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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG
LẦN THỨ XI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 11 Ngày thi: 01 tháng 08 năm 2015
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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LISTENING (40 pts)
I You will hear a woman and a man talking about their work in the library Complete the information below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10 pts)
City library Head librarian Example: Mrs Phillips
Hours (1) _ to 4.30
Books
Ground floor
Second floor
Third floor
Reference books (2)
(3) _
Book carts
Brown cart
Black cart
White cart
books to re-shelve books to (4)
books to (5)
Your answers
II You are going to hear a conversation between a university student and a company representative at a graduate fair Listen and complete the form by using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (20 pts)
GRADUATE FAIR REGISTRATION TGS GLOBAL
Graduate details
Area of work: Example: Marketing
Name: Dominica (1) _
Nationality: (2) _
Email address: (3) @qmail.com
University: (4) _
Type of course: a full-time BA
Date available for an interview (5) _
Personal information
Other activities: organize a (6) _ for charity
Interests: (7) _ and
Previous job(s): (8) _
Career plans: want to be a (9)
Heard about fair through: (10)
Your answers
TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG
LẦN THỨ XI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH- KHỐI:11
Ngày thi: 01 tháng 08 năm 2015 Thời gian làm bài:180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 11 trang)
THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRỰC TIẾP VÀO BẢNG CHO SẴN TRONG TỜ ĐỀ THI
CHÍNH THỨC
Trang 3III Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10 pts)
1 Paul decided to get work experience in South America because he wanted
A to teach English there B to improve his Spanish
C to learn about Latin American life D to learn how to speak Spanish
2 What project work did Paul originally intend to get involved in?
A construction B agriculture C tourism D engineering
3 Why did Paul change from one project to another?
A His first job was not well organized B He found doing the routine work very boring
C The work was too physically demanding D He wanted to find something challenging
4 In the village community, he learnt how important it was to
A respect family life B develop trust
C use money wisely D save money
5 What does Paul say about his project manager?
A He let Paul do most of the work B His plans were too ambitious
C He was very supportive of Paul D He did not give Paul any work to do
Your answers
LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 pts)
I Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers
in the correspondent numbered boxes (20 pts)
1 The are against her winning a fourth consecutive gold medal
A chances B bets C prospects D odds
2 The police have been ordered not to if the students attack them
A combat B rebuff C retaliate D challenge
3 _ the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn
A Akin to B Prior to C In addition to D With reference to
4 He was _ with an extraordinary ability
A entrusted B ensured C endowed D entreated
5 Four people drowned when the yatch in a sudden storm
A inverted B overflowed C upset D capsized
6 , he remained optimistic
A Though badly wounded he was B Badly wounded as he was
C As he was badly wounded D As badly wounded he was
7 imagined what would happen
A Not for one minute had they B Never they had C No minute had they D Not one minute had they
8 We were taken out for a meal the company's expense
9 Nathalie seems very tough at work She’s a different person at home, _
A though B although C as though D even though
10 The entire city was _ electricity last night – it was chaotic
A no B almost no C hardly any D without
11 Henry was overweight, so he went on a strict diet and twenty kilos
A missed B lost C failed D fell
12 Humanity has done great damage to the environment in its search for materials
13 , the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather
A Leaving uncovered B Having left uncovered C Left uncovered D Been left uncovered
14 I know you didn’t want to upset me but I’d sooner you _ me the whole truth yesterday
A could have told B told C have told D had told
15 Life’s very easy for you You were born with a _ spoon in your mouth
A silver B golden C bronze D diamond
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A controversy B consent C conformity D consequence
17 You can’t bury your head and hope that this problem goes away, you know
A in the mud B in the pool C in the sand D in the water
18 I’m working long hours this week. _, the au-pair girl has asked for a few days’ leave
A.Even so B.All the same C.On top of that D.After all
19 Everything from chairs and fishing poles to ropes and papers can be made from bamboo Equally important,
A this giant grass grows in warm climate
B fresh spring bamboo shoots take longer to cook than winter ones
C a variety of food can be made from this giant grass
D preserved bamboo shoots can be used in soups instead of fresh ones
20 of all of us who are here tonight I would like to thank Mr Jones for his talk
A On behalf B On account C In person D Instead
Your answers
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II Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10 pts)
1 _ (LEAD) skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job.
2 The teacher warned the children that if they _ again, they would be punished (BEHAVE)
3 His busy schedule made him completely _ (ACCESS) to his students.
4 If you are worried about wrinkles, use a (MOIST) cream every day.
5 She (ROOT) herself, left the farm and moved to London.
6 Heavy rain and excessive use have _ soil (POVERTY)
7 Next week, the Sunday mass will be held to (MEMORY) the victims of the holocaust.
8 That bicycle lacks a few spokes in the wheels, but I think you can ignore such a minor _
(SHORT) and buy it at the low cost offered.
9 The key to the peaceful coexistence of a multiracial community is the reduction of the social _
(EQUAL)
10 Some of you must have forgotten to _ (CONNECT) the iron before leaving the house
and therefore the fire broke out
Your answers
III There is ONE mistake in each of the following sentences Find out the mistake and correct it Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes No (0) has been done for you (10pts)
0 Most people are afraid from sharks
1 They have replaced workers with computer-controlled machines in near all their factories
2 We spent a great deal of time looking through a large number of books to help him find a few information about Bermuda, but he knew most of it already
3 Not many people realize that a spider is not insect because insects don’t have eight legs and neither of them make webs
4 The school advised William's parents to let him go on the adventure holiday as it might develop him self-confidence
5 By the year 2015 it may be possible to travel faster than the speed of the light
6 Probably a number of people is going to be working on space stations in fifty years' time
7 It seems almost inevitable that the lead actor will be replaced before the show will close
8 In general, realistic films attempt to reproduce the surface of concrete reality with a minimum of distort
Trang 59 The railway police have finally arrested the man who has been responsible to biting all the buttons off railway carriage seats
10 Migration is a perilous seasonal journey undertake by many bird species
Your answers
IV Fill in the gaps of the following sentences with suitable particles or prepositions Write the answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10pts)
1 His heart attack was brought _ by too much stress at work
2 We don’t quite like the new employer’s approach He seems to lie _ the job
3 Learning this long definition _ heart seems to be an impossible task
4 At the moment, I am _ to my ears in work, so I can't go out with you
5 The government’s plans to reduce crime came for a lot of criticism from freedom groups
6 I was the impression that you like Indian food
7 Mr Horrid was a terrible teacher and obviously not cut for teaching
8 The farmhouse we stayed in was completely the beaten track
9 The teacher was deaf Nick's explanation of why he hadn't done his homework
10 Although Mrs Parker was bitterly jealous _ her friends’ higher wage in the company, she managed to avoid making sharp comments
Your answers
READING (50 points)
I Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answer in correspondent numbered boxes (10pts)
People’s personalities vary considerably from one another as there are no two alike Our ingrained characters which (1) the patterns of our behavior, our reactions and temperaments are unparalleled on (2) of the diversified processes that mould our personality in the earliest (3) of human development
Some traits of character may to some (4) _ be hereditary simulating the attributes that identify our parents Others may (5) _ from the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting the parents’ approach towards (6) _ their offspring Consequently, the environmental factor (7) _ a crucial role in strengthening of eliminating certain behavioral systems making an individual more prone to comfort to the patterns that (8) a prize
Undoubtedly, human personality (9) the most profound and irreversible formation during the first period of its development, yet, certain characteristics may still be (10) to considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations
1 A denote B resolve C inflict D determine
2 A account B means C token D event
3 A states B instants C stages D terms
4 A scope B area C extent D length
5 A stem B relate C rise D formulate
6 A breeding B rearing C growing D yielding
7 A makes B does C finds D plays
8 A yearn B deserve C wish D necessitate
9 A under acts B undertakes C undergoes D underlies
10 A practicable B feasible C subject D potential
Your answers
Trang 6II Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap Use only one word in each gap Write your answer in correspondent numbered boxes (10pts)
What is the difference between creative thinking and logical thinking? In creative thinking, we try to (1) up with as many ideas as (2) We call this brainstorming We keep (3) open mind about the ideas for the time being, (4) the ideas are practical or not No idea is considered ridiculous because (5) the most outlandish idea may work This way we have a (6) of several possible solutions In logical thinking, we are looking for (7) right answer (8) we find a working solution, we stop looking for alternatives, without realizing that there could be better solutions Most problems have more than one possible solution Creative thinking (9) us to choose the best of them Creative thinking and logical thinking don't oppose (10) other but they complement each other in fact
Your answers
III Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the passage Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10 pts)
Over the last century the world has become increasingly smaller Not geographically, of course, but in the sense that media, technology and the opening of borders has enabled the world’s citizens to view, share and gain access to a much wider range of cultures, societies and world views In this melting
pot that the world has become, today’s child is privy to facets of the human experience that his
immediate predecessors had no inkling even existed It stands to reason that in order to absorb, configure and finally form opinions about this information-laden planet, children must be supplied with certain tools Included in this list of ‘tools’ are: education, social skills, cultural awareness and the acquisition of languages, the most important of these being the latter Until recently, a child who had the ability to speak more than one language would have been considered a very rare entity This one-language
phenomenon could be attributed to a combination of factors Firstly, the monolingual environment in
which a child was raised played a strong role, as did the limited, biased education of the past With regard to immigrants, the sad fact was that non-native parents tended to withhold the teaching of the mother tongue so that the child would acquire the ‘more prestigious’ language of the adopted country
Nowadays, the situation has undergone an almost complete reversal In the majority of North American and European countries, most children are given the opportunity to learn a second or even a third language Children acquire these foreign languages through various and diverse means In many countries, learning a foreign language is a compulsory subject in the state school curriculum Other children rely on language schools or private tuition to achieve their goal In other instances, children are born to bilingual parents, who, if they so desire, may teach the children two languages
Bringing up one’s child bilingually is not a decision to be taken lightly Both parents must consider long and hard the implications involved in raising a child in a two-language home This decision is one of those all-important choices which will affect not only the parents’ lives but also the life of the child Raising a child bilingually has a two-fold effect Firstly, of course, the child learns the two languages of the parents Secondly, the parents’ decision will influence factors which will have a far-reaching effect on the child’s life Some of these factors include: style and place of education; diameter of social circle; employment potential and preference; and, most importantly, the way in which the child views himself and his global environment
One of the more advantageous by-products of being a member of a bilingual family is the
inherent awareness of two different cultures This bicultural child inherits a wealth of knowledge brought about by an exposure to: historical backgrounds; traditional songs and folklore; rituals of marriage; models of social interaction; and therefore, two varying interpretations of the world The monolingual child seems to be at a disadvantage in comparison to the bilingual child, who has a set of languages and
an accompanying set of abstract cultural ideas Practically speaking, when a child comes from a two-language family, he must be taught both two-languages in order to communicate with the extended family members When, for example, the grandparents speak a language which differs from that of the child’s locale, a monolingual child would be deprived of the interaction which occurs between grandparents and grandchildren On the other hand, a bilingual child will not only be able to speak to grandparents, but will also comprehend where these people have ‘come from’ There will be a shared cultural empathy
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On a more abstract level, it has been said that a bilingual child thinks differently from a monolingual child Current research in linguistics indicates that there may be a strong correlation between bilingualism and cognitive skills This new research concerns itself with the fact that a bilingual child has two lexical structures for any given physical or abstract entity This leads logically to the assumption that the child also has two associations for many words, as a word can mean different things
in different languages For example, the word ‘fire’ in many western hemisphere languages connotes
warmth and relaxation In the Inuit language however, where fire is a necessity of life, it may connote
heat and survival For the bilingual child, then, vocabulary items and the abstract idea behind them are both dual in nature and more elastic Researchers maintain that this elasticity of ideas may allow the child to think more flexibly and, therefore, more creatively
1 In the author’s view, the world is becoming a _
A more culturally diverse place
B place where only privileged children will prosper
C less complex place to live in
D much more integrated place
2 According to the first paragraph, which of the following was true of immigrants?
A Children were reluctant to use their mother tongue
B The mother tongue was considered less important
C Parents encouraged children to use their mother tongue
D Most parents made it a priority for children to grow up bilingual
3 The phrase “privy to” in paragraph 1 mostly means _.
A acquainted with B advised of C apprised of D in the know about
4 The phrase “attributed to” in paragraph 1 mostly means _.
A ascribed to B associated with C connected with D held responsible for
5 According to the writer, second or foreign language learning is something _
A people are still apathetic towards
B mainly associated with private sector education
C that few people take seriously
D about which general attitudes have evolved considerably
6 According to the article, the decision to raise bilingual children is difficult because
A it may limit the child’s choice of friends
B though simple for parents, it can impact negatively on children
C it may cause children to lose their sense of identity
D it needs to be considered from many different angles
7 With regard to the extended family in immigrant situations, the writer feels it is important that _
A adults try to understand the child’s difficult cultural situation
B children are not pressured to speak their parents’ native language
C adults recognize the child’s need to identify more with local culture
D children can relate to all aspects of their parents’ native culture
8 The word “by-products” in paragraph 4 mostly means _.
A entailments B knock-on effects C side effects D spin-offs
9 The word “connotes” in paragraph 5 mostly means _.
A underpins B implies C signifies D smacks of
10 According to current research, the benefit of learning two languages is that _
A different types of knowledge can be accessed in different languages
B bilinguals become more aware the origin of words in languages
C it helps to develop different capabilities of the mind
D bilinguals develop a greater sense of the value of culture
Your answers
Trang 8IV Read the following passage and choose the most suitable from A to G on the list and write it in each gap from 1 to 5 Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes (10 pts)
STAYING HEALTHY IN SPACE
The range of foods available to astronauts is vast, and great care is taken to ensure that it looks and smells appetizing Meals are organized to provide an average of 3,000 calories a day, which seems high for living in an enclosed environment in which there is no gravity But astronauts can expend a great deal
of energy in doing the simplest things For example, if they try to turn a handle, they turn themselves as well If they bend down to do up a shoelace, (1) Finding unusual ways of doing such ordinary things uses up the excess calories The space diet is balanced rather differently from a terrestrial diet This is to try and compensate for changes that take place in the body during space flight Bodily changes begin as soon as astronauts go into space (2) _Among the most serious is calcium loss, which causes a marked reduction in the mass and strength of bones There is also a progressive loss of red blood cells What causes these effects is not known, (3) The heart muscles, with
no gravity to battle against, start to waste away The leg muscles start to waste away too, since walking,
as done on Earth, (4) _ Exercise also helps to reduce muscle wastage (5) _ No one yet knows the limit of human endurance in space If astronauts can withstand two years or more of continuous weightlessness, the mankind’s dream of visiting other planets could become reality in the early decades of the next century
A can only be done if astronauts put on their heavy spacesuits
B and will never be known
C which is rather more than astronauts really need
D and are quite noticeable after even a week
E they start turning somersaults
F and is vital on very long flights
G and the question must be answered before long-duration space-flight is really safe
Your answers:
V Read the passage and do the tasks that follow (10pts)
The US City and the Natural Environment
A While cities and their metropolitan areas have always interacted with and shaped the natural
environment, it is only recently that historians have begun to consider this relationship During our own time, the tension between natural and urbanized areas has increased, as the spread of metropolitan populations and urban land uses has reshaped and destroyed natural landscapes and environments
B The relationship between the city and the natural environment has actually been circular, with cities
having massive effects on the natural environment, while the natural environment, in turn, has profoundly shaped urban configurations Urban history is filled with stories about how city dwellers contended with the forces of nature that threatened their lives Nature not only caused many of the annoyances of daily urban life, such as bad weather and pests, but it also gave rise to natural disasters and catastrophes such as floods, fires, and earthquakes In order to protect themselves and their settlements against the forces of nature, cities built many defenses including flood walls and dams, earthquake-resistant buildings, and storage places for food and water At times, such protective steps sheltered urbanites against the worst natural furies, but often their own actions – such as building under the shadow of volcanoes, or in earthquake-prone zones – exposed them to danger from natural hazards
C City populations require food, water, fuel, and construction materials, while urban industries need
natural materials for production purposes In order to fulfill these needs, urbanites increasingly had to reach far beyond their boundaries In the nineteenth century, for instance, the demands of city dwellers for food produced rings of garden farms around cities In the twentieth century, as urban populations increased, the demand for food drove the rise of large factory farms Cities also require fresh water supplies in order to exist – engineers built waterworks, dug wells deeper and deeper into the earth looking for groundwater, and dammed and diverted rivers to obtain water supplies for domestic and industrial uses In the process of obtaining water from distant locales, cities often transformed them, making deserts where there had been fertile agricultural areas
Trang 9D Urbanites had to seek locations to dispose of the wastes they produced Initially, they placed wastes
on sites within the city, polluting the air, land, and water with industrial and domestic effluents As cities grew larger, they disposed of their wastes by transporting them to more distant locations Thus, cities constructed sewerage systems for domestic wastes They usually discharged the sewage into neighboring waterways, often polluting the water supply of downstream cities The air and the land also became dumps for waste disposal In the late nineteenth century, coal became the preferred fuel for industrial, transportation, and domestic use But while providing an inexpensive and plentiful energy supply, coal was also very dirty The cities that used it suffered from air contamination and reduced sunlight, while the cleaning tasks of householders were greatly increased
E In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reformers began demanding urban environmental
cleanups and public health improvements Women's groups often took the lead in agitating for clean air and clean water, showing a greater concern than men in regard to quality of life and health-related issues The replacement of the horse, first by electric trolleys and then by the car, brought about substantial improvements in street and air sanitation The movements demanding clean air, however, and reduction
of waterway pollution were largely unsuccessful On balance, urban sanitary conditions were probably somewhat better in the 1920s than in the late nineteenth century, but the cost of improvement often was the exploitation of urban hinterlands for water supplies, increased downstream water pollution, and growing automobile congestion and pollution
F In the decades after the 1940s, city environments suffered from heavy pollution as they sought to cope
with increased automobile usage, pollution from industrial production, new varieties of chemical pesticides and the wastes of an increasingly consumer-oriented economy Cleaner fuels and smoke control laws largely freed cities during the 1940s and 1950s of the dense smoke that they had previously suffered from Improved urban air quality resulted largely from the substitution of natural gas and oil for coal and the replacement of the steam locomotive by the diesel-electric However, great increases in automobile usage in some larger cities produced the new phenomenon of smog, and air pollution replaced smoke as a major concern
G During these decades, the suburban out-migration, which had begun in the nineteenth century with
commuter trains and streetcars and accelerated because of the availability and convenience of the automobile, now increased to a torrent, putting major strains on the formerly rural and undeveloped metropolitan fringes To a great extent, suburban layouts ignored environmental considerations, making little provision for open space, producing endless rows of resource-consuming and fertilizer-dependent lawns, contaminating groundwater through leaking septic tanks, and absorbing excessive amounts of fresh water and energy The growth of the outer city since the 1970s reflected a continued preference on the part of many people in the western world for space-intensive single-family houses surrounded by lawns, for private automobiles over public transit, and for the development of previously untouched areas Without better planning for land use and environmental protection, urban life will, as it has in the past, continue to damage and stress the natural environment
Questions 1-7 (7pts)
The passage has seven sections, A-G Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 1-7 Three of the headings do not fit.
List of headings
i Legislation brings temporary improvements
ii The increasing speed of suburban development
iii A new area of academic interest
iv The impact of environmental extremes on city planning
v The first campaigns for environmental change
vi Building cities in earthquake zones
vii The effect of global warming on cities
viii Adapting areas surrounding cities to provide resources
ix Removing the unwanted by-products of city life
x Providing health information for city dwellers
1) Paragraph A _
2) Paragraph B _
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4) Paragraph D _
5) Paragraph E _
6) Paragraph F _
7) Paragraph G _
Your answers
Questions 8-13 (3pts)
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? In boxes 8-10, write
TRUE if the statement is true according to the passage
FALSE if the statement is false according to the passage
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
8) In the nineteenth century, water was brought into the desert to create productive farming land
9) Women were often the strongest campaigners for environmental reform
10) Reducing urban air and water pollution in the early twentieth century was extremely expensive
Your answers
WRITING (60 points)
I Describing the graph (20 points)
The table shows the average annual percentages of water pollution in four large cities in 2003
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write at least 150 words
Water pollution by major pollutants, 2003
Cities Pollutants Taipei Sao Paulo Tokyo New York
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