Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo Cà Mau KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG

Trường THPT Chuyên Phan Ngọc Hiển Năm học 2008 – 2009
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WRITING
A> Sentence transformation: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentences as
similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the words given in bold
letters. The words MUST NOT BE ALTERED in any way.
1. Stop criticizing everybody! (DOWN)
 Stop running everybody DOWN.
2. Terry has just insured her life. (OUT)
 Terry has just taken OUT insurance on her life.
3. In the end it was discovered that Joe was the thief. (OUT)
 it turned OUT that Joe was the thief.
4. I need a calculator to arrive at the total. (OUT)
 I need a calculator to work OUT the total.
5. I met your friend David the other day. (INTO)
 I ran INTO your friend David the other day.
6. I think you’ve been overcharged, old son! (OFF)
 I think you’ve been ripped OFF, old son.
7. I think we should increase the pressure on her to resign. (UP)
 I think we should step UP the pressure on her to resign.
8. I won’t allow swearing in my classroom (FOR)
 I won’t stand FOR swearing in my classroom.
9. The company was bought up by a large multinational. (OVER)
 the company was taken OVER by a large multinational.
10. Your story is different from the facts. (WITH)
 your story does not tie in WITH the facts

B> The charts below show the amount of money spent per week on fast foods from 1970 to
1990 as well as the trends in consumption of fast foods in Britain.
Write a report describing the information as provided in the charts. (about 150 words)

Expenditure on fast foods by income groups

 The chart shows that high income earners consumed considerably more fast foods than
the other income groups, spending more than twice as much on hamburgers (45 pence per
person per week) than on fish and chips or pizza (both under 20 pence). Average income
earners also favoured hamburgers, spending 33 pence per person per week, followed by fish
and chips at 25 pence, then pizza at 12 pence. Low income earners appear to spend less than
the other income groups on fast foods, though fish and chips remains their most popular fast
food, followed by hamburgers and then pizza.
From the graph we can see that in 1970, fish and chips was twice as popular as hamburgers,
pizza being at that time the least popular fast food. The consumption of hamburgers and pizza
has risen steadily over the 20-year period to 1990 while that of fish and chips has been in
decline over that same period with a slight increase in popularity since 1985.

C> Essay Writing: Some people say that with the considerable benefits computers and
internet bring about, they can completely replace the traditional role of a teacher. Do you
agree or disagree with it? (About 200 words)