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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO LÂM ĐỒNG TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẢO LỘC Đề thi có 15 trang Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, điện thoại di động I LISTENING Part 1 (Questions 1 – 5) You will hear five students who[.]

SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO LÂM ĐỒNG

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẢO LỘC

Đề thi có 15 trang

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, điện thoại di động

-I LISTENING

Part 1 (Questions 1 – 5) You will hear five students who are studying away from home They are talking about their accommodation Choose from the list of letters (A-F) what each speaker says about their accommodation Use the letters only once There is one extra letter that you do not need to

1 Speaker 1:

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A There were few chances for me to socialize there

B I have recommended it to others

C I should have thought more about being independent

D I got on well with my roommate despite a few

disagreements

E I made a mistake there at first

F I was able to settle into a new area

Your answers:

1 2 3 4 5

Part 2 (Questions 6 – 10) You will hear an interview with someone who has started a magazine for children Listen and choose the best answer (A, B, or C) (1.5 pts)

6 When talking about her job as a primary school teacher, Kate emphasizes

A how good she was as a teacher

B how difficult the children could be

C how much effort the job required

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ HỌC – MÔN TIẾNG ANH

LỚP 10 Năm: 2016

Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút

7 What does Kate say about enthusiasm?

A Children can not maintain it for long

B Children respond positively to it

C Children experience it more than adults

8 Kate says that she learned from her research that children

A don’t like texts that have too much serous content

B don’t know some words that she had expected them to know

C don’t want to feel that they are being considered inferior

9 Kate says that the magazine makes use of the Internet because

A some children prefer using it to learn about subjects

B some subjects can not be covered fully in the magazine

C It is used a great deal in connection with some school work

10 Kate says that one of her aims for the magazine is to

A include subjects that children don’t normally read about

B encourage children to choose what they want as an career

C create an interest in subjects some children consider boring

Your answers:

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(Questions 11 – 14) Complete the sentences below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer

11 The coach is comfortable because it is

12 After all passengers are abroad, the coach will make its first stop at Island

13 The ‘tree top walk’ is above a

14 Passengers will have a with the alpacas before boarding the bus for home

Your answers:

11 12 13 14

(Questions 15 – 20) Complete the table below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

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specified), 20

Meals and refreshments are available at all stops (at your own cost)

Your answers:

15 16 17

18 19 20

II LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Part 1 Choose the best answer for each question (2.0 pts)

1 The bank teller asked the man for _ of his identity

2 The coroner recorded a _ of misadventure on the death of the student

3 The rich couple often threw _ parties and invited many well-known personalities

4 He _his brains for a solution to the problem

5 Peter was behaving as _ as a bull in a China shop

6 We don’t know what you expect but Tommy is _ the best player we have

A far and away B far and wide C as far as D so far

7 We must get there _ or other If there are no buses, we’ll have to take a taxi

8 All the evidence to his guilt

9 The travelers were on the deserted island for about two months

10 I cannot her misbehavior any longer

11 All the tickets for the concert by the _ performer had been sold an hour after the sales office opened

A well-off B well-liked C well-advised D well-bred

12 That bottle of medicated oil is meant for use

13 His goal in life is to buy a big house in town

14 You cannot use my membership card because it is not

A detachable B adaptable C transferable D transportable

15 In the United States is the most concentrated is New Orleans

A French influence the city B the city where French influence

C where the city influences French D where the French influence the city

16 I’ve yet a person as his father

A to have known such generous B to know as generous

C knowing as generous D been knowing such generous

17 , she went back to her room

A There was no cause for alarm B Without having cause for alarm

C There being no cause for alarm D Being no cause for alarm

18 to a new office with a salary half as much did he appreciate his former boss’s generosity

A He had been transferred B Having been transferred

C Not until transferred D Only when transferred

19 , there’s no place like home

C As humble as it could be D To be humble

20 The kids’ performance was admirable

A but for their informal training B inasmuch as they had received no formal training C although their training was formal D regardless of the informal training they received Your answers: 1 2 3 4 5

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Part 2 PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (1.0 pt) Fill in each gap with one suitable preposition or article. 1 The racing car blew after it crashed into the fence 2 I work at the gym three times a week. 3 I turned the job _ because I don't want to move 4 We kept our relationship _ our parents for two years 5 This bike is too big for him now, but he should grow it by next year 6 My best friend and I grew after she changed schools 7 I went my dream and now I am a published writer 8 My boyfriend didn't want to go to the ballet, but he finally gave . 9 Jason always gets with cheating in his maths tests 10 My doctor wants me to cut _ on sweets and fatty foods Your answers: 1 2 3 4 5

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Part 3 WORD FORM Put each word in the right column in its correct form (2.0 pts)

Speculative fiction is an umbrella phrase encompassing the more

(1) fiction genres, specifically science

fiction, fantasy, horror, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian

fiction, (2) and post-apocalyptic fiction,

and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion,

and virtual arts It has been around since humans began to speak

The earliest forms of speculative fiction were likely

(3) tales told around the campfire Speculative

fiction deals with the "What if?" (4) _ imagined by

dreamers and thinkers worldwide Journeys to other worlds through

the vast reaches of distant space; magical quests to free worlds

(5) _ by terrible beings; malevolent

(6) _ powers seeking to increase their spheres of

influence across (7) _ dimensions and times; all of

these fall into the realm of speculative fiction

Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works

to cutting edge, paradigm-changing, and neotraditional works of the

21st century It can be recognized in works whose authors'

intentions or the social contexts of the versions of stories they

portrayed is now known For example, Ancient Greek 

(8) _ such as Euripides, whose play Medea seemed

to have offended Athenian audiences when he (9) _

speculated that shamaness Medea killed her own children instead of

their being killed by other Corinthians after her departure The

play Hippolytus, narratively introduced by Aphrodite, is suspected

to have (10) _ contemporary audiences of the day

because it depicted Phaedra as too lusty

1 FAN

2 APOCALYPSE

3 MYTH

4 SCENE

5 SLAVE

6 NATURE

7 MULTIPLICATION

8 DRAMA

9 FICTION

10 PLEASE

Your answers:

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

Part 4 There are 10 mistakes (grammar, choice of word, spelling) in the following text Identify them.

In economics, game theory, and decision theory the expected utility hypothesis is a

hypothesis concerning people's preferences in regard to choices that have uncertain

outcomes (gambles) This hypothesis states that if specific axioms are satisfied, the

subjective value associating with an individual's gamble is the statistical expectation

of that individual's valuations of the outcomes of that gamble This hypothesis has

proved usefully to explain some popular choices that seem to contradict the expected

value criterion (which takes into an account only the sizes of the payouts and the

probabilities of occurrence), such as occur in the contexts of gambling and

insurance. Daniel Bernoulli initiated this hypothesis in 1738 Until the mid-twentieth

century, the standard term for the expected utility was the moral expectation,

contrasted with "mathematical expectation" for the expected value

The von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem provides necessary and sufficient

conditions under that the expected utility hypothesis holds From relatively early on,

it was accepted that some of these conditions would be violated by real

decision-makers in the practice but that the conditions could be interpreted

nonetheless as 'axioms' of rational choice Work by Anand (1993) argues against this

normative interpretation and shows that 'rationality' does not require transitivity,

independence or completeness This view is now referred as the 'modern view' and

Anand argues that although the normative and evidential difficulties the general

theory of decision-making based on expected utility is an insightful first order

approximation that highlight some important fundamental principles of choice,

even if it imposes conceptual and technical limits on analyse which need to be

relaxed in real world settings where knowledge is less certain or preferences are more

sophisticated

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III READING

Part 1 Passage 1 (1.5 pts)

A Choose the correct headings for sections A – F from the list of headings below

List of headings

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Construction of special cinemas for 3-D Good returns forecast for immediate future The greatest 3-D film of all time

End of traditional movies for children Early developments

New technology diminishes the art The golden age of movies

In defense of 3-D 3-D is here to stay Undesirable visual effects

Three-Dimensional Films

A In the theater of Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, on the evening of 27 September 1922, a new form of film-making made its commercial debut : 3-D1 The film, The Power of Love, was then shown in

New York City to exhibitors and press, but was subsequently not picked up for distribution and is now believed to be lost The following three decades were a period of quiet experimentation for 3-D

pioneers, as they adapted to new technologies and steadily improved the viewing experience In 1952,

the “golden era” of 3-D is considered to have begun with the release of Bwana Devil, and over the next

several years, audiences met with a string of films that used the technology Over the following decades,

it waxed and waned within film-making circles, peaking in the 1970s and again in the 1990s when IMAX gained traction, but it is only in the last few years that 3-D appears to have firmly entered

mainstream production

B Released worldwide in September 2009, the fantasy film Avatar quickly became the highest-grossing film ever made, knocking Titanic from the top slot Avatar, set in 2154 on a planet in a distant

solar system, went on to become the only film to have earned US$2 billion worldwide, and is now approaching the $3 billion mark The main reason for this runaway popularity appears to be its visual splendors; though most critics raised the film, it was mostly on account of its ground-breaking special

effects Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times praised Avatar’s “powerful” visual accomplishments,

but suggested the dialogue was “flat” and the characterizations “obvious” A film analyst at Exhibitor

Relations has agreed, noting that Avatar has cemented the use of 3-D as a production and promotional

tool for blockbuster films, rather than a mere niche or novelty experiment “This is why all 3-D venues were built,” he said “This is the one The behemoth The holy grail of 3-D has finally arrived.”

C Those who embrace 3-D note that it spices up a trip to the cinema by adding a more active

“embodied” layer of experience instead of the viewer passively receiving the film through eyes and ears only A blogger on Animation Ideas writes, “ when 3-D is done well, like in the flying scenes in UP, How to Train Your Dragon, and Avatar, there is an added feeling of vertigo If you have any fear of heights, the 3-D really adds to this element ” Kevin Carr argues that the backlash against 3-D is similar

to that which occurred against CGI2 several years ago, and points out that CGI is now widely regarded

as part of the film-maker’s artistic toolkit He also notes that new technology is frequently seen to be a

“gimmick” in its early days, pointing out the many commentators slapped the first “talkie” films of the early 1920s with this same label

D But not everyone greets the rise of D with open arms Some ophthalmologists point out that

3-D can have unsettling physical effects for many viewers 3-Dr Michael Rosenberg, a professor at

Northwestern University, has pointed out that many people go through life with minor eye disturbance s – a slight muscular imbalance – for example – that does not interrupt day-to-day activities In the experience of a 3-D movie, however, this problem can be exacerbated through viewer trying to

concentrate on unusual visual phenomena Dr Deborah Friedman, from the University of Rochester Medical Center, notes that the perception of depth conjured through three dimensions does not

complement the angles from which we take in the world Eyestrains, headaches and nausea are,

therefore, a problem for around 15% of a 3-D film audience

E Film critics Roger Elbert warns that 3-D is detrimental to good film-making Firstly, he argues, the technology is simply unnecessary; 2-D movies are “already” 3-D, as far as our minds are concerned Adding the extra dimension with technology, instead of letting our minds do the work, can actually be counter-purposeful and make the overall effect seem clumsy and contrived Ebert also points out that the special glasses dim the effect by soaking up light from the screen, making 3-D films a slightly duller experience that they might otherwise be Finally, Elbert suggests that 3-D encourages film-makers to undercut drama and narrative in favor of simply piling on more gimmicks and special effects

“Hollywood is racing headlong toward the kiddie market,” he says, pointing out the Disney’s

announcement that it will no longer make traditional films in favor of animation, franchises and

superheroes

F Whether or not 3-D becomes a powerful force for the film-maker’s vision and the film-going experience, or goes down in history as an over-hyped, expensive novelty, the technology certainly

shows no sign of fading in the popularity stakes at the moment Clash of the Titan, Alice in the

Wonderland, and How to Train Your Dragon have all recently benefited at the box office due to the added sales that 3-D provides, and with Avatar ‘s record set to last some time as a totem of 3-D’s

commercial possibilities, studios are not prepared to back down

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2 Section B:

3 Section C:

4 Section D:

5 Section E:

6 Section F:

Your answers: 1 2 3 4 5 6

B Decide whether these statements are True or False

7 3-D conflicts with our mental construct of our surroundings

8 3-D encourages an over-emphasis on quick visual thrills

9 Avatar’s strength is found both in its visual splendor and in aspects of story

10 Use of 3-D technology proves to worsen our sensation of elevation

Your answers:

7 8 9 10

Part 2 Passage 2 Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions below

(1.5 pts)

SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER

Ensuring the reliability and purity of the water supply is one of the more significant challenges facing an ever growing world population Unfortunately, only about 3% of the world’s total water supply is fresh; the rest is sea water and is unusable for most of our purposes Furthermore, of that 3%, three fourths are largely inaccessible because it exists as frozen ice locked in the polar ice caps or as glaciers high in mountains The remaining percentage of fresh water that is available for human use exists in two forms: surface water and ground water

Surface water is found in rivers, lakes, and man-made reservoirs fad by either rainfall or snowmelt Surface water makes up nearly 80% of all the water utilized by humans, primarily due to its accessibility Nearly every river or lake in the world contains one or more pumping stations to divert a

portion of its flow to nearby population centers However, surface water supplies present several

disadvantages First, surface water is easily polluted Chemical pollution from the air enters surface water in the form of rain, and ground pollution is either dumped directly into lakes and rivers or washed into them by rainwater A In addition, biological pollution caused by the dumping of raw sewage into a water source, can lead to dangerous levels of bacteria B Another problem is relying on surface water is that its supply is highly variable C Water levels in lakes and rivers can fall drastically in periods of severe drought D In places that are prone to extended dry periods, such as Australia or much of

California, some rivers are even known to occasionally run dry due to a combination of drought and overuse

The other primary source of fresh water is ground water Although ground water is estimated to

be as much as 50 times more abundant than surface water, it constitutes only 20% of all the fresh water