De thi HSG Anh Van 11

PART 3 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph.. ……… PART 4 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph.. PART 5 - Read the text and

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TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG

MÔN TIẾNG ANH

KHỐI 11

Năm học : 2008 - 2009

A STRUCTURE – GRAMMAR :

B READING:

PART 1 - Give the correct word – form for each sentence using the suggestions. ( 1 m )

Write the answers after the numbers.

1 Lasers are used as …… …… accurate scalpels MIRACLE

2 He stepped on some ……… ……… glass BREAK

3 What is your ……… ……… for this problem ? ARGUE

4 Be careful The streets are ……… after the rain SLIP

5 The police are trying to find some more ……… …… PROVE

6 She received a lot of ……… … from her mother COURAGE

7 There is no real ……… … between men and women EQUAL

8 His bad …… …… made his parents upset BEHAVE

9 Tropical diseases are ………… … rare in Europe COMPARE

10 All the newspapers praised the …… … of the firemen BRAVE

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PART 2 - Read the text and choose the best option fo each blank ( 2 m.s )

Write the answers after the numbers.

SPORTS IN SCHOOLS.

For many young people, sport is a popular part of school life and (1) ………… in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important (2) ………… someone is in a team it

means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (3) ……… home, as many matches are played then

It can also (4) ……… travelling to other towns to play against other school teams and then (5) ……… on after the match for a meal or a drink Sometimes parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to (6) ……… their own side

When a school team wins the match, it is the whole school feels proud, (7) ………… only the players It can also mean that a school (8) ……… well-known for being good at certain sports and pupils from that school may end up playing (9) ………… national or international teams so that the school has some really (10) ………… names associated with it ! 1- A having B being C taking D putting

4- A evolve B permit C involve D cancel

5- A being B staying C leaving D spending

6- A support B play C fight D enable

7- A but B however C and D not

8- A turns B makes C comes D becomes

10- A famous B old C new D common

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PART 3 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph ( 2 m.s )

Write the answers after the numbers.

THE WILDLIFE A- Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these

chemicals pollute the environment and harm wildlife

B- There are many reasons for this In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur

or other valuable parts of their bodies Some birds, such as parrots, are caught alive and sold

as pets

C- The most successful animals on earth – human beings will soon be the only

ones, unless we can solve this problem

D- Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in danger.

Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become extinct if we do not make

an effort to protect them

E- For animals and birds, the big problem is that their habitat – the place where

they live – is disappearing More land is used for farms, houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were

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PART 4 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph ( 2 m.s )

Write the answers after the numbers.

Air pollution is a cause of ill health in human beings In a lot of countries, there are laws limiting the amount of smoke that factories can produce Although there is not enough

information on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases

The gases from the exhausts of cars have also increased air pollution in most cities The lead from petrol produces a poisonous gas that often collects in busy streets surrounded by high buildings Children who live there cannot think as quickly as other children, and are clumsy when they use their hands

There are long-term effects of pollution If the gases in the atmosphere continue to increase, the Earth’s climate may become warmer A lot of ice near the Poles may melt and causes serious floods

1 The passage is about ………

a air pollution b ill health c exhaust d Earth’s climate

2 Some governments have passed ……… to reduce the air pollution

a human b smoke c laws d buildings

3 Doctors ……… that air pollution causes lung diseases

a thought b believed c realized d proved

4 The word “……….” in the passage means “air in or around a place”

a atmosphere b smoke c pollution d climate

5 Air pollution in most cities mainly causes by gasses from ………

a home smoke b exhaust of cars c factories d natural gases

6 Poinsonous gas is ……… to children’s health

a harmful b harmless c harmfully d harmlessly

7 Children effected by poinsonous gas find it ……… to use hands

a easy b difficult c comfortable d useful

8 What will happen if the Earth becomes warmer ?

a There will be floods b There will be laws about pollution

c The children will be clumsy d The gases will increase

9 Many serious floods happens because the earth’s temperature ………

a decreases b increases c changed d is controlled

10 Air pollution effects dirrectly to the ………

a children b governments c buildings d Earth’s weather

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PART 5 - Read the text and Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions ( 1 m )

Write the answers after the numbers.

There are 1- that make it difficult for me to understand First, 2- as they are spelled, so when I learn new words through reading I sometimes do not understand them when they are spoken Second, 3- have a wide range of accents A British accent is very different from a Texas one Third, there are a lot of 4- These expressions also differ depending on the area a speaker is from Finally, there are 5- These sounds are difficult for me to distinguish./

A- native speakers

B- sounds that do not exist in my native language

C- several things of spoken English

D- idioms and slang expressions

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PART 6 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word ( 2 m.s )

Write the answers after the numbers.

Agriculture in the West and South of the United States has traditionally been supported

by migrant workers (1) migrate or move from area to area (2) to the crops that need harvesting Many Chinese, Filipino, and Mexican immigrants became migrant workers when they (3) arrived in the United States Often they had (4) with the English language or no skills that they could immediately use in the new country

A person looking objectively at the (5) of these workers might say that their way of life was (6) better than slavery They were housed in sub-standard conditions, received (7) far below minimum, and had no medical or (8) benefits The migant workers had no (9) unions that could bargain for better wages, better hours, or improved working conditions They had no money or no(10) with which to bargain with their employers

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PART 7 - Read the text, Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions and Give the

correct word-forms ( O – is done for you as an exmple ) ( 2 m.s )

Write the answers after the numbers.

Estimate

As (0) 300 – 400 million people speak English as their first language One recent estimate is that 1.9 billion people, nearly a third of the world’s population, have a basic (1) in English English is the dominant international language in (2) , science, business, aviation, (3) , diplomacy and the Internet It has been one of the (4) languages of the United Nations since its founding in 1945

English (5) in England, and is West Germanic language which developed from Old English, the language of the Anglo – Saxons As a result of the Norman Conquest and other events in English history, it has been heavily (6) , more than any others (7) language, by French and Latin From England it spread to the rest of the British Isles, then to the colonies and territories of the British Empire ( both outside and inside the current Commonwealth of Nations ) such as United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and others, (8) those in the Anglophone Caribbeans As a result of these historical (9) English is the official language ( sometimes one of several ) in many countries (10) under British or American rule, such as Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and the Philippines

0 Estimated

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PART 8 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word

Write the answers after the numbers ( 2 m.s )

Money is something we (1) ……… for granted in our life Some of us may

wish we had more it, maybe in the (2) ……… coins, notes or cheques It is hard to imagine (3) ……… people would manage (4) ……… money In the earliest periods of human history, people used to exchange goods (5) ……… They would exchange things they had lots of for (6) ……… they were in (7) ……… of For example, they might offer food (8) ……… tools This method of exchange, which

is known as barter has many (9) ……… Certain goods may be difficult, or may be impossible to divide into smaller units It can also be very difficult to know the worth of something (10) ……… with other goods.

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C WRITING:

THE ANSWER KEY & MARKS

A STRUCTURE – GRAMMAR :

B READING:

PART 1 - Give the correct word – form for each sentence using the suggestions. ( 1 m )

( 0.1 point for each correct answer )

1 miraculously 2 broken 3 argument 4 slippery 5 proofs

6 encouragement 7 equality 8 behaviour 9 comparatively 10 bravery

PART 2 - Read the text and choose the best option fo each blank ( 2 m.s )

( 0.2 point for each correct answer )

PART 3 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph ( 2 m.s )

( 0.1 point for each correct answer )

1 ……D…… 2 ……B…… 3 ……E……… 4 ……A…… 5 ……C……

PART 4 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph ( 2 m.s )

( 0.2 point for each correct answer )

PART 5 - Read the text and Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions ( 1 m )

( 0.1 point for each correct answer )

1 …C…… 2 …E…… 3 …A…… 4 …D…… 5 …B…

PART 6 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word ( 2 m.s )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

( 0.2 point for each correct answer )

5- conditions 8- insurance 10- power 2- according 6- little

PART 7 - Read the text, Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions and

( 0.2 point for each correct answer )

1- proficiency 2- communications 3- entertainment

7- Germanic 8- particularly 9- developments

10- formerly

PART 8 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word ( 2 m.s )

(1) take (2) forms (3) how (4) without (5) directly (6) things (7) need (8) for (9) disadvantages (10) compared

C WRITING: