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HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC NINH ĐÁP ÁN HỘI THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KV DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ IX ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT MÔN: Tiếng Anh 10 PART A LISTENING (40 points) I Listen to a radio programme about two writers Listen carefully and choose the best answer to complete each of the questions (10 p) C C D B A II T/F? (10 p) F (a dog ran on during the match, but the linesman didn’t catch it F (Somebody sneezed, but it wasn’t the golfer This caused the golfer to play a bad shot) T F (The professional was angry with himself and handed the boy his racket, but the boy didn’t play tennis T III Gap- filling (200 p) graves twelfth century their/the owners make(-)up ten thousand pounds original clothes soft bodies maker(')s name(s) (little) adults 10 plastic PART B LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (60 POINTS) I Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences (20 pts) 1 C B B C B C D C D 10.C 11 A 12 D 13 A 14 D 15 B 16 B 17 A 18 A 19 B 20 C II There are ten mistakes in the following passage Find and correct them Number (0) has been done as an example (10 p) (Line 1) (Line 1) (Line 3) (Line 4) (Line 5) (Line 7) (Line 8) (Line 8) (Line 11) (Line 12) (Line 13) year years done made telecommunication telecommunications modern modernization diagnosis diagnostic superstructure infrastructure on (progress) in (progress) include including increased increasing anticipates is anticipated 10 computered computerized III Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition (10 p) out away off for on out at up towards 10 under IV Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided There is an example at the beginning (0) (20 p) inseparably increasingly similarities central capability expanse sight unavoidable collision 10 proof PART C: READING (60 POINTS) I Read the text below and then decide which word (A, B, C, D) best fits each space (15 p) 1C 11D 2D 12A 3A 4A 13B 5C 14C 6B 7C 8D 9A 10B 15C II Fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word (15 pts) feelings/ emotions cure dancers around ancient royal combined 10 movements asked like III Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from to 10 (15 p) D A A A D D B A B 10 C IV Read the passage and answer the questions below (15 p) E F B G C D South-Western France seasons ideas/ concepts 10 symbols PART D WRITING (40 p) I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (7.5p.) On no account will I go all that way to visit him again! As I (had) expected, they refused to pay me We have placed the money to the credit of your current account at this bank You drove me to distraction with your silly questions Edward eventually got his act together and started work II Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Do not change the form of the given word (7.5p.) I don’t think this record will ever catch on Mike never shrinks from making tough decisions as a manager It is out of the question (for me) to have/ get supper ready by eight o’clock There is no question of supper being ready by eight o’clock I not/ cannot see any advantage/point/sense in further discussion I (can) see no advantage/point/sense in further discussion As far as I can see, there is no advantage/point/sense in further discussion As I see it, there is no advantage/point/sense in further discussion Please make allowances for Jane’s poor typing: she’s only been learning for a month III Paragraph writing (25 p) Notes: The mark given to part is based on the following criteria: Content: (35% of total mark) a Providing all main ideas and details as required b Communicating intentions sufficiently and effectively Organization & Presentation: (30% of total mark) a Ideas are well organized and presented with coherence, cohesion, and clarity b The essay is well-structured Language: (30% of total mark) a Demonstration of a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of English language gifted upper-secondary school students b Good use and control of grammatical structures Punctuation, and spelling and handwriting (5% of total mark) a Good punctuation and no spelling mistakes b Legible handwriting TAPESCRIPT FOR LISTENING PART ONE Most novelists are hungry for publicity However, a minority of authors have appeared to hate the attention which their success has brought Among these are two of the best-known American novelists of the twentieth century: J D Salinger and Harper Lee Jerome David Salinger – known as J, D Salinger – was born in New York in 1919 He grew up in a Jewish family, and at the age of thirteen went to a private school in Manhattan, Overall, his education was not a success He was asked to leave school after a series of poor grades, and he dropped out of New York University after studying there for less than a year Salinger’s passion was writing, and in the 1940s, during and after World war Two, Salinger sent many stories and poems to the magazine The New Yorker They rejected them all But then his luck changed And in 1951 Salinger published his first novel, The Catcher in the Rye It was an immediate success, particularly among younger readers, who, for the first time, had an honest portrayal of the stress and confusion of adolescence Because of its honesty, the novel was controversial: The Catcher in the Rye is not only on the list of books that are most often taught in American schools, but also on the list of books that are most often banned The success of The Catcher in the Rye made Salinger famous – but he did not react well to fame He moved from New York to a remote house in the country, and gradually became more and more reclusive He experimented with various different religions, converting first to Buddhism, then to Hinduism, and later to a form of Christianity called Christian Science Eventually, he abandoned them all From 1965 until his death in 2010, Salinger published nothing And for the last thirty years of his life, refused all requests for an interview Few people even saw or spoke to him In a strange way, Salinger’s single-minded determination to stay out of the public eye made him even more famous He was famous for not liking fame! The same can be said of another great writer from the twentieth century, Harper Lee She was born in Alabama in 1926, worked hard at school and went on to university, where she got a degree in English literature Like Salinger, Lee had a passion for writing fiction but he did not achieve immediate success In 1949, at the age of 23, she moved to New York to become a writer, but ten years later, she was still struggling and unknown Fortunately for her, a friend of hers, who was a successful songwriter, gave her an amazing Christmas present a whole year’s salary in one go! With the money was a note which read: “you have one year off from your job to write whatever you please Merry Christmas,” Harper Lee left her job and wrote her first novel: To Kill A Mockingbird It was an immediate success, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 and selling millions of copies After the success of To Kill A Mockingbird, the literary world was waiting for Harper Lee’s next publication It never came Although she worked for a while on a second novel, she never finished it On the occasions when she agreed to appear in public, she always refused to make a speech Both novels – The Cather in the Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird – were published more than half a century ago, but both continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies every year Perhaps it is surprising that the authors of two such popular books about the human condition were so keen to avoid contact with their fellow human PART It was so funny Every time the referee blew his whistle, this dog ran on Nobody knew whose dog it was And when one of the linesmen tried to catch it, he dropped his flag The dog picked it up and ran! It took ages to catch it One of the spectators got hold of it in the end Somebody found a piece of rope and tied the dog to the back of the goal It didn’t seem to mind It had a great view of the match I supposed! In fact, I think the goalie got quite fond of it and took it home at the end of the game I suppose that’s the kind of thing that happens in amateur games You don’t see it in the Champion’s League, you? It was on TV last night Did you see it? This golfer was about to play his shot – he was holding the club, getting ready to swing I think it was the final hole or something – really important, anyway And there’s a small crowd of people rear him, all silent, so he can concentrate And just as he plays his shot, some guy sneezes really loudly I mean really loudly, like an explosion It completely put the player off and his ball shot off into the trees He was so angry! But what can you do? Did I tell you what happened last night at the sports centre? They were having a swimming gala, with competitors in all different age groups There was one race that was very close And something happened, just as the swimmers got to the end – I couldn’t see what it was Maybe one of them kicked the other one under the water Anyway, the swimmer who won the race – she can’t have been any older than fourteen – was furious with the girl in the next lane She reached across, pulled her goggles away from her face and then let go They snapped back and the girl screamed It must have hurt – mind you, it looked like something you’d see in a comedy film She was trying to pull the other girl’s swimming cap off when the officials came over and stopped it It was the third set, and they’d been playing for over two hours, when one of the players – he was Serbian, I think – played a really terrible shot, straight into the net The player ran all the way to where the spectators were sitting and handed his racket to a young boy “You play,” he said “I’m rubbish!” The boy didn’t know what to At first, he stood up and looked as if he was going to play a few points But then the player took his racket back and laughed, and the boy sat down I wish the boy had actually played a few shots; it would have been even funnier It was quite near the end of the game and one team was winning six-two There was an argument between two players at one end The referee didn’t see it because the puck was right at the other end But some of the other players saw and skated over At first, I thought they were going to stop the argument, but instead they joined in the whole thing became a massive fight! At least they didn’t use their sticks – just their hands Actually, it was a bit more interesting to watch then the match itself, which was a bit boring PART THREE You will hear part of a talk about dolls For questions – 18, complete the sentences Dolls have always fascinated me, and that's why, five years ago, I was delighted to be offered the job of running a doll museum Dolls have existed for thousands of years, and the earliest dolls we know about were found in graves in ancient Egypt I only wish we could get one or two for our museum, but we haven't unfortunately got anything as old as that in the museum All the same, we have got examples from Europe from the twelfth century, but my favourite early dolls are actually from the seventeenth century They interest me not just because they are early, or fairly early, but also because of the clothes they're wearing They have their original clothes, and from them we know what the owners wore, since dolls in those days were always dressed like their owners They were made of the only material readily available for things like this at the time: solid wood and they were painted in great detail In fact, on the best examples, like the ones in the museum, the detail includes the seventeenth-century make-up Dolls like these were very expensive then, and only the very rich could afford them These days, they're popular with collectors and if you want one today, you have to pay anything up to ten thousand pounds for a doll in perfect condition from this time! By the way, what makes them so valuable is that, as far as a collector is concerned, a doll is only worth collecting if it is in perfect condition, and that means having the original clothes Doll collecting has become very fashionable since the museum opened, with people interested in dolls from every period, including later dolls There's great interest in nineteenth-century examples, when dolls were no longer made of wood, but began to have soft bodies and real hair They were very delicate and few have survived, meaning such a doll would be worth about two thousand pounds, perhaps a bit more Later, in the nineteenth century, you could often take off the doll's hair If you can, you can often see the maker's name underneath, and of course the right one increases a doll's value There was a really big change in dolls at the beginning of the twentieth century In the museum we have one of the earliest examples, from about 1909, of a doll that’s a model of a baby Previously all dolls, the earlier ones, were little adults That's just one of the changes that have occurred in the last hundred years Another, again, is to with what dolls are made of Although dolls with soft bodies continued, after about 1930, plastic began to be used In fact, dolls from the 1930s and 40s are now very popular with collectors, some of them selling for very, very high prices