Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Sở GD và ĐT Vĩnh Phúc (Có đáp án)

SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – THPT
Thời gian: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
(Đề thi gồm 06 trang)
A. LISTENING (Each recording will be played TWICE)
Section 1. Questions 1-10
You will hear two colleagues Joan and Peter organising a Christmas dinner. As you listen, complete the form below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each numbered blank.
NOTES – Christmas Dinner
Date of dinner: 21 December
Choices for venue:
* First choice (1)  Tel. number: not know
* Second choice (2)  Tel. number: 777192
* Third choice (3)  Tel. number: (4). 
Price per person: £12
Restaurant must have vegetarian food and a (5) ....
Menu: First course - French Onion Soup OR Fruit Juice
 Main course - (6) . OR Lentil curry
 Dessert - Plum Pudding OR Apple Pie
 - Coffee
Restaurant requires from us:
 (7).  and letter of confirmation.
 And we must (8) in advance.
Must confirm in writing by: (9) ..
Put notice in the (10) .
Section 2. Questions 11-15
You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life in Berlin, the capital of Germany. For each question, choose the best answer A, B or C.
11. How long has Britta lived in Berlin?
A. four years	 B. six years	C. twenty years
12. What does Britta say about living in Berlin? 
A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise.
B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn.
C. She likes living in a big, busy city.
13. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is ____ .
A. a rather expensive place to live.
B. a good place to eat out.
C. a long way from the city centre.
14. How does Britta usually travel around in Berlin?
A. She walks.	B. She uses her bicycle.	C. She uses the tram or bus.
15. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going______
A. to the park with her.	B. to the shops with his parents.	C. to a gallery with her.
Section 3: Questions 16 - 20
You are going to listen to a talk about the Student Union. As you listen, fill in the gaps in the notes below by writing NO MORE THAN ONE WORD.
All fulltime students automatically belong to the Student Union and have full voting and membership rights. Part-time students also have (16) _______ to what the Union has to offer. Further details of this are available from the Student Union offices. The Union is (17) _______ to the NUS, which represents students on a nationwide level. Students can take advantage of reduce price travel facilities and a wide range of reductions on (18) _______ goods, through the Student (19) _______ Card. The Social Committee of The Student Union organizes dances and other entertainments, including the Folk Club, Womb Cinema, and the Third Eye, which caters for a more developed taste in music, theatre, art and poetry. The Student Union also finances over twenty clubs and societies for a wide range of (20) _______. You can get details of these from the Student Union offices.
B. PHONETICS 
Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. possession 	B. property 	C. industry 	D. element
2. A. argumentative	 B. psychological	C. contributory	D. hypersensitive
3. A. enthusiasm 	B. fertilizer 	C. indicator 	D. socializing
4. A. preparatory	 B. intimacy	C. legislature	D. agriculture
5. A. determination	 B. environmental	C. unsatisfactory	D. confidential
C. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer A, B, C or D. 
1. Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is _______ certain.
 A. by all means	B. by no means	C. at any rate	D. by any chance
2. It was with a _______ heart that she said goodbye to all her classmates.
	A. solemn	B. dismal	C. heavy	D. grim
3. Tom: “Mrs. Brown passed away yesterday.”	- Mary: “David has told me that. _______.”
	A. By God	B. God rest her	C. God bless	D. God save the Queen
4. You have to _______ your revision tonight. Or it’s too late.
	A. get over	B. give out	C. give away	D. get through
5. She won the award for _______ her whole life to looking after the poor.
A. paying	B. attracting	C. causing	D. devoting
6. By the end of this month he _______ for this company for two years.
A. have been working 	B. will have been working 	
C. will be working	D. will work
7. Rarely ________ more than 50 miles from the coast.
A. redwood trees grow	B. redwood trees do grow
C. do redwood trees grow	D. grow redwood trees
8. At a time when so many families face financial difficulties, gambling is being promoted ________ huge sums of money for the lucky winners.
A. with the promise of 	B. on account of	
C. with a view to	D. in the hope of 
9. It is imperative __________what to do when there is a fire.
A. everyone knows	B. that everyone know	
C. that everyone knows	D. everyone knew
10. I couldn’t afford that house because it ________.
 	A. was over my head 	B. paid through the nose 	
	C. cost an arm and a leg 	D. blew my own trumpet
Part 2. Supply the correct form of the word provided to the right of each blank.
 The Forbidden City is the former imperial palace in the center of Beijing, China. (1)_______ began in 1406, and the emperor’s court officially moved in by 1420. The Forbidden City got its name because most people were barred from entering the 72 hectare site, (2)_______ by walls. Even government officials and the imperial family were permitted only limited access. Only the emperor could enter any section at will. The architecture of the Forbidden City (3)_______ rigidly to traditional Chinese principles. All buildings within the walls follow a north-south line, and the most important ones face south to honour the Sun. The (4) ________ arranged the other buildings, and the (5)_________ spaces between them, to impress all visitors with the great power of the Emperor, while reinforcing the (6)_______ of the individual. This architectural concept was carried out to the smallest details. For example, the importance of the building was (7)_________ not only by its height or width but also by the style of its roof and the quantity of (8)_______ placed on the roof’s ridges. In (9)__________ of the importance of its (10)________ architecture, UNESCO added the palace to its World Heritage List in 1987.
 1. CONSTRUCT
 2. ROUND
 3. FORM
 4. DESIGN
 5. CEREMONY
 6. SIGNIFICANT
 7. DETERMINE
 8. STATUE
 9. RECOGNISE
 10. PARALLEL
Part 3: Read the text and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should NOT be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number on the answer sheet. If a line has a word that should NOT be there, write the word on the answer sheet. 
There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00)
 For the last few of months I have spent every Saturday in my flat and have done nothing more exciting than work at home, read the newspapers and watch television. I had begun feeling bored with this and so, last weekend I thought I would do something different. I rang up several of my other friends and we decided to go to London for the day. I was really excited as I hadn’t been to London since I was ten years. We decided to go by coach as this was by far the most cheapest means of transport that was available even though it meant that we needed to get up very early. Once in London we decided to take on a sightseeing tour as we wanted to see some of the famous buildings. After the tour we bought some sandwiches and ate them in a too small park. In the afternoon, two of us went shopping and the others went to the theater. We met up again at 6:30 p.m. and went to eat a small restaurant in Soho. The meal was really good but, unfortunately, it took much longer time than we had expected. We had to get a taxi back to the coach station. Luckily, we got there just two minutes before our coach left.
0. ...of
00. ..√..
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
6. .
7. .
8. .
9. .
10. ...
D. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to complete the following passage by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
It is not easy to have a rational discussion with people about the nature of their language. They feel that the language belongs to them, and they are therefore entitled to hold (1) _______ and dried opinions about it. And when opinions differ, emotions run high. Arguments can easily (2) _______ from minor points of usage as from major educational policies. In English, the origin of many popular misconceptions (3) _______ in the work of the linguists of the eighteenth century who first attempted to codify the English grammar. (4) ________, they worked on the premise that English grammar is derived from Latin grammar and that the rules of the latter necessarily determine the former. It was this fundamental misunderstanding that resulted (5) ________ the absurd but time-honored 'never-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition' type of rules that many people still cling to. These days, many people (6) ________ that the Internet is the source of much unforgivable distortion of English, and that the ease and speed of email communication (7) ________ a lazy approach to writing. This is possibly a (8) ________ view: perhaps we should be more broad-minded and view such changes as potential enrichment rather than corruption of the language. Perhaps those (9)________ argue it is only the latter are guilty of stick -in-the-mud mentality which is often not confined to their own language. The American linguist Leonard Bloomfield tells the story of a doctor who was quite firm in his view that the American language Chippewa had only a few hundred words. When Bloomfield (10) _______ to dispute the point, the doctor had no thoughts of backing down. He simply turned away and refused to listen.
1. A. high	B. cut	C. hung	D. blow
2. A. root	B. branch	C. stem	D. bud
3. A. lain	B. laid	C. lay	D. lies
4. A. Unfortunately	B. Luckily	C. Particularly	D. Especially
5. A. at	B. in	C. on	D. through
6. A. hope	B. blame	C. recommend	D. complain 
7. A. bears	B. constructs	C. engenders	D. invents
8. A. short-sighted	B. short-cut	C. short-wave	D. short-tempered
9. A. they	B. whose	C. who	D. what
10. A. failed	B. attempted	C. stopped	D. used
Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
 The final battle of the War of 1812 was the Battle of New Orleans. The battle gave a clear demonstration of the need for effective communication during wartime: it also showed the disastrous results that can come to pass when communication is inadequate.
 The War of 1812 was fought between Great Britain and the very young country of the United States only a relatively few years after the United States had won its independence from Britain. The United States had declared the war against Britain in June of 1812, mostly because of interference with U.S shipping by the British and because of the forcing of U.S. sailors for enforced service on British ships. The war lasted for a little more than two years, when a peace treaty was signed at Ghent, in Belgium, on the 24th of December, 1814.
Unfortunately, the news that the Treaty of Ghent had been signed and that the War was officially over was not communicated in a timely manner over the wide distance to where the war was being contested. Negotiations for the treaty and the actual signing of the treaty took place in Europe, and news of the treaty had to be carried across the Atlantic to the war front by ship. A totally unnecessary loss of life was incurred as a result of the amount of time that it took to inform the combatants of the treaty.
Early in January of 1815, some two weeks after the treaty had been signed, British troops in the southern part of the United States were unaware that the war had officially ended. Over 5000 British troops attacked US troops. During the ensuing battle, known as the Battle of New Orleans, the British suffered a huge number of casualties, around 2000 and the Americans lost 71, all in a battle fought only because news of the peace treaty had been signed in Ghent had not yet reached the battlefield.
1. The main idea of the passage is that _______.
A. The War of independence was unnecessary	 B. The Treaty of Ghent was unnecessary
C. The War of 1812 was unnecessary	 D. The Battle of New Orleans was unnecessary
2. The pronoun "it" in the passage refers to _______.
A. battle	B. demonstration	C. communication 	D. wartime
3. The expression "come to pass" in the passage could best be replaced by _______.
 	A. pass by	B. overcome	C. happen	D. destroy
4. According to the passage, when did the United States win its independence from Britain?
A. Shortly before the War of 1812	B. During the War of 1812
C. Just after the War of 1812	D. Long after the War of 1812
5. According to the passage, some U.S sailors were _______.
A. taken forcibly to Shanghai.	B. made to go to Ghent
C. forced to work on British ships	D. responsible for causing the War of 1812
6. It was NOT stated in the passage that Ghent was _______.
A. where negotiations took place	B. the site of the final battle
C. where the treaty was signed	D. far from the battlefield
7. The word "contested" in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. played	B. fought	C. discussed	D. examined
8. It can be determined from the passage that, of the following dates, the Battle of New Orleans was most probably fought _______.
A. On December 10,1814	B. On December 24, 1814
C. On January 1, 1815	D. On January	8, 1815
9. The word "combatants" in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. troops	B. signers	C. English people	D. American people
10. Which paragraph describes the battle that took place after the signing of the treaty?
	A. The first paragraph	B. The second paragraph
	C. The third paragraph	D. The last paragraph
Part 3. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
The advent of the Internet may be one of the most important technological developments in recent years. Never before have (1)_______ many people had access to so many different sources of information. For all of the Internet’s advantages, (2)________, people are currently becoming aware of some of its drawbacks and are looking for creative (3)________. Among the current problems, which include a general lack of reliability and numerous security concerns, the most crucial is speed. 
 	First of all, the Internet has (4)________very quickly. In 1990, only a few academics had ever heard of the Internet. In 1996, over 50 million people used (5)________. Every year, the number of people with access to the Internet doubles. The rapid growth has (6)________a problem. The computer systems which (7)________the Internet have not been able to keep up with the demand. Also, sometimes, a request for information must pass through many routing computers before the information can be obtained. A request for information made in Paris might have to go (8)________computers in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo in order to obtain the (9)________information. 
Consequently, the service is often slow and unpredictable. Service also tends to be worse when the Internet is busiest - (10)________the business day of the Western Hemisphere - which is also when companies need its service the most. 
E. WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a similar meaning to the original one.
1. Watch the bike while I am in the supermarket. 
→ Keep an _____________________________________________
2. He did not pass his driving test until he was nearly 40. 
→ It was _______________________________________________
3. You must never mention this to him.
→ Under ____________________________________________
4. Jack Ma’s success could be put down to hard work.
→ Hard work _________________________________________
5. Everyone was exhausted apart from Paul.
→ With ______________________________________________
Part 2. Write an essay within 250 words on the following topic.
	Nowadays many people think that the development of modern society is the loss of traditional ways of life.
	Is it important to keep our traditional ways of life?
	How can this be achieved?
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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – THPT
 (Đáp án gồm 02 trang)
A. LISTENING. (20 pts)
Section 1. (10 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
1. Rajdoot
6. Roast Dinner
2. Park View (Hotel)
7. £50 deposit/ 50 pound(s) deposit/ deposit (of) £50/ 50 pound(s)
3. London Arms
8. choose (the) menu
4. 208657
9. 4 November/ 4th (of) November
5. no/non-smoking section/ area
10. Newsletter
Section 2. (5 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. B
15.C
Section 3. (5 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
16. access
17. affiliated
18. consumer
19. Discount
20. interests
B. PHONETICS. (5 pts: 1p/each correct answer)
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. D
C. LEXICO - GRAMMAR. (25 pts) 
Part 1. (10 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. C
Part 2. (10 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
1. Construction
2. surrounded
3. conforms
4. designers
5. ceremonial
6. insignificance
7. determined
8. statuettes
9. recognition
10. unparalled
Part 3. (5 pts: 0.5pt/ each finding)
1. √
2. other
3. years
4. most
5. √
6. on
7. too
8. √
9. eat
10. time
D. READING (30 pts)
Part 1. (10 pts: 1p/each correct answer)
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B
Part 2. (10 pts: 1p/each correct answer)
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. D
Part 3 (10 pts: 1p/each correct answer)
1. so
2. however
3. solutions
4. grown/ developed
5. it
6. been
7. run
8. through
9. required
10. during
E. WRITING. (20 pts)
Part 1. (5 pts: 1pt/each correct answer)
1. Keep an eye on the/ my bike while I am in the supermarket.
 Or: Keep an eye open/ out for the/ my bike while I am in the supermarket.
2. It wasn’t until he was nearly 40 that he passed his driving test.
3. Under no circumstances must you mention this to him
4. Hard work was what caused Jack Ma’s success.
 Or: Hard work was what resulted in Jack Ma’s success
5. With the exception of Paul, everyone was exhausted.
Part 2. Essay Writing (15 pts) 
Correct form of essay writing (15 points)
- Contents: a provision of all main reasons and appropriate supporting ideas and relevant examples (8pts)
- Language: a variety of vocabulary and appropriate structures (4pts)
- Presentation: coherence, cohesion, and appropriate style (3pts)
Incorrect form of essay writing (8 points)
- Contents: a provision of all main reasons and appropriate supporting ideas and relevant examples (4pts)
- Language: a variety of vocabulary and appropriate structures (2pts)
- Presentation: coherence, cohesion, and appropriate style (2p) 
_______The end_______