TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI lớp 10 môn ANH của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước ( 369 trang)

TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI môn ANH VÙNG DUYÊN hải và ĐỒNG BẰNG bắc bộ của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI môn ANH VÙNG DUYÊN hải và ĐỒNG BẰNG bắc bộ của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI môn ANH VÙNG DUYÊN hải và ĐỒNG BẰNG bắc bộ của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI môn ANH VÙNG DUYÊN hải và ĐỒNG BẰNG bắc bộ của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án kỳ THI học SINH GIỎI môn ANH VÙNG DUYÊN hải và ĐỒNG BẰNG bắc bộ của các TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRONG cả nước

SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO

MÔN : ANH VĂN - LỚP 10

(Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút)

SECTION I: LISTENING (15 pts)

Part 1: Questions 1-10

You will hear a man phoning to enquire about job vacancy

A.Listen and complete the notes below ( questions 1- 4)

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for eachanswer LISTEN TWICE.

JOB ENQUIRY

 Work at: a restaurant

 Type of work: 1

 Number of hours per week: 12 hours

 Would need work permit

 Work in the : 2 branch

 Nearest bus stop : next to 3

 Pay: 4 £ an hour

B Listen to the second part of the conversation and answer the questions from 5 to

10 ( NO MORE THAN SEVEN WORDS ) for each answer LISTEN TWICE

5 When is extra pay offered?

Choose the correct letter A, B or C LISTEN TWICE.

COURSE FEEDBACK

11 One reason why Spiros felt happy about his marketing presentation was that:

A he was not nervous

B his style was good

C the presentation was the best in his group

12 What surprised Hiroko about the other students’ presentations ?

A Their presentations were not interesting

B They found their presentations stressful

C They didn’t look at the audience enough

13 After she gave he presentation, Hiroko felt

A delighted

B dissatisfied

C embarrassed

14 How does Spiros feel about his performance in tutorials?

A not very happy

B really pleased

C fairly confident

15 Why can the other students participate so easily in discussions?

A They are polite to each other.

B They agreed to take turns in speaking

C They know each other well

Your answers

SECTION II: PRONUNCIATION (5 pts)

Part 1 Questions 1-5

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

of the same line.

1 A psychiatrist B psychiatric C psychics D psyching

2 A parallel B parachute C parasailing D parabolic

3 A postbags B posterior C postage D postgraduate

4 A engineering B sabotage C mirages D regimes

5 A chameleon B charismatic C chaperon D chemistry

Part 2 Questions 6-10

Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the others of the same line.

6 A discrepancy B convivial C gimmickry D irrevocable

7 A overemphasis B overgeneralise C overlord D overstaffed

8 A disembark B disfigure C disgruntled D disintegrate

9 A illustrative B illustrate C illustrator D illustrious

10 A negligible B perceptible C collapsible D discernible

SECTION III: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (30 pts)

Part 1 Questions 1-20

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D in each sentence to complete it (5 pts)

1 In spite of our big effort, we have not managed to ……… enough moneyfor renovation of the school buildings

A raise B compose C rear D score

2 I don’t believe a ……… of what he says

A sentence B word C phrase D matter

3 Due to the snowstorm, there was a slight ……… in my flight time

A corollary B plateau C culprit D delay

4 Even a few drops of this liquid would represent a ……… dose for a small child

A lethal B mundane C terminal D mortal

5 The polite usher ……… us to our seats in the theatre

A commanded B sent C helped D directed

6 The accountant ……… the company fund and ran away to another country

A swallowed B confiscated C embraced D embezzled

7 The government has been criticised for its new economic ………

A policy B infrastructure C constitution D legislation

8 The silly boy only ……… at the memory, feeling rather embarrassed

A laughed B giggled C sniggered D roared

9 Her choice of word, according to the professor, is a bit ………

A obsolete B antiquated C elderly D old-fashioned

10 The road twists and turns—it is ………

11 If you go on ………… me like this, I will never be able to finish writing myreport

A disturbing B afflicting C concerning D affecting

12 Judy didn’t ………… for a second to agree to Mike’s proposal as she had been

in love with the boy for a long time

A decide B linger C hesitate D await

13 His ………… of the safety regulations really can’t be ignored any longer.

A disregard B unfamiliarity C carelessness D inattention

14 The first thing for all of you to remember is that ………… your duties mayresult in an instant dismissal

A.escaping B neglecting C resisting D missing

15 Patrick is too ………… gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game

A instant B spontaneous C compulsive D continuous

16 We couldn’t stay long, so we only wished Mark many happy………… of hisbirthday and hurried to the airport

A.days B returns C.moments D regards

17 Ever since we quarreled in the office, Janice and I have been ……… enemies.A.assured B confirmed C.defined D.guanranteed

18 A young tourist has been declared ………… after he got lost in the mountainslast Monday

A.absent B.deserter C missing D vanished

19 Michael was ………… withanger when he saw his car had been scratched

20 The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t ………… at all nobody in the classroom

believed in the far-fetched story he told

A credible B credential C creditable D credulous

For more than century, robberies of every kinds have plagued nations around the

world Bank and house robberies were common occurrence As many were caught

so those who were not and over the year, many continued to turn to these get richquick methods Despite the nature of these ‘occupation’, media reports glorifiedthe ingenious ways the robbers managed to escape with loot Then, films, too, weremade about famous robberies and criminals were turned for celebrities

More and more people began robbing houses and banks and its techniques becamemore sophisticating, making it close to impossible for them to get caught Tocompound this problem, many robbers returned to their countries where they were

no rules of extraditions As a result, many of them simply returned to their homecountries to prevent the foreign countries from punishing them

Your answers: 0 century → a century

Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle from the following box.

Each word can only be used once.

From in with along at back of together over through for into

1 She left the coffee to boil ……… in the kitchen and had to clean it up

4 Local people had to take matters ……… their own hands because the governorsfailed to deliver their promise.

5 Some communities, unfortunately, still remains divided ……… religious lines

6 Their garden is over ten thousand square metres ……… extent

7 Only when they have discussed the matter ……… great length will they drawany conclusion

8 Without any prior preparation, Peter sailed ……… his final exams

9 I am afraid to say that the notes do not seem to hang ………

10 For sufficient records are kept, Helen can trace her ancestry ……… to the1700s

Put the correct prepositions in the gaps in the text below.

I must admit that I cringe (11)………… the prospect of going to see my brother

He is, I suppose, fairly well-read (12) ………… his field, which is medicine.However, the way he insists (13) ………… always being right all the time,regardless (14) ………… how well-informed his conversational adversary may be,makes me quite angry Whenever anything concerned (15) ………… medicinecrops up in conversation, he puffs himself up and prepares to ‘inform’ people Hisattitude (16) ………… people who get their facts slightly wrong is insufferable Hecannot just let things go, he is just not comfortable (17) ………… inaccuracies It

is almost as if he is dropping (18) ………… status if he fails to pick someone up

on a point I remember him once arguing with a dinner guest for over an hour onthe difference (19) ………… the hard and soft palate! No wonder his wife isalways complaining (20) ………… him!

Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

I must admit that Maria’s English (1-improve) everyday Three weeks ago shemanaged (2-book) us on the Portsmouth to Santander ferry at the local travelagent’s

The night before we (3-be) due to leave, she (4-ring) me up to remind me to be ontime “Don’t forget the train (5-leave) at 7.35 and if we miss that, we will miss theferry too!” she said

“Of course, I (6-get) there on time”, I replied, somewhat annoyed “You are theonly one who (7-always turn up) late for things!”

Surprisingly, we both arrived at the station in time (8-catch) the train We (9-sit) onthe train for about ten minutes when we realised, to our horror, that it (10-go) inthe wrong direction! We got off at the next station where a ticket seller informed usthat there (11-not be) another train to Portsmouth until 8.45 We explained that wehad to catch the ferry at 10 o’clock

We shot off like lightning despite the heavy rucksacks on our backs and jumped onthe coach just as the driver (12-shut) the doors We (13-just collapse) in our seatswith a sigh of relief when the driver announced, “Sorry everyone but the motorway(14-still repair) so we (15-not get) to Portsmouth until 9.45.”

We groaned in despair That (16-give) us only fifteen minutes to get to the ferryterminal We arrived at Portsmouth bus station at 9.40 and jumped straight into ataxi

“The Santander ferry terminal and please hurry”, I shouted, “or it (17-go) before

we get there!”

To our astonishment, the taxi driver calmly switched off the engine and turnedround “You (18-not hear)?” he said, smiling “the ferry workers (19-come) out onstrike last night!”

“Oh no!” I cried in disbelief “If only I (20-listen) to the news this morning!”

Read the text below Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines

to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Archaeologists working at an (1) on the island of

Cyprus have discovered what are thought to be the world's

oldest known perfumes.Remnants of fourteen different

fragrances were found in a selection of mixing jugs, bottles

and stills which were (2) on the site of an ancient

perfumery The building was destroyed by an earthquake

nearly four thousand years ago, at a time when Cyprus

already enjoyed a (3) as a centre of perfume - making

After undergoing scientific (4) , the perfumes were

found to contain a range of (5) available ingredients,

such as extracts of anise, pine, coriander, lemon, orange,

bergamot, almond and parsley, amongst others

Having (6) what each perfume contained, the scientists

then set about remaking them using (7) techniques to

find out what they would actually have smelt like They

first (8) up the extracts, then mixed them with olive oil

in clay jugs before distilling them This method is the one

recorded by writers in Ancient Roman times Although (9)

simple by today's standards, the resulting aromas

provide us with an olfactory window onto the ancient

world, and are evidence of the loving craftsmanship that

must have been applied by their (10)

EXCAVATE

EARTH

REPUTED ANALYSE LOCAL

INDETITY TRADITION

GRIND

ADMIT

CREATE

Part 6 Questions 1-10 (5 pts)

Fill in the blanks of the following excerpt with the most suitable linking words.

On the other hand For But So This is because However

As with any other creature This means that But in most cases also

Reef Encounter

Tropical fish look very colorful to our eyes, but is that how they look to each

other? Our reporter Penny gosh met the man who may have the answer.

If you are snorkeling around a coral reef, you’ll see the local marine life in all itscarnival colours (1) the show clearly isn’t just a tourist attraction For the fishthat live on the reef, it’s more a matter of life and death (2) , the survival of afish species depends on two things – food supplies and breeding success

The trouble is that eating and not being eaten both need stealth Therefore, it ishelpful for a fish to blend into the background To attract a mate, (3) ,requires a certain flamboyance

Seeing a coral reef in all its glory, you can’t help feeling that fish have completelyfailed to solve this dilemma The picture, however, only comes into focus whenyou take the fish’s-eye view (4) fish, according to Justin Marshall fromthe Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre at the University of Queensland inBrisbane, see things differently (5) our visual system is a primate one,

he says It’s very good at seeing yellows and reds versus greens (6) , 30metres below sea level there is no red light (7) fish tend to see bluesand ultraviolets well-and to be less sensitive to reds and yellows (8) thecarnival looks quite different to the marine life itself To help him discover exactlyhow different it looks, Marshall has designed a unique underwater

‘spectrophotometer’, which analyses the colours of things objectively in terms oftheir physical reflection He is (9) measuring the light available indifferent micro-habitats Together with information about the visual sensitivity ofindividual fish species and their behavior, this equipment enables him to beginseeing things as fish do And it is starting to reveal how the showy and the shy canmake use of the same bright colours

The general shift towards the blue end of spectrum in underwater light explainswhy most nocturnal reef fish, such as soldierfish, squirrelfish and big-eyes, aremainly red in colour According to Marshall, some reef fish might see red in whichcase they could capitalize on the colour blindness of others and use red markings

for private communication (10) , red species are surprisinglyinconspicuous.

Last year, losses from shops through shoplifting and theft by staff amounted

to over £1 billion There are many (1) for shopkeepers themselves to reduceshoplifting As with all types of crime, prevention is better than (2) The bestdeterrent is the (3) of staff properly trained in how to identifypotential shoplifters There are also many security (4) now available.Video camera surveillance is a popular system, even with quite small retailers Inclothes shops, magnetic tag marking systems that set off an alarm have provedtheir (5) However, there are many (6) measures that retailers shouldconsider Better lighting and ceiling-hung mirrors can help staff to (7) allparts of the display area.Similarly, simply arranging shelves and display units toallow clear (8) of vision is a good deterrent

Another problem for retailers is the (9) of stolen credit cards to buygoods and services Many retailers avoid this by always checking the (10) of

a card used for purchase.Electronic systems are now available to (11) up theprocedure

Most companies keep a petty (12) box for small expenses They are apopular (13) for thieves It is not enough to have a box that locks A thief

can steal it and then open it at leisure.Lock it in a drawer as well.Telephonestypewriters,word processors and computers are also vulnerable because they are(14) Property marking is a good deterrent and helps the police returnstolen goods if they are (15) _ And remember that in many businessesinformation is valuable to competitors and should be protected.

1 A opportunities B schemes C ideas D occasions

3 A knowledge B presence C number D

O

importancee

4 A devices B methods C tricks D machines

5 A reliability B worth C valuation D identity

6 A better B easier C simpler D bigger

7 A notice B watch C control D regard

8 A fields B areas C systems D angles

9 A employment B application C technique D use

10 A honesty B forgery C validity D value

14 A portable B expensive C stolen D attractive

15 A reported B known C reveal D traced

will make you believe they are worth picking off the shelves How, you may ask, isthis brought ………? The answer is by packaging – the silent but persuasivesalesman.

Louis Chesking, (2) ……… research into the psychology of marketing began

in the 1930s, was pioneering specialist in the field He placed identical products intwo different packages, one emblazoned with circles, the (3) ……… withtriangles He then asked people which products they preferred, and why.Amazingly, (4) ……… fewer than 80% chose the products in the box with thecircles They believed the content would be of higher quality

‘After 1,000 interviews, I had to accept the fact that the (5) of consumerstransferred the sensation from the container to its contents,’ Cheskin admitted later.And there was (6) ……… surprise: even after trying out these identicalproducts, people overwhelmingly preferred (7) ……… in the package withcircles Checkin also found, for instance, that the look of a packet has an enormousimpact on (8) ……… biscuits taste Cheskin called this phenomenon

‘sensation transference’ It became the foundation not (9) ……… of his career

as a consultant to companies (10) ……… Procter & Gamble, but of much ofthe research done since then

(11)……… increasing consumer sophistication, Cheskin’s original conceptstill works One recent experiment involved an underarm deodorant posted inpackaging of three different color schemes to a test group The group was told thatthree different formulations were (12)……… consideration, and was asked tojudge them

Results: One was considered just right, one to be strong-smelling but nit veryeffective, and one threatening Yet all three deodorants were exactly the(13)………

One leading firm designs packaging for products that do not yet exist Thepackaging is then tested and the marketing concept refined Only (14)………it’s clear that the company has a winner will it (15)……… to the expense ofactually developing the product

But the birth of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the eradication of elephantpoaching and the ban on the international trade in ivory are his legacy, and theyform the basis of Wildlife Wars This surprisingly personal memoir has much totell about the fragile relationships between conservationists and governments It is

a story not only of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of trying to save the world'swildlife from extinction

Life for the average person in Africa is tough, and basic needs are far from beingmet This is the background against which Leakey fought his war, and heconstantly refers to the threat poverty poses to the preservation of Africa'sspectacular wildlife Leakey's argument, here and in recent lectures, is that nationalparks managed exclusively for biodiversity protection must be created, and that

this protection of our wildlife heritage should be funded by international sources.However, in the early 1990s the development agencies favoured "community-based" conservation Leakey's stand on protection of parks was seen as a lack ofrespect for local communities, and used against him when he resigned as head ofthe KWS in 1994 Recently donors and conservationists have come to recognise

the limitations of purely local conservation programmes; there is a growingconsensus that the poor are unlikely to manage wildlife resources wisely for the

long term becausetheirneeds areimmediate

Wildlife Wars continues where Leakey's memoir One Life left off It spans a year period, beginning in 1989 when Leakey became head of the KWS Then theelephant slaughter was at its height across Africa; it is estimated that between 1975and 1989 the international markets for ivory in Europe, the United States and Asialed to the deathof 1.2 m elephants, slaughtered for their ivory to make piano keys,games and fashion accessories Kenya's herds were reduced by more than 85% by

13-armed poachers, who turned their guns on anything and anyone To stop thiskilling required changing the perceptions of ivory users so as to eliminate the

markets,as well asmounting an armed force against thepoachers

With bothhumour andseriousness, Leakey explains the sacrificeshe had to make

in order to see his vision succeed

Despite the gravity of the situation, Leakey makes light of the sometimescomical circumstances, although it is clear thathis life was at risk many times and

he worked under tremendous pressure For many, however, the real question is

why this paleoanthropologist should risk his life for wildlife The answer may lie

in Leakey's own depiction of himself, although obviously aggressive and drivenwhile running KWS, as essentially reflective Presenting in moving terms hisintroduction to elephant emotions and society, he describes his outrage at the moraland ethical implications of poaching and culling for ivory, arguing that elephants,apes, whales and dolphins have emotions so like those of humans that theydeserve tobe treated as such

Hard-core wildlife groups sniggered at his 'bunny- hugging' tendencies, but they

underestimated his impact.It is impossible to put a valueon Leakey's work duringthose years As the elephant population began to recover, Kenya's tourist industryrevived to become the country's main source of revenue An international

awareness campaign centred on an ivory bonfire, which led to the ban on ivorytrade andthecollapse of ivory prices

1 Richard Leakey is most well-known for

A increasing wildlife budgets

B successfully stopping illegal hunting

C removing the ban on the ivory trade

D helping to identify man’s origins

2 The word poaching in paragraph 1 is closest meaning to

4 In paragraph 3, Leakey makes the point that

A conservation should be global responsibility

B a war must be fought against poverty

C Africa’s wildlife is an international attraction

D There is insufficient money to establish parks

5 It is now becoming accepted that

A Leakey had no regard for local communities

B conservation programs should be under local control

C donors have not yet received sufficient recognition

D poverty makes regional conservation programmes unreliable

6 The writers says that between 1975 and 1989

A the perceptions of the use of ivory changed

B elephants were used to make piano keys

C the elephant population was decimated

D demand for ivory began to decrease

7 Leakey considers himself

9 What does the writer imply in the last paragraph?

A a disease had affected elephants

B Leakey’s views are overly sentimental

C Leakey’s success in doubt

D Leakey’s work had wide-range effects

10 This passage is taken from

A an article about endangered species

B a book about Richard Leakey

C an article about Kenya

THE MEANING AND POWER OF SMELL

The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful Odours affec us on a physical, psychological and social level For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.

1 A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal’s Concordia University askedparticipants to comment on how irriportant smell was to them in their lives It becameapparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses A scent associated with a goodexperience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a badmemory may make us grimace with disgust Respondents to the survey noted that many

List of Headings

A.The dificulties of talking about smells

B.The role of smell in personal relationships

C.Future studies into smell

D.The relationship between the brain and the nose

E.The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups

F.Why our sense of smell is not appreciated

G.Smell is our superior sense

H.The relationship between smell and feelings

of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional assoclations Suchassociations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally labelunpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrantbecome disagreeable for particular individuals The perception of smell, therefore,consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences andemotions associated with them.

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2 Odours are also essential cues in social bonding One respondent to the surveybelieved that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a lovedone In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adultscan often identify their children or spouses by scent In one well-known test, womenand men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriagepartners from similar clothing worn by other people Most of thé subjects wouldprobably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying familymerribers before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even whennot consciously considered, smells register

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3 In splte of its importance to our emotional and sensory lives, smell is probably themost undervalued sense in many cultures The reason often given for the low regard inwhich smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, thehuman sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped While it is true that the olfactorypowers of humans are

nothing like as fine as those possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkablyacute Our noses are able to recognise thousands of smells, and to perceive odourswhich are present only in extremely small quantities

4 Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon Odours, unlike colours, for instance,cannot be named in many languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesn’texist ‘It smells like ’ we have to say when describing an odour, struggling to3

express our olfactory experience Nor can odours be recorded: there is no effective way

to either capture or store them over time In the realm of olfaction, we must make do withdescriptions and recollections This has implications for olfactory research

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5 Most of the research on smell undertaken to date has been of a physical scientificnature Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the biological andchemical nature of olfaction, but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered.Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two — one responding toodours proper and the other registering odourless chemicals in the air Other unansweredquestions are whether the nose is the only part of the body affected by odours, and howsmells can be measured objectively given the non- physical components Questions likethese mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to play an increasinglyimportant role for researchers

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6 However, smell is not simply a biological and psychologlcal phenomenon Smell iscultural, hence it is a social and historical phenomenon Odours are invested with culturalvalues: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectlyacceptable in others Therefore, our sense of smell is a means of, and model for, interactingwith the world Different smells can provide us with intimate and emotionally chargedexperiences and the value that we attach to these experiences is interiorised by themembers of society in a deeply personal way Importantly, our commonly held feelingsabout smells can help distinguish us from other cultures The study of the culturalhistory of smell is, therefore, in a very real sense, an investigation into the essence ofhuman culture

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Questions 7-10 :

Complete the sentences below Choose ONLY ONE WORD from the passage for

each answer

7 Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the belonging

to their husbands and wives

8 Certain lingustic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lackthe appropriate

9 The sense of smell may involve response to which do not smell, inaddition to obvious odours

10 Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain are not regarded as

sentence Do not change the form of the given word (5 pts)

1 We suppose the new models are about ten thousand dollars.VICINITY

The new models ………ten thousanddollars

2 Managers intend to consult their staff about job descriptions ARE

Staff ……… job descriptions by theirmanagers

3 It is impossible to predict how long it will take to do this.TELLING

There ……… time it will take to do this

4 We wouldn’t want to restrict the freedom of the students in any way Impose

We wouldn’t want ……… the freedom ofthe students.

5 I feel I am not being treated fairly RAW

I feel I am ………

6 John has taken it upon himself to look after the baby tomorrow COMMITTED

John………looking after the baby tomorrow

7 I reported him to the police because I assumed he was guilty of theft

ASSUMPTION

I reported him to the police……… he was guilty of theft

8 Nobody died in the accident FATALITIES

There ……… the accident

9 When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax CLUE

I didn’t ……… how to send fax when I started work

10 There is a risk that the black rhino will become extinct THREATENED

The black rhino ………

Part 2: Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic (15 pts)

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

The best way to teach is by example

Support your position with details and examples

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI

TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN

ĐỀ XUẤT ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI - ĐBBB NĂM 2014

Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 10

LISTENING

B his theatncal upbringing

C tra ining from an early age

D conscious efforts to develop it

19 Harry looks back on his early parts in television dramas with

A embarrassment

B gratitude

C derision

D pride

20 How does Harry explain the attitude of other actors towards him?

A They took great care not to offend him

B They appreciated his level of commitment

CThey were keen to keep him in his place

D They made allowances for his difficulties

21 When working on big productions, Harry finds it best to

A follow the lead of other actors

B brinq his own ideas to the role

e keep the finished product in mind

D focus on his own performance

22 Looking back, Harry realises that his parents

A put too much pressure on him on occasion

B may not always have had his best interests at heart

C were well awore of the potential pitfolls of his situation

D tended to be over-protective in their attitude towards him

EXERCISE 2

You will hear a radio report about a wildlife holiday in the Yellowstone National Park in the USA For questions 9-17, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Mlchela describes the man she met in Canada as being (9) _ by his expenerce

As a species, the wolf is now officially classed as (10) in North America It is thoughtthat as many as (11) visitors have seen the reintroduced wolves at Yellowstone OnMichela's first evening in Yellowstone, a (12) gave visitors a talk about wolves

Michela's personal guide originally trained to be a (14) _ Around half the wolves inthe park are now fitted with (15) _ to help people locate them Ken advised Michela

to look for (16) on hillsides where (17) _ could be seen through the snow.Michela used a particularly good (18) _ to study the wolf she eventually saw

PHONOLOGY

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

3 A destroyed B developed C conquered D closed

Choose the word which has the main stressed syllable in a different position from the rest

1 A bankruptcy B commercial C ingenious D ingredient

2 A apartheid B abundant C estimate D embarrass

3 A comparable B preferable C equitable D repairable

4 A orchestra B impetuous C pantomime D corpulent

5 A pharmaceutical B diplomacy C superstitious D miscellaneous

GRAMMAR AND LEXICOLOGY

Choose the best answer

1 I have heard the argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t _!

A hold water B face the music C a sunflower D a dungeon

2 Time was runnning out, so the committee had to make a decision

3 The soldiers _ when they heard that the war was over

A rejoiced B gladdened C revolted D gloated

4 _ he delivers the reports, it will be sent to the headquarters

A On the point B At once C Immediately D Soon

enough

5 He knew that the beautiful sports care he was looking at must have cost a _ penny

6 Don’t be angry with Sue All that she did was in good

7.John’s observation was a bit wide of the

8 The consultant called in by the firm brought a _ of experience to bear on the

problem

9 It was a lie and nobody at all believe it

A definite B conspicuous C salient D blatant

10 Suddenly I slipped and ended up on the floor

A sprawling B drooping C lounging D slouching

11 When Kevin arrived, he soon _ at all his jokes

A had everyone laughed B had laughed everyone

C had everyone to laugh D had everyone laughing

A shoulder the bill B foot the bill C hand the money D eye themoney

13 Will three people be enough? - Another three

14 Let’s find a place where we can the storm

A shed light on B come to light C make light of D see the light

17 Although technically he wasn’t sacked, it the same thing

A amounts to B evens out to C points to D signifies

18 The of the soldiers was high before the battle because they were confident ofvictory

19 To say that all Polish Americans wear highly colored clothes is a _ generalization

20 We all wish to be treated _

A as equal B as equals C as equally D as equal as

The passage below contains 10 errors in spelling, grammar, word form Underlined the errors and write the corrections in the corresponding given space.

WHO IS FATHER CHRISTMAS?

Although it is not very clear how contemporary Father Christmas's ‘look’ came about, it iscertainly that it is the result of a continuous amalgamation of many old folk customs andbeliefs from varied sources First and foremost, there is the image of the three kings bringgifts to the baby Jesus A second source is the Roman costume of giving children presentsfor good luck during the pagan festival celebrating the winter solstice Last but not least,there is Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop and the patron saint of children, sailors andthe poor which saint's day is December 6 Traditionally, Saint Nicholas was depicted like atall dignified figure riding a white horse, giving sweets to children and helping the poor.The familiar image of a good-humoured round-bellied Santa Claus, complete with sleigh,reindeers and sack of toys, seem to be a 19th-century American invention Building up onthe Dutch figure of Saint Nicholas which settlers brought with them to New York,contemporary Santa Claus is the result of the blending of religious and pagan traditionsfrom many European countries to newer American customs Such elements as the reindeer,the stocking and the North Pole round off the modernised legend Thus, nowadaysJoulupukki of Finland, Papa Noel of French-spoken countries, English Father Christmasand American Santa are very much alike

Your answers

Insert the correct prepositions

AGAINST AT BY FOR FROM IN OF ON TO UNDER

1 Please, take this money as a token of my great gratitude _ saving my life

2 The mechanic was most kind and repaired my carburettor _ no time at all

4 The court has sentenced the two men _ exile for spying on the military bases inthe country.

5 The farmers’ hopes _ any better weather faded away after they had heard theforecast for the weeks to come

6 Their political opinions have always been harmony with ours and therefore

we have been getting on so well

7 Tell the man that we can't repair his bicycle _ once as the spare parts will only bedelivered on Tuesday

8 She is too weak mathematics to ever pass the exam She won't succeed

even her hundredth attempt

9 Are you still _ an illusion that Mr Spike will agree to your conditions?

10 He said he wouldn't be able to turn up person, and so he would have tosend his deputy to the conference

11 We can safely trust Iris She is _the know about everything that happens

on the Stock Exchange

12 Andrew is a draftsman profession, but he works as a clerk at the post office

13 You cannot expect absolute obedience _Tommy He's still a teenager full ofwild ideas

14 The code says people under eighteen aren't eligible _ membership in the party

15 Bob, don't be cruel and stop mocking _ the way Lucy pronounces French words

16 I don't approve _ his idea, but there's little I can do to prevent him

from trying his luck in the casino

17 We were forced to work the clock because our manager wanted

this plan to be ready by the following day

18 Andrew prefers staying at home in the evening _ spending it at the disco

19 The robbers had escaped the bank before the police arrived

20 'Are you going to send this package _ mail?' 'No, I'm delivering it myself.'

Supply the correct verb forms

A I won't go out now as it (1 rain) _ and I (2 not have) _ an umbrella

B Why you (3 put) on your coat? ~ I (4 go) for a walk You (5 come) with me?

C These workmen are never satisfied; they always (6 complain) _

D This book is about a man who (7 desert) _ his family and (8 go) _ tolive on a Pacific island

E I (9 think) _ it is a pity you don't take more exercise You (10 get) _ fat

F She said that the car (11 travel) _ at 40 k.p.h when it (12.begin) to skid

G I just (13 receive) a letter saying that we (14 not pay) thisquarter's electricity bill I (15 not give) you the money for that last week?

~ Yes, you but I'm afraid I (16 spend) _ it on something else

H The Prime Minister (17 speak) on TV tonight

I I am sure that I (18 recognize) _ her when I (19 see) _ her tomorrow

J Did you remember to book seats? ~ Oh no, I forgot I (20 telephone) forthem now

Supply the correct word forms

If you’d like to do something different on your holiday, you may be (interest) in thefollowing the Pilgrim Route to Santiago The journey starts in France and takes you

normal) _ takes about five weeks to complete the-800 kilometer walk which giveyou more than enough time to go (4 sight) _ There are plenty of (5 camp)

, but you can also get rooms in monasteries, which cost little or no hing

Alternatively, you can stay in (6 comfort) hotels, but these are obviouslymore (7.expense ) The Pilgrim Route can be quite (8 crowd) during the summer Some people find it more (9 enioy) to go in October andNovember , which are quiet months, but the (10 advantage ) of travelling then isthat some of the hotels are closed

Read the text and decide which answer (A, B or C) best fits each space.

Starting your own business could be the way to achieving financial independence (1)

it could just as well land you in debt for the rest of your life (2) , that is the view ofCharles and Brenda Leggat, a Scottish couple, who last week saw their fish farm businessput into the hands of the receiver 'We started the business at a time when everyone wasbeing encouraged by the banks to borrow money (3) _ , we fell into the same trap, andasked for a big loan (4) , at the time we were sure that we could make it into a goingconcern,' said Charles Leggat, a farmer from the Highlands The bank analysed the

proposals we put forward and they agreed that it would be a highly profitable business.'Sure enough, within five years the Leggats were exporting trout and salmon products tohotels all over Europe, and (5) they took on over fifty staff (6) _ , with theadvent of the recession, they began to lose ground as orders dried up '(7) _ , saidBrenda Leggat, 'the business has now been valued by the bank at a fraction of its true

worth If they had left us to work our way out of our difficulties, (8) _ virtuallybankrupting us, I am sure that we could have gone back into profit As it is, we have beenleft without a livelihood, and the bank has not recovered what it lent us.' The Leggats bothfelt that their banks had not treated them fairly '(9) , they were falling over

themselves to lend us the money initially, (10) now they are doing very little tokeep the business going, and fifty local people in work.' A spokesman for the bank

concerned refused to comment

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

Earthquakes are amongst the most destructive _ (1) disasters They usually (2) without any warning and (3) in a great _(4) of life and an enormous

demolition of buildings Additionally, they may cause devastating landslides or creategigantic tidal waves which, in (5), are collosal walls of water smashing into

seashores with such force that they are _ (6) of destroying coastal cities However,the _ (7) majority of fatalities and serious injuries _ (8) about when

there is no time to (10) the mortal _(11) once the shaking starts Thesavage forces of an earthquake trigger _(12) a complex chain _ (13) in thebuilding's structure when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled A building's height, itsshape and construction materials are the most significant _ (14) deciding about thesurvival or collapse of the structure and, consequently, about the life or death of its

_ (15)

1.a nature b naturalistic c natural d native

5.a fact b certainty c honesty d truth

6.a potential b conceivable c capable d possible

9.a demolish b jumble c destroy d collapse

10.a avert b evade c abstain d restrain

11.a upkeep b upturn c upshot d uptake

13.a activity b motion c progress d reaction

14.a factors b phenomena c points d ingredients

15.a settlers b citizens c inhabitants d burghers

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space.

Science Fact and Science Fiction

When writers attempt to anticipate the future, they often only succeed (1) ………providing an interpretation of the present This can be seen in the fantasies produced byscience fiction writers in the (2)……… of the twentieth century Almost nothing hasturned (3) the way that these writers expected Although they did manage topredict intelligent robots, they completely failed to anticipate the development incommunications technology that would (4)………… them possible This (5) thatscience fiction written before 1980 now seems absurdly dated, and what strikes you most(6)………… the curious absence of personal computers, e-mail and the Internet Sciencefiction writers, it seems, were remarkably slow (7)………… the uptake when(8) came to grasping the extent to (9) the nature of communicationwould change

Instead, their focus was very much on rocket technology and space travel For they(10) not to know that the lunar landings, so exciting at the time, would actuallylead (11)……… There are no human colonies on the Moon, (12) alone on Marsand the idea that people might eventually populate the cosmos seems even (14)………… within the realms of possibility now than it did then, despite half a century ofbewilderingly rapid technological progress What's (8) , scientists have even begun

to ridicule the notion, fundamental (15) …… much science fiction, that one day we justmight encounter intelligent aliens

Declan Mayes, President of the Music Buyers Association, is furious at a recentannouncement by the recording industry concerning people downloading MP3 music filesfrom the Internet Of course, there are files that can be downloaded legally for a smallcharge, but the uproar is not about these: it is about illegal downloads, which constitute anundoubted infringement of copyright However, there is a great deal of controversy overwhether the people who indulge in this activity should be regarded as actual criminals.

A few parallels may be instructive If someone copies an audio music cassette for theirown private use, they are, strictly speaking, breaking the law But recording companieshave usually turned a blind eye to this practice because prosecuting the few peopleinvolved would be difficult, and the financial loss to the company itself is not consideredsignificant At the other end of the scale, there are criminals who make illegal copies ofCDs and sell them for a profit This is far more serious, and the industry actively pursuesand prosecutes pirates Now the Music Recording Association has announced that itregards individuals downloading music from the Internet as pirates, claiming that theydamage the industry in just the same way The industry is completely overreacting; it'll be

a laughing stock,' says Mayes They're going to arrest some teenager downloading files inhis bedroom - and sue him for thousands of dollars! This isn't going to frighten anyone intobuying CDs.'

Mayes may have a point There is a general consensus that CD pirates should be subjected

to the full wrath of the law, but few would see an individual downloading music for his orher own pleasure in the same light However, downloading music files illegally is not asinnocuous as making private copies of audio cassettes The scratchy, distorted cassettecopy is a poor version of the original recording, whereas an MP3 file is of high quality andcan be stored - on a CD, for example It is this that makes the practice a powerfultemptation for music fans, given the high cost of CDs

What does Mayes think about claims that music companies could be forced out of business

by people downloading music illegally? That's nonsense Music companies are alwayswhining about high costs, but that doesn't prevent them from recording hundreds of CDs

by completely unknown artists, many of whom are "packaged" by marketing departments

to appeal to young consumers The companies are simply hoping that one of these newbands or singers will be a hit, and although it can be expensive to promote new artists, thecost of manufacturing the CDs is actually very low.'

This last point would appear to be the focus of resentment against music companies: a CD

is far cheaper to produce than its price in the shops would indicate, and profit margins forthe music companies are huge An adult with a reasonable income may not object topaying £15 for a CD of classical music, but a teenager buying a CD by the latest popsensation may find that price rather steep - especially since the latest pop sensation isalmost certain to be forgotten within a few months And while the recording industry can't

be held responsible for the evanescent nature of fame, given the teenage appetite foranything novel, it could lower the prices it charges - especially since technology is makingCDs even cheaper to produce

This is what Mayes hopes will happen 'If the music industry stops exploiting the buying public, it can survive Everyone would rather buy a CD, with an attractive jacketand booklet, than mess around downloading files, but the price has to be reasonable The

music-Technology has caught up with the music companies, and trying to fight it by taking

people to court will only earn money for the lawyers.' A frightening thought

1 If someone downloads MP3 music files illegally, the Music Recording Association willnow

A turn a blind eye

B be indulgent towards them

C take them to court

D charge them a fee

2 Mayes thinks that the recording industry's recent announcement

A fails to take into account the difficulties of prosecuting offenders

B makes the industry appear ludicrous

C will deter consumers from buying CDs

D will encourage resentment of CD piracy

3 According to the article, it is commonly accepted that

A producing pirate CDs in order to make money is a serious offence

B downloading MP3 files is more serious than making audio cassettes

C the Music Recording Association should ignore infringements

D the laws regarding illegal music recordings should be amended

4 Why does the writer feel that MP3s are unlike copies of audio cassettes?

A Downloaded MP3 files are generally not for private use

B The financial losses to the music industry are greater

C The price of MP3s is greater than the price of audio cassettes

D There is a significant difference in quality

5 Mayes implies that music companies

A could cut costs by making cheaper CDs

B should not promote artists who are unknown

C are speculating when they promote new artists

D should use different manufacturing processes

Passage 2

Most children at the tender age of six ar 50 are full of the most impractical schemes forbecoming policemen, firemen or train drivers when they grow up But when I was that age,

I could not be bothered with such mundane ambitions I knew exactly what I wanted to do,

I was going to have my own zoo At the time, this did not seem to me, and still does notseem, a very unreasonable idea My friends and relatives, who had long found me strangebecause I showed little interest in anything that did not have fur or leathers, accepted this

as just another manifestation of my strangeness

They felt that, if they ignored my often repeoted remarks about owning my own zoo, Iwould eventually grow out of it

As the years passed, however, to the bewilderment of those friends and relatives, myresolve to have my own zoo grew greater and greater, and eventually, after going on anumber of expeditions to bring back animals for other zoos, I felt the time was ripe toacquire my own

From my latest trip to West Alrico, I had brought bad a considerable collection of onimalswhich were living, temporarily lassured her, in my sister's suburban garden in

various areas to support my plans, I began to investigate the possibility of starting myzoo

on the island ol Jersey in the English Channel

I was given an introduction to a man named Hugh Fraser who, I was told, was abroadminded, kindly soul He would show me around the island and point out suitablesites So, I flew to Jersey and was met by Hugh Fraser who drove us to his lamily home,probably one of the most beautilul old houses on the island There was a huge walledgarden with lots of outbuildings all built in the beautiful local stone which was the colour

ol autumn leaves glowing in the sunshine Turning to my wife, I said: 'What a marvellousplace for a zoo.'

If my host had promptly fainted on the spot, I could not have blamed him The thought ofcreating the average person's idea ol a zoo, with all the grey cement and iron bars, in such alovely spot was horrible To my astonishment, however, Hugh Fraser did not faint, butmerely cocked an enquiring eyebrow at me and asked whether I really meant what I saidSlightly embarrassed, I replied that I had meant it, but added hastily thatl realised that itwas impossible Hugh said he did not think it was as impossible as all that

He went on to explain that the house and grounds were too big for him to keep up as aprivate individual, and so he wanted to move to a smaller place in England Would I care toconsider renting the property lor the purpose of establishing my zoo? I could not imaginemore attractive surroundings for my purpose, and by the time lunch was over, the bargainhad been sealed

The alarm displayed by all who knew me when this was announced can be imagined Theonly exception to the general chorus of disopproval was my sister Although she thought it

a mad scheme, at least it would rid her back garden of the assorted jungle creatures whowere beginning to put a great strain on her relationship with her neighbours

1 How didthe writer's friends and family react to hischildhood ambition?

A They took nonotice of it

B Theyencouragedhim in it

C Theytried to talk him out of it

D Theytried to interest him in other things

2 Why didn't the writer start a zoo in England?

A He had too many animals

B His sister was against it

C Nobody wanted to help him

D He couldn't get permission

3 Why was the writer introduced to HughFraser?

A Hugh knew a lot about zooS

B Hug howned a number of houses

C Hugh knew the island very well

D Hugh had offered land for rent

4 What was Hugh's initial reaction to the writer's comment about the walled garden?

A He was horrified at the praspect

B He was surprised by the suggestion

C He was too embarrassed to reply

D He was interested in the idea

5 Howdid the writer'ssister feel about the establishmentof the zoo in Jersey?

A alarmed

in his own craft, 'The Westerman

This week the Summer BoatShow in London is resplendent with fine yachts,bristling withnew technology Nearly all are descendants of the hull-shape revolution that took place

25 years ago By contrast, my own lies quietly on a tidal creek off the south coast

She was designed last year but, seeing her, you might imagine her to be 100 years oldand think that her owner must be some kind of lost-soul romantic

(Example) _

It has to be said, however,that despite being an indispensable tool in current design

methods and boat-building practice, sophisticated technology frequently insulates crewsfrom the harsh realities of maritime life These are often the very realities they hoped torediscover by going to sea in the first place

(3)

The Westerman has never disappointed me AlthoughNigel Irens, the designer, and EdBurnett, his right-hand man,are adept with computer-assisted design programs, Irens

initially drew this boat on a paper napkin, and only later transferred his ideas to the

computer Afterthis had generated a set of lines, he carved a model,just as boatyards

did in the days of sail Together we considered the primary embryonic vessel, then fed thedesign backinto the electronic box for modification

(4) _

Her appearance is ageless, her motion at sea is a pleasure and her accommodation, much

of it in reclaimed pitch pine, emanates an atmosphere of deep peace Maybe this is becauseshe was drawn purely as a sailing craft, without reference to any furniture we might putinto her That is the well-tried methodof the sea

(5)

Constructed in timber treated with a penetrating glue, she is totally impervious to water.Thus she has allthe benefits of a glass fibre boat yet looks like, feels like and sails like thereal thing

A It's not that I'm suggesting that sailors should go back to enduring every hardship It'salways been important to me that my boats havea coal stove for warmthand dryness andcosy berths for sleeping But why go cruising at all if every sail sets and furls itself?

B Back on land, however, it is a sad fact that the very antiquity of classic boats means thatthey need a lot of looking after When I had a bad injury to my back, I realised that myIS-year love affair with her had to end Searching for a younger replacement produced nocredible contenders,so I decided to build a new boat from scratch

C In her timeless serenity, she is the living proof that it works; that there is no need tofollow current fashions to find satisfaction and that sometimes it pays to listen to the

lessons of history

D The next version was nearly right and by the time the final one appeared, the form wasperfect The completed boat has now crossed the North Atlantic and has won four out ofher first six racing starts

E At the same time, having lived aboard an ancient wooden beauty in the early seventies,it's easier to understand more of this area of the mechanics My designer,for example,knows more about the ways of a boat on the sea than anyone I can think of

F Perhaps I am, though I doubt it This boat has benefited from all the magic of

old-fashioned boat design, but it would have been a much harder job without the advancesofmodernknow-how

H For me a boat should always be a boat and not a cottage on the water When I bought anearlier boat, Hirta, in which I circumnavigated Britain for a TV race series, the previousowner observed that she had every comfort, but no luxury Duringmy long relationshipwith her, Hirtataught mehow wise he was

Passage 4

In search of true north - and the man behind

Halley's comet

DrTobyClark, a researcher at the British Geological Survey, aims to retrace

SirEdmund Halley'squest to chart compass variations Anjana Ahuja reports.

AstronomerSir Edmund Halley (1656-1742) is best known for the comet that bears hisname Yet one of his greatest accomplishments, in the eyes of his contemporaries, was tochart, using calculations made on his sea voyages on the warship Paramore, the 'variations

of the compass' These variations are now known as 'declination', that is, the angle betweenmagnetic north and true geographical north Without it, sailors wereunable to correcttheircompasses It was therefore impossible to deduce longitude precisely and navigate theoceans

(Example) _D _

This voyage took him and his crew to Rio de Janeiro, down past South Georgia, up again

to Newfoundland and backto England From these travels Halley published, in 170 I, a'New and Correct Chart shewing the Variations of the Compasse in the Western and

Southern Oceans' Moresophisticated successors to this primitive cartographic effort

proved indispensable to seamen for morethan a century, before a slow change in the

terrestrial magnetic field rendered them inaccurate

(1) _

$700,000 will have to be raised before he embarks, and Sir Vivian Fuchs, who led the first

cross-Antarctica expedition, is providing support for his efforts to do this DrClark becamefascinated by Halley during a two-year posting to Halley Stationin Antarctica, where heread biographiesof the greatscientist.

(2) _

It was during this period that Halley developed a diving bell and also advised Sir IsaacNewton during his writingof PrinCipia Mathematica, the foundation of classical physics.Recreating the voyage, DrClark says, will afford Halley the recognition he deserves Theprojected expedition, which he has entitled 'In the Wake of the Paramore',will also havescientific merit

(3)

The data collected should help to refine the existing mathematical model of Earth's

magnetic field, called the international geomagnetic reference field 'It is common to

measure the size but not the direction of the magnetic field That's because you needtoknow true north to measure the direction,' says DrClark

declination Does Dr Clark possess the credentials to make his parallel voyage a success?(5)

And does he share Halley's obsessive trait? 'I am prepared to give up my life for eightmonths to do this, so I suppose some people might think I'm obsessed But Iwouldn't

wantto sail across the Atlantic again without a good reason Halley, and his fascinating life,have given me a real sense of purpose.'

A 'On our expedition we can use global positioning satellites to determine that.' The

British Geological Survey and the United States Navy have offered to supply instru-ments

By chance, a Danish satellite will be taking similar measurementsover the globe

B If all goes well, Halley's accomplishments will be celebrated onceagain DrClark,

himself a keen sailor, plans to commemorate the three-hundredth anniversary of Halley'stripby retracing the route of the Paramore

C As well asspending two years in Antarctica and working in the geomagnetic group atthe British Geological Survey, he has already sailed the 13,000 kilometres from Rio deJaneiro to England He envisages that the expedition will be completed in four stages,with four different crews

D So it was that Halley, one of only two men in the land at that time paid to conduct

scientific research, set sail for the Cape Verde Islands with the grand plan of charting

declination in the North and South Atlantic The trip was quickly aborted because of

crew insubordination, but Halley returned to the seas a secondtime

E It will involve making the measurements that Halley made, but with far more preciseinstruments These measurements need to be updated because the terrestrial magneticfield is slowly but constantly changing

F In addition, the charts that he produced are celebrated bycartographers- they are said

to be the first maps that used lines to delineate physical quantities The contours became

G Halley led a remarkable life: DrClark says 'He was not only a respected scientist butalso led expeditions He was not just an astronomer but also did research in geophysics.While he was Astronomer Royal, hemapped the positions of the stars, and also found timefor other interests.'

3 A rise in temperature in the next century seems likely (chance)

4 You must accept the fact that she has left you (resign)

5 They sent him to prison for three years (sentenced)

6 “I think the whole idea is ridiculous.”, he said

He dismissed

7 The disagreement was a lot of a fuss about nothing TEACUP

The disagreement

8 Sorry, you can’t do whatever you want (PICK)

Sorry, you are not in

9 You should not open the door for any reason

Under no circumstances

10 Her lateness made the boss angry (BANANAS)

It was because of

Write a paragraph about the following topic

The benefits of doing sports

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Presenter: My next guest was the Darling of Hollywood by the age of ten, playingchild parts i n many top f i l ms By the time he was fifteen, he' d been nominat edfor an Oscar Now nineteen, and at college, Harry Newland is taking lime out fromhiS career to study I asked him when he'd first felt the urge to perform

Harry: Although technically it wasn't acting, I remember when I was a kid of two orthree, haVIng a collect ion of plastic masks and I' d run around the backyard

pretending to be different characters, you know, everythi ng from Donald Duck to myown superheroes And, of course, my father, he's an actor, and I was raised in

Hollywood after all But I think It was more than that with me" There 's no gettinground the fact that I was born with the bug, had the right instincts from the start, andthat's what my Dad spotted and developed One of the most important things he taught

me was that acting is believing That 's at the heart of every performance I give

Presenter So when did it come, that first performance?

Harry: I guess I was about f ive lik e a lot of young actors, it began with televisionadvertising, but I quickly moved up to playing, sort of , cute as a button grandsons

in vanous run-of the mill TV dramas, you know the sort of thing? It's easy to ru nthem down, but I try to avoid that because, you know that's how you cut your teeth

In the business, learn the ropes You can't just go in as a child movie star and hope

to steal the show; that just doesn’t happen without the right background In the

end , I got a role in a film that made it quite big at the box office, not thanks to

me I should add, but I had a bit part and that's what got me noticed

Presenter: Since when you've worked with some pretty big names How did theytake to you? Didn't they worry about being upstaged by a cute kid?

Harry: Well , If that warned them , they wouldn't be accepting these roles in the firstplace No, I never had any trouble being accepted basically If they respect yourwort and providing you're mature enough to cope wi th the situation , then actors treatone another like equals and that's mostly what I've experienced I never felt

patronised in any way and I wouldn' t have accepted colleagues coming on as sort ofauthority figures, and I guess they recognised that It was l ike having friends on

the set most of the time

Pr esenter: But you worked on some pretty big projects

Harry: It never strikes me to be intimidated by making big movies I try to do my bestwilh every perf ormance I concentrate on the job an d not the size of the production It's up to the director to worry about the big picture, and mostl y they're great

detail I rely on them to ind icate what the character should be feeling, to suggest

different ways I could play it Not all actors like that, but I listened and did my best tofollow and tried not to worry about what other people on the set were up to

Presenter: And t he result of all this was a nomination for Best Suppor ting Actor Imean, how did you cope with all that? It must have gone to your head a bit

Harry: That was a really big surprise I never thought it woul d happen to me, letalone so early But, getting back t o your question, I was lucky in that my parentsreally had thei r heads screwed on All the attention you get in that situation is

certainly flattering, but If you don't keep your feet firm ly on the ground, you canlose yourself to it really easily Seeing that, my parents hit a pretty subtle balance,actually I had their support, practical and emotional, b ut I wasn't pushed beyond what

I was capable of , and they managed to keep me pretty much on track as far as friends,schoolwork and all that was concerned

Pr esenter : As for the future?

Harry: I'm keeping an open mind until I've finished college, but I haven't given upacting altogether

Although I guess your movies should get better as you get older, shouldn't they? So Imight find that a bit of a challenge!

Announcer : And our next report is from Michela Jenson, who's been wolf watching

in the Yellowstone National Park in the USA

Michela: It all started some years ago on a trip to Canada In a place called DawsonCity, I met a man who had just had his first sighting of a wild wolf His eyes

positively lit up every time he spoke of it and I could see that he had been deeplymoved by the experience Ever since then, I had been looking forward to the daywhen I might share that feeling

Wolves once roamed freely across North America, but after 200 years of being

regarded as a pest and persecuted mercilessly, few remain, and they now feature

on the official list of endanqered species I was told that the best chance of seeing onewas to head for the Yellow Stone National Park in the US state of Wyoming

The US National Parks Service reintroduced wolves into the Yellowstone some yearsago in an attempt to recreate the balanced ecosystem lost to hunting over the

centuries Yellowstone has more than three million visitors a year, 140,000 of whomvisit, as I did, in the winter, the best time for wolf spotting and an estimated 20,000 orthose are thought to have been lucky enough to get a sighting since the wolf

reintroduction programme began

There are no direct flights from London to Yellowstone, so I flew to Salt lake Cityvia Phoenix, Arizona, and then on into Wyoming by road It was a seven day

organised wolf-watching trip offered by the company known as Wildlife Windows, and

the wolves are now one of the park's biggest winter attractions, for the animals areeasier to see in the snow.

For people travelling alone through the park there was, he explained, little chance ofseeing a wolf although many people mistake the much commoner coyote for one Thecoyote is smaller, with longer ears and a paler coat Wolves, which vary in colour fromgrey to jet black, have longer legs

Fortunately, my own personal guide was already booked as part of the package tour Ihad bought, and for the next days he led me around the park His name was Ken andhe'd studied to be a biologist before retraining as a professional guide There is onlyone road open through the park In the winter, and it was fairly packed with wallwatchers, environmentalists and photographers, and so Ken's advice was invaluable Heexplained that about 50 per cent of the wolves have been fitted with devices known astracking collars, which send out a sign, so it was possible to know whereabouts to startour search

Nonetheless, the animals tended to keep away from the road unless they wanted tocross it and large numbers of cars parked along one stretch of road was an indicationthat there'd been a sighting, but the wolves wouldn't be hanging around

Ken told me that wolf packs tend to operate overfairly large territories , but he wasfairly sure he knew where we'd spot some He told me not to bother scouring the

forested verges and nearby hillsides, but to keep my binoculars trained on the distantslopes, where I should keep my eyes peeled for grey rocks sticki ng up out of the

snow When I saw one move, we'd stop and take a closer look When it came, my onewolf sighting was over very quickly My heart leapt into my mouth when I spottedone, just a few hundred metres away on the side of a hill A young male, he had aflecked grey coat and surprisingly piercing yellow eyes, clearly visible through the

excellent telescope Ken thrust into my hand I might have been in the relative safety

of the car, but I could still feel myself struggling to breathe with the excitement Myfriend in Canada had been right; this was a unique experience, well worth waiting for Announcer: MlChela Jenson there, reporting from the USA

PHONOLOGY

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

3 A destroyed B developed C conquered D closed

Choose the word which has the main stressed syllable in a different position from the rest

1 A bankruptcy B commercial C ingenious D ingredient

2 A apartheid B abundant C estimate D embarrass

3 A comparable B preferable C equitable D repairable

4 A orchestra B impetuous C pantomime D corpulent

5 A pharmaceutical B diplomacy C superstitious D miscellaneous

GRAMMAR AND LEXICOLOGY

Choose the best answer

1 I have heard the argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t _!

2 Time was runnning out, so the committee had to make a decision.

3 The soldiers _ when they heard that the war was over

4 _ he delivers the reports, it will be sent to the headquarters

A On the point B At once C Immediately D Soon

enough

5 He knew that the beautiful sports care he was looking at must have cost a _ penny

6 Don’t be angry with Sue All that she did was in good

7.John’s observation was a bit wide of the

8 The consultant called in by the firm brought a _ of experience to bear on the

problem

9 It was a lie and nobody at all believe it

A definite B conspicuous C salient D blatant

10 Suddenly I slipped and ended up on the floor

11 When Kevin arrived, he soon _ at all his jokes

A had everyone laughed B had laughed everyone

C had everyone to laugh D had everyone laughing

12 Don’t worry about paying I’ll

A shoulder the bill B foot the bill C hand the money D eye themoney

13 Will three people be enough? - Another three

14 Let’s find a place where we can the storm

A shed light on B come to light C make light of D see the light

17 Although technically he wasn’t sacked, it the same thing

18 The of the soldiers was high before the battle because they were confident ofvictory

19 To say that all Polish Americans wear highly colored clothes is a _ generalization

20 We all wish to be treated _

A as equal B as equals C as equally D as equal as

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