Đề kiểm tra năng lực chuyên môn giáo viên tỉnh Bắc Ninh năm học 2012 – 2013 môn: Tiếng Anh

UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA NĂNG LỰC CHUYÊN MÔN GIÁO VIÊN
NĂM HỌC 2012 – 2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày kiểm tra: 06 tháng 4 năm 2013
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* Ghi chú: Đề thi gồm 06 trang. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.
I) PHONETICS 
Part 1. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line. (5pts)
1. A. advantage
 B. addition
 C. advertise
D. adventure
2. A. myth	B. with	C. both	D. tenth
3. A. statue	B. due	C. rescue	D. Tuesday
4. A. bought	B. fought	C. sought	D. drought
5. A. humid	B. fume	C. stupid	D. tunnel
Your answers: 
	1 2 3 4 5
Part 2. Choose the word with the position of the stressed syllable different from that of the others in each line.(5pts)
1. A. architect	B. festival	C. hesitate	D. entertain
2. A. regularly	B. humidity	C. ability	D. fidelity
3. A. refusal	B. conductor	C. introduce	D. confuse
4. A. indifferent	B. individual	C. gymnasium	D. facility
5. A. traveler	B. measurable	C. telegraph	D. exhaustion	 
Your answers: 
	1 2 3 4 5
II) LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.(10 pts)
1. Stallholders in the old market wondered how much .be able to stay there.
 A. longer would they	B. they would longer	C. longer they would	 D. they longer would
2. . capable of machine automation and parts handling has been developed.
 A. A robot	B. That a robot	C. One of a robot	 D. Robots
3. Differences among environmental groups illustrate . a broad range of philosophic and tactics.
 A. that are there	B. that is there	C. that there are	 D. that there is
4. Nobody phoned, did .. ? 
 A. he	B. she	C. they	 D. not they
5. There is a supermarket .. our house.
 A. in front of	B. opposite	C. under	 D. over
6. An employee should not have to be told to . his work.
 A. do	 	B. make	C. perform	 D. get done
7. After the wedding ceremony, guests attended a . in the hall downstairs.
 A. lounge	B. reservoir	C. reception	 D. anniversary
8. We did not see him, so he . left early.
 A. has	B. had	C. must have	 D. should have
9. Please call . for the meeting
A. we, me and the vice-president 	B. the vice-president and I 
C. the vice-president and me 	D. he and I
10. New York, .skyscrapers and millions of people, is always an exciting place.
 A. has	B. some	C. there are	 D. with its
Your answers: 
	1 2 3 4 5
	6 7... 8 9 10.
Part 2. There are ten errors in the passage, find them and correct them.(10pts)
 Ireland has a history date back to the Stone Age and there are historical relics everywhere, from neolithic burial tombs to ancient fortresses and monasteries. Scattered through the countryside are grandy castles, splendid old houses and sleepy fishing villages. The scenery is spectacular, and include famous sights as the Giant’s Causeway in the north and the rugged cliffs of Moher in the south west where the Atlantic Ocean crashed into Europe. There is a network of mark trails covering over 500 km of the most spectacular scenery in the country. Above all, the Irish love to have fun, to talk, to sing and to laugh. Start 
from St Patrick’s Day on March 17 there is many festivals, including parades, theatres, sports of every variety, dances, feasts and all kinds of fun. Foreigners are general welcome to stop and join in.
Your answers: 
	Mistake	 Correction
1..	..	
2..	..	
3..	..	
4..	..	
5..	..	
6..	..	
7..	..	
8..	..	
9..	..	
10..	..	
Part 3. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence.(5pts)
1. Some people think that gods create ................. eruption. 	VOLCANO
2. The Internet has .............. developed in every field.	INCREASE
3. You are talking complete ................ . 	SENSE
4. .................. is now a serious problem in many countries. 	FOREST
5. ................. are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish. 	ENVIRONMENT 
Your answers: 
1..	2.... 3.4...	5..
Part 4. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.(5pts)
When we first (come) to this town, it (be) .. relatively easy to find a parking place near our house. Now it (become).. a big problem.
Midnight – and my husband (not arrive).. home and (not telephone).! I’m beginning to be very worried. He said this morning that he would be home for dinner as usual.
Your answers: 
1 / ..../ . 
2..../ ....
III) READING 
Part 1. Read the article below and then decide which word best fits each space (15pts).
Friday the thirteenth
 Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike in East street. Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May, when she was sent reeling by a black Volvo on her way home from work.
 She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was (1) . . The driver stopped for a moment but then drove off without (2) . a name or address and before Sarah could get his number. “I tried to (3) .out of his way, but I couldn’t,” she said. “Everyone at work kept (4) . on about it being Friday 13th. I’m not a bit (5)  and wouldn’t change any of my plans just because Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky, I don’t usually take any (6). of that sort of thing but I will now. I think I’ll stay in bed.”
 The accident (7) . at the (8). with Westwood Road at about 6.30 pm as Sarah was making her (9) home to the Harley Estate.
 The Volvo (10) .. out of Westwood Road onto Henley Road in front of the teenager’s bicycle. “He could at (11) . have helped her up. I don’t see why he should get away with it,” said her father, Derek. “Sarah was lucky. I don’t know why the driver didn’t see her. He can’t have been (12)  attention. It is (13) . that nobody took down the number.” Though still too (14) . to ride a bike, Sarah was able to go back to (15) .. in Marlow on Monday.
1. A. crashed	B. harmed	C. devastated	D. damaged
2. A. leaving	B. presenting	C. noting	D. suggesting
3. A. go	B. get	C. be	D. stay
4. A. chatting	B. running	C. going	D. rambling
5. A. irrational	B. prejudiced	C. unreasonable	D. superstitious
6. A. notice	B. consideration	C. note	D. care
7. A. took place	B. came about	C. finished up	D. turned up
8. A. junction	B. joining	C. roundabout	D. crossing
9. A. route	B. course	C. way	D. path
10. A. pulled	B. thrust	C. ran	D. crashed
11. A. once	B. least	C. most	D. best
12. A. paying	B. giving	C. attracting	D. providing
13. A. unfavorable	B. inopportune	C. undesirable	D. unfortunate
14. A. discouraged	B. shaken	C. overcome	D. confused
15. A. work	B. post	C. job	D. employment 
Your answers: 
1....	2.	3	4	5
6....	7.	8	9	10..
11 .	12...	13..	14.	15..
Part 2: For question from 1 – 5, read the following text carefully and then choose from the list A-I the best phrase given below to fill each of the spaces. Each correct phrase may only be used once. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. The exercise begins with an example.(5pts)
MODERN ENGLISH
Imperceptibly, during the 18th century, English loses the most noticeable remaining features of structural difference ( 0 ).......I..........By the end of that century, with but a few exceptions, the spelling, punctuation, and grammar are very close to ( 1 ).................If we take an essay by William Hazlett ( 1775 – 1830 ) or a novel of Jane Austen ( 1775 – 1817 ), for example, we can read for pages ( 2 )....................We would find the vocabulary somewhat unfamiliar in places, the idiom occasionally unusual or old-fashioned, the style elegant or quaint, and we might feel that the language was in some indefinable way characteristic of a previous age : but we do not need to consult a special edition or historical dictionary at every turn ( 3 )...........Jane Austen makes demands on our modern linguistic intuitions which seem little different from those required by Catherine Cookson or PD James.
	However, despite this apparent continuity, the language at the end of the 18th century is by no means identical to what we find today. Many words, though spelt the same, had a different meaning.
( 4 )...............we would also notice several differences in pronunciation, especially in the way words were stressed. And an uninformed modern intuition would achieve only a superficial reading of literary texts of the period. In reading a novel of the 1990s, we can make an immediate linguistic response to the social and stylistic nuances introduced into the text, ( 5 )...............we recognize the differences between formality and informality, or educated and uneducated; we can sense when someone is being jocular, ironic, risqué, archaic or insincere. We can easily miss such nuances in the writing of the early 19th century, especially in those works which take the manners of contemporary society as their subject. That world is more linguistically removed from us than at first it may appear.
in order to understand the text.
that deceive in its apparent continuity.
because the context often enables us to see the intended sense.
what they are today
because we are part of its age
when we know it had an additional meaning at that time
if we had tape recordings of the time
before a point of linguistic difference might make us pause
which distance the Early Modern English period from us
Your answers: 
	1 2 3 4 5
Part 3. Fill in each of the numbered space with one suitable word.(10pts)
 Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air (1)....... gases and smoke, poisons the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (2) ....... many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various (3)....... ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter (4)........ the land and in water. They operate machines and motor vehicles (5)....... fill the air with disturbing noise.
 Environmental pollution is (6)..... of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are (7)..... to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can (8)..... illness, and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of soil (9)..... the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution (10) ...... brings the ugliness to man's naturally beautiful world. 
Your answers: 
1..	2.	3	4	5
6..	7.	8	9	10..
IV) WRITING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.(10 pts)
1. People think that all tourists admire the complicated red brick designs of My Son Sanctuary.
 All tourists ........................................................................................................................
2. It is said that the Burj Dubai Tower in Dubai will stand 800 metres tall once completed in 2008.
 The Burj Dubai Tower in Dubai ...............................................
3. She decided to further her education.
 She made ...................................................................................
4. What does this word mean?
 What is .....................................................................................
5. The supermarket offers an online shopping service.
 There is.................................................................................... 	
6. Charles lives quite near his aunt's house.
 Charles doesn't ...........................................................................
7. When he is asked about his past, he hates it.
 He hates .....................................................................................
8. Although he took a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert.
 Despite ......................................................................................
9. It is a three-hour drive from Hanoi to Hai Phong.
 It takes .......................................................................................
10. Let's spend the afternoon at the beach.
 How .........................................................................................?
Part 2. Write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in brackets and other words that are necessary. Do not change the form of the given word.(10 pts)
1. More people are buying automatic cars these days. (DEMAND)
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2. Robert was offended when he was left out of the team. (EXCEPTION)
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3. I tried as hard as I could to make sure that this problem wouldn't arise. (POWER)
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4. I haven't been told clearly what I'll have to do in my next project at work. (REQUIRE)
 ................................................................................................................................
5. Laura was faced by a lot of problems during her childhood. (CONTEND)
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6. Work hard or you can't pass the exam. (IF)
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7. Let's attend the Brighton Language Centre. (DON'T)
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8. It's a pity my father can't speak English. (ONLY)
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9. Did you usually wear jeans when you were young? (USE)
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10. We have never been to Nam's native village before. (TIME)
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Part 3.Write an essay (about 200 words) with the title: “You can never have too much money.” (10 pts)
 Use the writing guide to help you.
Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic and say what you understand by the statement.
Paragraph 2: Outline points that agree with the statement.
Paragraph 3: Outline points against the statement.
Paragraph 4: Summarise and give your opinion.
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