SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO NAM ĐỊNH ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI THỬ HỌC SINH GIỎI LẦN 2

TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN KHUYẾN NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024

Môn: TIẾNG ANH - Lớp: 11 THPT
ĐỀ SỐ 2
PART A. LISTENING (5 POINTS)
SECTION 1: Questions 1-10
1. 25/ twenty-five 2. a/ one/ 1 year 3. 5 Trade winds 4. 2/ two bathrooms
5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A
SECTION 2 Question 11-20
11. C 12.B 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.B
17. tennis 18. dance 19. adventurous 20. mountain biking
SECTION 3: Questions 21-25
21. (a) constitutional monarchy
22. House of Representatives
23. (a/ the) Governor General
24. Executive
25. interprets
PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (5 POINTS)
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
1. – “If only I hadn’t said that to her.” – “_________”
A. Yes, you mustn’t have done like that B. No worry, that’s nothing.
C. No, you’ve done a very good job D. Because I’m so bored with it
2. Little Deon: “This herb smells horrible!” - Mommy: ________, it will do you a power of good”.
A. How much horrible is it B. Be that as it may C. Come what may D. Whatever it smells
II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
3. The police didn't have enough evidence to detain their suspect, so they had to let him go free.
A. arrest B. capture C. contact D. release
4. If you want to attend this evening's event, you should look the part. There are a lot of celebrities
there.
A. remember the scripts B. wear formal clothes
C. dress in an unsuitable way D. forget what to say
III. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
5. The members of the sports team showed great unity both on and off the field, always encouraging and
supporting each other.
A. solidarity B. competition C. division D. challenge
6. The information you have got is actually off the record, so be careful if you intend to use it for
publication.
A. unofficial B. indecisive B. indifferent B. unimportant
IV. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined parts that need correction in each of the
following questions.
7. After the document (A) was screened, the television station (B) was besieged (C) with calls from worried
(D) home-owners.

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8. Genetic engineering is helping (A) researchers unravel the mysteries of previously (B) incurable diseases
so that (C) they get to its (D) root causes and find cures.
V. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
9. Athletes need to have a higher _________ of protein and vitamins in order to stay heathy
A. intake B. increase C. infection D. production
10. He was extremely protective _________ his role as advisor.
A. for B. with C. about D. of
11. There exist numerous differences among cultures, _________ it is very difficult to integrate into a new
community
A. Which the reason is B. which is why C. which is when D. which is the reason for
12. I woke up late for my interview because I _________ about it all the night and didn’t get much sleep
A. worried B. had worried C. have been worrying D. had been worrying
13. The aim of ASEAN is to promote closer economic_________.
A. delegation B. reputation C. integration D. migration
14. _________ in the atmosphere is the temperature falling below the freezing point.
A. What produces frost B. Frost is produced C. Frost produces D. What is frost produce
15. Sarah and I reserved the rooms in the same hotel. She was really_________ surprised to see me there.
A. deliberately B. coincidentally C. intentionally D. practically
VI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
16. SOCIALIZES
17. INDISPENSABLE
18. BREATHTAKINGLY
19. EXPENDITURE
20. ADVISOR/ ADVISER
VII. Fill in the blank with a suitable word given in the box, change the form of the words if necessary
21. ANTIBIOTICS
22. MISBEHAVIOR
23. WIDESPREAD
24. INCREASINGLY
25. DISORGANIZING
PART C. READING (5 POINTS)
I. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Climate change is deeply intertwined with global patterns of (1) _________. The poorest and most
vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts yet contribute the (2) _________ to the crisis. As
the impacts of climate change mount, millions of vulnerable people face disproportionate challenges in ( 3)
_________ of extreme events, health effects, food, water, and livelihood security, migration and forced
displacement, loss of cultural (4) _________, and other related risks. Certain social groups are particularly
vulnerable to crises, (5) _________, female-headed households, children, persons with disabilities,
Indigenous Peoples and (6) _________ minorities, landless tenants, migrant workers, displaced persons,
sexual and gender minorities, older people, and other socially disadvantaged groups. The root causes of their
vulnerability (7) _________ a 5 combination of their geographical locations; their financial, socio-economic,
cultural, and gender status; and their access to resources, services, decision-making power, and justice. Poor
and (8) _________ groups are calling for more ambitious action on climate change. Climate change is more
than an environmental crisis - it is a social crisis and urges us to (9) _________ issues of inequality (10)
_________ many levels: between wealthy and poor countries; between rich and poor within countries;
between men and women, and between generations.
(Adapted from https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/social-dimensions-of-climate-change)
1. A. inequality B. improvement C. solution D. development
2. A. best B. most C. least D. largest
3. A. exchange B. charge C. place D. terms
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 4. A. change B. identity C. difference D. shock
5. A. for example B. however C. such as D. therefore
6. A. superstitious B. moral C. ethnic D. representative
7. A. rely on B. boil down C. put down D. lie in
8. A. contracted B. marginalized C. impaired D. entrusted
9. A. address B. face C. discuss D. deal
10. A. of B. in C. on D. about
II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
Television’s contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one. For while it has,
indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By
dominating the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family
from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games,
recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.
“Like the sorcerer of old,” writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, “the television set casts its magic spell, freezing
speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger
of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces — although there is danger there — as
in the behavior it prevents : the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through which much of
the child’s learning takes place and through which character is formed. Turning on the television set can
turn off the process that transforms children into people.”
Of course, families today still do special things together at times: go camping in the summer, go to the
zoo on a nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the ordinary daily life together is diminished
— that sitting around at the dinner table, that spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little games
invented by children on the spur of the moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the chatting,
the quarreling, all the things that form the fabric of a family, that define a childhood.
Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and bedtime, and the parents
have their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are being better met than the needs of
children, who are effectively shunted away and rendered untroublesome.
If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday experiences that
occur and recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive as anything other than a caretaking
institution.
1. Which of the following best represents the author’s argument in the passage?
A. Television has negative effects on family life.
B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children.
C. Television should be more educational.
D. Television teaches children to be violent.
2. The word it in paragraph 1 refers to.......
A. dominating B. time C. television D. quality
3. Why is Urie Bronfenbrenner quoted in paragraph 2?
A. To present a different point of view from that of the author
B. To provide an example of a television program that is harmful
C. To expand the author’s argument
D. To discuss the positive aspects of television
4. The word freezing in the passage is closest in meaning to........
A. controlling B. halting C. dramatizing D. encouraging
5. Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to ........
A. a statue B. an educator C. a family member D. a magician
6. Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special thing that families
do?
A. Going on vacation in the summertime B. Playing cards together in the evening
C. Reading to the children at bedtime D. Talking to each other
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7. The thing that “form the fabric of a family” in paragraph 3 are........
A. special things B. ordinary things C. television programs D. children
8. The word it in the last paragraph refers to ........
A. the television B. the family C. its backlog D. an institution
9. According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another?
A. Doing ordinary things together B. Watching television together
C. Celebrating holidays together D. Living together
10. It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care is given ........
A. charitably B. lovingly C. constantly D. impersonally
III. Read the passage and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
There are MORE headings than needed. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1. Paragraph A IV
2. Paragraph B VII
3. Paragraph C VI
4. Paragraph D V
5. Paragraph E II
PART D. WRITING (5 POINTS)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. Write your answers in the spaces provided. (1.6 point)
1. Since hearing/ Marry heard the results, Marry/ she has felt more confident.
2. I have some colleagues whose attitudes to work I simply fail to understand.
3. Such was her shock to hear the news that she couldn’t even utter a word.
4. Being a witness to the accident, she was asked to make a statement.
5. The more powerful a car is, the more fuel it uses.
6. People might may not have known (that) oxygen existed back then
7. Had it not been for the death of the Prime Minister, the passing of the bill would/ could not have
been prevented. / the bill would have been passed.
8. Failure to obey the regulations may lead to/ result in disqualification.
II. For questions 6-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. DO NOT change the word given. You must use FOUR or FIVE words, including
the word given. (1.4 point)
1. Zoe wishes she ……had a less stressful ……job.
2. It was ……Tony who/ that suggested increasing ……the entrance fee at the disco
3. Miranda's ……reason for going to Africa …… was that she wanted to study
4. The instruction of this task …… did not make (any/much) sense to…… him.
5. The use of case studies ……has increasingly caught on…… in higher education.
6. Jeremy is ……said to have green fingers……
7. I …… was taken aback by …… the warmth of her welcome

III. Essay writing. (2.0 points)

Write an essay about 220 - 250 words to give your opinion on the following topic:
In some societies, more and more people are deciding to live alone.
Why do you think this is? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living alone?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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