UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO Đề thi chọn đội tuyển dự thi HsG quốc gia lớp 12 thpt NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phỳt (không kể thời gian phát đề) Ngày thi: 08 tháng 10 năm 2010 ========== Điểm bài thi: Bằng số ………… Bằng chữ……………………… Chữ ký của người chấm thi: Số 1 ……………………………………… Số 2: ………………………………………. (Thớ sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi) SECTION I. PHONOLOGY (20 PTS) Part I. Find the word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Circle the letter preceding the correct answer (A, B, C or D). (10 pts) 1. A. manufacture B. mature C. pasture D. agriculture 2. A. explanation B. preparation C. observatory D. cooperation 3. A. southern B. mathematics C. breathe D. trustworthy 4. A. sergeant B. servant C. service D. sermon 5. A. recite B. reconcile C. refund D. reproduce 6. A. foot B. stood C. wood D. food 7. A. explosion B. exploration C. expertise D. expedition 8. A. chooses B. increases C. releases D. practises 9. A. procedure B. programme C. progress D. profile 10. A. sacred B. embedded C. ragged D. shrugged Part 2. Identify the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Circle the letter preceding the correct answer (A, B, C or D). (10 pts) 1. A. trigonometry B. explanatory C. immediately D. democracy 2. A. argumentative B. psychological C. contributory D. hypersensitive 3. A. assassinate B. equality C. intelligence D. understanding 4. A. majority B. ceremony C. astronomy D. opinion 5. A. managerial B. determination C. unbelievable D. inability 6. A. tropical B. commercial C. disastrous D. extensive 7. A. experience B. hurricane C. volcano D. material 8. A. accept B. unique C. successful D. laughter 9. A. independence B. politician C. immortality D. socialism 10. A. confer B. offer C. prefer D. deter SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR. (45 PTS) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Circle the letter preceding the correct answer (A, B, C or D). (5 pts) 1. Thousands of _______ are already signing up for this new telephone service. A individuals B subscribers C applicants D interviewees 2. This is a _______ example of what not to do. A critical B pure C simple D prime 3. Job losses are mainly in the _______ sectors of the industry. A blue-collar B red-collar C stiff-collar D high-collar 4. Unfortunately she has been given an _______ task. A insurmountable B undeveloped C inoperable D unsolved 5. It was a big _______ for her to give up her acting career to look after her family. A trial B sacrifice C endeavour D test PAGE 1 OF 8 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Số phách (do CT hội đồng ghi) 6. They are showing a _______ of a 1930’s musical at the Theatre Royal. A resurrection B revival C retake D repeat 7. The students at this university are _______ in blocks of flats on the campus. A housed B domiciled C resident D placed 8. I have no wish to have any _______ with a firm like that. A openings B handling C dealings D contacts 9. Voters find it difficult to believe politicians because the latter use so many _______ doctors. A twist B spin C turn D spinning 10. We are told there will be little economic _______ this year. A progress B forwards C movements D progression Part 2: Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to fill in the space. (5 pts) 1. Human beings are the worst (pollute)_______________ on earth. 2. No one can understand Lewis’s behaviour. It’s (explain)_______________. 3. She is very efficient, and (fail)_______________ polite to customers. 4. I have always (envious)_______________ your lifestyle. 5. After the (taking)_______________ several employees lost their jobs. 6. The cost of (carry)_______________ must be paid by the buyer. 7. Diseased cells must be killed while their neighbours are left (harm)_______________. 8. Nobody gets (prefer)_______________ treatment in this office. 9. People used to suffer from life-time physical (normal)_______________. 10. She died in (child)_______________. Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Find them and correct them. Write your answers in the space provided below the passage. (10 pts) As we feel tired at bed-time, it is natural to assume that we sleep because we are tired. The point seems so obviously that hardly anyone has ever sought to question it. Nevertheless, we must ask “tired of what?” People certainly feel tired in the end of a hard day’s manual work, but it is also true that office workers feel equally tired when bed-time come. Even invalids, confined to beds or wheelchairs, become tired as the evening wears on. Moreover, the manual workers will still feel tired even after an evening spent relaxing in front of the television or read a book, activities which ought to have a refreshing effect. There is no proof connection between physical exertion and the need for sleep. People want to sleep, however little exercises they have had. Nor is the desire for sleep relating to mental fatigue. In fact, sleep comes more slowly to people who have had an intellectual stimulating day, just because their minds are still full in thoughts when they retire. Ironically, one way of sending someone to sleep is to put him or her into boring situation where the intellectual effort is minimal. Your answers: 1. __________________ __________________ 6. __________________ __________________ 2. __________________ __________________ 7. __________________ __________________ 3. __________________ __________________ 8. __________________ __________________ 4. __________________ __________________ 9. __________________ __________________ 5. __________________ __________________ 10. __________________ __________________ Part 4: Put the verb in parentheses in the correct tense or form. The word in italics should be put in the correct position in relation to the verb. (10 pts) Though Brazil is one of the richest countries in the world, much of it 1 (not yet develop)___________. It 2 (be)_________ mainly for this reason that the Brazilian government 3 (decide)___________ to have a new city 4 (build)___________ 600 miles north-west of Rio de Janeiro. 5 (design)___________ by the great architect Lucio Costa, the new city, Brasilia, 6 (replace)____________ Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960. Brasilia carefully 7 (plan)___________ for modern living. Its wide roads, which 8 (can take)______________ fourteen lanes of traffic, 9 (keep)___________ away from living areas. Children 10 (not have to cross)____________ busy streets 11 (go)____________ to school. Housewives 12 (can PAGE 2 OF 8 visit)____________ shopping centres on foot, for in these specially 13 (design)____________ living areas, cars 14 (be) ______________ unnecessary. At first, the government 15 (have)____________ great difficulties in 16 (persuade)_____________ people to leave Rio and 17 (settle)____________ in Brasilia. Since 1960, however, the population 18 (grow)____________ all the time. Brasilia quickly 19 (establish)_____________ itself as the capital of the country. The idea to have the capital moved so far inland 20 (have)_____________ a great effect on the future of Brazil. Your answers: 1. _________________ 6. _________________ 11. _______________ 16. ________________ 2. _________________ 7. _________________ 12. _______________ 17. ________________ 3. _________________ 8. _________________ 13. _______________ 18. ________________ 4. _________________ 9. _________________ 14. _______________ 19. ________________ 5. _________________ 10. ________________ 15. _______________ 20. ________________ Part 5: Insert a, an, the or ỉ (no article) in each of the numbered blanks. (5 pts) A lot of pressures are encouraging you to worry about your appearance. Women’s magazines, (1) ______ advertisements and (2) ______ media all concentrate on (3) ______ subject, and they bombard you with (4) ______ warnings about (5) ______ bad breath, perspiration, being too fat or too thin. They even give (6) ______ impression that if you use (7) ______ certain shampoo or cosmetic, you will become attractive to (8) ______ boys. Your parents may become involved in this process by encouraging you to think about your appearance, and your friends may create (9) ______ atmosphere of (10) _______ competition. Part 6: Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition. (10 pts) The star (1)_______ the largest scale opera performance over staged (2)_______ Britain pull out (3)_______ its opening night (4)_______ Sunday. Yerdi’s Aida is being performed (5)_______ London’s Earl’s Court Arena (6)_______ a cast of 600 singers, dancers and actors. American soprano Grace Bumbry (7)_______ the title role was suffering (8)_______ hay fever, but had promised to be “ all right on the night even if my nose drops like the Nile”. Half way (9)_______ the performance she was unable to continue and was replaced (10)_______ mid-performance (11)_______ Russian soprano Ghena Dimitrova who was sitting (12)_______ the audience watching the show . She was taken (13)_______ a dressing room where she put on Ms Bumbry costume and was made up. She was ready to go (14)_______ the stage (15)_______ a longer than usual interval. Tuesday’s performance (16)_______ the presence (17)_______ the Prince and Princess of Wale will go ahead (18)_______ Ms Bumbry- her role will be taken (19)_______ Martina Arroyo (20)_______ Italy. SECTION III. READING. (65 PTS) Part 1: Read the following passage and circle the letter preceding the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) which best fits each gap. (15 pts) TWO CREATURES OF THE PAST - MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS The elephant has some distant relatives called mammoths, which lived in the Stone Age. More than 15,000 years ago people painted pictures of them on cave walls. Then, astonishingly, in 1799, a man walking along the banks of the River Lena in Siberia (1)_______ a starting discovery. Peering into a wall of ice, he could (2)_______ see the shape of a massive, hairy mammoth, apparently (3)_______. He immediately ran (4)_______ in terror, but several days later he (5)_______ the courage to return and cut the mammoth’s tusks - its two enormous teeth - out of the ice to sell them. Mammoth tusks are the biggest teeth of any known creature, some (6)_______ a length of five meters. These tusks were (7)_______ to good use, protecting the mammoths’ young from other animals, and brushing away snow. To most of us, mammoths are probably the most (8)_______ of the elephant’s extinct relatives, but thousands of years earlier, in the woodlands of eastern North America, lived another of the elephant’s PAGE 3 OF 8 relatives called the mastodon. Like mammoths, mastodon may also have had a hairy coat, but (9)_______ mammoths mainly ate grass on the plains, mastodons (10)_______ to eat twigs and leaves. We do not know why mastodons (11)_______ extinct. However, computer studies of the decrease in mammoth (12)_______ suggest that it was a particular (13)_______ of over-hunting by humans, and (14)_______ in the climate at that time which (15)_______ to their disappearance. 1. A. made B. took C. did D. had 2. A. rather B. quite C. just D. well 3. A. watching out B. watching over C. looking after D. looking out 4. A. across B. away C. out D. past 5. A. grew B. felt C. found D. experienced 6. A. increasing B. reaching C. expanding D. completing 7. A. put B. held C. set D. kept 8. A. usual B. frequent C. regular D. familiar 9 A. when B. while C. as D. even 10. A. preferred B. enjoyed C. desired D. selected 11. A. turned B. went C. became D. came 12. A. quantities B. amounts C. totals D. numbers 13. A. combination B. addition C. attachment D. connection 14. A. transformations B. changes C. diversions D. adjustments 15. A. guided B. caused C. led D. influenced Part 2: Read the following passage and circle the correct answer (marked A, B, C, or D) to each of the questions that follow. (20 pts) My lawyer, Mr. Turner, is the only man I know who has seen a ghost. He is a quiet even-tempered man whose life is spent in dealing with facts. He is the last person in the world to give way to fantasy. He has a wife and two children of whom he is proud, takes a modest holiday abroad every year and spends his Sundays gardening. He is knowledgeable about art and architecture, though he doesn't pretend to be an expert by any means. It is, therefore, all the more surprising that he should so insistent about the ghost. It happened, so he says, like this: He was travelling from London to the North of England by train. It was a misty November evening and the train was half empty. In fact for the first part of the journey Mr. Turner had the carriage to himself and sat dozing over a newspaper. However at the first stop a passenger jumped in, slamming the door behind him. He seemed out of breath as if he had been running. He was a striking looking young man with dark, bushy hair and bright intelligent eyes. He was dressed rather oddly in a long waisted coat with silver buttons, tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. Mr. Turner did not pay much attention to this because people wear all sorts of extravagant clothes these days and he had long grown accustomed to them. Presently, the two men got into conversation, as people do on long journeys. Mr. Turner was interested to cover that the young man was very knowledgeable about Art - in particular portraits. His name, he said, was Joseph Hart, and he was on his way to visit an exhibition. It seemed that he worked in a famous London Art Gallery - a picture restorer, perhaps, thought Mr. Turner, for he seemed to know a great deal about varnishes and paints, and even more about the subjects of certain portraits. When Mr. Turner asked his opinion of the portrait of a famous judge by an artist he admired, his companion laughed and said, “He’s only a reproduction - a good one I agree but you can't talk to a reproduction.” He spoke as though the person in the portrait were still living. After a while the carriage got hot and steamy and Mr. Turner dropped off. He woke up just as the train was drawing up at a junction with a grinding of brakes. His companion had disappeared. A few days later, having returned to London, Mr. Turner found himself near the Art Gallery. Moved by some impulse, he went in and enquired for Joseph Hart. The attendant directed him to a room devoted to early nineteenth century portraits of well-known men. There was no-one in the room and Mr. Turner looked about him. Without knowing quite how he had got there, he found himself standing in front of a full-length portrait of a dark young man in tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. The eyes smiled at him with a hint of amusement. The name-plate at the foot of the picture read: Joseph Hart, Gentleman, 1800-1835. PAGE 4 OF 8 1. What kind of person was Mr. Turner? A. imaginative B. fantastic C. sensible D. insensitive 2. Although he was a lawyer, Mr. Turner _______. A. pretended to know a lot about Art. B. knew something about Art. C. pretended to take an interest in Art. D. intended to learn more about Art. 3. When the passenger entered Mr. Turner’s compartment _______. A. he was painting. B. he was running. C. the train was just leaving. D. the carriage was half-empty. 4. The passenger’s clothes didn’t seem strange to Mr. Turner because _______. A. he was used to wearing strange clothes. B. he liked people who wore strange clothes. C. everyone he knew wore strange clothes. D. he had seen a lot of people in strange clothes. 5. Mr. Turner thought the young man might _______. A. be an Art Dealer. B. be an Art Expert. C. renew old pictures. D. paint reproductions of old pictures. 6. Why wouldn’t the passenger give an opinion on the portrait of the judge? A. the judge wasn’t alive. B. the judge was still alive. C. the picture was a copy. D. he hadn’t seen it. 7. When did Mr. Turner first realize that the passenger had gone? A. When the train started. B. After the train had stopped. C. Just before the train stopped. D. When the train was leaving the station. 8. Why did Mr. Turner go into the Art Gallery? A. He was walking past there. B. He had never been there before. C. He had planned to do so. D. He suddenly decided to. 9. In the past of the gallery that Mr. Turner was directed to _______. A. there were a lot of pictures by unknown people. B. there were a lot of nineteenth century people. C. no-one else was looking at the pictures. D. he only saw one portrait. 10. When Mr. Turner looked at the portrait of Joseph Hart _______. A. he smiled at it. B. he thought it smiled at him. C. he didn’t recognize it. D. he was amused. Part 3: Fill each numbered blank in the following passage with one most suitable sentence given in the list below. (10 pts) Food is one of the things we notice about different cultures. It is also one of the first aspects of a different culture we feel to adopt. The table manners that accompany the food are not so obvious. When the behaviors of a culture are visibly in contrast, they are most powerful, even when we are not aware of them. (1)_______. In Australia, it is expected that everyone will talk during a meal. The talking passes from one person to another and is often about an issue that has been in the news, a new movie, or some other neutral and safe topics. (2)_______. Conversation is held before or after the meal itself. (3)_______. In Australia, when we have finished eating the main course we put the knife and fork across the middle of the plate parallel to each other with the handles facing towards us. When we are resting during the meal, we put the knife and fork across each other on the middle of the plate. (4)_______. In Indonesia, some students tell me, the fork and the spoon are crossed as in Australian resting position. But not all Indonesians may do this. Indonesia is itself a very multicultural society, so there may be a number of customs for this within the country. Consider further where the dishes are positioned on the table. The Chinese custom of all the diners eating from a range of central dishes is different from the Western way of having servings on separate plates. (5)_______. Even the way knives and forks fence in the plates makes a little frame for the plate and defines separate arenas of action all around the table, rather than one common arena of action as is the case of cultures where all the diners share from the common dishes. A. After the meal, the way we place our eating tools, our knives, forks, or chopsticks, is also culturally defined. PAGE 5 OF 8 B. This expresses a different relationship between people and shows lines of community in contrast to the Westerner’s separate plates. C. In many Eastern cultures, it is considered impolite to speak while the meal is in progress. D. Then there the complex issue of accepting or declining an offer. E. We need to remember that table manners change within cultures. F. A barbecue or a dinner with a few friends will have different rules. G. In China, the chopsticks go crossways across the top of the plate with the handles facing towards the right, as that is the hand that holds the chopsticks. H. Just imagine some of the different table manners we might encounter at a class dinner when a range of cultures are represented! Your answers: 1.____________ 2. _____________ 3._____________ 4._____________ 5._____________ Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the provided space below the passage. (20 pts) He was born in a very poor part of London. His father (1) ______ a comedian and his mother worked (2)______ a dancer and singer. (3)______ of them was very successful, however, and the family had very (4)______ money; at one time they were (5)______ poor that he and his brothers had only one pair of shoes (6)______ them and they had to take turns wearing them. The first time he himself earned any money (7)______ dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved (8)______ was working in the theatre. (9)______ he was about 15 he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (10) ______ such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, (11)______ he eventually became both an actor and a film director. He was known to be a perfectionist and sometimes (12)______ the other actors repeat a scene many times (13)______ he was finally satisfied with it. Many people found (14) ______ difficult and some accused him of (15)______ mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty (16)______ made him careful with his (17)______ He died in Switzerland in 1977, (18) ______ the age of 88. (19)______ is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his (20)______ and early upbringing. His name was Charlie Chaplin. Your answers: 1. _________________ 6. _________________ 11. _______________ 16. ________________ 2. _________________ 7. _________________ 12. _______________ 17. ________________ 3. _________________ 8. _________________ 13. _______________ 18. ________________ 4. _________________ 9. _________________ 14. _______________ 19. ________________ 5. _________________ 10. ________________ 15. _______________ 20. ________________ SECTION IV: WRITING. (70 PTS) Part 1: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before. (10 pts) 1. The news that he would be going to university pleased his parents very much. The news of________________________________________________________________________ 2. We must think about ways of improving the transport system. Thought must ______________________________________________________________________ 3. It isn’t possible that Jane was absent from work today. Jane______________________________________________________________________________ 4. I haven’t been swimming for nearly a year. The______________________________________________________________________________ 5. It doesn’t matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The result will be the same. It makes___________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 6 OF 8 Part 2: Write a new sentence so that it has the same meaning as the original sentence, using the word in capital letters. This word must not be altered in any way. (10 pts) 1. They claim to provide the best service in business, but I think that can be questioned. (DISPUTE) __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The boy does whatever his father wants in an obedient way. (ATTENDANCE) __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. You must make allowances for his inexperience. (ACCOUNT) __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. I really don’t know what you’re talking about. (FAINTEST) __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. You must accept the fact that she has left you. (TERMS) __________________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph below. You should write at least 150 words. Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task. (20 pts) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 7 OF 8 _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: Write a composition about the following topic. (30 pts) Studying the English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only way to learn language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? You should write at least 250 words. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ -THE END- (Đề thi này có 08 trang) PAGE 8 OF 8 HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI HSG QUỐC GIA LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 08 tháng 10 năm 2010 ========== SECTION I: PHONOLOGY (20 PTS) 1. Find the word whose bold part is pronounced differently. (10 pts) 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. D 2. Identify the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. (10 pts) 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. B SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (45 PTS) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. (5 pts) 0.5 point for one correct answer= 5 points) 1. B 2.D 3.A 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B 10 A Part 2: Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to fill in the space. (5 pts), (0.5 point for one correct answer= 5 points) 1 polluters 6 carriage 2 inexplicable 7 unharmed 3 unfailingly 8 preferential 4 envied 9 abnormalities 5 takeover 10 childbirth Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Find them and correct them. (10 pts) (1 point for one correct answer = 10 points) 1. obviously 2. in 3. come 4. read 5. proof → obvious → at → comes → reading → proven 6. exercises 7. relating 8. intellectual 9. in 10. boring situation → exercise → related → intellectually → of → a boring situation Part 4: Put the verb in parentheses in the correct tense or form. (10 pts), (0.5 point/ an answer= 10 points) 1. has not yet been developed 11. to go 2. was 12. can visit 3. decided 13. designed 4. built 14. are 5. Designed 15. had 6. replaced 16. persuading 7. has been carefully planned 17. to settle 8. can take 18. has been growing 9. have been kept 19. has quickly established 10. do not have to cross 20. will have Part 5: articles (5 pts) 0.5 point for one correct answer= 5 points) 1. ỉ 2. the 3. the 4. ỉ 5. ỉ 6. the 7. a 8. ỉ 9. an 10. ỉ Part 6. Prepositions (10 pts), (0.5 point for one correct answer= 10 points) 1. of 2. in 3. on 4. on 5. at 6. with 7. in 8. from 9. though 10. in 11. by 12. in 13. to 14. onto 15. after 16. in 17. of 18. without 19. by 20. from SECTION III. READING (65 PTS) Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (1 point for one correct answer = 15points) VIBTN1217 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C PAGE 9 OF 8 Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer, (2 points for one correct answer = 20 points) 1.C; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D; 5.C; 6.C; 7.C; 8.D; 9.C; 10.B Part 3: Fill each numbered blank in the following passage with one most suitable sentence given in the list below. (10 pts) (2 points for one correct answer = 10 points) 1. H 2. C 3. A 4. G 5. B Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (20 pts) (2 points for one correct answer = 20 points) 1. was 11. where 2. as 12. made/ insisted/ demanded 3. Neither 13. before/ till/ until 4. little 14. him/ Chaplin/ it/ his 5. so 15. being 6. between 16. that/ which 7. by/ through/ from/ for 17. money/ cash 8. most/ especially/ particularly/ passionately 18. at best/ doing 19. There 9. When 20. birth/ origin(s)/ childhood/ infancy 10. one babyhood SECTION IV: WRITING (70 PTS) Part 1: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before. (2 point for one correct answer= 10 points) 1 - The news of his going to university pleased his parents very much. 2. Thought must be given to ways of improving the transport system . 3 - Jane must have been at work today. 4 - The last time I went swimming was nearly a year ago. 5 - It makes no difference which chemical you put into the mixture first. Part 2: Write a new sentence so that it has the same meaning as the original sentence, using the word in capital letters. This word must not be altered in any way. (2 point for one correct answer= 10 points) 1. They claim to provide the best service in business, but I think that they can be in dispute/ open to dispute. 2. The boy dances attendance on his father. 3. You must take his inexperience into account Or You must take account of his inexperience 4. I don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about. 5.You must come to terms with the fact that she has left you. Part 3: Graph writing (20 points) Part 4: Composition (30points) Notes: The mark given to parts 3 and 4 is based on the following scheme: 1. Content: (40% of total mark) 2. Organization & Presentation: (30% of total mark) 3. Language: (30% of total mark) Sample answer. Studying a language in a country where it is widely spoken has many advantages. It is, therefore, a good idea to study English in a country such as Britain. However, I believe it is not the only way to learn the language. In the first place, most students in non-English-speaking countries learn English at secondary school, and sometimes at university nowadays. Although their spoken English is not usually of a very high standard, their knowledge of grammar is often quite advanced. This is certainly useful when students come to an English-speaking country to perfect the language. Secondly, studying the basics of English at secondary school is less stressful than learning the language while overseas. This is because students living at home do not have to worry about problems such as finding accommodation, paying for their study and living costs, and trying to survive in a foreign country where day to day living causes much stress. However, there are obvious advantages of learning English in Britain. Every day there are opportunities to practice listening to and speaking with British people. Also, students can experience the culture firsthand, which is a great help when trying to understand the language. This is especially true if they choose to live with a British family, as exchange students for example. Furthermore, if students attend a language school full-time, the teachers will be native speakers. In this case, not only will students' speaking and listening skills improve, but attention can be given to developing reading and writing skills as well. In general, even though it is preferable to study English in an English-speaking country, a reasonable level of English can be achieved in one's own country, if a student is gifted and dedicated to study. (289 words) TOTAL: 200/10 = 20 POINTS PAGE 10 OF 8 [...]...UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI HSG QUỐC GIA LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phỳt (khụng kể thời gian phỏt đề) Ngày thi: 08 thỏng 10 năm 2010 ========== ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thông tin về thí sinh (do thí sinh ghi) Cán bộ coi thi (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) 1 Họ tên: ………………………………………………... ……………………………… … Số 2: ………………………………………………………… ………………… 5 Số báo danh: ………………………………… …… UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI HSG QUỐC GIA LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phỳt (khụng kể thời gian phỏt đề) Ngày thi: 08 thỏng 10 năm 2010 ========== Thông tin về thí sinh (do thí sinh ghi) Cán bộ coi thi (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) . 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