HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN THANH HÓA ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 11 NĂM 2016 Thời gian làm bà[.]
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VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN- THANH HÓA
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
KHỐI 11
NĂM 2016 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Đề gồm 12 trang)
-LISTENING (50 points)
I You are going to hear an acupuncturist talking about his work Listen and complete
the note by filling in the gap with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
ACUPUNCTURE
In Chinese medicine, “chi” is the (1) of the body
Healthy people have an (2) _ of “chi”
Acupuncture can make a person’s energy flow (3) again
Before starting treatment, the acupuncturist reviews the patient’s (4) _
He also takes the patient’s (5)
By doing this, he can decide whether the patient’s body is being affected by either (6)
_of energy
The body’s energy flow can be (7) by inserting and twisting the needles
The Chinese (8) acupuncture as an anesthetic
According to the acupuncturist, conventional medicine is becoming less (9) Some people prefer acupuncture to conventional treatment because they believe they are in (10) of their bodies
II Listen to the talk and answer questions 11- 18
Questions 11-15: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
11 The speaker has come from the Theosophical Society
12 One of the main points of the talk is to save money
13 She thinks students should do more housework
14 She argues that plastic containers won’t biodegrade quickly
15 She warns that asthma sufferers would be careful with her recipes
Questions 16-18: Choose the correct answer A, B or C
16 To move tea or coffee stains you should use _
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A give it to a friend B wipe it with vinegar
C put vinegar and salt in it and boil it
18 If you scratch wooden furniture, you can remove the marks using _
A a salt mixture B sesame oil C olive oil and vinegar
III You will hear a Japanese woman being interviewed about her experience of learning English Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D
19 Ayako started studying English in England because
A She was keen to improve her language skills
B She had nothing else to do with her time
C Her husband encouraged her to do so
D Her employer sent her on a course
20.At first, she found that the classes she attended
A Were quite easy and rather boring
B Focused on grammar exercise
C Were a good way to meet people
D Were well taught and organize
21.She says that football interviews on TV were difficult for her because
A They spoke very quickly
B She didn’t understand the subject
C They contained different accent
D She wasn’t interested in football
22.What method for building up vocabulary does she recommend?
A Reading part of a dictionary every day
B Keeping a written list of new expression
C Repeating new words until they are memorized
D Focusing on expressions from newspapers
23.How does she measure her success?
A Her accent is better
B Her writing skills have improved
C She has a wider vocabulary
D Her teacher gives her feedback
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A The writing system is very different and hard to translate
B There are many English words that are confusingly similar
C Japanese people speak more slowly than the English
D Japanese contains American words with different meanings
25.She says that the best advice for people arriving in England is to
A Have friends from your own country who understand you
B Follow your interests in reading newspapers and watching TV
C Go shopping in supermarkets so you don’t need to speak
D Try to make friends with English people who can teach you
GRAMMAR AND LEXCIOLOGY (30 points)
Questions 1- 10: Choose the best word to fill in each gap
1 The increasing popularity of the telephone has been rather _to the art of letter writing
A Negative B detrimental C destructive D prejudicial
2 The director uses a variety of techniques to up suspense in the film
3 Live theatre has proved to be very _art form
A durable B lengthy C elongated D constant
4 The book was so _that he stayed up until 4 a.m to finish it
A Grasping B grabbing C gripping D holding
5 The film was _near as good as the novel
6 If I had invented the book, I would be as a genius
7 The film was a bit on plot but the special effects were great
8 Some authors use their novels as a to put over a message
9 Her eyes were tired from gazing at the screen of her computer all day
A Flickering B twinkling C glimmering D sparkling
Trang 410.They were able to over their meal and enjoy it instead of having to rush back to work
Questions 11- 15: The passage below contains 5 mistakes Identify the mistakes and correct them (5 points)
My heroine is my father He’s always trying to help me I remember when I was sixteen, I thought I knew something I really wanted to live school I disliked sitting around in class all day surrounding by other bored students I was starting to imagine having a much more adventurous life I considered join the army, but my father convinced me not to do that I remember him getting very angry and crying about it Then he became very serious and urged me to keep going to school when I was eighteen I’m just glad I listened to him
Questions 16- 20: Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition in each space
16.Despite his strong craving _a cigarette John managed to avoid smoking until
he got out of the habit completely
17.Is your car still _offer or has it been bought by anyone?
18.I got up at six, started my work half an hour later and stayed there until 5 p.m with no free time _between
19.It is usually difficult to establish Patrick’s whereabouts He’s constantly the move
20.The police arrived immediately after the call and caught the burglar the spot
Questions 21- 30: Use the word given in capitals in brackets to form a word that fits in the space to complete the passage
This is the story of an (21) _(ORDINARY) quest It begins in a small and (22) (SIGNIFY) place on a tributary one thousand miles up the River Amazon and ends in a city of a million people Between the fears with which my journey started and the new,(23) (SAD) understanding of my return to civilization lies an experience that was for me both exhilarating and (24) (SETTLE) I went there because I wanted to examine my relationship with and thoughts about, the natural world, and I chose the Amazon because in spite of many recent changes, it remains the greatest single expression of (25) _(TAME) nature on this planet
The vast area has inspired dreams and (26) (NIGHT) ever since reports of the river and forest reached Europe in 1500 Even the name men gave it was (27) _(MYSTERY), based on highly (28) (SPECULATE) accounts from early explorers in the region, of female (29) _(WAR) similar to the Amazons of Greek
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READING (60 points)
Complete the following passage by filling the gap with the best answer A, B, C or D
Me and My Health
I never seem to stop I’m not so much a workaholic as the (1) ‘girl who can’t say no’ Not only have I never learned to organize my time, I need the deadline to pass before I get going Then I wonder why I feel (2) I’m very good at whipping up false energy Without (3) _ rest, though, I start to look grey and then, apart from a good night’s sleep, the only thing that brings me back to life is meditation I find that 20 minutes’ meditation is (4) _to a night’s sleep and that keeps me going Somehow though, I never get around to meditating on a daily (5) I’m no good in the morning By the time I’ve managed to get
up and repair the (6) _of the night, half of the day’s gone When it comes to food, I’m
a hostess’s nightmare As I suffer from migraine, I avoid cheese and (7) _ like coffee, red wine and spirits, which are generally (8) to trigger and attack I only eat rye bread, as the gluten in wheat makes me feel bloated and ropy I’ve (9) _countless migraine
‘cures’, from the herbal remedy feverfew to acupuncture Acupuncture (10) _balance the
system, but nothing stops the attacks
1 A innovative B first C foremost D original
2 A apathetic B exhausted C grueling D spent
3 A sufficient B severe C acceptable D minimal
4 A compatible B alike C equivalent D proportional
6 A damages B wrecks C ravages D ruins
7 A stimulations B stimulants C stimulus D stimulating
8 A foreseen B maintained C regarded D thought
9 A tried B experimented C searched D proved
10.A assists B improves C restores D helps
Complete the following article by using one suitable word for each space
Slim chance
Cross your heart and swear in all honesty that you have never ever been on a diet If so, lucky you! You must be supremely confident about your (11) _, enviably restrained
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In a society whose most potent icons are abnormally thin models, fat has become, quite literally, a dirty (13) - one of the earliest epithets to be hurried around the school playground These days, children begin to restrict their (14) _ intake as early as age nine By fifteen, as many as one girl in three thinks she should be on a (15) _
This obsession with losing weight fuels a multi-million pound slimming industry which grows ever more inventive in its attempts to persuade veteran (16) _ that “this one really works” Meanwhile, it is obvious to many people that diets don’t work -at least, not in the long-term If they did, we would be getting thinner, but in fact we are getting (17) _
As many as nine out of ten dieters needn’t have bothered dieting at all as they put back the weight they (18) _; and up to half end up (19) _ even more than they did before Most of these people see their problem as a personal failure- they think they should have been more strong -minded This is a fallacy, however, for there is growing evidence that many dieters get locked into a losing battle with their (20) bodies, which fight like mad to resist the starvation process There is also a good reason to believe that dieting may
be bad for you-particularly if it leads to regular fluctuations in weight
Reading passage 1: read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the following questions
The Underground Railroad
1 Slavery was legal for over 200 years in some parts of North America, particularly the southern states of the United States, where the plantation system of agriculture depended on the labor of slaves, most of whom came from Africa Slaves had no rights or freedoms because they were thought of as property From the time of its origin, slavery had opponents The abolitionist movement began in the 1600s when the Quakers in Pennsylvania objected to slavery on moral grounds and wanted to abolish the institution
2 In 1793, Canada passed a law abolishing slavery and declared that any escaped slaves who came to Canada would be free citizens Slavery was already illegal in most northern states; however, slaves captured there by slave hunters could be returned to slavery in the South Canada refused to return runaway slaves or to allow American slave hunters into the country It is estimated that more than 30,000 runaway slaves immigrated to Canada and settled in the Great Lakes region between 1830 and 1865
3 The American antislavery movement was at the height of its activity during the 1800s, when abolitionists developed the Underground Railroad, a loosely organized system
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northwards to free states or Canada The term was first used in the 1830s and came
from an Ohio clergyman who said, “They who took passage on it disappeared from public view as if they had really gone to ground” Because the Underground Railroad was so secret, few records exist that would reveal the true number of people who travelled it to freedom The most active routes on the railroad were in Ohia, Indiana, and western Pennsylvania
4 Runaway slaves usually traveled alone or in small groups Most were young men
between the ages of 16 and 35 (A) The fugitives hid in wagons under loads of hay or potatoes, or in furniture and boxes in steamers and on rafts (B) They traveled on foot
through swamps and woods, moving only a few miles each night, using the North Star
as a compass Sometimes they moved in broad daylight (C) Boys disguised
themselves as girls, and girls dressed as boys In one well-known incident,
twenty-eight slaves escaped by walking in a funeral procession from Kentucky to Ohio (D)
5 The railroad developed its own language The trains were the large farm wagons that could conceal and carry a number of people The tracks were the backcountry roads
that were used to elude the slave hunters The stations were the homes and hiding
places where the slaves were fed and cared for as they moved north The agents were the people who planned the escaped routes The “conductors” were the fearless men and women who led the slaves toward freedom The “passengers” were the slaves who dared to run away and break for liberty Passengers paid no fare and conductors received no pay
6 The most daring conductor was Harriet Tubman, a former slave who dedicated her life
to helping other runaways Tubman made 19 trips into the South to guide 300 relatives, friends and strangers to freedom She was wanted dead or alive in the South, but she was never captured and never lost a passenger A determined worker, she carried a gun for protection and a supply of drugs to quiet the crying babies in her rescue parties
7 A number of white people joined the effort, including Indiana banker Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine, who hid runaways in their home, a “station” conveniently located
on three main escape routes to Canada People could be hidden there for several weeks, recovering their strength and waiting until it was safe to continue on their journey Levi Coffin was called the “president of the Underground Railroad” because
he helped as many as 3,000 slaves to escape
8 The people who worked on the railroad were breaking the law Although the escape network was never as successful or as well organized as Southerners thought, the few
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A They preferred the climate of the Great Lakes region
B Working conditions for slaves were better in Canada
C Canada had no laws restricting immigration
D Former slaves could live as free citizens in Canada
22.The phrase “the term” in paragraph 3 refers to
A Antislavery movement C Underground Railroad
B Abolitionist D free state
23.The word “fugitives” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A Leaders B old men C runaways D brave ones
24.All of the following are mentioned as methods of escape on the Underground Railroad EXCEPT
A Hiding in a hay wagon C riding in a railcar
B Wearing a disguise D walking in a procession
25.The author discusses the language of the Underground Railroad in paragraph 5 in order to
A Trace the history of American English words
B Illustrate the secret nature of the escape network
C Point out that some words have more than one meaning
D Compare the Underground Railroad to other railways
26.The word “elude” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to
27.Which of the following statements is true about passengers on the Underground
Railroad?
A Their destination was in the northern states or Canada
B They were not allowed to make stops during the journey
C Their babies were disguised to look like baggage
D They paid the conductors at the end of the journey
28.Why was Harriet Tubman wanted dead or alive in the South?
A She was a criminal who carried a gun and sold drugs
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C She was an escaped slave who led others to freedom
D She became the president of the Underground Railroad
29.It can be inferred from paragraph 8 that the author most likely believes which of the following about the Underground Railroad?
A The people who worked on the railroad should have been arrested
B The railroad was unsuccessful because it could not help every slave
C Southerners did not know about the railroad until after it closed
D The railroad represented a psychological victory for abolitionists
30 Where would the following sentence best fitted into paragraph 4?
Women and children also escaped, but they were more easily captured
Reading passage 2
A The need for a satisfactory education is more important than ever before Nowadays, without a qualification from a reputable school or university, the odds of landing that plum job advertised in the paper are considerably shortened Moreover, one’s present level of education could fall well short of future career requirements
B It is no secret that competition is the driving force behind the need to obtain increasingly higher qualifications In the majority of cases, the urge to upgrade is no longer the result of an insatiable thirst for knowledge The pressure is coming from within the workplace to compete with ever more qualified job applicants, and in many occupations one must now battle with colleagues in the reshuffle for the position one already holds
C Striving to become better educated is hardly a new concept Wealthy parents have always been willing to spend the vast amount of extra money necessary to send their children to schools with a perceived educational edge Working adults have long attended night schools and refresher courses Competition for employment has been around since the curse of working for a living began Is the present situation so very different to that of the past?
D The difference now is that the push is universal and from without as well as within A student at a comprehensive school receive low grades is no longer as easily accepted
by his or her peers as was once the case Similarly, in the workplace, unless employees are engaged in part-time study, they may be frowned upon by their employers and
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E At first glance, the situation would seem to be laudable; a positive response to the exhortations of politicians for us all to raise our intellectual standards and help improve the level of intelligence within the community Yet there are serious ramifications according to at least one educational psychologist Dr Brenda Gatsby has caused some controversy in academic circles by suggesting that a bias towards what he terms “paper excellence” might cause more problems than it is supposed to solve Gatsby raises a number of issues that affect the individual as well as society in general
F Firstly, he believes the extra workload involved in resulting I abnormally high stress levels in both students at comprehensive schools and adults studying after working hours Secondly, skills which might be more relevant to the undertaking of a sought-after job are being overlooked by employers not interviewing candidates without qualifications on paper These two areas of concern for the individual are causing physical as well as emotional stress
G Gatsby also argues that there are attitudinal changes within society to the exalted role education now plays in determining how the spoils of working life are distributed Individuals of all ages are being driven by social pressures to achieve academic success solely for monetary considerations instead of for the joy of enlightenment There is the danger that some universities are becoming degree factories with an attendant drop in standards Furthermore, our education system may be rewarding doggedness above creativity; the very thing tutors ought- to be encouraging us to avoid But the most undesirable effect of this academic paper chase, Gatsby says, is the disadvantage that “user pays” higher education confers on the poor, who invariably lose out to the more financially favored
H Naturally, although there is agreement that learning can cause stress, Gatsby’s comment regarding university standards have been roundly criticized as alarmist by most educationists who point out that, by any standard of measurement, Britain’s education system overall, at both secondary and tertiary levels, is equal to that of any
in the world
Questions 31-37: Match the headings to the paragraphs in the passage The first
paragraph has been done for you
Eg: Paragraph A- iv