Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh THPT - Năm học 2016-2017 - Sở GD&ĐT Ninh Bình (Có đáp án)

SỞ GDĐT NINH BÌNH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI, HỌC VIÊN GIỎI
LỚP 12 CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - THPT
Ngày thi: 14/12/2016
(Thời gian 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)
Đề thi gồm 5 phần, trong 9 trang
Điểm bài thi
Họ và tên, chữ ký của giám khảo
Số phách
(Do CTHĐ chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số: ........../20 điểm
Bằng chữ: ......................
Giám khảo số 1: ................................
Giám khảo số 2: ................................
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này)
PART A: LISTENING (3.0 POINTS)
HƯỚNG DẪN THI NGHE HIỂU
- Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, thí sinh được nghe mỗi phần 2 lần liên tiếp nhau.
- Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
- Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh bằng tiếng Anh đã có trong từng phần nghe.
I. Listen and decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
1. Maize has been domesticated in Mexico for nearly 5 thousand years.
2. It took a very long time to reach South America.
3. Corn was used as food 6.900 years ago.
4. Corn was being used in more varied ways than previously believed.
5. How exactly they went about making it is unclear.
Your answers: 
1. 
2. 
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5. 
II. Listen and fill in each blank with ONE word. Write your answers in the numbered box.
(1.0 point)
The number of koalas in Australia is (6)_________ but conservationists estimate there are about 100,000 in the (7)________. They believe that the population is continuing to fall because of various threats, including a disease that causes blindness and infertility. The building of homes and roads is also eating away at their habitat.
The Australian government is being urged to declare the koala a (8)________ or endangered animal. This would give federal authorities the power to protect these furry marsupials from development.	
The Environment Minister Tony Burke has asked a panel of (9)________ for more information (10)_______ areas where koala populations are in trouble. He is expected to make a final decision in the next couple of months.
Your answers: 
6. 
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III. Listen to the conversation between Nick and Dr Alex and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D. Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
11. What are Nick and Dr Alex talking about? 
	A. books	B. robots	 C. carrots	 D. ghost
12. How did robots play role in the past? 
	A. huge	B. large	 C. big 	 D. minor
13. Now robots can do a lot of work EXCEPT? 
	A. do the homework 	B. build the houses 	 C. help the sick 	 D. make the bed
14. What can worker robots do ?
	A. cut the grass	B. build big buildings C. clean the house 	 D. cook rice
15. In the future robots can do a lot of work EXCEPT ? 
	A. play football	B. drive a car	 	 C. play volleyball	 D. talk to people
Your answers: 
11. 
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PART B: PHONETICS. (1.0 POINT)
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
16. A. nitrogen	B. attendant	C. remember	D. deposit
17. A. eliminate 	B. participate 	C. competition 	D. inaccurate
18. A. apartheid	B. president 	C. institute 	D. conference
19. A. facility 	B. spectacular 	C. ceremony 	D. surprisingly
20. A. socialise	B. memory	C. tradition	D. animal
Your answers: 
16. 
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PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5.0 POINTS)
I. Choose the best answer to fill in each gap. Write your answers in the numbered box.(2.0 points)
21. While southern California is densely populated, ________live in the northern part of the state.
A. a number people	B. a few of people	C. many people	 D. few people
22. He’s a very	person because he can make other workers follow his advice.
A. influential	B. effective	C. creative	D. deciding
23. Most teachers make________for young students’ mistakes.
A. up 	B. room 	C. allowance 	 D. way
24. My English is progressing_________.
A. leaps and bounds 	B. bounds and leaps 
C. odds and ends 	D. ends and odds
25. Since the 1970s, riding bicycles ________ in the United States.
	A. becomes increasingly widespread	B. become increasingly widely spread
	C. has become increasingly widespread	D. has increased and becomes spread widely
26. As darkness fell, there was nothing for it but to ______ the nearest village.
	A. call to	B. go to	C. make for 	 D. stand for
27. Cheese and spinach pie is a traditional Greek ______. 
	A. cuisine	B. food	C. course	 D. dish
28. Don’t be late for the interview, ________people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless	B. otherwise	 C. if not 	 D. or so
29. We have had the roof of our house________.
 A. to replace 	B. replace 	 C. been replaced D. replaced
30. The school was closed for a month because of serious ________of fever.
A. outcome	B. outburst	 C. outset	 D. outbreak
Your answers: 
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II. Supply the correct form/tense of the verb in brackets to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
31. I don’t believe it. It’s three in the morning and that party still________(not finish).
32. Don’t call him at 2.30 p.m. He ( interview)________ job applicants at that time.
33.I didn’t do the test well. I ________(prepare) it very carefully at home.
34. Our car broke down. But for that, we________ (to be) in time.
35. It is imperative that the letter ________(send) at once.
36. The money _________ (steal) in the robbery was never found.
37. It’s very cold. Mr. Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat. He ________ (wear) a warm coat.
38. The children enjoy (take)_______to the zoo.
39. How you ___________ (get) on at school ?
40. I must have been tired because I (work)________so hard for several hours.
Your answers: 
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III. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
Interviews are an imperfect method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human_______ (41. be) like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of _______ (42. select) as it is commonly practiced is that the forms filled in by ______ (43. apply) often fail to show people as they really are. This means that you can follow all the best ________ (44. advise) when completing your form and still find that you are _________(45. success) at the next stage – the interview. _________(46. similar) in the rare cases where interviews are automatic, a candidate with an _______(47. adequate) form may do surprisingly well.
Of course, your form needs to show that you have ________ (48. confident) in your _______ (49. able) to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and ______ (50. honest) are definitely the best approach.
Your answers:
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IV. Find out the mistake in each sentence. Write your answers in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
51. When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and
 A	 B	 C
some sinking into the ground.
D
52. Some people often say that using cars is not as convenient than using motorbikes.
 A B	 C	D
53. I like the fresh air and green trees of the village which I spent my vacation last year.
 A B	 C	 D
54. It was not until the end of prehistoric times that the first wheeled vehicles appearing.
 A B	 C	 D
55. To control quality and make decisions about production are among the many responsibility of 
 A 	 B C D
 an industrial engineer.
56. Organisms that are related are usually identifiable by at less some similarities in anatomical 
	 A	 B	 C
 structure and embryonic development.
	 D
57. With the development of underwater breathing equipment, helmeted divers can now descend six 
 A	 B
 hundred foot if they breathe a special mixture of gates.
 C D
58. Many of the mammals that dwell in the desert are active only at a night as the intense heat of a 
	 A B C
 desert day can be fatal to warm-blooded animals.
 D
59. George Gershwin not only composed popular songs for musicals, but also wrote much serious 
	 A	 B C D
 concerts.
60. Oyster farming has been practice in most parts of the world for many years.
	 A B C D
Your answers: 
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PART D: READING COMPREHENSION. (6.0 POINTS)
I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence. 
The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderates climate, would be notably absent.
Another outstanding characteristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characteristic enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climatic extremes. In addition, water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic that helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is widely practiced, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea, and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.
61. The author's main purpose in this passage is to .
A. describe the properties and uses of water.
B. illustrate the importance of conserving water.
C. explain how water is used in commerce and industry	.
D. compare water with other liquids.
62. The phrase "This vast amount" in line 4 refers to .
A. 300 million cubic miles of water	B. 80,000 million cubic of water
C. 80,000 cubic miles of water	D. 24,000 cubic miles of rain
63. The word "replenish" can best be replaced by .
A. fill again	B. replace	C. evaporate	D. form
64. According to the passage, fish can survive in the oceans because .
A. they do not need oxygen	
B. ice floats
C. evaporation and condensation create a water cycle	
D. there are currents in the ocean
65. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of water?
A. Water expands when it is frozen.	B. Water is a good solvent.
C. Water can absorb heat.	D. Water contracts on cooling.
66. The word "outstanding" is closest in meaning to .
A. exceptionally good	B. special	C. important	D. amusing
67 According to the passage, the hydrosphere is NOT .
A. responsible for all forms of life	B. that part of the earth covered by water
C. a source of natural resources	D. in danger of freezing water
68 The author's tone in the passage can best be described as .
A. dogmatic	B. dispassionate	C. speculative	D. biased
69 The author organizes the passage by .
A. comparison and contrast	B. juxtaposition of true and untrue ideas
C. general statements followed by examples 	D. hypothesis and proof
70. Which of the following statements would be most likely to begin the paragraph immediately
 following the passage?
A. Water has the ability to erode land.	
B. Magnesium is widely used in metallurgical processes.
C. Another remarkably property of ice is its strength.	
D. Drought and flooding are two types of disasters associated with water.
Your answers: 
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II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
Stressful atmospheres, (71) of deadlines and long hours dominate office life, according to a survey (72) recently.
The majority of those questioned said a good salary and career (73) were their main reason for working. But significant numbers did not believe their employers offered either. In general the survey found that most felt that quality of life was more important than (74) and company perks. Most would prefer employers to offer flexible hours, challenging tasks and job (75) rather than perks such as company cars and private health care. Many employers’ (76) to understand this meant more than a third worried about their work on holiday, and 40 percent took days off (77)_____ when not ill.
Workers were also (78)______by the conditions they had to work in. A fifth struggled with out-of-date technology, badly lit offices and chairs which caused backache. Half said their productivity would increase if their environment improved.
On the plus side, the biggest (79)_____was the friendship offered by colleagues, and it appears that the office also affords the chance to flirt with colleagues, make (80)______calls to friends abroad, steal stationery and play computer games.
71. A. weight 	B. force 	C. heaviness 	D. pressure
72. A. published 	B. printed 	C. publicized 	D. proclaimed
73. A. outlooks 	B. odds 	C. prospects 	D. views
74. A. rank 	B. status 	C. degree 	D. grade
75. A. safety 	B. security 	C. sanctuary 	D. protection
76. A. failure 	B. defeat 	C. deficiency 	D. lack
77. A. indisposed 	B. unwell 	C. injured 	D. sick
78. A. pestered 	B. inflamed 	C. irritated 	D. ruffled
79. A. compensation 	B. damages 	C. reimbursement 	D. atonement
80. A. idiosyncratic 	B. unique 	C. personal 	D. individual
Your answers: 
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III. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
Evolution
It is generally accepted that present-day animals and plants differ from those of the past, having changed by a general process called (81)_________ . But this theory has been widely accepted for little more than a hundred years. The present theory of evolution was (82)_________ by two naturalists- Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace- working independently.
When he was a young man of 22, Darwin went as naturalist on a round-the-world, map-making cruise aboard a British naval survey ship, HMS Beagle. The cruise began in 1831 and (83)_________until 1836. In the Galapagos Islands, Darwin came (84)_________a group of birds, later to (85)_________ known as “Darwin’s finches”. They were (86)_________to one another in their color, song, nests, and were clearly descended (87)_________the same finch stock, but each had a different kind of beak and was adapted (88)_________ a different way of life. There were seed-eaters, fly-catchers, woodpeckers and various other types.
Darwin assumed that the ancestors of all these (89)_________ had been blown to the islands in bleak weather, had survived and changed somehow into the various forms. In the years after the voyage, Darwin gradually came to the (90)_________ that individuals better suited to their environment would tend to leave more offspring while those less well adapted would die out.
Your answers: 
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PART E: WRITING. (5.0 POINTS)
I. Rewrite each of the sentences without changing its meaning, using the cue given. (2.0 points)
91. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
à Had it not 
92. Everyone heard about the accident before I did.
àI was ...
93. The rail workers don’t intend to call off their strike.
àThe rail workers have no...
94. The train couldn’t run because of the storm.
àThe storm
95. I’ve forgotten that commentator’s name but he’s very well-known.
à That commentator, ...
96. My protests were ignored by everybody.
à Nobody took..
97. By the time we arrive the other guests will have already started dinner.	
 à The other guests will start .
98. It was wrong of you to scare your mother like that.
à You oughtn’t ..
99. Lan did not reach home until midnight.	
 à It .............................................................................................................
100. Melissa’s father was very busy, but he still played with her.
à Busy..
II. Rewrite sentenses so that the meaning of each one is not changed, using the cue given (DO NOT change the form of the cues given). (1 point)
101. I find his handwriting very hard to read (DIFFICULTY)
à..
102. I’ve never read such a sarcastic essay before. (EVER)
à ..
103. I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test. (SURPRISE)
à ..
104. I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up. (FEAR)
à ..
105. The critics were deeply impressed by her performance. (IMPRESSION) 
à ..
III. Write a paragraph (about 150 words ) about a topic given (2 points)
TOPIC: What measures do you take in order to reduce air and water pollution in your hometown?
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