SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
TỈNH BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU LỚP 12 THPT, NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 11 – 11 – 2008
*Lưu ý: Đề thi gồm 06 trang; Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi.
SỐ ĐIỂM GIÁM KHẢO 1 GIÁM KHẢO 2 SỐ PHÁCH
I. Listen to two people, Sophie and Sally, arranging a party TWICE and choose the best answers to the
questions. Circle your choices. (1 pt)
1. Who is going to book the restaurant?
A. Sally B. Sophie C. Susie
2. How many people will be at the dinner?
A. 50 B. 15 C. 55
3. What time will the booking be for?
A. 7.00 B. 7.15 C. 7.30
4. What extra thing should the restaurant provide?
A. A cake B. A special dish C. A plate with his name on
5. What are they thinking of doing after dinner?
A. going home B. going to the movies C. dancing
II. You are to hear one traveller talking about a recent holiday that he had with his wife in India. Listen
TWICE and complete the notes that the man made during his holiday. (2 pts)
Holiday in India.
With: (1) ……………………………… company.
Hotel name: The Shelton (Hyderabad)
Number of days: (2) ………………………………………………………………
Total cost: (3) ………………………………………………………………
Problems
Room: (4) ………………………………… Bathroom not cleaned everyday.
Food: (5) …………………… …and spicy (6) …………………………………….
Service: (7) ………………………………………….
Waiters: (8) ………………………………………….

a. the / the / Ø b. Ø / the / Ø c. a / a / the d. a and b
4. Neither Julie nor Sue ____________ to work today because they are both ill.
a. goes b. go c. is going d. are going
5. Indigo is a vat color, _______called because it does not dissolve in water.
a. which it b. it is c. but d. so
6. Helen’s parents were very pleased when they read her school _____________.
a. report b. papers c. diploma d. account
7. Our teacher ___________ us some difficult exercises for homework.
a. set b. put c. obliged d. made
8. Why don’t we go to the park _____________?
a. in the car b. with a car c. with car d. by the car
9. Not only ___________ to assess students’ ability, but it is also used to arrange classes.
a. to use the exam result b. is the exam result used c. the exam result is used d. using the exam result
10. The two cars for sale were in poor condition, so I didn’t buy ___________.
a. both of them b. either of them c. neither of them d each of them
11. They had ________ ashtrays on the table.
a. two square glass b. square two glass c. glass two square d. two glass square
12. The air inside a house or an office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants __________
heavily polluted outside air.
a. than does b. more c. as some that are d. like of
13. Following the guidelines for speaking and voting established by the book Robert’s Rules of Order,
_________ during meetings.
a. and avoid large decision-making organizations' procedural confusion
b. large decision-making organizations avoid procedural confusion
c. is procedural confusion avoided by large decision making organizations
d. are avoiding procedural confusion in large decision making organizations
14. I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it’s broken down ___________ again.
a. even b. still c. yet d. right
15. Practically ___________ in the group passed up the opportunity to attend the computer skills seminar.
a. each one b. anyone c. someone d. no one

while 80 per cent of the (1) ……………… population was illiterate. In 1945, President Hồ Chí Minh promised to
provide all Vietnamese (2) …………… the chance to read and write. He wanted to eradicate illiteracy. The
campaign was (3) ……… …huge success, and over 10 million people became literate between 1946 and 1954.
From 1954 to 1975, illiteracy was eradicated in the 12-50 age group in (4) ………………northern provinces.
Based on this success, the population of remote regions was targeted next. Finally, the third campaign came into
(5) ……… ……in the south, and from 1975 onwards 1.5 million people learned to read and write.
Việt Nam now enjoys an excellent literacy rate of 94 per cent, and figures (6) ……………that more than 80 per
cent of school-age children attend school. Now our challenge is (7) ……….…… … ensure that the remaining 20
per cent join them President Hồ Chí Minh insisted on (8)……… … ….…being learning opportunities for
everybody. The areas (9) … ……… the illiteracy rate remains highest, however, are often remote mountainous
regions. Here the population is sparse, communication is often difficult, there is a lack of transportation, and there
are (10) …………… opportunities for economic development than in highly populated urban areas.
VII. Read the passage and choose the word that best completes each blank. Circle your choices (3 pts)
A FUTURE IN THE DARK - For many of us, we are working, traveling and shopping in hours that used to be
(1) for relaxation and sleep. But, according (2) the results of tests being (3) by scientists, we
are no longer getting enough darkness in our lives. In fact, (4) shows that a growing number of health and
environmental problems are (5) a loss of darkness.
Life has evolved with a day/night circle. People who go (6) this day/night rhythm will notice an adverse
impact on (7) immune systems, and that’s not a good sign. We are (8) a conflict between what our
mind wants, and what our internal body clock prepares for us. Some experts (9) that our biological clock is
similar to the conductor of an orchestra, with the multiple rhythms of the body (10) the various orchestra
sections. The body clock is (11) on the light/dark cycle and it governs us for every (12) of activity and
rest in our lives. It ensures that all our various internal systems are working together – this is its sole (13)
By moving to 24-hour living, and not taking into (14) the dark side, we will effectively be throwing away
the advantages of evolution, (15) we care to admit it or not.
1. a. conserved b. reserved c. upheld d. defended
2. a. to b. at c. in d. with
3. a. carried out b. carried through c. worked up d. worked off
4. a. demonstration b. display c. research d. confirmation
5. a. prone to b. open to c. due to d. next to

sports psychologists for their players. It’s just another way of tapping into a human’s full potential.’
‘In addition, every aspect of athletics – training, nutrition, injury treatment – is far better than it’s ever been.
Better coaching, training techniques, equipment and other factors all contribute to make today’s athletes more
competitive than ever,’ he believes. ‘Children today tend to specialize in one or two sports instead of competing
in several as was common twenty five years ago,’ Wilmore says. ‘That means they start concentrating on a sport
much earlier and more intensely, and they become much better at it.’
Wilmore also says that the chances of women achieving new heights in athletics could be greater than men, as
more women are now involved in sports than at any other time and they are starting at about the same age as
boys, meaning that they are more skilled than the previous generation of girls. ‘Plus, women are taller and
stronger than ever. It used to be rare to see a girl who towered above you. Now it seems like you see them every
day.’ ‘There’s a lot we don’t know yet about the human body,’ he adds. ‘And one of those things is the full range
of human potential. It can be foolish to try and put limits on what the human body can do.’
1. What initial comment does Dr. Jack Wilmore make?
a. There will always be limits to what the human body can achieve.
b. It will become more and more difficult for athletes to break records.
c. Athletics will become one of the most popular forms of exercise.
d. Athletes will continue to surprise us with what they can achieve.
2. The writer mentions athletes like Bannister and Beamon in order to __________.
a. demonstrate the effect their determination to win had on them
b. prove that even their amazing achievements can be bettered.
c. exemplify what athletes can achievement under stressful conditions
d. demonstrate how accurately we can measure what athletes are capable of.
3. Dr. Wilmore feels that attitudes within athletics are changing because ____________.
a. coaches have begun to realize the importance of more intensive training
b. experts have begun to highlight the need for more unusual workouts
c. athletes are now being given mental as well as physical training by experts
d. coaches now encourage athletes to unwind between training sessions
4. Dr. Wilmore believes that women ______________.
a. have physically developed and advanced over the years
b. perform equally well whether they are tall or short

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GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!