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NGHỆ AN

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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12

NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - BẢNG B

Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

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SECTION A LISTENING (50 points) Part 1 You are going to hear a talk As you listen, fill in the missing information in the note below For questions 1-15, listen and complete the text below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided

Well, as you know, my first job was with Business Traveller magazine, where I sold classified advertising over the phone I did this for a year, coming to it from a business skills course I took I had graduated with a (1) _ in English, and I decided I‟d better have some basic skills before throwing myself on the marketplace So, I did all the things I said I‟d never do, like learning to type and do (2) _, and so on

Three years after that, having done various other sales jobs, I became a marketing coordinator with

Soundcraft Electronics We made sound-mixing (3) _ for recording studios This was a terrific

job I started as assistant to the chairman, and I basically created my own job, which involved dealing with the advertising and promotional side, too

Then I joined the company I now work for, Visnews It is a major global television newsgathering (4)

_, based in London, with branches all over the world I joined as a marketing (5) _ in

their film library We have a huge archive of videotape and newsreel films going back to the very beginning of motion pictures My job was to (6) _ revenues from the archive through usage fees After a short while I helped to start a new department which was producing and selling videos for the (7) _ market - what we call „sell-through‟ programming These would be documentaries that people would buy, so they would usually have a special-interest theme and, of course, they‟d make (8) _use of our archives Visnews Video eventually had 11 titles which we sold at retail outlets and through direct marketing techniques

I was (9) _ away from this to join Castle Communications, where my job was to sell feature films on video to the rental and sell-through markets My job was to come up with ways to inspire our (10) _ to move the merchandise I was also responsible for developing side deals One time we

worked a deal with a major theme park, where we used the venue for a launch (11) _, and carried

a promotion for the park on the front of the video Meanwhile, the park cross promoted the video on site

I was with Castle for a year, then I rejoined Visnews as a sales coordinator in the Special Locations Department, which is the operation I now head The job involves some travel Last week I was in Spain calling on several of our (12) _ and building our relationships A few months ago, I spent a week

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in Moscow And what do I do? Well, I run the department that offers (13) _, editing facilities and satellite technology to broadcasters and video production companies worldwide I have six sales co-ordinators working with me I think as you go through your career, it‟s very important to have (14) _ I‟ve been lucky to have the advice of a man who works in a PR agency I dealt with when I

was first at Visnews Over the years, just having someone to talk to as I contemplated moves or wanted

to discuss career activities, has been (15) _ helpful He‟s always been interested in what I‟ve been doing and very supportive I‟ve valued his advice most highly

OK, before we move on to

Your answers:

Part 2 You are going to hear a talk For questions 16-25, listen and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided

16 The proportion of the world‟s children receiving vaccination is four fifths

17 One achievement mentioned by expert is that polio has almost been eradicated

18 In the 1970s, there were 800,000 cases of tetanus

19 Vaccinations are ongoing process

20 More work needs to be done to ensure they are reaching everybody

21 The health worker has time, money, or transport to reach certain places

22 Vaccines don‟t need to be stored at specific cool temperature

23 Computers are not necessary to manage distribution of vaccines

24 The expert advises against using vaccines which are not pre-qualified

25 Vaccination programs are cost-effective

Your answers:

SECTION B LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences Write A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes

1 hard he worked, he couldn't earn enough money to support such a big family

A Nevertheless B However C Whatever D Therefore

2 The girl loved her little dog, but showed little emotion when it died

A surprisingly B practically C responsibly D hopefully

3 Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously by the floods

A alerted B erupted C destroyed D disrupted

4 Tommy is on the way to his friend‟s birthday party, carrying a gift box in colorful paper

A were nicely wrapped B having wrapped nicely

C nicely wrapped D nicely wrapping

5 I haven‟t had an accident yet but I‟ve had a number of shaves

A narrow B near C tiny D close

6 The child was told to _ for being rude to his uncle

A excuse B apologize C forgive D confess

7 Some are swimming animals such as fishes and sharks that move of water currents

A dependent B dependently C independently D independent

8 The company‟s business is going so fast that the manager must more workers

9 Max threw away his chances of passing by spending too much time the first question

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the

underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

10 You can withdraw money from the account at any time without penalty

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

11 I am glad that we see eye to eye on the matter of the conference location

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges

12 Jane: “I think all students should go to university after they finish secondary education?”

Tom: “ ”

A I couldn‟t agree less B That‟s right

C I completely agree D That‟s true

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Part 2 Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes

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Technology is moving at so a breakneck speed that it is enough to make your head spin It can be difficult to keep up Moreover, with each new technological marvel come consequences Much of the research conducted has shown the extent of the damage being made to our health by technology It is a scary thought, and with teenagers and children being heavy consumers and users of these gadget, they run the risk of being harmed the most The digital revolution in music has enabled people to download, store and listen to songs on a tiny, portable device called an MP3 player The process is quick and afterwards you can have access to a library of thousand of songs that can fit into your palm But experts say that continuously listening to loud music on these small music players can permanent damage hair cells in the inner ear, resulting in hearing loss For instance, old- fashioned headphones have replaced with smaller ones that fit neatly into the ear, instead of over them, which intensifies the sound In addition to that, digital music does not distort and keeps its crystal clear sound, even on loud settings, that encourages children to crank

up the volume Apart from hearing damage, there are other serious health risks We are living in a wireless age Calls can be made and received on mobiles from anywhere and the internet can be

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accessed without the need for cables The advantages are enormous, bringing ease and convenience to our lives

Your answers:

SECTION C READING (70 points) Part 1 Read the passage and choose the best answer Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes

COSMETICS

Both women and men, it seems, have always had a fascination for changing their appearance (1) the aid of paints, powders, dyes and (2) artificial devices The use of cosmetics, far from being a product of civilization, originates from an inherent human (3) for self - decoration As (4) as 100,000 years ago, (5) probably is believed to have painted his body, and at a later period the people of the Stone (6) prehistoric man's decorated themselves in a similar fashion (7) , the original motivation for use of paint was (8) from that which inspired civilized cultures to adopt cosmetics as a way of enhancing or creating (9) Prehistoric man must have been conscious that he was a weak animal struggling against a hostile environment He had to (10) his own tools for hunting because Nature had not provided him with sharp teeth or claws or the overwhelming physical strength of the wild beasts (11) roamed the ancient world He decorated his skin with the markings of the most (12) animals because he believed that by representing their physical characteristics on his own body, he acquired some of (13) power But his fear of wild beasts remained as (14) constantly disturbing and inexplicable phenomenon, and inspired

in primitive man the belief that mysterious forces which he was able (15) to understand nor control were at work around him

2 A each other B every C another D other

7 A Although B Because C Therefore D However

8 A different B similar C meaningful D exciting

9 A beautifully B beatify C beauty D beautiful

12 A useful B powerful C interesting D intelligent

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Part 2 Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word Write the answers in the corresponding numbered boxes

Isn‟t fast food delicious? Aren‟t fast food restaurants trendy? Aren‟t they cool? The (16) to all these questions is yes However, there is growing evidence (17) fast food is one of the worst components of modern life In (18) , studies have long shown that the burgers, the fried chicken, and the nuggets that we so much enjoy in the ultra-cozy and trendy fast food joint can cause many health problems Obesity, heart problems, malnutrition, high blood pressure, depression and certain types of cancer can be caused (19) a frequent diet of fast food In children, fast food consumption had been (20) to lower academic achievement also Why are fast food restaurants (21) attractive?

Most fast food restaurants are located very conveniently, near places that people frequently come It is so very easy just to grab a burger and eat (22) the way to work Fast food restaurants are also very clean and inviting (23) importantly, when you sit inside a KFC or a McDonald‟s, don‟t you feel that you are some very „cool‟? There is (24) denying this attractiveness

Such a pity, (25) , that such attractiveness places are selling junk food!

As people become more (26) of the health risks that fast food causes it is quite likely that fast food restaurants may go out of (27)

Therefore, instead of banning fast food restaurants, a better idea may be to persuade them to change their menu! Fast food restaurants can be places to go to, when you want to eat (28) that will actually be good for your body If they (29) combine healthy food with their signature speed of delivery, delicious flavours and trendy ambience, well, that will be the next best thing on (30) for the human species!

Your answers:

Part 3 Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes

The issue of equality for women in British society first attracted national attention in the early 20th century, when the suffragettes won for women the right to vote In the 1960s, feminism became the subject of intense debate when the women's liberation movement encouraged women to reject their traditional supporting role and to demand equal status and equal rights with men in areas such as employment and pay

Since then, the gender gap between the sexes has been reduced The Equal Pay Act of 1970, for

instance, made it illegal for women to be paid less than men for doing the same work, and in 1975 the Sex Discrimination Act aimed to prevent either sex having an unfair advantage when applying for jobs

In the same year the Equal Opportunities Commission was set up to help people claim their rights to equal treatment and to publish research and statistics to show where improvements in opportunities for women need to be made Women now have much better employment opportunities, though they still tend to get less well-paid jobs than men, and very few are appointed to top jobs in industry

In the US the movement that is often called the “first wave of feminism” began in the mid 1800s Susan

B Anthony worked for the right to vote, Margaret Sanger wanted to provide women with the means of contraception so that they could decide whether or not to have children, and Elizabeth Blackwell, who had to fight for the chance to become a doctor, wanted women to have greater opportunities to study Many feminists were interested in other social issues

The second wave of feminism began in the 1960s Women like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem became associated with the fight to get equal rights and opportunities for women under the law An important issue was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was intended to change the Constitution Although the ERA was not passed, there was progress in other areas It became illegal for employers, schools, clubs, etc to discriminate against women But women still find it hard to advance

beyond a certain point in their careers, the so-called glass ceiling that prevents them from having

high-level jobs Many women also face the problem of the second shift, i.e the household chores

In the 1980s, feminism became less popular in the us and there was less interest in solving the remaining problems, such as the fact that most women still earn much less than men Although there is still discrimination, the principle that it should not exist is widely accepted

31 It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that in the 19th century _

A British women did not have the right to vote in political elections

B most women did not wish to have equal status and equal rights

C British women did not complete their traditional supporting role

D suffragettes fought for the equal employment and equal pay

32 The phrase "gender gap" in paragraph 2 refers to _

A the social distance between the two sexes

B the difference in status between men and women

C the visible space between men and women

D the social relationship between the two sexes

33 Susan B Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Elizabeth Blackwell are mentioned as _

A American women who had greater opportunities

B American women who were more successful than men

C pioneers in the fight for American women's rights

D American women with exceptional abilities

34 The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) _

A was not officially approved B was brought into force in the 1960s

C supported employers, schools and clubs D changed the Constitution

35 In the late 20th century, some information about feminism in Britain was issued by _

A the Equal Pay Act of 1970 B the Sex Discrimination Act

C the Equal Opportunities Commission D the Equal Rights Amendment

36 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A The US movement of feminism became the most popular in the late 20th century

B The women‟s liberation movement in the world first began in Britain

C The movement of feminism began in the US earlier than in Britain

D The British government passed laws to support women in the early 20th century

37 The phrase “glass ceiling" in paragraph 4 mostly means _

A an overlooked problem B a ceiling made of glass

C an imaginary barrier D a transparent frame Question

38 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A Many American women still face the problem of household chores

B An American woman once had to fight for the chance to become a doctor

C British women now have much better employment opportunities

D There is now no sex discrimination in Britain and in the US

39 It can be inferred from the passage that _

A the belief that sex discrimination should not exist is not popular in the US

B women in Britain and the US still fight for their equal status and equal rights

C the British government did not approve of the women's liberation movement

D women do not have better employment opportunities despite their great efforts

40 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A Women and the Right to Vote B Opportunities for Women Nowadays

C The Suffragettes in British Society D Feminism in Britain and the US

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Part 4 The reading passage has eight paragraphs, A-H Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes

BILINGUALISM IN CHILDREN

A One misguided legacy of over a hundred years of writing on bilingualism is that children‟s

intelligence will suffer if they are bilingual Some of the earliest research into bilingualism examined whether bilingual children were ahead or behind monolingual children on IQ tests From the 1920s through to the 1960s, the tendency was to find monolingual children ahead of bilinguals on IQ tests The conclusion was that bilingual children were mentally confused Having two languages in the brain, it was said, disrupted effective thinking It was argued that having one well-developed language was superior to having two half-developed languages

B The idea that bilinguals may have a lower IQ still exists among many people, particularly

monolinguals However, we now know that this early research was misconceived and incorrect First, such research often gave bilinguals an IQ test in their weaker language – usually English Had bilinguals been tested in Welsh or Spanish or Hebrew, a different result may have been found The testing of bilinguals was thus unfair Second, like was not compared with like Bilinguals tended to come from, for example, impoverished New York or rural Welsh backgrounds The monolinguals tended to come from

a more middle-class, urban families Working-class bilinguals were often compared with middle-class monolinguals So, the results were more likely to be due to social class differences than language differences The comparison of monolinguals and bilinguals was unfair

C The most recent research from Canada, the United States, and Wales suggests that bilinguals are, at

least, equal to monolinguals on IQ tests When bilinguals have two well-developed languages (in the research literature called balanced bilinguals), bilinguals tend to show a slight superiority in IQ tests compared with monolinguals This is the received psychological wisdom of the moment and is good news for raising bilingual children Take, for example, a child who can operate in either language in the curriculum in the school That child is likely to be ahead on IQ tests compared with similar (same gender, social class, and age) monolinguals Far from making people mentally confused, bilingualism is now associated with a mild degree of intellectual superiority

D One note of caution needs to be sounded IQ tests probably do not measure intelligence IQ tests

measure a small sample of the broadest concept of intelligence IQ tests are simply paper and pencil tests where only „right and wrong‟ answers are allowed Is all intelligence summed up in such right and wrong, pencil and paper tests? Isn‟t there a wider variety of intelligence that are important in everyday functioning and everyday life?

E Many questions need answering Do we only define an intelligent person as somebody who obtains a

high score on an IQ test? Are the only intelligent people those who belong to high IQ organizations such

as MENSA? Is there social intelligence, musical intelligence, military intelligence, marketing intelligence, motoring intelligence, political intelligence? Are all, or indeed any, of these forms of intelligence measured by a simple pencil and paper IQ test which demands a single, acceptable, correct solution to each question? Defining what constitutes intelligent behavior requires a personal value judgment as to what type of behavior, and what kind of person is of more worth

F The current state of psychological wisdom about bilingual children is that, where two languages are

relatively well developed, bilinguals have thinking advantages over monolinguals Take an example A child is asked a simple question: How many uses can you think to offer a brick? Some children give two

or three answers only They can think of building walls, building a house and perhaps that is all Another child scribbles away, pouring out ideas one after the other: blocking up a rabbit hole, breaking a window, using as a birdbath, as a plumb line, as an abstract sculpture in an art exhibition

G Research across different continents of the world shows that bilinguals tend to be more fluent,

flexible, original and elaborate in their answers to this type of open-ended question The person who can think of a few answers tends to be termed a convergent thinker They converge onto a few acceptable conventional answers People who think of lots of different uses for unusual items (e.g a brick, tin can, cardboard box) are called Divergers Divergers like a variety of answers to a question and are imaginative and fluent in their thinking

H There are other dimensions in thinking where approximately „balanced‟ bilinguals may have

temporary and occasionally permanent advantages over monolinguals: increased sensitivity to communication, a slightly speedier movement through the stages of cognitive development, and being less fixed on the sounds of words and more centered on the meaning of words Such ability to move away from the sound of words and fix on the meaning of words tends to be a (temporary) advantage for bilinguals around the ages four to six This advantage may mean an initial head start in learning to read and learning to think about language

LIST OF HEADINGS

i No single definition of intelligence

ii Faulty testing, wrong conclusion iii Welsh research supports IQ testing

iv Beware: inadequate for testing intelligence

v International research supports bilingualism

vi Current thought on the advantage bilinguals have vii Early beliefs regarding bilingualism

viii Monolinguals ahead of their bilingual peers

ix Exemplifying the bilingual advantage

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Questions 47-50

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Write

TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE, if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this

47 Balanced bilinguals have more permanent than temporary advantages over monolinguals

48 Often bilinguals concentrate more on the way a word sounds than on its meaning

49 Monolinguals learn to speak at a younger age than bilinguals

50 Bilinguals just starting school might pick up certain skills faster than monolinguals

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SECTION D WRITING (60 points) Part 1 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one Use the word given in capital letters and the word mustn’t be altered in any way

=> The accident is _

2 Many villagers said they were worried about the local government‟s proposals CONCERN

=> Many villagers _

3 It was only when my grandpa passed away that I realized how much he meant to me DID

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5 Local residents said they were against the new tax policies on using farming land DISAPPROVAL

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Part 2 A friend has written to you asking for some advice about how to study online effectively during Covid-19 pandemic Write a letter (80-100 words) to your friend giving him/her a few pieces of advice that you think they are useful Use your name and address as Nguyen Van An–69, Le Hong Phong, Vinh

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