Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp trường môn Tiếng anh Lớp 11 (Lần 2) - Năm học 2016-2017 - Trường THPT Quỳ Hợp I (Có đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Năm học 2016 – 2017 Lớp: 11 – Lần 2
Part I : LISTENING
Part II: : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase from the list that best completes each sentence. 
1. It was found that he lacked the ________ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. persuasion  B. commitment  C. engagement  D. obligation
2: ________, human beings have relatively constant body temperatur
A.Alike all mammal  B. Alike all mammals  C. Like all mammals  D. Like all mammal
3. Mr. Nixon refused to answer the questions on the ___ that the matter was confidential.
A. reasons  B. excuses  C. grounds  D. foundation
4. I'm going to set up the equipment in a minute. + __________ give you a hand?
A. Shall we  B. Will I   C. Would I  D. Do I 
5. I don’t think he will get ..... the shock in a short period of time. A. over  B. through  C. by  D. off
 6. Of the two new secretaries, one is competent and .is not. 
A. another  B. other  C. the other  D. the second
 7. I’ve been studying English for 2 years now, and I still can’t ____ it very well. 
A. talk  B. say  C. tell  D. speak
8. 'I usually ____ to work by car, but I ____ to Bristol by train yesterday.' 
A. go / went  B. went / go  C. get / went  D. go / got
 9.. If you never say ‘no’ to your children, you ______ them 
A. damage B. spoil C. ruin D. hurt
 10. Is swimming under water very difficult ? No, it’s just a matter _______ able to control your breathing
A. to be  B. of being  C. that you are  D. being
II. In the following passage, some numbered lines contain a word that shouldn’t be there. Tick (√) the sentences that are correct and write the words that shouldn’t be there in the numbered space.
KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE
	Personal space is a term that refers to the distance we like to keep between ourselves and other people. When someone we do not know well gets too close that we usually begin to feel uncomfortable. If such a business colleague comes closer than 1.2 meters, the most common response is to move away. Some interesting studies have been done in libraries. If strangers will come too close, many people get up and leave the building, others use to different methods such as turning their back on the intruder. Living in cities has made people to develop new skills for dealing with situations where they are very close to strangers. Most people on so crowded trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contract, and apologize if hands touch by a mistake. People use newspapers as a barrier between themselves and other people, and if they do not have one, they stare into the distance, making sure they are not looking into anyone’s eyes.
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III. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets. 
1. Remind me of my appointment. I am .	(FORGET)
2. Recently health foods have increased in .	(POPULAR)
3. Unless something is done about unemployment, the . for the future is not good. (LOOK)
4. He had been  delayed at the office and was now in a hurry to keep his appoinment with the dentist. 	 (EXPECT)
5. The old lady hid all her  under the floor	(SAVE)
6. Alison’s . made it hard for her to speak in public.	(SHY)
7. He had the  habit of borrowing books and then forgetting to return them.	(ANNOY)
8. All .. must be received before July 20th 2007.	( APPLY )
9. I  met an old friend last week. 	 (EXPECT) 
10. You look rather . Are you worried about something?	(OCCUPY)
11. It is much more . to buy large size packets.	(ECONOMY)
12. Earth Hour is a ______ event organized to raise people’s awareness	 (WORLD) 
Part II: READING 
I. Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question. 
	Most human diets contain between 10 and 15 percent of their total calories as protein. The rest of the dietary energy comes from carbohydrates, fats, and in some people, alcohol. The proportion of calories from fats varies from 10 percent in poor communities to 40 percent or more in rich communities.
	In addition to providing energy, fats have several other functions in the body. The fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K, are dissolved in fats, as their name implies. Good sources of these vitamins have high oil or fat content, and the vitamins are stored in the body’s fatty tissues. In the diet, fats cause food to remain longer in the stomach, thus increasing the feeling of fullness for some time after a meal is eaten. Fats add variety, taste, and texture to foods, which accounts for the popularity of fried foods. Fatty deposits in the body have an insulating and protective value. The curves of the human female body are due mostly to strategically located fat deposits.
	Whether a certain amount of fat in the diet is essential to human health is not definitely known. When rats are fed a fat-free diet, their growth eventually ceases, their skin becomes inflamed and scaly, and their reproductive systems are damaged. Two fatty acids, linoleic and arachidonic acids, prevent these abnormalities and hence are called essential fatty acids. They also are required by a number of other animals, but their roles in human beings are debatable. Most nutritionists consider linoleic fatty acid an essential nutrient for humans.
1. This passage probably appeared in which of the following?
A. diet book	 B. A book on basic nutrition C. A cookbook	D. A popular women’s magazine
2. We can infer from the passage that all of the following statements about fats are true EXCEPT
A. fats provide energy for the body B. economics influences the distribution of calorie intake
C. poor people eat more fatty foods D. alcohol is not a common source of dietary energy
3. The word “functions” in line 5 is closest in meaning to_______
A. forms 	B. needs 	C. jobs 	D. sources
4. The phrase “stored in” in line 7 is closest in meaning to_______
A. manufactured in 	B. attached to 	C. measured by 	D. accumulated in
5. The author states that fats serve all of the following body functions EXCEPT to
A. promote a feeling of fullness B. insulate and protect the body C. provide energy D. control weight gain
6. The word “essential to” in line 12 is closest in meaning to________
A. required for 	B. desired for 	C. detrimental to 	D. beneficial to
7. According to the author of the passage, which of the following is true for rats when they are fed a fat free diet?
A. They stop growing 	B. They have more babies C. They lose body hair D. They require less care
8. Linoleic fatty acid is mentioned in the passage as _____________
A. an essential nutrient for humans 	B. more useful than arachidonic acid
C. preventing weight gain in rats 	D. a nutrient found in most foods
9. The phrase “these abnormalities” refers to_____
A. a condition caused by fried foods B. strategically located fat deposits
C. curves on the human female body D. cessation of growth, bad skin, and damaged reproductive systems
10. That humans should all have some fat our diet is, according to the author,_________
A. a commonly held view	B. not yet a proven fact
C. only true for women 	D. proven to be true by experiments in rats
II. Read the following passage and do the task bellow. 
 HELIUM’S FUTURE UP IN THE AIR
A In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key nonrenewable resource continues without receiving much press at all. Helium – an inert, odourless, monatomic element known to lay people as the substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled – could be gone from this planet within a generation.
B Helium itself is not rare; there is actually a plentiful supply of it in the cosmos. In fact, 24 per cent of our galaxy’s elemental mass consists of helium, which makes it the second most abundant element in our universe. Because of its lightness, however, most helium vanished from our own planet many years ago. Consequently, only a miniscule
proportion – 0.00052%, to be exact – remains in earth’s atmosphere. Helium is the byproduct of millennia of radioactive decay from the elements thorium and uranium. The helium is mostly trapped in subterranean natural gas bunkers and commercially extracted through a method known as fractional distillation.
C The loss of helium on Earth would affect society greatly. Defying the perception of it as a novelty substance for parties and gimmicks, the element actually has many vital applications in society. Probably the most well known commercial usage is in airships and blimps (non-flammable helium replaced hydrogen as the lifting gas du jour after the Hindenburg catastrophe in 1932, during which an airship burst into flames and crashed to the ground killing some passengers and crew). But helium is also instrumental in deep-sea diving, where it is blended with nitrogen to mitigate the dangers
of inhaling ordinary air under high pressure; as a cleaning agent for rocket engines; and,in its most prevalent use, as a coolant for superconducting magnets in hospital MRI(magnetic resonance imaging) scanners.
D The possibility of losing helium forever poses the threat of a real crisis because its unique qualities are extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible to duplicate (certainly, no biosynthetic ersatz product is close to approaching the point of feasibility for helium, even as similar developments continue apace for oil and coal). Helium is even cheerfully
derided as a “loner” element since it does not adhere to other molecules like its cousin, hydrogen. According to Dr. Lee Sobotka, helium is the “most noble of gases, meaning it’s very stable and non-reactive for the most part  it has a closed electronic configuration, a very tightly bound atom. It is this coveting of its own electrons that prevents combination with other elements’. Another important attribute is helium’s unique boiling point, which is lower than that for any other element. The worsening global shortage could render millions of dollars of high-value, life-saving equipment
totally useless. The dwindling supplies have already resulted in the postponement of research and development projects in physics laboratories and manufacturing plants around the world. There is an enormous supply and demand imbalance partly brought about by the expansion of high-tech manufacturing in Asia.
E The source of the problem is the Helium Privatisation Act (HPA), an American law passed in 1996 that requires the U.S. National Helium Reserve to liquidate its helium assets by 2015 regardless of the market price. Although intended to settle the original cost of the reserve by a U.S. Congress ignorant of its ramifications, the result of this fire sale is that global helium prices are so artificially deflated that few can be bothered recycling the substance or using it judiciously. Deflated values also mean that natural gas extractors see no reason to capture helium. Much is lost in the process of extraction. As Sobotka notes: "[t]he government had the good vision to store helium, and the question now is: Will the corporations have the vision to capture it when extracting natural gas, and consumers the wisdom to recycle? This takes long-term vision because present market forces are not sufficient to compel prudent practice”. For Nobel-prize laureate Robert Richardson, the U.S. government must be prevailed upon to repeal its privatisation policy as the country supplies over 80 per cent of global helium, mostly from the National Helium Reserve. For Richardson, a twenty- to fifty-fold increase in prices would provide incentives to recycle. 
F A number of steps need to be taken in order to avert a costly predicament in the coming decades. Firstly, all existing supplies of helium ought to be conserved and released only by permit, with medical uses receiving precedence over other commercial or recreational demands. Secondly, conservation should be obligatory and enforced by a regulatory agency. At the moment some users, such as hospitals, tend to recycle diligently while others, such as NASA, squander massive amounts of helium. Lastly, research into alternatives to helium must begin in earnest.
Questions 1–5
This Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A–F. Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A–F, on your answer sheet.
1 a use for helium which makes an activity safer
2 the possibility of creating an alternative to helium
3 a term which describes the process of how helium is taken out of the ground
4 a reason why users of helium do not make efforts to conserve it
5 a contrast between helium’s chemical properties and how non-scientists think about it
Questions 6–9 Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage ?
 on your answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
6 Helium chooses to be on its own.
7 Helium is a very cold substance.
8 High-tech industries in Asia use more helium than laboratories and manufacturers in other parts of the world.
9 The US Congress understood the possible consequences of the HPA.
Questions 10– 14 Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Sobotka argues that big business and users of helium need to help look after helium stocks because 10 . will not be encouraged through buying and selling alone. Richardson believes that the 11 .. needs to be withdrawn, as the U.S. provides most of the world’s helium. He argues that higher costs would mean people have 12 .. to use the resource many times over. People should need a 13 .. to access helium that we still have. Furthermore, a 14 .. should ensure that helium is used carefully.
III. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
	Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike in East Street. Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May, when she was sent reeling by a black Volvo on her way home from work.
	She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was (1 ) .The driver stopped for a moment but then drove off without (2 ) .. a name or address and before Sarah could get his number. “ I tried to get out of his way, but I couldn’t,” she said.” Everyone at work kept going on about it being Friday 13th. I’m not a bit (3).and wouldn’t change any of my plans just because Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky, I don’t usually take any (4 ) . of that sort of thing but I will now. I think I’ll stay in bed.”
	The accident (5)at the junction with Westwood Road at about 6.30pm as Sarah was making her (6).home to the Harley Estate.
	The Volvo pulled out of Westwood onto Henley Road in front of the teenager’s bicycle. “ He could at ( 7). have helped her up. I don’t see why he should get away with it,” said her father, Derek, “ Sarah was lucky. I don’t know why the driver didn’t see her. He can’t have been (8).. attention. It is unfortunate that nobody took down the number .” Though still too (9)to ride a bike, Sarah was able to go back to (10).in Marlow on Monday.
1. A. damaged 	B. harmed 	C. devastated 	D. crashed
2. A. noting 	B. presenting	C. leaving	D. suggesting
3. A. irrational	B. superstitious	C. unreasonable 	D. prejudices 
4. A. notice 	B. consideration 	C. note 	D. care
5. A. came about	B. turned up	C. finished up	D. took place
6. A. route 	B. way 	C. course 	D. path
7. A. once 	B. most 	C. least 	D. best
8. A. giving 	B. paying	C. attracting 	D. providing
9. A. discouraged 	B. confused 	C. overcome 	D. shaken
10. A. work	B. job 	C. post 	D. employment
IV. Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. 
 A Success Story
At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire and one of a growing number of teenagers _______ (1) have made their fortune through the Internet. _______ (2) makes Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was told by teachers ________ (3) his junior school that he would never be able to read or write properly. "I wanted to prove them wrong", says Ben, creator and director of Way search, a net search engine which can be used to find goods _______ (4) online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities provided him ________ (5) a PC to help with schoolwork. Although he was unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ________ (6) with the computer, and encouraged by his father, he soon began charging people E10 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he set up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, two years later he left school _______ (7) devote all his time to business. 
"By this time the company had grown and I needed to take ________ (8) a couple of employees to help me," says Ben. “That enabled me to start doing business with bigger companies.” It was his ability to consistently _______ (9) difficult challenges that led him to win the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Way search, and he has recently signed a deal worth £25 million with a private investment company, which will finance _______ (10) search engine.
Part III: WRITING 
A. I. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it.
1. The house was so badly damaged in the fire that it couldn’t be repaired.
- The house was too 
2. You won’t reach the station in less than twenty minutes.
- It will take .......................................................................................
3. The collision didn’t damage my car much.- Not a great 
4. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.
- The very 
5. I took my car to the garage last Saturday and they resprayed it.
- I had .
6. Although Christopher was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon overpowered him.
- Despite his ...
7. What a surprise to see you here!- Fancy 
8. It was only when I left home that I realised how much my father meant to me.
- Not until 
9. The house collapsed because of faulty building work.
- It was .................................................................................
10. The boys clearly intended to make trouble when they entered the hotel.
- The boys were 
II. Write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in brackets and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. 
1. Dickens’ last novel was unfinished when he died.	(WITHOUT)
- .
2. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test.	(CAME)
- .
3. He is likely to come.	(PROBABILITY)
- ...
4. Mathew didn’t listen to what his doctor told him.	(NOTICE)
- .
5. I don’t feel like going to the party.	(MOOD)
- .
6. The new manager blames me for everything that goes wrong.	(PICKING)
- .
7. He talked about nothing except the weather.	(SOLE)
- .
8. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club.	(REGRETS)
- ...
9. He is different from his brother in almost all aspects.	(BEARS)
- .
10. The passengers don’t realise how lucky they have been. (LITTLE)
.......
B.I. You borrowed an important textbook from a classmate last term. You now realize your classmate had returned home overseas and you still have the book. Within 80 - 90 words, write a letter to him / her. Use your name and address as David Parker – 123, Green Street, Wonderful City.
 II. Today, many parents tend to hire tutors to teach their children at home for better study results. 
In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of learning with a tutor? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your ideas.
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ĐÁP ÁN
Part I: 9 travel agent’s/ travel agency 10 poster 11 changes 12 (local) (African) farmers
 13) 3 weeks 14 motorbike/ motorcycle 15 (the) (local) women 16 traffic (noise)
 17 (pieces of) furniture 18 gardening
PartII:I 1. B - Commitment (to sth) [n] the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc ( sự tận tụy/ tâm, hết mình làm việc gì..)
- Persuasion (n) – persuade (v) : thuyết phục - Engagement (n) sự hứa hẹn/ sự sắp xếp cho công việc
Eg : an engagement book/ diary I had to refuse because of a prior engagement.
- Obligation (to do sth) [n] sự bắt buộc phải làm gì (do bị ép buộc bởi đó là n.vụ, or do pháp luật/ do bản thân đã hứa với ng khác)
2.C - Like ở đây là conjunction – từ nối, nghĩa là “in the same way as” ( giống như, cùng bằng phương thức như 
- Alike ( a) very similar – rất giống. NOTE : không đứng trước danh từ
Alike (adv) in a very similar way . Trong câu của chúng ta đáp án đứng trước 1 danh từ nên không dùng trạng từ
- Note : mammal có dạng số nhiều
3. C - Idiom : ground(s) for sth / for doing sth [n] lý do chính đáng để làm việc gì, để nói hay tin vào điều gì. Ground ở đây là danh từ đếm được, thường ở dạng số nhiều
Ta cũng thường có : on the grounds that, on health grounds, on grounds of age
4. A - Shall thường được dùng trong các câu hỏi với I và We để biểu thị ý đưa ra lời đề nghị giúp đỡ, sự gợi ý, hỏi ý kiến
5. A - Get over = overcome : giải quyết, đưa việc gì vào tầm kiểm soát
- Get by ( on/ in/ with sth) xoay xở để sống hoặc để làm việc gì cần đến tiền, thiết bị bằng tiền hoặc những thứ bạn có
Eg : How does she get by on such a small salary?
- Get off sth : ngừng thảo luận về việc gì /nghỉ phép  - Get through sth : hoàn thành việc gì, thành công khi làm việc gì
6. C - Ta dùng “the” khi chủ thể đã được xác định. Chủ thể ở đây là “the two new secretaries”, và 1 trong 2 đã được nhắc đến “one”, vì vậy người còn lại phải dùng “the other”. Khi nhắc đến người trước người ta không dùng “the first” nên phía sau ta không dùng “the second” (các từ chỉ thứ tự).
- Another : 1 cái khác, người khác (không xác định)
7. D 8. A - Vế thứ nhất ở thì HTĐ, chỉ thói quen hàng ngày. Vế thứ 2 dùng thì QKĐ, kể lại 1 sự việc xảy ra trong QK (yesterday)
9. B - Spoil sb (v) làm hư hỏng Spoil sth cũng có một nét nghĩa = ruin : làm hỏng,hủy hoại
- Damage (v) gây thiệt hại, phá hủy - Hurt sb (v) khiến ai bị đau, bị thương
10. B - A matter of sth / of doing sth : 1 tình huống dựa trên hoặc liên quan cái gì. Trg câu trên là dựa trên khả năng kiểm soát hơi thở.
II.(10pts: 1pt/item)	
1. that
3. √
5. to
7. √
9. a
2. such
4. will
6. to
8. so
10. √
 IV. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets. (10 points)
1. forgetful	2. popularity	3. outlook 	4. unexpectedly 	5. savings 
6. shyness	7. annoying 	8. applications 	9. unexpectedly	
10. preoccupied 	11. economical	12. worldwide 	
Part II: READING (20 POINTS)
I. Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question. (10 points)
	1. B	2. C	3. C	4. D	5. D 
6. A	7. A	8. A	9. D	10. B
II 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. E 31. A
32. Yes 33. Not given 34. Not given 35. No
36. prudent practice 37. privatisation policy 38. incentives 39. permit 40. regulatory agency
III. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space (10 points)
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
1. A	2. C	3. B	4. A	5. A
6. B	7. C	8. B	9. D	10. A
IV. Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. (10pts)
1. who
2. what
3. at
4. in
5. with
6. ability
7. to
8. on
9. overcome
10. his
Part III: WRITING (20 POINTS) 
I - Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. (10 points)
1. The house was too badly damaged to be repaired.
2. It will take you at least twenty minutes to reach the station.
3. Not a great deal/ amount of damage was done/ caused to my car (by the collision)
4. The very thought of his face at that moment makes me laugh.
5. I had my car resprayed at the garage last Saturday.
6. Despite his (superior) strength, Christopher was soon overpowered by his attacker.
7. Fancy seeing you here.
8. Not until I left home did I realise how much my father meant to me.
9. It was faulty building work that caused the house to collapse.
 It was faulty building work that caused the collapse of the house.
10. The boys were clearly intent on making trouble when they entered the hotel.
II - Write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in brackets and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. (10 points)
1. Dickens died without finishing/ having finished/ being able to finish his last novel.
2. It came as surprise/