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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>ĐỀ THI HSG CAØ MAU VÒNG THAØNH PHỐ (2) NAÊM HOÏC 2012 – 2013 MOÂN TIEÁNG ANH Ngaøy thi 17/03/2013 Thời gian: 150 phút SECTION I: VOCABULARY, PRONUNCIATION, GRAMMAR AND READING (11.50 pts) PART I: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D (1.0 pt) 1. 2. 3. 4.. A. celebrate A. capture A. accessible A. humor. B. nominate B. creature B. manufacture B. planet. C. mineral C. typhoon C. directory C. behind. D. conclusive D. funnel D. experiment D. ancient. PART II: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentences. Circle the letter you choose. (3.0 pts) 1. Can you tell Jack I .................... in a little late? A. had been B. am being C. be D. will be 2. Smoking is .................... in many companies in our country. A. permitted B. taught C. banned D. stopped 3. I’d rather you .................... anything about it for the time being. A. do B. didn’t do C. don’t D. didn’t 4. Water .................... of hydrogen and oxygen. A. consisted B. is consisting C. has consisted D. consists 5. He said if he .................... a millionaire, he would travel around the world once a year. A. is B. was C. were D. would be 6. Even if the railways had no competition, Parliament would see that their charges were fair and .................... A. reason B. reasonable C. reasonably D. reasonless 7. They accused me .................... lies. A. of telling B. to tell C. to have told D. telling 8. When will he begin to teach? .................... he’s finished his training. A. As soon as B. Until C. How that D. So long as 9. “If a thing isn’t ....................,” he said, “I can’t give it away.” A. mine B. of mine C. to me D. my 10. My father had the telephone .................... out of his office. A. take B. taking C. taken D. to take 11. ...................., I will have taken all the English courses in my school. A. Next year B. The next year C. By next year D. In next year 12. “Do you need my husband’s signature?” No. .................... you or Mr. Jone can sign this”.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> A. Either. B. Also. C. Both. D. That. PART III: Read the passage and choose the letter which you think fits best. (2.0 pts) Sleep is very important to human beings. An average person spends 220, 000 hours of his life sleeping. Until about 30 years ago, no one knew much about sleep, although doctors and scientists have done research in sleep laboratories, they have learnt a great deal by studying people as they are sleeping, but there is still much that they don’t understand. Sleeping is a biological need, but your brain never really sleeps. It is never actually blank. The things that were on your mind during the day are still there at night. They appear as dreams had magical powers or that they could tell the future. You may have sweet dreams or nightmares. Sleep is very important to humans. We spend one third of our life sleeping, so we need to understand everything we can about sleep. 1. How long does an average person sleep during his life time? A. 220,000 hours B. a third of our life C. 30 years D. A and B are correct 2. Doctors and scientists .................... A. don’t know anything about sleep B. have learnt much about sleep C. think there is still things that they don’t understand D. B and C are correct 3. Sleeping is a .................... need. A. human B. physical C. psychological D. biological 4. When we sleep, .................... A. our brain sleeps too B. our brain still words C. our brain doesn’t work any more D. our brain is quite blank PART IV: Complete the passage below. Use only ONE word for each blank. (2.5 pts) A good memory is a great (1) .................... in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by (2) .................... what he heard when we was a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents seem to learn (3) .................... languages almost as easily as one. In school, it’s not so (4) .................... to learn a second language because the pupils have so little (5) .................... for it, and they are busy (6) .................... other subjects. As well. The best (7) .................... for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something which we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our (8) .................... That is why it is (9) .................... to learn words in sentences, not by (10) ...................., or to see, or do, of feel what a word means when we first use it. PART V: There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find and correct it. (3.0 pts) 1. When we got to the stadium, the football match already started..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> A B C D 2. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on. A B C D 3. They played so good game of tennis last night that they surprised their audience. A B C D 4. The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week. A B C D 5. Mary asked me how did I go to school everyday. A B C D 6. There was a very interesting news on TV last night about economic development of our country. A B C D SECTION II: WRITING (8.0 pts) PART I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts) 1. We should quit smoking. We had .................................................................................................................................... 2. You have to hurry; otherwise you will be late for school. If you ....................................................................................................................................... 3. They reported that she was a policewoman. She was ................................................................................................................................... 4. He never buys a paper without reading the whole thing. Never does .............................................................................................................................. PART II: Arrange the following words in correct position to make complete meaningful sentences. (Make some additions when necessary) (2.0 pts) 1. It/ important/ us/ practise/ English/ everyday. ................................................................................................................................................. 2. She/ home/ early/ so as/ plenty/ time/ cook. ................................................................................................................................................. 3. The/ soon/ leave/ happy/ I / feel ................................................................................................................................................. 4. robber/ them/ lie/ floor/ force/ cashier/ money/ sack ................................................................................................................................................. PART III: (4.5 pts) Write a passage (from 100 to 120 words) on the following topic: Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Why? ................................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> .................................................................................................................................................. KEYS. SECTION I: VOCABULARY, PRONUNCIATIN, GRAMMAR AND READING (11.50 pts) PART 1: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C PART 2: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. A PART 3: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B PART 4: 1. help 2. remembering 3. two 4. easy 5. time 6. with 7. way 8. mind 9. better 10. themselves PART 5: 1. D – had started 2. B – to sleeping 3. B – such a good game 4. A – hit 5. B – how I went 6. A – bỏ mạo từ “a” SECTION II: WRITING (8.5 pts) PART 1: 1. We had better quit smoking. 2. If you don’t hurry, you’ll be late for school. 3. She was reported to be a policewoman. 4. Never does he buy a paper without reading the whole thing. PART 2: 1. It’s important for us to practise English everyday. 2. She came home early so as to have plenty of time to cook dinner. 3. The sooner he leaves, the happier I will feel. 4. The robber made the cashier lie on the floor and force them to put the money in a sack. PART 3: Nội dung (3.0 pts) Yêu cầu: Đủ từ theo quy định; Đảm bảo chủ đề; Ý tưởng phong phú, sâu sắc, độc đáo. Hình thức (1.5 pts) Yêu cầu: Kết cấu rõ ràng; Không sai sót về ngữ pháp, cấu trúc, từ vựng. (Tùy theo mức độ sai sót mà trừ điểm cho phù hợp).

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