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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
NINH THUẬN
(Đề chính thức)
(Đề thi gồm 10 trang/ 20 điểm)
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015
Khóa ngày: 09 / 11 / 2014
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Cấp THPT
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
(Không kể thời gian phát đề)
SECTION I: LISTENING
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết
thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: You will hear people talking in eight different situations. Choose the best answer (A, B or C)
and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.


Your answers:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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Part 2: For question 1-6, complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND /
OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Moving Company Service Report
Phone number:
(1)
USA Adress:

1. Stan says that the best thing about walking is that you can
A. get fit by doing it. B. please yourself how you do it. C. do it on your own.
2. Stan's opinion on scrambling is that
A. people doing it may need to be accompanied. B. it is unsuitable for beginners.
C. it is more exciting than walking.
3. What did Stan discover when he went climbing?
A. It was not enjoyable. B. It was harder than he expected. C. It can be very frightening.
4. What does Stan say about mountain biking?
A. Britain is not the best place for it. B. It is more expensive in Britain than elsewhere.
C. It is best where there are lots of downhill slopes.
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5. Stan's advice on scuba diving is that
A. most of the courses for it are good. B. it is easier than it seems.
C. you should think carefully before trying it.
6. What is Stan's view of skydiving?
A. It is surprisingly popular. B. It is best when done in teams.
C. Only certain types of people like it.

9. Everyone was ______ to bits that Joe was so successful in the competition.
A. blissful B. thrilled C. exultant D. insatiable
10. The new manager made a useful ______ the discussion of the meeting last week.
A. comment to B. statement for C. contribution to D. contribution for
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in each

Dealing with waste plastic
Every year people throw away millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, boxes and wrapping. These create
huge mountains of waste that are extremely hard to get (1)______of. Now a new recycling process
promises to reduce this problem by turning old plastic into new.
Scientists have taken (2)______long time to develop their ideas because waste plastic has always been
a bigger problem (3)______substances like waste paper. You can bury plastic, but it takes many years
to break down. If you burn it, it just becomes another form of pollution. A (4)______products, for
example bottles, can be re-used, but it is expensive or difficult to do this (5)______a lot of plastic
products.
Now a group of companies has developed a new method (6)______recycling that could save almost
any plastic waste. Nearly every type of waste plastic can be used: it does (7)______have to be sorted.
In addition, labels and ink may be left (8)______the products. Everything is simply mixed together
(9)______heated to more than 400 degrees centigrade (10)______that it melts. It is then cooled,
producing a waxy substance that can be used to make new plastic products, including computer
hardware.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
SECTION III: READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according
to the text. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
Language Acquisition

clear, and the child will begin to demonstrate appropriate usage of the word.
From eighteen to twenty-four months of age, children continue to refine and add to their store of
sounds and words. The words used at this stage are mainly nouns, such as the names of people around
them, or verbs that refer to their ability to interact in the environment, such as "give," "take," and "go."
Their speech is very concrete and focused on phenomena that make a strong sensory impression, as
one might expect from children still in what Piaget called the sensorimotor stage of cognitive
development. During this stage, children continue to add content and meaning to their speech,
particularly by moving from one-word utterances like "doggie," to multi-word strings such as,
"doggie go." As the complexity of a child's speech increases, the number of gestures that accompany
the speech also increases. In fact, researchers have noted that the lengths of a child's verbal and
gestural expressions are similar.
By two-and-a-half years of age, children can speak in sentences made up of several words.
Furthermore, as children's verbal skills mature, so too do their gestures. These gestures are often used
to support their verbal communication, to indicate recognition of an object, or to illustrate an object's
function. For example, children at this stage of communicative development may mime actions, such
as panting or barking, to show their recognition of "dog." Children's interactions with their
conversation partners also change during this period. At this stage, children more often look at the
person being spoken to rather than at the object of their gestures.
 A) From the age of thirty months, there is an explosion in a child's ability to form sentences. In
mere months, the child goes from limited short sentences of only a few words to adult-like complexity
in the structure of their speech, such as responding to a question like, "Did you see the dog?" with the
sentence, "Yes, I did see doggie."  B) In fact, the child's language develops so rapidly at this stage
that it is difficult for researchers to describe the exact pattern of acquisition.  C) It is during this final
stage that children acquire the majority of the grammar they need to communicate effectively in their
first language. Interestingly, children seem able to systematically use grammar in their speech, as
though they somehow realize the inherent rules behind different linguistic elements.  D)
To recap, children all over the world go through the same basic stages of language acquisition,
going from mere sounds at about six months to complete sentences by the age of three. This process is
all the more interesting because it happens naturally, irrespective of any formal education.


C. The gestural stage D. The environmental stage
5. The word ‘utterances’ in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. extremes B. choices C. demands D. expressions
6. The author mentions "doggie" and "doggie go" in the passage in order to _______.
A. define verbal and gestural expressions
B. illustrate phenomena that make a strong sensory impression
C. provide examples of single-word and multi-word utterances
D. explain nouns and verbs
7. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4 about a child's earlier interactions with her
conversation partners?
A. The child often does not look at her partners.
B. Her partners often object to her use of gestures.
C. The child cannot tell the difference between people and objects.
D. The child uses gestures more effectively than she uses words.
8. According the passage, which of the following is true about the gestures a child makes?
A. They have their own form of grammar.
B. They are less important for communication than spoken words.
C. They become increasingly complex, just as speech does.
D. They develop more slowly than spoken communication.
9. Look at the four squares [] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the
passage: ‘The final stage of language development is a rapid one’.
Where would the sentence best fit? Choose the square [] where the sentence should be added to the passage.
A. 1
st
square B. 2
nd
square C. 3
rd
square D. 4
th

Part 2: Read the text and choose the correct heading for sections 1—7 from the list of headings below.
There are more extra headings which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
A. Common objections
B. Who's planning what
C. This type sells best in the shops
D. The figures say it all
E. Early trials
F. They can't get in without these
G. How does it work?
H. Fighting fraud
I. Systems to avoid
J. Accepting the inevitable Paragraph 0: ____F______
Students who want to enter the University of Montreal's Athletic Complex need more than just a
conventional ID card — their identities must be authenticated by an electronic hand scanner. In some
California housing estates, a key alone is insufficient to get someone in the door; his or her voiceprint
must also be verified. And soon, customers at some Japanese banks will have to present their faces for
scanning before they can enter the building and withdraw their money.
Paragraph 1: __________
All of these are applications of biometrics, a little-known but fast-growing technology that involves the
use of physical or biological characteristics to identify individuals. In use for more than a decade at
some high-security government institutions in the United States and Canada, biometrics are now
rapidly popping up in the everyday world. Already, more than 10,000 facilities, from prisons to day-
care centres, monitor people's fingerprints or other physical parts to ensure that they are who they
claim to be. Some 60 biometric companies around the world pulled in at least $22 million last year and
that grand total is expected to mushroom to at least $50 million by 1999.
Paragraph 2: __________
Biometric security systems operate by storing a digitised record of some unique human feature. When

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Paragraph 6: __________
Not surprisingly, biometrics raise thorny questions about privacy and the potential for abuse. Some
worry that governments and industry will be tempted to use the technology to monitor individual
behaviour. `If someone used your fingerprints to match your health-insurance records with a credit-
card record showing you regularly bought lots of cigarettes and fatty foods,' says one policy analyst,
'you would see your insurance payments go through the roof.' In Toronto, critics of the welfare
fingerprint plan complained that it would stigmatise recipients by forcing them to submit to a
procedure widely identified with criminals.
Paragraph 7: __________
Nonetheless, support for biometrics is growing in Toronto as it is in many other communities. In an
increasingly crowded and complicated world, biometrics may well be a technology whose time has
come.
Your answers:
0. F
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Part 3: Choose ONE suitable word from the box below to complete in each blank. There are two

 Among his friends, Nick soon gained ……………….………………………………………………………… good cook.
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3. Do you think Tom is likely to win the competition? (CHANCE)
Do you think Tom is in ………………………………………………………………………………………… the competition?
4. The pool closes in ten minutes, so there isn’t enough time to go swimming now. (WORTH)
 It …………………………………………………………………………………………….now as the pool closes in ten minutes.
5. We will send your new passport tomorrow, provided your paperwork is in order. (LONG)
 Your new passport will……………………………………………………………………….… your paperwork is in order.
Part 2: The graph and the table below give information about water use worldwide and water
consumption in two different countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the
main features, and make comparison where relevant. Write at least 120 words.
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Water consumption in Brazil and Congo in 2000
Country
Population
Irrigated land
Water consumption per person

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Part 3: Write about the following topic (about 250 words):
Some people believe that teachers should be responsible for teaching students the
difference between right and wrong. Others say that teachers should only teach academic
subjects.
Discuss both viewpoints and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience. (Do not include your personal information).