Choose a suitable word in the list to complete each gap in the passage.. Identify one mistake in each of the sentences below and then correct it.[r]
Trang 1PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
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PART A LISTENING
I Listen to Tom talking to a friend about a sports afternoon What sport did each person do? You will hear the recording twice Example: 0-F
0 Tom
1 Sam
2 Jane
3 Paul
4 Susan
5 Anne
A football
B table-tennis
C skiing
D volleyball
E golf
F horse-riding
II You will hear part of a radio programme called “ WHAT’S ON”
Choose the best answer A, B or C You will hear twice.
1 The competition this year is to find the best
A Actor B Dancer C Singer
2 You can enter the competition if you:
A Send your entry by post
B.Live less than five miles from the city centre
C Phone any time after Saturday
3 To find out more about the theatre group, you should phone:
A The theatre B St Paul’s School C The secretary of the group
4 What is different about the arrangements at the school hall this week?
A The closing time is later than usual
B It is not possible to hire the football pitch
C All activities must be booked in advance
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A It will open next month B It will be free for one month C It is bigger than the old one
6 What are we told about the rock group Switch ?
A They were all born in Westfield
B They all live in Westfield
C They are doing two concerts in Westfield
III You will hear someone talking about the city of Cock Fill in the missing information in the
numbered space You will hear twice.
The population is (1)
Drivers find the number of (2) _ confusing.
St Patrick Street: On one side there are old buildings, and on the other (3) _ and shops.
Market: (4) _ are recommended today.
Café in the (5) is good for lunch.
Public Museum is closed on (6)
PART B
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right (5 pts)
D patient
II Choose the word with different stress pattern in each group
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right (5 pts)
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5 A parade B apply C downstairs D business
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences below
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces given on the right (10 pts)
1 My new job _ working very long hours
2 “Have they arrested the thieves yet?” “It’s only a _ of time.”
3 The Olympics Games are held _
4 Carbon emissions from airplanes and other pollutants greatly _ to global warming
5 He was _ with bribery after he offered to pay the policeman a big sum of money to overlook his offence
A charged B accused C sued D suspected
6 Television came into _ and quickly became a competitor with the motion pictures
7 Without _, natural resources will be used up within a hundred years
conservation D protection
8 _ different in character we are, we have been mutual friends since our childhood
9 "How was your visit to the dentist?" "It was painless I _ worried so much."
10 I am leaving the key under the pot in the garden _ you should be home earlier than usual
11 He is _ the most successful pop singer of his generation
12 His library book is _ so he has to pay a small fine
13 Unfortunately, Mark went _ a bad cold just before Christmas
14 When she first started work, she little thought she would come _ such difculties
15 Listen to what I am saying, _?
16 He refused to give the reason why _ to the meeting the day before?
17 _ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities
18 Her house is _ mine
C larger three times than D as three times larger than
19 It was in this village _
Trang 420 I must go to the dentist and _.
C my teeth be taken care of D get my teeth taken care of
II Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets
Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
1 This is the first time I (read) a novel (write) by an American novelist.
2 She wore a wig (avoid) (recognize).
3 My brother (think) of selling his car, but he (change) his mind.
4 The play we saw last night (not be) as good as we (expect).
5 Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) by his house this morning.
6 She (learn) English at school, but she (forget) most of it now.
7 Someone seems (follow) us We’d better (go) faster.
8 By the time he (return) next week, I’m sure we (finish) decorating our house.
9 (cook) the meal, she continued (clean) the house.
10.I (do) the work since 8am, but I (finish) only half of the workload.
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
III Fill each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle (10 pts)
1 I've just rewarded her _ a book _ her good study
2 The man was accused _ stealing money _ the bank
3 _ the moment, the police are looking _ the cause of the oil disaster
4 _ account _ the thick fog, they had to postpone the match
5 When her uncle passed _, she came _ a lot of money
6 We all were surprised _ his failure _ the exam
7 The old man lives _ his own _ a suburb of the town
8 I have lost touch _ him _ almost two years
9 There’s a small island _ the middle _ the lake
10 The police came just _ time to bring the riot _ control
IV Choose a suitable word in the list to complete each gap in the passage (5 pts)
PLAYING CHESS
Have you ever played chess? Some say you need to be very (Example = SKILL)
SKILFUL to play it well but it is quite easy to learn I started learning when I was only six years old and it helped me to develop my powers of(1 CONCENTRATE)
If you want to achieve (2 SUCCEED) _ as a chess player, the main requirement
is an ability to analyse a situation (3 EFFECTIVE) Chess even helped me find various (4 SOLVE) to the mathematical problems I was given for homework At first, one of my big problems was not having enough (5 PATIENT) Learning chess at school taught me the importance of waiting to make the right move! My teacher
Trang 5was critical of my tendency not to think (6 CARE) _ before making a move I
discovered that every single error in chess gets instant (7 PUNISH) _ , enabling your opponent to take control and putting you at a great (8 ADVANTAGE) _ in the game
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _
6 _ 7 _ 8 _ 9 _ 10 _
V Identify one mistake in each of the sentences below and then correct it Number 0 is an example (10 pts)
0 She has never been late for class from she started the course C
→ since
A B C D
1 Although we are far away from each other, but we still keep in touch
A B C D
2 Because it was structurally unsafe and too expensive to repair, the 75 years old building had to be demolished
A B C D
3 I think it would be easier to hold the audience’s attention if you had a slide show along to the lecture
A B C D
4 The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate from rain
A B C D
5 The meal we had last night, that was too expensive, was rather disappointing
A B C D
6 Mary, as well as her two cousins, have studied French for 5 years
A B C D
7 If you need to get into the flat when I’m away, there’s a key below the doormat
A B C D
8 They only publish stories that are suitable for young children to read
A B C D
9 They could not help noticing the article about an unusual fly object seen recently
A B C D
10.We believe that he already feels very badly about his mistake, so we have decided to take no further action
A B
C D
1 _ → 6 _ →
2 _ → 7 _ →
3 _ → 8 _ →
4 _ → 9 _ →
5 _ → 10 _ →
PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions Write your answers A, B, C or D in the spaces that follow (5 pts)
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere One species has become extinct in each year of this century But many kinds are now in danger Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction
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be in danger of extinction
But even more important, perhaps, than individual kinds of animals and plants, the whole habitats are in danger of vanishing Marshes are being drained and the world forests, especially the tropical forests, are being cut down to satisfy man's need of timber and paper
1 What would happen to human beings if the wildlife vanished?
A Species would go on dying out
B The human life would be seriously threatened
C Tropical forests would be cut down
D Many species would quickly become extinct
2 What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A The disappearance of the whole habitats
B The rapid advance of the process of extinction
C The extinction of many species
D Man's need of timber and paper
3 What does the writer caution us against?
A Cutting down the tropical forests B Hunting wild animals
4 According to the passage, cutting down forests would cause _
C the vanishing of human beings D No information is given
5 "to threaten" in the passage means _
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _
II Read the passage and choose the correct word to fill each gap.
Write your answer A, B, C or D in the space given on the right (5 pts)
…(1)… show beyond doubt that cigarette smoking can …(2)… the health, yet a surprisingly large number of people continue to smoke …(3)… all warnings By doing so they are not just shortening their own lives, they are also affecting the health of …(4)… around them It is time that non-smokers fought back! Personally, I think smoking should
…(5)… be banned in public places In the first place, it is very unpleasant …(6)… in a smoke-filled room, such as a restaurant or cinema, if you do not yourself smoke …(7)…
to this, smoking can be a serious fire risk, especially in crowed places …(8)… discos Finally, in my opinion, nobody should be asked to risk his heath just because of another person's bad habits Smokers may …(9)… that they should be free to do as they like They say that we already have no-smoking areas in public places, and that this should be enough To my mind, however, non-smokers should also be free to go anywhere they choose without risking their health Smoking is harmful not just to smokers but to non-smokers too If some people are foolish enough to continue this dangerous habit, it seems to me that they should at least be …(10)… from doing so in public
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III Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word Write your answers in the spaces that follow (10 pts)
The trouble with prisons is that (1) _ what some politicians say, they don’t turn out good citizens On the other (2) there is always a balance to be struck
(3) what is good for society and what is a good feeling for society It is common enough for people of sound mind and left-wing tendencies (4) openly admit that revenge is sweet and realise the fact that the kid who broke (5) your car and stole the radio is now languishing in jail Unfortunately, that same kid is (6) _ only being punished but is also learning how to steal better (7) _ he’s much older he’ll be committing more serious crimes more frequently This pattern (8) _ crime is being repeated all over the world especially where young offenders mix freely with hardened criminals There is no easy solution (9) _ by preventing juvenile offenders from being sent to adult prisons is there any hope of reversing the trend In the (10) way
it is vital to remember that the harder we punish the harder the offenders become
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _
6 _ 7 _ 8 _ 9 _ 10 _
IV Complete the telephone conversation between two friends What does Jim say to Sally? For question 1- 5 choose the correct letter A-H
A) I’ve just got a new mobile It’s
0636634, I think
B) The last one goes at 6:30 in the
morning
C) Why? Are you going?
D) Good idea! Then call me, OK?
E) Hey! I’ll come with you!
F) I think he’s playing hockey that
afternoon
G) It’s usually three o´clock, but we
should be there half an hour before
H) No, I live at 22 Almond Drive now
Answer: 1 _ 2 3. _
4. 5. _
Sally: Hi Jim! Are you going to the basketball match on Saturday?
Example) Jim: C Sally: I think so, but I don’t want to go alone
Jim: (1) _
Sally: Great! Do you know what time it starts?
Jim: _(2)
Sally: OK, I’ll check the times on the internet
Jim: (3) _
Sally: All right, but I don’t know your number
Jim: _(4)
Sally: OK I’ll speak to you later Why don’t you ask Pete to come too?
Jim: _(5)
Sally: Really? What a pity!
V Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete passage (5 pts)
Trang 8a As they built bigger and bigger ships, they were able to sail further and further away.
b They don't really mean that the world is getting smaller, of course
c They found that as they sailed further away from their home countries, the world
became bigger
d Then men began to use ships to explore the world
e Today, there are no undiscovered countries left to put on the map
f But 2,300 years ago the Egyptians and the Greeks thought that the world was very
small and flat and that around it was the ocean
g We often hear people saying that the world is getting smaller
h So they had to make new maps to show the countries that they found
i And they discovered new countries that they didn't know about
j What they mean is that with modern means of transport, we can now reach every part
of the world very quickly
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _ 6 _ 7 _ 8 _ 9
_ 10 _
PART FOUR: WRITING
I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed before it (10 pts)
1 Would you mind not making a mess
here?
I’d rather _
2 Neil regrets having sold his country
house
Neil wishes _
3 The weather was so fine that no one
wanted to stay at home
It was
4 She advised Tom not to watch TV so
much
She said, “If I
5 Laura has more books than Jane
Jane _
6 After fighting the fire for 12 hours the firemen succeeded in putting it out
The firemen managed _
7 “What time did you come home last night, Tom?” asked Bill
Bill wanted
8 They believe the boss’s secretary wrote that letter
The boss’s secretary
9 His alarm clock didn’t go off, so he was late for class
If
10 During his holidays in Hawaii, he fell ill
While
II Use given words and phrases to write complete sentences (5 pts)
1 Bob/ used/ smoke/ lot/ but he/ not/ anymore
_
2 Wear/ uniforms/ encourage/ students/ proud/ school
_
3 In/ end/ I decide/ not buy/ camera/ because/ too expensive
_
4 He/ start/ learn/ play/ piano/ age/ 5
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_
THE END
ĐÁP ÁN Tổng điểm: 100
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of others in each group (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 B
II Choose the word with different stress pattern in each group (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 D 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 D
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences below (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1 A 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 C 7 C 8 A 9 B 10 B
11 B 12 A 13 A 14 A 15 D 16 C 17 A 18 A 19 A 20 D
II Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct verb
1 have read – written 6 learned– has forgotten
2 to avoid – being recognized 7 to be following – go
3 was thinking – has changed 8 returns – will have finished
4 was not – had expected 9 Having cooked – to clean
5 was having – stopped 10 have been doing – have finished
III Fill each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct preposition or adverb particle
1 with – for2 of – from 3 At – into 4 On – of 5 away – into
6 by/at – in/on 7 on – in 8 with – for9 in – of 10 in – under
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1.CONCENTRATION 2 SUCCESS 3 EFFECTIVELY 4 SOLUTIONS 5 PATIENCE
6 CAREFULLY 7 PUNISHMENT 8 DISADVANTAGE
V Identify one mistake in each of the sentences below and then correct it Number 0 is an example (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct identification and 0.5 point for correction
1 C → Ø 2 C → 75-year-old 3 D → along with 4 B → surrounding 5
A → which
6 C → has 7 C → under 8 A → publish only 9 C → flying
10 A → bad
PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1 B 2 B 3 D 4 D 5 B
II Read the passage and choose the correct word to fill each gap (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct choice
1 A 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 C 6 B 7 D 8 C 9 A 10 A
III Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word (10 pts)
1- DESPITE 2- HAND 3 BETWEEN 4 TO 5.INTO 6.NOT 7 BEFORE 8 OF 9 ONLY
10 SAME
IV 1.E 2G 3D 4A 5F
V Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete passage (5 pts)
1 g 2 b 3 j 4 f 5 d 6 a 7 c 8 i 9 h 10 e
PART FOUR: WRITING
I Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same (10 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
1 I’d rather you didn’t make a mess here
2 Neil wishes he hadn’t sold his country house
3 It was such fine weather that no one wanted to stay at home
4 She said, “If I were you, I wouldn’t watch TV so much.”
5 Jane does not have as/so many books as Laura./Jane has fewer books than Laura
6 The firemen managed to put the fire out after fighting it for 12 hours
7 Bill wanted to know what time Tom had come home the night before / the previous night
8 The boss’s secretary is believed to have written that anonymous letter
9 If his alarm clock had gone off, he wouldn’t have been late for class
10. _While he was having/spending his holidays in Hawaii, he fell ill