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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
LẦN THỨ XII, NĂM 2019
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 20/4/2019
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề)
Điểm
Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Số phách Bằng số Bằng chữ
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
Part1 Listen and write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer (10 points)
PRIME RECRUITMENT
Employee record
Email: (1) @worldnet.com
Nationality: (2) _
Reference (professional): Name: John Keen
Job: manager of (3) _
Reference ( personal): Name: Eileen Dorsini
Job: (4) _
Special qualifications: Current (5) _ certificate
Certificate of competence in sailing
Your answers:
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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Part 2 You will hear part of a psychologist being interviewed about friendship Choose the answer (A, B C or D) which fits best according to what you hear (10 points)
6 From three to five years old, children
A are happy to play alone B prefer to be with their family
C have rather selfish relationships D have little idea of ownership
7 From age five to eight or ten, children
A change their friends more often B decide who they want to be friends with
C admire people who don’t keep to rules D learn to be tolerant of their friends
8 According to Sarah Browne, adolescents
A may be closer to their friends than to their parents
B develop an interest in friends of the opposite sex
C choose friends with similar personalities to themselves
D want friends who are dependable
9 Young married couple
A tend to focus on their children B often lose touch with their friends
C make close friends less easily D need fewer friends than single people
10 In middle or old age people generally prefer
A to stay in touch with old friends B to see younger friends more often
C to have friends who live nearby D to spend more time with their friends
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Part 3 You will listen to a short talk about the entertainment program and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) (10 points)
11 Sally cannot reveal the name of the band for the first party
12 There will be a concert in the Cotswold Theatre on Monday
13 There is an important event on Thursday
14 There is no formal dress code for the Freshers’ Ball
15 Students should check the notice board for the welcoming party in the entrance lobby
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Part 4 You will hear an interview with a representative of a wildlife park called Paradise Wildlife Park For questions 16-25, complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER (20 points)
Project Life Lion is connected with diseases spread by (16) _ in Africa The park has created its own (17) _, and other organizations use it
A wide variety of (18) _ events (e.g barbecues) are held at the park For charity events, the park will provide cheap tickets and (19) _ The park’s sister company gives people a chance to be a (20) _
People paying to adopt an animal get a (21) _, a photograph,
information about the animal and a free ticket for two people
People who visit the park (22) in a year benefit from having a season ticket When the weather is cold, visitors can still enjoy using the heated (23) One of the Experience Days involves being an (24) for a day The park is looking for people to do customer service and (25) _ work
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B LEXICO - GRAMMAR (50 points)
Part1 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 As a full story _, the public reacted with shock
A uncovered B unfolded C unwrapped D undid
2 Their research into the causes of cancer promises to break the new _ in the field and possibly lead to a cure
3 When he found out that he had been rejected, he cut up
4 “Don’t look so worried! You should take the boss’s remarks with a of salt.”
5 I caught the last bus by the skin of my _
6 The police off the street when the bomb had gone off
A cordoned B battened C fastened D shuttered
7 She doesn’t like to keep anything hidden: she always _ her mind
A talks B speaks C tells D says
8 We were under no _ about how difficult it would be to achieve our aims
A fantasies B daydreams C illusions D deceptions
9 The local authorities need to _ down on illegal parking, in my opinion
10 The doctor thought he had got over the worst, but his condition suddenly _
A deteriorated B dismantled C dissolved D disintegrated
11 I’ve got such a _ headache that I can’t concentrate on the lecture
A beating B drumming C hammering D throbbing
12 _ cars usually have special and unique things that the owners wish to have
They are certainly more expensive
A Man-made B Custom-made C Well-kept D Well-dressed
13 He is too _ a gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game
A instant B compulsive C spontaneous D continuous
14 The train _ the bay and then turned inland for twenty miles
A coasted B skirted C edged D sided
15 The smoke _ from the burning tires could be seen from miles
A bulging B radiating C billowing D sweeping
16 We intend this to be a(n) _ project, taking us into the next decade
A constant B incessant C steady D ongoing
17 Mr Parris said he’d like _ by Monday, if that’s possible
A finished the report B the report finished
C the report will be finished D have the report finished
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18 If you want to be a famous film star, talent helps, but what it really down to is luck
A revolves B boils C centres D refines
19 The scientists broke down as they realised that all their efforts had gone to _
20 Revenge at last! I always said I would my own back on Steve, and now I have
Your answers:
Part 2 Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)
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Adolescence always has been and always will be the very difficult time in
life You are lost where between childhood and adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when you have to break freely from the conformity of your peers to find yourself Some people argue that it’s more difficult to be young today than
it used to be Is this true, and in that case, why?
In modern society teenagers pressure to mature much more quickly than one
or two hundred years ago Today, minors on a very early stage have to make decisions regard education, often bearing upon their future careers In the past, children were expected to follow in the footsteps of their parents, that is to say, the son was supposed to take in the profession of his father, while the daughter was expected to stay at home to take care of domestic duties such as cooking and cleaning
Furthermore, today it’s much more difficult to find your place in society As cities grow, crime increases, and the anonymity people experiment grows as well It becomes more difficult to find and cultivate your own ideals and value
On the other hand, the adolescent of today have great opportunities than ever before In the past, if your father was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so you would be Today, teenagers have the possibility to fulfill in all their dreams
and ambitions
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Part 3 Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle Write your answer in the boxes provided (10 points)
1 What is there so remarkable of him that people will hang his every word?
2 I am going to brush my French before we go on holiday
3 Antony says he felt a little dizzy when he came _ from the anesthetic
4 If you can bear _ me a little longer, I'll give you all the information together
5 The decision was deferred _ a later meeting
6 I offered my classmate a gift _ the spirit of friendship
7 I can see no basis changing our plans now
8 ‘This will cause all sorts of problems.’ - ‘I know It is a recipe _ disaster.’
9 The fighting which started in the night had petered _ by morning
10 Could you please refrain smoking - this is a hospital!
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Part 4 Give the correct form of the words in brackets Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)
In an effort to escape from their hectic and (1 MATERIAL) _ city
lives, more and more Northern Europeans are buying houses in rural areas of France, Spain, Italy and Greece Some relocate permanently in search of a more meaningful existence Those
who cannot afford to give up their jobs seek a (2 THERAPY) _ respite from
their stressful lifestyle by relaxing for a few weeks each year in their second home in the sun
However, many of those who relocate permanently find that life in the country is not as
quiet and (3 EVENT) as they had anticipated Aspects of village life which seemed delightfully (4 ATMOSPHERE) in the context of a two-week holiday
can grate on the nerves when you love with them on a daily basis Recently a group of British residents in an Italian village took local farmers to court because they found the smell of the
villagers’ pigs (5 TASTE) _ In other cases, foreigners have complained to
neighbors about the enthusiastic early-morning crowing of their cockerels, or to village priests about the regular tolling of church bells
(6 UNDERSTAND) , the local inhabitants are somewhat (7 RESENT) _ of these attitudes They argue that the foreigners have an (8 REAL) _
view of what country life is like and that, since no one forced them to come and live in a village,
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they are being (9 CRITIC) by now complaining about the (10 CONVENIENT) of rural life
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C READING (50 points)
Part 1 Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)
Public opinion polls show that crime is (1) _ as one of the most serious problems of many societies Yet, penetrating studies have revealed that the amount of violent crime is (2) _ Our peculiar awareness and fear is largely brought about by the great attention it is (3) _ in the mass media and also because of violent crime being a popular theme for television series and films
Among all crimes, murder makes the (4) _ and there is little doubt that homicides still continue to be a (5) _ question in a number of countries The various causes of severe crime are being constantly (6) _ and innumerable reasons for it are being pointed out Among these are unemployment, drug (7) _, inadequate police enforcement, ineffective courts, racial discrimination, television and the general decline in social values
An acknowledged fact is that this is mainly poverty that (8) _ crime Individuals incapable of securing for themselves and their families the rudimentary means of living unavoidably (9) _ to stealing, burgling or committing other offences We may try to explain crime on different (10) _ - cultural, economic, psychological, but criminologists are still far from detecting the exact source of violent offences as the direct link between these particular factors isn’t possible to specify
2 A outspoken B overestimated C presupposed D upgraded
3 A granted B awarded C devoted D entrusted
4 A headlines B titles C captions D broadcast
5 A lasting B obstructing C nagging D contending
6 A debated B conversed C conflicted D articulated
7 A escalation B abuse C maltreatment D disuse
10 A motives B arguments C reasons D grounds
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Part 2 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 points)
Ecotourism
Snacking on green ants is (1) _ everyone’s idea of the most delicious holiday indulgence, but on a recent walk through the Daintree rainforest in Queensland, Australia, Aboriginal guide Kirsty Norris assured a group of uncertain guests that the traditional food source of her KukuYalanji tribe was (2) _ a try She (3) _ have been right - but luckily for the native ants and the tourists, rain came streaming down through the canopy, sending (4) _ possible food scurrying for cover
Connecting with nature isn’t a compulsory (5) _ of a stay at an environmentally friendly resort, but at the Daintree Eco Lodge, (6) _ tree-house villas are set on stilts above the compound’s waterfall-fed creek, many people find (7) _ doing a bit of communing while they relax
(8) ecotourism is increasing in popularity, recording heady growth worldwide, it is still difficult to define For some travellers, ecotourism means eavesdropping (9) _ nature from the comfort of a plush bed with a magnificent view For (10) _ , it’s about doing without hot showers and trekking across wildernesses However, industry watchers say the category’s basic tenet is minimal environmental impact combined with some contribution to education and conservation
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Part 3 Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)
CLOUD SEEDING
Precipitation is essential for any type of farming, and since the development of agriculture man has attempted to gain influence over or to control this life-giving phenomenon For much of
human history, such efforts have been the province of shamans, witch doctors, and priests, who
have sought to enlist the aid of the supernatural in bringing steady and reliable rains during the
growing season In fact, in many earlier societies, the great authority afforded to such individuals was explicitly based on their claims to supposedly command the rains to come
In modern times, most societies have turned away from such superstitions Rain-making efforts continue today, albeit under the guise of science Modern rain-making efforts centre around the practice of cloud seeding, in which certain chemicals (usually silver iodide) are released into the atmosphere to induce precipitation In order to understand this process, it is first necessary to understand what causes precipitation under natural circumstances
Precipitation requires two processes to take place inside a cloud: condensation and coalescence Condensation occurs when the air in a cloud cools beyond a certain point Clouds are essentially masses of air saturated with water vapour, and the amount of water vapour that the air can hold is a function of temperature Warmer air can hold more water vapour, while cooler air can hold less Thus, when a mass of warm air cools, either as a result of a collision with a cooler mass of air or through some other process, its ability to hold water vapour decreases When this ability drops below the amount of water vapour the cloud actually holds, the cloud is said to be supersaturated At this point, the water vapour will begin to condense into tiny microscopic droplets
While the supersaturation of the cloud marks the point at which water droplets begin to form,
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it does not always result in precipitation These initial water droplets are so small that the force
of air resistance and upward breaths of wind are sufficient to keep them suspended within the
cloud It is when these water droplets begin to combine into larger water drops or freeze in to ice crystals, a process known as coalescence, that they gain enough mass to fall as either rain or snow In order to coalesce, however, these water droplets must first have something to coalesce around Typically, this is a microscopic particle of dirt or dust that has been blown up into a cloud Without the presence of such particles, precipitation is nearly impossible In fact, in clouds without these particles, condensed water droplets may even drop below the freezing point without coalescing into raindrops or snowflakes
It is precisely these conditions which cloud seeding seeks to exploit In cloud seeding, super-fine particles of silver iodide are released into a cloud in an attempt to initiate coalescence and thus produce precipitation The silver iodide is typically delivered via a ground-launched rocket
or a plane that has been specially outfitted with cloud-seeding equipment In either case, the process is the same If successful, the water droplets will coalesce around the particles of silver iodide and fall as either rain or snow, depending on temperatures closer to the ground
While cloud seeding works in theory, its real-world efficacy is more open to debate There
are undeniably cases in which cloud seeding does produce precipitation However, it is often impossible to tell whether greater amounts of precipitation occur with the aid of cloud seeding than would have occurred naturally Moreover, cloud seeding can only work when cloud conditions are already ripe for precipitation; that is, when a cloud is already supersaturated In instances when this is not the case, cloud seeding is powerless to produce rain Cloud seeding, for example, may initiate rainfall in temperate climates, but it would be a futile practice in desert regions Another drawback is that cloud seeding naturally results in rainfalls laden with silver iodide, which can be toxic to vegetation and wildlife in high enough concentrations Despite these limitations, cloud seeding is a growing practice worldwide Currently, 24 nations, including the United States, China, Russia, and Australia, have active cloud seeding programs Some of these nations have begun to experiment with materials other than silver iodide in their programs, hoping to find a method of cloud seeding that is more environmentally friendly
1 The word "province" in the passage is closest in meaning to " _ "
A authority B jurisdiction C realm D specialty
2 In paragraph 1, why does the author allude to shamans, witch doctors, and priests?
A To belabour the point that rain in religious rituals is of great import
B To elucidate the futility of all rain-making endeavours
C To illustrate the dearth of empirical erudition amidst primitive civilisations
D To yield a celebrated background for rainmaking ventures
3 Based on the information in paragraph 2, condensation can best be designated as _
A the amalgam of minuscule water droplets
B the diminution of air temperatures inside a cloud
C the genesis of water droplets from water vapour
D the resistance of water vapour to supersaturation
4 What is required for coalescence to transpire?
A Air temperatures must depreciate to a critical level
B The aggregate of water vapour in a cloud must exceed a certain point
C Water droplets must become sufficiently dense to overcome air resistance
D Water droplets must have something on which to affix themselves
5 According to paragraph 4, the mantle of silver iodide in cloud seeding is to _
A augment the amount of water vapour in the cloud
B diminish the inclusive air temperature in the cloud
C expedite coalescence
D facilitate condensation
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6 The word "efficacy" in the paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to " _”
A prevalence B reliability C sanctuary D usefulness
7 Based on paragraph 5, what can be inferred about cloud seeding?
A Cloud seeding actually precipitates very little environmental desecration
B Cloud seeding does not always work
C Cloud seeding methods have never been appraised
D The overheads of cloud seeding are exorbitant to be viable
8 Why are nations looking for auxiliary constituents to manoeuvre in cloud seeding?
A Silver iodide introduces poisons into the environment
B Silver iodide wields extortionate delivery modi operandi like projectiles and airplanes
C The availability of silver iodide is extremely limited
D They hanker after a more effective component than silver iodide
9 Which of the sentences below best conveys the intrinsic information in the highlighted sentence in the passage?
A In primeval societies, only puissant individuals (ecclesiastics) had the prerogative to command the rains
B In primitive civilisations, authority epitomes dodged explicit assertions about constraining the rains
C The formidable stature of religious epitomes in primitive civilisations was primarily due
to their allegations to restrain the rain
D The greatness of primeval societies was grounded in the adroitness of ethereal leaders to create rain
10 The phrase "upward breaths" in the passage can be replaced by “ _”
A upbraids B updraughts C upheavals D uprisings
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Part 4 Read the text and do the following tasks (15 points)
The Effects of Deforestation
A Every year it is estimated that roughly 5.2 million hectares (52,000 km2) of forest is lost
worldwide That is a net figure, meaning it represents the area of forest not replaced To put this size in context, that is an area of land the size of Croatia lost every single year There are a wide range of negative effects from deforestation that range from the smallest biological processes right up to the health of our planet as a whole On a human level, millions of lives are affected every year by flooding and landslides that often result from deforestation
B There are 5 million people living in areas deemed at risk of flooding in England and
Wales Global warming, in part worsened by deforestation, is responsible for higher rainfalls
in Britain in recent decades Although it can be argued that demand for cheap housing has meant more houses are being built in at-risk areas, the extent of the flooding is increasing The presence of forests and trees along streams and rivers acts like a net The trees catch and store water, but also hold soil together, preventing erosion By removing the trees, land is more easily eroded increasing the risk of landslides and also, after precipitation, less water is intercepted when trees are absent and so more enters rivers, increasing the risk of flooding
C It is well documented that forests are essential to the atmospheric balance of our planet,
and therefore our own wellbeing too Scientists agree unequivocally that global warming is
a real and serious threat to our planet Deforestation releases 15% of all greenhouse gas
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emissions One third of the carbon dioxide emissions created by human activities come from deforestation around the globe
D In his book Collapse, about the disappearance of various ancient civilisations, writer
Jared Diamond theorizes about the decline of the natives of Easter Island European missionaries first arrived on the island in 1722 Research suggested that the island, whose population was in the region of two to three thousand at the time, had once been much higher at fifteen thousand people This small native population survived on the island despite there being no trees at all Archaeological digs uncovered evidence of trees once flourishing on the island The uncontrolled deforestation not only led to the eradication of all such natural resources from the island, but also greatly impacted the number of people the island could sustain This underlines the importance of forest management, not only for useful building materials, but also food as well
E Forestry management is important to make sure that stocks are not depleted and that
whatever is cut down is replaced Without sustainable development of forests the levels of deforestation are only going to worsen as the global population continues to rise, creating higher demand for the products of forests Just as important though is consumer awareness Simple changes in consumer activities can make a huge difference These changes in behaviour include, but are not limited to, recycling all recyclable material; buying recycled products and looking for the FSC sustainably sourced forest products logo on any wood or paper products
F Japan is often used as a model of exemplary forest management During the Edo period
between 1603 and 1868 drastic action was taken to reverse the country's serious exploitative deforestation problem Whilst the solution was quite complex, one key aspect of its success was the encouragement of cooperation between villagers This process of collaboration and re-education of the population saved Japan's forests According to the World Bank 68.5% of Japanese land area is covered by forest, making it one of the best performing economically developed nations in this regard
G There is of course a negative impact of Japan's forest management There is still a high
demand for wood products in the country, and the majority of these resources are simply imported from other, poorer nations Indonesia is a prime example of a country that has lost large swaths of its forest cover due to foreign demand from countries like Japan This is in addition to other issues such as poor domestic forest management, weaker laws and local corruption Located around the Equator, Indonesia has an ideal climate for rainforest Sadly much of this natural resource is lost every year Forest cover is now down to less than 51 % from 65.4% in 1990 This alone is proof that more needs to be done globally to manage forests
Task 1: The Reading Passage has eight paragraphs A-G Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below Write your answers (i-x) in the space provided
List of Headings
i Atmospheric impacts
ii Ideal forestry management example iii No trees, less people
iv Good uses for wood
v Looking after the forests
vi Numbers of lost trees vii Wasted water
viii Happy trees
ix Flood risks
x Poorer nations at higher risk