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1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 11 CẤP TRƯỜNG THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA THI NGÀY: 08/10/2022 – NĂM HỌC: 2022-2023 TRƯỜNG THPT BÌNH CHIỂU MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề này gồm 06 trang PART I. USE OF ENGLISH (20 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence. 1. The grocer’s shop ___ since the supermarket opened. A. closed B. has closed C. has been closing D. is closed 2. We don’t allow ___ in the classroom. A. people smoke B. people to smoke C. smoke D. to smoking 3. By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers___ used up. A. had been B. have been C. were D. are 4. Her job was to___ out the good apples from the bad ones. A. sort B. find C. choose D. share 5. You know your hair really wants ___. A. to cut it B. to be cutting C. being cut D. cutting 6. That Masters course, ___ in 2015, is no longer taught at that college. A. on which I took B. that I took C. I took D. which I took 7. The children ___ to the zoo. A. were enjoyed taken B. enjoyed being taken C. were enjoyed taking D. enjoyed taking 8. The environmentalists suggest that cars ___ from the city centers. A. should banned B. may as well ban C. be banned D. had better to be banned 9. Both she and her husband are ___ work. A. out of B. for C. on D. in 10. ___ all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong. A. Because B. Because of C. Although D. In spite of 11. There’s always a lot of office work to ___ after the holiday. A. take over from B. get away with C. catch up with D. set out on 12. After he had finished his medical course, he ___ research into the causes of heart disease. A. did B. made C. took D. followed 13. If I had gone to the bank this morning, I ___ money from you now. A. would not borrow B. will not borrow C. will no have borrowed D. would not have borrowed 14. We arrived ___ the station just in time to catch the train. A. at B. in C. to D. for 15. I like to study sea life. Marine biology is a ___ subject. A. fascinated B. boring C. bored D. fascinating 1
2. 16. Vietnam is a country which is ethnically ___. A. alternative B. diverse C. different D. variable 17. What’s your ___ toward sex education? What are your pros and cons? A. idea B. vision C. reaction D. attitude 18. After my explanation, she still had a slightly ___ look on her face. A. surprising B. puzzled C. confusing D. interested 19. You are too clever ___ to have corrected the teacher like that. A. by far B. by half C. by yourself D. by and by 20. Three people were seriously ___ in the road accident yesterday. A. injured B. broken C. damaged D. pained PART II. WORD FORMS (40 pts) A. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank. (20 pts) 1. She has great ___ in medical matters. (expert) 2. We need to keep an eye on what they see on the net because they are ___ teenagers. (impress) 3. His social ___ results in his being unable to make new friends. (inept) 4. That shameful act of terrorism against ___ civilians should be condemned. (defend) 5. The conviction of an innocent man always provokes a public ___. (cry) 6. Frankly, I was just ___ satisfied with your showing in the last training session. (pass) 7. Poor you! A(n) ___ school with no extra-curricular activities, no field trips. (cash) 8. That’s that! The terms of this agreement are ___. (negotiate) 9. The trial ended in his ___ leading to the rolling of happy tears on his mother’s face. (quit) 10. It is cowardly of them to have ___ all responsibility for all the disaster they had caused. (claim) B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage. There are the extra two words that you cannot use. (20pts) force consider discriminate happy abort tolerate please bad immune wide involve resent Economic independence alone will not solve the myriad of problems facing women in the developing world. (11)___ attitudes are deeply entrenched, and in most countries, boys are still valued much more highly than girls. In Bombay, out of 8000 (12)___ performed after parents learned the fetus’s sex through amniocentesis, only one would have been a boy. Throughout the developing world, more boys than girls are (13)___, and girls who are brought to hospitals are generally in (14)___ condition than boys. Enrolment rates are (15)___ lower for girls than for boys in primary school; the gap (16)___ as they get older. Women who challenge the system may face risks. Those who get involved in grassroots projects often trigger (17)___ among men. In Nepal, some men have (18)___ tried to prevent women from attending PRCW meetings or saving their own money. “Some men are so (19)___ that they break open their wives’ piggy banks and spend their savings on drinks,” says one field officer. In extreme cases, women’s community (20)___ can be dangerous, even deadly. 2
3. PART III. CLOZE TESTS (90 pts) Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space. PASSAGE A (30 pts) New research reveals that walking just 9.5 kilometers (six miles) a week may (1) ___ your brain sharper as you get older. Research published in the October 13 online issue of Neurology (2) ___that walking may protect aging brains from growing smaller and, in (3) ___, preserve memory in old age. “Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can (4) ___ memory problems”, study author Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburg said in a news release. “Our findings should encourage further well-designed scientific (5) ___ of physical exercise in older adults as a very (6)___ approach for preventing dementia and Alzheimer's disease”. For the study, the team asked 299 dementia- free seniors to record the (7) ___they walked each week. Four years later, the participants were tested to see if they had developed (8) ___of dementia. Then after nine years had passed, scientists (9) ___ the participants’ brains to measure size. At the four-year test, researchers discovered subjects who walked the most had (10) ___their risk of developing memory problems by 50 per cent. (11) ___ the nine-year checkpoint, those who walked at least 9.5 kilometers a week, had brains with a larger (12) ___ than those who didn’t walk as much. This is not the first study to (13) ___the benefits of walking in seniors. (14) ___, last spring, Harvard University found that women who walked regularly at a (15) ___ pace had an almost 40 per cent lower risk of stroke. 1. A. bring B. work C. run D. keep 2. A. informs B. provides C. suggests D. notifies 3. A. result B. turn C. sequence D. case 4. A. account B. lead C. set D. cause 5. A. trials B. attempts C. searches D. courses 6. A. indicative B. promising C. fortunate D. ideal 7. A. distance B. length C. duration D. extent 8. A. signals B. factors C. signs D. features 9. A. skimmed B. scanned C. screened D. sounded 10. A. depressed B. declined C. reduced D. dropped 11. A. On B. In C. From D. At 12. A. volume B. amount C. dimension D. quantity 13. A. advertise B. promote C. respect D. admire 14. A. In addition B. In contrast C. For example D. As a result 15. A. brisk B. hard C. crisp D. brief 3
4. Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word. PASSAGE B (30 pts) Some theories of laughter emphasize (1)___ ability to reduce tension and emotion. You have probably in a tense (2)___ situation when someone suddenly made (3)___ the right joke to defuse the mood and make (4)___ laugh. Laughter seems to produce some beneficial biological responses, possibly stimulating the (5)___ system or starting the flow of endorphins, the pain-killing (6)___ in the brain. Other theories emphasize the cognitive components of humor. When you laugh at a problem, you are putting it in a (7)___ perspective – seeing its silly aspects – and gaining (8)___ over it. Having a (9)___ of humor, however, is not the same as smiling all the time or “(10)___ a on a happy face.” Many women, in particular, feel they have to smile, smile, smile, to put others at (11)___, but often this social smile masks (12)___ of insecurity and unhappiness. For (13)___ to be effective in coping with stress, a person must (14)___ use it in a stressful situation – seeing or inventing funny aspects of (15)___ events and having the ability to laugh at them. PASSAGE C (30 pts) Like most companies in an (1)___ globalized world, our firm does business with other firms abroad. Company cultures (2)___ worldwide, and it is important for delegates from our company to recognize how company culture overseas might be different from our own. This document will give you a brief (3)___ to company culture in the countries we associate with. South Korea South Korea is one of the world’s most successful economies, having seen five (4)___ decades of high economic growth. When (5)___ with adversity, South Koreans change direction quickly and (6)___. Despite the frantic economic growth, South Korean society is (7)___ very conservative and conformist due to the influence of Confucian (8)___. Companies are hierarchical and regimented and ‘face’ is very much valued. Consequently, change can sometimes be slow and painful. Managers are paternalistic, authoritative figures who expect their (9)___ to be carried out obediently and respectfully. In (10)___, they give their subordinates support and help, not only in (11)___ issues but in home issues as well. Group harmony is important, so South Koreans avoid confrontation and blame, (12)___ among people of equal rank. Friendship is, (13)___, vital to business success. The Korean saying 'make a friend first and a (14)___ second' (15)___ this up exactly. PART IV. READING COMPREHENSION (20 pts) Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage. What geologists call the Basin and Range Province in the United States roughly coincides in its northern portions with the geographic province known as the Great Basin. The Great Basin is surrounded on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carries is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture. What little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, evaporates on the broad, flat desert floors. It is, therefore, an environment in which organism battle for 4
5. survival. Along the rare watercourses, cottonwoods and willows eke out a sparse existence. In the upland ranges, pinion pines and junipers struggle to hold their own. But the Great Basin has not always been so arid. Many of its dry, closed depressions were once filled with water. Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley were once a string of interconnected lakes. The two largest of the ancient lakes of the Great Britain were Lake Lahontan and Lake Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the latter, and Pyramid Lake is one of the last briny remnants of the former. There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins. The rise and fall of the lakes were undoubtedly linked to the advances and retreats of the great ice sheets that covered much of the northern part of the North American continent during those times. Climatic changes during the Ice Ages sometimes brought cooler, wetter weather to mid-latitude deserts worldwide, including those of the Great Basin. The broken valleys of the Great Basin provided ready receptacles for this moisture. 1. What is the geographical relationship between the Basin and Range Province and the Great Basin? (A) The Great Basin is west of the Basin and Range Province. (B) The Great Basin is larger than the Basin and Range Province. (C) The Great Basin is in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province. (D) The Great Basin is mountainous; the Basin and Range Province is flat desert. 2. According to the passage, what does the Great Basin lack? (A) Snow (B) Dry air (C) Winds from the west (D) Access to the ocean 3. The word "prevailing" in line 3 is closest in meaning to ___ (A) most frequent (B) occasional (C) gentle (D) most dangerous 4. It can be inferred that the climate in the Great Basin is dry because (A) the weather patterns are so turbulent (B) the altitude prevents precipitation (C) the winds are not strong enough to carry moisture (D) precipitation falls in the nearby mountains 5. The word "it" in line 4 refers to ___ (A) Pacific Ocean (B) moist air (C) the west (D) the Great Basin 6. Why does the author mention “cottonwoods and willows” in line 8? (A) To demonstrate that certain trees require a lot of water (B) To give examples of trees that are able to survive in a difficult environment (C) To show the beauty of the landscape of the Great Basin (D) To assert that there are more living organisms in the Great Basin than there used to be 7. Why does the author mention Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley in the second paragraph? (A) To explain their geographical formation (B) To give examples of depressions that once contained water (C) To compare the characteristics of the valleys with the characteristics of the lakes (D) To explain what the Great Basin is like today 5
6. 8. The words "the former" in line 13 refer to ___ (A) Lake Bonneville (B) Lake Lahontan (C) the Great Salt Lake (D) Pyramid Lake 9. The word "accumulated" in line 19 is closest in meaning to (A) dried (B) flooded (C) collected (D) evaporated 10. According to the passage, the Ice Ages often brought about (A) desert formation (B) warmer climates (C) broken valleys (D) wetter weather PART FIVE: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 points) Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word in brackets without making any change to it. 1. The Beatles had their first hit record in 1962, and we all know their story from that time on. (history) → It was ___ 2. Tourism must develop harmoniously with the environment. (harmony) → It is essential ___ 3. Whenever we meet, he asks me the same questions. (keeps) → Every ___ 4. They didn’t realize their plan because they lacked support. (fallen) → With some ___ 5. After the accident, an ambulance took him to hospital. (hospitalized) → He had an ___ 6. The aim of the project is to reduce homelessness. (providing) → The project is ___ 7. Doctors almost always take a patient’s temperature first. (place) → It is standard ___ 8. Don’t mention it when we are with other people. (company) → I’d rather ___ 9. Your study is the most important thing now; anything else can wait. (precedence) → Your study should take ___ 10. He was sacked only because he was inefficient. (off) → To put it ___ THE END OF THE TEST 6
7. ANSWER KEY GRADE 11 PART ONE. Multiple choice (20 pts) 1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.A 14.A 15.D 16.B 17.D 18.B 19.B 20.A PART TWO. Word Forms (40 pts) 1. expertise (11) discriminatory 2. impressionable (12) abortions 3. ineptitude (13) immunized / immunised 4. defenceless / defenseless (14) worse 5. outcry (15) considerably 6. passably (16) widens 7. cash-strapped (17) resentment 8. non-negotiable (18) forcibly 9. acquittal (19) intolerant 10. disclaimed (20) involvement PART THREE. CLOZE TESTS (90 pts) PASSAGE A (30 pts) 1. D. keep 6. B. promising 11. D. At 2. C. suggests 7. A. distance 12. A. volume 3. B. turn 8. C. signs 13. B. promote 4. D. cause 9. B. scanned 14. C. For example 5. A. trials 10. C. reduced 15. A. brisk PASSAGE B (30 pts) (1) its (6) chemicals (11) ease (2) group (7) new (12) feelings (3) exactly (8) control (13) humor (4) everyone/body / others (9) sense (14) actually (5) immune (10) putting (15) serious PASSAGE C (30 pts) (1) increasingly (6) effectively (11) work (2) vary (7) still (12) especially (3) guide (8) values / philosophy (13) therefore (4) consecutive (9) instructions / orders (14) client (5) faced (10) return (15) sums PART FOUR. Reading Comprehension (20 pts) 1. (C) The Great Basin is in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province. 2. (D) Access to the ocean 3. (A) most frequent 1
8. 4. (D) precipitation falls in the nearby mountains 5. (B) moist air 6. (B) To give examples of trees that are able to survive in a difficult environment 7. (B) To give examples of depressions that once contained water 8. (B) Lake Lahontan 9. (C) collected 10. (D) wetter weather PART FIVE: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 points) 1. It was in 1962 that the Beatles had their first hit record, and the rest is history. 2. It is essential that tourism (should) develop in harmony with the environment. 3. Every time we meet, he keeps asking me the same questions. 4. With some support, their plan wouldn’t have fallen through. 5. He had an accident and was hospitalized in an ambulance. 6. The project is aimed at providing houses for the homeless. 7. It is standard practice/procedure for doctors to take a patient’s temperature in the first place. 8. I’d rather you didn’t mention it when we are in company. 9. Your study should take precedence over anything else now. 10. To put it simply, he was laid off because he was inefficient / of his inefficiency. THE END 2