TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN THÁI NGUYÊN ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT DUYÊN HẢI- TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 Năm học 2021- 2022 SECTION A LISTENING Part Write NO MORE THAN THREE OR A NUMBER for each answer (10 pts) Council Youth Scheme Application for Funding for Group Project Example Answer Name Ralph Pearson Contact address …………………… Drayton DR6 8AB Telephone number 01453 586098 Name of group Community Youth Theatre Group Description of group amateur theatre group (2 …………………… members) involved in drama …………………… Amount of money requested …………………… (£) Description of project to produce a short …………………… play for young children Money needed for How source of funding will be credited …………………… for scenery costumes cost of …………………… …………………… sundries acknowledged in the …………………… given to audience Other organisations approached for funding (and National Youth Services - money was 10 outcome) …………………… Your answers: Part You will listen to an interview about unacceptable teenage behavior For questions 1-5, choose the best answer, A, B, C, or D (10 pts) Tom feels that recent research into the teenage brain has A failed to reach a convincing conclusion B confirmed what adults had always thought C provided him with an explanation for certain types of behavior D shown that previous studies may have been misinterpreted In Jane’s opinion, many Western teenagers behave badly because A parents pay little attention to their social development B they’re obliged to carry out domestic duties which they hate C they’re under pressure to conform to the norms of other teenagers D formal education includes too few practical subjects When asked about teenage sleep patterns, Tom and Jane disagree about A whether the school day should be organized around these B whether all teenagers actually share the same ones C how long teenagers should sleep on average D how much lack of sleep affects learning Jane thinks the key difference between teenagers and adults relates to A how adaptable teenagers are B how easily influenced teenagers are C how well teenagers can resist temptation D how easy teenagers find it to break a bad habit Tom believes that teenagers learn best when their parents A provide them with good role models B establish suitable routines for them C co-operate with their teachers D trust them to be independent Your answers: Part You will listen to a radio interview about a woman currently studying color For question 1-5, decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F), or Not Given (NG) according to what you hear (10 pts) Olivia started researching color to understand the applications of color in marketing Only a minority of customers were aware that they identified brands with colors In terms of our associations with certain colors, red has the widest range of associations Talking about house colors in her city, Olivia is disappointed by the lack of variety Olivia would like to study how non-human and human sight differs in the future Your answers: Part You will hear a weather forecaster called Laura Armstrong talking about her work For questions 1-5, complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS (20 pts) Laura Armstrong: weather forecaster Laura currently works as a weather forecaster at a (1) …………………… station Laura refers to what forecasters call weather (2) …………………… before she makes a forecast each day Part of Laura's job on 'big weather days' is to provide (3) …………………… and maintain website information Laura's interest in the weather grew from a fear of (4) ………………… when she was younger Laura says the most important skill in weather forecasting is deciding what (5) ………………… mean Laura initially did a (6) …………………………………… course, unlike many other weather forecasters Laura says forecasters are often criticized for not being (7) …………………… enough in their predictions Laura is interested in discovering more about (8) …………………………………… later in her career Laura says it is possible to gain work experience in the (9) ……………… section of a weather organisation Laura has given weather forecasts at important sports events, like a (10) …………………… Your answers: 10 SECTION B LEXICO-GRAMMAR Part Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences (20 pts) I would like passersby to be excited by the sculpture and to feel it has not a ………… value but a timeless feel to it A conclusive B swindling C twisting D superficial ………… recent incidents, we are asking our customers to take particular care of their personal belongings A Considering B Bearing in mind C After all D In light of But most people will not assess the small print setting out changes to a(n) ………… and littleunderstood institutional structure A ambiguous B raucous C intricate D lively Every time she is in a …………, she rings her father and asks for help A chance B trouble C difficulty D fix The world’s first boot camp for teenagers addicted to the Internet may be the ………… of things to come A draft B formula C character D shape Teachers aim to help children become ………… learners A autonomous B withdrawn C susceptible D composed Sam was born in the country and had a deep ………… with nature A credence B stature C guile D affinity When her tears had ………… their course, she felt calmer and more in control A run B put C take D set His emotional problems ………… from the attitudes he encountered as a child A flourish B stem C root D spout 10 She ………… scorn on his plans to get rich quickly A threw B splashed C spread D heaped 11 He quickly learned the ………… of the job A by and large B fair and square C ins and outs D odds and ends 12 The picking of the fruit, …………, takes about a week A whose work they receive no money B for which work they receive no money C they receive no money for it D as they receive no money for that work 13 She made ………… telling him exactly what she thought of him A the best of B no bones about C a splash D a clean sweep of 14 My patience is beginning to ………… A makes waves B hold water C wear very thin D stay afloat 15 For the first few months the babies looked so alike I couldn’t tell ………… A who is whom B which is which C which from which D whom with whom 16 ………… invisible to the unaided eye, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways A Although is B Despite C Even though D Although 17 You can imagine how upset I was after the closure of the magazine Since the first day on its staff I ………… it as my best job ever A have considered B considered C had considered D was considered 18 The boss shouted at me as if ………… A I had been the only one who were to blame B I were the only one to blame C nobody but I am to blame D only I had been blamed 19 If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable ………… because it seems too good to be true A suspicion B doubt C reservation D disbelief 20 I love to things for children because I get a ………… out of it A pass B shoot C kick D move Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part Read the text and fill in each blank with the most suitable preposition(s) (15 pts) The whole family moved to Switzerland last month and their two children are settling ………… well at school there Their lives changed completely once the loan was paid ………… as it meant they could treat themselves to meals out and weekends away An old school friend tracked me ………… on the Internet and we met up recently to compare our life stories The company offered Maria a post in the New York branch and she jumped ………… the chance During the last recession, local businesses cut ………… recruitment No graduate trainees have been taken ………… as a result of stringent screening process Jeff explained that shortly after they bought the house together, he and his wife broke ………… and she moved to another town People often manage to advance their careers by getting ………… the right people and telling them what they want to hear Everything fell into place – she was offered the scholarship at Harvard, the flight was booked and her missing passport turned ………… just in time! 10 My brother has had a change of heart and is willing to help me ………… with decorating the flat after all Your answers: 10 Part Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words in brackets (10 pts) Fear Not More people fly today than ever before, yet many - experienced air (0) travellers as well as TRAVEL novices - suffer anguish and (1) …… at the mere thought of flying As many as one out of APPREHEND seven people are thought to experience anxiety when flying, with women (2) …… men two to NUMBER one in these feelings of (3) ……………… QUIET A certain amount of concern is (4) ………… The sheer size of modern jet aircraft, which STAND appear awkward and (5) ………… on the ground, makes one wonder how they will manage to WIELD get into the air - and stay there Most of these fears are (6) ……………… and are perhaps based LOGIC on the knowledge that once in the aircraft, we, as passengers, are (7) ………… to control our POWER fate, which depends solely on the (8) ……………… of the crew There is little comfort for us in EXPERT the numerous statistical compilations which show that modern air transport is many times safer than transport by car or rail Most people's fear remains on a (9) ………scale For others, MANAGE however, the anxiety can become an overwhelming fear, known as aviophobia Symptoms include feelings of panic, sweating, palpitations, depression, (10) ………………, weeping SLEEP spells and sometimes temporary paralysis Your answers: 10 SECTION C READING Part Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each numbered gap in the following passage (10 pts) Dinosaur Provincial Park Located in the (1) …………… badlands of southeastern Alberta, the park is undoubtedly best-known for its (2) …………… fossil beds, where some 35 different species of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period have so far been identified The area was (3) …………… a UNESCO world heritage site some three decades ago, not just on account of its paleontological value, but also due to the (4) …………… of animal and plant life to which it is home The Red Deer River runs through the present-day park, creating a habitat in which willows and cottonwoods (5) …………… Antelope and a type of deer whose name is lent to the aforementioned intersecting river graze on the grassy plains of the area, which also (6) …………… to other mammalian species such as the predatory coyote and the rabbit – the coyote’s main food source in the area, which also (7) …………… more than 150 species of birds Dinosaur fossils were first discovered here nearly a century and a half ago, but large-scale (8) …………… did not begin for another 30-odd years Significant (9) …………… include a near-complete skeleton of Albertosaurus libratus, a member of the tyrannosaur family, and a complete skull of Centrosaurus apertus, a horned dinosaur that lived a(n) (10) …………… 75 million years ago A infamous B reputable C popular D sheer 4 A extensive B thorough C expanded D protracted A designated B allocated C apportioned D nominated A uniformity B diversity C extent D fluctuation A thrive B progress C improve D elevate A home B range C ground D open A support B aid C help D assist A explorations B excavations C examinations D extrapolations A works B catches C assets D finds 10 A regarded B anticipated C predicted D estimated Your answers: 10 Part Read the text and fill in each blank with one most suitable word (15 pts) Natural Forecasters Reports of unusual animal behaviour prior (1) ………… the occurrence of earthquakes have been recorded in literature dating as (2) ………… back as 1784 However, to (3) …………, there has been very little indepth scientific research into the phenomenon However, (4) ………… that a geophysical tool has not been designed which gives advance warning of an impending earthquake, observations of animal behavior might (5) ………… out to be a useful tool Animals and birds could act as geosensors It is well known that the Earth's electromagnetic field is used by birds and fish as an aid to navigation and migration Sharks (6) ………… use of low or high frequency electro-receptors to detect objects and to communicate Perhaps it is time to (7) ………… this sensitivity to good use? Animals may have the means to understand the signal (8) ………… says 'leave this place' or 'fly-away now' or (9) ………… is necessary to survive the coming catastrophe lt comes (10) ………… no surprise, therefore, that animals have the potential to act as accurate geosensors, to detect earthquakes before they occur Your answers: 10 Part Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions (10 pts) Feeding habits of East African herbivores Buffalo, zebras, wildebeests, topi, and Thomson's gazelles live in huge groups that together make up some 90 percent of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti Plain of East Africa They are all herbivores (plant-eating animals), and they all appear to be living on the same diet of grasses, herbs, and small bushes This appearance, however, is illusory When biologist Richard Bell and his colleagues analyzed the stomach contents of four of the five species (they did not study buffalo), they found that each species was living on a different part of the vegetation The different vegetational parts differ in their food qualities: lower down, there are succulent, nutritious leaves; higher up are the harder stems There are also sparsely distributed, highly nutritious fruits, and Bell found that only the Thomson's gazelles eat much of these The other three species differ in the proportion of lower leaves and higher stems that they eat: zebras eat the most stem matter, wildebeests eat the most leaves, and topi are intermediate How are we to understand their different feeding preferences? The answer lies in two associated differences among the species, in their digestive systems and body sizes According to their digestive systems, these herbivores can be divided into two categories: the nonruminants (such as the zebra, which has a digestive system like a horse) and the ruminants (such as the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle, which are like the cow) Nonruminants cannot extract much energy from the hard parts of a plant; however, this is more than made up for by the fast speed at which food passes through their guts Thus, when there is only a short supply of poor-quality food, the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle enjoy an advantage They are ruminant and have a special structure (the rumen) in their stomachs, which contains microorganisms that can break down the hard parts of plants Food passes only slowly through the ruminant's gut because ruminating-digesting the hard parts-takes time The ruminant continually regurgitates food from its stomach back to its mouth to chew it up further (that is what a cow is doing when "chewing cud") Only when it had been chewed up and digested almost to a liquid can the food pass through the rumen and on through the gut Larger particles cannot pass through until they have been chewed down to size Therefore, when food is in short supply, a ruminant can last longer than a non-ruminant because it can derive more energy out of the same food The difference can partially explain the eating habits of the Serengeti herbivores The zebra chooses areas where there is more low-quality food It migrates first to unexploited areas and chomps the abundant low-quality stems before moving on It is a fast-in/fast-out feeder, relying on a high output of incompletely digested food By the time the wildebeests (and other ruminants) arrive, the grazing and trampling of the zebras will have worn the vegetation down As the ruminants then set to work, they eat down to the lower, leafier parts of the vegetation All of this fits in with the differences in stomach contents with which we began The other part of the explanation is body size Larger animals require more food than smaller animals, but smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate Smaller animals can therefore live where there is less food, provided that such food is of high energy content That is why the smallest of the herbivores, Thomson's gazelle, lives on fruit that is very nutritious but too thin on the ground to support a larger animal By contrast, the large zebra lives on the masses of low-quality stem material The differences in feeding preferences lead, in turn, to differences in migratory habits The wildebeests follow, in their migration, the pattern of local rainfall The other species likewise But when a new area is fueled by rain, the mammals migrate toward it in a set order to exploit it The larger, less fastidious feeders, the zebras, move in first; the choosier, smaller wildebeests come later; and the smallest species of all, Thomson's gazelle, arrives last The later species all depend on the preparations of the earlier one, for the actions of the zebra alter the vegetation to suit the stomachs of the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle The word “illusory” in the passage is closest in meaning to A definite B illuminating C misleading D exceptional Which of the following questions about Richard Bell's research is NOT answered in paragraph 1? A Which of the herbivores studied is the only one to eat much fruit? B Which part of the plants wildebeests prefer to eat? C Where did the study of herbivores' eating habits take place? D Why were buffalo excluded from the research study? The word "associated" in the passage is closest in meaning to A obvious B significant C expected D connected The author mentions the cow and the horse in paragraph in order to A distinguish the functioning of their digestive systems from those of East African mammals B emphasize that their relatively large body size leads them to have feeding practices similar to those of East African mammals C illustrate differences between ruminants and nonruminants through the use of animals likely to be familiar to most readers D emphasize similarities between the diets of cows and horses and the diets of East African mammals According to paragraph 2, which of the following herbivores has to eat large quantities of plant stems because it gains relatively little energy from each given quantity of this food? A The gazelle B The wildebeest C The zebra D The topi Paragraph suggests that which of the following is one of the most important factors in determining differences in feeding preferences of East African herbivores? A The availability of certain foods B The differences in stomach structure C The physical nature of vegetation in the environment D The ability to migrate when food supplies are low According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true of East African gazelles EXCEPT: A They digest their food very quickly B Microorganisms help them digest their food C They are unable to digest large food particles unless these are chewed down considerably D They survive well even if food supplies are not abundant The word "fastidious" in the passage is closest in meaning to A rapid B determined C flexible D demanding According to paragraph 4, which of the following mammals exhibits a feeding behavior that is beneficial to the other herbivores that share the same habitat? A Topi B Zebra C Wildebeest D Gazelle 10 According to the passage, which of the following is true of wildebeests? A They eat more stem matter than zebras B They are able to digest large food particles if the food is of a high quality C They tend to choose feeding areas in which the vegetation has been worn down D They are likely to choose low-quality food to eat in periods when the quantity of rainfall is low Your answers 10 Part Read the passage and the tasks that follow (15 pts) Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings (i-xv) below Write the appropriate letters (i-xv) in the space provided after questions 1-5 Lotte and Wytze Hellinga A As a student at the University of Amsterdam after the Second World War, Lotte found herself stimulated first by the teaching of Herman de la Fontaine Verwey and then by that of the forceful personality of Wytze Hellinga, at that time Professor of Dutch Philology at the University Wytze Hellinga’s teaching was grounded in the idea of situating what he taught in its context Obliged to teach Gothic, for example, he tried to convey a sense of the language rooted in its own time and environment B Study of the book was becoming increasingly important at the University of Amsterdam at this period, as the work of de la Fontaine Verwey and Gerrit Willem Ovink testifies Wytze Hellinga’s interests, formerly largely in a socio-linguistic direction, were now leaning more towards texts and to the book as the medium that carried written texts C Much of Wytze’s teaching followed his own research interests, as he developed his ideas around the sense that texts should properly be understood in the context of their method of production and dissemination He was at this time increasingly turning to codicology and to the classic Anglo-Saxon model of bibliography in the realization that the plan to produce a proper critical edition of the works of Pieter Comeliszoon Hooft, the seventeenth-century poet, dramatist and historian, depended on the application of the skills of analytical bibliography D Encouraged by his work, Lotte produced an undergraduate thesis on the printer’s copy of the Otia of Constantijn Huygens (The Hague, 1625) This work, incidentally, has never been published, although an article was regularly announced as forthcoming in Quaerendo during the early 1970s E On graduation in 1958, events took a turn that was to prove fateful Lotte was awarded a postgraduate fellowship by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Zuiver-Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (or Z.W.O) to go to England to study fifteenth-century printing, and Marie Kronenberg, the doyenne of Dutch bibliographers, arranged for her to be “taught incunabulizing” (as she put it) by Victor Scholderer at the British Museum F As an honorary Assistant Keeper at the Museum, then, she came to England in 1959, assisting among other things with the preparation of BMC volume IX (concerning the production of Holland and Belgium) while studying the texts of the Gouda printer Gerard Leeu to see if the sources (and hopefully printer’s copy) for his editions could be identified Although the subject proved difficult to define immediately so as to lead in a productive direction, most of this work was nonetheless to find its way into print in such collaborative publications as the Hellingas’ Fifteenth century printing types, the edition of the Bradshaw correspondence and the 1973 Brussels catalogue, to each of which we shall return But during her time at the Museum, Lotte’s attention was also attracted by such things as English provenances on early-printed continental books, an interest which has stayed with her throughout her career G Wytze’s attention too was turning towards incunabula at this time, as witnessed by the fifteenth-century examples used in his Copy and Print in the Netherlands (1962), and there began a fruitful period of collaborative work which was issued in a stream of short bibliographical articles on Low Countries incunabula, and culminated triumphantly in the ground-breaking Fifteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries, commissioned (at Wytze’s instance) by Menno Hertzberger in 1961 and published in 1966 These years saw periods of intensive study irtthe libraries strongest in the incunabula of the Low Countries, with whole summers passed in Cambridge and Copenhagen as well as shorter visits to libraries from Oxford to Vienna H The partnership between Lotte and Wytze was also to lead to marriage and to the birth of their son Between 1961 and 1975, the Hellingas were in Amsterdam In 1965, Lotte had obtained a research assistantship for Dutch prototypography from the Z.W.O., and from 1967 she was teaching at the Institute of Dutch Studies at the University of Amsterdam She continued to develop her interest in analytical bibliography in a number of directions, perhaps most strikingly in important work on early Dutch printing and an examination of the Coster question She also contributed to the catalogue which accompanied the exhibition held in Brussels in 1973 to commemorate the quincentenary of the introduction of printing to the Netherlands, a collaborative work that still provides the best presentation of the work of the early printers of the Low Countries I The year 1974 saw the award of a doctorate by the University of Amsterdam for her thesis on the relationship between copy and print in a fifteenth-century printing-house, Methode en praktijk bij het zetten van boeken in de vijftiende eeuw This seminal work, remaining as a Dutch dissertation of limited diffusion, has perhaps not been as widely read as it deserves There followed a year’s respite from teaching in 1975 with the commission from Ens List of Headings i The classic Anglo-Saxon model ii Lotte to go to England iii More recognition deserved iv Wytze’s research in Oxford v Wytze’s interest in texts and the book vi Lotte unpublished vii Lotte to be published viii Lotte’s first influences at university ix Lotte’s work in England x The development of Wytze’s research xi Back in Amsterdam xii A postgraduate student at university xiii A socio-lingustic direction xiv Wytze’s interest in incunabula xv The birth of a son ParagraphA ………… 2.Paragraph B ………… Paragraph C ………… Paragraph D ………… Paragraph E ………… For questions 6-10, decide if the statements below agree with the information in Reading Passage In Boxes 9-14, write: YES if the statement agrees with the information in the passage NO if the statement contradicts the information in the passage NOT GIVEN if there is no information about the statement in the passage Prior to his interests in the book, Wytze’s interest was mainly in socio-linguistics According to Wytze Hellinga, the production and dissemination of books were not really matters of importance When Lotte moved to England, she found it difficult to settle in initially Lotte lived and worked in Amsterdam during part of the 60s and 70s 10 Lotte’s postgraduate thesis was widely disseminated Your answers: 10 SECTION D WRITING Part The chart below shows annual average spending on clothes per person in the US in 1985, 1995 and 2005 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words Part Write an essay of 250 words on the following topic Nowadays, more and more women decide to have children later in their life? why? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? 10 ... organisation Laura has given weather forecasts at important sports events, like a (10) …………………… Your answers: 10 SECTION B LEXICO-GRAMMAR Part Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete... passport turned ………… just in time! 10 My brother has had a change of heart and is willing to help me ………… with decorating the flat after all Your answers: 10 Part Fill in each blank with the... feelings of panic, sweating, palpitations, depression, (10) ………………, weeping SLEEP spells and sometimes temporary paralysis Your answers: 10 SECTION C READING Part Choose the correct answer from