sở giáo dục và đào tạo hà nội CM TRNG THPT K THI OLYMPIC NM HC 2011-2012 BA èNH TY H THI MễN TING ANH LP 11 Thi gian lm bi: 120 phỳt khụng k thi gian giao thi gm 04 trang. Thớ sinh lm bi vo t giy thi ny v khụng c dựng bt c loi t in no, giỏm th khụng gii thớch gỡ thờm 1- 5. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (5 points) 1. A. clothes B. maths C. mouths D. youths 2. A. beverage B. average C. advantage D. engage 3. A. encounter B. envious C. enslave D. ensure 4. A. gambling B. gratitude C. gamekeeper D. guarantee 5. A. haunt B. fauna C. sausage D. laugh 6-10. Choose the word in each group that has different stress pattern (5 points) 6. A. trustworthy B. envisage C. prosperity D. intensify 7. A. enhance B. dispirited C. optimistic D. hallucinate 8. A. focus B. frontier C. format D. forward 9. A. immigration B. diagnostic C. universal D. innovative 10. A. eligible B. embarrassment C. emergency D. exploit 11- 22. Choose one best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (12 points) 11. It was awful, not ________ to see you for so long. A. able B. to be able C. being able D. have been able 12. It is _______ that has helped us to build this bridge. A. he B. his C. him D. hes 13. We were all in ________ of the fact that the new manager was our old friend Duncan. A. surprise B. shock C. awe D. amazement 14. The government announced today that they intend to ____________ the rise of crime in the inner cities by increasing police budgets in the areas most affected. A. beat B. win C. retaliate D. counter 15. I am in favour of his proposal that a special committee ____ to examine the problem. A. sets up B. will be set up C. be set up D. to be set up 16. The new road currently under _______ will solve the traffic problems in the town. A. design B. progress C. construction D. work 17. Another cup of coffee? No, but thanks _________. A. not at all B. for all C. all the same D. you for all 18. It may have _______ your notice, but its Mrs. Hodges birthday today. A. slipped B. skipped C. missed D. escaped 19. Private printing was simply a means ________ he could increase his income. A. whereupon B. whereby C. wherewithal D. whereabouts 20. According the contract, we are __________ to supply the materials. A. certain B. sure C. bound D. about 21. I expected all of the customers ___________ of the change of our address. A. to be informed B. to inform C. being informed D. informing 22. We can expect to treble our turnover once the January sales get into full _________. A. force B. flight C. speed D. swing 23- 30. Give the correct forms of the words given (8 points) (23. Doubt) __________________ you know someone who is (24. terror) ______________ of spiders. The problem is so common that (25. psychology)________________ even have a word for it - arachnophobia. No one is sure what it is that inspires this (26. rational)_______________ terror. Some people believe it is the legs, the numerous eyes, or even their scuttling form of movement. Perhaps it is a (27. combine) _________________ of all these things. Many people spray spiders with Ngời coi thi Họ và tên Ký 1. 2. Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi số phách Kỳ thi Khóa ngy: . Hội đồng coi thi : . . Họ tên thí sinh : Dân tộc .Nam/ Nữ. Sinh ngy Học sinh lớp: . . Trờng: . Số báo danh: MÔN THI: Chú ý: Thí sinh không c ký tên hay vit du hiu gì vo t giy thi. Trái 1 Điểm Chữ kí GK Phách: Trước khi giao bài cho người chấm thi, chủ tịch hội đồng dọc phách theo đường kẻ này. Đề CHíNH THứC (28. insect) _______________ as soon as they see them, despite the fact that spiders are useful in keeping down (29. infest) _________________ of other insect pests in the house. Mind you, for some people anything is (30. prefer) ___________________ to spiders! 31- 38. Choose the verbs to make appropriate phrasal verbs and fill in the blanks their correct forms. The bare forms of the verbs are provided. (8 points) eat die pull feed prey break dry wash Text A: Elephants (31) _______ _______ plants. By (32) _______ ________ trees to eat leaves,(33) ______ ________ branches and pulling out roots, they create clearings in which new vegetation can grow to provide nutrition in the future. However, their destructive habits have meant that a number of plants are in danger of (34) ______ ____. Text B: Here in this cold landscape of cliffs and stony beaches, seals (35) _____ _____ the abundant fish stocks which are found offshore. It is hard to imagine that if global warming increases, these wonderful creatures may never be seen again at this latitude. Sea levels will rise and (36) _____ _____ _____ the cliffs and rocky shores, (37) ____ _____ their natural habitats forever. And paradoxically, as the temperature and sea levels rise, some of the inland lakes may (38) _____ _____ altogether, leaving an arid landscape. 39- 43. Think of one word only which can be used in all three sentences. (5 points) 39. - Although this applicant has ____________ all the requirements of the jury board, her performance was considered lackluster compared to several others. - We _______ severe technical difficulties that forced us to abandon our holiday plans. - The two presidents ___________ for a discussion of bilateral ties in the field of economics and trade. 40. - The fishing trip was called off due to impossibly ________ waves offshore. - Mikhail’s tremendous academic achievements is expected to earn him a _________ ranking at this competition. - Putting on some festive music will put your teammates in ________ spirits during the entire trip. 41. - The cliff ___________ was starting to crumble into the sea. - I don't know how I'm going to ____________ her after what happened. - The Wasps _____________ the Hornets in two weeks. 42. -The building began _______________ as a church. - The riots presented a considerable risk to ___________ and property. - Try to put some ______________ into your painting. 43. - Tom is bound to get a real wake up _______ when he enters the world of work after being closeted in the university for the last seven years. - Many young men answered the _____ to arms and signed up as soon as war was declared. - That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close ________________. 44 – 51. There are 8 mistakes in the passage. Underline and correct them. (8 points) line 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10 11 12 13 Kansas is know for many things - wheat, sunflowers . and tornadoes! What famous story set in Kansas feature a tornado? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, tells the story of Dorothy, who gets caught in a Kansas tornado and lands in the imaginative land of Oz. This story has been dramatized on stage and film. You might have seen the movie version, which stars Judy Garland like Dorothy. Tornadoes are storms within rapid rotating winds that form a funnel cloud. Also known as "twisters," they extend downward from the huge clouds of a severe thunderstorm. The winds that rotate within a tornado usually reach a speed of mostly 300 miles per hour! A tornado often sweeps through an area quickly, but it can cause considerable destruction. There have been the number of remarkable reports of tornadoes. In one instance, a schoolhouse was demolished while the 85 students originally inside it were carried more than 400 feet with none killed. There was also a case of five railway coaches, each weighs 70 tons, lifted from their tracks. 44. Line ____ : _________->___________ 48. Line ____: _________->____________ 45. Line: ____: _________-> ___________ 49. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 46. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 50. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 47. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 51. Line ____ : _________-> ___________ 2 Tr­íc khi giao bµi cho ng­êi chÊm thi, chñ tÞch héi ®ång däc ph¸ch theo ®­êng kÎ nµy. 52-60. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. (9 points) Urbanization has been a constant feature in human development for the past ten thousand years. While there has always been the necessity for a minimum - sometimes a very substantial minimum - of the (52) _______ to work the land, such surplus individuals as can be sustained have tended to gather in cities. Two thousand years ago, the cities of antiquity formed an administrative (53) _______ for the surrounding area, and a refuge from attack. In the Middle Ages, it was the city folk (54)_____ were the first to break the stultifying grip of feudalism, and it was in the cities of Northern Italy that the phenomenon of the Renaissance was born. Today only a fraction of mankind lives in the country, and the (55) ________ which does so is decreasing. Mega-cities with populations exceeding ten million are common, and they will become even (56) ______ so over the coming decades. While many aspects of city life are unattractive - pollution, stress, and separation from nature to name but a few - more and more of humanity (57) ______ to be choosing an urban existence. Adjusting to this fact is going to be (58) _________ of the major challenges of the coming century. And what of the country? The (59) _______ are that its relative decline will be reversed as the information revolution makes it possible to enjoy the benefits of social contact (60) ________ needing to leave one's rural residence. 61- 70. Choose the appropriate words to complete the following passage. (10 points) Great Britain, the (61) _____ industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading (62) _____ in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its (63) ______ the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's (64) _____. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously (65) _____ in two World Wars. The second half (66)____ the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. The UK currently is weighing the (67) _____ of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain (68)______ of the EMU for the time (69)______ . Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies with (70) ________ degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999. 61. A. minor B. single C. dominant D. principle 62. A. role B. actor C. plays D. character 63. A. best B. high C. zenith D. top 64. A. nations B. surface C. countries D. region 65. A. losing B. missing C. depleted D. lost 66. A. bought B. looked at C. witnessed D. watched 67. A. period B. degree C. heaviness D. weight 68. A. outside B. far C. away D. inside 69. A. now B. being C. remaining D. at hand 70. A. varying B. optional C. various D. varied 71- 80. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write your answers onto the provided spaces. There is only ONE ANSWER to each question. (10 points) Questions Your answers (71) - Which film allows viewers to appreciate the director's technical skills? (72) - Which film is so entertaining that its lack of originality is unimportant? (73) - Which film has a central character whose personality reflects the setting? (74) - Which film is a greater achievement in terms of planning than of artistic merit? (75) - Which film interprets a story in a comparatively straightforward manner? (76) - Which film is criticised for its extravagant production? (77) - Which film is an older treatment of a recent cinema release? (78) - Which film is criticised for having a poor script? (79) - Which film is described as being rather better than many films of its type? (80) - Which film features characters who care little about the harm they may be doing others? 71.________________ 72. ________________ 73. ________________ 74. ________________ 75. ________________ 76. ________________ 77. ________________ 78. ________________ 79. ________________ 80. ________________ A – Abyss : Long before Titanic, director James Cameron made this sweaty, claustrophobic Cold War thriller about oil riggers and navy experts trying to rescue a nuclear submarine stranded many miles beneath water. The banter and self-deprecating bravery of foreman- Bud and his men rekindle memories of similarly laconic heroes in movies directed by Howard Hawks. Production design and special effects are hugely impressive. It's only the dialogue and characterization that creak . For all the craftsmanship which goes into the film-making, the story itself is strictly B-movie material. B- The Thin Red Line: The video release of this version of the James Jones novel about the battle for Guadalcanal directed by Andrew Marton makes a fascinating counterpart to Terrence Malick's new film. Whereas Malick's approach is mystical and poetic, Marton made a much more conventional war movie albeit one that is often truer to the book. He concentrated on a single soldier, and on his relationship with his abrasive sergeant. Malick's film is infinitely richer and more complex, but Marton's version has its moments. The flashback sequence, in which the soldier dreams of the wife he longs for, is handled with a harshness which arguably works better than Malick's soft-focus imagery of the woman on the swing. C- On Guard: Loosely based on Paul Feval's 1875 novel, this corny but highly watchable swashbuckler is a cut above most musketeer adventures It has a consummate villain in Fabrice Luchini's clammy politician, orchestrating death and destruction behind the scenes Vincent Perez makes an exuberant (if rather short-lived) hero, and while Daniel Auteuil is perhaps too moody a 3 presence for a romp like this, he too has his moments as an acrobat-turned-swordsman. The film-makers peddle costume-drama cliches with so much wit and sparkle it never seems to matter. D- Character: A handsome but dour tale, set in turn-of-the-century Rotterdam. The excessively detailed production and costume design leave the film looking like a museum piece. Taking his cue from the surroundings, Jan Decleir is endlessly morose as the brutal bailiff Dreverhaven, who behaves ruthlessly when evicting tenants. His antagonistic relationship with his son is at the core of the story, but the film-makers seem too busy laying on the period detail to do justice to the dark and vicious parable. E - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: This digitally re-mastered video re-release shows off director Leone's craftsmanship to its best advantage. The sound editing, in particular, stands out every footstep, creaking floorboard or barking dog registers loud and clear. The storytelling is relentlessly cruel and whenever there's a lull, it only takes a burst of Morricone's magnificent music to quicken the pulse on a moral level. There isn't much to distinguish between the good (Clint Eastwood), the bad (Lee van Cleef) and the ugly (Ell Wallach), all of whom seem equally unscrupulous as they maraud across the post Civil War West. F - The Longest Day: 'Forty-eight International stars' trumpets the publicity for this three-hour Darryl Zanuck war epic. With four directors and 23,000 extras as well, this is one pudding which is definitely over-egged. The early sequences, in which the battle- hardened veterans wait for confirmation of when the invasion will happen, drag as much for the audience as for the soldiers. On a logistical level (if not an aesthetic one), this is an impressive enough feat but it cries out for the big screen. Panned and scanned on video, it is inevitably a diminished experience. 81- 87. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not alter the word given. (7 points) 81. It was so hot that she fainted. -> (if) She ………………….………………………… it hadn’t been so hot. 82. It was almost dark that we got home. -> (until) It was not …………………… ………… ………… we got home. 83. All the guests enjoyed themselves at home apart from George. -> (who) George was the ……………………….…… enjoy himself at home. 84. She just looks like my cousin Mary. -> (reminds) She …………………………………………… my cousin Mary. 85. I’d rather not go out this evening. -> (feel) I ……………………………………………………. out this evening. 86. Martha wasn’t surprised at all that you got the highest prize at the competition. -> (came) It …………………………………………………… you got the highest prize at the competition. 87. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year. -> ( as) Sad …………………………………………………………………. this year 88- 94. Rewrite each sentence so that it has similar meaning and contains the word in bold .Do not alter the word given. (7 points) 88. Nobody at all came to the meeting. -> (single) …………………………………………………………………… 89. I can’t bear so much pollution. -> (put) ……………………………………………………………………… 90. We paid a visit to my aunt on her birthday. -> (called)……………………………………………………………………… 91. Last year they painted our house. -> (had)………………………………………………………………………… 92. The book you lent me was not as good as I expected it to be. -> (live) ……………………………………………………………………… 93. You can stay with us for a week. -> (put) ……………………………………………………………………… 94. In this area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football. -> (shoulders)………………………………………………………………… 95- 100. Put the words in order and make sentences. (6 points) 95- 96. else / to / better / Sarah / has / one / go / everyone / always / than /./ 97- 98. to / to / worse / going / be / bad / Conditions / seem / from /./ 99- 100. the / tried / to / best / we / was / make / bad / a / job / weather / The / of / bad / but /./ ________The end________ 4 TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN KỲ THI OLYMPIC NĂM HỌC 2011-2012 ANSWER KEY There are 100 points in this test. For each correct answer, the student gets a point. The raw score then is converted according to the scale of mark 20. All other correct answers which are not mentioned here are acceptable. It is advisable for the teachers to discuss if there is an alternative answer different from the given answer. 1. B. maths 2. D. engage 3. B. envious 4. C. gamekeeper 5. D. laugh 6. A. trustworthy 7. C. optimistic 8. B. frontier 9. D. innovative 10. A. eligible 11. C. being able 12. A. he 13. C. awe 14. D. counter 15. C. be set up 16. C. construction 17. C. all the same 18. D. escaped 19. B. whereby 20. C. bound 21. A. to be informed 22. D. swing 23. Doubtless/Undoubtedly 24. terrified 25. psychologists 26. irrational 27. combination 28. insecticide 29. infestations 30. preferable 31. feed on 32. pulling down 33. breaking off 34. dying out 35. prey on 36. eat away at 37. washing away 38. dry up 39. met 40. high 41. face 42. life 43. call 44. line 1 – know -> known 45. line 2 – feature -> features 46. line 4 – imaginative -> imaginary 47. line 5 – like -> as 48. line 6 – rapid -> rapidly 49. line 8 – mostly -. almost 50. line 10 – the -> a 51. line 13 – weighs -> weighing 52. population 53. center 54. who 55.proportion 56.more 57.seems/appears 58.one 59.chances 60.without 61. C. dominant 62. A. role 63. C. zenith 64. B. surface 65. C. depleted 66. C. witnessed 67. B. degree 68. A. outside 69. B. being 70. A. varying 71 E 72 C 73 D 74 F 75 B 76 F 77 B 78 A 79 C 80 E 81.wouldn’t have fainted if 82. until it was almost dark that 83. only guest who/ that didn’t 84. reminds me of 85. don’t feel like/ up to going 86. came as no surprise to Marta that 87. as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down 88. Not a single person came to the meeting. 89. I can’t put up with so much pollution. 90. We called on my aunt on her birthday. 91. Last year we had our house painted. 92. The book you lent me didn’t live up to my expectation. 93. We can put you up for a week. 94. In this area, Thailand is head and shoulders above all other countries in football. 95- 96. Sarah always has to go one better than everyone else. 97-98. Conditions seem to be going from bad to worse. 99 -100. The weather was bad, but we tried to make the best of a bad job. 5 6 . in human development for the past ten thousand years. While there has always been the necessity for a minimum - sometimes a very substantial minimum - of. decreasing. Mega-cities with populations exceeding ten million are common, and they will become even (56) ______ so over the coming decades. While many aspects