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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH QUẢNG NAM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT NĂM 2019 – 2020
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH (dành cho học sinh hệ
chuyên)
Điểm phần A,B,C
Họ tên và chữ ký của giám khảo
Mã phách
Ghi số
Ghi chữ
Giám khảo 1
Giám khảo 2
SECTION A. LISTENING (50pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
- Bài nghe gồm 4 phần. Mỗi phần thí sinh được
nghe 2 lần.
- Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong bài
nghe.
SECTION B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1. For questions 1-20, choose the correct
answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions. Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. Successful athletes cannot afford to be
_________; they need to stay cool and focused. A. highly-paid B.
highly-motivated C. highly-trained D. highly-strung 2. Her excellent grades in
college led _________ a high-paying job after graduation. A. to get her B. in
getting her C. to her getting D. her getting 3. - “Are you working late again
tonight?”
- “Yes,
I’ll be here _________ the report.”
A. until I finish B. since I’ve finished C.
when I’ve finished D. by the time I’ve finished 4. The kind of exercises you
can do depends on your _________ of fitness.
A. stage B. level C. step D. phase 5. Aware
that his pension will be small, he _________ a part of his salary for his old
age. A. sets apart B. sets aside C. puts up D. puts apart 6. I have no appetite
and I am lethargic. I've been feeling under _________ for ages. A pair B par C
stress D threat 7. I think having a beer during a meeting with your boss is
clearly _________ the mark. A. overlooking B. overreaching C. overstepping D.
overseeing 8. The new soap opera on Channel 3 _________ the depths in terms of
tastelessness. A plumbs B reaches C fills D achieves 9. We’ll keep you
_________ on any further changes in the examination specifications. A noticed B
announced C mailed D posted 10. We must be sure to make the right decision
because there is a lot at _________. A. range B. stake C. chance D. expectation
11. His past behaviour had a definite _________ on what the judges decided.
A. bearing B. weight C. decision D. conclusion
12. If you are a student on a low budget you are probably _________ from paying
tax. A. except B. excluded C. exempt D.
apart 13. The mailing list has done much to _________ the numbers of people
attending. A. lift B. encourage C. heighten D. boost 14. As was _________
predicted, the company has announced hundreds of job losses.
A. considerably B. widely C. substantially D.
amply 15. She felt that travelling had greatly _________ her life.
A. moved B. enriched C. expanded D. increased
16. A study that’s just been published _________ our theory completely.
A. puts up B. holds up C. backs up D. takes up
17. I recommend reading the books _________, starting with the very first.
A. by accident B. at random C. in sequence D.
on impact 18. If we have to pay a £1,000 fine, then ________. We’re not going
to win a fight with the Tax Office. A. so be it B. be it so C. thus be it D. be
it thus 19. He came into the room and sat down without _________ a word to
anyone.
A. as far as B. too much of C. very much of D.
so much as 20. The restaurant has _________ recently, and the food is much
better now.
A. had its hands full B. lived hand to mouth
C. changed hands D. gained the upper hand
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Part 2. For questions 21-30, write the correct
form of each bracketed word in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 0 has
been done as an example.
FUSSY EATERS
If there is one thing that is likely to be (0.
WORRY) ____________ for first-time parents, it is a young child’s eating
problems. Most of these parents’ worries, however, are (21. FOUND)____________
since the incidence of children who do not enjoy their food is far more (22.
SPREAD)____________ than the majority imagine and the retention beyond (23.
CHILD)____________ of such problems to adolescence is (24. COMPARE)____________
rare.
There are, of course, cases which have
perished into adulthood and those which appear to be more than just a (25.
PASS)____________ phase. In these cases, professional (26. GUIDE)____________
has to be sought.
Up to now, psychiatrists have (27.
CATEGORY)____________ nine distinct types of eating (28.ORDER)____________,
each with its own particular treatment. The least serious of these is selective
eating, when the child displays his/her (29. WILL)____________ to try anything
but a narrow range of foods. This affects about 12% of three-year-olds but it
rarely persists. The most serious is persuasive refusal syndrome, which affects
only a (30. HAND)____________ of people and requires psychiatric supervision
and treatment.
Your answers:
0. worrying
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
SECTION C. READING (60 points)
Part 1. For questions 1 – 10, fill each of the
following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
HYPERINFLATION
Inflation may be defined as either a rise in
the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period
of time, or a fall in the value of money over time. 'Hyperinflation' refers to
extremely rapid or (1) ____________ of control
inflation. Perhaps the most famous example of hyperinflation in recent history
is that which took (2) ____________ in Germany after World War I. Between 1922
and 1923, prices in Germany increased (3) ____________ a factor of 20 billion.
Inflation was so out of control that prices rose not just by the day, but by
the hour and even minute. A loaf of bread cost just 463 marks in Germany in
March 1923, but by November that (4) ____________ year cost over
200,000,000,000 marks. The effect on society was devastating. Because wages
received in the morning would (5) ____________ worthless by the afternoon,
people spent their money as quickly as possible, buying any physical goods they
could get their hands (6) ____________ (whether they needed it or not) in a
desperate attempt to get rid of currency units (7) ____________ they lost
value. This only had the effect of stoking the fires of inflation further.
Savings were wiped out overnight. People lived in constant fear. Bartering and
crime became the order (8) ____________ the day. Interestingly, hyperinflation
is not a rare event. Since Weimar Germany, there have been 29 additional
hyperinflations around the world, including those in Austria, Argentina, Greece
and Brazil, to (9) ____________ but a few. On average, that's one every three
years (10) ____________ so.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Part 2. For questions 11 – 20, read the text
below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
THE BYGONE ERA
We live in an era (11) ________ by and increasingly
dependent on technological innovations. It is for this reason that younger
generations find it (12) _________ impossible to envision a future devoid of
the convenience and comfort they provide us with. Small wonder then that when
asked to (13) _________ what life will be like in the future, they come up with
something that sounds as if it has been taken out of a science-fiction book.
But this description is actually not the product of an (14) _________
imagination. Based on the present speed at which breakthroughs are being (15)
_________, it is actually a fairly accurate prediction. It looks as if
technology will have the (16) _________ hand and that fully automated systems
will (17) ________ for people in all areas. People will take the back seat and
instead of (18) ________ away at work we will be able to take advantage of the
time made available to us to engage in more recreational activities. (19)
________ this time constructively will be a feat in itself. Perhaps, a case of
too much of a good thing. Things might just come to the point where, (20)
________ time to time, we will reminisce about the good old days.
11. A. rivalled B. dominated C. surpassed D.
overtaken 12. A. virtually B. fully C. potentially D. greatly 13. A. perceive
B. forecast C. divine D. enact 14. A. intrepid B. ultimate C. inherent D.
unbridled 15. A. done B. happened C. made D. occurred 16. A. upper B. back C.
first D. high 17. A. emulate B. devise C. substitute D. duplicate 18. A.
beavering B. badgering C. hounding D. monkeying 19. A. Utilising B.
Manipulating C. Operating D. Manoeuvring 20. A. at B. in C. for D. from
Your answers:
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Part 3. Read the following passage and answer
the questions 21 – 30.
THE HISTORY OF A COOL IMAGE
A The history of sunglasses can be traced back
to ancient Rome around the year AD 60, where the Emperor Nero is said to have
watched gladiator fights whilst holding up polished emerald-green gems to his
eyes, thus reducing the effect of the sun's glare. The very first actual
recorded evidence of the use of sunglasses can be found from a painting by
Tommaso da Modena in Italy, 1352, showing a person wearing sunglasses.
Earlier, around the twelfth century in China,
sunglasses were worn by court judges, not to protect their eyes from the sun,
but in order to conceal any expressions in their eyes as it was important to
keep their thoughts and opinions secret until the end of each trial. These were
flat panes of quartz that had been polished smooth and then smoked to give
their tint. It was not until 1430 that prescription glasses were first
developed in Italy to correct vision, and these early rudimentary spectacles
soon found their way to China, where they were again tinted by smoke to be used
by the judges. The frames were carved out of either ivory or tortoiseshell, and
some were quite ornate. During the 17th century, prescription glasses were
being used in England to help elderly long-sighted people to see better. The
Spectacle Makers Company was founded in England, which started manufacturing
prescription glasses for the public and whose motto was "A Blessing to the
Aged".
B The development of sunglasses, however,
remained static until the work of James Ayscough, who was known for his work on
microscopes in London around 1750. He experimented with blue and green tinted
lenses, believing they could help with certain vision problems. These were not
sunglasses, however, as he was not concerned with protecting the eyes from the
sun's rays.
Prescription spectacles continued to be
developed over the next few decades, especially regarding the design of the
spectacle frames and how to get them to sit comfortably on the nose. The frames
were made from leather, bone, ivory, tortoiseshell and metal, and were simply
propped or balanced on the nose. The early arms or sidepieces of the frames
first appeared as strips of ribbon that looped around the backs of the ears.
Rather than loops, the Chinese added ceramic weights to the ends of the ribbons
which dangled down behind the tops of the ears. Solid sidepieces finally
arrived in 1730, invented by Edward Scarlett.
C Sunglasses, as we know them today, were first introduced by Sam Foster in America, 1929. These were the first sunglasses designed specifically to protect people's eyes from the harmful sun's rays. He founded the Foster Grant Company, and sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the boardwalk by the beaches in Atlantic City, New Jersey. These were the first mass-produced sunglasses, and from this year onwards, sunglasses really began to take off.
D In 1936, Edwin H Land patented the Polaroid
filter for making polarized sunglasses. This type of tint reduces glare
reflected from surfaces, such as water. Later in that same year, Ray-Ban took
the design of pilots' sunglasses further by producing the aviator style
sunglasses that we know today, using this recently invented polarized lens
technology. The edge of the frame characteristically drooped away at the edges
by the cheeks in a sort of tear drop shape, to give a full all-round protection
to the pilots' eyes, who regularly had to glance down towards the aircraft's
instrument panel. The polarized lens reduced the glare from light reflected off
the instrument panel. Pilots were given these sunglasses free of charge, but in
1937 the general public were allowed to purchase this aviator-style model that
"banned" the sun's rays as Ray-Ban sunglasses.
E In 1960, Foster Grant started a big
advertising campaign to promote sunglasses, and pretty soon famous film stars
and pop stars started wearing sunglasses as part of their image. The public
began to adopt this new fashion of wearing sunglasses, not just to protect their
eyes from bright light, but also as a way of looking good. Today, sunglasses
are continuing to be improved with efficient UV blocking tints, cutting out all
the harmful ultra-violet light. Various coloured tints are now available and,
of course, the frame styles are very varied and exciting. Now you can really
make a statement with your fashion sunglasses, transforming your image or
creating a new one. Designer sunglasses have certainly come a long way in just
a few years, and now not only protect our eyes from the harmful sun's rays, but
are also an important fashion accessory - and it all started nearly 2,000 years
ago with the Roman Emperor Nero!
For questions 21- 25, choose the correct
heading for sections A-E. There are THREE extra headings that you do not need
to use. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
List of Headings
i New developments in sunglasses lenses
ii The use of sunglasses in early courts
iii How the physical shape of early sunglasses
developed
iv The introduction of sidepieces on
sunglasses
v The origins and early history of sunglasses
vi Ways in which sunglasses have become trendy
vii The arrival of modern sunglasses
viii Advertising campaigns for sunglasses
Your answers:
21. Section A ______ 23. Section C ______ 25.
Section E ______ 22. Section B ______ 24. Section D ______
For questions 26-30, decide whether the
following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage.
Write in the corresponding numbered boxes provided
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of
the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of
the writer.
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the
writer thinks about this.
26. The earliest reference to sunglasses can
be found in early Roman times.
27. Early Chinese sunglasses were worn to
correct the wearer's eyesight.
28. The work of James Ayscough had a profound
effect on the development of modern lenses. 29. Prior to 1730, sidepieces on
glasses were made of many different materials. 30. Sam Foster's sunglasses were
the first to be made for a mass market.
Your answers:
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Part 4. For questions 31 – 40, read an extract
from an article on advertising and choose the answer A, B, C or D which you
think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided.
ADVERTISING SHIFTS FOCUS
The average citizen is bombarded with TV
commercials, posters and newspaper advertisements wherever he goes. Not only
this, but promotional material is constantly on view, with every available
public space from shop to petrol station covered with advertising of some kind.
People who are foolish enough to drive with their windows open are likely to
have leaflets advertising everything and anything thrust in at them. The amount
of advertising to which we are exposed is phenomenal, yet advertisers are being
hurt by their industry's worst recession in a decade and a conviction that is
in many respects more frightening than the booms and busts of capitalism: the
belief that advertising can go no further. Despite the ingenuity of the
advertisers, who, in their need to make their advertisements as visually
attractive as possible, often totally obscure the message, the consumer has become
increasingly cynical and simply blanks out all but the subtlest messages. The
advertising industry has therefore turned to a more vulnerable target: the
young.
The messages specifically aimed at children
are for toys and games - whose promotional budgets increased fivefold in the
1990s - and fast food, which dominates the children's advertising market.
Advertisers acknowledge that the commercial pressures of the 1990s had an
extraordinary effect on childhood: it is now generally believed that the cut-off
point for buying toys has been falling by one year every five years. Research,
suggests that while not so many years ago children were happy with Lego or
similar construction games at ten or eleven, most of today's children abandon
them at six or seven. In effect, the result is the premature ageing of
children.
There is nowhere where the advertising
industry's latest preoccupation with the young is so evident as in schools.
Increasingly low budgets have left schools vulnerable to corporate funding and sponsorship
schemes in order to provide much needed equipment, such as computers, or to
enable them to run literacy schemes. While on the face of it this would seem to
be a purely philanthropic gesture on the part of the companies concerned, the
other side of the coin is a pervasive commercial presence in the classroom,
where textbooks and resource books are increasingly likely to bear a company
logo.
This marked shift in advertising perceptions
also means that a great deal of supposedly adult advertising has an infantile
appeal, inasmuch as adult products can be presented within an anecdote or
narrative, thus making the message more accessible to young teenagers and
smaller children. Children obviously cannot buy these things for themselves;
what is behind these advertisements is more subtle. Advertisers have come to
recognize that if children can successfully pester their parents to buy them
the latest line in trainers, then they can also influence their parent's choice
of car or credit card, and so children become an advertising tool in
themselves.
There are many, on all sides of the
ideological spectrum, who would argue that advertising has little influence on
children, who are exposed to such a huge variety of visual images that
advertisements simply become lost in the crowd. Rather, they would argue that
it is the indulgent parents, who do not wish their children to lack for
anything, who boost sales figures. While there may be a great deal of truth in
this, it would seem that to deny that advertising influences at all because
there is so much of it, while accepting that other aspects of life do have an
effect, is a little disingenuous. In fact, the advertising industry itself
admits that since peer pressure plays such an important role in children's lives,
they are not difficult to persuade. And of course, their minds are not yet
subject to the advertising overload their parents suffer from. The question
that arises is whether indeed, we as a society can accept that children, far
from being in some sense protected from the myriad of pressures, decisions and
choices which impinge on an adult's life, should now be exposed to this
influence in all aspects of their lives, in ways that we as adults have no
control over. Or do we take the attitude that, as with everything else from
crossing city streets to the intense competition of the modern world, children
will have to learn to cope, so the sooner they are exposed the better?
31. What does the writer say about advertising
in the first paragraph?
A. Capitalism has led to the demise of
advertising.
B. We should have a cynical view of
advertisers.
C. Advertising is facing new challenges these
days.
D. The industry has run out of new ideas.
32. The bombardment of advertisements has led
to ________.
A. children taking more notice of them
B. greater difficulty in attracting consumers'
attention
C. more appealing advertisements
D. people being less likely to spend money
33. How have children changed during the past
decade?
A. They have become consumers.
B. They are growing up more quickly.
C. They are becoming cleverer.
D. They are not playing as much.
34. Which of the following square brackets
[A], [B], [C], or [D] best indicates where in the paragraph the sentence
“However, the main thrust of advertising in this area is no longer towards
traditional children's products.” can be inserted?
[A] The messages specifically aimed at children are for toys and games - whose promotional budgets increased fivefold in the 1990s - and fast food, which dominates the children's advertising market. [B] Advertisers acknowledge that the commercial pressures of the 1990s had an extraordinary effect on childhood: it is now generally believed that the cut-off point for buying toys has been falling by one year every five years. [C] Research, suggests that while not so many years ago children were happy with Lego or similar construction games at ten or eleven, most of today's children abandon them at six or seven. In effect, the result is the premature ageing of children. [D]
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
35. Which of the following sentences best
expresses the meaning of the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?
A. The
advertising industry's latest obsession with young people is rather obvious in
schools. B. Nowhere else can we see the
advertising industry's latest products for the young as in schools. C. Schools are places where the advertising
industry's latest concern with youngsters is the least obvious.
D. It
is in schools that the advertising industry's latest concern with youngsters is
the most clearly seen.
36. What does the writer imply in the third
paragraph?
A. Advertising agencies need to preserve their
reputations.
B. Schools welcome aid from big business.
C. There are restrictions on how financial aid
may be used.
D. Companies expect nothing in return for
their help.
37. How have children changed the face of
advertising?
A. Children are influencing the purchases of
adult products.
B. They are now the advertising industry's
sole market.
C. More products have to be sold to children.
D. Children have become more selective in
their choices.
38. The word “who” in the last paragraph
refers to ________.
A. many people B. the crowd C. parents D.
children 39. What does the writer suggest in the last paragraph?
A. Adults feel increasingly threatened by
advertising.
B. Children are unlikely to be influenced by
their friends.
C. Parents avoid spending too much money on
their children.
D. Children have a less sheltered existence
than they used to.
40. In the text as a whole, the writer's
purpose is to ________.
A. explain the inspiration for advertisements
B. expose the exploitation of children
C. deter parents from giving in to advertisers
D. prevent advertisers from infiltrating
schools
Your answers:
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
Part 5. The passage below consists of five
paragraphs marked A, B, C, D and E. For questions 41-50, read the passage and
do the task that follows. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided. Each letter may be used more than once.
SEEKING SOCRATES
It may be more than 2,400 years since his
death, but the Greek philosopher can still teach us a thing or two about
leading ‘the good life’. Bettany Hughes digs deeper.
A Sharing breakfast with an award-winning
author in an Edinburgh hotel a few years back, the conversation came round to
what I was writing next. 'A book on Socrates,' I mumbled through my muesli.
'Socrates!' he exclaimed. 'What a brilliant doughnut subject. Really rich and
succulent with a great hole in the middle where the central character should
be.' I felt my smile fade because, of course, he was right. Socrates, the Greek
philosopher, might be one of the most famous thinkers of all time, but, as far
as we know, he wrote not a single word down. Born in Athens in 469BC, condemned
to death by a democratic Athenian court in 399BC, Socrates philosophized freely
for close on half a century. Then he was found guilty of corrupting the young
and of disrespecting the city's traditional gods. His punishment? Lethal
hemlock poison in a small prison cell. We don't
have Socrates' personal archive; and we don't
even know where he was buried. So, for many, he has come to seem aloof and
nebulous – a daunting intellectual figure – always just out of reach.
B But that is a crying shame. Put simply, we
think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His famous
aphorism, 'the unexamined life is not worth living', is a central tenet for
modern times. His philosophies 24 centuries old - are also remarkably relevant
today. Socrates was acutely aware of the dangers of excess and overindulgence.
He berated his peers for a selfish pursuit of material gain. He questioned the
value of going to fight under an ideological banner of 'democracy'. What is the
point of city walls, warships and glittering statues, he asked, if we are not
happy? The pursuit of happiness is one of the political pillars of the West. We
are entering what has been described as 'an age of empathy'. So Socrates'
forensic, practical investigation of how to lead 'the good life' is more illuminating,
more necessary than ever.
C Rather than being some kind of remote,
tunic-clad beardy who wandered around classical columns, Socrates was a man of
the streets. The philosopher tore through Athens like a tornado, drinking,
partying, sweating in the gym as hard as, if not harder than the next man. For
him, philosophy was essential to human life. His mission: to find the best way
to live on earth. As Cicero, the Roman author, perceptively put it: 'Socrates
brought philosophy down from the skies.' And so to try to put him back on to
the streets he loved and where his philosophy belonged, I have spent 10 years
investigating the eastern Mediterranean landscape to find clues of his life and
the 'Golden Age of Athens'. Using the latest archaeology, newly discovered
historical sources, and the accounts of his key followers, Plato and Xenophon,
I have endeavoured to create a Socrates shaped space, in the glittering city of
500BC Athens – ready for the philosopher to inhabit.
D The street jargon used to describe the
Athens of Socrates' day gives us a sense of its character. His hometown was
known as 'sleek', 'oily', 'violet crowned', 'busybody' Athens. Lead curse
tablets left in drains, scribbled down by those in the world's first true
democracy, show that however progressive fifth-century Athenians were, their
radical political experiment - allowing the demos (the people) to have kratos
(power) did not do away with personal rivalries and grudges. Far from it. In
fact, in the city where every full citizen was a potent politician, backbiting
and cliquery came to take on epic proportions. By the time of his death,
Socrates was caught up in this crossfire.
E His life story is a reminder that the word
'democracy' is not a magic wand. It does not automatically vaporize all ills.
This was Socrates' beef, too – a society can only be good not because of the
powerful words it bandies around, but thanks to the moral backbone of each and
every individual within it. But Athenians became greedy, they overreached
themselves, and lived to see their city walls torn down by their Spartan
enemies, and their radical democracy democratically voted out of existence. The
city state needed someone to blame. High-profile, maddening, eccentric,
freethinking, free-speaking Socrates was a good target. Socrates seems to me to
be democracy's scapegoat. He was condemned because, in fragile times, anxious
political masses want certainties – not the eternal questions that Socrates
asked of the world around him.
In which paragraph is each of the following
mentioned? Your answers:
relationships between people in Socrates' time
41.______ the continuing importance of
Socrates' beliefs 42.______ the writer's
theory concerning what happened to Socrates 43.______ why little is known about Socrates as a man
44.______ how the writer set about
getting information relevant to Socrates 45.______ the difference between common perceptions of
Socrates and what he was really like 46.______
an aim that Socrates was critical of 47.______ the realization that finding out about
Socrates was a difficult task 48.______
how well known Socrates was during his time 49.______ an issue that Socrates considered in great
detail 50.______
Điểm phần D1, D2
Họ tên và chữ ký của giám khảo
Mã phách
Ghi số
Ghi chữ
Giám khảo 1
Giám khảo 2
SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and use
your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be between 100 and 120
words long.
Today, the majority of the world's population
may not be vegetarians, but vegetarianism is rapidly gaining popularity. People
who decide to become vegetarians generally have very strong feelings about the
issue and may choose a vegetarian diet for different reasons. Health issues,
awareness of environmental problems and moral issues are three common arguments
in favour of vegetarianism that are quite convincing.
Many non-vegetarians claim that a vegetarian
diet does not give a person the necessary vitamins and proteins that their body
needs. However, doctors and medical associations say that a vegetarian diet is
able to satisfy the nutritional needs of people of all ages. All the nutrients
and proteins one's body needs can be found in vegetables, nuts and grains, as
well as in dairy products. Eating meat may be an easy way to get the protein
one needs, but it is not the only way.
Vegetarians also argue that the meat industry
is the source of many environmental problems that could be eliminated if people
ate less meat or even stopped eating it altogether. Raising livestock for the
meat industry takes a huge toll on the world's natural resources; for example
forests are cut down to clear land for crops to feed livestock or for
pastureland. This in turn leads to an increase in global warming, loss of
topsoil and loss of plant and animal life.
Finally, many people refrain from eating meat
for ethical reasons. They object to taking the life of another living creature
in order to satisfy their hunger. Moreover, they argue that we inflict great
pain and suffering on animals that are raised for meat. Poultry and livestock
raised on factory farms are kept under abominable conditions, confined in areas
that hardly allow them to move, fed with antibiotics and, in the end, they are
cruelly slaughtered.
Becoming a vegetarian might not appeal to
everyone, but it is a choice that is gaining popularity as our awareness of
health and environmental issues as well as our concern for animal welfare is
growing. It is also becoming more feasible as restaurants and supermarkets
increasingly cater for the vegetarian market.
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Part 3. Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic.
Drug addiction is becoming an increasing
problem. In order to reduce this problem, anyone caught using drugs should be
automatically sentenced to time in prison.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any
relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
----THE END----
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO QUẢNG NAM
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
(Gồm 3 trang + 3 trang audioscript)
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CHUYÊN VÀ CHỌN ĐỘI
TUYỂN DỰ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2019-2020
Môn thi
: TIẾNG ANH
Thời
gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi : 9/10/2019
SECTION A: LISTENING ( 50pts)
SECTION B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1: (1 x 20= 20 points)
Answers:
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. C
Part 2: (1 x 10= 10 points)
Answers
21. unfounded
22. widespread
23. childhood
24. comparatively
25. passing
26. guidance
27. categorized / categorised
28. disorders
29. unwillingness
30. handful
SECTION C: READING (60 points)
Part 1: (1.5 x 10= 15 points)
Answers:
1. out
2. place
3. by
4. same
5. be / become
6. on
7. before
8. of
9. name
10. or
Part 2: (1 x 10= 10 points)
Answers:
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. D
Part 3: (1 x 10= 10 points)
Answers:
21. v
22. iii
23. vii
24. i
25. vi
26. Yes
27. No
28. Not Given
29. No
30. Yes
Part 4: (1 x 10= 10 points)
Answers:
31. C
32. B
33. B
34. B
35. D
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. B
Part 5: (1.5 x 10= 15 points)
Answers:
41. D
42. B
43. E
44. A
45. C
46. C
47. B
48. A
49. E
50. B
SECTION D: WRITING (60 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage and use
your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be between 100 and 120 words long.
Contents (10 points)
- The summary MUST cover the following points:
∙ The increasing popularity of vegetarianism
today
∙ The three reasons why people choose a
vegetarian diet (health issues (claim by non vegetarians vs doctors and medical
experts’ ideas); awareness of environmental problems (less or no meat = fewer
environmental problems); and moral issues (It’s unfair to raise animals in bad
conditions and then kill them for meat to feed humans.)
- The summary MUST NOT contain personal
opinions.
Language use (5 points)
The summary should:
- show attempts to convey the main ideas of
the original text by means of paraphrasing (structural and lexical use),
- demonstrate correct use of grammatical
structures, vocabulary, and mechanics (spelling, punctuations,...),
- maintain coherence, cohesion, and unity
throughout (by means of linkers and transitional devices).
Penalties
- A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be
given to personal opinions found in the summary. - A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be
given to any summary with more than 30% of words copied from the original.
- A penalty of 1 point will be given to any
summary longer than 130 words or shorter than 90 words.
Part 2: The pie charts below show the
expenditure of two technology companies of similar size in the UK in 2012.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant. Contents (10 points)
- The report MUST cover the following
points:
∙ Introduce the pie charts (2 points) and
state the striking features (2 points)
∙ Describe main features with relevant data
from the charts and make relevant comparisons
(6 points)
- The report MUST NOT contain personal
opinions. (A penalty of 1 point to 2 points will be given to personal opinions
found in the answer.)
Language use (5 points)
The report should:
- demonstrate a wide variety of lexical and
grammatical structures, have correct use of words (verb tenses, word forms,
voice,…); and mechanics (spelling, punctuations,...).
Part 3: Write a composition of about 350 words
on the following topic:
Drug addiction is becoming an increasing
problem. In order to reduce this problem, anyone caught using drugs should be
automatically sentenced to time in prison.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any
relevant examples from your own knowledge and
experience.
The mark given to part 3 is based on the
following criteria:
1. Task achievement/ fulfillment (10
points)
a. All requirements of the task are
sufficiently addressed.
b. Ideas are adequately supported and elaborated with relevant and reliable explanations, examples, evidence, personal experience, etc.
2. Organization (10 points)
a. Ideas are well organized and presented with
coherence, cohesion, and unity. b. The
essay is well-structured:
∙ Introduction is presented with a clear
thesis statement introducing the points to be
developed.
∙ Body paragraphs develop the points
introduced with unity, coherence, and cohesion.
Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence and supporting details
and examples when necessary.
∙ Conclusion summarises the main points and
states personal opinions (prediction,
recommendation, consideration,…) on the issue.
3. Language use (5 points)
a. Demonstration of a variety of topic-related
vocabulary
b. Excellent use and control of grammatical
structures
4. Punctuation, spelling, and handwriting (5
points)
a. Correct punctuation and no spelling
mistakes
b. Legible handwriting
Markers should discuss the suggested answers
and the marking scale thoroughly before marking the papers. -----
LISTENING TRANSCRIPTS
Part 1: You will hear a radio news report
about ‘Google’, a popular Internet search engine. For questions 1 – 5,
answer the questions. Use NO MORE THAN
FIVE WORDS for each answer.
Presenter: Internet browsing is not
conceivable without search engines – the various web pages which help us find our way around the stupendous amount of
cyber-locations in the World- Wide Web. And, since the early nineties, hundreds of search engines have
come and gone. One, however, has achieved a kind of success that even New-Tech
giants Microsoft are envious of: its name has become synonymous with the verb
“search”. Anna Mills has the report.
Woman: He may seem the most powerful man on
the planet, but Bill Gates has not yet managed the ultimate achievement in the New Technology industry:
turning a product into a common word. The first such honour is falling to Google, the Internet search engine
devised by two Stanford PhD nerds, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
The success of Google has come about through
the most timeless form of marketing: word of mouth. The site has for some time
been the default tool for millions of people looking for anything they want to
find online, from obscure quotations to
brass lamps. And there are increasing signs that the business is growing a commercial sharpness to match the blade it uses to cut
through Internet junk. Last week, Google secured a place as the Internet search engine for America Online,
the world's largest service provider, capping its stealthy rise to the top.
But its success stretches far beyond the world
of the Internet. In these dog days of the long university summer break, I was up in the nearly deserted
university library when I heard one professor say to another, "Me, I'm just googling around". I knew what he meant.
It wasn't that he was totally idle, but he wasn't really engaged in sharply
focused research, either. He was following leads from one source to another,
happily wandering through the archive,
not knowing quite what he would find next.
Google – the search engine favoured by most
academics – seems destined to be one of those proprietory labels that becomes a word, a brand (like Hoover)
that loses its initial capital letter. And the word itself is, slowly but surely, replacing the verb "to
browse", the paper-based metaphor that electronic catalogues use, as if
you were fingering the spines at some
antiquarian bookstall. "Googling" is a different kind of sampling,
coming across
relevant findings amongst an impossibly huge amount of information.
The company name is a corruption of
"googol", spelt g- double o-g-o-l, the word apparently coined by the
nine year-old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner to refer to the
number represented by one followed by
100 zeros, back in the 1940s. Little did he know that in the early 21st
century, the use of the term would
become so commonplace amongst academics and laymen alike.
Part 2: You will hear a piece of news on
future technology. Listen and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER in each
space.
P = Presenter, M = Man, W = Woman
Future Combines Human and Machine intelligence
….
P: Believe it or not these strange-looking
robots are really you. Well, more like an extension of you. M: They can get into areas where humans really
can't fit or be dangerous for humans to go. P: That means the ability to
explore collapsed buildings for search-and-rescue efforts or going airborne
with flying robots like this one which
help engineers inspect bridges and dams safely.
W: We see that the robot acting as the
apprentice to the inspector and the inspector tells the robot to go and collect data.
P: For scientists at the recent frontiers
conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the future combines human intelligence with machine intelligence.
Eyewire is a game where players trace brain neurons to create a giant roadmap
that could help researchers.
M: The human brain has 85 billion neurons and
with 10,000 active users we trace maybe one to two neurons a day. We're gonna be here a long time which is
why we take the players’ input and we use it to train an artificial intelligence so that we can speed
up that process.
P: And since human limitations aren't just
physical, new technologies are also exploring our psyches. M: We're not building
technology that allows us to have objective measures of something that can be
really subjective: emotions.
P: Multi-sense tracks facial expressions and
nonverbal cues to help clinicians diagnosed mental illnesses such as depression or PTSD.
M: They already have the knowledge of medical
knowledge; what they need is more of a technology to be multi-sense in the real-time, these
behaviors.
P: Technologies that have your back,
physically and mentally, it's the next frontier. Tina Terran VOA news Pittsburgh
Part 3: You will hear two nutritionists, Fay
Wells and George Fisher, discussing methods of food production. For questions 16 – 20, choose the answer (A, B, C
or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
M1 = Presenter, M2 = George, F = Fay
M1: Food, we might say, is always on our
minds! Here today in the studio we have nutritionists Fay Wells and George Fisher, who’ll be talking about
methods of food cultivation and related issues that concern us all. Fay, let’s
kick off with the ‘hot potato’ of the day, genetically-modified foods.
F: Yes, you do hear a lot of hype from certain
quarters on this topic. But let’s face it, public concern isn’t helped by the fact that the various
scientific reports available seem to leave you none the wiser. On the one hand, you’ve got a group that’s finding GM
foods to be quite safe and actually applaud them as a way of dealing with food shortages in certain
countries. Then, there’s another view that condemns them as potentially dangerous to health and
insufficiently trialled; whilst at the same time pointing out, quite reasonably by the way, that the use of GM
crops hasn’t actually made a dramatic difference to levels of food production
worldwide. In my view, it’s high time that science spoke with one voice on this
issue.
M1: So, George, are organic foods the safest
option then?
M2: Well, people are horrified to hear the level of herbicide and pesticide residues that remains in fruit and vegetables, even after they’ve been carefully washed, because they go straight into our system. Organic foods are one way round that. They don’t come cheap though, so it’s not currently an option for low income
groups, although that could come if mass
production brings economies of scale. And the residues retained in fruit and vegetables do vary, so some are
safer to buy non-organically than others. It’s not an area that many consumers are clued up about, but there’s no
excuse for that ‘cos there’s plenty of factual information available online. The other aspect of eating
organically, by the way, that people often forget about is meat eating. Many
people prefer to buy organic meat since it doesn’t contain the amount of
antibiotics and growth hormones that normal meat does.
M1: So what else is new on the food production
front?
M2: Well, there’s a movement afoot in the
direction of something called ‘vertical farming.’ It’s an attempt, as the name suggests, to make use of vertical,
mainly citycentre, space. Architects have designed skyscrapers filled with orchards and fields that have the
potential to produce crops all the year round! The only drawback, as things stand at the moment,
would be the prohibitive cost of the artificial lighting required! I know the idea sounds a bit farfetched – pie
in the sky, we might say! – but it’s not impossible that this vision might
become a reality one day. Already, urban rooftop farming is being developed,
plus some special greenhouses containing
multiple racks of vegetables are in use in various parts of the world.
F: Another development, which sounds a bit
spooky to me, is that of using nanotechnology in this area. Basically we’re talking here about
‘atomically-modified’ foods containing invisibly small additives. Some nano-scale additives and pesticides are already
on the market and this looks as if it might change the face of the large-scale food industry. To me, it
seems like it will confuse the picture even more as regards what we’re putting in our stomachs! What will be
classified as ingredients?
M2: Yes, you’re not wrong there. I believe
some dietary supplements are also being manufactured using nanotechnology. Personally, I think that if
people follow a reasonably healthy, well-balanced diet, they don’t really need to
take extra vitamins – certainly not on a long-term basis, anyway.
M1: So where would you stand on all this,
Fay?
F: Actually, I’m just wondering whether people
might not just react against all these developments and, to be on the safe side, go back to more traditional
forms of selfsufficiency! I’m feeling quite tempted, myself, to go and buy a goat and a few chickens and
start planting lots of vegetables! In fact, I’ve been doing some personal research into this area and I’ve
picked up a few valuable ideas. Like, if you set up a self-sufficient smallholding or farm, you’ve got to be
prepared to deal with an incredible barrage of rules and red tape, and you’ve no choice but to toe the line.
Secondly, organic horticulture on a large scale needs quite a bit of investment. Though, of course, you can simply
concentrate your energies on cultivating enough crops for your own use.
Part 4: You will hear a radio discussion on
technology in sport. Decide which of the following statements are true and
which are false. For questions 6 – 10, write T for true and F for false in the
space provided.
P = Presenter GW = Geoff Winning SP = Sally
Plumtree
P: Now, let’s pick up on one or two of those
points you made there. Interestingly, you both mentioned the role of technology in decision-making during
football and tennis matches. Sally said it reduces the spectator’s enjoyment. Would you agree with that, Geoff?
GW: Not at all, no. I’m absolutely certain
that the cameras will only serve to heighten interest, to intensify the drama and the tension. And we’ll still see
the same displays of passion and anger from competitors – but they’ll be directed more at themselves rather
than at the referee or the umpire.
SP: Hmm, they’ll certainly be good for match
officials, but I really cannot see that they’ll make a game more exciting. Anyway, I think there are other
reasons why tennis in particular no longer captivates spectators like it used
to. And it’s all down to technology.
P: In what way?
SP: Well, it was always such an exciting sport before, with long rallies that had everyone on the edge of their seats. Then in the late 1970s, early 80s, players began using the oversize racket – the one with the very large head. And sure, tennis became a much faster sport, but there aren’t so many of those rallies now, and there’s a lot more dead time without any action, time when nothing’s happening. And as a spectator, I find that dull.
Gw:Maybe, but the oversize racket makes it
easier to hit the ball, and that can only be a good thing for amateur players – let’s not forget them.
P: OK. Some interesting points there. Geoff,
let’s go back to what you said about technology helping us to push out the
boundaries of human achievement. Are all forms of technology acceptable in your
book?
GW: Yes, I think if everyone has access to the
same equipment, then virtually any technological innovation is acceptable.
SP: Oh right. So presumably then, doping is
acceptable, as long as everyone has access to it. That’s brilliant.
GW: I’m not suggesting that at all. That
should be obvious. There is no way we can justify the use of performance-enhancing drugs or any kind of
interference with our blood or genetic make-up. These practices are not permitted by sporting
authorities, and for good reason. There are moral issues involved here, quite apart from the legal aspects and
the potential dangers to our health.
P: Yes, you did use the word equipment,
perhaps we should emphasise that.
GW: That’s right. And its use has to be
standardized by the relevant sporting authority. A good example of this is in the sport of cycling. Radical new
designs in the 1980s and 90s meant that previous records were being smashed beyond recognition. The International
Cycling Federation felt these so-called ‘superbikes’ were having too much influence on the sport and
their huge cost gave richer countries an unfair advantage. So consequently they were banned from certain
competitions such as the Olympics or the world hour record. It just shows that there are controls on the use
of technology and we should feel safe in that knowledge.
P: Anything to say on that, Sally?
SP: Well, I’m pleased the Federation saw sense
in the end, but I just think the whole episode highlights the uneasy
relationship that exists ...