Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 năm học 2015-2016 - Kỳ thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi cấp Trường

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TỔ: TIẾNG ANH
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KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG
SỐ PHÁCH
Lần 2 – NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016
Môn thi
Thời gian thi
Ngày thi 
: TIẾNG ANH
: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
: 26/12/2015
Đề thi có 14 trang
· Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
· Giám thi coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.
I. LISTENING. (2,5pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
· Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 30 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.
· Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Kết thúc bài nghe thí sinh có 3 phút đẩ hoàn thành bài.
· Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: You will hear an article about “The Boat Race”. (1,0pt)
Listen and give short answers to the following questions. You will listen to the tapes TWICE.
1. How many rowers are there in a team?
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2. How are the rowers usually?
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3. Why is the cox usually small?
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4. When do the teams begin training?
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5. What happens in December?
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6. How long is the race?
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7. How many people watch the race from the banks?
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8. Why do people organize the practice races?
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9. Does the race take place along river Tyne?
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10. How many people around the world watch the race on TV?
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Part 2: You will hear the librarian of a new town library talking to a group of people who are visiting the library. (0,5pt)
Label the plan below. Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letters A-I next to questions 11-15. You will listen to the tapes TWICE.
YOUR ANSWER:
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Part 3: You will hear the lecture about the poet Sylvia Plath. For each question, circle the correct answer. You will listen to the tapes TWICE. (1,0pt)
16. The Bell Jar was  
A. about her father 
C. a very successful collection of poems
B. her first novel 
D. her last poem 
17. Sylvia Plath’s “Collected poems” 
A. won the Pulitzer Prize twenty years after it was published 
B. were written during the last year of her life 
C. won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 
D. were never published 
18. Sylvia’s husband 
A. made movies
C. was also a poet
B. died in 2003
D. had a movie made about him 
19. Susan Bassnett thought Sylvia’s work  
A. was about her husband 
C. was about work life 
B. wasn’t very good 
D. was of great interest to women 
20. Sylvia’s brother  
A. was two years older than her 
C. was a professor at Boston University 
B. was born two years after her 
D. was a highly educated academic 
21. Sylvia Plath’s time at college was difficult because  
A. she got bad grades 
C. boys didn’t like her
B. she won a scholarship
D. she was short of money
22. In 1953 Sylvia  
A. left New York to get a job as an editor 
B. rejected an offer to teach creative writing 
C. worked as a guest editor in New York 
D. returned to new York because she was depressed 
23. What does the lecturer imply when she says “Very few modern poets have captured the popular imagination as much as Plath” 
A. Plath was able to understand the hopes of ordinary people.
B. Plath has become very popular. 
C. It is unusual for a modern poet to become popular with ordinary people. 
D. Plath’s writing was about modern people and their imagination. 
24. What does the lecturer imply when she says “This domineering father figure became a common theme that recurred throughout Plath’s writing.” 
A. The image of her father appears in many of her poems.
B. Plath often wrote of her love for her father.
C. Plath writings were dominated by the image of her father.
D. Plath’s father often told her what to write about. 
25. Which THREE sentences best summarise the passage?
A. What’s remarkable about Plath’s work is that it addresses many women’s issues that were ahead of her time. 
B. Plath’s father was one of her guiding influences and he supported and mentored her until he died in 1940. 
C. Plath’s early life was spent living happily by the sea with her mother who had a part time job to support the family. 
D. The real significance and the greatness of work was never recognised within in her lifetime. 
E. Plath’s academic path to success was secured by winning an early scholarship. After this she never looked back. 
F. Plath’s work reflects the many of the personal difficulties that she had whilst growing up and later as a wife and mother.
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR. (7,0pts)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the space provided under this part. (2,0pts)
1. We are having a pot-luck dinner at Tim’s house tomorrow. Everybody is invited!
A. dinner where everybody brings something to eat.
B. dinner where everybody chips in.
C. dinner where only soup is served.
D. dinner where people eat and play games at the same time.
2. The computer has changed ......... work, learn, communicate, and play.
A. how to
B. the way of
C. the way we
D. the way to
3. Alex: “Are you an early bird or a night owl?” – John: “” 
A. Certainly! I do not get up late, I get up early.
C. Oh, I’m a morning person.
B. I’m not sure. I’m not an enthusiastic man.
D. Maybe I have a bird’s eye view.
4. For the next hour it will be possible to buy just one  of bananas and get one more free.
A. bunch
B. branch 
C. hand
D. group
5. Unfortunately, his report doesn’t  with what we’ve learnt from other sources.
A. tally
B. rally
C. pally
D. ally
6. Although the twins look identical, they have widely  opinions on almost every topic under the sun.
A. dissimilar
B. distinct 
C. divergent 
D. distinguished 
7. It was so hot in the restaurant that, after half an hour, we were all starting to 
A. wilt
B. fade
C. shrivel
D. weed
8. At a time, when economic predictions for the family farm are anything  rosy, wind energy is a bright spot on the horizon.
A. and
B. but
C. so
D. for
9. People around the world are getting used to enjoying wireless service  fairly discounted rates.
A. in
B. on
C. from
D. at
10. She slipped away into the  bath, where she picked up a phone and dialed a number.
A. height-ceilinged
B. height-ceiling
C. high-ceiling
D. high-ceilinged
11. That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close 
A. ring
B. distance
C. phone
D. call
12. They live about  from here.
A. an hour of drive
C. an hour’s drive
B. a drive hour
D. a drive of an hour
13. . the Coast Guard, not a single life was lost in the ferry accident.
A. Were it not for
B. Regardless of
C. Thanks to
D. As a result of
14. Charles doesn’t want to be re-elected chairman. He’s going to 
A. sit out
B. stand down
C. sit back
D. stand by
15. This place has gone to the  over the last year. It’s become a terrible company.
A. pigs
B. cats
C. dogs
D. cows
16. A magician is an entertainer who performs a series of deceptive tricks based on the principles of physics, optics, and psychology.
A. impelling
B. misleading
C. undisputed
D. unrivaled
17. When do people think about committing an act of vengeance?
A. When they are lonely
B. When they are exhausted
C. When they try to make a birthday wish
D. When they are angry that someone has done wrong to them
18. The shareholders  the creation of a special committee to deal with the problem.
A. alluded
B. adapted
C. advocated
D. asserted
19.  that you have worked so hard, you can take.
A. Seen
B. In view
C. Just now
D. Seeing
20. We were just about to give your seat to someone else; you got here in the  of time.
A. nick
B. second
C. split
D. point
Part 2: The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Tick (√) each correct line. Write your answer in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
Many people around the world celebrate Christmas Eve in different way. It is observed in many countries such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Worker in some countries get a day off or half-day off to prepare for Christmas Day, includes last-minute shopping for presents, decorations or food. In some countries Christmas Eve is celebrated with large family meals featuring traditional Christmas dishes. In some cultures, presents are exchanged and opened at the night of Christmas Eve. Many homes have their Christmas trees lited up, mistletoes hung, and other Christmas decorations, such as holly and ivy, at this time of the year.
Some people organize groups of singers who sing Christmas caroling from door and door, or sing Christmas carols in public venues. It is also a time for children in many countries around the world to hang their Christmas stockings (or pillow cases), hoping to a present to arrive from Santa Claus on Christmas Day, when is December 25 in the Gregorian calendar. Children in France set out their shoes near a fireplace on Christmas Eve because they believe that Father Christmas (Santa Claus), also is known as le Père Noël (in French), will arrive before dawn and fill them with toys, nuts and sweets.
Many churches hold special services during Christmas Eve, including midnight services. These services include special choirs and sermons to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Many churches also display a crèche or miniature Nativity scene. Christmas celebration in different countries combine the country’s cultural traditions, beliefs and superstitions with more contemporary customs, such as Santa Claus and Christmas trees.
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Part 3: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
BECOMING A TOP ATHLETE
To be (0. SUCCESS)  in a sport requires a number of things including ambition and (1. DEDICATE)  Without these qualities, it is very difficult to complete at a high level. Most of the famous sportspeople we know today began training during their (2. CHILD)  in order to reach their peak while still comparatively young.
Athletes should pay careful (3. ATTEND)  to their diet, because (4. NOURISH)  food is essential for maintaining a strong body which is less liable to suffer injury. Diet is also important because it must be adequate to support such (5. ENERGY)  activity.
It is also necessary to have the (6. DETERMINE)  to succeed. Athletes will often encounter temporary (7. FAIL)  on their road to eventual success, and they must mentally prepare themselves so that this type of (8. COURAGE)  doesn’t have too strong a negative effect on their future (9. PERFORM)  Even if a sufficiently talented athlete puts in the time and effort required, they will also need (10. PATIENT) ., and perhaps a little luck, in order to succeed. 
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Part 4: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING
Sometimes the way we view life seems to be determined not by what really happens to us, so much as by our (0. PERCEIVE)  of what happens. This is sometimes called counterfactual thinking. Let’s look at the example of sport. For those who come second in race, their (1. CLOSE)  to winning creates an intense feeling of (2. SATISFY) , and they need to find an excuse for their ‘failure’. Conversely, bronze (3. MEDAL)  often feel lucky because they nearly didn't win anything at all. It’s the same feeling you get when a traffic leads you to miss a flight. Missing it by an hour is much less (4. FRUSTRATE)  than missing it by just a few minutes.
Another type of counterfactual thinking occurs when we regret doing things that cause problems far more than we regret doing nothing; even though (5. INACTIVE)  can lead to just as many problems as (6. WISE)  actions.
Counterfactual thinking also happens when we think about the past and wish something had or had not happened. This desire can be so (7. POWER)  that we can even change our own memories of the past, making (8. ADJUST)  to the factual facts to create new memories that suit us better. We do this, for example, when we want to avoid facing up to (9. COMFORT)  truths.
If we’re not careful, therefore, counterfactual thinking can lead us to (10. WRITE)  history, and so lose sight of real events altogether.
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Part 5: Complete the following paragraph with the words given in the box. (1,0pt)
WIND IS A CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
Human beings have used the wind to (1)  power for thousands of years, starting with sail boats to travel or fish and wind mills to grind grain or lift water. Today, (2)  the wind is also one of the cleanest, most (3)  ways to (4)  electricity.
Wind power produces no toxic emissions and none of the heat trapping emissions that contribute to global climate change. Wind energy is (5)  the fastest growing sources of renewable energy in the world.
The motion of the wind is (6)  and converted to electricity by wind (7)  generators. The (8)  of the turbine blades turns a shaft connected to a generator that produces electricity. The blades are situated high atop towers to take advantage of stronger, less (9)  winds. Many wind turbines (10)  together to generate bulk electrical power are called a wind farm.
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only
generate
turbulent
turbine
alternative
supply
sustainable
grouped
captured
harnessing
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Part 6: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the two-word verbs below. Write your answer in the numbered box. Each verb is used only once. (1,0pt)
stand up to
bail out
take over from
do away with
touch on
sit in
roll up
bumped into
turn out
set about
1. Every week this factory . 2000 new cars.
2. When Tom  the previous manager, he had a lot of problems with the staff.
3. This booklet gives tips on how to  loosing weight.
4. These machines need to be solid. They have to  a lot of rough treatment.
5. During my talk I’ll try to  some of the problems that have com up in the last few months.
6. The workers decided to . until their demands were met.
7. Linda was walking through the park when she  an old friend. 
8. These ​ridiculous ​rules and ​regulations should have been  ​years ago.
9. The fly was annoying him so he  a newspaper and tried to hit it.
10. The government can't  every unprofitable state enterprise.
III. READING. (9,0pts) 
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
EASTER ISLAND
Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2,000 miles (0) from the nearest city. Easter Island is (1)  for its statues. Hundreds of these huge, stone faces can be (2)  all over the island. Who made them? How (3)  they move these giant pieces of rock? What happened (4)  the people who lived there? Studies show that people (5)  arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a very advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their (6)  written language. However, the number of people on the island grew and grew (7)  it reached about 10,000 people. Soon there were too many people and there wasn’t (8)  food to eat. A terrible war started and (9)  of the statues were broken. When western explorers (10)  the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once lived there.
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A. for
B. from
C. on
D. by
1.
A. important
B. interesting
C. famous
D. fascinating
2.
A. looked
B. located
C. found
D. situated
3.
A. have
B. were
C. had
D. did
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A. to
B. with
C. about
D. for
5.
A. once
B. first
C. just
D. already
6.
A. only
B. own
C. clever
D. self
7.
A. so
B. until
C. although
D. because
8.
A. many
B. some
C. too
D. enough
9.
A. much
B. lots 
C. few
D. many
10.
A. invented
B. discovered
C. sailed
D. came
Part 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
If you think that people’s hobbies are getting weirder, think again. Modern hobbies are tame (0) compared to some of the things people (1)  in the past. Here are just a few.
These days, everyone knows how to (2)  with photographs to make them look different from the real life. Trick photography goes back many years before the days of Photoshop. Back in the late 1800s, when photography was in its (3) , people used to enjoy posing with their families in headless photographs. Otherwise serious family portraits would feature a typical family in the best Sunday clothes, except that the father would be (4)  an axe, mother would be headless and a child would be holding mama’s head (5) 
The effect was achieved by layering the imagines of different photo negatives on top of each other. Judging by the sheer number of such pictures out there, it was a pretty common (6)  a century or so ago.
Go back in history even further, to the days of the American civil war in the 1860s, another free-time activity was the battlefield picnic. There was strong belief among the northerners that the civil war would be over quickly, and the public wanted front (7)  seats. At the first battle of Bull Run, troops were followed by hundreds of civilians carrying picnic baskets and (8)  glasses, who then watched the (9)  from what they considered to be a safe distance. In the morning, the battle went in their (10) , but later on Confederate reinforcements arrived and the tide turned. Soldiers and picnickers alike were soon running for their lives.
All in all, the today’s free-time pursuits seem positively tame compared to those of our ancestors! 
0.
A. compare
B. comparing
C. uncompared
D. compared
1.
A. got over
B. got around to
C. got up to
D. got by
2.
A. tinker
B. twinkle
C. meddle
D. potter
3.
A. immaturity
B. infancy
C. childhood
D. birth
4.
A. controlling
B. wielding
C. exerting
D. operating
5.
A. above
B. afield
C. aloft
D. ahead
6.
A. tendency
B. cult
C. deed
D. fad
7.
A. ticket
B. stall
C. row
D. place
8.
A. opera
B. ballet
C. concert
D. theatre
9.
A. aftermath
B. affairs
C. episodes
D. proceedings
10.
A. pleasure
B. favour
C. preference
D. support
Part 3: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circiling A, B, C or D to indicate your answer which you think fits best. (1,0pt)
A lot of advice is available for college leavers heading for their first job. In this article we consider the move to a second job. We are not concerned with those looking for a second temporary position while hunting for a permanent job. Nor are we concerned with those leaving an unsatisfactory job within the first few weeks. Instead, we will be dealing with those of you taking a real step on the career ladder, choosing a job to fit in with your ambitions now that you have learnt your way around, acquired some skills and have some idea of where you want to go. 
What sort of job should you look for? Much depends on your long-term aim. You need to ask yourself whether you want to specialize in a particular field, work your way up to higher levels of responsibility or out of your current employment into a broader field. 
Whatever you decide, you should choose your second job very carefully. You should be aiming to stay in it for two or three years. 
This job will be studied very carefully when you send your letter of application for your next job. It should show evidence of serious career planning. Most important, it should extend you, develop you and give you increasing responsibility. Incidentally, if you are interested in traveling, now is the time to pack up and go. You can do temporary work for a while when you return, pick up where you left off and get the second job then. Future potential employers will be relieved to see that you have got it out of your system, and are not likely to go off again. 
Juliette Davidson spent her first year after leaving St. Aldate’s College working for three lawyers. It was the perfect first job in that “OK ... they were very supportive people. I was gently introduced to the work, learnt my way around an office and improve my word processing skills. However, there was no scope for advancement. One day, I gave my notice, bought an air ticket and traveled for a year. 
 Juliette now works as a Personal Assistant to Brenda Cleverdon, the Chief Executive of business in the Community. “In two and a half years I have become more able and my job has really grown”, she says. “Right from the beginning my boss was very keen to develop me. My job title is the same as it was when I started but the duties have changed. From mainly typing and telephone work, I have progressed to doing most of the correspondence and budgets. I also have to deal with a variety of queries, coming from chairmen of large companies to people wanting to know how to start their own business. Brenda involves me in all her work but also gives me specific projects to do and events to organize.”
1. Who is intended to benefit from the advice given in the article?
A. students who have just finished their studies 
B. people who are unhappy with their current job
C. those who are interested in establishing a career 
D. people who change jobs regularly
2. According to the writer, why is the choice of your second job important?
A. It will affect your future job prospects. 
B. It will last longer than your first job.
C. It will be difficult to change if you don’t like it. 
D. It should give you the opportunity to study.
3. The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to your _______.
A. first job
B. second job
C. application
D. career
4. If you have a desire to travel, when does the writer suggest that you do it?
A. straight after you have left college 
B. when you are unable to find a permanent job
C. after you have done some temporary work 
D. between the first and second job
5. What is meant by “you have got it out of your system” in paragraph 4?
A. You have planned your career sensibly.
B. You are an experienced traveler.
C. You have satisfied your wish to travel. 
D. You have learned to look after yourself.
6. According to the writer, your second job ________.
A. should be totally different from your first job 
B. should give you more time to relax
C. should be the advancement of your previous one 
D. should give you more chances to prove yourself
7. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?
A. You needn’t find a permanent job as soon as you come back from your traveling.
B. Employers have high opinion of candidates who left previous jobs to satisfy their wish to travel.
C. Your first job will be of greater importance than the second one in case you want to change your job again.
D. After your journey, you can still continue with what you were doing at the time you left.
8. The word “incidentally” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. coincidently
B. deliberately
C. unfortunately
D. surprisingly
9. How did Juliette Davidson benefit from the experience of her first job?
A. It was good introduction to working in an office.
B. She met a variety of interesting people.
C. It enabled her to earn enough money to travel. 
D. She learnt how to use a word processor.
10. In what way is Juliet’s current job better than her first job?
A. She has a more impressive job title.
B. She now knows how to start her own business.
C. She has been able to extend her skills. 
D. She is more involved in the community.
Part 4: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circiling A, B, C or D to indicate your answer which you think fits best. (0,5pt)
It is men’s nature to live together in families and tribes, and cities and nations, and therefore men have learned to prize those qualities in each other which make social life the happiest and best.
Of these qualities one of the most important is sympathy－fellow-feeling. If a man had no fellow-feeling, we should call him “inhuman”; he would be no true man. We think so much of this quality that we call a kind man “human”－that is, man-like in his conduct, first to other men, and afterwards to all living things.
If you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind or thoughtfull to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtful towards animals. This is why the wise man of old wrote, “The merciful man is merciful to his beast.”
What a pleasure it is also to be loved by our pets or domestic animals; and to feel that we are caring for them and are deserving of their love; or to watch the ways of wild creatures, and gradually to make friends with them!
Treating animals kindly does not mean that we must never inflict any pain on them. We ourselves are trained by pains as well as by pleasures; so too, punishment is sometimes needed to train our dogs and horses to obey us. We endure pains at the hands of the surgeon, to cure some wound or to heal some disease; so too, animals must submit to being doctored.
We send out our bravest men to face wounds, sickness and death, for the good of the nation; so too, we let our horses share the risk of battle. For similar reasons, we cannot hesitate to destroy dangerous creatures like wolves and show senseless ferocity. It is no excuse to say that these animals deserve to be treated cruelly on account of their own cruelty. They are not really cruel, for they tear and kill not from love of unkindness, but because they must do so in order to live.
1. One of the most important qualities of men is fellow-feeling because _______.
A. you are likely to be cruel and thoughtful without it.
B. a man would be inhuman without it.
C. men can’t bear any pain on themselves and animals.
D. only sympathy makes a man man-like in his conduct.
2. The author would probably agree with the following EXCEPT that ________.
A. we must never force any pain on animals.
B. some people have to kill some animals in order to live.
C. it is human for a doctor to cut off some part from the animals.
D. wise men are not only good to men but also to animals.
3. What do you think is the title of the passage?
A. Loving your pet.
B. Fellow-feeling.
C. Making friends with animals.
D. Kindness to animals.
4. Which of the following is inhuman according to the writer?
A. To treat animals cruelly because they are cruel.
B. To train animals.
C. To destroy some of the dangerous animals.
D. To make animals submit to being doctored.
5. The underlined word “inflict” here means _______.
A. make sb/sth suffer
B. forbid
C. punish
D. avoid
Part 5: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circiling A, B, C or D to indicate your answer which you think fits best. (1,0pt)
The most thoroughly studied cases of deception strategies employed by ground-nesting birds involve plovers, small birds that typically nest on beaches or in open fields, their nests merely scrapes in the sand or earth. Plovers also have an effective repertoire of tricks for distracting potential nest predators from their exposed and defenseless eggs or chicks. The ever-watchful plover can detect a possible threat at a considerable distance. When she does, the nesting bird moves inconspicuously off the nest to a spot well away from eggs or chicks. At this point she may use one of several ploys. One technique involves first moving quietly toward an approaching animal and then setting off noisily through the grass or brush in a low, crouching run away from the nest, while emitting rodent like squeaks. The effect mimics a scurrying mouse or vole, and the behavior rivets the attention of the type of predators that would also be interested in eggs and chicks.
Another deception begins with quiet movement to an exposed and visible location well away from the nest. Once there, the bird pretends to incubate a brood. When the predator approaches, the parent flees, leaving the false nest to be searched. The direction in which the plover “escapes” is such that if the predator chooses to follow, it will be led still further away from the true nest.
The plover’s most famous stratagem is the broken-wing display, actually a continuum of injury-mimicking behaviors spanning the range from slight disability to near-complete elplessness. One or both wings are held in an abnormal position, suggesting injury. The bird appears to be attempting escape along an irregular route that indicates panic. In the most extreme version of the display, the bird flaps one wing in an apparent attempt to take to the air, flops over helplessly, struggles back to its feet, runs away a short distance, seemingly attempts once more to take off, flops over again as the “useless” wing fails to provide any lift, and so on. Few predators fail to pursue such obviously vulnerable prey. Needless to say, each short run between “flight attempts” is directed away from the nest.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss? 
A. The nest-building techniques of plovers.
B. How predators search for plovers.
C. The strategies used by plovers to deceive predators.
D. Why plovers are vulnerable to predators
2. The word “merely” in fine 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. often
B. only
C. usually
D. at first
3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage about plovers? 
A. Their eggs and chicks are difficult to find.
B. They are generally defenseless when away From their nests.
C. They are slow to react in dangerous situations.
D. Their nests are on the surface of the ground.
4. The word “emitting” in line 9 is closest in meaning to ______