Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi THPT cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2015-2016 - Sở GD&ĐT Ninh Bình (Đề 2) (Có đáp án)

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15. The problem the charity faced in August 2000 was that it had to delay sending the bikes.
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IV. Listen and circle correct answer (A, B, C, D) (1 point)
16. During the first week of term, students are invited to
be shown round the library by the librarian
listen to descriptions of library resources
do an intensive course in the computer centre
get familiar with the library system
 17. The speaker warns the students that
internet materials can be unreliable
downloaded information must be acknowledged
computer access may be limited at times
electricity is not always available
18. The library is acquiring more CDs as a resource because
They are a cheap source of information
They take up very little space
They are more up to date than the reference books
They are cheaper
19. Students are encouraged to use journals online because
The articles do not need to be returned to the shelves
Reading online is cheaper than photocopying articles
The stock of printed articles is to be reduced
The articles are not always available
20. Why might some students continue to use reference books?
they can be taken away from the library
they provide information unavailable elsewhere
they can be borrowed for an extended loan period.
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PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (5 POINTS)
I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences. (1 point)
21. The campaign raised far more than the ______ of $20.000.
A. aim	B. object	C. goal	D. target
22. The low, unbroken _________of the machine next door gradually bored its way into his brain.
A. din	B. thud	C. blare	D. hum
23. If the rain doesn’t _______________soon, we shall have to look for a taxi.
A. set about	B. let up	C. slow down	D. go off
24. People who take on a second job inevitably_______________ themselves to greater stress.
A. offer 	B. subject	C. field	D. place
25. Technology is advancing so quickly that machines become __________almost overnight.
A. obsolete	B. archaic	 C. stale	D. second-hand
26. Whenever I come up with a bright idea, my teacher _____.
A. sets me down	 B. sends me down	 C. puts me down D. depresses me	
27. The would-be president _____ himself to expand solar energy projects.
A. vowed 	 B. supported 	 C. swore 	 D. pledged 	
28. Strong _____ were made to the PM by the unions to persuade him to reconsider his policy.
A. words 	 B. arms 	 C. languages	 D. representations 	
29. The Le Hong Phong street is blocked by a lorry that has____ its load.
A. slipped	 B. shed	 C. loosed	 D. overturned
30. Most of the victims died because they _____ poisonous fumes.
A. suffocated	 B. inhaled	 C inspired	 D. gasped
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II. Give the correct form of each word to complete the passage. (1 point)
We are (31___ SURE) by the experts that we are, as a species, designed for face-to-face communication. But does that really mean having every meeting in person? Ask the bleary-eyed sales team this question as they struggle (32. LABOUR) _______ through their weekly teambuilding session and that answer is unlikely to be in the (33. AFFIRM) ___________. Unless you work for a very small business or have an (34. EXCEPT) ___________ high boredom threshold, you doubtless spend more time sitting in meetings than you want to. Of course, you could always follow business guru Archie Norman’s example. He liked to express (35. SOLID) __________ with customers queuing at the checkout by holding management meetings standing up. 
Is email a realistic (36. ALTERNATE) ____________ ? It’s certainly a powerful tool for disseminating information, but as a meeting substitute it’s seriously flawed. Words alone can cause trouble. We’re all full of (37. SECURE) ______________ that can be (38. intend)_____ triggered by others and people are capable of reading anything they like into an email. There is also a (39. TEND) ____________ for email to be used by people who wish to avoid ‘real’ encounters because they don’t want to be (40. FRONT) ______________ with any awkwardness.
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III. The passage contains 10 errors. UNDERLINED and write corrections in the box. (1 point)
The term “drug” covers many of kinds of chemical which they are absorbed by the body, the majority being medicines designed to injure illness. They are manufactured from a variety of sources which include animal products, plants and minerals. In the recent years it has become possible to synthesise in the laboratory many drugs which previously obtained by plants and animal products. A small number of drugs can become addictive if taken excessively, that is either too frequently or in doses larger to recommend for medical to use. Drugs intended as painkillers, or drug with hypnotic effects are used as sleeping pills, can both become addictive if abused. It is important to emphasize the fact that it is the abuse of drugs which has once become a widespread social problem in many societies and that the drug itself may have beneficial effects when used medically. This is when many drugs are obtainable only through prescription from a doctor. Some people would argue that addiction to drugs involve both psychological and social factors, since those people become addicts may do so in order to find some relief from personal or social inadequacies.
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IV. Use a verb in A with an adverb particle in B to form a phrasal verb and complete each sentence. (2 points)
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51. Scientists are mystified by the sudden rise in global temperature. They are unable to _____________ it.
52. I don't think he'll ever completely _________________ his wife's death. He'll always miss her.
53. John works in that office. I quite often _________________ him in the streets round here. 
54. I can't think of a way to _________________ the problem. 
55. She has a very pleasant manner. I’m sure the children will _________________ her at once.
56. We've had some hard times recently, but I think things are beginning to _________________.
57. The emergency services thought that the bomb might _________________ at any moment.
58. The schools will _________________ next week. It's almost holiday-time.
59. Her new book is due to _____________ next month. I wonder what the critics will think of it.
60. She's not a strong person. I'm afraid she might _________________ when she hears the news.
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PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (5 POINTS)
I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (1 point)
Reports that the government is about to _________ (61) the go ahead to plans for the building of a new runway at London’s Gatwick airport have angered local residents and raised fears of increased noise and exhaust pollution. The (62) _________ plans also include permission for additional night flights and will (63) _________ the compulsory purchase of farmland, as well as the demolition of a number of private homes. According to sources close to the Ministry of Transport, the government is known to be concerned by the increasing (64) _________ of traffic at London Heathrow, where there are no plans for further runways in the foreseeable (65) _________. Gatwick is widely (66) _________ as a better (67) _________ for expansion than London’s third airport, Stansted, which still suffers from poor transport links. A spokesperson for the Keep Gatwick Quiet association, (68) ________ up of local people, accused the government of going back on promises made before the General Election. “We were told then that the airport authority had no (69) _________ of building another runway, and we believe that the government has a duty to (70) _________ its pledges. “Prominent figures in the government are also believed to be concerned at the news, although the Prime Minister, interviewed last night, is quoted as saying that reports were “misleading”. However, he would not give an assurance that plans for building a runway had definitely been rejected.
61.	A. sign	B. make 	C. give	D. approve
62. 	A. controversial	B. debatable	C. notorious	D. doubtful
63. 	A. involve	B. concern	C. assume	D. need
64. 	A. sum	B. size	C. volume	D. length
65.	A. years	B. period	C. time	D. future
66.	A. regarded	B. believed	C. felt	D. held
67.	A. potential	B. outlook	C. prospect	D. likelihood
68.	A. made	B. set	C. brought	D. taken
69.	A. desire	B. intention	C. wish	D. objective
70.	A. bear out	B. count on	C. pull off	D. stand by
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II. Reading the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (1 point)
Animation traditionally is done by hand-drawing or painting successive frame of an object, each slightly different than the proceeding frame. In computer animation, although the computer may be the one to draw the different frames, in most cases the artist will draw the beginning and ending frames and the computer will produce the drawings between the first and the last drawing. This is generally referred to as computer-assisted animation, because the computer is more of a helper than an originator.
In full computer animation, complex mathematical formulas are used to produce the final sequences of pictures. These formulas operate on extensive databases of numbers that defines the objects in the pictures as they exist in mathematical space. The database consists of endpoints, and color and intensity information. Highly trained professionals are needed to produce such effects because animation that obtains high degrees of realism involves computer techniques from three-dimensional transformation, shading, and curvatures.
High-tech computer animation for film involves very expensive computer systems along with special color terminals or frame buffers. The frame buffer is nothing more than a giant image memory for viewing a single frame. It temporarily holds the image for display on the screen.
A camera can be used to film directly from the computer’s display screen, but for the highest quality images possible, expensive film recorders are used. The computer computers the positions and colors for the figures in the picture, and sends this information to the recorder, which captures it on film. Sometimes, however, the images are stored on a large magnetic disk before being sent to the recorder. Once this process is completed, it is replaced for the next frame. When the entire sequence has been recorded on the film, the film must be developed before the animation can be viewed. If the entire sequence does not seem right, the motions must be corrected, recomputed, redisplayed, and rerecorded. This approach can be very expensive and time- consuming. Often, computer-animation companies first do motion tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers to the task of calculating the high-resolution, realistic-looking images.
Question 71: What aspect of computer animation does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The production procession	B. The equipment needed
C. The high cost	D. The role of the artist
Question 72: According to the passage, in computer-assisted animation the role of the computer is to draw the _________.
A. first frame	B. middle frames
C. last frame	D. entire sequences of frames
Question 73: The word “they” in the second paragraph refers to___________.
A. formulas	B. objects	C. numbers	D. database
Question 74: According to the passage, the frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph are used to________.
A. add color to the images	B. expose several frames at the same time
C. store individual images	D. create new frames
Question 75: According to the passage, the positions and colors of the figures in high-tech animation are determined by _________.
A. drawing several versions	B. enlarging one frame at a lime
C. analyzing the sequence from different angles	D. using computer calculations
Question 76: The word “captures” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. separates	B. registers	C. describes	D. numbers
Question 77: The word “Once” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. before	B. since	C. after	D. while
Question 78: According to the passage, how do computer-animation companies often test motion?
A. They experiment with computer-generated line drawings.
B. They hand-draw successive frames.
C. They calculate high-resolutions images.
D. They develop extensive mathematical formulas.
Question 79: The word “task” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. possibility	B. position	C. time	D. job
Question 80: Which of the following statement is supported by the passage?
A. Computers have reduced the costs of animation.
B. In the future, traditional artists will no longer be needed.
C. Artists are unable to produce drawings as high in quality as computer drawings.
D. Animation involves a wide range of technical and artistic skills.
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III. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. (2 points)
DATA STORAGE ONLINE
 We are all well aware of the rapid (81) _____of online databases. This has affected all levels of data (82) _____ from the grandest government archives to the largest corporations and educational institution all the way down to personal journals and family financial records. On the one hand, this (83)______ of the way that data is stored offers tremendous environmental (84)______: much more data can be stored in a much smaller physical space and yet is more easily available to more people. There is no need to print pages and then (85) _____store them. More and better organized information is more easily and available (86) _____storage problems. Have we reached some kind of “infotopia”? (87)_____, but there is a serious downside and that is the problem of document security. Computer systems, which are mostly continuously (88) _____to the Internet, are all too prone to being (89) _____. This can be done for criminal reasons or simply because of the satisfaction that hackers get from cracking apparently some information systems. New opportunities for theft, espionage, blackmail and political dirty tricks are already (90) _____ existence.
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IV. Read the passage below and do the exercises required.(1.0p)
a. Choose the correct heading from the list for each paragraph (A-F). Write the correct number (A-I)) in the space   given next to the paragraphs. Paragraph F is an example. (0.5 point))
List of Headings
Indecision about a name
Current problems with distribution 
Uncertainty about financial advantages
The contrasts of cinema today
The history of cinema
Integrating other events into cinema
The plans for the future of films
An unexpected advantage
Too true to life?
Paragraph A    (91)________  	
Paragraph B   (92).________  
Paragraph C    (93)________	
Paragraph D   (94)________  
Paragraph E    (95).________
Paragraph F ___F____
THE END OF THE SILVER SCREEN
Cinema technology has remained much the same for a century, so when will it go digital? Kelvin Hilton views the projections.
 	A   Cinema is full of contradictions. It is high-tech and old-fashioned at the same time. Today’s films are full of digital sound and computer-generated special effects. Yet they are still stored on celluloid film, the basis of which is more than 100 years old. They are also displayed with projectors and screens that seem to belong to our great-grandparents’ generation.
	B   Now that we are in the second century of cinema, there are moves to bring the medium right up to date. This will involve revolutionizing not just how films are made but also how they are distributed and presented. The aim is not only to produce and prepare films digitally, but to be able to send them to movie theatres by digital, electronic means. High-resolution digital projectors would then show the film. Supporters say this will make considerable savings at all stages of this chain, particularly for distribution.
	C   With such a major technological revolution on the horizon, it seems strange that the industry is still not sure what to call itself. This may appear a minor point, but the choices, ‘digital’ cinema and ‘electronic’ cinema (e-cinema), suggest different approaches to, and aspects of, the business. Digital cinema refers to the physical capture of images; e-cinema covers the whole chain, from production through post-production (editing, addition of special effects and construction of soundtrack) to distribution and projection.
	D   And what about the effects of the new medium? The main selling point of digital cinema is the high resolution and sharpness of the final image. But those who support the old-fashioned approach to film point to the celluloid medium’s quality of warmth. A recurring criticism of video is that it may be too good: uncomfortably real, rather like looking through an open window. In 1989, the director of the first full-length American digital high-definition movie admitted that the picture had a ‘stark, strange reality to it’.
	E    Even the money-saving aspect of e-cinema is doubted. One expert says that exciting cinema will have to show the new material and not all of them will readily or rapidly furnish themselves with the right equipment. ‘E-cinema is seen as a way of saving money, because print costs a lot,’ he says. ‘But for that to work, cinemas have to be showing the films because cinemas are the engine that drives the film industry.’
	F   This view has prompted some pro-digital entrepreneurs to take a slightly different approach. HD Thames is looking at reinventing the existing cinema market, moving towards e-theatre, which would use digital video and projection to present plays, musicals and some sporting events to the public. This is not that different from the large-screen TV system that was set up in New York in 1930 and John Logie Baird’s experiments with TV in the late 1920s and early 30s.
b. Complete the summary below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage above. (0.5 point))
There are big changes ahead for cinema if digital production takes place and the industry no longer uses (96) _____ and gets rid of the old-fashioned (97) _____ and used to show movies. The main advantage is likely to be that the final image will be clearer. However, some people argue that the digital picture will lack (98) _____. In addition, digital production will only reduce costs if cinemas are willing to buy new (99) _____. As a result, experiments with what is called (10) ‘_____’ may mark a change in the whole entertainment industry.
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97 _______________________	100_______________________
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PART D: WRITING (4.0 POINTS)
I. Read the following text and use your own words to summarize it. Your summary should be about 120 words long. You MUST NOT copy the original. (2.0 points)
For many people who live in cities, parks are an important part of the landscape. They provide a place for people to relax and play sports, as well as a refuge from the often harsh environment of a city. What people often overlook is that parks also provide considerable environmental benefits. 
One benefit of parks is that plants absorb carbon dioxide—a key pollutant—and emit oxygen, which humans need to breathe. According to one study, an acre of trees can absorb the same amount of carbon dio