Đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh năm học 2006 - 2007 môn Tiếng Anh

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THỪA THIÊN HUẾ
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH 
NĂM HỌC 2006 - 2007 (TIMES: 150 MINUTES)
I. PHONETICS
1. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
	A. laughter	B. naughty	C. pause	D. taught
	A. label	B. patient	C. salary	D. vacant
	A. thanks	B. than	C. throw	D. Thursday
 	A. banks	B. coasts	C. shores	D. sinks
 	A. ceased	B. decreased	C. released	D. teased
2. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
	A. bonus	B. button	C. coastal	D. mature
	A. healthy	B. parade	C. social	D. temper
	A. classroom	B. deny	C. enjoy	D. preserve
 	A. movement	B. passable	C. practical	D. solution
 	A. inventory	B. literacy	C. official	D. stationery
II. VOCABULARY
1. Choose the word which best fits each gap of the sentence.
The news of his sudden death took us all by ....................
A. aback	B. shock
C. back	D. surprise
I bought these trousers in the sales. They were a real ....................
A. cheap	B. bargain
C. purchase	D. buy
I gave the shop .................... £10 and she gave me four pounds change.
A. assistant	B. manager
C. keeper	D. seller
Adults have to pay £3 to get in, while children under 14 are ....................
A. spare	B. away
C. free	D. off
I .................... my hand to draw her attention but she took no .................... of me.
A. waved/ notice	B. shook/ notice
C. waved/ attention	D. shook/ attention
The students clapped their hands when the scientist came forward to receive the .................... of Doctor of Cambridge.
A. qualification	B. degree
C. certificate	D. licence
We suggested a lot of things, which were all ....................
A. returned	B. denied
C. rejected	D. refused
John asked his parents if they would pay off his ....................
A. credits	B. purchase
C. accounts	D. debts
.................... are that you have not seen a frog for some time.
A. Possibilities	B. Chances
C. Opportunities	D. Occasions
There are no obvious reasons why certain frog .................... are disappearing from some rainforests.
A. species	B. ones
C. breeds	D. animals
2. Use the correct form of the word in capitals to fit each gap.
Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with 
difficult situation. If, for example, you are taking part in a 
sports (1)_________, meeting someone important, or giving 
COMPETE
a (2)_________ in front of a large audience, you will probably 
PERFORM
be quite (3)_________, and worry that you will not be as 
NERVE
(4)_________ as you would like to be. What you need to do is 
SUCCEED
to prepare yourself (5)_________ by running through the 
THOROUGH
whole (6)_________ over and over again in your mind, 
ACTIVE
(7)_________ going through every detail. For example, a 
CARE
famous pianist, (8)_________ for seven years for political 
PRISON
reasons, could still play (9)_________ on his release. When 
MAGNIFICENCE
asked how he managed to play so well, his (10)_________ 
EXPLAIN
was that he had practised every day in his mind.
III. GRAMMAR
1. Use the correct tense and form to fit each gap.
Always optimistic, my grandfather looks forward to .................... (continue) his busy life as a pensioner.
Just .................... (have) a beautiful or handsome face which everyone .................... (recognize) causes a lot of problems.
In the army, all orders have to be .................... (carry out) by the soldiers.
Why don't you let me .................... (show) you around the city?
.................... (you find out) what time the train leaves yet?
Harry .................... (bring up) by his grandparents after his parents had died in the accident.
It .................... (long know) that the earth is warm enough to support life.
I .................... (work) all day so I feel worn out.
The reasons why people are attracted to each other .................... (know) for a long time.
Frogs with lighter coloured skins might be more likely .................... (survive) in a warm climate.
2. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the sentence.
Just a minute! I've forgotten .................... your cheque.
A. signing	B. to sign
C. in signing	D. sign
I'm trying to save for my holidays so I'm .................... some money each week.
A. putting aside	B. put aside
C. putting away	D. put away
You'd better take his proposal .................... before .................... your final decision.
A. by surprise/ making	B. by surprise/ doing
C. into account/ making	D. into account/ doing
.................... in business, one must be prepared to take risks.
A. Succeeding	B. Succeed
C. Succeeded	D. To succeed
The postman couldn't make out .................... addressed to, so he took it back.
A. the letter	B. who the letter was
C. where the letter was	D. the letter was
If I took the job, it would .................... to the city.
A. mean I moved	B. mean to move
C. have meant moving	D. mean my moving
I waited for him until 8.30, .................... I gave up.
A. which time	B. at which time
C. that time	D. at that time
It's high time we .................... something about the pollution.
A. did	B. had done
C. made	D. had made
Paul said it was accidental, but I'm sure .................... on purpose.
A. him to do	B. him to make
C. he did it	D. he made it
My uncle is still active, .................... conversations with him .................... to be monotonous.
A. despite/ tends	B. though/ tends
C. although/ tend	D. while/ tends
IV. USE OF ENGLISH
1. Choose the word or phrase in the box to fill each gap.
residents
localized
former
disaster
discovered
disposal
deadly
neglect
released
persisted
During the 20th century, pollution evolved from a mainly (1)................. problem to one of global consequences in which pollutants not only (2)................. in the environment, but changed atmospheric and climatic conditions. The Minamata Bay (3)................. was the first major indication that humans would need to pay more attention to their waste products and waste (4)................. practices, in particular, hazardous waste disposal. In the years that followed, many more instances of (5)................. or carelessness resulted in dangerous levels of contamination. In 1976 an explosion at a chemical factory in Seveso, Italy, (6)................. clouds of toxic dioxin into the area, exposing hundreds of (7)................. and killing thousands of animals that ate exposed food. In 1978 it was (8)................. that the Love Canal housing development in New York State was built on a (9)................. chemical waste dump. The development was declared uninhabitable. The world's worst industrial accident occurred in Bhopal, India, in 1984. A (10)................. gas leaked from an American chemical plant, killing more than 3,800 people and injuring more than 200,000.
2. Use ONE word to fill each gap.
All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock - that is two clocks joined together. When one player makes his move, he presses a button (1)................. stops his clock and starts his opponent's clock . (2)................. fails to keep to the time limit, no (3)................. what the position on the board, loses the game. Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (4)................. to twelve hours a day are very strenuous and result (5)................. fatigue and time troubles. The play is quite sharp. Active, attaching chess (6)................. the order of the day and it is difficult to maintain (7)................. sustained, precise defence against such play. A score of the game must be kept as play goes on. Each move is written (8)................. on a score sheet, which (9)................. to be handed to the tournament officials at the end of each round. The only though in everyone's head is (10)................. win. Talent and youth-that's (11)................. - is needed for success at chess, with the emphasis (12)................. youth. Some approach the board with a slow, purposeful manner (13)................. giving you a second glance - you simply don't count. They seem to imply that (14)................. outcome is a foregone conclusion for them; you only (15)................. to accept it with good grace.
3. Pick out the word which is not needed in most lines of the passage. Tick (ü) the correct line.
(0) ü
I'll never forget the first time I went to a football match. I
(00) for
wasn't very interested in sport at all at that time but for my Dad
(1)______
came home with some tickets that a friend had been given him.
(2)______
He asked me whether I'd like to go with him and I said that I
(3)______
would, even though I thought it was going to be really boring.
(4)______
Every one time he was watching football on television at home, I 
(5)______
was used to read a book or leave the room. However, as I found
(6)______
out, the match I was going to was playing between our local team
(7)______
and the team from a nearby city. They have always been rivals.
(8)______
When we got into the stadium, I was amazed because I had never
(9)______
seen such an enormous crowd before. The noise they were making
(10)_____
incredible and this was before that the game had even started!
(11)_____
When it did start, it was really exciting. The supporters have
(12)_____
shouted the whole time and that when our team scored after ten
(13)_____
minutes long, there were wild celebrations. Unfortunately, the
(14)_____
other team scored twice times after that. I soon got to know the
(15)_____
names of our players and by the end I was shouting too. We lost
the match but I had a great time and I've become a football fan.
V. READING COMPREHENSION
1. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the passage.
Our school sports were held last week, and the whole afternoon was a disaster. For a start, very (1)................. people bothered to turn (2)................., and there is nothing (3)................. than trying to win a race with only three or four people cheering you on. It rained (4)................. afternoon, from the moment the first starting pistol (5)................. fired, until the last medal had (6)................. presented. I was in the high jumps, (7)................. meant running up to do my best jumps and then landing (8)................. a pool of cold muddy water. It was raining (9)................. hard that we couldn't see the runners in the 5000 metres, and it (10)................. out that they had all stopped (11)................. the other side of the field to shelter under a tree. My other event was the javelin, but (12)................. time I tried to throw, the javelin kept slipping from my hand. In (13)................. case, I couldn't see where I was throwing, and when I (14)................. finally manage to launch my javelin into the air, it disappeared in the direction of the railway line, and was never see (15)................. .
	A. little	B. small	C. few	D. rare
	A. up	B. about	C. round	D. over
	A. like	B. better	C. left	D. worse
 	A. by	B. the	C. entire	D. all
 	A. had	B. was	C. has	D. been
 	A. to	B. had	C. been	D. itself
 	A. which	B. and	C. so	D. nevertheless
 	A. on	B. at	C. in	D. to
 	A. so	B. as	C. and	D. very
 	A. worked	B. found	C. looked	D. turned
 	A. under	B. on	C. through	D. about
 	A. first	B. in	C. every	D. a
 	A. this	B. the	C. whatever	D. any
 	A. did	B. had	C. should	D. have
 	A. there	B. again	C. to	D. back
2. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Unwanted sound, or noise, such as that produced by airplanes, traffic, or industrial machinery, is considered a form of pollution. Noise pollution it at its worst in densely populated areas. It can cause hearing loss, stress, high blood pressure, sleep loss, distraction, and lost productivity.
Sounds are produced objects that vibrate at a rate that the ear can detect. This rate is called frequency and is measured in hertz, or vibrations per second. Most humans can hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz, while dogs can hear high-pitched sounds up to 50,000 hertz. While high-frequency sounds tend to be more hazardous and more annoying to hearing than low-frequency sounds, most noise pollution damage is related to the intensity of the sound, or the amount of energy it has. Measured in decibels, noise intensity can range from zero, the quietest sound the human ear can detect, to over 160 decibels. Conversation takes place at around 40 decibels, a subway train is about 80 decibels, and a rock concert is from 80 to 100 decibels. The intensity of a nearby jet taking off is about 110 decibels. The threshold for pain, tissue damage, and potential hearing loss in humans is 120 decibels. Long-lasting, high-intensity sounds are the most damaging to hearing and produce the most stress in humans.
Solutions to noise pollution include adding insulation and sound-proofing to doors, alls, and ceilings; using ear protection, particularly in industrial working areas; planting vegetation to absorb and screen out noise pollution; and zoning urban areas to maintain a separation between residential areas and zones of excessive noise.
Noise pollution may 
A. be caused by airplanes.	B. put you off at work.
C. Make people deaf.	D. A, B and C
Hertz is
A. a unit of frequency.
B. a unit of sound.
C. a unit of high-frequency sounds.
D. used to measure high-pitched sounds.
High-frequency sounds tend to be
A. as annoying as low-frequency sounds.
B. appreciated by dogs.
C. good for human ears.
D. more hazardous than low-frequency sounds.
The human ear can stand up to
A. sounds from zero to 160 decibels.
B. sounds from 120 to 160 decibels.
C. sounds from zero to 120 decibels.
D. sounds from 40 upwards.
How many solutions to noise pollution are suggested by the passage?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
VI. WRITING
1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use the word given.
I talked to Mary and then went home.
stopped
On the way home ______________________ to Mary.
Unfortunately, you have not passed the test.
regret
We ______________________ have not passed the test.
I wish I had married Mary!
regret
I ______________________ Mary.
We could hear voices next door.
talking
We ______________________ next door.
I'd appreciate it if you were a bit quieter.
try
Could ______________________ less noise, please?
2. Write a second sentence as similar in meaning as the first one. Use the word given.
He always makes everything look so difficult!
weather
Thunder terrifies me!
death
You needn't feel so superior - you are no better than they are!
nose
We have nearly reached the deadline for this job!
short
Any personal involvement on the part of the Prime Minister in this scandal would be disastrous.
caught
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TÔN NỮ THU NGUYỆT
Giáo viên trường PTTH Nguyễn Huệ - Huế
Tháng 11/2006
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THỪA THIÊN HUẾ
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH 
NĂM HỌC 2006 - 2007
I. PHONETICS
	1. A	2. C	3. B	4. C	5. D
	6. D	7. B	8. A	9. D	10. C
II. VOCABULARY
1.	1. D	2. B	3. A	4. C	5. A
	6. B	7. C	8. D	9. B	10. A
2. 	1. competition 	2. performance	3. nervous	4. successful
 	5. thoroughly	6. activity 	7. carefully	8. imprisoned
	9. magnificently 	10. explanation
III. GRAMMAR
1. 	1. continuing 	2. having/ recognizes	3.carried out
	4. show	5. Have you found out	6. was brought up
	7. has been long known	8. have been working	9. has been known
	10. to survive
2.	1. B	2. A	3. C	4. D	5. B
	6. D	7. B	8. A	9. C	10. C
IV. USE OF ENGLISH
1.	1. localized	2. persisted	3. disaster	4. disposal	5. neglect	
6. released	7. residents	8. discovered	9. former	10. deadly
2.	1. which/that	2. whoever	3. matter	4. up	5. in	
6. is	7. a/ any	8. down/ up	9. has	10. to	11. what	12. on	13. without	14. the	15. have
3.	1. been	2. ü	3. ü	4. one	5. was
	6. playing	7. ü	8. ü	9. ü	10. that
	11. have	12. that	13. long	14. times	15. ü
V. READING COMPREHENSION
1.	1. C	2. A	3. D	4. D	5. B
	6. C	7. A	8. C	9. A	10. D
	11. B	12. C	13. D	14. A	15. B
2.	1. D	2. A	3. D	4. 	5. B
VI. WRITING
1.	I stopped to talk
2.	regret (to say) that you
3.	regret not marrying
4.	could hear people talking
5.	you try to make
6.	He always makes heavy weather of everything.
7.	I'm scared/ frightened to death of thunder!
8.	You needn't look down your nose at them - you are no better.
9.	We are running short of time/ Time is running short before the deadline 
for this job.
10.	If the Prime Minister got caught up in/ were to get caught up in this 
scandal, it would be a disaster.
Người ra đề
TÔN NỮ THU NGUYỆT
Giáo viên trường PTTH Nguyễn Huệ - Huế
Tháng 11/2006