Đề thi HSG (05-06, vòng 2)

A If there weren’t so many styles to choose from, he’d buy a racket right B He doesn’t want to buy a high-priced racket because he doesn’t know how long he’ll use it.. PART FIVE: CLOZE P

Sở Giáo Dục – Đào Tạo Kì Thi Chọn Đội Tuyển HSG Lớp 12 – THPT

TP Hồ Chí Minh Năm học: 2005-2006 Khóa ngày: 15/12/2005

Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

PART ONE: LISTENING

Task one

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions that follow

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(C) At a sporting goods store (D) At an equipment rental shop 2

(A) Instructor and player (B) Sales clerk and customer

(C) Delivery person and buyer (D) Repair person and client

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(A) If there weren’t so many styles to choose from, he’d buy a racket right

(B) He doesn’t want to buy a high-priced racket because he doesn’t know how long he’ll use it

(C) He doesn’t like buying a beginner’s racket but thinks the others

are too expensive

(C) If he played tennis more often he would know which racket to buy

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(A) Take up another sport so he’ll buy another equipment

(B) Buy a more expensive racket than he really needs,

(C) Get an instructor to teach him how to play tennis

(D) Return to the store to purchase another racket

Task two

Listen to three people describing the people they admire Fill in each blank with no more than three words.

1 Wilma Ruldolph was admired as a _

2 At a very young age, she lost her ability to walk because of

3 It was difficult for her to become an athlete because she had to wear on her legs

4 However, her helped her to work and won three gold medals in the Olympics

5 Nancy Drew was a _ who could solve any crime

6 She always managed to get out of all kinds of _

7 the woman dreamed about being Nancy Drew is her sports car

8 We have great for volunteer coastguards

9 They rescue people who are _ in the water

10 Volunteer coastguards are willing to go out to save people’s lives in all kinds

PART TWO: GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank

1 If prices go on increasing as they have done for the past few months, then the Government will have to step in and impose some sort of price freeze

2 Have you written off to the College for a copy of their _ yet?

3 These jeans are terrible Look how much they’ve since I washed them They’ve much too small to wear now

4 In the past, captains would plot their ship’s by the moon and the stars

5 The company is its operations all over the Asia region

6 storms have destroyed most of the farmers’ crops

7 Many arrive from overseas hoping to start a new life in this country

A travellers B immigrants C tourists D emigrants

8 disliked the play because the story was weak and the acting terrible

9 He says things in such a way that it’s often hard to understand what he means

10 Even when he was in , his fans still recognized him

12 I him to a game of badminton

13 Why did you have to spend so much time on the test? It was

C a matter of life and death D a closed book

14 Everyone is jealous of Sue because she

A was born with a silver spoon in her mouth B often goes bananas

C beats about the bush D buries the hatches

15 The closure of many companies _ the increase in the high rate of unemployment

A put down to B set places for C gave rise to D got down to

16 They had a conversation to solve some misunderstandings

A mouth-to-mouth B face-to-face C check-to-check D heart-to-heart

17 We all want to discrimination

A put a finish at D put an end to C put a stop to D put a deadline to

18 Their performance will be _ a little extra practice

A all the better for B no better than C better off D for the better of

19 It was a role that really _ as a serious actress

A drew her a map B caught her C put her on the map D put her forward

20 She usually calls her mother when she is feeling

21 Have you ever seen Acropolis in _ Athens?

22 I bought my sister bottle of perfume for her birthday but I don’t think she liked _ perfume

23 A child in the first grade tends to all of the other children in his class

A the same old to B as old like C the same age than D the same age as

24 The universe we know it might have begun with a great explosion.

25 An earthquake is a shaking of the ground when masses of rock beneath the

surface of the earth change position

A which occurring B it occurs C that occurs D and therefore occurring

26 Those boys so noisily; the exam is in progress

A shouldn’t have talked B can’t be talking C needn’t have talked D shouldn’t be talking

27 he was, he couldn’t lift that heavy table

A So strong B Although strong C Strong as D Stronger than

28 _ of fire, dial 114

A The case was B In case C In the case D In spite

29 The goalkeeper couldn’t _ at the ball floating into the goal

A but look B than looking C but looking D than look

30 Thanks to his help, I it without any mistakes

A could do B would do C could have done D will have done

31 His suspision was _ he could not say a word

A very much B so very much C such that D such one that

32 I had to go early I could have a good seat

33 _ what he may, it is unlikely that he will succeed

34 He is always speaking as though he _ everything

35 He drinks very little the police catch him as he drives home

A in the event B despite C otherwise D in case

36 Every man and woman responsible for what he or she does

37 They caught him _ things in the shop

38 All students in the school are free to join any club they wish or

39 Under the table _

A a cat sat B was seated a cat C seated a cat D a cat sitting

40 She clearly remembers her servant her a bar of soap

A to tell / to buy B telling / buying C telling / to buy D to tell / buying

PART THREE: PREPOSITIONS & PARTICLES

Fill in each blank with an appropriate particle or preposition

1 They will bring in the end Success is a matter of course

2 The new fashion of-hair is really catching

3 Perhaps, we’d better cross his name because of his too frequent absence from

class

4 Look sharp stones when you walk on the beach

5 It is said that his new book will be brought on the occasion of the Liberation

Day

6 I was going to the football match when I was suddenly held .

7 I think a sip of wine can bring him

8 His comment only adds her resentment toward him

9 His aunt told Hugh for making so much noise

10 We’re worried about violence when the army generals handed power to the new government

11 The film will be general release next week

12 BP is the move

13 reflection, I decided to change my plan

14 His remarks are always the point

15 The bandits are the run, pursued by loyal troops

16 His fame is now the wane

17 The lorry, control, ran down the hill and crashed into a wall

18 Go and lie down if you’re feeling sorts

19 It’s really your advantage to accept a favourable offer

20 I agree with you a great extent, but not completely

PART FOUR: WORD FORMS

Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank

1 The inquiry decided that the police were also (blame)

2 How do you like my latest (acquire) for my stamp collection?

3 The minister gave (evade) answers to the interviewer’s questions

4 Professor Jackson has joined the company in an (advice) capacity

5 The accused stated that the allegations against him were (found)

6 Have you read the latest (reveal) about Madonna’s private life?

7 There was a(n) (precedent) rise in the cost of living this year

8 The reason for Bruce Lee’s death was sleeping pill (dosage)

9 The firm is surely (staff) We have to take on more workers

10 “Beautiful” is a (syllable) word

Use the correct forms of the words in the box to fill in the blanks to make a meaningful passage

Most scientists agree that if pollution and other environmental deterrents continue at their present rates, the result will be (11) damage to the ecological cycles and balances in nature upon which all life depends Scientists warn that fundamental, and perhaps drastic, changes in human (12) will be required to avert an (13) _ crisis

To safeguard the healthful environment that is essential to life, humans must learn that Earth does not have (14) resources Earth’s limited resources must be conserved and, where possible, (15) Furthermore, humans must devise new strategies that mesh environmental progress with economic growth The future growth of developing nations depends upon the development of (16) conservation methods that protect the environment while also meeting the basic needs of citizens

Many nations have acted to control or reduce environmental problems For example, Great Britain has (17) _ succeeded in cleaning up the waters of the Thames and other rivers, and London no longer suffers the heavy smog caused by industrial (18) _ Japan has some of the world’s (19) standards for the control of water and air pollution In Canada, the Department of Commerce has developed (20) _ programs covering environmental contaminants

behave comprehend ecology finite large

pollute reverse strict sustain use

PART FIVE: CLOZE PASSAGES

A/ Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank

Structural employment (1) _ from an imbalance between the kinds of workers wanted by employers and the kinds of workers looking for jobs The imbalances may be caused by (2) _ in skills, location, or personal characteristics Technological developments, for example, necessitate new skills in many industries, leaving those workers who have (3) _ skills without a job A plant in a declining industry may (4) _ or move to another area, throwing out of (5) _ those employees who are unable or unwilling to move Workers with inadequate education or training and young workers with (6) _ or no experience may be unable to get jobs because employers believe that these employees would not produce enough to be (7) _ paying the legal minimum wage or the rate agreed (8) _ with the union On the other hand, even highly trained workers can be unemployed; this happened in the U.S in the early 1970s, for example, when the large numbers of new (9) _ with doctoral degrees in physics and mathematics (10) _ the number of jobs available in those fields If employers practice illegal job (11) _ against any group because of sex, race, religion, age, or national origin, a high unemployment rate for these workers could result even when jobs are (12) Structural unemployment shows up most (13) _ in some cities, in some occupations or industries, for those with below-average educational (14) _, and for some other groups

in the labour force In June 1992, for example, when the U.S (15) _ unemployment rate was 7.8 percent, the rate in the state of New York was 9.2 percent, for teenagers 16 to 19, 23.6 percent, for black workers, 14.9 percent, and for retail workers, 9.2 percent

2 A impropriety B inadequacy C ineffectiveness D inaccuracy

3 A ancient B antiquated C antique D outdated

4 A close down B close up C close off D close in

9 A school-leaversB graduates C enthusiasts D drop-outs

11 A difference B bias C displacement D discrimination

13 A eminently B persistently C evidently D prominently

14 A retainments B accomplishments C attainments D requirements

B/ Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to make a meaningful passage

Children use all their senses to help them understand the world If one of these senses is (1) or weakened, then a child’s development will be seriously affected The case of Helen Keller, then, is very remarkable as she was missing not one, (2) two of these vital senses

Helen was born in 1880 in America, a happy, normal (3) _ However, when she was a year old, a serious illness made her deaf and blind She grew up in a dark, silent (4) _, unable to communicate Unsurprisingly, by the time she was seven years old she was a wild, uncontrollable child

Helen’s parents were determined to help her They (5) her a teacher, Anne Sullivan Miss Sullivan communicated with Helen (6) her sense of touch Gradually, Helen learnt (7) to communicate through a kind of touching sign language Later, she even learnt to speak by (8) her fingers to her

teacher’s throat and feeling the (9) when she spoke Then she would try to imitate those sounds while touching her (10) throat

PART SIX: READING COMPREHENSION

Read the passages and choose the best answers

Sprinkler-based irrigation systems are claimed to be more efficient than gravity Systems since they use less water to irrigate the same amount of land In addition, it is said that they can be efficiently utilized both on sandy soil, and on hilly or uneven ground, neither

of which is true of gravity systems

1 How many advantages of sprinkler-based systems are suggested?

2 Which of the following may NOT be inferred from the passage?

A Gravity systems are said to require more water than sprinkler systems

B The author agrees with the claims made

C Sprinkler systems may be used on either hilly or uneven terrain

D Gravity systems cannot be efficiently used on sandy soil

3 Which of the following is claimed as an advantage for sprinkler-based irrigation systems?

A They are more often utilized

B They can be used in addition to gravity systems

C They are less economical with water

D They are more versatile

Humanity’s primal efforts to systematize the concepts of size,shape, and number are usually regarded as the earliest mathematics However, the concept of number and the counting process developed so long before the time of recorded history (there is archaeological evidence that counting was employed by humans as far back as 50,000 years ago) that the manner of this development is largely conjectural Imagining how it probably came about is not difficult The argument that humans, even in prehistoric times, had some number sense, at least to the extent of recognizing the concepts of more and less when some objects were added to or taken away from a small group, seems fair, for studies have shown that some animals possess such a sense

With the gradual evolution of society, simple counting became imperative A tribe had to know how many members it had and how many enemies, and a shepherd needed to know if the flock of sheep was decreasing in size Probably the earliest way of keeping a count was

by some simple tally method employing the principle of one-to-one correspondence In keeping a count of sheep, for example, one finger per sheep could be turned under Counts could also be maintained by making scratches in the dirt or on a stone, by cutting notches in

a piece of wood, or by tying knots in string

Then, perhaps later, an assortment of vocal sounds was developed as a word tally against the number of objects in a small group And still later, with the refinement of writing, a set of signs was devised to stand for these numbers Such an imagined development is supported

by reports of anthropologists in their studies of present-day societies that are thought to be similar to those of early humans

4 What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) The efforts of early humans to care for herds of animals

(B) The development of writing

(C) The beginnings of mathematics

(D) Similarities in number sense between humans and animals

5 The word “conjectural” in line 5 is closest in meaning to

(C) believable (D) supported by careful research

6 What is the basic principle of the tally method described in the second paragraph?

(A) The count is recorded permanently.

(B) Calculations provide the total count

(C) Large quantities are represented by symbols

(D) Each marker represents a single object

7 The word “employing” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

8 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an early method of counting?

(A) Cutting notches (B) Bending fingers (C) piling stones (D) Tying knots

9 The word “maintained” in line 13 is closest in meaning to

10 The word “assortment” in line 15 is closest in meaning to

PART SEVEN: MISTAKE CORRECTION

There are 10 mistakes in this passage Find and correct them

Environmental racism takes international forms as well American corporations often continue to produce dangerous, U.S-banned chemistry and ship them to developed countries Additionally, the developed world has shipped large amount of toxic waste to developing countries for less-than-safe disposals For instance, experts estimate that 50 to

80 percent of electronic waste produced in the United States, including computer parts, are shipped to waste sites in developing countries, such as China and India At a waste site in Giuyu, China, laborers with no protected clothing regularly burn plastics and circuit boards from old computers They pour acid to electronic parts to extract silver and gold, and they smash cathode-ray tubes from computer monitors to move lead These activities so pollute the underwater beneath the site and drinking water is trucked in to the area from a town 29

km (18 mi) away

PART EIGHT: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite the sentences in such a way that the mean almost the same as those printed before them You have to use the word in bold in your sentence, and you mustn’t change the word

in any way

1 He was silly to do such a thing yesterday (brains)

 Doing

2 No doubt, English is an important language to master (command)

 It goes

3 I’m afraid she will sooner or later reveal the secret (give)

 It’s just _

4 It seems that she was not in good health yesterday morning (sort)

 She was

5 They confess that it was their entire fault (blame)

 Their _

6 Despite their continuous efforts, they made no progress (got)

 Although

7 I’d rather my friends were optimistic (bright)

 I am _

8 My father and I often have the same opinions on politics (ground)

 When it _

9 It’s about time you started working hard (cracking)

 I’d sooner _

10 Your empty promises won’t have any effect on her (ice)

 The empty

PART NINE: GRAPH INTERPRETATION

Describe the following graph

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2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Months

NUMBERS OF TOURISTS VISITING A PARTICULAR COUNTRY

PART TEN: WRITING

The following comment was printed recently in a local newspaper

Much of what is taught in schools nowadays is a waste of students’ time.

Now your teacher has asked you to write a composition on this subject, with reference to your own learning experiences

In about 250 words write your composition

THE END OF THE TEST