SỞ GD&ĐT HÒA BÌNH KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG LẦN

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN THỨ IX

HOÀNG VĂN THỤ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP: 11
Ngày thi: 02 tháng 08 năm 2013
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐÁP ÁN Đề thi gồm:13 trang
(Thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào bảng cho sẵn trong đề)

PART I. LISTENING (10 points)

Question 1. Listen to the recording and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
or NUMBERS for each answer. (5 points)

1. £6.50 charge 2. yellow zone 3. Counseling 4. Central 5. 09007625913

Service Campus

Question 2: You will hear part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is
talking about his trip to the Moon. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question. (5
points)

1.C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. A
PART II: PHONETICS (2,5points)
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A
PART III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (32,5 points)
Question 1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
(10 points)
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A
6. B 7.D 8.C 9.B 10. B
Question 2. There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph. Write them down & give the
correction. (5 points)

Line Mistake Correction

1 1. phenomenon phenomena
2 2. like alike
3 3. perfect- formed perfectly- formed
1
3. 4. see are seen
5 5. managed has managed
5. 6. them it
6. 7. of from
7 8. had have
9 9. so such
9 10. strong strongest
Question 3. Complete each of the following sentences with one suitable preposition or
particle (2.5 points)
1. off 2. on 3. apart 4. on for 5. by
Question 4. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)
1. acclimatize 2. expertise 3. accordance 4. impoverish 5. inexhaustible

6. 7. heal 8. bookish 9. coverage 10. murderous

commercialized
Question 5. Fill the blank with one suitable Choose the word that best completes each
sentence (5 points).
1. how 2. backgrounds 3. rates 4. impact 5. only

PART IV. READING (25 points)

Question 1. Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space
in the following passage. (10 points)
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B
6. D 7.D 8.A 9.A 10. C
Question 2. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question (10 points)
1. C 2. B 3. A 4.D 5. B
6. A 7.B 8.D 9.C 10. B
Question 3. Read the article and choose the sentence A- G which best summarises each
paragraph (1-5) of the article. (5 points). Example O- F
1. E 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D
PART V. WRITING (30 points)
Question 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
(5 points)
1. -> Impressive as the building was/ might be, it wasn’t to my taste.
2. -> But for Mike’s interest, the trip would have been cancelled.
3. -> Rather than disturb the meeting I left without saying goodbye.

2
4 . -> Not a tear did she shed when the story ended in tragedy.
5 . -> There has been no appreciable expansion of the population of the U.K in the last decade
Question 2. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar in meaning as
possible to the original sentence, using the word given in capital letters. This word must not be
altered in any way. (5 points)
1. ->The employees do not take to their new boss very much.
2. -> No sooner had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released.
3. -> Bruce likened the situation at work to a family argument.
4. -> He is reputed to have been born in Segovia.
5. -> I think you should make allowances for other people’s weaknesses.
Question 3: Some students believe that the best way to learn English is to do as many
grammatical exercises as possible.
How far do you agree with this belief? Use your own experience of learning English to
support your view. (20 points)
Write an essay of about 250 words to support your view (and do not include your personal
information).
Score Descriptors
17-20 - The essay is complete and well-organized into paragraphs.
- The vocabulary and structures are varied.
- The argument is well supported with personal experiences.
- Ideas are coherently linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than three (03) linguistic errors (grammatical or
lexical)
13-16 - The essay is complete and structured into paragraphs.
- The vocabulary and structures are varied although some words may be
repeatedly used and there are just one or two complex sentences in the
whole essay.
- The argument is supported with evidence but not with personal
experiences, or the personal experiences presented are not quite
convincing.
- Ideas are rarely linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than five (05) linguistic errors (grammatical or
lexical)

3
9 – 12 - The essay is complete and structured into paragraphs but there is not a
good balance among them in term of lengths.
- The vocabulary and structures are limited.
- The argument is well supported with just one example of personal
experiences.
- Ideas are coherently linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than seven (07) linguistic errors (grammatical or
lexical).

5 –8 - The essay is not complete and not structured into paragraphs.

- The vocabulary and structures are very limited.
- The argument is not supported with personal experiences.
- Ideas are not linked with each other. There is no evidence of using
transition words.
- There are more than 7 linguistic errors.