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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐB BẮC BỘ NĂM 2022

MÔN THI: ANH - LỚP: 11 (Thời gian làm bài 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)

I LISTENING (50 points) PART 1 (10 points)

You will hear Alice Brown interviewing Professor Robert Atkins about health scares For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits best according to what you hear

1 How does Professor Atkins feel about the frequency of health scares in the media?

A irritated that the media print nonsense

B reconciled to health scares being a necessary evil

C resigned to the media misunderstanding science

D worried that the health scares might be real

2 What is Alice’s attitude to the threat of the lethal diseases?

A She worries that new ones will occur

B She is doubtful that they can be contained

C She is concerned that they are spread more easily today

C She believes they pose less of danger today

3 Professor Atkins believes that the concerns people have today arise from _

A a lack of spiritual belief

B being misled by scientists and doctors

C bewilderment when their assumptions are challenged

D worry about how diseases are communicated

4 What do Alice and Professor Atkins agree about when it comes to health scares?

A some businesses have a vested interest in promoting them

B some manufacturers see them as the best form of publicity

C some doctors are at fault for not criticizing them sufficiently

D some researchers are looking for publicity

5 What worries Professor Atkins about health scares?

A They could lead to people taking too many pills

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B They are more damaging than real diseases

C They might make people disregard potential risks

D They are difficult to disprove

1 Sasha is currently unemployed

2 Jim understands now why Sasha had problems in her previous apartment

3 The problem with the television is that Sasha has sometimes forgotten to turn the TV off

4 Sasha didn‟t know that Jim used the lights in the apartment as an anti-crime measure

5 Sasha never realized the different cleaner was causing a problem in the shower

Your answers

PART 3 (10 points)

Listen to a talk about how to prevent a food crisis and answer the questions Write

NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided

1 What stimulates Africa‟s economic boom?

2 What will become heavily dependent on AI in Europe?

3 What have fossil fuels been considered in the Middle East?

4 What will substitute for oil disputes in the future?

5 What will come to the throne by 2039?

- Mr Brownlea thinks it will harm the young people and the (2) _

- He would prefer a new restaurant offering (3) _

- He admits that Burger World prices are (4) _

- He believes that fast food chains are causing the disappearance of (5) _ around the world

- Mrs Masters argues that preventing the new outlet‟s opening in Manley will not (6) _ of changing food habit worldwide

- Mr Brownlea is worried that the new fast food will increase the problem of (7) _

- This will make older residents feel (8) _

- Mrs Masters feels that it will be beneficial for young people to use Burger World as a (9) _

- She believes the new restaurant will boost (10) _ of the town

Your answers

II GRAMMAR AND LEXICOLOGY (30 points)

1 Choose the best answer (20 points)

1 The athlete was _ in defeat and praised his opponent's skill, for which he received

a lot of praise

2 I wish you‟d stop _ with that watch It needs to be repaired by a professional

A dabbling B striving C tinkering D preserving

3 His driving is so bad that I always turn _ when I am sitting with him in the car

4 He _ denied the accusations, saying they were totally false

A excessively B superficially C strenuously D unstintingly

5 The runner was far ahead for most of the race, but at the end she won only _

A larger than life B on the dot C by a whisker D a notch above

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6 She‟s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some _ of a personal life

7 Negotiations went _, but we did manage to reach an agreement on the contract by the deadline

A down to the short strokes B down for the count

8 Given the competitiveness of the National Contest, I have to knock it out of the _

or I won‟t be able to win any prizes

9 She was extremely elegant and obviously very _

10 I know it‟s hard at first when you start a new job, but you‟ll soon

A show your teeth B find your feet C follow your nose D try your hand

11 The preparations by the time the guests

A bad been finished/ arrived B have finished I arrived

C had finished/ were arriving D have been finished/ were arrived

12 , playing music is an effective way for them to open their heart to the outside world

A Being visually impaired people B Such were their visual impairments

C Having been visually impaired D For those with visual impairments

13 One day, , she announced that she was leaving

A in the red B in the pink C over the moon D out of the blue

14 John was out of his in the advanced class, so he moved to the intermediate class

15 One of the most important things you have to remember when you join this game is that you should

16 Sailing is not an art

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A more science than B so much a science as C as scientific as

D worth science for

17 you cut down your carbohydrate intake, you _ weight by now

A Had I would have lost B Were/ would have lost C If/ will Jose

D Did/ would

18 It's very important that we as soon as there‟s any change in the

patient‟s condition

A be notified B being notified C are notified · D were notified

19 There are words in English having more than one meaning Pay close attention to this fact

A a large many B quite many C a great many D quite a lot

20 motivate learning is well documented

A That is computers B Computers that C That computers D It is those

1 Unfortunately the game was cancelled because of a pitch (WATER)

2 People in coastal areas live mainly on the _, which allows them to

earn a great deal of money from the sea products (CULTURE)

3 She made a _ return to the stage after several years working in

television (TRIUMPH)

4 Antiseptics and are widely used in hospital to kill the bacteria (INFECT)

5 Thanks to the _ policy, more and more forests have been formed on

locations that used to be treeless (FOREST)

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6 Both are _, extravagant in character, highly lyrical and immediately establish the

soloist as a romantic protagonist (CLAIM)

7 We might have to employ someone temporarily as a _ measure until we can hire

someone permanently (STOP)

8 Upholders of the scientific faith shudder at the implications of having to mix it with such

_ subjective and impure elements (REDEEM)

9 _ should summarize the main facts about their performance based on the staff

evaluation criteria of the company (APPRAISE)

10 It encouraged experimenters to propose or novel approaches to problems

(BEAT)

Your answers

III READING (60 points)

Part 1: In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed Choose from paragraphs (A-H) the one which fits each gap (1-7) There is one extra paragraph you

do not need to use Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (7 points)

The white and silver buildings of the VLT or Very Large Telescope at the ESO (European Organisation for Astronomical research in the Southern Hemisphere) stand tall and imposing on top of a mountain shining brightly under the desert sun At night they come alive, the outer walls open up and silently slide through 360 degrees, allowing an uninterrupted view of the Southern Hemisphere sky Inside, a giant eye looks deep into the stars and beyond, looking for life, mysteries and making sense out of the darkness

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Getting to the place is a journey of discovery in itself After leaving the Pacific Ocean, you head south and hook up with the Panamericana Highway and into the desert, the driest on Earth It's a two-hour drive to the observatory, but it feels longer as the harsh light, the rocky, dusty desert, the complete absence of any form of life, except for the giant trucks plying their trade along the highway, is unsettling

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The reason, we are told, is simple Astronomers need a clear view of the sky at night Optimal conditions are to be found in deserts; there are fewer of the negative factors like light pollution that can make the four telescopes which form VLT work less effectively Here no lights are allowed after dark, all windows are screened, and even the main residence where 108 people sleep, leaks no more than 40W when the lights are turned on

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These monsters and their smaller auxiliaries bring to mind the set of Star Wars But at

sunset, they take on another look This could be Stonehenge, another magic circle where our forefathers tried to make sense of the stars Soon after arriving, we are taken to see the inside of one of the telescopes They have all been named in the indigenous Mapuche language following a competition among Chilean schoolchildren

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Once these have been completed, the telescope is handed over to the team who will operate one or more of the telescopes from a control room All night long these giants will be moving and pointing to the sky helping the scientists unravel new problems Fourteen countries contribute around 160 million euros to their joint astronomical cause, and Paranal

is allocated 20% of that figure Standing in the shadow of the VLT, one wonders what all this taxpayers' money buys

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They all answered with the usual 'finding out where we came from, where we are going, are

we alone in the universe ?' And, as the ESO has no commercial use and is a not-for-profit organization, it's easy to imagine these scientists indulging in their research and being cut off from reality

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One of Paranal's great achievements was the discovery of a planet outside our solar system

It is huge: five times bigger than Jupiter, and the work being done now is aimed at understanding the physical and chemical composition of this, and other, giant Earth-like planets Truly a quest for life in outer space

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A But talking further revealed a simple truth: that having pretty much discovered all there

is to know about our world on the Earth, astronomy looks at the vast Terra Incognita which surrounds us These scientists see themselves very much as a mixture of Renaissance men and women: all questing for further knowledge

B Every evening an engineer is assigned to one of these telescopes and his or her job is to

get it ready so that it can then be taken over at night by a three-person team The engineer runs through a series of tests in preparation for the work which will be done later that night

C The central unit inside weighs 450 tonnes and houses the main 8.5 m mirror A second,

smaller mirror is made from beryllium, a rare metal The external walls can all slide open to allow the telescope to point in any direction as it rotates soundlessly on its base

D As we drive further into the desert, the road starts to rise gradually, with hills and steep

valleys all around us The environment is harsh in the extreme and it's hard to imagine that a community of European scientists have chosen this place to establish a world-leading laboratory

E It is a question that many in Paranal find a little difficult to answer Maybe because

scientists, due to the nature of their research and also, maybe, their mindsets, tend to focus on very specific areas of competence and therefore are not required to have a broader 'strategic' view

F The other big consideration in the desert is the absence of cloud cover and, higher up,

the lack of atmospheric dust and all the other interference caused by humans or nature which contributes to partially hiding the secrets of the universe 'Twinkle, twinkle little star' is just what astronomers do not want to hear, as this means there is debris between the eye, the telescopes and the stars

G We are in Paranal, in Chile's Atacama Desert, where at 2,600 m above sea level, Europe

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has its most advanced astronomical observatory It's a leading site, a joint undertaking

by fourteen European countries focused on developing the most advanced scientific tools for observing the universe and enhancing the knowledge base for industry, education and culture

Astronomers have also used the data from VLT for another purpose - to attempt to find out how old the universe is It seems that the oldest star is 13.2 billion years old, which means the universe must be even older They also use VLT to look into galaxies beyond ours, and where they continue to find evidence of supermassive black holes, where all kinds of violent activity occur

The pandemic has impacted almost every corner of life, causing global economies to stall, changing the way we work and interact (2) our loved ones, and stretching healthcare (3) to the limit Governments around the world have been forced to implement harsh restrictions (4) human activity to curb the spread of the virus

COVID-19 vaccination is now offering a way to transition out of this phase of the pandemic Without them, many scientists believe that natural herd (5) would not have been sufficient to restore society to its normal (6) quo and that it would have resulted in extreme fatality This is something that has been echoed by many health (7) including the WHO In

a scenario (8) access to vaccines, strict behavioral measures may have had to remain for the foreseeable future

Fortunately, the beginning of 2021 saw numerous vaccines given emergency (9) and begin their roll out in countries across the world As of March 2021, just shy of 300 million vaccine doses had been administered worldwide The figures give (10) of a return to

Part 3 Read the passage below and answers the questions (10 points)

The presence or absence of water has a direct bearing on the possibility of life on other planets In the nineteenth century, it was commonly accepted that life, perhaps even intelligent life, was widespread in the solar system, and Mars was an obvious target in the search for life New photographic technology offered a way for astronomers to learn more about the red planet In 1888, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli produced images that showed a network of long, thin, dark lines crossing the surface of Mars He called these

features canali in Italian, which became “canals” or “channels” in English The strange

appearance of the canals suggested to some scientists that they had been formed artificially rather than naturally The mystery deepened when Schiaparelli observed that many of the canals in the photographs were actually double

Other photographic images of Mars revealed its seasonally changing polar ice caps and features that appeared to be ancient islands located in what was now a dry streambed When the islands were first discovered, some scientists speculated that a thick water-laden atmosphere capable of generating heavy rains and had once existed on Mars However, others remained unconvinced of the presence of water Then, in 1963, a team of astronomers obtained a good photographic plate of the near-infrared spectrum of Mars The photograph showed that, faintly but definitely, water vapor lines could be seen This photograph established that there really was water on Mars, though the amount was very small Today, the presence of water vapor in the Martian atmosphere is generally accepted,

as is the belief that the atmosphere was once much denser than it is now, with a much greater abundance of water vapor

The surface of Mars is dry today, but it does contain significant amounts of ice and signs that liquid water once flowed over the planet All of the locations where evidence of water has been found are ancient, probably formed every early in Martian history Data

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transmitted from spacecraft on Mars in 2004 have revealed that water was once common across a vast region of the planet, possibly as shallow lakes or seas that dried out and then filled up again There are signs that the wind blew debris around during dry stages These seas and lakes extended across hundreds of thousands of square miles, creating habitable conditions during long stretches of time billions of years ago

Evidence of water includes the presence of various minerals known as evaporates, deposits left behind when liquid water turns to vapor Small areas of mineral deposits have been found in Valles Marineris, a huge hole on Mars that is larger than the Grand Canyon

on Earth The minerals there contain water, so they had to be formed in the presence of water Geologic research has also turned up clay and gypsum deposits that were formed by water in the soil Rocks that clearly formed in water extend throughout 300 meters of layered materials in several locations across the Martian plains The layers were built up over time, which means water was present, at least temporarily, for extended periods on ancient Mars

Besides the ice packs at Mars‟s poles, astronomers have discovered a frozen sea near its equator This frozen sea is the size of the North Sea on Earth and appears similar to the ice packs on Antarctica Scientists have also detected evidence of lava flows 20 million years ago as well as signs that some volcanoes may still be active Several recently formed volcanic cones near Mars‟s North Pole indicate that the planet‟s core may interact with the surface, meaning there was both warmth and moisture in the recent past – circumstances that might have supported life

Liquid water is the key ingredient for life as we know it Of all the other planets in the solar system, Mars is most like Earth In 20111 a team of researchers used computer modeling to compare data on temperature and pressure conditions on Earth with those on Mars to estimate how much of Mars could support Earth- like organisms Their results showed that three percent of Mars could sustain life, although most of these regions are underground Below the planet‟s surface, conditions are right for water to exist as a liquid Additional evidence of water on the planet‟s surface came in 2012, when a robot landed on Mars and transmitted hig-resolution images showing a streambed with coarse gravel that had likely been deposited by flowing water All of this evidence of water does not