Đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh Long An lớp 12 vòng 2 năm 2011 – 2012 môn Tiếng Anh

LISTENING (6/40 points):

PART 1: You are going to listen to two students talking about libraries in Australia.

Listen and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

1/ Why is Yumi worried?
A. She is a new student
B. She doesn’t know very much about libraries
C. She hasn’t used a library much
D. She has a lot of assignments.

2/ Who advised Yumi to join the local library?
A. her flat mate
B. Mary Ann
C. The librarian
D. Mary Ann and Yumi’s flat mate

3/ What items cannot be borrowed from the local library?
A. Books
B. Video and audio tapes or CDs
C. CDs
D. Newspaper

4/ If Yumi returned the book two days after the loan period has ended,
A. she will have to pay the fine
B. she will have to pay 10 cents
C. it won’t cost her anything
D. she can’t borrow anything later

5/ Why hasn’t Yumi been to university library yet?
A. She couldn’t attend the orientation activities
B. She has been sick all week
C. She has to go to her lecture
D. She doesn’t know where it is

PART 2: You will hear an interview with a man called Richard Porter who is a maker of musical instruments called organs. Listen and complete the sentences:

Musical Instrument Maker

Richard’s first ambition was to be a ………….(1)

Richard makes organs which are used in…………………(2) and churches worldwide.

It costs £………….. (3) to buy one of the organs which Richard makes.

According to Richard, personal ……………(4) provide him with most of his overseas clients.

Richard says that he is involved in ……………..(5) organs, as well as building and selling them.

In terms of raw materials, only the …………………(6) that Richard uses comes from Britain.

Richard’s new workshop will be a building that was once used as a…………….(7)

Richard will have to work in a ……………..(8) as well as in his new workshop.

The only thing that Richard will have to pay for his new workshop is the…………….(9)

The new workshop will be perfect for the instruments Richard makes because it is a……………(10) place

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (14/ 40 points)

PART 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.

1. Even though they don’t agree with what is happening, they are too…………..to protest.
A. outgoing B. subdued C. quiet D. apathetic

2. The policeman………….me off with a warning as it was Christmas.
A. sent B. gave C. let D. set

3. Big cities like New York and Tokyo are _____ populated.
A. greatly B. closely C. densely D. variously

4. I am sorry for all the ……………….things I said to you.
hostile B. abrupt C. nasty D. short

5. Conservationists are worried that many potentially valuable ________ of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.
A. examples B. brands C. variations D. species

6. I find his behavior towards me quite……………He treats me like an idiot.
A. offending B. insulting C. crude D. ill-mannered

7. At first Tom insisted he was right, but then began to………………
A.back down B. follow up C. drop off D. break up

8. It’s no good pretending. You’ve got to …………… reality.
bargain for B. come up against C. face up to D. get down to

9. In the United States, …………….is the most concentrated is New Orleans
A. French influence the city
C. the city where French influence
B. Where the city influences French
D. where the French influence the city

10. They turned the proposal ………………….that it didn’t fulfill their requirements.
A. allowing B. as a cause C. by reason D. on the grounds

PART 2: In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling or an punctuation error, for each numbered line 1- 15, write the correctly spelt word or show the correct punctuation in the space on the right. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (). The first three lines are done for you as examples.

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