SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ KSCL ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG LẦN 2
TRƯỜNG THPT PHẠM CÔNG BÌNH NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11
(Đề thi gồm có 6 trang)
(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề) PART A. LISTENING
Section 1: Question 1-10: Listen and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. You will listen to the tape TWICE. JOB INQUIRY
Example: Work at: a restaurant
Type of work: (1) _____________________________
Number of hours per week: 12 hours Would need work permit
Work in the: (2) ____________________________ branch
Nearest bus stop: next to (3) _____________________________
Pay: (4) ₤ _____________________________ an hour Extra benefits: a free dinner
extra pay when you work on (5) _____________________________
transport home when you work (6) _____________________________ Qualities required:
(7) _____________________________
ability to (8) _____________________________
Interview arranged for: Thursday (9) _____________________________ at 6p.m
Bring the names of two referees
Ask for: Samira (10) _____________________________ Part 2. Questions 11-15
You will hear a man called Ben, from a young people’s organization, telling a youth group about a
course they can do on Saturdays. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Saturday Course
Name of Ben’s organization: (11) _____________________
Aim of course: Discovering (12) _____________________
Closest course location for this group: (13) _____________________
Length of course: (14) _____________________ weeks
Examples of activities we will do: - Learn how to climb - Cut up wood - Make a fire
- Design a (15) _____________________ to take home. 1 Part 3. Questions 16-20
You will hear a conversation in a university student’s services office. For questions 16-20, choose
the best answer A, B or C.
16. The man wants information on courses for
A. people going back to college. B. postgraduate students. C. business executives.
17. The “Study for Success” seminar lasts for A. one day. B. two days. C. three days.
18. In the seminar the work on writing aims to improve A. confidence. B. speed. C. clarity.
19. Reading sessions help students to read A. analytically. B. as fast as possible. C. thoroughly. 20. The seminar tries to
A. prepare learners physically.
B. encourage interest in learning. C. develop literacy skills. B. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. 1. A. proficiency B. mortality C. expectancy D. ceremony 2. A. spectacular B. competitive C. federation D. competitor 3. A. industry B. astronomy C. relevant D. literature 4. A. evaluate B. immediate C. accelerate D. advantageous 5. A. comprehensive B. economics C. dissatisfied D. distribution C. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer A, B, C or D.
1. If John ________ the plane, he _________ here by now.
A. hadn’t missed/ would have been
B. didn’t miss/ would have been
C. hadn’t missed/ would be here D. hadn’t missed/ had been
2. __________ that she burst into tears. A. Such was angry girl B. So angry she was C. She was angry so D. Her anger was such
3. On _____ he had won, he jumped for joy. A. telling B. he was told C. being told D. having told
4. He _______ a large sum of money when his aunt died. A. came off B. came out C. came into D. came over
5. Is it necessary that I _________ here tomorrow? A. was B. am being C. am D. be
6. Allan: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?” Nick: “_______.” A. I’m afraid not B. No, feel free C. Without doubt D. Straight ahead
7. ____________, she took a short walk home from work. A. By habit B. As usually C. It was natural D. By nature
8. Ancient mountains have been worn away by wind, rain, and _________. A. with agents of erosion B. other agents of erosion C. for agents of erosion D. to other agents of erosion
9. The _______ of the soldiers was high before the battle, because they were confident of victory. A. mood B. morale C. moral D. temper
10. Only after buying the cottage did we discover that it was _____ with mice. A. infected B. invaded C. inflicted D. infested 2
Part 2. In most lines of this text there is one unnecessary word. It is either incorrect
grammatically, or does not fit the sense of the text. Write the unnecessary word in the space beside
the text. Tick (√) each correct line. There are two examples at the beginning. Transfer your answers to your answer sheet.
I am really keen on going to the cinema, so I’ve got lots of favourite films. But 0 …√………
the best one as I’ve seen lately is called “Pressure”. In some ways, I suppose that 00 …as………
you could regard it as a detective film but it’s different from most films of that 1 …………
kind because the characters are they such unusual people. The detective in it, for 2 …….………
example, is a computer expert who solves crimes on her computer using 3 ….………
information given to her by her assistants, who go out and interview to people. 4 ……………
The case in the film concerns about the wife of a millionaire, who has gone 5 ……..………
missing. Sometimes the plot gets a bit complicated but it isn’t too hard to keep 6 …….…….
up with it. There are a lot of strange characters in it, such as a man who always 7 …….….…
wears two hats on, and some of the scenes really made me laugh. Also, there is a 8……….……
big surprise at the end but I won’t say what that is in the case you go to see it. 9. ……….……..
It’s very well acted and I also like the music in it. But what do I really like most 10. …………….
about the film is that it’s so original- I’ve certainly seen another film quite like that.
Part 3. Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to fill in the blanks in each sentence.
1. He is engrossed in doing ___________ research. SCIENCE
2. They entered the areas without ____________ . PERMIT
3. He wants to __________ his knowledge of the subject. WIDTH
4. The giant panda is a(n) __________ species. DANGER
5. What makes the computer a ___________ device? MIRACLE
6. He is a much loved and highly ___________ teacher. RESPECT
7. I’m afraid that your report is full of ___________. ACCURATE
8. In spite of their _________, these sea creatures look very much still alive PREDICATE
9. Postnatal depression is usually due to hormonal ___________. BALANCE
10. __________, Mars was thought to be the most likely planet to harbor life HISTORY D. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only (1) ________ the elephant and the
rhinoceros. Its name comes from two Greek words (2) ________mean “river horse”. The long name
of this animal is often shortened to the easier to handle term “hippo.”
The hippo has a natural affinity for the water. It does not float (3) ________top of the water; instead,
it can easily walk along the bottom of a body of water. The hippo commonly (4) ________
underwater for three to five minutes and has (5) ________ known to stay under for (6) ________ to
half an hour before coming up for air.
In (7) ________of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a
number of interesting similarities in common (8) ________the whale. When a hippo comes up after a
stay at the bottom of a lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just (9) ________a whale. In
addition, the hippo resembles the whale in that they (10) ________have thick layers of blubber for
protection and they are almost completely hairless. 3
Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to complete the following
passage by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their (1) __________, but the car
of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of
automobile engines have already been developed than run on (2) __________ sources of power, such
as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, (3)
________, is the only zero-emission option presently available.
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical (4)______ a powerful, compact battery or other
dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment of electric
vehicles entering (5) __________life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled
neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electric vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are
(6)______ on infrastructure systems to support and make the best(7) ______ of the new cars. Public
charging facilities will need to be as (8) _______ as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the
street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped (9) _____ devices that allow drivers to charge
their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the
most convenient parking in transportation centers might be (10) _______ for electric cars. 1. A. predecessors B. ascent C. previous D. decent 2. A. natural B. solar C. alternative D. fossil 3. A. therefore B. however C. despite D. finally 4. A. when B. that C. until D. while 5. A. each day B. every day C. everyday D. everydaily 6. A. going B. basing C. insisting D. focusing 7. A. use B. ability C. advantage D. priority 8. A. normal B. common C. usual D. rare 9. A. for B. by C. in D. with 10. A. reserved B. protected C. prevented D. matched
Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
On March 25, 1911, one of the five hundred employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New
York noticed that a rag bin near her eighth- floor work station was on fire. Workers immediately
tried to extinguish the flames. Their efforts prove futile, as piles of fabric ignited all over the eighth
floor. The manager of the factory ordered his employees to unroll the fire extinguisher hose, but they found it rotted and useless.
The shirt factory occupied the top three floors of the ten- story Asch Building. The seventy
employees who worked on the tenth floor escaped the fire by way of the staircases or climbed onto
the roof, where students from New York University, located across the street, stretched ladders over to the Asch Building.
The 260 workers on the ninth floor had the worst luck of all. Although the eighth- floor workers tried
to warn them by telephone, the call did not reach them, and by the time they learned about the fire,
their routes of escape were mostly blocked. Some managed to climb down the cables of the freight
elevator. Others crammed into the narrow stairway. Still others climbed onto the single, inadequately
constructed fire escape. But that spindly structure could not support the weight of hundreds of
people, and it separated from the wall, falling to the ground and carrying many people with it.
To combat the disaster, the New York Fire Department sent thirty five pieces of equipment,
including a hook and ladder. The young women trapped on the ninth- floor window ledge watched in
horror as the ladder, fully raised, stopped far below them, reaching only as far as the sixth floor. 4
Within minutes, the factory- a fire trap typical of the period’s working conditions- was consumed by
flame, killing 146 workers, mostly immigrant women. City officials set up a temporary morgue on
26th Street, and over the next few days streams of survivors filed through the building to identify the dead.
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire brought a public outcry for laws to regulate the safety of
working conditions. The New York Factory Investigating Commission was formed to examine
the working conditions in factories throughout the state. Their report introduced many new
regulations. The fire had occurred during an era of progressive reform that was beginning to sweep
the nation, as people decided that government had a responsibility to ensure that private industry
protected the welfare of working people.
1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The causes of a fire in a shirt factory
B. Escaping from a fire in a shirt factory
C. Working conditions in New York City
D. The events surrounding a tragic fire
2: The word “ignited” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by _______. A. became wet B. caught fire C. exploded D. spread
3: According to the passage, the fire began_________. A. on the ninth floor
B. when some rags started burning
C. when a worker dropped a cigarette
D. when a pile of fabric rotted
4: Why does the writer mention the fire extinguisher hose in paragraph 1?
A. To emphasize the unsafe working conditions
B. To show the manager’s competence
C. To illustrate the factory’s modern technology
D. To explain how the fire was eventually put out.
5: How did many workers on the top floor manage to escape? A. On the fire escape B. On the elevator C. On ladders D. On ropes
6: The phrase “Still others” in paragraph 3 refers to ____. A. The eighth floor workers B. the routes of escape C. The ninth floor workers
D. the people in the freight elevator
7: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that____.
A. New York had a well-equipped fire department
B. fire fighters were able to rescue the women on the ninth floor
C. the women on the window ledge probably died
D. the women probably took the stairs down to the sixth floor
8: According to the passage, most of the workers who died in the fire ___ ___. A. were university students B. worked on the tenth floor
C. had only worked there for a short time D. were immigrant women
9: The phrase “beginning to sweep the nation” in paragraph 6 means ______. A. changing politics
B. investigating the government C. becoming more popular D. starting a controversy
10: Which of the following could NOT be inferred from the passage?
A. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire influenced public opinion.
B. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory was rebuilt.
C. After the fire, new regulations improved working conditions in factories.
D. Disasters can lead to a demand for reform. 5 E. WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that their meanings remain unchanged.
1. You must not open the lid of the machine until it has stopped making that noise.
Only when ________________________________________________________ .
2. He never suspected that his car had been stolen.
At no ___________________________________________ . 3. They will arrive soon.
It ________________________________________________ .
4. I am sure that he missed the eleven o’clock train.
He can’t ___________________________________________ .
5. Don’t tell the boss about our scheme. (BREATH)
___________________________________________________ .
Part 2. Write an essay within 250 words on the following topic.
It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship.
Do you agree? Why or why not?
Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer. -----The end ----- 6