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HỘI THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KV DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ

LẦN THỨ IX

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT MÔN: Tiếng Anh 10 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút.

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PART A LISTENING (40 points)

I Listen to a radio programme about two writers Listen carefully and choose the best answer to complete each of the questions (10 p)

1 The novelist J D Salinger went to university but

A was asked to leave

B received poor grades in his first year

C left before finishing the first year

D did not regard getting a degree as ‘success’

2 Salinger’s famous novel about adolescence was

A popular mainly because it was controversial

B only popular with younger readers

C extremely popular but condemned by some people

D not taught in many schools at first

3 Because Salinger refused to be in the public eye,

A people stopped asking him for interviews

B nobody was even sure what religion he was

C he was rarely talked about.

D his fame actuality increased

4 Harper Lee’s education was

A not as successful as she had hoped

B more successful than Salinger’s

C not as successful as Salinger’s

D very similar to Salinger’s

5 How did Harper Lee find time to write her first novel?

A A friend paid for her to take a year off work

B A friend got her work as a songwriter in New York

C She couldn’t find a job in New York

D She wrote slowly for ten years in total

Your answers:

II Listen to five descriptions of an event For each description, decide if it is TRUE or FALSE (10 p)

1 A dog ran on during the match and one of the linesmen caught it

2 A golfer sneezed at the same time as playing a shot and ended up playing a bad one

3 The winner of the race was angry with another competitor

4 A young boy played a few points because the professional was angry with himself

5 When the fight started, the other players didn’t try to stop it

Your answers:

III You will hear part of a talk about dolls For questions 1 – 10, complete the sentences (20 p)

DOLLS

The first known dolls were found in (1) _ in ancient Egypt The earliest dolls in the museum date from the (2) _

Early European dolls were dressed like (3) _

On the 17th-century dolls, you can see details like the (4) _ 17th-century dolls may cost as much as (5) _ each Collectors look for examples in perfect condition, with their (6)

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19th-century dolls had (7) _ and real hair

If you can take off the doll's hair, you may see the (8) _ underneath

Before the 20th century, all dolls were (9) _, not babies

From the 1930s, dolls were made of (10)

PART B LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (60 POINTS)

I Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences (20 p)

1 The will be chaired by Mr Sheldon, one of the most innovative directors

in the company

A category B qualification C committee D productivity

2 The customer returned his order saying its switch was defective, and the online store agreed to the full amount to his account

A magnify B credit C discontinue D charge

3 His neighbors found his manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques

A insentient B magisterial C preparatory D restorative

4 Steven is always about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility

A legible B tolerable C punctual D literal

5 Candace would her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names

A advocate B provoke C perforate D expunge

6 The dress Arid wore _ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect

A titillated B reiterated C scintillated D enthralled

7 Being able to afford this luxury car will getting a better- paying job

A maximize B recombinant C reiterate D necessitate

8 Levina unknowingly the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape

A coerced B proclaimed C abetted D sanctioned

9 Shakespeare, a(n) writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays

A numeric B obstinate C generic D prolific

10 I had the experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on

my flight home from Brussels

A satisfactory B commendable C galling D acceptable

11 Prince Phillip had to choose: marry the woman he loved and his right

to the throne, or marry Lady Fiona and inherit the crown

12 If you will not do your work of your own I have no choice but to penalize you if it is not done on time

A predilection B infusion C excursion D volition

13 After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty food-encrusted dishes became _

A malodorous B prevalent C imposing D perforated

14 Giulia soon discovered the source of the smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet

A quaint B fastidious C clandestine D fetid

15 After making remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White House pressroom

A hospitable B irreverent C enterprising D chivalrous

16 When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the _

17 A military junta has taken over power in the country after the democratic administration _

18 She was kept awake for most of the night by the _ of a mosquito in her car

19 He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather _

A disembodied B discordant C dismissive D disconcerting

20 - A: Another cup of coffee? - B: No, but thanks _

A not at all B for all C all the same D you for all

Your answers:

II There are ten mistakes in the following passage Find and correct them Number 0 has been done as an example (10 p)

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In the last twenty year, the country has done great technological

progress, culminating in our entering the space age earlier this year with the launch of our first telecommunication satellite From a health perspective, there has been a major modern programme in public hospitals This has involved the purchase of the latest scanning and diagnosis equipment, as well as the refurbishment of major operating theatres with state-of-the-art surgical equipment As far as the superstructure of the country is concerned, several major projects are on progress, included the construction of three major motorways, a hydroelectric power station and a new international airport All of these public works are being carried out using the latest technology With the increased use of computer technology, the future of our country looks very bright indeed It anticipates that, in the very near future, all government offices will be computered and networked to central mainframe computers in the capital

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III Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition (10 p)

1 When we had worked _the cost of a holiday abroad, we decided to stay

at home

2 I thought he was mad and backed nervously

3 "I understand Diane lost her job." "Yes, but she's actually better ."

4 The members of a jury are chosen _ random from a list of voters

5 The hunter froze as the tiger started running him He had nowhere to hide

6 Don't give us any money for it You can have it nothing

7 I'll do it tomorrow No, second thoughts, I'll do it today

8 Why did you leave the second question on your examination?

9 He got out as the train drew _

10 The boss was really hot _ the collar when you told him you lost the contract

IV Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided There is an example at the beginning (0) (20 p)

Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition

The Norwegian explorer and (0 ARCHAEOLOGY) >

ARCHAEOLOGIST, Thor Heyerdahl, accomplished many things during his life

but his name has become (1 SEPARABLE) linked with the

Kon-Tiki voyage In 1937, while doing research in the western Pacific, Heyerdahl

became (2 INCREASE) interested in how the Polynesian

islands had become populated He made the observation that ocean currents flowed across the Pacific from east to west Since there were cultural (3

SIMILAR) to be found on either side of this ocean, he was

convinced that South Americans had sailed westwards to populate these islands before the eleventh century

The (4 CENTRE) argument against Heyerdahl’s theory

was lack of evidence that, at that time, boats existed with the (5

CAPABLE) to cross such an (6 EXPAND) ………… of

ocean So a determined Heyerdahl built a primitive raft of balsa wood, named it

Kon-Tiki, and on April 28th, 1947, left Peru with a crew at five Moved along by the ocean currents, the fragile raft Kon-Tiki sailed a steady 70 kilometers a day

Despite heavy storms, failure never crossed the crew’s minds After 97 days,

they caught (7 SEE) ……… of tone of the islands However, due to

unusually high winds they could not land and, realising that a reef presented an (8

AVOID) ………… obstacle, they prepared for the inevitable (9 COLLIDE) Amazingly, they all survived the crash, and Heyerdahl had his (10 PROVE) …………

Your answers:

PART C: READING (60 POINTS)

I Read the text below and then decide which word (A, B, C, D) best fits each space (15 p)

People’s personalities _ (1) considerably from one another as there are

no two alike Our ingrained characteristics which _ (2) the patterns of our behaviour, our reactions and temperaments are unparalleled on _ (3) of the

diversified processes that _ (4) our personality in the earliest _ (5) of human development

Some _ (6) of character may to some _ (7) be hereditary simulating the attributes that _ (8) our parents Others may _ (9) from the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting the parents’ approach towards _ (10) their offspring Consequently, the environmental factor _ (11) a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating certain behavioural systems making an individual more prone to _ (12) to the patterns that _ (13) a prize

Undoubtedly, human personality _ (14) the most profound and irreverible formation during the first period of its development, yet, certain characteristics may still be _ (15) to considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations

1 A distinguish B converge C vary D differentiate

2 A denote B resolve C inflict D determine

8 A pertain B recognize C associate D identify

10 A breeding B rearing C growing D yielding

12 A comfort B pledge C aquiesce D obey

14 A underacts B undertakes C undergoes D underlies

15 A practicable B feasible C subject D potential

II Fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word (15 pts)

People around the world dance for different reasons and in different ways.

Some dances can express (1 _) like sadness, anger, or joy Other dances

can tell a story

In some cultures a shaman, or healer, might dance to (2 _) an

illness Some societies use dance to reach a state of trance so the (3 _)

can perform acts of strength or courage, such as dancing on hot coals

Dance probably has been (4 _) about as long as people have Cave paintings thousands of years old show what look (5 _) dancing figures Dancers appear in the art of (6 _) Egypt and Greece Through dance, societies (7 _) their gods for good crops or bravery in battle.

Hundreds of years ago the Christian church frowned on dancing But farmers and villagers still danced for fun Many of these dances developed into

folk dances Ballet grew out of dances at the (8 _) courts of France and

Italy in the 1500s and 1600s

Drama, acrobatics, and music are (9 _) with dance in many

cultures People added make-up, costumes, and masks to turn dance into theater

These performances tell a story using (10 _) rather than words.

III Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 10 (15 p)

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If food is allowed to stand for some time, it putrefies When the

putrefied material is examined microscopically, it is found to be teeming with bacteria Where do these bacteria come from, since they are not seen in

fresh food? Even until the mid-nineteenth century, many people believed that such microorganisms originated by spontaneous generation, a hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving matter

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was the French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Pasteur showed that structures present in air closely resemble the microorganisms seen in putrefying materials He did this by passing air through guncotton filters, the fibers of which stop solid particles After the

guncotton was dissolved in a mixture of alcohol and ether, the particles that

it had trapped fell to the bottom of the liquid and were examined on a microscope slide Pasteur found that in ordinary air these exists a variety of

solid structures ranging in size from 0.01 mm to more than 1.0 mm Many

of these bodies resembled the reproductive structures of common molds, single-celled animals, and various other microbial cells

As many as 20 to 30 of them were found in fifteen liters of ordinary air, and they could not be distinguished from the organisms found in much larger numbers in putrefying materials Pasteur concluded that the organisms found in putrefying materials originated from the organized bodies present

in the air He postulated that these bodies are constantly being deposited on

all objects

Pasteur showed that if a nutrient solution was sealed in a glass flask and

heated to boiling to destroy all the living organisms contaminating it, it

never putrefied The proponents of spontaneous generation declared that fresh air was necessary for spontaneous generation and that the air inside the sealed flask was affected in some way by heating so that it would no longer support spontaneous generation Pasteur constructed a swan-necked flask in which putrefying materials could he heated to boiling, but air could reenter The bends in the neck prevented microorganisms from getting in the flask Material sterilized in such a flask did not putrefy

1 What does the passage mainly discuss?

A Pasteur’s influence on the development of the microscope.

B The origin of the theory of spontaneous generation

C The effects of pasteurization on food.