SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 11 THPT NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Dành cho học sinh các trường THPT không chuyên
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
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Đề thi có 04 trang
I. Listening.
Listen and complete the notes
FILM SURVEY
Date of survey: (1) …………
Number of people responding(2)………………
Result of the survey
Most popular type of film: (3)…………
e.g “ The Godfather”.
Best plot : Two popular themes
(4) ………. And good versus evil
(NB can have a (5) of both themes e.g . in “ Star War”
Most popular settings:
Place: (6) locations (e.g. desert, jungles).
Time: the (7)……….
Most popular stars:
Male : Robert de Niro, Harrison Fort, Humphrey Bogart
Female: Diane Keaton, Hudie Foster, Marilyn Monroe, Carrie Fisher.
(NB pop female stars had (8) …..and glamour)
Titles of the most popular films
Often consisted of (9) and included name of a place or (10)……
II. Choose one word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the other words. Write your
answer in the answer sheet

12. It is hard to get… parts for this car if something goes wrong.
A. spare B. extra C. additional D. emergency.
13. I’ve got to work late tonight-something has…
A. come out B. come up C. turned out D. turned off.
14. Mrs Robinson … great pride in her cooking.
A. gets B. finds C. has. D. takes.
15. More than thirty people… evidence to the court during the four-week trial.
A. produced B. explained C. gave D. spoke.
16. If i… you again in my orchard, looking for oears, you’ll be sorry!
A. make eyes at B. catch sight of C. see through D. take a view of.
17. Don’t put …. Until tomorrow what you can do today.
A. down B. off C.out D. up.
18. He stood on the… of the ship and watched the seagulls dive for fish.
A. floor B. ground C. platform D. deck.
19. Veronica broke the school rules so many times that the headmistress finally had no alternative but to…
her
A. export B. deport C. expel D. eject.
20. The shopping centre is easily… from the motorway.
A. affordable B. available C. accountable D. accessible.
IV Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
1. When the movie was over, John and me went for a quick walk.
A B C D
2. Mrs. Adams was surprise that her son and his friend had gone to the mountains to ski.
A B C D
3. My counselor suggested that I make my professor to change my grade
A B
since I was sick the day of the exam.
C D
4. As soon as I saw the smoke, I called the fire department, but they haven’t arrived yet
A B C D

Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows but they were disappointed with
(2) programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn’t follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip
readers could only catch part of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people.
In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcom Norwood thought that deaf people could (3)
television programs, too. He wanted to delvelop captions for the programs. Norwood worked for the federal
government’s Media Services and Captioned films Division at the Bureau of Education of the
Handicapped.
Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans. He wanted to see how they felt about seeing captions on the
television screen. Too many people were against the (4) . Norwood realized he had to develop another way
of captioning – one that would not (5) hearing people.
In october of 1971, Norwood’s (6) signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television station in
Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to (7) a captioned televisiopn program
for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention.
The type of captions made by WGBH could (8) on any television. No special equipment was needed.
These were called “ open captions”.
Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special part of the
television picture. the signals could be captions. if a family had another kind of machine in their home or in
their TV set, then the captions (or signals) would (9) on their television screen. Without the machine, no
captions would be seen. That special machine is called a decoder. it receives the signals transmitted from the
television station, Caption that (10) a decoder are called “ closed captions”.
1. A. missed B. spoiled C. shared D. created.
2. A. racing B. local C. color D. other.
3. A. write B. recommend C. enjoy D. ignore.
4. A. questions B.law C. idea D. sound.
5. A.interest B. help C. bother D. teach.
6. A.company B. office C. students D. channel.
7. A.make B. do C. habe D. write.
8. A. describe B. confuse C. require D. block.
9. A. appear B. disappear C. show D. happen.
10. A. seen B. put C. turned D. had.

A. To Kansas B. to New Mexico C. to Texas D. to California.
3.The word “ fled” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following phrases?
A. passed away B. became ill C. ran away D. gave up.
4.The word “ it” in line 4 refers to :
A. topsoil B. the DustBowl C. wind D. result.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Ranchers caused the DustBowl by grazing too many buffaloes on the grasslands.
B. The DustBowl was brought to an end by rainstorm.
C. The Great Plain is a wheat-producing region in the United States.
D. All the homesteaders had to abandon their farms during the DustBowl
VI. Writing.
A. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. He never thought of telling her.
It never………………………………………………………..
2. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.
Only by ……………………………………………………….
3.The students’ riotous behaviour should have been severely punished.
The students deserved…………………………………………
4.I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Rather…………………………………………………………..
5.He suddenly thought that he might have misunderstood her.
It crossed………………………………………………………..
6.If we wait long enough, we’ll get what we want.
It’s just…………………………………………………………..
7.Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past.
We………………………………………………………………..
8.I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.
It came……………………………………………………………
9.A lot of men think that it’s wrong for women to work.
A lot of men disapprove………………………………………….

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.C 5.B
6.B 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.D
C/5ps
.1C 2.E 3.A 4.B 5F
D/5 ps
1A 2D 3C 4B 5C.
VI. Writing. 10points
A/
1 It never occured to him to tell her.
2 Only by operating immediately can we save your eyesight.
3 The students deserved severe punishment for their riotous behaviour.
4 Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
5 It crossed his mind that he might have misunderstood her.
6 It’s just a question/matter of waiting long enough to get what we want.
7 We shall soon find a solution to overcome our present financial problems.
8 It came as no surprise (to me) that Harry had failed his driving test.
9 A lot of men disapprove of women working
10 All being well, I’ll see you next week.
B/ topic:15ps
Requirements:Clear, coherent, Fluent
Outline:
Date……
Salutation,
Introduction of the place(e.g: I’m glad you are going to Vietnam this summer. I would like to introduce to
you something about Halong Bay .)
Body : + location, weather
+ places to visit
+entertainment
+Food
+ people