Many young people become addicted…….drugs through ignorance.. 10 points How many of us know what our daily nutritional needs are.. 10 points Presents and present 1- give should be fun..
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Thanh Hoá Dự thi học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT
Đề chính thức Năm học 2007 -2008
Môn : Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi : 02 / 11 / 2007 (Thời gian làm bài thi 180 phút)
( Đề này có 05 trang )
A Grammar
I- Complete the following sentences with a correct preposition (15 points)
1 There are many advantages …… being able to speak a foreign language
2 Do you think you could go…… this work with me some time, Peter ?
3 His father doesn’t have much influence …… him
4 The meeting broke………after three hours and everyone went for drink
5 Sorry I haven’t written to you for so long The reason … this is that I’ve been ill recently
6 Carol doesn’t have a very good relationship…… her sister
7 Many young people become addicted…….drugs through ignorance
8 Helen had great admiration…….her history teacher
9 My hands were blue…… cold when I got home
10 I’d like to exchange this car …… a new model but I can’t afford it
11 The party went on …… dawn
12 Your lungs are …….your chest, and your ribs are …….your lungs
13 It’s easy to get drunk ……… brandy
14 I’d like to be …… on this scheme
II Use the correct form of verbs in brackets (10 points)
How many of us know what our daily nutritional needs are? How many of us, when buying food at the shops, consider what the nutritional value of our purchases (1-be) ? A harassed mother will rush around the supermarket, (2- buy ) foods which are simple and quick (3- prepare) She will often buy foods which (4- advertise) on T.V or which (5- wrap ) attractively Mothers (6- can - see ) leaving supermarkets with trolleys (7- pile ) high with “ junk foods” Their families are eating far more calories than are good for them Often they (8- overeat) on the protein side as well, by (9- eat) more meat than they need Families spend money on food that (10- be ) unnecessary or even harmful
III Give the correct form of words in brackets (10 points)
Presents and present (1- give) should be fun The whole idea of giving a present is that you should enjoy planning an especial pleasure and surprise for someone The value of a present is the (2- little) important thing about it What matters is that is a token of your love and appreciation of the person Those who never give anything away, not even (3- sympathetic), are sure to be (4- disappoint) and (5- happiness) people
An ideal present should be something one will like and want, not just something you like Everyone has simple tastes (6- expensive) to buy or easy to make The (7-simplicity) present is often the most (8- appreciate) The most (9- success) present (10- give) I know shop all the year round for presents They see just the right
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Trang 2present for a friend, buy it then and there at once and put it away till it is wanted In this case, I suggest you keep a list of suitable presents for your friends so that when the time comes, you can go out to buy something special
IV Put a , an , the or nothing ( X ) in the blank (15 points)
1 She would know…….names of nearly all of …….people who lived there
2 You can’t treat Charles like …… child He is…….grown man
3 It was …… late afternoon and their shadows lay long across …… road
4 I have ………great admiration for him
5 Can you give me…… John’s coat, please ?
6 What is the World Bank doing to help…… poor?
7 …… breakfast we had at the hotel wasn’t very nice
8 Can you play ………guitar?
9 I work for …….company that makes carpets
10 He took …….cigar from his mouth and blew away…….long line of …….smoke
V Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct them (5 points)
1 “ The shop cross the road is where I bought the flowers from” said Mary
2 It was really surprise that those children survived the fire that destroyed all the houses
3 If you try to concentrate on one subject for too long, you might fed-up and not really learn anything
4 Not only cigarettes but alcohol is believed to be harmful to one’s health
5 Caffeine in coffee is relative harmless if people drink it moderately
B Reading :
VI Read the passage and do the exercises below (5 points)
Ogden Nash was a poet, storyteller, humorist, and philosopher Born in Rye, New York, and raised in Savannah, Georgia, he tried but failed to adapt himself to the academic and later the business world After attending Harvard University briefly, he became a mail clerk on Wall Street, later advancing to bond salesman His first job as a writer was to produce advertising copy for streetcar cards Then, in 1925, he joined the advertising department of Doubleday Page and Company, one of the largest publishing house in new York Later, as a member of the editorial staff of “ The New Yorker” magazine, he began writing short poems
His verses are filled with humor and wry wit as well as the unexpected or improbable rhymes that have come to characterize them One of his most famous is a two-line verse titled “ reflections on Ice- Breaking” in which he offers the following advise to young lovers : “Candy is candy, but liquor is quicker” Beginning in1931, and extending over the next four decades Nash produced nineteen books of poetry During the same time period, he was a favorite contributor to many leading magazines, and his name became a household word
1 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A Poems in “ The New Yorker” , B Humor in poetry
C.The life and work of Ogden Nash D Reflections on Ice- Breaking
2 Nash’s first job was as a
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4 In the second paragraph, what does Nash mean by “ liquor is quicker” ?
A Young people should be warned against drinking alcohol
B It is quicker to make alcohol than it is to make candy
C Eating candy lasts longer than drinking alcohol
D Alcohol promotes romantic feelings faster than candy does
5 The word “ them” in line 10 refers to
A rhymes B verses C editorial D publishing house
VII Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable
word (15 points)
Sometimes you just know thing about people the first time you see them- for example that you want to be friends with them or you don’t trust them But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to explain ….1… it may seem For instance, everybody give out body language signals….2…the time The … 3… you hold your body, head and arms tell people about your mood If you hold your arms tightly at your sides… 4… fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you … 5…… being defensive Holding your head on one side shows interest in the……6… person, while….7… relaxed, “ open” posture indicates that you are self-confident All this affects ……8… we feel about someone
Also, a stranger may ……9……you of a previous meeting with someone This may
be because of ….10……as example as the fact that he or she is physically similar
… 11….someone who treated you well or badly But your reaction doesn’t……12… to
be the result of the memory of a person you previously met- your feeling about the stranger could ……13… influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place
… 14….you were happy as a child Since even a single word can bring back a memory
… 15… as that, you may never realize it is happening
VIII Choose the best answer to complete sentence (30 points)
1 Nor do I She …….me of a fox with her thin unpleasant face
2 Parents have no control …… their children these days
3 She is traveling to work by train today because her car is being ……
4 The film lasted three hours with……of 15 minutes between part one and part two
5 We fell over some pieces of wood …… lying around
6 There is only one student in the classroom …… his lesson
A prepares B to prepare C was preparing D preparing
7 Now my brother …… a car of his own
8 After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs…
A hardly B in difficulties C with difficulty D hard
Trang 49 The mouse family avoided …… by coming out only when the house was empty and the two cats were outside
A catching B to be caught C being caught D to have been caught
10 I …….cakes for the whole morning Would you like to have a piece?
A have been baking B was baking
11 Children and old people do not take kindly to having their daily ……
12 They bought the land with a …… to build a new office block
13 Have you taken ………… a single word I’ve been saying to you?
14 ……the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn
A Akin to B Prior to C Inadition to D With reference to 15.The…of two houses proved such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one
16 My husband’s continual ……….keeps me awake at night
17 There was a …… of brakes as the car took the corner too quickly
18 I’m afraid I’d rather …… about the existence of ghosts
A sceptical B partial C adaptable D incapable
19 He was at the……….of his career when he was assasinated
20 My brother is really too kind; everybody takes ………of him
21 One person…… seven in the world speaks perfect English
22 It was at Ba Dinh Square…… President Ho read the Declaration of Independence
23 Is it necessary that I …… here tomorrow ?
24 He was lucky when he fell off the ladder He…… himself
A had hurt B should have hurt C must have hurt D could have hurt
25 In my view the change to the education system have been to good…
26 He always felt that he was living in the ……of his famous father
27 This song is not …….as original as their previous ones
A almost B virtually C nearly D practically
28 He had such a bad stomachache that he was …….with pain
A bent down B folded over C doubled up D snapped off
29 Linda wanted to be an actress, so when they offered her a part in the play, she…… it
Trang 530 She has fifty-five cats I don’t know how she…….them all.
C Writing :
IX Rewrite each of these sentences in such way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (10 points)
1 I will marry her and I don’t care how old she is
- No matter………
2 The people who are in group one will have to move to room 106 on the ground floor
- Those who………
3 I met him for the first time in 1985
- I hadn’t………
4 Rudyard Killing himself was the first English writer to whom the Nobel Prize was awarded
- It is………
5 What particularly impressed me was her excellent command of English
- I ………
6 These new machines have put an end to queuing
- Before these………
7 I didn’t know you were coming so I didn’t wait for you
- If ………
8 When I picked up my pen I found that the nib had broken
- On ………
9 The news that he would be going to university pleased him very much
- The news of ………
10 He felt ill to get up
- He did not ………
X (5 points)Write a paragraph of about 120 words on the following topic:
The Internet is making it easier to learn foreign language
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Trang 6Thanh Hoá Đề thi chọn đội tuyển dự thi Học sinh giỏi quốc gia lớp 12 THPT
Năm Học 2006 -2007 Môn : Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi : 2 / 11 / 2006
A- Đáp án
4 have been advertised 9 eating
5 are wrapped 10 is
2 really surprise such a surprising
3 might fed up may be tired
4 but alcohol but also alcohol
5 relative relatively
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IX
1 No matter how old she is, I will marry her
2 Those who are in group one will have to move to room 106 on the ground floor
3 I hadn’t met him until 1985
4 It is Redyard Kipling who the first English writer to who the Nobel Prize was
awarded
5 I was particularly impressed by her excellent command of English
6 Before these machines were invented people had to queue
7 If I had known you were coming, I would have waited for you
8 On picking up my pen , I found that the nib had broken
9 The news of his going to university pleased him very much
10 He didn’t feel well enough to get up
X- ( 5 points )
Giám khảo thống nhất để cho điểm, yêu cầu lu ý
1 Organization : Bố cục rõ ràng , đủ ba phần ( mở bài, thân bài, kết luận )
2 Ideas : ý hay, phong phú biểu đạt nội dung có liên quan chặt chẽ đến yêu cầu chủ đề của đề thi
3 Discourse : Thể hiện khả năng viết mạch lạc, chặt chẽ nối kết câu và có chuyển mạch tốt
4 Length : Đảm bảo đủ số lợng từ theo yêu cầu của đề, không đợc dài hoặc ngắn hơn nhiều
B- Hớng dẫn chấm:
Mỗi từ hoặc câu đúng ( trong các câu I đến câu VIII ) đợc 1 điểm, câu X tuỳ
theo bài làm của thí sinh để cho từ 1 đến 5 điểm
- Tổng điểm toàn bài: 120 Points
- Thang điểm: 20
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