HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
ĐỀ THI MÔN ANH KHỐI 10
VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
NĂM 2016
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BIÊN HÒA
Thời gian làm bài 180 phút
TỈNH HÀ NAM
Đề thi gồm 8.trang
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT
SECTION ONE: LISTENING
You will hear the recordings TWICE.
Task 1: Listen to his talk again and choose the best answer A, B or C for each question below.
1. What word describes the man's feelings at the beginning of the conversation about traveling overseas?
A. relaxed
B. apprehensive
C. anxious
2. What one thing surprised him in the marketplace?
A. The quality of merchandise seemed to vary widely from place to place.
B. Shop owners would raise the price of goods if they saw you were a foreigner.
C. You could bargain over the price with shopkeepers to get the best deal.
3. What did the man NOT mention about the way people looked at him during his visit?
A. People stared at him out of a distrust of foreigners.
B. People were just inquisitive at his presence there.
C. Such situations gave him opportunities to interact with others.
4. What does the man say about the traffic conditions?
A. The people seem to pass through traffic as if unaffected by everything around them.
B. Buses and taxis are the main modes of transportation in many parts of the country.
C. The flow of traffic, at times, remains constant due to an intricate road system.
5. What is one conclusion the man states at the end of the travel log?
A. Discovery of different cultures through direct experience is key to cultural adaptation.
B. Miscommunication is a natural event in the process of bridging cultural boundaries.
C. All countries share some similar characteristics that bind them together.
Task 2: Listen to a piece of news and decide which of the statements are T(rue), which ones are
F(alse)
1. The group of refugees travel from Ayvalik to Lesbos by bus.
2. 4 people died in a capsize near Kalymos.
3. A tip-off showed Turkish border guards a convoy of Syrian refugees.
4. Two of the three drivers were arrested.
5. Turkish gendarme find another 92 refugees in another accident.
Task 3: Listen to a piece of news about handicrafts in Bukhara city and fill in the blank WITH NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
Old city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan – city of handicrafts:
1. Handmade carpets:
- made by women.
- placed (1) _______________ or (2) _______________ of every Uzbek house.
- can be easily recognized by their (3) ______________ and (5) ______________
- mostly patterned with (5) _______________, (6) ________________ and flowers.
2. Pottery:
- produced with old techniques and (7)_______________.
- highly popular.
- use such colors as (8) ____________, ___________ and _____________
- follow at least 24 steps to create a complete product.
3. Gold embroidery:
- in the past: only for emirs and (9)_____________
- nowadays: (10) ____________ is widely used for many kinds of clothes.
SECTION TWO: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. (10 points)
1. Oh gosh, it’s 9 o’clock already. Come on! We have no time ………….
A. to lose
B. to waste
C. to spend
D. to take
2. A terrible noise has made the baby …….. awake.
A. totally
B. absolutely
C. wide
D. largely
3. You will ……….. plagiarism if you use someone’s words without quotation marks.
A. commit
B. summit
C. submit
D. convict
4. It ………….. John that you saw yesterday. He’s on his business in Las Vegas.
A. could be
B. couldn’t be
C. could have been
D. couldn’t have been
5. In his speech, he …….. an important distinction between the different kinds of illnesses.
A. showed
B. drew
C. locked
D. pointed out
6. Jane went on ……….. for an insurance company after she had finished her degree.
A. working
B. to work
C. doing
D. to do
7. Ice –cream vendors were doing a…………… trade. They were selling a lot of ice-cream.
A. brisk
B. quick
C. prosperous
D. a & c
8. ……… Nam Cao is ……… very large park in Phu Ly City.
A. the – the
B. a – a
C. Ø – a
D. the – a
9. ……….the students in my school want less homework.
A. Mostly
B. Most
C. Most of
D. Almost
10. Hoang Ha Giang was ………. of her career when she got that fatal disease.
A. at the top
B. at the climax
C. at the peak
D. in her heyday
11. The company is going to ………. a new product on to the market.
A. bring
B. put
C. launch
D. show
12. I …….firmly to my belief in the importance of reading books.
A. keep
B. hold
C. take
D. lay
13. These prisoners have served their ………… and will be released next week.
A. sentence
B. punishment
C. penalty
D. prison
14. They had ………. proof therefore they took this matter to court.
A. undeniable
B. irrefutable
C. strong
D. firm
15. The recent …………..of burglaries in our town is really worrying.
A. event
B. happening
C. conviction
D. spate
16. The little boy pleaded……… not to leave him alone in the dark.
A. with his mother
B. on his mother
C. at his mother
D. her mother
17. ……… , the people who came to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. Although
B. Altogether
C. By and large
D. To a degree
18. There was ……….eerie silence at first, then there was ………rumble of thunder in the distance.
A. an/a
B. a/the
C. the/a
D. the/the
19. I could make……………with a smaller car, but I’d rather not.
A. doing
B. do
C. good
D. well
20. We ………….our journey in Madrid.
A. ceased
B. stopped
C. broke
D. interrupted
Your answers:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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Part 2. Underline and correct ten mistakes in the text. (10 points)
An endangered species is a population of an organism who is at risk of becoming extinct because it is both
few in numbers, or threatened by changed environment or predation parameters. An endangered species is
usually a taxonomic species, though may be another evolutionary significant unit. The World Conservation
Union was calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based at the
sample of species that have been evaluating through 2006. Many nations have laws offering protection to
this species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a
little of the many species at risk of extinct actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Much
more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.
Your answers:
1. …………..
2. …………..
3. …………..
4. …………..
5. …………..
6. …………..
7. …………..
8. …………..
9. …………..
10. …………..
Part 3. Fill in each of the gaps with a suitable preposition. (10 points)
1. She’s always holding ……………her children as models of good behavior.
2. We are still trying to decide …………the venue.
3. The children’s faces are badly……………focus in the photograph.
4. Report it to the police …………………delay.
5. The program has lost favour………………viewers recently.
6. Salary will be commensurate ………………experience.
7. I am going to let them…………….. my plans.
8. I don’t want to tie myself ……………to coming back to a particular date.
9. I think you should take……………..an insurance.
10. I think the owners are ……………..fault for not warning us.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Part 4. Put the words in brackets into correct forms to complete the sentences. (15 points)
DRUGS AND COMPUTERS
There is a new generation of young computer programmers hoping to become millionaires. To achieve
this, they have to work very hard and (1)_________ (STIMULATE) are what many of them rely on to do
so. Because they are so (2)_________ (AMBITION), they work long hours, up to 72 hours at a time
staying awake by using cocaine or speed. Often, they use a cocktail of drugs to (3)_________ (ABLE)
them to do their jobs. However, this is extremely dangerous, and recently this way of life claimed its first
(4)_________ (FATAL).
A 26-year old programmer, who was doing well on the Internet, was on business in New York.
Unfortunately, due to a (5)_________ (CONCOCT) of alcohol, Valium and heroin he had taken, he died.
The doctor who did the post-mortem said that a close (6)_________ (EXAMINE) of the results led him to
believe that the toxic combination was (7)_________ (INDICATE) of long-term drug abuse.
Moreover, a lot of those who use drugs as an (8)_________ (ASSIST) to their work also resort to them in
their free time. They use drugs as uppers, but also as a way to (9)_________ (WIND). With such high
(10)_________ (EARN), they can afford whatever drugs they want. The problem is that they may
eventually pay the highest price – death.
Your answers:
1. ………….
2. ………….
3. ………….
4. ………….
5. ………….
6. ………….
7. ………….
8. ………….
9. ………….
10. ………….
SECTION THREE: READING
Part 1. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. (15 points)
THE NEED FOR BIGGER PLANES
The big issue for plane-makers planning for the future is size, not speed. With the skies already full
of air traffic, and with worse to (1)………., the important questions for the designers are how many
passengers they can (2)………..into the new super-planes and who will be (3)………to build them first.
(4)………….yourself ten years from now in a packed airport departure lounge. Eight hundred passengers
are waiting with you for their first flight on one of the remarkable range of super-planes, and the check-in
time (5) …………..have been as much as four hours before take-off to (6)…………for the extra people.
Impossible? Far from it. Designs for these planes are already (7)…………on computer at the world’s top
aircraft manufacturers, waiting to be turned (8)………..reality.
The airlines badly need the new jets to (9)…………….with future increases in passenger (10)…………….
A billion passengers a year are currently carried by air, but that figure is (11)…………to double by the year
2020. The only practical (12)…………of avoiding making the skies even busier is to build much bigger
planes. The (13)…………to build the new jets is the hottest contests in the airliner business. Manufacturers
are working (14)………….with the major airlines to produce designs that will please airlines and passenger
(15)………..
1. A. go
B. happen
C. come
D. arrive
2. A. contain
B. fit
C. hold
D. sit
3. A. possible
B. able
C. proper
D. capable
4. A. Consider
B. Suppose
C. Imagine
D. Regard
5. A. can
B. need
C. ought
D. may
6. A. watch
B. allow
C. look
D. permit
7. A. supplied
B. given
C. stored
D. carried
8. A. as
B. by
C. into
D. for
9. A. deal
B. treat
C. manage
D. succeed
10. A. amounts
B. sums
C. quantities
D. numbers
11. A. expected
B. thought
C. known
D. hoped
12. A. scheme
B. process
C. way
D. plan
13. A. game
B. sport
C. match
D. race
14. A. tightly
B. strongly
C. closely
D. firmly
15. A. equal
B. alike
C. similar
D.same
Your answers:
1. 2.
C B
3.
B
4.
C
5.
D
6.
B
7.
C
8.
C
9.
A
10.
D
11.
A
12.
C
13.
D
14.
C
15.
B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. (15 points)
CAN PARROTS COMMUNICATE?
Everyone knows that parrots can imitate human speech, but can these birds also understand
meaning? Two decades ago, researcher Irene Pepperberg started working with Alex, an African grey parrot,
and ever since then, she has been building (1)…………………data on him. Pepperberg, whose recently
published book The Alex Studies make fascinating reading, claims Alex doesn’t copy speech but
intentionally uses words to get (2)……….. he wants.
In actual (3)…….., some of his cognitive skills are identical to those of a 5-year-old child. (4)……….a
child’s, Alex’s learning has been a steady progression. Early on, he (5)…………..vocalize whether two
things were the same or different. Now, he carries out more complex tasks. Presented
(6)…………..different colored balls and blocks and asked the number of red blocks, he will answer
correctly. He requests things as well. (7)……………..he ask to sit on your shoulder and you put him
(8)…………………..else, he’ll complain: “wanna go shoulder”.
A few experts remain skeptical, seeing very (9)…………….. in Alex’s performance beyond learning by
association, by means of intensive training. Yet Alex appears to have mastered simple two-way
communication. As parrots live for 60 years or more, Alex may surprise (10)…………..al further.
Your answers:
1.
3.
5.
7.
9.
2.
4.
6.
8.
10.
Part 3. 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. (15 points)
Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of
time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the
first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage
area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM,
also known as the working memory.
There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory
comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember
approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such
as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the
capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing
information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long
term storage.
When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people
engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive.
Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a
person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not
handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the
dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the
number instantly.*Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term
to long term memory.* A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". *This involves assigning semantic
meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.*
Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by
recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and
used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by
prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved.
This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.
1. According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?
A. They revert from the long term memory.
B. They are filtered from the sensory storage area.
C. They get chunked when they enter the brain.
D. They enter via the nervous system.
2. The word elapses in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to:
A. passes
B. adds up
C. appears
D. continues
3. All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the:
A. STM
B. long term memory
C. sensory storage area
D. maintenance area
4. Why does the author mention a dog's bark?
A. To give an example of a type of memory
B. To provide a type of interruption
C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans
D. To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell
5. How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time?
A. By organizing it
B. By repeating it
C. By giving it a name
D. By drawing it
6. The author believes that rote rotation is:
A. the best way to remember something
B. more efficient than chunking
C. ineffective in the long run
D. an unnecessary interruption
7. The word elaborate in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
A. complex
B. efficient
C. pretty
D. regular
8. The word cues in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. questions
B. clues
C. images
D. tests
9. Which of the following best provides the important informaton in the highlighted sentence from the
passage?
A. Prompting is the easiest way to retrieve short term memory after an extended period of time.
B. A memory can be retrieved by prompting, in a case where it has been rarely used.
C. It's easier to remember short term memories than long term memories due to regular prompts.
D. Recalling a long term memory that is often used is easy, while forgotten memories often require
prompting.
10. Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A. The working memory is the same as the short term memory.
B. A memory is kept alive through constant repetition.
C. Cues help people to recognize information.
D. Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Part 4. Read the passage and then complete the summary. (15 points)
Political Parties in the UK
The British political scene is dominated by two major parties that have quite different political
agendas. However, the ideological distance between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party has
become less marked, and their policies more difficult to tell apart in recent years. In fact, it would be true
to say that both parties consist of conservative, moderate and radical elements, and therefore the general
public is often perplexed about which party to vote for. Nonetheless, it is usual to find that a British voter
will lean towards supporting one of these two parties and remain faithful to that party for life.
The Labour Party’s manifest objective is to safeguard the interests of the common working men and women,
and in effect, give them political representation in Parliament. The Party has always had strong connections
with the trade unions, and, before coming to power, was always passionately committed to the concept of
a welfare society in which people who are less fortunate than others are politically and financially assisted
in their quest for a more equitable slice of the economic pie. The main problem is that such socialist agendas
are extremely expensive to implement and maintain, even in a comparatively wealthy country with a large
working and, hence, tax-paying population base. Welfare societies tend towards bankruptcy unless
government spending is kept in check. Fortunately, the present government recognizes this and has resisted
reckless spending.
The Conservative Party, on the other hand, argues that the best way to ensure a fair division of wealth in
the country is to allow more freedom to create it. This, in turn, means more opportunities, job created, ect.
,and therefore more wealth available to all. Just how the poor are to share in the distribution of this wealth
(beyond being given, at least in theory, the opportunity to create it) is, however, less well understood.
Practice, of course, may make nonsense of even the best theoretical intentions, and often the less politically
powerful are badly catered for under governments implementing “free-for-all” policies.
It is surprising, given the current homogeneity of the two major parties, that less attention than elsewhere
in Europe is paid to the smaller political parties such as the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. This may
be because British voters distrust parties with platforms based around one or two major current issues
alone; the Green Party, for example, is almost solely concerned with the environment. Moreover, when it
comes to casting a vote, history shows that the British public tends to resist change and, thus, the status quo
is maintained.
Choose the words from the box for each answer. There are more words than you will need
and you may use a word more than once if you wish.
Summary
Two parties (1)… control the British political scene: the Labour Party and the Conservative Party.
Although (2) recently there are many similarities to be seen in their policies, British voters tend to stay
(3)…loyal..for life to the party of their choice. The (4)…labour………….Party, encouraged by the trade
(5) unions supports a welfare-based (6) policy whereas the (7) Conservative Party believes that (8) freedom
to pursue the creation of wealth ensures that all will eventually benefit from the opportunities created.
Oddly, Britons do not follow (9) Europeans by paying much attention to smaller political parties, perhaps
because their policies are based on just a few (10) current political issues.
supporters
control
support
welfare
policy
now
general public
leaning
Green
money
majority
politicians
Conservative
Europeans
current
Your answers:
1.
6.
opportunities
Europe
Labour
freedom
society
voters
loyal
unions
recently
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
SECTION FOUR: WRITING
Part 1. Transform / Rewrite the following sentences. (15 points)
1. Charles and his father are exactly alike in appearance. (after)
Charles really…………… take after……………………..his father.
2. Peter usually does things without planning in advance. (spur)
Peter usually does things ……on the spur of ……………………………………….the moment.
3. The train is on the point of leaving now. (leave)
The train is just … …abour to leave………………………….now.
4. The weather will surely get worse tomorrow morning. (bound)
The weather……is bound to get worse… …………………………...tomorrow morning.
5. I intended to call you yesterday, but I forgot. (going)
I……was going to call you… …………………………………..yesterday, but I forgot.
6. . I was surprised with the birthday party they held for me.
I was taken……aback by the birthday party they held for me ……………………………………………
7. I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose.
She can't have done it on purpose…………………………………………………………..
8. I never intended to help such a man.
I never had intention of helping such a man
9. If I had studied harder, I would have probably passed all my exams.
Were I to have studied harder, I would have probably passed all my exams.
10. A treaty will very probably be signed soon.
In no time will a treaty be signed/ In all probability/likelihood the treaty will be signed soon