KỲ THI NĂNG KHIẾU LẦN 1 NĂM HOC 2021 - 2022 MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 11 CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN NGUYỄN TRÃI - HẢI DƯƠNG Mã A519668

A. LISTENING. (30 points)

I. Listen to a radio programme about two explorers. For questions 1-5, decide if the following sentences are

True (T) or False (F). (10 points)

No. Questions True False

1 Social conventions made it difficult for Ida Laura Pfieffer to travel.

2 She was accidentally involved in attempt to overthrow a government.

3 Mary Kingsley began exploring with her parents.

4 She could easily have died when she fell into a hole.

5

Her descriptions of African culture are very similar to those in Joseph Conrad's Heart

of Darkness.

II. You will hear a writer talking about a book she has just written on the subject of aspirin. For questions 6-

13, complete the sentences. (8 points)

THE STORY OF ASPIRIN

Doctors in (6)______________ treated their patients with a medicine derived from the bark of the willow.

Edward Stone believed that (7) ______________ was similar to quinine.

The active ingredient of aspirin was isolated in (8) ______________.

Unfortunately, salicylic acid can affect the (9) ______________ quite badly.

The first commercially available aspirins were made by Bayer, a ______________ (10)

However, there was little (11) ______________ into the way aspirin works for nearly 70 years.

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MÔN: ANH

LỚP 11

Ngày thi: 19/04/2021 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

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Some scientists think that people over (12) ______________ should take aspirin to prevent certain

diseases.

It appears that (13) ______________ grown without artificial chemicals also contain the active Ingredients

of aspirin.

III. You will hear parts of a lecture about the film director Alfred Hitchcock. Choose the correct letter A, B or

C (12 points)

14. Why did Hitchcock want the camera to move in a particular way?

A. It meant that scenes could be filmed more quickly.

B. It changed the way the viewer followed the action.

C. It was what viewers expected.

15. What does the lecturer say about the filming of the shower scene in Psychol?

A. Hitchcock was wasting valuable time.

B. Today’s filmgoers are not interested in such detail.

C. Spending a week filming one scene would now be too expensive.

16. Which of the following statements about Hitchcock’s movies is NOT true?

A. The viewer is left to imagine many of the actual murders.

B. The real aim is to expose his characters’ inner thoughts.

C. It is easy to guess the ending of a Hitchcock film.

17. According to the lecturer, viewers of Psycho identify with the murderer because _______?

A. the character they initially relate to is dead.

B. he is a likeable character.

C. the other characters are not very interesting.

18. The lecturer believes that before Hitchcock ____________.

A. directors always acted in their own films.

B. directors did not play such an important role in film-making.

C. people knew what the director looked like.

19. What is the main theme of the lecture?

A. the movie Psycho

B. a comparison of various Hitchcock movies

C. Hitchcock’s contribution to cinema

B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR. (50 points)

I. Choose the best answer for each question. (10 points)

1. You must be prepared to _____ yourself to greater stress if you take on a second job.

A. offer B. subject C. field D. place

2. To begin studying chemistry at this level, you must already have proved your ability in a related _____.

A. line B. discipline C. region D. rule

3. There was considerable doubt _____ exactly who was responsible for the accident.

A. out of B. as to C. as for D. for

4. Their plan was out of this _____ but unfortunately the outcome was not so impressive.

A. moon B. planet C. world D. earth

5. All candidates will be treated equally, _____ of their age or background.

A. notwithstanding B. discounting C. irrelevant D. irrespective

6. If you come to the theatre late, you have to wait until the ____ to get in.

A. break B. interval C. refreshment D. …