HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DH & ĐB BẮC BỘ KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC MỞ RỘNG NĂM HỌC 2015 2016 Môn thi TIẾNG ANH Lớp 11 Ngày thi tháng năm 2016 Thời gian làm bài 180 phút (không kể thời[.]
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KHU VỰC DH & ĐB BẮC BỘ KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC MỞ RỘNG
NĂM HỌC 2015- 2016 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Lớp: …11…
Ngày thi: …… tháng … năm 2016
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Đề thi gồm 18 trang
PART ONE: LISTENING (50 PTS)
Part 1: You will hear an interview in which two young entrepreneurs – Chloe Price, who sells skincare products online, and Martin Moore, who is a distributor of snack foods – are talking about their work For questions 1 – 5, choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 pts).
1 Chloe attributes her success as an entrepreneur to her
A Exposure to unconventional business concepts
B Willingness to take risks
C Ability to benefit from experience
D Natural flair for money management
2 Chloe thinks the greatest benefit new technology has brought her is in
A Being able to promote her products through friends
B Encouraging interaction with consumers
C Reducing her ongoing business expenditure
D Enabling her to manage her time more effectively
3 What does Martin say about finding work in the food industry?
A It was a long-held ambition
B It was something he soon regretted
C It happened by chance
D It followed naturally from his studies
4 Martin’s choice of product to distribute was based on his belief that
A It was a quality item
B It was effectively marketed
C It was part of a well-established brand
D It was endorsed by famous people
5 Both Chloe and Martin have been surprised by the importance in their work of
A Collaborative decision-making
B Paying attention to detail
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D A total commitment to the enterprise
Your answer
Part 2: For question 6-10, listen to a piece of BBC news “Apple-FBI iPhone argument getting bigger” and decide the statements are True (T) or False (F) Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes (10pts).
6 The iPhone belonged to someone who killed people last month T / F
7 Apple said unlocking the iPhone would be a threat to its customers T / F
8 America's Department of Justice (DOJ) is on Apple's side T / F
9 The DOJ said Apple was putting up technological barriers T / F
Your answer
Part 3: For question from 11- 20, you will hear a radio programme about Biomimicry, the science of copying nature in order to create new technologies Complete the spaces with a word or a short phrase Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20pts)
11 Biomimicry imitates nature’s structures, processes and to create new ideas
12 Velcro was developed after its inventor observed the sticking qualities of one particular plant’s
13 Wood has the beneficial feature of being able to _
14 The synthetic ‘wood’ created for the post office will not according to
surrounding environmental conditions
15 The Namibian Fog Basking beetle uses its ability to in order to live in harsh
conditions
16 The moist breeze blows in from the sea, and droplets of water on the beetles shell
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18 The Sahara Forest project utilised this concept in the design of a _
19 The ‘Able Project’ uses from the composting process as an input to the fish farm
20 The extinction of one species of has prevented scientists from finding a cure for excess stomach acid
Your answer:
PART TWO: LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (30 PTS)
Part 1: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10pts)
1 Tamara has set her _ on becoming a ballet-dancer
2 If you say you'd like _ of cream on your strawberries then you don't want very much cream
A a dash B oodles C lashings D a dollop
3 The UN has called for an immediate _ of hostilities
A cessation B cancellation C deletion D ceasefire
4 I felt an _ with the writer from his descriptions of a world that seemed to have a great deal in common with my own
A affection B adherence C acknowledgement D affinity
5 In such a plight _ that we had no choice but to radio for help
A we found ourselves B we ourselves found
C did we find ourselves D did we ourselves find
6 The old lady came near to _ of pneumonia but to everyone's amazement she pulled through
7 The book _ to a number of interesting research studies which I would really like to find out more about
8 I take great exception _ the implication that I was not telling the truth
9 The children's interest in playing the game soon _
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10 Ever year many small companies get _ up by large multinationals
A swallowed B burnt C digested D drowned
11 Serena is still _ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be made redundant
A delightedly B blissfully C jubilantly D ecstatically
12 The nuclear industry _ most of the country's electrical power
A generates B engenders C originates D initiates
13 The country has few natural resources and its economy has been _ for some time now
A diseased B unwell C sickening D ailing
14 In her speech the Prime Minister _ tribute to the valuable contributions to society made by voluntary organizations
15 Not many people are good at assessing their own abilities and Mark must be _ for recognising that he would never become a great musician
16 One of the most powerful pressure groups in the country is the road and car _, which opposes any legislation that will increase taxes specifically for them
17 I'm looking forward to meeting your new boss — you've been _ his praises ever since he arrived
A calling B shouting C singing D crying
18 Tamara has set her _ on becoming a ballet-dancer
19 Most critics praise that actor's work but I think he's rather _
A over-played B over-rated C over-blown D over-priced
20 Marlene is quite _ - I don't know she manages to fit everything in
A inexhaustible B tiresome C inexorable D indefatigable
Your answers:
Part 2: The passage below contains 5 mistakes Underline the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes (5 pts)
Trang 5Buffalo Bill and men like him hunted the American bison to exhaustion In 1900, with the West tamed, there were only a few hundred buffalo over Today, there are thousands There meat is in demand for buffalo burgers A buffalo steak is the smart thing to order, and restaurants throughout the United States have supplies flown in daily One rancher, Mr Roy Huck, has 3,500 heads on his 50,000-acre ranch in South Dakota He says: "We owe a lot to the conservationist who rescued a small herd 70 years ago and saved the buffalo from dying out." With the growth of buffalo ranching in recent years, it
is reckoned there are now 50,000, all descended from the handful who were saved For a rancher, buffalo have many advantages They are wild animals and look after themselves in their nature habitat In winter, they don't have to be brought in because they can dig through the snow to find food They have a strong sense of survival Unlike cattle, they do not need special care They are
disease-free, and can live and reproduce longer
Your answers:
PART 3: Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable prepositions or particles Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes ( 5 pts)
1 The factory owner is not in the habit of fraternizing _ his worker
2 All the animals in the forest fled in the fire
3 If you have a grievance the company, please lodge a formal written complaint
4 My car is guaranteed rust for eight years
5 The teacher told me to stop fidgeting _ and to sit still and concentrate
Your answers:
Part 4: Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the following sentences Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10pts)
Trang 6In Totteridge, in north London, there is a yew tree estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,000
years old This tree, however, is a mere youngster in comparision with others of the species
The record in the UK is held by a yew in Scotland that is thought to be between 4,000 and
5,000 years old However, such trees are becoming (1) ……… .rare and the
Totteridge specimen was considered of (2) ……… importance to be named in
1999 as one of the 41 ‘great trees’ in London Like many yews, the Totteridge tree (3)
……… predates the buildings around it and its exact age is unknown
The Totteridge tree needs little (4) …… Some of its outer branches hang down
so low that they have taken root But this is part of the tree’s natural architecture and
contributes to its (5) ……… in high winds With the best of
(6) …… ……… , ancient yew sites are often tidied up with no benefit to the tree Dead
branches are not (7) …… ………… shed by the tree and their wood harbours a multitude
of insects, an inseparable part of the old tree’s natural (8) ……
Something of the tree’s history is lost with the (9) …… ………… of dead wood After
all, the decaying, twisted and (10) …… parts give the tree character
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REMOVE ATTRACT
Your answers:
PART THREE: READING (60 PTS)
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts)
AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE
Shamin is a Muslim living in Birmingham She married Ali two years ago when she was 23 six weeks after meeting him once
"I didn't go out on (1) ……… with boys Although my parents have adopted some aspects of western (2)
……… , and my father wanted me to have a career and be financially (3) ……… , he considered it his responsibility to find me a (4) ……….husband But he would never have arranged my marriage (5)
……… My parents organised the introductions, but the (6) ……… decision was mine
Trang 7"I (7) ……….on someone with a good family (8) ……… , higher education, a (9) ……….of humour and the ability :o communicate These things (10) ……… forever, while romance and physical attraction soon fade! My father thought I was being unrealistic! This isn't a fairy tale,' he said 'Mr Wonderful isn't going to drive up here in a white Mercedes.' but I couldn't learn to (11) ……… for anyone ordinary
"I'd seen several men when All was introduced to me We (12) ……… well immediately and I knew I wanted to (13) ……… my life with him Neither of us had ever been with anyone else, so we didn't need to feel (14) ……… of previous relationships Love grew as we got to know each other I definitely (15)
……… the right choice when I picked Ali."
5 A up his sleeve B on my nerves C under his hat D behind my back
8 A preparation B circumstance C condition D background
Your answers:
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Men and women are often considered to be completely at odds with each other, in terms of their attitudes and behaviour Not so when they are in love, new research has discovered As far as their hormone levels are (1) , when men and women are in love, they are more similar to each other (2) at any other time
It has (3) -been known that love can (4) _havoc with hormone levels For example the hormone cortisol, which is known for its calming effect on the body, dips dramatically when one person is attracted to (5) , putting the love-struck on a par with sufferers of obsessive compulsive disorder
But a new study has found that the hormone testosterone, commonly associated with male aggression, also falls when he is in love In women, it's quite the (6) Testosterone levels, which (7) _ to be lower among females, rise towards (8) of the male
Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, (9) _ this down to nature attempting to eliminate the differences between the sexes By doing so, they can concentrate fully on reproduction This suggestion seems to be supported by the fact that (10) couples in a long term relationship, nor participants in the study who were single at the time of the experiment, exhibited such changes
Your answers:
Part 3: Read the passage and answer the questions Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts)
The Creators of Grammar
No student of a foreign language needs to be told that grammar is complex. By changing word sequences and by adding a range of auxiliary verbs and suffixes, we are able to communicate tiny variations in meaning. We can turn a statement into a question, state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place, and perform many other word tricks to convey subtle differences in meaning. Nor is this complexity inherent to the English language. All languages, even those of
Trang 9so-called 'primitive' tribes have clever grammatical components. The Cherokee pronoun system, for example, can distinguish between 'you and I', 'several other people and I' and 'you, another person and I'. In English, all these meanings are summed up in the one, crude pronoun 'we'. Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is. So the question which has baffled many linguists is - who created grammar?
At first, it would appear that this question is impossible to answer. To find out how grammar is created, someone needs to be present at the time of a language's creation, documenting its emergence. Many historical linguists are able to trace modern complex languages back to earlier
languages, but in order to answer the question of how complex languages are actually formed, the
researcher needs to observe how languages are started from scratch. Amazingly, however, this is possible
Some of the most recent languages evolved due to the Atlantic slave trade. At that time, slaves from a number of different ethnicities were forced to work together under colonizer's rule. Since they had no
opportunity to learn each other's languages, they developed a make-shift language called a pidgin.
Pidgins are strings of words copied from the language of the landowner. They have little in the way of grammar, and in many cases it is difficult for a listener to deduce when an event happened, and who
did what to whom. [A] Speakers need to use circumlocution in order to make their meaning understood. [B]Interestingly, however, all it takes for a pidgin to become a complex language is for a group of children to be exposed to it at the time when they learn their mother tongue [C] Slave
children did not simply copy the strings of words uttered by their elders, they adapted their words to
create a new, expressive language. [D] Complex grammar systems which emerge from pidgins are
termed creoles, and they are invented by children
Further evidence of this can be seen in studying sign languages for the deaf Sign languages are not simply a series of gestures; they utilise the same grammatical machinery that is found in spoken languages. Moreover, there are many different languages used worldwide The creation of one such language was documented quite recently in Nicaragua Previously, all deaf people were isolated from each other, but in 1979 a new government introduced schools for the deaf. Although children were taught speech and lip reading in the classroom, in the playgrounds they began to invent their own sign system, using the gestures that they used at home. It was basically a pidgin. Each child used the signs differently, and there was no consistent grammar. However, children who joined the school later, when this inventive sign system was already around, developed a quite different sign language. Although it was based on the signs of the older children, the younger children's language was more fluid and compact, and it utilised a large range of grammatical devices to clarify meaning. What is more, all the children used the signs in the same way. A new creole was born
Some linguists believe that many of the world's most established languages were creoles at first. The
English past tense –ed ending may have evolved from the verb 'do'. 'It ended' may once have been 'It
end-did' Therefore it would appear that even the most widespread languages were partly created by children. Children appear to have innate grammatical machinery in their brains, which springs to life when they are first trying to make sense of the world around them Their minds can serve to create logical, complex structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy
1 In paragraph 1, why does the writer include information about the Cherokee language?
Trang 10A To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar structures
B To show how English grammar differs from Cherokee grammar
C To prove that complex grammar structures were invented by the Cherokees.
D To demonstrate how difficult it is to learn the Cherokee language
2 What can be inferred about the slaves' pidgin language?
A It contained complex grammar.
B It was based on many different languages.
C It was difficult to understand, even among slaves.
D It was created by the land-owners.
3 All the following sentences about Nicaraguan sign language are true EXCEPT:
A The language has been created since 1979.
B The language is based on speech and lip reading.
C The language incorporates signs which children used at home.
D The language was perfected by younger children.
4 In paragraph 3, where can the following sentence be placed?
It included standardised word orders and grammatical markers that existed in neither the pidgin language, nor the language of the colonizers.
A
B
C
D
5 'From scratch' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:
A from the very beginning
B in simple cultures
C by copying something else
D by using written information
6 'Make-shift' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
A complicated and expressive
B simple and temporary
C extensive and diverse
D private and personal
7 Which sentence is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence?
Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is