Choose from the four options given marked A, B, C and D one best answer to complete each sentence.. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer
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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Dành cho học sinh trường THPT Chuyên
Thời gian: 180 phút
(Đề thi gồm: 05 trang)
PART A: LISTENING
Listen to the conversation and complete the crime report You should write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS in each blank You will listen to the conversation TWICE.
Crime Management
TOWER HILL POLICE STATION
Crime report
Date: Aug 11th
Constable: Martin Peel
Victim name: (1) _ (Spanish)
Victim contact details (Host family address): Mr & Mrs.(2) , (3) Brookfield Close
Post code: London E12 (4) _
Type of crime: camera stolen
Details of any item(s) stolen: digital camera
Make: Pentax (5)
Color: (6) _
Value: (7) (approx)
Location of incident: City centre, outside MacDonald’s in Hope (8) _
Time of incident: (9) _
Description of criminal:
- (10) man
- (11) years old
- (12) _ hair
- glasses
- wearing jeans and a (13)
Witnesses: (14) _ on the corner
Crime Reference Number: (15)
PART B: LEXICO - GRAMMAR
I Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each
sentence Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1 experience is really an advantage to get this job
2 The average TV time of the British is about 25 hours a week
3 Most in the U.S now own more than one TV set
4 Whatever the latest fashion , she still keeps her clothing style
5 A place where people exchange companies’ shares is called
6 Football is the most typical example of sports
Trang 27 She always prided herself on being a judge of character.
8 A/ An is a ceremony in which someone officially becomes a king or queen
9 The following is a list of courses currently at UTAS
10 Medical techniques are becoming more all the time
II Put the words in capitals in the right forms.
Jack’s real character
How easy is it to understand another person’s character My
friend, Jack, was once a rather (1) person He
was always getting into trouble at school because he was so
(2) In class he was very (3) and
never stopped making jokes The teachers all told him he was
(4) because he interrupted them When I met him
he was very (5) and didn’t want to talk to me at
all People told me that he stole things, and that he was
(6) His school work was terrible then He didn’t
take any (7) in his writing, he never spent enough
time doing his homework, and he was not at all
(8) One day he saw a gang of boys attacking an
old man Jack hated (9) and he fought them all
until they ran away He was awarded a medal for
(10) After that, people changed their minds about
him
1 ANNOY
2 OBEY
3 TALK
4 POLITE
5 FRIEND
6 HONEST
7 PROUD
8 CONSCIENCE
9 VIOLENT 10.BRAVE
III Use the phrasal verbs given in the box to complete the sentences below.
A comes on D put up G appeal to J come out M broke into
B break up E go for H pulled down K crossed over N made off
C meet up F cutting in I come up L put in O fallen out
1 If you would like to for a drink sometime, give me a call
2 Thieves the school and took a quantity of cash
3 We the road to look at the shops on the other side
4 Can you some of these sticks? They’re too big to start a fire with
5 She has a very annoying habit of on people while they’re speaking
6 A lot of birds fly further south as winter
7 the black dress It looks much better on you than the blue one
8 We at the pub called The Three Horseshoes
9 We got up early to watch the sun behind the mountains
10 The movie will children of all ages
Trang 3PART C: READING
I Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the correct answer Identify your choice by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Are you the person you’d like to be?
Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn’t have done or something you didn’t do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have There’s no (1) in getting depressed about it now – it’s no (2) crying over spilt milk However, there may be some (3) in thinking about exactly what happened and why because we might be able to (4) some conclusions for the future
One thing we all do now and again is to lose our (5) with a friend or close (6) The odd thing is that we more often display great anger (7) someone we’re (8) of than towards strangers The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to let off a bit of steam in a safe (9) , whereas the (10) of insulting a stranger or a (11) at work could be far more serious
Being honest is usually (12) of as a virtue and undoubtedly this is the (13)
On the other hand, we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, (14) them exactly what we feel, and then have found ourselves (15) with feelings of guilt and remorse Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut?
10 A effect B conclusion C consequences D punishment
II Read the passages below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
Curious about which digital camera is best for you? Where you can hear reggae music in Toronto? Or what the distance is to Mars? Question-and-answer sites offer an alternative to the
ubiquitous search engine: a place to post a question – and then wait for another Internet user to respond.
The idea isn’t new: Usenet newsgroups have let us do this for years But Q&A sites offer features that enhance and simplify the process All offer eBay-like feedback, where users rate the helpfulness of experts: over time, these scores become a benchmark score for determining how trustworthy someone’s answers are Question-and-answer sites also e-mail you when an expert has responded, and they offer personalized page where you can see the questions you’ve asked, the people who have responded, and what they’ve had to say
Trang 41 In this passage, “ubiquitous” means .
2 The organization pattern of the second paragraph of the passage may be best described
as .
3 The tone of this passage can best be described as .
A negative B hysterical C opinionated D objective
4 The main idea of this passage is that .
A Question-and-answer sites have alternative to search engines
B Usenet newsgroups have been around for years
C The idea of question-and-answer sites is not new
D People have a lot of questions to be answered
5 The author’s purpose is writing this passage is to .
A tell a story B give information C persuade D entertain
III Read the passages below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the
country’s impressive population growth For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in
1966 In September 1966 Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark Most of this surging growth
came from natural increase The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945 The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956 This rate
of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada’s history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950s supported a
growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an
increase in the average size of families In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline It continued falling until
in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society Young people were staying at school longer, more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles
or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution
Although the growth in Canada’s population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of
the 1960s was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon It would
be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Educational changes in Canadian society B Canada during the Second World War
C Population trends in postwar Canada D Standards of living in Canada
2 The word “five” in bold refers to
3 The word “surging” in bold is closest in meaning to
Trang 54 The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s
A the urban population decreased rapidly B fewer people married
C economic conditions were poor D the birth rate was very high
5 The word “trend” in bold is closest in meaning to
6 The word “peak” in bold is closest in meaning to
7 The author mention all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT
A people being better educated B people getting married earlier
C better standards of living D couples buying houses
8 It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution
A families were larger B population statistics were unreliable
C the population grew steadily D economic conditions were bad
9 The word “it” in bold refers to
A horizon B population wave C nine percent D first half
10 The phrase “prior to” in bold is closest in meaning to
PART D: WRITING
I Rewrite the following sentences using the given words so that they have the same meaning as the given sentences Do not change the words given in any way.
1 He stood no chance of passing his exams (bound)
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2 Did you enjoy the party? (good)
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3 I really want to see her again (dying)
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4 If you gave your mind to your work, you might not make so many mistakes (concentrated)
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5 A lot of things keep stopping me from working (way)
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II Writing a topic
“Every country has poor people and different ways of dealing with the poor.”
What are some of the reasons for the world poverty? What can we do to help the poor? Within 250 words, write an essay to an educated non-specialist audience to clarify your answers You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience to support your agreement with examples and relevant evidence
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