SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH

THANH HÓA Năm học: 2013-2014

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ DỰ BỊ Lớp 12 THPT
Ngày thi: 20 tháng 3 năm 2014
Số báo danh
Thời gian : 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
…...............…… Đề này có 06 trang

Part A: PHONETICS (5 pts)

Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
rest in the same line. (2 pts)
1. A. photographs B. dates C. speaks D. halves
2. A. look B. choose C. moon D. room
Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three
words in each question. (3 pts)
3. A. possible B. university C. secondary D. suitable
4. A. hospital B. mischievous C. supportive D. special
5. A. attitude B. maintain C. determine D. develop

Part B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (45 pts)

Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (15 pts)
6. She was standing at the end of the pier looking out to sea and I waited for her to turn round
______ I could see her face.
A. so that B. therefore C. in case D. in order to
7. In the street there were several people ______ for the shop to open.
A. who are waiting B. are waiting C. waiting D. who waiting
8. Tom: “Do you want beer or wine?” Jane: “______.”
A. It's all right I suppose B. I'd prefer beer, please.
C. I'd rather beer, please. D. Sure, go ahead.
9. There isn't any sugar, I'm afraid. You will have to ______
A. run out B. put up with C. do without D. make for
10. Susan has taken ______ to Peter’s remarks about her appearance.
A. annoyance B. exception C. irritation D. nerve
11. She couldn't have been very attached to the cat if she decided to give it away at a _____ .
A. touch B. hint C. stroke D. glance
12. Jenny has been on a diet, but she can't resist her ______ for sweets now and then.
A. inclination B. craving C. attraction D. tendency
13. The prosecutor's decision is definite. The arsonists will ______ trial for their destructive
activity.
A. bear B. stand C. incur D. confront
14. The schoolboy's excuse wasn't ______ at all. Nobody in the classroom believed in the
far-fetched story he told.
A. credential B. credible C. creditable D. credulous
15. It's not easy to make Stanley furious, the boy is very gentle by ______ .
A. himself B. personality C. reaction D. nature
16. She is a kind of woman who does not care much of work but generally ______ meals,
movies or late nights at a club with her colleagues.

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 A. discusses B. supposes C. attends D. socializes
17. What is minimum entrance ______ for this course?
A. condition B. ability C. certificate D. requirement
18. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to ______ heart disease.
A. push off B. put off C. ward off D. throw off
19. Heavy rain has caused severe ______ on the hillside.
A. erosion B. pollution C. contaminated D. floods.
20.-"Let's have a pizza." -"______"
A. Not again B. It doesn't matter C. Not really D. It’s a good idea

Question II: The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Find and correct them
(10 pts) (Questions 21-30)
Traditionally, mental tests have been divided into two types.
Achievement tests are designed to measure acquiring skills and
knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitness taught.
The proficiency exams required by few states for high school
graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and
measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills, but knowledge.
For example, vocation aptitude tests can help you decide whether
you would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all
mental tests are in some sense achievement tests because they
assumption some sort of past learning or experience with
certainly objects, words, or situations. The difference between
achievement and aptitude tests is the degree and intention use.

Question III: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. (10 pts)
The sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It (31. fuel) _______________ by thermonuclear
reactions near its centre that convert hydrogen to helium. The sun (32. exist)
_______________ in its present state for about 4 billion 600 million years and it’s
thousands of times larger than the earth.
Once the sun (33. use) _______________ up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant,
it (34. begin) _______________ to shrink. After (35. shrink) _______________ to the
size of the earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The sun may throw off huge
amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red
giant to a white dwarf.
After billions of years as a white dwarf, the sun (36. use) _______________ up all its
fuel and (37. lose) _______________ its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf.
After the sun (38. become) _______________ a black dwarf, the earth will be dark and
cold. If any atmosphere (39. remain) _______________ there, it (40. freeze)
_______________ onto the earth surface.

Question IV: Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. (10 pts)
41. China was the third country in the world to be able
to ______ carry out manned space flight. DEPEND
42. He is very ______ about the history of the Boston Marathon. KNOW
43. I prefer scuba-diving to water polo because it is ______ . ADVENTURE
44. The ______ are persuading people to work together to
save the nature. ENVIRONMENT
45. Julia’s compositions are full of mistakes but
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 they are very ______ IMAGINE
46. Don’t ______ Peter. He’s a skillful campaigner. ESTIMATE
47. ______! You are offered the position. CONGRATULATE
48. They have ______ my name on this form: the
first letter is L not R. SPELL
49. In his anxiety to make himself ______, he spoke
too loudly and too slowly. UNDERSTAND
50. You should describe her physical ______ such as height,
hair, eyes, etc. CHARACTER

PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)

Question I: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or
phrase for each space. (10 pts)
If you are about to graduate from school or college this summer and feel in need of a little
advice about what’s important (51)______ life, you could do a lot worse than consider the
words of (52)______ that were read out on my last day at school.
Do you expect to understand the value of your youth until it has (53)______. But you can
be sure that thirty years from now you’ll (54)______ back on life and (55)______ just how
good things were.
Try not to worry (56)______ the future – or at least be aware that worrying never really
helps to (57)______ anything. Real troubles will always sneak up and (58)______ you by
surprise. But remember it doesn’t do any harm to do something that (59)______ you every
so often.
Do not lie and cheat – especially in love – and do not (60)______ up with people who
deceive you. Do not let opportunities pass you by, as the time to do things simply runs
out. Today is almost certainly more important than tomorrow.
It helps to be kind to neighbours and colleagues – it’s nice to know they’ll miss you when
you’re not around. Friends come and go, but there are a precious few that you should try
and hold on to. Without quality friends, quality time is harder to come by.
51. A. at B. with C. of D. in
52. A. learning B. opinion C. knowledge D. wisdom
53. A. spent B. been C. gone D. lasted
54. A. go B. look C. come D. think
55. A. remind B. reappear C. recall D. rethink
56. A. for B. on C. at D. about
57. A. triumph B. deal C. succeed D. solve
58. A. happen B. get C. appear D. take
59. A. dislikes B. scares C. fears D. minds
60. A. put B. bring C. look D. come

Question II: Supply the most suitable word for each blank. (10 pts)
Failure is probably one of the most discouraging moments in our lives. Failure should not,
however, break our (61)_________. Instead, we should use the lessons learnt from our
defeat to spur us on to greater (62)_____.
It is understandably (63) ______to admit you have failed. Yet, this is an essential
prerequisite to success. To overcome the main barrier to your success you have to admit
that you are not the great person you envision yourself to be. Over- confidence can easily
be mistaken for confidence. There is but a thin (64)____between the two. Yet, the results

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can be (65) ____different. While one can help you achieve your goal, the other can dash
your dreams to (66)_____.
There is, therefore, a need to be modest and assuming. The (67)______ of
success will be sweeter. Using confidence and knowledge, strike firmly towards
your goal, and never be diverted from it by a (68)_______success. A (69) ____
celebration can easily obscure the task yet to be performed. After you have
succeeded, use that confidence to improve yourself. Then personal progress can
be (70) _____.

Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below.
(10 pts)
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first
is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use
of language, communicating with a group or an individual, and specialized
communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas
through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle
or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech
rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the
pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone
may indicate unsureness or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels,
the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen , or
may belie them. Here the conversant's tone can consciously or unconsciously
reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety,
enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute
listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly
specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture.
The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in
combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy
will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception
of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice
that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name
only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask
of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front.
How a speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any
given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging
or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free
and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry,
and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
71. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The function of the voice in performance
B. The connection between voice and personality
C. Communication styles
D. The production of speech
72. What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may
reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen"?
A. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
B. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.

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 C. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
D. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
73. The word "Here" in the passage refers to_______.
A. interpersonal interactions B. the tone
C. ideas and feelings D. words chosen
74. The word "derived" in the passage is closest in meaning to________.
A. discussed B. prepared C. registered D. obtained
75. Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in
the passage?
A. As examples of public performance
B. As examples of basic styles of communication
C. To contrast them to singing
D. To introduce the idea of self-image
76. According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice, may be an indication of a
person's _______.
A. general physical health B. personality
C. ability to communicate D. vocal quality
77. According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide________
A. hostility B. shyness C. friendliness D. strength
78. The word "drastically" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. frequently B. exactly C. severely D. easily
79. The word "evidenced" in the passage is closest in meaning to_______.
A. questioned B. repeated C. indicated D. exaggerated
80. According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
A. Lethargy B. Depression C. Boredom D. Anger

PART D: WRITING (20 pts)

Question I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it. (5 pts)
81. Are you sure that jacket is the right size for you?
à Does that jacket.....................................................................?
82. I don’t intend to give you any more money.
à I have no ...................................................................................
83. Experts think that all dogs evolved from wolves.
à All dogs are................................................................................
84. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age.
à The man was too …………………………………………………………
85. "Don't forget to tell me about the Sahara Desert", she told me.
à She reminded ……………………………………………………………….

Question II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it. Do not change the form of the
given word. (5 pts)
86. The garden party won't take place if the weather stays bad. UNLESS
à ………………………………………………………………………………….
87. Fewer people smoke these days. DECREASE
à ………………………………………………………………………………….
88. I found this film quite disappointing. LET

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89. Only if you work hard now have you any chance of success. DEPENDS
……………………………………………………………………………..
90. I saw a TV programme last month, which was very similar to this one. BEARS
……………………………………………………………………………..

III. Essay writing (10 pts)

“Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country.

Do you agree or disagree?”

Write an essay (about 200 words) to express your personal point of view.

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