ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2021 SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC THPT CHUYÊN VĨNH PHÚC Mã A220805

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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC THPT CHUYÊN VĨNH PHÚC

KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT

NĂM 2021

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 18/10/2020

Đề thi có 14 trang

• Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển. • Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. I. LISTENING (50 POINTS)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU • Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.

• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 02 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.

• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe ________________________________ Part 1. You will hear five short extracts with different people talking about adventure holidays. For question 1 – 5, choose from the list (A – H) what each speaker did on their holiday.

A. helped to build a school B. stayed in places for free C. stayed in a hotel Speaker 1

1

D. stayed in an accommodation which was built using traditional methods

Speaker 2

2

E. stayed in a canal boat Speaker 3

3

F. stayed in a hard-to-reach part of a country Speaker 4

4

G. shared a room with others Speaker 5

5

H. got up every morning Part 2. For questions 6 – 10, you will hear a radio interview with the gardening experts Jed and Helena Stone. Listen and decide whether the following sentences are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the box provided. 6. Helena feels amused that she and Jed have a name people tend to remember. 7. Jed would appreciate it were he in public places without being recognised. 8. When Helena started her work on The Travel Show, she felt obliged to do it. 9. Jed was inspired to make a jewel garden by the illustrations at a talk he attended. 10. Helena agrees with Jed that the name “jewel garden” represents a way to positively combine both past and present.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3. You will hear an interview with a British politician. For questions 11-15 choose the answer A, B, C or D. 11. Susan says that she particularly dislikes politicians who __________

A. pretend to feel strongly about issues. B. disguise their real beliefs. C. are indecisive about issues. D. openly treat voters with contempt.

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12. When she had her disagreement with Martin Jones, Susan

A. decided that personal ambition was not her main motivation. B. began to feel that she had failed as a politician. C. felt that her point of view was not correctly understood. D. regretted the effect it would have on her future in politics. 13. What was Susan’s attitude to involving colleagues in the controversy?

A. She realized that they were unlikely to share her point of view. B. She was reluctant to do so because she was not sure she was right. C. She thought that involving colleagues would make things worse. D. She felt they should decide for themselves whether she had a point. 14. When asked whether her opinion of her colleagues has changed, Susan says that

A. their reaction has made her reluctant to get into the same position again. B. she prefers those who criticized her to those who kept their opinions private. C. there may come a time when she does not publicly support them on issues. D. politicians place too much emphasis on their personal opinions of each other. 15. Susan thinks she was considered mad by some other politicians because __________

A. her behavior was out of character. B. they found her intimidating. C. she did not conform. D. her unselfishness shamed them. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4. For questions 16–25, listen to a piece of news from the BBC about technology development in New York and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided. • The project New York Wi-fi Orchestra: o aims at connecting various people as well as turning New York into an unparalleled, …