Đề thi hsg cấp cơ sở Anh 11, 2010 2011

SỞ GD VÀ ĐT BẮC GIANG
CỤM LỤC NAM

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP CƠ SỞ
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 11
Ngày thi: 20 tháng 02 năm 2011
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

Lưu ý: - Đề thi gồm 5 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.
- Thí sinh không được dùng bất cứ tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
Họ và tên thí sinh: …………………....................SBD:…....
Trường : THPT …………………………………………….

Điểm của bài thi:

SECTION A: PHONETICS (10 POINTS)
Part I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling
A, B, C, or D. (5pts)
1. A. guilty
B. building
C. guitar
D. cruise
2. A. artist
B. organ
C. Europe
D. urgent
3. A. general
B. agrarian
C. ecologist
D. strategy

4. A. dreamt
B. treatment
C. breakfast
D. treasure
5. A. expensive
B. monkey
C. bank
D. tank
Part II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C, or D. (5pts)
6. A. longevity
B. facsimile
C. distribution
D. apartment
7. A. confidence
B. eradicate
C. stimulate
D. courteous
8. A. secure
B. subscribe
C. survive
D. capture
9. A. anniversary
B. disadvantage
C. representative
D. dissatisfaction
10. A. announce
B. figure
C. digit
D. spirit

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (40 POINTS)
Part I: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 pts)
11. Has anyone shown you what (do)now?
12.13. I realised that someone (steal) my wallet when I (feel) their hand in my jacket pocket.
14. (Watch) her baby, she smiled happily.
15. I wrote suggesting that he (come) for the weekend.
16. When you (take) the medicine, you’ll feel much better.
17.18. By the time he (return) next month, his girlfriend (get) married for 4 months.
19. Not until Ann spoke to the doctor she (understand) how serious her illness was.
20. Tom appreciated (serve) dinner in bed when he wasn’t feeling well.

Your answers:
11. ………………………………………..

16. ………………………………………..

12…………………………………………

17. ………………………………………..

13…………………………………………

18. ………………………………………..

14…………………………………………

19. ………………………………………..

15. ………………………………………..

20. ………………………………………..

Part II: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
21. All of them but Tom …………….having dinner at home tonight.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
22. The environment ………………..animals and plants are living is badly destroyed.
A. which
B. where
C. in where
D. in that
23. ………………….for an hour, the meeting started at 3 o’clock.
A. Having delayed
B. Having been delayed
C. Delaying
D. Be delayed
24. She apologized……………..her teacher …………….her rudeness.
A. for / to
B. with / for
C. to / for
D. for / for
25. Nobody was late for the meeting last night, ………………….?
A. wasn’t he
B. weren’t they
C. were they
D. was he
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26. They asked me a lot of questions, ………………….I couldn’t answer.
A. most of which
B. of which most
C. most of that
D. of that most
27. Hardly ………….passed the exam because it was extremely difficult.
A. anyone
B. someone
C. no one
D. everyone
28. It’s sometimes quite pleasant being ill, when people ……………….of you all the time.
A. take interest
B. take pride
C. make a fuss
D. pay much attention
29. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our ………….service will help you.
A. express mail
B. facsimile
C. messenger call
D. postal
30. The teacher told us to keep ……………….. .
A. quietness
B. quietly
C. quite
D. quiet
Part III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
31. Each year many people ……….. take care of the old and the disabled. (VOLUNTEER)
32. Hong Kong is one of the most ………………. areas in the world. (POPULATION)
33. Could you …………..the picture over the sofa? (STRAIGHT)

34. Her room is beatifully decorated with balloons and …………….lights. (COLOUR)
35. We should cut down the use of ………… and pesticides for cultivation. (FERTILE)
36. This writer must be ………………. to write those fantastic novels. (IMAGINE)
37. The ……………… are concerned about the deforestation and killing rare animals. (ENVIRONMENT)
38. Sorry about the mistake, I ………………..the instructions you gave me. (UNDERSTAND)
39. Did you invite them to the party? – No, they came ………………. . (EXPECT)
40. Do me the …………….of listening to what I have to say. (COURTEOUS)

Your answers:
31. ………………………………………..

36. ………………………………………..

32…………………………………………

37. ………………………………………..

33…………………………………………

38. ………………………………………..

34…………………………………………

39. ………………………………………..

35. ………………………………………..

40. ………………………………………..

Part IV. Suggest corrections to these sentences or put a tick (V) if they are already correct.

41. The playground wasn’t used by the children for who it was built.
42. My shoes were so uncomfortable that I had to go out and buy new one.
43. Everyone in my office go to work by bus every day.
44. I am delighted to hear that you have made much progress in your study recently.
45. I saw a man jumping through the window some minutes ago.
46. Unless we work harder, we will finish it on time.
47. He boasted on speaking seven foreign languages.
48. The book was presented by my mother was stolen.
49. If only I were a millionare!
50. A friend of me is going to study abroad next year.
Your answers:
41. …………………… …………………….
46. …………………… …………………….
42. …………………… …………………….

47. …………………… …………………….

43. …………………… …………………….

48. …………………… …………………….

44. …………………… …………………….

49. …………………… …………………….

45. …………………… …………………….

50. …………………… …………………….

SECTION C: READING (30 POINTS)

Part I: Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word. (10 pts)
The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered (51)…………lit candles when
presented; the number of candles often equals the (52)……….of the person. The person (53)…………birthday it
is makes a silent wish and then (54)………….out the candles; if done in one breath, the wish is supposed to come
(55)……….., but only if the person keeps the wish to himself (or herself). It is also commonfor the “birthday boy”
or ‘birthday girl” to cut the initial piece of (56)………….cake as newlywed couple might with a wedding cake.
Birthday cakes (57)…………..been a tradition dating back as far as the Middle Ages when the English would
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conceal symbolic items(58)………..…as gold coins, rings, and thimbles inside their cakes. (59)………. item was
associated with a prediction. For example, a person (60)…………..a gold coin in a birthday cake would
supposedly become wealthy.

Your answers:
51. ………………………………………..

56. ………………………………………..

52…………………………………………

57. ………………………………………..

53…………………………………………

58. ………………………………………..

54…………………………………………

59. ………………………………………..

55. ………………………………………..

60. ………………………………………..

Part II: Read the passage below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete it. (10 pts)
Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (61)………..
about their children’s career. Should they (62)………….their children to train to become top sportsmen and
women? For many children it (63)…………starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other
(64)………..have to take second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for
five hours a day, even at the weekend, when (65)……………of his or her friends are playing.
Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (66)…………from the
government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given it means that it is the
parents (67)………….have to find the time and the money to support their child’s development – and sports
clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etc. can all be very expensive.
Many parents are understandably (68) ………..that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an
early age. Some doctors agree that young (69)………….may be damaged by training before they are properly
developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a
successful sports person. What is clear is that very (70)………..people reach the top and both parents and children
should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.
61. A. do
B. plan
C. make
D. prepare
62. A. allow
B. let
C. leave
D. offer
63. A. should
B. means

C. helps
D. tries
64. A. wishes
B. dreams
C. satisfactions
D. interests
65. A. much
B. lot
C. most
D. plenty
66. A. enough
B. available
C. possible
D. enormous
67. A. who
B. whom
C. they
D. which
68. A. disturbed
B. concerned
C. cared
D. worried
69. A. bloods
B. capacities
C. muscles
D. physics
70. A. little
B. few
C. large
D. many

Part III: Read the passage below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D. (5 pts)
In an early survey conducted in 1888, a billion ans a half people inhabited the earth. Now, the population is
about six billion and is growing fast. Even though the rate of growth has begun to slow down, most people believe
the population size may be eight billion during the next several years.
If we examine the amount of land available for this ever increasing population, we begin to see the problem. Not
all land is useful to us because it cannot produce food. We can cut out the about one fifth of it because it is covered
by snow and ice. Then we can cut out another fifth because it is desert. Another fifth is mountains. The other fifth
does not have enough soil for crops to grow because it is bare rock. Obviously, with so little land to support us, we
should take great care not to reduce it any more or with the rapidly growing population we may sooner or later
lack food to eat and place to live in.
71. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The world’s population and the shortage of cultivated land.
B. The growth of the world’s population.
C. The necessity of reducing the rate of birth.
D. The shortage of cultivated land.
72. The world’s population ………………….at present.
A. has stopped growing
B. is still growing
C. is decreasing rapidly
D. stands at about eight billion.
73. According to the passage, we ……………………… .
A. can cultivate on all land
B. are not influenced by the land reduction
C. can grow crops on bare rock
D. should protect land
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74. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “bare” in the second paragraph?
A. hard

B. empty
C. treeless
D. rough
75. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Most of the world’s land are cultivated.
B. The rapid growth of population may lead to a shortage of land.
C. Only one fifth of the world’s land is being cultivated.
D. There has been a dramatic reduction of the birth rate.
Part IV: Read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). (5 pts)
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans.
Friends will welcome each other’s company and exhibit loyalty towards each other. Their tastes will usually be
similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutualism, mutually
helping, human behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may
often demonstrate recipprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust
that someone or something will not harm them. In a comparison personal relationships, friendship is considered to
be closer than acquaintanceship, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and
acquaintanceships.
The relationship is constructed differently in different cultures. In Russia, for example, one typically accords very
few people the status of “friend”. Friends are entitled to call each other by their first names alone, and to use
diminutives. A norm of polite behaviour is addressing “acquaintances” by full first name pluspatronymic. These
could include relationships which elsewhere would be qualified as real friendships, such as workplace
relationships of long-standing, neighbors with whom one shares an occasional meal and visit, and so on. Physical
contact between friends is expected, and friends, whether or not of the same sex, will embrace, sometimes kiss and
walk in public with their arms around each other, or arm-in-arm, or hand-in-hand (like kids often do), without the
slightest embarrassment or sexual connotation - this is not often seen in the modern Russia, and may be some
highly outdated norm.
76. “Friends will welcome each other’s company” means that friends will try to make the other’s company go
bankrupt and take it over.
77. Friends are more intimate than acquaintances.

78. In Russia, friends should call each otherby their first names alone or use diminutives.
79. Neighbors and colleagues can become acquaintances only.
80. Physical contact without sexual connotation between friends becomes out of date in the modern Russia.

Your answers:
76. ……

77. …….

78. ……..

79. .……

80. …….

SECTION D: WRITING (20 POINTS)
Part I: Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. (10 pts)
81. She was wearing a mask because she didn’t want other people to recognize her.
 She was wearing a mask in order ………………………………………………………………………………….
82. “You should have waited for us,” the team leader said to Tom.
 The team leader criticized …………………………………………………………………………………………
83. As soon as we had finished dinner, the thunderstorm broke.
 Hardly ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
84. I have visited all of these places but one.
 There is …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
85. It is said that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built over a 20-year period.
 The Great Pyramid of Giza ………………………………………………………………………………………..
86. “What would you do if you won the first prize in this competition?” said Nam to Lan.
 Nam ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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87. It was Mr Nam who helped me find out the solution to this problem.
 Without …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
88. We can’t possibly work in this noise.
 It’s ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
89. Our boss insisted on our finishing the report by Monday.
 Our boss demanded that …………………………………………………………………………………………...
90. The book “Gone with the wind” was one of the best sellers. Margaret Mitchell was famous for it.
 The book “Gone with the wind”……………………………………………………………………………………
Part II: Use the given and other words to complete the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. (5 pts)
91. Jane contacted a lawyer for some legal advice. (to)
 Jane contacted………………………………………………….…some legal advice.
92. I didn’t like his behaviour at the party last night. (way)
 I didn’t like ………………………………………………………at the party last night.
93. Bob couldn’t hear what the teacher was saying. (something)
 The teacher ………………………………………………………couldn’t hear it.
94. Diana wasn’t always as rude as that. (use to)
 Diana …………………………………………………………….rude.
95. Despite knowing the city well, I got lost. (even)
 I got lost …………………………………………………………the city well.
Part III: Complete the following sentences, using the prompts given. (5 pts)
96. He / carry out / first / experiment / 1658 / sixteen.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………………
97. We / happy / receive / donation / $1000 / company / some / day / ago.
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
98. A number / rare animals / be / danger / become / extinct / today.
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
99. Be / serious / ill / make / you / appreciate / health / more.

 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
100. I / interest / practise / English / native speakers / and / want / get / information / contest.
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

The end!

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SỞ GD VÀ ĐT BẮC GIANG
CỤM LỤC NAM

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP CƠ SỞ
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 11
Ngày thi: 20 tháng 02 năm 2011

SECTION A: PHONETICS (10 POINTS)
Part I: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. D (cruise)
2. C (Europe)

3. B (agrarian)

4. B (treatment)

Part II: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
6. C (distribution)
7. B. (eradicate)

8. D (capture)

9. D (dissatisfaction) 10. A (announce)

5. A (expensive)

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (40 POINTS)
Part I: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
11. to do
16. have taken
12. was stealing
17. returns
13. felt
18. will have got (gotten)
14. Watching
19. did she understand
15.(should)come
20. being served
Part II: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
21. B (are)
22. B (where)
23. B (Having been delayed)
24. C (to-for)
25. C (were they)

26. A (most of which)
27. A (anyone)
28. C (make a fuss)
29. B (facsimile)

30. D (quiet)

Part III: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
31. voluntarily
32. populous
33. straighten
34. coloured
35. fertilizers

36. imaginative
37. Environmentalists
38. misunderstood
39. unexpectedly
40. courtesy

Part IV: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm: Tìm ra lỗi sai: 0,5 điểm ; sửa đúng : 0,5 điểm)
41. who

whom

4 6. will

won’t (Unless -> If)

42. one

ones

47. on

about

43. go

goes

48. was presented

44. V
45. jumping

presented

49. V
jump

50. me

mine

SECTION C: READING (30 POINTS)
Part I: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
51. with
52. age
56. the
57. have

53. whose
58. such

54. blows
59. Each

55. true
60. finding

Part II: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
61. C (make)
62. A (allow)
66. B (available)
67. A (who)

63. B (means)
68. D (worried)

64. D (interests)
69. C (muscles)

65. C (most)
70. B (few)

Part III: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
71. A
72. B

73. D

74. C

75. D

Part IV: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
76. F
77. T

78. T

79. F

80. T

SECTION D: WRITING (20 POINTS)
Part I: 10 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
81. She was wearing a mask in order not to be recognized by other people.
82. The team leader criticized Tom for not waiting/having waited for them.
83. Hardly had we finished dinner when the thunderstorm broke.
84. There is only one of these places which/that I haven’t visited.
85. The Great Pyramid of Giza is said to have been built over a 20-year period.
86. Nam asked Lan what she would do if she won the first prize in the/that competition.
(Nam wanted to know what Lan would do if she won the first prize in the/that competition.)
87. Without Mr Nam’s help, I couldn’t have found out the solution to this problem.
88. It’s impossible for us to work in this noise.
89. Our boss demanded that we (should) finish the report by Monday.
90. The book “Gone with the wind”, which Margaret Mitchell was famous for, was one of the best sellers.
(The book “Gone with the wind”, for which Margaret Mitchell was famous, was one of the best sellers.)
Part II: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
91. Jane contacted a lawyer to get / have some legal advice.
92. I didn’t like the way he behaved at the party last night.
93. The teacher was saying something but Bob couldn’t hear it.

94. Diana didn’t use to be so rude.
95. I got lost even though I knew the city well.
Part III: 5 pts (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
96. He carried out his first experiment in 1658 at the age of sixteen/ when he was sixteen.
97. We are happy to receive a donation of $1000 from your company some days ago.
98. A number of rare animals are in danger of becoming extinct today.
99. Being seriously ill makes you appreciate your health more.
100. I am interested in practising English with native speakers and I want to get some information about the
contest.
.