UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2011 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi : 23/11/2011 Đáp án có 11 trang , gồm 04 phần ( I, II, III và IV )  Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.  Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.  Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp lên đề thi ( ở những chỗ dành sẵn ) Chữ ký Giám khảo I : Chữ ký Giám khảo II : Điểm từng câu Câu 1 ………………. Câu 2 ………………. Câu 3 ………………. Câu 4 ………………. Câu 5………………. Câu 6………………. Câu 7………………. Câu 8………………. Câu 9……………… Câu 10………… Tổng điểm ( số ) I/. LISTENING (4/20 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU  Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.  Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 3 phần để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.  Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1: Questions 1 – 10 This is an introductory talk by a Student Information Officer. Listen and answer the following questions by either choosing the correct answers or supplying your own answers in the space provided. ( You do not need to write full sentences.) 1. Overseas students will enroll on A. 8 th February Đáp án chính thức B. 16 th February C. 17 th February D. 18 th February 2. Undergraduate students must enroll A. between 8.00 and 10.30 am B. between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm C. between 12.30 and 2.30 pm D. between 2.00 and 4.30 pm 3. The venue for enrolment is A. in the Mathematics Faculty B. on Level 158 C. in Room C658 D. in Room C6 4. At enrolment, all students A. must show a letter of acceptance from their faculty B. need not show their letter of acceptance C. need not bring any identification D. must prove their level of English proficiency 5. Students who have paid their fees A. should go to the International Students’ Office B. are guaranteed a place at university C. must get a bank cheque D. should pay a further $ 10,000 6. The student Card A. is issued before enrolment B. has the student’s identification number C. is issued by the Library D. is not laminated 7. During university term, the Library will be open A. from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm B. from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm C. from 8.30 am to 9.00 pm D. from 4.00 pm to 9.30 pm 8. If anyone who hasn’t paid their fees for this semester yet, where should they go? _____________THE STUDENT ADMISSIONS OFFICE ___________ 9. As regards paying the fees, what is a word of advice? ___IT’S BEST TO GET A BANK CHEQUE TO PAY YOUR FEES___ . 10. Why don’t you have to bring a photo for Student Cards? Because the enrolling officer will ___TAKE AN INSTANT PHOTO__ and put it on the card, so it’s all done at once. 1 D 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 B 7 C 9 10 Part 2 : Questions 11 – 25 Listen to a newsreader talk about a disaster and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Severe storms hit the western areas of the city last night, leaving (11) ____________________ scenes of destruction and at least a hundred homes without power or running water. Dozens of families were left homeless when the roofs of their houses (12) were _____________________ ripped away. Many of the areas hit were the same ones badly affected by (13) _____________________ hailstorms last week. In Macquarie Street, the council car park was completely (14) _____________________ flooded. A Toyota Corolla was badly damaged by floodwaters which carried the car across the (15) _____________________ carpark and into a large stormwater drain. A separate storm (16) _____________________ raced through the Federation Botanical Park. It uprooted at least (17) _____________________ 50 trees; many of them were over a hundred years old. In Menal, several trees were found lying on parked cars, causing an insurance bill that will run into the (18) _____________________ tens of thousands of dollars. Winds were recorded at speeds of over (19) _____________________ 70 kilometers an hour. People were trapped in cars for up to an hour because the (20) _____________________ floodwaters had left them stranded in swollen creeks, amidst a sea of debris. There were (21) _____________________ reports of cars being piled one on top of the other. In Lucas Heights a tree fell on a mini-bus that was taking the (22) _____________________ local soccer team to training. Luckily all but the driver escaped serious injury. The (23) _____________________ driver is in an (24) _____________________ satisfactory condition in Westmead Hospital. For tomorrow, weather reports predict improved conditions, with clear skies and an expected (25) _____________________ maximum temperature in the city of 14, Helen Brookes reporting for ILTC RADIO NEWS. Part 3: Questions 26 - 40 You will hear a conversation between a representative of an insurance company and a person who wishes to apply for life insurance. While you listen to the conversation, complete the person’s application form by either circle the choice or by supplying the information. Swallow Life Insurance  Name of Applicant (26) ………GEORGE ROWLANDS ……  Address (27) 52, GREEN STREET ………………………. . Postcode (28) ……2135…… Age (29) ………35……  Height (30) ………1 METRE 75 / 175 CENTIMETERS……. .  Weight (31) ………80 KILOS/KILOGRAMS……. .  Marital Status (32) ……SINGLE……. Single Married Divorced Widowed . MEDICAL HISTORY  Serious illness (33) …NONE…  Which of the following is not described as serious illness by the interviewer? measles, kidney disorder, pneumonia, cancerous growth (34) ……MEASLES……  Major surgical operations (35 ……NONE…  Any current medical condition (36) ……HAY FEVER……  Is applicant’s father or mother dead ? Father Mother (37) ………FATHER…………   If so, at what age did he/she die? Why? Age: (38) ………67…… Cause of Death: (39) …CAR ACCIDENT   Is the applicant currently a smoker? Yes No (40) ……YES……… II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR ( 6/20 pts.) Part 1 : Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer ( A, B, C, or D ) in the numbered box. 41. In the last century, it was widely …………… that Indian fakirs were capable of superhuman feasts. A. held B. grasped C. kept D. shaken 42. We may win, we may lose – it’s just the …………… of the draw! A. strike B. odds C. chance D. luck 43. Claims for compensation could …………… run into billions of pounds. A. far B. much C. well D. most 44. Trespassers will be …………… . A. perpetrated B. persecuted C. proscribed D. prosecuted 45. A traveler looks down on anyone who seems to be a(n) ……………tourist A. only B. sole C. mere D. lone 46. We welcome the new regulations, which become .…………… on the first of next month. A. effective B. efficient C. efficacious D. effete 47. He’ll never be able to come .…………… with his failure to win the tournament. A. down B. round C. to terms D. up 48. He’s on his own now – he’ll have to ………… his own canoe! A. row B. steer C. paddle D. ride 49. Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ………… 25 years. A. over B. during C. with D. throughout 50. People who are squeamish are afraid of the ………… of blood. A. spectacle B. view C. sight D. look Your answers 41. A 46. A 42. D 47. C 43. C 48. C 44. D 49. A 45. C 50. C Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. ( 0) has been done as an example. Your answers There is (0) _________ (WIDTH) wide cross-cultural variation in the social rules governing the selection of a partner for marriage. There is variation in the degree to which (51) _________ (PART) selection is an individual decision by the partners or a collective decision by the partners kin groups, and there is variation in the rules (52) _________ (REGULATIONS) which partners are valid (53) _________ (CHOOSE) . In many societies the choice of partner is limited to suitable persons from specific social groups. In some societies the rule is that a partner is selected from an individual's own social group - endogamy, this is the case in many class and caste based societies. But in other societies a partner must be chosen from a different group than one's own - exogamy, this is the case in many societies practicing totemic religion where society is (54) _________ (DIVISION) into several exogamous totemic clans, such as most aboriginal Australian societies. In other societies a person is expected to marry their cross-cousin, a woman must marry her father's sister's son and a man must marry his mother's brother's daughter - this is often the case if either a society has a rule of tracing kinship (55) _________ (EXCLUSION) through patrilineal or matrilineal descent groups as among the Akan people of Africa. Another kind of marriage selection is the levirate marriage in which widows are obligated to marry their husband's brother, this is mostly found in societies where kinship is based on endogamous clan groups. In other cultures with less strict rules governing the groups from which a partner can be chosen the selection of a marriage partner may involve either the couple going through a selection process of (56) _________ (COURT) or the marriage may be arranged by the couple's 0. wide 51. partner 52. regulating 53. choices 54. divided 55. exclusively 56. courtship parents or an outside party, a matchmaker. A pragmatic (or 'arranged') marriage is made easier by formal procedures of family or group politics. A responsible authority sets up or (57) _________ (COURAGE) the marriage; they may, indeed, engage a professional matchmaker to find a suitable spouse for an (58) _________ (MARRY) person. The authority figure could be parents, family, a religious official, or a group consensus. In some cases, the authority figure may choose a match for purposes other than marital (59) _________ (HARMONIZE) . In rural Indian villages, child marriage is also practiced, with parents at times arranging the wedding, sometimes even before the child is born. This practice is now (60) _________ (LEGAL) under the Child Marriage Restraint Act. In some societies ranging from Central Asia to the Caucasus to Africa, the custom of bride kidnapping still exists, in which a woman is captured by a man and his friends. 57. encourages 58. unmarried 59. harmony 60. illegal Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space provided in the column on the right. ( 0) has been done as an example. Your answers English is an West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of that is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially, Old English was a divert group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate. The original Old English language was then influential by two further waves of invasion: the first by speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic language family, which conquered and colonized parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries; the latter by the Normans in the 11th century, who spoke Old Norman and ultimately developed an English variety of this called Anglo-Norman. These two invasions caused English to become "mixed" to any degree. Cohabitation with the Scandinavians resulted in a significant grammatical simplification and lexical enrichment of the Anglo-Frisian core of English; the later Norman occupation led to the grafting onto that Germanic core of a more elaborate layer of works from the Romance languages (Latin-based languages). This Norman influence entered English large through the courts and government. Thus, English developed into a "borrowing" language of great flexibility, resulted in an enormous and varied vocabulary. 0. an → a 61. what 62. diverse 63. influenced 64. who 65. second 66. some 67. ( cho 0.2 câu này ) 68. words 69. largely 70. resulting Part 4 : Supply the correct form of the VERB in brackets to complete the passage. Write your answer in the numbered box. Your answers 71. MANIPULATING 76. TEACHING 72. TO FORM 77. HELPING 73. TO FULFIL 78. TAUGHT 74. LEARNING 79. SPELLING 75. NEGATED 80. NOT KNOW Part 5: Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or particles in the box. Use each word only ONCE and write your answer in the numbered box. ( Please note that the given words outnumber the gaps) to into in behind under in round about for against at with 81. Leaving fingerprints _________ was very foolish. 82. Doctors advice people who are deficient _________ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables. 83. As his aunt’s only beneficiary, he came _________ a fortune on her death. 84. On returning home, Peter discovered _________ his horror that the pipes had burst and the entire house was flooded. 85. The police held the two suspects for further questioning because their stories did not tie _________ with each other. 86. She has been a bit _________ the weather recently. She has not been very well. 87. When he came _________ after the operation, he had absolutely no idea where he was. 88. He has been harboring his grievances _________ his boss. 89. _________ length, the bus arrived, forty minutes late. 90. He is _________ disgrace with his father because he told a lie. Your answers 81. BEHIND 86. UNDER 82. IN 87. ROUND 83. INTO 88. AGAINST 84. TO 89. AT 85. IN 90. IN III : READING ( 4/20 points ) Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer ( A, B, C, or D ) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box. ( 0) has been done as an example. (0.) _________ In developing countries, the (91.) _________ number and seriousness of the problems faced are naturally greater. People in more remote or agrarian areas are sometimes unaware of the importance of education. However, many countries have an active Ministry of Education, and in many subjects, such as foreign language learning, the degree of education is actually much higher than in industrialized countries; for example, it is not at all (92.) _________ uncommon for students in many developing countries to be reasonably fluent in multiple foreign languages, (93.) _________ whereas this is much more of a rarity in the supposedly "more educated" countries where (94.) _________ much of the population is in fact monolingual. Universal primary education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals and great improvements have been (95.) _________ achieved in the past decade, yet a great deal (96.) _________ remains to be done. Researchers at the Overseas Development Institute indicate the main obstacles to greater funding from donors (97.) _________ include donor priorities, aid architecture, and the lack of evidence and advocacy. Additionally, Transparency International has identified corruption in the education sector as a major stumbling block to achieving Universal primary education in Africa. Furthermore, demand in the developing world for improved educational access is not as high as one would expect as governments avoid the (98.) _________ recurrent costs involved and there is economic pressure on those parents who prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic (99.) _________ threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been (100.) _________ breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school. Your answers (0) C 91. C 92. D 93. D 94. D 95. A 96. B 97. D 98. C 99. D 100. B Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list A to E for each gap from 101 to 107. (There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.) Then, choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the questions from 108 to 110. Write your answer in the numbered box. Your answers 101. C 102. F 103. A 104. D 105. B 106. G 107. E 108. B 109. B 110. A Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 111 to 120 Questions 111-115: Complete the summary and choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the above-mentioned passage to fill in each numbered blank supplied. Write your answer in the numbered box. Sand dunes In terms of geological features, sand dunes are described as large mounds of sand. Sand dunes are the result of wind blowing and causing (111) ___EROSION__ . Their shape is up to the (112) ___WIND__ . There are many different kinds of dunes. Sand dunes are usually in coastal regions or in deserts. They have many different shapes and the (113) __CRESCENT__ dune is found more often than any other ones. They come in different types. Among them, the one that is without the minimum number of sides nor is a larger dune containing many smaller dunes in itself is a (114) ___COMPLEX__ dune. Their effects are to help prevent erosion, create environment for fauna and flora to live in, and to give rise to (115) __DESERTIFICATION__ . Questions 116-120: Complete another brief summary of the passage be selecting the FIVE answer choices that express important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. (116). …………A………………. . (117). …………E………………. . (118). …………F………………. . (119). …………G/H………………. . (120). …………H/G……………. . Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered boxes provided below the passage. Your answers 121. customs 126. departure / leaving 122. during 127. possible / necessary 123. more 128. late 124. middle 129. occasions 125. all 130. result IV. WRITING ( 6/20 points. ) Part 1: (0.5/20 pts) Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word(s). 131. Turning down that job was very foolish of you. YOU MADE A FOOL OF (YOURSELF) TURNING DOWN THAT JOB / IT WAS VERY FOOLISH OF YOU TO TURN DOWN THAT JOB/ YOU TURNED DOWN THAT JOB, WHICH WAS VERY FOOLISH. ……………………………………………. . 132. Many species of wild life are threatened with extinction. MANY SPECIES OF WILD LIFE ARE DRIVEN TO THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION./ MANY SPECIES OF WILD LIFE ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION. …………………… ……………………………. . 133. Pandas need a special diet, without which they perish. PANDAS PERISH/WILL PERISH UNLESS THEY HAVE/LIVE ON/GO ON/ARE GIVEN/ARE PROVIDED WITH/ ARE FED WITH A SPECIAL DIET. ……………………… ………………………. . 134. You’d be wasting your time trying to make him change his mind IT IS/’D BE POINTLESS TO TRY TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND/ TRYING TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND IS POINTLESS. ……………………………… ……………………… . 135. The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime. THE POLICE CAUGHT THE THIEVES RED-HANDED./ THE THIEVES WERE CAUGHT RED-HANDED. ………………………………………………. . 136. We don’t seem to have much sugar left!. WE SEEM TO BE RUNNING OUT OF SUGAR. ……………… …………… . 137. Mass tourism has been one of the causes of the problem. THEY HAVE BEEN TO BLAME MASS TOURISM FOR THE PROBLEM./ THEY HAVE BEEN TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON MASS TOURISM./ MASS TOURISM HAS BEEN TO BLAME FOR THE PROBLEM. …………………………………….………………. . 138. The ‘environmentally friendly’ label on this product is misleading. CONTRARY TO THE LABEL/ITS LABEL/THE LABEL ON IT/WHAT IT SAYS /READS ON THE LABEL/ WHAT IS SAID ON THE LABEL/ , THIS PRODUCT IS NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. …………………………………………………………. . 139. The pressures of being in the public eye have proved too much for him. HE HAS HAD TO COPE TOO MUCH WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE./ HE CAN’T COPE WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE ANY LONGER./ ANY MORE. HE CAN NO LONGER COPE WITH THE PRESSURES OF BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE. …………………………………………………………….……… 140. We were not very surprised to hear that he had been stealing money from the company. THEIR STEALING/HAVING STOLEN MONEY FROM THE COMPANY CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US. / IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US THAT HE HAD BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM THE COMPANY./ THAT HE HAD BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM THE COMPANY CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO US. …………………………………………………………………………………… . Part 2: (2.5/20 pts) The chart below shows Consumer Price Indexes of Vietnam in 2007. Write a report describing the information shown. You should write at least 150 words. [...]...140 135 130 Index 125 Common Index Staple Food Food Gold Price USD Price 120 115 110 105 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Month EXAMPLE: ( Đây chỉ là ví dụ, không phải bài mẫu ) The graph/chart/diagram indicates/shows consumer price indexes of Vietnam through the months... index, and even that of USD all increased with varied patterns Most obviously the gold price rose the highest of all up to 127 .2% in December 2007 compared to the end of the year 2006, which went up dramatically with its two peaks at 137% in the second quarter and 129 % in the third quarter of the year The USD price and the food price were comparatively stable, in which the former was remarkably lower... have been reporting a great deal about the problem Every day we hear more new cases of school boys and girls fighting, stabbing, outraging, wounding, insulting, attacking or revenging This problem is so serious that something needs to be done about it before it is too late SOLUTIONS: - eradicate violence-stimulating forms of culture such as books, pictures, movies, games on line that involve or advocate... optimistic signal that the common index didn’t ascend much Part 3: (3/20 pts) School violence is one of the social issues these days that is demanding corrective attention every passing day What do you think? Write about 300 words to discuss and suggest the solutions (and do not include your personal information) You may continue your writing on the back page if you need more space Sau đây chỉ là gợi... December 2007 increasing only by 1% while the latter went up sharply by 5% in February and afterwards decreased a little and increased slightly by 5.5% in the end of the year 2007 vs the end of the year 2006 This was just under the rise in the percentage of the common index There was a gradual and, after that, dramatic growth in the staple food price during the last months of the year Accordingly, the staple . TIỀN GIANG KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2011 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi. Your answers 121 . customs 126 . departure / leaving 122 . during 127 . possible / necessary 123 . more 128 . late 124 . middle 129 . occasions 125 . all 130. result IV. WRITING ( 6/20 points nhạc. Thí sinh có 3 phần để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.  Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1: Questions 1 – 10 This is an