SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10, 11 CHƯƠNG TRÌNH THPT
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
Môn: TIẾNG ANH 11
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A. LISTENING
Section 1. Questions 1-5
Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Newspaper Photo Reprint Request Form
Example
Newspaper date: March 10th
Newspaper pages: the (1) ______________ page
Newspaper story: Student Athlete of the (2) ______________
Photo subject: James (3) ______________
Photo use: (4) ______________
Image type: (5) ______________
Section 2. Questions 6-10
Choose the correct answer A, B, or C to each question.
GENERAL COURSE DETAILS
6. What is the defining characteristic of a specialized course?
A. Taking a proficiency exam .
B. Attending the class frequently.
C. Compulsory and regular.
7. The Microbiology courses are available for _______.
A. full-time and flexible-time students
B. Microbiology students only
C. students on a flexible schedule
8. The Biology courses are available for _______.
A. all students
B. full-time students only
C. freshmen only
9. Who are interested in Microbiology courses?
A. People who need work experience.
B. People from off-campus.
C. People who work at hospital.
10. A Medical Science course will be opened next year because _______.
A. there are no experimental facilities
B. the lab equipment is too expensive
C. the building is damaged
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Section 3. Questions 11-15.
What incident is related to each of the following people?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-G next to questions 11-15.
A. brought tea tree oil into Australia in 1770
B. challenged the benefit of tea tree oil
C. reported the special eating habit in Australia
D. listed plant species
E. studied the tea tree oil
F. saw Australian Aborigines drink
G. used tea tree for medical treatment
11. Aborigines __________
12. Dutch explorer __________
13. Sir Hugh Palliser __________
14. Captain James Cook __________
15. Dr. Arthur Penfold __________
Section 4. Questions 16-20
Label the map below. Write the correct letter A-H next to questions 16-20.
16. Brown Hall __________
17. Blake Residence __________
18. Queens Building __________
19. Parkway Flats __________
20. Temple Rise __________
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.
21. I feel it must be too late to apologize to my piano teacher, but at least I've got it off my _______.
A. chest B. heart C. stomach D. soul
22. Country life differs from urban life in _______ a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants
of small villages together.
A. it B. what C. which D. that
23. A special committee was formed to _______ between the two sides involved in the conflict.
A. cooperate B. compromise C. confront D. conciliate
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24. On the battle field _______.
A. the tanks lay B. did the tanks lie C. lay the tanks D. lied the tanks
25. The head of the Human Resources Department found himself in the _______ line over recent job cuts.
A. heating B. firing C. brazing D. flaming
26. _______, they slept soundly.
A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was
C. Hot as was the night air D. Hot although the night air was
27. The local council has decided to _______ a concert to raise money for cancer charities.
A. take up B. run through C. come up D. put on
28. In most ____ developed countries, up to 50% of _______ population enters higher education at some
time in their lives.
A. the - a B. the - C. - the D. -
29. County legislators called for an update of the safety _______ for the DRCY Power Plant.
A. regulate B. regulative C. regulatory D. regulations
30. Although the queen of UK has in fact little authority of her own, she _______ informed of events, and
sometimes, she _______ by the government.
A. keeps - has consulted B. can be kept – should consult
C. is kept - is consulted D. will keep - was consulted
31. It was hard to _______ the temptation to watch the late night show even though I was so tired.
A. resist B. defy C. refuse D. oppose
32. Fast food is very popular. _______, a diet of hamburgers, pizzas and fried chicken is not very healthy.
A. Unfortunately B. Moreover C. Consequently D. In contrast
33. As a small boy, he was used to _______ alone in the house for an hour or two.
A. being left B. leaving C. be left D. leave
34. I haven’t read any medical books or articles on the subject for a long time, so I’m _______ with recent
developments.
A. out of reach B. out of the question C. out of touch D. out of the condition
35. You _______ to send the email, for there’s nothing in my inbox.
A. couldn’t have forget B. must have forgotten
C. should have forgotten D. ought to have forgotten
C. READING COMPREHENSION
Section 1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.
Greenhouse gases arise from a wide range of sources and their increasing concentration is largely
related to the compound effects of increased population, improved living standards and changes in lifestyle.
From a current base of 5 billion, the United Nations predicts that the global population may stabilize in the
twenty-first century between 8 and 14 billion, with more than 90 per cent of the (36) ______ increase taking
place in the world’s developing nations. The (37) ______ activities to support that growth, particularly to
produce the required energy and food, will cause further increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The
challenge, therefore, is to attain a (38) ______ balance between population, economic growth and the
environment.
The major greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and
nitrous oxide. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are the only major (39) ______ to the greenhouse effect that
does not occur naturally, coming from such sources as refrigeration, plastics and manufacture. Coal’s total
contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is thought to be about 18 per cent, with about half of this coming
from (40) ______ generation.
The worldwide coal industry (41) ______ extensive resources to researching and developing new
technologies and ways of capturing greenhouse gases. Efficiencies are likely to be improved dramatically,
and hence CO2 emissions reduced, through combustion and gasification techniques which are now at
(42)______ and demonstration stages.
Clean coal is another avenue for improving fuel conversion efficiency. Investigations are under
(43)______ into super-clean coal (35 per cent ash) and ultraclean coal (less than 1 per cent ash). Super-
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clean coal has the potential to enhance the combustion efficiency of conventional stabilized fuel power
plants. Ultraclean coal will enable coal to be used in (44) ______ power systems such as coal-fired gas
turbines which, when (45) ______ in combined cycle, have the potential to achieve much greater
efficiencies.
36. A. intended B. projected C. wanted D. calculated
37. A. remarkable B. major C. associated D. mutual
38. A. reachable B. sustainable C. eligible D. visual
39. A. substance B. contributor C. chemical D. emission
40. A. electronic B. electric C. electrical D. electricity
41. A. adjusts B. scatters C. allocates D. disperses
42. A. pilot B. launch C. experiment D. beginning
43. A. experiment B. development C. way D. progress
44. A. electrified B. developed C. advanced D. controlled
45. A. involved B. operated C. managed D. made
Section 2. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
Men and women are often considered to be completely at odds with each other, in terms of their
attitudes and behaviour. Not so when they are in love, new research has discovered. As (46) ________ as
their hormone levels are concerned when men and women are in love, they are more similar to each other
(47)________ at any other time.
It has (48) ________ been known that love can (49) ________ havoc with hormone levels. For
example, the hormone cortisol, which is known for its calming effect on the body, dips dramatically when
one person is attracted to (50) ________, putting the love-struck on a par with sufferers of obsessive
compulsive disorder.
But a new study has found that the hormone testosterone, commonly associated with male
aggression, also falls when he is in love. In women, it's quite the reverse. Testosterone levels, (51) ________
tend to be lower among females, rise towards (52) ________ of the male.
Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, (53) ________ this down to nature attempting
to eliminate the differences between the sexes. By doing so, they can concentrate fully (54) ________
reproduction. This suggestion seems to be supported by the fact that neither couples in a long term
relationship (55) ________ participants in the study who were single at the time of the experiment exhibited
such changes.
Section 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each question.
The Digital Divide
Information technology is influencing the way many of us live and work today. We use the Internet
to look and apply for jobs, shop, conduct research, make airline reservations, and explore areas of interest.
We use e-mail and the Internet to communicate instantaneously with friends and business associates around
the world. Computers are commonplace in homes and the workplace.
Although the number of Internet users is growing exponentially each year, most of the world’s
population does not have access to computers or the Internet. Only 6 percent of the population in
developing countries are connected to telephones. Although more than 94 percent of U.S. households have
a telephone, only 42 percent have personal computers at home and 26 percent have Internet access. The
lack of what most of us would consider a basic communications necessity – the telephone – does not occur
just in developing nations. On some Native American reservations, only 60 percent of the residents have a
telephone. The move to wireless connections may eliminate the need for telephone lines, but it does not
remove the barrier to equipment costs.
Who has Internet access? Fifty percent of the children in urban households with an income over
$75,000 have Internet access, compared with 2 percent of the children in low-income, rural households.
Nearly half of college-educated people have Internet access, compared to 6 percent of those with only some
high school education. Forty percent of households with two parents have access; 15 percent of female,
single-parent households do. Thirty percent of white households, 11 percent of black households, and 13
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percent of Hispanic households have access. Teens and children are the two fastest-growing segments of
Internet users. The digital divide between the populations who have access to the Internet and information
technology tools is based on income, race, education, household type, and geographic location. Only 16
percent of the rural poor, rural and central city minorities, young householders, and single parent female
households are connected.
Another problem that exacerbates these disparities is that African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native
Americans hold few of the jobs in information technology. Women hold about 20 percent of these jobs and
are receiving fewer than 30 percent of the computer science degrees. The result is that women and members
of the most oppressed ethnic groups are not eligible for the jobs with the highest salaries at graduation.
Baccalaureate candidates with degrees in computer science were offered the highest salaries of all new
college graduates in 1998 at $44,949.
Do similar disparities exist in schools? More than 90 percent of all schools in the country are wired
with at least one Internet connection. The number of classrooms with Internet connections differs by the
income level of students. Using the percentage of students who are eligible for free lunches at a school to
determine income level, we see that nearly twice as many of the schools with more affluent students have
wired classrooms as those with high concentrations of low-income students.
Access to computers and the Internet will be important in reducing disparities between groups. It
will require greater equality across diverse groups whose members develop knowledge and skills in
computer and information technologies. If computers and the Internet are to be used to promote equality,
they will have to become accessible to populations that cannot currently afford the equipment which needs
to be updated every three years or so. However, access alone is not enough. Students will have to be
interacting with the technology in authentic settings. As technology becomes a tool for learning in almost
all courses taken by students, it will be seen as a means to an end rather than an end in itself. If it is used in
culturally relevant ways, all students can benefit from its power.
56. Why does the author mention the telephone in paragraph 2?
A. To demonstrate that even technology like the telephone is not available to all.
B. To argue that basic telephone service is a first step to using the Internet.
C. To contrast the absence of telephone usage with that of Internet usage.
D. To describe the development of communications from telephone to Internet.
57. Which of the sentences below best expresses the information in the statement “Although the number
… or the Internet.” in paragraph 2?
A. Most of the people in the world use the Internet now because the number of computers is
increasing every year.
B. The number of people who use computers and the Internet is increasing every year, but most
people in the world still do not have connections.
C. The number of computers that can make the Internet available to most of the people in the world
is not increasing fast enough.
D. The Internet is available to most of the people in the world even though they don't have their
own computer terminals.
58. The word “eliminate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. accept B. dispute C. define D. remove
59. Based on the information in paragraph 3, which of the following best explains the term "digital divide?"
A. The number of Internet users in developing nations.
B. The disparity in the opportunity to use the Internet.
C. Differences in socioeconomic levels among Internet users.
D. Segments of the population with Internet access.
60. Why does the author give details about the percentages of Internet users in paragraph 3?
A. To prove that there are differences in opportunities among social groups.
B. To argue for more Internet connections at all levels of society.
C. To suggest that improvements in Internet access are beginning to take place.
D. To explain why many people have Internet connections now.
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61. According to paragraph 3, which of the following households would be least likely to have access to
the Internet?
A. A household with one parent. B. A black household.
C. A Hispanic household. D. A household with both parents.
62. The word “those” in paragraph 5 refers to ________.
A. classrooms B. students C. schools D. concentrations
63. According to paragraph 4, why are fewer women and minorities employed in the field of computer
technology?
A. They are not admitted to the degree programs.
B. They do not possess the educational qualifications.
C. They do not have an interest in technology.
D. They prefer training for jobs with higher salaries.
64. The word “concentrations” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. protections B. numbers C. confidence D. support
65. What can be inferred from paragraph 6 about Internet access?
A. Better computers need to be designed.
B. Schools should provide newer computers for students.
C. The cost of replacing equipment is a problem.
D. Technology will be more helpful in three years.
D. WRITING
Section 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a similar meaning to the
original one.
66. They couldn’t deceive customers although they used attractive advertisements.
→ Whatever ______________________________________________________________________.
67. Most of my English colleagues prefer to drink tea rather than coffee.
→ Most of my English colleagues have a _______________________________________________.
68. A work permit will only be issued on receipt of the correct documents.
→ Not until_______________________________________________________________________.
69. The journalists only heard about the changes to the wedding plans when they arrived at the venue.
→ It was only _____________________________________________________________________.
70. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
→ The more ______________________________________________________________________.
Section 2. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence. Write between TWO and SIX words in each gap.
71. His last book helps to understand what the world of beer brewing is really like. INSIGHT
→ His last book _________________________________ the world of beer brewing.
72. She is determined to become a pilot. HEART
→ Her _________________________________ a pilot.
73. Experts believe that the landslides were caused by recent floods. RESULTED
→ The landslides are _________________________________ recent floods.
74. The fact that he will never race again is something he cannot accept. TERMS
→ He cannot _________________________________ that he will never race again.
75. The journalist pretended that she was a parent of one of the children. IMPRESSION
→ The journalist _________________________________ that she was a parent of one of the children.
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