SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ

HẢI PHÒNG CẤP THPT NĂM HỌC 2013-2014

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Đề thi gồm 6 trang, tổng điểm: 100
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
BẢNG A Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này. Không sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu gì.

ĐIỂM BÀI THI HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÝ CỦA GIÁM KHẢO

Bằng số: ………………………………………… 1. ………………………….…………………………..…………

Bằng chữ: ………………………………………… 2. ……………………….………………………………..………

PHÁCH: ………………………….……..

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently in each group.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces provided on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. paths B. cloth C. breathe D. worthy ___________
2. A. surface B. surname C. surprise D. surgery ___________
3. A. host B. ghost C. frosty D. postage ___________
4. A. wood B. cartoon C. pool D. tattoo ___________
5. A. monkey B. bungee C. hungry D. stunt ___________
6. A. sacred B. tired C. pasted D. flooded ___________
7. A. activities B. exercises C. raises D. horses ___________
8. A. psychology B. receipt C. accept D. cupboard ___________
9. A. butcher B. blood C. southern D. thumb ___________
10. A. electronics B. preference C. separate D. integrate ___________

II. Choose the word with a different stress pattern in each group.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces provided on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. museum B. technical C. temperature D. argument ___________
2. A. destructible B. courageous C. romantic D. voluntary ___________
3. A. fertilizer B. industry C. canal D. socialism ___________
4. A. influence B. fluently C. victory D. outweigh ___________
5. A. support B. suffer C. surround D. submerge ___________
6. A. contaminate B. parade C. horizon D. evidence ___________
7. A. residential B. trainee C. importance D. historical ___________
8. A. technique B. recommend C. historian D. dessert ___________
9. A. biology B. career C. documental D. attractive ___________
10. A. responsibility B. psychological C. cooperation D. mathematician ___________

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces provided on the right. (10 pts)
1. It’s no use _____ this old clock.
A. to repair B. repairing C. repairs D. repaired ___________
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2. _____ money, she is quite rich. However, this does not mean she lives a happy life.
A. Concerning B. As to C. In terms of D. In the light of ___________
3. It was wet when we set out, but it _____ in the afternoon.
A. cleared up B. cleaned up C. lighted up D. grew up ___________
4. Mr Smith, as well as his colleagues, rarely gets to work late, _____?
A. doesn’t he B. does he C. do they D. don’t they ___________
5. Due to the strike, we had to _____ our trip till the following week.
A. go off B. call off C. put off D. take off ___________
6. The first sign of vitamin A disorder is night _____.
A. loss of sight B. lack of vision C. invisibility D. blindness ___________
7. No longer _____ clean the floor because I have just bought a vacuum cleaner.
A. do I have to B. I do have to C. I have to D. have I to do ___________
8. I consider it _____ to deal with the problem.
A. my business B. my ability C. my affair D. my privacy ___________
9. She makes a big _____ from selling waste material to a textile company.
A. benefit B. advantage C. profit D. interest ___________
10. There is not enough room for us, _____ any guests.
A. let alone B. not mentioning C. not calculating D. without taking into account ___________
11. _____ a movie to be interesting, it has to be based on an interesting story.
A. In order that B. In order to C. So that D. In order for ___________
12. Give me your telephone number _____ I need your help later.
A. so that B. in case C. unless D. whether ___________
13. The orchestra conductor signaled the violinists, _____ were to begin playing.
A. who B. they C. that D. whom ___________
14. Mark is very set in his ways, but John has a more _____ attitude to life.
A. changeable B. flexible C. moveable D. fluid ___________
15. “I'd like to change some money, please.” “_____”
A. Five tens, please. B. How do you like it? C. Which currency? D. What's your account number? ___________
16. Before you do something you should always _____.
A. get through to B. turn over a new leaf C. go down well with D. weigh up the pros and cons ___________
17. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; _____ is utter poverty.
A. now all that is left B. now all which is left C. now that all is left D. now all what is left ___________
18. Does the west of Canada have _____ than the east?
A. a mild climate B. a climate is milder C. a climate milder D. a milder climate ___________
19. It turned out that we _____ looked everywhere for the document as we could easily
download it from the Internet .
A. hadn’t B. should have C. mustn’t D. needn’t have ___________
20. Dick: “How did you do the exam?” Mary: “Not very badly, but if only I had known _____.”
A. how would it be hard B. how hard would it be ___________
C. how hard it would be D. how would it be hard

II. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
1. John (prefer) that his boss (speak) with him personally, not in public.
2. Hardly (he take) up the book when the phone (ring).
3. It’s high time something (do) about the sewage system which (not upgrade) for years.
4. Would you like Peter (paint) the door white? No, I'd rather he (paint) it blue.
5. Tom is lucky (choose) as their representative (attend) the conference in Paris.
6. Keep doing whatever you (do). I didn't mean (interrupt) you.
7. I can't help (wonder) why Larry (do) such a foolish thing.
8. I should (come) to work early this morning (finish) my report, but I couldn't.
9. Laura (have) lunch with her parents when (feel) an acute pain in her head.
10. By the time his mother (retire) next year, she (work) in this company for exactly 20 years.
1. __________________ __________________ 6. __________________ __________________
2. __________________ __________________ 7. __________________ __________________
3. __________________ __________________ 8. __________________ __________________
4. __________________ __________________ 9. __________________
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5. __________________ __________________ 10. __________________ __________________
III. Supply the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right. (5 pts)
1. The (frequent) of the public traffic causes a lot of annoyance and frustration. __________________
2. The factory's (put) has increased in the past few years. __________________
3. She’s going on a diet because she thinks she is (weigh). __________________
4. The house hasn’t got convenient (facilitate) but it looks nice. __________________
5. Jane is not very (tolerate) of criticism. __________________
6. The (death) rattle snake kills instantly. __________________
7. Linda is quite (know) about the history of art. __________________
8. (Secret) is the key to success in this plan. __________________
9. Advertising is one of the most (compete) businesses. __________________
10. Every (participate) has made good preparations for the trip. __________________

IV. Fill each gap in the sentences below with a correct preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
1. They can only cure him _________ his illness if they operate _________ him.
2. The ship was bound _________ Japan when it ran _________ a typhoon.
3. Ann is terribly sorry to let you _________ this morning, but she is in bed _________ flu.
4. Whenever he sat down _________ the piano, we knew he was going to show _________.
5. There has been a big increase _________ the price of oil _________ the last three months.
6. The prizes will be given _________ the presence _________ the parents.
7. Do you think we’ll be _________ time _________ dinner? No, I'm sorry, you're too late.
8. Did you go to Chicago _________ your own, or _________ friends?
9. He hasn't been _________ prison yet, but he's been _________ trouble with the police several times.
10. When the temperature falls _________ zero, there is a danger _________ ice on the roads.

V. Complete the passage by filling each gap with a suitable word from the list. There are 2 words that do not fit.
Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
from what stand which was in
also instead represent writing took than
The first real writing was invented by the Sumerians some five thousand years ago. This …(1)… long before paper had
been invented. …(2)… of paper, they used clay. When …(3)… on hardened clay tables, the Sumerians had to press down
more firmly …(4)… when we use our pen on paper. They used a sharp marker, …(5)… known as a stylus, to make thin
wedge-shaped marks.
The English alphabet that we use today comes …(6)… the ancient Greek alphabet. While the Sumerians used pictures to
…(7)… words, modern letters of the English alphabet …(8)… purely for sounds. The characters found …(9)… Chinese
writing had been derived from pictures of …(10)… they represent. However, they have become more simplified today.
1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________ 4. ______________ 5. ______________
6. ______________ 7. ______________ 8. ______________ 9. ______________ 10. ______________

VI. Identify one of the four underlined parts in each sentence that is not correct, then get it right.
Write your choice (A, B, C or D) and your corrections in the spaces that follow. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
0. Putting a large amount of information on a map, a variety of symbols are used.
A B C D
1. How the Earth is in the shadow of the moon, we see an eclipse of the sun.
A B C D
2. A sore throat interferes with daily life by making swallow difficult.
A B C D
3. In order to survive, trees rely to the amount of annual rainfall they receive.
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4. When talking to the man, remember to speak out, as he is hard of hearing.
A B C D
5. Neither William or his brother stole the apples from your orchard.
A B C D
6. We’d got lost our way and had to ask a policeman for instruction.
A B C D
7. Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals.
A B C D
8. Computers have made access to information instant available just by pushing a few buttons.
A B C D
9. Psychologists at the Kansas University have studied the effects of the color of a room on people's behavior.
A B C D
10. The basic laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are taught to all elementary schools students.
A B C D
0. __ A __ → ___ to put ____
1. ______ → _____________ 5. ______ → _____________ 9. ______ → _____________
2. ______ → _____________ 6. ______ → _____________ 10. ______ → _____________
3. ______ → _____________ 7. ______ → _____________
4. ______ → _____________ 8. ______ → _____________

PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION

I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
Design is the art of making something better. Everything, no matter how ordinary, has been designed.
That some objects give us no special pleasure or are not fashionable does not alter the fact that somebody decided what
they would look like, what they would do and how they would be used.
Every time you buy a kettle or a toaster, the quality of the design is influential, encouraging you to choose one kettle or
toaster over the others. Good design works well. Excellent design works well and gives pleasure. Look at it the other way
round. Some objects look very good but do not work well. Take the Alessi kettle, with its curved handle and two-tone whistle.
It looks very exciting but the handle can get too hot to touch. Compare this with the familiar Russell Hobbs automatic electric
kettle. It has been in production since the late 1950s, works perfectly and looks good.
Poor designs are easy to find. If you cannot see what is at the back of the kitchen cupboard without getting down on your
hands and knees, that is bad design. If you catch your sleeve on a door handle, that is bad design. If you cannot understand
how to use the controls on your cooker, you still cannot work the timing switch, that is unpardonably bad design.
The question is how, when these kinds of faults are so obvious, have some designs ever reached our home?
The answer is that in most cases, bad designs emerge because not enough energy and time is given to thinking through all
the different questions that should be asked about the product.
Kitchen cupboard makers will say that they are making cupboards as economically as possible. This kind of 'cheapness' is
one of the main reasons for the absence of good design in our homes. To make a cupboard where the shelves swing out to
display the contents when the door is opened is more expensive.
1. What does the passage say that good designers think about?
A. how things will be used B. what people are used to
C. what is fashionable D. what influence people
2. Things which are excellently designed _____.
A. work perfectly B. last longer time
C. always get chosen by shoppers D. both work well and look good
3. What was wrong with the Alessi kettle?
A. It was too round. B. It was unreliable.
C. The design was impractical. D. The design was old-fashioned.
4. In what way are some cookers badly designed?
A. The handles stick out too far. B. It is difficult to find the controls.
C. The instruction books have no diagrams. D. Using the timing switch is a confusing process.
5. Why do badly-designed things get made and sold?
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 A. They are quicker and cost less to make. B. Manufacturers pay low wages to designers.
C. There are too few good designers. D. Designers do not know enough about manufacturing processes.
1. ________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
II. Choose the correct word to fill each gap in the passage. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces on the right. (5 pts)
A …(1)… lifestyle leads to a longer, happier, and healthier life. Staying healthy means eating a well-balanced diet, taking
regular exercise and …(2)… things that are bad for the body and mind.
Nutrition plays a …(3)… role in maintaining good health and preventing many diseases. In spite of all the available
information …(4)… diets, scientists believe that good nutrition can be simple. There are several basic rules to follow. Keep
fat intake …(5)…. Eat foods high in carbohydrates, …(6)… are the starches in grains, legumes (bean and peas),
vegetables, and fruit. Avoid eating too …(7)… sugar. Limit salt. Eat a lot of foods that are rich in vitamins.
A healthful lifestyle is an …(8)… lifestyle. Lack of proper exercise can cause tiredness, irritability, and poor general health.
Physical fitness is very necessary.
Finally, good health is acquired by saying …(9)… to bad habits such as smoking, drinking, and overeating, and by avoiding
situations that are constantly …(10)…. People can take their lives and happiness into their own hands. Maintaining a healthy
lifestyle is the first step.
1. A. health B. healthy C. healthiness D. healthfully ___________
2. A. avoiding B. leaving C. leading D. checking ___________
3. A. lock B. key C. screw driver D. stick ___________
4. A. up B. on C. at D. about ___________
5. A. low B. lower C. lowly D. lowest ___________
6. A. who B. whom C. which D. that ___________
7. A. many B. much C. more D. most ___________
8. A. act B. acting C. activity D. active ___________
9. A. no B. nor C. not D. none ___________
10. A. stress B. stressful C. stressfully D. stressless ___________

III. Fill each gap in the following passage with a suitable word. Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS
The hippopotamus lives in the hot part of Africa. It is a mammal. That is, its babies are …(1)… alive, and they drink milk
…(2)… the mother's body. The hippopotamus is a large animal. An …(3)… hippo may weigh as much as four tons. Its
stomach is seven meters …(4)… but it eats only plants. It is a mammal, but it …(5)… a lot of time in the water.
…(6)… the day it sleeps besides a river or a lake. Sometimes it wakes up. Then it goes under the water to get some plants
for …(7)…. It can close its nose and stay under water for ten minutes. Its ears, eyes, and nose are high up on its head. It
can stay with its body under the water and …(8)… its ears, eyes, and nose above the water. Then it can …(9)… the air. At
night the hippo walks on the land and looks for food. It never goes very far from the water. A baby hippo often stands on its
…(10)… back. The mother looks for food underwater. The baby rides on her back above the water.

1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 5. _____________

6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10. _____________

PART FOUR: WRITING

I. Finish each of the sentences below in such a way that it means the same as the original sentence. (10 pts)
1. Although he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at school.
Despite _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to her.
I wish _______________________________________________________________________________________
3. She couldn't get to work because of the heavy snow
The heavy ___________________________________________________________________________________
4. I had expected the weather to be worse.
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 The weather was not ___________________________________________________________________________
5. They arrived very late because they had a flat tyre.
If ___________________________________________________________________________________________
6. More butter is eaten in America than in Europe.
Not so ______________________________________________________________________________________
7. They believe that Jack broke the vase on purpose.
Jack ________________________________________________________________________________________
8. The singer is so famous that everybody admires her.
She is _______________________________________________________________________________________
9. He couldn't do the job better than that.
He's done ____________________________________________________________________________________
10. It’s very difficult for her to finish the job in just 2 days.
She finds ____________________________________________________________________________________

II. Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning stays the same, using the word given in
capitals. Do not change this word in any way. (10 pts)
1. I’ll think about this very carefully before making a decision. ACCOUNT
____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. The number of people out of work has been going down little by little. GRADUAL
____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. She doesn’t intend to leave her present job. INTENTION
____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. The two girls seem to be completely different. COMMON
____________________________________________________________________________________________
5. She easily gets angry for no reasons. LOSES
____________________________________________________________________________________________
6. I could not understand what he said. BEYOND
____________________________________________________________________________________________
7. It was quite easy for us to make friends with foreigners. DIFFICULTY
____________________________________________________________________________________________
8. I don’t know where he is. IDEA
____________________________________________________________________________________________
9. 'How beautiful your new hairstyle is,' said John to Margaret. COMPLIMENTED
____________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Little Tom is a very brilliant child. I go to university with his sister. WHOSE
____________________________________________________________________________________________

III. Use the suggested words and phrases to write complete sentences. (5 pts)
1. Neil Armstrong/ first/ step/ moon.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. laser/ widely/ use/ cancer treatment.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. English pronunciation/ difficult/ Vietnamese learners/ master.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. she/ spend/ most/ spare time/ read/ library.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
5. she/ remind/ him/ go/ post office/ buy/ stamps.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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 THE END

ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 MÔN TIẾNG ANH
NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 - BẢNG A

Total points: 100

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently in each group. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. D

II. Choose the word with a different stress pattern in each group. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. A
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. C

II. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct verb
1. would prefer / speak 6. have been doing / to interrupt
2. had he taken / rang 7. wondering / did (has done)
3. was done / has not been upgraded 8. have come / to finish
4. to paint / painted 9. was having / felt
5. to be chosen / to attend 10. retires / will have worked

III. Supply the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete each of the sentences below. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct word
1. infrequency 2. output 3. overweight 4. facilities 5. tolerant
6. deadly 7. knowledgeable 8. Secrecy 9. competitive 10. participant

IV. Complete each gap in the sentences below with a correct preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct preposition or adverb particle
1. of / on 2. for / into 3. down / with 4. at / off 5. in / over (during/in/for)
6. in / of 7. in / for 8. on / with 9. to / in 10. below / of

V. Complete the passage by filling each gap with a suitable word in the list. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct word
1. was 2. instead 3. writing 4. than 5. also
6. from 7. represent 8. stand 9. in 10. what

VI. Identify one of the four underlined parts in each sentence that is not correct, then get it right. (10 pts)
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0.5 point for identification and 0.5 point for correction
1. A → When 2. → D swallowing 3. B → on 4. B → up 5. B → nor
6. B → omitted 7. → D known 8. C → instantly 9. A → omitted 10. D → school students

PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION

I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A

II. Choose the correct word to fill each gap in the passage. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B

III. Fill each gap in the following passage with a suitable word. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct word
1. born 2. from 3. adult 4. long 5. spends
6. During 7. food 8. keep 9. breathe 10. mother’s

PART FOUR: WRITING

I. Finish each of the sentences below in such a way that it means the same as the original sentence. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
1. Despite his intelligence, he doesn't do well at school.
2. I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to her.
3. The heavy snow prevented her from getting to work.
4. The weather was not as bad as I had expected.
5. If they hadn’t had a flat tyre, they would not have arrived (so) late.
6. Not so much butter is eaten in Euro as in America.
7. Jack is believed to have broken the vase on purpose.
8. She is such a famous singer that everybody admires her.
9. He's done the job as well as he could./ He’s done the job to the best of his ability.
10. She finds it difficult/ hard to finish the job in just 2 days.

II. Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning stays the same, using the word given in
capitals. Do not change this word in any way. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
1. I’ll take this into account before making a decision.
2. There has been a gradual decrease/reduction/fall/decline in the number of people out of work.
3. She has no intention of leaving her present job.
4. The two girls seem to have nothing/little in common.
5. She loses her temper very easily/quickly.
6. What he said was beyond my understanding.
7. We had no difficulty in making friends with foreigners.
8. I have no idea where he is.
9. John complimented Margaret on her new hairstyle.
10. Little Tom, whose sister I go to university with, is a very brilliant child.

III. Use the suggested words and phrases to write complete sentences. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
1. Neil Armstrong was the first (man/astronaut/one) to step on the moon.
2. Laser is widely used in cancer treatment.
3. English pronunciation is difficult for Vietnamese learners to master.
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4. She spends most of her spare time reading in the library.
5. She reminded him to go to the post office to buy (her) some stamps.

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