Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi toàn tỉnh Quảng Nam năm học 2006-2007

d from Lincoln, Johnson offered full pardon to almost all Confederates on the condition that they take an oath of allegiance. He further reorganized the former Confederate states and set up legislative elections.
	Congressional opposition to his peace-making policies resulted in gridlock between the House and Johnson, and the stalemate grew into an open conflict on the issue of emancipation of slaves. While Johnson held the view that newly freed slaved lacked understanding and knowledge of civil liberties to vote intelligently, Congress overrode Johnson’s veto of the Civil Rights Bill, which awarded them citizenship and ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. In the years that followed, Congress passed bills depriving the president of the power to pardon political criminals, stripping away his status of commander-in-chief, and taking away Johnson’s right to dismiss civil and executive officers from their duties. Johnson vetoed each bill, and each veto was overridden. When Johnson dismissed the secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, Stanton refused to step down and was supported by House of Representative, which voted to impeach Johnson. At the trial, the Senate came one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to remove his from office. After Johnson’s term expired, he returned to his home state, but in 1875 he was elected senator and went back to Washington to take his seat.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Andrew Johnson’s personal characteristics.
B. Andrew Johnson’s career as a politician.
C. Congressional decision in the late 1800s.
D. Congressional decisions and procedures in the late 1800s.
What can be inferred from the first paragraph about Andrew Johnson’s work in Tennessee?
A. His personality precluded him from important positions.
B. His work became known to the governor.
C. He was elected to several posts.
D. He was represented to the posts five times.
According to the passage, what led to Johnson’s downfall?
A. The state of the nation’s economy.
B. His liberal position on slavery.
C. His personal characteristics.
D. His waffling and hesitation.
The author of the passage implies that when Johnson became president he
A. was a dedicated supporter of civil rights.
B. was a soft-spoken and careful diplomat.
C. has an extensive background in politics.
D. had already experienced political turmoil.
According to the passage, at the beginning of Johnson’s term as president southerners were
A. expected to secede from the union.
B. apprehensive about their future.
C. singled out as scapegoats.
D. afraid of his violent temper.
According to the passage, Congress’s disapproval of Andrew Johnson’s policies was
A. short-lived and groundless.
B. detrimental to his presidency.
C. directed at his civic duties.
D. stopped as soon as emerged.
The author of the passage implies that the Stanton affair proved the president’s
A. lack of stamina.
B. lack of electoral vote.
C. loss of willpower.
D. loss of authority.
According to the passage, the attempt to impeach Andrew Johnson
A. succeeded as expected by the House
B. failed by a minimal margin.	
C. put an end to his political power.
D. overwhelmed his supporters in Tennessee.
Question 4. From the list of headings below, select the best heading for each paragraph A-I. Write the appropriate number 1-8. Use each heading ONCE only. There is an example for you (4pts)
A. That “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
B. The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study coordinated by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans revealed that the average person had a 20 per cent higher chance of having a heart attack on Monday than on any other day.
C. Working Germans are particularly vulnerable, with 33 per cent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
D. A study of 11,000 Italians identified 8 am on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies show that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.
E. The findings could lead to a better understanding of what triggers heart attacks, according to Dr. Stefan Willich of the Free University, “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol by we don’t know what actually triggers heart attacks, so we can’t make specific recommendations about how to prevent them,” he said.
F. Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid transition from sleep to activity and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work. “When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “All these things can have an adverse effect in the blood systems and increase the risk of a clot in the arteries which will cause a heart attack. “When people return to work after the weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich. “We need to know how these events cause changes in the body before we can understand if they cause heart attacks.”
G. But although it is attempting to believe that returning to work increases the risk of a heart attack, both Willich and the Italian researchers admit that it is only a partial answer. Both studies show that the over-65s are also vulnerable on a Monday morning even though most no longer work. The reason for this is not clear, but the Italian team at the Luigi Saddo Hospital in Milan speculate that social interactions- the thought of facing another week and all its pressures- may play a part. 
H What is clear, however, is that the Monday morning peak seems to be consistent from northern Germany to southern Italy in spite of the differences in diet and lifestyle.
I. Willich is reluctant at this stage to make specific recommendations, but he suggests that anyone who suffers from heart disease should take it easy on Monday mornings and leave potentially stressful meetings until midweek. “People should try to create a pleasant working environment,” he added. “May be this risk applies only to those who see work as a burden, and people who enjoy their work are not so much at risk. We need to find out more.”
List of headings
1. Exact cause of heart attack
2. The safest way
3. Breathless, sweaty and crushed
4. Reducing heart attack hazard
5. High-risk Monday
6. Mondays: riskier than food and way of life
7. Jobless but safer
8. Elderly also at risk
9. Bodily adaptation
Your answers: Ex: 1. Heading for paragraph A: .........3..............
1. Heading for paragraph B. ..........................
2. Heading for paragraph C. ..........................
3. Heading for paragraph D. ..........................
4. Heading for paragraph E. ..........................
5. Heading for paragraph F. ..........................
6. Heading for paragraph G. ..........................
7. Heading for paragraph H. ..........................
8. Heading for paragraph I. ..........................
SECTION FOUR: WRITING (12 pts.)
Question 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (4 pts.)
EXAMPLE: I expect that he will get there by lunchtime. 
ANSWER : I expect him to get there by lunchtime.
The result of the match was never in doubt.
At no time ……………………………………………………………	
The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only by ……………………………………………………………	
They had to wait for 12 hours before their flight left. 
Only after a ……………………………………………………………	
Is there possibility that you left the key in the door?
Could you ……………………………………………………………	
Mackenzie wrote four best sellers before he was twenty.
By the age ……………………………………………………………	
Without his help, we would all have died.
If it ……………………………………………………………	
It is said that he escaped to a neutral country.
He ……………………………………………………………	
Many people were severely critical of the proposals for the new motorway.
There was ..............................................................................................
Question 2. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the words given in block letters. The words must not be altered in any way. (4pts.)
EXAMPLE : John inflated the tyres of his bicycle. BLEW
ANSWER : John blew up the tyres of his bicycle.
You must not leave important documents lying around. ACCOUNT
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Do you think you could come to the point? I’m in a hurry. BUSH
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You really don’t know if that is margarine or butter, do you? BETWEEN
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I feel bad about having to inform you that we no longer need you. SORRY .....................................................................................................................................
Your scheme is brilliant, but it won’t succeed. THOUGH…………………………………………………………………….
Adele tries hard, but she doesn’t get anywhere. HOWEVER
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She is certainly not a good cook. MEANS 
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The store should definitely give you your money back. REFUND .....................................................................................................................................
The End