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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ XIV - NĂM 2023
LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN
Môn: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 11
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 19 trang)
SECTION A: LISTENING (50 POINTS)
Part I. You will hear part of a tutorial between two students and their tutor. The students
are doing a research project to do with computer use. Listen and decide whether the
following sentences are true (T) or false (F). (10 points)
……………
1. Sami and Irene decided to do a survey about access to computer facilities
because no one has investigated it before.
2. Sami and Irene had problems with the reading for their project because ……………
not much had been written about the topic.
3. Sami and Irene get the main data in their survey from observation of ……………
students.
……………
4. The tutor suggests that one problem with the survey was limitation in the
number of students involved.
5. 77% of students surveyed thought that a booking system would be the ……………
best solution.
Part II. You will hear part of a radio programme in which journalist Arabella Gordon
talks about the phenomenon of technophobia. Answer the following questions with a word
or a short phrase (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS). (10 points)
1. What did people think of new machines when they first appeared in their places of work?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Who operated the new weaving machines?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. According to the Frame Breaking Act, what was brought in the death penalty?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What makes electronic typewriters attractive to students in the UK?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. What did Frederick Forsyth do before he was a writer?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Part III. You will hear a travel journalist called Lucy Marske and a conservationist called
Brian Eckers discussing the issue of ethical travel. For questions 1 – 5, choose the answer
(A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10 points)
1. Lucy and Brian agree that the term ‘ethical travel’ is most appropriate when ________.
A. the profits of tourism are re-invested in the local economy
B. the travel companies source products from within the local area
C. the interests of local people are consistently given a high priority
D. the natural environment of travel destinations remains unaffected
2. What do Lucy and Brian suggest about the ‘green’ labels used by tour companies?
A. Most of these do not stand up to close examination.
B. Travelers should seek proof of claims before booking.
C. Rules regarding their misuse are not enforced effectively.
D. The regulations governing these need to be more clearly defined.
3. Brian identifies the key aim of the ‘slow travel movement’ as ________.
A. related to the various means of transport used
B. promoting self-catering holidays over other types
C. reducing the distance people cover whilst on holiday
D. addressing people's wider need to relax and enjoy life
4. Brian explains that on Stradbroke Island, emphasis is placed on preserving ________.
A. the lifestyle of a small community B. a safe environment for visitors
C. the viability of local businesses D. the integrity of local produce
5. What reservation does Lucy express regarding Stradbroke Island?
A. She's concerned that tourists may find some aspects off-putting.
B. She doubts whether all visitors will want so much attention.
C. She thinks it might become a victim of its own success.
D. She fears that it may attract some negative publicity.
Part IV. Listen to an interview with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Covid-19 vaccine
manufacturing outlook and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS taken from the recording for each
answer in the space provided. (20 points)
Both Pfizer and Moderna may not suffer from intensified pressure in vaccine
manufacturing despite a soaring in the number of individuals who could become (1)
__________________ to get the vaccine. Instead, a ramp-up in alterations to administer more
vaccines is considered the (2) __________________ at the moment. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
shared his confidence in the company’s ability to deliver the vaccines on time thanks to the (3)
__________________ with the US government. This is viewed as a(n) (4)
__________________ contrast to the hitherto popular conception that vaccine supply can be
insufficient. For the time being, around (5) __________________ have been released. Because
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of a (6) __________________ of an extra dose in the vial and rising productivity in
manufacturing, it is also possible to expect an increased pace of vaccine output on a(n) (7)
__________________ all year round. The six doses have been submitted to all (8)
__________________ and already been approved by the FDA, WHO, EU, Switzerland
authorities, (9) __________________ authorities etc. Pfizer’s manufacturing team is now (10)
__________________ in virtually impossible speeds.
SECTION B: LEXICO- GRAMMAR (30 POINTS)
Part I. Select the best option to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes on your answer sheet. (20 points)
1. I got first-aid treatment down to a(n) _______ after working in the Emergency Room for a
year.
A. artwork B. instinct C. science D. routine
2. After the fraud scandal, the famous singer had to make great efforts to _______ his reputation.
A. reinforce B. leverage C. retrieve D. salvage
3. If you can win his attention, _______ for you.
A. the so much better B. so much the better C. the better so much D. so the much better
4. She summed up Henry’s achievements in a few _______ phrases.
A. felicitous B. utilitarian C. loquacious D. ominous
5. We _______ deny that we have ever cheated or tampered illegally with any match ball in any
game during our careers.
A. categorically B. allegedly C. distinctly D. highly
6. He says that the clothes that judges wear in court are irrelevant _______ from another era.
A. remains B. relics C. remnants D. leavings
7. Because he was an _______ criminal, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A. ilegible B. impenetrable C. impermeable D. incorregible
8. One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly _______ is sound.
A. yet is easily overlooked B. is easily overlooked
C. it is easily overlooked D. that is easily overlooked
9. The summer months are the best, apart from the really hot _______ we usually get in August.
A. term B. interval C. wave D. spell
10. This theme park attracts more visitors than _______ any other in Europe.
A. practically B. really C. utterly D. actually
11. _______ I’ve finished my work, let’s just call it a day.
A. Hitherto B. There and then C. Ever since D. Now that
12. Only when I gave her a stony look did the woman behind me stop _______ her newspaper.
A. swishing B. rattling C. rustling D. clinking
13. I heard _______ that Jack has been dropped from the basket team.
A. in the woods B. on the grapevine C. under your feet D. on the olive branch
14. New policies have been implemented by the government with a view to _______ the ailing
economy after the pandemic.
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A. hashing out B. keeling over C. knuckling down D. shoring up
15. It was so hot and _______ that day that we couldn’t possibly have gone for an outing.
A. moist B. sultry C. frozen D. soggy
16. I’ll say _______ for him – he never leaves a piece of work unfinished.
A. as much B. a bit much C. this much D. too much
17. David looked _______ clumsy in his attempt to attract attention.
A. fancifully B. oddly C. absurdly D. reasonably
18. People are usually attracted by appearance so it is no wonder she is _______ with that male
model.
A. infatuated B. mesmerized C. entangled D. seduced
19. After the break-up, her mood _______ between hope and despair.
A. transfixed B. radiated C. emanated D. vacillated
20. _______ by the policeman, his face went pale with fear.
A. For being tied B. Having been tied C. On being tied D. His hands tied
Part II. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes on your answer sheet. (10 points)
1. The judge ruled that the evidence was _______ as there was no proof it had come from the
crime. (ADMIT)
2. His conduct was totally _______ to an officer in the British armed services. (BECOME)
3. The report examines the causes of rising unemployment, and more _______, offers some
solutions. (PERTAIN)
4. She _______ the things we need to buy – sugar, tea, and sandwiches. (NUMBER)
5. We should arrive two days early in order to _______. (CLIMATE)
6. They found it _______ amusing that this hot-shot chef couldn’t even use a tomato slicer.
(ROAR)
7. Jeremy was looking quite _______ in a suit and tie. (PRESENT)
8. Jim’s really gone to the dogs. He looks shabby and his _______ usually leaves much to be
desired. (SOBER)
9. To contrast and relate the two styles of Picasso, you should have his early drawings _______
with his later works in the exhibition. (POSE)
10. There is a strong smell of _______ in the hospital. (INFECT)
Part IV. You are going to read an extract from a book. Seven paragraphs have been
removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (1-
7). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes on your answer sheet. (7 points)
THE FOOTBALL CLUB CHAIRMAN
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Bryan Richardson greeted me warmly, and ushered me into his modest office, somewhat larger
than the others along the corridor, but without pretensions of any kind. He returned to his desk,
which had two phones and a mobile on it, and a lot of apparently unsorted papers, offered me a
chair, and said it was nice to see me again. I rather doubt he remembered me at all, but it had the
effect of making me feel a little less anxious.
1. _________
‘I want to talk to you about an idea I have,’ I said. ‘I have supported this club since the 1970s,
and I’m starting to get frustrated by watching so much and knowing so little.’ He gazed at me
with a degree of interest mixed with incomprehension. ‘What I mean,’ I added, ‘is that every
football fan is dying to know what it is really like, what’s actually going on, yet all we get to see
is what happens on the field.’
2. _________
And I didn’t wish to be fobbed off. ‘They all make it worse, not better. They all purvey gossip
and rumours, and most of what they say turns out to be either uninteresting or incorrect. Your
average supporter ends up in the dark most of the time.’
3. _________
‘Now that,’ I said, ‘is just the sort of thing I want to know about. I’d like to write a book about
the club this coming season, to know about the deals, the comings and goings, all the factors
involved. To get to know how a Premiership football club actually works.’ As I said this, I feared
that it was a futile request, but I’d drawn a little hope from the fact that he had just been so open,
as if he had already decided to consider the project. ‘I want to know about buying and selling
players, how the finances work, to go down to the training ground, travel with the team, talk to
the players and the manager.’
4. _________
So I continued with it. ‘Let me tell you a little about myself.’ He leaned back to make himself
comfortable, sensing that this might take a while. ‘By training I’m an academic. I came here
from America in the 1960s, got a doctorate in English at Oxford, then taught in the English
Department at Warwick University for fifteen years. Now I run my own business, dealing in rare
books and manuscripts in London, and do some freelance writing. But I’m not a journalist.’
5. _________
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I was starting to babble now, and as I spoke I was aware of how foolish all this must be sounding
to him. At one point he put his hands quietly on his lap, under the desk, and I had the distinct, if
paranoid, impression that he was ringing some sort of hidden alarm, and that three orange-shirted
stewards would shortly come in and escort me from the ground (By Order of the Chairman).
6. _________
‘But a book is certainly a good idea,’ he said. ‘Let me think it over and I’II get back to you.’ He
stood up and we shook hands. ‘I’ll be in touch,’ he said. And a few weeks later, in mid-August,
he was. ‘There’s a great story here,’ he said. ‘Go ahead and do it next season. I’ll introduce you
to the people up here at the club. Go everywhere, talk to everybody, you’ll find it fascinating.’ I
was surprised, and delighted, but tried not to gush. ‘Thank you,’ I said. ‘It’s very open-minded of
you.’
7. _________
‘Yes, sure,’ he said. ‘But I mean something more than that, something more complicated.’
‘What’s that?’ I asked. He smiled. ‘You’ll see.’
A. The disappointment must have registered on my face, because he quickly added: ‘I came to all
this relatively late in my career, and it’s a fascinating business. I find it more so all the time, and I
don’t have any doubt that people would be interested to read an account of it.’
B. ‘We’ve got nothing to hide,’ he said, ‘but you’ll be surprised by what you learn. It’s an
amazingly emotional business.’ ‘It must be,’ I said, ‘the supporters can see that. So many of the
games are like an emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes the whole season is.’
C. He nodded gently. ‘Good,’ he said firmly. ‘That’s part of the point,’ I went on. ‘I want to write
about the club from the point of view of the supporters, a sort of fan’s eye view. Getting behind
the scenes is every fan’s dream – whether it’s here or somewhere else. I’ve never written
anything like this, although I have written a couple of books. And I am trained, as an academic,
in habits of analysis, in trying to figure out how things work. And I’m a supporter of the
club, so I don’t think there is anything to fear.’
D. As I was speaking, the mobile phone rang, and he answered it with an apologetic shrug. A
brief and cryptic one-sided conversation ensued, with obscure references to hotels and phone
numbers. When he hung up, he explained: ‘We’re trying to sign a full-back. Good player. But
there are three agents involved, and two continental sides want to sign him, so we’ve got him
hidden in a hotel. If we can keep them away from him for another couple of days, he’ll sign.’
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E. He considered this for a moment. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘there is the ClubCall line, the match-day
programmes, and the articles in the local and national papers. There’s lots of information about.’
He sounded like a politician trying to claim for his party the moral authority of open government,
while at the same time giving nothing away.
F. Not at all. ‘It’s funny you should ask,’ he said, ‘because you’re the second person this week
who has come in with a request to write a book about the club. And I’ve just been approached by
the BBC with a proposal to do a six-part documentary about the club. ‘Are you going to let them
do it?’ I asked. ‘I don’t think,’ he said wryly, ‘that a six-part series on what a nice club Coventry
City is would make good television.’
G. ‘So, what can I do for you?’ He made it sound as if he were interested. Poised and well
dressed, though without foppishness, he had that indefinable polish that one often observes in
people of wealth or celebrity. By polish I do not mean good manners, though that frequently
accompanies it, but something more tangible: a kind of glow, as if the rich and famous applied
some mysterious ointment (available only to themselves) every morning, and then buffed their
faces to a healthy sheen.
H. There, I’d done it. The worst that he could do was to tell me to get lost. Part of me, to tell the
truth, would have been just a little relieved. But he didn’t do anything. He sat quite still,
listening, letting me make my pitch.
Part III. Write an essay of about 350 words on the following topic. Write your answer in
the blank space provided on your answer sheet. (30 points)
It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sports or
music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to
become a good sports person or musician.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
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