TRƯỜNG THPT HÀ HUY TẬP KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG LỚP 11

NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

(Đề gồm 14 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: …………………………….. Giám khảo 1:
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Bằng chữ: ………………..………....
Giám khảo 2:
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SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1. You are going to hear a lecture about study. As you listen, fill in the missing information.
For questions 1-15, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (30 pts)

Today we’re going to cover an issue that will be vitally important to you all throughout your time here
at college and that is (1) ______. Hundreds of books have been written about time management and
those of you who are interested in doing some extra reading on the subject are very welcome to see me
after the lecture. As I have a book list here and some other useful materials. Now time management. In
the past this used to mean (2) _____ to plan for every hour of the week and then try to stick to this plan.
These days however the whole idea of managing time has changed. In fact if you think about it, you’ll
find that it’s (3) ______ to manage time it just goes. So what you really need to manage is yourself.

To manage yourself effectively you need to have a clear idea both of what you want to achieve and how
to achieve it. In other words you need to (4) ______ and you need to move towards achieving these
goals, in an efficient and (5) _____ . Most coursework at the college is set by mid semester and at the
end of the semester usually involves two written assignments of between (6) ______ words in length. If
you look around you at college you will see that during the first weeks of the term, everyone looks
cheerful and focused. Followed by a change around week six, assignment time when people start to look
a bit stressed. The library reports that an increasing number of students become angry when books are
not available. so what’s happened? Has everybody becomes suddenly (7) ____ and angry for no reason?
Not quite. The reason is that people have not managed their resources well. They have (8) ______ for
reaching their goals and, as a result, some of them realize they’re going to do badly with their
assignments ,this will not be because they lack intelligence or love of the subject. They will fail because
they did not have (9) _____ of what they have to do and how long it should take them.

Let’s step back a minute. What do we mean by establishing goals? Well basically it means deciding what
you want to achieve. In other words deciding on the results that you want to achieve. The students that
I’ve mentioned found themselves very stressed. Mainly because they have an assignment to do. But they
did not fully think through (10) _____ that this would have on their day-today life. There’s an awful lot
of spare time in a day, for example, if you manage to spend some of that time, even just one hour on an
activity that helps you with your study, that one hour could have a (11) _____ in your course.
Particularly if you make it a regular habit. I’d like to ask you now to have a look at the planners in your
information kits. You will see that there are 3-1 term planner, one weekly planner and one daily planner

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the term planner. Is to help you get an overview of everything that you will need to do for the term. The
weekly planner is to help you week by week and the daily planner will help you with the really (12)
______ . Before we go any further I would like you to make a note in your daily planner right now. I
want you to picture how you could make a major difference in your life, by spending just one hour a day
on some activities for the next term. Background reading for example or preparing a bibliography. Now
imagine the benefit at the end of the term. The term diary and the weekly diary are the most important
ones. However a week is really the (13) _____ time you have to establish an overview of your time for
planning purposes. Now you need to set priorities for the term. (14) _____ how you could achieve those
priorities and the results that you desire. If you can get into the habit of planning like this, you’ll soon
find that you’ve (15) _____ had more time than before to spend on relaxation and other activities that
you enjoy.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

Part 2. You will hear a talk about a young person’s new school. For questions 16-25, decide
whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)
16. My new school was smaller than my old one.
17. My new school had nearly 1,000 pupils.
18. Pupils had to wear a uniform at my old school.
19. Teachers were angry if new pupils were late for lessons.
20. Older pupils were often helpful to new pupils.
21. My friend Sophia lived in the same street as me.
22. I used to go swimming with Anita on Saturdays.
23. When I was 14, I won a prize for my science project.
24. My parents gave me a present when I won a prize at school.
25. My art teacher took my class to visit art galleries.
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Part 3. You will hear an interview with a girl called Anna Taylor, who is a champion cyclist. For
questions 26-30, choose the answer (A, B, or C) which fits best according to what you hear. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)
26. Anna became interested in cycling because __________________

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 A she was bad at other sports.
B she had a friend who encouraged her.
C she enjoyed her first experience of it.
27. How does Anna practise her cycling as well as do her schoolwork?
A She studies hard in the evenings.
B Her teachers give her extra time.
C She has to miss some classes.
28. What does Anna say about track cycling?
A It is faster than road cycling.
B It is harder to learn than road cycling.
C It requires more power than road cycling.
29. Anna says that at her last road race she was
A upset by the behaviour of her competitors.
B surprised by what happened at the beginning.
C disappointed by a teammate’s performance.
30. Anna thinks people who want to be champion cyclists should
A train hard every day in order to be the best.
B do lots of other sports to help them keep fit.
C spend time trying different activities.
Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

SECTION B. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-12, choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Write A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.(12 pts)
1. I’m having so much fun at the party, but I___ go home now to revise the grammar points for my
English test tomorrow.
A. ought B. can C. must D. should
2. One of ASEAN's objectives is to help people think about peace and ………….and do something
about it.
A. origin B. justice C. statistics D. record
3. So far, people _________ nearly $150,000 to help Virginia flood victims.
A. donate B. donated C. are donating D. have donated
4: __________ one hand on the steering wheel, Ann opened a can of soda pop with her free hand.
A. To keep B. Keep C. Having kept D. Keeping
5. “Since the goal seems ___________ , I believe we should begin at once,” said Tim.
A. achievements B. achieve C. achievable D. achieving
6. When he exceeded his brief to take charge of the project, the boss _____ him in his place.
A. let B. put C. pushed D. brought
7. The instructions from air traffic control were not fully explicit, and ________.
A. as a result, the pilot made an error and crashed
B. so that the pilot made an error and crashed
C. therefore the pilot made it crash
D. resulting from the pilot crashing the plane

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8.I had my doubt about her when I took her on, but now I’m pleased to say that she has ______ to be
talented executive.
A. taken up B. made out C. turned out D. carried on
9. George hadn’t expected the boss to treat him so _____ after the nasty argument they had.
A. kindly B. quietly C. briefly D. merely
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in the following question.
10. For a decade, that scientist has studied centenarians, looking for genes that contribute to longevity.
A. People who live to be 100 or older B. people who are vegetarians
B. people who want to be fruitarians D. people who are extraordinary
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in the following question.
11: After getting lost in the unfamiliar city, he lost his bearings and had no idea how to get back to his
hotel.
A. found his hotel B. regained his sense of direction
C. was unable to determine the direction D. behaved impolitely
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes the following
exchange.
12: Peter and Louis are talking about the weather.
- Peter: “This weather is perfect for a picnic.”
- Louis: “________, especially when we are free and have just gone through a hard exam period.”
A. We need to consider what to do B. That’s a good idea
C. Yes. It’s very exciting D. I don’t know
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. For questions 13-20, identify the
mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.(8 pts)
Lin
e
1 It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently
2 people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with
3 astronomy seem much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long it
4 spent to build them and why people built them in the first place. Experts came up with a
5 suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of
6 the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in proportion to the
7 three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were
8 deliberately being project through shafts to reach their goal of the Orion constellation.

Your answers:
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction

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13. 17.

14. 18.

15. 19.

16. 20.

SECTION C. READING (70 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-15, read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B,
C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes. (15 pts)
BODY AND MIND
People have tried for over 2000 years to find a relationship______ (1) people's physical features and
their character, and even (2) _____ there is a complete ______(3) of evidence for such an idea, it is still
popular. The Ancient Greeks were interested in the idea of human personality (4) _______ they did not
link it with outward appearance. Later, during the Renaissance, some writers _______(5) that there was
a direct connection between a person’s character and their face, and they called this new science that
would ______(6) you know a great deal about a person simply by analyzing their face. Kings and
princes. were (7) ____ in the science, as they thought it might_____ (8) them to be better judges of
character, and they believed that these new skills would ______(9) it more difficult for dishonest
courtiers to_____ (10) them in. (11) ____ the fact that nobody takes these theories seriously. nowadays
scientists are still interested in the basic idea. They have shown that there is a link between a person’s
character and their build. Extroverts and other confident, (12) _____ people are usually short and thick
set, and in contrast, people who are _____(13) and reserved tend to be ______(14) and thin. There is
some scientific basis to this theory because glands have such an important effect on both a person’s
build and their moods, so it is not______ (15) to find a link between them.
1. A. between B. among C. from D. with
2: A. still B. yet C. since D. though
3. A. lack B. shortage C. failure D. need
4.A. despite B. although C. besides D. unless
5.A. claimed B. told C. pretended D. related
6.A. allow B. permit C. let D. enable
7.A. enthusiastic B. fond C. interested D. keen
8.A. make B. allow C. let D. learn
9.A. change B. make C. let D. turn
10. A. take B. put C. set D. bring
11.A. Although B. Despite C. Eventhough D. In spite
12. A. shy B. timid C. outgoing D. with drawn
13. A. conceited B. arrogant C. proud D. shy
14. A. long B. high C. tall D. great
15. A. interesting B. surprised C. interested D. surprising

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 2. For questions 16-30, fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (15 pts)
BUILDINGS IN CITIES OF THE FUTURE AREN’T JUST BUILDINGS
Nowadays, 50% of the total human (16) ______ lives in cities. Studies predict that 35 years from now,
that (17) ______ will rise to 75%. That means we need to find a home (18) _____ 3 billion people in just
35 years.
And, if we want future cities to be smart cities, only some buildings are good (19) ______. We need our
skyline to be made (20) _____ of buildings that are, among other things:
Sustainable: The buildings (21) _____ we work and live create almost 50% of CO2 emissions on the
(22) _____. Smart buildings are designed with sustainability in mind. This means low-energy houses,
natural materials ((23) ____ cork, clay, or recycled paper), renewable energy use, or waste reduction.
Secure: We (24) ____ discussing buildings with integrated fire prevention systems or intrusion and
access control - Protecting the building’s (25) _____ from hackers is also essential.
Cost-efficient: (26) _____ are many ways in which a smart building helps (27) ____ inhabitants save
money. It detects occupancy patterns (28) ______ adapts to how (29) _____ energy it consumes.
Cooling and ventilation are regulated automatically. Sensors can see potential maintenance problems
and stop them (30) _______ they happen. And so much more.
(https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/resources)
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Part 3. You are going to read an article about the effects of digital media on people’s minds. For
questions 31- 40, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (20 pts)
CUTTING THE APRON STRINGS
There is substantial evidence that students going off to college have changed over the years. For one
thing, studies show that they are emotionally closer to their parents and their parents to them. One thing
that means is that they depend on each other more for happiness. It puts a burden on children for parents
to use their children as vehicles for their own happiness - although today's young people seem complicit
in this arrangement, perhaps because they’ve known no other way even if it creates anxiety in the
children. That’s one reason parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences, and
colleges have had to devise novel ways of getting parents off campus when they transport their kids to
school.
There’s also evidence that students today seem to be choosing schools with reference to proximity to
home. The closer a student is to home, the easier it is to bring the laundry home and to land in your old
bed with tea and sympathy when you have the sniffles. And the easier it is for parents to visit you at
university whenever the mood strikes. The amount of visiting parents do is far more than in generations
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But in a real sense, students don’t really leave their parents behind. Their parents go to college right
along with them - in their front pockets. That is, the parents are a speed dial away by cellphone. This,
of course, significantly reduces independence. A student doesn’t get the chance to solve minor problems
on his own - he just calls Mom or Dad. A student has initial problems getting along with a roommate? A
roommate doesn't do laundry as often as the other roommate wishes? A student gets a C grade on her
first paper? Instead of absorbing the negative information and figuring out how to resolve the problem or
how to do better, the call gets made to home, where Mom or Dad solves the problem, often by calling
the school administration. This kind of behavior is, sadly, commonplace today and is a mark of the lack
of coping skills among students because all the lumps and bumps have been taken out of life for them
until now.
In addition to being tethered to parents, incoming freshmen arc now very heavily connected by
cellphone to classmates from high school, who are presumably at other colleges. So there isn’t the great
impetus to mix and venture forth to meet new people, to get out of one’s comfort /one, to get drawn into
new experiences, that has traditionally marked the beginning of freshman year. The laws of physics still
apply, and it is difficult to be meeting new people and seeking novel experiences while you are talking
to your old pals.
31. The provision of mobile phones for children, according to the author,________.
A. increases children's dependence
B. increases positive control by parents
C. reduces children’s dependence on their parents
D. decreases parental interference
32. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that children and their parents ______
A. eternally depend on each other
B. only temporarily depend on each other
C. emotionally and physically depend on each other
D. emotionally need each other
33. Paragraph 1 also shows that children ________.
A. tend to cling to their parents only as a source of finance
B.are not willing to act as a means to their parents' happiness
C. are willing to act as an agent to their parents’ happiness
D. demand a form of payment to go to college
34. The author remarks that students nowadays tend to _______
A. refuse to go to a college that is far from home
B.choose a foreign institution rather than a domestic one
C. go to college to satisfy their parents’ wish
D. choose an institution that is close to their home
35. Parents like to be involved in their children’s college experiences because__
A. the school often neglects their children
B.they are afraid of being deprived of happiness
C. they are worried about the school's carelessness
D. they find their children a source of happiness
36. The word “vehicles” in the first paragraph may be replaced by ______.
A. Instruments B.methods C. means D. ways
37. The phrase “in their front pockets” in paragraph 3 depicts ____ from parents.
A. an efficient way of control B. an instant control and care
C. the way mothers carry their babies D. the way some animals carry their babies
38. Colleges have had to devise ways of getting parents off campus because ___.
A.the colleges want to keep parents in the dark about their activities
B. parents tend to get more involved in their children’s schoolwork

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 C. children want complete freedom from their parents’ control
D. teachers themselves do not want to share information with the parents
39. By quoting the laws of physics, the author implies that_____.
A. one should build more relationships
B. one should only care about new relationships
C. one should study physics whenever possible
D. one should never forget old relationships
40. “Cutting the Apron Strings”, the title of the passage, can be interpreted as ___
A. standing on your own feet B.looking for your own devices
C. being financially independent D. parting with old relationships
Your answers:
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (20 pts)

Today, many governments are promoting organic or natural farming methods that avoid the use of
pesticides and other artificial products. The aim is to show that they care about the environment and
about people's health.But is this the right approach?

A
Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world, expanding by 25 percent a year over the
past 10 years. So what is the attraction of organic food for some people? The really important thing is
that organic sounds more ‘natural’. Eating organic is a way of defining oneself as natural, good, caring,
different from the junk-food-scoffing masses. As one journalist puts it: It feels closer to the source, the
beginning, the start of things.' The real desire is to be somehow close to the soil, to Mother Nature.

B
Unlike conventional farming, the organic approach means farming with natural, rather than man-made,
fertilisers and pesticides. Techniques such as crop rotation improve soil quality and help organic farmers
compensate for the absence of man-made chemicals. As a method of food production, organic is,
however, inefficient in its use of labour and land; there are severe limits to how much food can be
produced. Also, the environmental benefits of not using artificial fertiliser are tiny compared with the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted by transporting food (a great deal of Britain’s organic produce is
shipped in from other countries and transported from shop to home by car).

C
Organic farming is often claimed to be safer than conventional farming - for the environment and for
consumers. Yet studies into organic farming worldwide continue to reject this claim. An extensive
review by the UK Food Standards Agency found that there was no statistically significant difference
between organic and conventional crops. Even where results indicated there was evidence of a
difference, the reviewers found no sign that these differences would have any noticeable effect on
health.

D
The simplistic claim that organic food is more nutritious than conventional food was always likely to be
misleading. Food is a natural product, and the health value of different foods will vary for a number of
reasons, including freshness, the way the food is cooked, the type of soil it is grown in, the amount of
sunlight and rain crops have received, and so on. Likewise, the flavour of a carrot has less to do with
whether it was fertilised with manure or something out of a plastic sack than with the variety of carrot
and how long ago it was dug up. The differences created by these things are likely to be greater than any

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differences brought about by using an organic or nonorganic system of production. Indeed, even some
‘organic’ farms are quite different from one another.

E
The notion that organic food is safer than ‘normal’ food is also contradicted by the fact that many of our
most common foods are full of natural toxins. Parsnips cause blisters on the skin of agricultural workers.
Toasting bread creates carcinogens. As one research expert says: ‘People think that the more natural
something is, the better it is for them. That is simply not the case. In fact, it is the opposite that is true:
the closer a plant is to its natural state, the more likely it is that it will poison you. Naturally, many plants
do not want to be eaten, so we have spent 10,000 years developing agriculture and breeding out harmful
traits from crops.'

F
Yet educated Europeans are more scared of eating traces of a few, strictly regulated, man-made
chemicals than they are of eating the ones that nature created directly. Surrounded by plentiful food, it’s
not nature they worry about, but technology. Our obsessions with the ethics and safety of what we eat -
concerns about antibiotics in animals, additives in food, GM crops and so on - are symptomatic of a
highly technological society that has little faith in its ability to use this technology wisely. In this
context, the less something is touched by the human hand, the healthier people assume it must be.

G
Ultimately, the organic farming movement is an expensive luxury for shoppers in well-manicured
Europe. For developing parts of the world, it is irrelevant. To European environmentalists, the fact that
organic methods require more labour and land than conventional ones to get the same yields is a good
thing; to a farmer in rural Africa, it is a disaster. Here, land tends to be so starved and crop yields so low
that there simply is not enough organic matter to put back into the soil. Perhaps the focus should be on
helping these countries to gain access to the most advanced farming techniques, rather than going back
to basics.

Questions 41-46: The passage has eight sections A-H. Choose the correct heading for each section
from the list of headings below. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.

Example: Paragraph A: viii

41. Paragraph B
42. Paragraph C
43. Paragraph D
44. Paragraph E
45. Paragraph F
46. Paragraph G

List of Headings

i Research into whether organic food is better for us

ii Adding up the cost of organic food
iii The factors that can affect food quality
iv The rich and poor see things differently
v A description of organic farming
vi Testing the taste of organic food
vii Fear of science has created the organic trend

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viii The main reason for the popularity of organic food
ix The need to remove hidden dangers from food

Questions 47-48

Which TWO of the following points does the writer mention in connection with organic farming?

A. the occasional use of pesticides

B. using the same field for different crops
C. testing soil quality
D. reducing the number of farm workers
E. the production of greenhouse gases
Questions 49-50

According to the writer, which TWO factors affect the nutritional content of food?

A. who prepares the food

B. the weather conditions during growth
C. where the food has been stored
D. when the plants were removed from the earth
E. the type of farm the food was grown on
Your answers:
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. (10 pts)
1. Immediately after his arrival home a water-heater exploded.
=> Hardly _______________________________________________________________________
2. Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
=> Nothing _____________________________________________________________________
3. We should ban the use of pesticides, but we should also restrict the use of other chemicals
=> In addition to _________________________________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word given
in capital letters and the word mustn’t be altered in any way.

4. She was very relieved when she realized that her bag hadn’t been stolen. (BREATHED)
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. I don’t personally care if they come or not. (MATTER)
_______________________________________________________________________________

Part 2. Write a letter of about 120-150 words.

You recently received an email from your English-speaking friend, Pat, inviting you to stay and asking

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you to his brother Tim’s 18th birthday on 10th July. Read Pat's email and then write an email to Pat
confirming your answer.
Use your name and address as Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc – 8 Phan Boi Chau Street, Vinh City, Nghe An
Province.

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Part 3: Write an essay of about 350 words on the following topic.
Some people say that it is a real challenge for Vietnam in global integration process when English is not
a compulsory subject in national high school graduation exam, while others claim that this may reduce
students’ pressure in studying.
Discuss both views and give your own opinions.
Give reasons and relevant examples to support your answer

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