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SỞ GD&ĐT ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 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 11 th 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. A. Realistic B. Real C. Practice D. Practical 2. The average TV __________ time of the British is about 25 hours a week. A. seeing B. viewing C. looking D. observing 3. Most __________ in the U.S. now own more than one TV set. A. domestic B. residences C. households D. marriages 4. Whatever the latest fashion __________, she still keeps her clothing style. A. trend B. way C. manner D. style 5. A place where people exchange companies’ shares is called __________ . A. stock B. stock market C. market D. stock company 6. Football is the most typical example of __________ sports. BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 A. viewer B. watcher C. spectator D. observer 7. She always prided herself on being a __________ judge of character. A. shrewd B. scope C. grave D. solid 8. A/ An __________ is a ceremony in which someone officially becomes a king or queen. A. coronation B. ritual C. election D. appointment 9. The following is a list of courses currently __________ at UTAS. A. in offer B. of offer C. on offer D. with offer 10. Medical techniques are becoming more __________ all the time. A. sophisticated B. difficult C. ambitious D. caring 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. BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 9. We got up early to watch the sun __________ behind the mountains. 10. The movie will __________ children of all ages. PART 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? 1. A. reason B. purpose C. point D. advantage 2. A. point B. use C. value D. benefit 3. A. gain B. profit C. goodness D. worth 4. A. make B. draw C. do D. take 5. A. anger B. mind C. temper D. head 6. A. relative B. member C. familiar D. relationship 7. A. at B. with C. about D. towards 8. A. keen B. fond C. friendly D. familiar 9. A. circle B. area C. surroundings D. environment 10. A. effect B. conclusion C. consequences D. punishment 11. A. colleague B. mate C. professional D. staff 12. A. believed B. considered C. regarded D. thought 13. A. case B. true C. event D. fact 14. A. saying B. telling C. speaking D. describing 15. A. full B. heavy C. sad D. overcome 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 BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 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. 1. In this passage, “ubiquitous” means________. A. difficult B. new C. common D. expert 2. The organization pattern of the second paragraph of the passage may be best described as________. A. cause/effect B. example/ illustrations C. description D. classification 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. BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 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 A. Canadians B. years C. decades D. marriages 3. The word “surging” in bold is closest in meaning to A. new B. extra C. accelerating D. surprising 4. 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 A. tendency B. aim C. growth D. directive 6. The word “peak” in bold is closest in meaning to A. pointed B. dismal C. mountain D. maximum 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 A. behind B. since C. during D. preceding 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) _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Did you enjoy the party? (good) _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. I really want to see her again. (dying) _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. If you gave your mind to your work, you might not make so many mistakes. (concentrated) _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. A lot of things keep stopping me from working. (way) _______________________________________________________________________________ II. Writing a topic “Every country has poor people and different ways of dealing with the poor.” BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 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. THE END BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIẾN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC www.violet.vn/quocbinh72 . SỞ GD&ĐT ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2 011 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Dành cho học sinh trường THPT Chuyên Thời gian: 180 phút (Đề thi gồm: 05 trang) PART. 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. 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