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SỞ GD&ĐT NINH BÌNH
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT
Năm học 2012 – 2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi 18/12/2012
(Thời gian 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 90 câu và 01 bài viết luận, trong 06 trang
Điểm của bài thi Họ, tên và chữ ký của giám khảo Số phách
(Do Chủ tịch Hội
đồng chấm ghi)
Bằng
số:.............................
Bằng chữ:..........................
Giám khảo 1:...................................................
Giám khảo 2:...................................................
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này)
PART A. LISTENING (2 points)
Lưu ý: Bài nghe gồm 02 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh nghe 02 lần liên tiếp nhau.
Part 1. Question 1- 5: Listen to a man talking about his hobbies and choose the best answer
marked A, B, C or D for each question below. Write your answer in the numbered box.
1. There are several things that the speaker likes to do _______ .
A. in his house B. in his free time C. in his weekends D. in his weekdays
2. Who taught the speaker to play the guitar?
A. his uncle B. his friend C. his mother D. his classmates
3. He admires the person who taught him to play the guitar very much because that person _____ .
A. can accompany singers with his guitar well B. is good at singing
C. is good at playing the guitar in the orchestra D. is good at teaching
4. In the talk, the speaker said that some of his fish _______ .
i. bought from the shop
ii. collected from the field
A. i only B. ii only C. both i and ii
5. What is the speaker’s third hobby?
A. collecting envelopes B. collecting stamps C. buying envelopes D. buying stamps
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. Question 6-10: Listen to Tony – a journalist talking about his experience with “What’s
on” magazine and decide whether the statements are True, False or Not given.
6. “What’s on” was a weekly magazine.
7. People seem to think that “What’s on” was started by a bunch of idealistic amateurs.
8. Tony is a French journalist.
9. Tony used to spend three or four days going round about 200 newsagents.
10. Many people showed negative attitudes towards “What’s on”.
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (8 points)
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. Write your
answer in the numbered box.
11. We have a _______ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
A. cruel B. pessimistic C. grim D. fierce
12. Don’t be late for the interview, _______ people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless B. otherwise C. if not D. or so
13. ______ the rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more.
A. Nevertheless B. Meanwhile C. Despite D. Although
14. This meat is rather tough; you must chew it well before _______
A. swallow B. to swallow C. swallowed D. swallowing
15. The police have warned the tourists to look ________ for pickpockets in the shopping centre.
A. away B. down C. out D. forward.
16. At the language school, each student is assigned to his or her own ________.
A. tutor B. professor C. staff D. director
17. Many _______ are in danger of extinction.
A. plants B. animals C. species D. hippopotamus
18. Do you ________ my turning the television on now?
A. disapprove B. mind C. want D. object
19. As soon as you buy a car, it starts falling in ________.
A. cost B. worth C. price D. value
20. I saw a thief take Norman’s wallet so I ran ________ him, but I couldn’t catch him.
A. after B. into C. over D. near
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
II. Put the verb in each bracket into correct tense. Write the answer in the numbered box.
This time last year I (21. cycle) ___________in the rain along a country road in France with
a friend of mine. We (22. decide) _________to go on a cycling holiday in Normandy. Neither of us
had gone to France before, but we (23. know) ___________ some French from our time at school
and we had managed to rush up on the basics. We (24. plan) _______ our route carefully in
advance, but we had forgotten one important thing, the weather. It (25. rain)_______ solidly since
our arrival and that night we (26. end up) _________ sleeping in the waiting room at a railway
station. Then the next morning as we (27. ride) _______down a steep hill my bike skidded on the
wet road and I (28. fall off)_________.I realised immediately that my arm (29. break)
___________, and after a visit to the local hospital I caught the next train to Calais for the ferry
home. Unfortunately, my parents (30. not expect) _______ me home for a fortnight, and had gone
away on holiday. So I spent a miserable couple of weeks alone, reading Teach Yourself French.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
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III. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket to best complete each sentence. Write
the answer in the numbered box.
31. My teacher is very ______________ about the history of Vietnam. (KNOW)
32. I’m sorry for my ______________, but I hate being kept waiting. (PATIENT)
33. The American celebrate their ___________ on 4th July. (DEPEND)
34. She always listens ___________ to what she is told. (ATTENTION)
35. We always have a bed ready in the spare room in case visitors arrive _____. (EXPECT)
36. George is ________. He always plays with toys. (CHILD)
37. Where is ________ to this shopping center? (ENTER)
38. Do you often wear ________ costume in the New Year Celebration? (NATION)
39. She was ________ keen on the history of China. (EXTREME)
40. She studied ________ at university. (ECONOMY)
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
IV. Each sentence below has ONE mistake. Underline and correct it. Write your answer in the
right column. 0 is an example.
Sentences Correction
0. I am studying here since last January
41. As soon as I will graduate, I’m going to return to my hometown.
42. The more than sugar a person eats, the less likely he is to lose weight.
43. By the end of the 21th century, scientists will had discovered the cure for the
common cold.
44. Aspirin is recommend to many patients for its effect to thin the blood.
45. Beethoven wrote and performance some of his greatest works while he was
almost totally deaf.
46. She is no longer enough young to take part in a beauty contest.
47. Thirty hours a week are a heavy work schedule.
48. The governor sent the National Guard to assist the local habitants in the
clean – up operation because the torrential rain that had devastated the area.
49. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other
liquids.
50. Financial considerations play an important part in the choose of a college.
have been studying
41. ____________
42. ____________
43. ____________
44. ____________
45. ____________
46. ____________
47. ____________
48. ____________
49. ____________
50. ____________
PART C. READING (6 points)
I. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
Mr. Brown lived his entire life in a small town in the north of England. He never left the
house ___________(51) he had been born, never married, never went on holiday and had no friends.
He worked in a local factory for _________(52) forty years but even the people who had worked
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with him for years _________(53) very little about him. He wore the same clothes year in year out,
and _________(54) he shopped regularly at the local store he bought only the most basic foodstuffs,
never changing his purchases from one week to the next. So when he died last month, neighbors
and local people were _________(55) to learn that Mr. Brown was not just a rich man, he was in
fact __________(56) millionaire!
He had no bank, no account, no money invested anywhere but in the various drawers,
cupboards and boxes in the house there were hundreds and thousands of bank _________(57) and
coins.
It took police over two weeks to clear the house and the bank clerks took just as long to
___________(58) all the money. “We had absolutely no ideas that he had been hiding his money
over the years”, one of his neighbors said. “In fact, we used to feel _________(59) for him, we
thought he was a poor old man unable to __________(60) anything better for himself”.
51. A. which B. where C. who D. what
52. A. more B. above C. over than D. more than
53. A. reminded B. held C. had D. knew
54. A. although B. but C. because D. however
55. A. astonishing B. astonished C. interested D. interesting
56. A. the B. this C. a D. one
57. A. papers B. money C. letters D. notes
58. A. number B. count C. guess D. make
59. A. sorry B. sad C. sorrow D. miserable
60. A. pay B. spend C. afford D. give
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
II. Read the passage carefully and fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word.
When we talk about the environment today, many people still think only of tree
________(61) and keeping their surroundings clean. Although both activities are _________(62),
they are only a small part of the whole story.
The environment is __________(63) urban and rural. It ___________(64) the seashore,
rivers, mountains, cities, towns, villages and so on. The water we drink and the air we ________(65)
are important elements of the environment, so __________(66) the trees, plants and animals. The
environment ___________(67) us with all our daily needs. This is true for both the urban and rural
people. Rural people ________(68) directly on the natural environment for many of their daily
needs. They use water from rivers, streams and so on. For them, there is often no piped water
available. They collect firewood from nearby trees and forests for cooking and heating. They
_________(69) the land around them for food. Their homes are _________ (70) from local
materials.
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61. 62. 63. 64. 65.
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
III. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, the families place them in
nursing homes. They are left there in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their grown
children visit them only occasionally. The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth – a fictitious
story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of care that elderly people need.
Because Americans are living longer than ever, more psychologists and social workers have
begun to study care giving to improve care of the elderly. They have found that all caregivers share
a common characteristic: All caregivers believe they are the best person for the job. One caregiver
said that she had always been closed to her mother. Another was the oldest child. Another was the
youngest child. Social workers interviewed caregivers to find out why they took on the
responsibilities of caring for an elderly, dependent relative. They discovered three basic reasons.
Many caregivers believed that they had an obligation to help their relative. Some stated that helping
others made them more useful. Others hoped that by helping someone now, they would deserve
care when they became old and dependent.
When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services,
such as adult daycare centers. If the caregivers are adult children, they are more likely to use such
services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities. In contrast, a spouse,
usually the wife, is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a
nursing home. Social workers discovered that the reason for this difference was fear of poverty. All
ill, elderly people may live years, and medical care and nursing homes are very expensive. An
elderly couple’s saving can disappear very quickly. The surviving spouse, usually the wife, can be
left poverty. As a result, she often tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can.
Researchers have found that caring for the elderly can be a very positive experience. The
elderly appreciated the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and cooperative.
However, even when care giving is satisfying, it is hard work. Social workers and experts on aging
offer caregivers and potential caregivers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative. One
consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they
prefer going into a nursing homes and can select one in advance. On the other hand, they may want
to live with their adult children. Caregivers must also learn to be assertive and ask for help from
others, especially siblings. Brothers and sisters are willing to help, but they do not know what to do.
We can expect to live longer lives than ever before. Caring for the elderly and being taken
care of can be a mutual satisfying experience for everyone involved.
Questions 71-74: Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or
false. Write True/False in the numbered box.
71. Most of old people in the United States live in the care of their families.
72. All caregivers believe they can do the job better than anyone else.