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ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT HSG TIẾNG ANH 11 (DHBB) LẦN THỨ VIII (2013-2014)

Trường THPT Chuyên Bắc Ninh PART I: LISTENING (15 pts)

Questions 1: You are going to hear a travel Agent discussing a holiday booking with two Customers Listen to their conversation and answer questions (5p)

1 When will both customers be free to travel?

A The first week of July

B The whole month except for the last five days

C From the first to the twenty-third of July

D From the seventh to the twenty-third of July

2 Which country did the two customers visit last year?

3 How long did the customers want for their holiday?

4 Why don’t the customers want to go to Italy?

A Because there are too many young people

B Because it would be too hot

C Because they’ve been there

D Because the dates don’t suit them

5 Circle the reason that they don’t like to go to Sweden …

A Too expensive B Too hot

Questions 2: You will hear a dialogue between two friends As you listen, fill in missing words and indicate whether the following statements are true or not by writing (10p)

There was a lot of traffic in Chase Village three years ago People drove too fast.Richard had a very serious (1) _ on Newland Street Hewas afraid to drive there, he always tries to (2) _ that roadwhen he visits his sister But now things are (3) People

put on their brakes and (4) _ on Newland Street becausethey can see a (5) there.

Indicate whether the following statements are true or not by writing

T for a statement which is true;

F for a statement which is false

? if there is insufficient information

6 Now some people still take a risk when the police officer is away on NewlandStreet

7 The police officer there doesn’t get any pay for the work

8 Officer Springirth is a real man and he is a volunteer there

9 Officer Springirth helps the police to reduce the crime rate in Chase Village. 10 The police department will put more mannequins on other roads

PART II: PHONETICS (5p)

Questions 1: Choose one word marked A, B, C or D whose stress pattern is different from the others in each groups (2.5p)

2 A tuberculosis B mathematician C communication D inheritance

3 A magnificent B memorial C tobacconist D humanism

4 A trigonometry B explanatory C immediately D democracy

Questions 2: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (2.5p)

2 A substitute B muddled C shutter D substantial

5 A microscope B microscopic C atrocious D cone

PART III: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (35 pts)

Question 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D in each sentence to complete it (10 pts)

1 A common cause of _ is the use of untreated water in preparation for foods,which is quite common in certain underdeveloped countries

2 This museum has more visitors than any other in the world

3 William Boney, _ Billy the Kid, was a famous Wild West gunman

4 The lecture was rather boring, but the discussion proved fruitful

5 The strong smell of garlic seemed to the flat

6 In tennis, the score 15-0 is pronounced as

A fifteen, zero B fifteen, love C fifteen, nil D fifteen, nought

7 The man gave a series of answers which told them nothing more

8 The students at this university are _ in blocks of flats on the campus

9 The announcement about job losses has _ consequences for the firm

A hard-hitting B far-reaching C never-ending D wide-ranging

10 This is a example of what not to do

11 Her article on diet many people into changing their eating habits

12 She wears the most color combinations you could ever imagine

13 The chairman asked members to _ their votes for or against the proposal

14 Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no _improvement in her condition.

15 The train from side to side as it went round a series of bends

16 Job losses are mainly in the _ sectors of the industry

17 Unfortunately she has been given an _ task

A insurmountable B undeveloped C inoperable D unsolved

18 It was a big _ for her to give up her acting career to look after her family

19 They are showing a _ of a 1930’s musical at the Theatre Royal

20 I have no wish to have any _ with a firm like that

Question 2: The passage below contains 10 errors IDENTIFY and CORRECT them (5 pt)

Whirlwind, any rotating air mass, include the tornado and the large cyclonicand anti-cyclonic storm In meteorology, the term whirlwind is more strict applied tothe smaller swirling atmospheric phenomenon commonly known as dust devil or dustwhirl, that occurs mostly over deserts and semiarid plains during hot, calm days Theprincipal cause of whirlwinds is intense insulation, or incoming solar radiationreceiving by the earth, which produces an overheated air mass just above the ground.This air masses rises, usually in the form of a cylindrical column, sucking up loosesurface material, so as dust, sand, and leaf Whirlwinds vary in height from 30 to 152

m, but exceptionally vigorous dust devils may exceed 1524 m in height The vortices ofwhirlwinds range in size from few meters to several hundred meters and, depends ontheir force and size, dust devils may disappear in seconds and last several hours Briefwhirlwinds are erratic in motion, but the longer-lasting ones move slowly with theprevailing winds

Question 3: Complete each space with a suitable particle or preposition (5 pts)

The star (1) _ the largest scale opera performance over staged (2) _ Britain pull out (3) _ its opening night (4) _ Sunday Yerdi’sAida is being performed (5) _ London’s Earl’s Court Arena (6) _ a cast

of 600 singers, dancers and actors American soprano Grace Bumbry (7) _ thetitle role was suffering (8) _ hay fever, but had promised to be “all right on thenight even if my nose drops like the Nile” Half way (9) _ the performance shewas unable to continue and was replaced (10) _ mid-performance (11) _Russian Soprano Ghena Dimitrova who was sitting (12) _ the audience watchingthe show She was taken (13) _ a dressing room where she put on Ms Bumbrycostume and was made up She was ready to go (14) _ the stage (15) _ alonger than usual interval

Tuesday’s performance (16) _ the presence (17) _ the Prince and

Princess of Wale will go ahead (18) _ Ms Bumbry - her role will be taken(19) _ Martina Arroyo (20) _ Italy

Question 4: Give the correct form/ tense of the verb given below (5 pts)

A Peter 1(live) _ in Nodnol, the capital of Marcia At least, that’s where he2

(live) _ when he last 3(write) _ In his letter, he 4(invite) _ me tovisit him but as I 5(have) _ no answer to my last two letters, I 6(wonder) _ whether I should go or not I 7(also/have) _no reply from the consulateabout the Mercian visa I 8(apply) _ for two weeks ago Although I 9(be) _ born in Marcia, I no longer 10(have) _ a Mercian passport

B “Hello Mary, I (1 ring) you before now, but I (2 work )

so hard this week that I (3 not have) free time (4 have )

my hair cut My boss (5 go) on business tomorrow and he (6 tell) me to arrange everything before he (7 leave ) If I (8 not

give ) instructions, I (9 come ) to see you tonight Anyway

I (10 give ) two tickets for a new play at the Grand theater on Sunday.

Shall we go and see it together?”

Question 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the number space

provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example (5p) Example: 0 existence

Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (0) EXIST This irresponsible desire

to know is not a (1) CHARACTER of inanimate objects Nor does it seem to beattributable to some form of living organism which, for that very reason, we canscarcely bring ourselves to consider alive A tree, for example, does not display (2)RECOGNISE curiosity, nor does a sponge or even an oyster If chance events bringthem poison, predators or parasites, they die as (3) CEREMONIOUS as they lived.Early in the scheme of life, (4) DEFEND motion was developed by some organisms Itmeant an (5) ORDINARY advance in their control of the environment A movingorganism no longer waited in stolid (6) RIGID for food to come its way, but went outafter it This individual that hesitated in the (7) ZEAL search for food, or that wasoverly (8) CONSERVE in its investigation, starved

As organisms grew more complex, more messages of greater variety werereceived from and about the (9) ROUND environment At the same time, the nervoussystem, the living instrument that interprets and stores the data collected by the senseorgans, became (10) INCREASE complex.

Your answers:

1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _

5 _ 6 _ 7 _ 8 _

9 _ 10

Question 6: Fill in each blank in the passage with the most suitable linking word

given in the box (5p)

but not only even though therefore in addition

however although in general furthermore secondly

Studying a language in a country where it is widely spoken has many advantages It is,(1.) _, a good idea to study English in a country such asBritain However,

I believe it is not the only the way to learn the language

In the first place, most students in non-speaking English country learn English at highschool and sometime at university nowadays (2.) _ their spoken English

is not usually of a very high standard, their knowledge of grammar is often quiteadvanced This is certainly useful when students come to an English speaking country

to perfect the language

(3.) _, studying the basics of the English at secondary school is lessstressful than learning the language while oversea This is because students living athome do not have to worry about problems such as finding accommodation, payingfor their studying and living costs, and trying to survive in a foreign country whereday to day living causes much stress

(4.) _, there are obvious advantages of learning English in Britain Everyday there are opportunities to practise listening to and speaking with British people.(5.) _, students can experience the culture first hand, which is a great helpwhen trying to understand the language This is especially true if they choose to livewith a British family, as part of a home stay family for example (6.) _, ifstudents attend a language school fulltime, the teacher will be native speakers In thiscase, (7.) _will students speaking and listening skills improve, (8.) _ attention can be given to developing reading and writing skill as well.

(9.) _, (10.) _ it is preferable to study English in an English

speaking country, a reasonable level of English can be achieved in one’s own country,

if a student is gifted and dedicated to study

PART IV: READING

Question 1: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best option to each

of the questions (7.5p)

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm

a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay The package delivery firm seems willing to givemore than a fair’s day pay But in (1) , UPS expects maximum output from its

employees

Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial (2) _ have been studying every detail

of every task (3) by most UPS employees From their studies have come time andmotion standards that (4) how those tasks are performed and how (5) _

they should take Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a Customer’s door at a

speed of exactly three feet per second They are told to knock as soon as they get there,rather than (6) time looking for a doorbell

Work engineers are (7) riding with drivers, timing everything from

stops at traffic lights, to wait at Customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee

break And they are not (8) to pointing out the occasional inefficiency.Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work andconstantly (9) them until their work is up to standard

The (10) of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has beencalled one of the (11) efficient companies anywhere It's also a highlyprofitable company Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (12) in meeting the UPS standards each day (13) _, however, feel that they areconstantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (14) at work UPSofficials claim that the standards provide accountability And, they say, (15) who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.

Question 2: A engineers B workers C electrician D trainers

Question 4: A demonstrate B tell C indicate D govern

Question 7: A consistently B continually C constructively D chronically

Question 9: A encouraging B correcting C scolding D criticizing

Question 12: A interest B pleasure C passion D pride

Question 13: A The other B An other C Ones D Others

Question 15: A trainees B interviewees C employers D employees

Question 2: Fill in the blank with a suitable word Use only one word in each space (7.5p).

Men and women are often considered to be completely at (1) with each other, in terms of their attitudes and behaviour Not so when they are in love,new research has discovered As far as their hormone levels are (2)

when men and women are in love, they are more similar to each

other than at any other time

It has (3) been known that love can (4)

havoc with hormone levels For example, the hormone cortisol,

which is known for (5) calming effect on the body, dips dramatically when one person is attracted to (6) putting the

love-struck on a (7) with sufferers of obsessive compulsivedisorder

But a new study has found that the hormone testosterone, commonly associatedwith male aggression, also falls when he is in love In women, it's quite the (8)

Testosterone levels, which (9) to be

lower among females, (10) towards those of the male.

Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, (11)

this down to nature attempting to eliminate the differences

between the (12) By doing so, they can concentrate fully (13)

reproduction.

This suggestion seems to be supported by the fact that (14)

couples in a long (15) relationship, nor

participants in the study who were single at the time of the experiment, exhibited suchchanges

material from which the coin is made, and the time period when the coin was created.Availability is just as critical Providing the coin is otherwise interesting or pleasing tothe eye, the number of coins minted and available on the market seems to have a directrelationship to the popularity.

The ability to grade coins is perhaps the most important requirement of acollector A coin that is popular and scarce, which would normally make it valuable,may be worth much less or nothing at all if it has a low grade Grading is standardized,and one can buy books and take courses on how to do it

Grades are given letter designations as well as numbers The letters representgeneral levels of the grade, while the numbers are more detailed For example, there re

11 number grades within the letter grade for a mint state coin A mint state coin isuncirculated, which means it has never been used in commerce It is in the conditionthat it left the mint, the place where a coin is created The mint state letter designation

is MS, and the numbers range from 60 through 70 An absolutely perfect coin is

MS-70 It takes much training and a good eye to tell the difference between coins in thisrange The things one considers include whether the coin has contact marks, which aremarks obtained when coins bounce against each other in a coin bag; hairlines, whichare marks appearing on the face of the coin from the minting process; luster, which isthe natural coloration; and eye appeal For example, an MS-70 is said to have nocontact marks, no hairlines, very attractive and fully original luster, and outstandingeye appeal, while an MS-60 may have heavy contact marks, noticeable hairlines,impaired luster, and poor eye appeal

Below the mint state coin, the letter designation and number have the samemeaning That is, there are generally no numbers within the range of letters But thereare categories:

Coins that are About Uncirculated: Very Choice About Uncirculated, known

as AU-58; Choice About Uncirculated, known as AU-55; and About Uncirculated,known as AU-50

Coins that are Fine: Choice Extremely Fine, known as EF-45; Extremely Fine,

known as EF-40; Choice Very Fine, known as VF-30; Very Fine, known as VF-20;and Fine, known as F-12

Coins that are Good: Very Good, known as VG-8; Good, known as G-4; and

About Good, known as AG-3

Thus, a circulated coin can have a number designation between 3 and 58, withonly the numbers shown above available That is, one cannot have a coin with a grade

of 6, for example It is either G-4 or VG-8 It is possible for a coin labeled G-4 or evenAG-3 to be extremely valuable, but generally, it will be a coin that is almostunavailable in higher grades Books and publications monitor the coin marketregularly, just like the stock market is monitored, and they described a coin’s type,date, and grade, assigning a price to every one unless that grade would have no value

In general, coin collectors loathe cleaned coins, so artificial cleaning by addingany chemical will detract greatly from a coin’s value A true coin collector will say thedirt in the creases is a positive attribute and much preferable to a cleaned coin

1 A good title for this passage would be _

A Coin Grading - One of the Most Important Skills in Coin Collecting

B How Popularity and Availability Affect Coin Value

C How to Grade Coins - A Detailed Study

D the Financial Benefits of Coin Collecting

2 The one grading category that has the most number grades within it is

3 All of the following grades would be possible except

4 The author implies that _

A The only difference between an MS-60 and an AU-58 may be that the AU-58has been in circulation

B One must be a professional in order to obtain information on coin value

C Cleaning a coin can increase its value

D low-grade coin never has value

5 The author implies that the most important feature of a coin is its

6 The author implies that availability is primarily related to

A the popularity of a coin

B the material used to create a coin

C the age of a coin

D the number of coins of a given type and date that they were minted

7 According to the author, the phrase contact marks means

A defects caused by cleaning

B marks on a coin caused by banging from other coins

C defects in the minting process

D connections among coin dealers

8 According to the passage, a Mint State coin with which of the followingcharacteristics would be graded the highest?

A One small contact mark, full luster, good eye appeal, and no hairlines

B One large hairline, diminished luster, good eye appeal, and no contact marks

C No contact marks, luster affected by cleaning, average eye appeal, and no

hairlines

D A small contact mark, a small hairline, foggy luster, and fair eye appeal

9 The word “luster” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _.

10 The author describes a coin’s popularity as involving all the following except _

A how well the artist created the work B the coin’s material

Question 4: From the list of headings below choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph in the passage and choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences (10 pts)

1) Choose the correct heading for paragraph B-G from the list of headings below.

Example Paragraph A vii

1 Paragraph B 2 Paragraph C

3 Paragraph D 4 Paragraph E

5 Paragraph F 6 Paragraph G

A One misguided legacy over a hundred years of writing on bilingualism is

that children's intelligence will suffer if they are bilingual Some of the earliestresearch into bilingualism examined whether bilingual children were ahead ofmonolingual children on IQ tests From the 1920s to the 1960s, the tendency was tofind monolingual children ahead of bilinguals on IQ tests The conclusion was thatbilingual children were mentally confused Having two languages in the brain, itwas said, disrupted effective thinking It was argued that having one well-developedlanguage was superior to having two half-developed languages

B The idea that the bilinguals may have a lower IQ still exists among many

people, particularly monolinguals However, we now know that this early researchwas misconceived and incorrect First, such research often gave bilinguals an IQ test

in their weaker language – usually English Had bilinguals tested in Welsh orSpanish or Hebrew, a different result may have been found The testing of bilingualswas thus unfair Second, like was not compared with like Bilinguals tend to comefrom, for example, impoverished New York or rural Welsh backgrounds Themonolinguals tend to come from more middle class, urban families Working classbilinguals were often compared with middle class monolinguals So the results weremore likely to be due to social class differences than language differences Thecomparison of monolinguals and bilinguals was unfair

C The most recent research from Canada, the United States and Wales

suggests that bilinguals are, at least, equal to monolinguals on IQ tests Whenbilinguals have two well-developed languages (in the research literature called

compared with monolinguals This is the received psychological wisdom of themoment and is good news for raising bilingual children Take, for example, a childwho can operate in either language in the curriculum in the school That child islikely to be ahead on IQ tests compared with similar monolinguals (same gender,social class, and age) Far from making people mentally confused, bilingualism isnow associated with a mild degree of intellectual superiority.

D One note of caution needs to be sounded IQ tests probably do not measure

intelligence IQ tests measure a small sample of the broadest concept of intelligence

IQ tests are simply paper and pencil tests where only "right and wrong" answers areallowed Is all intelligence included in such right and wrong, pencil and paper tests?Isn't there a wider variety of intelligences that are important in everyday functioningand everyday life

E Many questions need answering Do we only define an intelligent person

as somebody who obtains a high score on an IQ tests Are the only intelligentpeople those who belong to high IQ organizations such as MENSA? Is there socialintelligence, musical intelligence, military intelligence, marketing intelligence,motoring intelligence, political intelligence? Are all, or indeed any, of these forms

of intelligence measured by a simple pencil and paper IQ test which demands asingle, acceptable, correct solution to each question? Defining what constitutesintelligent behavior requires a personal value judgement as to what type of behavior,and what kind of person is of more worth

F The current state of psychological wisdom about bilingual children is that,

where two languages are relatively well developed, bilinguals have thinkingadvantages over monolinguals Take an example A child is asked a simplequestion: How many uses can you think of for a brick? Some children give two orthree answers only They can think of building walls, building a house or perhapsthat is all Another child scribbles away, pouring out ideas one after the other:blocking up a rabbit hole, breaking a window, using as a bird bath, as a plumb line,

as an abstract sculpture in an art exhibition

G Research across different continents of the world shows that bilinguals

tend to be more fluent, flexible, original and elaborate in their answers to this type

of open-ended question The person who can think of a few answers tend to betermed a convergent thinker They converge onto a few acceptable conventionalanswers People who think of lots of different uses for unusual items (e.g a brick,tin can, cardboard box) are call divergers Divergers like a variety of answers to aquestion and are imaginative and fluent in their thinking.

H There are other dimensions in thinking where approximately balanced

bilinguals may have temporary and occasionally permanent advantages overmonolinguals: increased sensitivity to communication A slightly speediermovement through the stages of cognitive development, and being less fixed in thesounds of words and more centred on the meaning of words Such ability to moveaway from the sound of words and fix on the meaning of words tends to be a(temporary) advantage for bilinguals around the ages four to six This advantagemay mean an initial head start in learning to read and learning to think aboutlanguage

2) Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences.

7 For more than _, books and articles werewrong about the intelligence of bilingual children

8 For approximately 40 years, there was a mistaken belief that children who spoke twolanguages were

9 It was commonly thought that people with a single _were more effective thinkers

10 It was unfair to compare bilinguals and monolinguals by using

2 You’re far more practical than I am.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Question 3: Essay writing (15 p)

Teenagers can make their own decisions; older people do not need to make

decisions for them Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for

0 2 4 6 8 10

your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

You should write about 250 words You are recommended to spend approximately 40 minutes on this task.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT HSG TIẾNG ANH 11 (DHBB) LẦN THỨ VIII (2013-2014)

Trường THPT Chuyên Bắc Ninh PART I: LISTENING (15 pts)

Questions 1: You are going to hear a travel Agent discussing a holiday booking with two Customers Listen to their conversation and answer questions.(5p)

Tape scripts:

Agent: Good morning Can I help you?

Customer 1: Yes, good morning We’d like to book a holiday for July, please.

Agent: Certainly Where did you have in mind?

Customer 1: Oh, well, we haven’t thought a lot about it, really We’d just like to go somewhere

hot, you know, and it must be in July.

Agent: I see Well, let’s get the dates cleared up first, then we can see about availability What

part of July were you thinking of?

Customer 2: Oh, well, you see, we have slightly different holidays I’ve got the whole month

except for the last five days, I could go from the first to the twenty-sixth, but my friend here doesn’t start until the seventh, so I suppose it will have to be the middle two weeks really.

Customer 1: Yes, but I’ve got to be back before the twenty-third.

Agent: OK Now, let’s find a destination Any preferences … France … Italy …?

Customer 1: Oh, not France We went there last year and it was absolutely packed with

teenagers making noise and getting drunk all the time.

Customer 2: Yes, it was terrible We definitely want somewhere quieter this year.

Agent: Well, of course it depends more on the resort rather than the country There are resorts

in every country which cater for the family or the slightly older person They are usually a shade more expensive, though, as you might expect …

Customer 1: Oh, well, we don’t mind paying a bit more if it means more peace and quiet, do

we?

Customer 2: Definitely not It’ll be well worth it.

Agent: All right Let’s have a look at what we’ve got on the computer … July … was it ten or

fourteen nights you wanted?

Customer 1: Oh, the fortnight, please.

Agent: Right Well, let’s start with Italy Umm, we’ve got fourteen nights bed and breakfast in

Sorrento for three hundred and forty-five pounds, from Manchester, on the fourteenth, or, we’ve got …

Customer 1: No, wait a minute, that’s no good for me We wouldn’t get back till twenty-eighth,

and I’ve got to be back at work before that.

Agent: Oh, yes, Umm … How about Sweden, two weeks, half-board …

Customer 2: How much would that be?

Agent: That would be five hundred and forty pounds, from Manchester again.

Customer 1: Well, five hundred and forty … er … that seems too much.

Agent: Well, madam, there’s a surcharge for the airport, and it is a five-star hotel.

Customer 2: Oh, well, it’s a bit over our budget, really …

Agent: All right Let’s try somewhere else How about Portugal?

…

Questions 2: You will hear a dialogue between two friends As you listen, fill in missing words and indicate whether the following statements are true or not (10p)

1 accident 2 avoid 3 changing 4 slow down 5 police car

6.F 7 T 8 F 9 T 10 ?

Tape scripts:

Richard: Hi, Linda, did you have a nice holiday?

Linda: Yes, I went to visit my aunt Cathy in Chase Village for a week.

Richard: Oh, you went to Chase Village? I know the place My sister lives there How is the

traffic there?

Linda: Not too bad Why do you ask about the traffic?

Richard: You know, I went to the traffic 3 years ago There was a lot of traffic in Chase

Village People drove too fast I had a very serious accident on Newland Street I was afraid

to drive there, so I always try to avoid that road when I visit my sister.

Linda: Things are changing no You know, people put on their brakes and slow down on New

Land Street because they can see a police car there with a police officer in it.

Richard: Oh, it’s good to have a policeman there because there were many accidents that

happened on that road But the police officer wouldn’t be there all the time, so some people wouldn’t be too careful about the police Sometimes they just took a risk.

Linda: You know, the police officer has been working on that road 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a bout two and a half years now.

Richard: Oh, how can a policeman do this without any break?

Linda: No break at all.

Richard: How much does he get paid for the overtime work?

Linda: In fact, he doesn’t get any pay at all.

Richard: What is his name? He must be a volunteer there but I can’t believe it.

Linda: His name is Officer Springirth The police department put him to work there.

Richard: What do you mean? Why did police department put him to work there?

Linda: In fact, he isn’t a real man He is a mannequin Before he was put there, people broke

into 16 cars in two months in the village When the police department put Officer

Springirth on that road there were no more break-ins in that area.

Richard: I’m glad to hear it I think the police department should put more mannequins on

other roads which often cause accidents.

Linda: It’s a good idea You know, the crime rate in Chase Village is very low compared to the neighbouring village.

Richard: So, the most important effect Officer Springirth has is reducing the crime rate.

Linda: Exactly.

Richard: I will go to visit my sister next month so I will try that road again.

Linda: Yes, please do You will see the changes.

PART II: PHONETICS (5p)

Questions 1: Choose one word marked A, B, C or D whose stress pattern is different from the others in each groups (2.5p)

2 A tuberculosis B mathematician C communication D inheritance

3 A magnificent B memorial C tobacconist D humanism

4 A trigonometry B explanatory C immediately D democracy

Questions 2: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (2.5p)

1 A 2.D 3 A 4 C 5.B

1 A months B mouths C wreaths D youths

2 A substitute B muddled C shutter D substantial

3 A surgical B surround C surrender D survival

4 A equation B television C mention D decision

5 A microscope B microscopic C atrocious D cone

PART III: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (30 pts)

Question 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D in each sentence to complete it (5 p)

Question 2: The passage below contains 10 errors IDENTIFY and CORRECT them (5 pt)

1 include > includes 2 strict > strictly 3 that > which 4 receiving > received

5 masses > mass 6 so > such 7 leaf > leaves 8 a few > few 9 depends > depending 10 and > or

Whirlwind, any rotating air mass, include the tornado and the large cyclonic and cyclonic storm In meteorology, the term whirlwind is more strict applied to the smaller swirling atmospheric phenomenon commonly known as dust devil or dust whirl, that occurs mostly over deserts and semiarid plains during hot, calm days The principal cause of whirlwinds is intense insulation, or incoming solar radiation receiving by the earth, which produces an overheated air mass just above the ground This air masses rises, usually in the form of a cylindrical column, sucking up loose surface material, so as dust, sand, and leaf Whirlwinds vary in height from 30 to 152 m, but exceptionally vigorous dust devils may exceed 1524 m in height The vortices of whirlwinds range in size from few meters to several hundred meters and, depends on their force and size, dust devils may disappear in seconds and last several hours Brief whirlwinds are erratic in motion, but the longer-lasting ones move slowly with the prevailing winds.

anti-Question 3: Complete each space with a suitable particle or preposition (5 pt)

Question 4: Give the correct form/ tense of the verb given below (5 pts)

A 1 Lives 2 Lived/was living 3 Wrote 4 Invited 5 Have had

B 1 should have rung 2 have worked 3 haven’t had 4 to have

5 is going 6 has told 7 Leaves 8 hadn’t been given 9 would come

10.was/have been given

Question 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the number space provided

in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example (5p)

Example: 0 existence

1 Characteristic 2 Recognizable 3 Unceremoniously 4 independent

5 extraordinary 6 Rigidity 7 Zealous 8 conservative

9 surrounding 10 increasingly

Question 6: Fill in each blank in the passage with the most suitable linking word given in the

box (5p)

(1.) therefore (2.) Although (3.) Secondly (4.) However (5.) In addition

(6.) Furthermore (7.) not only (8.) but (9.) In general (10.) even though

PART IV: READING (25P)

Question 1: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best option to each of the

questions (7.5p)

Question 2: A engineers B workers C electrician D trainers

Question 4: A demonstrate B tell C indicate D.govern

Question 7: A consistently B.continually C constructively D chronically

Question 9: A encouraging B.correcting C scolding D criticizing

Question 12: A interest B pleasure C passion D.pride

Question 13: A The other B An other C Ones D Others

Question 15: A trainees B interviewees C employers D employees

Question 2: Fill in the blank with a suitable word Use only one word in each space (7.5p).

1 odds 2 concerned 3 long 4 play 5 its 6 another 7 par 8 reverse

9 tend 10 rise 11 puts 12 sexes 13 on 14 neither 15 term

Question 3: Read the passage then circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions or statements (10 pts)

Question 4: From the list of headings below choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph in the passage and choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences (10 pts)

A Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence

printed before it (2.5 points)

1 It’s too wonderful an opportunity for us to miss.

2 Nowhere else am I as practical as you are.

3 It doesn’t take much time for Jack to lose his temper.

4 Thought must be given to ways of improving the transport system.

5 Jane must have been at work today.

B Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in CAPITALS, and so that the meaning stays the same (2.5 points)

1 David was instrumental in drafting the proposal.

2 On no account/Not on any account should the house be left unlocked.

3 She passed her final exams with flying colors.

4 His name doesn’t ring a bell with me at all.

5 Theories about the causes of bird flu have changed in the light of recent research

Question 2: Study the chart that shows the participation in social work by men and women of the country of Fancy from 1992 to 2000 and write a report of about 150 words describing their contribution (10 pt).

Question 3: Essay writing (15 p)

Teenagers can make their own decisions; older people do not need to make decisions for

them Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include

any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

You should write at least 250 words You are recommended to spend approximately 40 minutes on this task.

Marking scheme

The impression mark given to each of parts 3 and 4 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

3 Presentation: 20% of total mark: coherence, cohesion, and style appropriate to the level of

English language gifted upper-secondary school students.

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HƯNG YÊN

TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN

KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ

LẦN THỨ VII Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 11 Thời gian làm bài: 180’

Người ra đề: Nguyễn Thu Hà

11.Lawyers12.Teamwork13.Advertising14.Creative15.Management consultancies

II PHONETICS (5 points)

III LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1 O.25p for each correct answer

Part 4 Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackes to complete the

sentences: O.25p for each correct answer

6 was being played-came

7 come-will have pulled

8 had ever had-to stay

17.needn’t continue- have made

18.dug-waited-had been instructed

Part 6 Fill each gap in the following paragraph with one suitable linking

word/phrase: O.5p for each correct answer

IV READING(25 points) O.5p for each correct answer

Part 1 Read the text and then select the correct answer, A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps.

Part 2.Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable word.

former

Part 3 Read the text and then select the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

(Source: Toefl_ pbt_reading_collection, TEST 33, questions from 8-18)

Part 4 The passage below has ten paragraphs A-J For questions from 1-6, choose the correct heading for Paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.

1 Paragraph B v

2 Paragraph C i

4 Paragraph E viii

5 Paragraph F iii

6 Paragraph G vi

(Source: IELTS PRACTICE TEST PLUS 2, test 5_reading passage 2)

IV WRITING (30 points)

Part 1 O.5p for each correct answer

1 I sucessfully talked my father into buying me a new computer

2 The station is within walking distance of the hotel

3 This TV program bears a strong resemblance to the one I saw last month

4 She was so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off her

5 Their marriage has stood the test of time

6 I’m sorry to break the news to you

7 He isn’t friendly but he’s not as black as he is painted

8 I think that your question is a piece of cake

9 Their plan is a far cry from ours

10.Most salaried people haven’t been able /cannot cope with the rocketingprices

Part 2(10 point)

Part 3(15 point)

Notes

1 Content: accounts for 35% of the total mark To be given the maximum of 35%

for the content, the candidates should provide all main ideas and details as

appropriate

2 Language: accounts for 30% of the total mark To be given the maximum of

30% for language, the candidates should use variety of vocabulary and structuresappropriate to the level of English language gifted senior high school students

3 Presentation: accounts for 30% of the total mark To be given the maximum of

20% for presentation, the candidates should write with coherence, cohesion andcan use appropriate styles and linking devices appropriate to the level of Englishlanguage gifted senior high school students

4 Handwriting, punctuation and spelling :accounts for 5% of the total mark.

THE END

Part 1

Interviewer: In 1973, the Kenyan runner Kip Keino was in his world-beating prime Today, he lives modestly on a farm caring for dozens of young orphans Kip, over the past quarter of a century, runners from African continent have gradually established a stronghold on middle distance running to the point where the rest of the world has been starved of success.

Kip: I’m not sure that’s entirely true There have been exceptions The Bristish world record

beaters, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Dave Moorcroft come to mind It is true to say,

however, that in the World Athletics Championships in Athens, African men won 11 of 15 medals at distances form 800m to 10,000 m.

Interviewer: Exactly Imagine that the International Olympic Committee ever opened the

Olympic to all the best atheletes instead of restricting each country to three representatives And now Kip, you won your first Olympic gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, didn’t you?

Kip: That’s right and then again at Munich four years later.

Interviewer: You’ve made enormous impact on atheletics but you’ve also done a lot to help the poorer people of your country You’ve become a kind of icon to the people of your country and

an example to all Africans Tell us about your farm.

Kip: Every penny I’ve earned from running, has been invested into this farm, together with the profits form a sports shop I operate in the nearby town of Eldoret I don’t crave material

possessions The 50-arce farm is home to my immediate family, true, but it also provide shelter for orphans of all ages There were 74 at the last count but we will never turn anyone away It’s been this way for 30 years I think it is important to assist those who don’t have any parents For example, a mother dies in the hospital and nobody comes for a child The child is not sick! Abandoned kids and others who live on the street, they have nobody to take care of them They need education They need to have a father and a mother so they feel like any other children in our society.

Interviewer : Your own mother died when you were very young, didn’t she? What effect has that

had on the way you help the children here?

Kip: I jutst want to spare others the emotional pain of growing up without a parent All the children are treated as though they are our own They are fed, clothed, and sent to school; but more importantly, they are loved.They will remain at the orphanage until they have finished high school Afterwards, their decisions are their own, some stay and some go.

Interviewer : Donations from Christain ministries and from private donors supplement Keino’s

own income, which has allowec a 20-room dormitory to be built adjecent to the original

farmhouse It has a library and a chapel There are plans in the works to build a primary school

on the farm too.

Part 2:

Hello In today’ s progamme, we’re talking about the office of the future The technological

revolution has led to many changes in office work Offices now look very different to how they did fifty, thirty, even twenty years ago, because of the kind of work that people do in them has changed along with all the hardware that office life now calls for.

A few years back, people who were looking forward to what became known as the paperless office; something that seems to be just around the corner But today demad for paper seems to be

as strong as ever, despite so much work being done on the screen So it’s hard to plan for the

office of the future- who knows what the future will bring, and which of today’s wild prediction will become reality.

One person who has given some thought to office design, however, is the architect Francis Duffy, who has suggested that workplaces could be divided into four distinct categories, each with a different kind of design which would reflect the kind of work done in them, be it

accountancy, general administration or design work, and the kind of people who work there.

The first type of office design he describes he calls ‘The Hive’ The reason for the name lies in a comparision with a beehive occupied by busy worker bees This type of office is suitable for individuals doing work which is characterised by routine Typical hive organisations include telesales, data-entry, banking and basic information services.

The second type of office, he calls ‘The Cell’ This is because it reminds him of the tiny room

allotted to each monk in a monastery Cell offices are ideal for people doing individual work where concerntration is needed; people who have ralative little need to interact with colleagues These are often highly autonomous people who occupy their workspace only occassionaly

because they often work elsewhere, at home for example, or in a client’s office or perhaps on the

road According to Duffy, typical occupier of cells include lawyers and computer scientists.

The third type of office is ‘The Den’ These are busy, interactive places, where it’s easy to work

informally with colleagues Dens area associated with highly interative, but not necessaryly highly autonomous jobs Den spaces are specifically designed with team work in mind and usually have an open-plan layout to facilitates this Typical occupations requiring dens include a range of jobs in the media and in advertising.

The final category Duffy refers to as ‘Clubs’, because they suit a rather small group to which

memberships may be restricted These offices are for what Duffy defines as creative work, as opposed to the simple handling of data Individuals occupy a space on an ‘as needed’ basis, moving around to take advantage of a wide range of facilities If Duffy is right, this kind of office would be suitable for people working in information technology for example or perhaps in

So what kind of office would you like to work in? Do Duffy’s ideas make any sense to you? We’d love to hear

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ NGUỒN MÔN TIẾNG ANH VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ VII

PART 3: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

80.will have left

81.will have learned/ will have been

91.looking92.to have been fiddling93.will be announced94.to have found

166 The minister didn't go into details about the casualties.

167 The orphanage left no stone unturned in their attempt to find the boy's parents

168 Refusal to give a breath sample (to the police) could lead to your arrest

169 I know I can sort out your problem for you

170 Don’t breathe a word of it to my mother

171 With the exception of the music teacher, every member of the staff / all the staffattended the farewell party

172 Digging the garden always gives me an appetite / a good / big appetite

173 After a while, it dawned on me that I’d made a terrible mistake

174 He made light of the crisis

175 The neighbours were having a row

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LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN QUẢNG TRỊ

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ

LẦN THỨ VII- NĂM HỌC 2013- 2014 Môn: TIẾNG ANH - Khối: 11

6 plan ahead 7 public areas/

publicspaces/toilets

parking(spaces)/

wheelchairaccessibleentrance/ramp

It is hard for most everyone, but especially the young, to imagine a

world with television We have come to expect that all the important

news of the day, worldwide will be there by the touch of a button In

times going by, only the literate knew what was going on in the

world, and then only after a long delay But now it is possible for

any of us to watch world event as they occur Nothing has shortened

the distance that divides our private lives from the outside world to

such an extent as television

Time and again, television transports us to the habitats of rare

animals, and we may identify among them Concern for damage to

the environment extends far and away We worry about the

influence of technology not just in our cities but on us like people

Increasingly, we see us as part of the planet rather than in isolation

There was once the prerogative of scholars is now accessible to

countless people through the medium of television Because this

form of popular education can be regarded as superficial, it

represents a broadening of knowledge

Part 4: (5pts)

5 Had the plane

Most snap judgements about people are formed of the basis of their

(1 FACE) _ features The eyes, regarded as clues to

one’s true character, are said (2 POETRY) to be

the windows of the soul: closely positioned, they imply (3 SLY)

_; set wide apart they suggest honesty and

directness Thin mouths are equated with meanness and full mouths

with (4 SENSUAL) Unconsciously, we make

such instant judgements and they are made about us

There is no hiding place for the place Always (5 EXPOSE)

expresses happiness, desire and joy, anger, fear,

shame and (7 LOATHE) _ Precisely for that

reason, a (8 MASK) face evokes fear and horror:

once someone’s distinguishing characteristics are hidden, we

cannot read or recognise the person and fear of the (9 KNOW)

immediately arouses (10 SUSPECT)

11 C 12 B 13 A 14 A 15 C

Part 2: (7.5pts)

V WRITING: (30pts)

Part 1: (5pts)

1 Treating customers with a lack OF EFFICIENCY REFLECTS BADLY ON the company

2 Hannah got the job because she had A GREAT DEAL MORE EXPERIENCE THANDaniel

3 Despite (HIS/HIM) BEING DEAD (SET) AGAINST PLAYING cricket on Sunday, Rudyagreed in the end