Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp Tỉnh THPT - Năm học 2013-2014 - Sở GD & ĐT Bình Phước

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	 	KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
 BÌNH PHƯỚC	 	 THPT NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
 Môn: Tiếng Anh
 Thời gian làm bài: 135 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề).
	 Ngày thi: 03/10/2013.
 Đề thi có 8 trang, thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề)
 Họ và tên thí sinh:  Giám thị 1: ... 
 Số báo danh:  Giám thị 2: ...
Hướng dẫn cách làm bài phần Trắc nghiệm
- Đối với các câu hỏi trắc nghiệm (từ câu 16 đến câu 55), thí sinh chọn câu trả lời và đánh dấu chéo (X) đè lên một chữ cái tương ứng với phương án trả lời đúng trong Phiếu trả lời. 
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B
C
D
Ví dụ: Thí sinh chọn phương án A câu XY: 
- Trong trường hợp thí sinh muốn bỏ lựa chọn phương án đã chọn (A của câu XY) để lựa chọn phương án khác (ví dụ phương án C): khoanh tròn ô vuông chứa phương án A và đánh dấu chéo (X) đè lên phương án C. 
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B
C
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- Trong trường hợp thí sinh muốn bỏ phương án C vừa chọn để quay lại chọn phương án A đầu tiên: khoanh tròn phương án vừa chọn (C), bôi đen phương án đầu tiên (A). 
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SECTION I: LISTENING (3 POINTS) (You will hear 2 times for each part)
Part 1: a. Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (0.2/each)
BONNINGTON HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM
+ Date: 17th June
+ Type of room: (1) ______________ + Number of nights: (2) ______________ 
+ Special requests: Room overlooking the (3) ______________
+ Guest details: 
 - Name: Mrs. G. 	(4) ______________.
 - Home address: 	(5) ______________ Drive.
 - Zip code 	(6) ______________.
+ Payment Method: 	(7) ______________.
Part 1: b. Choose the correct answer A, B or C (0.2/each).
8. Guests who want to eat breakfast in the Washington Room have to _______ .
	A. complete a request form B. present their registration card 	C. place an order in the evening
9. What does the receptionist say about sending e-mails?
	A. There's a good wireless signal throughout the hotel
	B. There are PCs in the hotel bedrooms
	C. Guests can rent a phone cable
10. What is the quickest way of getting information about the local theater?
	A. ask the porter 	 B. look on teletext	C. go to the theater
Part 2: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question. (0.2/each):
11. What do mountain gorillas mainly eat?
	A. Insects	
	B. Worms	
	C. Plants	
	D. All are correct
12. By whom is a typical group led?
	A. A female gorilla	
	B. The biggest adult female gorilla	
	C. The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla	
	D. A grown-up gorilla
13. Where do gorillas sleep?
	A. In trees	
	B. In grasses	
	C. In nests	
	D. On the ground
14. Why are gorillas endangered and threatened?
	A. Due to civil wars in the small part of Asia, hunting and deforestation
	B. Due to hunting and cutting down trees in the forests
	C. Due to hunting, deforestation and civil wars in the small part of Africa
	D. All are correct
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
	A. Mountain gorillas live in Africa	C. Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful
	B. Mountain gorillas are dangerous	D. Mountain gorillas live in groups
SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5.0 POINTS – 0.17/each)
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each unfinished sentence. 
16. - “If only I hadn’t lent him all my money!” - “________”
	A. Well, you did, so it’s no use crying over spilt milk. B. Sorry, I have no idea.	
	C. All right. You will be OK.	 D. I’m afraid you will have to do it.
17. Half of the children were away from school last week because of ________ of influenza.
	A. a break-out 	B. a breakthrough 	C. an outburst 	D. an outbreak
18. The Red Cross is _______ to giving medical aid and other help to victims of disasters.
	A. aimed	B. promoted	C. dedicated	D. designed
19. The school principal ______ that all students hand in their cell phones to teachers during school years.
	A. strongly advised	B. urgently asked	C. firmly told	D. firmly insisted
20. “Shall we wait a little longer?” –“________.”
	A. No, we don’t 	B. No, I’d rather not 	C. No, it’s still early 	D. Yes, it’s very late now
21. Hello. Is that 4578? Please put me ________ to the manager.
	A. across	B. up	C. over	D. through
22. I’m looking for a ________ for my father’s birthday.
	A. cheap white Japanese clock radio 	
	B. white cheap Japanese clock radio
	C. Japanese cheap white clock radio 	
	D. Japanese white cheap clock radio
23. The facilities of the older hospital are as good _______.
	A. as or better than that of the new hospital	
	B. as or better that the new hospital
	C. as or better than those of the new hospital	
	D. as or better than the new hospital
24. Not having written about the required topic, ________ a low mark. 
	A. my presentation was given 	B. the teacher gave
	C. the teacher gave me	D. I was given
25. Jane is a sympathetic listener. She lent me a(n)_______ when I lost my job.
	A. mind	B. ear	C. mouth	D. eye
26. I was just about ________the office when the telephone rang.
	A. leave	B. leaving	C. to leave	D. to have left
27. A: “Do you know how old I am?” - B: “_______ .”
	A. Happy birthday B. I couldn’t help it	C. Don’t mention it 	D. I haven’t a clue
28. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
	A. That we refer to	B. What we refer to 	C. To which we refer	D. What do we refer to
29. By the end of this month I _______ at this school for two years.
	A. have been studying 	B. will study 	
	C. will have been studying 	D. will be studying
30. She got up early; otherwise she ________ her bus.
	A. would have missed B. would miss	C. missed	D. had missed
31. Please cut my hair _______ the style in this magazine.
	A. the same length as 	B. the same long as 
	C. the same length like 	D. the same long like 
32. The contractor’s recommendation is that the old building ________.
	A. is needed repairing	B. need repairing	C. needs to be repaired	D. need to repair
33. The restaurant is very popular with film stars, artists, and the ________.
	A. same	B. equal	C. such	D. like
34. People of all countries are expected to ________the principles of the United Nations.
	A. uphold	B. inspect	C. exaggerate	D. integrate	
35. ________ broken several world records in swimming. 
	A. She is said that she has 	B. People say she had 	
	C. She is said to have 	D. It is said to have 
36. Some very important issue was taking ________all his attention.
	A. up	B. off	C. out	D. in
37. “Why don’t you sit down and ________?” 
	A. make yourself at peace 	B. make it your own home 
	C. make yourself at home 	D. make yourself at rest 
38. They were ________ to sell their house in order to pay their debts.
	A. imposed	B. necessary	C. indispensable	D. obliged
39. “Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop ________ excuses!” 
	A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
40. The business ________ after new incentives were introduced.
	A. thrilled	B. urged	C. boomed	D. persisted
41. “You can go to the party tonight________ you are sober when you come home.” 
	A. as soon as 	B. as long as 	C. as well as 	D. as far as 
42. To do ________ professionally requires a lot of skills.
	A. photographer	B. photographic	C. photography	D. photograph
43. He wondered ________his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
	A. why	B. which	C. how	D. what
44. In her time, Isadora Duncan was _______ today a liberated woman. 
	A. what calling we would 	B. who would be calling 
	C. what we would call 	D. she would call her
45. ________ will China be the first to use nuclear weapons.
	A. At one time	B. At a time	C. At any time	D. At no time
SECTION III: READING (6.0 points – 0.3/each)
Part 1. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. (3.0 points)
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A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.
The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person’s tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may belie them. Here the participant’s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernable by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and/or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of signing, the music, in combination with the performer’s skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person’s self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives the listener’s receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
46. What does the passage mainly discuss?
	A. The function of the voice in performance
	B. Communication styles
	C. The connection between voice and personality
	D. The production of speech
47. What does the author mean by stating that, “At interpersonal levels, the “tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen” in lines 8 - 9?
	A. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
	B. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.
	C. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
	D. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
48. The word “Here” in line 9 refers to _______.
	A. interpersonal interactions	B. the tone	
	C. ideas and feelings	D. words chosen
49. The word “derived” in line 13 is closest in meaning to _______.
	A. discussed	B. prepared	C. registered	D. obtained
50. Why does the author mention “artistic, political, or pedagogic communication” in line 15?
	A. As examples of public performance	B. As examples of basic styles of communication
	C. To contrast them to singing	D. To introduce the idea of self-image
51. According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice may be an indication of a person’s _______.
	A. general physical health	B. personality	
	C. ability to communicate	D. vocal quality
52. According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide _______.
	A. hostility	B. shyness	
	C. friendliness	D. strength
53. The word “drastically” in line 21 is closest in meaning to _______.
	A. frequently	B. exactly	
	C. severely	D. easily
54. The word “evidenced” in line 22 is closest meaning to _______.
	A. questioned	B. repeated	
	C. indicated	D. exaggerated
55. According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
	A. Lethargy	B. Depression	
	C. Boredom	D. Anger
Part 2: Read the text below and then: (3.0 points)
a. Choose from the list A-I the sentence which best summarizes each part (56-63) of the article. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. 
A. It seems necessary for convenience food to have additives.
B. Convenience food is often not as good as food cooked at home.
C. Convenience food is usually an expensive alternative.
D. It is worth paying more for less fat.
E. Added ingredients may improve convenience products.
F. There is now a greater choice of convenience food.
G. Some convenience products need careful storage and cooking.
H. Convenience food has some advantages.
I. Convenience products are claimed to be healthy, but in reality that is not true.
CONVENIENCE FOOD
56.
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Technological advances have dramatically increased the quality and range of convenience meals that are now available. Vacuum-packed or frozen pre-cooked meals ready for the microwave, packets of soup, cake and sauce mixes, instant mashed potato and frozen peas are just a few of the time-saving foods that many people now rely on.
57.
_________________
Although pre-prepared meals save time, they may not always be as nutritious as those prepared in your own kitchen. This is because each time they are heated they lose some of their vitamins, and many ‘heat-and-eat’ meals have already been cooked before they are reheated. Convenience food also tends to contain more sugar, salt and fat than most other food.
58.
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However, there are a lot of so-called ‘healthy’ meals, usually identified by ‘healthy eating’ symbols or the manufacturer’s own brand name for their low-calorie products. Some labels mention ‘reduced’ or ‘controlled’ sodium, but these may still contain considerable amounts of salt.
59.
_________________
A meal in a packet is a useful standby, especially in families who like to eat different things at different times, and for people who work late. It is often cheaper than a takeaway and a convenient alternative to cooking from scratch. And it saves on washing up.
60.
_________________
The ‘healthy’ versions of most pre-prepared dishes are more expensive than their standard equivalents, but may be a better choice if they are lower in fat. Levels of other ingredients in the standard and ‘healthy’ varieties are usually similar.
61.
_________________
Although some ready-made foods are sold as ‘complete’ meals, they are rarely a good source of vegetables or starchy foods. It is a good idea, therefore, to add extra vegetables or a salad along with a starchy food, such as brown rice or a whole meal roll.
62.
_________________
Despite the fact that food manufacturers and retailers have improved hygiene and food safety at many stages of the food chain, pre-cooked foods found in chill cabinets may still be a source of food poisoning. Consumers should keep and prepare these foods with great care to prevent the spread of bacteria. This means bringing food home as soon as possible after purchase, keeping it in a refrigerator or freezer, following microwave guidelines and making sure food is really hot before eating.
63.
_________________
Although many people view additives with suspicion, they have their advantages. Their presence is often vital if food is not to spoil, and many result in better taste, texture or color. All additives are the subject of strict safety checks and allergic reactions are very rare.
b. Choose the option A, B, C, or D which you think fits best.
64. What does It in line 13 refer to?
A. a cake	B. a family	C. a packet 	D. a meal 
65. Which of the following is not true about a pre-cooked food?
A. It saves time	B. It has some advantages 
C. It needs adding some more salt	D. It should be kept in a refrigerator or freezer 
SECTION IV: WRITING (6.0 POINTS)
Part 1: Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one. You must not change the given word. (1.5 points – 0.3/each).
66. You should wash your shirt right now before that stain dries. (NEEDS)
67. Do you have to wear Ao dai at school? (COMPULSORY)
68. It doesn’t matter whether you do it or not. (DIFFERENCE)
69. Phuong works more efficiently if she’s pressed for time.
à The less time	
70. You may be smart, but you must be educated to become an overall successful person.
à Smart 	
Part 2: Graph Description (2.0 points)
The chart below shows the percentages of students passing the National Examinations for GCSE in the three areas in Binh Phuoc province from 2011 to 2013. 
You should write at least 120 words to describe the information given in the chart. You may make comparisons where relevant (and do not include your personal information).
Note: 
* National Examinations for GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) = Kỳ thi tốt nghiệp Trung học phổ thông Quốc gia.
* All the data shown in this chart are created to use for writing task. They are not real data. 
Part 3: Essay Writing (2.5 points)
Some people like reading books for knowledge and pleasure; others prefer getting information and entertainment on the internet. What is your opinion? 
Write an essay and give reasons and examples to support your viewpoint; do not include your personal information.
You should write at least 200 words.
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