TRƯỜNG THPT QUẾ VÕ SỐ 1 ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN 1

NĂM HỌC 2022 – 2023

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - Lớp 11
(Đề thi gồm 08 trang)
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

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Họ, tên thí sinh:................................................................... Số báo danh: .............................

PART I: PHONETICS (1 point)

I: Find a word in each line whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three
by circling A, B, C or D. (0.5 p)

1 A allegedly B confusedly C supposedly D wickedly

2 A youths B maps C cigarettes D months

3 A equation B television C mention D decision

4 A several B suppose C decisive D sister

5 A complete B command C common D community

II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question by
circling A, B, C or D. (0.5 p)

6 A apply B appear C visit D attend

7 A tuberculosis B mathematician C inheritance D communication

8 A casualty B habitual C characterize D ignorance

9 A Atmosphere B emission C disposal D volcanic

10 A trigonometry B explanatory C immediately D democracy

PART II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR

I:Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the
correct word or phrase. (2.5 pts)

11. …… every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.

A. Wholly B. Hardly C. Most D. Virtually

12. Jane had a problem with her finances, so we talked …… and now it's fine.
 A. over B. it over C. over it D. over and over

13. ........he did not attend the English class, he knew the lesson quite well.
A. In spite of B. Despite C. Although D. Because

14. I usually buy my clothes …… . It’s cheaper than going to the dressmaker.

A. on the house B. off the peg C. in public D. on the shelf

15. My father …… when he found out that I had damaged his car.

A. hit the roof B. saw pink elephants

C. made my blood boil D. brought the house down

16. Please don't enter.......knocking.

A. without B. with C. except for D. while

17. We were ........... by the officers' decision to divert the whole traffic from the main route.

A. rambled B. baffled C. stumbled D. shuffled

18. The book says that the revolution was ............. off by the assassination of the state governor.

A. launched B. cropped C. triggered D. prompted

19. I met Jim at college. It was the start of a………….friendship.

A. longlife B. prolong C. lengthened D. lifelong

20. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .

A. fail B. failure C. trouble D. mistake

21. He suddenly saw Sue ..................... the room. He pushed his way ..................... the crowd of people to get
to her.

A.across/through B. over/through C. over/along D. across/across

22. She tried to .......................

A. talk out of me the plan B. talk me the plan out of

C. talk me out of the plan D. talk out me of the plan.

23. My cousin obviously didn’t ………… much of an impression on you if you can’t remember meeting her.

A. create B. do C. make D. build

24. She was kept awake for most of the night by the………… of a mosquito in her car.

A. whine B. moan C. groan D. screech

25. Her business must be going rather well, ……….by the car she drives.

A. deducing B. deciding C. inferring D. judging

26. How boring the lecture was! I _______ just in the first half of it.
 A. dropped off B. fell out C. called off D. came out

27. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable…………., because it seems too good to be
true.

A. suspicion B. doubt C. reservation D. disbelief

28. My sister’s confidence in her ability to play the piano was badly……….. by her last music teacher.

A. subsided B. weakened C. undermined D. loosened

29. A number of Vietnamese ________ to that city recently.

A. have moved B. has moved C. moved D. was moved

30. The agency is ________ and not run for profit.

A. charitable B. donated C. voluntary D. free

31.1. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______ science
fiction really become popular.

A. had created/ had taken off/ was B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has

C. had been created/ had taken off/ did D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had

32. Round and round ___________.

A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go

C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine

33. Alice didn’t expect ……………. to Bill’s party.

A. to ask B. being asked C. to be asked D. asking

34.Their house is ___ near the Cathedral.

A. whereabouts B. anywhere C. somewhere D. any place

35. ___ how angry he was he would never resort to violence.

A. No matter B. No problem C. Although D. Because

II. Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form (1.5.pts)

a. I’m sure he must ___ (36. be) at home last night because the door was open when I _ (37. come).

b.What tune (38. play) ________ when we (39. come) ________ in?

c. He resents.......................... (40. be)....................... (41. tell) what...............................(42. do).

d. Something (43. tell) ………….. me that you (44. not listen) …………… to a single word I (45.
say) ……….. in the past tense minutes.

e. When you (46. feel) ……….… hungry, room service (47. bring) ………….. you whatever you want.

f. It’s time we (48. go)................... If we.................. (49. not leave) now, we................ (50. miss) the train.
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (1 pt)

51. The old lady hid all her ______________________ under the floor. (SAVE)

52. All ______________________ must be received before July 20th 2007. (APPLY)

53. It is much more ______________________ to buy large size packets. (ECONOMY)

54. Wow, I'm afraid I am not very (photo)..........................

55. The ..................................... has caused many so-called man-made disasters. (FOREST)

56. All the ............... from the last lecture were not allowed to attend the interview for the coming project.
(ABSENCE)

57. The road was ............................... because of the snow. (PASS)

58. She spent hours getting the house ...........................clean. (SPOT)

59. Paul is a good employee, and is very …………. . (CONSCIENCE)

60. …………………….. children will not be allowed to cross busy roads. (ACCOMPANY)

IV. The passage below contains 11 mistakes. (0) has been done for you as an example. IDENTIFY and
CORRECT the other ten. (2 pts)

0. in --> of
After an absence in thirty years, I decided visiting my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but
no a completely different building. As I walked up the school ground, I wondered for a moment if I had come
at the right address. The grimy, red brick fortress with their tall windows that had looked up grimly on the
playground and playing fields had swept away. In its place stood a bright, modern block risen from the
ground on great concrete stilts. A huge expanse of glass extending across the face of the building, and in
front, there was a well-kept lawn where previous there had been untidy gravel yard.
61. ____________ 66. ____________
62. ____________ 67. ____________
63. ____________ 68. ____________
64. ____________ 69. ____________
65. ____________ 70. ____________

V. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle (2 p).

71. Dishonesty is foreign ……………. his nature.

72. Many people expressed a strong preference …………. the original plan.

73.Small children should be watched ____________ carefully.

74-75-76-77. If we leave ………… the station ……… once, we arrive ………… ten minutes …………
hand.

78. The searchers spread ………….. to over the area faster.

79. The performance on the first night came .................pretty.

80. Small children should be watched ____________ carefully.
PART III: READING (6 points)

I: Read the passage and use ONLY ONE suitable word to fill in each gap (2 pts).

A BELATED CONFESSION

“I have been having a crush on you for the past 4 years, I never had the (81)______ to tell you, but I can’t be
so cowardly anymore.” said Peter as he caught Helen hand in the crowd watching fireworks.

Helen was taken (82)_______ by Peter’s words, both because he appeared out of nowhere and also never had
she expected a boy, so silent and seemed uninterested in class’ business, would like her.

“Peter? Why are you here? I thought you said you wouldn’t come.”

“-Listen, we don’t have much time (83)_________, I’m moving to another country, this will be the last
(84)________ we can be together until a few more years”

“Why didn’t you tell-“

“-I realized that I had made a mistake, a huge one. I had always been such an (85)________, never made an
effort to make friends, but you always tried to (86)________ me, you truly changed me, and so I don’t want
to lose you.”

No (87)________ words were said, they slowly turned to the sky. Little does Peter know, Helen had also had
something for him, but she had been afraid that her friends would’ve teased her. Ever since her boyfriend
(88)________ her and her friends turned their back on her, Peter has always been there for her, he never
talked much, mostly listen, but that’s enough for her.

At that (89)_______ moment, she knew she didn’t want to let him go, but then it was too late. He’d always
been stoic, never wanted others to worry about him, so he decided to keep it a secret before he leaves. That
night, there wasn’t (90)________ his first kiss but also her first time feeling truly cared about and loved.

II: Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each sentence by circling A, B, C or D
(2.pts)

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.

The modern comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants of the American
press in the late nineteenth century. The first full-color comic strip appeared in January 1894 in the New
York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to
today’s Sunday funnies, appeared two years later, in William Randolph Hearst’s rival New York paper, the
Morning Journal.

Both were immensely popular and publishers realized that supplementing the news with comic relief
boosted the sale of papers. The Morning Journal started another feature in 1896, the “Yellow Kid”, the first
continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away
from the World by the ambitious Hearst. The “Yellow Kid” was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue
was the strictly urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon inside
the strip, usually placed above the characters’ heads.

The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph Dirks’s “Katzenjammer Kids”,
based on Wilhelm Busch’s Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. The “Kids” strip,
first published in 1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not only speech
balloons, but a continuous cast of characters, and was divided into small regular panels that did away with
the larger panoramic scenes of earlier comics.

Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of comic strips throughout the
country. Though weekly colored comics came first, daily black-and-white strips were not far behind. The
first appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by 1915
black-and-white comic strips had become a staple of daily newspapers around the country.

Question 91:In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage?

A. In the order in which they were created.

B. From most popular to least popular.

C. According to the newspaper in which they appeared.

D. In alphabetical order by title.

Question 92:According to the passage, the “Yellow Kid” was the first comic strip to do all of the following
EXCEPT __.

A. feature the same character in each episode B. include dialogue inside a balloon

C. appear in a Chicago newspaper D. characterize city life in a humorous way

Question 93:The word “prototype” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. model B. story C. humor D. drawing

Question 94:The word “staple” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. new version B. huge success C. regular feature D. popular edition

Question 95:The word “incorporate” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. combine B. mention C. create D. affect

Question 96:Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?

A. Their comic strips are still published today.

B. They owned major competitive newspapers.

C. They established New York’s first newspaper.

D. They published comic strips about the newspaper war.

Question 97:The word “it” refers to _______.

A. balloon B. farce C. dialogue D. the “Yellow Kid”

Question 98:The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons?

A. Readers enjoyed the unusual drawings.

B. They were about real-life situations.

C. Readers could identify with the characters.

 D. They provided a break from serious news stories.

Question 99:To say that Richard Outcault had been “lured away from” the World by Hearst means which
of the following?

A. Hearst warned Outcault not to leave the World. C. Hearst fired Outcault from the World.

B. Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World. D. Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World.

Question 100:What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The differences between early and modern comic strips.

B. Features of early comic strips in the United States.

C. The effects of newspapers on comic strip stories.

D. A comparison of two popular comic strips.

III: Read the text and decide which word best fits each blank by circling the letter A, B, C or D (1.p).

The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere (101)
________ heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.
First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, (102) ______ it is absorbed and then radiates back into the
atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse gases trap some of this heat, and the (103) ________
escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.

Scientists have known about the greenhouse effect since 1824, when Joseph Fourier calculated that
the Earth would be much colder if it had no atmosphere. This greenhouse effect is what keeps the Earth's
climate (104) _________. Without it, the Earth's surface would be an average of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit
cooler. Scientists often use the term "climate change" instead of global warming. This is because as the
Earth's average temperature climbs, winds and ocean currents move heat around the globe in ways that can
cool some areas, warm others, and change the amount of rain and snow falling. (105)_________, the climate
changes differently in different areas.

(Source: https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/mod/oucontent)

101.A. seize B. capture C. trap D. grasp

102.A. which B.where C.that D.which

103.A.rest B.other C.latter D.remain

104.A. lively B.alive C.livable D.living

105.A. However B.In addition C.On the contrary D.As a result

PART FIVE: WRITING

I. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the
first one (2.pts)

106. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.

 Urgent ........
107. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for this disease.

Enormous .......

108. Someone has suggested abolishing income tax.

 It …..………………………………………………………………………………………………..

109. The teachers agreed to introduce the new methods.

 There was an ...........

110. The boy does whatever his father wants in an obedient way.

 The boy dances .............

111. It wasn’t clear to us at the time how serious the problem was.

 Little………………………………………………………………………………………………...

112. I did not realize how much he was influenced by his brother.-->I did not realize the extent ............

113. She wore a hearing-aid, even though she could hear the phone ring perfectly well.

She wasn’t so _______________________________________.

114. The sales man told me that my new car would be delivered next Wednesday.

 According _______________________________________.

115. Their chances of success are small.

 It is not _______________________________________.

II: Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the word in brackets (1pt)

116. I can’t find the answer without a calculator. (out)

117. My friend took no notice of my advice. (deaf )

118. What you have been saying is quite irrelevant. (beside)

119. His smooth manner didn’t deceive us. (taken)

120. She will probably be elected. (stands)

III. Write a composition about 150-200 words on the following topic: (2.pts)
Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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