SỞ GD&ĐT BẮC NINH HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC NINH ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC KHU VỰC DHBB
NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
(Đề thi đề xuất) Môn: Tiếng anh – lớp 11

A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: You will hear a radio discussion about writing a novel. For questions 1-5,
choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10pts)
- CAE Practice Test
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A

Part 2: Listen to a lecture about population growth. For questions 1 – 5, decide

whether these statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). (10pts) - ExamEnglish
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T

Part 3: You will hear part of a lecture on the subject of jellyfish. For questions 1 - 5,
give short answers to the questions USING NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.
(10pts) – CPE Cambridge 5
1. They are 97% water 4. application of vinegar / applying vinegar
2. wind effects, tidal movements 5. internal organs
3. sheltered bays

Part 4: Listen to a piece of news about the loss of rainforests and complete the
summary below. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.
(20pts) – Seeker Daily
1. commercial use 6. rising sea levels
2. 25% / a quarter of / 1/4 7. wars/disputes
3. medical compounds 8. exploitation
4. herbal remedies / medicines 9. reduce poverty
5. carbon sinks 10. alternative vegetable oils

B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)

Part 1: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 pts) (WORD PERFECT + OLYMPIC 30-4)
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. C
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. A

Part 2: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (5 pts)- CPE practice test

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 No Line Mistake Correction
1 3 healthy → health
2 4 modern → modernization
3 5 diagnosis → diagnostic
4 7 on (progress) → in (progress)
5 12 computered → computerized

Part 3: Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or
particles. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes ( 5pts)
1. for 2. round 3. across 4. off 5. round / to

Part 4: Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 pts)
(Source: https://www.coursehero.com/file/p3rkn2i)
1. fulfillment/ fulfilment 2. substantial (substantive) 3. underestimated
4. magnification 5. adherence 6. anatomical
7. suspicion 8. noticeably 9. seductive 10. significance

C. READING (60 pts)

Part 1: For questions 1-10. Read the following passage and decide which answer A, B,
C or D best fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10
pts) English.Advanced.Vocabulary.and.Structure - Test 7
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D
6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B

Part 2: For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each space. Use only one word in each space (10 pts)- Adapted from The Guardian –
How to cope better with stress
1. linked 2. significant 3. shown 4. matters 5. attributing
6. weather 7. standards 8. cheers 9. mood/feeling/emotion 10. support

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided below the passage (15
pts) – How to prepare for TOEFL iBT
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. A

Part 4: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow (15 pts) – IELTS
Reading Recent Actual Tests Vol 3
1. vi 2. i 3. ii 4. ix 5. v
6. iv 7. yellow-fever 8. institutions/ 9. Europe 10. Singapore

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 epidemic governments
Part 5: Read the following passage and do the task that follows (10 pts) – IELTS
Reading Recent Actual Tests Vol 4
1. E 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. G
6. F 7. F 8. E 9. D 10. A

D. WRITING (60 pts)

Part 1.1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE the word given. You must use
between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. ( 3 points)

1. The Prime Minister saw/ thought fit to make a statement.

2. It was something of a relief to Trudy when she found the truth.

3. I gave him my word (that) there would be no repetition of the situation in the future.

Part 1.2: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the
original one (2 pts).
1. Oliver’s failure in his exam was put down to the fact that he was nervous.
Or / Oliver’s failure in his exam is believed to have resulted from his nerve.

2. The inhabitants are nowhere near as badly-off as they were twenty years ago.
Part 2: (20 points)
1. Completion: 2 pts
2. Content: 6 pts
- Cover the main information in the chart yet not go into too many details.
- Make general remarks and effective comparisons.
3. Organisation: 4 pts
- The ideas are well organized
- The description is sensibly divided into paragraphs
4. Language: 6 pts
- Use a wide range of vocabulary and structure
- Good grammar
5. Punctuation and spelling: 2 pt

Part 3: (35 points)

1. Completion: 3 pts
2. Content: 12 pts
Provide relevant and convincing ideas about the topic, supported by specific example
and/or reasonable justification.
3. Organisation: 8 pts
- Ideas are well organized and presented with unity, cohesion and coherence.
4. Language: 10 pts

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- Demonstrate of a wide range of vocabulary and structures.
- Good use of grammatical structures.
- Present the ideas with clarity.
5. Punctuations and spelling: 2 pts

TOTAL: 200 points

TAPESCRIPT
PART 1
Interviewer: OK, in our weekly spot about how to write a novel, I’m talking to novelist
Louise Doughty. Louise, this week we’re talking about getting comments and feedback
on your work from other people. ‘If there is anything in your own work you think
particularly fine, said Ernest Hemingway, 'strike it out.’ Is that good advice?
Novelist: Well, few would-be novelists aspire to be .is plain and brutal as Hemingway, I
suspect, but his ilii Him is still worth tucking into a corner of your brain - not to be
followed slavishly, but as an antidote to that greal curse of the inexperienced novelist:
over-writing.
Interviewer: How do you know if you are over-writing?
Novelist: Well, an excess of adverbs and adjectives is a clue. Repetition under the guise
of emphasis is another, and extended metaphors should be rationed tightly.
Interviewer: Now, there comes a point in the writing of every novel when you just don’t
know any more. You’ve been immersed in it for weeks, possibly years. You’ve lost sight
of the original impetus behind the book and are plagued with self-doubt - yet at the same
time you know there is something there and are not ready to give up on it. . "
Novelist: Yes, and this is the point at which you should be getting feedback.
Interviewer: From whom?
Novelist: As a rule, I’d advise against getting it from your nearest and dearest. You will
be wounded by their criticism and suspicious of their praise. Instead, join a writing
community of some sort. You need comments from another writer. Those who have been
logging onto my website will know that such a community has formed there. Creative
writing courses and book groups are also good places to find like-minded souls. Through
such contacts you can find someone who understands what you are trying to do - which
is not the same as someone who is uncritical of the way you do it. There is a time and a
place for emotional support, but that is not what we are talking about here.
Interviewer: What kind of comments are useful in your view?
Novelist: Well, you need someone who is prepared to say, 'I really like the opening
paragraph but I thought it went a bit wrong after that because ...’ and, crucially, is
prepared to be specific. ‘I just didn’t like him' is not a helpful comment on a character. 'I
lost sympathy with him in the scene where he tells his brother the truth because I thought
he was too brutal. Maybe you should re-write it making his motivation clearer and his
language softer.’ That is useful advice: you can choose whether to take it or discard it.
Similarly, at the level of prose style, some well-meaning person might say ‘It's a bit
boring’, but a helpful critic would say 'You have three paragraphs of description here

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before you tell us who is talking; maybe you should consider starting the conversation
first and weaving all the description in, instead of having it all in one chunk.’
Interviewer: How do you personally get feedback on your work?
Novelist: The most fruitful relationships I have with other writers are with the novelists
with whom I swap work - usually the person whose novel is under discussion pays for
dinner. If you can find other novelists who are working at a similar level to yourself, with
similar interests, and who are frank and unafraid of frankness from you. then keep them
close at hand. Interviewer: Now what about reactions to feedback? We've talked about
getting it, but what about when you’ve got it?
Novelist: Well, even with a trusted ally, there comes a point when you have to stick to
your guns and say, 'This person whom I really respect doesn’t like this bit but I do and
it’s staying in.’ And of course, feedback can be annoying. For a start, a lot of the
criticism you receive will be stuff which you knew already in your heart of hearts - you
were just hoping nobody else would notice. And sometimes, you will bristle at a certain
comment on your work, not because it is untrue but because the consequences of righting
that particular defect are too daunting to contemplate at that particular time - accurate
criticism is the most painful of all. On other occasions, you will have a gut feeling that
the person reading your work just doesn’t ’get' it, or wants you to write a different novel
entirely. Frequently, the only way to work out if criticism is useful is to nod sagely, then
file it in a drawer. When the wounds have healed over and your ego is not under
immediate threat, then you will be able to assess its true worth.
Interviewer: Right. Now let's move on to talk about...

PART 2
Professor:  Good morning everyone, now in today’s lesson I’d like to talk about
Population Growth, and in particular, fertility rate.  Now, can anyone here define fertility
rate?
Charlene:   Er, is it the number of births in a population, measured per thousand people
per year?
Professor:  Oh, er no, that’s what we call the birth rate.  The number of children born in
a year, per thousand people.  No, the fertility rate is the average number of children born
per woman in her lifetime, that is, if she lives beyond her child-bearing years.  Now, do
you think the British fertility level is higher or lower than it was ... say twenty years ago?
Charlene:   I think it’s lower, because these days women are far more focused on their
careers than they used to be.
Professor:  Well, that point is certainly true, but actually, fertility levels in Britain are
relatively high at the moment.  In 2008, it was 1.96; that means that on average, each
woman gives birth to 1.96 children, and in 2009 it was only slightly lower, at 1.94.  The
last time fertility rates were this high was back in 1973.  In the UK currently, the highest
rate of fertility is in Northern Ireland, where the rate is 2.04, and the lowest is in
Scotland, where the rate is just 1.77.
Charlene:   I don’t understand.  How come fertility rate is going up?  Women are just as
career-driven these days as they were thirty years ago.
Professor:  Well, the reason is that during the 1990s women really started to delay
having families, and that was the reason for the decrease in birth rate then.  Now those

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women are in their thirties and early forties, and they are starting to have families.  So
that’s why the birth rate is going up.
Charlene:   Oh, I see, so it’s not actually as if people are actively choosing to have more
children than they used to.
Professor:  Yes, that’s right Charlene.  The number of children per family is continuing
to fall.  Women who are currently in their 70s had an average of 2.4 children.  Those in
their sixties had 2.2, those in their fifties had 2.0, and the current figure is 1.9.  Actually,
this figure isn’t due to more families choosing to have only one child, although that
certainly is occurring, it’s mainly because of the increasing number of women who have
no children at all.  This figure was 1 in 10 among the age group who are now 65, but now
1 in 4 women in their mid-40s are childless.  
Charlene:   I heard that the fertility rate in Europe is, like, really low.  1.3 or something.
Professor:  That’s right, Charlene. It is. It’s far below the replacement level.  Can you
tell me what replacement level means?  No?  It’s the number of births you need to keep
the population constant.
Charlene:   Yes, I heard that in France they’re trying to get people to have more
children.  They even give out gold medals if you have eight!
Professor:  That’s right.  So, we’ve already mentioned that women are waiting before
having children because of their careers.  Why else is fertility rate generally decreasing?
Charlene:  I think they have fewer children because they’re so expensive.  I mean, I
heard one report that said it costs £200, 000 a year to raise a child here.  But I find that
difficult to believe.  People’s standard of living is far higher now than it used to be a
hundred years ago when families had eight or nine kids.
Professor:  That’s very true, but these days people’s expectations tend to be higher. 
Parents want their children to have the best opportunities in life, so they’re prepared to
pay to develop their children’s talents.
Charlene:  Yes, I heard that in China, where they’re easing off some of the rules of the
one child policy and allowing some couples to have two, many parents are still choosing
to have one.  They say it’s just too expensive.  But, you know, I reckon that, with all this
parental micromanagement that’s going on these days, parents only have the time to
manage one or two children.
Professor:  That’s a good point.  So, now I’d like to look at some different organisations,
and examine what they believe about the current population issues...

PART 3
You will hear part of a lecture on the subject of jellyfish.
What could be nicer on a hot summer’s day than a cooling swim from a sheltered beach?
But sometimes our swimming companions are best given a wide berth; many a holiday
dip has been ruined by an unwelcome brush with the tentacles of a floating jellyfish. So,
how to identify them? A jellyfish looks something like a couple of upside-down dishes
and if you imagine that the central part of the lower dish has been removed, there’s a
mouth in that position. Around the rim there may be many long fine tentacles which
extend and which in many species are used for stinging.
Jellyfish don’t have many enemies - very few things eat them, basically because they are
97% water - it’s like eating a soggy lettuce leaf really. They also have a gelatinous

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texture and, of course, they have a sting. But, for all that, Jellyfish seldom live long: in
fact, many of them only live for one year, so during the winter time they die off Some
small ones that will develop into the big jellyfish lie attached to rocks and overhangs in
sheltered positions and then later they’ll grow to full size, they’ll reproduce and that’ll be
their lifecycle.
Jellyfish have a tendency to swarm - that is, they don’t all consciously decide to swarm,
in fact they have very limited control over where they swim. They’re very vulnerable to
wind effects on the sea and to tidal movements. Sometimes jellyfish and human beings
come together and the consequences can be rather painful. This is because jellyfish get
carried into sheltered bays, by the same processes which create sandy beaches.
There are many different kinds of jellyfish, and the one most commonly encountered, in
Britain at least, is the box jellyfish. This has a body size up to roughly that of a person’s
head, and sixty tentacles trailing behind it, giving an overall length of around three
metres. It floats along near the coast with these tentacles strung out in an attempt to catch
its main prey, which is all sorts of small fish and crustaceans. They’re inclined to turn up
in swarms in quite shallow areas where they can be quite tricky to see, especially if the
water is sunlit too. So when people rush into the water unawares, they can run into what
seems like a curtain of tentacles. It’s not very nice and then it’s difficult to avoid getting
stung.
So, what should you do if this happens? Now, when jellyfish sting, your initial reaction is
to start running away, get out of the water as quickly as possible. But, actually, the more
you run, the faster your heart rate becomes, and the quicker the venom is absorbed. So,
actually, the first thing to do is to calm down the person who’s been stung. It s also been
shown that you can neutralise any tentacles that are still on the person’s body by the
application of vinegar.
But not all jellyfish sting. For example, the blue-coloured moon jellyfish is common
around Britain It won’t harm you and it’s a beautiful sight. You can see its internal
organs because it’s virtually transparent and these seem to glow in the dark in this lovely
blue colour. So they’re well worth looking out for.
Other varieties which you might spot include ... (fade)

PART 4
Since the start of 20th century, roughly half of the world's rainforests have been wiped
out. And by the end of the 21st century, rainforests may go extinct altogether. You may
think it's just a few plants and animals that'll suffer, but modern society relies on
rainforests more than you might realize.
The loss of this dense biodiversity could lead to sickness, poverty, even war.
So, what would a post-rainforest look like?
Well, first it is important to understand why the rainforest is disappearing. Globally, over
the last 40 years, an area possibly the size of Europe has been cleared and repurposed for
commercial use. In some cases the land is replanted with trees that produce rubber or
palm oil, in other cases it is used as grazing land for cattle, or torn down for urban
development. And if nothing is done, we may ultimately see rainforests gone altogether,
and along with them, crucial benefits.

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Without rainforests, some estimate that the basis for up to a quarter of modern medicine
would be lost, with thousands of medical compounds derived from plants. For example,
the rosy periwinkle, which is naturally endemic only to Madagascar, produces two anti-
tumor drugs used to fight leukemia and Hodgkin's Disease. Chemicals synthesized as a
result of this plant contribute to an estimated $160 million dollars per year and the
rainforest plant-drug market in total has been estimated at roughly $150 billion dollars.
Many poor communities rely on rainforest plants life for medicine, as prescription
medication and derivatives are completely unaffordable for large portions of the world's
population.
The World Health Organization estimates that roughly 80% of Africa's population uses
traditional, herbal medicine as part of their primary health care, while in China, up to half
of all medicine consumed are herbal remedies.
Besides a medicinal outlook, the lack of vegetation could mean a rapid rise in climate
change. Rainforests are known as "carbon sinks", which means that they consume
carbon dioxide, clearing it from the atmosphere. Studies show that roughly 40% of
manmade CO2 is absorbed by forests. As carbon dioxide levels rise and rainforest
acreage falls, the subsequent change in climate can contribute to severe droughts, as well
as rising sea levels.
This is a bigger problem than it may seem, as climate change plays a huge role in
geopolitics. Wars over resources are devastating, and demand for farming land continues
to outstrip its supply. In 2014 in northern Honduras, US-backed security forces were
implicated in the murder and intimidation of local farmers involved in disputes over
palm oil. More than 100 people have already been killed over the disputes.
In other parts of the world, entire indigenous tribes are being killed and displaced in
favor of commercial logging and razing.
But stopping this deforestation may not end up solving the larger problem. Even when
ignoring financial gain by businesses which exploit these natural resources, many people
in developing countries rely on the exploitation to survive. For example, palm oil
employs millions of farmers, and the industry plays an important role in reducing
poverty. According to one NGO on Sustainable Palm Oil, as many as 4.5 million people
in Indonesia and Malaysia work in its production. And simply switching to another
method of production could potentially be even worse for the environment. Alternative
vegetable oils, like sunflower, soybean, and rapeseed produce about 4 to 10 times less
oil per acre, so to meet demand, even more land would have to be destroyed.
We all know rainforests are vital, but their direct impacts in day-to-day health, global
stability and the condition of the world's atmosphere are regularly understated. In the
end, a world without rainforests is much more devastating than we might realize, and
much harder to avoid than we might expect.

Origional Reading Text

How can I cope better with stress?
Some people can bounce back from life’s pressures, but others do not seem to
have the capacity. Can anything help them to strengthen their emotional
armour?

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How do you feel when bad things happen? Do you bounce back from adversity or
sob indefinitely? Emotional resilience, the ability that some people have to
withstand stress, was once thought to be a genetic gift. You were either lucky and
had it, or you didn’t and struggled. Studies show that teenagers who fail exams
have an increased risk of depression as adults, while athletes who lose can feel
long-term guilt and humiliation. But recent psychological research suggests that
emotional resilience can be developed. A systematic review of what makes people
able to deal with failure looked at results from 46 studies.

The solution

The study found that having higher levels of self-esteem, a more positive way of
explaining why things happen, and avoiding perfectionist thinking were strongly
linked to bouncing back when things go wrong. Dr Judith Johnson, a clinical
psychologist at the University of Leeds and lead author of the review, says we can
build resilience. “Self-esteem was shown to be significant in two thirds of the
studies we looked at in mediating the link between failure and distress,” she says.

Johnson adds that there are proven cognitive behavioural methods that raise

self-esteem. You don’t have to believe you are wonderful to have emotional
resilience, just that you are adequate. All you need to do is write a list of your
positive qualities and examples of when you have shown them.

How you explain things also matters: if you attribute personal success to fluke
rather than your own work and talent, then you are less able to use success to
boost your self-esteem. If, however, you can brush off a disappointment by
attributing it to external factors, such as not getting a job because they wanted a
different skill mix, then you have the equivalent of emotional armour.

Finally, if you have perfectionist tendencies, lower them. Perfectionists hold rigid
standards that don’t bend in the stormy weather of life. Johnson says we need to
set more realistic standards. ‘‘Encourage people to be the best they can be,” she
says. “If that doesn’t work out, then they should be assured there is a plan B.
Being happy doesn’t depend on passing an exam. Flexible thinking is very
important, especially in the young.”

She also advises self-awareness and noticing when you are stressed. “Negative
emotions tap into the basic instinct of fear, so they narrow your life. If you feel
stuck, do something that cheers you up. You need to plan these things into a
schedule – doing them will chip away at your negative mood, even if you do enjoy

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them a bit less than usual.” Other research shows that the support of friends or
family also helps emotional resilience, as does being physically active.

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