HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

KHU VỰC DUYÊN HÀI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BIÊN HÒA, T. HÀ NAM
(Đáp án đề thi gồm có 08 trang)
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A – LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1:
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. d
Part 2:
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
Part 3:
1. next week
2. no productive decisions were made
3. three
4. call another group meeting and nominate herself as group leader
5. allocate the responsibilities
Part 4:
1. unclear policy 6. waves of protests/oppositions
2. executive powers 7. better security
3. oil producing 8. economic woes
4. sharp drop 9. so-called imperial aggression
5. interim president 10. conspiring to overthrow

B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1:
1. C 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. B
1. A 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B

Part 2:
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 1. to interpreting--> for interpreting 4. requires--> requiring
2. does not--> is not 5. that a foreign--> what a foreign
3. in that --> in which

Part 3:
1. away with 2. down 3. on 4. In 5. off
Part 4:
1.
2. deceptive 6. unconventional
2. contender 7. assignments
3. allegedly 8. colourful
4. traumatized/traumatised 9. survivor
5. babysitters 10. joy

C – READING (60 points)

Part 1:
1. b 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. B
6. b 7. c 8. a 9. d 10. d
Part 2:
1. put 2. what 3. there 4. although/though/while/whilst 5. up
6. on 7. as 8. regardless/irrespective 9. such 10. a
Part 3:
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. d 5. d
6. c 7. b 8. c 9. b 10. d
Part 4:
1. iii 2. v 3. x 4. i 5. iv
6. viii 7. vii
8. (human) characteristics 9. identical twins 10. signature
Part 5:
1. B 2. E 3. A 4. F 5. D
6. B 7. F 8. A 9. C 10. D
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D – WRITING (60 points)
Part 1:
1. Her smile melted away all the tension and I got back the confidence.
2. Is it their poverty that makes them behave like that?
3. The punishment was out of (all) proportion to the crime.
4. Critics are hoping the new director can breathe life into the French film industry.
5. Organic vegetables are said to do wonders for one’s health.
Part 2:
Part 3:
The impression mark given to each of part 2andpart3 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.

TAPE SCRIPTS
Part 1:
Presenter:
Journalism has become a subject for serious study, judging by the number of schools
and colleges offering courses and degrees in media studies. Students now write theses
on the Art of Interviewing. We are in something of a mini golden age for the Celebrity
Interview. Just open any British paper or magazine. In Britain, almost every paper has
its star interviewer. The bylines are big, the space generous and the remuneration
handsome. Rival papers try to lure away star interviewers, the way they once fought
over the Big Columnist or the Voice of Sport, knowing that a good interview, with a
good name, sells papers. But who are these interviewers and how do they do it? I spoke
first to Lynn Barber, who’s been interviewing famous people, or FPs, for many years
for a variety of national newspapers.
Lynn Barber:

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Left to myself, I tend to choose interviewees who are male, older than myself and
difficult. I don’t mind if they are vain, egotistical or badly behaved. I avoid nice, sane,
straightforward people. My best subjects are the last people on earth you would want to
meet at a dinner party. I usually start with a clever, complicated question like ‘You said
in one paper in 1996 blah blah blah, whereas you told a magazine in 1998 blah blah
blah.’ This is to let them see that I've done my homework, that I’ve made an effort and
so should they, and that I won’t be fobbed off with old answers. Then I might go on to
some soft questions about childhood, finishing with a few more provocative
observations, carefully worded, such as ‘It seems to me you are very arrogant’, just to
get them going.
Presenter:
For Zoe Heller, each interview is a week’s work.
ZoeHeller:
It does look like a breeze, interviewing one person and taking a week over it. I’ve got
faster, but I still write very slowly. I don’t know how people manage without a tape
recorder. I couldn’t do it. You couldn’t possibly get their exact words. I often send them
one of my previous pieces in advance, showing them what they’re in for, what they can
expect. If they agree to see me, I expect them to play the game. There always is a
dilemma. I fret about upsetting people but at the same time I want to describe them
honestly. Quite a few people have been upset. I wouldn’t be interviewed by me. Or by
anyone. God, no. I spend a whole week persuading someone to do something that I
wouldn’t do myself in a month of Sundays.
Presenter:
Angela Lambert, a very experienced interviewer, doesn’t use a tape recorder, she makes
notes in longhand during the interview.
Angela Lambert:
When I arrive, I usually explain that everything that happens belongs to me, though if
they say something is off the record, I won’t write it down. If they are nervous, I’ll say,
‘Look, trust me, otherwise you won’t enjoy it and I won’t enjoy it. If you’re really
nervous, I’ll abandon it.’ I have no hidden agenda. If of course they behave badly, and
are beastly, I’ll write that down. At the end, I say if they have any regrets, then say it
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now. They hardly ever take anything back, except trivial things, such as perhaps ‘Don’t
mention my brother’. A great many interviewees mistake intimacy for real friendship.
There is reciprocal warmth, which can be very embarrassing, as I’m highly unlikely to
see them again. If you are doing an ordinary human interest story, I know that my
sympathy will stop the moment the interview is over. They don’t realize that, but I feel
guilty. If it’s a so-called celebrity interview, then that doesn’t matter. I don’t feel guilty.
They know the ropes.
Presenter:
Ray Connolly is one of the few male journalists rated by the women in the field.
Ray Connolly:
As for my approach, I try to tell a story, with a beginning, a middle and an end, in order
to make it readable. That’s why chat-show interviews are so poor. The best bit might be
in the first minute, or the last minute. With a written interview, you can shape it to get
the best effect. If asked, I will let people see the interview, but I don’t offer. In 30 years,
I’ve had few complaints. I often protect people from themselves. They don’t realize
what they say, how things might hurt their children. I like doing writers best. I like
actors least. They have nothing to say.
Presenter:
Now, as an interviewer myself, this got me thinking ...
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Venezuela`s Opposition Party Wins Parliament
AZUZ: Winds of change are blowing in the South American nation of Venezuela. An
election this week gave a major victory to the country`s Democratic Unity Party and a
major defeat to President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
The Democratic Unity is a fragmented coalition of parties and its policies are unclear.
But it has stated that it plans to change the constitution and take away some of the vast
executive powers from President Maduro, though he remains as leader until the next
presidential elections in 2018.Venezuela has one of the world`s worst economies. It`s in

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a deep recession. Inflation is out of control. The government can`t afford to import basic
items like diapers and flour.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Despite being one of the
world`s top 10 oil producing nations, more than 25 percent of Venezuelans live
below the poverty line, and more than 90 percent of exports come from that oil
revenue. So, with the very sharp drop in oil prices, the economy has been affected.
We`re talking about a severe economic recession, shortages in medicine and food and
other basic goods. Nicolas Maduro became interim president in March of 2013, after
Hugo Chavez died after a decade in power. He was 58. Maduro was then
elected president a month later in a very tight race, with 50.8 percent of the vote.
Nicolas Maduro has kept his predecessors, left-wing ideology alive and continued
investing in the social programs. But with the sharp drop in oil prices, he`s seen some of
that funding dried up and people are really beginning to feel that squeeze. The first
wave of oppositions began back in February back of 2014, when a student was
reportedly sexually assaulted at a university in the Western city of San Cristobal. And
students took to the street to demand better security. But that quickly spread across the
country, in anti-government protests. Since then, dozens of people have been killed in
those clashes, and thousands have been arrested including the opposition leader
Leopoldo Lopez. A second wave of protests gained momentum in the beginning of
2015 and turned violent, when a 14-year-old boy was shot dead by a policeman.
President Maduro has blamed the United States for a lot of the country`s economic
woes and so-called imperial aggression. He`s also accused the United States of
conspiring to overthrow his government. And in February, he had another opposition
leader, the mayor of Caracas, arrested, accusing him of conspiring with the United
States again to overthrow his government. While the United States is still the biggest
consumer and buyer of Venezuelan oil, bilateral relations have deteriorated and
Venezuela has expelled a number of diplomats, and Washington has imposed sanctions
on Caracas, and that now, Venezuela is requiring all Americans to have visas if they
want to enter the country. It`s also ordered the U.S. embassy in Caracas to seriously
scale back operations, in an apparent retaliation for those sanctions.
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(END VIDEOTAPE)

Part 3
W: Hello, Mr. Adams. May I speak with you for a moment?
M: Mary, sure. Come into my office, and have a seat. How can I help you?
W: Well, I’m here to talk to you about our group project in your intro class...
M: Okay, yes...The group projects that are due next week... How is your group faring?
N: Well, uh, not so well. That’s what I was hoping to discuss with you. We met last
night and failed to make any progress. We just kind of sat there, with nobody saying
much.
w. So, the first thing I want to know is, who did the group elect as a leader? I’m
assuming it was you since you’re the one who is here representing them now.
W: No, we just kind of avoided selecting a leader. It was like nobody wanted to step up
and take the responsibility.
M: Aha, I see. Nobody wanted to assume the leadership role, and therefore no
productive decisions were made.
W:That’s right. We couldn’t really decide on what topic to choose for our research
project or even how we should go about choosing a subject.
M: Well, Mary, I think the correct decision is sitting there right under your nose. It’s
you! You should elect yourself leader of this quiet little group and start making
decisions to get something accomplished.
W: Yes, but being the leader takes so much effort. With my other studies, I just don’t
know if I have the time and energy to invest in this.
M: Do you want a good grade?
W: Of course.
M: Well, if you’re willing to invest the time and effort into coming to see me here and
you really want a good grade, I think it’s in your best interest to assume leadership
of this group and to start making some strong decisions.
W: Uh... Okay... Tell me more.
M: Well, the benefits are trifold. First of all, you’ll steer your group towards success.
This will give you the respect and admiration of your fellow students. Secondly, by
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 asserting yourself, there will be some long-term benefits in the boost of confidence
and ability you’ll receive.
W: Sure... I’ll feel stronger, sharper... more capable.
M: That’s right! You’ve got it. By stepping up into the leader’s role, you’ll play a role
that is required in any human endeavor. And thirdly, you’ll impress me... your
teacher... which means you’ll get a better grade than the other students, who were
too meek to do anything for themselves.
W: Okay, I think you’ve talked me into it. I’m going to call another group meeting and
nominate myself as group leader.
M: Sure, that’s right. But don’t assume all of the burden yourself. As soon as you’re the
leader, you need to allocate the responsibilities. Make one of the group members in
charge of researching the various topics and another member in charge of
assembling information. Before you know it, your group will be working towards its
goal like a well-oiled machine!
W: Oh, Professor, thanks so much for your valuable guidance!
M: No problem, that’s what I’m here for!