KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 MÔN TIẾNG ANH CÓ ĐÁP ÁN Mã A958530

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BÌNH ĐỊNH KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 11 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

(Phần ĐỌC + VIẾT) Ngày thi: 15/ 01 / 2021 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐỀ THI CÓ 13 TRANG – HỌC SINH KIỂM TRA LẠI SỐ TRANG TRƯỚC KHI LÀM BÀI

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I. LEXICO-GRAMMAR ( 4.0 POINTS) PART 1: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2.0 points) 1. Come on. Spill the________! What is the big secret? A. peas B. beans C. milk D. dust 2. We saw ________ beautiful landscapes while on holiday. A. quite a few B. quite much C. quite many D. quite some 3. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the ________ wonderfully. A. event B. performance C. incident D. occasion 4. In my opinion, it’s only common ________ to wear a seat belt in a car. A. intelligence B. wit C. judgement D. sense 5. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no ________ improvement in her condition. A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible 6. It was daring robbery, which took place ________daylight. A. broad B. total C. wide D. absolute 7. Professor Baker was an ________on the greenhouse effects. A. author B. authority C. authorized D. authorship 8. I can accept criticism in general, but George really _____ it too far, so I had no other option but to show my disapproval. A. carried B. pushed C. put D. made 9. Patrick _____ his joy at winning the prize by inviting his friends to a first-class restaurant for dinner. A. appeared B. envisioned C. exposed D. displayed 10. The small boat drifted helplessly _________ the mercy of the wind and waves. A. in B. with C. to D. at 11. The man’s choice to run away virtually ______ to an admission of guilt. A. devoted B. came C. amounted D. added 12. I have to stress that the ______ is on you to bring up your own children. A. duty B. charge C. onus D. liability 13. She was just an ordinary person before suddenly thrusting into the ______. A. limelight B. floodlight C. headlight D. flashlight 14. Many people no longer trust their own _____ memories and commit every detail of their lives to some digital device or other and are completely lost without it. A. fallible B. susceptible C. vulnerable D. controllable 15. I associate public transport with one of the worst experiences of my life and the _____ of it is that I will never catch a bus again. A. hard and fast B. thick and thin C. long and short D. ups and downs

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16. Getting that job did a lot to ______his ego after having been turned down many times. A. boost B. promote C. develop D. accelerate 17. My boss is a typical person who has to deal with ___________ activities every day. A. miscellaneous B. multifarious C. assorted D. manifold 18. Fortunately, her parents were ______ unaware of what was happening to her. A. rapturously B. exultantly C. blissfully D. jubilantly 19. After five hours, we realized that we had reached ________ in the discussion. Everyone was fidgeting, indicating that they were bored and restless. A. first mate B. running made C. checkmate D. stalemate 20. Today many people find that the pressure they have at work makes their jobs ________ as they have to put their families totally in the background. A. untenable B. unforgivable C. unsustainable D. unreliable

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PART 2: Complete the text with appropriate FORMS FROM THE WORDS given in the box.There are more words than needed. ( 1.0 point)

THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY

Technology changes fast, making it difficult to keep track of the latest developments. Yet, there are certain moments when technology makes a big (1. ) ________on you. Imagine, for example, seeing television or a helicopter for the first time. It would be an (2. ) …