ĐỀ HỌC SINH GIỎI SỞ GDĐT SƠN LA ( ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ) (Đề thi có 14 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2019 2020 Môn thi TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi 2452020 Thời gian làm bài 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề.ĐỀ HỌC SINH GIỎI SỞ GDĐT SƠN LA
SỞ GD&ĐT SƠN LA ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 14 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 24/5/2020 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút không kể thời gian phát đề SỐ PHÁCH : (Do trưởng ban phách ghi, thí sinh khơng ghi vào ô này) PART LISTENING (50/200 POINTS) I From questions to 10 Complete the note below Write no more than TWO WORDS /NUMBERS for each answer Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 points) Pinder’s Animal Park Personal Details: Name: Address: Telephone number: Ready to work: Work details: Preferred type of work: Relevant skills: Relevant qualifications: Training required: Referee: Name: Position: Phone number: Call back on: Jane (1) (2) West Lane, Exeter 07792430921 Can start work on (3) Assistant (4) Can use kitchen (5) A (6) certificate A (7) course on first-aid Dr Ruth Price (8) (9) (10) _days Your answers: 10 II For questions 11-15, listen to a radio interview with a psychologist about friendship and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to what you hear Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points) 11 According to the presenter, _ A new books are being written to teach people how to manage friendships B it’s almost impossible to keep childhood friends for life C the most important friends are childhood friends D we have to adjust our friendships as our lives change 12 Barbara warns that foul-weather friends _ A never want you to be happier than they are B can spoil the time when you are feeling good about life C engineer bad situations so that they can feel superior D have their life perfectly organized Page of 14 13 The danger of trophy friend is that _ A you may be put in a serious mood B you may develop unrealistic expectations C he or she will push you to get a higher achievement that you don’t want D he or she will inhibit your social life 14 A sisterly friend A will want to go out on dates with you and your new partner B will be as close to your family as she is to you C can be relied on but be too involved in your life D can resent other close friendships in your life 15 When making new friends, A be sensitive to their needs B try to be as funy as you can C don’t mention serious issues before you have got to know them well D don’t expend too much of your time and energy Your answers: 11 12 13 14 15 III You will hear an explorer called Richard Livingstone talking about a trip he made in the rainforest of South America For questions 16-25, complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each numbered blank Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 points) Richard and Matthew realized that the river was about to go over a (16) and they could go no further by boat They decided to walk through the rainforest following the (17) marked on the map Richard says that during the walk, they were always both (18) and (19) The first sign of human activity that they found was a (20) In a deserted camp, they found some soup made from unusual (21) and (22) Richard says that by the time they had reached the camp, they were lacking (23) They decided to make an early start because they thought the people living in the wooden bible might be (24) Thanks to the meal, they had (25) to finish their journey with security Your answers: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 PART LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (40/200 POINTS) I For questions - 20, choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 points) I ran _an interesting article about panda while I was reading the newspaper A after B across C away D out Have you ever been faced with any problem in your life? A solution B insoluble C solubly D solving Page of 14 The director recommended that all the staff _ anyone outside the company during the training session A not contact B not contact C cannot contact D must not contact With her beauty and charm, she _movie audiences everywhere A addicted B wondered C captivated D defeated It’s a long walk tomorrow We’d better _as early as possible A set up B set in C set off D set down The little children _ the performaces in wide-eyed amazement A watched B heard C listened D glared By the time the ambulance arrived, a crowd of _had gathered A onlookers B passers C spectators D viewers When we were in Athens, I bought a _ statuette A white beautiful marble little B marble beautiful little white C beautiful little marble white D beautiful little white marble In your place, I _to others for help There’s no way of getting the project finished yourself A will turn B is turning C would have turned D must have turned 10 Last year John earned _his sister, who had a better position A many than B much than C more than D most than 11 Chau has managed the department _ that she'll be promoted next month A too successful B such successfully C so successfully A very successful 12 I am not putting myself _ of the bank anymore, I will find different sponsors for all of my projects A at the mercy B at the line C of the heel D of the finger 13 There is a fishing lake over there, _? A is there B isn’t there C is it D isn’t it 14 _ I to have known it is such a witty movie, I would have watched it A If B Had C Should D Were 15 It is obvious that we have a lot in common, that’s why we get along like _ A a house on fire B a chicken on pot C a root on land D a fish like water 16 They were fortunate _ from the fire before the building collapsed A.to rescue B to have rescue C to have been rescued D rescuing 17 Neither we nor she _ to go to the library now A like B are liking C likes D liked 18 _ had she handed in the paper _ she realized she forgot writing her name on it A No sooner-when B Hardly-when C Hardly-than D No sooner-did 19 Living apart from each other, Anna and Zip have been talking _for a year now A off and on B as a matter of course C till the cows come home D in the least 20 She clearly joined the firm in a(an) _to improving herself professionally A view B aim C plan D ambition Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 II Give the correct form of the words in the brackets Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (8 points) Travelling gives young people opportunities to _ _their knowledge of DEPTH the world around them Page of 14 In nursing, women tend to _ men by four to one Because of the heavy rain it is _ to stay at home and watch TV A number of kids are suffering from _ problem due to unhealthy diet full of fast food You are so _ breaking the vase your mother has just bought Six-core processor is one of the most technologies yet invented to revolutionise the way computer works The film is entertaining but my uncle who is a historian says that it is full of historical The man was later was charged with a police officer Your answers: NUMBER ADVISE WEIGH CARE CUT ACCURATE PERSON III Fill each gap in the following sentences with one of the prepositions or particles Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes There is an example (0) at the beginning (7 points) He finds it hard to put the noise of the nearby factory I received the news a kind of naive enthusiasm Today, many Brazilians are moving the slums because housing is expensive in other parts of the city My group and yours have arrived the same conclusion quite independently When he married for the second time, Fred got more than he bargained Rio de Janeiro is famous for its beautiful beaches, but the city is also known its poor areas, called favelas I don’t hold the violence to resolve conflict between ethnic groups I have lived in the beachtown ten years Your answers: IV.There are mistakes in the following passage Find and correct them Write your answers in the space provided below The first one has been done as an example (5 points) 10 11 12 Although speech is the most advance form of communication, there are many ways of communication without using speech Signals, signs, sumbols and gestures may be found in every known culture The basic function of a signal is to impinge on the environment in such way that it attracts attention, for example, the dots and the dashes of a telegraph circuit Coded to refer to speech, its ability for communication is very greatfull Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signal or signs because of its intricate relationship with the receiver’s cultural perceptions In some cultures, applauding in a theatre provides performances with an auditory symbol of appoval Although signals, signs, symbols and gestures are very useful, they have a major disadvantage They usually not allow idea to be shared without the sender being closely to the receiver Page of 14 Your answers: Line Mistake advance Correction advanced PART READING (60 /200 POINTS) I Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 points) GRAPHIC NOVELS: A FRESH ANGLE ON LITERATURE Has the graphic novel – a fictional story presented in comic-strip format – finally become intellectually respectable? Graphic novels have just landed with an almighty kersplat Ten days ago, two such works were shortlisted for Shakespeare Book Awards for the first time in the history of the prize, in two different categories This was no publicity stunt: neither panel know what the other had done This is, surely, the moment when the graphic book finally made its entrance into the respectable club room of high literature Hang on, though: can you compare a graphic novel with the literature kind? Wouldn’t that be like comparing a painting with a music video? Or is it time we started seeing them as comparable mediums for storytelling? If so, what next? Robert Macfarlane, the chairman of another major literary work, says he has no objection in principle to a graphic novel being summitted for the prize In fact, he has taught one, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, alongside the works of Russian writer Tolstoy and Don Quixote (by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes) at the University of Cambridge, where he works in the English Faculty “ The idea of outlawing the graphic novel doesn’t make any sense to me,” he says “ I don’t segregate it from the novel The novel is always eating up other languages, media and forms.” Graphic fiction, he says, is “another version of the novel’s long flirtation with the visual.” This is, he declares, “ a golden age for the graphic novel.” And he’s right We are seeing a boom in graphic novels Since Maus was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, they have gone on to devour every literary genre going But so far, graphic novels have politely stood aside and let conventional books win the big prizes Now they want the vote Fighting for the graphic novelists’ cause, astonishingly, are some hefty prize-winning writers The English novelist and poet A S Byatt is passionately in favour of graphic novels competing with regular ones Byatt, who is a huge fan of Spiegelman’s Maus, thinks that French-Iranian artist Marjiane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis stands “ head and shoulders above most novels being produced It’s more interesting and more moving It’s able to be serious because it can carry itself along on this unserious form It allowed her to be witty about things that are terrible And that’s why it’s a major work of art.” The genius of the graphic novel, as the English writer Philip Pullman explains, is that it can bring into play so many levels of narrative by layering them on top of each other Take American Alison Bechdel’s brilliant Are You My Mother? – in a single page, she can depict a memory of being with her mother in her childhood, dialouge between herself and her mother as they chat on the phone in the present, plus an image of herself toiling at her desk, trying to write her memoir And what Bechdel and her mom are saying on the Page of 14 phone links to the diaries of the early 20th cetury writer Virginia Woolf, which Bechdel also brings to visual life Try doing that with words – it would take a chapter Bechdel does it in a few panels That, in the end, is precisely what keeps graphic literature so distinct from prose narrative Graphic novels and traditional novels demand, to be sure, the same amounts of time, intellect and artistry from the authors But that doesn’t mean they’re the same thing A few years on, will you be clicking the buy button on a graphic novel as happily as you’d pick up a work by a traditional novelist? Even Bechdel confesses that her reading habits are still struggling out of the past “ Honestly, I would be slightly more inclined to pick up a non-graphic work,” she says “At this point, there’s not a huge number of graphic novels that are about topics that interest me But that, too, is changing We’re becoming more visually literate There’s some reasons for these graphic novels creeping into the canon We’re reading differently from how we used to 200 years ago.” What does the writer say about the nomination of two graphic novels for the Shakespeare Book Awards? A It revealed the closed-mindedness of the literary establishment B It was the result of confusion among members of the specialists C It generated debate about the true purpose of the prize D It was not intentionally calculated to attract people’s attention The word “them” in the text refers to _ A graphic novels B graphic and literature novels C fictional novels D categories What does Robert Macfarlane suggest about graphic novels? A Their long-term success has now been assured B Their banning from literature courses has backfired C They are a logical step in the development of fiction D They tend to be less innovative than traditional novels The word “segregate” is closet in meaning to _ A ignore B interest C consist D include In the third paragraph, writer suggests that, in the past, writers of graphic novels _ A lacked the support of influential people B were systematically discriminated against C tended to accept their inferior social standing D underappreciated the importance of literary awards Page of 14 The word “hefty” is closet in meaning to _ A normal B well-known C funny D usual What does Byatt suggest when the novelist and poet says Persepolis stands “head and shoulders above most novels being produced”? A The work is far superior to most novels being produced B The quality of the graphic novel challenges all the literary norms C The author of the graphic novel has gone great lengths to finish the work D The work is being published in inordinate numbers The writer discusses Alison Bechdel’s book to make the point that graphic novels _ A can have just as much narrative depth as traditional novels B are able to incorporate a surprising range of different novels C can represent the workings of memory in sophisticated ways D enable writers to deal with different aspects of a story at once Bechdel is quoted in the last paragraph to make the point that _ A interest in graphic novels reflects a more general trend B many readers lack the skills to fully appreciate graphic novels C it is difficult to persuade people to take graphic novels seriously D graphic novels are far outnumbered by quality traditional novels 10 In this article, the writer is _ A analyzing the control of graphic novelists B outlining the origins of graphic novels C describing the work of graphic novelists D evaluating the advantages of graphic novels Your answers: 10 II Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 points) Choosing a career may be one of the hardest jobs you ever have, and it must be done with (1) View a career as an opportunity to something you love, not simply as a way to earn a living (2) the time and effort to thoroughly explore your options can mean the difference between finding a stimulating and rewarding career and move from job to (3) job in an attempt to find the right one Work influences virtually every aspect of your life, from your choice of friends to where you (4) Deciding what matters most to you is essential to make the right decision You may want to begin by (5) your likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses Think about the classes, hobbies, and surroundings that you find most (6) Ask yourself questions, such as “Would you like to travel?”, “Do you want to work with children?”, “Are you more suited to solitary or cooperative Page of 14 work?” There are (7) right or wrong answers; only you know what is important to you Determine which job features you require, which ones you would prefer, and which ones you cannot accept Then rank them in order (8) importance to you If a high salary is important to you, not (9) a career by its starting wages Many jobs, such as insurance sales, offers relatively low starting salaries; (10) , pay substantially increases along with your experience, additional training, promotions and commission A concentration A Spending A unsatisfying A reside A evaluating A appealing A none B care B Taking B satisfying B live B scoring B involving B any C joy C Investing C unsatisfied C settle C assessing C charming C few D hardwork D Wasting D satisfied D stay D grading D engaging D no A to A estimate 10 A additionally B of B judge B moreover C for C discourage C however D about D see D therefore Your answers: 10 III Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap Use only one word in each gap There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 points) Example (0): fact It is a sad (0) fact that adults laugh far less than children, sometimes by as much (1) _ a couple of hundred times a day Just take a look at people (2) _ on the way to work or in the office: you’ll be lucky to see a smile, let alone (3) _ a laugh This is a shame – especially in view of the fact that scientists have proved that laughing is good for you “When you laugh” says psychologist David Cohen, “it (4) _ the feel-good hormones, endorphins It counters the effects of stress and enhances the immune system.” There are many (5) _ why we might laugh less in adult life: perhaps we are too workstressed, or too embarrassed to (6) _ our emotions show Some psychologists simply believe that children have more native responses, and as adults we naturally grow (7) _ of spontaneous reactions Luckily, however, it is possible to relearn the art of laughter In India, “laughter clinics” have been growing (8) _ popularity over the last few years, thanks to the efforts of Dr Madan Kataria, (9) _ work has won him a devoted following Dr Kataria believes that his laughing techniques can help to strengthen the immune system and lower stress levels, among other things He teaches his patients (10) _ laughs or giggles to relax specific parts of the body Your answers: 10 Page of 14 IV Read the passage including seven paragraphs, A-G and the following tasks (15 points) SAVING THE SOIL More than a third of the Earth’s top layer is at risk Is there hope for our planet’s most precious resource? A More than a third of the world’s soil is endangered, according to a recent UN report If we don’t slow the decline, all farmable soil could be gone in 60 years Since soil grows 95% of our food, and sustains human life in other more surprising ways, that is a huge problem B Peter Groffman, from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York, points out that, soil scientists have been warning about the degradation of the world’s soil for decades At the same time, our understanding of its importance to humans has grown A single gram of healthy soil might contain 100 million bacteria, as well as other microorganisms such as viruses and fungi, living amid decomposing plants and various minerals That means soils not just grow our food, but are the source of nearly all our existing antibiotics, and could be our best hope in the fight against antibiotic-resistance bacteria Soil is also an ally against climate change: as microorganisms within soil digest dead animals and plants, they lock in their carbon content, holding three times the amount of carbon as does the entire atmosphere Soil also stores water, prevents flood damage In the UK, damage to buildings, roads and bridges from floods caused by soil degradation costs £233 million every year C If the soil loses its ability to perform these functions, the human race could be in big trouble The danger is not that the soil will disappear completely, but that the microorganisms that give it its special properties will be lost And once this has happened, it may take the soil thousands of years to recover Agriculture is by far the biggest problem In the wild, when plants grow, they remove nutrients from the soil, but then when the plants die and decay these nutrients which are returned directly to the soil Humans tend not to return unused parts of harvested crops directly to the soil to enrich it, meaning that the soil gradually becomes less fertile In the past we developed strategies to get around the problem, such as regularly verifying the types of crops grown, or leaving fields uncultivated for a season D But these practices became inconvenient as populations grew and agriculture had to be run on more commercial lines A solution came in the early 20th century with the Haber-Bosch process for manufacturing ammonium nitrate Farmers have been putting this synthetic fertilizer on their fields ever since But over the past few decades, it has become clear this wasn’t such a bright idea Chemical fertilisers can release polluting nitrous oxide into the atmosphere and excess is often washed away with the rain, releasing nitrogen into rivers More recently, we have found that indiscriminate use of fertilisers hurts the soil itself, turning it acidic and salty, and degrading the soil they are supposed to nourish E One of the people looking for a solution to this problem is Pius Floris, who started out running a treecare business in the Netherlands, and now advises some of the world’s top soil scientists He came to realise that the best way to ensure his trees flourished was to take care of the soil, and has developed a cocktail of beneficial bacteria, fungi and humus to this Researchers at the University of Valladolid in Spain recently used this cocktail on soils destroyed by years of fertiliser overuse When they applied Floris’s mix to the desert-like test plots, a good crop of plants emerged They were not just healthy at the surface, but had roots strong enough to pierce dirt as hard as rock The few plants that grew in the control plots, fed with traditional fertilisers, were small and weak F However, measures like this are not enough to solve the global soil degradation problem To assess our options on a global scale we first need an accurate picture of what types of soils are out there, and the problems they face That’s not easy For one thing, there is no agreed international system for classifying soil In an attempt to unify the different approaches, the UN has created the Global Soil Map project Researchers from nine countries are working together to create a map linked to a Page of 14 database that can be fed measurements from field surveys, drone surveys, satellite imagery, lab analyses and so on to provide real-time data on the state of the soil Within the next four years, they aim to have mapped soils worldwide to a depth of 100 metres, with the results freely accessible to all G But this is only a first step We need ways of presenting the problem that bring it home to governments and the wide public, says Pamela Chasek at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, in Winnipeg, Canada ‘Most scientists don’t speak language that policy- makers can understand, and vice versa.’ Chasek and her colleagues have proposed a goal of ‘zero net land degradation’ Like the idea of carbon neutrality, it is an easily understood target that can help shape expectations and encourage action For soils on the brink, that may be too late Several researchers are agitating for the immediate creation of protected zones for endangered soils One difficulty here is defining what these areas should conserve: areas where the greatest soil diversity is present? Or areas of unspoilt soils that could act as a future benchmark of quality? Whatever we do, if we want our soils to survive, we need to take action now For questions 1-4, complete the summary below Write ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided Why soil degradation could be a disaster for humans Healthy soil contains a large variety of bacteria and other microorganisms, as well as plant remains and (1) _ It provides us with food and also with antibiotics and its function in storing (2) _ has a significant effect on the climate In addition, it prevents damage to property and infrastructure because it holds (3) _ If these microorganisms are lost, soil may lose its special properties The main factor contributing to soil degradation is the (4) _ carried out by humans Your answers: For questions 5-7, complete the sentence with the correct ending A-F Write the correct letter AF in the spaces provided Nutrients contained in the unused parts of harvested crops Synthetic fertilisers produced with the Haber-Bosch process Addition of a mixture developed by Pius Floris to the soil A may improve the number and quality of plants growing there B may contain data from up to nine countries C may not be put back into the soil D may help governments to be more aware of soil-related issues E may cause damage to different aspects of the environment F may be better for use at a global level Your answers: The reading passage has seven sections, A-G For questions 7-10, write the correct letter A-G in the numbered boxes provided next to the information which the section contains You may use any letter more than once Page 10 of 14 an explanation of how soil stayed healthy before the development of farming examples of different ways of collecting information on soil degradation 10 draw up a potential vision regardless of some misinterpretations Your answers: 10 PART WRITING (50 /200 POINTS) I Sentence Completion (10 points) Use the given word 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 orginal sentence Do NOT change the form of the given word You must use between THREE and TEN words, including the word given There is an example at the beginning (0) He paid no attention to our warning NOTICE He TOOK NO NOTICE OF our warning "Don't forget to hand in your project by Thursday," said the teacher to the students REMINDED The teacher _ their project by Thursday She was surprised when he suddenly asked her to marry him TOOK His _ I wanted to turn off the television So I could focus on learning ORDER I decided _focus on learning The play is so popular that the theatre is likely to be full every night POPULARITY Such _ likely to be full every night They will not announce the decision formally ANNOUNCEMENT No _ Grade-12 students must attend the morning meeting MUST The morning meeting by grade-12 students Micheal did not find it difficult to find a good job TROUBLE Micheal finding a good job Although everything pointed to her having taken the money, she strenuously denied it EVIDENCE She strenuously denied _ the contrary Everyone told her that she had been fired by the company SACK She _ by the company 10.The performance wasn’t as good as we expected LIVE The performance my expectations Page 11 of 14 II Graph (15 points) Below is the chart showing the percentage of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries Write a report (at least 150 words) on the changes over the period of 100 years You may add comparisons to clarify your report Page 12 of 14 III Essay writing (25 points) According to a British newspaper, over million students are studying at home due to Covid-19 with the useful assistance of online platform enclosed with teachers’ distant guidance Therefore, educational experts predict that online teaching will replace traditional classrooms in the future Write an essay of about 250- 300 words to demonstrate your opinions Page 13 of 14 * Lưu ý: - Đề thi gồm 14 trang Thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi - Thí sinh khơng sử dụng từ điển - Cán coi thi khơng giải thích thêm Hết Page 14 of 14 ... demonstrate your opinions Page 13 of 14 * Lưu ý: - Đề thi gồm 14 trang Thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi - Thí sinh khơng sử dụng từ điển - Cán coi thi khơng giải thích thêm Hết Page... more moving It’s able to be serious because it can carry itself along on this unserious form It allowed her to be witty about things that are terrible And that’s why it’s a major work of art.” The... (15 points) SAVING THE SOIL More than a third of the Earth’s top layer is at risk Is there hope for our planet’s most precious resource? A More than a third of the world’s soil is endangered,