HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN THỨ XI

DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 10

THPT CHUYÊN NGUYỄN TRÃI Thời gian: 180 phút
TỈNH HẢI DƯƠNG Đề thi gồm: 18 trang
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XUẤT
SECTION 1: LISTENING (50 points)
Part 1. Listen and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER
for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
Notes on University 2
Subject: International Business
Qualification: MIB
Entry requirements
Educational qualifications 1._______________________
English language 7 in IELTS or higher.
Course hours: 2 ._______________________ per week.
Extended stay: at the start of the 3 . _______________________
Course dates
Semester 1: 27th September to 22nd January.
Semester 2: 7th February to 4 ______________________ th May.
Course content
Study of 5 ___________________ in particular how they are managed and their changing external context.
Part 2. You will listen to the whole documentary, and for questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B or
C). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. In the past, science fiction fans imagined that jetpack
A. would become a part of everyday life.
B. would be used on the moon.
C. would only be flown by a few people.
2. What was wrong with the Rocket Belt developed by Wendell Moore?
A. It was too slow.
B. It couldn’t fly far enough.
C. It was too fast.
3. The thing which causes most difficulty for a pilot of a jetpack is
A. the terrible heat.
B. keeping stable.
C. trying not to land on water.
4. What is the main advantage of the EFV over a jetpack?
A. It can fly much faster.
B. It is much less heavy.
C. It can fly much further.
5. The company that makes the EFV also makes
A. a type of helicopter.
B. an unmanned flying vehicle.
C. a moon buggy.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 3. Listen to an extract from a radio programme about the climber Annabelle Bond, and say whether
sentences 1-5 are true or false. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. It took her about a year to climb the seven mountains.
2. Only four men have climbed the peaks faster than Annabelle.
3. Annabelle always wanted to be a marathon runner.
4. She raised £8,500 for a cancer charity.
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5. She plans to do more climbing in the near future.
Part 4: You will hear an interview between interviewer and Mick Davidson, a member of the ADG. For
questions 1-10, complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. Animal rights protesters destroyed expensive _______________ at a research laboratory.
2. Davidson believes that using animals in experiments is a _______________.
3. Firms need a lot of _______________ to set up experiments.
4. Davidson hasn’t got any shoes that are made of _______________.
5. Newspapers publish _______________ that Mick Davidson has written.
6. Davidson damaged _______________ in a shop in London.
7. In one illegal action, Davidson removed _______________ from a laboratory, which halted the research.
8. In the attack on a laboratory, Davidson and his ADG colleagues took _______________ away with
them.
9. Davidson doesn’t support the use of _______________ , except against property.
10. The ADG has apologised to people that they have _______________ without meaning to.
B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (50 points)
Part 1. Choose one of the words marked A, B, C, or D which best completes each of the following
sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. The strike was ____________ owing to a last-minute agreement with the management.
A. called off B. broken up C. set back D. put down
2. Lindsay's excuses for being late are beginning to ____________ rather thin.
A. get B. turn C. wear D. go
3. ___________, the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. By and large B. Altogether C. To a degree D. Virtually
4. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the ___________
wonderfully.
A. event B. performance C. incident D. occasion
5. The train service has been a ____________ since they introduced the new schedules.
A. shambles B. rumpus C. chaos D. fracas
6. The new school complex cost _____ the city council had budgeted for.
A. just twice as much as B. twice more by far than
C. twice much more than D. almost twice as much as
7. Larry _____ forgot where he’d left his keys.
A. momentarily B. directly C. singularly D. shortly
8. The Earth will be a planet where human beings, animals and plants live in peaceful _____.
A. cooperation B. coordination C. corporation D. coexistence
9. James could no longer bear the _____ surroundings of the decrepit old house.
A. oppressive B. domineering C. pressing D. overbearing
10. I find the idea of experimenting on animals _____.
A. disagreeing B. objectionable C. distasteful D. objective
11. Mary said she wanted to be Prime Minister when she grew up but Anna, not
to be _____________ , said she was going to be Queen.
A overawed B outdone C outclassed D overtaken
12. Sally’s remark that she was feeling worn out _____________ thoughts of a holiday.
A stimulated B provoked C prompted D engendered
13. The soldiers had little to _____________ from delaying military action.
A benefit B win C gain D obtain
14. In terms of protocol, the President takes _____________ over all others in the country.
A priority B the lead C precedence D the head
15. In this district there is a growing _______ between those with jobs and those without.
A separation B fissure C difference D divide
16. This champion racehorse is one in a _____________
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A hundred B million C billion D thousand
17. I’m not surprised people are arguing - they are at the _____________ of their tether.
A end B limit C finish D termination
18. _____________you had to find a new job, what would you like to do?
A Provided B Supposing C So D Though
19. _____________from collecting shells, he also enjoys looking for fossils,
A Except B Besides C Apart D Excluded
20. _____________ I’m concerned he’s the best manager this company has ever had.
A Where B As far as C Whereas D While
Part 2. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections
in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
Sir Walter Scott was the key figure in creating a colorful image of Scotland’s past, initially with his
bestselling narrative poem, with his even more celebrated novels, the first of which was Waverley. It was
published anonymously in 1814 and, in subsequent years, its successors were described as being ‘by the
author of Waverley’, which accounts the term ‘Waverley novels’. Although Scott gave no public
acknowledgement of his authorship until 1827, the writer’s identity was an open secret long before then. He
wrote ordinarily quickly, and the first collected edition of the Waverley novels was published as early as
1819. The set of illustrations of Alexander Nasmyth was produced for the second collected edition and these
drawings used on the title pages.
Nasmyth has been called the father of landscape painting and, such as Walter Scott, he helped to popularized
his country’s romantic and picturesque scenery. The drawings were recently presented to the National
Library of Scotland, which now boasts a superb and rivalled collection of manuscripts and papers relating to
Scott and his circle.
What is less well known about Sir Walter Scott is that after his bankruptcy in 1826, his last years were spent
in frantic literary activity to pay off all the creditors whom he owned money.
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Part 3. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition) or particle. Write your
answer in the boxes provided. (10 points)
1. As the riot police approached, the crowd backed __________.
2. Reforms will kick ____ later this year.
3. I was thrown ______ balance by the sudden gust of wind.
4. Their capital is all locked ______ in property.
5. As the boat went _____ , the women and children started screaming.
6. He had been nursing a grievance ______ his boss for months.
7. Her husband is doing time _____ armed robbery.
8. No, I can't lend you $ 50. Money doesn't grow ______ trees, you know!
9. Snipers were picking _____ innocent civilians.
10. The bombing was_______ revenge for the assassination.
Part 4. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. (10 points)
THE SPIRAL AND THE HELIX
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 They are everywhere, graceful, curving shapes whose incredible (1) REGULAR _________
contrasts so sharply with the random world around them. We call them spirals and helices but that hardly
does (2) JUST ____________ to their diversity or their significance.
Over the centuries, (3) MATHEMATICS __________ have identified many different types, but the
most intriguing are those that (4) REPEAT ____________ occur in the natural world.
The need to (5) RAVEL _____ the mysteries of the existence of spirals and helices has exercised
some of the best scientific brains in the world and opened the way to a number of (6) BREAK
______________ in fields as widely varied as genetics and (7) METEOR ______________.
The most (8) SPECTACLE ________________ spirals on earth are also the most unwelcome -
hurricanes. Their (9) AWE _______________ power comes from the sun's heat, but they owe their shape to
the force caused by the rotation of the earth. After innumerable years of study, however, Nature's spirals and
helices have yet to (10)_____________ all their secrets. For example, why, astronomers wonder, are so
many galaxies spiral-shaped?
C. READING (60 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your
answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10 pts)
Black light theatre is just as it sounds, that is, a black light (1) ________ an otherwise
dark stage using ultraviolet light. Actors perform wearing fluorescent costumes
that reflect light, and any stage (2) ________ the set designer wishes to remain
unseen are painted black.
Less technological variations of this type of stage (3) ________ have been used
for millennia; actors in ancient theatres would sometimes all dress in black
and play on a dark stage. Its modern form was (4) ________ in the 1960s, after an
outstanding performance at the 1962 Edinburgh Theatre Festival led to a
(5) ________ ovation. Soon after, the (6) ________ behind the production, Jiri Srnec, began staging
performances in his native Czech Republic to (7) ________ houses. There
are numerous black light theatres in Prague today.
Performances are visually (8) ________ as there is such intricate choreography
involved. Actors must rehearse (9) ________ before going on the dark stage. A single
wrong move can ruin the whole (10)___________ .
1. A. sparkles B. glows C. beams D. illuminates
2. A. props B. supports C. bases D. parts
3. A. shading B. darkening C. colouring D. lighting
4. A. popularised B. familiarised C. customised D. standardised
5. A. leading B. jumping C. standing D. lasting
6. A. thoughts B. wits C. ideas D. brains
7. A. packed B. crammed C. crowded D. jammed
8. A. disturbing B. alarming C. shocking D. stunning
9. A. accurately B. intensively C. severely D. strictly
10. A. produce B. production C. productivity D. productiveness
Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each
space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
Along with London’s West End theatres, New York’s Broadway theatres are thought to (2) _________ the
pinnacle of theatrical production in the English-speaking world. For most American actors, landing a role in
one of these productions is far (2) _________ their wildest dreams, as working on Broadway represents the
highest (3) _________ in any theatrical actor’s career. Naturally, all actors must keep their options (4)
_________ when seeking theatrical work. For those just about to (5) _________ the plunge, it might be
wise to first pursue a role in what’s known as the Off-Broadway theatres, or even better, Off-Off-Broadway
theatres. These two types of theatre are defined by seating capacity - the former being 100 to 499 seats, the
latter (6) _________ 100. While the productions are smaller, performances in these theatres can still (7)
_________ respect from the theatrical community. An actor can use the venues to get their craft down to a
fine (8) _________ and eventually turn in performances eliciting reviews (9) _________ of praise from
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critics who attend. Conversely, there’s less need for an actor to worry too much about a bad performance. As
it’s only an Off-Off-Broadway production, it’s not the (10) _________ of the world.
Part 3. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
In the 1980s the United States Department of Energy was looking for suitable sites to bury radioactive
waste material generated by its nuclear energy programs. The government was considering burying the
dangerous wastes in deep underground chambers in remote desert areas. The problem, however, was that
nuclear waste remains highly radioactive for thousands of years. The commission entrusted with tackling the
problem of waste disposal was aware that the dangers posed by radioactive emissions must be
communicated to our descendants of at least 10,000 years hence. So the task became one of finding a way to
tell future societies about the risk posed by these deadly deposits.
Of course, human society in the distant future may be well aware of the hazards of radiation.
Technological advances may one day provide the solutions to this dilemma. But the belief in constant
technological advancement is based on our perceptions of advances made throughout history and prehistory.
We cannot be sure that society won’t have slipped backward into an age of barbarism due to any of several
catastrophic events, whether the result of nature such as the onset of a new ice age or perhaps mankind’s
failure to solve the scourges of war and pollution. In the event of global catastrophe, it is quite possible that
humans of the distant future will be on the far side of a broken link of communication and technological
understanding.
The problem then becomes how to inform our descendants that they must avoid areas of potential
radioactive seepage given that they may not understand any currently existing language and may have no
historical or cultural memory. So, any message indicated to future reception and decipherment must be as
universally understandable as possible.
It was soon realized by the specialists assigned the task of devising the communication system that material
in which the message was written might not physically endure the great lengths of time demanded. The second
law of thermodynamics shows that all material disintegrates over time. Even computers that might carry the
message cannot be expected to endure long enough. Besides, electricity supplies might not be available in 300
generations. Other media storage methods were considered and rejected for similar reasons.
The task force under the linguist Thomas Sebeok finally agreed that no foolproof way would be found
to send a message across so many generations and have it survive physically and be decipherable by a
people with few cultural similarities to us. Given this restriction, Sebeok suggested the only possible
solution was the formation of a committee of guardians of knowledge. Its task would be to dedicate itself to
maintaining and passing the knowledge of the whereabouts and dangers of the nuclear waste deposits. This
so-called atomic priesthood would be entrusted with keeping knowledge of this tradition alive through
millennia and developing the tradition into a kind of mythical taboo forbidding people to tamper in a way
with the nuclear waste sites. Only the initiated atomic priesthood of experts would have the scientific
knowledge to fully understand the danger. Those outside the priesthood would be kept away by a
combination of rituals and legends designed to warn off intruders.
This proposal has been criticized because of the possibility of a break in continuity of the original
message. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that any warning or sanction passed on for millennia would be
obeyed, nor that it could survive with its original meaning intact. To counterbalance this possibility,
Sebeok’s group proposed a “relay system” in which information is passed on over relatively short periods of
time, just three generations ahead. The message then to be renewed and redesigned if necessary for the
following three generations and so on over the required time span. In this way information could be relayed
into the future and avoid the possibility of physical degradation.
A second defect is more difficult to dismiss, however. This is the problem of social exclusiveness
brought about through possession of vital knowledge. Critics point out that the atomic priesthood could use
its secret knowledge to control those who are scientifically ignorant. The establishment of such an
association of insiders holding powerful knowledge not available except in mythic form to nonmembers
would be a dangerous precedent for future social developments.
1. The word "chambers" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. partitions B. openings C. cavities D. fissures
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2. What problem faced the commission assigned to deal with the burial of nuclear waste?
A. How to reduce the radioactive life of nuclear waste materials
B. How to form a committee that could adequately express various nuclear risks
C. How to notify future generations of the risks of nuclear contamination
D. How to choose burial sites so as to minimize dangers to people.
3. In paragraph 2, the author explains the possible circumstances of future societies
A. to warn about the possible natural catastrophe
B. to question the value of advances
C. to highlight humankind's inability to resolve problems
D. to demonstrate the reason nuclear hazards must be communicated
4. The word "scourges" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. pressures B. afflictions C. worries D. annoyances
5. In paragraph 4, the author mentions the second law of thermodynamics
A. to support the view that nuclear waste will disperse with time
B. to show that knowledge can be sustained over millennia
C. to give the basic scientific reason behind the breakdown of material objects
D. to contrast the potential life span of knowledge with that of material objects
6. The word "Its" in the passage refers to
A. knowledge B. committee C. solution D. guardians
7. In paragraph 5, why is the proposed committee of guardians referred to as the "atomic priesthood"?
A. Because they would be an exclusive group with knowledge about nuclear waste sites.
B. Because they would use rituals and legends to maintain their exclusiveness
C. Because they would be an exclusive religious order
D. Because they would develop mythical taboos surrounding their traditions
8. According to the author, why did the task force under Sebeok propose a relay system for passing on
information?
A. To show that Sebeok 's ideas created more problems than they solved
B. To support the belief that breaks in communication are inevitable over time
C. To contrast Sebeok's ideas with those proposed by his main critics
D. To compensate for the fact that meaning will not stable over long periods of time
9. According to paragraph 7, the second defect of the atomic priesthood proposal is that it could lead to
A. the nonmembers turning knowledge into dangerous mythical forms
B. the possible misuse of exclusive knowledge
C. the establishment of a scientifically ignorant society
D. the priesthood's criticism of points concerning vital knowledge
10. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as difficulties in devising a communication system
with the future EXCEPT
A. the failure to maintain communication link
B. the loss of knowledge about today's civilization
C. the inability of materials to endure over time
D. the exclusiveness of priesthood
Part 4. Read the text and do the following tasks. (15 points)
For questions 1-6, choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings below. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
List of Headings
A. The benefits of simple language F. Differing interpretations
B. A necessary tool G. Publicizing new words
C. A lasting way of concealing disasters H. Feeling shut out
D. The worst offenders I. Playing with words
E. A deceptively attractive option
JARGON
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 Jargon is a loaded word. One dictionary defines it, neatly and neutrally, as ‘the technical
vocabulary or idiom of a special activity or group’, but this sense is almost completely overshadowed by
another: ‘obscure and often pretentious language marked by a roundabout way of expression and use of long
words’. For most people, it is this second sense which is at the front of their minds when they think about
jargon. Jargon is said to be a bad use of language, something to be avoided at all costs. No one ever
describes it in positive terms (‘that was a delightful piece of rousing jargon’). Nor does one usually admit to
using it oneself: the myth is that jargon is something only other people employ.
2 The reality, however is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the network of
occupations and pursuits that make up society. All jobs present an element of jargon, which workers learn as
they develop their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of a jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon.
The phenomenon turns out to be universal – and valuable. It is the jargon element which, in a job, can
promote economy and precision of expression, and thus help make life easier for the workers. It is also the
chief linguistic element which shows professional awareness (‘know-how’) and social togetherness (‘shop-
talk’).
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When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take pleasure in,
whether the subject area is motorcycles, knitting, cricket, baseball or computers. It can add pace, variety and
humour to speech – as when, with an important event approaching, we might slip into NASA-speak, and talk
about countdown, all systems go, and lift-off. We enjoy the mutual showing-off which stems from a fluent
use of terminology, and we enjoy the in-jokes which shared linguistic experience permits. Moreover, we are
jealous of this knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part of our group without being
prepared to take on its jargon.
4 If jargon is so essential a part of our lives, why then has it had such a bad press? The most
important reason stems from the way jargon can exclude as well as include. We may not be too concerned if
we find ourselves faced with an impenetrable wall of jargon when the subject matter has little perceived
relevance to our everyday lives, as in the case of hydrology, say, or linguistics. But when the subject matter
is one where we feel implicated, and think we have a right to know, and the speaker uses words which make
it hard for us to understand, then we start to complain; and if we suspect that the obfuscation is deliberate
policy, we unreservedly condemn, labeling it gobbledegook and calling down public derision upon it.
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No area is exempt, but the fields of advertising, politics and defence have been especially
criticized in recent years by the various campaigns for Plain English. In these domains, the extent to which
people are prepared to use jargon to hide realities is a ready source of amusement, disbelief and horror. A lie
is a lie, which can be only temporarily hidden by calling it an ‘inoperative statement’ or ‘an instance of
plausible deniability’. Nor can a nuclear plant explosion be suppressed for long behind such phrases as
‘energetic disassembly’, ‘abnormal evolution’ or ‘plant transient’.
6 While condemning unnecessary or obscuring jargon in others, we should not forget to look
out for it in ourselves. It is so easy to ‘slip into’ jargon, without realizing that our own listeners/readers do
not understand. It is also temptingly easy to slip some jargon into our expression, to ensure that others do
not understand. And it is just as easy to begin using jargon which we ourselves do not understand. The
motivation to do such apparently perverse things is not difficult to grasp. People like to be ‘in’, to be part of
an intellectual or technical elite; and the use of jargon, whether understood or not, is a badge of membership.
Jargon, also, can provide a lazy way into a group or an easy way of hiding uncertainties and inadequacies:
when terminology slips plausibly from the tongue, it is not essential for the brain to keep up. Indeed some
people have developed this skill to professional levels. And certainly, faced with a telling or awkward
question, and the need to say something acceptable in public, slipping into jargon becomes a simple way out,
and can soon become a bad habit.
Task 2: Complete the summary using the list of words (A – I ) below. There’s one example.
A. judgement D. efficiency G. contempt
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C. shop-talk F. humour I. pleasure
The Up Side of Jargon
Jargon plays a useful part in many aspects of life including leisure. For example, when people take up
pastimes they need to develop a good command of the relevant jargon. During discussion of these of other
areas of interest, conversation can become more exciting and an element of (7 ) _____ can be introduced by
the use of shared jargon.
Jargon is particularly helpful in the workplace. It leads to more (8 ) _____ in the way colleagues
communicate during work hours. Taking part in (9 ) _____ during moments of relaxation can also help them
to bond better.
It is interesting that members of a group, whether social or professional, often demonstrate a certain
possessiveness towards the particular linguistic characteristics of their subject area and tend to regard new
people who do not wish to learn the jargon with (10) _____.
D. WRITING (40 points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed
before it. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
1. They believe that Oliver failed his exam because he was nervous.
--> Oliver’s failure _______________________________________________________
2. The inhabitants were far worse-off twenty years ago than they are now.
--> The inhabitants are nowhere ___________________________________________
3. If you don't know the art market, there's a risk you will spend a lot of money on rubbish.
--> If you don't know the art market, you are _____________________________________
4. Whatever the methods used to obtain the result, drugs were definitely not involved.
-> There was no question ___________________________________________
5. Those terrapins which survive their first year may live to be twenty.
-> Should _________________________________________
Part II. Rewrite the sentences below in such a way that their meanings stay the same. You must use the
words in capital without changing their forms. Write your answers in the space provided (5 points)
6. Every student will get good marks to express their gratitude towards teachers. (lengths)
_________________________________________
7 I am determined to become a teacher of maths. (heart)
_________________________________________
8 Some of the patients taken to the hospital have got an infectious disease. (diagnosed)
_________________________________________
9 This contract is as important and confidential as that one. (equally)
_________________________________________
10 He has called the meeting in order to raise money for the latest storm. (purpose)
_________________________________________
Part 3. Paragraph writing. (20 points)
Nowadays, more and more foreign students are going to English-Speaking countries to learn the
“international language – English". It is undoubtedly true that studying English in an English-speaking
country is the best way, but it is not the only way to learn it.
Do you agree or disagree with the above statement?
Use your own knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Write a paragraph of 150-200 words to state your viewpoint.