SÔÛ GIAÙO DUÏC & ÑAØO TAÏO KYØ THI CHOÏN HOÏC SINH GIOÛI TÆNH NAÊM HOÏC

2007-2008
TÆNH DAK LAK KHOAÙ THI NGAØY: 19/12/2007
MOÂN THI : TIEÁNG ANH LÔÙP 12

Phaàn phaùch
Soá baùo Hoï vaø teân …………………………………………
danh hoïc sinh: …………………………
Sinh ngaøy: …………………………………………
………………………..
Nôi sinh: …………………………………………
………………………..
Hoïc taïi …………………………………………
tröôøng: …………………………
Thi taïi Hoäi …………………………………………
ñoàng: ………………………..

Chöõ kyù giaùm thò 1 Chöõ kyù giaùm thò 2 Soá phaùch

SÔÛ GIAÙO DUÏC & ÑAØO TAÏO KYØ THI CHOÏN HOÏC SINH GIOÛI TÆNH NAÊM HOÏC
2007-2008
TÆNH DAK LAK KHOAÙ THI NGAØY: 19/12/2007
MOÂN THI : TIEÁNG ANH LÔÙP 12

Phaàn phaùch
Soá baùo Hoï vaø teân …………………………………………
danh hoïc sinh: …………………………
Sinh ngaøy: …………………………………………
………………………..
Nôi sinh: …………………………………………
………………………..
Hoïc taïi …………………………………………
tröôøng: …………………………
Thi taïi Hoäi …………………………………………
ñoàng: ………………………..

Chöõ kyù giaùm thò 1 Chöõ kyù giaùm thò 2 Soá phaùch
SÔÛ GIAÙO DUÏC VAØ ÑAØO TAÏO KYØ THI CHOÏN HOÏC SINH GIOÛI TÆNH NAÊM
HOÏC 2007-2008
DAÊK LAÊK MOÂN: TIEÁNG ANH 12 – THPT
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( 180 phuùt, khoâng keå thôøi gian giao
ñeà)
( Löu yù: Thí sinh laøm baøi ngay treân ñeà
thi naøy.)
CHÖÕ KYÙ CUÛA 2 GIAÙM ÑIEÅM THI SOÁ PHAÙCH
KHAÛO
Baèng soá Baèng chöõ

I) LISTENING ( 3, 0 points)

Part 1: Questions 1 - 8

Mr. Ba is talking to his grandson, Nam, about his school days. Listen to their conversation and check
( v ) if the statements are true (T) or false (F), or not given (NG).
(T) (F) (NG)
1 Mr. Ba started school in 1942.
2 He went on with his higher schooling in the only high school in town.
3 He felt a bit worried on his first school days because of his being left-handed.
4 He went to school in town by bike.
5 He sometimes overslept and was late to school.
6 When studying at the school in town, he was once hit by his teacher.
7 The teachers never asked him to do any homework.
8 He thought that his school days were the happiest days in his life.

Part 2: Questions 9 - 15 .

Listen to three people, Suzan Diaz, Linda Reed and Richard Ching, talking about the disasters they
once experienced and how they were survived. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer.

9. What was Susan Diaz doing at that time?

A. She was walking up to her office on the 28th floor.
B She was writing some letters to her secretary.
C She was dictating some letters to her secretary.
D She was rushing to the elevator.
10. What did she decide to do as soon as she found that the elevator wasn't working?
A. To run out down the stairs. C To shout for help.
B To go up to the roof. D To wait calmly for help.
11. How many of them were rescued from the roof before the building collapsed?
A Six B Sixteen C Sixty D Twenty six
12. What was Linda Reed doing when the disaster happened?
A She was on a holiday in a small village. C She was running toward the harbour.
B She was having a rest in her hotel room. D She was watching the volcano erupting.
13. How could she escaped from the volcano eruption?
A She put on a life jacket and jumped down to the sea.
B She ran to the harbour and a helicopter rescued her.
 C She managed to get on a ship just before the lava hit the town.
D She was so terrified that she couldn't do anything except looking through the window.
14. What were Mr. Ching and his wife doing when the earthquake began?
A They were having their meal. C. They were chatting with their friends.
B They were picking up plates for dinner. D. They were staying with friends in Santa Libradas.
15. What did they do to survive from the earthquake?
A They ran out of the restaurant quickly.
B They picked up everything and shouted for help.
C. They fell onto the floor and lay there for three hours.
D. They couldn't do anything but waiting for help because the ceiling fell onto them.
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II) PHONETICS ( 1, 0 points ):

Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer.

16/ A. purpose B. prose C. propose D. enclose

17/ A. normality B. forget C. formation D. shortage
18/ A. complex B. excavate C. excellent D. expensive
19/ A. immense B. excellent C. intelligent D. recently
20 / A. register B. region C. regularity D. religion

Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each group. Circle A, B, C
or D to indicate the correct answer.
21/ A. development B. competitive C. immediate D. sympathetic
22/ A. vocational B. employer C. minority D. reasonable
23/ A. analysis B. destination C. presidential D. apprehension
24/ A. exploration B. facilities C. scientific D. educational
25/ A. temperature B. acquaintance C. photography D. distinctive

III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4, 5 points):

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the
correct answer.

26. In some paintings, one color seems to ____ into another.

A separate B dissolve C drive D soar
27. About 120 people have been __ with the virus of bird flu since the beginning of the year.
A affected B spread C infected D threatened
28. How do you ___ with your colleagues, Miss Johnson ?
A make friends B get on C be nice D show off
29. They stared up into the sky until the noise of the rocket ___ .
A. died away B. went out C. gave up D. wore off
30. California, with the population of more than 23 million, is the most __ state in the US.
A. populous B. popular C. populated D. populating
31. Your parents are getting older. Take__ .
A. after them B care of them C them in D. up with them
32. If the road is icy. you'd be ____ advised to delay your departure.
A. rather B. better C. like D. whole
33. Could you phone me __ you have the results of the test?
A since B if C as soon as D until
34. ___ the rain the fans were hurrying to the theater to see the competition.
A No matter B However C Although D Whatever
35. This is the first time we ___ to Scotland, so it’s all new to us.
A have gone B will visit C have been flown D are traveling
36. ___ was the day before yesterday.
A. The France’s In dependence Day B. The day of the French independence
B. France’s Independence Day D. French’s Independence Day
37. The students liked that professor’s course because ___ .
A. there was little or no homework B. there was few if any homework
C. of there wasn’t a great amount of homework D. not a lot of homework
38. The facilities of the older hotel ___.
 A. is as good or better than the new hotel B. are as good or better than the new hotel
C. are as good as better than the new hotel D. are as good as those of the new hotel, if not better
39. You haven't been studying much recently and you'd better ……… if you want to pass the Cambridge
CPE exam.
A. thread your way through B. meet your Waterloo
C. pull your socks up D. change your spots
40. Donna ……… after her husband left her for a younger woman.
A. read between the lines B. lead the field C. took to the bottle D. spared the rod

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41. Mike would certainly have attended the proceedings ____ .

A. if he didn’t get a flat tire B. had he not had a flat tire
C. if the flat tire hadn’t happened D. had the tire not flattened itself
42. We had hardly sat down when she ___ plates of food for us .
A. brought B. has brought C. had brought D. would have brought
43. Because Ann was feeling unwell, ___ to miss the examination.
A. that she wanted B. the student who wanted C. and wanted D. she wanted
44. ___ her for ages, I’m not surprised she won the prize.
A. Knowing B. To know C. To be knowing D. Having known
45. Neither Jane nor her brothers ____ a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A. need B. needs C. is needing D. has needed

Part 2: From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C) or (D) in each of the following sentences,
identify the one that is NOT correct. Circle the bracketed capital letter below your choice. 0 has been
done as an example.
0. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghost stories, especially in Halloween night.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

46. Despite of a language barrier, people have managed to communicate with others through sign
(A) (B)
language, in which certain motions stand for letters, words, or ideas.
(C) (D)

47. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but not one has been
(A) (B) (C)
as widely accepted as this one.

(D)
48. Made up of more than 150 countries, the organization is known as the United Nations was established
(A) (B) (C)
after World War II to preserve international peace and security.
(D)

49. Some methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees
(A) (B) (C) (D)
on unproductive land, and rotating crops.

50. Paris has been well known for its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful restaurants for above
(A) ( B) (C) (D)
one hundred years.

Part 3: The passage below contains 10 errors. Underline and correct them. Write your answers in the space
provided in the column on the right. (00) has been done as an example.

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the hotter young film stars around at the moment. His face 00 hottest.................
has been on the covers of all the top movies and young magazines over the last few 51 ............................
months and he has been the subject of countless articles, rumours and showbiz gossip.
Leonard doesn’t like reading about him because “I read things about me that I’ve never 52 ............................
said in my life and never did" . 53 ............................
Leonardo DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles on 11 November, 1974. He’s a Scorpio. His
full name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. His mother is Germany and his father Italian- 54 ............................
American. They called him Leonardo because when his mother was still pregnant, he
started kicking while she was stood in front of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. His 55 ...........................
friends call him Leo. He has a scar from when he was stinging by a Portuguese man-of- 56 ............................
war. His parents separated before he was born, so his mother moved to a poor
neighbourhood of Hollywood there Leo grew up . At school he was very good at 57 ............................
imitating people, especially Michael Jackson. This made him very popularly. His
childhood hero was Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. 58 ............................
After appearance in TV commercials and episodes of Roseanne, he played the cast of 59 ............................
Roseanne, the TV sitcom starring Kirk Cameron. Leonard played the part of Luke, a
homeless boy. Lately, he played the part of Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries. But he 60 ............................
has really become famous since he acted in the film Titanic.

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Part 4: Write the CORRECT FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided on the
column on the right. (00) has been done as an example.

Our environment contains several factors that may cause

disease. Even the weather can be ( 0. DANGER). Too much cold 00. dangerous.
may result in frostbite. ( 61. EXCESS) heat may produce heat 61. ………………....………………
exhaustion. 62. ………………………....……..
Sometimes man poisons his environment, ( 62. PRODUCE) a 63. …………………………....…..
new source of disease. In many ( 63. COMMUNE), factories and 64. ……………………………......
motor vehicles pollute the air with ( 64. POISON) gas fumes that
may cause lung diseases. Our environment is filled with many 65. ……………………………......
forms of radiant energy which make life ( 65. POSSIBLE). Radiation
from the sun provides us with heat, light, and food. But radiation
from any source may be dangerous because it can destroy body
tissues. Even the sun's rays which penetrate the atmosphere 66. ……………………………......
can cause serious burns. Most ( 66. SCIENCE) believe that
some effects of radiation may be delayed and may later produce
cancer. 67. ………………………………....
Man is learning to protect himself against damage from 68.. ………………………………....
radiation. In ( 67. ATOM) energy projects, thick concrete wall 69. ………………………………....
shield workers from the effects of radiation. In hospitals and 70. ……………………………………
( 68. LABORATORY), X-ray( 69. TECHNIQUE ) stand out of the
range of the ( 70. RADIO ).

IV. READING COMPREHENSION (5,5 points)

Part 1: Read the text and decide which word best fits each space by circling the letter A, B, C or D before it.

English has without a ( 71 ) ____ become the second language of Europe and the world. European
countries which have most ( 72 ) ____ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in
Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the ( 73 )____ of Scandinavia.
The situation is so ( 74 ) ____ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be ( 75 ) ____ of the pressure of
English on daily life: television, radio and print ( 76 ) ____ it into every home and the schoolyard ( 77) ____ of
children; advertisers use it to ( 78 ) ____ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred
skills ( 79 ) ____ them. Increasingly one hears the ( 80 ) ____ that Dutch will give way to English as the
national tongue within two or three generations ...

71. A. question B. doubt C. problem D. thought

72. A. successfully B. victorious C. successful D. lucrative
73. A. rest B. additional C. remaining D. extra
74. A. plain B. open C. blatant D. marked
75. A. ignorant B. aware C. oblivious D. acquainted
76. A. guide B. bring C. shift D. haul
77. A. conversation B. head-to-head C. consultation D. dialogue
78. A. life B. energy C. enthusiasm D. pep
79. A. succeed B. fall C. fail D. fizzle
80 A. feeling B. posture C. judgment D. view
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable heading from the list A => H for
each paragraph. There are three extra headings which you do not need to use. Write your
answer in the space provided.
A. An unreal ambition. E. The first manned space flight.
B. A dream never coming true. F. Welcome home.
C. Congratulation from the White House. G. The first oral message from space.
D. Wonders from space. H. Answers still ahead.

81

With a shout of "Here we go!", Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space aboard the Vostok I at 9:07 a.m.
Moscow time on April 12, 1961 and approximately 12 minutes later, the first human being was in orbit around the
Earth. His flight lasted 108 minutes.
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82

When Yuri Gagarin said goodbye to his family and prepared to leave the planet, there was still enormous
uncertainty. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. How would the body react to the
extreme changes in temperature? How would the mind deal with the psychological tension? With a technical
failure, Gagarin could never be back to Earth.
83

At a speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour, the 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut circled the Earth. He
also became the first person to eat and drink in weightlessness. From his window in space, Gagarin had a view of
Earth that no human had before. The first words spoken from space were: "I see Earth. It's so beautiful!"
84

Gagarin's flight attracted worldwide attention and made him a hero. In a telegram to Moscow, U.S. President
John F. Kennedy wrote, "The people of the United States share with the people of the Soviet Union their satisfaction for
the safe flight of the astronaut in man's first venture into space. We congratulate you and the Soviet scientists
and engineers who made this feat possible. ..."
85

The pioneer cosmonaut could have fulfilled his ambition of making a new space flight if the tragic accident
had not occurred. He died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. After his death, his
hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given
the name of this national hero.

Part 3: Read the following passage and fill the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space
provided below the passage.

Sugar was for a long time a luxury and in the opinion of the medical profession it still should be. During the
nineteenth century, however, manufacturers discovered ways of producing it in vast quantities and it has since
become (86)____ of the staple articles of diet, particularly among the lower social classes. It has the advantages
of being comparatively cheap, easily digested, rich in energy and useful for flavouring. Its major (87) ____ are
that it lacks every nourishing quality (88) ____ that of giving energy, and because of its attractive flavour it (89)
____ to displace other much mote valuable foods from the diet. Most serious of all is its adverse (90) ____
on health, since excessive consumption can cause heart (91) ____ obesity and dental decay. The latter is
widespread among the inhabitants of western countries. From the very young to the very old, (92) ____
anyone escapes. Yet if parents would drastically reduce the amounts of confectionery, they allow their (93) ____ to
eat, the extent of dental decay would soon be checked. And if they (94) ____ to cut down their own
consumption of sugar, they would (95) ____ much less from ailments resulting directly or indirectly from their
being overweight.
Your answers:
86................................ 87................................ 88................................ 89................................ 90................................

91................................ 92................................ 93................................ 94................................ 95................................

Part 4: Read the passages below carefully. Then choose the best answer for each of the four questions
that follow. Circle A, B, C, D or E to indicate your choice.
The following are letters to the editor of a school newspaper.

Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators are
becoming aware of the fact that students have different interests and abilities. However, the regimentation
resulting from grades still exists. Grades often stifle creativity. Competing for better grades causes many
students to turn down opportunities to pursue music, dramatics and sports. Grades impose an arbitrary
standard of success on everyone. I do not demand as some extremists do, that grades be abolished
immediately. However, I do believe that less emphasis should be placed on grades. I hope that someday
grades will become optional at Village High School.

Magdalena Smith, President,

Drama Club

Let's face the facts about grades. Grades perform three basic functions. First, grades motivate students to
work at their highest level of competence. Second, they act as a reward for hardworking students and as a
reprimand
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to students who do not work hard. Finally, grades are used as an effective standard by which to measure
student achievement. Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university. I've spoken with a
number of students who have jobs, and most of them say that they were hired primarily on the basis of their
grades. My grades helped me land a part-time job and will help me get into university next year. I think
grades are extremely important at Village High School.

Simon Harper, Member,

Science Club
96. Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who
A wants business to hire more students.
B believes in the benefits of good grades.
C is concerned about students' creativity.
D supports students' interests and abilities.
E doesn't work too hard at his studies.
97. Magdalena Smith thinks it is important for
A students to get good jobs
B students to participate in music, dramatics, and sports
C students to compete more for grades
D educators to have more control over grades
E students to be reprimanded for not working hard.
98. Which of the following states is a fact about grades at Village High School?
A They are not useful
B They stifle creativity
C They foster unnecessary competition
D They should be optional
E They are currently in use.
99. Which of the following is NOT an opinion expressed by Magdalena Smith?
A Grades should be abolished.
B Regimentation results from grades.
C Grades impose arbitrary standards of success.
D Students should be able to learn without worrying about grades.
E Competition may discourage students from pursuing subjects such as drama and art.
100. Good grades will mainly enable students
A to work at their highest level of competence.
B to go to university.
C to land a part-time job.
D to get a job at a village high school.
E to perform basic functions.

IV. WRITING ( 6 points)

Part 1: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it:

101. Columbus discovered America more than 400 years ago.