in many different places

3 According to the passage, a great variety of influenza strains can appear when

A H and N spikes are produced B animal and bird viruses are combined

C dissimilar types of viruses recombine D two viruses of the same type are contracted

4 New strains of viruses are transmitted to man by _

C a group of migrating birds D a variety of means

5 It can be inferred from the passage that all of the following are ways of producing new strains of influenza

EXCEPT _

A two influenza viruses in the same animal recombining

B animal viruses recombining with human viruses

C two animal viruses recombining

D two animal viruses recombining in a human

III Read the passage and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D in the following questions Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns covered vast stretches of the land Some

were as large as trees, with giant fronds bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars Others were the size of

bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth Still others lived in the shade of giant club mosses and horsetails alongthe edges of swampy lagoons where giant amphibians swam

A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or seeds Others had

only the appearance of ferns Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and produced seeds Although their

“flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants.Traces of these floras of the earliest times have been preserved in the form of fossils Such traces are most commonlyfound in shale and sandstone rocks wedged between coal beds

Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns The species that grow there are

no longer those of the Carboniferous period, but their variety and vast numbers, and the great size of some, remind us

of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom

1 What does the passage mainly discuss?

C An ancient form of plant life D Tropical plant life

2 The word “Others” refers to _.

3 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the plants described in the passage?

A They once spread over large areas of land

B They varied greatly in size

C They coexisted with amphibians, mosses, and horsetails

D They clung to tree trunks and bushes for support

4 The word “true” is closest in meaning to which of the following?

5 The author states that fossils of early plant life are usually found in rocks located between deposits of _

IV Read the passage carefully then fill in the blank a suitable word

As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several (1) sportsdeveloped, roughly patterned after land sports (2) them were water football (or soccer), water rugby, waterhandball, and water polo, in which players rode on floating barrels, painted to look (3) horses, and struck theball with a stick

Water rugby became most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name became attached to it,and it's been attached (4) since

As played in England, the object of the sport was for a player to touch the ball, with both (5) , at thegoal end of the pool The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any opponent who was about to score

Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled (6) underwater fights away from the ball, and itwasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air

In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addiction of goalposts The Scots also replaced (7) original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted (8) that prohibited taking the ball under the

surface or, "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.

The Scottish game, which emphasized swimming speed, passing, and (9) work, spread to Englandduring the early 1880s, to Hungary in 1889, to Austria and Germany in 1894, to France in 1895, and (10) Belgium in 1900

Water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic program, in 1900

PART IV: WRITING

I Write the new sentences using the given word Do not change the word given in any way

1 They have discovered some interesting new information (LIGHT)

2 They suspended Jack for the next two matches (BANNED)

3 I really want to see her again (DYING)

4 She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her (EYES)

5 We are looking forward to watching the program (WAIT)

II Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original one

1 If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class

→ Were you

2 I'd rather not go out this afternoon.

5 His disabilities did not prevent him from sailing around the world

→ Despite the fact _

6 I didn't arrive in time to see her

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - VÒNG 1

Thời gian: 180 phút (Phần A & B)

A READING & WRITING : (80 marks)

I Read the passage and answer the questions that follow (15 marks)

Steve grew up in a children’s home in Scotland Every week, the staff took a proportion of the children’s pocketmoney to pay for holidays Little Steve developed a daring strategy to hang on to what little money he had Helaughs about it now “I used to swallow all my coins That got them really furious, so they’d put me in a room on

my own as a punishment After a few minutes in there, I’d hit myself on the chest and cough the money back up.”Since then, Steve has turned into Steve Starr, a professional regurgitator who does up to four shows a day, andcan demand fees of $500-$2,000 a show

Everything Steve swallows comes back dry, except for the goldfish They swim about in his stomach in thewater that he swallows for them first After ten minutes they resume their normal lives in a goldfish bowl “Theynever die”, says Steve

Medical experts might have a few worries about Steve The sight and sound of him swallowing and bringingback a snooker ball sometimes causes even normally calm people to panic He also smokes a cigarette, retains thesmoke in his stomach, then swallows some butane gas and mixes the two Next he swallows some washing-up

liquid, blows a huge bubble, brings up the smoke and gas inside the bubble, cuts the bubble off, gets someone to

set light to it, and bang!

Physically, Steve doesn’t believe he is any different from the rest of the human race, who use their stomachssimply to digest food “It’s all done by muscle control”, he says “I imagine a little pair of hands in there doingeverything, controlled by my brain I’m sure I could teach anyone to do what I do”

1 Why was Steve punished in the children’s home?

2 What does the sentence “Steve grew up in a children’s home” tell you about Steve’s early childhood?

3 What does the sentence “They’d put me in a room on my own as a punishment” tell you about the children’shome?

4 Why does the bubble go bang when someone sets light to it?

5 What, according to Steve, is the secret of his skill?

II Read the following passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the numbered blanks (15 marks)

THE LANGUAGE OF TEARS

The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response Some scientists have suggested thathuman tears are evidence of an aquatic past – but this does not seem very likely We cry from the moment weenter this (1) _ for a number of reasons Helpless babies cry to (2) _ their parents that they areill, hungry or uncomfortable As they (3) _ they will also cry just to attract parental attention and willoften stop when they get it

The idea that (4) _ a good cry can do you (5) _ is a very old one and now it has scientific(6) _ since recent research into tears has shown that they (7) _ a natural painkiller calledenkaphalin By (8) _ sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to feel better Weeping can increase thequantities of enkaphalin you (9) _

Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (10) _ activity Becausesome people still regard it as a (11) _ of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished when theycry This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically

Tears of emotion also help the body (12) _ itself of toxic chemical (13) _, for there ismore protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants Crying comforts, calms and can bevery enjoyable – (14) _ the popularity of the highly emotional films which are commonly (15) _ “weepies” It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together

1 A world B place C earth D space

6 A validity B truth C reality D reason

7 A contain B retain C hold D keep

8 A struggling B fighting C opposing D striking

9 A construct B achieve C provide D produce

14 A consider B remark C distinguish D regard

III Read the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence, given below, to fill each of the gaps Write one letter (A-P) in each of the numbered gaps Each phrase is only used once Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all (15 marks)

Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the world’s oldest “statue” – a stone, standing four feet high, coveredwith plaster (1) of a human being

This “stone man” dating from 11,000 years ago, (2) who were emerging from the pre-agriculturalStone Age into the Neolithic world of early farming

The statue, probably of religious significance, was located inside a prehistoric house – one of the earliestsophisticated buildings (3) Investigations have shown that the house had (4) with clay-coated, lime-plastered walls and floor

So far excavation have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing stones, (5) retain traces

of lime plaster which once covered them

However, (6) shows evidence of having been shaped into the likeness of a human being It is 30centuries older (7) previously known oldest statue (8) that each building appears to havehad at least one standing stone inside it, and that one house actually had three

The plaster-covered human shaped obelisk (9) shoulders and the stumps of arms and part of aneck The “head”, however, (10)

A ever discovered by archaeologists

B molded into the shape

C to have been built

D strangely carved

E was fashioned by people

F excavations have revealed

G only one of these

H neither of them

I beautifully finished

J than the remaining

K has what appear to be

L seems to have broken off

M four of which

N has been missing

O it has been decided

P than the world’s

IV Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space (20

marks)

The worry about salt is that it may (1) high blood pressure Chemically, salt (2) ofsodium and chloride ions, both of (3) are common in the human (4) and are important formany physiological and biochemical (5) We not only need salt, we eat salt, but too (6) may still be bad for us Although the idea of a (7) between salt and high blood pressure (8) back to 2000 BC, there is still no scientific (9) as to whether this so or not One reason forthis (10) to agree is that individual salt intake (11) enormously from day to day, and soreliable measures of intake are hard to come (12)

Those who believe that salt does (13) to high blood pressure (14) to the high incidence ofhigh blood pressure in countries that eat a very (15) diet In Japan, for instance, where salted fish is

an important part of the diet, high blood pressure and (16) complications are common, (17) among some Amazonian and African tribes, which have a low intake of salt, they are almost (18)

But (19) there is this neat relation between salt intake and the incidence of high blood pressurebetween countries, it doesn’t seem to apply (20) those countries themselves Studies, for instance, ofcouples who have a similar salt intake don’t show any consistency in how often they develop high blood pressure

V There are ten mistakes in the following passage Find and correct them Follow the example

(15 marks) Example: Line 1: 0 which  when

FAMILY HISTORY

In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many people are being attracted by the idea

of looking back into the past One way they can make this is by investigating their own family history They cantry to find out more about what their families came from and what they did This is now a fast-growing hobby,especially in countries with a fairly short history, alike Australia and the United States

It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take the decision toinvestigate your own family’s past It is quite another to carry out the research work successfully It is easy to setabout it in a disorganizing way and cause yourself many problems that could have avoided with a little forwardplanning

If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal,not to let this idea take over your research Just treat it as an interesting possibility A simple system for collectingand storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your way Themost important thing, though, is to get starting Who knows what you might find?

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CẤP TỈNH CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH BẢNG B

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút cho cả hai phần A và B

B/ READING AND WRITING (80 points)

I/ Read the passage carefully and answer the questions Write your answers on your paper.

Today’s needles are made from steel wire When you examine a needle it looks quite a simple object but thereare fifteen different stages a steel wire has to go through before it becomes a needle Let us look at some of them

First the worker cuts a steel wire into the length of two needles Then he straightens out the wire and sharpens

it at both ends At the center he pierces two eyes: this forms two needles joined end to end Usually machines are used

to break up the needles; only very good quality needles are broken by hand

The needles are by no means ready yet They must go into a special machine which removes the rough edgesfrom around the eye of each needle After this the worker puts all of them into a small furnace called a ‘muffle’, andwhen the needles are red hot he plunges them into a container of cold oil This process is repeated many times toharden the needles and give them elasticity Washing, rolling and polishing follow, after which needles are put intopackets for sale

You can see needles everywhere today, in your home and in the hospital where they are used as surgicalinstruments Compasses and record-players too require different types of needles The Stone Age man would indeed

be amazed if he could see how many uses we have made of his simple invention

1.Why did the doctor laugh at the man who went to him with a complaint?

2.Was the doctor right in laughing at the man? Why?

3.How had the steel ball formed inside the man’s throat?

4.Why do workers in needles factories wear masks?

5.Why are the needles heated and then cooled many times?

II/.Use the words below to fill in the blanks Each correct word is only used once Write the words in the corresponding numbered places on your paper (30 points)

Passage 1 (10 points)

well – which – works – also – after – grew – order – from – where – as

Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps most famous for his (1) of art Among his more well-known paintingsare the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper” Leonardo was an accomplished painter but he was (2) an architect, a sculptor, an engineer, a scientist and a musician He was one of the most talented men of all time

Leonardo was named (3) the town of Vinci (4) he was born Leonardo da Vinci actuallymeans “Leonardo of Vinci” He (5) up in the busy city of Florence which was then a center of education and of the arts Leonardo did not receive much formal education He became an apprentice to a painter and sculptor Verocchio, (6) whom he learned his craft He conversed with the scholars and noblemen who came to order works of art and learned much from them

Leonardo was a very curious and creative person He believed that (7) an artist, he had to acquire

an understanding of objects in (8) to paint them well Before he embarked on a new painting, he would find out all the information he could gather about the subjects he was painting He would also draw sketches of these subjects in a notebook

When he was alive, he was accepted as a very learned man The breath of his knowledge can be seen in more than thirty of his notebooks (9) are still intact today The notes and drawings in the notebooks included plans for a tank, a helicopter as (10) as a detailed study of the human anatomy

A university usually has (2) faculties and departments The most common faculties aremedicine, law, arts, science, and theology The (3) include engineering, economics, commerce,agriculture, music and technology After taking examinations a university graduate is awarded with the Degree ofBachelor of Arts or Science, or Engineering, or Medicine, etc depending on their field of study

Each faculty is headed by one or more professors who are helped by a staff of teachers called lecturers Professorsand lecturers spend (4) of their time giving lectures to a large (5) ofstudents or studying with smaller groups and here the students have a chance to argue and discuss

All universities admit men and women, but the (6) of men is rather more than 75% Most ofthe universities provide hostel accommodation for their students At a university the course of studies (7) six years and the curriculum is wide

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There are many special types of colleges in Great Britain too They give a specialized training They are medical,teachers’, technical colleges and many (8) One can see colleges within universities The course ofstudies at a college is (9) three years At medical colleges the students study various subjects, learn

to treat patients and have (10) work at hospitals After graduating from the college they are given

a certificate

III/ Each of the following sentences has 4 underlined parts, marked A,B,C and D Choose the underlined part

of the sentence that needs corrections and then give the correct word Write on your paper (30 points)

2. (A) Plants and animals (B) live in the see sank (C) to the sea bed (D) when they died

3. How (A) m u c h times (B) d id Rich a n d J e nn i f e r h a v e to do the experiment before they (C) ob t a i ne d t h e r e s u lts they had (D) b ee n e x pe cti n g

4. Mrs Stevens, along (A) w ith , (B) he r c ou s i n s f ro m New Mexico, (C) a r e planning (D) to a tt e n d thefestivities

5. (A) J oe l giving up (B) s m o ki n g ha s (C) c au s e d h im to g a in weight and (D) b e c o m e i rr it ab le with hisacquaintances

6. I (A) will send this book (B) to you (C) before I (D) will finish it

7. (A) Establishing in 1984 (B) for students who wanted to study art and music subjects, LaGuardia (C) was thefirst public school of (D) its kind

8. Alloys of gold and copper (A) have been (B) widely (C) using in (D) various types of coins

9. We should put (A) people first and (B) save people’s (C) lives is still the top priority of our (D) relief work

10.Scientists and economists (A) believe that human beings (B) can never (C) use away all the (D) mineralresources on Earth

SỞ GD&ĐT KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 11 THPT

QUẢNG BÌNH Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

III LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Part 1 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence (10 pts)

21 Does anyone know that jacket might be?

22 The cheetah runs 70 miles hour It’s the fastest animal in the world

23 Joe seemed to be in a good mood, he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us

A yet B so C for D and

24 There are several means of mass communication The newspaper is one Television is

25 I read in one paper that they are married

26 There was hardly food left in the fridge

27 We spent the days on the beach

A few last sunny B last sunny few C last few sunny D few sunny last

28 not fallen over, the athlete would have won the gold medal

29 Rarely to work on his own

A he is seen B does he seen C is he seen D does he

30 “We’re going to the seaside” - “Can ?”

A I come as well B also I come C I too come D I as well come

Part 2 Complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box Use each one once only (5 pts)

31 Why do prices keep ?

32 This new game is really Everyone is playing it

33 It’s time your brother and started a family

34 When she retired, she gardening so she wouldn’t get bored

35 I’m sorry to you but I can’t take you to the airport after all

Part 3 Complete the following sentences with appropriate form of the word in block capitals (5 pts)

36 ACT There is a saying in English: “ speak louder than words.”

37 QUALIFY He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later when a medical

check proved that he had been taking drugs

38 NATION Do you have a costume in your country?

39 LAND The plane had to make a crash in a field

40 TROULE Traveling in big cities is becoming more everyday

Part 4 Put the verbs given in the brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms (10 pts)

41 “You were late for your dental appointment.”

“I know I (not/ stay) so long at the library.”

42 It is necessary that everyone (be) calm in times of danger

43 If you want to see us, come to Tom’s on Sunday We (wait) for you there at

midday

44 It was a fine day and the roads were crowded because a lot of people (rush)

to the seaside.

45 Those were the highest words of praise they ever (hear) from the old man

46 Our little children enjoy (take) to the water park every Sunday

47 I don’t feel good I (stay) home from work tomorrow

48 It won’t be safe to use these stairs until they (repair)

49 The city is now crowded with the people who (seek) employment

50 The old man is said (leave) all his money to an old people’s home when he

IV READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1 Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits each space (10 pts)

In the past people suffered (56) a disease called scurvy Their gums bled, their skin becamerough, their wounds did not (57) and their muscles wasted away The (58) of these

symptoms was a lack of vitamin C; people ate preserved meats and foods and could not get fresh vegetables and

fruits

The best (59) of vitamin C are oranges, lemons, grapefruit, cantaloupes, strawberries, andfresh vegetables These fruits must be fresh because vitamin C is destroyed by heat, storage, or exposure (60) air

Although today more people (61) vitamin C pills than any other supplement, some people stillhave scurvy, (62) some of the elderly, alcoholics, and the chronically ill

Research shows that vitamin C reduces the (63) of colds and can help prevent cancer There

is also evidence that vitamin C prevents heart disease, (64) wound healing, helps prevent gumdisease, and helps protect us from pollutants such as cigarette smoke Some recent research also shows thatvitamin C has a positive effect on some mental (65) and increases life span

59 A store B resources C provider D sources

62 A containing B including C consisting D like

63 A severity B seriousness C gravity D importance

65 A chaos B confusions C disorders D disturbances

Part 2 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space (10 pts)

At sixteen Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war He wandered aimlessly from(66) country to another (67) finally setting down in Australia, where he trained (68) anelectronics engineer He established his own business but it called for so much work that marriage was out of the(69)

His retirement suddenly (70) him realize (71) lonely he was and he decided to(72) up a hobby With his interest in electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice He installed hisown equipment and obtained a licence and his call sign, which is the set of letters and numbers used to announceoneself when making radio contact with other radio amateurs all over the world

Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far-off places One in particular was a man in California with whom

he had much in common One night the man in California (73) to mention the village in Europe he hadcome from Suddenly, Henry realised that this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter At first, the two brotherswere at a (74) for words but then little by little they filled in the details of their past lives and not(75) afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to be reunited with his brother

Part 3 Read the following passage and choose the correct answers (A, B, C, or D) (5 pts)

May 7, 1840, was the birthday of one of the most famous Russian composers of the nineteenth century:

Peter Illich Tchaikovsky The son of a mining inspector, Tchaikovsky studied music as a child and later studied

composition at the St Petersburg Conservatory His greatest period of productivity occurred between 1876 and

1890, during which time he enjoyed the patronage of Madame von Meck, a woman he never met, who gave him a living stipend of about $1,000 a year Madame von Meck later terminated her friendship with Tchaikovsky, as well as his living allowance, when she herself was facing financial difficulties It was during the

time of Madame von Meck's patronage, however, that Tchaikovsky created the music for which he is most

famous, including the music for the ballets of “ Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty” Tchaikovsky's

music, well known for its rich melody and sometimes melancholy passages, was one of the first that brought

serious dramatic music to dance Before this, little attention had been given to the music behind the dance Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, ostensibly of cholera, although there are now some scholars who argue

that he committed suicide

76 With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?

A The life and music of Tchaikovsky

B Development of Tchaikovsky's music for ballets

C Tchaikovsky's relationship with Madame von Meck

D The cause of Tchaikovsky's death

77 Where is the best place in the passage to add the following sentence?

She had commissioned some works from him and had so admired his music that

she agreed to support him.

A In line 2 after the word “Tchaikovsky” B In line 6 after the word “year”

C In line 7 after the word “difficulties” D In line 12 after the word “dance”

78 In lines 5, the phrase “enjoyed the patronage of” probably means:

A liked the company of B was mentally attached to

C solicited the advice of D was financially dependent upon

79 According to the passage, all of the following describe Madame von Meck EXCEPT:

A She had economic troubles

B She was generous

C She was never introduced to Tchaikovsky

D She enjoyed Tchaikovsky's music

80 According to the passage, “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty” are:

V WRITING

Part 1 Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it (5 pts)

81 I am only interested in why he did it

→ The only thing

82 House prices have risen dramatically this year

→ There has been

83 I can’t understand how this new computer works

→ This new computer works

84 She didn’t inherit anything under her uncle’s will

→ Her uncle didn’t

85 I only recognized him when he came into light

→ Not until

Part 2 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 You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

86 People claim that he was the best tennis player of his times said

→ He the best tennis player of his times

87 They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic avoid

→ They left early in order in the traffic

88 Why didn’t they tell me about these changes earlier? should

→ I about these changes earlier

89 He had a very traditional upbringing, didn’t he? traditionally

→ He , wasn’t he?

90 I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me thankful

→ I’d like to say am for everything you have done for me

Part 3 Composition (10 pts)

The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population This is causing problems not only for poor, developing countries, but also for industrialized and developed nations Describe some of the problems that overpopulation causes and suggest at least one possible solution You should write at least 200 words.

THE END

-PART TWO LEXICO – GRAMMAR (30p.)

Question 1 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part (10p.)

1 The of two houses prove such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one

2 In his student days, he was as poor as a church

3 Harry doesn’t to great fame and fortune, he just wants to make a decent living

4 I wrote to them a fortnight ago but I haven’t had a reply

5 I couldn’t stop myself from with boredom during the lecture

6 She didn’t show even a of emotion when the court found her guilty

7 It’s not surprising that he became a writer because he always longed to see his name

8 The police are looking into new ways of major crime

A contending B wrestling C combating D striving

9 The technological and economic changes of the 19th century had a marked on workers

10 The first sign of vitamin A disorder is night

A loss of sight B lack of vision C invisibility D blindness

11 The are against her winning a fourth consecutive gold medal

12 References can have a considerable on employment prospects

A cause B decision C weight D bearing

13 The prospects of picking up any survivors are now

14 From time to time he himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel

15 Men still expect their jobs to take

A superiority B imposition C priority D seniority

16 The police have been ordered not to if the students attack them

17 Meg had a escape when she was hang-gliding yesterday

18 I can’t tell you the exact amount, but I can give you a estimate

19 Marge walked away from the discussion Otherwise, she something she would regret later

20 You are not supposed to park on the hard except in an emergency

Question 2 There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph Write them down & give the correction Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)

Nowadays, skiing, apart from a sport, has become a big industry and a notable feature of leisureculture Ski resorts and all the activity that they generate is the main source of wealth in many mountainregions, which were previously remote and inaccessible And far from its once elitist image, skiing isnow enjoyed by an increasingly broader spectra of society

1 My purse has just _ behind the sofa even though I thought I’d lost it for good

2 It was Tony who would always _ the rest of the party He would stop at every window and gaze for hours

3 He’s a nature enthusiast and he will certainly _ the opportunity of visiting the wildlife reserve in Ohio

4 “Keep talking while I _ my notes.” she said

5 Unless your wife stops leading her extravagant lifestyle, you won’t _ on the poor salary you obtain

6 The exact cost of the whole venture isn’t known yet, but our best accounts have been trying to _(it)

7 I don’t quite like the new apprentice’s approach He seems to _ the job

8 Those naughty boys went on making terrible noise in the park even though they had been _ by the annoyedconstable

9 His heart attack was _ by too much stress at work

10 I am not friends with Peter anymore We’ve _

Question 4 Use the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space Write your answers in the space provided (5 p.)

The spiral and the helix They are everywhere, (1-GRACE), curving shapes whose incredible (2- REGULAR) contrasts so sharply with the random world around them We call them spirals and helices but that hardly does (3-JUST) to their diversity

or their significance Over the centuries, mathematicians have identified many different types, but the most intriguing

are those that (4-REPEAT) occur in the natural world.

The need to (5-RAVEL) the mysteries of the existence of spirals and helices has exercised some of the best scientific brains in the world and opened the way to a number of (6-BREAK) in fields as widely varied as genetics

and meteorology

The most (7-SPETACLE) spirals on earth are also the most unwelcome hurricanes Their (8-AWE) power

comes from the sun’s heat, but they owe their shape to the force caused by the rotation of the earth After

(9-NUMBER) years of study, however, Nature’s spirals and helices have yet to (10-CLOSE) all their secrets For

example, why, astronomers wonder, are so many galaxies spiral-shaped?

Your answers

Reports back from the first astronauts helped dispel the dangerous (3) that the world had no boundaries and hadlimitless resources Moreover, ecologists have shown that all forms of life on earth are interconnected, so it (4) that all human activity has an effect on the natural environment.

In recent years, people have been putting the environment under stress As a result, certain (5) materials such as timber, water and minerals are beginning to (6) short Pollution and the (7) of waste are already critical issues, and the (8) of the environment is fast becoming the most pressing problem (9)

us all The way we respond to the challenge will have a profound effect on the earth and its life support (10)

7 A disposal B displacement C dismissal D disposition

PART THREE: READING (30p.)

Question 1 Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question Write your answers in the space provided (10p.)

We are descendents of the ice age Periods of glaciation have spanned the whole of human existence for thepast 2 million years The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the mostdramatic climate changes in the history of the planet During this interglacial time, people were caught up in acataclysm of human accomplishment, including the development of agriculture and animal husbandry Over the past

few thousand years, the Earth’s climate has been extraordinarily beneficial, and humans have prospered exceedingly

well under a benign atmosphere

Ice ages have dramatically affected life on Earth almost from the very beginning It is even possible that lifeitself significantly changed the climate All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and eventuallystore it in sedimentary rocks within the Earth’s crust If too much carbon dioxide is lost, too much heat escapes outinto the atmosphere This can cause the Earth to cool enough for glacial ice to spread across the land

In general the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been equalized by the input ofcarbon dioxide from such events as volcanic eruptions Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning fossil

fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of which release stored carbon dioxide This energizes the greenhouse

effect and causes the Earth to warm If the warming is significant enough, the polar ice caps eventually melt

The polar ice caps drive the atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems Should the ice caps melt, warm

tropical waters could circle the globe and make this a very warm, inhospitable planet.

Over the past century, the global sea level has apparently risen upwards of 6 inches, mainly because of themelting of glacial ice If present warming trends continue, the seas could rise as much as 6 feet by the next century.This could flood coastal cities and fertile river deltas, where half the human population lives Delicate wetlands,where many marine species breed, also would be reclaimed by the sea In addition, more frequent and severe stormswould batter coastal areas, adding to the disaster of the higher seas

The continued melting of the great ice sheets in polar regions could cause massive amounts of ice to crash

into the ocean This would further raise the sea level and release more ice, which could more than double the area ofsea ice and increase correspondingly the amount of sunlight reflected back into space The cycle would then becomplete as this could cause global temperatures to drop enough to initiate another ice age

1 According to the passage, carbon dioxide is stored in each of the following EXCEPT

A polar ice caps B sedimentary rocks C rain forests D fossil fuel.

2 What does the final paragraph of the passage mainly discuss?

A The relationship between the ocean and the sun

B The amount of sunlight reflected into space

C A rise in global temperatures

D The conditions that could lead to an ice age

3 Which of the following does the author NOT mention as a consequence of a large rise in global sea level?

A The destruction of wetlands B The flooding of cities

C A more diverse marine population D Severe storms

4 According to the passage, what is the relationship between carbon dioxide and the Earth’s climate?

A Carbon dioxide, which is trapped in glacial ice, is released when warm temperatures cause the ice melt.

B The greenhouse effect, which leads to the warming of the climate, is result of too much carbon stored in the

Earth’s crust

C Rain causes carbon dioxide to be washed out of the atmosphere and into the ocean.

D An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in the warming of the climate.

5 The word beneficial in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to

6 The word massive can be replaced to

7 It can be inferred from the passage that the development of agriculture

A preceded the development of animal husbandry.

B withstood vast changes in the Earth’s climate.

C did not take place during an ice age.

D was unaffected by the greenhouse effect.

8 The word “this” in the third paragraph refers to

A man’s upsetting the equation B the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide.

C a volcanic eruption D the melting of the polar ice caps

9 The word “inhospitable” is closest in meaning to

A imperfect B uninhabitable C unlikable D cruel.

10 What is the main topic of the passage?

A The possibility that the popular ice caps will melt

B The coming of another ice age

C Man’s effect on the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere

D The climate of the Earth over the years

Question 2 There are five extracts which have been removed from the following passage Put an extract from A-G

in the correct gap 1-5 to complete the passage There is two extracts you're not going to need Write your answers

in the space provided (5p.)

Children between the ages of 4 and 12 are the most common sufferers of sleepwalking, however, (1)……….,somnambulism, as it is observed in adults, increases in severity and frequency with age It is reported that more boyssleepwalk than girls and it is between the ages of 11 and 12 that the most number of cases is reported Also, manychildren tend to grow out of it and because of this, it is surmised (2)………….that may relate to the physiology of theyounger body and mind that does not relate to adulthood

Sleepwalking also seems to occur with more intensity or frequency in a person (3)……… not remember the incident

at all It is also a common misconception that it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker It is, in fact, more dangerous tonot wake a sleepwalker This is due to the actions that can be done by a sleepwalker A person might drive a car, walkout into traffic, try cooking, etc All of these actions are highly dangerous to a person (4)…………what they aredoing

This disorder can be just a mild annoyance to some but can also be a life-altering disorder to others Sleepwalking ismore serious than aggressive so the danger lies more with self-injury than injuries to others Sleepwalkers are notallowed in the Armed Services at least partly due to the damage they can cause themselves and also partly to the fact(5)……… Treatments can range from relaxation techniques to anti-depressant medications

A that there are other sources for sleepwalking

B who is sleep-deprived and a sleepwalker often will

C that advise women to exercise for a good night’s sleeps

D while pre-adolescents make up the larger number

E who want to have an early night sleep

F that they are around dangerous equipment

G who is asleep and unaware of

Question 3 Match each of the following headings with its suitable paragraph The first one (0: H) as an example has been done for you There are two extra headings which you do not need to use Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)

A Research holds the key to success B New and improved techniques

C A new kind of athlete D New equipment has made a difference

E Athletes are what they eat F Personalized programs will help

G The influence of drugs H Is there a limit to record-breaking?

[0: _H ]

A world record is every athlete’s dream, but the hard-won records of a few years ago are mostly just today’squalifying times Roger Bannister’s famous four-minute mile of 1956 has been beaten by nearly 15 seconds, whilealmost an hour and twenty minutes has been taken off the women’s marathon since 1953 ‘Faster, higher, stronger’ isthe Olympic motto, and today’s competitors continue to push back the boundaries of what the body can achieve Butone wonders if this can continue

[1: ]

The last forty years have seen many important technological advances For example, since the introduction of strong,flexible fiberglass poles, over a meter has been added to the pole vault record There have also been importantdevelopments in the design the running shoe And while a shoe won’t actually make someone run faster, modernshoes do mean many more miles of comfortable, injury-free training

[2: ]

Pushing back the limits now depends more on science, technology and medicine than anything else Athletictechnique, training programs and diets are all being studied to find ways of taking a few more seconds off or adding afew more cm to that elusive world record It seems that natural ability and hard work are no longer enough

In the future, it should be possible to develop a more individual approach to training programs Athletes will keepdetailed diaries and collect data to help predict the point when training becomes overtraining, the cause of manyinjuries If athletes fee all the information into a database, it may then be possible to predict patterns and to advisethem individually when they should cut down

[5: ]

Combining the right diet with a training program is vital Athletes are continually searching for that special ‘go-faster’ingredient, but apparently it’s still a battle to get them to drink sufficient liquid and to follow a balanced healthy dietthroughout all phases of training, competition and recovery Diet in the period after an event is particularly importantand often neglected An athlete who doesn’t replace all the liquid lost immediately after a hard run won’t be able torepeat the performance at the same level 24 hours later

Question 4 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word Write your answers

in the space provided (10p.)

For over two hundred years, scholars have shown an interest in the way children learn to speak and understand theirlanguage Several small-scale studies were carried out, especially towards the end of the nineteenth century,(1) _ data recorded in parental diaries But detailed, systematic investigation did not begin until the middledecades of the twentieth century, when the tape recorder (2) _ into routine use This made it possible to keep apermanent record of samples of child speech, so that analysts could listen repeatedly to obscure (3) _, and thusproduce a detailed and accurate description The problems that have (4) _ when investigating child speech arequite different from (5) _ encountered when working with adults It is not possible to carry out certain kinds ofexperiments, because aspects of children’s cognitive development, such as their ability to (6) _ attention or toremember instructions, may not be sufficiently advanced (7) _ is it easy to get children to (8) _systematic judgments about language – a task that is virtually impossible below the age of three Moreover, anyonewho has tried to make a tape recording of a representative sample of a child’s speech knows how frustrating this can

be Some children, it seems, are innately programmed to (9) _ off as soon as they notice a tape recorder (10) _ switched on

PART IV: WRITING (20p.)

Question 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it (5p.)

Example: We expect he will arrive by nine o’clock

He is

Answer: He is expected to arrive by nine o’clock

1 The journalists only heard about the changes to the wedding plans when they arrived at the venue

4 The thief must have come in through the window

The thief almost _

5 What put me off the idea was simply how expensive it was going to be

The sheer _

Question 2 For each of the sentence below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence but using the word given This word must not be altered in any way (5p.)

Example: We couldn't find the cat anywhere (NOWHERE )

Answer: The cat was nowhere to be found

1 She is determined to become a doctor (HEART)

Question 3 Essay writing (10p.)

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication such as letters, e-mail,

or telephone calls

Use specific reasons and details to support your answer You should write about 250 words.

SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO

Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group:

16 A responsibility B originality C accommodation D mischievousness

17 A appliance B conscientious C independent D confidential

18 A psychology B environmental C impossible D photography

20 A appointment B punishment C publicity D efficient

C GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:

I Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence: (15 points)

21 Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.”

Laura: “……… ”

A Don’t tell a lie I thought it was terrible

B You must be kidding It was not as good as I had expected

C I completely agree with you It was terrific

D No doubt!

22 Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?”

Girl: “……… ”

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

A I'm afraid not B Worms, definitely!

C Probably people who smoke D I haven't made up my mind

23 Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr Robinson.”

Mr Robinson: “……… ”

24 I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate The soil is ………

A as dry as rice B as dry as a tile C as dry as a bone D as dry as wood

25 Susan was sad because she wasn’t invited to any social events She felt ………

26 Most psychologists believe that the basic structure of an individual’s personality is………

A well established extremely by the age of five

B by the age of five it is extremely well established

C by the age of five and well established extremely

D extremely well established by the age of five

27 In most ……… developed countries, up to 50% of ……… populationenters higher education at some time in their lives

28 I wish you ……… me a new one instead of having it……… as you did

C had given / to be repaired D had given / repaired

29 Henry was really a silly boy when we were at high school I still remember……… very stupidquestions

A him asking B him to ask C asking him D his being asked

30 ……… the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn

31 No sooner ……… to marry Jack ……… to have serious doubts

A had Carol agreed / than she began

B Carol has agreed / than she began

C had Carol agreed / than she begins

D had Carol agreed / than she had begun

32 Having been served dinner, ………

A the problem was discussed by the members of the committee

B the committee members discussed the problem

C it was discussed by the committee members the problem

D a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee

33 The marathon runner ……… for nearly one hour and a half when she ……… to thepavement

A has been running / collapses B were running / collapsed

C had been running / collapsed D ran / had been collapsing

34 Son: “What is the process of ……… , Dad?”

Father: “Well, it involves the heating of liquid such as milk in order to kill harmful bacteria.”

A industrialization B pasteurization C commercialization D globalization

35 An artist ……… will do his best to express innocence and inexperience in the child’s face

A portraying a child B who portray a child C he portrays a child D portrayed a child

II Give the correct form of the words in brackets: (10 points)

36 Deforestation and excessive farming have ……… the soil

37 The damage caused by the terrible storm two days ago was……… by

the government The real figures go up every minute

38 Barack Obama is the first President of the United States with ……….…

background

39 From the hotel there is a……… view across the canyon

40 The policeman examined the parcel ……… as he had no idea what it

could be

41 It was very ……… of you to notice that

42 In his ……… , Mike smashed all the breakable items in the kitchen

43 Before enrolling on a course, you should first ensure that it has been

……… by an officially recognized body

44 Mr John, who teaches us Latin, usually stresses the need for regular

………

45 The government has yet to make an official ……… on the issue

(POOR) (ESTIMATE)

(RACE) (BREATH) (SUSPECT) (OBSERVE) (FURIOUS) (VALID)

(ATTEND) (PRONOUNCE)

III Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (5 points):

46 Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and indication its correct use

50 A ten-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped prisoner.

A B C D

D READING:

I Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space: (10 points)

Everyone has got two personalities - the one that is shown to the world and the other that is (51)

………… and real You don’t show your secret personality when you are (52)………… , because youcan control yourself But when you are asleep, your feeling position (53)………… the real you In a normal(54)………… , of course, people often change their position The important position is the one you go tosleep in

If you go to sleep on your back, you are a very (55)………… person You usually believe people andyou accept new things or new ideas easily You don’t like to make people sad, so you never express your(56) ………… feeling You are quite shy

If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person You (57)………… a lot and youalways easily become sad You usually live for today not tomorrow This means that you (58)

………… having a good time

If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very (59)………… person You have a low opinion ofyourself You are shy and don’t like meeting people You (60)………… to be on your own You are easilyhurt

II There are 5 blanks in the passage below From the words given in the box, choose the most suitable for each blank There are THREE extra words that you do not need to use: (5 points)

meaningful, positive impact on your (62)……… But did you know that it can have many

benefits for you, too? You may have heard that volunteering helps you get into college, but keep in mindthey are not just looking for a list of (63)……… and dates Colleges want to see a completepicture of you and real examples of your commitment, dedication and interests

Volunteering brings together a variety of people Both the recipients of your volunteer efforts andyour co-workers can be rich sources of insight For example, maybe you’ll learn about the (64)

……… profession from a former lawyer you visit at a convalescent center Colleges payattention to your life inside and outside the classroom Your extracurricular activities reveal a great dealabout you, such as what your interests are, whether you can manage your priorities and maintain a (65)

……… promise and how you’ve made an important contribution to something

III Read the passage and choose the correct answer: (10 points)

For many people who live in cities, parks are an important part of the landscape They provide aplace for people to relax and play sports, as well as a refuge from the often harsh environment of a city.What people often overlook is that parks also provide considerable environmental benefits

One benefit of parks is that plants absorb carbon dioxide—a key pollutant—and emit oxygen, whichhumans need to breathe According to one study, an acre of trees can absorb the same amount of carbondioxide that a typical car emits in 11,000 miles of driving Parks also make cities cooler Scientists havelong noted what is called the Urban Heat Island Effect: building materials such as metal, concrete, andasphalt absorb much more of the sun’s heat and release it much more quickly than organic surfaces liketrees and grass Because city landscapes contain so much of these building materials, cities are usually

warmer than surrounding rural areas Parks and other green spaces help to mitigate the Urban Heat

Island Effect

Unfortunately, many cities cannot easily create more parks because most land is already being usedfor buildings, roads, parking lots, and other essential parts of the urban environment However, cities couldbenefit from many of the positive effects of parks by encouraging citizens to create another type of greenspace: rooftop gardens While most people would not think of starting a garden on their roof, human beingshave been planting gardens on rooftops for thousands of years Some rooftop gardens are very complexand require complicated engineering, but others are simple container gardens that anyone can create withthe investment of a few hundred dollars and a few hours of work

Rooftop gardens provide many of the same benefits as other urban park and garden spaces, butwithout taking up the much-needed land Like parks, rooftop gardens help to replace carbon dioxide in theair with nourishing oxygen They also help to lessen the Urban Heat Island Effect, which can save peoplemoney In the summer, rooftop gardens prevent buildings from absorbing heat from the sun, which cansignificantly reduce cooling bills In the winter, gardens help hold in the heat that materials like brick andconcrete radiate so quickly, leading to savings on heating bills Rooftop vegetable and herb gardens canalso provide fresh food for city dwellers, saving them money and making their diets healthier Rooftopgardens are not only something everyone can enjoy, they are also a smart environmental investment

66 Based on its use in paragraph 2, it can be inferred that mitigate belongs to which of the following word

groups?

A exacerbate, aggravate, intensify B obliterate, destroy, annihilate

C allay, alleviate, reduce D absorb, intake, consume