Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh - Test 7

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TEST 7

A LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: Listen to the recording twice Complete the table below Write ONE WORD ONLY for each

answer (10 points)

URBAN vs SUBURBAN LIVING

Urban

Action – clubs, cafẻs etc

1.

Arts & Culture – museums etc

Close to work

Noise

More 2 and pollution

Price of housing

Suburban

Peace & quiet

Greener environment

Better for children

Homes larger with more

3. – back yard etc.

Cost of 4

Time lost in daily 5

Part 2:You will hear an interview with a man called Mike O’Toole, who works as a teacher trainer For

questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear (10 points)

1 Why are many teachers leaving the profession, according to Mike?

A They don’t feel it is financially rewarding any more

B They are not being given the respect they once were

C They are investing too much in it without getting enough back

D They find the subject matter they have to teach too difficult

2 Mike believes that without radical changes

A education in the UK will begin to get worse

B UK schools will lose their ability to compete with one another

C the UK will soon no longer be a leader in education

D the educational system in the UK can be transformed

3 The main failing of the UK education system is

A the inability of students to use computers

B the resistance within schools to the introduction of technology

C the failure of government to invest in hardware for schools

D the lack of training for teachers in the use of technology in the classroom

4 Why is teacher training failing teachers, according to Mike?

A It is not helping them to keep pace with developments

B It does not use technology in its training classrooms

C It uses hardware and software that are out of date

D It is suffering from a lack of trainers with specialist knowledge

5 Teachers can only benefit from technology if

A they cease to see it as a threat

B they can combine it with traditional methods

C they are allowed to use it in their own way

D they are willing to research its possibilities on their own

Part 3: Listen to the recording twice Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

Write T or F in the space provided (10 points)

1 The speaker has come from the Theosophical Society _

2 One of the main points of the talk is to save money _

3 The woman thinks students should do more home work _

4 The woman argues that plastic containers won’t biodegrade quickly _

5 The woman warns that asthma sufferers should be careful with her recipes _

Part 4: Listen to the recording twice You will hear part of a radio talk for young people about

animals communicating with each other Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS (20 points)

Bees do a (1. ) to communicate where to find food

Although parrots seem to speak, they are only (2. ) the human sounds

Primates can communicate a few (3. ) using simple sounds

Monkeys have not been observed to use any kind of (4. ).

Although dolphins can make vowel sounds, they cannot accurately imitate our (5. )

Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate an (6. ) of when to use phrases

The sounds made by whales contain (7. ) than human speech

The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the (8. ) of human speech

The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in (9. )

Indeed, a young child needs enough (10. ) with other people to develop speech

B LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)

Part 1 : Choose the correct option for each gap in the following sentences (20 points)

1 Please accept our _ congratulations!

2 You should _ at least three days for the journey

3 I had no chance to defend myself: the dog _ for me as soon as I opened the door

4 Please _ a copy of your application form for at least six months

5 _ , dolphins have no sense of smell

6 Alone in a deserted house, he was so busy with his research work that he felt _ lonely

A nothing but B everything but C anything but D all but

7 Good health enables people to enjoy life and have the _ to achieve their gold

8 The current political _ of our country is favorable for foreign investments

9 They drove _ the home when their car run out of oil

A in a mile to B for a mile to C within a mile to D within a mile by

10 If the size of the workforce can be easily and rapidly altered _ market fluctuations, profits will be maximized

A in terms of B in response to C in reply to D with respect to

11 Leo was from the meeting after he began objecting loudly to other people’s ideas

12 He was completely , sleeping on the streets and begging for money.

A down-and-out B grin and bear C prim and proper D fits and starts

13 It was whether the operation would go ahead because so many staff were on sick leave that week

A safe and sound B touch-and-go C pros and cons D grin and bear

14 Everything was at when we arrive, as they had only moved into the house the day before

A fits and starts B safe and sound C sixes and sevens D song and dance

15 My toothache is worse but until I can get to the dentist, I’ll just have to it

A grin and bear B prim and proper C get rid of D cast a spell on

16 The play is simply a vehicle for its stars and falls of having a decent plot

17 Anna’s friend knew the casting director, so she pulled a few to arrange an audition

18 Only a few companies were found to be in with the new laws

19 Miguel felt he was being overlooked, which is why he back rudely when his manager finally asked him what he thought

20 As Mary was an member of the team, everyone was disappointed when she was announced her resignation

Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example (10 points)

Why I dislike computers Most everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are changing our lives

for the better by making everything faster and more reliable, but I’m not so sure that this

is a case

The another day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay for a couple

of films for my camera while the assistant announced that the computer which

controlled the till had stopped working I didn’t think this was a big problem and I set

up to find another counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the same system

So there we were: a shop full of customers, money at the ready, waiting to do our

purchases, but it was quite clear that none of the assistants knew what to do They

weren’t allowed to take our money and give customers a written receipt, so that the

sales wouldn’t then have been recorded on the computer system

At the end, like many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked out

Don’t you think that’s ridiculous? It will never have happened before computers, and

that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to depend on these machines so

completely that we simply can’t manage without them no more

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Part three: Fill each gap in the following sentences with only one suitable preposition particle (10 points)

1 His honesty _ question; nobody can doubt it

2 The building of the new road has been held _ by bad weather

3 We can get _ with eight computers in the lab at the moment, but we’ll need a couple more when the new staff arrive

4 She established the school in 1960 and since then tens of thousands of children have passed _ her school

5 Judging _ the time of the day when something is done, one can decide how important an event is

6 Her business has gone _, and she has lost everything

7 I can’t concentrate on my work with the prospect of the court case hanging _ me

8 Peter was an inspirational politician, who put _ his ideas with clarity

9 His ball control skills really set _ him from the rest of the players

10 Can you check _ these figures against last year’s figures I’d like to know which year was more successful

Part 4 : Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage (10 points)

The upper layers of Earth’s oceans have cooled (1 SIGNIFY) over the past two years, even though the planet as a whole is warming up While this may just be part of the natural (2 VARY) of oceans, (3 CLIMATE) are still confounded by the massive uncountable loss of heat Scientists have been (4 INCREASE) concerned by rising sea temperatures over the last 50 years but these new (5 FIND) tell a different story Generally speaking, the (6 ABSORB) of heat by the oceans reduces atmospheric warming Now (7 MEASURE) taken by the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration have put a wrinkle in the trend The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys

which monitor the oceans (8 WORLD) .They found that the oceans dropped in temperature by an (9 BELIEVE) 0.02 degrees centigrade between 2011 and 2013 Now, that may not seem like much, but trying to account for the missing energy is proving to be enormously (10 PROBLEM) .

It is possible that volcanic eruptions are one main cause of the phenomenon, but no firm answers have yet been provided

C READING (50 points)

Part 1 Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes (10 pts)

The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn’t impress anyone when you take into consideration the fact that only a few of them manage to (1) immorality and everlasting fame And once they reach their prime and display their talent at their best, they are (2) conscious that their brilliant careers won’t last forever They live under a constant pressure of being (3) and subsequently replaced by someone who is younger, faster and more accomplished For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits and pensions are of great concern to all professional athletes

Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to (4) their protest against any policy unresponsive to their demands whereas the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the problem as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (5) a solid education, even at university level Such an approach should help them find interesting and well-paid jobs (6) their sports career is over

A completely new strategy has been (7) by the schools priding themselves (8) supporting their own teams Their authorities insist that the sports club members achieve high academic standards or else they are debarred from partaking in certain sports events, which may lead to further (9) in their professional careers

By these practical and most effective means, combining education with sports activity, the (10) of the professional athlete as being brainless and unintelligent may eventually be changing to the sportsmen’s benefit

3 A outcast B outshone C outstayed D outgrown

8 A with B on C for D in

9 A disruption B disturbance C detachment D damage

Your answers

Part 2 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 points)

Throughout history people have worn clothing of one description or another Apart from protection against the weather, clothes were also often used to show the wearer’s status and wealth Over the years, numerous fashions

in clothing have come and gone (1) some of these have been popular for relatively short periods, others have lasted longer

Until the first half of the 20th century, the ability to follow fashion was limited to those (2) had the money to (3) so But following fashion did not only demand money, it also required large amounts of leisure time Wealthy people took fashion very seriously and close attention had to (4) paid to detail Wearing the correct clothes for different occasions was very important, despite the (5) that this often meant changing clothes five or six (6) day

More recently, fashionable clothes have come within the reach of ordinary people The traditional craft of dressmaking, (7) usually involved sewing (8) hand, was both costly and slow But today, large-scale manufacturing has made it easier for people to keep (9) with changes in fashion (10) having to spend a great deal of money

Your answers

Part 3 Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions Write your answers

in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)

Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the Earth’s waters that are caused by the Moon’s and Sun’s forces

of gravity acting on the Earth It is important to distinguish natural tidal phenomena from huge tsunamis, with the later being caused by earthquakes and undersea volcanic eruptions

The Moon is a main factor controlling ordinary tides At the location on the Earth closest to the Moon, it exerts a powerful gravitational pull on the water The resulting rise in the water produces higher tides The water

on the side of the Earth farthest away from the Moon also gets pulled by this lunar gravity, but not as strongly The Earth itself has its own gravitational force that is constantly pulling waters downward, which is why the oceans do not simply bulge out toward the Moon Ordinary tides usually feature high and low waters alternating

in relation to the Earth’s rotation Most shores around the world have two high waters and two low waters for each day, which last about 24 hours and 50 minutes The difference in height between high water and low water

is called the range of tide, and it can be quite dramatic in narrower bays Canada’s bays of Fundy, for example, commonly experiences the world’s most extreme tidal ranges, with daily differences of 16 meters

Two other types of tides are influenced by the Sun, which is much farther away from the Earth and exerts less than half of the Moon’s gravitational force When the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are directly in line, the solar and lunar gravitational forces and up to produce higher spring tides The range of spring tides is intensified, with higher high water marks and lower low water marks However, when the Moon is in the first or third quarter, it is at a 90-degree angle with the Sun in relation to the Earth The opposing solar and lunar forces partially cancel each other out, and the result is a lower tide This is called a neap tide, which comes twice a month and has lower high water marks and higher low water marks The range of neap tides is minimum

Some tides do not occur over water at all The solid body of the Earth has slight elasticity, so lunar and

solar gravity causes it to stretch very subtly These changes in the Earth’s shape, although imperceptible to

humans, are known as Earth tides Another tidal phenomenon, atmospheric tides, is caused by the Sun’s heating

of the Earth’s atmosphere Like ordinary tides, they usually occur over 12- hour periods

Question 1 What is the main idea of the passage?

A Tides are influenced more by the Moon than by the Sun

B Tides are a natural phenomenon but are not a natural disaster

C Tides always occur over water and are usually predictable

D Tides are a phenomenon mainly caused by forces of gravity

Question 2 Why does the author mention tsunamis in the passage?

A To explain that not all tides are caused by gravity

B To give an example of an extreme tidal phenomenon p

C To show that they are not related to natural tides

D To suggest that more categories for tides area needed

Question 3 The word “exerts” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to

Question 4 The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to

Question 5 What can be inferred about Canada’s Bay of Fundy?

A It may experience tsunamis because of its extreme tides

B It may have a longer tide cycle because of its wide variations

C It may be very narrow because it has wide tidal variations

D It may be influenced more by gravity than other places

Question 6 The word “imperceptible” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by

Question 7 According to paragraph 3, it is true that

A neap tides are characterized by lower water during the low tide period

B spring tides occur when the Moon is in the first and the Third quarter

C the Sun has more gravitational force than the Moon because of its larger size.

D the range of tide is greater in spring tides than in ordinary tides

Question 8 What is true about the Moon’s gravitational force?

A It pulls water on the far side of the Earth more strongly

C It is more than twice as powerful as that of the Sun

B It has reduced gravity when it is lined up with the Sun and the Earth

D Its force is strongest when it is located at 90 degrees to the Earth

Question 9 Besides ordinary tides, how many other types of tide are mentioned in the passage?

Question 10 Which of the following does not relate to ordinary tides?

A receiving greatest influence from the Moon

B influenced by the Sun’s position relative to the Moon

C taking turns the higher and lower water relating to the Earth’s rotation

D having the striking range of tide in narrower bays

Your answers

Part 4 Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow (15 points)

CLONING

A The ethics of human cloning has become a great issue over the past few years The advocates for both sides

of the issue have many reasons to clone or not to clone A recent poll has shown the differences in opinions with half as many women as men approving of the process Many people find it strange to see such a clear difference between men and women with twenty-six percent of men favouring cloning

B So, what is cloning? It has been defined as “the production of genetically identical organisms via somatic cell

nuclear transfer” You take an egg and remove its nucleus, which contains the DNA/genes Then you take the DNA from an adult cell and insert it into the egg, either by fusing the adult cell with the enucleated egg, or by a sophisticated nuclear transfer You then stimulate the reconstructed egg electrically or chemically and try to make it start to divide and become an embryo You then use the same process to implant the egg into a surrogate mother that you would use with artificial insemination What cloning does is that it copies the DNA/genes of the person and creates a genetic duplicate The person will not be a Xerox copy He or she will grow up in a different environment than the clone, with different experiences and different opportunities Genetics does not wholly define a person and the personality

C In February 1997, when embryologist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at Roslin Institute in Scotland were able

to clone a lamb named Dolly, the world was introduced to a new possibility and will never be the same again Before this, cloning was thought to be impossible, but now there is living proof that the technology and knowledge to clone animals exist Questions began to arise within governments and scientific organizations and they began to respond Are humans next? Is it possible to use this procedure to clone humans also? Would anyone actually try? What can we learn if we clone humans? How will this affect the world? These are only a few of the questions that have surfaced and need answering A whole new concept in ethics was created when the birth of Dolly was announced

D When the cells used for cloning are stem cells, we are talking about cells that are pluripotential This means

that they have the capacity to develop into any of the numerous differentiated cell types that make up the body Early embryonic cells are pluripotent and a limited number of stem cells are also found in adults, in bone marrow for instance There is an important distinction to be made between therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning Reproductive cloning would be exactly like Dolly; it would involve the creation of a cloned embryo which would

then be implanted into a womb to develop to term and the birth of a clone On the other hand, therapeutic cloning involves the use of pluripotent cells to repair damaged tissue, such as found after strokes, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injuries

E There is evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic cloning as shown by work involving the introduction of

stem cells into the brain of patients suffering from brain diseases, when the cells which have been added differentiate to form nerve cells which can in turn then lead to recovery of the lost function In the US, foetal human cells have been similarly used though recent reports indicate that the results so far are disappointing However, apart from the ethical problems associated with the use of foetal cells in this way, there are simply not enough cells available for it to be an effective treatment, since it needs the cells from three foetuses to treat one patient

F After Dolly, governments began to take control and make laws before anything drastic could ever happen.

Several ethics committees were asked to decide whether scientists should be allowed to try to clone humans In the United States, the Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended a five-year moratorium on cloning a child through somatic cell nuclear transfer In the United Kingdom, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission have approved human cloning for therapeutic purposes, but not to clone children Many organizations have come out and stated their opinions also Amongst all this ethical defining, many people are being ignored by the governments People are speaking out about what they want done

G Historically, we find that many a great medical breakthrough, now rightly seen as a blessing, was in its own

time condemned by bio-conservative moralists Such was the case with anesthesia during surgery and childbirth People argued that it was unnatural and that it would weaken our moral fibre Such was also the case with heart transplantations and with in vitro fertilization It was said children created by IVF would be dehumanized and would suffer grave psychological harm Today, of course, anesthesia is taken for granted; heart transplantation is seen as one of medicine’s glories and the public approval rate of IVF is up from 15% in the early seventies to over 70% today

Task one: The passage has 7 paragraphs (A - G) Which paragraph offers information on the following ideas?

Write the appropriate letters (A - G) in the gaps for questions 1 - 6 One paragraph is used more than once and two are not used at all

1 Different types of cloning _

2 Protective legislation _

3 Similar situations _

4 A survey on attitudes towards cloning _

5 Scientific reasons why cloning is currently not viable for medical cures _

6 Illness examples that cloning could help treat _

Task two: Choose the correct answers

7 Which of the following is a feature of cloning used for possible medical treatment?

A A genetic duplicate is born through use of a surrogate mother

B The creation and implantation of an embryo

C Implantation of differentiated pluripotent cells

D Genetic mutation of pluripotent cells

8 Which of the following is NOT a feature of cloning?

A Reproduction of a genetic copy of the subject cloned

B Reproduction of exact personality characteristics of the subject cloned

C Reproduction of the pluripotential stem cells of the subject cloned

D Reproduction of the DNA of the subject cloned

Task three: Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to answer the questions

9 In what part of an egg is found the DNA used for cloning?

10 According to the text, what body wants to wait before cloning a human? _

Your answers