2 THI TH ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASS blogchuyenanh.wordpress.com thi có trang TUY N SINH L P 10 THPT CHUYÊN N m h c: 2014-2015 Môn thi: TI NG ANH (chuyên) Th i gian làm bài: 120 phút, không k th i gian phát đ _ Mã đ thi: 265 PH N TR C NGHI M (5 m) Read the four texts below There are ten questions about the texts Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to the questions from to 10 A My French teacher B My big sister Choosing just one person who has had a major Inevitably, I have to say – my older sister, Ruby influence on my life is practically impossible! I say ‘inevitably’ because from the moment I There have been people at all stages of my life could walk I absolutely worshipped her! She was who I have both admired and been motivated by my idol As far as I was concerned Ruby was for different reasons However, if I have to perfect and I used to copy her every move Her mention just one it would have to be my French favourite colour was my favourite colour – her teacher at secondary school After all, it’s favourite food was mine too Even into our because of her that I took a particular career path teenage years I followed her taste in clothes, and ended up where I am today Her passion and music, and boys! Now, looking back I think what enthusiasm for the subject touched everyone in I admire most about her was her patience with the class and I knew from the very first moment me I must have been a complete pain but she she started teaching that languages were going to never lost her temper She gave up a lot of her figure somewhere in my life It’s quite scary time to help me with school work and she would really, to see how significant a teacher’s regularly sit down with me and talk through any influence can be He or she can bring a subject problems I had Back then I copied her because I alive for the students – or totally kill it off! Miss thought she was beautiful and clever and I Winters was with us only for a term but a lot of wanted to be just like her but now I understand her passion for languages rubbed off on me and that in fact her influence also went a lot deeper I hope I’ve developed into a caring, patient person for that I will always be grateful and if so, then I certainly learned it from her C A character in a film Without doubt, the person who has had the D My best friend greatest influence on my life wasn’t a real living When you get into real trouble and think there’s person at all – but a character in a film! I was a no way out, the last person you want to talk to is very shy ten year old boy when I first saw Billy your family You feel that you’ve let them all Elliot on the big screen I had always wanted to down I’d got into a bad state I was into drugs dance but had never been allowed to It was my and I was going round with the wrong people sister who went to the ballet classes and me who when my best friend realised what was tried to copy her steps in our living room The happening and persuaded me to get out It can’t kids at school knew I wanted to dance too – and have been easy – I wasn’t listening to anyone at I came in for so much teasing it used to really the time But he stayed with it and refused to upset me Where I came from, boys just didn’t abandon me And in the end he talked me into dancing – like Billy Elliot! I still had this getting counselling and the people I spoke to deep desire to dance – but I’d been covering it up really helped me turn my life around Without for a long time Then I saw the film It gave me him my life would have been completely the confidence to ask for dancing classes and it different – I might not even be here at all Boyd also altered everyone else’s perception of boy helped me see life in a different way and because dancers There was no more teasing or making of him I gave up my job in insurance and fun of me I stayed at the dancing school until I retrained to be a counsellor so that I could help left full-time education and now dancing is my other young people career Mã đ thi: 265 Page Which person gave advice to the writer at a time when he/she was not at all receptive? is one of many people who have been important to the writer? was easier to talk to than a relative? influenced the writer more than he/she first realised? changed the way a lot of people thought? was the reason for the writer changing career? only knew the writer for a short time? influenced the writer’s peers as well as the writer? stopped people laughing at the writer? 10 always remained calm? Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 11 to 20 Britain’s dilemma with regard to extended European Union is characteristic of the nation’s divided global attitudes over the past two hundred years In many homes Brits are (11) _ to be somehow best, natural leaders, people who have proved themselves the automatic choice to be in charge of their own and others’ affairs They feel that joining a single European currency – when the concept of European unity has not exactly (12) _ itself through the ages – is (13) _ with dangers, and find it extremely difficult to have faith (14) _ any of the various manifestos that pro-Europeans have put into circulation The idea of European power has gone (15) _ a joke, they say, with Brussels as a centre of that power (16) _ itself with a million bureaucratic print-outs a day They appeal for a return to 20th century values These sceptics, of course, (17) _ violently with their pro-European opponents, (18) _ supporters of union, who point to the need for countries to co-exist and to (19) _ themselves to a common goal, welcoming countries (20) _ with debts and financial, political and/or sociological difficulties into the fold 11 A 12 A 13 A 14 A 15 A 16 A 17 A 18 A 19 A 20 A rated distinguished surrounded with over busying diverge staunch aim attacked B B B B B B B B B B pronounced prided fraught on below devoting collide practising target stung C C C C C C C C C C assumed achieved related for beneath dedicating clash fierce commit full D D D D D D D D D D estimated modelled conversant in beyond exposing oppose devout embrace riddled 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 from 21 to 25 It’s one thing for a child to watch television at home and see commercials It’s another to see them at school Back at the end of the 1980s, a young entrepreneur in Tennessee named Chris Whittle had an idea He believed that a great untapped market was the nation’s schoolchildren and that if he could find a way to bundle them together as a group – to corner them in the same place at the same time – advertisers would beat a path to his door It didn’t take a lot of imagination to realise that this audience was already wrapped up in one neat package – it’s called school – and that, thanks to satellite technology, the market was ripe for Whittle’s plucking His problem was how to get satellite receivers into schools He knew he couldn’t go to schools and say, ‘buy a bunch of televisions and let me send programs to your kids’ Most schools were too strapped for resources So he went to schools across the country and said ‘here’s $22,000 worth of free stuff.’ All he wanted in return was access to every student between the ages of 12 and 18 each day And 12,000 schools fell for it Mã đ thi: 265 Page Having snatched the attention of million students, Whittle began broadcasting 10 minutes of soft news a day, together with minutes of hard commercials Of the ten minutes devoted to news, 2–3 usually report on current events That leaves 7–8 minutes to devote to feature stories, some of which are product-oriented, such as how Nike sneakers are made Technically, the programming is slick But those 2–3 minutes of hard news cover an average of around seven stories The minutes of commercials are devoted to spot ads In other words, each ad runs almost twice as long as each hard news story 21 The writer thinks the idea of children seeing commercials at school is _ A a fact of life B a matter of concern C a welcome advance D a valuable idea 22 At the end of the 80s, Whittle believed that schoolchildren were _ A a possible new target for advertisers C an impossible goal for advertisers B popular with advertisers D an unsuitable market for advertisers 23 Whittle faced a problem because schools _ A were against his ideas C were wary of how children would be targeted B didn’t want to use televisions for studying D didn’t have much money 24 The writer suggests that Whittle’s scheme was _ A imaginative B ambitious C cunning D praiseworthy 25 It seems that Whittle’s broadcasts _ A have more spot ads than feature stories C are poorly made B contain a lot of hidden advertising D include too many hard commercials Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions 26 A 27 A 28 A 29 A 30 A safeguarding agriculture photography legislature lunatic B B B B B returnee architecture ministerial repository nomadic C C C C C horizontal literature discourteous magnificent aroma D D D D D mausoleum manufacture incredible initiative heroic 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 from 31 to 35 If by “suburb” is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than it’s already developed interior, the process of suburbanisation began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century Before that period the city was a small highly compact cluster in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart But the early factories built in the 1830’s and 1840’s were located along waterways and near railheads at the edges of cities, and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment In time, the factories were surrounded by proliferating mill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older, main cities As a defense against this encroachment and to enlarge their tax bases, the cities appropriated their industrial neighbours In 1854, for example, the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County Similar municipal manoeuvres took place in Chicago and in New York Indeed, most great cities of the United States achieved such status only by incorporating the communities along their borders With the acceleration of industrial growth came acute urban crowding and accompanying social stress conditions that began to approach disastrous proportions when, in 1888, the first commercially successful electric traction line was developed Within a few years the horse-drawn trolleys were retired and electric streetcar networks crisscrossed and connected every major urban area, fostering a wave of suburbanisation that transformed the compact industrial city into a dispersed metropolis This first phase of mass – scale suburbanisation was reinforced by the simultaneous emergence of the urban Middle class whose desires for homeownership in neighbourhoods far from the aging inner city were satisfied by the developers of singlefamily housing tracts 31 Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A The growth of Philadelphia C The Development of City Transportation B The Origin of the Suburb D The Rise of the Urban Middle Class Mã đ thi: 265 Page 32 The author mentions that areas bordering the cities have grown during periods of _ A industrialisation B inflation C revitalisation D unionisation 33 The word “encroachment” refers to which of the following? A The smell of the factories C The development of waterways B The growth of mill towns D The loss of jobs 34 Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a factor in nineteenth-century suburbanisation? A Cheaper housing C The advent of an urban middle class B Urban crowding D The invention of the electric streetcar 35 It can be inferred from the passage that after 1890 most people travelled around cities by _ A automobile B cart C horse-drawn trolley D electric streetcar Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 36 I was surrounded by a number of good choices but the _ was a recent talk to a friend A stimulation B inspiration C clincher D muse 37 At the end of the week, all the sales staff were _ exhausted A utterly B evenly C actually D reasonably 38 These chocolates are so _ I can’t stop eating them A moreish B tender C sweetened D sugary 39 It’s a shame that the apartment hasn’t got a parking lot _ A of it B owned by it C on its own D of its own 40 Many linguists believe that the human ability to learn language is _, an essential part of our nature A intricate B inadvertent C innate D intrinsic 41 I found it hard to _ with a complete stranger A bow to B barrel through C strike up D partake in 42 How can I pull myself together when this is not _ a challenge? A so much a worry as B more a worry than C worth worrying for D as worrying as 43 The reason for her late arrival at the meeting was _ a traffic jam A owing to B due to C a result of D as to 44 Paul’s been in Alice’s bad _ ever since he offended her at the party A books B eyes C likes D treats 45 The little boy did nothing but _ during the party A crying B cry C to cry D for crying 46 Sophia _ when she was a child A used to be often ill B would be ill-stricken C used to be ill often D often had illnesses 47 He’s not very sensible as far as money _ are concerned A matters B objects C things D aspects 48 I appealed to all _ people to support me and I was successful A same-minded B thought-sharing C familiar-thinking D like-minded 49 The reason it _ is that you haven’t plugged it in A didn’t work B won’t work C wasn’t working D doesn’t work 50 As part of our Community Project, our class went to the park to pick up _ A litter B sewage C garbage D filth 51 I am afraid that you will be _ responsible if anything goes wrong A taken B held C carried D brought 52 The new teacher was _ to the needs of all the children in her care A attentive B observant C earnest D meticulous 53 It is with _ regret that we have to inform you that your scholarship has been withdrawn A heavy B intense C deep D extreme 54 Tim has a _ nose and he’s sneezing A feverish B stuffed C aching D runny 55 Lauren is often labelled easy-going as she tends to appear mild and relaxed rather than tense and _ A sullen B likeable C humorous D excitable 56 I didn’t mean to lose my temper with you I just got _ away for a minute D carried A melted B taken C blown Mã đ thi: 265 Page 57 The estimated damage _ that people were commanded to evacuate soon in advance A was to be such B would be so influential C was so far-flung D would have been so great 58 His findings are of great importance _ it explains the correlation between alcohol and aggression A which may mean B which C in which D in that 59 _ you think Ann feels at the end of her typical day? A To which extent B In what way C How D What 60 _ ten people came forward of their own accord Despite this, we decided not to recruit more participants A As few as B As many as C Even more than D Not many as 61 Ellie does a(n) _ each week for the local newspaper It’s usually quite funny A comic B comedian C animation D cartoon 62 Knowing the confidential details gave him a(n) _ over the other candidates A edge B possibility C exertion D fringe 63 Instant Power is ready to take over when the rechargeable battery goes _ at an inconvenient time A dry B flat C dull D blank 64 Your health can benefit a lot from fruits and vegetables _ A to be rich in vitamins B that are vitamins rich C with rich vitamins D enriched by vitamins 65 She likes spoiling people’s fun She is really a _ A couch potato B wet blanket C hard nut D cold fish 66 The old lady is on _ for her heart condition A healing B fight C treatment D medication 67 The director’s recommendation was that the secretary _ a crash course in accounting A begin B had better begin C should have begun D ought to begin 68 After running up the stairs, I was quite _ breath A far from B out of C beyond D without 69 “How you like your beefsteak done?” ~ “ _.” A Very little B Not medium C Very much D Rare 70 The professor, along with his students, _ the meeting held in Toronto next week A attends B attend C is attending D are attending 71 Come on! I wish they _ that terrible noise on the upper floor A all could stop B had all stopped C would all stop D are all stopping 72 There’s no place for _ if we want to stay in this competition A complaisance B competence C complacency D commendation 73 I reckon Martin is _ of a nervous breakdown A in charge B under suspicion C on the verge D indicative 74 “I’ll the washing-up, shall I?” ~ “ _!” A Kid’s stuff B Ah, music to my ears C Not at all D It’s a great pleasure 75 _, Jane was guilty of the murder A At heart B By all accounts C By all means D At random Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions 76 A 77 A 78 A 79 A 80 A PREFERABLE SABOTAGE PARACHUTE ACCREDIT MERCHANT B B B B B DERIVATION COLLAGE MACHINERY SALAMANDER SERGEANT C C C C C PREPARATION COTTAGE PREACH MAJESTY SERVANT D D D D D PRELIMINARY BARRAGE CHATEAU SALIVA MERCURY Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 81 to 90 There have been great (81) _ in technology over the last forty years For examples, the uses of mobile phones and email communication are common these days However, machines could never as good a job as a human, especially when it comes to interpreting what people are (82) _ Of course, machines can translate plain statements such as “Where is the bank?” but even simple statements are not always (83) _ because meaning depends on more than just (84) _ For instance, the word “bank” has a number of different meanings in English How does a translating machine know which meaning to take? Mã đ thi: 265 Page In order to understand what people are saying, you need to take into account the (85) _ between speakers and their situation A machine cannot (86) _ the difference between the English expressing “Look out” meaning “Be careful!” and “Look out” meaning “Put your head out of the window” You need a human being to (87) _ the situation (88) _ with written language, it is difficult for a machine to know how to translate (89) _ because we rarely translate every word On the contrary, we try to take into consideration how the idea would be (90) _ in the other language This is hard to because every language has its own way of doing and saying this advantages speaking direct sentences relationship say understand In addition accurately said B B B B B B B B B B progress saying straight vocabulary attitude speak think Similarly exactly written C C C C C C C C C C steps talking straightforward grammar action separate interpret In contrast rightfully translated D D D D D D D D D D advances telling obvious words relations tell believe However righteously expressed na nh 81 A 82 A 83 A 84 A 85 A 86 A 87 A 88 A 89 A 90 A Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction bl og ch uy e 91 Neil Armstrong attained an aeronautical engineering degree from Purdue University and a master’s in A B C aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California D 92 What does the ageing process cause – and can it be reversed? It’s a question that has baffled some of A B C mankind’s best minds for centuries while the consequences are clear D 93 When it comes to keeping up with the times the elephant shark is not in a hurry The genome of the A B bizarre-looking Australian fish has changed little in the last 450 million years, researchers have found C D 94 Hands up who have ever played recordings in their sleep as a last-ditch attempt to cram for an exam or test? A B C Well, it might not be such a bad idea after all D 95 If you want to map the Universe accurately, you’re going to need a prettily impressive ruler – now there is one A B C D 96 Many researchers across the globe are working on the development of quantum computing and the A NASA fears if there may be implications for national security should another country build a working B C D quantum computer first 97 The brightly-eyed children spoke only a little English but were more than happy to burst into song A B C D 98 At the plantation, the students were first taught the process of growing black tea and later taken on a tour A B of the processed plant which dries, mills, sorts and packages the tea for retail C D 99 To appreciate the advantages that legs offer over wheels, you have only examined the dust accumulating A B C D on stairs of any household cleaned by a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner 100 What’s your approach in the series to making complicated scientific concepts more easily understand? A B C D Mã đ thi: 265 Page PH N T LU N (5 m) A Complete the passage below by writing one word in each gap To be fair, scientists understand next to (1) about how dolphin communication works They have, however, discovered that dolphins possess a skill that is otherwise unknown in the (2) kingdom – except for among humans In some dolphin species, (3) individual has its own signature whistle that it will use throughout its life, and that might (4) as a ‘name’ re ss We know that dolphins can remember the signature whistles of their relatives and playmates, (5) whistles that they’ve not heard in over 20 years And recent research suggests that dolphins also respond when hearing their own signature whistle, (6) means it’s possible that dolphins call each other by name on occasion Although Lilly could not have known it at the time, he might well have been witnessing this (7) behaviour during his experiments half a century (8) al b l l fr og ee ch d o uy w e n nlo an a d h@ s w or dp If dolphins are trying to get each other’s (9) by calling each other’s names, it might mean that they have some awareness of the minds of others around them (10) most great apes, dolphins seem to be able to spontaneously understand the human pointing gesture This suggests they might attribute mental states like seeing or intending (11) the pointing humans (12) an animal that has no arms can understand a human pointing is a real (13) And while there is no evidence that dolphins fully understand the inner thoughts and beliefs of others (something (14) theory of mind), dolphins point (15) their heads to direct humans’ attention towards objects they want them to look at B Use the word given in capitals at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits in the space Various campaign has been launched for growing concern over the environment among pro-thinkers POLLUTE Many people may find themselves at a loss to comprehend recent policies passed by the government because of their lack of practicability CONSIDER My friend was quite surprised when she found out that some traditional games for kids are still popular among children of her age 60 years ago DURATION reporting is widely employed by stakeholders to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of an organisation’s activities SUSTAIN Nowadays, students and workers commonly bring their meals to school or work to eat during lunchtime COOK The way the author her characters’ passion for love in her novel is very gripping ROMANCE Doctors announced their success in separating a newly-born twin after the operation JOIN Ann produced the best answer immediately after she was presented with it WIT New foreign students often have no difficulty here, so don’t worry about that SIMILAR 10 in hospital is attributed to the increase in baby mortality rate STAFF C Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it Many creatures still survive and thrive in the harsh conditions of the deserts Harsh Only time can tell whether he will succeed or not It remains _ I’m a teacher now because of one of my former teacher’s strong influence on me I would _ The practice of this kind of ritual used to be common among these tribes No _ Rumour about the president’s non-stop embezzlement from the charity has gone round recently The president Mã đ thi: 265 Page He is nominated for his persistent work for 15 years to find out the important theory The work he _ We are unable to decide now because it would be the toughest decision we have ever made Such _ Apparently, he was more receptive to strange ideas than anybody else Nobody seems _ Jimmy had a terrible cold so he was absent from class for two days Coming _ 10 The whole story is very likely to be forgotten by next term In all _ D For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given This word must not be altered in any way We shouldn’t overstate the importance of finishing on time I didn’t notice that my house was broken into until he told me about that He was unwilling to accept that he was responsible for the accident Martha panicked when she realised she had lost her handbag They fired him because he was not competence EMPHASIS REALISATION BLAME HOT GROUNDS E Write an essay to express your views about the following statement Write your answer in 150–200 words “It is hard to imagine that people can live without friends.” THE END OF THE TEST Mã đ thi: 265 Page