Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh 12 - Năm học 2008-2009

SỞ GD & ĐT NGHỆ AN KÌ THI CHỌN HSG TỈNH MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12
 ----------------------------- NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
 Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
SECTION A – PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
1. 	A. advantage	B. adventure	C. advertise	D. addition 
2. 	A. design	B. preserve	C. basic	D. physical 
3. 	A. concerned	B. received	C. attached	D. concealed 
4. 	A. cough	B. rough	C. enough	D. touch 
5. 	A. chooses	B. houses	C. rises	D. horses 
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
1. 	A. already	B. complain	C. arrangement	D. temperature 
2. 	A. inspire	B. wealthy	C. protect	D. instinct
3. 	A. advance	B. ancient	C. cancer	D. annual 
4. 	A. mathematics	B. statistics	C. academy	D. mechanic 
5. 	A. gravitation	B. behaviour	C. manufacture	D. recommend 
SECTION B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
1. In his student days he was as poor as a church ............................... . 
	A. beggar	B. miser	C. mouse	D. pauper
2. She may have been poor, but she was ............................... honest. 
	A. finally	B. in the end	C. at least	D. at last 
3. The manager was very ....................... with me about my prospects of promotion. 
	A. sincere	B. friendly	C. just	D. frank 
4. The unmarried ladies regard him as a very ............................ young man. 
	A. ineligible	B. illegible	C. illicit	D. eligible	
5. Mr Lazybones ............................. to work harder in future. 
	A. excepted	B. agreed	C. accorded	D. accepted 
6. He believed that promotion should be awarded on ........, not on length of service. 
	A. equality	B. merit	C. characteristics	D. purposes 
7. It is a criminal offence to ................................... the facts. 
	A. oppress	B. suppress	C. repress	D. express
8. He ....................... the cart before the horse by buying the ring before he had proposed to her. 
	A. fastened	B. tied	C. put	D. coupled 
9. Every delicacy Miss Cook produces is done ................................... . 
	A. there and then	B. at will	C. sooner or later	D. to a turn 
10. She tells her small boy everyday not to be rude, but it’s like water off a duck’s .................... . 
	A. wings	B. beak	C. back	D. feathers 
11. Announcing that he was totally done ........................., Grandfather retired to bed. 
	A. out	B. with	C. in 	D. down 
 12. Oliver Twist had already had his fair ............................... of food. 
	A. ratio	B. help	C. ration	D. division
13. Some great men have had an ............................. school record. 
	A. indistinct B. indistinguishable 	C. extinguished 	D. undistinguished 
14. Buyers and sellers were ............................... over prices. 
	A. hacking	B. hugging	C. heckling	D. haggling 
15. Within a few weeks all this present trouble will have blown ......................... .
	A. along	B. over	C. out	D. away
16. The six (and last) volume in the series is ....................... with its predecessors. 
	A. uniform	B. similar	C. like	D. identical 
17. Politicians often promise to solve all a country’s problems ............................. .
	A. thick and fast	B. on the whole	C. of set purpose	D. at a stroke 
18. When the detectives finally trapped him, he had ........................ to lying. 
	A. resource	B. retort	C. resort	D. recourse
19. My late grandmother ........................... me this silver teapot. 
	A. bequested	B. willed	C. bequeathed	D. inherited 
20. It was getting ............................. midnight when he left. 
	A. on	B. on to	C. to 	D. past
II. The following paragragh has 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes in the lines and correct them. Write your answer in the space provided.
COMMUNICATION
Managers spend most of their free time communicating - reading,writing, talking or listening. Yet the evidence is they do not always do this successfully. One reason that has been suggested for this is that, in the past, communication was regarded like a natural process, not taught in any formal sense. This theory has been changing, and the concept in communication as an “art” now appears regularly in management courses and seminars. Communication is probably one of the least appreciated aspect of management, and more and more organisations are realising that effective communication involves to tell staff why things are happening. This not only helps day - to - day working but allows changes to be introducing more smoothly, and sometimes leads to improvements being mentioned by staff. Both the morale and efficiency of an organisation depends to a great extent on the abilities of its staff to communicate effectively. Communication is not something which should be undertaken only when trouble occurs. I should be a daily habit if the organisation is to run smoothly and avoid difficulties and, of course, it should be the two - way process, involving listening as well as talking. Regular exchanges of ideas between managers and staff will help to create a good teamwork. 
Mistake
Correction
Mistake
Correction
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6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
III. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. 
WEDDING OF STRANGERS 
 A wedding between two strangers who met for the first time when they exchanged marital vows during a peak time radio broadcast has come in for widespread (1)............................ (critic). Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were married after winning each other in a ‘lonely heart’ competition organized by BRMB radio station. The service, perhaps (2).............................(surprise), attracted the highest ratings figures of the year. 
 The model and salesman were (3)....................................... (dismiss) of their critics and say they have made a serious (4)...................................(commit) to make their marriage work. ‘Everyone seems to have the (5)................................... (expect) that we will split up, but we’re going to prove them wrong,’ Cordell said (6)............................ (defy). 
 The couple were selected from 200 (7)...................................... (hope) candidates by a panel including (8).................................. (relate) counsellors and an astrologer. As well as each other, they won a free honeymoon in the Bahamas, a sports car and a luxury two bedroom apartment. 
ANIMALS 
 Most cat ansd dog owners would swear their pet was virtually human. It’s pleased to see you and shows its disapproval when they go. It may not be particularly (9).................................... (talk) or a genius mathematics but it sees grass as green and inhabits as rich world of smells (10).............................. (imagine) to us. Until recently such notions of a pet’s inner life, with (11)................................... (similar) to our own in some ways would have been met with a (12).................................... (know) sneer in many respected (13)................................. (science) circles. Nowdays in fact, claiming (14)................................ (conscious) for your pets is commonplace. The problem now is providing an adequate (15)............................... (define) of what this actually means. Is it about having sensations like hunger and pain, or is it more about the ability to be aware that you are experiencing something? 
SECTION C – READING
I. Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer from A, B, C,D.
 Printers use the term broadside to refer to a large piece of paper printed on one side. In military language, it means an attack with all one’s forces. Dudley Randall invoked both these senses of the word when he established the Broadside Press in 1965. Randall was a librarian and poet in Detroit when he began the Press with his personal savings as a way to copyright the words to his ballad about a 1963 racial incident in which Whites killed three Black children. The poem was printed as a broadside. 
 “By creating the Broadside Press, the most successful poetry institution in the history of African American literature. Randall created something that had previously not existed in the United States - an organization that would publish the works of Black poets,” explains Professor Melba Boyd, a poet and former Press editor. Historically, work by Black poets had been criticized for emphasizing political issues and not using the traditional poetic forms of the White literary establishment. Thus, Black poets had found it difficult to get published. 
 Boyd is producing a film documentary that will present Randall’s biography as well as his poetry. Randall served as general editor of the Press from 1965 to 1977. In the mid-seventies sky-rocketing printing costs and the closing of many small bookstores to whom he had extended credit left the Press in financial straits. Randall then sold the Press and slumped into a depression, but in the 1980’s, he revived community support for the Press through the Broadside Poets Theater. Boyd hopes her documentary on Randall will introduce more people to African American literature. 
1. According to the passage, the Broadside Press is the most famous as a publisher of 
	A. criticism of traditional White poetry.
	B. biographies of famous African American poets. 
	C. poetry written by African Americans. 
	D. African American documentaries. 
2. Who paid the cost to start the Press? 
	A. An organization Black writer	B. Dudley Randall 
	C. Professor Boyd	D. Many small bookstores 
3. According to Professor Boyd, what significant change occurred because of the Broadside
 Press? 
	A. Black poets returned to traditional poetic forms. 
	B. Historical works about African Americans began to appear in print. 
	C. The Black literary establishment began to emphasize political issues. 
	D. It became easier for Black poets to get their work in print. 
4. What happened to the Broadside Press in the 1980’s? 
 	A. It was renamed the Broadside Poets Theater.
	B. It moved into a different community. 
	C. It regained popular support.
	D. It helped support small bookstores during a depression. 
5. What did the Broadside Poets Theater do?
	A. helped get support for the Broadside Press.
	B. led Randall into a personal depression. 
	C. led the Broadside Press into financial difficulties. 
	D. supported many bookstores in the community. 
II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. 
HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: 
A MOBILE IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND 
 If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is (1).. worth having. This is the (2).. of the (3) ranks of female mobile-phone users who are beginning to (4). the customer market. 
 Although Britain has been (5). to be one of the most expensive places in the world to (6). a mobile phone, both professional women and (7)..... mothers are underterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man plaything, or a businessman’s (8)........ symbol. Now women own almost as telephones as men do - but for very different reasons. 
 The main (9).... for most women customers is that it (10).. a form of communications back-up, wherever they are, in case of (11).. . James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: ‘The (12). of people buying phones from us this year were women - often young women - or men who were buying for their mothers, wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of (13).of mind. ‘Size is also (14). for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag,’ said Mr Tanner, ‘The tiny phones coming in are having a very big (15). . This year’s models are only half the size of your hand.’ 
1. A. totally	B. certainly	C. absolutely	D. completely 
2. A. vision	B. vista	C. view	D. panorama
3. A. swelling	B. increasing	C. boosting	D. maximising
4. A. master	B. dominate	C. overbear	D. command
5. A. demonstrated	B. shown	C. established	D. seen
6. A. function 	B. drive	C. work	D. run
7. A. complete	B. total	C. full-time	D. absolute
8. A. prestige 	B. fame	C. power	D. status
9. A. attraction	B. enticement	C. charm	D. lure
10. A. supplies	B. furnishes	C. provides	D. gives 
11. A. urgency	B. emergency	C. predicament	D. contingency
12. A. most	B. preponderance	C. majority	D. bulk
13. A. tranquility	B. calmness	C. serenity	D. peace
14. A. crucial	B. necessary	C. urgent	D. essential
15. A. impact	B. impression	C. perception	D. image 
III. Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word. 
 In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1)... been caught in the storm (2). had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour, people stood by their door, (3).. worried to talk. 
 The rest of the fishing fleet had (4).. The harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (5). missing men. Some had brought thick blankets and some flasks of hot drinks, knowing that the men (6).. be cold and tired. As dawn began to break over in the east, a small point of light was spotted in the darkness of the water and a (7). minutes later, (8) was a shout. Before long, the two boats were turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (9)... helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (10).. cold and tiredness, they were all safe. 
SECTION D – WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it.
1. Melissa’s father was very busy, but he still played with her. 
 Busy .....................................................................................................................
2. Mrs Wilson says she’s sorry she didn’t attend the meeting yesterday morning. 
 Mrs Wilson sends ................................................................................................
3. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine. 
 I cancelled ............................................................................................................
4. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above
 address. 
 Further information can .......................................................................................
5. Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early. 
 But for his ............................................................................................................
6. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures. 
 My purpose ..........................................................................................................
7. Skyscrapers in the USA are on average taller than anywhere else in the world. 
 The average .........................................................................................................
8. I was surprised at how easy he was to talk to. 
 I hadn’t expected .................................................................................................
9. Experts think that all dogs evolved from wolves. 
 All dogs are ..........................................................................................................
10. The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement. 
 At no time ............................................................................................................
II. Some people think that the use of computers should be restricted to reduce its harmful effect on children. Do you agree or disagree? Write a composition of 200 words, giving your opinion on the topic. 
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN TIẾNG ANH-KHỐI 12
SECTION A – PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1/1)
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.(1/1)
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. B
SECTION B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. (1/1)
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. D
18. D
19. C
20. A
II. Identify the mistakes in the lines and correct them. Write your answer in the space provided. (1/1)
Mistake
Correction
Mistake
Correction
1. is they
 is that they
6. introducing
 introduced
2. like
 as
7. depends
 depend
3. regularly in
 regularly of
8. which
 that
4. aspect
 aspects
9. the
 a
5. to tell
 telling
10. a good teamwork
 good teamwork
III. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence. (1/1)
1. criticism
2. surprisingly
3. dismissive
4. commitment
5. expectation
6. defiantly
7. hopeful
8. relationship
9. talkative
10. unimaginable 
11. similarities
12. knowing
13. scientific
14. consciousness
15. definition
SECTION C – READING
I. Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. (2/1)
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (1/1)
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. A
III. Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word. (1/1)
1. had
2. which/that
3. too
4. reached
5. the
6. would
7. few
8. there
9. were
10. from/with
SECTION D – WRITING
 I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. (1/1)
1. Busy as/though he was, Melisa’s father still played with her. 
2. Mrs Wilson sends her apologies for not having attended the meeting yesterday morning. 
3. I cancelled my subscription to that magazine nine months ago. 
4. Further information can be obtained by sending a self-addressed envelope to the above address. 
5. But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family business. 
6. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures. 
7. The average skycraper in the USA is higher than anywhere else in the world. 
8. I hadn’t expected (that) he would be/ him to be so easy person to talk. 
9. All dogs are thought to have evolved from wolves. 
10.At no time did the two sides look likely to reach agreement. 
II. Composition. ( 20 points )
 + Vocabulary and Grammar: 30 %
 + Style: 40 %
 + Content: 30 %