Sylvia Plath’s time at college was difficult because ……… A.. At a time, when economic predictions for the family farm are anything ……… rosy, wind energy is a bright spot on the horizon..
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- -ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11
CẤP TRƯỜNG Lần 2 – NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016
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I LISTENING (2,5pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
• Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 30 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Kết thúc bài nghe thí sinh có 3 phút đẩ hoàn thành bài
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe
Part 1: You will hear an article about “The Boat Race” (1,0pt)
Listen and give short answers to the following questions You will listen to the tapes TWICE.
1 How many rowers are there in a team?
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A about her father C a very successful collection of poems
B her first novel D her last poem
17 Sylvia Plath’s “Collected poems” ………
A won the Pulitzer Prize twenty years after it was published
B were written during the last year of her life
C won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982
D were never published
18 Sylvia’s husband …
B died in 2003 D had a movie made about him
19 Susan Bassnett thought Sylvia’s work ………
A was about her husband C was about work life
B wasn’t very good D was of great interest to women
20 Sylvia’s brother …
A was two years older than her C was a professor at Boston University
B was born two years after her D was a highly educated academic
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A she got bad grades C boys didn’t like her
B she won a scholarship D she was short of money
22 In 1953 Sylvia ………
A left New York to get a job as an editor
B rejected an offer to teach creative writing
C worked as a guest editor in New York
D returned to new York because she was depressed
23 What does the lecturer imply when she says “Very few modern poets have captured the popular imagination as much as Plath”
A Plath was able to understand the hopes of ordinary people
B Plath has become very popular
C It is unusual for a modern poet to become popular with ordinary people
D Plath’s writing was about modern people and their imagination
24 What does the lecturer imply when she says “This domineering father figure became a common theme that recurred throughout Plath’s writing.”
A The image of her father appears in many of her poems
B Plath often wrote of her love for her father
C Plath writings were dominated by the image of her father
D Plath’s father often told her what to write about
25 Which THREE sentences best summarise the passage?
A What’s remarkable about Plath’s work is that it addresses many women’s issues that were ahead of her time
B Plath’s father was one of her guiding influences and he supported and mentored her until he died in 1940
C Plath’s early life was spent living happily by the sea with her mother who had a part time job to support the family
D The real significance and the greatness of work was never recognised within in her lifetime
E Plath’s academic path to success was secured by winning an early scholarship After this she never looked back
F Plath’s work reflects the many of the personal difficulties that she had whilst
growing up and later as a wife and mother
II LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7,0pts)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the space provided under this part (2,0pts)
1 We are having a pot-luck dinner at Tim’s house tomorrow Everybody is invited!
A dinner where everybody brings something to eat
B dinner where everybody chips in
C dinner where only soup is served
D dinner where people eat and play games at the same time
2 The computer has changed work, learn, communicate, and play
A how to B the way of C the way we D the way to
3 Alex: “Are you an early bird or a night owl?” – John: “…”
A Certainly! I do not get up late, I get up
early
C Oh, I’m a morning person
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man
D Maybe I have a bird’s eye view
4 For the next hour it will be possible to buy just one ……… of bananas and get one more free
5 Unfortunately, his report doesn’t ……… with what we’ve learnt from other sources
6 Although the twins look identical, they have widely ……… opinions on almost every topic under the sun
A dissimilar B distinct C divergent D distinguished
7 It was so hot in the restaurant that, after half an hour, we were all starting to ………
8 At a time, when economic predictions for the family farm are anything ……… rosy, wind energy is a bright spot on the horizon
9 People around the world are getting used to enjoying wireless service ……… fairly discounted rates
10 She slipped away into the ……… bath, where she picked up a phone and dialed a number
A height-ceilinged B height-ceiling C high-ceiling D high-ceilinged
11 That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close ………
12 They live about ……… from here
A an hour of drive C an hour’s drive
13 ……… the Coast Guard, not a single life was lost in the ferry accident
A Were it not for B Regardless of C Thanks to D As a result of
14 Charles doesn’t want to be re-elected chairman He’s going to ………
A sit out B stand down C sit back D stand by
15 This place has gone to the ……… over the last year It’s become a terrible company
16 A magician is an entertainer who performs a series of deceptive tricks based on the
principles of physics, optics, and psychology
A impelling B misleading C undisputed D unrivaled
17 When do people think about committing an act of vengeance?
A When they are lonely
B When they are exhausted
C When they try to make a birthday wish
D When they are angry that someone has done wrong to them
18 The shareholders ……… the creation of a special committee to deal with the problem
A alluded B adapted C advocated D asserted
19 ……… that you have worked so hard, you can take
20 We were just about to give your seat to someone else; you got here in the ……… of time
Trang 6Part 2: The passage below contains 10 errors IDENTIFY and CORRECT them Tick (√) each correct line Write your answer in the space provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example (1,0pt)
Many people around the world celebrate Christmas Eve in
different way It is observed in many countries such as
Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States
Worker in some countries get a day off or half-day off to
prepare for Christmas Day, includes last-minute shopping for
presents, decorations or food In some countries Christmas Eve
is celebrated with large family meals featuring traditional
Christmas dishes In some cultures, presents are exchanged and
opened at the night of Christmas Eve Many homes have their
Christmas trees lited up, mistletoes hung, and other Christmas
decorations, such as holly and ivy, at this time of the year
Some people organize groups of singers who sing Christmas
caroling from door and door, or sing Christmas carols in public
venues It is also a time for children in many countries around
the world to hang their Christmas stockings (or pillow cases),
hoping to a present to arrive from Santa Claus on Christmas
Day, when is December 25 in the Gregorian calendar Children
in France set out their shoes near a fireplace on Christmas Eve
because they believe that Father Christmas (Santa Claus), also is
known as le Père Noël (in French), will arrive before dawn and
fill them with toys, nuts and sweets
Many churches hold special services during Christmas Eve,
including midnight services These services include special
choirs and sermons to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ Many
churches also display a crèche or miniature Nativity scene
Christmas celebration in different countries combine the
country’s cultural traditions, beliefs and superstitions with more
contemporary customs, such as Santa Claus and Christmas trees
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To be (0 SUCCESS) ……… in a sport requires a number of
things including ambition and (1 DEDICATE) ………
Without these qualities, it is very difficult to complete at a high
level Most of the famous sportspeople we know today began
training during their (2 CHILD) ……… in order to reach their
peak while still comparatively young
Athletes should pay careful (3 ATTEND) ……… to their diet,
because (4 NOURISH) ……… food is essential for
maintaining a strong body which is less liable to suffer injury
Diet is also important because it must be adequate to support
such (5 ENERGY) ……… activity.
It is also necessary to have the (6 DETERMINE) ……… to
succeed Athletes will often encounter temporary (7 FAIL)
……… on their road to eventual success, and they must
mentally prepare themselves so that this type of (8
COURAGE) ……… doesn’t have too strong a negative effect
on their future (9 PERFORM) ……… Even if a sufficiently
talented athlete puts in the time and effort required, they will
also need (10 PATIENT) ………., and perhaps a little luck, in
Trang 8Sometimes the way we view life seems to be determined not by
what really happens to us, so much as by our (0 PERCEIVE)
……… of what happens This is sometimes called
counterfactual thinking Let’s look at the example of sport For
those who come second in race, their (1 CLOSE) ……… to
winning creates an intense feeling of (2 SATISFY) ………,
and they need to find an excuse for their ‘failure’ Conversely,
bronze (3 MEDAL) ……… often feel lucky because they
nearly didn't win anything at all It’s the same feeling you get
when a traffic leads you to miss a flight Missing it by an hour is
much less (4 FRUSTRATE) ……… than missing it by just a
few minutes
Another type of counterfactual thinking occurs when we regret
doing things that cause problems far more than we regret doing
nothing; even though (5 INACTIVE) ……… can lead to just
as many problems as (6 WISE) ……… actions.
Counterfactual thinking also happens when we think about the
past and wish something had or had not happened This desire
can be so (7 POWER) ……… that we can even change our
own memories of the past, making (8 ADJUST) ……… to the
factual facts to create new memories that suit us better We do
this, for example, when we want to avoid facing up to (9
COMFORT) ……… truths.
If we’re not careful, therefore, counterfactual thinking can lead
us to (10 WRITE) ……… history, and so lose sight of real
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Part 5: Complete the following paragraph with the words given in the box (1,0pt)
WIND IS A CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
Human beings have used the wind to (1) ……… power for thousands of years, starting with sail boats to travel or fish and wind mills to grind grain or lift water Today, (2) ……… the wind is also one of the cleanest, most (3) ……… ways to (4)
……… electricity
Wind power produces no toxic emissions and none of the heat trapping emissions that contribute to global climate change Wind energy is (5) ……… the fastest growing sources of renewable energy in the world
The motion of the wind is (6) ……… and converted to electricity by wind (7)
……… generators The (8) ……… of the turbine blades turns a shaft connected
to a generator that produces electricity The blades are situated high atop towers to take advantage of stronger, less (9) ……… winds Many wind turbines (10) ……… together to generate bulk electrical power are called a wind farm
rotation only generate turbulent turbine alternative
supply sustainable grouped captured harnessing among
Part 6: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the two-word verbs below Write your answer in the numbered box Each verb is used only once (1,0pt)
stand up to bail out take over from do away with touch on
1 Every week this factory ……… 2000 new cars
2 When Tom ……… the previous manager, he had a lot of problems with the staff
3 This booklet gives tips on how to ……… loosing weight
4 These machines need to be solid They have to ……… a lot of rough
treatment
5 During my talk I’ll try to ……… some of the problems that have com up in the last few months
6 The workers decided to ……… until their demands were met
7 Linda was walking through the park when she ……… an old friend
8 These ridiculous rules and regulations should have been ……… years ago
9 The fly was annoying him so he ……… a newspaper and tried to hit it
10 The government can't ……… every unprofitable state enterprise
III READING (9,0pts)
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap Write your answer in the numbered box (0) has been done as an example (1,0pt)
EASTER ISLAND
Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean It’s about 2,000
miles (0) …from… the nearest city Easter Island is (1) ……… for its statues Hundreds
of these huge, stone faces can be (2) ……… all over the island Who made them? How (3)
Trang 10……… they move these giant pieces of rock? What happened (4) ……… the people who lived there? Studies show that people (5) ……… arrived on the island about 1600 years ago They had a very advanced culture They made many objects and they had their (6)
……… written language However, the number of people on the island grew and grew (7)
……… it reached about 10,000 people Soon there were too many people and there wasn’t (8) ……… food to eat A terrible war started and (9) ……… of the statues were broken When western explorers (10) ……… the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once lived there
1. A important B interesting C famous D fascinating
10. A invented B discovered C sailed D came
Part 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap Write your answer in the numbered box (0) has been done as an example (1,0pt)
If you think that people’s hobbies are getting weirder, think again Modern hobbies
are tame (0) …compared… to some of the things people (1) ……… in the past Here are
just a few
These days, everyone knows how to (2) ……… with photographs to make them look different from the real life Trick photography goes back many years before the days of Photoshop Back in the late 1800s, when photography was in its (3) ………, people used
to enjoy posing with their families in headless photographs Otherwise serious family portraits would feature a typical family in the best Sunday clothes, except that the father would be (4) ……… an axe, mother would be headless and a child would be holding
mama’s head (5) ………
The effect was achieved by layering the imagines of different photo negatives on top
of each other Judging by the sheer number of such pictures out there, it was a pretty
common (6) ……… a century or so ago
Go back in history even further, to the days of the American civil war in the 1860s, another free-time activity was the battlefield picnic There was strong belief among the northerners that the civil war would be over quickly, and the public wanted front (7)
……… seats At the first battle of Bull Run, troops were followed by hundreds of civilians carrying picnic baskets and (8) ……… glasses, who then watched the (9) ……… from what they considered to be a safe distance In the morning, the battle went in their (10)
………, but later on Confederate reinforcements arrived and the tide turned Soldiers and picnickers alike were soon running for their lives
All in all, the today’s free-time pursuits seem positively tame compared to those of our ancestors!
0. A compare B comparing C uncompared D compared
Trang 111. A got over B got around to C got up to D got by
3. A immaturity B infancy C childhood D birth
4. A controlling B wielding C exerting D operating
9. A aftermath B affairs C episodes D proceedings
10. A pleasure B favour C preference D support
Part 3: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by
circiling A, B, C or D to indicate your answer which you think fits best (1,0pt)
A lot of advice is available for college leavers heading for their first job In this article we consider the move to a second job We are not concerned with those looking for
a second temporary position while hunting for a permanent job Nor are we concerned with those leaving an unsatisfactory job within the first few weeks Instead, we will be dealing with those of you taking a real step on the career ladder, choosing a job to fit in with your ambitions now that you have learnt your way around, acquired some skills and have some idea of where you want to go
What sort of job should you look for? Much depends on your long-term aim You need to ask yourself whether you want to specialize in a particular field, work your way up
to higher levels of responsibility or out of your current employment into a broader field Whatever you decide, you should choose your second job very carefully You should
be aiming to stay in it for two or three years
This job will be studied very carefully when you send your letter of application for
your next job It should show evidence of serious career planning Most important, it should extend you, develop you and give you increasing responsibility Incidentally, if
you are interested in traveling, now is the time to pack up and go You can do temporary work for a while when you return, pick up where you left off and get the second job then
Future potential employers will be relieved to see that you have got it out of your system,
and are not likely to go off again
Juliette Davidson spent her first year after leaving St Aldate’s College working for three lawyers It was the perfect first job in that “OK they were very supportive people
I was gently introduced to the work, learnt my way around an office and improve my word processing skills However, there was no scope for advancement One day, I gave my notice, bought an air ticket and traveled for a year
Juliette now works as a Personal Assistant to Brenda Cleverdon, the Chief Executive
of business in the Community “In two and a half years I have become more able and my job has really grown”, she says “Right from the beginning my boss was very keen to develop me My job title is the same as it was when I started but the duties have changed From mainly typing and telephone work, I have progressed to doing most of the correspondence and budgets I also have to deal with a variety of queries, coming from chairmen of large companies to people wanting to know how to start their own business Brenda involves me in all her work but also gives me specific projects to do and events to organize.”
1 Who is intended to benefit from the advice given in the article?