Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Sở GD & ĐT Vĩnh Phúc

SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên) 
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
LISTENING: You will listen to each part TWICE.
Part 1: Questions 1 – 10
Questions 1 – 4: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C.
What is the name of the language school?
The George School of English
The Edinburgh School
The Gordon Language School
Where is the interview?
Room 6	B. Room 16	C. Room 60
What is the student’s name?
Martina	B. Maria	C. Merinda
What is the teacher’s name?
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
NATIONALITY
AGE
OCCUPATION
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NO.
 , London SW 127 TH
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 ______________.
old	B. accurate	C. useful	D. beautiful	E. free	F. noisy
Questions 13 – 20: Complete the table below. 
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
City
Name
First year of service
Special feature
Favourite aspect for speaker
London
Big Ben refers to the 
(13)________
1859
Biggest bell in England
it is very 
(14) ________
Vancouver
(15)________
(16)_____
Whistle sounds on the quarter hour
It is charming
Strasbourg
Strasbourg Cathedral clock
1842
The clock tells the story of the 
(17) ________
It is a 
(18) ________
Tehran
(19) ________
2005
Run by a 
(20) ________
It is an unusual design
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer for each question.
Fifteen ________by five is three.
A. divided	B. dividing	C. been divided	D. is divided
The problems________ Tony has seem insurmountable.
A. he	B. that	C. what	D. when
Have some brandy; it’ll calm your _______.
mind	B. nerves	C. head	D. brain
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
UNESCO __________ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
A. stands for	B. brings about	C. gets across	D. takes after
Farmers can enrich the soil by using __________________.
A. fertile	B. fertilizers	C. fertilize	D. fertility
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
I don't think this record will ever________.
A. get out	B. run off	C. catch on	D. put down
Why did Berth ask you ________a bicycle?
A. that you had	B. do you have	C. if you had	D. that if you had
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
Are you taking ________this semester?
A. home economic	B. home economics	
C. house economics	D. house economic	
In some parts of the world, the indigenous population has been completely ________
A. wiped up	B. wiped away	C. wiped out	D. wiped off
I would appreciate __________ it a secret.
A. you to keep	B. that you keep	C. that you will keep	D. your keeping
The boy is ____________ to solve the problem. 
A. clever enough 	B. enough clever 	C. so clever 	D. such clever 
The judge______________ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. accused	B. convicted	C. sentenced	D. prosecuted
The ________ exam in February prepared pupils for the real thing in June.
A. false	 	B. mock	 	C. fake	D. unreal
You ________ too much emphasis on your academic success. Be relaxed!
A. offer 	B. take 	C. give 	D. put
After so many years, it is great to see him_______ his ambitions.
A. realize	B. get 	C. possess	D. deserve
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 
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."
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 criminals, but with a little independent farmers and businessmen. The settlements were not wealthy, and there was little help available to them in need: the poor, the sick, the unemploy, and the aged. To begin with, what little help was availably came in the form of charity: donations of money, acommodation or medical treatment to selected needy. A second approach that began to emerge in the last nineteenth century was that of “universalism”. It stresses that all people in society should be entitle to certain benefits-up to a minimum level and across a restricted range of services. This approach was eventually used to arguing for the introduction of a pension for the aged poor.
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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 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).
Chen Guangbiao has given out free oxygen masks to passersby in Beijing.
He has destroyed a luxury car.
He has taken heavy equipment to an area affected by an earthquake.
He has helped pay for the education of some students at his village school.
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.
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.
A called	B. named	C. referred	D. known
A. settling down	B. getting up	C. taking over	D. holding back
A. achieve	B. raise	C. advance	D. win
A. stronger	B. wider	C. greater	D. deeper
A. result	B. lead	C. cause	D. create
A. come	B. turned	C. reached	D. brought
A. pulled	B. charged	C. forced	D. powered
A. attempting	B. using	C. relying	D. trying
A. quick	B. short	C. brief	D. swift
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 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.
You didn’t think carefully enough before you decided. 
OUGHT You _________________________ carefully before you decided.
Surely nobody likes it when people make fun of them in public.
BEING Surely nobody likes _________________________ in public.
Don’t conclude that learning English is easy.
COME Don’t _________________________ that learning English is easy.
I’m afraid there is no room in the concert hall tonight.
BOOKED I’m afraid the _________________________ tonight.
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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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
ĐÁP ÁN MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên)
LISTENING : 2 points (0.1 point/each correct answer)
Part 1:
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B 
A
C
(Martina) ECHEVARRIA
Argentine/ Argentinian
20/ twenty
(a) student
62 Canada Street
 01817648943 
Part 2: 
11 – 12. C/E in any order
13. main bell
14. well(-)known
15. (the) Steam Clock
16. 1977
17. human journey
18. work of art
19. (the) Flower Clock
20. computer
LEXICO-GRAMMAR: Total: 3 points 
Exercise 1: Total: 1 point (0.05 point/each correct answer) 
A
B
B
A
A
B
C
C
C
B
B
C
D
 A
C
B
D
A
 A
C
Exercise 2: Total: 1 point (0.1 point/each correct answer) 
 Authorities
 action
 following
 dead
 heightened
 shopping
 Armed
 visible
 industry
 confusion
Exercise 3: Total: 1 point (0.05 point/each correct finding + 0.05 point/each correction) 
 Line 1: home => house
 Line 2: little => few
 Line 3: them => those
 Line 4: unemploy => unemployed
 Line 5: availably => available
 Line 6: acommodation => accommodation
 Line 7: last => late
 Line 8: stresses => stressed
 Line 9: entitle => entitled
 Line 10: arguing => argue
READING: Total: 3 points (0.1 point/each correct answer) 
Exercise 1:
F
T
T
F
T
poverty
fortune
donations
stunts
awareness
initiatives
drawbacks
responsibility
Exercise 2:
 A
 A
 B
 C
 A
 A
 D
 C
 B
 C
Exercise 3:
 have
 are
 between
 close
 Whaling
 taken
 researcher
WRITING: Total: 2 points 
Exercise 1: Total: 0.5 point (0.1 point/each correct answer) 
You ought to have thought more carefully before you decided.
Surely nobody likes being made fun of in public.
Don’t come to the conclusion that learning English is easy.
I’m afraid the concert hall is fully booked tonight.
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
Viết đúng câu xu hướng chung
Viết logic, hợp lí (có sự so sánh, đối chiếu)
0.1
0.2
0.4
Ngôn ngữ
Đúng cấu trúc ngữ pháp
Sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp phong phú
0.3
0.3
Trình bày
Viết đủ số từ theo qui định
Mạch lạc, rõ ràng, có ý sáng tạo
0.1
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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