SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên)
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

I. LISTENING: You will listen to each part TWICE.

Part 1: Questions 1 – 10

Questions 1 – 4: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C.

1. What is the name of the language school?

A. The George School of English
B. The Edinburgh School
C. The Gordon Language School
2. Where is the interview?
A. Room 6 B. Room 16 C. Room 60
3. What is the student‟s name?
A. Martina B. Maria C. Merinda
4. What is the teacher‟s name?
A. Peter Burton B. Piers Merson C. Paul Barton

Questions 5 – 10: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

REGISTRATION

NAME (5) ………………………………………………………

NATIONALITY (6) ………………………………………………………

AGE (7) ………………………………………………………

OCCUPATION (8) ………………………………………………………

ADDRESS (9) ………………………………, London SW 127 TH

TELEPHONE NO. (10) ………………………………………………………

Part 2: Questions 11 – 20

Questions 11 and 12: Choose TWO letters A – E.

Which TWO things does the speaker mention about public clocks?
The fact that they are ______________.
A. old B. accurate C. useful D. beautiful E. free F. noisy

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Questions 13 – 20: Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

City Name First year Special feature Favourite aspect

of service for speaker

London Big Ben refers to the 1859 Biggest bell in it is very

England
(13)________ (14) ________

Vancouver (15)________ (16)_____ Whistle sounds on the It is charming

quarter hour

Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral 1842 The clock tells the It is a

clock story of the
(18) ________
(17) ________

Tehran (19) ________ 2005 Run by a It is an unusual

design
(20) ________

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Fifteen ________by five is three.

A. divided B. dividing C. been divided D. is divided
2. The problems________ Tony has seem insurmountable.
A. he B. that C. what D. when
3. Have some brandy; it‟ll calm your _______.
A. mind B. nerves C. head D. brain
4. When I arrived on the spot, I found out that I _______ the heavy gas bottle on my back
because the campsite now had electric cookers.
A. needn't have carried B. didn't need to carry
C. can't have carried D. might not have carried
5. UNESCO __________ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
A. stands for B. brings about C. gets across D. takes after
6. Farmers can enrich the soil by using __________________.
A. fertile B. fertilizers C. fertilize D. fertility
7. Remember to appreciate what your friends do for you. You shouldn't take them ______.
A. out of habit B. as usual C. for granted D. as a rule
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8. I don't think this record will ever________.
A. get out B. run off C. catch on D. put down
9. Why did Berth ask you ________a bicycle?
A. that you had B. do you have C. if you had D. that if you had
10. She ________modern art. She visits all the local exhibitions.
A. looks down on B. goes in for
C. fixes up with D. comes up against
11. Are you taking ________this semester?
A. home economic B. home economics
C. house economics D. house economic
12. In some parts of the world, the indigenous population has been completely ________
A. wiped up B. wiped away C. wiped out D. wiped off
13. I would appreciate __________ it a secret.
A. you to keep B. that you keep C. that you will keep D. your keeping
14. The boy is ____________ to solve the problem.
A. clever enough B. enough clever C. so clever D. such clever
15. The judge______________ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. accused B. convicted C. sentenced D. prosecuted
16. The ________ exam in February prepared pupils for the real thing in June.
A. false B. mock C. fake D. unreal
17. You ________ too much emphasis on your academic success. Be relaxed!
A. offer B. take C. give D. put
18. After so many years, it is great to see him_______ his ambitions.
A. realize B. get C. possess D. deserve
19. Minh and Cuong were badly injured in the last match, so ________of them can play in this
match.
A. neither B. none C. either D. both
20. The government are doing a _____________of people‟s changing habits.
A. plan B. project C. survey D. research

Exercise 2: Provide the correct form of the word in capitals.

(21) AUTHORIZE in Paris have halted the filming of scenes from (22) ACT movies on its
streets in the wake of the recent terror attacks. The city is still on high alert (23) FOLLOW the
attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo and other attacks, which left 20 people (24) DIE.
Security has been (25) HIGH around synagogues, newspaper and broadcasting offices and (26)
SHOP malls. (27) ARMY police and soldiers are clearly (28) VISION on the streets. Security
measures have now been extended to the movie (29) INDUSTRIAL. Paris' police commander
Sylvie Barnaud said: "There's a problem with these action-type scenes, as the actors in uniform
could be targets for terrorists… Also, the actors could pose (30) CONFUSED for the general
public."

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Exercise 3: There is one incorrect word in terms of spelling, grammar or usage in each
line of the following passage. Indicate and correct it.

Australia was settled by Europeans in 1788, mainly to home Line 1

criminals, but with a little independent farmers and businessmen. The Line 2
settlements were not wealthy, and there was little help available to Line 3
them in need: the poor, the sick, the unemploy, and the aged. To Line 4
begin with, what little help was availably came in the form of charity: Line 5
donations of money, acommodation or medical treatment to selected Line 6
needy. A second approach that began to emerge in the last nineteenth Line 7
century was that of “universalism”. It stresses that all people in Line 8
society should be entitle to certain benefits-up to a minimum level Line 9
and across a restricted range of services. This approach was eventually used Line 10
to arguing for the introduction of a pension for the aged poor.

III. READING
Exercise 1: Questions 1 – 13
China’s ‘violent philanthropist’ gives away fresh air.
Even through the thick Beijing smog, it is impossible to mistake the ebullient figure
shaking hands, signing autographs and barking at startled passersby: “Come on, two cans for
each one – free fresh air. Open it and drink it and breathe it! It keeps you fresh the whole day!”
It is the kind of offer that has made Chen Guangbiao a household name in China: giving away
thousands of tins of air to raise awareness of China‟s pollution. “If we don‟t act in the next 10
years, our descendants will have to carry oxygen tanks and wear masks all the time,” he said at
the publicity event in Beijing this month.
Chen, 44, is a multimillionaire entrepreneur who bills himself as the country‟s number
one philanthropist and environmentalist. In January, he lay under a sheet of wood and steel
while two cars drove over him, to demonstrate that the world would be better without cars. In
another comment on the drawbacks of motoring he smashed up a Mercedes Benz car. Recently
he put an advert in the New York Times proclaiming the disputed Diaoyu Islands – currently at
the heart of the territorial row with Japan – to be Chinese, and announced he was giving new
cars to drivers whose vehicles were destroyed in anti-Japanese protests – while simultaneously
promoting a cycling initiative. He also plans to give away $240,000 to young entrepreneurs in
the next weeks.
But he is best known for his personal deliveries to the victims of natural disasters. He arrived
in Sichuan with a fleet of heavy machinery after the earthquake in 2008. When the tsunami
struck Japan, he flew over with cash and goods. He has apparently an unsinkable self-belief. “I
want to record the name of Chen Guangbiao in Chinese history,” he said.
His party trick is to lift a bike using his teeth and spin it around in the air. It is, says
Chen, all down to kung fu training at the famous Shaolin temple. Chen grew up in the
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countryside near Nanjing, in such poverty that two of his siblings starved to death. He earned
his first cash – around 60 cents – carrying water from a well to villagers one summer, and
used some of the money to help pay for a neighbour‟s schooling. In recognition of his good
deed, a teacher pasted a red star on his face. “I ran around the classes … Every student wanted
to learn from me and do good things,” he explained.
He made his fortune recycling materials from demolished buildings and has vowed to
give it all away before his death. The Hurun rich list estimated his worth at $740m last year.
Already, he says, he has made donations worth $278m. Others rank far ahead of him in
independent lists of charitable donors and sceptics say it is hard to assess the real value of his
gifts since they are often in kind. He counters that other philanthropists give to charities in the
sectors they work in, with the hope of commercial returns.
Chen calls his high-profile tactics “violent philanthropy”. He says: “My individual
power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together
to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.” Admirers
point out that most millionaires are doing little for their fellows. And Chen‟s stunts have, as he
predicted, got people talking about philanthropy and the environment. “We need these kinds of
people to tell us that if you want to help people you need to take responsibility,” says Wang
Lanjun, pausing to have her photo taken with him. “He‟s great!” enthused another passing
pedestrian. “He said I‟m great,” Chen points out. “You see? Ordinary people love me.”
Questions 1 – 5: Read the text and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Chen Guangbiao has given out free oxygen masks to passersby in Beijing.
2. He has destroyed a luxury car.
3. He has taken heavy equipment to an area affected by an earthquake.
4. He has helped pay for the education of some students at his village school.
5. He has made a promise to give away all his money before he dies.
Questions 6 – 13: Read the text and choose the most suitable word in the box to fill in each
blank in the summary. There are more words than needed.

awareness donations drawbacks fortune initiatives

poverty responsibility philanthropy stunts simultaneously

Chen Guangbiao is an extraordinary figure who started life in extreme (6) ________
and then succeeded in making a huge (7) _______ through recycling building materials. He is
famous in China for both his large (8) ________ to people in need and his spectacular publicity
(9)________ which aim to raise (10) _______ about key environmental issues. One of his
latest (11) ________ has been to give away cans of fresh air to publicise the threat of air
pollution. In addition, he has also organised events to show the significant (12) ________ of
using motor vehicles. The hope is that his campaigns will encourage individuals and
companies to take (13)________ for their impact on the environment.

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Exercise 2: Choose the best option to complete the passage.

A love of travelling

For Nigel Portman, a love of travelling began with what‟s (14) _______ a „gap year‟.
In common with many other British teenagers, he chose to take a year out before (15) _______
to study for his degree. After doing various jobs to (16)_______ some money, he left home to
gain some experience of life in different cultures, visiting America and Asia. The more
adventurous the young person, the (17) ________ the challenge they are likely to set
themselves for the gap year, and for some, like Nigel, it can (18) _______ in a thirst for
adventure.

Now that his university course has (19) ________ to an end, Nigel is just about to leave
on a three-year trip that will take him right around the world. What‟s more, he plans to make
the whole journey using only means of transport which are (20) _______ by natural energy. In
other words, he‟ll be (21) ________ mostly on bicycles and his own legs; and when there‟s an
ocean to cross, he won‟t be taking a (22) _______ cut by climbing aboard a plane, he‟ll be
joining the crew of a sailing ship (23) ________ .

As well as doing some mountain climbing and other outdoor pursuits along the way,
Nigel hopes to pass on to the people he meets the environmental message that lies behind the
whole idea.

14. A called B. named C. referred D. known

15. A. settling down B. getting up C. taking over D. holding back
16. A. achieve B. raise C. advance D. win
17. A. stronger B. wider C. greater D. deeper
18. A. result B. lead C. cause D. create
19. A. come B. turned C. reached D. brought
20. A. pulled B. charged C. forced D. powered
21. A. attempting B. using C. relying D. trying
22. A. quick B. short C. brief D. swift
23. A. anyway B. alike C. instead D. otherwise

Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with a most suitable word.

Number of blue whales increasing
This is a good-news story about sea life. Scientists (24) _______ reported that the
numbers of blue whales in the eastern Pacific Ocean (25) ________ the highest they have
been in over a century. Researchers at the University of Washington report that there are now
over 2,200 blue whales (26) ______ Mexico and Alaska. Hunters killed nearly all the blue
whales in that area and they were (27) _______ to extinction. (28) _______ became illegal
in 1971 and the numbers of the world's largest mammal started increasing. It has (29)
________ over 40 years for the blue whale to recover. Lead (30) _______ Dr Cole
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Monnahan was very happy at this positive news. He said: "For us, this is a great conservation
success story."

IV. WRITING

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences using FROM FOUR TO SIX WORDS
(including the given words) so that their meanings are close to the originals.

1. You didn‟t think carefully enough before you decided.

OUGHT You _________________________ carefully before you decided.
2. Surely nobody likes it when people make fun of them in public.
BEING Surely nobody likes _________________________ in public.
3. Don‟t conclude that learning English is easy.
COME Don‟t _________________________ that learning English is easy.
4. I‟m afraid there is no room in the concert hall tonight.
BOOKED I‟m afraid the _________________________ tonight.
5. The motorcyclist rounded the corner at a quite unbelievable speed.
WHICH The speed _________________________ the corner was quite unbelievable.

Exercise 2: Write a description of the table below (at least 120 words).

The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in
Australia in 1999.

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Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu.

Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.

Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………….………..…….…….….….; Số báo danh……………………

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 SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
(Đáp án có 02 trang) ĐÁP ÁN MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên)

I. LISTENING : 2 points (0.1 point/each correct answer)

Part 1:
1. C 6. Argentine/ Argentinian
2. B 7. 20/ twenty
3. A 8. (a) student
4. C 9. 62 Canada Street
5. (Martina) ECHEVARRIA 10. 01817648943
Part 2:
11 – 12. C/E in any order 17. human journey
13. main bell 18. work of art
14. well(-)known 19. (the) Flower Clock
15. (the) Steam Clock 20. computer
16. 1977
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR: Total: 3 points
Exercise 1: Total: 1 point (0.05 point/each correct answer)
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. C
16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C

Exercise 2: Total: 1 point (0.1 point/each correct answer)

21. Authorities 22. action 23. following 24. dead 25. heightened
26. shopping 27. Armed 28. visible 29. industry 30. confusion

Exercise 3: Total: 1 point (0.05 point/each correct finding + 0.05 point/each correction)
31. Line 1: home => house 36. Line 6: acommodation => accommodation
32. Line 2: little => few 37. Line 7: last => late
33. Line 3: them => those 38. Line 8: stresses => stressed
34. Line 4: unemploy => unemployed 39. Line 9: entitle => entitled
35. Line 5: availably => available 40. Line 10: arguing => argue

III. READING: Total: 3 points (0.1 point/each correct answer)

Exercise 1:
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
6. poverty 7. fortune 8. donations 9. stunts 10. awareness
11. initiatives 12. drawbacks 13. responsibility

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Exercise 2:
14. A 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A
19. A 20. D 21. C 22. B 23. C

Exercise 3:
24. have 25. are 26. between 27. close
28. Whaling 29. taken 30. researcher

IV. WRITING: Total: 2 points

Exercise 1: Total: 0.5 point (0.1 point/each correct answer)

1. You ought to have thought more carefully before you decided.
2. Surely nobody likes being made fun of in public.
3. Don‟t come to the conclusion that learning English is easy.
4. I‟m afraid the concert hall is fully booked tonight.
5. The speed at which the motorcyclist rounded the corner was quite unbelievable.
Exercise 2: 1.5 points
I. Hướng dẫn:
- Chấm bài theo hướng dẫn chấm.
- Chi tiết hoá điểm số các ý (nếu có) phải đảm bảo không sai lệch với
tổng điểm mỗi ý và được thống nhất trong hội đồng chấm thi.
- Không làm tròn điểm

III. Hướng dẫn cụ thể:

Tiêu chí Mô tả chi tiết Điểm
Nội dung Viết đúng câu giới thiệu 0.1
Viết đúng câu xu hướng chung 0.2
Viết logic, hợp lí (có sự so sánh, đối chiếu) 0.4
Ngôn Đúng cấu trúc ngữ pháp 0.3
ngữ Sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp phong phú 0.3
Trình Viết đủ số từ theo qui định 0.1
bày Mạch lạc, rõ ràng, có ý sáng tạo 0.1
Tổng 1.5

Cách tính lỗi: - 01 lỗi ngữ pháp (cấu trúc, từ vựng…) trừ 0.05
- 01 lỗi chính tả trừ 0.01
- Viết ít hơn số từ qui định trừ 0. 1
- Viết nhiều hơn số từ qui định không trừ điểm

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