UBND TỈNH KONTUM KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI CHỌN HSG
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2009- 2010
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 16/12/2009
(Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi)
Họ và tên:_________________________
Số báo danh:_______________________
ĐỀ:
(Đề thi này gồm 4 câu 12 trang)
I. LISTENING (3 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
Bài nghe gồm 02 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần. Mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi lần
nghe có tín hiệu chuông
Sau mỗi phần nghe có 1 khoảng lặng. Bài nghe mới được báo hiệu bằng tín hiệu chuông
Sau bài nghe cuối (phần 2), sẽ có một khoảng lặng và kết thúc bằng tín hiệu nhạc
Part 1: Questions 1-10 (1 point)
In this section, you will hear two people talking about their findings on a survey of
leisure activities of 100 people aged 16-30. Listen and complete the table below

Leisure activities Percentage
1. Playing video games
(1)
___________
2. Going for a run or to the gym
(2)
___________
3. Going to the cinema
(3)
___________
4.
(4)

18. Statement 18. (A) (B) (C)
19. Statement 19. (A) (B) (C)
20. Statement 20. (A) (B) (C)
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7 points)
Part 1: (1 point)
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C,
or D) in the numbered box
21. I read in the newspaper that there has just been a___________ against the government
in Transylvania.
A. relevant B. revolting C. revolution D. revolver
22. You have to be rich to send your child to a private school because the fees
are___________
A. astronomical B. aeronautical C. astrological D. atmospherical
23. Does that newspaper___________ the government or oppose it?
A. advantage B. assist C. encourage D. support
24. You’ll get a free month’s subscription___________ you renew your membership by the
end of January.
A. unless B. however C. were D. provided
25. The electorate will not easily forgive the government for failing to fulfill
its___________
A. promises B. vows C. aspirations D. offers
26. The ship broke___________ and the people were drowned.
A. out B. out of the sea C. into pieces D. to pieces
27. Doctors advise people being deficient___________ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and
vegetables.
A. in B. of C. from D. for
28. Because I am terrified of___________ spaces, I never go in lifts.
A. contained B. compressed C. constrictedD. confined
29. In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl’s___________ hand back
on.

(35)
___________ (KNOW), but many scientists who
study bioluminescence believe that the origin of the phenomenon goes
back to a time when there was no oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere.
When oxygen was gradually introduced into the atmosphere, it was
poisonous to life forms. Plants and animals produced light to use up
the oxygen. Millions of years ago, all life produced light to survive.
As the
(36)
___________ (MILLENNIUM) passed, life forms on earth
became tolerant of, and finally
(37)
___________ (DEPEND) on
oxygen, and the
(38)
___________ (ADAPT) that produced
bioluminescence was no longer
(39)
___________ (NEED), but some
primitive plants and animals continued to use the light for new
functions such as
(40)
___________ (MATE).
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trees. These grow rapidly, cutting down sunlight from the smaller
plants, and soon establish complete domination – closing
its ranks and forming a climax community which may endure for
thousands of years.
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Part 4: (1 point)
Supply the correct form of the VERB in brackets to complete the passage. Write your
answer in the numbered box
Thousands of people
(51)
___________ (gather) on beaches and cliffs to watch the world's
greatest surfers tackle the waves. It is only the eighth time in 25 years that the Eddie Aikau
competition,
(52)
___________ (name) in honor of a celebrated Hawaiian surfer and
lifeguard,
(53)
___________ (take place). The contest is only held in the most extreme surf
conditions and last took place in 2004.
A total of 28 surfers
(54)
___________ (invite) to take part in the event at Waimea Bay,
(55)

do
in up down
out through away
off in for
up with away with
61. I just ___________ to wish you a Merry Christmas.
62. John is not very punctual. He usually ___________ ten minutes after the lesson has
started.
63. After the accident at the nuclear power station, the authorities tried to ___________ the
danger to the public from radioactive waste.
64. Switzerland had intended to enter a team for the International Tiddywinks Contest, but
had to ___________ at the last moment when they realized that nobody in Switzerland
knew how to play the game.
65. Why don’t you ___________ the ‘Miss United Kingdom’?.
66. Several people ___________ the draft report, but there were still a number of spelling
mistakes in the final version.
67. The police chased the thieves for several miles but they managed ___________ because
their car was faster than the policemen’s bicycles.
68. Don’t take any notice of Ruth. She always ___________ whenever we have visitors.
69. I wonder who first ___________ the idea of wearing seatbelts in cars.
70. I‘ve been feeling so depressed lately that I feel tempted ___________ myself.
Your answers
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
Part 6: (1 point)
Insert A, AN, THE, or Ø (zero articles) where necessary. Write your answer in the
numbered box
Agriculture in the West and South of the United States has traditionally been supported by
(71)
___________ migrant workers who migrate or move from area to area according to