Đề thi xét tuyển vào đội tuyển học sinh giỏi - Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

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1. SỞ GD & ĐT QUẢNG NAM ĐỀ THI XÉT TUYỂN VÀO ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG TRƯỜNG THPT CAO BÁ QUÁT Năm học: 2019 - 2020 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION ONE: PHONETICS (0.4pt) PART 1. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done as an example. (0.2pt) 0. A. summer B. birthday C. busy D. machine 1. A. enjoy B. collect C. escape D. answer 2. A. selectionB. nationalC. recycleD. convenient Your answers: 0. D 1. 2. PART 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done as an example. (0.2pt) 0. A. home B. hour C. hand D. hear 3. A. changeB. chemistryC. chooseD. cheese 4. A. clear B. bear C. hear D. near Your answers: 0. B 3. 4. SECTION TWO: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (3.6 pts) PART1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to finish each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done as an example. (2.0 pts) 0. I ___ a student. A. am B. is C. are D. be 5. When he lived in the city, he ___ to the theater twice a week. A. uses to go B. has gone C. used to go D. was going 6. Yoko feels ___ again after her illness but she still cannot work ___. A. strong/ hardlyB. strongly/ hardC. strongly/ hardlyD. strong/ hard 7. ___every part of the world has experienced an earthquake in recent years. A. Most B. Each C. Nearby D. Almost 8. Lan is very tired. ___, she has to finish her assignment before going to bed. A. Although B. So C. Therefore D. However 9. Our school has managed to collect a lot of books to ___ to the children in a village school. A. publish B. distribute C. provideD. defeat 10. They said to me about the people and the places___they saw in New York. A. whichB. whoC. that D. whom 11. Neither Linh nor her classmates ___ the National Museum so far. A. visitB. visited C. have visitedD. has visited 12. Students who volunteer in high schools will continue to volunteer throughout their lives, ___? A. don’t theyB. do they C. won’t they D. will they 13. If you come to the theatre late, you have to wait until the ___ to get in. A. breakB. refreshment C. interval D. half-time
2. 14. He has got an excellent grade in his examination ___the fact that he had not worked particularly hard. A. on account of B. because of C. in spite of D. although 15. In a report submitted to the government yesterday, scientists___ that the building of the bridge be stopped. A. banned B. complained C. saidD. recommended 16. She often wears ___. A. modern wonderful Italian sports shoes B. wonderful modern Italian sport shoes C. wonderful Italian modern sport shoes D. modern Italian wonderful sports shoes 17. Studies indicate ___collecting art today than ever before. A. there more people B. more people that are C. that there are more people D. people there are more 18. Tom: A lot of money goes for AIDS research. Mary: Yes, because it’s ___that the government is spending a lot of money finding a cure. A. a so serious diseaseC. so a serious disease B. so serious a diseaseD. such serious disease 19. I’m leaving the key under the pot in the garden___you should be home earlier than usual. A. because B. so that C. thoughD. in case 20. Today’s football match has been ___ because of the bad weather. They will play next Saturday instead. A. looked for B. taken after C. put off D. given away 21. Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money ___ in red envelopes. A. which wrapped B. wrapped C. wrappingD. to wrap 22. ___have tried their best to protect the environments, but their efforts seem to be nothing compared to what people are doing to harm it. A. Poachers B. Industrialists C. ProducersD. Conservationists 23. ___Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight. A. On B. In C. At D. From 24. While the boss was away, her assistant stood ___her and helped her solve any problems arising. A. up to B. in for C. up againstD. out of Your answers: 0. A 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. PART 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges. (0.2 pt) Question 25: “___?” “I love it. It's great, especially at night.” A. When do you often listen to classical music? B. How do you like classical music? C. How often do you listen to classical music? D. What kind of music do you like? Question 26: Tom: “Hello, nice to see you again.” Jerry: “___.” A. I don’t think you are B. You shouldn’t be so C. Me too D. Neither am I Your answers: 25. 26.
3. PART 3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. (0.2 pt) Question 27. The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of precautionary measures. A. physical B. severe C. beneficial D. damaging Question 28. Despite careful preparation, the candidate got cold feet when asked a challenging question and gave an unsatisfactory answer. A. got nervousB. became aggressive C. stayed confidentD. had a fever Your answers: 27. 28. PART 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question. (0.2 pt) 29. He talks continuously with his friends about his achievements. He’s kind of person who is always blowing his own horn. A. modest B. trying his best C. active D. showing off 30. She was brought up in a well-off family. She can't understand the problem we are facing. A. wealthy B. broke C. kind D. poor Your answers: 29. 30. PART 5. The passage below contains 10 errors. UNDERLINE and CORRECT them. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided. (1.0 pt) When I was a boy, children always objected to wear school 31. ___ uniform but teachers were keen about it because they said all 32. ___ of us looked like. Otherwise, they said, children would compete 33. ___ with each other and the poorer children would be shameful 34. ___ because people would see straight away what poor they were. In 35. ___ recent years, however, many schools have giving up the idea of 36. ___ making children to wear uniform but, funnily enough, said that 37. ___ children can wear what they like, they have adopted an uniform 38. ___ of them own. Once a journalist came to a school, he found out 39. ___ that all the boys and girls at the school were dressed of jeans 40. ___ SECTION THREE: READING (3.0 pts) PART 1. Read the text below and decide which answer( A, B, C, or D)best fits each numbered gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below.(1.4pts) WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY A __(0)___ memory is often seen __(41)___ something that comes naturally, and a bad memory as something that cannot be changed, but actually (42)___ is a lot that you can do to improve your memory. We all remember the things we are interested in and forget the ones that bore us. This no doubt explains the reason (43)___ schoolboys remember football results effortlessly but struggle with dates from their history lessons! Take an active interest in what you want to remember, and focus on it (44)___. One way to make yourself more interested is to ask questions - the more the better! Physical exercise is also important for your memory, because it increases your heart (45)___ and sends more oxygen to your brain, and that makes your memory work better. Exercise also reduces stress, __(46)__ is very bad for the memory.
4. The old saying that eating fish makes you brainy may be true after all. Scientists have discovered that the fats (47)___ in fish like tuna, sardines and salmon as well as in olive oil help to improve the memory. Vitamin-rich fruits such as oranges, strawberries and red grapes are all good brain food, too. 0. A. bad B. good C. better D. well 41. A. so B. as C. on D. from 42. A. there B. it C. that D. this 43. A. why B. what C. how D. which 44. A. hardly B. slightly C. consciously D. easily 45. A. degree B. level C. rate D. grade 46. A. who B. which C. that D. whose 47. A. made B. existed C. founded D. found Your answers: 0. B 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. PART 2. Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (1.6pts) Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied. 48. Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because ___. A. few people could read to themselves B. there were few places available for private reading C. silent reading had not been discovered D. people relied on reading for entertainment 49. The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means “___ ”. A. attracting attention B. for everybody’s use C. most preferable D. widely used 50. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to___. A. a distraction to others B. silent reading C. reading aloudD. examinations
5. 51. Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of ___. A. the decreasing need to read aloud B. the development of libraries C. the increase in literacy D. the decreasing number of listeners 52. It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading materials was an indication of ___. A. a decline of standards of literacy B. a change in the readers’ interest C. an improvement of printing techniques D. an alteration in educationalists’ attitudes 53. All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old shared literacy culture EXCEPT ___ . A. the inappropriate reading skills B. the printed mass media C. the diversity of reading materials D. the specialised readership 54. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. Reading aloud was more common in the past than it is today. B. The change in reading habits was partly due to the social, cultural and technological changes. C. The decline of reading aloud was wholly due to its distracting effect. D. Not all printed mass media was appropriate for reading aloud. 55. The writer of this passage is attempting to___. A. encourage the growth of reading B. explain how reading habits have developed C. show how reading methods have improvedD. change people’s attitudes Your answers: 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. SECTION FOUR: WRITING (3.0 pts) PART 1. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the words in brackets. These words MUST NOT be altered in any way. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1.4 pts) 0. I haven’t phoned her since she left for Paris. (LAST) The last time I phoned her was when she left for Paris. 56. She started working as a secretary five years ago. (BEEN) She has ___. 57. Sarah wore dark glasses so that no one would recognize her. (AVOID) Sarah ___. 58. We left quietly so that we didn’t disturb the baby. (TO) So ___. 59. Could you possibly help me with this box? (MIND) Would ___? 60. Don’t forget to contact me if you come to London. (TOUCH) Don’t forget to ___. 61. They couldn’t understand the lecturer because she spoke so fast. (TOO) The lecturer spoke ___. 62. Paul is the only person who has replied to the invitation. (NOBOBY) Apart ___. PART 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers in the spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1.6 pts) 0. We are looking forward to going abroad this summer. We are excited about going abroad this summer.
6. 63. I would prefer you not to mention this matter to anyone else. I’d rather ___. 64. Minh laughed heartily when I told him the joke. The joke ___. 65. Thanks to her mother’s encouragement, she entered the beauty contest. Had it ___. 66. It is said that the robber was caught while climbing up a fence. The robber ___ 67. Lan said: “Do you know the name of the woman who is talking to your mother, Nam?” Lan asked ___. 68. It’s a pity her brother can’t speak English as fluently as a native speaker. Her brother wishes ___. 69. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day. Only by ___. 70. Success depends on hard work. The harder ___. ___THE END___