SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC ĐỀ LUYÊN TẬP KỲ THI CHỌN HSG THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề I. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 1. The audience couldn’t listen to the lengthy and pointless speech _________. A. far any more B. any longer C. any more far D. any lengthier 2. He missed two most important lectures. He _________very ill. A. had to be B. must be C. was to be D. must have been 3. Allan: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?” Nick: “_______.” A. I’m afraid not B. Without doubt C. No, feel free D. Straight ahead 4. Oh, I’m always forgetting _______ these medicines. Is that before or after meal, Ron? A. when to take B. what I will take with C. on which I should take D. when I take 5. We rang the doorbell again _______ they hadn’t heard it the first time. A. because B. although C. for fear of D. in case 6. How boring the lecture was! I _______ just in the first half of it. A. dropped off B. fell out C. called off D. came out 7. Will it make any _______ to them if we deliver their equipment tomorrow? A. displeasure B. alteration C. difference D. conflict 8. What time are you _______ duty? Let’s have a coffee after that. A. over B. on C. off D. out of 9. Don’t give up your harboring dream. _______ working harder and harder. A. Try out B. Keep on C. Speed up D. Go off 10. It’s been a good year. I’ve written two books and a couple of articles, and _______ are now in print. A. both of which B. both of them C. all of which D. all of them 11. A: Why didn't you go to work yesterday? B: I was feeling a bit ____________. A. under the weather B. full of hot air C. breeze D. under pressure 12. The closets are filled with things we don’t need. We should have a _______soon. A. garage sale B. rush hour C. housekeeper D. doggy bag 13. If you want to return the suit, you must bring the __________with you as proof of purchase. A. note B. recipe C. prescription D. receipt 14. Nancy and I had both bought exactly the same kind of school bag without knowing it. It was a complete ____________. A. luck B. chance C. fortune D. coincidence 15. I think some modern designs are more like ________ of art. A. works B. makes C. objects D. jobs 16. Time will _________ whether I made a right choice or not. A. see B. say C. know D. tell 17. That kind of dress is the _________ of fashion these days. A. height B. top C. head D. lead 18. You are having problems now but I am sure things will change _________ the better soon. A. on B. to C. by D. for 19. Despite being a very good student, she didn’t fulfill her ________ later in life. A. makings B. potential C. capacity D. aptitude 20. If you _______ any problems when you arrive at the airport, give me a ring. Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 A. come about B. catch on C. run into D. face up II. There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and then correct them. (0) have been done for you. Anthony Masters was a writer in exceptional gifts and prodigious energy. He began his eventful and versatile career like a teenager, when he was expelled from school for organizing a revolt against the school uniform. In order to earn a living, he fulfilled his childhood ambition and took on writing. In 1964, at the age of 23, he published A Pocketful of Rye, a collection of short stories where freshness of style earned him a distinction of being runner – up in the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, an established and prestigious British – based literacy award. He made the award two years later with his novel The Seahorse, after which he continued to display his considerable talent by writing both fiction or non – fiction. The inspiration for many of his novels came from his experience helping the social excluded: he ran soup kitchens for drug addicts and campaigned for the civic rights of gypsies and another ethnic minorities. His non – fiction output was typically eclectic, ranged from biographies to social histories, but it was a writer of children fiction that Masters outshone his contemporaries. His work contains a sensitivity which remains unequalled by some other writer of the genre. Answers: 0. in of III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter. Write your answers on your answer sheet. With the development of fast motorway systems in many countries, once remote parts of the countryside are (1. INCREASE) _________ becoming (2. ACCESS) _________ to people who live in towns and cities. In many parts of the world, rising (3. PERSON) _________ incomes have resulted in mass (4. OWN) _________ of motor cars at a time when people have more leisure time to fill. This means that there is a lot of (5. PRESS) _________ on the countryside to accept a growing number of visitors. In Britain, for example, the (6. NATION) _________ parks are used by more than one hundred million people annually. In (7. ADD) _________, similar numbers visit areas that do not enjoy the same level of (8. PROTECT) _________. Some people regard this invasion of the countryside as (9. DESIRE) _________ and they have begun campaigning to try and save some aspects of (10. TRADITION) _________ rural culture. IV. Complete the following sentences with one preposition/particle for each blank. 1. That factory turns ________ hundreds of small appliances everyday. 2. The boss asked me to make _______ the hours I missed last week. 3. The suspect was released from prison _______ bail. 4. Once again poor Colin has been passed _______for promotion. 5. Everyone approved of the scheme, but when we asked for volunteers they all hung _______. PART C. READING I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. Have you ever thought about the names of the months? Why are “January” and “February” not called “Primo” or “Secondo”? Is it because the original names were created in ancient times? Or is it because the originators preferred odd words? Take February, for example. Say it aloud a few minutes and you start to wonder. Most people don’t know who developed these names. However, a little research reveals that the names of the months came mostly from a combination of the names of Roman gods and goddesses, important festivals, and the original numbers of the months. Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII change the calendar to make it more exact. Caesar developed a new calendar of 364 and a quarter days, the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun from one spring season Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 to the next. The Pope’s astronomers refined the calendar regarding leap years; they determined that there should be no leap year in years ending in 00- unless they were divisible by 400; the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 would not be considered leap years, while the years 1600 and 2000 would be. This new Gregorian calendar was so accurate that today, scientists need only add leap seconds every few years to the clock in order to keep the calendar matching the Earth’s cycles. 1. What is the topic of the passage? A. how the modern calendar was named and developed B. how the months were named C. how the leap year system was developed D. how accurate the modern day is calendar 2. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that the author think the names of the months are __________. A. odd B. difficult to pronounce C. inappropriate D. none of the answers 3. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______________. A. calendars B. days C. astronomers D. years 4. The word “accurate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________. A. interesting B. informative C. correct D. simple 5. Which of the following will be a leap year? A. 2300 B. 2400 C. 2200 D. 2500 6. Which of the following is true of the Gregorian calendar? A. It needs major improvements. B. It was so well designed, it needs little adjusting today. C. It copied the Roman calendar’s formula of leap years. D. none of the answers 7. Why is Caesar important in calendar making? A. He changed the length of the year . B. He extended summer. C. He has a month named for him. D. He altered the number of days in the year. 8. In what order is the information in the passage presented? A. Caesar’s calendar, the Gregorian calendar, the modern calendar B. Roman Gods, important festivals, original numbers of months C. names of months, Caesar’s calendar, the Gregorian calendar D. none of the answers 9. The word “refined” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________. A. studied B. invented C. observed D. improved 10. Why is the number of 364 and a quarter important? A. It is the length of time from the beginning of spring to the end of winter. B. It is the length of a planetary year. C. It is the most accurate number for calendars. D. It was a number randomly chosen by Caesar for his calendar. II. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct option (A, B, C or D) to fill in blanks. The Alexandra Palace in north London was built with private funds as a “People’s Palace”. Serviced by its own station, it was opened in 1873 and was extremely well (1)_______ until, two weeks after its opening, it burnt down. It was replaced by a slightly larger building which opened in 1875 and featured, (2)________other things, a splendid organ an Great Hall, which was the size of a football pitch. Despite the extraordinarily wide range of events (3)_______ there – from dog shows to great concerts and banquets, from elephant displays to bicycle matches – it always operated at a loss and by 1877 much of the park around it had been sold to speculative builders, leaving only about half of the original land. Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 In 1900, a committee was appointed, whose principal duty was to run the palace and park “for the free use of the people forever.” There were, however, (4) ________ to charge for entry so that the substantial costs could be (5) _______ . The Palace continued, with (6) ________ degrees of success, as an entertainment centre. In the 1930s, it was probably most (7) ________ for being the home of the world’s first high definition television broadcasts. In 1980 the building was once more devastated by fire and (8) _______ to a ruin. It was then decided to (9) _________ it and to create a major exhibition centre with community (10)_______, such as a restaurant and a health club. 1. A. inhabited B. attended C. crowded D. visited 2. A. among B. between C. from D. around 3. A. performed B. set C. staged D. laid 4. A. powers B. terms C. allowances D. authorities 5. A. fulfilled B. covered C. matched D. made 6. A. unsteady B. varying C. altering D. unsettled 7. A. distinct B. marked C. considerable D. notable 8. A. turned B. converted C. reduced D. wrecked 9. A. recover B. revise C. restore D. reform 10. A. facilities B. conveniences C. supplies D. appliances III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock – that is two clocks joined together. When one player makes his move, he presses the button which stops his clock and starts his opponent’s clock. (1)_________fails to keep the time limit, no (2)________ what the position on the board, loses the game. Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (3)________ to twelve hours a day are very strenuous and result in fatigue and time troubles. The play is quite sharp. Active, attacking chess is the (4)________ of the day and it is difficult to maintain (5)_________ sustained, precise defense against such play. A score of the game must be (6)_________ as play goes on. Each move is written down on a score sheet, which has to be handed to the tournament officials at the end of each round. The only thought in everybody’s head is to win. Talent and youth – that’s (7)_________ is needed for success at chess, with the (8)________ on youth. Some approach the board with a slow, purposeful manner (9)________ giving you a second glance – you simply don’t count. The seem to imply that the outcome is a foregone conclusion for them; you (10)_______ need to accept it with good grace. PART D. WRITING I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence. Write your answers on your answer sheet. 1. Mr. Smith knew little about the Internet, so he didn’t invest into any computer companies. Had _______________________________________________. 2. When she got to the party, everyone was dancing and singing. On _______________________________________________. 3. Barbara runs a successful company and she also manages to look after her five children. Not only __________________________________________. 4. Because of the traffic jam, Andrew couldn't get to the interview on time. The traffic jam ______________________________________. 5. This old car probably won’t last for more than three years. It’s unlikely ________________________________________. II. Write a passage of about 250 words to show your opinion on the following statement: Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 “Some people believe that children’s leisure activities must be educational, otherwise they are a complete waste of time” THE END Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm. Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………….……… …….…….….….; Số báo danh…………………… SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC HƯỚNG DẪN CH ẤM (Đề thi gồm 02 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Dành cho học sinh THPT chuyên) Thời gian thi: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề Total: 100pts PART A: LISTENING I. You’ll hear two students, Ann and Chris talking about post graduate courses in music. Listen and give short answer to the questions from 1 to 10. (5 pts) 1. The Henry Music Institute 2. a face-to-face interview/ an interview 3. 6,000 pound a year 4. the charges for applying/ application fee 5. January 30 th Which facilities do the colleges have? Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter, A – G, next to questions 6-10. (5pts) 6.E 7.B 8.C 9.G 10. D II. You will hear a conversation about technology. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (10pts) 1. satellites 6. time consumption 2. efficiency 7. (shades of) grey 3. (the) sea ice 8. (poor) Internet connection 4. radar 9. compress 5. leads 10. laptop PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR I. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). (10pts) 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C II. There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and then correct them. You should also write the line of the mistakes. (10pts) Qs Mistake Correction 1 like as 2 on up 3 where whose 4 made won 5 or and 6 social socially 7 another other Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 8 ranged ranging 9 children children’s 10 some any III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (5 pts) 1. increasingly 2. accessible 3. personal 4. ownership 5. pressure 6. national 7. addition 8. protection 9. undesirable 10. traditional IV. Complete the following sentences with one preposition/particle for each blank. (5 pts) 1. out 2. up 3. on 4. over 5. back PART C. READING I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (10pts) 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B II. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct option (A, B, C or D) to fill in blanks. (10 pts) 1. B 2. A 3, C 4, A 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. A III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (10pts) 1. whoever/who 2. matter 3. up 4. order 5. a/any 6. kept 7. what 8. emphasis 9. without 10. only PART D: WRITING I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence. (5pts) 1. Had Mr. Smith known something / more / a little more / some more about the Internet, he would have invested into some computer companies. 2. On her arrival at the party, everyone was dancing and singing. 3. Not only does Barbara run a successful company, but she also manages to look after her five children /but she manages to look after her five children as well. 4. The traffic jam prevented Andrew from getting to the interview on time. 5. It is unlikely that this old car will last for more than three years. II. Write a passage of about 250 words to show your opinion on the following statement: “Some people believe that children’s leisure activities must be educational, otherwise they are a complete waste of time” (15pts) Marking scheme The impression mark given is based on the following scheme: 1. Content: 50% of total mark: a provision of all main ideas and details as appropriate 2. Language: 30% of total mark: a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 3. Presentation: 20% of total mark: coherence, cohesion, and style appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students. THE END Designed by Đỗ Bình – THPT Liễn Sơn, Lập Thạch, Vĩnh Phúc – www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 . chance C. fortune D. coincidence 15. I think some modern designs are more like ________ of art. A. works B. makes C. objects D. jobs 16. Time will _________ whether I made a right choice or not. A ideas and details as appropriate 2. Language: 30% of total mark: a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students Designed. soon. A. on B. to C. by D. for 19. Despite being a very good student, she didn’t fulfill her ________ later in life. A. makings B. potential C. capacity D. aptitude 20. If you _______ any problems