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HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN THỨ IX MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 11 Thời gian 180 phút A LISTENING (50 points) Part 1 You will hear part of a radio prog[.]

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VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN

THỨ IX MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 11

Thời gian: 180 phút

A LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: You will hear part of a radio programe in which two people, Sally White and Martin Jones, are discussing the popularity of audio books For questions 1- 5, choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear (10 pts)

1 Sally feels that the main advantage of audio books is that they

A encourage children to read more

B make more books accessible to children

C save parents from having to read to children

D are read by experienced actors

2 What does Martin say about the woman who came into his shop?

A She no longer worries about long journeys

B Her children used to argue about what to listen to

C she no longer takes her children to France

D Her children don’t like staying in hotels

3 Martin says that in the USA there is a demand for audio books because people there

A were the first to obtain audio books

B feel that they do not have time to read books

C are used to listening to the spoken words on the radio

D have to drive long distances

4 Sally says that authors may record their own books on tape if

A their book has just been published

B they want it read a certain way

C they have already read extracts from it aloud

D there are no suitable actors available

ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT ĐIỆN BIÊN

5 According to Sally, successful abridgements depend on

A their closeness to the original

B the length of the original

C the style of the author

D the type of story

Your answers:

Part 2 For questions 1-5, you will hear a talk about water shortage in deserts Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) (10 pts)

1 Scientists have already found one answer to the problem of water shortages

2 They got their idea from a small beetle that is an expert at surviving in hot and dryconditions in Afiran desert

3 Scientist designed the shape and material like those of the beetle’s bumps to collectwater from the air

4 The scientists believe this new technology could be helpful in many dry places

5 One of the scientists, Philseok Kim, said their design could help speed up theprocess of quickly converting steam to liquid water in thermal power plants

Your answers:

Part 3 You hear a talk about short-sightedness Listen to the talk and complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/or A NUMBER (20 pts)

Researchers predicted in a (1) _ in the journal Opthalmology that by

2050, half of the world's population will be short-sighted (2) _ for thiscondition is myopia It is also known as near-sightedness It is when we have difficulty (3) _ that are far away from us The researchers say that around 4.8 billionpeople will suffer from myopia myopia This is a (4) _ in cases from

2000 to 2050 Sixty years ago, around 15 per cent of the Chinese population was sighted Now, almost 90 per cent of Chinese teenagers (5) _ have

short-trouble seeing faraway objects A recent survey found that up to 95 per cent of teenagers inSouth Korea are near-sighted.

The researchers said they could not pinpoint (6) _ this phenomenonand say it could be a combination of factors They did say that looking at computer screensand mobile phones could be (7) _ Researchers said (8) _in myopia may be linked to "lifestyle changes resulting from acombination of decreased time outdoors and increased (9) _" Sciencejournalist Sarah Zhang said, "spending time outdoors, especially in early childhood, reducesthe onset of myopia" Professor Kovin Naidoo, (10) _the report,offered some advice He said: "You could spend a long time reading computers and screens,but also spend hours outdoors."

1 Journalists were around the hotel, waiting to interview the star

A sauntering B milling C trudging D staggering

2 Tim’s extremely punctual He turns up every day at nine o’clock on the

3 That human rights are is unacceptable in a civilized society

A abrogated B impeached C infringed D quashed

4 A: You should neverhave agreed to help mend her car!

B: “ ”

A Famous last words B Well, you live and learn

C It’s a small word D You can’t win them all

5 The rents in this area are the highest in the city

6 All buliding work must be carried out safety regulations

C in compliance with D with reference to

7 We’ll have to take what he says on

8 I don’t like that movie because the storyline seemed

A compulsory B analogue C poised D contrived

9 I can’t tell you much about the subject, I’m afraid I only have a very knowledge of

it myself

A fundamental B redimentary C elemental D primary

10 No matter how angry he was, he would never to violence

11 He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather

A disembodied B disconcerting C dismissive D discordant

12 We were by the officers' decision to divert the whole traffic from the main route

A rambled B shuffled C stumbled D baffled

13 I usually buy my clothes It’s cheaper than going to the dressmaker

A on the house B off the peg C in public D on the shelf

14 My father _ when he found out that I had damaged his car

A brought the house down B saw pink elephants

C made my blood boil D hit the roof

15 She was kept awake for most of the night by the of a mosquito in her car

16 Their eventual choice of the house was _ by the time Peter would take to get to theoffice

A related B consequent C determined D dependent

17 When the funds finally , they had to abandon the scheme.

A faded away B clamped down C petered out D fobbed off

18 I was in a quandary what to say

19 The argiricultural project suffered a major when winter arrived three weeks ealierthan expected

A distortion B downfall C contraction D setback

20 The police arrested the wrong man manily because they the names they had beengiven by the witness

A bewildered B merged C confused D puzzled

Now and again it may be a good idea to give your opponent an opportunity of a mistake.When, early in the match, it seems that he os very accurate player, but not a forceful one,then you should tempt him to play a winning shot Give him the opening, for there aresome players who simply cannot hit winners They will try to play an attacking game butthey can't quite finish it off The way to break down their steady game may be puttingthem into the front of the court

It is obviously wiser to try to be at the beginning of the match whether your opponent isweaker on his left-hand or on his right-hand side, and then play a little more than fiftypercent of your shots down that side Play a normal attacking game, or the game you

1 She says she won’t help us, but we’ll soon get her.

2 The man was forced to give himself to the police

3 What were you driving when you said you might not see Mark for sometime?

4 He came several thousand pounds when his grandfather died

5 I wish you wouldn’t fly me like that every time I made a mistake

Your answers:

Part 4 Complete the following sentences with the words given in the brackets You have to change the form of the word (10 pts)

King of the Watchmakers

For a period of its history, the city of Coventry had a considerable reputation as the maincenter of clock and watch-making in Britain, and Coventry timepieces made then were (1)(SYNONYM) with both quality and (2) (RELY) _ Few people in the city today will have heard of Samuel Watson, but healmost (3) (HAND) paved the way for Coventry’s involvement in the

clock and watch business He was at the (4) (FRONT) of the making revolution in the 1680s, and although it is not known how Watson became involved

watch-in the trade, he was a trailblazer for others Watson made his name watch-in 1682 when he sold a

clock to King Charles II and was invited to be the King’s (5) (MATHEMATICS)

The following he began work on an astronomical clock for the King,complete with planets and signs of the zodiac, which took seven years to build It not onlytold the time of day but also the (6) (POSITION) _ changes of theplanets Queen Mary acquired it in 1691 and it is still in the (7) (OWN) of the Royal Family He built several other clocks, and by 1690 theclamour for Watson’s clocks was such that he left Conventry and took up (8) (RESIDE) in London He became Master of the London Clockmakers’ Company

in 1692, which is testament to his (9) (STAND) _ in the growingindustry In 1712, Samuel Watson’s name disappears from the records of the LondonClockmakers’ Company, and the (10) (LIKELY) is that he died in thatyear

Your answer

C READING (60 points)

Part 1: For questions 1–15, read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C,

or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts)

SECRETARIES

What’s in a name? In the case of the secretary, it can be something rather surprising Thedictionary calls a secretary “anyone who handles correspondence keeps records and doesclerical work for others” But while this particular job (1) _ looks a bit (2) _, theword’s original meaning is a hundred times more exotic and perhaps more (3) _ Theword itself has been with us since the 14th century and comes from the medieval Latin word

secretaries meaning “something hidden” Secretaries started out as those members of staff

with knowledge hidden from others, the silent ones mysteriously (4) _ the secretmachinery of organizations

A few years ago “something hidden” probably meant (5) out of sight, tucked awaywith all the other secretaries and typists A good secretary was an unremarkable one,efficiently (6) _ orders, and then returning mouse-like to his or her station behind thetypewriter, but, with the (7) _ of new technology, the job (8) upgraded itselfand the role has changed to one closer to the original meaning The skills required are more(9) _ and more technical Companies are (10) that secretarial staff should already

be (11) trained in, or at least familiar with, a (12) of word processingpackages In addition to this, they need the management skills to take on some administration,some personnel work and some research The professionals in the (13) _ business see allthese developments as (14) _ the jobs which secretaries are being asked to do

It may also encourage a dramatic (15) in office practice In the past it was usual toregard the secretary as almost dehumanized, to be seen and not heard

1 A explanation B detail C definition D characteristic

2 A elderly B unfashionable C outdated D aged

3 A characteristic B related C likely D appropriate

4 A operating B pushing C vibrating D effecting

6 A satisfying B obeying C completing D minding

8 A truly B validly C correctly D effectively

9 A thorough B demanding C severe D critical

10 A insisting B ordering C claiming D pressing

11 A considerably B highly C vastly D supremely

13 A appointment B hiring C recruitment D engagement

14 A improving B intensifying C advancing D heightening

Your answers

The first of these accidental inventions is the leotard, a close-fitting, one- piece garmentworn today by dancers, gymnasts, and acrobats, (4) _ others In 1828, a circus (5) named Nelson Hower was faced with the prospect of missing his performancebecause his costume was (6) the cleaners In stead of canceling his part of theshow, he decided to perform in his long underwear Soon, other circus performers beganperforming the (7) _way When popular acrobat Jules Leotard adopted the style, itbecame (8) as the Leotard.

Another product (9) by chance was the Popsicle In 1905, eleven – year old FrankEpperson stirred up (10) drink of fruit- flavored powder and soda water and thenmistakenly left the drink, (11) the spoon in it, out on the back porch overnight

As the temperature (12) _ that night, the soda water froze around the spoon, creating

a tasty treat Years (13) _ remembering how enjoyable the treat had been.Epperson went (14) _ business (15) Popsicles

The Amazonian wilderness harbors the greatest number of species on this planet and is anirreplaceable resource for present and future generations Amazonia is crucial for maintaining

global climate and genetic resources, and its forest and rivers provide vital sources of food,

building materials, pharmaceuticals, and water needed by wildlife and humanity

The Los Amigos watershed in the state of Madre de Dios, southeastern Peru, is representative

of the pristine lowland moist forest once found throughout most of upper Amazonian SouthAmerica Threats to tropical forests occur in the form of fishing, hunting, gold mining, timberextraction, impending road construction, and slash and burn agriculture The Los Amigoswatershed, consisting of 1.6 million hectares (3.95 million acres), still offers the increasinglyscarce opportunity to study rain forest as it was before the disruptive encroachment ofmodern human civilization Because of its relatively pristine condition and the immediateneed to justify it as a conservation zone and as a corridor between Manu National Park andthe Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone, this area deserves intensive, long-term projectsaimed at botanical training, ecotourism, biological inventory, and information synthesis

On July 24, 2001, the government of Peru and the Amazon Conservation Association,represented by Enrique Ort?z, signed a contractual agreement creating the first long-termpermanently renewable conservation concession To our knowledge this is the first such

agreement to be implemented in the world The conservation concession protects 340,000

acres of old growth Amazonian forest in the Los Amigos watershed which is located insoutheastern Peru This watershed protects the eastern flank of Manu National Park and ispart of the lowland forest corridor that links it to Bahuaja-Sonene National Park The LosAmigos conservation concession will serve as a mechanism for the development of a regionalcenter of excellence in natural forest management and biodiversity science

Several major projects are being implemented at the Los Amigos Conservation Area LouiseEmmons is initiating studies of mammal diversity and ecology in the Los Amigos area Otherprojects involve studies of the diversity of arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, and birds RobinFoster has conducted botanical studies at Los Amigos, resulting in the labeling of hundreds ofplant species along two kilometers of trail in upland and lowland forest Los Amigos has alsobeen a major field site for Robin's rapid identification laminated photographic field guides totropical plants Michael Goulding is leading a fisheries and aquatic ecology program, which