Kỳ thi tuyển sinh THPT chuyên quốc học môn tiếng Anh

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THỪA THIÊN HUẾ ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm 06 trang)  KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH THPT CHUYÊN QUỐC HỌC Khóa ngày 24.6.2010 Môn : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Điểm (bằng số và bằng chữ)  Giám khảo 1:  Mã phách:    Giám khảo 2:    I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 30 points) Part 1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D. Circle your choice. (10 points) 1. Why don’t you go to the park ................... ? A. in the car B. with the car C. with car D. by the car 2. Give her a telephone to ring ................... she gets lost. A. if B. whether C. although D. in case 3. She ................... him of lying to her. A. threatened B. blamed C. accused D. criticised 4. Losing my job was a great shock, but I think I’m ................... it. A. seeing to B. putting up with C. standing for D. getting over 5. No one’s got to stay late this evening, ................... ? A. is it B. have they C. isn’t it D. don’t they 6. I was in a such hurry that I left one of my bags .................... A. out B. behind C. on D. aside 7. On the first day of our holiday we just ................... by the hotel pool. A. enjoyed B. calmed C. comforted D. relaxed 8. Jane likes watching films but she is not ................... keen on any kind. A. specially B. certainly C. largely D. particularly 9. My hands were so cold that I couldn’t ................... my coat buttons. A. open B. remove C. undo D. put out 10. Mary looked up the fastest train to Glasgow in the .................... . A. catalogue B. timetable C. dictionary D. programme Part 2: Complete each sentence with a word from the box: (10 points) call draw fall get take come face fill go turn   1. I think we should ...................................... over our plan again before we tell the managing director. 2. Have you .................................. up with any ideas for advertising the new products? 3. Our deal with the Chinese company may .................................. through, but we can sell the machinery to the German firm if necessary. 4. You have to ................................. in this form, and return it to the manager. 5. She didn’t ................................ on with her boss, so she left the company. 6. If they don’t give us a better price, we’ll ................................ down their offer. 7. I’m afraid we have to ................................ up to the fact that we are losing money. 8. Our lawyers are going to ................................ up a new contract tomorrow. 9. A multinational company is trying to ................................ over our firm, but we want to stay independent. 10. We had to ................................ off the office party because of the economic situation. Part 3: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points) EVENING CLASSES Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a (1)...................................... agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting (2) ...................................... and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening, putting a (3) ...................................... meal in the oven and then watching TV. So I decided to take up (4) ................................ as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an (5) ...................................... for my choice. Learning a skill is a good (6) ....................................... to the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a (7) .............................. because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a (8) ....................................... wood-worker! I am working on the (9) ............................ of some furniture at the moment. And although there are only two other girls in the class, I don’t feel any (10) ...................................... . I’ve just turned out to be the best student in the class!  1. SECRETARY 2. OCCUPY 3. FREEZE 4. CARPENTER 5. EXPLAIN 6. SOLVE 7. FAIL 8. SUCCESS 9. CONSTRUCT 10. EMBARRASS   II. READING COMPREHENSION: ( 35 points) Part 1: Decide which answer ( A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Circle your choice. (15 points) LEARNING HOW TO LEARN There is usually one important (1) .................. missing from most school (2) .................. Very few students are (3) ................ how to organize their learning and how to (4) ................... the best use of their time. Let’s take some simple (5) ............................. . Do you know how to (6) .............. up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the (7) ................... the dictionary contains? Can you (8) ..................... notes quickly, and can you understand them (9) ................... ? For some reason, many schools give learners no (10) ..................... with these matters. Teachers ask students to (11) ..................... pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don’t explain (12)………..….… to do it. Learning by (13)……….……… can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (14) ………..…… of a subject. You can (15) ……………… a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject! 1. A. theme B. book C. subject D. mark 2. A. agendas B. timetables C. terms D. organizations 3. A. taught B. learnt C. educated D. graduated 4. A. take B. give C. get D. make 5. A. sentences B. results C. rules D. examples 6. A. find B. look C. research D. get 7. A. information B. advice C. subjects D. themes 8. A. do B. send C. take D. revise 9. A. after B. afterwards C. lastly D. at last 10. A. teaching B. ability C. instruction D. help 11. A. concentrate B. remind C. forget D. memorize 12. A. how B. what C. why D. it 13. A. the way B. heart C. now D. law 14. A. information B. success C. understanding D. attention 15. A pass B. waste C. tell D. use Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points) Computers Recent years have seen the appearance of different (1) ........................... of communication. More and (2) ............................ people have a computer (3) ........................... home and they use it to play games, find information (4) ................................ the Net and also to communicate. You can send e-mails, write your own blog and (5) ................................… to other people. It is amazing how easily you can communicate (6) .................................. someone on the other side of the world. It has brought happiness (7) ................................. reassurance to many, knowing that a friend or member of their family is only a click of the mouse away. Some people say it has become (8) ..................................... aid in education and even brought more equality, as most children become computer literate. But it has also (9) ............................ concern. Who takes the responsibility of making (10) ............................ that the Net doesn’t give false facts? (11) ................................ there enough protection from fraud and misinformation? Do young people rely too much (12)................................ computers for their entertainment? (13)................................ it destroy our creativity? The experts (14)............................... now trying to find answers to these (15) ................................. Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D. Circle your choice. (5 points) STUDYING ABROAD Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the disadvantages of studying abroad. First, a student may feel lonely by being far from home and friends. Also, difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very disappointing and can affect the student’s grades. It can be very expensive to pay the costs of travel and housing in a different country. Finally, if there is an emergency at home, it will be hard to get home in a hurry. However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a new culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other ways of thinking, which can promote friendships among countries. He can learn a new language which may be beneficial for keeping up with research after the student has finished studying. He can learn experience not available in his country. The student may also get the opportunity to study at a university where a leading expert in his field may be teaching. The leading expert can introduce the student to the most up-to-date findings of the top researchers in the field. Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid the student in becoming an expert as well. ______ to study abroad.A. There are only disadvantages B. There are only advantagesC. There are both advantages and disadvantages D. There are neither advantages nor disadvantages When studying abroad, a student ______.A. is homesick and feels lonely B. spends a lot of money for accommodation and transportationC. cannot go home immediately in an emergency D. All are correct. When studying abroad, a student is exposed to a new culture that ______. A. has no advantages B. enriches his knowledge about people and other ways of thinkingC. has no effects D. causes some trouble 4. At a foreign university, a student ______. A. can learn a foreign language B. cannot learn a foreign language C. has to learn his mother tongue D. doesn’t have to learn a language 5. At a foreign university, a student may ______. A. meet his neighbour B. travel a lot C. meet a leading expert in his field D. All are correct. III. WRITING: ( 35 points) Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one, by using the word given.( Do not change the word given.) ( 10 points) 1. I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. mind I haven’t ………………………………………….........................…………………………. 2. The weather is fine, but my flowers haven’t come out. of My flowers ………………………………………….........................……….……………… 3. I probably forgot to mention that the deadline is Tuesday. may I ……………………………………………………………........................………………… 4. I like going sailing more than swimming. rather I’d ..……………………………………………………….........................……………….... 5. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron. Well done!” said Carol. on Carol congratulated ………………….......................……………………………………… 6. I was never allowed to walk barefoot when I was a child. let My parents ………………………………........................…………………...…………….. 7. They have collected the tests and checked the answers been The tests . ………………………………………..........................…………………………. 8. No one gave us instructions and showed us what to do. not We…………………………………………………………..........................………………... 9. The boy said that he hadn't done anything wrong. denied The boy .....…………………………………………...........................…………………….. 10. Amanda has improved a lot this term. progress Amanda ........... ………………………..........................…………………………………… Part 2: Read the text below 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. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number. ( 15 points)     0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  The stadium is only a few minutes away from where I live so I usually go to the matches on the foot. I put on my team's colours and set off with a couple of friends from work. I always feel a sense of excitements as I turn to the corner and the tall floodlights come into view at the top of the main stand of the stadium. By the time we will get to the stadium, there are big enough crowds, all heading in the same direction. As soon as we get inside, the chanting begins and the suspense builds up. I have been to a lot of games which were utterly boring: the weather was such cold and drizzly and the game finished in a goal-less draw. After going games like that, some fans express their disappointment through acts of violence but I just look ahead to the next game. Violence on and off of the pitch is the biggest problem in football, but the behaviour of some of the stars also gives the game a bad name. Take Maradona of Argentina: he was, as everyone knows it, a great player but he got involved with drugs and was excluded from the 1994 World Cup after he failing a drugs test. Another of the greatest players was the Englishman George Best, but again the pressure of being a star was too great for him. He turned up to drink and retired when he was only twenty-six.  0 …(…. 00 …the… 1. ............. 2 .............. 3 .............. 4 .............. 5 .............. 6 .............. 7 .............. 8 .............. 9 .............. 10 ............ 11 ............ 12 ............ 13 ............ 14 ............ 15 ............   Part 3: Write an essay of at least 200 words on ONE of the following topics: (10 points) Topic 1. The difficulties of learning English and how to overcome them. Topic 2. If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer. 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SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH THPT CHUYÊN QUỐC HỌC THỪA THIÊN HUẾ Khóa ngày 24.6.2010 Môn : TIẾNG ANH ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút ANSWER KEY I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (30 points) Part 1: (10 points) (one point for each correct answer) Q#  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10   Key  A  D  C  D  B  B  D  D  C  B   Part 2: (10 points) (one point for each correct answer) 1. go 2. come 3. fall 4. fill 5. get 6. turn 7. face 8. dr