ĐỀ TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 11 Thời gian 180 phút PART ONE PHONETICS Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the others (10 ms) 1 A inventories B conv[.]
ĐỀ TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 11 Thời gian 180 phút PART ONE: PHONETICS Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the others (10 ms) A inventories B convention C machine D arithmetic A congestion B watching С explanation D suggestion A building B pharmaceutical С bugle D knew A experience B tears С experimentation D glacier A gigantic B gibberish С bridging D goal A journal B mourning С tournament D bird A Eureka B turn С fertilize D earthy A box B books С arcs D dicing A access B accentuate С acknowledge D factitious 10 A homonym B dishonesty С honorableD hourly PART TWO: VOCABULARY A Choose the best word underlined: (5 ms) The audience enjoyed the play so much that they clapped aloud / heavily / loudly Two football fans were later charged with aggression / assault / attack A man is said to be helping the police with their arrests / detection / inguiries Some of the sketches were amusing, but I am afraid that most of the jokes fell flat / foul / short The party's election campaign / movement / struggle proved be successful When I was a bloke / chap / lad I used to walk ten miles to school Local people are campaigning for better facilities for the aged / ancient / elder Unfortunately the old painting I found turned out to be priceless / valueless / worthless Words is the official journal / newspaper / magazine of the Linguistics Association 10 A woman and a man were later detained / arrested / accused for questioning B Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the capitalized words: (6 ms) Please .our letter of the 14th We have not had a reply KNOW There will be no pay rise in the .future SEE This statue .the soldiers who died in the war MEMORY The idea of the sun "rises" is a popular CONCEIVE The minister gave .answers to the interviwer’s questions EVADE The evidence in this case is entirely CIRCUMSTANCE PART THREE : GRAMMAR Rewrite the following sentences using the given words Do not alter these words (20 ms) There is nothing new about defense alliances HILLS The disagreement is a lot of fuss about nothing TEACUP It was with great reluctance that they came to our aid LOATH You'd be wasting your time trying to make him change his mind POINTLESS "Don't drink anything alcoholic if you're going to drive home!" said the father to his son URGED In what way was his evidence important? SIGNIFICANCE The colonel and the doctor did not get on well ON Don't panic about something so trivial The pressure of being in the public eye has proved too much for him 10 A rise in temperature in the next century seems likely MOUNTAIN COPE CHANCE PART FOUR : PREPOSITIONS A Match the beginnings 1-10 with appropriate endings a-j Then fill the gaps in endings a-j with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs made from the two lists below: (10 ms) let/bring/put/come/look/pick/drop/get/ up/across/off/with/down/forward/on/to/out I gave John a lift home last night Twenty people have promised to come to my party If you've got nowhere else to sleep, don't worry My mother can't wait for her holiday in Austria Please could you turn the TV down? The house had been in flames for six hours Do you think you could give me a lift to work tomorrow? Everyone was really embarrassed I was tidying my room yesterday 10 Start's a very popular person a We can always you for the night b I'm trying to read and it… me с Everyone I know seems to him very well d As it was raining hard, I .right outside his house e Before the fire, fighters managed to .it f When I some photos I'd been looking forages g Yes, of course I .you .at seven o’ clock h I just hope nobody .me .at the ;last mijnute i I don't know why he .the subject .in the first place j She going for nearly a year now B Fill in each bank with an appropriate article, preposition, or particle Make a cross (X) when no word is needed: (20 ms) Women in developing countries are turning (1) each other for strength and support In Indonesia, women dairy farmers in (2) Japanese village of Sruni used to worry about their daily visit (3) the government inspectors who buy their milk: the inspector cast (4) any spoiled milk, dashing some women's hopes (5) sending their children to.school But now (6) women just smile and jostle each other as the inspectors lick their fingertips Since the women formed (7) milk cooperative called Sito Markmur (Becoming Prosperous) nearly a decade ago, they have figured (8) used (9) (10) that spoiled milk can be ingredient in Krupuk, the crunchy fish-flavored flour chips that supplement the Indonesian rice diet (11) economic independence alone will not solve (12) myriad of problems facing (13) women in the developing world Discriminatory attitudes are deeply entrenched, and in most countries, boys are still valued much more highly than girls In Bombay, (14) of 8,000 abortions performed after parents learned (15) Fetus's sex (16) amniocentesis, only one would have been a boy Throughout the developing world, more boys than girls are immunized, and girls who are brought to hospitals are generally (17) worse condition than boys (18) enrolment rates are considerably lower (19a) girls than (19b) boys (20 primary school; the gap widens as they get older PART FIVE: READING A Choose the best word to fill in each blank: (15 ms) THE MOTORING BOOM IN THE U.S The 1920s saw the emergence of widespread car ownership in the US Assembly-line production made cars wonderfully cheap, credit was available on the cheapest (1) and the irresistible (2) .of the car to the consumer did the rest The result was a complete (3) of American life The car began to break (4) the ancient sharp division between town and country The movement perhaps began with the prosperous middle class (5) for a holiday from New York, who were delighted to discover the rest of their country But the cheap car also enabled the working class to travel, for pleasure or in (6) .of work Even poor country people, it (7) out, could own cars and when they did so, many of them used the freedom thus (8) to depart - to the West or to the cities Even more important, perhaps, was the (9) of the car on daily life It came into (10) for all sorts of short (11) , to work or to the shops, which had previously been made by trolley bus or railway It made a whole new pattern of living possible Vast suburbs began to (12) over the land No longer did you have to live in comparatively cramped (13) near the railroad station Nor did you have to (14) your annual holiday at one of the traditional, crowded resorts nearby Instead, you could (15) over the hills and far away 01 A obligations B terms С guarantees D repayments 02 A appeal B outlook С impression D fancy 03 A transfer B variation С revision D transformation 04 A down B off С in D away 05 A concerned B willing С anxious D fond 06 A hunt B search С chase D inquiry 07 A found B turned С brought D set 08 A gained B gathered С reached D benefited 09 A force B product C impact D trace 10 A advantage B use С worth D function 11 A travels B trips C tours D routes 12 A spread B wine С scatter D broadcast 13 A housing B residence C surrounding D settlement 14 A make B place С take D set 15 A press B speed С stir D pace B Read the following passage and choose the correct answers: (14 ms) Wood has long been a popular building material in North America because it has generally been plentiful and cheap Swedish settlers in Delaware built log cabins as early as the 1630s In New England, British colonists buiit wooden "saltbox houses" Most of the wooden homes of Colonial times could be built with simple tools and minimal skills In the early nineteenth century, the standard wooden house was built with beams set into heavy posts and held together with wooden pegs This method of construction was time consuming and required highly skilled workers with special tools The balloon-frame house, invented in 1833 in Chicago by a carpenter from Hartford, Connecticut, used a framework of lightweight lumber, mostly 2x4 and 4x6 inches This type of house could be assembled by any careful worker who could saw in a straight line and drive a nail This revolution in building was made possible by improved sawmills that could quickly cut boards to standard sizes and the lower cost of lumber that resulted There were also new machines that could produce huge quantities of inexpensive nails Skeptics predicted that a strong wind would send such houses flying through the air like balloons and, at first "balloon frame" was a term of derision But the light frames proved practical, and wooden houses have been basically built this way ever since What is the main purpose of the passage? A To trace the influence of Swedish and British settlers on American styles of building B To stress the importance of wood as a building material C То compare methods of constructing wooden houses in various parts of the country D To describe a revolutionary technique for constructing wooden houses According to the passage, where did the inventor of the balloon-frame house originally come from? A Connecticut B Chicago C Sweden D Delaware Which of the following questions about the balloon-frame house is not answered in the passage? A Where was it invented? B What was its inventor's name? С What size was most of the lumber used in its framework? D In what year was it invented? The author implies that which of the following types of houses required the most skill to produce? A The log cabins built by Swedish settlers B Saltbox house С Standard wooden houses of the early nineteenth century D Balloon-frame house All of the following are factors in the development of the balloon-frame house EXCEPT A The invention of sophisticated tools B The production of cheap nails C Improvements in sawmills D The falling price of lumber According to the passage, why was the term balloon-frame (in the passage) applied to certain houses? A They could be moved from place to place B They could be easily expanded C They had rounded frames that slightly resembled balloons D They were made of lightweight materials The word derision in the passage is closest in meaning to A affection B ignorance С ridicule D regret The End ANSWER KEY ... ingredient in Krupuk, the crunchy fish-flavored flour chips that supplement the Indonesian rice diet (11) economic independence alone will not solve (12) myriad of problems facing (13) women in the... important, perhaps, was the (9) of the car on daily life It came into (10) for all sorts of short (11) , to work or to the shops, which had previously been made by trolley bus or railway It made... reached D benefited 09 A force B product C impact D trace 10 A advantage B use С worth D function 11 A travels B trips C tours D routes 12 A spread B wine С scatter D broadcast 13 A housing B residence