ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN ANH LẦN THỨ Ngày 14/04/2021 Soạn thảo: Hau Tran - Thời gian: 120 phút ĐIỂM Bằng số Bằng chữ Giám khảo Giám khảo Số BD A LISTENING (2.0pt) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU Bài nghe gồm phần, phần nghe lần, mở đầu kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu Mở đầu kết thúc nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) có nghe I You will hear a talk about the development of cinematography (1.0pt) Question – Complete each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS PRE-HISTORY OF THE MOVIE Name of device Dating from Details Originally used to observe solar eclipses Camera obscura 11th century Later used as a (1) tool Ancestor of modern film projector Magic lantern 17th century Mainly used for (2) Also known as “peep-hole machine” “Kinetoscope” 1894 Only (3) could view the film LANDMARKS IN CENEMATOGRAPHY First (4) 1895 First Western screened, “The Great (5) ” 1903 “The Jazz Singer” was the first (6) 1927 Technicolor introduced and used in a (7) 1932 Question 8-10 List there more factors which made California attractive to film makers Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS Constant sunshine (8) (9) (10) _ Your answer: 10 II You will hear a talk about on the effect of architecture on people's mood (1.0pt) The purpose of the data collection was to A test people’s reaction to different buildings B collect detailed information on various buildings C assess the beauty of different public buildings The initial plan to use a questionnaire was abandoned, because A it would take too much time to produce B the questions were too difficult to write C it would take too long for people to complete People indicated their reactions on a 1-5 scale, A giving rise to some interesting questions B ensuring that the information was easier to collect C making it quicker to choose the top three images To make sure people could see the detail in the images better A only daylight images were used B black and white images were used C the images were produced in color What was done to preserve the images when being used? A they were covered in plastic with a special machine B people were asked to wear gloves when touching them C the images were handled only by the researcher Among the people who formed part of the sample were A tourists from various places B office workers during lunch-break C commuters as they exited stations What was the reason for appointing a leader for the group? A to comply with the instructions for the task B to help hold the team together C to allocate tasks to the various members Questions 8-10 Which findings match the age groups of the image testing? Write the appropriate letter A-D next to each age group Findings 11-18 years old: _ A varied reaction B mainly scored 20-40 years old: _ C mostly scored 10 50 years old and over: _ D mainly scored Your answer: 10 B PHONETICS (0.5pt) I Circle the option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions (0.3pt) A maths B myths C paths D months A anchor B uncle C thankful D anything A facsimile B dynamite C satellite D versatile II Circle the option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose primary stress differs from that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions (0.2pt) A contributory B infamous C degradable D impatiently A mausoleum B absentee C committee D horizontal Your answer: C VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2.5pt) I Circle the option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (1.0pt) Jane promised me up at o'clock A me to pick B me that she would pick C to me that she would pick D to me to pick The poor man was driven from _ for justice, but his efforts were of no avail A pillar to post B top to bottom C stem to stern D hand to mouth When she puts her mind to it, she is always capable of _ sarcasm A sharpening B biting C slicing D striking of the financial crisis, all they could was hold on and hope that things would improve A On the top B In the end C At the bottom D At the height Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the _ A staple B capital C superior D winning I _ with the performances but I got flu the day before A was to help B helped C had helped D was to have helped You can't believe a word that woman says – she is a _ liar A dedicated B devoted C compulsive D committed You are not supposed to park on the hard except in an emergency A lane B shoulder C leg D area The experimental play was only a success, which disappointed the playwright A local B qualified C reserved D cautious 10 Plenty evidence has come light to prove that he has been involved _ smuggling A with B about C to D in Your answer: 10 II Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences (0.4pt) His work him so much that he forgot to eat dinner She had only half of the information contained in the manual Many of the smaller colleges have been into the main university Roy married a woman ten years his I’ll always remember Mrs White, my teacher in school Ripton was at that time a official at the Treasury 3 How can anyone track of what‘s going on in this mess! You‘re doing really well, so please it up! I try to up with the latest news via the Internet His house was starting getting on his nerves as he always made a mess in the bathroom The species begins to _ at the age of two when both animals reach adulthood and their reproductive organs are fully formed Clinton decided to choose Gore as his running in the presidential elections Your answer: III Form the collocation using the verbs and the prepositions in the boxes Complete each sentence using a collocation in the appropriate form You must use each verb and and each preposition once only (0.6pt) come hand break tear ring drop out off out across down up He Nancy and asked her if she would go to the dance with him The building was very old so they had to it The police have been looking for him ever since he of the prison Can you me at the train station on your way back? The teacher the test books to the class By 1910, millions of immigrants had the ocean to the New World Your answer: IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets (0.5pt) Learning how to establish a rapport with the camera is vital and it took me a while to think of it as a friend rather than a judge and jury The most (1 intimidation) moments were when Peter strolled up to me, saying that the light would only be right for another 10 minutes, and that he needed a 'link' from one sequence to another The brief was simple It needed to be 30 seconds long, sum up my feelings, be (2 information) , well-structured and, most important of all, riveting to watch 'Ready to go in about five minutes?' he would say breezily I soon discovered that the effect of the camera on what was going on around us was far less intrusive than I had imagined After a first flurry of (3 curious) , people usually lost interest and let us get on with our job We’re also flexible enough to be (4 spontaneity) Our trip coincided with an 80 per cent solar eclipse, a rare event anywhere in the world We were in a village called Santa Elena and captured the whole event on camera The carnival atmosphere was (5 infection) and made a welcome addition to our shooting schedule Your answer: 4 D READING (2.5pt) I Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (0.8pt) THE HOTEL INSPECTOR Sue Brown judges hotels for a living Christopher Middleton watched her in action One minute into the annual inspection and things are already going wrong for the Globe Hotel Not that they know it yet The receptionist reciting room rates over the phone to a potential guest is still blissfully unaware of the identity of the real guest she is ignoring 'Hasn't even acknowledged us,' Sue Brown says out of the corner of her mouth 'Very poor.' It is a classic arrival-phase error, and one that Sue has encountered scores of times in her 11 years as an inspector 'But this isn't an ordinary three-star place,' she protests 'It has three red stars, and I would expect better.' To be the possessor of red stars means that the Globe is rated among the top 130 of the 4,000 listed in the hotel guide published by the organization she works for However, even before our frosty welcome, a chill has entered the air Access from the car park has been via an automatic door, operated by an impersonal buzzer, followed by a long, twisting, deserted corridor leading to the hotel entrance 'Again, not what I had expected,' says Sue Could things get worse? They could 'We seem to have no record of your booking,' announces the receptionist, in her best sing-song how-may-I-help-you voice It turns out that a dozen of the hotel's 15 rooms are unoccupied that night One is on the top floor It is not to the inspector's taste: stuffiness is one criticism, the other is a gaping panel at the back of the wardrobe, behind which is a large hole in the wall When she began her inspecting career, she earned an early reputation for toughness 'The Woman in Black, I was known as,' she recalls, 'which was funny, because I never used to wear black And I've never been too tough.' Not that you would know it the next morning when, after paying her bill, she suddenly reveals her identity to the Globe's general manager, Robin Greaves From the look on his face, her arrival has caused terror Even before she says anything else, he expresses abject apologies for the unpleasant smell in the main lounge 'We think there's a blocked drain there,' he sighs 'The whole floor will probably have to come up.' Sue gently suggests that as well as sorting out the plumbing, he might also prevail upon his staff not to lead guests into the room so readily 'Best, perhaps, to conduct them to the other lounge,' she says Greaves with pessimistic enthusiasm takes notes He has been at the Globe for only five months, and you can see him making a great effort to believe Sue when she says that this dissection of the hotel can only be for the good of the place in the long run Not that it's all on the negative side Exclusive approval is given to Emma, the assistant manager, and Trudy, the young waitress, who dished out a sheaf of notes about the building's 400-year history Dinner, too, has done enough to maintain the hotel's two-rosette food rating, thereby encouraging Greaves to push his luck a bit 'So what we have to to get three rosettes?' he enquires Sue's suggestions include: ’Not serve a pudding that collapses.' The brief sparkle of light in Greaves' eyes goes out It is Sue Brown's unenviable job to voice the complaints the rest of us more cowardly consumers not have the courage to articulate 'Sometimes one can be treading on very delicate ground I remember, in one case, a woman rang to complain I was to blame for his son being sacked All I could say was the truth, which was that he’d served me apple pie with his fingers.' Comeback letters involve false allegations of everything, from a superior attitude to demanding bribes 'You come to expect it after a while, but it hurts every time,' she says Sue is required not just to relate her finding to the hotelier verbally, but also to send them a full written report They are, after all, paying for the privilege of her putting them straight (There is an annual fee for inclusion in the guide.) Nevertheless, being singled out for red-star treatment makes it more than worthwhile So it is reassuring for Greaves to hear that Sue is not going to recommend that the Globe be stripped of its red stars That is the good news The bad is that another inspector will be back in the course of the next two months to make sure that everything has been put right 'Good,' smiles Greaves unconvincingly, “We’ll look forward to that.” When Sue Brown arrived at the hotel reception desk, A the receptionist pretended not to notice she was there B she was not surprised by what happened there C she decided not to form any judgements immediately D the receptionist was being impolite on the phone On her arrival at the hotel, Sue was dissatisfied with A the temperature in the hotel B the sound of the receptionist's voice C the position of the room she was given D the distance from the car park to the hotel What does the writer say about Sue's reputation? A It has changed B It frightens people C It is thoroughly undeserved D It causes Sue considerable concern When talking about the problem in the main lounge, Robin Greaves A assumes that Sue is unaware of it B blames the problem on other people C doubts that Sue's comments will be of benefit to the hotel D agrees that his lack of experience has contributed to the problem When Sue makes positive comments about the hotel, Robin Greaves A agrees with her views on certain members of his staff B becomes hopeful that she will increase its food rating C finds it impossible to believe that she means them D reminds her that they outweigh her criticisms of it Angry reactions to Sue's comments on hotels A are something she always finds upsetting B sometimes make her regret what she has said C are often caused by the fact that hotels have to pay for them D sometimes indicate that people have not really understood them When Sue leaves the hotel, Robin Greaves A is confident that the next inspection will be better B feels he has succeeded in giving her a good impression C decides to ignore what she has told him about the hotel D tries to look pleased that there will be another inspection The word “unenviable” in paragraph is closest in meaning to A unpleasant B unavoidable C insurmountable D indispensable Your answer: 6 II Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word (1.0pt) The final part of our journey started at Gudbrandsdalen, said by many to be the most beautiful of (1) _ the valleys in Norway It was a wonderful landscape, the more so for (2) _ dotted with centuries old wooden farmhouses, scrupulously maintained in their original condition At Ringebu the view broadened out and the first high peaks and glaciers came (3) _ view This view continued to dominate the trip as the train passed through the little village of Dovre at the foot of the mountains which give this railway (4) _ name - the Dovre Line The village lies close to the pretty village of Dombas (5) _ the track divides We were heading north travelling through a pass and descending into country that was now more tundra like, (6) _ only occasional birch trees and mountain huts (7) _ time to time we saw a lone skier and once we (8) _ across a man fishing through a hole drilled in the ice That made us think of food and we made our way to the restaurant car We continued through the tundra the snow sometimes broken by tracks of elk or reindeer Although we were not lucky (9) _ to see any, we did see a pair of Arctic hares later (10) _ In no time at all we found we had arrived in Trondheim Your answer: 10 III Read the passage and choose the correct heading for paragraph A – H from the list of the heading i-xi below (0.7pt) A - The history of human civilization is entwined with the history of the ways we have learned to manipulate water resources As towns gradually expanded, water was brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aqueducts At the height of the Roman Empire, nine major systems, with an innovative layout of pipes and well-built sewers, supplied the occupants of Rome with as much water per person as is provided in many parts of the industrial world today B - During the industrial revolution and population explosion of the 19th and 20th centuries, the demand for water rose dramatically Unprecedented construction of tens of thousands of monumental engineering projects designed to control floods, protect clean water supplies, and provide water for irrigation and hydropower brought great benefits to hundreds of millions of people Food production has kept pace with soaring populations mainly because of the expansion of artificial irrigation systems that make possible the growth of 40 % of the world’s food Nearly one fifth of all the electricity generated worldwide is produced by turbines spun by the power of falling water C - Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world’s population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans As the United Nations report on access to water reiterated in November 2001, more than one billion people lack access to clean drinking water; some two and a half billion not have adequate sanitation services Preventable water-related diseases kill an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 children every day, and the latest evidence suggests that we are falling behind in efforts to solve these problems D - The consequences of our water policies extend beyond jeopardizing human health Tens of millions of people have been forced to move from their homes - often with little warning or compensation - to make way for the reservoirs behind dams More than 20 % of all freshwater fish species are now threatened or endangered because dams and water withdrawals have destroyed the free-flowing river ecosystems where they thrive Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce agricultural productivity Groundwater aquifers are being pumped down faster than they are naturally replenished in parts of India, China, the USA and elsewhere And disputes over shared water resources have led to violence and continue to raise local, national and even international tensions E - At the outset of the new millennium, however, the way resource planners think about water is beginning to change The focus is slowly shifting back to the provision of basic human and environmental needs as top priority - ensuring ‘some for all,’ instead of ‘more for some’ Some water experts are now demanding that existing infrastructure be used in smarter ways rather than building new facilities, which is increasingly considered the option of last, not first, resort This shift in philosophy has not been universally accepted, and it comes with strong opposition from some established water organizations Nevertheless, it may be the only way to address successfully the pressing problems of providing everyone with clean water to drink, adequate water to grow food and a life free from preventable water-related illness F - Fortunately - and unexpectedly - the demand for water is not rising as rapidly as some predicted As a result, the pressure to build new water infrastructures has diminished over the past two decades Although population, industrial output and economic productivity have continued to soar in developed nations, the rate at which people withdraw water from aquifers, rivers and lakes has slowed And in a few parts of the world, demand has actually fallen G - What explains this remarkable turn of events? Two factors: people have figured out how to use water more efficiently, and communities are rethinking their priorities for water use Throughout the first three-quarters of the 20th century, the quantity of freshwater consumed per person doubled on average; in the USA, water withdrawals increased tenfold while the population quadrupled But since 1980, the amount of water consumed per person has actually decreased, thanks to a range of new technologies that help to conserve water in homes and industry In 1965, for instance, Japan used approximately 13 million gallons of water to produce $1 million of commercial output; by 1989 this had dropped to 3.5 million gallons (even accounting for inflation) - almost a quadrupling of water productivity In the USA, water withdrawals have fallen by more than 20 % from their peak in 1980 H - On the other hand, dams, aqueducts and other kinds of infrastructure will still have to be built, particularly in developing countries where basic human needs have not been met But such projects must be built to higher specifications and with more accountability to local people and their environment than in the past And even in regions where new projects seem warranted, we must find ways to meet demands with fewer resources, respecting ecological criteria and to a smaller budget List of heading i Scientists’ call for a revision of policy ii An explanation for reduced water use iii How a global challenge was met iv Irrigation systems fall into disuse v Environmental effects vi The financial cost of recent technological improvements vii The relevance to health viii Addressing the concern over increasing populations ix x xi A surprising downward trend in demand for water The need to raise standards A description of ancient water supplies Paragraph A has been done as an example Your answer: A xi B C D E F G H E WRITING (2.5pt) I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (0.5pt) We must something about the problem even if it costs a lot → Costly _ The Mountain Rescue Team is pessimistic about the missing climbers → The Mountain Rescue Team doesn’t _ I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting → Rather than _ The last thing you should is to phone the police → Under no _ For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address → Further information can _ II Write a new sentence with similar meaning to the given one, using the word given in the brackets Do not alter the word in any way (0.5pt) He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with (distances) → He makes sure _ After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult to live on the money they earn (ends) → After Covid-19, many people His exam results will determine what choice he has for further education (dependent) → His choice _ Things have got so bad that I have to borrow money from other people (reduced) → Things My brother is obsessed with football It's the only thing he ever thinks about (brain) → My brother has _ II Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? (1.5pt) “Many things can influence the academic achievement and emotional growth of a student In this regard, peers have more of an impact than teachers do.” To what extent you agree or disagree with this opinion? Write about 250 words to support your opinion (and not include your personal information) THE END – GOOD LUCK! 10 ... the various members Questions 8- 10 Which findings match the age groups of the image testing? Write the appropriate letter A-D next to each age group Findings 11- 18 years old: _ A varied reaction... Dovre Line The village lies close to the pretty village of Dombas (5) _ the track divides We were heading north travelling through a pass and descending into country that was now more tundra... The police have been looking for him ever since he of the prison Can you me at the train station on your way back? The teacher the test books to the class By 1910, millions of