Sở GD & ĐT Thái Bình Kì thi học sinh giỏi lớp 12 năm học 2010-2011

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

M· sè: 06 Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút

A. Pronunciation
I. Find a word whose main stress is diffrent from that of others.
1. A. economy B. communicate C. unemployment D. particular
2. A. precious B. extreme C. security D. apologize
3. A. exclusive B. detective C. suppose D. prejudice
4. A. desperate B. influence C. suggestion D. definite
5. A. production B. intention C. desirable D. vegetarian
II. Find a word that the pronunciation of the underline part is diffrent from other ones.
6. A. greenhouse B. flourish C. southern D. courage
7. A. reduced B. increased C. raised D. coughed
8. A. black B. many C. mad D. hand
9. A. cloth B. though C.soulful D.moment
10. A says B savior C fade D wave
III. How many ways of pronunciation for the underlined words in each line.
11.Raise , fair , mail ,chair, Hawaii
A. 2 B.3 C. 4 D.5
12. Ear, feather , tea ,pearl , beauty , measure, dear
A.2 B.4 C.5 D.6
13. ceiling , height, eighteenth, leisure ,either
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
14.Alternative , eradicate, participate, communicate, comparative , angry
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
15. mouse, group, southern, thorough , famous, thought
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
B. Grammar and vocabulary
I. Choose the best answer:
16. Jane is a very good student of languages. Her brother Michael, ….. , has never been able to master
another language.
A. therefore B. even though C. whereas D. on the other hand
17. Do you know ….. ?
A. what wrong was it with B. what's wrong with it
C. what wrong was with it D. what wrong is it with
18. ______ of these girls is allowed to enter the room?
A. Whoever B. whomever C. Who D. whichever
19. She gave me a _______ box.
A. jewellery metal small square B. square small jewellery mental
C. jewellery small metal square D. small square metal jewellery
20. It was not until she had arrived home ________ her appointment with the doctor.
A. did she remembered B. she remembered C. when she remembered D. that she remembered
21. On _____________ Sundays my father stays in _____________ bed till ten o’clock, reading
____________ Times.
A. the / a / X B. the / X / X C. X / the / X D. X / X / the
22. _____, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was B. Despite the homework was difficult
C. Thanks to the difficult homework D. As though the homework was difficult
23. The Master of the Ceremony would give the wedding couple advice ____ starting a new family.
A. of B. about C. on D. in
24.If we want to attract the attention of the waiter in a restaurant, we can wait until he passes near us and
_____ his eye.
A. see B. catch C. take C. watch
25. Ann: Do you think you’ll get the job?
Mary: ______________
A. Well, I hope so. B. Yes, that’s right C. I think not D. I know so.
26. Tom: “Happy Christmas!”
Peter: ”________________.”
A. You’re the same! B. The same to you! C. Same for you! D. Happy Christmas with you!
27. I've been looking for this book for months, and............I have found it.
A. in time B. at last C. at the end D. at present
28. These are questions about how you ______ at school. A. get over B. get in C. get
about D. get on
29. ________ she could not say anything.
A. Therefore upset was she that B. However upset was she that C. So upset was she that D. So
upset was that
30. I don’t believe a word he said, I think he just made _________ that story .
A. up B. down C. out D. off
31. I wish I ________ many times.
A. will not be interrupted B. would not be interrupted C. will not have interrupted D. would not
have been interrupted
32. Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later.
A. needn't be typed B. need to type C. need typing D. needn't
typing
33. By the time we reach New York on Friday, we_________ over 60 hours traveling.
A. will have spent B. will spend C. have spent D. will be spending
34.The door is unlocked; ………… here last night.
A. Something strange was happened B. Something strange had happened
C. Something strange should have happened D. Something strange might have happened
II. Choose the answer which can best replace the underlined part
35. I went away to boarding school when I WAS quite young.
A. Public school B. State school C. The local school. D. The school offer students
accommodation
36.Sudying at that school is a really daunting experience of my life.
A. unforgettable B. amazing A. discouraging D. boring
37. The jobs in which people make something are called _______ .
A. service jobs B. part-time jobs C. manufacture jobs D. entertaining jobs.
38. The oldest citizen celebrated her incredible 150th birthday.
A. interesting B. unbelievable C. wonderful D. fantastic
39. Eventually, the Government found the solution : they exported the drug to other c countr íe.
A.Also B. However C. Finally D.Meanwhile
40. People used to know more or less how their children would live.
A. generally B. almost C. lately D.definitely
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:
41__________________, but it also filters out harmful sun rays.
A. Not only the atmosphere gives us air to breathe B. The atmosphere which gives us air to breathe
C. Not only does the atmosphere give us air to breathe D. The atmosphere gives us air to breathe
42. _______________, John Glenn, was a pioneer in the US space programme.
A. Despite the first American who orbited the Earth B. The first American to orbit the Earth
C. That the first American to orbit the Earth D. He was the first American to orbit the Earth.
43. Miss Caroline is a _____________
A. capable manager of taking difficult decisions. B. manager capable to take difficult decisions.
C. capable of taking difficult decisions. D. manager capable of taking difficult decisions.
44. ________________, tobacco farmers had not yet felt its effect.
A. Though a campaign agianst smoking B. That there was a campaign against smoking
C. Even though there was a campaign against smoking D. There was a campaign against smoking
45. Rich and distinctive in flavour, ________________
A. There is in the USA a very important nut crop, the pecan.
B. The most important nut crop in the USA , the pecan
C.farmers in the USA raise pecan, a very important nut crop.
D.pecans are the most important nut crop in the USA
IV. Find one mistake in each sentence:
46. Because vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of most of them.
A B C D
47. California has more land under irrigation than any another state.
A B C D
48. Only when they told me about it later I realized what I had missed.
A B C D
49. The average adult get two to five colds each year.
A B C D
50. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other liquids.
A B C D
D. Writing
I. Choose the sentence which has the same meaning with the given one:
51. That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved
B. It has been proved that smoking is harmful to our health.
C. Smoking badlr affects our health is true.
D. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
52. She strikes me as a very effective teacher.
A. My impression of her is that she is a very effective teacher. B. As a teacher, she always strikes
me.
C. She is such an effective teacher that she always strikes her students. D. I make an effective
impression on her teacher
53. If Laura hadn't needed the money , she wouldn't have asked me for it.
a Without the money she needed, she would have asked me for it
b The reason why Laura needed the money was that she asked me for it
c Laura must have needed the money ,otherwise she wouldn't have asked me for it
d Laura always asked me for the money whenever she needed it
54. The private was reprimanded by the mayjor and was shaking with fear
A. Shaking with fear, the major reprimanded the private B. Shaking with fear, the private was
reprimanded by the major
C.Reparimanding the private, the major was shaking with fear D.Reprimanding the major, the private
was shaking with fear
55. Someone has run off with our tickets.
A. our tickets have been stolen B. Someone has run off to get our tickets.
C. Our tickets have been picked up by someone D. Someone has destroyed our tickets.                   
II. Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the best sentence which is made up from the given
cue words
56.  Farming / what / provide / living / nearly 50% / our population
 A. Farming is what  provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 B. Farming is what  is provided with a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 C. Farming is something what  provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 D. Farming is what  someone provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population.
57.  Never / history / humanity / there / be / more people / live /  world
  A. Never in the history of humanity has there been more people to live in the world. 
 B. Never in the history of humanity there are more people living in the world. 
 C. Never in the history of humanity have there been more people living in the world. 
 D. Never in the history of humanity are there more people to live in the world.
58.  She / sister / someone / I / used / play / when I / young
 A. She is the sister  of someone  that Im used to playing when I was young. 
 B. She is the sister  of someone  I used to play with when I was young.
 C. She is someones sister  I used to play with when I was young. 
 D. She is someones sister  Im used to playing when I was young.
59.  She suggest / take / plane this evening / or / go / train tomorrow
 A. She suggested taking the plane this evening or go by train tomorrow. 
 B. She suggested that we take the plane this evening or go by train tomorrow. 
 C. She suggested taking the plane this evening or we should go by train tomorrow. 
 D. She suggested to take the plane this evening or to go by train tomorrow.
60.  He / took / little notice / she / coming / kept / read
 A. He took a little notice that she was coming in and kept reading. 
 B. He took little notice that she was coming in so he kept on reading.
 C. He took so little notice that she was coming in and kept on reading. 
 D. He took as little notice as she was coming in so he kept reading.
D. Reading
I/ Read the passage then choose the best answer:
Paragraph 1:
UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERIES OF INTUITION
By Graham Green
I can well believe in telepathy, for it has been part of my life since childhood. My mother had the gift of
picking up thoughts from my elder sister. The two used to play it as a game at parties, and I can still see
no way in which they could have cheated.
My mother would leave the room and the guests would decide between them, with no intervention from
my sister, some action for my mother to perform when she was summoned back into the room. My mother
would gaze closely for a moment at my sister and then would make the action we had chosen, moving a
cushion or a chair, perhaps taking the lid off a box. I never saw her fail.
My own first experience of what might be a kind of telepathy I have already described in A Sort of Life. I
would have put it down to mere coincidence if it had not been repeated twice under roughly the same
circumstances, each involving a tragedy at sea and a loss of life. The first occasion was during an Easter
seaside holiday at Littlehampton when I was seven years old. I dreamt of a shipwreck and I can still see
clearly one image of the dream. A man is scrambling up the staircase of a ship and a great wave is coming
down to swamp him. Next morning we heard the news of the Titanic sunk that night.
Of the second dream of a wreck about ten years later, I have also written. I can recall no details and have
lost the dream diary which I was keeping during a course of psycho-analysis in London. Perhaps writing
down the dream cancelled the memory of it. Again, my dream coincided with a real wreck, this time of
the Rowan in the Irish Sea when, I seem to remember, that a whole orchestra lost their lives.
Always the sea, always lives lost. But the third occasion was not a dream. I was in my flat in Antibes one
morning, some six or seven years ago, with nothing to worry me when around breakfast time I was
overcome by a deep depression and an anxiety agonizing in its acuteness. I have a witness, for a friend
came to lunch with me and I told her what I feared, that something terrible had happened to one of my
family. To distract me, she turned on the radio for the one o'clock news. A plane coming from Corsica had
crashed that morning into the sea off Cap d'Antibes a few miles away and there were no survivors. On
board was General Cogny whom I had known and admired.
61. n the party game Green describes ________
A. he played no part. B. his sister would have to guess.
C. his sister would have to mime. D. his mother often guessed wrongly.
62.Green describes ________
A. one accident. B. two dreams. C. three dreams. D. four incidents.
63. Green claims the first dream ________
A. involved lots of people. B. was after the sinking of the Titanic.
C. was just a coincidence. D. can't have been a coincidence.
64. The second dream he describes ________
A. was never recorded. B. is still completely clear.
C. had no connection with real life. D. happened in his teens.
65. On the third occasion ________
A. he was eating breakfast. B. he was alone.
C. his prediction was not accurate. D. a relative was involved.
Paragraph 2:
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human invention . In May,1966, the World
Health Organization (WHO) , an agency of the United Nations was authorizedto initiate a global
campaign to eradicate smallpox . The goal was to eliminate the disease in one decade . At the time , the
disease posed a serious threat to people in more than thirty nations .
Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed , few believed that smallpox could
actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were
reported in the field. The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations but also to isolate patients
with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human
transmission . Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating removed from contact with
others and treated . At the same time , the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated . By
April of 1978 WHO officials announced that they had isolated the last known case of the disease but
health workers continued to search for new cases for two additional years to be completely sure . In May ,
1980, a formal statement was made to the global community . Today smallpox is no longer a threat to
humanity . Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.
66.Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?
A. The World Organization B. The Eradication of smallpox
C. Smallpox vaccinations D. Infectious disease
67. What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox worldwide.
A. to decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide B. to eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
B. to provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide
D. to initiate worldwide projects for smallpox , malaria, and yellow fever at the same time
68. The word "isolated" written in italic is closest in meaning to
A. restored B. separated C. attended D. located
69 How was the public motivated to help the health workers ?
A. By aducating them . B. By rewarding them for reporting cases.
C. By isolating them from others. D. By giving them vaccination
70. The world "they" written in italic refers to
A. health workers B. officials C. victims D. cases
71. Which statement does not refer to smallpox ?
A. Previous projects had failed. B. People are no longer vaccinated for it.
C. The World Health Organization mounted a worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease
.D. It was a serious threat.
72. It can be inferred that
A. no new cases of smallpox have been reported this year.
B. malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated.
C. smallpox victims no longer die when they contact the disease.
D. smallpox is not transmitted from one person to another.
II. Fill each gap with one suitable word
British television is the big success story of the post war year. Little (73) __________ than a limited experiment
before the war. It blossomed in the years following 1945. In 1955, commercials television began. Today, 90% of the
population have television in their home.
In 1960, a committee of inquiry was (74) __________ up, under the chairmanship of Sir HarryPilkington, to
investigate the working of broadcasting. The Pilkington Report, (75) __________ in 1962, had this to say: "
Television has been (76) __________ a mirror of society, but the metaphor, however striking, wholly misses the
major issue of the responsibility of the broadcasting authorities. For, if we consider the aspect of this media, what is
the mirror to reflect? Is it to reflect the best or the (77) __________ in us? One cannot escape the question by saying
that it must do both: one must ask then if it is to present the best or the worst with complete indifference and no
comment. Television should not, and cannot, merely reflect the moral standards of society. It must affect (78)
__________ either by changing or by reinforcing them". All broadcasting, and television particularly should be
ready and anxious to experiment, to show (79) __________ new and unusual, to give hearing at dissent. Here,
broadcasting must be most willing to (80) __________ mistakes; for if it does not, it will make no discoveries.
73. A. more B. much C. less D. few
74. A. given B. set C. took D. shut
75. A. had B. made C. written D. produced
76. A. looked B. cared C. saved D. considered
77. A. bad B. worse C. worst D. good
78. A. no one B. nobody C. someone D. everyone
79. A. how B. the C. what D. that
80. A. join B. admit C. have D. make
Answers:

Sở GD & ĐT Thái Bình Kì thi học sinh giỏi lớp 12 năm học 2010-2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút

A. Pronunciation
I. Find a word whose main stress is diffrent from that of others.
1. A. economy B. communicate C. unemployment D. particular
2. A. precious B. extreme C. security D. apologize
3. A. exclusive B. detective C. suppose D. prejudice
4. A. desperate B. influence C. suggestion D. definite
5. A. production B. intention C. desirable D. vegetarian
II. Find a word that the pronunciation of the underline part is diffrent from other ones.
6. A. greenhouse B. flourish C. southern D. courage
7. A. reduced B. increased C. raised D. coughed
8. A. black B. many C. mad D. hand
9. A. cloth B. though C.soulful D.moment
10. A says B savior C fade D wave
III. How many ways of pronunciation for the underlined words in each line.
11.Raise , fair , mail ,chair, Hawaii
A. 2 B.3 C. 4 D.5
12. Ear, feather , tea ,pearl , beauty , measure, dear
A.2 B.4 C.5 D.6
13. ceiling , height, eighteenth, leisure ,either
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
14.Alternative , eradicate, participate, communicate, comparative , angry
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
15. mouse, group, southern, thorough , famous, thought
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
B. Grammar and vocabulary
I. Choose the best answer:
16. Jane is a very good student of languages. Her brother Michael, ….. , has never been able to master
another language.
A. therefore B. even though C. whereas D. on the other hand
17. Do you know ….. ?
A. what wrong was it with B. what's wrong with it
C. what wrong was with it D. what wrong is it with
18. ______ of these girls is allowed to enter the room?
A. Whoever B. whomever C. Who D. whichever
19. She gave me a _______ box.
A. jewellery metal small square B. square small jewellery mental
C. jewellery small metal square D. small square metal jewellery
20. It was not until she had arrived home ________ her appointment with the doctor.
A. did she remembered B. she remembered C. when she remembered D. that she remembered
21. On _____________ Sundays my father stays in _____________ bed till ten o’clock, reading
____________ Times.
A. the / a / X B. the / X / X C. X / the / X D. X / X / the
22. _____, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was B. Despite the homework was difficult
C. Thanks to the difficult homework D. As though the homework was difficult
23. The Master of the Ceremony would give the wedding couple advice ____ starting a new family.
A. of B. about C. on D. in
24.If we want to attract the attention of the waiter in a restaurant, we can wait until he passes near us and
_____ his eye.
A. see B. catch C. take C. watch
25. Ann: Do you think you’ll get the job?
Mary: ______________
A. Well, I hope so. B. Yes, that’s right C. I think not D. I know so.
26. Tom: “Happy Christmas!”
Peter: ”________________.”
A. You’re the same! B. The same to you! C. Same for you! D. Happy Christmas with you!
27. I've been looking for this book for months, and............I have found it.
A. in time B. at last C. at the end D. at present
28. These are questions about how you ______ at school.
A. get over B. get in C. get about D. get on
29. ________ she could not say anything.
A. Therefore upset was she that B. However upset was she that C. So upset was she that D. So
upset was that
30. I don’t believe a word he said, I think he just made _________ that story .
A. up B. down C. out D. off
31. I wish I ________ many times.
A. will not be interrupted B. would not be interrupted C. will not have interrupted D. would not
have been interrupted
32. Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later.
A. needn't be typed B. need to type C. need typing D. needn't typing
33. By the time we reach New York on Friday, we_________ over 60 hours traveling.
A. will have spent B. will spend C. have spent D. will be spending
34.The door is unlocked; ………… here last night.
A. Something strange was happened B. Something strange had happened
C. Something strange should have happened D. Something strange might have happened
II. Choose the answer which can best replace the underlined part
35. I went away to boarding school when I WAS quite young.
A. Public school B. State school
C. The local school. D. The school offer students accommodation
36.Sudying at that school is a really daunting experience of my life.
A. unforgettable B. amazing A. discouraging D. boring
37. The jobs in which people make something are called _______ .
A. service jobs B. part-time jobs C. manufacture jobs D. entertaining jobs.
38. The oldest citizen celebrated her incredible 150th birthday.
A. interesting B. unbelievable C. wonderful D. fantastic
39. Eventually, the Government found the solution : they exported the drug to other c countr íe.
A.Also B. However C. Finally D.Meanwhile
40. People used to know more or less how their children would live.
A. generally B. almost C. lately D.definitely
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:
41__________________, but it also filters out harmful sun rays.
A. Not only the atmosphere gives us air to breathe B. The atmosphere which gives us air to breathe
C. Not only does the atmosphere give us air to breathe D. The atmosphere gives us air to breathe
42. _______________, John Glenn, was a pioneer in the US space programme.
A. Despite the first American who orbited the Earth B. The first American to orbit the Earth
C. That the first American to orbit the Earth D. He was the first American to orbit the Earth.
43. Miss Caroline is a _____________
A. capable manager of taking difficult decisions. B. manager capable to take difficult decisions.
C. capable of taking difficult decisions. D. manager capable of taking difficult decisions.
44. ________________, tobacco farmers had not yet felt its effect.
A. Though a campaign agianst smoking B. That there was a campaign against smoking
C. Even though there was a campaign against smoking D. There was a campaign against smoking
45. Rich and distinctive in flavour, ________________
A. There is in the USA a very important nut crop, the pecan.
B. The most important nut crop in the USA , the pecan
C.farmers in the USA raise pecan, a very important nut crop.
D.pecans are the most important nut crop in the USA
IV. Find one mistake in each sentence:
46. Because vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of most of them.
A B C D
47. California has more land under irrigation than any another state.
A B C D
48. Only when they told me about it later I realized what I had missed.
A B C D
49. The average adult get two to five colds each year.
A B C D
50. Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other liquids.
A B C D
D. Writing
I. Choose the sentence which has the same meaning with the given one:
51. That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved
B. It has been proved that smoking is harmful to our health.
C. Smoking badlr affects our health is true.
D. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
52. She strikes me as a very effective teacher.
A. My impression of her is that she is a very effective teacher. B. As a teacher, she always strikes
me.
C. She is such an effective teacher that she always strikes her students. D. I make an effective
impression on her teacher
53. If Laura hadn't needed the money , she wouldn't have asked me for it.
a Without the money she needed, she would have asked me for it
b The reason why Laura needed the money was that she asked me for it
c Laura must have needed the money ,otherwise she wouldn't have asked me for it
d Laura always asked me for the money whenever she needed it
54. The private was reprimanded by the mayjor and was shaking with fear
A. Shaking with fear, the major reprimanded the private
B. Shaking with fear, the private was reprimanded by the major
C.Reparimanding the private, the major was shaking with fear
D.Reprimanding the major, the private was shaking with fear
55. Someone has run off with our tickets.
A. Our tickets have been stolen B. Someone has run off to get our tickets.
C. Our tickets have been picked up by someone D. Someone has destroyed our tickets.                   
II. Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the best sentence which is made up from the given
cue words
56.  Farming / what / provide / living / nearly 50% / our population
 A. Farming is what  provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 B. Farming is what  is provided with a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 C. Farming is something what  provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population. 
 D. Farming is what  someone provides a living for nearly 50 % of our population.
57.  Never / history / humanity / there / be / more people / live /  world
 A. Never in the history of humanity has there been more people to live in the world. 
 B. Never in the history of humanity there are more people living in the world. 
 C. Never in the history of humanity have there been more people living in the world. 
 D. Never in the history of humanity are there more people to live in the world.
58.  She / sister / someone / I / used / play / when I / young
 A. She is the sister  of someone  that Im used to playing when I was young. 
 B. She is the sister  of someone  I used to play with when I was young.
 C. She is someones sister  I used to play with when I was young. 
 D. She is someones sister  Im used to playing when I was young.
59.  She suggest / take / plane this evening / or / go / train tomorrow
 A. She suggested taking the plane this evening or go by train tomorrow. 
 B. She suggested that we take the plane this evening or go by train tomorrow. 
 C. She suggested taking the plane this evening or we should go by train tomorrow. 
 D. She suggested to take the plane this evening or to go by train tomorrow.
60.  He / took / little notice / she / coming / kept / read
 A. He took a little notice that she was coming in and kept reading. 
 B. He took little notice that she was coming in so he kept on reading.
 C. He took so little notice that she was coming in and kept on reading. 
 D. He took as little notice as she was coming in so he kept reading.
D. Reading
I/ Read the passage then choose the best answer:
Paragraph 1:
UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERIES OF INTUITION
By Graham Green
I can well believe in telepathy, for it has been part of my life since childhood. My mother had the gift of
picking up thoughts from my elder sister. The two used to play it as a game at parties, and I can still see
no way in which they could have cheated.
My mother would leave the room and the guests would decide between them, with no intervention from
my sister, some action for my mother to perform when she was summoned back into the room. My mother
would gaze closely for a moment at my sister and then would make the action we had chosen, moving a
cushion or a chair, perhaps taking the lid off a box. I never saw her fail.
My own first experience of what might be a kind of telepathy I have already described in A Sort of Life. I
would have put it down to mere coincidence if it had not been repeated twice under roughly the same
circumstances, each involving a tragedy at sea and a loss of life. The first occasion was during an Easter
seaside holiday at Littlehampton when I was seven years old. I dreamt of a shipwreck and I can still see
clearly one image of the dream. A man is scrambling up the staircase of a ship and a great wave is coming
down to swamp him. Next morning we heard the news of the Titanic sunk that night.
Of the second dream of a wreck about ten years later, I have also written. I can recall no details and have
lost the dream diary which I was keeping during a course of psycho-analysis in London. Perhaps writing
down the dream cancelled the memory of it. Again, my dream coincided with a real wreck, this time of
the Rowan in the Irish Sea when, I seem to remember, that a whole orchestra lost their lives.
Always the sea, always lives lost. But the third occasion was not a dream. I was in my flat in Antibes one
morning, some six or seven years ago, with nothing to worry me when around breakfast time I was
overcome by a deep depression and an anxiety agonizing in its acuteness. I have a witness, for a friend
came to lunch with me and I told her what I feared, that something terrible had happened to one of my
family. To distract me, she turned on the radio for the one o'clock news. A plane coming from Corsica had
crashed that morning into the sea off Cap d'Antibes a few miles away and there were no survivors. On
board was General Cogny whom I had known and admired.
61. n the party game Green describes ________
A. he played no part. B. his sister would have to guess.
C. his sister would have to mime. D. his mother often guessed wrongly.
62.Green describes ________
A. one accident. B. two dreams. C. three dreams. D. four incidents.
63. Green claims the first dream ________
A. involved lots of people. B. was after the sinking of the Titanic.
C. was just a coincidence. D. can't have been a coincidence.
64. The second dream he describes ________
A. was never recorded. B. is still completely clear.
C. had no connection with real life. D. happened in his teens.
65. On the third occasion ________
A. he was eating breakfast. B. he was alone.
C. his prediction was not accurate. D. a relative was involved.
Paragraph 2:
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human invention . In May,1966, the World
Health Organization (WHO) , an agency of the United Nations was authorizedto initiate a global
campaign to eradicate smallpox . The goal was to eliminate the disease in one decade . At the time , the
disease posed a serious threat to people in more than thirty nations .
Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed , few believed that smallpoxcould
actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign no cases were
reported in the field.The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations but also to isolate patients
with actives mallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human
transmission . Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating removed from contact with
others and treated at the same time , the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated By
April of 1978 WHO officials announced that they had isolated the last known case of the disease but
health workers continued to search for new cases for two additional years to be completely sure . In may ,
1980, a formal statement was made to the global community . Today smallpox is no longer a threat to
humanity . Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

66.Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?

A. The World Organization B. The Eradication of smallpox
C. Smallpox vaccinations D. Infectious disease
67. What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox worldwide.
A. to decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide B. to eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
B. to provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide
D. to initiate worldwide projects for smallpox , malaria, and yellow fever at the same time
68. The word "isolated" written in italic is closest in meaning to
A. restored B. separated C. attended D. located
69 How was the public motivated to help the health workers ?
A. By aducating them . B. By rewarding them for reporting cases.
C. By isolating them from others. D. By giving them vaccination
70. The world "they" written in italic refers to
A. health workers B. officials C. victims D. cases
71. Which statement does not refer to smallpox ?
A. Previous projects had failed. B. People are no longer vaccinated for it.
C. The World Health Organization mounted a worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease.
D. It was a serious threat.
72. It can be inferred that
A. no new cases of smallpox have been reported this year.
B. malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated.
C. smallpox victims no longer die when they contact the disease.
D. smallpox is not transmitted from one person to another.
II. Fill each gap with one suitable word
British television is the big success story of the post war year. Little (73) __________ than a limited experiment
before the war. It blossomed in the years following 1945. In 1955, commercials television began. Today, 90% of the
population have television in their home.
In 1960, a committee of inquiry was (74) __________ up, under the chairmanship of Sir HarryPilkington, to
investigate the working of broadcasting. The Pilkington Report, (75) __________ in 1962, had this to say: "
Television has been (76) __________ a mirror of society, but the metaphor, however striking, wholly misses the
major issue of the responsibility of the broadcasting authorities. For, if we consider the aspect of this media, what is
the mirror to reflect? Is it to reflect the best or the (77) __________ in us? One cannot escape the question by saying
that it must do both: one must ask then if it is to present the best or the worst with complete indifference and no
comment. Television should not, and cannot, merely reflect the moral standards of society. It must affect (78)
__________ either by changing or by reinforcing them". All broadcasting, and television particularly should be
ready and anxious to experiment, to show (79) __________ new and unusual, to give hearing at dissent. Here,
broadcasting must be most willing to (80) __________ mistakes; for if it does not, it will make no discoveries.
73. A. more B. much C. less D. few
74. A. given B. set C. took D. shut
75. A. had B. made C. written D. produced
76. A. looked B. cared C. saved D. considered
77. A. bad B. worse C. worst D. good
78. A. no one B. nobody C. someone D. everyone
79. A. how B. the C. what D. that
80. A. join B. admit C. have D. make