Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.. Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the following passage.. Read the passage and choos
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ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG KHỐI 10 VÒNG TỈNH
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Thời gian: 150 phút
PART A LISTENING (40 points)
I You will hear a radio interview with a man who works on an international camp Circle the correct answer for each question (10 points)
1 If you want to apply for the Camp you must:
A be a student
B be at least twenty-four years old
C speak more than one language
2 In a Camp tent you can expect to
A mix with other nationalities
B share with five other people
C know the other people
3 What do you have to take to the Camp?
4 As a Camp member you should
5 The Camp fees must be paid
II You will hear a radio program, decide whether these following statements are True (T) or False (F) Write T/F in the space given (10 points)
III You will hear an interview with a man called Lucas Doran, who is talking about his job as
a zookeeper Listen carefully and complete the sentences (20 points)
ZOOKEEPER
Lucas used to enjoy looking after the (1) _ when he first worked at the zoo
Every morning, Lucas checks to see if any monkeys are (2) or if any babies
have been born
Every morning, Lucas also cleans the monkeys’ cages and replaces the (3)
The monkeys eat many different things, but are especially fond of (4)
Lucas once injured his (5) when a gorilla escaped from its cage Lucas
particularly likes talking to the (6) who come to the zoo
Lucas says that giving the monkey food such as (7) _ is unsuitable
Lucas once took a box of baby monkeys home by (8)
Lucas is now taking a course in (9) so that he can further his career
Lucas’s ambition is to visit a (10 ) for wild animals in Africa to tsee the work done there
PART B LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points)
I Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences (20 points)
1 speaking, everything is going on as well as we have predicted
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3 Mick has been in trouble with the police a few times, but now he as promised his parents that he will turn over
4 I can’t afford to buy a new coat this winter I’ll ave to the one I have
5 The unpleasant smell in the restaurant _ me off my dinner
6 Although he was completely as a furniture maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs
7 The President visited the area to see the devastation
8 Because of road works, traffic is restricted to one in each direction
9 They are going to tear down those old warehouses to for a big new hotel
10 He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted a second _ when it was offered
11 As an ecotourism , the park provides visitors with beautiful landscape
12 In spite of our big effort, we have not managed to enough money for renovation of the school buildings
13 Nobody took any _ of the warning and hey ent swimming in the contaminated water
14 On no account in the office be used for personal materials
15 I was immensely to hear that none ofmy relatives was kill in the bus accident
16 Mr Roboson’s job is to teach the young officers _ their duty in the right way
17 dangerous the situation is, Jim always indulges himself in it head first
18 The Internet has led to the faster and more effective _ information
19 “I saw you studying at the library last night.” “You I wasn’t there.”
20 By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Mississippi River were quite
luxurious
II There are ten mistakes in the passage Find and correct all of them Write the answer in the space given (10 points)
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Because of different tree species adapting to different climates and soil
types have evolved over millennium, many kinds of forests occupy the earth today The primitive forests of several hundred million years ago consisted of less kinds of trees In fact, the earliest ‘trees’, which grew nearly 500 million years ago, were like giant club mosses They lack true roots and consisted of a confused mass specialized branches that climbed
at rocky ground Fifty million years later came the dense forests of tree ferns that prevailed tropical climates of that era He forerunners of modern conifers-trees that bear cones – were on the scene 300 million years ago, when plant life abundant colonized marshy land, building the tremendous coal and oil reserves so important today By the time the dinosaurs roamed the earth some 180 million years before, seed bearing trees that shed their leaves in winter evolved; from these have sprung our present deciduous forests
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_ _ _ _ _ III Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition(s) or particle(s) (10 points)
1 Although Mark said that he’d been there at 8.00, he didn’t turn _ until 10.00 2 He said he would make me a rich man, but I saw _ him immediately
3 We don’ know yet how we’ll solve the problem, but I‘m sure someone comes _ a solution soon
4 Don’t let anyone talk you _ buying a new car There’s nothing wrong with your present one
5 Before the exam I have to brush _ the subject I haven’t studied accounting for a long time
6 He looks like an English man, but his foreign accent gave him
7 The painting was valuable family possession, which had been handed _ from generation to generation
8 I can’t remember the name of the hotel we stayed at _ the top of my head
9 Dave didn’t understand what Mrs Smith was getting so he asked her to explain t again
10 As they came under heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to fall
IV Give the correct form of the word in capital in the following passage (20 points)
FOOD MILES
In Britain, what is described as ‘food miles’, the distance which food is transported from the place where it is grown to its point of sale, continues to rise This has major economic, social and
environmental consequences, given the traffic congestion and pollution which (1 variable)
……… follow
further than twenty years ago What’s more, the rise in the demand for road haulage over this period has mostly been due to the transport of food and drink The groups assert that the increase in the
essence) ………
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now aim to minimize the impact of food miles by routing vehicles, wherever possible, on motorways
impact on the residential areas through which they would otherwise pass
PART C READING (60 points)
I Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the following passage (15 points)
For those people who go out in search of adventure, a long-distance flight in a hot-air balloon
is a particularly exciting (1) Indeed, around-the-world balloon trip is widely regarded as the (2) challenge One well-known adventurer, David Hempleman Adams would not agree, however Recently, he became the first man to (3) the North Pole in a hot-air balloon, a more significant (4) in his eyes Given that the distance and altitudes (5) are comparatively modest, you might wonder why the trip from Canada to the Pole, should present such
a challenge
Part of the (6) was that such a flight had not even been attempted for over a century
In those days, such expeditions were huge events with a nation’s pride (7) on their success, and so resources were (8) to them Although he eventually managed to secure a substantial sponsorship (9) _ from an insurance company, Hemplemann-Adams had the added challenge
of having to (10) _ sufficient funds for his trip
Then, of course, he had to face major survival concerns, such as predicting the weather (11) _ and coping with the dangerously low temperatures But most challenging of all was the incredibly complex problem of navigation As the earth's magnetic field gets stronger, only the most (12) _ of satellite-linked navigation systems can (13) _ that one has got to the Pole Without them, the chances of getting anywhere near it are extremely (14) _ Not to mention
an even greater problem that (15) _ on Hemplemann-Adams' mind: getting back!
II Read the text and think of a word that best fits each gap Use ONLY ONE word in each gap (15 points)
The changing English language
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in a slightly different manner from (3) _ predecessors
Young people are impatient of (4) _ they often consider to be the stilted vocabulary and pronunciation of their elders, and like to show (5) _ up-to-date they are by using the latest slang (6) , as the years go by, some of that slang becomes standard usage In any case, people slowly grow far (7) _ receptive to linguistic novelties So that by the time they reach their forties, they decry the slovenly speech of the younger generation
In this respect, language is a little (8) fashion in dress The informal clothes of one generation become the everyday wear of the next Similarly, just as many young doctors and office workers (9) out their duties in casual clothes, so expressions which were once confined to slang and familiar conversation are assimilated (10) their normal vocabulary
III Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions (10 points)
The Beatles became the most popular group in rock music history This quartet of extraordinarily talented musicians generated a phenomenal number of pieces that won gold records They inspired a frenzy that transcended countries and economic strata While all of them sang, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the majority of their songs Originally, Lennon and five others formed a group called the Qurrymen in 1956 with Paul McCartney joining them later that year George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney, together with Stuart Sutcliffe, who played the bass guitar, and Pete Best on the drums, performed together in several bands for a few years, until they finally settled on the Sliver Beatles in 1960 American rock musicians, such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, influenced Lennon’s and McCartney’s music, whose first hits consisted of simple tunes and lyrics about young love, “ Love me Do” and “ Please, Please me “ The Beatles “ US tour propelled them to stardom and led to two movies “ A Hard Day’s Night” and “ Help” filmed in 1964 and 1965 The so-called British invasion of the United States was in full swing when they took the top five spots on the single chart, followed by the release of their first film
During the 1960s, their music matured and acquired a sense of melody The lyrics of their songs became deeper and gained in both imagination and meaning Their popularity continued to grow as the Beatles turned their attention to social problems and political issues in “ Nowhere Man” and “ Eleanor Rigby” Loneliness and nostalgia come through in their ballads “ Michelle” and “ Yesterday”, which fully displayed the group’s professional development and sophistication Lennon’s sardonic music with lyric written in the first person, and Paul McCartney’s songs that created scenarios encouraged individuals to contribute to the character of the music produced by the group In addition to their music, the Beatles social trend that popularized long hair, Indian music, and mod dress
For a variety of reasons, the musicians began to drift apart, and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966 The newspaper and tabloids publicized their quarrels and lawsuits, and the much idolized group finally disbanded in 1970 However, their albums had outsold those of any other band
in history Although all of the Beatles continued to perform solo or form new rock groups alone, none could achieve the recognition and success that they had been to win together
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A The history and music of the Beatles
B The history and milestones of rock music
C The fashion and music popular in the 1960s
D The creation and history of a music group
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3 According to the passage, which of the Beatles had the greatest musical talents?
A John Lennon and Paul McCartney
B George Harrison and John Lennon
C Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best
D John Lennon, Paul Mcartney and George Harrison
4 The author of the passage implies that the Beatles
A Competed with American Musicians
B Wrote their music as a group
C Became popular relatively quickly
D Were active in social movements
5 According to the passage, the Beatles’ fame grew as a result of
A Chuck Berry’s involvement
B Their American tour
C Two movies made in the US
D Their first two hits
6 The author of the passage implies that over time, the music and lyrics by the Beatles
A Became more complex than at the beginning of their career
B Declined in quality and political significance
C Were dedicated to women named Eleanor nd Michelle
D Made them the richest musicians in the world
7 The word ‘acquired’ is closest in meaning to
8 According to the passage, when did the Beatles experience their greatest success?
9 The word “scenario” is closest in meaning to
10 According to the passage, how did Lennon and McCccartney enhance the music of the group?
A They struggled to reach the stardom of the United State
B They composed lyrics to scornful songs and ballads
C Their music added distinctiveness to the Beatles repertoire
D Their loneliness and sadness made their music popular
IV Read the text and do the following tasks (15 points)
THE LITTLE ICE AGE
A This book will provide a detailed examination of the Little Ice Age and other climatic shifts,
but, before I embark on that, let me provide a historical context We tend to think of climate
-as opposed to weather - -as something unchanging, yet humanity h-as been at the mercy of climate change for its entire existence, with at least eight glacial episodes in the past 730,000 years Our ancestors adapted to the universal but irregular global warming since the end of the last great Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, with dazzling opportunism They developed strategies for surviving harsh drought cycles, decades of heavy rainfall or unaccustomed cold; adopted agriculture and stock-raising, which revolutionised human life; and founded the world's first pre-industrial civilisations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Americas But the price of sudden climate change, in famine, disease and suffering, was often high
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two centuries ago, Europe experienced a cycle of bitterly cold winters; mountain glaciers in the Swiss Alps were the lowest in recorded memory, and pack ice surrounded Iceland for much of the year The climatic events of the Little Ice Age did more than help shape the modern world They are the deeply important context for the current unprecedented global warming The Little Ice Age was far from a deep freeze, however; rather an irregular seesaw
of rapid climatic shifts, few lasting more than a quarter-century, driven by complex and still little understood interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean The seesaw brought cycles of intensely cold winters and easterly winds, then switched abruptly to years of heavy spring and early summer rains, mild winters, and frequent Atlantic storms, or to periods of droughts, light northeasterly winds, and summer heat waves
weather observations began only a few centuries ago, in Europe and North America Records from India and tropical Africa are even more recent For the time before records began, we have only 'proxy records' reconstructed largely from tree rings and ice cores, supplemented
by a few incomplete written accounts We now have hundreds of tree-ring records from throughout the northern hemisphere, and many from south of the equator, too, amplified with
a growing body of temperature data from ice cores drilled in Antarctica, Greenland, the Peruvian Andes, and other locations We are close to a knowledge of annual summer and winter temperature variations over much of the northern hemisphere going back 600 years
the ways in which people in Europe adapted to them Part One describes the Medieval Warm Period, roughly 900 to 1200 During these three centuries, Norse voyagers from Northern Europe explored northern seas, settled Greenland, and visited North America It was not a time of uniform warmth, for then, as always since the Great Ice Age, there were constant shifts in rainfall and temperature Mean European temperatures were about the same as today, perhaps slightly cooler
As the Arctic ice pack spread southward, Norse voyages to the west were rerouted into the open Atlantic, then ended altogether Storminess increased in the North Atlantic and North Sea Colder, much wetter weather descended on Europe between 1315 and 1319, when thousands perished in a continent-wide famine By 1400, the weather had become decidedly more unpredictable and stormier, with sudden shifts and lower temperatures that culminated
in the cold decades of the late sixteenth century Fish were a vital commodity in growing towns and cities, where food supplies were a constant concern Dried cod and herring were already the staples of the European fish trade, but changes in water temperatures forced fishing fleets to work further offshore The Basques, Dutch, and English developed the first offshore fishing boats adapted to a colder and stormier Atlantic A gradual agricultural revolution in northern Europe stemmed from concerns over food supplies at a time of rising populations The revolution involved intensive commercial farming and the growing of animal fodder on land not previously used for crops The increased productivity from farmland made some countries self-sufficient in grain and livestock and offered effective protection against famine
F Global temperatures began to rise slowly after 1850, with the beginning of the Modern
Warm Period There was a vast migration from Europe by land-hungry farmers and
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Questions 1 to 5: Read the passage carefully and choose the best heading for each
paragraph from A to F.
List of Headings
i Predicting climatic changes
ii The relevance of the Little Ice Age today iii How cities contribute to climate change
iv Human impact on the climate
v How past climatic conditions can be determined
vi A growing need for weather records vii A study covering a thousand years viii People have always responded to climate change
ix Enough food at last
Example Answer
0 Paragraph A viii
Questions 6 - 10
Complete the summary using the list of words, A—I, below.
Write the correct letter, A—I, in boxes 6-10 in the space give
Weather during the Little Ice Age
Documentation of past weather condition is limited: our main sources of knowledge of conditions in
the distant past are 6 and 7 We can deduce that the Little Ice Age was a time of 8.
, rather than of consistent freezing Within it there were some periods of very cold winters,
A climatic shifts B ice cores C tree rings
D glaciers E interactions F weather observations
G heat waves H storms I written accounts
PART D WRITING (40 points)
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1 The fund-raisers haven’t officially decided where to send the proceeds of the concert
No _
2 The inevitability of unemployment was something nobody cared to admit
The admission that
3 Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission
Without _
4 They believe that Oliver failed his exam because he was nervous
Oliver’s failure _
5 Considering your position, we won’t press charges
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II Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the
word give Do not change the word given You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given
1 I think you should be tolerant of other people’s weaknesses (allowance)
I think you should other people’s weaknesses
2 The villagers said they opposed the plans for the new shopping centre (disapproval)
The villagers the plans for the new shopping centre 3 I may not have my problem solved, but least I know I’m doing correctly (track) I may not have my problem solved But at least I know I 4 One day she’s going to become a famous film star (matter) It’s only _a famous film star 5 When he was at his most successful, the president had enormous influence (height) At , the president had enormous influence III Write a paragraph (about 150s words) (25 points) Topic: Intelligence is the key to success. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience
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