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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ NĂM 2022 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (Khối 10) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT PART LISTENING (50 POINTS) Section (10 points) Complete the form Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer PERSONAL DETAILS FORM Name: Mary (1) ……… Address: Flat (2) ……… (3) ……… Road, Canterbury Telephone: (4) ……… Estimated value of lost items: (5) £ ……… Section (10 points) Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) The swimming pool has eight lanes Some new fitness equipment has recently been added It is necessary to give a detailed account of any illnesses you have in the questionnaire You have to learn the safety rules by yourself 10 You should spend one month to achieve all the goals planned by the trainer Section (10 points) Choose the answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear 11 Tony says that Time Out was unlike other publications in 1968 because A it was written by one person B information was more accurate C it had a comprehensive list of events D it was in the form of a magazine 12 What experience did Tony have of publishing? A He had worked for What’s On B He had written numerous articles C He had transformed an existing magazine D He had started a student magazine 13 Why did Tony leave university? A He wanted to go to France B He didn’t have time to study C He had failed his French examinations D He had found an alternative career 14 According to Tony, what led to the magazine becoming a weekly? A some market research B the quantity of information C technical improvements D external pressure 15 Tony says the big publishers were not interested in this type of magazine because A it was popular with students C it came out too frequently Section (20 points) B it was considered too expensive D it threatened their publications Fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS taken from the passage STELLA PRIME: MOUNTAINEER On her first expedition, Stella became aware of feelings of (16) _ and (17) _ connected with mountaineering Stella’s family (18) _ by her new interest because she had previously taken part in several so-called (19) _ Stella found the (20) _ for climbing Everest particularly hard On her second expedition, Stella was worried about the (21) _ she would have to climb through Stella had regretted taking (22) _ with her on her first expedition She says that she didn’t take a (23) _ with her beyond a certain altitude Stella uses the word (24) _ to discribe the feelings of her party on reaching the summit Stella’s book about her experiences is entitled (25) _ PART B LEXICO - GRAMMAR (40 points) Part 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) Mike the news at school, but you should call and tell him –just in case A should have heard B could have heard C shouldn’t have heard D musn’t have heard We should participate in the movements _ the natural environment A organizing to conserve B organized conserving C which organize to conserve D organized to conserve Plastic pollution is currently one of the biggest problems _affecting the marine environment with an estimated million tonnes of plastic entering the ocean annually A affecting B affected C having affected D to have affected Between 2020 to 2050, sea levels along the coastlines of the United States between 10-12 inches, with some variance due to regional differences in geography A are expected to rise B will have been expected to rise C will have expected to be rising D will have expected to rise During exploration, problems that we can’t solve on our own can arise, _? A they B don’t they C can’t they D can they I attended a very informative presentation on smartboards, _I learnt the advantages of using technology in education A about with B for which C at which D which _, he remained optimistic A Badly wounded as he was B Badly as he was wounded during C Though badly wounded he was D As he was badly wounded The salary of a bus driver is much higher A to compare with a teaher B than that of a teacher C than a teacher D than the teacher is When _the brush down is the secret of good painting A putting B to be put C to put D to have put 10 It is imperative that your facebook password _confidential A need keeping B need to keep C must be kept D needs keeping 11 Life is so full of both good fortune and misfortune that you have to learn to take the rough with the _ A smooth B ready C calm D tough 12 The new staff went to great _ to complete a high quality presentation A difficulty B efforts C torment D pains 13 I’ve been over this decision for ages but I’ve definitely made up my mind now A rejoicing B moaning C agonising D reckoning 14 with many personal responsibilities can help students to establish their independence will make them more flexible in working environment A That living alone B Living alone C What living alone D To live alone 15 After a great deal of hunting around with flashlights, the plain-clothes policemen were forced to go away A blank-handed B clear-handed C empty-hande D white-handed 16 Many people are now between a and a hard place They risk being infected with COVID-19 if they venture outside, but they cannot stay inside all the time A wall B block C stone D rock 17 As a matter of we have six security guards on the premises at all times A prudence B wisdom C foresight D acumen 18 My computer when I have too many programs open at the same time A stops B infects C freezes D locks 19 They're blowing over this issue It's impossible to know what they want! A dry and wet B hot and cold C warm and cool D light and heavy 20 I just got a good job for the summer- I don't know if I'll have one this fall, but I’ll make while the sun shines and save up for the winter A grass B weed C bush D hay Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part Give the correct form of the words in brackets Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points) With the expansion of agriculture, forests were transformed into and grazing areas, resulting in significant changes in the landscape (CULTIVATION) We have long known that hearing loss is America’s number one health problem (FATE) Poor health has him from working all his life (CAPACITY) He's at a very _ age and just tends to follow all the boys (IMPRESS) The of the process will depend on time available the consumer’s ability to handle and evaluate he information, and the perceived benefits of doing so (EXTEND) Some argue is dissolving the glue that has traditionally held companies together, and without with they may never flourish (SIZE) Nothing is more than being completely dependent on another person (DESTROY) My friends started going out late to nightclubs so I decided to _myself from the group (SOCIAL) One way to make your furniture products is by differentiating yourself with high quality visuals (STAND) 10 The world is becoming increasingly _(DEPEND) Your answers: 10 Part Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle Write your answer in the boxes provided (10 points) My mother always told me that I should stand for the things I believe in, regardless of how others perceive them 2 Why are you so worried about your history exam? It's your best subject you'll waltz it! Our local college is trying to clamp _ on cheating during exams Their plan to televise a well-known novel didn't pan when the author refused to sell them the rights to his book Some suppliers have tried to palm _ cheap telephones or outdated fax machines It’ll be interesting to see which businesses manage to get this economic crisis Americans responded by bringing up how the pandemic has altered their ability to engage _ friends and family If a horse breaks its leg, it usually has to be put _ These figures don’t make sense – have we slipped somewhere? 10 One of the plane’s engine cut _, so they had to land with only one Your answers: 10 PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (60 points) Part Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (15 points) The science of studying birds or ornithology most likely dates back to human’s fascination (1) _flight Recorded observations are a more recent phenomenon In the United States, some of the earliest recorded observations can be (2) _ to the American naturalist and painter John James Audubon, who in the early 1800s, tied threads to birds’ (3) _ as a means to identify individuals A century later, scientists affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution used metal bands as a means of identifying (4) _ herons If and when the herons were recaptured, the bands provided data on the individual birds This method is known as mark and recapture It is still used to (5) _ the abundance of a population as well as track the movement of individuals Modern technology has provided an ever increasing number of (6) _ to gather data on bird populations and individuals Electronic (7) _ devices were once limited to the larger breeds of birds like Trumpeter Swans and Wandering Albatrosses because of the size of transmitters The rule of thumb was that birds not be outfitted with transmitters that (8) _ 3-5% of the bird’s body weight Researchers needed some form of transportation to carry the cumbersome equipment The emergence of transmitters that utilised the ARGOS satellite network in 1984 (9) _ ornithological studies More recently, the development of lightweight sensors like geolocators that record light (10) _ and the even smaller nanotags that emit radio signals have led to the automation of radio telemetry Reports also found ornithologists are even using “the International Space Station to receive data from the lightest GPS tags, adding to the bevy of options scientists have today.” https://earth.org/technology-has-taught-us-much-about-migratory-birds-but-can-itsave-them/ A in B at C with D by A led B added C applied D linked A necks B legs C backs D heads A individual B each C every D single A estimate B display C evaluate D reflect A approaches B techniques C ways D methods A establishing B observing C calculating D tracking A preceded B exceeded C surpassed A readjusted B restored C revolutionised D renovated 10 A expansion B wave C tension D intensity D outran Your answers 10 Part 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) CALABASAS, California —(1) _ into the Santa Monica Mountains, the average home here goes for around $1.8 million, the gardens are bursting with pansies fit for rainy England, and hefty fines have (2) _little to restrain many homeowners from squandering water in a time of drought This week came a measure of last (3) _ The local water agency began choking the taps of the worst offenders, limiting the water flow of those (4) _ flouted water conservation rules, paid the fines, and kept on flouting Their showers will henceforth slow to a trickle Sprinklers will be rendered unusable Good luck refilling the pool Or the koi pond “This is not our preferred way of (5) _ with our customers,” David Pedersen, the head of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, told me “We are in a situation where we can’t have customers (6) _water.” Water is the great phantom of Southern California There wasn’t much water here at all until a half century ago, when great (7) _of engineering began moving snowmelt and rain from hundreds of miles north, polka-dotting these parched hills with emerald lawns Now, climate change is giving that phantom a chase The state is in the third year of extreme (8) Reservoirs are low And water agencies are having to take extreme measures to get (9) _ the dry, hot summer months ahead Climate change is no longer a future risk, Pedersen says “We’re needing to (10) _ right now.” (http://nytimes.com/2022/06/03/climate/california-water-restrictions.html) Your answers 10 Part 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 (15 points) Archaeological records ― paintings, drawings, and carvings of humans engaged in activities involving the use of hands ― indicate that humans have been predominantly right-handed for more than 5,000 years In ancient Egyptian artwork, for example, the right-hand is depicted as the dominant one in about 90percent of the examples Fracture or wear patterns on tools also indicate that a majority of ancient people were right-handed Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 2,000 years old commonly show outlines of human hands made by placing one hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other Children today make similar outlines of their hands with crayons on paper With few exceptions, left hands of Cro-Magnons are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the paintings were usually done by right- handers Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors back to at least 1.4 million years ago One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in toolmaking: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from those flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker) Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as the present-day Inuit Occasionally the knives slip and leave scratches on the users' teeth Scratches made with a left-to-right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common than scratches in the opposite direction (made by left-handers) Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical differences between the right and left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical differences between the two sides of the brain The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right- or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens Populations of Neanderthals, such as Homo erectus and Homo habilis, seem to have been predominantly right-handed, as we are What is the main idea of the passage? A Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools B.It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning tool use C.Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a million years D.Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans The word "other" in paragraph refers to A outline B hand C wall D.paint What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands? A Some are not very old B It is unusual to see such paintings C Many were made by children D The artists were mostly right-handed The word "implements" in paragraph is closest in meaning to A tools B designs C examples D pieces The word "clues" in paragraph is closest in meaning to A solutions B details C damage D information The fact that the Inuit cut meat by holding it between their teeth is significant because A the relationship between handedness and scratches on fossil human teeth can be verified B it emphasizes the differences between contemporary humans and their ancestors C the scratch patterns produced by stone knives vary significantly from patterns produced by modern knives D it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools The word "hemispheres" in paragraph is closest in meaning to A differences B sides C activities D studies Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Habilis in the last paragraph? A To contrast them with modern humans B To explain when human ancestors began to make tools C To show that early humans were also predominantly right-handed D To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large All of the following are mentioned as types of evidence concerning handedness EXCEPT A ancient artwork B asymmetrical skulls C studies of tool use D fossilized hand bones 10 Which of the following conclusions is suggested by the evidence from cranial morphology? A Differences in the hemispheres of the brain probably came about relatively recently B There may be a link between handedness and differences in the brain's hemispheres C Left-handedness was somewhat more common among Neanderthals D Variation between the brain's hemispheres was not evident in the skulls of Homo erectus and Homo habilis (https://www.yeuanhvan.com/toefl-reading/1334-toeflreadings-36) Your answers 10 Part Read the text and the following tasks (15 points) ELECTRIC DREAMS A The days of the internal-combustion are numbered,and the fuel cell represents the future of automotive transport, says PETER BREWER.A Some of the world's greatest inventions have been discovery by accident One such accident led to the discovery of the fuel cell and another led to its commercialisation And in around 30 years, when most of the energy analysts have predicted the oil wells will run dry, motorists will be thankful for both these strange twists of fate Why? Simply because without the fuel cell to replace the combustion engine, private motoring as we all know it would be restricted to only those who could afford the B high price The exact date of the discovery of the fuel cell is not known, but historians agree it most likely occurred around 1938 in the laboratories of British physicist Sir William Grove,who one day disconnectedasimple electrolytic cell (in which hydrogen and oxygen are produced when water contacts an electric current running throughaplatinum wire) and reversed the flow of current As author records in his book Powering the Future, Grove realized that just as he could use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen it should be possible to generate electricity by C combining these two gases The principle behind the fuel cell is simple Hydrogen and oxygen, two of the most common elements in the world,areavery explosive combination But separate them withasophisticated platinum coated barrier and an electro chemical reaction takes place, where positively charged hydrogen ions react with oxygen and leave the hydrogen electrons behind It is this reaction, the excess electrons on one side of the barrier and the deficit of D electrons on the other that creates electrical energy The early development of the fuel cell was fraught with problems and high cost.But by 1954 US giant General Electric had producedaprototype that proved sufficiently effective to interest NASA.The Gemini space programme proved the viability of the fuel cell to provide electrical power The spacecraft used six stacks of cells with three cells in each stack The electrical power output from each stack was quite modest-just one kilowatt and asabyproduct, produced halfalitre of water for each kilowatt hour of operation But the Gemini Cells were very unstable and E required constant monitoring At this time if anyone had suggested to Canadian Scientist Geoffrey Ballard that he would becomeaworld leader in fuel cell technology, he would have laughed Ballard's scientific background was actually geophysics, but during the oil-crisis of 193,the US government asked the Canadian to explore alternative forms of energy Ballard threw himself into the project enthusiastically but soon became disillusioned by the politics of the programme Energy systems takealong time to develop, Ballard said The short-term vision of politicians, who voted to fund such projects in the desire for quick results to bolster their re-election chances,were frustrating for the scientists However, since the US F government lacked the vision for the job, he decided to tackle it himself The big breakthrough on Ballard's fuel cell came by accident in the search for cheaper materials Up until late 1986, Ballard's team had worked with only one type of fuel cell membrane manufactured by DuPont, but Dow Chemical had also developedasimilar membrane, which had not been released for sale Ballard's team tracked down an experimental sample of the Dow material, put it intoafuel cell and set upastandard test.Withinafew minutes the fuel cell was generating so much electricity on the test bench that it had melted through the power- G output cable Ballard immediately knew he hadasaleable product The problem was: Should he aim his fuel cell at small markets like military field generators, wheelchairs and golf carts,or try to sell it asafull blown alternative to the combustion engine? "It was so needed and the world was ready for it," Ballard said "Los Angeles is dying; Vancouver is going to be eaten alive by its own pollution very shortly.It seemed likeatime to go for broke "Ballard Power Systems first builtasmall bus to demonstrate the H technology,and then an even bigger bus Asaresultanumber of multinational motor manufacturers, such as General Motors,Mitsubishi and Daimler-Benz all tested Ballard's cells Finally, Daimler formed an alliance with Ballard that has yielded some impressive prototypes, includingafully driveable fuel cellpoweredA-class MercedesBenz compact car,known as Necar Daimler Chlysler, as the merged Daimler-Benz and Chlysler Corporation is now known, says the fuel cell represents the future of automotive transport "The significance of this technological advancement (the fuel cell) is comparable to the impact the microchip had on computer technology when it replaced the transistor, "said Dr Ferdinand Panik, the head of Daimler Chlysler's fuel cell development team Questions 1-7 There are paragraphs numbered A-G in Reading Passage From the list below numbered i-x, choose a suitable heading for the paragraphs There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all the headings List of headings i A conflict of interests ii Science is sometimes a question of luck iii Using the fuel cell in different ways iv How does it work? v Deciding how to exploit the new product vi Using the fuel cell to be the first in the space race vii A key stage in the development of fuel cell viii A first step on the road to a new source of energy ix Applying the new technology on a global scale x The first fuel cell is tested Paragraph A Paragraph B Paragraph C Paragraph D Paragraph E Paragraph F Paragraph G Your answers: Questions 8-10 Choose the most appropriate letter A, B, C or D The fuel cell generates electricity because A hydrogen and oxygen can be used to create controlled explosions B of the reaction which occurs when hydrogen and oxygen are separated C hydrogen and oxygen are both gases D hydrogen and oxygen both contain electrons The Gemini space programme demonstrated that A.The fuel cell was too difficult to use in space programmes B The fuel cell can only work with pure oxygen C.Generating a substantial amount of electricity requires many fuel cells D The fuel cell could be used successfully 10 The US government asked Ballard to carry out fuel cell research because A he was an expert in his field B supplies of oil were running out C they wanted to find new sources of energy D te offered to work completely independently Your answers: PART WRITING (50 POINTS) 10 Task The charts below show the number of people in Europe who were affected by four types of noise by day and by night in cities and rural areas in 2007 Write a report describing the information shown below You should write about 150 words Task Write an essay on the following topic: More and more young people from wealthy countries are spending time in communities in poorer countries doing unpaid work such as teaching or building houses Why is this? Who benefits more from this, the communities or these young people? You should write about 250 words - THE END - ... may never flourish (SIZE) Nothing is more than being completely dependent on another person (DESTROY) My friends started going out late to nightclubs so I decided to _myself from the... A blank-handed B clear-handed C empty-hande D white-handed 16 Many people are now between a and a hard place They risk being infected with COVID-19 if they venture outside, but they cannot... been over this decision for ages but I’ve definitely made up my mind now A rejoicing B moaning C agonising D reckoning 14 with many personal responsibilities can help students to establish