Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Vòng 1

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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A
Ngày thi: 09/10/2015
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET)
KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY
PART 1: LISTENING (20 points)
You will hear people talking in five different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You’ll hear each piece twice.
You overhear a boy talking about a film-making workshop. What criticism does he have of the workshop?
There was too much theory and not enough practice.
The course leaders tried to teach too much in a short time.
The equipment was more basic than he had expected.
You hear a girl talking about her relationship with her sister and brother. In her opinion, why does she argue with her sister?
Their personalities are very similar.
The age gap between them is small.
Her sister is a competitive person.
You overhear a boy leaving a phone message for his girlfriend. What is the purpose of the message?
to make an apology
to complain about something
to make a suggestion
You hear a woman talking about her plans for university. Why is she thinking of studying in London?
She can socialize with more students there.
She is attracted by the cultural opportunities.
It offers the best film studies course and you get to mix with other students very quickly.
You hear a young man and woman talking about a street carnival. What does the man say about it?
There were too many police officers this year.
The parade was less colourful than last year.
The weather wasn’t as good as last year.
PART 2. READING (28 points)
For questions 1-7, read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). 
Learning to Love Oneself
Ask an American schoolchild what he or she is learning in school these days and you might even get a reply, provided you ask it in Spanish. But don’t bother, here’s the answer: Americans nowadays are not learning any of the things that we learned in our day, like reading and writing. Apparently these are considered fusty old subjects, invented by white males to oppress women and minorities.
What are they learning? In a Vermont college town I found the answer sitting in a toy store book rack, next to typical kids’ books like “Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy is Dysfunctional”. It’s a teacher’s guide called “Happy To Be Me”, subtitled “Building Self-Esteem”.
Self-esteem, as it turns out, is a big subject in American classrooms. Many American schools see building it as important as teaching reading and writing. They call it “whole language” teaching, borrowing terminology from the granola people to compete in the education marketplace.
No one ever spent a moment building my self-esteem when I was in school. In fact, from the day I first stepped inside a classroom my self-esteem was one big demolition site. All that mattered was “the subject,” be it geography, history or mathematics. I was praised when I remembered that “near”, “fit”, “friendly”, “pleasing”, “like” and their opposites took the dative case in Latin. I was reviled when I forgot what a cosine was good for. Generally I lived my school years beneath a torrent of castigation so consistently I eventually ceased to hear it, as people who live near the sea eventually stop hearing the waves.
Schools have changed. Reviling is out, for one thing. More importantly, subjects have changed. Whereas I learned English, modern kids learn something called “language skills”. Whereas I learned writing, modern kids learn something called “communication”. Communication, the book tells us, is 7 percent words, 23 percent facial expression, 20 percent tone of voice, and 50 percent body language. So this column, with its carefully chosen words, would earn me at most a grade of 7 percent. That is, if the school even gave out something as oppressive and demanding as grades.
The result is that, in place of English classes, American children are getting a course in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Consider the new attitude toward journal writing: I remember one high school English class when we were required to keep a journal. The idea was to emulate those great writers who confided in diaries, searching their souls and honing their critical thinking on paper.
“Happy To Be Me” states that journals are a great way for students to get in touch with their feelings. Tell students they can write on sentence or a whole page. Reassure them that no one, not even you, will read what they write. After the unit, hopefully all students will be feeling good about themselves and will want to share some of their entries with the class.” 
There was a time when no self-respecting book for English teachers would use “great” or “hopefully” that way. Moreover, back then the purpose of English courses (an antique term for “Unit”) was not to help students “feel good about themselves.” Which is good, because all that reviling didn’t make me feel particularly good about anything.
Question 1: In paragraph 1 “provided” could NOT be replaced by which of the following?
A. providing that	B. although	C. as long as	D. on the condition that
Question 2: In paragraph 3 “whole language” teaching is in inverted commas because _______
A. the writer is using direct speech.
B. the writer is questioning the concept.
C. the words quoted are a translation.
D. the writer is quoting from another source.
Question 3: Which of the following is the writer implying in paragraph 5?
A. self-criticism has gone too far.
B. evaluating criteria are inappropriate nowadays.
C. communication is a more comprehensive category than language skills.
D. this column doesn’t meet the demanding evaluating criteria of today.
Question 4: Which of the following does the writer NOT suggest _______
A. subjects are no longer taught seriously.
B. academic standards in schools nowadays are no longer high enough.
C. kids nowadays are encouraged to be self-critical.
D. the use of language has changed for the worse.
Question 5: How would you describe the writer’s style?
A. academic	B. critical	C. analytical	D. comparative
Question 6: How could you describe the writer’s attitudes? 
A. progressive	B. reactionary	C. liberal	D. tolerant
Question 7: How would you describe the writer’s attitude towards current learning strategies?
A. distanced	B. admiring	C. ironical	D. objective
PART 3: USE OF ENGLISH (52 points)
1. For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (12 points)
PowerPoint
Everybody agrees that projecting the right company is vital in today’s competitive business environment. If you don’t show customers and suppliers that your company is technologically up to (1) ___, your business could (2) ___. But learn how to get it right and you could be a (3) _____ ahead of the competition.
If your standard presentation at a meeting (4) ____ of handing out reams of paper to participants, why not maximize the (5) ____ of your message by (6) ____ of our state-of-the-art software? What you have to say would have a much (7) ____ effect if you could automatically change the colour schemes, alter the (8) ____ of the text, and include drawings and graphs throughout your document. If this element is (9) ____ from your presentations today, then PowerPoint is the (10) ____ to your prayers.
PowerPoint is one of the most popular presentation programmes on the market. It (11) ____ you to transfer your personal presentations, details and data onto a variety of mediums. From a set of ordinary facts and figures you can create a huge array of visuals that are (12) ____ to hold the attention of your audience.
A. period	B. present	C. date	D. moment
A. spoil	B. worsen	C. endure	D. suffer
A. pace	B. step	C. rate	D. level
A. consists	B. comprises	C. includes	D. incorporates
A. impact	B. factor	C. element	D. outfit
A. capacity	B. ability	C. means	D. method
A. higher	B. greater	C. farther	D. longer
A. sight	B. view	C. prospect	D. appearance
A. losing	B. going	C. missing	D. failing
A. answer	B. reaction	C. remedy	D. solution
A. approves	B. allows	C. accepts	D. agrees
A. concluded	B. defined	C. guaranteed	D. decided 
2. For questions 13-22, read the text below and think of the word which bests fit each gap. Use ONLY ONE word in each gap. (10 points)
Why are Sunglasses Cool?
Sunglasses are heavily associated (13) _____ images of celebrity. Sunglasses are cool, and it is a cool that seems set to endure. Have you ever wondered (14) _____ this should be?
The roots of sunglasses are anything (15) _____ glamorous, however. Amber-tinted spectacles first appeared in the nineteenth century and were a medical remedy for people (16) _____ eyes were oversensitive to light. The first mass-produced versions made Sam Foster (17) _____ Foster Grant fame, were sold in the 1920s in US seaside resorts. (18) _____ this point, however, they remained functional objects, and were yet to acquire the cool image they now enjoy.
This (19) _____ about thanks to the US air force. In the 1930s, airmen (20) _____ to wear anti-glare glasses called ‘aviators’. In the early days of flight, these men were regarded as heroes. Down on the ground, actors keen to cash (21) _____ on a little of that glory realized that sunglasses created an intriguing image. So it (22) _____ that the link between the fascination of celebrity and a pair of sunglasses was forged.
3. For questions 23- 32 , choose one of these words to fill in the blanks. There are more words than needed. (10 points)
abruptly
benefit
discharge
purify
gradually
require
as
because
exhaust
provide
individuals
or
protects
too
garbage
Everyone wants to reduce pollution, but pollution problem is (23) _____ complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (24) _____ much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (25) _____ from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles (26) _____ transportation for millions of people. Factories (27) _____ much of the material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.
Thus, to end (28) _____ greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that (29) _____ them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (30) _____ reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce law that (31) _____ businesses and (32) _____ to stop, or cut down on certain pollution activities. 
4. For questions 33- 42, choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction. (10 points)
Good clerks are happy to wait for their customers.
A B C D
Top management in a firm is usually interpreted to mean the president and the 
A B
 vice-presidents that report him or her.
	C D
The bridal gown was most unique: the bridegroom designed it and his mother
	A	B	C	D
provided the lace fabric.
Ice skating surfaces can be made from interlocking plastic squares instead of rice.
	A B C D
By studying the fossils of pollen, which extremely resistant to decay, researchers can gain 
	A B C
useful information about the vegetation of the past. 
D 
Only after several people had died they required stricter packaging of over-the-counter 
	A B C D 
drugs. 
Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for 
A B
students to practice speaking words.
C D
The discovery of magnetic effects of coils made possible to measure an electric current.
A B C D
petroleum.
The electrical activity of the brain causes the transmission of brain waves that can be 
A B 
recorded and interpreted in terms that explains the types of mental activity.
C D 
With the incorporation of jazz history into current academic curricula, leading jazz 
 	A B C
musicians are now founding on the faculties of universities.
 	D
5. For questions 43-52, 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 THREE and SIX words, including the word given. (10 points)
43. It’s not likely that Maria will say no to such a well-paid job.
HARDLY
Maria is ____________________________ down such a well-paid job.
 You are more likely to get into university if you have private maths lessons.
CHANCES
By having private maths lessons, you will ____________________ into university.
 It was only because of Mr. Dyer’s generous donation that we were able to rebuild the library.
BEEN
If ______________________________ Mr. Dyer’s generous donation, we could not have rebuilt the library. 
 You will not be able to change Jill’s mind about getting married next year.
AHEAD
You will not be able to dissuade Jill ____________________ the wedding next week.
 I hadn’t made a speech before, so I was nervous.
USED
Because I _________________________ , I was very nervous. 
The food they served us was better than any I’ve ever eaten.
SECOND
The food we _________________________ none.
I really admire you for your improvement.
HAT
I _________________________ for your improvement. 
 Sandra said that she was willing to work late.
MIND
Sandra said that ____________________ late. 
Noise is something that it is not possible for my grandma to tolerate.
PUT
My grandma finds _________________________ noise. 
 I really don’t know what Vicky’s talking about.
FAINTEST
I _________________________ what Vicky’s talking about.
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