SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TTH
TRƯỜNG THPT TAM GIANG
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2008- 2009
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I. VOCABULARY & STRUCTURE:
Part 1: Choose the best word from A, B, C or D that fits each blank.
1. Mr. Average was just a run-of-the-……….worker.
A. road B. mill C. week D. wheel
2. This masterpiece …………………….of four parts.
A. constitutes B. composes C. comprises D. consits
3. Mr. Lightfinger was charged with …………the funds of several charities.
A. misappropriating B. mislaying C. mistaking D. misplacing
4. He was …….with emotion at seing his team win the championship.
A. carried over B. carried forward C. carried out D. carried away
5. Romeo’s family had been at………….with Juliet’s for genarations.
A. struggle B. contention C. variance D. discord
6. Of course, the pirice of the flat was a big………in my decision as to whether to buy it or not.
A. portion B. factor C. aspect D. element
7. It was confirmed tha the accident was caused by human ………..
A. error B. slip C. fault D. blunder
8. It has been established …………..dispute that this disease can be cured.
A. past B. over C. beyond D. outside
9. All candidates will be treated equally, ………….of their age or background.
A. notwithstanding B. discounting
C. irrelevant D. irrespective
10. Despite all the interruptions, he …………..with his work.
A. stuck at B. held on C. hung out D. pressed on
11. In the ……..of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all time.
A. requirement B. interests C. demand D. assistance
12. The strike was ………..owing to a last-minute agreement with the management.
A. called off B. broken up C. set back D. put down
13. Lindsay’s excuses for being late are beginning to………rather thin.
A. get B. turn C. wear D. go
14. ………….., the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. By and large B. Altogether C. To a degree D. Virtually
15. My cousin was nevous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the ………..wonderfully.
A. event B. performance C. incident D. occasion
16. The police carried out a ………search for the missing diplomat.
A. thorough B. through C. throughout D. thoughtful
17. He was fined ……………..parking near a pedestrian crossing.
A. at B. by C. with D. for
18. Don’t forget ……………..teh bank first thing tomorrow.
A. to phone B. phoning C. having phonedD. to have phoned
19. I’m………………..having to pay yet another visit to the dentist.
A. dreading B. frightened C. terrified D. afraid
20. I wish I could give you the ………..to your problems.
A. reply B. conclusion C. answer D. end
Part 2: Supply the correct form of words in brackets.
JOB INTERVIEWS
Interviews are an imperfect method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human…(BE) like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of …….(SELECT) as it is commonly practised is tha the forms filled in by….(APPLY) often fail to show people as they really are. This means that you can follow all the best (ADVISE) completing your form and still find that you are…..(SUCCESS) at the next stage- the interview. ……(SIMILAR) automatic, a candidate with an …..(ADEQUATE ) form may do surprising well.
Of course, your form needs to show that you have …..(CONFIDENT) in your….(ABLE) to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else- a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and …..(HONEST) are definitely the best approach.
Part 3: In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been underlined. Circle the one word or phrase (A,B,C,or D) that would not be appopriate.
1. Polar winters are length, dark, and cold enough to kill most plants.
A B C D
2. People with an exceptionally high intelligence quotient may not be the best
A B
empoyees since they become bored of their work unless the job is constantly changing.
C D
3. The normally force of gravity at the Earth’s surface is called 1 g.
A B C D
4. There are not many people which adapt to a new culture without feeling some
A B C D
disorientation at first.
5. CAT scanners are used not only for detecting conditions but also for observation
A B C
the effects of therapy.
D
6. A desire to eradicate irregular spelling in English can being traced back to the
A B C D
sixteenth century.
7. Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water is saltwater is found in the oceans of
A B C D
the Earth.
8. I’ll be there soonest as I can.
A B C D
9. Hardly I could make out what the message was.
A B C D
10. Alexander Graham Bell was twenty-nine during his basic telephone patent was
A B C
granted in 1876.
D
11. During their first attempts as a songwriter, George Gershwin diligently
A B
continued to study the piano, harmony, theory and orchestration.
C D
12. I looked for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A B C D
13. The antique collector must be able to distingush real antiques from later
A B C
imitations, which can be either reproductions nor fakes.
D
14. Paint must be stirred and sometimes dilution before it is applied.
A B C D
15. Pharmacist fill drug prescriptions, keeping records of the drug their patients are
A B
taking to make sure that harmful combinations are not prescribed.
C D
Part 4: Complete the sentences below with one of the folowing verbs plus a preposition. (Make any changes to verb tenses that may be necessary).
abide confine decide surround account
count grumble specialise accuse cry
insist taste refrain translate deal
1. The teacher ………calling me Ghenghis, even though my real name is Attila.
2. Michael trained as a psychiatrist, and now ………mental disorders of the very rich.
3. I was ……………..cheating in the examination, just because I had made a few notes on the back of my hand.
4. Scientists are unable to ……………the sudden increase in sunspot activity, although some people believe that aerosols are to blame.
5. Footblallers used to ………………..the referree’s decision, but nowadays they are just as likely to punch him in the mouth.
6. The hotel’s fire regulations have been ……………eighteen languages, thereby ensuring that guests will bum to death while trying to find the version in their own language.
7. - “My coffee…………..garlic”.- “You’re lucky, mine has no taste at all”.
8. The English ………..the weather, but secretly they don’t mind thei climate, because they love complaining.
9. I was thinking of going to live in Scotland, but when I heard that I wolud have to wear a kilt, I………………….it.
10. If there are any personnel problems in this factory, the boss always asks him deputy to……………..them.
11. - “Why am I ………….idiots?”- “We don’t know, Father.”
12. They used to sayof Errol Flynn that you could ………………him: he would always let you down.
13. It’s no use…………………spilt milk.
14. The kakapo is a rare flightless, nocturnal ground parrot. It is now ……….South Island, New Zealand, which is another reason why most people have never seen one.
15.Passengers are kindky requested to………..smoking in the gangways and in the toilets.
Part 5: Fill in each of the following space with the correct form of one of the verbs provided. Use each verb only once.
do finish cause identify have start
pronounce meet take use fail
speak occur arise listen
A student learning English occasionally (1)…..the following problems when he (2)….to talks or lectures. It is difficult to decide where on word (3)…..and the next one (4)……..In speech, many sounds (5)……..a student difficulty and he (6)…….to identify them. Some words in English, which (7)…….very commonly, (8)……a weak form. An overseas student (9)…….them with difficulty. In addition, many students sometimes (10)……not hear the unstressed syllable in word. This problem never (11)……..in print.
The lecturer who (12)…..an informal style and who (13)……..his \vowels with a strong accent will be difficult to follow. A student (14)…..notes more easily when the lecturer (15)…….with a B.B.C accent.
Part 6: Choose the word whose main stress is placed DIFFERENTLY from the others in each group.
1. A. simultaneous B. feedback C. different D. errors
2. A. arrangement B. distinguish C. theorist D. collective
3. A. optimism B. struggle C. configuration D. talents
4. A. appropriate B. emotional C. pronounce D. situation
5. A. incessant B. hazard C. withstand D. exploitable
6. A. transaction B. menacing C. control D. robotic
7. A. culminate B. machine C. operate D. terminate
8. A. prediction B. judgment C. intelligent D. compulsion
9. A. personal B. entry C. personnel D. sampler
10. A. accordance B. understand C. incomplete D. acupuncture
II. READING:
Part 1: Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion.
There is a distinct cadence to an English sentence, with the voice falling on the last word to indicate that it is the end of the utterance. Nowadays, on television, more often than not a speaker is cut off in mid-sentence. You always know it because the voice is still rising. The bit of the sentence that one hears may make perfectly good sense in itself, but one knows that the speaker simply has not finished making his point.
It is extremely irritating and even physically disturbing to the viewer and, to my mind, it is very offensive to the speaker as well. That is the point I really want to make here. A culture of rudeness has sprung up on British television in the past two or three years. Allowing people to speak, to have their say, is one of the essential points of good manners and respect for other people. Talking while other people are talking, interrupting them, turning one’s back on them before they have finished – there are heinous crimes against courtesy.
Yet television news does this all the time- and prides itself on the technical skill with which it does it. That neat insertion of half a politician’s sentence into a carefully-worded little news items- how pleased, you can feel, the reporter and the editor of the bulletin are with the deftness they have displayed in their craft.
This culture of rudeness is not, however, a matter of broadcasters being deliberately and ostentatiously rude. It reflects a disagreeable dose of self-importance, no doubt, but it also springs to some degree from a proper pursuit- that of reporting clearly and briskly what people such as politicians have got to say on a subject of interest. But it treats people who are on television as mere inert material to be chopped up and pasted into the bulletin as required. This seems to me a classic case of the medium itself being the massage- and a very bad massage too.
Viewers do not see politicians as scraps of “copy” 10 be used as needed. They accept the illusion of television, and regard them as people, whom the television personnel are treating like dirt. The bulletins send a message that it is nevertheless perfectly all right to treat people like this. After all, it is not the great figures of television who are doing it: that is the way bad behavior spreads and grows.
1. What has the writer noticed about people who are speaking on television?
A. They have come to expect to be interrupted.
B. They try to make sure that they allowed to finish what they are saying.
C. They frequently show their annoyance at being interrupted.
D. They are denied that chance to complete statements they are making.
2. The writer suggests in the third paragraph that many news items
A. are meant to show the expertise of the broadcasters.
B. would be better without politicians in them.
C. make little sense to many people watching them.
D. contain things which are not really relevant.
3. What does the writer believe about broadcasters?
A. They spent too little time preparing programmes.
B. They are not really sure what impression they want to create.
C. They do not care what people think of their programmes?
D. They are acting party out of honourable intensions.
4. The writer says that viewers believe that
A. what they see on television has little relevance to them.
B. broadcasters have the wrong attitude to politicians.
C. the standards of broadcasting in general have fallen.
D. politicians are not all the same as each other.
5. What is the writer’s main theme in the passage?
A. the loss of good manners in British life.
B. the way in which conversations should be conducted
C. the ill-mannered behavour of British broadcasters.
D. to reactions of viewers when they watch television.
Part 2: Read the text below carefully and decide which answer A,B, C, or best fits each space. Circle the letter.
Every nation has a set of rules, either written or unwritten, which…(1)…how people act with each other. …(2)…, written rules are often laws, and they control how we drive, operate a business, or run a government. Individuals who…(3)…laws may be fined or …(4)… at large, our court system must punish people who disregard these formal rules.
Informal rules, often called “manners’’ or “etiquette” describe correct and incorrect…(5)…in such situations as eating in a restaurant, going on a date, or working in an office. If one is impolite or…(6)…in these situations , other people often consider the …(7)…immature and insensitive. And although we can strongly disapprove of such misconduct, we cannot…(8)…punish someone for simply being inconsiderate or unpleasant.
Neither laws …(9)…manners are inflexible; both change as society develops. For example, in the early twentieth century, the selling of alcohol was…(10)… by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. This law, however, had to be changed because the government found it …(11)..to force people to drink only nonalcoholic beverages. More recently, many people who were dissatisfied with the imbalance between the rights of men and women worked hard to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. As women became more …(12)…and took on the roles, a new law was considered necessary to reflect that change.
Both laws and manners are important to society. Laws seek to prevent…(13)… and protect the rights of citizens. A nation without laws …(14)…be unstable; all citizens would need to actively distrust everyone. While laws protect us from one another, the “unofficial” rules of…(15)…helps us to show friendliness and kindness toward each other. Both laws and manners help a society run smoothly.
1. A. forces B. determines C. decides D. argues
2. A. Formal B. Solemn C. Important D. Decent
3. A. displace B. disrepute C. displease D. disobey
4. A. band B. crowd C. society D. group
5. A. action B. thought C. treatment D. behavior
6. A. misbehaves B. violates C. misunderstands D. lies
7. A. breaker B. offender C. doer D. liar
8. A. legally B. rightly C. correctly D. really
9. A. not B. and C. nor D. or
10. A. discouraged B. stopped C. prevented D. prohibited
11. A. unable B. impossible C. unlikely D. illegal
12. A. rich B. creative C. independent D. free
13. A. disrespect B. imbalance C. injustice D. inequality
14. A. should B. will C. might D. would
15. A. etiquette B. behavior C. eating D. dating
Part 3: In most line of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered lined 1-16, find the unnecessary word and then underline it. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (√)
THE POWER OF PAINT
People have been always painted their bodies. The reasons are many: 0
religious ceremonial, or simply for decoration. In Brazil, the Kayapo Indians √_____
paint to each other’s bodies using the blue-black juice of 1____
the genipap fruit. An unpainted body can mean so that the person has no one who cares 2__
enough to do it. Other Indians regard that an unpainted person as naked. Sometimes 3____
body painting can be quite complicated because of every colour and shape has a particular 4__
meaning. A popular design among the Thompson Indians in North America was to paint 5___
half the face red and the other half black; red did brought the warrior good luck, while 6____
black gave his enemy misfortune. In decoration for a religious occasion, the Australian 7____
Aborigines use themselves traditional colours and patterns and these are applied 8_____
by a special person. For instance, when mourning, the mourners they are covered in 9_____
white paint. Among the Nuba in the Sudan, body painting is art for art’s sake: it has 10____
no religious meaning, it simply makes the body quite more beautiful. In fact, as a man 11___
gets older and less attractive, he replaces paint by clothing. Also a man suffering illness 12___
or injury will wear clothes until he recoves. Throughout the world, because people 13___
like to decorate themselves according to their own customs. In the Western World 14___
there is a multi- million pound cosmetics industry with vast amounts of money which 15____
being spent on advertising campaigns to persuade the men and women to buy cosmetics 16___
III. WRITING:
Part 1: Transformations:
1. The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.
à Only when__________________________________
2. It is said that he escaped to a neutral country.
à He_________________________________________
3. You really should be able to dress yourself by now.
à it’s high__________________________________
4. Provided your handwriting is legible the examiner will accept your answer.
à So long as the examiner_____________________
5. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out.
à No matter_________________________________
Part 2: For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given is capital letters. This word must be altered in any way
1. You’d feel better if you had a quiet holiday.
___________________________________________DO
2. With six children to look after, she’s extremely busy.
___________________________________________ HANDS
3. There’s no point in your phoning Caroline- she’s away.
___________________________________________TIME
4. What Rachel does in her space time doesn’t concern me.
___________________________________________BUSINESS
5. Only final- year students are allowed to use the main college car park.
____________________________________________RESTRICTED
6. The final version of the plan was quite differently from the initial draft.
___________________________________________RESEMBLANCE
7. I certainly won’t change my mind about resigning.
___________________________________________QUESTION
8. He didn’t mention our previous conversation at all.
___________________________________________REFERENCE
9. We run the business together.
___________________________________________JOINT
10. Digging the garden always makes me feel happy.
___________________________________________ GIVES
Part 3: Writing a composition of about 250- 300 words on the following topic.
“When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success”. Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TTH
TRƯỜNG THPT TAM GIANG
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
I. VOCABUALRY & STRUCTURE
Part 1:
1. B 2.D 3.A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D
11. B12. A13. C14. A15. D16. A17. D18. A19. A20. C
Part 2:
1. beings 2. selection 3. applicants 4. advice 5. unsuccessful
6. Similarly7. inadequate 8. confidence 9. ability 10. honesty
Part 3:
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. B
11. A12. A13. D14. C15. C
Part 4:
1. insits on 2. specialises in 3. accused of 4. account for
5. abide by 6. traslated into 7. tastes of 8. grumble about
9. decided against10. deal with 11. surrounded by 12. count on
13. crying over 14. confined to 15. refrain from
Part 5:
1. meets 2. listens 3. finishes 4. starts 5. cause
6. fails 7. occur 8. have 9. identifies 10. do
11. arises 12. uses 13. pronounces 14. takes 15. speaks
Part 6:
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. A
II. READING
Part 1:
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C
Part 2:
1.B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A
7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. C
13. C 14. D 15. A
Part 3:
1. to 2. so 3. that 4. of 5. √
6. did 7. √ 8. themselves 9. they 10. √
11. quite 12. √ 13. because 14. √ 15. which
16. the
III. WRITING:
Part 1:
1. Only when the general’spersonal diaries were published did the truth come out.
(Only when they published the general’s personal diaries did the truth come out)
2. He is said to have escpaed to a neutral country.
3. It’s high time you were able to dress yourself.
4. So longas the examiner can read your handwrting he will accept your answer.
5. No matter how long you use it, it won’t wear out.
Part 2:
1. A quiet holiday would do you good.
2. With six children on her hands, she is extremely busy
(With six children ( to look after , she has a lot on her hands/ has her hands full.)
3. It would be/ is a waste of time phoning/ to phone Caroline- she away.
(Don’t waste your time phoning Caroline- she’s away)
4. It is none of/ not my business what Rachel does in her spare time
(it is not ant/ no business of mine what Rachel does in her spare time.)
5. (The use of) the main college car park is is restricted to final-year students.
6. The final verson of the plan bore/ had no/ little/ not much resemblance between the final version and the initial draft.
7. There is no question of(me/ my) changing my mind about resiging.
(My changing my mind about the resigning is out of the question.)
8. He made no/ he didn’t make (any) reference to uor previous conversation.
9. We runthe business as a joint venture.
(We run a joint business)
10. Digging always gives me an appetite / a good/ big appetite.
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