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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 VÒNG 1 (2017-2018)
Thời gian: 90 phút
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I. LISTENING (15 POINTS)
Part 1. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
COMPANY OUTSOURCING
Case study –TCP technologies:
Manager: Manjeet Khanna
Main target: to create a (1)___________ environment
Grading for staff:
- Every month grades are published on an (2)_____________
- The cultural openness increased the quantity of incoming contracted opportunities.
- The cultural openness improved the level of (3)_____________ of the company.
- The increased rate of staff satisfaction has led to growth of 32% in the (4)____________.
Recent interview:
- A company is not one entity comprised of components, but a living organism composed of cells.
- Manjeet’s motto is (5)____________
Benefits of management style:
- The rate of staff turnover has been reduced.
- A (6)____________ can be from any other company.
- Grades are not used for (7)_____________
Features of managing style:
- Personally, the manager wrote emails to respond to the complaints.
- The complaint form known as a (8)_____________ has access to all employees online.
- The manager can receive any complaints concerning air conditioning, food quality and (9)_____________ entitlement. - A (10)_____________ on the anonymous complaint was introduced in the new system.
2. You will hear two sports commentators called Heidi Stokes and Rob Aslett taking part in a discussion on the subject of gyms. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. What do Rob and Heidi think about government proposals regarding the problem of obesity?
A. They over-emphasise the role of dietary factors.
B. They represent a radical solution that must be worth trying.
C. They over-estimate the extent to which the fitness industry can help.
D. They are attempting to accommodate too many varied perspectives.
2. Heidi agrees with the suggestion that regular gym attendance
A. can discourage people from keeping fit in other ways C. generally forms the basis of a healthy lifestyle B. may lead to obsessive behavior in some cases D. could be harder to keep up in rural areas 3. When asked about motivation, Rob suggests that many gym clients lose interest
A. if they don’t get good value for money C. if they don’t make it part of a wider fitness regime B. if they don’t find it enjoyable on a social level D. if they don’t perceive real gains in personal fitness 4. What does Heidi suggest about membership levels in gyms?
A. The best ones restrict access at peak times. C. It is impossible to predict demand with any accuracy. B. Most recruit more people than they can cope with. D. Over-recruitment can be counter-productive in the long run. 5. Rob thinks the key to successful gym marketing lies in
A. remaining true to the core values of fitness and strength. C. joining forces with providers of related activies. B. appealing to a wide cross-section of the population. D. specializing in the needs of certain key groups.
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II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (25 POINTS)
Part 1. Choose the option that best completes each of the following sentences (10 pts) 1. Because of rapid technological progress, the computers being made today will be ________ in five year’s time. A. outdone B. extinct C. retired D. obsolete 2. He was clearly nervous: he was sitting right on the ________ of his chair.
A. outside B. edge C. tip D. border 3. Those two groups of students are in ________ over the duty schedule.
A. dispute B. practice C. advance D. hatred 4. The fumes were so thick that she was ________ for breath.
A. gasping B. inhaling C. suffocating D. wheezing 5. I heard the sound of the blind man ________ with his stick.
A. creaking B. patterning C. tapping D. ticking 6. We went out for a meal to________ our friendship.
A. cement B. draw C. stick D. tie 7. My mother has a________ for a bargain.
A. big nose B. fast foot C. good eye D. keen sense 8. The storm ripped out tent to________.
A. slices B. shreds C. strips D. specks 9. The train service has been a ________ since they introduced the new schedules.
A. shambles B. rumpus C. chaos D. fracas 10. I’m sorry for all the________ things I said to you.
A. hostile B. abrupt C. nasty D. short 11. I really admire the hero of the film. He’s so________.
A. reckless B. adventurous C. foolhardy D. instinctive 12. The weekend is over, so tomorrow morning it’s back to the ________.
A. grind B. labour C. drudgery D. toil 13. A good dictionary is indispensable ________ any English majors.
A. to B. for C. at D. with 14. ________the double, she took the victim to the hospital.
A. In B. For C. On D. With 15. He broke his arm, but the ________healed quickly.
A. fracture B. anatomy C. segment D. splinter 16. I watch a ________of bees flying hither and thither.
A. swarm B. throng C. bulk D. clutch 17. Champagne is a ________ wine, which originally came from the north east of France. A. glittering B. sparkling C. glistening D. gleaming 18. Media reports on the outcome of military intervention often________ the true fact.
A. divert B. detract C. distort D. depose 19. The school authorities________ the child’s unruly behavior on his parents’ lack of discipline. A. attribute B. accuse C. blame D. ascribe 20. By an unfortunate ________ the bride’s sister was not invited to the wedding.
A. insult B. oversight C. neglect D. disregard
Part 2. Read the following sentences and fill the gaps with appropriate prepositions (5 pts) 1. The young mother went__________ agony before her missing child was found.
2. Do you think he could be prevailed__________ to make a speech after the presentation?
3. Just say you need me and I am__________ hand.
4. He was wearing very shabby, dirty clothes and looked very down __________heel. 5. You let him slipped __________your fingers again! We had him surrounded.
6. He’s not feeling well at the moment, but he should be up and __________again in a few days.
7. Your document and his are __________duplicate.
8. I feel quite nostalgic __________ the place where I grew up.
9. If you want to read email, please key __________the address of email and password first
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10. They swindled him _________ ___________hundreds of dollars.
Part 3. Choose the suitable word given and supply its correct form to complete the gaps (10 pts)
In an effort to escape from their hectic and (1) ________ city lives, more and more Northern Europeans are buying houses in rural areas of France, Spain, Italy and Greece. Some relocate permanently in search of a more meaningful existence. Those who cannot afford to give up their jobs seek a (2) ________ respite from their stressful lifestyle by relaxing for a few weeks each year in their second home in the sun.
However, many of those who relocate permanently find that life in the country is not as quiet and (3) ________ as they had anticipated. Aspects of village life which seemed delightfully (4) ________ in the context of a two-week holiday can grate on the nerves when you live with them on a daily basis. Recently a group of British residents in an Italian village took local farmers to court because they found the smell of the villagers’ pigs (5) ________. In other cases, foreigners have complained to neighbours about the enthusiastic early-morning crowing of their cockerels, or to village priests about the regular tolling of church bells.
(6) ________, the local inhabitants are somewhat (7) ________ of these attitudes. They argue that the foreigners have an (8) ________ view of what country life is like and that, since no-one forced them to come and live in a village, they are being (9) ________ by now complaining about the (10) ________ of rural life.
III. READING (30 POINTS)
Part 1. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (12 pts)
A/ Light pollution is a growing (1)________ to our once black velvet skies. The uniform orange glow now arches over most of Britain, (2)_______out the once well-known constellations. Apparently the Observatory at Greenwich can hardly function thanks to light pollution, and indignant astronomers are even threatening to (3)_________a protest on the issue. Gone are the days of mellow yellow Victorian streetlamps, and now councils (4)________ on illuminating every street, corner, nook and cranny with harsh glaring light, every night, all night, (5)________unaware of the feelings of many residents. In my opinion, it is all a disgraceful waste of resources, causing vast amounts of carbon dioxide to be pumped into the atmosphere, (6)________the ozone layer and accelerating the greenhouse effect.
1. A. threat B. hazard C. peril D. risk
2. A. cleaning B. stopping C. fading D. blotting
3. A. stage B. conduct C. run D. throw
4. A. insist B. demand C. require D. force
5. A. happily B. carelessly C. blissfully D. sleepily
6. A. slitting B. probing C. piercing D. penetrating
B/ Why is it that the average man has a(n) (7)_______to buying clothes? In fact, shopping probably (8)________as high as visits to the dentist or doing the washing up on the male ‘Most Hated Chores’ list. While a woman may sit happily (9)________through glossy fashion magazines, then spend hours trying to (10)________her favourite top model, her male partner spends approximately five minutes deciding what to wear, even less time putting it on, and is out of the front door before she has even (11)________ her underwear. Women seek out ways to look different, while men generally choose clothes which are as (12)________as possible. She will be horrified if another woman is wearing the same dress at a party, whereas for him, finding someone else in the same attire will simply confirm that he belongs and is not a freak.
7. A. hatred B. distaste C. aversion D. horror
8. A. ranks B. stands C. places D. aims
9. A. roaming B. turning C. rifling D. leafing
10. A. emulate B. envisage C. visualize D. embody
11. A. dressed B. worn C. donned D. adorned
12. A. indescribable B. nondescript C. obscure D. nonexistent
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2. Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (11 pts)
The arguments around reading pooled into two different classroom (1)__________: constructivism and behaviorism. The constructivist methodology grew from a holistic conception of knowledge creation that understood reading and writing to be innate, humanistic, and interpretative practices that (2)__________ when they were spliced and formalized within rigid doctrines, strict rules, and universal skillsets. Constructivists (3)__________ words with meanings; each word might be thought of as a Chinese ideogram. Students are encouraged to learn individual words and skip over and guess words they do not understand, or learn to (4)_________those words by situating them within the lexical infrastructure of the sentence and the story’s wider narrative. These practices materialize as learning processes (5)_________on guided group reading and independent reading of high-quality, culturally diverse literature or textual composition that emphasizes pupils conveying their own thoughts and feelings for real purposes such as letters for pen pals or journal (6)__________.
Behaviorism sees the pedagogical process in a less dialectical fashion – words are (7)_________ taught not lexically, as vehicles to convey meaning, but rather sub-lexically, as a (8)_________ of features that can be separated and learned in a schematic process. The behaviorist approach does not focus on words at all in the early stages of learning. (9)_________, it is centred on a universally applicable method of teaching students to isolate graphemes and phonemes with the intention that students will eventually learn to synthesise these individual parts and make sense of spoken words textually. In this way, individual components are not equated with the strokes of a brush on a Chinese ideogram, but rather as the focal pieces of interpretation – as in, for example, learning to read musical notations or Morse Code. Because of its (10)_________ on universal rules, behaviourism is much more (11)_________ to formal examination and the consolidation of results across regions and countries. The ability to master language is considered to rest in the acquisition of a set of skills that exist independently of individuals. Classroom learning is, therefore, based upon the transmission of knowledge from tutor to student, rather than seen as an internalized process that erupts within the students themselves.
Part 3. Choose the paragraphs from A-H to fit the spaces in the following passage. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (7 pts)
Science Museum embarks on a journey to Middle Earth
Luke Layfield gets a sneak preview of a new exhibition based on the science behind The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Parents who might question the educational value of their children watching Frodo and company battle the forces of evil in The Lord of the Rings blockbuster might think again. Thanks to an exhibition on the science behind the film at the National Science Museum, Tolkien’s epic becomes educational.
Jon Tucker, the head of the museum, is behind this latest attempt and is keen to use The Lord of the Rings to broaden the appeal of science. ‘A lot of children and adults instinctively think that science is boring and not for them. What we hope to do with exhibitions such as this is to jolt that misconception and show people that science is relevant and interesting.’
Among these hands-on exhibits is one which will provide visitors with the opportunity to become Hobbit-sized in a scene from The Fellowship of the Ring. This is made possible thanks to a scaling interactive that makes use of a new software programme called Massive –designed especially for the film’s production.
‘What we try and do with every new exhibition is to encourage a new audience into the museum. With The Lord of the Rings we’ve got a golden opportunity to make science accessible and relevant to a whole new group of people,’ he said. ‘Of course, we want visitors to see the rest of the museum as well.’
And it looks like they won’t be disappointed. Research has shown that once people visit an exhibition, many of them stay to have a look around, and the Science Museum has got much to offer.
Mr Tucker is quick to dispel this accusation of ‘watering down’ science. ‘We totally refute that suggestion – we’re not trying to ‘dilute’ science, we’re just making it more accessible and more pertinent. I’ve seen some brilliant primary school teachers demonstrating the theory of relativity to really young kids using tennis and golf balls.’
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The museum points out, too, that it’s not only visitors who are satisfied. Peter Cotgreave, the director of Save British Science, a pressure group which publicizes issues of scientific policy, supports the efforts of the Science Museum, which is the only European venue for a worldwide tour of the Tolkien exhibition.
He also cites the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs as a prime example of broadening the popular appeal of science, saying, “That was the only programme for a long time which has knocked EastEnders and Coronation Street off the top of the ratings and it did so by successfully making science appeal to a wider audience.’
A. In order to make this happen, the museum charges one fee to see the exhibition and then visitors get free entry to the rest of the site. There’s a quarter of a mile of floor space and five floors, and with the Tolkien exhibition taking up a mere 3% of it, exhibition organizers believe people will find other things on display that interest them.
B. The exhibition, to open in mid-September, will feature 654 real artefacts from the film, including models of some of the main characters. It aims to explain the technology behind the special effects through a series of animatronics, mechanical demonstrations and interactive computer displays.
C. In May the education secretary, Charles Clarke, mooted the idea of involving museums such as the Science Museum in the management and running of secondary schools. ‘Let’s keep science where it’s supposed to be, in the classroom.’ D. In further defence, the museum points out that in its visitor feedback research for the Titanic exhibition, 96% gave a positive satisfaction rating and commended the museum for the absence of ‘childish gimmicks’, indicating that it was a suitably ‘adult’ experience.
E. The attraction, based on the Hollywood portrayal of Tolkien’s celebrated trilogy, is just one of the museum’s schemes to ‘liven-up’ science and make it relevant to a new generation of young people disillusioned with science in school, by engaging them with contemporary topics which they can more easily relate to.
F. The Lord of the Rings exhibition is the Science Museum’s third attempt to repackage science for young cinema-goers. The museum has also played host to a James Bond exhibition, as well as producing Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition. Despite their obvious appeal, however, these innovative exhibitions have come in for a fair share of criticism. The most common complaint is that the museum is making light of very serious subject matter.
G. ‘It’s very difficult for most scientists to really know what young people are interested in these days. If you can get them interested by hooking science on topics that interest them and then get them to engage them with the rest of what science has to offer then that is a wholly good thing.’
H. In case that isn’t enough to attract fans, organizers also plan to show the film, The Return of the King, in the museum’s IMAX cinema. Mr Tucker, who once played Gollum in a high school production, is convinced that this showing and the exhibition itself will boost the interest of all people in science.
IV. WRITING (30 points)
Part 1. Rewrite the sentences using the given forms so that they retain their original meaning (10 pts)
1. Do you think they will let me have a look at the research findings? (CAST)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. After a long hard journey, I cheered up when I saw my home. (SIGHT)
After a long hard journey, my spirits ____________________________________my home.
3. They haven’t spoken to each other since they quarreled in April. (TERMS)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. The possibility of any further storms can’t be excluded.
_________________________________________________________________________out.
5. The direct aim of the statement is to make the public aware of the present situation.
The statement boils__________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Since she met that boy, she’s been thinking only about him. (WRAPPED)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Some people accept that nuclear war is inevitable. (RESIGNED)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. The Prime Minister felt it appropriate to make a statement. (FIT)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. I don’t think it was reasonable of you to complain so much about the service. (JUSTIFIED)
I don’t think you ________________________________________fuss about the service.
10. The company received an enormous number of calls responding to the advert. (DELUGED)
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_______________________________________________________________responding to the advert.
Part 2. Essay (20 pts)
Produce an essay response of approximately 350 words to the following topic. Make sure you develop your point of view fully and support it with reasoning and evidence from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
“When it comes to learning a second language, the better approach now is to focus on communicative skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing – rather than on structural components – syntax and lexicon”
To what extent do you agree with the idea above?
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ESSAY
Produce an essay response of approximately 350 words to the following topic. Make sure you develop your point of view fully and support it with reasoning and evidence from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. “When it comes to learning a second language, the better approach now is to focus on communicative skills – listening, speaking, reading, and writing – rather than on structural components – syntax and lexicon.”
To what extent do you agree with the idea above? 7
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