Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tiếng anh lớp 11 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Phòng GD & ĐT Nghệ An

SỞ GD & ĐT NGHỆ AN
Đề chính thức
(Đề thi gồm 10 trang)
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 11 CẤP THPT
NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 THPT - BẢNG A
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
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SỐ PHÁCH
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Giám khảo 1: 
Giám khảo 2: 
SECTION A – LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear part of a talk about continuing after graduation. For questions 1-15, fill in each blank with one missing word. 
	So you have 1from university and decided to continue studying towards a Master’s or PhD. At some stage during the next few years you will need to consider your thesis. One of the greatest 2.faced by postgraduate students is choosing a topic to base their dissertation on. Writing a thesis can be very daunting, but the task is much more straightforward if the topic you select is 3.. for you. So, what can you do to solve this problem?
	Well there are several things to keep in mind. Firstly you need to do your 4so that you are very familiar with all the current literature. On top of this, you also need to be sure that you have a broad 5 of your area of specialisation. If you do this, it will help you with the next 6..point in choosing a good subject for your research, which is to ascertain what is relevant in your research area. This will be crucial in helping you to 7..your choices down. From the very beginning, it really is vital to set clear 8..and to have a very fixed plan in terms of the scope of your research.
	It can be even more helpful to 9existing research and ask yourself if there are any controversies. Perhaps there is a 10..that you may want to challenge and this could be the focus of your study. A further and very important factor to take into account is your own 11..resources. If these are limited then you need to avoid choosing a study that will involve costly equipment or surveys.
	However, if this is the case, you needn’t despair or 12.your ideas altogether, instead make enquiries into funding from external agencies such as your local government. You may even find that local industries are willing to support your research by 13. a grant. It’s 14.worth looking around to see just what is possible. And finally, be sure to make good use of your15., especially when it comes to making sure that your findings are accurate.
Your answers:
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Part 2: You will hear a talk about The Sea Life Centre. For questions 16-30, complete the following tasks
For questions 16-25, Write T (True) or F (False) 
16.
The Sea Life Centre was previously called World of Water.
17. 
The Sea Life Center has a new restaurant and a swimming pool.
18.
The newest attraction called splash ride was finished last month.
19.
The most popular thing that everyone enjoys seeing is feeding time, especially for the crocodiles and the seals.
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The VIP ticket costs only £2 per person.
21.
For some people feeding the sharks might be frightening.
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A birthday party is not allowed at The Sea Life Centre.
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At the Sea Life Centre, asking as many people as possible to sign a petition is a way to protect endangered species 
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The petition for animal conservation will be sent to the government.
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Visitors can test what they have learnt by doing a quiz.
For questions 25- 30. Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter A- E. 
Aquarium 
Crocodile Cave
Penguin Park
Seal Centre
 E. Turtle Town
26. must not miss 	..
27. opposite Penguin Park 	.
28. temporarily closed 	..
29. at the far corner of the Sea Life Centre 	.
30. a lot of endangered species 	.
Your answers:
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Part 3. You will hear an interview with a TV presenter, Tanya Edwards, who is talking about her career and her daughter called Maddy. For questions 31-40, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
31. What is Maddy’s job?
A. a presenter and a model	B. a pop star and model	C. a pop star and a teacher
32. What does Tanya say about her first job in children’s TV?
A She had contacted the TV company earlier.
B It was difficult to get used to the instructions.
C Her previous experience was useful.
33.What does Tanya say about Paul Broadly, her first boss?
A He thought of nothing but his work.
B It was difficult to work with him.
C He was unwilling to share ideas about the work.
34. How did Tanya feel leaping out of aeroplane, with the camera on her?
happy	B. scary	C. crazy 
35.What does Tanya say about her parachute jump?
A She wishes she had never done it.
B It resulted in unexpected attention.
C Her boss was furious about what happened.
36. What did lots of children send her?
A. cards and a cake	B. cards and hats	C. a cake and a teddy bear
37.What does Tanya say about her daughter’s flute playing?
A She knew that Maddy had talent.
B She saw that Maddy really enjoyed an audience
C She wanted Maddy to practise more.
38. How does Tanya feel when her daughter sings in public?
A responsible for Maddy’s success
	 B worried that something will go wrong 
C aware of how the audience feels
39.Tanya says that Maddy finds modelling difficult because 
A she finds it exhausting.
B you have to cope with criticism.
C people don’t respect models.
40. What is Tanya’s attitude to fame in general?
A You should enjoy it while it lasts.
B You should try and ignore it.
C You should accept its disadvantages
Your answers:
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SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in Your answers
1. Some top Vietnam attractions .. Trang An, Tam Coc – Bich Dong and Van Long wetland in Ninh Binh will be seen in the new movie of Kong.
A. including	B. to include	C. included	D. to be included
2. President Barack Obama  a tendency to claim no knowledge of impending problems.
A. does	B. makes	C. gets	D. has
3. I’m not sure a green skirt ..combination with a blue top is such a good idea.
A. on	B. at	C. in 	D. for 
4. Byron De La Beckwith  having murdered the civil rights leader Medgar Evers for 30 years, but in 1994, a new trial finally convicted him of the crime.
 	A. watched out for 	B. kept out of	C. got away with	D. lived up to
5. Does Mr.Ba bring his farm  to the local market every day?
	A. productivity	B. product	C. production	D. produce
6. Being quick on the ., the student made rapid progress.
A. takeover 	B. uptake 	C. take-off 	D. intake 
7. Two students, Bill and Bob, are talking about their teacher, Ms Young. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
Bill: “Ms Young always grades fairly”
Bob: “”
	A. I can’t say that it does	B. Actually, she is the second best
	C. Really? How could that be?	D. I couldn’t agree with you more
8. He likes to tell people of his rise from to riches.
A. head	 	B. patches	C. calms 	D. rags
9.“The lake had ice on it this morning.” – “It ................very cold last night.”
	A. must have gotten	B. could have gotten 	
	C. would have gotten 	D. should have gotten
10. She is in no mood of eating for the whole day after the breakfast.
A. supplement	B. sufficient	C. super	D. substantial
Your answers:
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Part 2. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
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Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offering them. A child rarely dislikes food unless it is well cooked. The way the meal is cooked and served is very important and an attractive served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes and dislikes a food and never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow nobody else to do so. Unless the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing he is likely to copy this procedure. Take it for grant that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a supposing dislike. At meal time, it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping other than give him as much as he is likely to at all once. Do not talk too much to the child during the meal time, but let him get over with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food so that he can hurry back to his toys. Under no circumstances must a child be coaxed and forced eating. 
Your answers:
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SECTION C – READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer
Why don’t the British cycle? Only a quarter of the (1)  twenty million bicycles in the country are thought to be in (2)  use. In Denmark, which is flatter but not darker or rainier than Britain, 20% of all journeys are made by bicycles, while in Britain the (3)  is only 5%. The government is trying to (4)  this. It is hoped that a grant of millions of pounds from the National Lottery will (5)  more people to use their bikes. The money will be used to (6)  for a 6,500 mile national network of cycle tracks. Britain needs to (7)  environmentally friendly schemes such as this. The southern third of the country is one of the most (8)  areas of the world. Environmentalists make it (9)  to build new roads, and (10)  roads are very overcrowded. One official committee described the growth of motor transport as “possibly the (11)  environmental threat to the UK”. The (12)  of building the cycle tracks is to motivate people to use their bikes instead of their cars. However, the new tracks are being built (13)  cities and not through them. This (14)  that only long distance journeys may be easier and safer. Those cyclists who want to (15)  inside cities will still be in danger of losing their lives on busy roads every time they use their bicycles. 
1. A counted 	B numbered 	C estimated 	D guessed
2. A right 	B regular 	C normal 	D proper 
3. A size 	B portion 	C figure 	D part 
4. A improve 	B succeed 	C excel 	D help
 5. A support 	B suggest 	C boost 	D encourage 
6. A cost 	B give 	C pay 	D afford 
7. A do 	B introduce 	C commence 	D make 
8. A full 	B loaded 	C occupied 	D crowded 
9. A rough 	B uneasy 	C stiff 	D difficult 
10. A existing 	B controlling 	C living 	D left 
11. A hardest	B greatest 	C grandest 	D strongest 
12. A aim 	B function 	C design 	D course 
13. A from 	B in 	C among 	D between 
14. A tells 	B says 	C means 	D defines 
15. A travel 	B wander 	C tour 	D follow 
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Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the words in Your answers. 
Travelling is a great thing to do. It (16)us learn about different people and different places. Some people travel (17)they want to see nature. Others travel because they want to (18) friends and try great food. Of course, a lot of tourists are (19)in traditional culture.
Tourism can be very good for traditional cultures. This is because when people travel to (20).country, they often want to learn more about that country’s traditions, such as music, food, and history. Therefore, the local people in that country will (21).. their traditional culture alive. They will (22).traditional clothing, and sell traditional food. They will also have shows for tourists. These shows can (23)..dances, concerts, plays, or something else.
Tourism (24).helps people respect each other. (25)you understand another culture well, you will probably respect that culture much more. You will probably want to protect that culture (26)..well.
However, tourism is not always good for traditional culture. Many people say that tourism (27)..“fake traditional culture”. This means that the local people traditional costumes, and (28)..traditional dances only for tourists, but that is not their real lifestyle. Their real lifestyles are (29)to the tourists’ lifestyle. They are just pretending because they want to make money. Another problem is that tourists can (30)..with the local people’s lives. For example, tourists come to watch local people praying in temples. While the local people pray, tourists take photographs and make noise. 
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Part 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
 Rent control is the system whereby the local government tells building owners how much they can charge their tenants in rent. In the United States, rent controls date back to at least World War II.
 In 1943 the federal government imposed rent controls to help solve the problem of housing shortages during wartime. The federal program ended after the war, but in some locations, including New York City, controls continued. Under New York's controls, a landlord generally cannot raise rents on apartments as long as the tenants continue to renew their leases. In places such as Santa Monica, California, rent controls are more recent. They were spurred by the inflation of the 1970's, which, combined with California's rapid population growth, pushed housing prices, as well as rents, to record levels. In 1979 Santa Monica's municipal government ordered landlords to rollback their rents to the levels charged in 1978. Future rents could only go up by two-thirds as much as any increase in the overall price level.
 In any housing market, rental prices perform three functions: (1) promoting the efficient maintenance of existing housing and stimulating the construction of new housing, (2) allocating existing scarce housing among competing claimants, and (3) rationing use of existing housing by potential renters.
 One result of rent control is a decrease in the construction of new rental units. Rent controls have artificially depressed the most important long-term determinant of profitability - rents. Consider some examples. In a recent year in Dallas, Texas, with a 16 percent rental vacancy rate but no rent control laws, 11,000 new housing units were built. In the same year, in San Francisco, California, only 2,000 units were built. The major difference? San Francisco has only a 1.6 percent vacancy rate but stringent rent control laws. In New York City, except for government-subsidized construction, the only rental units being built are luxury units, which are exempt from controls. In Santa Monica, California, new apartments are not being constructed. New office rental space and commercial developments are, however. They are exempt from rent controls.
31. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The construction of apartments in the United States. 
B. Causes and effects of rent control
 C. The fluctuations of rental prices	
 D. The shortage of affordable housing in the United States.
32. The word "They" in line 8 refers to
A. rent controls	B. their leases	C. the tenants	D. places
33. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the introduction of rent controls in Santa Monica, California?
A. Rapid population growth	B. Inflation
C. Economic conditions during wartime	D. Record-high housing prices
34. The phrase "roll back" in lines 11-12 is closest in meaning to
A. credit	B. measure	C. vary	D.reduce
35. The word "stimulating" in line 15 is closest in meaning to
A. experimenting withB. identifying	C. estimating	D.encouraging
36. It can be inferred that the purpose of rent control is to
A. protect tenants	B. promote construction.
C increase vacancy rates	D. decrease sales of rental units
37. The word "depressed" in line 19 is closest in meaning to
A. saddened	B. created	C.lowered	D. defeated
38. The information in the last paragraph supports which of the following statements?
A. San Francisco has eliminated its rent control laws.
B. Rent control leads to a reduction in the construction of housing units
C. Luxury apartments are rarely built when there is rent control
D. There is a growing need for government-subsidized housing.
39. According to the passage, which of the following cities does NOT currently have rent controls?
A. Santa Monica	B. Dallas	C. San Francisco	D. New York City
40. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT exempt from rent control?
A. Luxury apartments	B. Commercial development 
C. Moderately priced apartments	D. Office space
Your answers:
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Part 4: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 51 to 60
WILD CAMPING
Camping in the wild rather than at organized campsites is a great way of getting away from it all and getting back to nature. Four experienced wild campers tell us why.
A Luise Gallivan 
I’m turning my back on organized sites, particularly the supersized ones. Even at the relatively quiet sites you can seldom escape the constant chattering of people in neighbouring tents, or worse still, the noise of satellite-assisted televisions from camper vans. I go wild camping, which means I can set up my tent in a field or on a mountainside without paying anyone for the privilege. Lots of ‘mild campers’ (that’s what we call the ones who use campsites) are waking up to the fact that wild camping gives you an eco-friendly break and offers a great deal more in the way of adventure. Because it’s so different from ‘mild’ camping, though, people need to ask themselves: ‘Do I really need this?’ before packing their stuff. Wild camping is the ultimate budget holiday - once you’ve got to wherever you’re going, the only expense is feeding yourself.
B Thomas Parsons 
Perhaps the main reason why many people shy away from wild camping is our modern-day culture of ‘risk aversion’ – in other words, avoiding all activities that seem in any way dangerous, however unlikely it is that anything would actually go wrong. In less paranoid times, wild camping was indeed very common, but people nowadays want safe environments, especially when it comes to feeling at ease with what their kids are doing, and organized campsites are the obvious answer. I’m not keen to suggest good places to go wild camping, though because one of the joys of the activity comes from finding places nobody else knows about. For the beginner, I’d advise places which aren’t too far from civilization in case anything does go wrong. I learnt the hard way, weighing myself down with unnecessary home comforts and camping gadgets when apart from the usual backpacker’s tent, warm sleeping-bag, spare clothes and food, all you really need is a torch, lightweight cooking equipment, a map and a compass.
C Jennie Martinez
Camping was an integral part of my early years, and I’ve managed to pass on some of my enthusiasm to my own children. In striving for little luxuries like hot showers, ‘mild’ campers miss out on the delights of wild camping. There are very comfortable state-of-the-art tents available nowadays if you want a bit of comfort, and they don’t cost that much. Once you’re hooked on wild camping, nothing else will do and you get not to mind occasional problems with ants or wasps. The lack of fellow travelers makes me feel that the great views and the starlit skies have been laid on expressly for my own personal equipment. But camping in wild places also means having to observe a few basic rules. For instance, during a particular dry season, it’s best to avoid high fire-risk areas. I’ll always remember a time when I was camping with friends and we noticed that somebody had failed to extinguish a small fire completely. We managed to put it out, but it could have been a disast