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HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ KHIẾT -ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT Bằng số Điểm ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN THỨ IX MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 10 NĂM 2016 Thời gian: 180 phút Đề thi gồm: 12 trang (Thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào bảng cho sẵn đề) Giám khảo Bằng chữ Giám khảo Số phách A LISTENING (40 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU Bài nghe gồm phần, phần nghe lần, mở đầu kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu Mở đầu kết thúc nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) có nghe Part 1: You will hear Dan talking about how he saves a lot of money living in Southeast Asia For each question, circle the correct answer (10 points) All he needed was A a ticket and a plan B a credit card and a map C money and a backpack In Bali you can live for a month A less than 1000 B between 1000 and 1500 C about 2000 You can get for 500 a month A an unfurnished apartment B a furnished apartment C a nice villa What is 120 USD a month? A internet and phone B food cost C health insurance Going out is more expensive in A Bali B Bangkok C The Phillipines Your answers Page of 12 Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points) Jackie was surprised that David had problems placing his order David needs to order the software for his office Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not very good quality David buys both versions of the software Your answers Part 3: Complete the note below with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer (20 pts) Your answers 10 B LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points) I Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 pts) Page of 12 He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without _ A fail B failure C trouble D mistake People who are unemployed can receive the A pension B dole C scholarship D allowance Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have any solutions A looked into B thought over C got round to D come up with I have never seen _ before A such good film B so good film C so good a film D such good a film We've got a very good in the local newspaper this morning They must have liked the play A critic B article C write-up D praise The accused man was proved innocent and was A liberated B excused C interned D acquitted As we were driving along, a car suddenly in front of us A set out B put up C pulled out D stepped in I know for _ that he was at the scene yesterday A exact B certain C true D correct She's certainly a _ writer; she has written quite a few books this year A fruitful B fertile C prolific D successful 10 I’ll _ the idea with the other members in the family and let you know A discuss B argue C explain D talk 11 The car burst into but the driver managed to escape A fire B burning C heat D flames 12 I was just _ to go out when you telephoned A around B about C thinking D planned 13 They live in a very _ populated area of Italy A sparsely B scarcely C hardly D barely 14 The _ exam in January prepared pupils for the real thing in June A false B unreal C untrue D imaginary 15 Automobile production in the United States _ A have taken slumps and rises in recent years B has been rather erratic recently C has been erratically lately D are going up and down all the time 16 While attempting to reach his home before the storm, A the bicycle of John broke down B it happened that John's bike broke down C the storm caught John D John had an accident on his bicycle 17 Unless you give up smoking, you’ll _ the risk of damaging your health A bear B suffer C make D run 18 Do you think Ms Brown will _ for Parliament in the next election? A sit B run C walk D stand 19 I my best suit - everyone else was very casually dressed A needn't wear B mustn't wear C needn't have worn D mustn't have worn 20 He passed the test by the skin of his teeth A easily B with very little margin C with a very high score D All are correct Your answers Page of 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 II Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes Identify the errors and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes (0) has been done as an example (10 pts) Example: Line (0) the =>a Stress is often called the 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps with different names Those days we regard stress is a necessary evil of modern living Yet stress is not negative and without it we will not enjoy some of the highpoints in life just as the anticipation before a date or the tension leading up to an important match All these situations produce stress but unless you can control it and not the other way round you will feel stimulated, not worn out Unlike these situations, what are generally positive and easier to deal with, sitting in a train that is late, being stuck in a traffic jam, working 10 to a tight deadline are more harder to manage and control Stress 11 is now recognized as a medical problem and as a significant 12 factor in causing coronary heart disease, high blooded pressure 13 and high cholesterol count Patients are often unwilling to 14 admit to stress problems although they feel they are a form of 15 social failure and it is important that symptoms are identified in 16 order to avoid unnecessary suffering So why should we be 17 looking out for as danger signals? Common signs of stress are 18 increased tiredness, irritability and the inability to solve with certain situation Your answer: Line Mistakes Corrections 10 Page of 12 III Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes There is an example at the beginning (0) (10 pts) He finds it hard to put _ the noise of the nearby factory Answer: up with Nobody backed me _ when I complained about the food in the canteen, so nothing was done about it She rang _ angrily before I could explain why I hadn't turned up He had to rub _ his French to help his son when he started to learn it at school A mother will usually stand _ _ her children, no matter what they have done There's no point in doing _ _ the old regulations if you are going to introduce equally stupid new ones He pretended to fall _ _ my plan but secretly he was working against it He would get _ _ his work better if you left him alone He wanted to borrow money and led _ _ it by saying that times were very hard We'll settle _ _ you when you produce all the bills 10 She goes _ _ yoga and spends ten minutes every day standing on her head Your answers 10 IV Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gaps in the same line There is an example at the beginning (0) (20 pts) Example CRAVINGS WHY YOU CAN’T SAY NO TO CERTAIN FOODS Are you a chocoholic or a fast food addict? Don’t blame yourself – certain foods can trigger an eating binge, but there are ways to control the (0)……… Even if you are a fairly disciplined eater, there are sure to be foods you’ll have no (1) ……… to For some it’s a bar of chocolate, for others a burger You probably think there’s no one to blame but your weak-willed self But the reassuring(2) ……… is that when it comes to controlling your junk food intake, the odds are heavily stacked against you High-fat, high-sugar foods can act like an (3) …………… drug, making us crave even more of the same In the States, where (4) ……………rates are reaching epidemic proportions, there’s even a group called Junk Food Anonymous, which aims to help people recover from their (5) …………… on synthetic or refined food Fat is often added to food to make it more palatable so it’s a good way of making (6) ……………, bland food seem tastier Another reason certain foods are so (7) ……………… is that they have very real effect on our mood, making us feel more relaxed Our eating habits develop when we are young and as we move into (8) …………… the chocolate that we were rewarded with as a young Page of 12 0.CRAVE RESIST TRUE ADDICT OBESE DEPEND EXPENSE RESIST ADULT child becomes a guilty (9) …………… INDULGE We might feel we’ve earned the right to treat ourselves after a hard day at work, for example Past (10) ………… can reinforce bad eating ASSOCIATE habits that are difficult to break free from Your answers 10 C READING (60 points) I Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (0) has been done as an example (15 pts) THE OPEN UNIVERSITY The Open University was created in 1968 to (0) _ people who cannot afford to (1) regular courses of study, the opportunity of studying and (2) _ a university diploma or degree They study at home and their academic performance is assessed by (3) of written examinations or project work Most Open University students (4) in study while also holding down a job or coping with a busy home life They study in order to update their job skills or for personal (5) At the heart of most courses is a (6) _ of specially written and professionally printed textbooks and workbooks which students receive by post On many of the courses, students are (7) to watch television programmes on the BBC network, which are usually broadcast in the (8) _ hours of the morning The (9) _ of these programmes is to develop and broaden the study experience, so that students not have to (10) only on the printed material they are sent Students are (11) with all the notes and books they need and, in (12) , some courses also include audio and video cassettes and computer software However, studying at the Open University can be a (13) because students have few opportunities to (14) _ each other That is why the University encourages students to set (15) and run informal study groups themselves give B bring C let D make A present B assist C attend D apply A managing B claiming C reaching D obtaining A method B means C route D system A fit B take C put D join A delight B satisfaction C joy D challenge A unit B club C set D heap A expected B needed C hoped D considered A first B initial C starting D early A cause B reason C end D aim Page of 12 10 11 12 13 14 15 A rely A given A addition A fight A introduce A out B believe B provided B particular B struggle B know B in C trust C posted C advance C battle C meet C up D confide D handed D return D pressure D speak D off Your answer: 10 11 12 13 14 15 II Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap Use only ONE word in each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes There is an example at the beginning (0) (15 pts) Effects of television on childhood literacy Television occupies a large portion (0)…… of………children's time Starting in preschool, children spend more time watching television (1) participating in any other activity (2) sleeping Children also have extensive experience of television before (3) ………… exposed to many socialising agents, (4) as schools and peers Because television has this important role, it is important to understand its potential positive and negative effects (5) most children The results of recent research suggest that there is considerable overlap (6) the comprehension processes that take place while reading and the processes activated (7) a period of television viewing If (8) , it may very well (9) the case that children who learn comprehension skills from television viewing before they are ready to read are equipped (10) some very important tools when they later learn to read Your answers 10 III Read the text below and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts) In the course of history, human inventions have dramatically increased the average amount of energy available for use for each person Primitive people in cold regions burned animal dung to heat their caves, cook food, and drive off animals by fire The first step toward the developing of more efficient fuels was taken when people discovered that they could use vegetable oils and animal fats in lieu of gathered or cut wood Charcoal gave off a more intensive heat than wood and was more easily obtainable than organic fats The Greeks first began to use coal for metal smelting in the 4th century, but it did not come into extensive use until the Industrial Revolution In the 1700s, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, most energy used in the United States and other nations undergoing industrialization was obtained from perpetual and renewable sources, such as wood, water streams, domesticated animal labour, and wind These were predominantly locally available supplies By mid-1800s, 91 percent of all commercial energy consumed in the United States and European countries was obtained from wood However, at the beginning of the 20th century, coal became a major energy source and Page of 12 replaced wood in industrializing countries Although in most regions and climate zones wood was more readily accessible than coal, the latter represents a more concentrated source of energy In 1910, natural gas and oil firmly replaced coal as the main source of fuel because they are lighter and, therefore, cheaper to transport They burned more cleanly than coal and polluted less Unlike coal, oil could be refined to manufacture liquid fuels for vehicles, a very important consideration in the early 1900s, when automobiles arrived on the scene By 1984, non-renewable fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, provided over 82 percent of the commercial and industrial energy used in the world Small amounts of energy were derived from nuclear fission, and the remaining 16 percent came from burning direct perpetual and renewable fuels, such as biomass Between 1700 and 1986, a large number of countries shifted from the use of energy from local sources to a centralized generation of hydropower and solar energy converted to electricity The energy derived from non-renewable fossil fuels has been increasingly produced in one location and transported to another, as in the case with most automobile fuels In countries with private, rather than public transportation, the age of non-renewable fuels has created a dependency on a finite resource that will have to be replaced Alternative fuel sources are numerous, and shale oil and hydrocarbons are just two examples The extraction of shale oil from large deposits in Asian and European regions has proven to be labour consuming and costly The resulting product is sulfur- and nitrogen rich, and large-scale extractions are presently prohibitive Similarly, the extraction of hydrocarbons from tar sands in Alberta and Utah is complex Semi-solid hydrocarbons cannot be easily separated from the sandstone and limestone that carry them, and modern technology is not sufficiently versatile for a large-scale removal of the material However, both sources of fuel may eventually be needed as petroleum prices continue to rise and limitations in fossil fuel availability make alternative deposits more attractive What is the main topic of the passage? A applications of various fuels B natural resources and fossil fuels C a history of energy use D a historical overview of energy rates The phrase “for each person” is closest in meaning to A per capita B per household C per family D per one It can be inferred from the first passage that A coal mining was essential for primitive peoples B the Greeks used coal in industrial production C the development of efficient fuels was a gradual process D the discovery of efficient fuels was mostly accidental The phrase “in lieu” is closest in meaning to A in spite B in place C in every way D in charge The author implies that in the 1700s, sources of energy were A used for commercial purposes B used in various combinations C not derived from mineral deposits D not always easy to locate According to the passage, what was the greatest advantage of oil as fuel? A It was a concentrated source of energy B It was lighter and cheaper than coal C It replaced wood and coal and reduced pollution D It could be converted to automobile fuel Page of 12 According to the passage, the sources of fossil fuels will have to be replaced because A they need to be transported B they are not efficient C their use is centralized D their supply is limited It can be inferred from the passage that in the early 20th century, energy was obtained primarily from A fossil fuels B nuclear fission C hydraulic and solar sources D burning biomass The author implies that alternative sources of fuel are currently A being explored B being used for consumption C available in few locations D examined on a large scale 10 The word “prohibitive” is closest in meaning to A prohibited B provided C too expensive D too expedient Your answers 10 IV Read the following passage then the tasks that follow (15 pts) HOW DOES THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK TICK? A Our life span is restricted Everyone accepts this as 'biologically' obvious ‘Nothing lives for ever!’ However, in this statement we think of artificially produced, technical objects, products which are subjected to natural wear and tear during use This leads to the result that at some time or other the object stops working and is unusable ('death' in the biological sense) But are the wear and tear and loss of function of technical objects and the death of living organisms really similar or comparable? B Our ‘dead’ products are ‘static’, closed systems It is always the basic material which constitutes the object and which, in the natural course of things, is worn down and becomes 'older’ Ageing in this case must occur according to the laws of physical chemistry and of thermodynamics Although the same law holds for a living organism, the result of this law is not inexorable in the same way At least as long as a biological system has the ability to renew itself it could actually become older without ageing; an organism is an open, dynamic system through which new material continuously flows Destruction of old material and formation of new material are thus in permanent dynamic equilibrium The material of which the organism is formed changes continuously Thus our bodies continuously exchange old substance for new, just like a spring which more or less maintains its form and movement, but in which the water molecules are always different C Thus ageing and death should not be seen as inevitable, particularly as the organism possesses many mechanisms for repair It is not, in principle, necessary for a biological system to age and die Nevertheless, a restricted life span, ageing, and then death are basic characteristics of life The reason for this is easy to recognise: in nature, the existent organisms either adapt or are regularly replaced by new types Because of changes in the genetic material (mutations) these have new characteristics and in the course of their individual lives they are tested for optimal or better adaptation to the environmental conditions Immortality would disturb this system - it needs room for new and better life This is the basic problem of evolution D Every organism has a life span which is highly characteristic There are striking differences in life span between different species, but within one species the parameter is relatively constant For example, the average duration of human life has hardly changed in thousands of years Although more and more people attain an advanced age as a result of Page of 12 developments in medical care and better nutrition, the characteristic upper limit for most remains 80 years A further argument against the simple wear and tear theory is the observation that the time within which organisms age lies between a few days (even a few hours for unicellular organisms) and several thousand years, as with mammoth trees E If a lifespan is a genetically determined biological characteristic, it is logically necessary to propose the existence of an internal clock, which in some way measures and controls the aging process and which finally determines death as the last step in a fixed programme Like the fife span, the metabolic rate has for different organisms a fixed mathematical relationship to the body mass In comparison to the life span this relationship is ‘inverted’: the larger the organism the lower its metabolic rate Again this relationship is valid not only for birds, but also, similarly on average within the systematic unit, for all other organisms (plants, animals, unicellular organisms) F Animals which behave ‘frugally’ with energy become particularly old for example, crocodiles and tortoises Parrots and birds of prey are often held chained up Thus they are not able to ‘experience life’ and so they attain a high life span in captivity Animals which save energy by hibernation or lethargy (e.g bats or hedgehogs) live much longer than those which are always active, The metabolic rate of mice can be reduced by a very low consumption of food (hunger diet) They then may live twice as long as their well fed comrades Women become distinctly (about 10 per cent) older than men If you examine the metabolic rates of the two sexes you establish that the higher male metabolic rate roughly accounts for the lower male life span That means that they live life ‘energetically’ - more intensively, but not for as long G It follows from the above that sparing use of energy reserves should tend to extend life Extreme high performance sports may lead to optimal cardiovascular performance, but they quite certainly not prolong life Relaxation lowers metabolic rate, as does adequate sleep and in general an equable and balanced personality Each of us can develop his or her own ‘energy saving programme’ with a little self observation, critical self-control and, above all, logical consistency Experience will show that to live in this way not only increases the life span but is also very healthy This final aspect should not be forgotten The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G, For question 1-6, choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-G from the list of headings below Write the correct number, i-x, in the corresponding numbered boxes LIST OF HEADINGS i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x The biological clock Why dying is beneficial The ageing process of men and women Prolonging your life Limitations of life span Modes of development of different species A stable life span despite improvements Energy consumption Fundamental differences in ageing of objects and organisms Repair of genetic material Example answer: Paragraph A: v Your answers Page 10 of 12 Paragraph B … Paragraph C … Paragraph D … Paragraph E … Paragraph F … Paragraph G … Questions 7-10, complete the notes below Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer Write your answers in boxes 7-10 Objects age in accordance with principles of (7) and of (8) _ Through mutations, organisms can (9) better to the environment (10) would pose a serious problem for the theory of evolution Your answers 10 D WRITING (40 points) I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the original sentence If there is a word given, not alter the word (15pts) “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house,” she said She flatly …………………………………………………………………………………………… I rarely sleep in the afternoon I’m not in ………………………………………………………………………………………… It would not have been possible to solve that puzzle, even for a genius That puzzle ………………………………………………………………………………………… We must continue our efforts, whether there are problems or not Regardless ………………………………………………………………………………………… It seems that no one predicted the correct result No one …………………………………………………………………………………………… I don't mind which make of car you choose It is of …………………………………………………………………… make of car you choose You should always be grateful for what you are given horse You should …………………………………………………………………………… the mouth He promised to look into my case personally assurance He ………………………………………………………………… look into my case personally The prisoner was unrepentant about the suffering he had caused remorse The prisoner the suffering he had caused 10 We got no assistance when we needed help and advice resources We …………………………………………………………… when we needed help and advice Page 11 of 12 II (25 pts) Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your view on the following statement: With the considerable benefits computers and internet bring about, they can completely replace the traditional role of a teacher -THE END Người đề: Trần Thị Mỹ Dung, sđt: 0905607799 Nguyễn Thị Xuân Tiên, sđt: 0983164205 Page 12 of 12