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THPT CHUYÊN CAO BẰNG ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐB BẮC BỘ NĂM 2022 MÔN THI: ANH - LỚP: 11 Thời gian:180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm 26 trang A LISTENING (50 pts) Part Listen to an interview with someone who consulted a 'life coach' to improve her life and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10pts) (Proficiency Test Builder 4th) Brigid says that she consulted a life coach because A she had read a great deal about them B both her work and home life were getting worse C other efforts to improve her life had failed D the changes she wanted to make were only small ones What did Brigid's coach tell her about money? A It would be very easy for Brigid to get a lot of it B Brigid's attitude towards it was uncharacteristic of her C Brigid placed too much emphasis on it in her life D Few people have the right attitude towards it What does Brigid say about her reaction to her coach's advice on money? A She felt silly repeating the words her coach gave her B She tried to hide the fact that she found it ridiculous C She felt a lot better as a result of following it D She found it difficult to understand at first What does Brigid say happened during the other sessions? A She was told that most people's problems had the same cause B Her powers of concentration improved C Some things she was told to proved harder than others D She began to wonder why her problems had arisen in the first place What has Brigid concluded ? Page of 25 A The benefits of coaching not compensate for the effort required B She was too unselfish before she had coaching C She came to expect too much of her coach D It is best to limit the number of coaching sessions you have Your answers Part Listen to a talk about ethical concerns with artificial intelligence and decide whether these statements are True (T), False (F) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 pts)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyacmzB1Og People tend to be oblivious to the moral issues associated with artificial intelligence in the research stage Video tracking can be deployed to speed up recovery from injuries A handful of giants have become the dominant overlords in the realm of artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is intended to harm human society as it does not share human values Machines are vulnerable to biases from the data introduced by their human makers Your answers Part Listen to a talk about pandemic diseases and supply the blanks with the missing information Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided (20 pts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nULJpyBbqpw Page of 25 TOP DEADLIEST PANDEMIC DISEASES Smallpox • first emerged around 400BC • caused 1. all over the body • the only disease declared to be 2. Bubonic Plague • also known as the 3. • caused by a bacterium spread by 4. • 5. , called buboes, occurred in the body The Spanish Flu • began and ended in a 6. • filled the lungs of patients with 7. Malaria • categorized as a blood disease • caused by 8. • Anopheles mosquitoes would 9. infected blood and pass it on to the next person they bite HIV/AIDS • often sexually transmitted • HIV 10. the immune system Part Listen to the introduction about Manham Port and answer the questions Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer (10pts)IELTS 10- Listening Test What caused Manham’s sudden expansion during the Industrial Revolution? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Why did rocks have to be sent away from Manham to be processed? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… What happened when the port declined in the twentieth century? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did the Manham Trust hope to do? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page of 25 What is the name of the beautiful old sailing ketch near the school? ……………………………………………………………………………… Your answers B LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Part 1: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 pts) (WORD PERFECT + OLYMPIC 30-4) The science teacher asked the class to _ the results of their experiment on a graph A draw C post D support B draw C present D make B willingly C squarely D perfectly David has a(n) to fainting at the sight of blood A inclination B pillar It is far too easy to lay the blame on the shoulders of the management A flatly D sketch Tom was able to a pretty picture of the situation and impressed his manager A paint C plot She's such a of strength that everyone relies on her in a crisis A tower B illustrate B predilection C predisposition D penchant The school committee paid to their famous former pupil by naming the new gym after her A esteem B homage C honour D respect After his long illness, the old man appeared so thin and that a gust of wind might have blown him away A flimsy B faint C withered D frail You could tell that she wasn't happy about the news by the way she her face in disapproval A came on B brought round C settled for D screwed up Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a experience A soul-destroying B heart-stopping C power-sharing D thought-provoking 10 a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar Page of 25 vocabulary, grammar, and sound systems A Linguists call it B It is called by linguists C What linguists call D What linguists call 11 , the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather A Leaving uncovered B Having left uncovered C Left uncovered D Been left uncovered 12 The contemporary dialogue for me struck a slightly _ note A disembodied B discordant C dismissive D disconcerting 13 Both of the jobs I’ve been offered are fantastic opportunities – I’m in such _! A a constituency B a deviation C an arrhythmia D a quandary 14 Sharon is such a positive person – she _ her problems, whatever they are A goes light on B throws light to C makes light of D sheds light upon 15 The brother and sister were over who would get to inherit the beach house A at large B at odds C at a standstill D at a loose end 16 that Kim was getting married, we were sorry she’d be leaving home A Delighted though we were B As we were delighted C However delighted were we D As we were so delighted 17 Peter’s so ! I think he’d think things through a little more carefully A impulsive B repulsive C compulsive D expulsive 18 I’ve yet a person as Theo A to meet as infuriating B to have met such infuriating C been meeting as infuriating D been meeting such infuriating 19 Sniffer dogs are able to locate survivors beneath the rubble with A precision B correctness C meticulousness D exactitude 20 The locks to the doors of the building are controlled A mainly B centrally C solidly D completely Part 2: Supply the correct form of the word provided in blankets in each sentence (10 pts) 1-2 Complaining consists of (SOCIAL) _ moaning and groaning which leads to (TRUST) _ and unnecessary arguments within relationships Thanks to plentiful fish, none of the islanders suffer from (NUTRIENT) _ Page of 25 I was at a difficult point of my life when I felt (ILLUSION) _ by both work and home life I talked to various friends, most of whom soon got tired of my (WHIMSY) _ rambling and indecisiveness It is estimated that between three to five million Britons suffer from such phobias, and the majority of these people not (GO) _ form of treatment Men are less likely to suffer from such fears than women, but attempts by either men or women simply to (REGARD) _them can exacerbate the problem Behavioral therapy is decidedly a safe and lasting (ALTERNATE) to drug treatment What contributes to her business success is that she always (WIT) 10 Many streets in Hanoi were flooded and (PASS) her opponent after it had rained for hours on end C READING (60 pts) Part 1: Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space Use only ONE WORD for each space Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts) – Toward proficiency SEASON AND BABY SIZE People born in certain months of the year tend to be taller than those born in others This discovery was (1) in a recent study carried out at the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen The researchers looked at the height and weight details (2) birth of over a million Danes born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and found that a child born in April is, on average, nearly two centimeters taller than one born in December As (3) as being taller, the April baby is also likely to be heavier, and the odds (4) that he or she will remain bigger throughout life The study also shows that (5) children born in December tend to be the smallest, the size of those born in June and July is also well below (6) of the April babies In these two midsummer months, however, the difference in height and weight is only half as much as in midwinter Page of 25 Similar results (7) these emerged from a separate study in Australia There they found that by the time children reached 18, the gap between the April and the December ones had increased to about five centimeters Another seasonal variation that (8) to light concerned actual birth dates Winter babies, it was discovered, were born an average of one day earlier than spring, summer or autumn babies In (9) of these studies were scientists able to explain these differences In both cases they called (10) further research into the subject Your answers: 10 Part For questions 1-10, read an extract from an article and choose the answer A, B, C or D that fits best according to the text Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 pts)- Toefl IBT Practice Test Green Iceberg Icebergs are massive blocks of ice, irregular in shape; they float with only about 12 per cent of their mass above the sea surface They are formed by glaciers—large rivers of ice that begin inland in the snows of Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska—and move slowly toward the sea The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out to sea Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque because they carry gravel and bits of rock They may change colour with changing light conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon However, travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions Another suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds, including copper and iron Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs and ice cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the glacial ice shelves along Page of 25 the Antarctic continent Analyses of these cores and samples provide a different solution to the problem The ice shelf cores, with a total length of 215 meters (705 feet), were long enough to penetrate through glacial ice—which is formed from the compaction of snow and contains air bubbles—and to continue into the clear, bubble-free ice formed from seawater that freezes onto the bottom of the glacial ice The properties of this clear sea ice were very similar to the ice from the green iceberg The scientists concluded that green icebergs form when a two-layer block of shelf ice breaks away and capsizes (turns upside down), exposing the bubble-free shelf ice that was formed from seawater A green iceberg that stranded just west of the Amery Ice Shelf showed two distinct layers: bubbly bluewhite ice and bubble-free green ice separated by a onemeter-long ice layer containing sediments The green ice portion was textured by seawater erosion Where cracks were present, the colour was light green because of light scattering; where no cracks were present, the colour was dark green No air bubbles were present in the green ice, suggesting that the ice was not formed from the compression of snow but instead from the freezing of seawater Large concentrations of single-celled organisms with green pigments (colouring substances) occur along the edges of the ice shelves in this region, and the seawater is rich in their decomposing organic material The green iceberg did not contain large amounts of particles from these organisms, but the ice had accumulated dissolved organic matter from the seawater It appears that unlike salt, dissolved organic substances are not excluded from the ice in the freezing process Analysis shows that the dissolved organic material absorbs enough blue wavelengths from solar light to make the ice appear green Chemical evidence shows that platelets (minute flat portions) of ice form in the water and then accrete and stick to the bottom of the ice shelf to form a slush (partially melted snow) The slush is compacted by an unknown mechanism, and solid, bubble-free ice is formed from water high in soluble organic substances When an iceberg separates from the ice shelf and capsizes, the green ice is exposed The Amery Ice Shelf appears to be uniquely suited to the production of green icebergs Once detached from the ice shelf, these bergs drift in the currents and wind systems surrounding Antarctica and can be found scattered among Antarctica’s less colourful icebergs According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of icebergs EXCEPT: Page of 25 A They not have a regular shape B They are formed where glaciers meet the ocean C Most of their mass is above the sea surface D Waves and tides cause them to break off glaciers According to paragraph 2, what causes icebergs to sometimes appear dark or opaque? A A heavy cloud cover B The presence of gravel or bits of rock C The low angle of the Sun above the horizon D The presence of large cracks in their surface Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the the bolded sentence in paragraph 3? A One explanation notes that green icebergs stand out among other icebergs under a great variety of light conditions, but this is attributed to an optical illusion B One explanation for the colour of green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion that occurs when the light from a near-horizon red Sun shines on a blue iceberg C One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to a great variety of light conditions, but green icebergs stand out best among other icebergs when illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun D One explanation attributes the colour of green icebergs to an optical illusion under special light conditions, but green icebergs appear distinct from other icebergs under a great variety of light conditions According to paragraph 4, how is glacial ice formed? A By the compaction of snow B By the freezing of seawater on the bottom of ice shelves C By breaking away from the ice shelf D By the capsizing of a two-layer block of shelf ice Ice shelf cores helped scientists explain the formation of green icebergs by showing that A the ice at the bottom of green icebergs is bubble-free ice formed from frozen seawater B bubble-free ice is found at the top of the ice shelf C glacial ice is lighter and floats better than sea ice Page of 25 D the clear sea ice at the bottom of the ice shelf is similar to ice from a green iceberg Why does the author mention that “The green ice portion was textured by seawater erosion”? A To explain why cracks in the iceberg appeared light green instead of dark green B To suggest that green ice is more easily eroded by seawater than white ice is C To support the idea that the green ice had been the bottom layer before capsizing D To explain how the air bubbles had been removed from the green ice Which of the following is NOT explained in the passage? A Why blocks of ice break off where glaciers meet the ocean B Why blocks of shelf ice sometimes capsize after breaking off C Why green icebergs are commonly produced in some parts of Antarctica D Why green icebergs contain large amounts of dissolved organic pigments The passage supports which of the following statements about the Amery Ice Shelf? A The Amery Ice Shelf produces only green icebergs B The Amery Ice Shelf produces green icebergs because its ice contains high levels of metallic compounds such as copper and iron C The Amery Ice Shelf produces green icebergs because the seawater is rich in a particular kind of soluble organic material D No green icebergs are found far from the Amery Ice Shelf Scientists have differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because of something in the ice itself Where would the sentence best fit? A Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque because they carry gravel and bits of rock They may change colour with changing light conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon Scientists have differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because of something in the ice itself However, travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions Another suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds, including Page 10 of 25 shelves along the Antarctic continent Analyses of these cores and samples provide a different solution to the problem D Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque because they carry gravel and bits of rock They may change colour with changing light conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon However, travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions Another suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds, including copper and iron Scientists have differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because of something in the ice itself Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs and ice cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the glacial ice shelves along the Antarctic continent Analyses of these cores and samples provide a different solution to the problem 10 Several logical suggestions have been offered to explain why some icebergs appear green EXCEPT A Ice cores were used to determine that green icebergs were formed from the compaction of metallic compounds, including copper and iron B Green icebergs form when a two-layer block of ice breaks away from a glacier and capsizes, exposing the bottom sea ice to view C Ice cores and samples revealed that both ice shelves and green icebergs contain a layer of bubbly glacial ice and a layer of bubble-free sea ice D In a green iceberg, the sea ice contains large concentrations of organic matter from the seawater Your answers 10 Part Read the following passage and the tasks that follow (13 pts) Page 12 of 25 https://collegedunia.com/news/e-482-does-water-have-memory-ielts-reading-samplewith-explanation Does water have memory? The practice of homeopathy was first developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann During research in the 1790s, Hahnemann began experimenting with quinine, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark that was well known at the time to have a positive effect on fever Hahnemann started dosing himself with quinine while in a state of good health, and reported in his journals that his extremities went cold, he experienced palpitations, an “infinite anxiety”, a trembling and weakening of the limbs, reddening cheeks and thirst – “in short”, he concluded, “all the symptoms of relapsing fever presented themselves successively ” Hahnemann’s main observation was that things which create problems for healthy people cure those problems in sick people, and this became his first principle of homeopathy: simila similibus (with help from the same) While diverging from the principle of apothecary practice at the time – which was contraria contrariis (with help from the opposite) – the efficacy of simila similibus was reaffirmed by subsequent developments in the field of vaccinations Hahnemann’s second principle was minimal dosing – treatments should be taken in the most diluted form at which they remain effective This negated any possible toxic effects of simila similibus In 1988 the French immunologist Jacques Benveniste took minimal dosing to new extremes when he published a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Nature in which he suggested that very high dilutions of the anti-lgE antibody could affect human basophil granulocytes, the least common of the granulocytes that make up about 0.01% to 0.3% of white blood cells The point of controversy, however, was that the water in Benveniste’s test had been so diluted that any molecular evidence of the antibodies no longer existed Water molecules, the researcher concluded, had a biologically active component that a journalist later termed “water memory” A number of efforts from scientists in Britain, France and the Netherlands to duplicate Benveniste’s research were unsuccessful, however, and to this day no peerreviewed study under broadly accepted conditions has been able to confirm the validity of “water memory” The third principle of homeopathy is “the single remedy.” Exponents of this principle believe that it would be too difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the potential effects of Page 13 of 25 multiple homeopathic remedies delivered simultaneously If it did work, they suggest, one could not know quite why it worked, turning homeopathy into an ambiguous guessing game If it did not work, neither patient nor practitioner would know whether the ingredients were all ineffective, or whether they were only ineffective in combination with one another Combination remedies are gaining in popularity, but classical homeopaths who rely on the single remedy approach warn these are not more potent, nor they provide more treatment options The availability of combination remedies, these homeopaths suggest, has been led by consumers wanting more options, not from homeopathic research indicating their efficacy Homeopathy is an extremely contentious form of medicine, with strong assertions coming from both critics and supporters of the practice “Homeopathy: There’s nothing in it” announces the tagline to 10:23, a major British anti-homeopathy campaign At 10.23 a.m on 30 January 2010, over 400 supporters of the 10:23 stood outside Boots pharmacies and swallowed an entire bottle each of homeopathic pills in an attempt to raise awareness about the fact that these remedies are made of sugar and water, with no active components This, defenders of homeopathy say, is entirely the point Homeopathic products not rely on ingredients that become toxic at high doses, because the water retains the “memory” that allows the original treatment to function Critics also point out the fact that homeopathic preparations have no systematic design to them, making it hard to monitor whether or not a particular treatment has been efficacious Homeopaths embrace this While results may be less certain, they argue, the non-toxic nature of homeopathy means that practitioner and patient can experiment until they find something that works without concern for side effects Traditional medicine, they argue, assaults the body with a cocktail of drugs that only tackles the symptoms of disease, while homeopathy has its sights aimed on the causes Homeopaths suggest this approach leads to kinder, gentler, more effective treatment Finally, critics allege that when homeopathy has produced good results, these are exceedingly dependent on the placebo effect, and cannot justify the resources, time and expense that the homeopathic tradition absorbs The placebo effect is a term that describes beneficial outcomes from a treatment that can be attributed to the patient’s expectations concerning the treatment rather than from the treatment itself Basically, the patient “thinks” himself into feeling better Defenders suggest that homeopathy can go beyond this Page 14 of 25 psychological level They point to the successful results of homeopathy on patients who are unconscious at the time of treatment, as well as on animals For questions 1-7, decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided Samuel Hahnemannn developed his principles based on an existent set of rules at his time The existence of a biologically active part in water has yet to be conclusively proven The single remedy serves to preclude the unforeseeable outcomes of remedial combinations It has been suggested that the practice of applying several treatments at the same time becomes more common due to endorsements by scientists The uncertainty of preparations for homeopathy is perceived by both supporters and opponents of it Patients’ feelings are affected by the outcomes of the treatments they receive Abortive attempts of homeopathic treatment are used to corroborate its opponents’ arguments Your answers For questions 8-13, complete the following paragraph with words taken from the passage (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank) There are three principles behind the practice of homeopathy The first one, simila similibus, was developed by Samuel Hahnemann after experimentation in which he observed that problem-inducing factors could become treatments for suffering people While marking a departure from that of (8) , this principle of homeopathy was substantiated by further advancements The second principle, minimal dosing, serves to avert (9) _ that can be caused by simila similibus The attempt for its furtherance was made by Jacques Benveniste, but controversy was sparked as there was a lack of (10) _ in the used water Moreover, a result from his experiment termed “water memory” had received (11) _ to the moment of writing The third principle named “the single remedy” works on the ground that application Page 15 of 25 of multiple treatments at the same time can make homeopathy become a(n) (12) _ even when the results are desirable Homeopathy is a controversial remedy While there are arguments in favour of it, critics have suggested weaknesses in the treatment including its components, lack of systemic design and the reliance on (13) _ of its feasible positive effects Part In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed For questions 1-10, read the passage and choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap There is ONE extra paragraph which you not need to use Write your answers in the corresponding numbered box provided (7 pts) Towards proficiency student’s book Page: 138-139 HIGH – TECH CRIME OF THE FUTURE It begins with a beam of high-intensity radiation Silent and invisible It disables the electronics of the alarm and telephone system of the bank manager's house, and then the gang bursts in Wearing identical clothes and caps to confuse the CCTV and communicating by untraceable mobile phones, the gang of four London criminals incapacitate everyone in the house with stun guns This, law enforcement experts believe, is the future of organised crime where villains will use a combination of cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned brute force to defeat increasingly sophisticated security systems Rather than coshes and sawn-off shotguns, the criminals of tomorrow will be skilled in crimes that produce high profits but with a fraction of the risk of armed robbery or smuggling It is not far away Page 16 of 25 Kidnapping is thought to be a particular growth area This is because new security technologies such as retina scans and fingerprint recognition require a living subject Long thought to be the stuff of science fiction, such devices are becoming increasingly common However, one negative result is that crimes in which staff are abducted and forced to help criminals are also set to rise Commodities traded by the organised criminals of tomorrow will also change Increasing profits will lead to a search for effective money-laundering solutions Small, high-value items such as computer chips, rare metals and even meteorite fragments will be traded between gangs in an effort to avoid leaving electronic trails Senior National Criminal Intelligence Service analysts are also warning of the threat of digital stimulants, illegally transmitted across the internet These could create new forms of addiction far worse than that sometimes caused by interactive PC games Instead, users will hook up to machines which will directly stimulate the pleasure centres of the brain Some may go further and have silicon chips implanted in their bodies A silicon chip implanted into the body will be able to pick up a signal transmitted across the Internet, or using radio waves It will give extremes of pleasure more addictive than the most intense virtual-reality experiences – and be controlled by criminals Page 17 of 25 'Cyberspace offers criminals opportunities to create unprecedented and terrible new forms of addiction,' said Professor Warwick 'The question is not whether electronic stimulants can be created, but how soon they can be put on the market.' The missing paragraphs: A With the price of computer memory chips having risen 400 per cent recently, police believe a new spate or robberies and factory break-ins is just around the corner B 'The purpose of organised crime is to generate profits,' says one expert 'To identity the key areas of criminality in the future, you simply have to identify the areas that will be generating the most money Biotechnology and information technology are the two biggest revolutions of this century, and we have to look at each of them and see where the potential for money is from the criminal point of view Organised crime will become more sophisticated and more networked, and it is the challenge of law enforcement to look where those networks may expand in the future.' C Last year Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University, had a chip implanted in his left elbow which allowed computers to communicate directly with his body He could switch machines on and off simply by scratching his head D Murders of this sort, unfortunately, are likely to become less common Increased penalties for carrying firearms, along with an greatly increased likelihood of being shot dead by armed police, will lead to more criminals using non-lethal weapons to incapacitate victims, such as stun guns and CS gas sprays E Although the technology to deliver this kind of cyber-stimulant does not yet exist, experts in the field admit that it is only a matter of time Experiments on chimps and other animals have already shown that when they are wired externally, via an electrode implanted into the pleasure centres of the brain, they become so addicted to the sensations it produces that they forget to eat and can die for lack of food F A lap-top computer and portable palm reader is then produced and the hand of the unconscious bank manager is placed on top Within seconds, the gang have dialled into the bank's computer and gained top-level access to thousands of accounts After transferring money the gang leaves, sealing the doors of the home with a foam which turns rock solid in seconds, and makes its getaway in two identical vehicles equipped with anti-reflective number plates to frustrate speed cameras Page 18 of 25 G At an FBI-sponsored gathering of international law enforcement agencies in Germany last month, one NCIS officer claimed that criminals had begun to exploit areas such as virtual banking and on-line gambling, and were now developing a new generation of stimulants, the effects of which could be experienced without actually possessing them H So,too are cases of blackmai and extortion Although banks refuse to discuss the subject, it is believed that there have been at least four instances of extortion in which criminals have threatened to disrupt the systems of city institutions with high-intensity radiation devices Your answers Part The passage below consists of four sections marked A, B, C and D For questions - 10, read the passage and the task that follows Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (15 pts) Source: Objective Proficiency Workbook Page: 68-69 CHEER UP: LIFE ONLY GETS BETTER Human’s capacity for solving problems has been improving out lot for 10,000 years, says Matt Ridley A The human race has expanded in 10,000 years from less than 10 million people to around billion Some live in even worse conditions than those in the Stone Age But the vast majority are much better fed and sheltered, and much more likely to live to old age than their ancestors have ever been It is likely that by 2110 humanity will be much better off than it is today and so will the ecology of our planet This view, which I shall call rational optimism, may not be fashionable but it is compelling This belief holds that the world will pull out of its economic and ecological crises because of the way that markets i goods, services and ideas allow human beings to exchange and specialise for the betterment of all But a constant drumbeat of pessimism usually drowns out this sort of talk Indeed, if you dare to say the world is going to go on being better, you are considered embarassingly mad Page 19 of 25 B Let me make a square concession at the start: the pessimists are right when they say that if the world continues as it is, it will end in disaster If agriculture continues to depend on irrigation and water stocks are depleted, then starvation will ensue Notice the word “if” The world will not continue as it is It is my proposition that the human race has become a collective problem – solving machine which solves problems by changing its ways It does so through invention driven often by the marker: scarcity drives up price and that in turn encourages the development of alternatives and efficiencies History confirms this When whales grew scarce, for example, petroleum was used instead as a source of oil The pessimists’ mistake is extrapolating: in other words, assuming that the future is just a bigger version of the past In 1943 IBM’s founder Thomas Watson said there was a world market for just five computers – his remarks were true enough at the time, when computers weighed a ton and cost a fortune C Many of today’s extreme environmentalists insist that the world has reached a ‘turning point’ – quite unaware that their predecessors have been making the same claim for 200 years They also maintain the only sustainable solution is to retreat – to halt economic growth and enter progressive economic recession This means not just that increasing your company’s sales would be a crime, but that the failure to shrink them would be too But all this takes no account of the magical thing called the collective human brain There was a time in human history when big-brained people began to exchange things with each other, to become better off as a resut Making and using tools saved time – and the state of being ‘better off’ is, at the end of the day, simply time saved Forget dollars of gold The true measure of something’s worth is indeed the hours it takes to acquire it The more humans diversified as consumers and specified as producers, and the more they exchanged goods and services, the better off they became And the good news is there is no inevitable end to this process D I am aware that an enormous bubble of debt has burst around the world, with all that entails But is this the end of growth? Hardly So long as somebody allocates sufficient capital to innovation, then the credit crunch will not prevent the relentless upward march of human living standards Even the Great Depression of the 1930s, although an appalling hardship for many, was just a dip in the slope of economic progress All sorts of new Page 20 of 25 products and industries were born during the depression: by 1937, 40% of Dupont’s sales came from products that had barely existed before 1929, such as enamels and cellulose film Growth will resume – unless it is stifled by the wrong policies Somebody, somewhere, is still tweaking a piece of software, testing a new material, of transferring a gene that will enable new varieties of rice to be grown in African soils The latter means some Africans will soon be growing and and selling more food, so they will have more money to spend Some of them may then buy mobile phones from a western company As a consequence of higher sales, an employee of that western company may get a pay rise, which she may spend on a pair of jeans made from cotton woven in an African factory And so on Forget wars, famines and poems, This is history’s greatest theme: the metastasis of exchange and specialisation In which section does the writer exemplify how short-term gloom tends to lift? mention a doom-laden prophecy that is obvious? express his hope that progress is not hindered by abominable Your answers: decisions? acknowledge trying to find common ground with his potential adversaries? identify unequivocally how money needs to be invested? suggest that his views are considered controversial? indicate an absurd scenario resulting from an opposing view to his own? mention the deplorable consequences of taking a positive stance? define prosperity in life in an original approach? give an example of well-intentioned ongoing research? 10 D WRITING (60 pts) Part 1: Read the following text and use your own words to summarize it Your summary should be about 120 words long You MUST NOT copy the original (15 pts) PROMISING RESULTS FROM CANCER STUDY A new experiment vaccine has shown promising results in the fight against lung cancer In a small Texas-based study, a vaccine developed by scientists at Baylor University Medical Centre in Dallas, USA cured lung cancer in some patients and slowed the progress of the disease in others Researchers have reported encouraging findings from this small Page 21 of 25 study Forty-three patients suffering from lung cancer were involved in these trials Ten of these patients were in the early stages and thirty-three in the advanced stages of the disease They were injected with the vaccine every two weeks for three months, and were carefully monitored for three years In three of the patients in the advanced stages of cancer, disease disappeared and in the others, it did not spread for five to twenty-four months However, no great difference was seen in the patients in the early stages of the illness This new vaccine uses the patient’s own immune system It is made specifically for each patient and is injected into the arm or leg It stimulates the body’s immune system, which then recognizes that the cancer cells are harmful, and attacks and destroys them The vaccine could be effective against other forms of cancer It offers great hope for the treatment of cancer in general, although further studies are needed before such treatment can be widely used Source: Dakin, F.P (2007) Promising results from cancer study New Medical Journal, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 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Listen to the introduction about Manham Port and answer the questions Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer (10pts)IELTS 10- Listening Test What caused Manham’s sudden expansion during... away from Manham to be processed? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… What happened when the port declined in the twentieth century? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did the Manham Trust... systems A Linguists call it B It is called by linguists C What linguists call D What linguists call 11 , the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather A Leaving uncovered B Having left uncovered