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1. UBND TỈNH LAI CHÂU KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2016-2017 Đề số 2 Môn: TIẾNG ANH (Đề thi có 07trang) Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Ngày thi: 9/04/2017 PART 1. PHONETICS (1.0 point) Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (0.5 point) 1. A. valentine B. examine C. determine D. heroine 2. A. kicked B. fixed C. pleased D. missed 3. A. passenger B. village C. generous D. gradually 4. A. artificial B. distance C. centre D. cancer 5. A. opponent B. compose C. podium D. advocate Question II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (0.5 point) 1. A. linkage B. dessert C. gymnast D. birthright 2. A. committee B. refugee C. engineer D. referee 3. A. assemblage B. calculate C. scavenger D. supplement 4. A. memorabilia B. antibiotic C. originally D. deforestation 5. A. architectural B. cosmopolitan C. appreciative D. archeologist PART 2. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (9.0 points) Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. (3.0 points) 1. After years of being exposed to the sun and rain, the sign had become completely .. A. unreadable B. readable C. misread D. illegible 2. By the end of this month I for this company for two years. A. have been working B. will work C. will have been working D. will be working 3. - “How do you like your steak done?” - “ ” A. Very much B. Well-done C. I don’t like it much D. Very little 4. -“Would you like me to get a taxi?” - “ ..” A. Yes, please, if it’s no bother B. Well, let’s see. C. That would be delightful. Thanks D. Yes, I see. 5. ..., sheep were then used for wool. A. Having first domesticated for milk production B. Having been first domesticated for milk production C. Because they had been first domesticated for milk production D. Although they had first domesticated for milk production 6. Where did you buy that .. handbag? A. funny leather purple B. purple funny leather Trang 1/7
2. C. funny purple leather D. leather funny purple 7. I haven’t seen Peter for a long time. I will him this weekend. A. call for B. call in C. call off D. call on 8. - “Do you like your new job, Jane?” - "Yes, but my employer insisted that I . on time." A. am B. be C. had been D. was 9. . you should do first is make a list of all the things you have to do. A. That B. What C. As D. If 10. Gale-force winds caused destruction .the buildings the sea front. A. to / along B. of / in C. for / by D. with / on 11. There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one. Television is A. another B. other C. the another D. the other 12. We are going to A. have our house be redecorated B. have our house redecorated C. have our house to be redecorated D. get our house being redecorated 13. A partnership is an association of two or more individuals .. together to develop a business. A. work B. worked C. working D. to work 14. When I came to his house. I didn’t see him. He .. A. can be away B. may be out C. might have been away D. must be absent 15. Tom hope . at the airport by his girlfriend. A. to meet B. meeting C. to be met D. being met Question II. Write the correct form of each bracketed word on your answer sheet. (2.0 points) Before going to an interview, it is advisable to go through a mock interview. This will give you the opportunity to try out your technique and answers live. It is also a chance to receive feedback that is (1. BENEFIT) __________ in guiding you towards improving your interview style and general (2. PRESENT) .. Just one mock interview will result in a (3. NOTICE) _________ improvement in your interview skill. Why? For the same reason that a (4. SPEAK) .. doesn’t exist while it is still on paper or floating in your head. It only exists when you give it (5. ORAL) _________. The first time you give it in front of an audience, it will come out nothing like the one you prepared. It is the same with being interviewed. It is not enough to look at a question and say, “Yeah, I know the answer to that one.” You need to practice your answer live; this is not the time to talk to yourself in front of a mirror. Seek out a (6. PROFESSION) _________ and have the session videotaped. Then you will have two opinions – the interview’s and your own. You will find you get a completely different (7. IMPRESS) ________ when listening to yourself than when you are watching yourself saying something. Just as your voice always sounds different on tape, so do your (8. RESPOND) _______. You will be glad, the image is captured on tape and not in a potential employer’s mind. For maximum effect, you should (9. VISIT) ________ your answers Trang 2/7
3. and go through a second mock interview. This should help with any (10. EASE ) and give you more confidence for the real interview. Question III. Each sentence has a mistake. Write down the mistakes and correct them on your answer sheet. (2.0 points) 1. A good knife is probable one of the most useful things you can have in a kitchen. 2. People believed that Nancy was refused to be given a scholarship to study abroad two days ago, wasn’t she? 3. Having located in the cranial cavity in the skull, the brain is the larger mass of nerve tissue in the human body. 4. Had the committee members considered the alternatives more carefully, they would have realized that the second was superior than the first. 5. When teenagers finish high school, they have several choices: going to college, getting a job, or the army. 6. The Nobel Prize winning candidate, together with his wife and children, are staying in Sweden after the presentation. 7. In times of war, the Red Cross was said to have dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. 8. The area with the greatest number of thunderstorms each year is the interior of the Florida peninsula, which the Atlantic and Gulf airstreams meet. 9. Tom: “How was your exam?” Henry: “A couple of questions were tricky, but on the general it was pretty easy.” 10. It was said that the island of Hawaii was the subject of intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes the previous year. Question IV: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. (1.0 point) 1. When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate. A. coming nearer to B. catching sight of C. pointing at D. looking up to 2. In the future, many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. A. farms B. services C. supermarkets D. companies 3. I couldn’t understand what the child said because the words were in the wrong sequence A. spelling B. place C. order D. book 4. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute A. very rapidly B. from time to time C. again and again D. time after time. Trang 3/7
4. Question V: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. (1.0 point) 1. Adverse reviews in the press may greatly change the prospects of a product. A. encouraging B. additional C. sensible D. favorable 2. Fruit and vegetables grew in abundant on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus. A. excess B. small quantity C. large quantity D. sufficiency 3. The new laws to conserve wildlife in the area will come into force next month. A. eliminate B. protect C. pollute D. destroy 4. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. A. unqualified B. ill-educated C. unskilled D. unimpaired Part 3: READING (6.0 points) Question I. Read the passage and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. (2.0 points) At sixteen Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war. He wandered aimlessly from (1) _______country to another (2) _______finally settling down in Australia, where he trained (3) _______an electronics engineer. He established his own business but it called for so much work that marriage was out of the (4) _______. His retirement suddenly (5) _______ him realize (6) _______ lonely he was and he decided to (7) _______ up a hobby. With his interest in electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice. He installed his own equipment and obtained a license and his call sign, which is the set of letters and numbers used to announce oneself when making radio contact with other radio amateurs all over the world. Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far-off places. One in particular was a man in California with whom he had much in common. One night the man in California (8) _______ to mention the village in Europe he had come from. Suddenly, Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter. At first, the two brothers were at a (9) _______for words but then little by little they filled in the details of their past lives and not (10)_______ afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to be reunited with his brother. Question II. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (2 points) Over the last few years, the use of the Internet has increased dramatically in French schools, offices, and homes and this trend continues to grow. Who could have imagined, even in the last decade, that we would be able to (1) . our friends, colleagues and clients around the world simply through the (2) .. of a mouse and a modem? There is no doubt, like any invention, that the Internet can be used for good or bad but it is here to stay and has (3) . the way we communicate. In the world of business, Trang 4/7
5. no corporation can be competitive unless it (4) . access to the Internet. It has become essential to advertise your product and service in this way and an increasing number of companies are using this opportunity to reach a greater number of (5) consumers. Indeed, the bigger the website is, (6) .. professional the company seems to be. Similarly, in education, the opportunities that the Internet can (7) . are vast. More and more students are (8) .. on the Internet for their research; for instance, a physics undergraduate in Paris can download information from a university library in the United States in minutes. From the latest research in scientific and linguistic fields to new theories in psychology and history, all this may be published on the world-wide web. What will be the future for the Internet in France? It has been (9) .._ that 60% of homes and 50% business will have access to the Internet within five years. Children, students and professionals will be able to (10) .. and explore the world as they have never done before. 1. A. contact B. stay in touch C. keep touch D. talk 2. A. click B. running C. tick D. clap 3. A. been changed B. revolutionized C. adapted D. modified 4. A. gets B. approaches C. downloads D. uses 5. A. would-be B. potential C. competent D. future 6. A. the most B. more and more C. more D. the more 7. A. take B. support C. miss D. provide 8. A. relying B. working C. downloading D. surfing 9. A. estimated B. calculated C. claimed D. announced 10. A. log off B. take on C. log on D. switch on Question III. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C, or D) to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (2 points) Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for his own use. This not only provided more abundant food but also allowed more people to live on a smaller plot of ground. We tend to forget that all of our present-day pets, livestock, and food plants were taken from the wild and developed into the forms we know today. As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to organize their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history. One aspect of early natural history concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine. The early herbalists sometimes overworked their imaginations in this respect. For example, it was widely believed that a plant or part of a plant that resembles an internal organ would cure ailments of that organ, Thus, an extract made from a heart-shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person suffering from heart problems. Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the rudiments of our present knowledge of drugs and their uses. 1: What does this passage mainly discuss? Trang 5/7
6. A. Cures from plants. B. The beginning of natural history. C. Prehistoric man. D. Early plants and animals. 2: Domestication of plants and animals probably occurred because of . A. need for more readily available food B. lack of wild animals and plants C. early mans power as a hunter D. the desire of prehistoric man to be nomadic 3: The word “This” in the first paragraph refers to . A. providing food for man B. man’s domestication of plants and animals C. mans ability to live on a small plot of land D. the earliest condition of prehistoric man 4: The word “blossomed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to A. produced flowers B. changed C. learned D. flourished 5: An herbalist is which of the following? A. A dreamer. B. An early historian. C. Someone who uses plants in medicine. D. A farmer. 6: The phrase “in this respect” in the second paragraph refers to A. the development of human culture B. the development of the field of natural history C. the use of plants for drugs and medicine D. the origin of knowledge of nature 7: The word “extract” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to .. A. design B. substance C. flavour D. ailment 8: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similarly shaped organ. B. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant. C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine. D. Early herbalists were unimaginative. 9: The word “rudiments” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .. A. beginnings B. history C. requirements D. proofs 10: The passage would most likely lead to a more specific discussion in the field of A. zoology B. biology C. anatomy D. astrology PART 4: WRITING (4.0 points) Question I. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words given in the brackets. (2.0 points) Trang 6/7
7. 1. The fire was brought under control thanks to the night- watchman. (If it) 2. The result of the match was a deep disappointment to the fan. (deeply) 3. She got a scholarship as soon as she registered for the training course. (Scarcely) 4. As she grows older, she becomes increasingly cheerful. (The older) 5. People believe that his parents died in a car accident. (have died) 6. Paula said I had caused the accident. (blamed) 7. The company didn’t decide to replace this model. (intention) 8. I haven’t seen John for 6 months. (ago) Question II. Write an essay (180-200 words) about the following topic. (2 points) It is said that it is a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof. What's your opinion? Use your specific reasons and examples to support your idea. ......................The end..................... Thí sinh không sử dụng tài liệu. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. Trang 7/7