Tiêu đề ĐỀ DUYÊN HẢI THANH HOÁ LỚP 11 2024.docx ✅

1 SỞ GD&ĐT THANH HOÁ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT (Đề thi gồm 21 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ XV, NĂM 2024 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 11 Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề) Ngày thi: /7/2024 I. LISTENING (50 POINTS) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU • Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. • Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có nhạc hiệu. Thí sinh có 2 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước nhạc hiệu kết thúc bài nghe. • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1. For questions 1-5, you will hear two academics called John Farrendale and Lois Granger, taking part in a discussion on the subject of attitudes to work. Choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. (10 pts) 1. Lois agrees with John's point that _____________. A. most people dread the prospect of unemployment. B. the psychological effects of unemployment can be overstated. C. some people are better equipped to deal with unemployment than others. D. problems arise when unemployment coincides with other traumatic events. 2. Lois agrees with the listener who suggested that _____________. A. work is only one aspect of a fulfilling life. B. voluntary work may be more rewarding than paid work. C. not everybody can expect a high level of job satisfaction. D. people should prepare for redundancy as they would for retirement. 3. What is John's attitude towards people who see work as a “means to an end”? A. He doubts their level of commitment to the job. B. He accepts that they have made a valid choice. C. He fears it will lead to difficulties for them later. D. He feels they may be missing out on something important. 4. When asked about so-called 'slackers' at work, John points out that _____________. A. they accept the notion that work is a necessary evil. B. people often jump to unfair conclusions about them.
2 C. their views are unacceptable in a free labour market. D. such an attitude has become increasingly unacceptable. 5. Lois quotes the psychologist Freud in order to _____________. A. show how intellectual ideas have shifted over time. B. provide a contrast to the ideas of Bertrand Russell. C. question the idea that a desire to work is a natural thing. D. lend weight to John's ideas about increased social mobility. Part 2: For questions 6 – 10, listen to a radio programme and decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F), or Not Given (NG) according to what you here. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 6. NBA games can take place on holidays including Thanksgiving day and Christmas Eve. 7. The decision to cancel NBA games on election day was unprecedented. 8. The pandemic in 2020 adversely affected the career of NBA players. 9. The NBA has taken steps to get involved in voter turnout before. 10. On the day before Election Day, almost all the league’s teams will play to promote civic engagement. Part 3: For question 11-15, listen to a talk about memory and answer the questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 pts) 11. How was Dr. Federik Sullivan’s memory at first? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 12. Beside a computer, what can help you improve your memory? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 13.Beside prolonging life what has a full and active memory been proved to be able to do? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 14.According to Sullivan, how is the human brain? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 15.What is the function of long-term memory? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Part 4. For questions 16-25, you are going to listen to a piece of news on South China Sea. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each blank. Write your answers on the answer sheet. A man-made island, Fiery Cross didn’t exist two years ago, yet there’s now 10,000 foot air strip, an
3 (16) _____________, a missile defense system, and about 200 troops there. Six others have also been built. Since 2014, huge Chinese ships collected around remote reefs in the Spratly Islands, rapidly pumping (17) _____________ up onto the reef. They were building islands. This body of water is not only rich in natural resources, but 30% of the (18) _____________ also flows through here to the booming population centers and economic markets of Southeast Asia as well. Now 5 countries have laid their claims on this water, most basing their claim on the UN Law of Seas, which says a country’s territorial waters extend 200 miles off their shore, an area called the (19) _____________ or EEZ. Countries have exclusive rights to all the resources and trade in their EEZ. It’s their (20) _____________. Any area that isn’t in an EEZ is regarded as international waters meaning every country shares it. Every country in the South China Sea region uses this 200-miles EEZ threshold to determine its claims, except China which argued they have a historical claim to the South China Sea dating back to (21) _____________ in the 15th century. Following World War II, China claimed the South China Sea by drawing this imprecise line on the map that (22) _____________ of the South China Sea, which it named the nine-dash-line. The Spratly Islands is a (23) _____________ cluster of islands currently claimed by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. It’s hard to (24) _____________ on an uninhabited piles of sand, so countries have built buildings and even stuck several people there. China believes all the Spratly Island belongs to them. (25) _____________ on these new artificial islands show China’s great ambition to rule the region. II. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (30 POINTS) Part 1. For questions 26 – 45, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (20 points) 26. The president was eventually _____________ by a military coup. A. disbarred B. supplanted C. deposed D. subverted 27. Poor Mary, all her colleagues teased her; she was the _____________ of all their jokes. A. hubbub B. butt C. bulk D. brunt 28. We do not have a secretary _____________, but we do have a student who comes in to do a bit of filing. A. as such B. the least bit C. whatsoever D. little more 29. Derek had no experience of white-water canoeing, so it was extremely _____________ of him to try and shoot the rapids.
4 A. treacherous B. intrepid C. perilous D. foolhardy 30. He wanted to know whose car I had borrowed _____________. A. yesterday evening B. the last evening C. last night D. the previous night 31. Minister of Interior has recently disclosed why the nation’s passport administration was still _____________ with fraud, racketeering and delay. A. thick B. fraught C. imbued D. brimming 32. When a show is popular, everyone is content but if its popularity _____________. It is likely to be scrapped. A. subsides B. dims C. fades D. weakens 33. Artists have been _____________ by people who stream music without paying. A. short-dated B. short-changed C. short-circuited D. short-handed 34. People could donate money to non-governmental organisations that feed Palestinians or channel as medical aid to people who have suffered from the _____________ of war. A. blows B. hardships C. calamities D. adversities 35. Owning and living in a freestanding house is still a goal of young adults, _____________ earlier generations. A. as did B. as it was of C. like that of D. so have 36. The new regime determined to _____________ compulsory military service. A. strike into B. phase out C. end up D. check off 37. The government needs to _____________ businesses that have been trying to evade the tax. A. put the screws on B. get into gear C. put one over on D. wipe off the map 38. Being a _____________ entrepreneur, you will have to make a special effort for people to take you seriously. A. successful B. budding C. blossoming D. flowering 39. What I like about this amusement park is that there is _____________ parking space right outside it. A. copious B. ample C. expanded D. manifold 40. Last weekend, _____________ nothing to watch on TV, we played chess together. A. there being B. there having C. having had D. being Part 2. For questions 46 – 55, supply the correct form of the word given in capital letters at the end of each sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 points) 46. About $200 million in taxes weren’t paid because of _____________ income. (REPORT)