Đề Học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh 11_2011 (Quang Binh)

SỞ GD & ĐT KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 11 THPT
QUẢNG BÌNH NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Khóa ngày 30 tháng 3 năm 2011)
SỐ BÁO DANH:………. Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi



A: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I. Listen to a woman talking about Synchronized Swimming and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). You will listen to the recording twice. (5 points)

STATEMENTS
T/F

1. Synchronized swimming was first performed by Annette Kellerman in
New York in 1907.


2. The water ballet (synchronized swimming) club founded in 1923 had
50 swimmers.


3. Synchronized swimming soon became popular among young women at the University of Chicago.


4. Katherine Curtis developed the competition rules, based essentially on the scoring methods used in athletics and diving.


5. Synchronized swimming was officially accepted as a competitive team sport by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1941.



II. Listen to a reporter talking about Southeast Asia Nuclear Power Plans and find out the missing word to fill in each blank. You will listen to the recording twice. (10 points)

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam plan to (6)………………… nuclear power plants in the next (7)……………... and others in Southeast Asia hope to follow them. But the nuclear emergency caused by the earthquake and (8)…………… in Japan has raised concerns about the safety of developing nuclear power, especially in countries (9)…….…… to natural disasters. The Asia Pacific region is every year struck by earthquakes, tropical (10)…...……, monsoon floods and landslides.
Following the disaster in Japan, some officials and (11)…………….. in the region are urging a re-thinking of pursuing nuclear energy. Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Vuong Huu Tan says his country is watching the emergency in Japan (12)……………. and is aware of public concerns. But he says they do not expect it to affect their plans to build at least eight nuclear plants. Vuong says they will use the (13)……………..…. nuclear technology, which he says will be safer than the older technology used at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Vuong says they plan to begin construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear-power plant in (14)……..…….years. Thailand plans to build up to five nuclear power plants by 2025. Following the emergency in Japan, the Thai government said it would also take into account concerns (15)…………..…nuclear safety as it became more of a public focus. But Thai government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn says it would not delay their nuclear power development.

B: PHONETICS
Pick out the word from A, B, C or D which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other words. (5points):

16. A. watched B. crooked C. clicked D. coughed
17. A. answer B. sword C. swing D. whose
18. A. surprise B. surplus C. surgery D. surface
19. A. main B. curtain C. complain D. entertain
20. A. cell B. cello C. ceiling D. cellar

C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best word or phrase from A, B, C or D to fill each of the blanks. (10 points)

21. They left the room…………….they had finished their exam.
A. while B. once C. before D. although
22. As his car had broken down she gave him a …………… to work.
A. drive B. way C. lift D. passage
23. This is Mrs. White,……………invention has helped hundreds of deaf people.
A. whose B. which C. that D. whom
24. By the time we ……………….the resort, I think the rain will have stopped.
A. arrive B. come C. get D. reach
25. I feel terrible, I didn’t sleep …………..last night.
A. an eye B. a wink C. a jot D. an inch
26. The flat is decorated in a ……………combination of colors.
A. tasteful B. sweet C. delicious