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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN SƠN LA ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT (Đề thi có 18 trang) KỲ THI HSG CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 14/07/2022 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút không kể thời gian phát đề I LISTENING (50 points) PART 1: For questions 1-5, you will hear an explorer called Richard Livingstone talking about a trip he made in the rainforest of South America Listen and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided They went all the way by boat Richard said that during the walk, they were always both cold and wet In a deserted camp, they found some soup made from unusual meat and vegetables After the meal, they began to feel worried about what they have done Before leaving the camp, they left the sum of 50 dollars to thank the host Your answers: PART 2: For questions 6-10, listen to a piece of news and answer each question with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces provided How are temperatures compared to pre-industrial levels in the second scenario? What is one way in which 10 feedback loops keep the earth cool? What would happen if all the world’s permafrost were melt? What is Amazon rainforest being quickly converted into? 10 What has none of the feedback systems done? Your answers: 10 Part For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion in which two people, Derek Grant and Lucy Wadham, talk about the current state of mass tourism 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 11 From the figures quoted by Lucy, it can be concluded that A most of the revenue generated from safari packages goes to the airline B mass tourism inevitably leads to poverty C hotels in developing countries not have high standards D there aren't sufficient local products to cater for tourists Page of 18 12 What does Derek say about governments whose countries are tourist destinations? A They are constantly trying to increase their profit margins B They ignore the negative impacts of mass tourism C They have very limited bargaining power D They are unfamiliar with aspects of modern business methods 13 Derek's example of excessive water consumption caused by mass tourism shows how _ A ineffective the laws are in developing countries B local food production can be adversely affected by it C difficult it is to find sources of pure water D valuable a resource water has become in recent years 14 Lucy says that when a resort loses its appeal, _ A the locals are left to fend for themselves B money has to be spent on a new infrastructure C the cost of package holidays falls considerably D it becomes vulnerable to natural disasters 15 According to Derek, tourism A does more harm than good in the long run B is too big an industry to be tampered with C is largely responsible for global inequality D promotes cultural sensitivity most of the time Your answers: 11 12 13 14 15 Part For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about pandemic diseases and supply the blanks with the missing information Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided TOP DEADLIEST PANDEMIC DISEASES Smallpox • first emerged around 400BC • caused 16. all over the body • the only disease declared to be 17. Bubonic Plague • also known as the 18. • caused by a bacterium spread by 19. • 20. , called buboes, occurred in the body The Spanish Flu • began and ended in a 21. • filled the lungs of patients with 22. Malaria • categorized as a blood disease • caused by 23. Page of 18 • Anopheles mosquitoes would 24. infected blood and pass it on to the next person they bite HIV/AIDS • often sexually transmitted • HIV 25. the immune system Your answers: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 II LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20 points) Part Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided Stephen really lost his when his dental disappointment was cancelled yet again A head B voice C calm D rag It only took me a few minutes to get the printer up and after taking it out of the box A walking B proceeding C running D going It was a hot summer day and ice cream salesmen were doing a trade A busy B lucrative C bustling D roaring Bob is so short-tempered; he should try to his anger A curb B control C temper D stunt If you your demands, they may be accepted bu others A control B temper C stunt D curb As far as I can , she wasn't there on that occasion A memorise B reminisce C recollect D remind I'm sure it won't rain, but I'll take an umbrella (just) to be on the side A sunny B straight C safe D secure I was in at that comedy show I could barely breathe it was so funny A stitches B pleats C shreds D tears She tried to Tom’s importance to the company in order to gain a promotion for herself A diminish B swindle C reduce D shrink 10 I hate the way Tony around looking so self – important A struts B scampers C slithers D slinks 11 Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to avert the mortal once the shaking starts A upkeep B upturn C upshot D upswing 12 They live under a constant pressure of being and subsequently replaced by someone who is younger, faster and more accomplished A outcast B outshone C outstayed D outgrown 13 My brother loves watching horror movies but I find them too myself A gruesome B untimely C.ghostly D sterile 14 There was a lot of _ as throngs of people tried to see the famous actor walking through the mall Page of 18 A stamina B discipline C counsel D commotion 15 Luckily my wallet was handed in to the police with all its contents _ A preserved B unscathed C contained D intact 16 Serena is still _ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be made redundant A blissfully B decorously C jubilantly D ecstatically 17 No decision has been taken about the building of the new airport The authorities are still _ A beating about the bush B comparing apples and oranges C sitting on the fence D holding all the aces 18 Oil spills will _ even the healthiest of marine ecosystem A play havoc on B break ground with C pay the consequences for D take their toll on 19 Don’t look so worried! You should take the boss’s remarks with a of salt A teaspoon B pinch C grain D dose 20 Rachel has an amazing of jokes that she uses to good effect at parties A body B repertoire C variation D store Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part For questions 21-30, write the correct form of each bracketed word in each sentence in the corresponding numbered boxes provided 21 A portion of the proceeds will be for providing school fees for poor children for the coming academic year (mark) 22 The administration ropes in all educational institutions, government offices, public sector and universities for the purpose of mobilising funds (take) 23 Contraception is less or affordable in South America (cure) 24 While learning has changed for students in this new century, we are by the boundless opportunity presented in our lifetime (bold) 25 It does not become an economic but it does become a ‘newly industrialized country’, like Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea (power) 26 We believe that the most effective enforcement tool is self-policing and (strain) 27 It is possible to humanely raise and slaughter a variety of food animals, including poultry and beef cattle (range) Page of 18 28 Most of this feature includes behind-the-scenes video of the crew working and goofing off (foot) 29 Together they forged a(n) intellectual climate that has profoundly shaped my career (vigor) 30 We will investigate the tradeoffs among data , data hiding capacity, and probabilities of extraction errors in different applications (perceive) Your answers: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 III READING (60 points) Part For questions 1-7, you are going to read a magazine article Seven paragraphs have been removed from the extract Choose from paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap There is one extra paragraph you not need to use (7 points) The Inuit The way of life of aboriginal peoples the world over has been in decline for decades now, if not centuries Slowly but surely, all of it, from its spiritual underpinnings to its actual geographical homeland, is being whittled away by the developed world Even now that it is very nearly too late, the demise of these cultures is seen as just one of many problems needing our generous attention Once again, we in positions of power have cast ourselves in the role of teacher with plenty to pass on to our needy pupils when, in reality, we are the ones who have much to learn Their spiritual views, for example, provide the basis for all other activities, lending them in turn a coherence and meaning that ensure that nothing is taken for granted They believe that everything possesses its own spirit – not only people and animals, but also inanimate objects and phenomena such as the wind These “inua”, as they are called, have independent existences of their own, and those that are hosted by particularly strong animals or men can take on a physical presence whenever they wish This belief, in turn, influenced other areas, such as art Weapons like knives and harpoons were intricately crafted, as this was believed to reflect the hunter’s esteem for the “inua” Materials selected for weapons were chosen because they were familiar and comforting to the prey; so, sea mammals were commonly hunted with weapons made from walrus tusks, showing a concern for the hunted which bordered on sympathy Given that a single animal could provide food, oil, clothing, and even boats – often made out of skins – it is easy to see how it warranted the proffered reverence Rather than revealing the folly of peoples we consider more primitive than us, such practices and tales show a deep awareness of and respect for the true relationship between people and their environment As also revealed in Inuit carvings of two-faced creatures, one face human and the other animal, the relationship is one of mutual interdependence; nature preys on us as we prey on it, and both factors in the equation need the other Page of 18 In the mid-nineteenth century, European whalers began to actually live in the Arctic, where they felt they could better control the whaling industry Whales were hunted for oil and fuel, as well as for whalebone, which among other things, was used for making women’s corsets Inuit men and women were hired to work on the whalers’ bases and also on the ships, and slowly abandoned their traditional way of life Nowadays, our role in the erosion of Inuit tradition has changed, but it continues undebated, if in a more modern way To help solve the problems rampant in Inuit society, such as poverty and unemployment, governments have encouraged the promotion of tourism in Inuit lands, unlikely though this may seem Dog-sledding adventures and whaling expeditions are now advertised online You, too, can experience life in the frozen north, learn the seventeen words for snow and live in an igloo Our influence has altered Inuit art, as well Thanks to collectors’ relentless appetite for ivory, a ban on the hunting of animals for their tusks has been necessary to preserve these creatures from extinction, thus depriving the Inuit of materials for their weapons and crafts Soapstone has taken its place, as its softness makes it easy to carve As such, it is especially suitable for mass production, and today, soapstone carvings are being churned out at breakneck speed, often not even by Inuit carvers, to meet the demand from collectors Certainly, it is too late to turn back the clock, but is it too late to learn from the past? The industrialized nations are often depressingly slow learners, despite all their laudable technological achievements But our own irreverent age would undoubtedly benefit from the meaning and guidance afforded by the traditional Inuit view of nature and the planet Missing paragraphs: A The practice of engaging the help of Shamans for hunting purposes testifies to the respect and fear with which the natural world was viewed A shaman was thought to have a special spirit, one which was stronger and in closer contact with others He was often called upon the intervene in the hunt and persuade the prey to give itself to the hunters Inuit legends also illustrate feelings of awe for the natural world Sedna, for example, was a drowning girl whose severed fingers are transformed in the water into whales and seals B Wood was scarce, so Inuit art was generally carved out of ivory, caribou antlers or local stone, which had to be mined during the warmer months, sometimes at great distances from the hunting base The carvings had simple shapes and smooth lines which were reminiscent of the flowing snowy landscape C Needless to say, these spirits were respected by the Inuit, because they affected their daily lives in so many ways The sea, for example, could be bountiful, or it could withhold its gifts Animals could be hunted or they could evade the hunters A whale’s spirit, if offended, could direct its host well away from the whalers, or, having been shown the proper respect, it could allow itself to be caught D This attitude is something which could inform our own worldview and form the basis of a more rational approach to our planet Unfortunately, we appear to have too much confidence in our supposed superiority to listen Feelings like this are nothing new; indeed, we have been contributing to the decline of the Inuit for quite some time E There are those who will argue that these efforts have benefited the ailing Inuit culture, and perhaps they are right to some extent Tourism brings in money, helps raise awareness of Inuit culture and the problems surrounding its survival, and selling art, however cheapened and removed from tradition, does the same We cannot change history, the argument goes, and at Page of 18 least these are ways to help revive and maintain those few crafts and skills which survive among the Inuit F Soon, fashions changed and fur was in demand, so the Inuit became trappers They had previously hunted big game, which required the combined efforts of the extended family unit, but trapping foxes was a solitary pursuit, and involvement in this field further eroded their traditional way of life By the time the fur trade collapsed in the mid-twentieth century, the Inuit lifestyle and economy had changed so drastically that it was impossible to revert to the old way of life G This is particularly true in the case of the native people of the northern polar regions of the world, who could instruct us mightily if we let them The Inuit, whose name means ‘living people’, are believed to have migrated westward from Greenland about a thousand years ago, merging with or possibly assimilating other, older peoples Many aspects of their culture reveal a noble and cohesive world view which shows a deep respect for all living creatures as well as the natural environment, and acknowledges their interconnectedness H Fortunately, the prohibitive cost and the arduous trek to the far north, which involves several flights in single-engine aircraft and several hours on a snowmobile, have deterred all but the most determined travellers from such northern fantasy trips But it is only a matter of time before insatiable adventure-seekers look to these regions as the last frontier to visit and impress their friends with Your answers: Part There are four passages marked A, B, C, and D For questions 8-17, read the passages and the task that follows Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided Dorothy Who? The only British woman scientist to win the Nobel prize should be a household name in her own country, says Georgina Ferry, but she is little known A For the past four years, I have been subjecting friends and acquaintances to the Dorothy Hodgkin test It's very simple: when asked what I am working on, I tell them I am writing the first biography of Dorothy Hodgkin If their eyes light up, and they say things like 'Surely there's one already!' they have passed Why should people in Britain know about Dorothy Hodgkin? The fact that she is the only British woman scientist to have won a Nobel prize ought to be enough Anyone who held the same distinction in literature would be a household name But Hodgkin, who died in 1994, was a remarkable individual by any standards, as many-faceted as the crystals she studied Her life reflects some of the greatest upheavals of the 20th century: among them, the advancement of women's education and the globalisation of science When I began my research, I set out to read some scientific biographies One of Hodgkin's friends recommended a new biography of Linus Pauling Pauling was a close friend and contemporary of Hodgkin, worked in the same branch of science and shared a commitment to campaigning against nuclear weapons I hurried to the main bookshop in the university town where I live, only to discover that not a single biography of Pauling was on the shelves I now realise I was naive to be surprised that Pauling was not deemed sufficiently interesting to British readers, even though he was the most influential chemist of the 20th century and a winner of Nobel prizes for both chemistry and peace B Even scientists themselves have doubted the value of the scientific biography 'The lives of scientists, considered as Lives, almost always make dull reading', wrote the late Peter Medawar, another Nobel laureate, who laid most of the scientific groundwork that now makes organ transplants possible If scientists propagate this negative view, it is hardly surprising if publishers and booksellers Page of 18 share it Treating scientists differently from everybody else as biographical subjects is one of the outstanding symptoms of the 'two cultures' mentality, the belief that there is an unbridgeable divide of understanding between the arts and sciences, still prevalent in the literary world Few but the towering giants of science make it into the biography sections of bookshops Of course it is nonsense to say scientists, as a group, lead less interesting lives than artists and writers, or actors, or politicians For some, the fastidiousness involved in maintaining scientific credibility extends to any kind of media appearance A leading geneticist once told me he was happy to be interviewed about his work, but did not want to be quoted directly or photographed, because he did not want to be perceived as ‘self-promoting’ C The avoidance of the personal conveys a false impression of the enterprise of science that discourages young people from joining in, and fosters more public suspicion than it dispels Fortunately, gaps are appearing in the smokescreen Contemporary scientists now regularly appear in the public eye in contexts other than the straightforward scientific interview For instance, Professor Richard Dawkins presents prizes to winners of a TV quiz, and geneticist Steve Jones advertises cars on television No doubt these activities have raised eyebrows in laboratories but they have done more to make scientists recognisable as people than any number of academic papers The publishing world is also undergoing a transformation Scientific biographies and autobiographies, if they appeared at all, used to be rather scholarly but dull and overreverent The life which the scientist in question led outside work marriage, children, things most people regard as fairly central to their existence - was often dismissed in a couple of paragraphs That changed with Richard Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman?, the hilarious and affecting memoir of a man who also happened to be one of the century's greatest theoretical physicists More recently, even the greatest names in science, such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Marie Curie have been allowed to appear with all their flaws clearly visible To the reader, it does not matter that Einstein's relationship with his family is 'irrelevant' to his General Theory of Relativity The question of how creative genius copes with emotional ups and downs, trivial practicalities, the social demands of ordinary life, is absorbing in its own right D Dorothy Hodgkin was devoted to her scientific work Her most important successes were solving the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12, which won her the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1964, and of insulin, which her group solved in 1969 In each case she pushed the technique into realms of complexity others deemed unreachable at the time But she also had three children to whom she was devoted and was married to a frequently absent husband with a career as a historian Her personal life is not strictly relevant to her work as a scientist, but surely we can all learn from her capacity to unite the disparate threads of her life into a coherent whole There is much in her life of universal interest, but it would be disloyal of me to imply that this does not include the science itself Scientific inquiry was the passion of Hodgkin's life, as it has to be for any successful scientist How to communicate the nature of this passion is the hardest task for the scientific biographer Most readers are not equipped with enough fundamental scientific concepts to grasp more complex ideas without a lot of explanation Understanding scientific ideas is not really any more difficult than reading Shakespeare or learning a foreign language it just takes application It is sad to think that educated people, who would be embarrassed if they failed to recognise the name of some distinguished literary or artistic figure, continue to live in happy ignorance of the rich heritage represented by scientists such as Dorothy Hodgkin Which section mentions the following? • the continuing general scarcity of biographies of scientists Page of 18 Your answers: • certain parallels between the lives of two people • an attitude which is common to scientists and people working in the book trade 10 • the lack of trust people sometimes have in scientists 11 • someone whose scientific research went much further than others had believed possible • biographies which include the less positive aspects of a scientist's life 12 13 • the lessons to be taken from someone else's life 14 • growing public interest in the everyday lives of brilliant people 15 • the greatest difficulty in writing the biography of a scientist 16 • someone who was modest about the interest of their own life to others 17 Part Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the text Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes Language diversity has always been part of the national demographic landscape of the United States At the time of the first census in 1790, about 25% of the population spoke languages other than English (Lepore, 2002) Thus, there was a diverse pool of native speakers of other languages at the time of the founding of the republic Today, nationwide, school districts have reported more than 400 languages spoken by language-minority students classified as limited English proficient (LEP) students (Kindler, 2002) Between 1991 and 2002, total K-12 student enrollment rose only 12%, whereas LEP student enrollment increased 95% during this same time period (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, 2002b) This rapid increase and changing demographics has intensified the long debate over the best way to educate language-minority students Historically, many groups attempted to maintain their native languages even as they learned English, and for a time, some were able to so with relatively little resistance until a wave of xenophobia swept the country during World War (Kloss, 1977/1998) Other groups, Africans, and Native Americans encountered repressive politics much earlier During the 1960s, a more tolerant policy climate emerged However, for the past two decades there has been a steady undertow of resistance to bilingualism and bilingual education This article provides historical background and analyzes contemporary trends in language-minority education within the context of the recent national push for accountability, which typically takes the form of high-stakes testing The origins of persistent themes regarding the popular antagonisms toward bilingual education and the prescribed panaceas of "English immersion" and high-stakes testing in English need to be scrutinized As background to the contemporary context, we briefly discuss the history of language politics in the United States and the ideological underpinnings of the dominant monolingual English ideology We analyze the recent attacks on bilingual education for what this attack represents for educational policy within a multilingual society such as the United States We emphasize multilingualism because most discussions of language policy are framed as if monolingualism were part of our heritage from which we are now drifting Framing the language policy issues in this way masks both the historical and contemporary reality and positions non-English language diversity as an abnormality that must be cured Contrary to the steady flow of disinformation, we begin with the premise that even as English has historically been the dominant language in the United States since the colonial era, language diversity has always been a fact of life Thus, efforts to deny that reality represent a "malady of mind" (Blaut, 1993) that has resulted in either restrictionist or repressive language policies for minorities As more states ponder imposing restrictions on languages of instruction other than English-as California, Arizona, and Massachusetts have recently done-it is useful to highlight several questions related to the history of language politics and language planning in the United States Educational Page of 18 language planning is frequently portrayed as an attempt to solve the language problems of the minority Nevertheless, the historical record indicates that schools have generally failed to meet the needs of language-minority students (Deschenes, Cuban, & Tyack, 2001) and that the endeavor to plan language behavior by forcing a rapid shift to English has often been a source of language problems that has resulted in the denial of language rights and hindered linguistic access to educational, social, economic, and political benefits even as the promoters of English immersion claim the opposite The dominance of English was established under the British during the colonial period, not by official decree but through language status achievement, that is, through "the legitimization of a government's decisions regarding acceptable language for those who are to carry out the political, economic, and social affairs of the political process" (Heath, 1976, p.51) English achieved dominance as a result of the political and socioeconomic trade between England and colonial administrators, colonists, and traders Other languages coexisted with English in the colonies with notable exceptions Enslaved Africans were prohibited from using their native tongues for fear that it would facilitate resistance or rebellion From the 1740s forward, southern colonies simultaneously institutionalized "compulsory ignorance" laws that prohibited those enslaved from acquiring English literacy for similar reasons These restrictive slave codes were carried forward as the former southern colonies became states of the newly United States and remained in force until the end of the Civil War in 1865 (Weinberg, 1977/1995) Thus, the very first formal language policies were restrictive with the explicit purpose of promoting social control 18 What is the primary purpose of including the statistic from the 1790 census in the introductory paragraph? A To explain how colonizing the US eradicated language diversity B To show concrete evidence that language diversity in the US is not a new phenomenon C To note that before that time, there was no measure of language diversity in the US D To demonstrate that census data can be inaccurate 19 The article compares two sets of statistics from the years 1991-2002, increases in K-12 enrollment and increases in LEP students, to highlight A that the two numbers, while often cited in research, are insignificant B that while many people with school-age children immigrated to the US during this time, an equal amount left the country as well C that language diversity had no impact on US student enrollment during this time D that while the total amount of students enrolled in US schools may have grown slowly, the amount of those students who were LEP increased dramatically 20 According to the second paragraph, many groups maintained their native languages without resistance into the 20th century EXCEPT A Native Americans and African Americans B Irish Americans and African Americans C Mexican Americans and Native Americas D Native Americans and Dutch Americans 21 Why is the word "undertow" emphasized in the second paragraph? A To explain how certain groups continued to carry their native languages with them despite the opposition from those against language diversity B To show the secretive and sneaky nature of those opposed to language diversity C To call attention to the ebb and flow of language resistance during the 20th century, experiencing periods of both rest and extremism D To explain that, while many groups tried to maintain their native languages, many gave in to social and political pressure to use only English 22 What is the best way to describe the function of the third paragraph in this excerpt? A The paragraph provides its primary thesis as well an outline of the article's main points B The paragraph is an unnecessary and irrelevant inclusion C The paragraph serves to reveal the conclusions of the article before detailing the data D The paragraph firmly establishes the article's stance against language diversity Page 10 of 18 23 What is the best summary of why the phrase "multilingualism" is emphasized in the third paragraph? A Language repression stems from the US's unwillingness to recognize the languages of its foreign allies B Because language is constantly changing and often goes through multiple phases over time C The authors firmly believe that speaking more than one language gives students a substantial benefit in higher education D Language policy discussions often assumes that the US has a monolinguistic history, which is untrue and poses language diversity as threatening 24 Phrases such as "prescribed panaceas" and "malady of the mind" are used in the third paragraph to A defend the point that the US must standardize its language education or there will be severe results B point out that language is as much a physical process as an intellectual one C illustrate how certain opponents of language diversity equate multilingual education with a kind of national disease D demonstrate how the stress of learning multiple languages can make students ill 25 According to the fourth paragraph, all of the following are potential negatives of rapid English immersion EXCEPT A it can lead to a denial of language rights for particular groups B students become more familiar with conversational expressions and dialect C it can prevent access to certain benefits that are always available to fluent speakers D it can promote feelings of alienation among groups that are already in a minority status 26 The best alternate definition of "language status achievement" is A when enough scholarly work has been produced in a language, it is officially recognized B those who are in power socially and economically determine the status of a language C languages fall into a hierarchy depending upon the numbers of populations that speak them D the position of a language in which no others may coexist with it 27 From the context of the final paragraph, what does "compulsory ignorance" mean? A Populations at the time were required only to obtain a certain low level of education B Slave populations were compelled to only speak in their native languages and not learn English C That slaves were forcibly prevented from developing their native language skills out of fear that they would gain power D Slave owners would not punish slaves who did not wish to learn and speak only English Your answer: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Part For questions 28 - 37, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes provided (10 pts) WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD CARTOONS GONE? Childhood will never be the same again Remember Saturday mornings spent lounging on the sofa, hour (28) hour, watching your favourite cartoons? (29) there have been a better reward for the long school week that had had to be endured? Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse brought virtually live into (30) living rooms Back then, they were in black and white, and back then, they were meant to amuse, to entertain It seems this has changed – and definitely (31) the worse Now when you turn on the television on a Saturday or Sunday morning, you (32) at your own risk! Be prepared to confront violence in all its animated glory: exploding bombs, falling buildings, blazing weapons, and bad guy after bad guy I don’t see (33) is funny about this warped vision of our times and our society Nor I see what’s worth watching on these programmes with Page 11 of 18 (34) gruesome caricatures of good and evil Who is responsible for children’s programming these days? It cannot be good for today’s youth to be exposed (35) this type of entertainment (36) best, they are missing out on the humour, sensitivity and moral lessons that were to be had from the cartoons of old At worst, their childish brains are (37) filled with scenes of non-stop violence and ideas that are morally corrupt Childhood should be a time of innocence, short-lived as it may be in these turbulent times in which we live Perhaps we should bear this in mind the next time we see our child glued to the TV on a Saturday morning Your answer: Your answers: 28 33 29 34 30 35 31 36 32 37 Part Read the text and the tasks that follow The Farmers! Parade of history A History of Fanner trading company: In 1909 Robert Laidlaw establishes mail-order company Laidlaw Leeds in Fort Street, Auckland Then, Branch expansion: purchase of Green and Colebrook chain store; further provincial stores in Auckland and Waikato to follow Opening of first furniture and boot factory In 1920, Company now has 29 branches; Whangarei store purchased Doors open at Hobson Street for direct selling to public The firm establishes London and New York buying offices With permission from the Harbour Board, the large FARMERS electric sign on the Wyndham Street frontage is erected B In 1935, if the merchandise has changed, the language of the catalogues hasn’t Robert Laidlaw, the Scottish immigrant who established die century-old business, might have been scripting a modernday television commercial when he told his earliest customers: Satisfaction, or your money back “It was the first money back guarantee ever offered in New Zealand by any firm,” says Ian Hunter, business historian “And his mission statement was, potentially, only the second one ever found in the world.” Laidlaw’s stated aims were simple to build the greatest business in New Zealand, to simplify every transaction, to eliminate all delays, to only sell goods it would pay the customer to buy C This year, the company that began as a mail-order business and now employs 3500 staff across 58 stores turns 100 Its centenary will be celebrated with the release of a book and major community fundraising projects, to be announced next week Hunter, who is writing the centenary history, says “coming to a Fanners store once a week was a part of the New Zealand way of life” By 1960, one in every 10 people had an account with die company It was the place where teenage girls shopped for their first bra, where newlyweds purchased their first dinner sets, where first pay cheques were used to pay off hire purchase furniture, where Santa paraded every Christmas D Gary Blumenthal’s mother shopped there, and so does he The fondest memory for the Rotorua resident? “We were on holiday in Auckland… I decided that upon the lookout tower on top of the Farmers building would be a unique place to fit the ring on my new fiancee’s finger.” The lovebirds, who had to wait for “an annoying youth” to leave the tower before they could enjoy their engagement kiss, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in June Page 12 of 18 E Farmers, says Hunter, has always had a heart This, from a 1993 North & South interview with a former board chairman, Rawdon Busfield: “One day I was in the Hobson Street shop and I saw a woman with two small children They were clean and tidily dressed, but poor, you could tell That week we had a special on a big bar of chocolate for one shilling I heard the woman say to her boy, ‘no, your penny won’t buy that’ He wasn’t wearing shoes So I went up to the boy said,’ Son, have you got your penny? ‘He handed it to me It was hot he’d had it in his hand for hours I took the penny and gave him the chocolate.” F Farmers was once the home of genteel tearooms, children’s playgrounds and an annual sale of celebration for birthday of Hector the Parrot (the store mascot died, aged 131, in the 1970s his stuffed remains still occupy pride of place at the company’s head office) You could buy houses from Farmers Its saddle factory supplied the armed forces, and its upright grand overstrung pianos offered “the acme of value” according to those early catalogues hand-drawn by Robert Laidlaw himself Walk through a Farmers store today and get hit by bright lights and big brands Its Albany branch houses 16 international cosmetics companies It buys from approximately 500 suppliers, and about 30% of those are locally owned G “Eight, 10 years ago,” says current chief executive Rod McDermott, “lots of brands wouldn’t partner with us The stores were quite distressed We were first price point focused, we weren’t fashion focused “Remove the rose-tinted nostalgia, and Farmers is, quite simply, a business, doing business in hard times Dancing with the Stars presenter Candy Lane launches a clothing line? “We put a trial on, and we thought it was really lovely, but the uptake wasn’t what we thought it would be It’s got to be what the customer wants,” says McDermott H He acknowledges retailers suffer in a recession: “We’re celebrating 100 years because we can and because we should.” Farmers almost didn’t pull through one economic crisis By the mid 1980s, it had stores across the country It had acquired the South Island’s Calder Mackay chain of stores and bought out Haywrights Then, with sales topping $375 million, it was taken over by Chase Corporation Lincoln Laidlaw, now aged 88, and the son of the company’s founder, remembers the dark days following the stock market crash and the collapse of Chase “I think, once, Farmers was like a big family and all of the people who worked for it felt they were building something which would ultimately be to their benefit and to the benefit of New Zealand… then the business was being divided up and so that kind of family situation was dispelled and it hasn’t been recovered.” For a turbulent few years, the stores were controlled, first by a consortium of Australian banks and later Deka, the Maori Development Corporation and Foodland Associated Ltd In 2003, it went back to “family” ownership, with the purchase by the James Pascoe Group, owned by David and Anne Norman the latter being the great-granddaughter of James Pascoe, whose first business interest was jewellery I “Sheer power of the brand,” says McDermott, “pulled Farmers through and now we’re becoming the brand it used to be again.” Farmers was the company that, during World War n, topped up the wages of any staff member disadvantaged by overseas service Robert Laidlaw a committed Christian who came to his faith at a 1902 evangelistic service in Dunedin concluded his original mission statement with the words, “all at it, always at it, wins success” Next week, 58 Farmers stores across the country will announce the local charities they will raise funds for in their centenary celebration everything from guide dog services to hospices to volunteer fire brigades will benefit Page 13 of 18 Every dollar raised by the community will be matched by the company “It’s like the rebirth of an icon,” says McDermott Questions 38-42 The reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-I Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter A-I, in boxes provided 38 Generosity offered in an occasion 39 Innovation of offer made by the head of company 40 Fashion was not its strong point 41 A romantic event on the roof of farmers 42 Farmers were sold to a private owned company Your answer 38 Questions 43-47 39 40 41 42 Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage Using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer Farmers was first founded as a 43 in Auckland by Mr Laidlaw Farmers developed fast and bought one 44 then During oversea expansion, Farmers set up 45 in cities such as London Farmers held a 46 once a year for the well-known parrot 10 In the opinion of Lincoln Laidlaw, Farmers is like a 47 for employees, not just for themselves but for the whole country Your answer 43 44 45 46 47 Questions 48-50 Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-C) with opinions or deeds below Write the appropriate letters A-C in boxes provided NB You may use any letter more than once A Lincoln Laidlaw B Rod McDermott C Ian Hunter 48 Product became worse as wrong aspect focused 49 An unprecedented statement made by Farmers in New Zealand 50 Character of the company was changed Page 14 of 18 Your answer 48 49 50 IV WRITING (60 points) Part Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it Your summary should be between 100 and 120 words In his nearly 30 years studying vaccines, Paul Goepfert, M.D., director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has never seen any vaccine as effective as the three COVID vaccines — from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson — currently available in the United States “A 90 percent decrease in risk of infections, and 94 percent effectiveness against hospitalization for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is fantastic,” he said But what makes vaccine experts such as Goepfert confident that COVID vaccines are safe in the long term? There are several reasons, actually Vaccines, given in one- or two-shot doses, are very different from medicines that people take every day, potentially for years And decades of vaccine history — plus data from more than a billion people who have received COVID vaccines starting last December — provide powerful proof that there is little chance that any new dangers will emerge from COVID vaccines Goepfert says we already know enough to be confident the COVID vaccines are safe, starting with the way vaccines work and continuing through strong evidence from vaccine history and the even stronger evidence from the responses of people who have received COVID-19 vaccines worldwide over the past six months “Many people worry that these vaccines were ‘rushed’ into use and still not have full FDA approval — they are currently being distributed under Emergency Use Authorizations,” Goepfert said “But because we have had so many people vaccinated, we actually have far more safety data than we have had for any other vaccine, and these COVID vaccines have an incredible safety track record There should be confidence in that.” https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item Part Describing a graph The graph below shows the gold medals team Great Britain has won in sports during Olympics Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant You should write about 150 words Page 15 of 18 Part Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic: History should be a core subject in high school like Maths, Literature, and English Do you agree or disagree with the statement? 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