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ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN ANH LẦN THỨ 13 Ngày 30/05/2021 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 radio programme about the history of roller skating For questions 1- 10, complete the sentences (1.0 pt) HISTORY OF ROLLER SKATING The country where the first roller skates were probably made was (1) In 1760, John Merlin went to a ball in London playing a (2) whilst on roller skates Unfortunately, John Merlin injured himself when he broke a (3) at the ball In Germany, roller skating was used in a ballet called (4) James Plimpton’s invention helped roller skaters to control the (5) of their skates The first team sport to be played on roller skates was (6) In Detroit in 1937, the first (7) in the sport took place The use of plastics meant that both the design and (8) of roller skates improved The musical “Starlight Express” was seen by as many as (9) in London The speaker says that modern roller skates are now (10) and safer than ever before Your answers 10 II Complete the form below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer (0.5 pt) SARAH’S HEALTH &FITNESS CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM Example First name: Harry Last name: _ Date of birth: Day: 11th; Month: December, Year: _ Type of membership: _ Activities: Badminton and _ Payment details: Total: £450 To be paid _ Your answer: III You will hear an interview with someone who consulted a ‘life coach’ to improve her life and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear (0.5 pt) Brigid says that she consulted a life coach because A she had read a great deal about them B both her work and home life were getting worse C other efforts to improve her life had failed D the changes she wanted to make were just small ones What did Brigid’s coach talk about money? A It would be very easy for Brigid to get a lot of it B Brigid’s attitude towards it was uncharacteristic of her C Brigid placed too much emphasis on it in her life D Few people have the right attitude towards it What does Brigid say about her reaction to her coach’s advice on money? A She felt silly repeating the words her coach gave her B She tried to hide the fact that she found it ridiculous C She felt a lot better as a result of following it D She found it difficult to understand at first What does Brigid says happened during the other sessions? A She was told that most people’s problems had the same cause B Her powers of concentration improved C Some things she was told to proved harder than others D She began to wonder why her problems had arisen in the first place What has Brigid concluded? A The benefits of coaching not compensate for the effort required B She was too unselfish before she had coaching C She came to expect too much of her coach D It is best to limit the number of coaching sessions you have Your answer: B PHONETICS (0.5 pt) 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 (0.3 pt) A policeman B spaceman C fireman D gentleman A ricochet B parachute C champagne D championship A suitable B guilty C building D tranquility II Circle the option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose primary stress differs from that of the other three in each of the following questions (0.2 pt) A aerospace B capitalism C property D respectful A tablespoon B townspeople C demurrage D crockery Your answer: C VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (2.5 pt) I Choose the best answer to fill in each blank (1.0 pt) Because of cutbacks in council spending, plan for the new stadium had to be _ A stockpiled B shelved C disrupted D overthrown Although the coach had not thought her a good tennis player at first, she _ to be a champion A came out B turned up C turned out D came around People who take on a second job inevitably _ themselves to greater stress A offer B subject C field D place Salary will be commensurate _ experience A with B to C on D from _ book Jubilee, which was based on the life of their great-grand-mother, Margaret Walker was awarded the Pulitzer Prize A For her B her C It was her D That her A few political extremists the crowd to attack the police officer A animated B agitated C stirred D incited My father supposes, _, that he will be retiring at 60 A like most people did B like most people C as most of people D as most people Laura: “What of car does Chris drive?” – John: “Toyota” A make B type C trade mark D kind A blinding _ of the lightning flashed across the sky A strip B stripe C stock D streak 10 You're like _ this morning What's wrong with you? A a dead duck B a bear with a sore head C letting the cat out of the bag D holding your horses Your answer: 10 II Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all sentences (0.4pt) _  Backed up by some colleagues, Jasper _ up enough courage to stand up to the bullies  The chicken was killed, _ and cut into pieces for further processing  The estate agent must have _ the number out of the air The house definitely costs much less _  I was so ashamed when her name _ me given that we had been working together for two years I must have a memory like a sieve  The two shoplifters _ detection because they had dressed up as supermarket shop assistants  The detective has been hot on the heels of the _ prisoner who broke out in February _  Norah couldn’t get over him Though it had been five years after their divorce, he was still _ in her mind  We‘re not going to hold out long in the middle of the ocean without some _ water  This ossified company requires some unconventional thinking and _ ideas _  The match resulted in a _ which pleased neither player  Molly realised too late what a _ looking after small child was going to be  The ticket to the ball said black _ for men Your answer: III Fill in the blank with one suitable verb and preposition in the box below (0.6pt) draw set put pick bring put on on about out up forward When you visit Newcastle, we can you for a few nights _ a wealth of experience of her childhood, she wrote her first successful novel It would be far better to admit the problem openly and _ tackling it She was _ from dozens of applicants for the job Many suggestions _ so far, but a decision is unlikely until after next year's general election The loud music _ another one of his headaches Your answer: IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets (0.5 pt) IN A CLASS OF YOUR OWN Like any form of (0 EDUCATE) education, the self-taught course has its advantages as well as its (1 DRAW) _ On the one hand, you are (2 AUTONOMY) _; no classroom, no timetable and so no risk of getting a bad (3 ATTEND) _ record You are able to study at your own pace; at home, in the car or wherever your Walkman takes you On the other hand, can you really trust yourself to be (4 SUFFICE) _ motivated without some form of external stimulus? I procrastinated (5 DREAD) _ before beginning my first Spanish course I made coffee, did domestic chores that were anything but (6 PRESS) _; I even watched daytime television But, once I got started, I found the course surprisingly engaging The multimedia formats, colourful textbooks and (7 IMAGINE) _ teaching methods all drew me into the excitement of learning a new language Of course, if your aim is (8 EXPERT) _ in the language, nothing can beat actually going to the country concerned Round-the-clock (9 IMMERSE) _ is clearly always going to be more effective than the odd half hour with a set of tapes But that odd half hour will give you an (10 VALUE) _ head start when you step out onto the streets Your answer: 10 C READING (2.5 pt) 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) VEGETATION That large animals require luxuriant vegetation has been a general assumption which has passed from one work to another, but I not hesitate to say that it is completely false, and that it has vitiated the reasoning of geologists on some points of great interest in the ancient history of the world The prejudice has probably been derived from India, and the Indian islands, where troops of elephants, noble forests, and impenetrable jungles, are associated together in every one's mind If, however, we refer to any work of travels through the southern parts of Africa, we shall find allusions in almost every page either to the desert character of the country, or to the numbers of large animals inhabiting it The same thing is rendered evident by the many engravings which have been published of various parts of the interior Dr Andrew Smith, who has lately succeeded in passing the Tropic of Capricorn, informs me that, taking into consideration the whole of the southern part of Africa, there can be no doubt of its being a sterile country On the southern coasts there are some fine forests, but with these exceptions, the traveller may pass for days together through open plains, covered by a poor and scanty vegetation Now, if we look to the animals inhabiting these wide plains, we shall find their numbers extraordinarily great, and their bulk immense We must enumerate the elephant, three species of rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, the giraffe, the bos caffer, two zebras, two gnus, and several antelopes even larger than these latter animals It may be supposed that although the species are numerous, the individuals of each kind are few By the kindness of Dr Smith, I am enabled to show that the case is very different He informs me, that in lat 24', in one day's march with the bullock-wagons, he saw, without wandering to any great distance on either side, between one hundred and one hundred and fifty rhinoceroses the same day he saw several herds of giraffes, amounting together to nearly a hundred At the distance of a little more than one hour's march from their place of encampment on the previous night, his party actually killed at one spot eight hippopotamuses, and saw many more In this same river there were likewise crocodiles Of course it was a case quite extraordinary, to see so many great animals crowded together, but it evidently proves that they must exist in great numbers Dr Smith describes the country passed through that day, as “being thinly covered with grass, and bushes about four feet high, and still more thinly with mimosa-trees” Besides these large animals, every one the least acquainted with the natural history of the Cape, has read of the herds of antelopes, which can be compared only with the flocks of migratory birds The numbers indeed of the lion, panther, and hyena, and the multitude of birds of prey, plainly speak of the abundance of the smaller quadrupeds: one evening seven lions were counted at the same time prowling round Dr Smith's encampment As this able naturalist remarked to me, the carnage each day in Southern Africa must indeed be terrific! I confess it is truly surprising how such a number of animals can find support in country producing so little food The larger quadrupeds no doubt roam over wide tracts in search of it, and their food chiefly consists of underwood, which probably contains much nutriment in a small bulk Dr Smith also informs me that the vegetation has a rapid growth: no sooner is a part consumed, than its place is supplied by a fresh stock There can be no doubt, however, that our ideas respecting the apparent amount of food necessary for the support of large quadrupeds are much exaggerated The belief that where large quadrupeds exist, the vegetation must necessarily be luxuriant, is the more remarkable because the converse is far from true Mr Burchell observed to me that when entering Brazil, nothing struck him more forcibly than the splendor of the South American vegetation contrasted with that of South Africa, together with the absence of all large quadrupeds In his Travels, he has suggested that the comparison of the respective weights (if there were sufficient data) of an equal number of the largest herbivorous quadrupeds of each country would be extremely curious If we take on the one side, the elephants hippopotamus, giraffe, bos caffer, eland, five species of rhinoceros, and on the American side, to tapirs, the guanaco, three deer, the vicuna, peccary, capybara (after which we must choose from the monkeys to complete the number), and then place these two groups alongside each other it is not easy to conceive ranks more disproportionate in size After the above facts, we are compelled to conclude, against anterior probability, that among the mammalian there exists no close relation between the bulk of the species, and the quantity of the vegetation, in the countries which they inhabit Adapted from: Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin The author is primarily concerned with _ A discussing the relationship between the size of mammals and the nature of vegetation in their habitats B contrasting ecological conditions in India and Africa C proving the large animals not require much food D describing the size of animals in various parts of the world According to the author, the prejudice has led to _ A errors in the reasoning of biologists B false ideas about animals in Africa C doubt in the mind of the author D incorrect assumptions on the part of geologists The flocks of migratory birds are mentioned to _ A describe an aspect of the fauna of South Africa B indicate the abundance of wildlife C contrast with the habits of the antelope D suggest the size of antelope herds The carnage refers to the _ A number of animals killed by hunters B number of prey animals killed by predators C number of people killed by lions D amount of food eaten by all species To account for “the surprising number of animals in a country producing so little food”, Darwin suggests all of the following as partial explanations except _ A food requirements have been overestimated B rapid regrowth of plant material C large area for animals to forage in D mainly carnivorous animals Darwin quotes Burchell's observations in order to _ A describe a region of great splendor B counter a popular misconception C account for a curious situation D illustrate a well-known phenomenon Darwin apparently regards Dr Smith as _ A reliable and imaginative B observant and excitable C intrepid and competent D foolhardy and tiresome Anterior probability refers to _ A what might have been expected C likelihood based on data from India B ideas of earlier explorers D hypotheses of other scientists Your answer: II Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word (1.0 pt) THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELLING The psychology of retailing has come to rely on highly sophisticated techniques Over and (1) _ the design of the shops and the packaging of the merchandise, clever positioning of goods also ensures that the natural flow of people takes them to (2) _ and every section in a shop Customers are led gently, but at the same time with deadly accuracy, towards the merchandise in such a way (3) _ to maximise sales Manufacturers compete for the right to have their products displayed at the most effective level In supermarkets, there is a crucial section in the tiers of vertical shelving somewhere between waist height and eye (4) _ where we are most likely to take note of a brand In the old days, when we went into a shop, we (5) _ our way up to the counter, behind (6) _ would be the shopkeeper and virtually all of the merchandise, and were served with what we wanted Those days are (7) and truly over Today, we are used to serving (8) _ in supermarkets; products are laid before us as enticingly as (9) _ and impulse purchases are encouraged as a major part of the exercise As a result of this, we, as shoppers, have to keep our wits (10) _ us to resist the retailers' ploys Your answer: 10 III Read the following article and choose which of the paragraphs below fit into the numbered gaps There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gap (0.7pt) Bog bodies are an archaeologist’s dream come true They can bring history alive more than any old document But now, exploitation of the preservative peat in which they are found stands to rob us of this crucial link, writes Michael Pitts (1) _ It was just a flap of skin hanging out of the peat The colour of espresso coffee, but unmistakably human skin: you could see the pores It was soft and wrinkled The day before, one of the workers employed in cutting the peat (used in domestic gardens) had thrown what looked like a piece of wood on to the ground As the muck bounced off it, the wood was revealed to be the lower part of a human leg with a foot attached (2) _ What Turner was to unearth at the site following the discovery of that human leg would become known as Lindow Man, alias Pete Marsh, the almost complete remains of someone estimated to have died shortly after the birth of Christ The find would nudge the pattern of Turner’s life His name would be associated permanently with what fast became one of the best-known archaeological finds in Britain (3) _ But that alone was not what had led Turner to the pub Harewood had urgently reported his finding of the human leg to the police for one very good reason These were not the first human remains to have been found in this Cheshire bog The year before, on May 13 1983, Andy Mould and Stephen Dooley were facing each other across the conveyor belt that carried debris from the peat works, when a round, soft object bounced up Perhaps, they joked, it was a dinosaur egg They took it to Harewood, who thought it might be a squashed football Curiosity aroused, they hosed it down in the yard It was then they could see that the ball had an eye and hair; it was the top part of a head, with stuff that looked like brains dribbling out One of the most bizarre episodes in British archaeology had begun (4) _ When the Home Office forensic laboratory reported that the skullcap came from a recently deceased 30- to 50-year-old European female, the police were convinced they had their man They had already dug over most of the ground behind Reyn-Bardt’s bungalow, but found nothing ReynBardt had denied all accusations But now, the police informed him, they had his wife’s head ReynBardt confessed, and in December 1983 was convicted of De Fernandez’s murder at Chester Crown Court (5) _ By the following August, Reyn-Bardt was serving a sentence for his wife’s murder but, despite exhaustive searches, the police had still failed to find the parts of her body he had claimed to have buried So, when Turner found “his body” in Lindow Moss, they hoped that at last they had their missing evidence Yet, if the Lindow body turned out to be not modern but prehistoric, it was important for different reasons (6) _ Come Monday morning, he had six diggers and 23 onlookers, from peat-company representatives to forensic scientists The van carrying the palaeobotanists he had persuaded to come to Lindow had broken down, and didn’t arrive for another three hours (7) _ Turner arrived at the morgue early on Tuesday morning By the time police and pathologists showed up, the Lindow body, by now humorously dubbed “Pete Marsh”, was well protected inside a plywood box filled with polyurethane foam While the botanists at the excavation had convinced Turner that the body was 2000 years old, the police were quite naturally keen to believe it was little more than 20 _ A Harewood took the head to the Macclesfield police, who happened, at that time, to be searching for the wife of Peter Reyn-Bardt, Malika Maria de Fernandez, who had disappeared 23 years before Reyn-Bardt was already well known to the police and was currently serving a jail sentence He had recently boasted to two cell-mates how he had murdered, dismembered and burnt his wife, and buried what was left at the bottom of his garden His garden overlooked Lindow Moss, where the peat works are B In the end, after recording the site in detail, he decided to lift the entire block of peat containing the body so that it could be excavated at leisure under laboratory conditions Lindow Man began the journey on a peat-works light railway, and by 8pm on Monday was safely in the morgue at Macclesfield hospital C Ken Harewood, manager of the peat works, called the police Someone tipped off a local journalist at the Wilmslow World She called the county archaeologist, who was out searching in the bog the next morning D As more people realise how special these places were to our ancestors, an appreciation of this attraction will increasingly have to depend on books and museums Unless British governmental departments can move rapidly to rein in the exploitation, the bogs themselves will be but part of the myth Who then the bog murderers? E Today, he still feels deep affection for the man whose remains he saved then At first, on that fateful day, he found just a flap of skin surrounded by peat, but it soon became obvious to Turner that he had stumbled on a rare and important find Indeed, that was part of his problem Archaeologists in Britain had never before had to deal with an ancient bog body There was no sophisticated recovery and conservation system that could just slip into gear F Turner found the body on Thursday, August He agreed that it should be removed the following Monday under police supervision That gave him the weekend to organise what would become the most significant archaeological dig of his career He had no archaeological colleagues at work and there was no local museum service So he had to ring his mates for help This would not be the first – or last – time a major archaeological find in Britain became dependent on the willingness of archaeologists to drop everything for the sake of a fellow professional G However, the suspect’s confession became the only piece of evidence in this case The police had dug more ground in Reyn-Bardt’s garden, but nothing further turned up Suspicious of the skull itself, Detective Inspector George Abbott sent it to Oxford for radio-carbon dating The report came back a few months later – after Reyn-Bardt’s confession, but before the trial in 1983 – that the head was Roman H Given that he was an archaeologist, you wouldn’t think he’d have needed a drink I mean, that’s what archaeologists Find bodies They dig holes in the ground, sieve dirt, collect all sorts of rubbish, and find human bodies But on Thursday, August 1984, Rick Turner, county archaeologist for Cheshire, sat in the nearest pub he could find and contemplated a large whisky Your answer: D WRITING (2.5 pt) I Rewrite the following sentences, keeping their meaning unchanged, beginning with the words given and not alter the word given in brackets (0.5 pt) Mike is never reluctant to make tough decisions as a manager (shrink) Never _ Since the company's methods were exposed in a newspaper, people have lost their good opinion of it (disrepute) Since A rain shower accompanied by cold winds is expected to reach our region tonight (followed) We It's one thing to think there's a demand for your product and another to make a sale (world) There’s _ When he died, his greedy children fought very fiercely over his will (nail) When he died, _ II Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same (0.5 pt) It doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced climber or not, mountaineering can still be dangerous However _ Jack isn't so much interested in Lisa as in her parents' big fortune Lisa _ There haven't been such long queues at the cinema since the release of the last blockbuster Not _ It is extremely unfair that no witnesses were questioned The fact You may not be able to find a parking space in the city centre I doubt _ III Essay composition (1.5 pt) Discuss the following topic: “Schools should teach children not only academic subjects but also important life skills.” You should write at least 250 words _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE END 11 ... where troops of elephants, noble forests, and impenetrable jungles, are associated together in every one's mind If, however, we refer to any work of travels through the southern parts of Africa, we... the traveller may pass for days together through open plains, covered by a poor and scanty vegetation Now, if we look to the animals inhabiting these wide plains, we shall find their numbers extraordinarily... the splendor of the South American vegetation contrasted with that of South Africa, together with the absence of all large quadrupeds In his Travels, he has suggested that the comparison of the