Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh lớp 12 thpt năm học 2012-2013 đề thi chính thức môn: tiếng anh thời gian: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
VĨNH PHÚC 
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH 
LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012-2013 
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC 
Môn: TIẾNG ANH – THPT Chuyên. 
Thời gian: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. 
Ngày thi: 02/11/2012. 
Đề thi gồm 06 trang. 
PART A. LISTENING 
YOU WILL HEAR THE RECORDING TWICE 
I. Questions 1-10 
You will hear a talk given by a woman who is a successful climber. For questions 1-10, complete the 
sentences. 
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER 
On her expedition, she became aware of the feelings of (1) ____________ and _____________ 
connected with mountaineering. 
She had previously taken part in several so-called (2) ____________. 
She found the mental (3) ____________ for climbing Everest particularly hard. 
She was particularly worried about the (4) ____________she would have to climb through. 
She says that you cannot take any of the (5) ____________ of life with you on Everest. 
On her first trip there, she regretted taking (6) ____________ with her. 
When she climbed Everest, she left her (7) ____________ after a certain point. 
She says you mustn’t waste (8) ____________ or fuel when you’re on the mountain. 
When they reached the top, they had a sensation of shared (9) ____________. 
Her book about climbing Everest is called (10) ____________. 
II. Questions 11-20 
You will hear a conversation between two old friends who meet each other by accident. 
For questions 11 – 15, choose the best answer. 
11. What is John’s job? 
A. Doctor B. Teacher C. Chemist 
12. Which of the following continents did Frank not visit on his travels? 
A. Europe B. Africa C. North America 
13. What’s Frank’s job? 
A. Journalist B. Travel writer C. College lecturer 
14. How many children do Frank and Liz have? 
A. 0 B. 2 C. 3 
15. When did John and Kate get married? 
A. the last year of college B. the year after graduation C. 2 years after graduation 
For questions 16 – 19, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each 
answer. 
16. What time should Frank and Liz go to dinner? 
________________________________________ 
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17. What’s Frank’s mobile phone number? 
________________________________________ 
18. What’s on the other side of the road from John and Kate’s flat? 
________________________________________ 
19. What does Liz NOT like to eat? 
________________________________________ 
For question 20, choose the best answer. 
20. Which bell button is the one for John and Kate’s flat? 
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points) 
I. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. 
1. I don’t care what you do about job. It’s no ______ of mine. 
 A. importance B. feeling C. matter D. concern 
2. Sometimes two cultural values seem to ______ each other. 
 A. conflict B. contradict C. reflect D. disapprove 
3. You can leave the money with him; he’s totally ______. 
 A. trusting B. trusty C. trustful D. trustworthy 
4. ______ you cut down your sugar intake, you’d have lost weight by now. 
 A. Did B. Were C. If D. Had 
5. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to ______ heart disease. 
 A. push off B. put off C. ward off D. throw off 
6. They were surprised to come ______ such a large sum. 
 A. into B. up to C. over D. up with 
7. A walnut tree ______ us from the sun on hot days. 
 A. fences B. warns C. shelters D. prevents 
8. This machine will have been ______ by the end of the decade. 
 A. broken down B. phased out C. set out D. made off with 
9. I didn’t see anyone but I felt as though I ______. 
 A. have been watched B. was being watched 
 C. being watched D. am watched 
10. The ______ to success is to be ready from the start. 
A. key B. response C. agreement D. demand 
11. For years she had ______ of meeting her long-lost sister. 
A. hoped B. wished C. longed D. dreamed 
12. The ______ against your having that kind of accident are about 500 to 1. 
A. possibilities B. figures C. opportunities D. odds 
13. They live in a ______ house in the suburbs of London. 
A. single B. detached C. free-standing D. distinct 
14. Many people these days find it difficult to ______ a career. 
A. settle into B. stabilise C. settle down D. arrange 
15. He never expected his prophecy to be _______. 
A. accomplished B. realised C. achieved D. fulfilled 
16. They shared out the ______ of the business among all the partners. 
A. makings B. proceedings C. benefits D. proceeds 
17. The signal was extremely difficult to ______. 
A. settle B. decipher C. capture D. fix 
18. Noone was capable of breaking the ______ silence following the news. 
A. harsh B. thick C. stunned D. punched 
A 
B 
C 
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19. They noticed a flame ______ in the breeze. 
A. flickering B. flashing C. blinking D. sparkling 
20. He congratulated his opponent with just a ______ of smile on his face. 
A. mark B. print C. hint D. sign 
II. Read the text 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 (√). if a line has a word which should 
not be there, write the word. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). 
Telent scouts are looking for the next generation of supermodels have realised Africa’s potential. 
Lyndsey Mclntyre, a former model herself, recently opened one agency’s first African office. 
“African women are being graceful and serene” she says. “These qualities could make them do 
very well in this business.” However, sporting supermodels is rarely easy, as well Mclntyre 
discovered when she visited the Orma tribe of remote north-eastern Kenya, whose the women are 
reported to be especially striking. “The tribal leaders were a bit suspicious and I wasn’t allowed to 
be meet many of their girls,” she explains. Another problem is that reports aren’t always reliable. 
Mclntyre discovered this when one of village’s “most beautiful girl” turned out to be its heaviest 
one. She had to explain that Western advertisers prefer far slimmer women. The Orma are not 
alone in believing fat it is beautiful. In a recent Africa-wide beauty contest, all the Ugadan 
contestants were disqualified for being a little too large around the hips. “I don’t understand why 
the fashion industry’s obsession with small hips,” said one judge for the contest. “But because we 
want the girls to succeed and to see African models working internationally, we give the industry 
what it wants. 
0..are 
00..√ 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9  
10... 
III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter. 
A teacher standing at the front of a history class is seldom teaching history alone. A good 
teacher is also (1. DEMONSTRATE)______ self-expression, management ability, (2. 
COMMUNICATE)______ skills, and a whole host of other skills that may be (3. USE) ______ for 
you later in life. There are certain basic (4. ABLE)______ that everyone needs to have if they are to 
be (5. SUCCESS)______ in education, employment and even in social circumstances. Learning these 
skills is (6. SPECIAL)______ important at secondary school level, in order to (7. FULL)______ 
prepare for further education or the working world. A minimum level of (8. COMPETENT)______ is 
demanded by all employers, colleges and universities. The more advanced you are in those areas, the 
more the (9. ORGANISE)______ believes you will be competent. These personal (10. 
DEVELOP)______ skills differ from other school subjects in that they cannot be taught in isolation 
from the rest of the school curriculum. 
IV. Complete each phrase in bold with one of the words from the box. 
concern wonder likelihood point means 
trace knowing choice use matter 
1. It’s unfortunate, but I’m afraid you give me no ______. 
2. By the time the police arrived, there was no ______ of the burglars. 
3. It’s no ______ asking me the way, I’m only a visitor here. 
4. If you will smoke so much it’s no ______ you have a bad cough. 
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5. You go home, there’s no ______ in both of us waiting. 
6. Mind your own business, it’s no ______ of yours. 
7. As far as we know, the old man has no _______ of support. 
8. There is really no ______ what Eric will do next. 
9. I couldn’t solve the puzzle, no ______ how hard I tried. 
10. At the moment there is no ______ of the Prime Minister resigning. 
PART C: READING. 
I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each 
space. 
Trees for life 
 Trees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than 
the oldest buildings. But as well as being nice to look at, trees also (1)______ an important role in 
improving the quality of our lives. 
 On a world-wide scale, forests help to slow down the (2)______ of global warming by using up 
the gas known as carbon dioxide and giving (3)_______ the oxygen we need to breathe. At local 
neighborhood level, trees also (4)_____ important environmental benefits. They offer shade and 
shelter, which in turn reduces the (5)______ of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings, at the 
same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe. 
 Urban trees are especially important because for many people they provide the only daily 
contact with the natural world. What’s (6)_____, urban trees also provide a home for birds, small 
animals and butterflies. (7)_______ the trees, we would lose the pleasure of seeing these creatures in 
our cities. Regrettably, (8)_____, trees in cities are now coming under (9)______. There is a limit to 
the level of pollution they can put up with and down at the street level, their roots are (10)_______ 
seriously disturbed by the digging needed to make way for modern telephone, television and other 
cables. 
II. Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage. 
AS OLD AS YOU FEEL 
It might after all be true that you are only as old as you feel. A British clinic is carrying out new 
high-tech tests to calculate the “real” biological age of patients (1) ______ on the rate of physical 
deterioration. 
Information on every (2)______ of a patient’s health, fitness, lifestyle and family medical 
history is (3)______ into a computer to work out whether they are older or younger than their calendar 
age suggests. 
The availability and increasing accuracy of the tests has (4) ______ one leading British 
gerontologist to call for biological age to be used to determine when workers should retire. He 
(5)______ that if an employee’s biological or “real” age is shown, for example, to be 55 when he 
reaches his 65th birthday, he should be (6) ______ to work for another decade. Apparently most 
employers only take into (7)______ a person’s calendar years, and the two may differ considerably. 
Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to 
smugly walk away with medical (8) ______ showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving 
them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. Dr Lynette Yong, resident doctor at the 
clinic where the tests are offered claims that the purpose of these tests will be to motivate people to 
(9)_______ their health. 
The concept of “real” age is set to become big (10) ______ in the USA with books and 
websites helping people work out whether their body is older or younger than their years. Others 
firmly believe that looks will always be the best indicator of age. 
1. A. based B. decided C. arranged D. established 
2. A. position B. prospect C. attitude D. aspect 
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3. A. supplied B. fed C. provided D. planned 
4. A. projected B. prodded C. provoked D. prompted 
5. A. debates B. argues C. discusses D. enquires 
6. A. encouraged B. supported C. incited D. promoted 
7. A. interest B. detail C. account D. importance 
8. A. grounds B. signs C. demonstration D. evidence 
9. A. progress B. improve C. gain D. increase 
10. A. trade B. pursuit C. business D. concern 
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer. 
The first two decades of this century were dominated by the microbe hunters. These hunters 
had tracked down one after another of the microbe responsible for the most dreaded scourges of many 
centuries: tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria. But there remained some terrible diseases for which no 
microbe could be incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets, and beriberi. Then it was discovered that 
these diseases were caused by the lack of vitamins, a trace substance in the diet. The diseases could be 
prevented or cured by consuming foods that contained the vitamins. And so in the decades of the 
1920’s and 1930’s, nutrition became a science and the vitamin hunters replaced the microbe hunters. 
In the 1940’s and 1950’s, biochemists strived to learn why each of the vitamins was essential 
for health. They discovered that key enzymes in metabolism depend on one or another of the vitamins 
as coenzymes to perform the chemistry that provides cells with energy for growth and function. Now, 
these enzyme hunters occupied center stage. 
You are aware that the enzyme hunters have been replaced by a new breed of hunters who are 
tracking genes – the blueprints for each of the enzymes – and are discovering the defective genes that 
cause inherited diseases – diabetes, cystic fibrosis. These gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use 
recombinant DNA technology to identify and clone genes and introduce them into bacterial cells and 
plants to create factories for the massive production of hormones and vaccines for medicine and for 
better crops for agriculture. Biotechnology has become a multibillion-dollar industry. 
In view of the inexorable progress in science, we can expect that the gene hunters will be 
replaced in the spotlight. When and by whom? Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the 
last decade of our waning century and in the early decades of the next? I wonder whether the hunters 
who will occupy the spotlight will be neurobiologists who apply the techniques of the enzyme and 
gene hunters to the functions of the brain. What to call them? The head hunters. I will return to them 
later. 
1. What is the main topic of the passage? 
A. The microbe hunters B. The potential of genetic engineering 
C. The progress of modern medical research D. The discovery of enzymes 
2. The word “which” in bold refers to ______. 
A. diseases B. microbe C. cholera D. diphtheria 
3. The word “incriminated” in bold is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. investigated B. blamed C. eliminated D. produced 
4. Which of the following can be cured by a change in diet? 
A. Tuberculosis B. Cholera C. Cystic fibrosis D. Pellagra 
5. The word “strived” in bold is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. failed B. tried C. experimented D. studied 
6. How do vitamins influence health? 
A. They are necessary for some enzymes to function 
B. They protect the body from microbes 
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C. They keep food from spoiling 
D. They are broken down by cells to produce energy 
7. In the third paragraph, the author compares cells that have been genetically altered by biotechnicians 
to ______. 
A. gardens B. factories C. hunters D. spotlights 
8. The word “them” in bold refers to ______. 
A. cells and plants B. hormones 
C. genes D. gene hunters or genetic engineers 
9. The phrase “occupy the spotlight” in bold is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. receive the most attention B. go the furthest 
C. conquer territory D. lighten the load 
10. The author implies that the most important medical research topic of the future will be ______. 
A. the functions of the brain B. inherited diseases 
C. the operation of vitamins D. the structure of genes 
PART D: WRITING. 
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the 
word given. 
1. I offered to help her but she said “No, thanks.” (turned) 
→ ... 
2. Mary didn’t feel like going to the party. (mood) 
→ ... 
3. If you are in Nha Trang by any chance, come and see us. (happen) 
→ ... 
4. Dick’s school is making him sit his exams again. (made) 
→ ... 
5. I would always do what you advised. (advice) 
→ ... 
6. How has the strike affected student attendance? (effect) 
→  
7. She began to suffer from irrational fears. (prey) 
→  
8. Mr Misery was the only student who didn’t smile. (except) 
→  
9. I assure you’re hungry. (granted) 
→  
10. The book was not as good as he had hoped. (expectations) 
→  
II. Write about the following topic (from 250 to 300 words). 
Do you agree or disagree the following statement? 
“Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school.” 
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
VĨNH PHÚC 
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH 
LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012-2013 
 Môn: TIẾNG ANH – THPT Chuyên 
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM 
(Gồm 02 trang) 
PART A: LISTENING 
I. 
freedom - achievement (either order) 
1. adventure sports 
2. preparation 
3. icefall/ice fall(s)/ ice falling/ falling ice/ falls of ice 
4. luxuries 
5. (some/unnecessary/her) perfume 
6. toothbrush 
7. melted snow/(drinking) water 
8. excitement 
9. On Top of the World 
II. 
11. B 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. C 
16. (about) 7.30 17. 07623 963 957 18. a postbox 19. red meat 20. C 
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 
I. 
1. D 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C 
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. A 
11.D 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D 
16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 
II. 
1. being 3. the 5. be 7. √ 9. why 
2. well 4. √ 6. of 8. it 10. √ 
III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter. 
1. demonstrating 6. especially 
2. communication 7. fully 
3. useful 8. competence 
4. abilities 9. organization 
5. successful 10. development 
IV. Complete each phrase in bold with one of the words from the box: 
1. choice 6. concern 
2. trace 7. means 
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3. use 8. knowing 
4. wonder 9. matter 
5. point 10. likelihood 
PART C: READING 
I. 
1. play 6. more 
2. effects 7. Without 
3. out 8. however 
4. bring 9. thread 
5. amount 10. being 
II. 
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. B 
6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10.C 
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer: 
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B 
6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A 
PART D: WRITING 
I. 
1. She turned down my offer of help. 
2. Mary wasn’t in the mood/ was in no mood to go/ for going to the party. 
3. If you (should) happen to be in Nha Trang, come and see us. 
4. Dick is being made (by his school) to sit his exams again/ Dick is being made to sit his exams again 
by his school. 
5. I would always take your advice 
6. What effect has the strike had on student attendance? 
7. She fell prey to irrational fears. 
8. All the students smiled except/ except for Mr Misery. 
9. I take it for granted you’re hungry. 
10. The book failed to come up to his expectations./ The book didn’t come up to his expectations. 
II. Essay writing: 15 points 
- Well-organised 
- Few grammatical mistakes 
- Various grammatical structures and vocabularies 
* Total: 100 points 
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