ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN ANH LẦN THỨ 15 Ngày 06/06/2021 Soạn thảo: Hau Tran - Thời gian: 120 phút ĐIỂM Bằng số Bằng chữ Giám khảo Giám khảo Số BD A LISTENING (2.0pt) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU Bài nghe gồm phần, phần nghe lần, mở đầu kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu Mở đầu kết thúc nghe có tín hiệu nhạc Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) có nghe I Listen to the stories of two teenagers Rachael and Ed, fill in the blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS (1.0 pt) A (1) _ of the Netherlands was once legally part of Scotland The Netherlands was chosen because it was considered to be a (2) _ country While this land was under Scottish administration, it had Scottish (3) _ officers This land was finally returned to the Netherlands after the trial and a subsequent (4) _ Two Scottish islands are famous for having the shortest regularly (5) _ commercial flight between them The distance between these two islands is about the same as the (6) _ of the airport of Edinburgh Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is said to be the most remote (7) _ place on earth The inhabitants of St Helena can only get off the island by (8) _ a ride on a fishing boat Victoria island in Canada is famous for having the most (9) _ island in the world 10 It is impossible to access Point Roberts from the US without (10) _ into Canada Your answers 10 II You are going to hear somebody giving an introductory talk about a course of lessons at a summer school Complete the following table with a word or a short phrase (0.5 pt) Name of the college (1) _ Time of seminars (2) _ Length of course (3) _ Students should see the Parthenon Marbles and (4) _ Sport facilities free except for (5) _ Your answer: III You will hear an interview in which two young entrepreneurs - Chloe Price, who sells skincare products online, and Martin Moore, who is a distributor of snack foods- are talking about their work Choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear (0.5 pt) Chloe attributes her success as an entrepreneur to her A exposure to unconventional business concepts B willingness to take risks C ability to benefit from experience D natural flair for money management Chloe Martin the greatest benefit new technology has brought her is in A being able to promote her products through friends B encouraging interaction with consumers C reducing her ongoing business expenditure D enabling her to manage her time more effectively Martin’s choice of product o distribute was based on his belief that A it was a quality item B it was effectively marketed C it was part of a well-established brand D it was endorsed by famous people Martin’s advice to prospective entrepreneurs is to A spend time attending motivational talks B research opportunities thoroughly online C conduct regular email surveys D establish contacts with those in the same field Both Chloe and Martin have been surprised by the importance in their work of A collaborative decision-making B paying attention to detail C securing sound financial backing D a total commitment to the enterprise Your answer: B PHONETICS (0.5 pt) I Circle the option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions (0.3 pt) A mentor B collector C supervisor D ancestor A gesture B germ C gene D gear A photo B mode C photograph D donate II Circle the option A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose primary stress differs from that of the other three in each of the following questions (0.2 pt) A ambassador B authoritative C mischievous D referring A enthronement B execution C apparently D opposed Your answer: C VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (2.5 pt) I Choose the best answer to fill in each blank (1.0 pt) It’s better to write _ pencil so that you can correct it later A with B by C in D on He did it _, without being forced to A on his own B by himself C his own way D of his own accord The New Oxford garage is _ for more salesmen A informing B advertising C requesting D advising “Now, it is my turn to go on stage to deliver my performance.” – “ _!” A Break a leg B Play it by ear C Pick your brain D Stick your neck out Don't be silly! That _ possibly be David Beckham! A mustn't B shouldn't C won’t D can't She always gets what she wants because she knows how to _ the rules A circumvent B aspire C slack D elicit Only in the Civil War _ killed or wounded A soldiers in America were B so many American soldiers were C many in America were D were so many American soldiers You can _ the Corona virus just from physical contact A infect B cause C contract D suffer I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable _, because it seems too good to be true A suspicion B doubt C reservation D disbelief 10 I promise to carry out my duties to the best of my _ A ability B capability C knowledge B capacity Your answer: 10 II Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all sentences (0.4pt) _ The factory was on the of the valley A river runs through the centre of the village with the church on one and the market place on the other Julia was lying on her on the bed _ Susan is not the to get annoyed Open up the accounts database, and in the amount of each order Your hair requires a specific shampoo _ Ferguson planned to broaden its product to include internet telephones Joan hoped that the others were out of of her mother's voice Prices from around £10 for a basic keyboard, to £50 for an ergonomic one _ Barbara Molland had found the box in a that stood under the window in Kate's room As the phrase suggests, a main of cables splits off into branches which supply individual subscribers The enormous tree provided a home for rich colony of bird and insect life Your answer: III Fill in the blank with one suitable verb and preposition in the box below (0.6pt) hold fall take go hit look into on around off for out The police have promised to _ the problem We don’t _ much hope that the price will fall Make sure there's enough cake to _ with this extravagant eight tier cake She was _ as a laboratory assistant We had similar ideas about the show, and the two of us it right away It was an unlikely story but he it Your answer: IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets (0.5 pt) SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING In the past decade, language institutes have sprung up in (1 NUMBER) _ centers, all claiming to provide rapid (2 ADVANCED) _ in English There has been a push by many parents to expose their children to English in their formative years This, many claim, will make the language more instinctive and ensure that all pronunciation errors can be avoided There is some evidence which points to youngsters who have been raised in (3 LANGUAGE) _ families, where the language spoken at home is different to the one that they (4 CONVERSATION) _ with in their external environment While these children can switch between two languages with greater (5 EASY) _ it remains to be seen whether this is advantageous Your answer: C READING (2.5 pt) I Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (0.8pt) Archaeological records-paintings, drawings, and carvings of humans engaged in activities involving the use of hands-indicate that humans have been predominantly right-handed for more than 5,000 years In ancient Egyptian artwork, for example, the right hand is depicted as the dominant one in about 90 percent of the examples Fracture or wear patterns on tools also indicate that a majority of ancient people were right-handed Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 27,000 years old commonly show outlines of human hands made by placing one hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other Children today make similar outlines of their hands with crayons on paper With few exceptions, left hands of CroMagnons are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the paintings were usually done by righthanders Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors back to at least 1.4 million years ago One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a righthanded toolmaker) can be distinguished from those flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker) Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as the present-day Inuit Occasionally the knives slip and leave scratches on the users' teeth Scratches made with a left-to-right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common than scratches in the opposite direction (made by left-handers) Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical differences between the right and left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical differences between the two sides of the brain The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right- or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo Sapiens Populations of Neanderthals, such as Homo erectus and Homo habilis, seem to have been predominantly righthanded, as we are What is the main idea of the passage? A Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools B It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning tool use C Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a million years D Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands? A Some are not very old B It is unusual to see such paintings C Many were made by children D The artists were mostly right-handed The word "depicted" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A written B portrayed C referred D mentioned When compared with "implements flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation" (paragraph 2), it can be inferred that "implements flaked with a clockwise motion" are A more common B larger C older D more sophisticated The word "cranial morphology" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to A the form of crane B the form of body C the study of physical bodies D the study of skulls The fact that the Inuit cut meat by holding it between their teeth is significant because A the relationship between handedness and scratches on fossil human teeth can be verified B it emphasizes the differences between contemporary humans and their ancestors C the scratch patterns produced by stone knives vary significantly from patterns produced by modern knives D it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Homo habilis in the last paragraph? A To contrast them with modern humans B To explain when human ancestors began to make tools C To show that early humans were also predominantly right-handed D To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large Which of the following conclusions is suggested by the evidence from cranial morphology? A Differences in the hemispheres of the brain probably came about relatively recently B There may be a link between handedness and differences in the brain's hemispheres C Left-handedness was somewhat more common among Neanderthals D Variation between the brain's hemispheres was not evident in the skulls of Homo erectus and Homohabilis Your answer: II Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word (1.0 pt) Adam Vaughan explores plans (1) _ genetic testing by England’s National Health Service Such testing has the potential to offer significant benefits to (2) _ and to society But it is misguided and even dangerous to talk of anonymised data in this context There is (3) _ discussion about how easy it is to re-identify supposedly anonymous genetic information The concern isn’t how specifically the data may be linked to an individual; it is the fact that there is a possibility that it can be Health secretary Matt Hancock says that individuals will be asked to give (4) _ consent to anonymous sharing of their data But when we talk about (5) _, we must address the fact that it isn’t possible to unequivocally promise people that their data will remain entirely anonymous Pretending otherwise risks further eroding the already fragile levels of trust the public (6) _ in data handling Genetic privacy may also be compromised for (7) _ who aren’t tested They can be identified from DNA data provided by others This long-range familial DNA research (8) _ questions about ethics, consent and access by law enforcement and other agencies Consent is only legitimate when it is given with full knowledge and understanding So (9) _ as companies that profit from our data continue to so in ways that are far from clear and anything but accountable, the public will be (10) _ the back foot Your answer: 10 III You are going to read about four independent jewellery designers For questions 1-7, choose from the sections of the article (A-D) The sections may be chosen more than once (0.7pt) SHINING LIGHTS A Emma Franklin ‘It has always been about animals,’ Emma Franklin says ‘My friend’s grandmother had an amazing stag brooch with huge antlers and that’s where it started Everyone has a relationship with an animal in my collection.’ Franklin has focused on jewellery design since her teens and graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2005, setting up her own business immediately Based in east London, Franklin, twenty-nine, hand-makes each necklace, bangle, ring, cuff link and pin, featuring any of fourteen animal heads, from a pig to a triceratops, as well as a shotgun All her pieces are made in solid silver, plated in twenty-two-carat yellow gold or black rhodium, with black diamonds and freshwater pearls Bespoke commissions, predominantly engagement rings, not all animal-related, are becoming more frequent Franklin’s robust designs are instantly recognisable, as she has discovered ‘Recently in a pub this girl was wearing one of my rings at the bar, so I introduced myself She was completely star-struck and fetched over her dad, who had bought it for her I had to explain that it was really me who was excited.’ В Alexandra Jefford ‘My design style constantly evolves,’ Alexandra Jefford says ‘But even though I try new things, I can’t kick my art background I’m really inspired by art, architecture, design, furniture design.’ Jefford, forty-two, graduated in 1992 with a degree in fine art, began designing jewellery in 2003 and sold her first piece, a gold ring, on its first outing, at dinner with a friend Her designs, produced on a project-by-project basis rather than as collections, include her signature Alphabet series for which she designed a slim font Her recent О project interprets that letter in various typefaces She combines jewellery design with other artistic pursuits such as sculptural welding and life drawing Fans range from her daughter’s friends to her mother’s friends, although she doesn’t always want to sell ‘I become emotionally involved with all my pieces, so I find it really hard to let go There are still some pieces that I hide “for the family museum” My husband says that I work as a shopper rather than a seller.’ C Hattie Rickards Hattie Rickards’ first collection of twelve rings, entitled Revealed, was launched last November and was an instant success Her second, Geo, came out last month to even greater acclaim ‘The ethos behind Geo is connection and relationships, bringing tessellating or geometrical shapes together making one, for example, the Kindredring, where two puzzle pieces fit neatly together.’ Hampshire-born Rickards, set up on her own last year ‘I wanted to create a high-end, luxury jewellery brand with an ethical backbone, which coincided with a gap in the market.’ All Hattie Rickards’ jewellery is made using Fairtrade precious stones from Thailand and India and eighteen-carat, Fairtrade, fair-mined gold from Colombia HRJ is one of the first twenty companies to become a certified user of this type of gold, many of its pieces having the premium ‘ecological’ label There are no plans for e-commerce, as Rickards believes this detracts from the meaning behind the piece ‘I am passionate that people understand the symbolism behind my work I don’t want it to just be a ring on a website The story is so important.’ D Mawi Keivom Mawi Keivom, thirty-nine, is known for her architectural statement jewellery: chunky box chains with coloured pearls, spiked gold rings and brightly-coloured gems Born in the north-east of India, forty miles from the Burmese border, into the Mahr tribe, Keivom draws her influences from a peripatetic childhood with her diplomat parents that took them to Africa, the Middle East, south-east Asia and Europe Keivom studied fashion design in New Zealand, then, after a stint in New York, moved to London in 1993, where she met her husband, Tim Awan, and together they set up Mawi in 2001 – she as the jewellery designer, he as the business brain ‘My style of jewellery is very individual and not for the faint-hearted I have a very strong vision that translates into an industrial, graphic aesthetic offset with crystals and pearls that are a little bit feminine I don’t try to something that is for the moment My pieces are classics in their own right, not trend-specific.’ Which designer is concerned about the sourcing of her materials? uses the same combination of metals and precious stones in each piece of jewellery? creates designs that feature different versions of the same symbol? intends her jewellery to stand the test of time? uses inspirations from experiences when she was young? makes jewellery that is easily attributable to her? does not work exclusively on making jewellery? Your answer: D WRITING (2.5 pt) I Rewrite the following sentences, keeping their meaning unchanged, beginning with the words given and not alter the word given in brackets (0.5 pt) He is famous for his vast knowledge of primitive religion (authority) He’s _ I just had to tell him how much I had enjoyed meeting him (pleasure) I just had to _ Everyone found it absolutely astonishing that Leicester won the Premier League (utter) To _ Why not try hang-gliding - It's really great! (go) Why not I don’t mind which make of car you choose (consequence) It II Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same (0.5 pt) Standing as tall as he could, he passionately denied any involvement in the affair Drawing _ Nowadays I consider taking up a hobby to be far less important than I used to Nowadays I don’t attach _ Is there a possibility that you left the key in the house? Could you The journalists only heard about the changes to the wedding plans when they arrived at the venue It was only _ Arguing with her won’t get you anywhere It won’t III Essay composition (1.5 pt) In the past, most people used to travel to their place of work With increased use of computers, the internet and smart phones, more and more people are starting to work from home What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development? Give reasons for your answer You should write about 250 words _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE END 10 ... modern knives D it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Homo habilis in the last paragraph? 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