ài liệu chưa được thẩm định)Nguồn:

ài liệu chưa được thẩm định)
Nguồn: thuathienhue.edu
Người gửi: Bùi Thị Nghĩa (trang riêng)
Ngày gửi: 21h:03' 22-05-2009
Dung lượng: 83.5 KB
Số lượt tải: 27
Số lượt thích: 0 người
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
THỪA THIÊN HUẾ LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2003 - 2004
* * * ------------------------------------------------------
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn: TIẾNG ANH - (Vòng 1)
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐIỂM

........................

NHẬN XÉT
PHÁCH

............................


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR ( 35 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase.
The greater ................. increase in population, the harder it is for people to find adequate housing.
A. of B. is the C. the D. is of the
2. As soon as you buy a car, it starts falling in ..................
A. cost B. worth C. value D. price
3. Frankly I`d rather you ................. anything about it for the time being.
A. do B didn`t do C. don`t D. didn`t
4. Since they aren`t answering their telephone, they................... left
A. must have B. should have C. need have D. can have
5. She ..................... $ 20 out of the bank every Monday.
A. pulls B. draws C. moves D. removes
6. The thief was .......................... to six months` imprisonment.
A. given B. sent C. sentenced D. changed
7. Finding the money is just one of the problem .................... in buying a house.
A. gather B. joined C. mixed D. involved
8. Houses in big cities are expensive because land is in ................... supply.
A. short B. brief C. little D. slight
9. He`s not very sensible as far as money ................... are concerned.
A. matters B. objects C. things D. aspects
10. He considers shares to be a good ...................... investment.
A. long-time B. long-term C. long-age D. long-run
11. There`s no point in telephoning him. He`s certain ..................... by now.
A. to leave B. to have left C. left D. having left
12. He still suffers from a rare tropical disease which he ................. while in Africa.
A. infected B. complained C. gained D. contracted
13. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to ..................... heart disease.
A. push off B. put off C. ward off D. throw off
14. The windows don`t fit very well and this makes the room awfully .....................
A. airy B. draughty C. breezy D. ventilated
15. I was proud to be ....................... out for special praise for my performance.
A. selected B. singled C. separated D. distinguished

Part 2: Supply the correct verb tense.
Last week I (walk)(1) .................................. home after playing tennis when it (start)(2).............................. raining very heavily. "Oh, no. I (get)(3) ............................... soaked before I (reach)(4).................................home." I thought " I wish I (remember)(5) ...................... to bring my raincoat." But unfortunately I (leave)(6) ............................... it at home. " How stupid of me! I always (get)(7) ................................... to bring it with me." Luckily just then a friend of mine passed in her car and offered me a lift. "(You go)(8) .................................. home? she asked me, "or (you want)(9) ..................................... to go for a drink?" " I think I`d rather you (take)(10) ................................... me home." I said.
Part 3: Complete each sentence with a phrase from box A followed by a phrase from box B. Do not use any phrase more than once.
A B
clear up
keep on advertising
picked out
rush into
ring you back
burst into tears
is getting on well
will be taking off
got over
brought him up

as she waved goodbye.
when I get home.
anything
in his new job.
her tragic loss.
until we find someone suitable.
on her farm in Cornwall.
in two hours` time
the best display.
his room before doing his homework

1. I`ll ...............................................................................................................................................
2. The plane ...................................................................................................................................
3. The boy was told to ...................................................................................................................
4. Tom`s grandmother ....................................................................................................................
5. It was a long time before she ...................................................................................................
6. John ............................................................................................................................................
7. We`ll have to ..............................................................................................................................
8. The competition judges ..............................................................................................................
9. Daisy ..........................................................................................................................................
10. Think about it. Don`t ................................................................................................................
II. READING (35 points)
Part 1: Read the following passages carefully, then choose the ONE best answer to each question
Passage 1:
At the age of sixty-five, Laura Ingalls Wilder began writing a series of novels for young people based on her early experiences on the American frontier. Born in the state of Wiscosin in 1867, she and her family were rugged pioneers. Seeking better farm land, they went by covered wagon to Missouri in 1869, then on to Kansas the next year, returning to Wisconsin in 1871, and travelling on to Minnesota and Lowa before settling permanently in South Dakota in 1879. Because of this continuing moving, Wilder`s early education took place sporadically in a succession of one-room schools. From age thirteen to sixteen she attended school more regularly although she never graduated.
At the age of eighteen, she married Almanzo James Wilder. They bought a small farm in the Ozarks, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Their only daughter, Rose, who had become a nationally known journalist, encouraged her mother to write. Serving as agent and editor, Rose negotiated with Harper`s to publish her mother`s first book, Little House on the Big Woods. Seven more books followed, each chronicling her early life on the plains. Written from the perspective of a child, they have remained popular with young readers from many nations. Twenty years after her death in 1957, more than 20 million copies had been sold, and they had been translated into fourteen languages. In 1974, a weekly television series, "Little House on the Prairie ", was produced based on the stories from the Wilder books.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. American pioneer life B. Children`s literature
C. A weekly television series D. Wilder`s career
2. Laura Ingalls Wilder began writing novels
A. when she was a child on the frontier B. right after she moved to the Ozarks
C. when she was a young mother D. after her sixty-fifth birthday
3. The author mentions all of the following events in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder EXCEPT
A. She went west by covered wagon B. She graduated from a one-room school
C. She married Almanzo Wilder D. She had one daughter
4. Wilder`s early education took place
A. with great success B. for a long time
C. at irregular intervals D. in a very efficient way
5. Written from the perspective of a child, they have remained popular... THEY refers to
A. the plains B. many nations C. more books D. young readers
6. It can be referred from the passage that
A. Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote scripts for the television series.
B. the Wilders were not happy living in the Ozarks.
C. Wilder`s daughter was not a successful writer.
D. the Wilders books have a universal appeal.
7. Laura Ingalls Wilder died in
A. 1967 B. 1957 C. 1947 D. 1977
8. Laura Ingalls Wilder`s family lived forever in South Dakota since
A. 1867 B. 1869 C. 1879 D. the age of 65

Passage 2:
As trees grow old they add a new ring for each year, this discovery, it seems, was first made by Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian painter and scientist. It took a long time, however, before the serious study of tree rings started; this was done in Arizona by Andrew Ellicott Douglas.
Douglas developed a simple technique for dating trees called cross-dating and for a period of over twenty years continued the study of tree rings. He spent much of his time in logging camps near Flagstaff.
The Douglas method has been used by many scientists. Some of them used it to examine logs in Indian pueblo ruins; they were able to date the buildings right back to the tenth century. Others used it to date the world`s oldest living trees, the bristlecone pines.