FOR GIFTED STUDENTS

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT KÌ THI HSG TỈNH 11 NĂM HỌC 2013-2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH PT
I. LISTENING
PART 1: Questions 1 – 10
Questions 1 – 6
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.
Buying a Used Car: Contact Details
Model:
Year:
Number of
Owners:
Condition:
Reason for Selling:
Asking Price:
Appointment
Time:
Address:
Contact name:

Celica
1985
EXAMPLE
(1)…………………….
overall good
(2)……………………. done last year.
(3)…………………….
(4)…………………….
(5)…………………….
(6)……………………., Parkwood.
Elena

Questions 7 – 10
Circle the correct letter A – C
7. What happened to Sam’s car?
A. It was replaced by another one.
B. It broke down.
C. It was stolen.
8. Why does Jan need a car now?
A. She lives too far from the university.
B. She spends too much time on the bus.
C. She would feel safer at night with a car.
9. What does Sam recommend?
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A. Check the service records.
B. Avoid buying an old car.
C. Get a mechanical inspection.
10. How are they travelling to Elena’s?
A. by motorcycle

B. on foot

C. by bus

PART: Questions 11 – 20
Questions 11 – 15
The following are essential requirements for which jobs? Write the correct letter, A, B or
C next to questions 11 – 15.
Essential requirements

A. foreign languages
B. willingness to travel abroad
C. professional qualification
11. conference organizer

..........

12. catering manager

..........

13. housekeeper

..........

14. fitness centre staff

..........

15. reservations assistant

..........

Questions 16 – 20
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A – G, next to questions
16 – 20.
A. CV
B. names of referees
C. work permit
D. recruitment seminar

E. evidence of qualifications
F. conditions of employment
G. initial interview

INTERNATIONAL FINEST GROUP
RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES
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register interest in working for International Finest Group
receive personal code and check (16) ………
download application form
send in form and attach (17) ………
receive reply and confirm (18) ………
send in (19) ………
attend (20) ………
II. PRONUNCIATION
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
A. attitude
B. gratitude
C. apartment
D. constancy
A. insight
B. chemist
C. embrace
D. substance
A. expertise
B. analyze
C. sympathize D. criticize

A. engineer
B. committee
C. volunteer
D. referee
A. condition
B. genetics
C. embarrass
D. indicate
III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
1. The chemical ____ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollute
2. ____ heat comes from deep inside the earth.
A. Geothermal
B. Solar
C. Nuclear
D. Hydro
3. My father is an ____________ guitarist.
A. accomplishing
B. accomplished
C. accomplish D. accomplishment
4. He is very good at ____________ people singing with his guitar.
A. making
B. getting
C. accompanying
D. having
5. “Shall we go out tonight?” - “_____________”
A. Yes, I can B. Yes, we are C. Yes, we go D. Yes, let’s
6. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events.
A. broadcast B. network C. coverage D. vision

7. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not _____ your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong
B. lengthen C. delay
D. shorten
8. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the
same school.
A. then
B. until
C. as soon as
D. when
9. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked
particularly hard.
A. on account of
B. because of
C. in spite of
D. although
10. Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ____ 25 years.
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A. over
B. during
C. with
D. when
Exercise 2: Put each verb in brackets in an appropriate form.
1. She has made up her mind (have) a garage (build) next to the house.
2. The statue (break) while it (move) to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised (take) the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop (do) my homework (answer) the phone.
5. Why you all (laugh)? Roger (tell) you his funny stories?

6. Don’t worry. We (finish) the report by 11.
Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition.
They set ___________for Paris at midnight.
I knew your family would stand ___________you.
He’s quite careless ___________ danger.
She’s very nervous ___________ the new boss.
I’m faithful ___________ my principle.
Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. In design and qualify of manufacture hey were _______________by Italians. (CLASS)
2. IQ stand for ___________quotient (INTELLIGENT)
3. Everyone admired her ___________beauty. She’s old but she is still beautiful. (TIME)
4. She is extremely ___________of heights and will feel fain when she only on the fifth floor.
(FEAR)
5. Thomas ___________broke the expensive vase. (ACCIDENT)
6. Part of the building has been ___________into offices. (DIVIDE)
7. We should cut down the use of ___________ and pesticides for cultivation. (FERTILE)
8. This writer must be ___________ to write those fantastic novels. (IMAGINE)
9. The ___________ are concerned about the deforestation and killing rare animals.
(ENVIRONMENT)
10. Do me the ___________ of listening to what I have to say. (COURTEOUS)
Exercise 5: Each line of the passage below contains one mistake. Find and write the correct
forms in the your answer sheet as the examples below.
Line 0: inhabit => inhabiting
Line 00: hot => heat
Large animals inhabit the desert have evolved adaptations for reducing the
Line 0
effects of extreme hot. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect the Line 00
Sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart of the normal mammalian practice
Line 1
of maintaining a constantly body temperature. Instead of trying to keep

Line 2
down the body temperature inside the body, what would involve the
Line 3
expenditure of water and energy, deserts mammals allow their temperatures Line 4
rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 Line 5
degree Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body Line 6
cools up during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall
Line 7
unusual low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is a
Line 8
advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight absorb in warming Line 9
up the body.
Line 10
IV. READING
Exercise 1: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Colorblindness
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A Myths related to the causes and symptoms of "colorblindness" abound throughout the
world. The term itself is misleading, since it is extremely rare for anyone to have a complete
lack of color perception. By looking into the myths related to color blindness, one can learn
many facts about the structure and genetics o the human eye. It is a myth that colorblind
people see the world as if it were a black and white movie. There are very few cases of
complete colorblindness. Those who have a complete lack of color perception are referred
to as monochromatics, and usually have a serious problem with their overall vision as well
as an inability to see colors. The fact is that in most cases of colorblindness, there are only
certain shades that a person cannot distinguish between. These people are said to be
dichromatic. They may not be able to tell the difference between red and green, or orange
and yellow. A person with normal color vision has what is called trichromatic vision. The

difference between the three levels of color perception has to do with the cones in the
human eye. A normal human eye has three cones located inside the retina: the red cone, the
green cone, and the yellow cone. Each cone contains a specific pigment whose function is to
absorb the light of these colors and the combinations of them. People with trichromatic
vision have all three cones in working order. When one of the three cones does not function
properly, dichromatic vision occurs.
B Some people believe that only men can be colorblind. This is also a myth, though it is not
completely untrue. In an average population, 8% of males exhibit some form of
colorblindness, while only 0.5% of women do. While there may be some truth to the idea
that more men have trouble matching their clothing than women, the reason that color
vision deficiency is predominant in males has nothing to do with fashion. The fact is that the
gene for color blindness is located on the X chromosome, which men only have one of.
Females have two X chromosomes, and if one carries the defective gene, the other one
naturally compensates. Therefore, the only way for a female to inherit colorblindness is for
both of her X chromosomes to carry the defective gene. This is why the incidence of color
deficiency is sometimes more prevalent in extremely small societies that have a limited gene
pool.
C It is true that all babies are born colorblind. A baby's cones do not begin to differentiate
between many different colors until he is approximately four months old. This is why many
of the modern toys for very young babies consist of black and white patterns or primary
colors, rather than traditional soft pastels. However, some current research points to the
importance of developing an infant's color visual system. In 2004, Japanese researcher
Yoichi Sugita of the Neuroscience Research Institute performed an experiment that would
suggest that color vision deficiency isn't entirely genetic. In his experiment, he subjected a
group of baby monkeys to monochromatic lighting for one year. He later compared their
vision to normal monkey who had experienced the colorful world outdoors. It was found
that the test monkeys were unable to perform the color-matching tasks that the normal
monkeys could. Nevertheless, most cases of colorblindness are attributed to genetic factors
that are present at birth.
D Part of the reason there are so many inconsistencies related to colorblindness, or "color

vision deficiency" as it is called in the medical world, is that it is difficult to know exactly
which colors each human can see. Children are taught from a very young age that an apple is
red. Naming colors allows children to associate a certain shade with a certain name,
regardless of a color vision deficiency. Someone who never takes a color test can go through
life thinking that what they see as red is called green. Children are generally tested for
colorblindness at about four years of age. The Ishihara Test is the most common, though it is
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highly criticized' because it requires that children have the ability to recognize numerals. In
the Ishihara Test, a number made up of colored dots is hidden inside a series of dots of a
different shade. Those with normal vision can distinguish the number from the background,
while those with color vision deficiency will only see the dots.
E While many of the myths related to colorblindness have been busted by modern science,
there are still a few remaining beliefs that require more research in order to be labeled as
folklore. For example, there is a long-standing belief that colorblindness can aid military
soldiers because it gives them the ability to see through camouflage. Another belief is that
everyone becomes colorblind in an emergency situation. The basis of this idea is that a
catastrophic event can overwhelm the brain, causing it to utilize only those receptors
needed to perform vital tasks. In general, identifying color is not considered an essential
task in a life or death situation.
Questions 1-5: Choosing Headings
Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below. There are more
headings than sections, so you will not use them all.
Colorblindness' in different
i
v Unsolved myths
countries
ii

Diagnosing colorblindness

vi Animals and colorblindness

iii What is colorblindness?

vii Developing the ability to see color

iv Curing colorblindness

viii Colorblindness and the sexes

1) Section A
2) Section B
3) Section C
4) Section D
5) Section E
Questions 6-8: Multiple-Choice Questions
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D. Write your answers on your Answer Sheet.
6) People who see color normally are called
A monochromatic B dichromatic
C trichromatic
D colorblind
7) Children usually begin to see a variety of colors by the age of
A one month
B four months
C one year
D four years
8) Children who take the Ishihara Test must be able to
A distinguish letters

B write their names
C read numbers
D name colors
Questions 9-12: Completing a Summary
Complete the summary using words from the box below. There are more answers than
spaces, so you will not use them all.
myth

a little less

X chromosomes

defective genes

fact

slightly more

exactly

less likely

more probable

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It is a common 9 _________ that only men suffer from colorblindness. On
average 10_________ than ten percent of men have this problem. Women have
two 11_________ For this reason it is 12_________ for a woman to suffer from colorblindness.

Exercise 2: Choose the best option to fill in the blank in the following passage.
SPORT IN PRISON
For all the arguments about prison, there is no getting away from the fact that it exists. Once
the judge and (1)_________ have done their job, we have to (2)_________ thousands of men and
women occupied until they are (3)_________.
Sport is ideal for prisoners for many reasons. Being (4)_________ punishes people by taking
away their freedom; just because someone gets in (5)_________ with the law, we have no
(6)_________ to take away their health as well. Secondly, the (7)_________ that you feel when
you are (8)_________ up for a long prison sentence can make you very anti-social and
aggressive. The (9)_________ thing we want is for people to come out after ten years, or even
ten months, and beat up the first person they see. Sport provides a way of controlling that
(10)_________.
1. A. panel
B. team
C. jury
D. board
2. A. hold
B. store
C. preserve
D. keep
3. A. abandoned
B. remanded
C. released
D. charged
4. A. inwards
B. indoors
C. internal
D. inside
5. A. mess
B. trouble

C. worry
D. trial
6. A. right
B. fairness
C. justice
D. demand
7. A. uniqueness
B. remoteness
C. isolation
D. individuality
8. A. keyed
B. broken
C. closed
D. locked
9. A. best
B. last
C. final
D. terminal
10. A. crime
B. opportunity
C. assault
D. violence
Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
(1)__________ rate and death rate are two important factors which influence the change in
world population. Today, the world population is increasing (2)__________ an alarming rate.
This is because of the decline in the death rate (3)__________ to recent advances of modern
medicine and the availability of improved (4)__________ services.
(5)__________ rapid growth of world population poses a (6)__________ because mankind may
soon outgrow the world's food supply. One may argue (7)__________ modern technological
advances and scientific research can help increase food production as well as prevent

starvation. But can this increase in food production keep (8)__________ with the increase in
population?
V. WRITING
Exercise 1: Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using,
without changing, the word given.
My mother never lets me make noise in the house.
ALLOWED
It’ll be lovely to attend your wedding this spring.
FORWARD
You should take those shoes to be mended soon.
HAVE
When it comes to computer games, Jack is a real expert. CONCERNED
Jane was the first person I asked for advice.
WHOSE
Exercise 2:
The pie chart shows how electricity is used in an average English home.

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Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 70 words.

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Key
I. LISTENING (20 points)
PART 1 (10 points: 1 point/each correct answer)

1. 3

6. 88 Princess/Prince’s St/street

2. brakes

7. B

3. (owner) going overseas

8. C

4. $1500

9. C

5. 6:30

10. A

PART 2 (10 points: 1 point/each correct answer)
11. A

16. F

12. C

17. A

13. B

18. G

14. C

19. E

15. A

20. D

II. PRONUNCIATION (2.5 points: 0.5 point/each correct answer)
1. C

2. C

3. A

4. B

5. D

III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (27.5 points)
Exercise 1: (5 points: 0.5 point/each correct answer)
1. C

3. B

5. D

7. A

9. C

2. A

4. C

6. C

8. D

10. A

Exercise 2: (5 points: 0.5 point/each correct verb form)
1. to have / built

4. doing / to answer

2. broke / was being moved

5. are you all laughing/ Has Roger told

3. taking

6. will have finished

Exercise 3: (2.5 points: 0.5 point/each correct answer)
1 off

4. about (of)

2. by

5. to

3. about (of)
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Exercise 4: (5 points: 0.5 point/each correct verb form)
1. outclassed

6. subdivided

2. intelligence

7. fertilizers

3. timeless

8. imaginative

4. fearful

9. Environmentalists

5. accidentally

10. courtesy

Exercise 5: (10 points: 0.5 point/each finding + 0.5 point/each correction)
Line 1: of => from

Line 6: degree => degrees

Line 2: constantly => constant

Line 7: up => down

Line 3: what => which

Line 8: unusual => unusually

Line 4: deserts => desert

Line 9: a => an

Line 5: rise => to rise

Line 10: absorb =>is absorbed

IV. READING (30 points)
Exercise 1: (12 points: 1 point/each correct answer)
1. iii

7. B

2. viii

8. C

3. vii

9. myth

4. ii

10. a little less

5. v

11. X chromosomes

6. C

12. less likely

Exercise 2: (10 points: 1 point/each correct answer)
1. C

3. C

5. B

7. C

9. B

2. D

4. D

6. A

8. D

10. D

Exercise 3: (8 points: 1 point/each correct answer)
1. Birth

5. This

2. at

6. problem

3. due

7. that

4. health

8. up
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V. WRITING (20 points)
Exercise 1: (5 points: 1 point/each correct answer)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

I am never allowed to make noise in the house by my mother.
I am looking/ look forward to attending your wedding this spring.
You should have those shoes mended soon.
As far as computer games are concerned, Jack is a real expert.
Jane was the first person whose advice I asked for.

Exercise 2: (15 points)
The piece of writing is expected to:
present sufficient information given
in the chart,
• make necessary contrasts/
comparisons, … by lexical or
syntactical means to describe the
proportion
• and give a flowing and coherent
description.
•

TOTAL: 100 POINTS

Organization& presentation: 25%
Coherence & clarity: 50%
Expression: 25%