Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Chuyên Sở GD-ĐT Bắc Ninh năm học 2015 - 2016

Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Chuyên Sở GD-ĐT Bắc Ninh năm học 2015 - 2016

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PART ONE: PHONETICS: (10pts)

I. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others (5pts)

1. A. kerosene            B. tinsel                  C. pessimism               D. mussel

2. A. considerate        B. candidate            C. associate                 D. adequate

3. A. scowl                B. frown                  C. sprout                     D. dough

4. A. bombard            B. discard               C. mustard                   D. retard

5. A. intellectual          B. situation             C. digestion                  D. Greenwich

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three (5pts)

6. A. mischievous       B. miscellaneous     C. intimacy                   D. veterinary

7. A. infamous            B. inventory             C. negligence               D. congenial

8. A. impotent            B. ignorant               C. admirable                 D. affidavit

9. A. primate              B. asset                  C. innate                       D. preface

10. A. monetary         B. paralysis              C. protagonist                D. analogous

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (60pts)

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (20pts)

11. You can't believe a word that woman says – she is a _____ liar.

A. dedicated            B. devoted                C. committed                   D. compulsive

12. There can be no _____ fixes or magic solutions to the problem of unemployment.

A. fast                    B speedy                  C. quick                           D. sudden

13. When you come down the hill, do drive slowly because it is not _____ obvious where the turning is.

A. immediately        B. directly                 C. instantaneously            D. quite

14. At her trial in 1431, Joan of Arc was accused of being in _____ with the devil.

A. cooperation        B. association            C. league                         D. conjunction

15. The flights are full at the moment, so you'll have to _____.

A. run a stroke of luck                              B. get a better luck

C. be down on your luck                            D. take pot luck

16. I heard ______ that Jack has been dropped from the basketball team.

A. in the woods      B. on the grapevine      C. under your feet          D. on the olive branch

17. Many habitats change ________ the types of plants and animals that live there.

A. with respect to   B. in respect for           C. as for                       D. as against

18. Unfortunately some really ill animals have to be _______ by our center.

A. put down           B. turned over              C. passed away             D. taken out

19. John first dabbled _____ buying old maps for his collection.

A. in                      B. on                           C. at                             D. for

20. It's a matter of urgency to put right at once but nothing suitable _____ to mind.

A. returns              B. emerges                   C. sprouts                     D. springs

21. When my father was a young student, they were taught to memorize information and _____ it for exams. Thankfully, those teaching techniques have become outdated.

A. pinpoint             B. dock                        C. regurgitate                 D. revise

22. He was arrested for trying to pass _____ notes at the bank.

A. counterfeit         B. fake                        C. camouflaged               D. fraudulent

23. Living in the countryside is a far cry from reading about it. It _____. You have to deal with _____ poverty and go through the bad patch.

A. is of crass stupidity/ grueling                 B. is no mean feat/ grinding

C. goes against the grain/ abject                D. dwindles away to nothing/ extreme

24. He had his money _____ in a secure bank account.

A. hammered away at                               B. jabbered about

C. slaved away                                        D. squirreled away

25. The train service has been a _____ since they introduced the new schedules.

A. shambles          B. rumpus                   C. chaos                      D. fracas

26. 'The film was pretty bad, wasn't it?' – 'Yes, I think it was _____'.

A. exemplary         B. excruciating            C. expeditious               D. explicit

27. When the forces on an object are balanced, you can say that the object is in _____.

A. collusion           B. equilibrium              C. collision                    D. incubation

28. There were a number of strong candidates for the post but Peter's experience _____ the scales in his favor.

A. weighted           B. tipped                    C. balanced                   D. overturned

29. We are conscious that sleeplessness usually _____ those who are exposed to a great deal of stress, anxiety or depression.

A. betrays             B. bestows                C. besets                       D. bemoans

30. I think that the artist's cartoons are usually rather _____________ as they are intended to appeal to a mass number of audiences.

A. lowbrow            B. highbrow               C. dearly                        D. impenetrable

II. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable preposition. (10pts)

31. This soup is too hot to eat. I'll wait for it to cool _____.

32. Tim is seventeen and at the moment he doesn't care very much _____ anything except clothes.

33. Last year Ross was charged _____ a variety of crimes, including assault and car theft.

34. It's a long journey so remember to fill _____ the petrol tank before you go.

35. Luckily, the bomb which went _____ near the bank last Friday didn't kill anyone.

36. A car suddenly pulled _____ in front of me and I couldn't stop in time.

37. Luckily, the rain held _____ so we were able to play the match.

38. I don't think I'll ever rich, but you live _____ hope, don't you?

39. Mr. Deacon next door had a very serious operation. Apparently, it's a miracle he pulled_____.

40. I don't know what happened. I was just sitting at my desk and I suddenly blacked _____ for a few minutes.

III. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the number space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example (10pts)

Example: 0: willingly

We are the only animal that chooses what it will look like. True, the chameleon changes color- but not (0. WILLING) ________. Unlike us, it doesn't get up in the morning and ask itself, "What shall I look like today?", but we can and do. Indeed, the (41. ANTIQUE) _________ of body decoration points to the conclusion that it is a key factor in our development as the (42. DOMINATE) _________ life-form on our planet. No human society has ever been found where some form of body decoration is not the norm.

By (43. CUSTOM) _________ their physical appearance, our ancestors distanced themselves from the rest of the animal (44. KING) _________. Within each tribe this helped them to mark out differences of role, status and (45. KIN) _________. Our ancestors developed (46. ORDINARY) _________ techniques of body decoration for (47. PRACTICE) _________ reasons. How to show where on tribe ends and another begins? How to memorably underline the (48. SIGNIFY) _________ of that moment when an individual becomes an adult member of society? (49. ARGUE) _________, without the expressive capabilities of such "body language" we would have been (50. FINITE) _________ less successful as a species.

IV. Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them (20pts)

Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, is really more sophisticated than that of a computer. Researchers approaching the problem from a variation of viewpoints have all concluded that there is a great deal more storing in our minds than has been generally supposed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgery, proved that by stimulating their brains electrically, he can elicit the total recall of specific events in his subjects' lives. Even dreams and another minor events supposedly forgotten for many years suddenly emerged in details. Although the physical basic for memory is not yet understood, one theory is how the fantastic capacity for storage in the brain is the result of an almost unlimited combination of interconnections between brain cell, stimulated by patterns of activity. Repeated references with the same information support recall. In other word, improved performance is the result of strengthening the chemical bonds in the memory.

PART THREE: READING (70pts)

I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. (15pts)

Reports that the government is about to _____ (61) the go ahead to plans for the building of a new runway at London's Gatwick airport have angered local _____ (62) and raised fears of increased noise and exhaust pollution. The _____ (63) plans also include permission for additional night flights and will _____ (64) the compulsory purchase of farmland, _____ (65) the demolition of a number of private homes. According to sources close to the Ministry of Transport, the government is known to be concerned by the increasing _____ (66) of traffic at London Heathrow, where there are no plans for further runways in the foreseeable _____ (67) Gatwick is widely _____ (68) as a better _____ (69) for expansion than London's third airport, Stansted, which still _____ (70) from poor transport links. A spokesperson for the Keep Gatwick Quiet association, _____ (71) up of local people, accused the government of _____ (72) back on promises made before the General Election. 'We were told then that the airport authority had no _____ (73) of building another runway and we believe that the government has a duty to _____ (74) its pledges. Prominent figures in the government are also believed to be concerned at the news, although the Prime Minister, interviewed last night, is _____ (75) as saying that reports were 'misleading'. However, he would not give an assurance that plans for building a runway had definitely been rejected.

II. Fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word. (20pts)

AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM

Inflation is not a new phenomenon, (0) ....but... one that has existed at various times in various places. In _____ (76) severest form; however, hyperinflation can destroy a nation's economy. _____ (77) happened in revolutionary France and Weimar Germany; _____ (78) bundles of notes were needed to pay for a loaf of bread. But what is inflation? Briefly, it may be defined as a continual increase in prices affecting the economy. The rate of inflation is determined _____ (79) changes in the price level, which is an average of all prices. When _____ (80) prices rise while others fall, this will not necessarily affect the price level, as inflation occurs _____ (81) if most major prices increase. The problem with inflation is that it reduces the value of purchasing power of money, as well as eroding people's savings. Wage increases which are below or equal _____ (82) the level of inflation will result in a declining or static _____ (83) of living for workers, while wage increases above the rate of inflation will merely stoke the fire for further inflation. So what can a government do to stop the process? It can increase taxes, raise interest rates, decrease the money supply, reduce government spending or set a ceiling _____ (84) price and wage rises. Why none of these is a popular measure is understandable, but if they reduce inflation _____ (85) a mild two to four percent per annum, as opposed to allowing it to rise to double-digit severe inflation, it is preferable in the long run.