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1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO GIA LAI KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12-THPT ĐỀ DỰ BỊ NĂM HỌC 2019-2020 (Đề thi có 11 trang) Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - BẢNG A Ngày thi: 18/10/2019 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Lưu ý: Thí sinh không được ghi bất kỳ thông tin gì vào phần phách này. Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi này (Hãy đọc kỹ các phần hướng dẫn làm bài). Điểm bài thi Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo Số phách Bằng số: GK1: . Bằng chữ: . GK2: _______________________________________________________________________________________ I. LISTENING (5 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU • Bài nghe gồm 4 phần ; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, giữa 2 lần nghe cách nhau 10 giây ; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. (tiếng bíp) • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. • Thí sinh KHÔNG được viết bằng BÚT CHÌ. Part 1: You are going to hear a conversation about an accident. For questions 1-5, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. True False 1. The accident happened during the holidays. 2. His initial assessment of the injury was optimistic. 3. He had to have several stitches the following day. 4. They both remember the news stories about the very strong winds. 5. The speaker hit his chin against the side of a car. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2: For questions 6 -10, listen to a talk on a special type of tourism and answer the following questions in the form of notes ( WRITE NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS FOR EACH ANSWER ) SLUM TOURISM 6. Name one of the three cities taken as examples of popular slum tourism sites: _________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is one of the motivation for tourists to go on slum tours? _________________________________________________________________________ 8. What destination that Marcello Armstrong took tourist to in Rio? __________________________________________________________________________ 9. Name one thing that slum tourists often do while stopping during their trip: ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. What does “poorism” help people from developed countries understand? ____________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: You will hear part of a radio program about how offices may be designed to suit different types of workers in the future. For questions 11 -20, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR EACH ANSWER ). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. What’s called the (11) _________office is given as an example of (12) _________ that hasn’t come true. Francis Duffy, an (13) _________ by profession, identifies four types of office. Duffy give the name “The Hive” to the type of office where work of a (14) _________ nature is carried out. “The Cell” is a type of office which suits people whose work requires (15) _________. Duffy thinks that autonomous people such as (16) _________ and(17) _________work well in a cell office. The type of Page 1/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
2. office which Duffy calls “The Den” was designed to make interaction such as (18) _________easier. Duffy sees people involved in professions like (19) _________and the media working well in a Den office. Duffy says “The Club” is the type of office which would suit people doing what he calls (20) _________. Your answers: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part 4: You will hear an interview with Dr Lafford, a leading expert in the field of forensic science. For questions 21 -25, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided 21. According to Dr Lafford, Sherlock Holmes was a good forensic scientist because of his ___________. A. psychological insight B. unbiased approach C. detailed observations D. medical knowledge 22. Forensic scientists pay particular attention to___________. A. evidence of mutual contact B. items criminals have touched C. a suspect’s clothing D. carpet fibres and human hair 23. Dr Lafford mentions the broken headlight to show that forensic science nowadays is ___________. A. more complex than it used to be B. just as reliable as it was in the past C. not as time-consuming as it once was D. more straightforward than it was in the past 24. According to Dr Lafford, electron microscopes can___________. A. produce conflicting results B. sometimes damage evidence C. provide a chemical analysis D. guarantee total accuracy 25. Dr Lafford feels that the value of forensic science lies in___________. A. how its significance to a case is explained. B. the use of advanced genetic fingerprinting. C. the possibility of eliminating human error. D. reducing the number of possible suspects. Your answers: 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. II. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (2points) Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C, or D that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 26. The day their first child was born, the new parents were ______ with joy. A. overpowered B. overtaken C. overthrown D. overcome 27. He was in the ______ of despair when he heard that his mother was leaving him. A. abyssB. pitsC. valleyD. depths 28. She is usually ______ courteous to strangers. A. absolutely B. exceedingly C. somewhat D. utterly 29. Many people no longer trust their own ______ memories and commit every detail of their lives to some digital device or other and are completely lost without it. A. controllable B. susceptible C. vulnerable D. fallible 30. I am not surprised their marriage is on ______. They are the most incompatible couple I know. A. a razor edge B. the rocks C. broken wings D. a roll 31. Her parents died when she was a baby, so I ______ family she ever had. A. was all the B. was the whole C. was nothing but the D. was everything of the 32. - Nadine: “I’ve been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?” - Kitty: “Take the $550. ______.” A. Actions speak louder than words.B. Kill two birds with one stone. C. The early bird catches the worm.D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 33. We do not have a secretary ______, but we do have a student who comes in to do a bit of filing. A. as suchB. the least bit C. whatsoeverD. little more 34. The experimental play was only a ______ success, which disappointed the playwright. A. localB. qualifiedC. reservedD. cautious 35. The police have been ______ the district for the murderer, leaving no stone unturned. Page 2/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
3. A. brainwashing B. penetrating C. ransacking D. scouring Your answers: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Part 2: Give the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage. Write your answers in the space provided. GOOD VIBRATIONS The woman twists and contorts her body, wheeling and spinning (36. SPECTACLE) __________ across the room, her voice rising in (37. ECSTASY) __________ whoops and yells then dropping to mournful moans and grunts before she collapses in a heap on the floor. And then it's my turn. I came here seeking a brief escape from the stresses and strains of everyday modern life. But right now my (38. INSTINCT) __________ stress flight response is in full throttle and urging me to sprint for the door, run like hell, anything rather than stand up and perform spontaneous singing and dancing in front of a rather forbidding (39. SORT) __________ of complete strangers. But there is no graceful way out. And something about the trance-like beat of the African drums, the (40. EARTH) __________ hum of the harmonium, combined with the soothing candle-lit glow of the room and - perhaps most of all – the serene (41. ASSURE) __________ of our teacher compels me to stay put. This is natural voice therapy. The workshops are meant to release hidden emotions and anxieties, and promote relaxation and mental healing through singing. Using a mixture of mantra, Sanskrit chanting, Indian scales and pure (42. PROVIDE) __________, coupled with movement and balance drawn from various cultures, the aim is to 'free the inner voice'. Of course, singing is already natural to most of us. We all know the (43. LIFT) __________ boost of singing in harmony with others, while hearing the blues can evoke grief in anyone. But is there more to singing than this (44. TRANSIT) __________ change of mood? Slade, a professional singer and actress who took up voice therapy 10 years ago, believes the voice is the key to good mental health. And while the idea may sound a bit kooky, she is fast winning (45. CLAIM) __________ for her work from mainstream psychiatrists and mental health organizations. (adapted from “Good vibrations” by Wendy Moore, the Guardian) Your answers 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. III. READING (5 points) Part 1: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Write your answers in the space provided. BOOK SURGERY Before the days of digital storage files and the easy accessible of the internet, almost every family home boasted a (46) __________ of encyclopedias, a world atlas and a selection of other weighty tomes that (47) __________ as an invaluable source of reference. Although these hefty volumes have (48) __________ been rendered obsolete by ongoing technological advances, there is often a genuine reluctance to get (49) __________ of them. Those with attractive binding may find a new use as an (50) __________ design feature, but the rest are invariably consigned to otherwise empty bookshelves in dusty corners of spare bedrooms. The artist Brian Dettmer could, (51) __________, come to their rescue. He has come up with an ingenious way of giving such books a new (52) __________ of life. Using what he calls ‘book surgery’, Brian creates a sculpture out of (53) __________ redundant volume. After sealing the edges of the book, he painstakingly cuts into the surface to create intricate patterns (54) __________ 3D. He never adds anything to his creations, however, for the skill (55) __________ both in making precise incisions and in knowing exactly how much material to take away. Your answers: 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Page 3/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
4. Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. The craft of perfumery has an ancient and global heritage. The art flourished in Ancient Rome, where the emperors were said to bathe in scent. After the fall of Rome, much of the knowledge was lost, but survived in Islamic civilizations in the Middle Ages. Arab and Persian pharmacists developed essential oils from the aromatic plants of the Indian peninsula. They developed the processes of distillation and suspension in alcohol, which allowed for smaller amounts of raw materials to be used than in the ancient process, by which flower petals were soaked in warm oil. This knowledge was carried back to European monasteries during the Crusades. At first, the use of fragrances was primarily associated with healing. Aromatic alcoholic waters were ingested as well as used externally. Fragrances were used to purify the air, both for spiritual and health purposes. During the Black Death, the bubonic plague was thought to have resulted from a bad odour which could be averted by inhaling pleasant fragrances such as cinnamon. The Black Death led to an aversion to using water for washing, and so perfume was commonly used as a cleaning agent. Later on, the craft of perfume re-entered Europe, and was centred in Venice, chiefly because it was an important trade route and a centre for glass-making. Having such materials at hand was essential for the distillation process. In the late seventeenth century, trade soared in France, when Louis XIV brought in policies of protectionism and patronage which stimulated the purchase of luxury goods. Here, perfumery was the preserve of glove-makers. The link arose since the tanning of leather required putrid substances. Consequently, the gloves were scented before they were sold and worn. A glove and perfume makers‘ guild had existed here since 1190. Entering it required 7 years of formal training under a master perfumer. The trade in perfume flourished during the reign of Louis XV, as the master glove-and-perfume makers, particularly those trading in Paris, received patronage from the royal court, where it is said that a different perfume was used each week. The perfumers diversified into other cosmetics including soaps, powders, white face paints and hair dyes. They were not the sole sellers of beauty products. Mercers, spicers, vinegar-makers and wig-makers were all cashing in on the popularity of perfumed products. Even simple shopkeepers were coming up with their own concoctions to sell. During the eighteenth century, more modern, capitalist perfume industry began to emerge, particularly in Britain where there was a flourishing consumer society. In France, the revolution initially disrupted the perfume trade due to its association with aristocracy, however, it regained momentum later as a wider range of markets were sought both in the domestic and overseas markets. The guild system was abolished in 1791, allowing new high-end perfumery shops to open in Paris. Perfume became less associated with health in 1810 with a Napoleonic ordinance which required perfumers to declare the ingredients of all products for internal consumption. Unwilling to divulge their secrets, traders concentrated on products for external use. Napoleon affected the industry in other ways too. With French ports blockaded by the British during the Napoleonic wars, the London perfumers were able to dominate the markets for some time. One of the significant changes in the nineteenth century was the idea of branding. Until then, trademarks had had little significance in the perfumery where goods were consumed locally, although they had a long history in other industries. One of the pioneers in this field was Rimmel who was nationalized as a British citizen in 1857. He took advantage of the spread of railroads to reach customers in wider markets. To do this, he built a brand which conveyed prestige and quality, and were worth paying a premium for. He recognised the role of design in enhancing the value of his products, hiring a French lithographer to create the labels for his perfume bottles. Luxury fragrances were strongly associated with the affluent and prestigious cities of London and Paris. Perfumers elsewhere tended to supply cheaper products and knock-offs of the London and Paris brands. The United States perfume industry, which developed around the docks in New York where French oils were being imported, began in this way. Many American firms were founded by immigrants, such as William Colgate, who arrived in 1806. At this time, Colgate was chiefly known as a perfumery. Its Cashmere Bouquet brand had 625 perfume varieties in the early 20th century. 56. The purpose of the text is to A. compare the perfumes from different countries. B. describe the history of perfume making. C. describe the problems faced by perfumers. D. explain the different uses of perfume over time. Page 4/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
5. 57. Which of the following is NOT true about perfume making in Islamic countries? A. They created perfume by soaking flower petals in oil. B. They dominated perfume making after the fall of the Roman Empire. C. They took raw materials for their perfumes from India. D. They created a technique which required fewer plant materials. 58. Why does the writer include this sentence in paragraph 2? “During the Black Death, the bubonic plague was thought to have resulted from a bad odour which could be averted by inhaling pleasant fragrances such as cinnamon.” A. To explain why washing was not popular during the Black Death. B. To show how improper use of perfume caused widespread disease. C. To illustrate how perfumes used to be ingested to treat disease. D. To give an example of how fragrances were used for health purposes. 59. Why did the perfume industry develop in Paris? A. Because it was an important trade route. B. Because of the rise in the glove-making industry. C. Because of the introduction of new trade laws. D. Because of a new fashion in scented gloves. 60. What does the word “putrid” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Bad-smelling B. Rare C. Prestigious D. Numerous 61. Which of the following people most influenced the decline of perfumes as medicine? A. Louis XIV B. Louis XV C. Rimmel D. Napoleon 62. In paragraph 4, it is implied that A. master glove and perfume makers created a new perfume each week. B. the Royal Court only bought perfume from masters. C. mercers, spicers and other traders began to call themselves masters. D. cosmetics were still only popular within the Royal Courts. 63. How did the French Revolution affect the Parisian perfume industry? A. The industry declined then rose again. B. The industry collapsed and took a long time to recover. C. The industry was greatly boosted. D. The industry lost most of its overseas customers. 64. Which of the following is NOT true of Rimmel? A. He was one of the first people to utilise trademarks. B. He created attractive packaging for his products. C. His products were more expensive than other brands. D. He transported his goods to potential customers by train. 65. What is implied about the New York perfume industry? A. It was the fastest-growing perfume industry in the world at that time. B. It was primarily developed by immigrants arriving from France. C. It copied luxury fragrances and sold them cheaply. D. There was a wider range of fragrances available here than elsewhere. 66. One of the significant changes in the nineteenth century was ________________. A. very well-known. B. the idea of branding. C. the idea of how to sell perfume D. to get as much income as possible. 67. One of the pioneers in this field was a ________________. A. American citizen B. British citizen C. Vietnamese citizen D. seller 68. William Colgate arrived in ________________. A. 1906 B. 1907 C. 1806 D. 1807 Your answers: 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. Part 3: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Choose the correct headings for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings below. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. Page 5/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
6. A.The health benefit of legumes has been widely known for centuries. Also known as pulses or, more commonly, beans, they belong to an extremely large category of vegetables, containing over 13,000 species. Only grains supply more calories and protein to the world’s population. Today, agricultural researchers and scientists are experimenting with varieties of legumes easier to harvest, more resistant to disease, and yield better crops. B. Beans are often referred to as “the poor person’s meat”, but this label is unfair – considering the health benefits of legumes, they should really be called “the healthy alternative to meat”. Beans contain a rich and varied supply of nutritional substances, which are vital for keeping in good health. Diets rich in beans are used to help with a variety of health issues including lowering cholesterol levels, improving blood sugar control in diabetics, reducing the risk of many cancers, lowering the risk of heart disease, and lowering blood pressure. Beans are a good source of protein but are often considered to be an “incomplete” protein as they lack the essential amino acids that we need to complete our diet. Foods from animals, on the other hand, contain protein and amino acids. However, many cultures combine beans with grains to form a complete protein that is a high-quality substitute for meat – rice and soya in Japan, corn and beans in Mexico, rice and lentils in the Middle East. Beans are also a good source of fiber, giving the consumer between 5 and 8.6 grams of fiber per 100 grams eaten. Fiber is an important ingredient in a healthy diet with great benefits to our digestive system and in reducing cholesterol levels, which in turn reduces our risk of heart disease. Fiber also helps us to feel full and control our appetite. C. Why is it important to substitute meat as much as possible? First of all, because of the health implications – red meat in particular has a high-fat content. Secondly, antibiotics and other chemicals are used in the raising of poultry and cattle. Thirdly, the cost to the environment is much greater in raising cattle than it is in growing crops. To produce a kilogram of beef, farmers need to feed to cow 15 kilograms of grain and a further 30 kilograms of forage. D. Little wonder then that legumes have been used from ancient times. According to Trevor Brice in Life and Society in the Hittite World, the Hittites, an ancient people living in Anatolia from the eighteenth century BC, ate a wide variety of legumes including peas, beans, faba beans, chickpeas, and lentils. And in ancient Egypt, Ramses II is known to have offered 11,998 jars of beans to the god of the Nile. Archaeologists have found the remains of legumes on land beneath Lake Assad in Syria dating back to 8000BC and astonishingly, a 4,000-year-old lentil seed found during an excavation in Turkey has been germinated, allowing scientists to compare the ancient variety with the organic and genetically engineered varieties of today. Professor Nejat Bilgen from Dumlupinar University, who led the archaeological team, said that the lentils were found in a container dating from the Bronze Age. The plant grown from the ancient lentil was found to be “pretty weak” in comparison with modern varieties. E. Modern agricultural research has tended to focus on grain production, breeding new varieties of wheat and other crops rather than improving the varieties of legumes, which can suffer from low yields and unstable harvests. For this reason, farmers started to abandon them in favor of more dependable crops, which had had the benefits of scientific improvement. Recently, scientists have returned to legumes to identify desirable characteristics such as height, good crop production, and resistance to pests in order to cross different plants with each other and produce a new, improved variety. Using pests in order to cross different plants with each other and produce a new, improved variety. Using traditional breeding methods, agricultural scientists are transforming the faba bean into a variety that is easier to grow. Traditional varieties are undependable as they rely on insects to pollinate them. But faba bean types that can self-fertilize naturally were discovered, and this gene is being bred into new varieties. Other faba bean varieties have been found to produce higher yields or shorter crops. Faba bean plants end in a lower – this means that more of the plant’s energy is transformed into producing beans instead of unusable foliage, F. With the new varieties, farmers in some regions are achieving a marked rise in production – between 10% to 20% improvement. Scientists have also managed to develop a commercial faba bean able to resist the parasitic weed Orobanche, which has been known to destroy whole fields of the crop. The future of legumes and the farmers who grow them is becoming brighter. Legumes are an important source of nourishment for humans and also for the soil: the beans take nitrogen directly from the atmosphere and fix it into the soil to provide nutrients for other crops and save the farmers the cost of artificial fertilizer. Making legumes a profitable crop for the future may prove an essential factor in feeding growing populations. Page 6/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
7. Choose the correct headings for paragraphs A-F from the list of heading below. List of headings i Improvements to faba bean farming 69. Paragraph A ___________ ii Increasing productivity to secure the future of legume 70. Paragraph B ____________ farming 71. Paragraph C ___________ iii The importance of legumes 72. Paragraph D ___________ iv The nutritional value of legumes Paragraph E-i v The effect of farming on the environment 73. Paragraph F ____________ vi Legumes in the diet of ancient peoples vii The importance of reducing meat consumption viii Archaeological discoveries Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage? In boxes 69-78, write YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 74. Legumes are second to grains in providing people with calories and protein. 75. Beans can help to cure heart disease. 76. Scientists have the opportunity to see how similar modern and ancient lentil plants are. 77. Agricultural scientists are making the faba bean easier to grow in dry areas. 78. New varieties of faba bean can destroy parasitic weeds. Your answers: 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. Part 4. Read the text, identify which section A–F each of the following is mentioned. Write ONE letter A–D in the corresponding numbered space provided. Each letter may be used more than once. THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON THAT IS FASHION A. Each day as we prepare to meet our world we perform a very popular ritual: getting dressed. This may mean only adding a daub of war paint or freshening a grass girdle. Or it may be the painstaking ceremonious robing of a monarch. For most of us, however, it means the exchange of nightwear for day clothes. Although nakedness does still exist in some isolated communities, there appears to be no society that is entirely composed of totally unadorned human beings. The desire to alter or to add to the original natural state is so prevalent in the human species that we must assume it has become an inborn human trait. When did it begin? It certainly precedes recorded history. Bodily covering was probably the first man-made shelter and the human skin the earliest canvas. Standing erect with his arms and hands free to function creatively, man must have soon discovered that his anatomical frame could accommodate a wide variety of physical self- improvements. His shoulders could support a mantle to protect him from the elements. To stand out above his peers and indicate his superior position, he found his head could be excellent foundation for adding stature and importance. Intertwined with these motivating factors and building on them was the human instinct for creative expression, an outlet for aesthetic spirit. B. Changes in needs and outlooks often blur the purposes that originally gave articles of human raiment a raison d’être. Vestiges are relegated to tradition; others undergo a kind of mutation. The sheltering mantle, for example, can become a magnificent but cumbersome robe of state. Amulets, their symbolism lost or forgotten, become objects of decoration to show off the wearer’s wealth. Man is a gregarious creature. And although innovations and changes may be initiated by individuals, the inspiration that triggers them grows out of the innovator’s environment, and their acceptance or rejection is determined by his society. Nothing so graphically reflects social and cultural patterns as the manner in which individuals within a society alter their original appearance. C. Fashion can be a powerful force. Societies evolve for themselves a set of rules, and most people, consciously or subconsciously, do their best to conform. The nonconformists, those who do not wish to join in this game, must either sever their relationship and go it alone or suffer the consequences. These regulations are hardly capricious. Their roots are in the foundation of a society which, although composed of individuals, develops an identity of its own and an instinct for self-preservation. A homogeneity in dress is a Page 7/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
8. manifest catalyst, a visible unifier of a social group. Because this is so, costume if read properly can give us an insight not only into the class structure of a social organization but also into its religion and aesthetics, its fears, hopes and goals. Today our clothes continue to reflect our anxieties and how we try to cope with them. Our society is rapidly becoming global. The recent worldwide rage for jeans is an example of this new universality and the wholesale movement to break down past barriers – geographical and social. D. “Fashion is the mirror of history,” King Louis XIV of France correctly observed. But if one were to transpose a fashion into another era, it would be unlikely to make sense. How, for example, could an Amazonian Indian or a Roman senator rationalize a hoop skirt, a starched ruff, or a powdered wig? Yet scrutinized through the specialist’s lens, such vagaries of dress can help chart the course of social mores, moral codes, the march of science and the progress of the arts. This would explain why the genealogy of clothes receives the rapt attention of the psychologist, sociologist, economist, anthropologist and art historian, each posing the same question: “Why do people wear what they wear?” Why, indeed, have human beings chosen to transform themselves so astonishingly? For the sake of the flesh or the spirit? For themselves and their own inquisitive nature or for the eyes of beholders? What has driven them? Ambition? Fear? Humility? There is and can be no single adequate response. Which section Your answers explains why non-mainstream fashion risks the possibility of social disapproval? 79. ________ makes the point that fashion cannot be taken out of its historical context? 80. ________ suggests a temporal link between wearing clothes and painting the body? 81. ________ explains that certain clothes eventually become recognized as merely of historical 82. ________ interest? suggests that someone might dress in a particular way in order not to attact 83. ________ attention? suggests that clothes could be used to assert social standing? 84. ________ mentions a fashion item which reflects a trend in society? 85. ________ mentions clothes being put on in a very elaborate manner? 86. ________ mentions satisfying one’s own curiosity as a positive motive for dressing in unusual 87. ________ way? offers an explanation for the way in which dress codes originate? 88. ________ Part 5. You are going to read an extract from a novel. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (89-95). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. If Heather should return now, of course, or even five minutes from now, it would still be all right. Harry's thought that he might never see her again could then be dismissed as a delusion, an absurd over-reaction to an excess of solitude and silence. And from the notion that, at any second, Heather would return, calling to him as she came down the track, part of his mind could not be dislodged: the orderly, housetrained, rational part. 89 To spend half an hour sitting on a fallen tree trunk halfway up a pine-forested mountainside, whilst the warm glow of the afternoon sun faded towards a dusty chill and silence - absolute, windless, pitiless silence - quarried at the nerves, was enough to test anyone's self-control. He wished now that he had gone with her to the summit, or stayed in the car and listened to the radio. Either way he should really have known better than to wait where he was. He took a deep breath. 90 Nor, if the truth be told, did he ever want to again. Two hours ago, he and Heather had been basking in the sun just down the coast. Now even visualising the scene was difficult, for Profitis Ilias possessed the power to consign every memory and perception beyond its own domain to half-forgotten remoteness. And Profitis Ilias had been Heather's choice. 'We could drive up there in half an hour from here,' she had said. 'It's a fantastic place. Deserted old Italian villas. And stupendous views. You must see it.' 91 Page 8/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
9. At first Harry had detected nothing amiss in their growing isolation. It was not until they had reached the hotel that the road served and found it, as expected, closed for the winter, that the character of Profitis Ilias made itself known. Silence, he rather thought, was at the bedrock of its mood. Silence the empty hotel and the ruined villas in the woods around seemed merely to magnify, as if abandoned habitations were worse than no habitations at all. 92 For he could not help remembering that, when they had first left the car and strolled down to admire the view the hotel commanded, he had glanced up at the wooden balconies and red-painted shutters that gave the building its stolid, Alpine quality - and seen a figure withdraw abruptly from one of the unshuttered first floor windows. 93 It had been a stiff climb from the hotel up the uneven, overgrown path towards the summit, and Heather had set a sharp pace. Out of breath and far from his normal stamping grounds, Harry had been willing enough, in the circumstances, to stop at a point where a fallen tree blocked their route while she went on to the top. 94 Peace of mind, he reckoned now, had lasted no longer than a minute or two. Since then, his thoughts had ranged over many subjects, but always they had returned to what in his surroundings adamantly refused to be ignored: silence so total that the ears invented a half-heard chorus of whispering voices in the trees around, silence so complete that his straining senses insisted that somewhere, above or around him, something must be watching him. 95 Or he could follow the path to the top, in case she was in some difficulty or had simply lost track of time. That, he concluded, was really the only choice open to him. He started along it, feeling at once the relief that action brings after the suspense of indecision. A. Harry had felt no such obligation, preferring the decor of a dozen caf es he could think of to any vista of nature, however supposedly breathtaking. Nevertheless, he had raised no objection. And so they had come, driving up the winding road through the village of Salakos, till all the other traffic was left behind and only the limitless ranks of pine and fir stood witness to their progress. B. Two months ago, the hotel would still have been open for the season, the children of its guests playing in the grounds, perhaps even climbing on the very tree trunk where Harry sat. It was surprising to discover how uncomfortable he found it to be alone. If, that is, he was alone. C. 'Take the keys,' she had said, 'in case you want to go back to the car.' Then she had added, noticing his frown: 'Don't worry. I won't be long. I can't turn back now, can I?' And so saying, she ·had scrambled up round the tree, smiled back at him once, and then gone on. Nearly an hour ago, and seemingly a world away, that last smile beckoned to Harry from up the wooded slope. D. Harry looked at his watch. It was nearly four o'clock, which meant that there was little more than an hour's daylight left. He could return to the car, in case Heather had done so herself by a different route. He could stay where he was, on the grounds that that was where she would expect to find him. But one glance around reminded him that he could bear to remain there no longer. E. It was only in the chaotic realm of instinct and sensation that a contrary suspicion had taken root, only, as it were, in the part of himself that he did not care to acknowledge. Besides, Harry had every justification for blaming his anxious state on the position in which he found himself. F. At the time, he had dismissed it as a trick of the light, but now the memory added its weight to all the other anxieties by which he was beset. Why had she not returned? She had seemed so confident, so reassuringly certain that she would be back before he had had a chance to miss her. G. But first he had to find Heather. Dismayed by how reluctant he felt to shout her name aloud, he began to follow the path, still faithfully bordered with flints, as it twisted along the ridge between outcrops of rock and gnarled, wind-carved cedars. If she had kept to the path, he could not fail to find her. But if she had not .... H. It was growing cold now in the shadow of the mountain, yet the coastal plain below was still bathed in warm, golden sunlight. Only here, on the thickly conifered slope, could the waning of the day no longer be ignored. Why had she not returned? She could scarcely be lost, not with the guidebook and a compass. After all, she had been to Profitis Ilias before, which Harry never had Page 9/11 Đề dự bị HSG Bảng A Tiếng Anh 2019-2020
10. IV. WRITING (6 points) Part 1. (1.5 points) Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it. Your summary should be about 120 words long. Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called “Generation M” are spending a considerable amount of their time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering away as much as half of their time again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after the other. Some young people are juggling an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time that they are working, young adults are also surfing on the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the telephone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. As some new device comes along it too is added to the list rather than replacing one of the existing devices. Other research has indicated that this multitasking is even affecting the way families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house nor can they eat at the family table. All this electronic wizardry is supposedly also seriously affecting young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their perception of the impact of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, the overwhelming majority of young people gave a favorable response. The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multitasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later development of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because of the lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the workforce need to be taught all over again, as they have become deskilled. While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays; in fact, too much. 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11. Part 3. Essay writing (3 points) “Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune” (Jim Rohn) How do you understand the quotation? How important is self-study to a person’s wellbeing? What should be done to promote learning autonymy? 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