SỞ GD & ĐT NGHỆ AN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG LỚP 10

TRƯỜNG THPT CỦA LÒ 2 NĂM HỌC 2017 – 2018

Đề chính thức Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 10 THPT - BẢNG A

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm 09 trang)
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Bằng số: Giám khảo 1:
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Bằng chữ:……………….. Giám khảo 2:
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SECTION A – LISTENING
I. Listen to the radio advertisements. What are they for? Number them in the correct orders
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A. St Paul’s cathedral
B. The National Gallery
C. The Apollo Cinema
D. The Science Museum
E. Harrods department store
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. You will hear a recording of a tour of an art museum Complete the information about the
museum.Write no more than three words and/or a number for each answer.
Jamestown Museum of Art
Information for Visitors

- Entrance Fees: Aldults $ (6)_______________________

Children $ (7)_______________________
Entrance is free for senior citizens on (8)________________________________
- Hours
Tues-Thur 11:00 A.M-5:00 PM
Fri 11:00- 7:00 P.M
Mondays and holidays closed
- They begin the tour in (9)_____________________________________
They can see the collection of modern art, which includes some (10)_________________by major artists
Your answer.
6. 7. 8.
9. 10.

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 SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in Your
answers
1. I have never been windsurfing, but I'd love to have……………. at it.
A. a trial B. a look C. a taste D. a go
2. A: “Do you still live there?” - B: “No, …………... We’ve moved to a new house.”
A. not now B. I do not live C. any longer D. not yet
3. At no time ……………. the house.
A. they left B. did they leave C. left they D. they did leave
4. …………… Diana, congratulate her for me, will you?
A. Should you see B. If you saw C. If you should see D. If you have seen
5. On Christmas Eve, the ……………. family gathers for dinner, usually at my grandmother's house.
A. mere B. entire C. total D. complete
6. …………… appears considerably large at the horizon than it does over head is merely an optical illusion.
A . The Moon B. That the Moon C. When the Moon D. The Moon which
7. My passport ………… last month, so I will have to get a new one.
A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated
8. Although they had only been invited for lunch, they ………….. until supper time.
A. stayed on B. stayed out C. stayed up D. stayed in
9. I’ve got a very high opinion …………. your brother.
A. to B. on C. of D. for
10. Even after I washed out the coat, it still had some ………… marks on it.
A. weak B. faint C. thin D. uncertain
Youe answer.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the
space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
A feminine is a person, usually a woman, who believes that women should be regarded as
equally to men. She, or he, deplores discrimination against women in the home, place of
work or anywhere, and her principle enemy is the male chauvinist, who believes that men
are naturally super. Tired of being referred to as “the weaker sex”, women are becoming
more and more militancy and are winning the age-old battle of the sexes. They are sick to
death of sexy jokes which spoke fun at women. They are no longer content to be regarded as
second-class citizens in terms of economic, political and social status. They criticize beauty
contests and the use of glamour female models in advertisements which they describe as
the exploit of female beauty, since women in these situations were represented as mere sex
objects. We no longer live in the male-dominate societies of the past. Let us hope,
moreover, that the revolution stops before we have a boring world in which sex doesn’t
make much difference. We already have unisex hairdressers and fashions. What next?
0. feminine Æ feminist
Your answer:
mistake Correction mistake correction
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.

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5. 10.

SECTION C – READING

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your
answer in the numbered box.
The driving Instructor
I am a driving test examiner . I ran my own driving school for twelve years before applying to become an
examiner in 1966. Since then I have ….1… to examine lorry and bus drivers and instruct trainee axaminers . I
….2… that I have assessed 16,000 people and passed around half of them . The first lorry driver I passed …3....
tears . However , the most …4…. reasons for failing are not being ready and being too … 5… . Inwardly I am
telling the candidates not to do something stupid like ..6… out into moving traffic , but I am not …7… to tell
them how to drive .
When I …8.. my own test I extremely nervous and had to ..9.. with a very strict and unfriendly examiner . We
are taught nowadays to put people at their ..10.. . We pass eveyone who’s up to …11… , but people often present
themselves too soon . I have never been offered money to pass anyone , …12… one man asked me if he could
make me change my ..13… . I then …14… him to the police . My ambition is to be a supervising examiner in …
15… of test centers in a large area.
1.A.resulted B. succeeded C. kept D.possessed
2. A.count B. number C.qualified D.mastered
3. A.burst into B. turned back C.carried on D.set off
4.A. simple B.regular C.average D. common
5. A tense B. tight C. stretched D. stiff
6.A.make B.pull C. pick D.stand
7.A admitted B. let C. allowed D. enabled
8. A.took B. performed C. achieved D. effected
9. A. suffer B. meet C. experience D. deal
10. A. rest B. ease C. peace D.leisure
11. A. limit B. test C. measure D. standard
12. A. while B. even C. although D. despite
13. A. mind B. thoughts C, attitude D. view
14. A. reported B. declared C. announced D. notified
15. A. responsibility B. care C. duty D. charge

Your answer:
1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10. 15.

Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the words in Your answers.
The worry about salt is that it may (16)__________ high blood pressure. Chemically, salt
consists of sodium and chloride ions, both of 17)__________are common in the human (18)__________and are
important for many physiological and biochemical (19) __________.
We not only need salt, we eat salt, but too much may still be bad for us. Although
the idea of a (20 )__________between salt and high blood pressure (21) __________back to
2000 BC, there is still no scientific agreement as to whether this so or not. One reason for
this (22) __________to agree is that individual salt intake (23) __________enormously from
day to day, and so reliable measures of intake are hard to come (24) __________.
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 Those who believe that salt does (25)__________to high blood pressure (26)__________to
the high incidence of high blood pressure in countries that eat a very (27) __________diet.
In Japan, for instance, where salted fish is an important part of the diet, high blood pressure
and (28)__________ complications are common, while among some Amazonian
and African tribes, which have a low intake of salt, they are almost unknown.
But (29)__________there is this neat relation between salt intake and the incidence of high blood pressure
between countries, it doesn’t seem to apply (30.) __________those
countries themselves. Studies, for instance, of couples who have a similar salt intake don’t
show any consistency in how often they develop high blood pressure.

Your answer:
16. 21. 26.
17. 22. 27.
18. 23. 28.
19. 24 29.
20. 25. 30..

Part 3: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circling A, B, C, or D to
indicateyour answer which you think fits best.
Bringing up children
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go
back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the
opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so.
This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and
is the basic of work in child
clinics. The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to
wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm
and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to
wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only
if too great demands are
not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new
skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often
tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and
states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a
young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the
other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural
zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself. Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship
between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn
more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and
children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles
and crosswords are good examples. Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their
children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night,
punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents
and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being. With regard to the
development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To
forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that
“example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practise what they preach, their children
may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize
they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents'
ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
31. The principle underlying all treatment of developmental difficulties in children ______.
A. is in the provision of clockwork toys and trains
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C. is to capture them before they are sufficiently experienced
D. offers recapture of earlier experiences

32. Learning to wait for things is successfully taught ______.

A. in spite of excessive demands being made
B. only if excessive demands are avoided
C. because excessive demands are not advisable
D. is achieved successfully by all children
33. The encouragement of children to achieve new skills ______.
A. should be focused on only at school
B. can never be taken too far
C. will always assist their development
D. should be balanced and moderate
34. Parental controls and discipline ______.
A. serve a dual purpose
B. are designed to promote the child’s happiness
C. reflect only the values of the community
D. should be avoided as far as possible
35. The practice of the rule “Example is better than precept” ______.
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals
C. will free a child from disillusion when he grows up
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise
36. In the 1st paragraph, the author lays some emphasis on the role of the ______ in helping the child in trouble.
A. psychiatrists B. community C. family D. nursery
37. The phrase ‘conforming to’ in the 2nd paragraph means ______.
A. adapting to B. accepting C. agreeing with D. following
38. The word ‘zest’ in the 2nd paragraph can be best replaced by ______.
A. appetite B. excitement C. enthusiasm D. enjoyment
39. The word ‘imposed’ in the 4th paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. excepted B. introduced C. made D. constrained
40. Hypocrisy on the part of the parents may ______.
A. result in their children’s wrong behaviour B. make their children lose faith in them
C. disqualify their teachings altogether D. impair their children’s mind
Your answer:
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Part 4 : Read the passage then choose the best sentences A-K to fill in each gap from 41 to 50 . There is
one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

BITTER WATER HITS THE BIG TIME

Chocolate, which has its origins in South America, is now part of a multi-million pound worldwide business.
At Easter, British people spend over $230 million on chocolate. A massive eight per cent of all chocolate is
bought at this time.
(41)____. Although the large scale industrial production of chocolate began in the last century, the cacao plant
was first cultivated by the Aztec, Toltec and Mayan civilizations of Central America over three thousand years
ago.
The cacao tree is an evergreen, tropical plant which is found in Africa, South and Central America, the West
Indies and South East Asia. The fruit of this tree is melon-sized and contains 20-40 seeds. (42)____. In English –
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speaking countries, they are called cocoa beans. This is a misspelling from the 17 th century when they were also
called cacoa and cocao beans.
The Aztecs used cocoa beans as money. (43)____. This is from the world in the Aztec language, Nahuatl,
meaning “bitter water”. (44)____. The Spanish found the drink more palatable mixed with cinnamon and sugar,
but the recipe did not spread to the rest of Europe for another century. In the late 17 th century, chocolate houses
were set up in Europe’s capital cities, where people gathered to drink chocolate.
(45)____. But in 1826, CJ van Houten of the Netherlands invented chocolate powder. (46)____.
The age of the chocolate bar as we know it began in 1847 when a Bristol company, Fry and Sons, combined
cocoa butter with pure chocolate liquor and sugar to produce a solid block that you could eat. (47)____.
At the turn of the century, the British chocolate market was dominated by French companies. In 1879 the
English company Cadbury even named their Birmingham factory Bournville (ville is the French word for town)
in the hope that a little glamour would rub off. But then came Cadbury’s famous Dairy Milk bar which began life
as a Dairymaid in 1905. (48)____.
It seems that, for the time being at least, chocolate intake in Britain has established at about four bars each
week. (49)____. The latest market trick is the so-called “extended line”. This is when the humble chocolate bar
becomes an ice cream, a soft drink or a dessert, to tempt chocoholics who have grown tired of conventional
snacks.
At the other end of the production process, cacao farmers are still feeling the effects of a crash in cocoa
bean prices at the end of 1980s. (50)____. Perhaps you could spare a thought for them as you munch your next
chocolate bars.

A. This was made by extracting most of the cocoa butter from the crushed beans.
B. A Swiss company then introduced milk solids to the process which gave us milk chocolate.
C. They also used them to make a drink called xocoatl.
D. Until the last century, the chocolate drink was made from solid blocks of chocolate which had to
be melted down in hot water.
E. When dried they become cacao beans, which can be used to make chocolate.
F. Clever advertising which associated it with the healthy qualities of milk from the English
countryside quickly established the bar as a rival to the more decadent French brands.
G. British manufacturers include up to 5 per cent vegetable fat in their chocolate, something
forbidden elsewhere.
H. As most cacao farmers operate on a very small scale, many were forced out of business.
I. This has forced manufacturers to look for new ways to attract customers.
J. In Aztec times the chocolate drink was flavored with spices and used on ceremonial occasions
and for welcoming visitors.
K. Only at Christmas do people eat more of the cocoa-based foodstuffs.

Your answer:

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

PART V: You are going to read the article in which various people talk about their job.For questions 51- 60 .
Choose from the people ( A-D ) . The people may be choose more than once .
Which person says their job involves.

51. large amounts of paperwork ?

52.training high- level staff in their area of work ?
53. taking measures to protect public safety ?
54.accepting certain financial limitations ?
55.encouraging visitor participation ?

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57. doing considerable background research ?
58. introducing problems that require solutions ?
59. balancing supply and demand ?
60. producing advertising literature ?

My line of work .( Four people talk about their jobs )

A. LISA
I’m responsible for putting temporary exhibitions together . This includes planning and designing the exhibition
and promoting it . I have to read up about the subject of the exhibition before hand and then talk to the important
people in the area so that I can establish the main themes and aims of the exhibition , and plan what objects and
pictures should be displayed . I have to make sure the public can understant the thinking behind the exhibition,
which means planning interactive displays , workshops ang theatre . I also have to bring in engineers and
electricians to make sure the final display is not dangerous to visitors . Before the exhibition opens , I help design
ang write the brochures and leaflets that we’ll use to tell people about it .
B. JANET.
The first thing I do when I get here at 7.30a.m . is check the accounts . Then I see what new maps and documents
need to be produced in order to learn the ‘runs’ or routes necessary to pass the London taxi – driver test . By
midday , about 50 students are in school , working out how to make the journeys.They work out the most direct
route , using the correct one way streets , and right - and left – hand turns . I get involed when there’ a difference
of opinion - like whether you can do a right turn at a particular junction . When they’re close to the test , I’ll give
them a simple route and no matter what way they say they’ll go , I’ll tell them have to another route because the
road is closed . The next student have to find a third route and again I’ll come up with a reason why they can’t go
that way . It’s just to make them think .
C. SARAH .
I live by the coast and work from home . This invovles responding to telephone enquiries , producing
educational ersources and setting up training courses . Occasionally , I go into our main office but generally I am
on the coast . I also work with schools and study centres and run courses for coastal managers and those
involved in making decisions about the fate of the seas . I do things like take them out to sea in a boat in an
attempt to make them think more about the life underneath them . This often changes their views as it’s very
different from making decisions using a computer screen . I am extremely lucky because conservation is my
hobby , so the job has many highs for me . The downside of the job is that I work for a charity , so there is a
constant need for more money . This means I’m always looking for more resources and I’m not able to achieve
everything I want .
D. CHRIS .
My work is pretty varied . I have to make sure that the publishing programme matches market requirements , and
ensure that we keep stocks of 300 or so of the books that we publish . We have very high standards of
information and content . We receive many letters from readers on issues such as the representation of
international boundaries and these in particular require a careful response . I discuss future projects and current
sales with co-publishers . I work as part of an enthusiastic group which makes the job that much more enjoyable .
The negative side , as with many jobs , is that there is far too much administration to deal with , which leaves less
time to work on the more interesting tasts such as product development and design.

Your answer :
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

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Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to first one. Use and don’t change
the word given. Write 2-5 words in total.
1. I dare not turn on the television because the baby might wake up. ( FEAR)
 I dare not turn on the television ……………..………………………………………….. the baby up.
2. She never comes to the office on time although she gets up so early. ( MATTER)
 No ……………………………………… ………………she gets up., she never comes to the office on time.
3. I remember someone giving me a rubber doll on my 10th birthday. (GIVEN)
 I ……………………………………… ………………………………..a rubber doll on my 10th birthday.
4. If you don't speak clearly, they won't understand you. (ELSE)
 You have to …………………………………………………………………... they won't understand you.
5. He doesn't know what's going on. (UNAWARE)
He …………………………………. ……………………………………………….what's going on.

Part 2: The parents ( Mr Nam and Mrs Lien ) of a friend ( Hanh) of yours lent you their house in the
country for a week. Write a letter (60-70 words in total) to thank them. Say how kind they were, and
describe what you did during the week’s holiday. Use your name and address as Ho Hai Ly – Tay Ho
Block, Quy Hop Town, Quy Hop, Nghe An.
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Part 3: Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should
spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their
time playing. Compare these two views. Which view do you agree with? Why? Write an essay (of 150-200
words) to give your own opinion.
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SỞ GD & ĐT NGHỆ AN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG LỚP 10

TRƯỜNG THPT CỬA LÒ 2 NĂM HỌC 2017 – 2018

Đáp án Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 11 THPT - BẢNG A

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm 09 trang)

SECTION A – LISTENING
Part I . (5p/5s)

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. E 5. A
Part II. (5p/5s)
6. 15 7. 12 8. Tuesday
9. the Main Gallery 10. minor works

SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part I : (10p/10s)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D A B A B B B A C B
Part II. (10p/10s)

mistake Correction mistake correction

1.equally equal 6. glamour glamorous
2.principle principal 7. exploit exploitation
3.super superior 8. were are
4.militancy militant 9. male-dominate male-dominated
5.sexy sexist 10. moreover however

SECTION C – READING
Part I . (15p/15s)

1. C. kept 6. B.pull 11. D. standard

2. D.mastered 7. C. allowed 12. C. although
3. A.burst into 8. A.took 13. A. mind
4. D. common 9. D. deal 14. A. reported
5. A tense 10. B. ease 15. D. charge

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Part II (15p/15s)

16. cause 21. goes/ dates. 26. point

17. which 22.failure/inability 27.salty
18.body 23.varies/differs/changes 28.its
19. processes 24. by 29.where as/while
20.link/relationship/connection 25. lead/contribute 30.within
Part III. ( 10p/10s)

31. D 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B

Part IV. ( 10p/10s)

41. K 42. E 43. C 44. J 45. D

46. A 47. B 48. F 49. I 50. H

Part V. ( 10p/10s)

51. D 52. C 53. A 54. C 55. A

56. B 57. A 58. B 59.D 60. A

SECTION D – WRITING

Part I . ( 5p/5s)
1. I dare not turn on the television for fear of waking ( up ) the baby ( up )
2. No matter how early she gets up., she never comes to the office on time.
3. I remember being given a rubber doll on my 10th birthday.
4. You have to speak clearly or else they won't understand you.
5. He is unaware of what's going on
Part 1: (10p) - Organization and ideas:
Opening and closing][Where you saw the ad][Reason for writing][ Length: 1
][Information to be provided (course chosen, time, date, teachers, …) Org.&Sty.: 2
- Style: formal Ideas: 2
- Vocabulary and grammar: G&V: 2
Length: 2
Part 2: (15p) - Organization and ideas:
Org.&Sty.: 3
Ideas: 4
G&V: 4

Agreement Disagreement Both

Introductio - topic - topic - topic
n - your agreement - your disagreement - agr. and disagr.
Body - reasons to support - reasons - reasons
+ not expensive + time consuming + advantage
+ internet available + waste of money + disadvantage

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Conclusion - List the risk and give personal - Give personal opinion - Ballanced summary
opinion and personal opinion
- Vocabulary and grammar:
TOTAL SCORE: 120/6 = 20

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