(Đề thi gồm 14 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 10 Thời gian 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi 14/7/2022 (Thí[.]
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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 14/7/2022
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề)
A LISTENING (50 points):
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu Thí sinh có 20 giây để đọc mỗi phần câu hỏi.
Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Thí sinh có 03 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.
Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe
Part 1: You will hear a conversation between Louise and the owner of the video library Listen and complete the form below Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER in each gap
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT
VIDEO LIBRARY APPLICATION FORM
First names: Louise Cynthia
Address: Apartment 1, 72 (1) street
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Part 2 Listen and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) Write T or
F in the given boxes
6 Hwange is a great national park located in Africa.
7 Two hundred elephants have died during the last two months.
8 Many subsistence farmers are struggling to survive in the park area.
9 The national park is ready to cope with an environmental crisis.
10 The water pipes in the area have been fixed for two hours.
Your answers:
Part 3 You will hear a discussion in which two biologists, Ian Cartwright and Angela Sharpe, talk about conservation and the public's perception of it Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits according to what you hear
11 According to Ian, why aren't people easily convinced of the importance of protecting endangeredspecies?
A They find it difficult to understand the concept
B They are presented with information that is too vague
C They do not believe human activity causes extinction
D They think that conservationists are exaggerating the situation
12 Angela says that eco-tourism has been successful because
A it provides locals with a long-term source of income
B it has been properly managed by governments in developing countries
C it encourages people to have more respect for nature
D it is affordable for a large number of people from developed countries
13 The story Ian tells about how economists determined the value of the environment highlights Awhat a complex subject economics can be
B the ease with which false promises are made
C why companies get away with polluting lakes
D how ignorant people are of the role nature plays in their lives
14 What explanation does Angie give for people being indifferent to the destruction of theecosystem?
A They believe scientists will fix the problem
B The vast majority do not suffer too much when it happens
C They consider the exploitation of environmental resources necessary
D They think the cost of replacing unrecognised benefits has been overestimated
15 The species Ian refers to
A indicate how fast an ecosystem is likely to collapse
B only live in one specific ecosystem
C are extremely sensitive to environmental change
Trang 3D appear to be in the greatest danger of extinction.
Your answers:
Part 4: You will hear a talk on education For question 16 to 25, fill in each blank with NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording You will hear the audio TWICE Write your answers in the space provided.
Education is so important because it is supposed to help us get prepared for the challenges in our life
That’s why in most of schools of all kinds 16 with challenges in life is widely studied However, things such as talent, energy, goodwill, and 17 seem to disappear In order to
improve education it is claimed that what we need is not money but that we must pay more attention
to the real purpose of education, which is aimed to help us with: working and 18 To address these needs two crucial subjects must be included in the curriculum The first one is 19
since we don’t fully understand how the economy works To help to study this subject, maths is taught to help students how to deal with money It is hoped that students can get more understanding the global economy together with other terms such as leadership, marketing and competition, cash
flow, and 20 Secondly students really need to study themselves since we usually
misunderstand ourselves They should be taught a number of concepts and helped towards their personality maps so that they can understand, among with other issues, what type of people they are
21 to go out with.
It is essential that they should also be taught 22 so that they can understand which job they are fit for Regarding the study of relationships, there must be lessons on techniques such as 23
and on kindness and forgiveness as well
Education must not be restricted to classrooms or schools Other forms or fields such as media and arts are also used to help students learn what they really need to However, the real problem is that
we fail to identify the 24 of the problems that we are now facing in education that is we have got the 25
B LEXICO - GRAMMAR (40 points)
Part 1 Choose one of the words marked A, B, C, or D which best completes each of the following sentences Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 points)
1 I'm afraid we got our _ crossed — I thought my husband would be picking up the children and he thought I was doing it
Trang 42 The princess's nanny's autobiography really gives the _ on life among the royals.
3 As well as being a good cook, my grandmother was with a fine voice
4 _talking of running for election again, after such a crushing defeat, is surely proof of his resilience
A Should he be B That he is C Had he been D That he were
5 Nam, remember, although money is important, never do anything that is not
A above board B under the sky C within the square D in the cards
6 Since Harry is the bee’s in terms of Maths, it is no wonder so many friends ask him forsupport in this subject
7 Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a _
C needle in a haystack D drop in the ocean
8 Denise has been _ the midnight oil trying to finish this report, so she must beexhausted
9 I was at _ to make it clear that I wasn’t blaming either of them
10 Many young people feel a sense of and don’t believe they have to work hard
A entitlement B aspiration C association D dedication
11 , early approaches for coping with workplace stress dealt with the problem only after itssymptoms had appeared
A Although well-intending B Although it is a good intention
C Although a gook intention D Although well-intended
12 If the size of the work force can be easily and rapidly altered market fluctuations, profits will
be maximized
A in terms of B in response to C in reply to D with respect to
13 , the strollers can take another road
A If need be B When it must C We might as well D Come what may
14 Global warming has progressed glaciers everywhere are shrinking
A too much an extent that B to such an extent that
C enough an extent that D so great an extent that
15 My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and it all in my deciding to change jobs
16 That Mary is an _ liar: you must take what she says with a small grain of salt
A incorrigible B incurable C irredeemable D irremediable
17 It seems to me that we’ve been led up the _ path There’s no such address as the one she
gave us!
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19 We weren't able to drive down the street because of a in the middle of theroad
20 It was a close _ but we just made it to the airport on time for our flight
Your answers
II Give the correct form of each word in brackets to complete the sentence.
1 When my favorite team lost the big game, I was and did not leave my seat for an hour (MUSE)
2 For users, they are still expensive features and come with their own set of
integration problems (ADD)
3 This proposal was to the one we discussed at the last meeting (ANALOGY)
4 The opposing counsel had a last opportunity to the witness to address the facts brought
out in redirect examination (EXAMINE)
5 The government announced that more than a million dollars will be for COVID-19
vaccine research (EAR)
6 The president of this company is merely a the Chief Executive is the one who is truly
in control (HEAD)
7 Barack Obama is the first President of the United States with background RACE
8 This statue the soldiers who died in the war MEMORY
9 The chairman of this company is merely a , the Chief Executive is the one who is truly in control HEAD
10 The headmaster decided to expel the rough boy from our school His behaviour was really
Trang 61 I really like oceanography I think I'm going to read _ on that subject more in the future
in order to get more knowledgeable about it Maybe I'll get a degree in that area one day
2 Everyone approved for the scheme, but when we asked for volunteers they all hung _
3 They greyed _ the print button to stop people using it because expenses for paper have gone up recently
4 After my symptoms disappeared, the doctor tapered me _ the medication
5 I don’t like to make friends with the person who always runs _ his old friends
6 This is serious matter, so you have to level _ me this time Don’t try to hide anything,’ said his partner
7 We’d been spending years pegging _ at our job of running the shop before the business really took off
8 It cost Rick a huge amount of money to put three children _ college
9 After the king had been exile for donkey’s years, he returned to Britain
10 Please don’t talk about that day - I want to put it all me
Your answers
C READING (60 POINTS)
Part 1 Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word
Economic benefits of vaccination
The costs of vaccination programmes are (1) outweighed by the economic benefits ofreducing illness, disability and premature death, according to a modelling study Patenaude and histeam at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland generated estimates for the economic cost
of illnesses, disability and premature death that (2) otherwise occur without vaccinationprogrammes in 94 low and middle-income countries, and compared these with the overall cost of (3) the programmes They focused on vaccination programmes targeting 10 infectiousdiseases, (4) measles, yellow fever and hepatitis B
Using a model that considered treatment costs as well as lost wages and productivity due to illness,the researchers found that the money saved through the vaccination programmes will beapproximately $682 billion for the period from 2011 to 2020 and a (5) $829 billion from
2021 to 2030 Patenaude claimed that they wanted to convert the benefits (6) money sopeople could compare them with other types of investments a country or organisation might bemaking – like in education or transport or other things Also, the researchers (7) theirfindings using another model, (8) estimates the value of a saved life using data onpeople’s willingness to spend money to (9) their risk of death Using this model, theyfound that the estimated value of lives saved by the vaccination programmes will be about 51 timestheir cost from 2011 to 2020 and 52 times their cost from 2021 to 2030 As stated by Patenaude,measles vaccination provided the highest estimated return on investment as it had a high case fatality
Trang 7(10) and measles vaccines were extremely effective at reducing mortality in youngchildren.
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the best option to fill in each gap.
Attention Deficiency Disorder (ADD) is a neurobiological problem that affects 3-5% of allchildren (1) _include inattentiveness and having difficulty getting organized, as well as easilybecoming (2) Sometimes, ADD is accompanied by hyperactivity In these cases, thesufferer exhibits (3) physical activity
Psychostimulant drugs can be (4 to ADD sufferers to assist them with the completion ofthe desired thought processes, although they might cause (5) Current theory states thatmedication is the only (6) _action that has a sound scientific basic This action should only betaken after an accurate diagnosis is made
Children with ADD do not (7) have trouble learning; their problem is that theyinvoluntarily (8) their attention elsewhere It is not only children that are (9) _by thiscondition Failure to treat ADD can lead to lifelong emotional and behavioral problems Earlydiagnosis and treatment, however, are the key to successfully overcoming learning difficulties(10) _with ADD
7 A absolutely B eternally C necessarily D always
Your answers
Part 3: Read the following passage about the human immune system and choose the best answer (A,
B, C, or D) according to the text Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided
The Human Immune System
The human immune system is composed of both an innate and an adaptive immune system
First, humans have an innate immune system that is intrinsic in all organisms, and it functions
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respond with a maximal effort in order to destroy infectious microbes [A] Second, humans have an adaptive immune system, which can only be found in vertebrates with jaws [B] The adaptive immune
system gains an immunological memory from previously encountered germs, so it is able to prevent
these specific microbes from causing further infection [C] With these dual capacities of fighting infection and acquiring resistance to germs, humans can maximize their immunity [D]
A person’s innate immune system has many complex barriers and biochemical reactionsdesigned to ward off infections The most visible one is the skin, which keeps most bacteria, fungi, andviruses from ever entering the body, but humans also have mucus, which traps germs that reside in thebody’s tissue In addition to such biological material, there are other internal barriers like gastric acids,tears, saliva, urine, and various chemicals that either destroy or flush out germs Even involuntaryfunctions like sneezing and coughing are barriers that serve to expel germs Beyond these, there arebiochemical reactions that come from leukocytes, which are found in the blood Leukocytes are whiteblood cells that effectively clear out cellular debris, create inflammation near an infection, summonimmune cells to the inflammation, activate several other chemical reactions, and even destroy tumors.However, perhaps the most important action these cells perform is activating a human’s adaptiveimmune system, which is essential in not only curing current diseases but also preventing futureinfections
With an adaptive immune system, cells learn how to best combat pathogens and develop a higherresistance to them Like the innate immune system, this involves chemical reactions and cellularcooperation Unlike the innate immune system, this system doesn’t respond very quickly or with its fullstrength all at once Instead, it uses its time and energy to provide cells with an immunological memory
to the pathogens they encounter, making them more resistant to recurring infections (similarly to how avaccination works) Certain white blood cells called T-cells are the principal actors in this system; theseidentify “self” cells with the same DNA and distinguish them from any foreign cells with different
DNA After this, they seek and destroy these foreign cells, whether they are invading microbes or infected host cells T-cells also mediate the responses from the innate and adaptive immune systems so
that the body can effectively exterminate the infection
After destroying infectious cells, the body uses B-cells to develop antibodies, or specializedproteins that prevent future infections A B-cell is designed to connect with an individual type ofantigen created by an infectious cell The B-cell uses this antigen to produce antibodies that seek outand neutralize infectious bacteria, fungi, and viruses However, the most important process comes after
the infection disappears: these B-cells will duplicate, and their progeny will manufacture the same
antibodies Thus, the body will constantly produce antibodies that successfully fight off a specificinfection, and the body can successfully fight off any subsequent infections from this pathogen Inaddition to this, B-cells also mark antigens for leukocytes to attack, thus making them and microbeseasier targets for the biochemical reaction
An interesting feature of the human immune system is how it affects infants both before and afterbirth When babies are first born, they do not have very many previously formed antibodies, so theyhave a greater risk of infection than adults do However, they ward off many infections by temporarily
obtaining the mother’s antibodies from breast milk and nutrients passed through the placenta Also interesting is the very inception of the fetus among such an aggressive immune system: somehow, the
fetus, which doesn’t have its mother’s exact DNA, is ignored by the mother’s T-cells and B-cells.Scientists currently have a few theories about this phenomenon For instance, the uterus may not bemonitored by white blood cells, or it may produce special proteins that suppress any local immuneresponses Nonetheless, the fact that the immune system restrains its programming for reproductivedevelopment continues to puzzle many scientists
Trang 91 The word intrinsic in the passage is closest in meaning to .
A fundamental B auxiliary C detrimental D extraordinary
2 Which of the following square brackets [A], [B], [C], or [D] best indicates where in the
paragraph the sentence ‘However, this particular action never changes to counter specific threats
of infection’ can be inserted?
3 According to passage 2, which bodily fluid initiates biochemical reactions in a human’s innate
immune system?
4 The word mediate in the passage is closest in meaning to _.
A interrupt B magnify C contemplate D coordinate
5 Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can be inferred about the adaptive immune
6 The word progeny in the passage is closest in meaning to _.
A willingness B mechanism C offspring D mutation
7 According to paragraph 4, what do B-cells produce?
A antigens B antibodies C leukocytes D pathogens
8 The word inception in the passage is closest in meaning to .
A conception B invulnerability C contamination D consumption
9 According to paragraph 5, where do newborn babies get most of their antibodies?
A from their own white blood cells B from immune cells in the uterus
C from mucus and other barriers D from breast milk and the placenta
10 Based on the information in paragraph 5, what can be inferred about how the mother’s immune
system should scientifically be affecting the fetus?
A It should protect the fetus from infection.
B It should help develop cells in the fetus.
C It should be attacking foreign fetal cells.
D It should be exposing the fetus to microbes.
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 _
6 7 8 9 10 _
Part 4: Read the passage and do the tasks below
A. Genealogy, the study of tracing family connections and relationships through history – so
building a cohesive family tree, has become an increasingly popular hobby from non-specialistenthusiasts over recent decades The introduction of the Internet has, in many ways, spurred interestlevels since historical information has been made far more accessible than previously Experts warn,however, that sources obtained from the internet must be considered with caution as they may often
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B. Originally, prior to developing a more mainstream following, the practice of genealogy focused
on establishing the ancestral links of rulers and noblemen often with the purpose of disputing orconfirming the legitimacy of inherited rights to wealth or position More recently, genealogists areoften interested in not only where and when previous generations of families lived but also details oftheir lifestyle and motivations, interpreting the effects of law, political restrictions, immigration andthe social conditions on an individual’s or family’s behaviour at the given time Genealogy searchesmay also result in location of living relatives and consequently family reunions, in some caseshelping to reunite family members who had been separated in the past due to fostering/adoptlon,migration or war
C. In Australia, there has been a great deal of interest of late, from families wishing to trace their
links to the early settlers As a result of the loss of the American colonies in the 1700s, Britain was inneed of an alternative destination for prisoners who could not be accommodated in the country’sovercrowded penal facilities In 1787, the ‘First Fleet’ which consisted of a flotilla of ships carryingjust over 1300 people (of which 753 were convicts or their children and the remainder marines,officers and their family members) left Britain’s shores for Australia On January 26, 1788 – nowcelebrated as Australia Day – the fleet landed at Sydney Cove and the first steps to Europeansettlement began
D. Genealogy research has led to a shift in attitudes towards convict heritage amongst contemporary
Australian society, as family members have been able to establish that their ancestors were, in fact,not hardened and dangerous criminals, but had, in most cases, been harshly punished for minorcrimes inspired by desperation and dire economic circumstances So dramatic has the shift inattitudes been that having family connections to passengers on the ‘First Fleet’ is considered nothingless than prestigious Convicts Margaret Dawson and Elizabeth Thakery were amongst the firstEuropean women to ever set foot on Australian soil Details about the former, whose initial deathsentence passed for stealing clothes from her employer was commuted to deportation, and the latterexpelled for stealing handkerchiefs along with others of similar fate are now available on the internetfor eager descendants to track
E. Although many of the deported convicts were forbidden to return to Britain, others such as
Dawson, were, in theory, expelled for a given term In reality, however, the costs of attempting toreturn to the mother country were well beyond the means of the majority Genealogists now attributethe successful early development of Australia to such ex-convicts who decided to contribute fully tosociety once their sentence had been served Many rewards were available to prisoners whodisplayed exemplary behaviour, including land grants of 30 acres or more, tools for developing andfarming the land and access to convict labour Genealogy studies also show that many formerprisoners went on to hold powerful positions in the newly forming Australia society, examples beingFrancis Greenway – a British architect expelled on conviction of fraud – who went on to designmany of Sydney’s most prominent colonial buildings, and Alexander Munro, transported afterstealing cheese at the age of 15, who would later build Australia’s first gas works and hold theposition of Town Mayor
F. In North America, the Mormon Church, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, holds wo major
genealogical databases, the International Genealogical Index and the Ancestral File, which containrecords of hundreds of million individuals who lived between 1500 and 1900 in the United States,Canada and Europe Resources available to genealogy enthusiasts include the Salt Lake City basedFamily History Library and more than 4000 branches where microfilms and microfiches can berented for research and the newer Family Search internet site which provides open access to