Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp thành phố môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Năm học 2018-2019 - Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo Phúc Yên

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1. PHÒNG GD&ĐT PHÚC YÊN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CẤP THÀNH PHỐ Năm học: 2018-2019 (ĐỀ THI GỒM 7 TRANG) MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) A. LISTENING Part 1: Listen to the description on a new-opening local sports shop and fill the gaps in the summary below with ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER. (9pts) SPORTS WORLD * a new (1) of an international sports goods company * located in the shopping center to the (2) of Bradcaster * is the (3) in sports retailing * has been given a new minimalist look with the company’s (4) colors * has a huge range of sports (5) as well as equipment on floors 1 - 3 * a cafe and a book and DVD (6) on the top floor * can get you any item within (7) days * focus on (8) * has a special section which just sells (9) Part 2: Listen to the conversation about Latin American Studies and choose the best answers among A, B, or C. (6pts) 10. Paul decided to get work experience in South American because he wanted ___ A. to teach English there B. to improve his Spanish C. to learn about Latin American life 11. What project work Paul originally intends to get involved in? A. construction B. agriculture C. tourism 12. Why did Paul change from one project to another? A. His first job was not well organized. B. He found doing the routine work very boring. C. The work was too physically demanding. 13. In the village community, he leant how important it was to___ A. respect family life. B. develop trust C. use money wisely. 14. What does the Paul say about his project manager? A. He let Paul do most of the work B. His plans were too ambitious. C. He was very supportive of Paul. 15. Paul was surprised to be given ___ A. a computer to use B. so little money to live on C. an extension to his contract B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. 1. They’ve recaptured all the animals . escaped from the zoo. A. that B. who C. why D. whose 2. Electronics is a subject about I know very little. A. that B. it C. which D. what 3. I had just one reply. Abco was the company to reply to my letter. A. last B. most C. only D. second 4. I wish I’d stop arguing politics all the time. A. about B. with C. to D. at 5. Everyone tried to blame Janet the mistake.
2. A with B. for C. in D. at 6. Is it possible to insure my motorbike . theft. A. to B. for C. on D. against 7. “ Is your government salary good?” . “ Yes, but I don’t make as much worked in private industry?”. A. as I B. if I would have C. I would if D. as I would if I 8. “Which dress do you like better?”. “ The one ” . A. I tried it on first B. first I tried it on C. I tried on it first D. I tried on first 9. Her business must be going rather well, . by the car she drives. A. deducing B. deciding C. inferring D. judging 10. My cousin obviously didn’t much of an impression on you if you can’t remember meeting her. A. create B. do C. make D. build 11. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather A. disembodied B. disconcerting C. dismissive D. discordant 12. He got an excellent grade in his examination the fact that he had not worked particularly hard. A. on account of B. because of C. in spite of D. although 13. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable . because it seems tooo good to be true. A. suspicion B. doubt C. reservation D. disbelieft 14. I have been working very hard, I hope I will my math exam. A. get through B. get round C. get through to D. get up 15. I really don’t like the shoes, and . they aren’t my size, so I don’t want to buy them. A. further B. however C. anyway D. even if II. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage. FOOD MILES In Britain, what is described as ‘food miles’, the distance which food is transported from the place where it is grown to its point of sale, continues to rise. This has major (0. ECONOMY) economical , social and environmental consequences, given the traffic congestion and pollution which (1. VARIABLE) follow. According to (2. PRESS) groups, the same amount of food is travelling 50% further than twenty years ago. What’s more, the rise in the demand for road haulage over this period has mostly been due to the transport of food and drink. The groups assert that the increase in the number of lorry journeys is (3. EXCEED) and that many of these are far from (4. ESSENCE). In the distribution systems employed by British food (5. RETAIL),fleets of lorries bring all goods into more (6. CENTRE) located warehouses for redistribution across the country. (7. LOGIC) as this might appear, the situation whereby some goods get sent back to the same areas from which they came is (8. AVOID). In response to scathing (9. CRITIC) from environmentalists, some food distributors now aim to minimise the impact of food miles by routing vehicles, wherever possible, on motorways after dark. This encourages greater energy (10. EFFICIENT) whilst also reducing the impact on the residential areas through which they would otherwise pass. III. Find 10 mistakes in the passage and correct them. There is one example.
3. A DISAPPOINTING MEAL 1 Have you ever complained in a restaurant? I never thought I would, but last week I ended up doing just that. It was my best friend’s birthday, but I had booked a table at a new restaurant that had just opened in the city centre. But while we arrived, exactly on time, they told me that it was no record of my booking and we would have to wait for a table to become free. I suspected that they had given our table to anyone else, 5 but I didn’t say anything. Then we were kept waiting for an hour without an apology, because they did take our order. We both chose soup as a starter and my friend ordered a steak like a main course. I thought I would be a bit more adventurous, and decided to try something called Ossobuco, if I wasn’t quite sure what it was. To cut a long story short, a soup was almost cold, my friend’s steak was uncooked at the middle and my Ossobuco turned out to be a plate of bone within a very acidic sauce. So, we called the 10 manager and told we would not pay because the meal had been substandard. But in the end we paid because we had eaten it all, but we won’t be going there again! Example: (0) L2 but so IV. Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. 1 In the end, his wild party turned out to be a fairly quiet . The manager is having an with the waitress in the staff canteen. What I do in my free time is my . 2 The police had all the exits , so there was no chance of the gunman escaping. Mavis very kindly for me when I had to go to the dentist’s. The guide’s explanation all the important points of the cathedral. 3 Mark was playing with when he suggested that Bill had cheated in the exam. The minister came under for his remarks on the strike. The protesters set to the shop which sold products made in a factory by child workers. 4 All of the best runners in the country have the race. The violence in the city centre has just its third week. The woman accused of stealing a million pounds from her employer has a plea of not guilty. 5 Things have finally to normal after the storm. Jake dashed to the library and the books before it was too late. Jessica glanced up briefly as Herman entered the room and then to her crossword puzzle. C. READING COMPREHENSION I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. ANTI-PUTIN ACTIVIST ALEXEI NAVALNY ON TRIAL The trial of Russia’s leading anti-Kremlin activist has started in the city of Kirov, in a case that has (1) President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to tolerate (2) . The 36-year-old lawyer and corruption crusader has been charged with embezzling timber from a state-run firm in 2009. But the case is widely seen as a means of silencing the man who has become Putin’s loudest critic. “We say this simple truth – that Putin is a thief – that’s why this trial is happening,” Navalny told supporters (3) for a protest.
4. With less than 1% of Russian court cases ending in not-guilty verdicts, Navalny will almost certainly be (4) . He faces 10 years in prison – or a suspended (5) , which would (6) him from running for office and kill any hope of a legitimate political (7) in spite of his declared presidential (8) . His public support has recently receded amid a Kremlin (9) that has sown (10) fear among those opposed to Putin. Many protesters have been arrested in the past year and a new legal framework has increased sanctions for those who dare to speak out. “This trial has the same meaning as the one against Khodorkovsky,” said an opposition leader, referring to the jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. “Khodorkovsky was tried in order to frighten business. Navalny is being tried in an exertion to scare and stop civil society, protest and activism.” 1 A) displayed B) spotlighted C) discovered D) pointed 2 A) critics B) evaluators C) analysts D) examiners 3 A) collected B) gathered C) located D) reunited 4 A) accused B) indicted C) absolved D) convicted 5 A) sentence B) penalty C) verdict D) judgment 6 A) deny B) make C) forbid D) force 7 A) career B) development C) vocation D) profession 8 A) desires B) hopes C) interests D) aspirations 9 A) breakthrough B) holdup C) crackdown D) walkout 10 A) numerous B) widespread C) popular D) extended II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. ‘GADDAFI’S BANKER’ SEEN IN SOUTH AFRICA The South African government is facing demands to arrest a man dubbed “Gaddafi’s banker” amid claims the deposed Libyan leader and his family stashed (1) than $1bn in the country. Bashir Saleh, (2) Interpol’s wanted list for his former role as an aide to Muammar Gaddafi, is travelling freely in South Africa, according to a report in the local press. He (3) allegedly attended the governing African National Congress’s centenary celebrations and a recent summit of the Brics emerging economies. The South African opposition Democratic Alliance demanded (4) immediate arrest. Dianne Kohler Barnard, shadow police minister, said: “What is he (5) strolling in and (6) of our country when he’s on the most-wanted list? If we had (7) crime intelligence at all, they would know who this was and arrest (8) on the spot. “There’s a possibility he’s being protected by members of the ANC, maybe on the instructions of ‘number one’ [president Jacob Zuma]. How (9) could someone on the Interpol list get such protection?” She added: “Urgent action must now be (10) to rectify this. Bashir Saleh must be immediately arrested and a full investigation conducted (11) that the world knows that South Africa will not allow (12) to become a safe haven (13) international criminals.” Gaddafi’s relationship with South Africa was complicated. Nelson Mandela is often said to have been grateful for his support in the struggle against racial apartheid and (14) once quoted as saying: “Those (15) feel irritated by our friendship with president Gaddafi can go jump in the pool.” III. Read the following text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he
5. was only 28 years old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at Yale University. The term paper reputedly received a less – than – stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to institute. Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to own his own planes so that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the hug city of Memphis, a set – up which resembles the spokes on the wheel of a bicycle. With this combination of his own planes and hub set – up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States overnight. What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the various airport; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a $4 million inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional $91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company operating. When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate success, but success did come within a relatively short period of time. The company lost $29 million in the first 26 months of operations. However, the tide was to turn relatively quickly. By late 1976, Federal Express was carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $36 million. 1. The word developed in paragraph 1 could be replaced by A. come up with B. come about C. come across D. come into 2. What was a key idea of Smith’s? A. That he should focus on passenger service. B. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service. C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes. D. That passenger service had to be efficient. 3. A hug city in paragraph 2 is A. a large city with small cities as destinations. B. a city that is the final destination for many routes. C. a city where many bicycle routes begin. D. a centralized city with destinations emanating from it. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it A. was near the middle of the country. B. had a large number of passenger aircraft C. already had a large package delivery service. D. was a favorite passenger airport. 5. Which paragraph explains what made Smith’s model effective? A. The first paragraph B. The second paragraph C. The third paragraph D. The last paragraph IV. You are going to read an article about a boxer. Seven sentences have been removed from the passage. Choose from sentences A to H the one that best fits the gap. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.
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7. I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it 1. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week. → An increased___. 2. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting. → Rather ___. 3. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing. → The moment___. 4. He never suspected that the bicycle had been stolen. → At no time ___. 5. How could I help, except to offer to lend her some money? → Other ___? II. Use the word(s) given in the brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word(s). 6. To this day no one has equaled his achievements in the field of technology. (UNSURPASSED) → To this day___ in the field of technology. 7. Peter grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting medicine. (PULLED) → Peter___ the foul-tasting medicine. 8. It’s unfortunately that the construction of the building will not be finished as originally planned. → The construction of the building___ unfortunate. (LONGER) 9. What he told me made me very curious to hear the rest of the history. (APPETITE) → What he told me___ the story. 10. They chose not to drive because they thought there would be too much snow. (FEAR) → They chose___ too much snow. III. In the future, students may have the choice of studying at home by using technology such as computers or television or of studying at traditional schools. Which would you prefer? In about 200 words, write a composition expressing your point of view. Give reasons and specific details to explain your choice. THE END