1 TẠO PHỊNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐÔNG SƠN ĐỀ THI KSCL ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP - NĂM HỌC 2021- 2022 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: Thứ 7, ngày 19/3/2022 PART A: LISTENING (15 pts) Question I You will hear a conversation at the customs in Gatwick Airport As you listen, fill in the form below (5 pts) Last name: (1) _ Sex: (2 ) _ Date of birth: (3) Reason for travel in the UK: (4) _ Address in the UK: 35 Halefield (5) _, Tottenham, London Question II Tim and Mrs Brady are making small talk Are these statements True or False? (5 pts) STT 10 Statements They are meeting for the first time Tim was a student in Mrs Brady’s class Tim is a college student now Mrs Brady ends the conversation They make plans to meet again True False Question III: Listening to the second newspaper article about Halloween and choose the best answer A or B, C, D (5 pts) 11 What animals are associated with Halloween? A black cats, frogs, mine and spiders B black cats, frogs, mice and spiders C cats, frogs, mice and spiders D All are correct 12 What did poor people go around houses asking for in the past? A sweets B pumpkins C milk D food 13 Halloween game has been for children in _ A Asia B America C Europe D Australia 14 How many witches does Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" open with? A One B Two C Three D Four 15 When did the "witchcraft trials" take place in the state of Massachusetts? A in 1692 B In 1962 C In 1269 D In 1629 PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question I: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions 16 A rugged B landed C wicked D coughed 17 A precious B preparation C pretty D repetition 18 A chimpanzee B referee C refugee D committee Question II: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions 19 A dormitory B category C priority D ordinary 20 A influential B accessible C rudimentary D incidental PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence (10 pts) 21 We bought some _ A German lovely old glasses B lovely German old glasses C lovely old German glasses D old lovely German glasses 22 No sooner _to marry Jack to have serious doubts A had Carol agreed / than she began B Carol has agreed / than she began C had Carol agreed / than she begins D had Carol agreed / than she had begun 23 She insisted that the reporter her as his source of information A not mention B doesn’t mention C hadn’t mentioned D didn’t mention 24 an emergency arise, call 911 A Should B Can C Does D Will 25 To the best of my _ that doctor’s name was Jane A thinking B recollection C mind D remembrance 26 I was in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone A submerged B distracted C gripped D engrossed 27 Robert and his wife to my house for tea yesterday evening A came B came about C came D came round down away 28 Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” Girl: “ ” A I'm afraid not B Worms, definitely! C Probably people who smoke D I haven't made up my mind 29 Let me _ you a nice warm bath and you’ll feel a lot better A make B run C get D build 30 I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate The soil is _ A as dry as rice B as dry as a tile C as dry as a bone D as dry as wood Question II: The passage below contains mistakes Recognise the mistakes and write their correct forms in your answer sheet (5 pts) Lin e 10 11 12 13 14 It is often said that books are always good friends and reading is an active mental process unlike TV, books make you to use your brain By reading, you think more and become smarter Reading improves concentration and focus Reading books takes brain power It requires you to focus for what you are reading for long periods Unlike magazines, Internet posts or e-Mails that might contain small amount of information Books tell the whole story" Since you must concentrate in order to read, you will get better at concentration Many studies show if you not use your memory; you lose them Reading helps you stretch your memory muscles Reading requires remembering details, facts and figures and in literature, plot lines, themes and characters Books give you knowledge of the other cultures and places The more information you have got, the richer your knowledge is Books can expand your horizons by letting you see what other cities and countries have to offer before you visit them Question III: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form (8 pts) 36 Don’t worry We ( finish) _the report by 11 o’clock 37 Fred was pleased (admit) to the college 38 So fast the thief (run) that the police couldn’t catch him 39 Trade has gone from bad to worse and staff ( lay) off now 40 Peter: I realize I (not say) that Mary: That all right I have forgiven 41- 42 He (follow) my advice before, he (not be) in dangerous for the time being 4 43 The small room was filled with boxes of different sizes (deliver) the day before Question IV: Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form (7 pts) 44 Not _ on such a hot day, the beach was crowded SURPRISE 45 Street noise is one of the of living in a big city ADVANTAGE 46 Tim is one of the _ on the boat trip on lake Michigan PARTICIPATE 47 This word is very difficult to say I always it PRONUNCIATION 48 The of the agriculture in our country is very necessary ELECTRIFY 49 _, there are black holes in space THEORY 50 Vietnamese people are happy to talk about their past and FORGIVE show an amazing resilience and PART D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts) Question I: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space (10 pts) It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work and to spend it traveling There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (51) _young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on And if you don’t it, you may always regret that you didn’t take the (52) _ In the end, there’s only one response: well, why not? The idea may have its roots in the 18th century Grand tour once (53) _by the young, rich and noble, but it is the middle classes who have turned it (54) _ something that 200,000 British youngsters every year (55) _ has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open to tourists than ever Also, the gap year is now (56) _ by many employers and universities The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (57) _and although these remain in the top five, young explorers are now going even further The most far-flung corners of the world are (58) _ in popularity year by year About $700 will buy a student ticket (59) _ for six months that will take you from London to Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Fiji, Tahiti, Los Angeles and (60)………… again 51 A merely 52 A occasion 53 A undertaken 54 A up 55 A Voyage B only B moment B gone C slightly C chance C done D simply D luck D given B out B Travel C over C Excursion D into D Tour 56 A received 57 A destinations 58 A spreading 59 A genuine 60 A now B stood B endings C accepted C landings D admitted D terminals B expanding B valid B here C enlarging C effective C back D growing D legal D then Question II: Supply the most suitable word for each blank (10 pts) English has for more than a century and a half been (61) _ a world language The number of people who (62) _ it as their mother tongue has been (63) _at between three hundred million and four hundred million It is (64) _ as an official language in countries where 1.5 billion people live In China, the importance attached (65) learning English is such that a televised teaching (66) drew audiences of up to 100 million However, this spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent In the late sixteenth century English was spoken by just under five million people (67) arrival of English in North America- was the key step in its world-wide expansion The United States is a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many (68) nations About eighty percent of the data (69) on the world's computers(70) believed to be in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem in business Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below (10 pts) Animation traditionally is done by hand-drawing or painting successive frames of an object, each slightly different than the preceding frame In computer animation, although the computer may be the one to draw the different frames, in most cases the artist will draw the beginning and ending frames and the computer will produce the drawings between the first and the last drawing This is generally referred to as computer-assisted animation, because the computer is more of a helper than an originator In full computer animation, complex mathematical formulas are used to produce the final sequence of pictures These formulas operate on extensive databases of numbers that define the objects in the pictures as they exist in mathematical space The database consists of endpoints, and color and intensity information Highly trained professionals are needed to produce such effects because animation that obtains high degrees of realism involves computer techniques for three-dimensional transformation, shading, and curvatures High-tech computer animation for film involves very expensive computer systems along with special color terminals or frame buffers The frame buffer is nothing more than a giant image memory for viewing a single frame It temporarily holds the image for display on the screen A camera can be used to film directly from the computer's display screen, but for the highest quality images possible, expensive film recorders are used 6 The computer computes the positions and colors for the figures in the picture, and sends this information to the recorder, which captures it on film Sometimes, however, the images are stored on a large magnetic disk before being sent to the recorder Once this process is completed, it is repeated for the next frame When the entire sequence has been recorded on the film, the film must be developed before the animation can be viewed If the entire sequence does not seem right, the motions must be corrected, recomputed, redisplayed, and rerecorded This approach can be very expensive and time consuming Often, computer-animation companies first motion tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers to the task of calculating the high-resolution, realistic-looking images 71 What aspect of computer animation does the passage mainly discuss? A The production process B The equipment needed C The high cost D The role of the artist 72 According to the passage, in computer-assisted animation the role of the computer is to draw the A first frame B middle frames C last frame D entire sequence of frames 73 The word "they" in the second paragraph refers to _ A formulas B databases C numbers D objects 74 According to the passage, the frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph are used to _ A add color to the images B expose several frames at the same time C store individual images D create new frames 75 According to the passage, the positions and colours of the figures in hightech animation are determined by _ A drawing several versions B enlarging one frame at a lime C analyzing the sequence from different angles D using computer calculations 76 The word "captures" in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to A separates B registers C describes D numbers 77 The word "Once" in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A before B since C after D while 78 According to the passage, how computer-animation companies often test motion? A They experiment with computer-generated line drawings B They hand-draw successive frames 7 C They calculate high-resolution images D They develop extensive mathematical formulas 79 The word "task" in the 4th paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A possibility B position C time D job 80 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? A Computers have reduced the costs of animation B In the future, traditional artists will no longer be needed C Artists are unable to produce drawings as high in quality as computer drawings D Animation involves a wide range of technical and artistic skills PART E: WRITING (20 pts) Question I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it (5 pts) 81 I rarely sleep in the afternoon I’m not in _ 82 Although Mary was exhausted, she agreed to join in the activity Exhausted _ 83 It is rumoured that some children were kidnapped last week Some children 84 Peter failed to understand how serious his illness was until he spoke to the doctor Not until 85 Her success went beyond her expectation Never Question II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it Do not change the form of the given word (5 pts) 86 Although the weather changed, the picnic went ahead as planed (CHANGE) In spite 87 Those two makes of car are practically the same (HARDLY) There 88 I advise you to think carefully before accepting William’s offer (BETTER) You _ 89 Jane was sure there was no mistake in her homework (NOTHING) Jane _ 90 When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled (HAIR) When 8 Question III Facebook dominates the free-time for too many people especially the students It can have negative effect on their study and the physical development Do you agree or disagree? Write a paragraph opinion (150 words) to express your - THE END - 10 ... brackets into an appropriate form (8 pts) 36 Don’t worry We ( finish) _the report by 11 o’clock 37 Fred was pleased (admit) to the college 38 So fast the thief (run) that the police couldn’t... 88 I advise you to think carefully before accepting William’s offer (BETTER) You _ 89 Jane was sure there was no mistake in her homework (NOTHING) Jane... a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many ( 68) nations About eighty percent of the data (6 9) on the world's computers(70) believed to be in English