E 12 DE HSG CAP TINH 2011

For questions 1-8, choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, or C1. You overhear this man in a shop.[r]

KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011

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I.

LISTENING You’ll hear people talking in eight different situations For questions 1-8, choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, or C.

1 You overhear this man in a shop He wants to change some paint because

A he doesn’t like the color

B he thinks there is something wrong with it C he finds it makes him ill

2 This woman is complaining at a railway station enquiry office She is angry because

A her train is late

B her train has been cancelled

C she thinks the train service is very poor

3 These two people are having an argument Are they arguing about

A the climate?

B the weather outside?

C the snowfall in recent years?

4 This is a conversation between a man and a woman Is the man

A a policeman?

B a garage mechanic?

C a judge or other official in a court of law?

5 The speaker in this extract is a very keen gardener He is talking about his success in growing

A a type of fruit

B a type of vegetable C some flowers

6 In this extract you are listening to someone speaking to quite a large group of people Is he

giving

A a history lecture?

B a talk at a gardening club? C advice to medical students?

7 This extract comes from a talk on the radio Is this speaker describing

A a piece of music?

B a magnificent building? C a formal garden?

8 In this extract you can hear someone speaking on the phone She wants to book some theatre

tickets but she finds that

A the performance is fully booked

B the performance has been cancelled

C she can no longer have a special discount

II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete sentences by circling the corresponding letter A,

B, C or D.

9 It’s difficult to luxuries when you are used to having them.

D at / on / from

live in his home

damaged or destroyed

C have the leaders of these two countries meet D met the leaders of these two countries

A varies B vary C varying D to vary

Part 2: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

for mathematics (40 coach) her at home Ruth

enrolment of ten-year-old mathematical genius in Oxford

University creates problems both for Ruth and her lecturers A special program (43 draw)

play

of sciences and professor of mathematics

Part 3: Read the text and decide which is the best word A, B, C, or D to complete the gap

46-53 An example is given (0).

make life

easier both before and after the journey First of all, you must always check and double-check departure times This is absolutely essential It is amazing how few people do this really carefully Once I arrived at the airport few minutes before ten My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10.50 I walked calmly to the departure gate, thinking

take a good look at the ticket The clerk at the desk told me politely but firmly that the departure

‘now closed’

to have at least a little of the local currency with you when you arrive in a country This can be absolutely essential if you are flying to a place few tourists normally visit A few years ago, I was sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma I flew there from London via Dallas with very little time to (49)

planes in between I arrived there

was by taxi and, since I had no American dollars, I offered to pay in British pounds instead

‘Listen, buddy I only take real money!’ the driver said angrily Luckily, I was able to (51)

a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was very

embarrassing

The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your (52)

before you leave It may be very different from the weather at home I feel sorry for some of my colleagues who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in March or April, when it is still fairly cool in places like London, Berlin or New York, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day Few people understand just how important it is to have a right sort of clothes

with you in these days of rapid air (53)

III.

READING Part 1: You are going to read a teacher’s memories of a class she taught For questions

54-60, choose the answer (a, B, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Halliday’s writing leaned very much back to the left He was the only pupil in the class who wrote

in this way He was a nuisance in poetry lessons as he would giggle and make faces and could never be persuaded to read aloud His silly behaviour made me believe that he didn’t like poetry

However, when I gave class a test in which they had to write down some poetry they had learned

by heart, Halliday seemed to know the most

Halliday had a special dislike for art and I allowed him to read during this period He never volunteered for drama and refused to make a speech Football was the one thing at which

he excelled, but the sports teacher decided that he did not assert himself enough and he made another boy captain This boy - his name was John Jones - could hardly read or write All attempts to make him work failed, but he captained the team with amazing skill

I remember an occasion when he led our school eleven out of the changing rooms for a cup match against our fiercest rivals, the team from nearby Winterton School The Winterton girls’ hockey team had already beaten our own girls’ team and this - plus their excellent start

to the season – had raised their

morale to a fearsome level Even so, John played like a true professional Our only scorer, he made good use of Halliday’s passes and scored a goal for every two that the Winterton players could manage between them Though Kingston lost, the match was a triumph for Captain Jones!

In spite of all this, the pupil who impressed me most in the end was David Halliday He gained my admiration on a day when I had his class for art They came into the hut shouting and pushing and I sent them out again and told them they would not have a lesson until they walked

in properly They thought it was fun to waste as much time as possible, and they jeered and cheered outside the hut I let them go on for a minute Suddenly the noise stopped and in marched Halliday

‘They are all right now’, he said ‘I’ve got them lined up.’ I looked outside and sure enough the pupils of class 2D were arranged like well drilled soldiers; they were in order of size and in perfect line – so still I could see them shivering in the chilly air ‘Walk in quietly’, Halliday commanded They obeyed their superior officer and the lesson began Halliday himself,

as usual, refused to work ‘Can I just sit and have a nap?’ he asked After the help he had given

me I could hardly refuse

54 Halliday stood out from the other pupils because of his

55 Halliday failed to be chosen as captain of the football team because

A he was thought to be lazy

B he was thought to be a poor leader

C Jones was bad at other things and needed

encouragement D Jones was better at scoring goals

when under pressure

56 Who felt really confident at the start of the match?

goals C he made good use of Halliday’s passes

D he was chosen as Kingston’s captain in stead of Halliday

58 After being turned out of the hut, class 2D started behaving themselves because

A the teacher refused to let them in until they did B they had to obey their superior

cold

personality C realized that he deserved to be captain of the football team

D realized that he deserved to read or rest during art lessons

Part 2: For questions 61-70, read the text below Use the word given in capitals at the end

of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line There is an example at the

beginning (0)

luxury

almost

ACTUAL)

of

than

ever is that one’s feet are up and one’s whole body is being bathed in tropical heat It’s a (69 MARVEL)

experience!

IV.

WRITING Part 1: For questions 71 – 80, 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.

70 He had to have his door mended (SOMEONE)

He had to his door

71 The box was too heavy for John to carry the box on his back (WEIGHT)

Because of carrythe box on

his back.

72 He’d forgotten Jill’s phone number (COULDN’T)

He Jill’s phone number was

73 I slept until the thunder woke me at seven o’clock (WOKEN)

I at seven o’clock

74 Bloggs have committed a serious crime (GUILTY)

Bloggs a serious crime

75 He was holding some flowers when he locked at Margaret’s door (HAND)

He had when he locked at

Margaret’s door

76 The knife was too blunt to cut the bread (SHARP)

The knife tocut the bread

77 It was raining so much that I stayed at home (HEAVY)

The rain I stayed at home

78 I can’t find my shoes (KNEW)

I wish were

79 Tom was definitely first in the queue (DOUBT)

There’s first in

the queue Part 2: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order

for the sentence

to be true by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.

80 The tiny nucleus of an atom is held together by forces powerful capable of unleashing great energy

parades

the

four Thursday in

84 A square is a geometric shape which is as long as is tall and which has four right angles

the

surface of Triton, one of the moons of Neptune

D

Arctic

specific

A B C locations on the sun’s surface

D

89 Substances such as DDT become more concentrated in each successively level in an

ecological pyramid

Part 3: You are required to write a papagraph of at least 150 words to talk about:

“THE BENEFITS OF FORESTS TO HUMAN

LIFE”