De thi HSG trai he hung vuong 2013 tieng anh 11

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TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG
LẦN THỨ IX
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11
Ngày thi: 02 tháng 08 năm
2013

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không
kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm:13 trang
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PART I. LISTENING
Question 1. Listen to the recording and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS or NUMBERS for each answer. You will hear this piece twice. (5 points)
Student services

Location

Cost

Availability

Health centre

North Campus

(1) ___________ for

All students within the

prescriptions

(2) ___________

8 sections of

All students

(3) __________

North Campus

consultations free
Nightline

(4) _________

Free

By phone: call (5)
____________

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Sports centre

South Campus

£ 22 each year

All students

Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Question 2: You will hear a part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking

about his trip to the Moon. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question. You will
hear this piece twice. (5 points)
1. How did Charles feel about space travel as a boy?
A. He thought it was unlikely to happen.
B. He regarded it as more than science fiction.
C. He showed no particular interest in it.
D. He was fascinated by the idea of it.
2. What did Charles consider to be the hardest part of the training?
A. Feeling trapped in the heavy spacesuit
B. Being unable to move his arms and hands
C. Constantly being afraid of making a mistake
D. Endlessly practicing the lunar surface landing
3. What was Charles’ reaction when he first found out he was going to the Moon?
A. He felt proud to be given the opportunity.
B. He realized he had to be cautious.
C. He tried to control his excitement.
D. He reflected on his chance of survival.
4. How did the crew feel when they had landed on the Moon?
A. They felt as if they were coming home.
B. They realized they had achieved something special.
C. They were afraid of what they might fight on the surface.
D. They were worried about how they would take off again.
5. What feature of the Moon made the greatest impact on Charles?
A. The loneliness of the place

B. The vastness of the sky

C. The brightness of the Sun

D. The absence of any star

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Your answers
1.
2.
PART II: PHONETICS

3.

4.

5.

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group (5 points)
1. A. development
2. A. objection
3. A. experience
4. A. habitable
5. A. committee

B. inference
B. enjoyment
B. simplify
B. infamously
B. catholic

C. government
C. official

C. physician
C. geneticist
C. erudite

D. marmalade
D. optical
D. maternal
D. communism
D. altitude

Your answers
1.
2.
3.
PART III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

4.

5.

Question 1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
(10 points)
1. If traffic moves at low speed, the number of accidents is________.
A. cut down

B. pulled back

C. turned off

D. put away

2. Students who don’t revise regularly are generally more ________ to making the same mistakes
again and again.
A. prone

B. likely

C. attentive

D. capable

3. I am going to be ________ with you, Mr Hederson. Your daughter is a thief.
A. sincere

B. open

C. frank

D. genuine

4. The crowd ________ in disagreement as the politician left the platform.
A. rustled

B. banged

C. neighed

D. booed

5. The students were ________ until they got the exam results.

A. on edge

B. under edge

C. in edge

D. over edge.

6. As with all our plans, money was the main ________ block.
A. falling

B. stumbling

C. holding

D. tripping

7. I’m ________ my brother is.
A. nowhere like so ambitious

B. nothing near as ambitious as

C. nothing as ambitious than

D. nowhere near as ambitious as

8. Karen was terribly nervous before the interview but she managed to pull herself ________ and act
confidently.

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A. through

B. over

C. together

D. off

C. investigated

D. went

9. She ______ through the report.
A. stared

B. glanced

10. When he suddenly ________up the subject of genetic engineering, there was a silence
A. took

B. brought

C. showed

D. came

Your answers
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6
7
8
9
10
2. There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph. Write them down and give the correction.

(5 points)
1

Of the many unexplained phenomenon which continue to puzzle scientists and laymen

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like, the corn circles of Southern England remain one of the most mysterious. These

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perfect-formed circles, which, when they see from the air appear to have been inscribed

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with an enormous carving tool, seem to be a part of a significant message; so far, however,

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nobody managed to decipher them, and it is doubtful if anyone will ever be able to. But the

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main question – how the circles came to be there – is just as far of being solved. Although

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several people had come forward claiming to have made the circles themselves, scientists

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declare that it would be impossible for even a large group to create shapes of such

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precision on so a large scale. These circles have become one of the strong arguments in

10 support of the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life forms.
Your answers
line

Mistake
Correction
1
2
3
4
5
6

7
8
9
10
3. Complete each of the following sentences with one suitable preposition or particle. (2.5 points)
1. The meat has gone ________ because of the heat.
2. She’s always _______ the go. I don’t know where she gets her energy from.

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3. The machine came ________ when he started it up.
4. I’m not sure how old he is but he must be getting _______ ________ 60.
5. Dr. Smith sees patients only________ appointment.
Your answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
4. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)

5.

1. We should arrive two days early in order to ________.

(climate)

2. The man has displayed considerable ________ in doing the job.

(expert)

3. In ________ with the rules of the competition, the team was disqualified.

(accord)

4. These changes are likely to ________ single-parent families even further.

(POOR)

5. I’ve never met such a strong man. His energy seems ________.

(EXHAUST)

6. Most people agree that Christmas has become too ________

(COMMERCE)

7. The doctor tried to ________ the soldier’s wound in a fierce battle.

(HEALTH)

8. Mary has no practical experience in treating sick animals.
She only has ________ knowledge of the subject.

(book)

9. Will the Eurosport channel provide any ________

(cover)

for the approaching Tour de France?
10. The witness claimed she was capable of discovering the man’s evil
intentions from the _______ look in his eyes.

(murder)

Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Question 5. Fill each blank with one appropriate word. (5 points).
WHITE CHILDREN NEARLY A MINORITY IN USA
Statistics recently released from the USA's Census Bureau have shown (1) _______

demographics in the U.S. are changing. The figures show that white children in the country are set to
become a minority within the next year or two. It was revealed that currently 49.9% of American
children under the age of five are from non-white (2) _______. Asians and Hispanics will soon
become the new majority ethnic groups in the country. The Bureau gave two main reasons for this
trend. One is that birth (3) _______among minority populations are growing faster than those in the

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white community, especially in the Hispanic community. The second is the steady number of
immigrants arriving in America.
The Bureau also reported that for the first time ever, deaths outnumbered births among whites,
in the period between July 2011 and July 2012. During this time, the Hispanic population grew by
2.2 per cent and the number of Asians rose by 2.9 per cent. Mark Hugo Lopez from the Pew Hispanic
Center says the changes in the make-up of the U.S. population will have a global (4) _______ . He
said: "The U.S. Hispanic population is second (5) _______ to Mexico's." He noted that the current
U.S. Latino population is larger than those in Peru, Colombia and Spain. He added: "That's
something which has an incredible implication not only in the U.S., but as part of a larger Hispanic
world."
Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

PART IV. READING
Question 1. Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in
the following passage. (10 points)
Correcting history
Is the history of the world in urgent need of correction? Some historians, mostly women,
argue that insufficient (1) _______has been paid to a very important group: women. These historians
want history textbooks to be revised so that they show accurately the role (2) _______ by women.
According to the history books, cavemen (3) _______ most of the food for their families through
hunting animals. But the evidence shows that 80% of the diet of prehistoric humans was vegetarian
and it was collected by females. In addition, women’s efforts in fighting in wars or leading
revolutions have been ignored. Textbooks concentrate on men such as Hannibal or Che Guevara and
neglect (4) _______ women such as Theroigne de Mericourt, an opera singer who led the storming of
the Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a Bolshevik who organized a well-trained and (5)
_______successful troop of 2,000 fighting women during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Women
rulers are also forgotten. Between 962 and 1582 there were at least 16 women rulers in countries (6)
_______ from Italy to Angola.
Women make up half the human (7)_______ . If there is no (8) _______ to their contribution
to history in the textbooks, then the real story is not being told. However, many male historians (9)
_______that important female figures have been kept (10) _______ the history books.

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1.

A. care

B. attention

C. notice

D. study

2.

A. done

B. got

C. played

D. had

3.

A. provided

B. brought

C. arranged

D. gave

4.

A. main

B. outstanding

C. particular

D. primary

5.

A. absolutely

B. highly

C. deeply

D. strongly

6.

A. differing

B. varying

C. separating

D. ranging

7.

A. being

B. nation

C. people

D. race

8.

A. reference

B. mention

C. record

D. note

9.

A. deny

B. refuse

C. forbid

D. oppose

10.

A. in

B. off

C. out of

D. up with

Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Question 2. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to each question
(10 points)
Architecture has social purposes and meets practical needs by means of combining art and
technological innovations. In building construction, however, an emergence of new materials does
not make its precursors obsolete, and architectural knowledge is cumulative. The fact that today
much is constructed from prefabricated concrete does not do away with brick. Furthermore, despite

dramatic changes and increased technological sophistication of architectural design and construction,
the essential apparatus of erecting a building has remained rooted in preindustrial traditional practices
passed down during the millennia. The social and utilitarian expectations of structures are largely
based on elemental demands of keeping out elements and enemies, avoiding the extremes of heat,
wind and precipitation.
Gravity, air pressure, and earthquakes can induce tensions that have to be accounted for when
constructing functional enclosed space. Vertical stacking of masonry materials causes compression
that can lead to important problems when a structure is spanned to build a roof and connect walls.
Arches, vaults, and domes were specifically developed to alleviate the compression by directing the
spanning element along a curve rather than a straight line. Building suspension structures, dams, and
tunnels became possible in the nineteenth century with the increased availability of steel that could

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reinforce structural frames and enable them to withstand natural forces previously believed to be
insurmountable.
Functional evolutions of modern buildings create new demands on the analysis of structural
behavior and engineering. Few occupants of skyscrapers view elevators as elaborate systems of
vertical transportation. Humidity and temperature control, forced ventilation, natural and artificial
lighting, sanitation and disposal of waste, electrical wiring and fire prevention make very tall
constructions engineering marvels that also must be aesthetically pleasing and physically convenient.
Erecting a structure involves a great deal more than merely attending to the aesthetics and
psychological experience of architectural space. The shape, size, and incombustibility of locally
available construction materials fostered developments of specific technologies. Advances in
engineering and knowledge associated with properties of building materials combine to lead
innovations in architectural design. Tools and skills required to exploit easily obtainable material
have continued to inform the development of modem industrialized technologies.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The modem art of architecture and social pressure

B. The profound importance of tradition in architecture
C. The mutual impact of architecture and technology
D. The great technological advances in building material
2. The word "obsolete" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
A. obvious

B. antiquated

C. antiquarian

D. obstinate

3. The author mentions the word "brick" in line 4 as an example of which of the following?
A. How old techniques can continue to remain practical.
B. How old buildings can co-exist modern architecture.
C. How new knowledge can supplant traditional technology.
D. How new design can improve traditional construction.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that pragmatic requirements of buildings
A. retain essential sophistication

B. stay rooted in the elements

C. stagnate over millennia

D. hold constant over time

5. What can be inferred from the passage about reducing the effects of material compacting?
A. Masonry is stacked vertically by increasing compression.
B. Downward pressure is dispersed by semicircular roofs.

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C. Buildings are spanned to account for the force of gravity.
D. Vertical roofs are bent to counteract air pressure.
6. The word "withstand" in line 16 is closest in meaning to
A. endure

B. enlarge

C. withdraw

D. withhold

7. The purpose of paragraph 3 is to suggest that
A. tall buildings require large amounts of wiring to make them functional.
B. architectural innovations pose new challenges for technological development.
C. skyscrapers need to be appealing and convenient for their occupants.
D. architects of modem buildings create a demand for engineering talent.
8. According to the passage, what is one of the important requirements of building materials?
A. They have to be inflammable.

B. They should be locally produced.

C. They do not affect human psychology.

D. They need to be large and well shaped.

9. The word "fostered" in line 25 is closest in meaning to
A. founded

B. focused

C. encouraged

D. enveloped

10. It can be inferred from the passage that architecture and engineering
A. are at the opposite ends of the technological spectrum
B. go hand in hand to promote art and science
C. compete for technological advancements
D. supersede aesthetic and experiential values
Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Question 3. Read the article and choose the sentence A - G which best summarizes each
paragraph (1-5) of the article. (5points). Example: [0]
A. An old problem with serious consequences
B. Two new approaches, but can they solve the problem?
C. Experts say 'Bring back maths!'
D. A potentially tragic error
E. Old methods are no longer satisfactory
F. We couldn't live without them
G. But they are here to stay
[0] ______

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Our lives depend on computers. They control our money, transport, our exam results. Yet their
programs are now so complex that no one can get rid of all the mistakes. Life without computers has
become unimaginable. They are designed to look after so many boring but essential tasks - from
microwave cooking to flying across the Atlantic - that we have become dependent on them.
[1] _______
But as the demands placed on computers grow, so have the number of incidents involving
computer errors. Now computer experts are warning that the traditional ways of building computer
systems are just not good enough to deal with complex tasks like flying planes or maintaining
nuclear power stations. It is only a matter of time before a computer-made catastrophe occurs.
[2] _______
As early as 1889, a word entered the language that was to become all too familiar to computer

scientists: a 'bug', meaning a mistake. For decades bugs and 'de-bugging' were taken to be part of
every computer engineer's job. Everyone accepted that there would always be some mistakes in any
new system. But 'safety critical' systems that fly planes, drive trains or control nuclear power stations
can have bugs that could kill. This is obviously unacceptable.
[3] _______
One way to stop bugs in computer systems is to get different teams of programmers to work
in isolation from each other. That way, runs the theory, they won't all make the same type of mistake
when designing and writing computer codes. In fact research shows that programmers think alike,
have the same type of training - and make similar mistakes. So even if they work separately, mistakes
can still occur. Another technique is to produce back up systems that start to operate when the first
system fails. This has been used on everything from the space shuttle to the A320 airbus, but
unfortunately problems that cause one computer to fail can make all the others fail, too.
[4] _______
A growing number of computer safety experts believe the time has come to stop trying to
'patch up' computer systems. They say programmers have to learn to think clearly and to be able to
demonstrate through mathematical symbols that the program cannot go seriously wrong. Until
programmers learn to do this, we will probably just have to live with the results of computer bugs.
[5] _______
Of course, more often than not the errors are just annoying, but sometimes they can come
close to causing tragedies. On the Picadilly line in London's Underground a driver who was going

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south along a track got confused while moving his empty train through a cross-over point. He started
to head north straight at a south-bound train full of people. The computerized signaling system failed
to warn him of impeding disaster and it was only his quick human reactions that prevented a crash.

Your answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

PART V. WRITING
Question 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
(5 points)
1. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste.
-> Impressive ………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. If Mike hadn’t been interested, the trip would have been cancelled.
-> But ………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
-> Rather than………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. She didn’t cry when the story ended in tragedy.
-> Not a tear ………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The population of the U.K has not expanded appreciably in the last decade.
-> There has been no …………………………………………………………………………………
Question 2. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar in meaning as
possible to the original sentence, using the word given in capital letters. This word must not be
altered in any way. (5 points)
1.The new boss is not very popular with his employees.
(take)

-> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.

(sooner)

->……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (LIKENED)

-> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. It is said that he was born in Segovia.

(Reputed)

-> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. I think you should be tolerant of other people’s weaknesses.

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-> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Question 3: Some students believe that the best way to learn English is to do as many grammatical
exercises as possible.
How far do you agree with this belief? Use your own experience of learning English to
support your view. (20 points)
Write an essay of about 250 words to support your view (and do not include your personal
information).
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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN

THỨ IX

HOÀNG VĂN THỤ

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP: 11
Ngày thi: 02 tháng 08 năm 2013
Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐÁP ÁN

Đề thi gồm:13 trang
(Thí sinh viết câu trả lời vào bảng cho sẵn trong đề)

PART I. LISTENING (10 points)
Question 1. Listen to the recording and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or
NUMBERS for each answer. (5 points)

1. £6.50

2. yellow zone

charge

3. Counseling

4. Central

Service

Campus

5. 09007625913

Question 2: You will hear part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking

about his trip to the Moon. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question. (5 points)
1.C
2. D
3. B
PART II: PHONETICS (2,5points)

4. B

5. A

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the
group.
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. C
PART III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (32,5 points)

5. A

Question 1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
(10 points)
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7.D
8.C

9.B
10. B
Question 2. There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph. Write them down & give the correction. (5
points)
Line
1

Mistake
1. phenomenon

Correction
phenomena

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2
2. like
alike
3
3. perfect- formed
perfectly- formed
3.
4. see
are seen
5
5. managed
has managed
5.
6. them

it
6.
7. of
from
7
8. had
have
9
9. so
such
9
10. strong
strongest
Question 3. Complete each of the following sentences with one suitable

preposition or particle (2.5 points)
1. off
2. on
3. apart
4. on for
Question 4. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)

5. by

1. acclimatize

2. expertise

3. accordance

4. impoverish

5. inexhaustible

6.

7. heal

8. bookish

9. coverage

10. murderous

commercialized

Question 5. Fill the blank with one suitable Choose the word that best
completes each sentence (5 points).
1. how

2. backgrounds

3. rates

4. impact

5. only

PART IV. READING (25 points)
Question 1. Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in

the following passage. (10 points)
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. D
7.D
8.A
9.A
10. C
Question 2. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question (10 points)
1. C
2. B
3. A
4.D
5. B
6. A
7.B
8.D
9.C
10. B
Question 3. Read the article and choose the sentence A- G which best summarises each paragraph
(1-5) of the article. (5 points). Example O- F
1. E
2. A
3. B
PART V. WRITING (30 points)

4. C

5. D

Question 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
(5 points)
1. -> Impressive as the building was/ might be, it wasn’t to my taste.

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2. -> But for Mike’s interest, the trip would have been cancelled.
3. -> Rather than disturb the meeting I left without saying goodbye.
4 . -> Not a tear did she shed when the story ended in tragedy.
5 . -> There has been no appreciable expansion of the population of the U.K in the last decade
Question 2. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar in meaning as
possible to the original sentence, using the word given in capital letters. This word must not be
altered in any way. (5 points)
1. ->The employees do not take to their new boss very much.
2. -> No sooner had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released.
3. -> Bruce likened the situation at work to a family argument.
4. -> He is reputed to have been born in Segovia.
5. -> I think you should make allowances for other people’s weaknesses.
Question 3: Some students believe that the best way to learn English is to do as many grammatical
exercises as possible.
How far do you agree with this belief? Use your own experience of learning English to
support your view. (20 points)
Write an essay of about 250 words to support your view (and do not include your personal
information).
Score
17-20

Descriptors
- The essay is complete and well-organized into paragraphs.
- The vocabulary and structures are varied.
- The argument is well supported with personal experiences.
- Ideas are coherently linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than three (03) linguistic errors (grammatical or

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lexical)
- The essay is complete and structured into paragraphs.
- The vocabulary and structures are varied although some words may be
repeatedly used and there are just one or two complex sentences in the
whole essay.
- The argument is supported with evidence but not with personal
experiences, or the personal experiences presented are not quite
convincing.
- Ideas are rarely linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than five (05) linguistic errors (grammatical or

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9 – 12

lexical)
- The essay is complete and structured into paragraphs but there is not a
good balance among them in term of lengths.
- The vocabulary and structures are limited.

- The argument is well supported with just one example of personal
experiences.
- Ideas are coherently linked with appropriate transition words.
- There are no more than seven (07) linguistic errors (grammatical or
lexical).

5 –8

- The essay is not complete and not structured into paragraphs.
- The vocabulary and structures are very limited.
- The argument is not supported with personal experiences.
- Ideas are not linked with each other. There is no evidence of using
transition words.
- There are more than 7 linguistic errors.

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