Đề thi chọn đội tuyển dự thi HSG quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh (Đề 2) - Năm học 2006-2007 - Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An (Có đáp án)

së GD&§T NghÖ an 	 kú thi chän ®éi tuyÓn dù thi hsg quèc gia
§Ò chÝnh thøc
	n¨m häc 2006-2007
M«n thi : TiÕng Anh
Thêi gian lµm bµi : 180 phót ( kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò )
Ngµy thi: 07/11/2006
§iÓm b»ng sè: ......................................
§iÓm b»ng ch÷: ....................................
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1 ........................................
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1 :.......................................
Sè ph¸ch
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part I. Listen to the conversation between the two students, then circle the correct answer (Question 1 to 5). An example has been done for you.
Example : What are the students looking for ?
A. Main Hall C. Old Hall
B. Great Hall D. Old Bulding
1. Where is the administration building ?
 A B C D
2. How many people are waiting in the queue ?
 A. 50 B. 100 C. 200 D. 300
3. What does the woman order for lunch ?
 A B C D
4. What does the woman order to drink ?
 A B C D
5. How much money does the woman give the man ? 
 A B C D
5. How much money does the woman give the man ? 
 A $ 2.00 B $ 3.00 C $ 3.50 D $ 5.00
Part II: You will hear an interview with Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics at City University New York. Listen and answer the following questions:
1. What does Michio Kaku say will continue into the twenty-first century?
........................................................................................................................................
2. How do some people react to the new technology? What is his reaction?
...........................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
3. Why will the population of the world stop increasing?
............................................................................................................................................
4. What will the world government have to do?
............................................................................................................................................
5. What are some of the things we will be able to control?
.............................................................................................................................................
Part III. Craig has left home and has just started his first job in advertising. He’s on the telephone to his mother. Listen to his side of the conversation and decide whether the following statements are T or F. Tick your answer.
Statements
 T
F
1. Craig finishes work at 6 p.m.
2. His mother is worried that he hasn’t been eating well.
3. He and Tessa work in the same office.
4. Craig and Tessa share a flat.
5. Craig and Tessa are going to cook a meal for his mother.
6. Craig’s father is working hard now.
7. His mother is coming to see him next Thursday.
8. Craig’s father has been working in Holland.
SECTION II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B. C or D to complete each of the following sentences
1. Just before closing, the barman asked the customers to drink..........................
A. down
B. out
C. up
D. on
2. There will be a meeting of the.............of Directors tomorrow afternoon.
A. Board
B. Committee
C. Council
D. Cabinet
3. One condition of this job is that you must be.............to work at weekend.
A. available
B. capable
C. acceptable
D. accessible
4. I’m afraid that you will be...........responsible if anything goes wrong.
A. held
B. carried
C. brought
D. induced
5. This course..............no previous knowledge of the subject.
A. assures
B. assigns
C. assumes
D. assembles
6. A few hours after the injection, the feeling of numbness in your arm will............
A. wear off
B. fade out
C. drop away
D. fall through
7. He is paving the garden............with flat stones of various shapes
A. track
B. path
C. lane
D. alley
8. I once knew a man called Mr. Good – a rather..............name considering he was 
sent to prison for shop-lifting.
A. unfit
B. inconvenient
C. unsuited
D. inappropriate
9. I thought I saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical ................. .
A. error
B. illusion
C. delusion
D. deception
10. There are many..........on TV where a team of people have to answer the questions.
A. quizzes
B. puzzles
C. inquiries
D. riddles 
Your answers:
1..................
2......................
3.................
4.................
5.................
6..................
7......................
8.................
9.................
10...............
II. Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. 
1. The enforcement of this law can be very.....................
PROBLEM
2. The film is entertaining but full of historical..................
ACCURATE
3. It would be ..................to expect to go straight from learning school into a managerial position.
REAL
4. She looked into the baby.............to check that it was right.
PERIOD
5. You should show more............to your host.
CIVIL
6. I’m deeply................to him for his advice.
DEBT
7. He behaves badly to his wife. He’s a....................person.
HARD
8. Industrial robots work with far greater...........than most men.
PRECISE
9. You can’t enter the house without the..................document.
REQUIRE
10. He has many years’ experiences of the criminal...............
MENTAL
Your answer:
1.......................
2.....................
3...................... 
4......................
5......................
6.......................
7.....................
8.....................
9.......................
10..................... 
III. There are eight mistakes in the passage. Find them and correct them.
For most people, the distinction between vegetables and fruits is fairly clear. Scientists, however, have varied opinions on this regard. For example, horticulturists categorize a watermelon as a vegetable despite of its general acceptance like a fruit. Botanists identify a tomato as a fruit even if it is commonly used as a vegetable.
These differences stem from the ways which fruits and vegetables are classified. For a botanist, a fruit is a seed–bearing portion of a flowering plant or tree. According to this definition, a tomato is a fruit. With a horticulturist, a vegetable is the eatable portion of a plant that must replanted annually. According to this view, a watermelon is a vegetable. A horticulturist sees a fruit as coming from a plant or tree that lives at last two years. At the case of fruits and vegetables that meet the criteria of both groups of scientists, such as apples or potatoes, there is no conflict.
Your answers: 
Mistake
Correction
Mistake
Correction
1. 
1. 
6. 
6.
2.
2.
7.
7. 
3.
3.
8. 
8.
4.
4.
9.
9.
5. 
5. 
10.
10.
 IV. Fill in each gap in the following sentences with one of the particles in the box. Some particles cannot be used while some others can be used more than once. Write your answers in the space provided.
by of for on into through in about 
out around up off across over 
1. “Have you got enough money to live on?”
“I just manage to get.............. 
2. Blow..................the candle on the cake before you cut it. 
3. He was walking through the park when a strange dog suddenly went.........him. 
4. Whenever there is a period without rain, all the lakes dry..............
5. Don’t pick.............me just because you want someone you can blame. 
6. If you jog every day, you’ll soon work...........your surplus kilos. 
7. If you want to lose weight, cut............potatoes, bread and sweet things for a week. 
8. When John was arrested for the drunken driving, he expected to lose his driving licence, but he was let................with a fine. 
9. If you don’t want to lend Jeff money. Just say “No.” Don’t let him talk you............it. 
10. George has some very good ideas, but he sometimes has difficulty in putting them.......to others. 
Your answer:
1.....................
2.......................
3........................
4....................... 
5.....................
6......................
7.....................
8......................
9.......................
10...................
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Some parts of the following passage have been removed. Read the passage and put them back to where they fit. (Some of suggested answers do not fit at all.) Write your answer in the space provided.
Galileo was one of the first modern scientists. He was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. At first, he studied philosophy. But later, he studied mathematics and astronomy. He (1)................... the earth and other planets move around the sun. He found out several important facts about our world. He also (2).................. in science. Before Galileo, scientists did not do experiments. They just guessed about how something happened. But Galileo was different. He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and (3)....................... . 
Galieo is famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do experiments about this problem. Before him, people thought that heavy things fell faster than light things. He (4) ................ He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them from a high place. They fell at the same speed. This meant that weight is not so important. This is the law of falling bodies. It is an important law (5)..................... .
The life of a scientist was not always easy in 1500s. For example, Galileo had some troubles because of his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the same as the religious ideas at that time. During his whole life he had to worry about this. He even went into prison for a while. But no one could stop him from thinking. He continued to look (6) ..................... .
A. accepted this as a matter of fact
F. for understanding the world
B. started a new way of working
G. was fond of looking for new ideas
C. was interested in the way
H. for us to travel around the world
D. for scientific answers
I. found that this was not true
E. watched to see what happened
	Your answer: 
1.
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6.
II. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to the questions. Write your answer in the space provided:
 One of the major hazards for deep-sea divers is the “bends”. This condition is caused by gas bubbles forming in the bloodstream if the diver ascends too rapidly. The reason for this condition has to do with the saturation and desaturation of body tissues with various gases. At increasingly greater depths, the diver breathes air at higher pressures. This results in an increased quantity of air being dissolved in the bloodstream. Different body tissues are saturated with different gases from the air at different rates. When the diver ascends, oxygen is used by the body tissues, carbon dioxide is released quickly, and nitrogen remains. The nitrogen needs to be released gradually from the bloodstream and body tissues. If nitrogen is subjected to a too rapid pressure reduction, it forms gas bubbles in the blood vessels. The bubbles become trapped in the capillaries. This prevents blood and oxygen from supplying necessary nutrients to body tissues, which consequently begin to die.
 Saturation and desaturation are affected by various factors such as the depth, length of time, and amount of exertion under water. There are other factors that a diver must take into account when determining a safe ascent rate. These include the diver’s sex and body build, the number of dives undertaken within the previous 12 hours, the time spent at the dive location before the dive, and the composition of the respiration gas.
1. The passage is mainly about
A. how to calculate a safe depth when diving.
B. how to determine saturation and desaturation rates.
C. instructions for diving safely.
D. the factors causing the bends in divers.
2. According to the passage, gas bubbles
A. trap the capillaries.
D. are gradually released from the tissues and bloodstream.
C. block the supply of nutrients to body tissues.
D. are formed from compressed air.
3. Which of the following does NOT affect the desaturation of body tissues?
A. The location of the dive.
B. The number of the previous dive.
C. The composition of the gas being used.
D. The amount of activity under water.
 4. According to the passage, the bends
A. is the major diving hazard.
B. reduced pressure in the bloodstream.
C. is a condition caused by diving too quickly.
D. is a direct result of dying body tissues.
5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Air at higher pressure is taken in at greater depths.
B. More air is dissolved into the bloodstream at increasing depths.
C. Carbon dioxide stays in the body when the diver ascends.
D. Body tissues are saturated at different rates.
Your answer: 
1......................
2......................
3.......................
4........................
5.......................
III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
Society does not encourage crying as a form of self expression. The shedding of .............(1) make people feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The human race is the only ..............(2) that sheds emotional tears. What ...............(3) does crying serve?
It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the reduction of stress. Scientific studies have revealed that emotional tears .................(4) a chemical which is one of the body’s natural .............(5) killers. The chemical is not found in tears shed as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that tears may serve to remove substances that accumulate in the body ..............(6) stress. This would explain why many people feel much better after crying. As a result of the view that it is not ...............(7) to cry, men tend to hold back their tears. This may ...............(8) when men develop more stress-related diseases than women.
Intense .............(9), be if a feeling of sadness or happiness, is stressful. Tears are, therefore, shed as a response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is ............(10) to cry. Indeed, it may be harmful to hold back tears.
Your answer:
1.
2. 
3. 
4
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
SECTION IV: WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the words given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the words. 
1. His boss won’t tolerate lateness. (PUT)
 ........................................................................................................................................................
2. I wish you’d accept that this is important. (SERIOUSLY)
 ..................................................................................................................................................
3. They look so alike that it is very easy to confuse her with her sister. (MIX)
...........................................................................................................................................................
4. Some people will do anything to lose weight. (LENGTHS)
.............................................................................................................................................................
5. He definitely agreed to accept the job. (COMMITEED) 
......................................................................................................................................
II. The bar chart describes the results of a survey carried out on a sample of 1,000 adults aged 25+ to assess what makes modern life stressful.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown. You should write at least 150 words.
...........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
III. Write a composition on the following topic ( about 150 - 200 words ): “Young people are becoming less and less interested in traditional music.” Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? Give reasons and specific examples to explain your position.
.................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
THE END →