ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN ANH LẦN THỨ Ngày 30/04/2021 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 Complete the notes below Write no more than three words and/or a number for each answer JOB ENQUIRY Example Work at: (example) a restaurant Type of work: (1) _ Number of hours per week: 12 hours Would need work permit Work in the: (2) _branch Nearest bus stop: next to (3) _ Pay: (4) £ an hour Extra benefits: - a free dinner - extra pay when you work on (5) _ - transport home when you work (6) _ Qualities required: - (7) _ - (8) ability to Interview arranged for: Thursday (9) _ at p.m Bring the names of two referees Ask for: Samira (10) _ Your answer: 10 II You will hear someone reviewing tonight’s television programmes (1.0pt) Choose the best answer for question - The film about insects is A badly photographed B unsuitable for some people C much too long Tonight's Miller and Edwards programme A has fewer jokes than usual B is longer than usual C is continued next week Policewatch is not on television tonight because A another programme has taken its place B Andy McKay is ill C you can’t see it on Thursdays any more What does the reviewer say about Stardate 3000? A It has expensive scenery B It took two months to make C The stories could be better What is different about Doctors in Town? A The main actors have changed B It is now filmed in Australia C There is a new director From tomorrow, TV Diary will be shown A after the tennis matches B at a later time C at 6.30 in the evening Decide if each statement below is true of false? If it is true, write T Otherwise, write F An insect may devour its own kind A worldwide famous actor joins Miller and Edwards in the show Stardate 3000 is known to be a series focusing on reality of science 10 Central London is the place where the medical drama show was filmed 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 preserve B conserve C deserve D reserve A intricate B immediate C alternate D innate A viscount B crescent C miscount D crepuscular 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 differentiate B recommend C antibiotics D horizontal A refrigerator B temperature C molecular D hypothesis 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) She would rather have spent the money on a holiday It means _ A The money has been spent on a holiday B The money wasn’t spent on a holiday C If she had had the money, she would have spent it on a holiday D She did not have the money and she did not spend any money on a holiday “It’s vitally important that Sarah _ there by tomorrow!” said Kenny A get B gets C will get D would get U23 Vietnam _ 1-1 with U23 Thailand in the first round A equaled B scored C tied D pointed “Will it rain on the day of our departure?” – “ ” A I don’t hope so B I hope not C I hope not so D I hope it wouldn’t _ he’s still alive, how old would he be now? A Assume B To assume C Assuming D If assumed Let us use the office phone, _? A shall we B will you C don’t we D you Our national football team won the championship four years _ A running B rotating C following D turning It _ without saying that winners never quit and quitters never win A comes B means C goes D is The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a(n) _ guarded secret A highly B deeply C entirely D closely 10 Closure of many vocational schools took place _ falling numbers of pupils A in the context of B with regard to C with a concern for D in consideration of Your answer: 10 II Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences (0.4pt) The entrance fee is £25 but there is a reduced for children Tropical rainforests are shrinking at an alarming The of interest on loans of more than £10,000 has been reduced Press any to start the computer Scientists think they have found the to some hereditary diseases It was an awful performance, with the soloist singing in the wrong He made his on the fashion industry in the 1970s The university student was delighted with her in the final examination It was a of the child‘s developing independence that he didn‘t want to sit with his father on the train it to me straight Did you have something to with the theft? The newcomer on the tennis scene can certainly as good as he gets, as was proved by the results of his last game I’ll take an hour to get to the airport, or take five minutes 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) tear let take work pass stick out after down to up out I need you to be on time Don't me this time It was so hot in the church that an elderly lady We have to the total cost before we buy the house She my mother They are both impatient You will lose weight if you the diet I my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to him Your answer: IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets (0.5pt) Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the (1 dominate) _ language of international communication English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having (2 corporate) _ many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman (3 invade) _ of 1066 Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland or Ireland However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and (4 mission) _ work Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking and (5 diplomat) _ Your answer: 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 SOUND OF MUSIC Geoff Brown wonders whether film music can ever be regarded as art No one can claim such mastery of the fantasy blockbuster sound as British film music composer John Williams It's a style of music he did much to define in Star Wars and then for many other films for the director Steven Spielberg There are distinctive melodies which give the feeling of flying, snatches of music to represent different characters, and intricate illustrative details In addition, everything follows the symphonic style of a hundred years ago It's what the fi lm industry in Hollywood wants, it's what John Williams supplies, and what audiences everywhere expect Can we call it art, or is it simply an interesting artefact, a sort of factory product? For the cinema-goer sitting with a popcorn bag the question doesn't arise But since film music now spreads to a different audience far outside cinemas, on lavishly promoted soundtrack CDs and serious concert platforms, it may be interesting to answer the question Composers themselves have expressed very diverse opinions Interviewed some years ago, Williams himself proudly referred to film music as 'the opera of the 20th century' On the other hand, Richard Rodney Bennett, the composer of the music for the film Murder on the Orient Express, declared that 'in writing film music one is really using only a sixth of one's musical mind' Everyone agrees on one point though: the rewards are pleasingly high There are royalties And if you hit the right buttons you can spin off into the lucrative sideline of a concert career, regularly mounting live performances of film compositions But if you consider the working conditions that composers put up with, superficially the odds seem stacked against film music being classed as art First of all, film music is composed in snippets, timed to the second, and written after the film is shot Then there are insane deadlines - like having five days to compose 50 minutes of music Next, the composer has to live with the fact that he/she wields no artistic control Finally, the ultimate insult is that what is written struggles to get itself noticed against a background of dialogue, squeals, and every possible visual delight from cartoon character Shrek's green body to actor Tom Cruise's chin It can't be art, can it? But think of the German composer Bach in the eighteenth century, satisfying his employers by writing one cantata a week Few composers can write without a commission And for the true artist, rules and restrictions stimulate Film scoring can sharpen a composer's technique, encourage experimentation The composer Vaughan Williams was never quite the same again after his work on the film Scott of the Antarctic caused him to branch into percussion instruments as a way of capturing a frozen landscape Film music can be art then, and has been, in fits and starts The frustrating thing is that many film producers have limited expectations of what film music can be Once the age of silent movies was over and talkies arrived, music became an integral part of the projected film and anything was possible Music didn't have to be poured over the images like mayonnaise; it could argue with them, puncture them with irony, or rudely interrupt In Europe, various composers such as Shostakovich and Hanns Eisler experimented with timbre and form, showing Hollywood (at the time still stuck with the sounds of a late nineteenth-century symphony orchestra beavering away) that innovative techniques were possible But even in Hollywood, art raised its head All film composers look up to Bernard Herrmann, a giant who coloured each score with a different sound and let his music snake through the images in unconventional ways The power of the film Vertigo lies not only in the director's images but in Herrmann's worried woodwind and turbulent strings and the weird harp solos that dog the characters' footsteps His scores are usually so interwoven with their films that it's a futile task trying to carve the music into selections for concert use Herrmann proves that it's even possible to write film scores in bulk without hurtling into an artistic decline So, what's my conclusion? Art or factory product? Both in fact, although there's rather more of the factory product than I would like at times What point is the writer making about John Williams' music in the first paragraph? A It is similar to that produced by other composers В It is too old-fashioned to remain popular for long С It has a better reputation in Hollywood than elsewhere D It has certain characteristics that are easy to identify In the second paragraph, what does the writer imply about the attitude of cinema-goers to film music? A They are only interested in it if they can purchase the CD В They perceive it as being mass-produced С They are not concerned about whether it has artistic merit D They feel music is an important part of the cinema experience According to the writer, which view of film music all composers share? A They consider that it is a worthy outlet for their talents В They appreciate the financial gains they make from it С They need it to supplement their main source of income D They can use it as a way into an alternative career According to the writer, what is the worst aspect of a film composer's working conditions? A The music has to be composed after the film is completed В The deadlines set for the composer cannot be achieved С The music has to compete for attention with other elements of the film D The composer has no control over how the music is used The writer compares modern film composers with Bach to show that A some composers work better under pressure В composers have unreasonable demands imposed on them С composers must aim to please their employers D all composers need some sort of sponsorship What point is made about Hollywood film music when the 'talkies' arrived? A It used less well-known symphony orchestras than before В It did not constitute a major part of the final production С It didn't generally make use of new ideas D It was not considered to make an artistic contribution to the film What does the writer say is special about Bernard Herrmann's music? A It is of high quality because he composed very little В It has a distinctive style which evokes the animal world С It is totally integrated with the visual element of the film D It has considerable potential for concert performance The word “intricate” is closest in meaning to _ A elaborate B perplexing C myriad D diverse Your answer: II Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word (1.0pt) Unlikely (1) _ it may seem, there has now been expert confirmation that wild pumas and lynxes are at (2) _ in parts of Britain, rather than being the figments of some wild imaginations Previous sightings of such large cats had been put (3) _ to exaggeration After all, the argument went, some people are prone to seeing flying saucers and Loch Ness monsters, particularly when under the influence of one drink Some newspapers were suspected of having made up stories such as (4) _ of the Beast of Exmoor, an animal that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of sheep over the past ten years (5) _ experts have now come up with proof that such stories were in earnest after all The animals are in all (6) _ pets which have escaped from small zoos, or been abandoned by their owners Because the keeping of such animals is severely restricted under the (7) _ of the Dangerous Wild Animal Act of 1976, owners of unlicensed animals might not (8) _ an escape for fear of prosecution Britain's only surviving native species, the wild cat, is confined to Scotland After examining hair samples, experts now say that the Best of Exmoor in the south of England is without (9) _ a puma or lynx, both of which are normally native (10) _ the Middle East and Asia 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 Although the name dinosaur is derived from the Greek for "terrible lizard", dinosaurs were not, in fact, lizards at all Like lizards, dinosaurs are included in the class Reptilia, or reptiles, one of the five main classes of Vertebrata, animals with backbones However, at the next level of classification, within reptiles, significant differences in the skeletal anatomy of lizards and dinosaurs have led scientists to place these groups of animals into two different superorders: Lepidosauria, or lepidosaurs, and Archosauria, or archosaurs B Classified as lepidosaurs are lizards and snakes and their prehistoric ancestors Included among the archosaurs, or "ruling reptiles", are prehistoric and modern crocodiles, and the now extinct thecodonts, pterosaurs and dinosaurs Palaeontologists believe that both dinosaurs and crocodiles evolved, in the later years of the Triassic Period (c 248-208 million years ago), from creatures called pseudosuchian thecodonts Lizards, snakes and different types of thecodont are believed to have evolved earlier in the Triassic Period from reptiles known as eosuchians C The most important skeletal differences between dinosaurs and other archosaurs are in the bones of the skull, pelvis and limbs Dinosaur skulls are found in a great range of shapes and sizes, reflecting the different eating habits and lifestyles of a large and varied group of animals that dominated life on Earth for an extraordinary 165 million years However, unlike the skulls of any other known animals, the skulls of dinosaurs had two long bones known as vomers These bones extended on either side of the head, from the front of the snout to the level of the holes on the skull known as the antorbital fenestra, situated in front of the dinosaur's orbits or eyesockets D All dinosaurs, whether large or small, quadrupedal or bidepal, fleet-footed or slowmoving, shared a common body plan Identification of this plan makes it possible to differentiate dinosaurs from any other types of animal, even other archosaurs Most significantly, in dinosaurs, the pelvis and femur had evolved so that the hind limbs were held vertically beneath the body, rather than sprawling out to the sides like the limbs of a lizard The femur of a dinosaur had a sharply in-turned neck and a ball-shaped head, which slotted into a fully open acetabulum or hip socket A supra-acetabular crest helped prevent dislocation of the femur The position of the knee joint, aligned below the acetabulum, made it possible for the whole hind limb to swing backwards and forwards This unique combination of features gave dinosaurs what is known as a "fully improved gait" Evolution of this highly efficient method of walking also developed in mammals, but among reptiles it occurred only in dinosaurs E For the purpose of further classification, dinosaurs are divided into two orders: Saurischia, or saurischian dinosaurs, and Ornithischia, or ornithischian dinosaurs This division is made on the basis of their pelvic anatomy All dinosaurs had a pelvic girdle with each side comprised of three bones: the pubis, ilium and ischium However, the orientation of these bones follows one of two patterns In saurischian dinosaurs, also known as lizard-hipped dinosaurs, the pubis points forwards, as is usual in most types of reptile By contrast, in ornithischian, or bird-hipped, dinosaurs, the pubis points backwards towards the rear of the animal, which is also true of birds F Of the two orders of dinosaurs, the Saurischia was the larger and the first to evolve It is divided into two suborders: Therapoda, or therapods, and Sauropodomorpha, or sauropodomorphs The therapods, or "beast feet", were bipedal, predatory carnivores They ranged in size from the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, 12m long, 5.6m tall and weighing an estimated 6.4 tonnes, to the smallest known dinosaur, Compsognathus, a mere 1.4m long and estimated 3kg in weight when fully grown The sauropodomorphs, or "lizard feet forms", included both bipedal and quadrupedal dinosaurs Some sauropodomorphs were carnivorous or omnivorous but later species were typically herbivorous They included some of the largest and best-known of all dinosaurs, such as Diplodocus, a huge quadruped with an elephant-like body, a long, thin tail and neck that gave it a total length of 27m, and a tiny head G Ornithischian dinosaurs were bipedal or quadrupedalherbivores They are now usually divided into three suborders: Ornithipoda, Thyreophora and Marginocephalia The ornithopods, or "bird feet", both large and small, could walk or run on their long hind legs, balancing their body by holding their tails stiffly off the ground behind them An example is Iguanodon, up to 9m long, 5m tall and weighing 4.5 tonnes The thyreophorans, or "shield bearers", also known as armoured dinosaurs, were quadrupeds with rows of protective bony spikes, studs, or plates along their backs and tails They included Stegosaurus, 9m long and weighing tonnes H The marginocephalians, or "margined heads", were bipedal or quadrupedal ornithschians with a deep bony frill or narrow shelf at the back of the skull An example is Triceratops, a rhinoceros-like dinosaur, 9m long, weighing 5.4 tonnes and bearing a prominent neck frill and three large horns List of heading i 165 million years ii The body plan of archosaurs iii Dinosaurs - terrible lizards iv Classification according to pelvic anatomy v The suborders of Saurischia vi Lizards and dinosaurs - two distinct superorders vii Unique body plan helps identify dinosaurs from other animals viii Herbivore dinosaurs ix Lepidosaurs x Frills and shelves xi The origins of dinosaurs and lizards xii Bird-hipped dinosaurs xiii Skull bones distinguish dinosaurs from other archosaurs Paragraph A has been done as an example Your answer: A vi 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) He was so enthusiastic that he apparently ignored any warning signs → Such _ It's nobody's fault that the match was cancelled → Nobody is It was the ability to incorporate loan words that made English so rich in vocabulary → English became My grandfather did not suffer from his weight loss → My grandfather was none _ The government shouldn't let this situation get worse → This state _ 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) It's unlikely he'll be picked for the Olympic swimming team (CHANCES) → His Travelers consider themselves superior to those who lead a more sedentary life (DOWN) → Travelers Andrew doesn't claim to have a lot of musical talent (PRETENCE) → Andrew _ If she hadn’t interfered, there would have been no problems (SMOOTHLY) → But If they discover your role in the incident, you will go to prison (LIGHT) → If your role II Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? (1.5pt) Today‘s children are living under more pressure from the society than children in the past 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 ... Stardate 300 0? A It has expensive scenery B It took two months to make C The stories could be better What is different about Doctors in Town? A The main actors have changed B It is now filmed in Australia... worldwide famous actor joins Miller and Edwards in the show Stardate 300 0 is known to be a series focusing on reality of science 10 Central London is the place where the medical drama show was filmed... the 197 0s The university student was delighted with her in the final examination It was a of the child‘s developing independence that he didn‘t want to sit with his father on the train