Đề thi thử chuyên Anh THPT Chuyên Sư Phạm lần 2

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN Đề thi có 07 trang KÌ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM 2021 LẦN 2 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Dành cho thí sinh thi thử vào Chuyên Anh Thời

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN

(Đề thi có 07 trang)

KÌ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM 2021

LẦN 2

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

(Dành cho thí sinh thi thử vào Chuyên Anh) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

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Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

Question 1 A pedestrian B embarrassed C confusing D picturesque

Question 2 A lacquerware B embargo C handicraft D buffalo

Question 3 A independent B illiterate C self-disciplined D spectacular

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Question 4 We suggested that you _ to the organization

Question 5 They _ the idea of celebrating the anniversary with a concert

A lashed out B hit upon C made over D phased out

Question 6 We had a _ of a time at Jason's party yesterday

A whole B period C week D whale

Question 7 All that was left for breakfast were some _ rolls and tea

Question 8 The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t _ at all Nobody in the classroom believed in the far-fetched story he told

A credible B creditable C credulous D credential

Question 9 Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the _ of their picnics to spoil the

appearance of the countryside

Question 10 The thief _ into the house through a window They were all closed

A mustn’t have gotten B could have gotten

Question 11 _ for the director must have surprised you

A You are being nominated B Your nominating

Question 12 We have already discovered that there are many kinds of metals, _ its special properties

A each having B which has C everyone has D having

Question 13 _many times I tell him, he always never passes on phone message

Exercise 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks There is an example at the beginning (0)

Mã đề thi: 241

PEER PRESSURE One of the (0.) -B - influences on children today is that of their peers What their classmates think, how

they dress and how they act in class and out of it affect the behaviour of nearly every child at school In their (14) _ not to be different, some children go so (15) _ as to hide their intelligence and ability in case they are made fun of Generally, children do not want to stand out from the crowd They want to (16) _ in, to be accepted In psychological (17) _ the importance of peer pressure cannot be overemphasised There is a lot of evidence that it has great (18) _ on all aspects of children’s lives, from the clothes they wear, the music they listen to and their (19) _ to study to their ambition in life, their relationships and their (20) _ of self-worth However, as children grow up into adolescents, individuality becomes more acceptable, (21) _ even, and in their (22) _ for their own personal style, the teenager and young adult will begin to experiment and be more willing to (23) _ the risk of rejection

by the group Concern about intellectual prowess and achieving good exam results can dominate as the atmosphere of competition develops and worries about the future (24) _ any fears of appearing too

brainy

Question (0) A. hardest B. strongest C. heaviest D. fattest

Question 14 A actions B steps C efforts D measures

Question 15 A far B much C long D distant

Question 16 A set B fall C fit D get

Question 17 A words B points C means D terms

Question 18 A standing B running C meaning D bearing

Question 19 A attitude B standing C opinion D view

Question 20 A impression B awareness C sense D reaction

Question 21 A desirable B bearable C tolerable D likeable

Question 22 A search B chase C course D hunt

Question 23 A cope B run C carry D bring

Question 24 A overthrow B overflow C override D overbalance

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Question 25 A attach B chemistry C architecture D stomach

Question 26 A counterfeit B courtesy C drought D astound

Exercise 5: You are going to read a newspaper article For questions 27-33, choose the answer (A, B, C

or D) which you think fits best according to the text

THE SEARCH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Robert Matthews, a leading UK researcher, outlines his mission

It is one of the most evocative phrases in the lexicon of science: artificial intelligence, “AI”, the creation of machines that can think Just the mention of it conjures up images of HAL, the all-too intelligent computer

in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and C3PO, the chatty, batty robot from Star Wars

For over half a century, computer scientists have been working towards creating such machines, spending billions of pounds in the attempt And hanging over their efforts has been a challenge set by a British mathematician widely regarded as the father of Alan research: Alan Turing

During the 1930s, Turing showed, in theory at least, that a “universal machine” could be built, capable of performing all the tasks of any special-purpose computing machine After war-time work on code-breaking, Turing helped to turn his discovery into the reality of an electronic computer But he also

believed his proof meant that computers could mimic the action of the human mind

In 1951, Turing published a prediction: by the end of the century, computers would be able to hold a five-minute conversation with humans and fool 30 percent of them into believing they were dealing with another human being

It is a deadline that has come and gone, along with huge amounts of funding Yet no computer is remotely close to passing the “Turing Test” What went wrong? Why has no one succeeded in creating AI?

In fact, AI is already here, earning its keep in banks, airports, hospitals, factories- even our own home and car It may not be quite what many were led to expect, but then the story of real-life AI is one of misplaced dreams, bitter feuds and grant-grabbing hype

Today’s computer scientists divide into two broad camps on the issue of AI The pragmatists see AI as a means to creating machines that do for thinking what engines have done for physical labor- taking on tasks

we human would prefer not to do: spending endless hours scouring heaps of market data for trends or scanning piles of medical images for signs of disease

Then there are the visionaries, still wedded to Turing’s challenge and trying to bring the sci-fi image to life For them, AI is all about computerized “assistants” that solve your printer problems and cheeky-chappy robots that talk to strangers There are some who even see AI as the route to understanding the workings of the human mind

Without doubt, it is the visionaries who have done most to get AI research on TV shows such as

Tomorrow’s World It is the pragmatists, however, who have got AI out of the door and into successful

applications: the neural network cooking controls of microwave ovens, for example, or the expert system that vets credit card transactions

When current AI technology is pushed closer to its sci-fi image, the results can be more irritating than impressive: witness Microsoft’s Paperclip Assistant, and the AI -based “help-desks” of some high-tech companies Even now, 50 years after work began on intelligent machines, only the bravest customers trust the automated telephone ticketing system at their local cinema

Even so, visionary AI researchers working away from the mainstream have pulled off some striking achievements Herbert Simon’s 1957 prediction that a computer would make a mathematical discovery came to pass 20 years later, when a logic-based program named AM, developed by Douglas Lenat at Stanford University, discovered that every even number greater than four seemed to be the sum of two odd primes In fact, AM had been pipped to this discovery by the Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach

in the 18th century; nevertheless the rediscovery of “Goldbach’s Conjuecture” by AM caused a stir within the AI community

Simon’s prediction that a computer would become world chess champion also came to pass- in a manner of speaking- in 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov, the greatest human exponent of the game

Most likely it will be one of the AI visionaries who finally creates a computer that passes Turing’s 50-year-old test For many in the mainstream AI community, however, beating the Turing Test is viewed as little more than a party trick They are hard at work addressing far more basic issues in AI- like convincing computers to hand over the cinema tickets you’ve paid for

Question 27 According to the writer, the term “artificial intelligence”

A. is missing from some scientific dictionaries B. makes us think of machines from sci-fi films

C. is overused among computer scientists D. implies that computers can be too clever

Question 28 Turing believed that

A. computers could copy human thought processes B. computer research needed more funding

C. computers would eventually replace human beings D computers might be used for immoral purposes

Question 29 Computer scientists today

A do not distinguish between sci-fi and reality B are making our dreams come true

C do not agree about the aims of AI development D are spending far too long on AI research

Question 30 What is the writer’s view of the Microsoft Paperclip assistant?

A It is a very helpful device B It is not to be trusted

C It is an impressive development D It is rather annoying

Question 31 The discovery made by Lenat’s computer program

A. went against 18th century mathematical theory

B was greeted with excitement by AI researchers

C showed predictions about AI to be false

D enabled it to win games like chess

Question 32 According to the writer, what do many mainstream AI researchers think is most important?

A inventing a computer to beat the Turning test

B developing computers to become chess champions

C improving computerized services in daily life

D creating computers for entertainment purposes

Question 33 The word “mimic” used in the passage is closest in meaning to _

A imitate B disregard C take on D take over

Exercise 6: Read the text below and think of ONE word which best fits each gap Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet There is an example at the beginning (0)

DO I LOOK OK?

Dolls and plenty of toys were once (0.) - the - sole requirement for a happy childhood Not any

(34.) _ These days, style matters even in the playground, which means that an image obsession can strike (35.) _ children are barely out of nappies Eavesdrop on a conversation at a primary school and it is just (36.) _ likely to revolve around the latest fashions as favorite cartoon characters But (37.) _ is the darker side to this preoccupation with appearance that is causing concern among some experts Research carried (38.) _ over the past two years has highlighted a dangerous body-image trend in children as young as three and four (39.) _ dissatisfied are some with how they look that they are prepared to diet and restrict (40.) _ food intake in order to change their appearance A degree of weight awareness is evident (41.) _ the age of two upwards, and by the time they start school, many children have developed definite insecurities about how they (42.) _ perceived Significantly, the children who are most concerned (43.) _ weight are almost consistently those whose parents are most controlling about what is eaten at home

Exercise 7: The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-G Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below Write the correct number (i-x) in boxes 44-50 on your answer sheet

List of Headings

i The problem of dealing with emergencies in space

ii How space biomedicine can help patients on Earth iii Why accidents are so common in outer space

iv What is space biomedicine?

v The psychological problems of astronauts

vi Conducting space biomedical research on Earth vii The internal damage caused to the human body by space travel viii How space biomedicine first began

ix The visible effects of space travel on the human body

44 Paragraph A _

SPACE TRAVEL AND HEALTH

A Space biomedicine is a relatively new area of research both in the USA and in Europe Its main objectives are to study the effects of space travel on the human body, identifying the most critical medical problems and finding solutions to those problems Space biomedicine centres are receiving increasing direct support from NASA and/or the European Space Agency (ESA)

B This involvement of NASA and the ESA reflects growing concern that the feasibility of travel to other planets, and beyond, is no longer limited by engineering constraints but by what the human body can actually withstand The discovery of ice on Mars, for instance, means that there is now no necessity to design and develop a spacecraft large and powerful enough to transport the vast amounts of water needed to sustain the crew throughout journeys that may last many years Without the necessary protection and medical treatment, however, their bodies would be devastated

by the unremittingly hostile environment of space

C The most obvious physical changes undergone by people in zero gravity are essentially harmless; in some cases they are even amusing The blood and other fluids are no longer dragged down towards the feet by the gravity of Earth, so they accumulate higher up in the body, creating what is sometimes called “fat face”, together with the contrasting “chicken legs” syndrome as the lower limbs become thinner

D Much more serious are the unseen consequences after months or years in space With no gravity, there is less need for a sturdy skeleton to support the body, with the result that the bones weaken, releasing calcium into the bloodstream This extra calcium can overload the kidneys, leading ultimately to renal failure Muscles too lose strength through lack of use The heart becomes smaller, losing the power to pump oxygenated blood to all parts of the body, while the lungs lose the capacity to breathe fully The digestive system becomes less efficient, a weakened immune system is increasingly unable to prevent diseases and the high levels of solar and cosmic radiation can cause various forms of cancer

E To make matters worse, a wide range of medical difficulties can arise in the case of an accident or serious illness when the patient is millions of kilometres from Earth There is simply not enough room available inside a space vehicle to include all the equipment from a hospital’s casualty unit, some of which would not work properly in space anyway Even basic things such as a drip depend

on gravity to function, while standard resuscitation techniques become ineffective if sufficient weight cannot be applied The only solution seems to be to create extremely small medical tools and “smart” devices that can, for example, diagnose and treat internal injuries using ultrasound The cost of designing and producing this kind of equipment is bound to be, well, astronomical

F Such considerations have led some to question the ethics of investing huge sums of money to help a handful of people who, after all, are willingly risking their own health in outer space, when so much needs to be done a lot closer to home It is now clear, however, that every problem of space travel has a parallel problem on Earth that will benefit from the knowledge gained and the skills developed from space biomedical research For instance, the very difficulty of treating astronauts in space has led to rapid progress in the field of telemedicine, which in turn has brought about developments that enable surgeons to communicate with patients in inaccessible parts of the world

To take another example, systems invented to sterilize waste water on board spacecraft could be used by emergency teams to filter contaminated water at the scene of natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes In the same way, miniature monitoring equipment, developed to save

weight in space capsules, will eventually become tiny monitors that patients on Earth can wear without discomfort wherever they go

G Nevertheless, there is still one major obstacle to carrying out studies into the effects of space travel: how to do so without going to the enormous expense of actually working in space To simulate conditions in zero gravity, one tried and tested method is to work under water, but the space biomedicine centres are also looking at other ideas In one experiment, researchers study the weakening of bones that results from prolonged inactivity This would involve volunteers staying in bed for three months, but the centre concerned is confident there should be no great difficulty in finding people willing to spend twelve weeks lying down All in the name of science, of course

Exercise 8: For questions 51-60, read the text below Use the word given in capitals in brackets to form

a word that fits in the space in the same line There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered on the answer sheet

Frankenstein's Real Creator

In these days of (0 GENE) -genetic - engineering, it is not unusual to hear the name Frankenstein

invoked by those who fear the consequences when humans seek to create a being in their own

(51.LIKE)

Often overlooked, however, is the fact that the tale originated, not as a folk legend, still less as a wildly

original film script, but as a literary (52.MASTER) Even today, to read the chilling

story of an inventor and the uncontrollable monster he created is at once both a thought-provoking and an

(53.SETTLE) experience What’s more, the (54.ENDURE)

popularity of the novel, and its modern- day relevance are all the more remarkable when we remember it

was written almost 200 years ago, by an 18-year-old woman called Mary Shelley Over the decades (55.NUMBER) films have attempted to capture the full horror of her story, but none

have come close to equalling the power of Mary Shelley’s frightening prose Amongst

(56.ACADEMY) and commentators, Frankenstein has long been

(57.KNOWLEDGE) as a powerful piece of gothic fiction, representing as it does an (58.ORDINARY) fusion of contemporary philosophy literary skill and

(59.IMAGINE) vision It is only recently, however, with increased media attention

devoted to the philosophical issues tier novel raises, that there has been a more general

(60.REVIVE) of interest in Mary herself

Exercise 9: Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition or particle

61 The police arrived immediately after the call and caught the burglar _ the spot

62 How could you stand _ and watched him beat the children like that?

63 The only way one can tell the twins _ is by their haircuts

64 The doctor thinks he’ll pull _ now His temperature has gone down

65 When the police discovered his history of drunk driving, they took _ his driver’s license

Exercise 10: In the passage below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be there Indicate the correct lines with a tick (√) For the incorrect lines, write the words that should not be there

66 _

67 _

68 _

69 _

70 _

71 _

During my stay among the indigenous people of Africa turned out to be a mixture of both success and failure I was able to observe firsthand how the people who lived instead of relying

on books or films I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they were genial people They were friendly to me from the very first day and they did not display any signs of hostility throughout

my month – long stay I felt indignant about when I thought of the terrible way they had always been depicted as in films and books

72 _

73 _

74 _

75 _

However, my trip was not a bed full of roses I had been warned by my colleagues that when I stayed with a tribe, I had to do as the Romans do I should not be afraid that to try new things especially the food that they considered delicacies Unfortunately, I did not take up their advice and I gagged on a piece of meat that they offered me They looked like offended and from that day, many of them were not as friendly as they used to be

Exercise 11: Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before Write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given in brackets, in the space provided on the answer sheet Do not change the word given in the brackets in any way

Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet

76 Police reported that a man had been helping them with their inquiries (WAS)

A man _police with their inquiries

77 All the witnesses said that the accident was my fault (BLAME)

All the witnesses said that _ the accident

78 It was childish of him not to accept my apologies (REFUSED)

 He _ of him

79 No one listened to what the politician was saying last night (EARS)

 What last night

80 She thought it was too difficult for her to come to the class on time (FOUND)

 She _ the class on time

Exercise 12: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it

Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet

81 We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home

 Only _

82 His second attempt on the world record was successful

 He broke

83 I write to him almost every day

 Hardly

84 The northwest of Britain has more rain each year than the southeast

 The annual _

85 It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste

 Impressive

Exercise 13: Write a paragraph of around 140 words about the following topic:

“Ecotourism is now defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment.” What are the advantages of ecotourism?

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