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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI PHÚ THỌ DỰ THI CẤP QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2020-2021 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) LISTENING (40 points) Part 1 (10 points). You will hear part of a discussion in which two consultants, Abbie Dale and Ryan Richardson, are talking about two different small businesses that have achieved success. For question 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding boxes 1. What does the company Ryan has chosen encourage its customers to do? A. Buy every kit it produces B. Create new designs and submit them C. Personalise their online purchases D. Tell others how good the products are 2. According to Abbie, the social clothing company's__________. A. like to draw attention to themselves B. are willing to help in publicity campaigns C. show creativity in the videos they send in D. have become fiercely loyal to the brand 3. Ryan believes that the main difference between two companies is__________. A. the number of employees they have taken on B. the way in which they have developed C. the variety of problems they have to solve D. the age range they cater for 4. What does Abbie find most astonishing about the company she talks about? A. Its skill in collaborating with partners. B. The owner's ability to keep developments secret. C. The fact that it has grown so fast. D. The number of products it aims to launch. 5. According to Ryan, people who buy and assemble the electronic kits__________. A. should start their own businesses B. are surprised by their simplicity C. find the experience rewarding D. aren't frightened of making mistakes Your answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2 (10 points). Listen to the recording about congestion charging scheme and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding boxes. 6. The congestion charging zone covers some places within London's inner ring road. 7. There are road signs to signal the congestion charging zone. 8. All British and European car registration plates can be captured and realized by police's computer. 9. All of the money from this scheme is spent on upgrading road systems. 10. Due to applying the charging zone, London's public transport services are more effective. Your answer: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3. (20 points) ĐỂ CHÍNH THỨC
You will hear a financial expert called Alexandra Harrow talking about the influence of the mobile phone on the way people transfer money on a radio show. For question 11-20, complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. M-Pesa is a way of effecting (11) _______ and making purchases and payments using your mobile phone. The head of the UK's Department for International Development had a fund at his disposal to invest in a project that would help improve access to (12) _______ . Although some could afford to repay small loans, poor people of Africa were generally ignored by the traditional banking system because their custom was not viewed as (13) _______ to worry about. The idea for M-Pesa was inspired by how Africans had started using pre-paid mobile airtime as a form of (14) _______ and a new way of making payments. The system developed by the DfID and Vodafone was only intended to be used to repay (15) _______. People with relatives in (16) _______ found the new system very handy for making fund transfers back home from the big city. In Kenya, M-Pesa shops now outnumber (17) _______dramatically, which demonstrates the significant influence the new payment system has had there. Despite its success in parts of Africa, (18) _______ has really yet to start using mobile money at all. Mobile money contributes to tackling (19) _______ in traditionally cash-driven economies, which is why it has become so popular. Mobile money also helps to stop (20) _______ because it makes it very hard to hide payments and income. Your answer: 11. 16. 12. 17. 13. 18. 14. 19. 15. 20. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points) Part 1 (20 points). Choose the word/phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1. He_______ so much harm on the nation during his regime that it has never fully recovered. A. indicted B. inferred C. induced D. inflicted 2. Union leaders called for________ between themselves and the government. A. speeches B. consultations C. debates D. elections 3. For many young people, driving cars at high speed seems to ________ a rather fatal fascination. A. contain B. comprise C. weave D. hold 4. On the news there was some dramatic ________ of the earthquake that had been captured by an amateur cameraman. A. shooting B. scenery C. footage D. clipping 5. I did not mean to offend her but she took my comments________ and now will not talk to me. A. amiss B. awry C. apart D. aside 6. Serena is still ________ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be made redundant. A. blissfully B. decorously C. jubilantly D. ecstatically 7. I know budgets are tight, but where safety is concerned I don't think we should cut________. A. rounds B. ways C. corners D. lines 8. The flights are full at the moment, so you'll have to________. A. run a stroke of luck B. get a better luck C. be down on your luck D. take pot luck 9. Given the appalling weather conditions on the top of the mountain, I'd say the chances of their finding any survivors are very________ indeed. A. narrow B. lean C. remote D. shallow
10. I'd say let's meet on Saturday, but I'm none________ sure what's happening at the weekend. A. so B. very C. that D. too 11. The price of bread has just doubled, but with ________inflation what can you expect? A. rampant B. profuse C. steadfast D. staunch 12.Some of the cattle were placed in quarantine for fear of the disease being________. A. contractual B. congenital C. contagious D. contentious 13. The question of peace settlement is likely to figure________in the talks. A. prominently B. prolifically C. proportionately D. properly 14. The collapse of the silver market left him financially________. A. desolate B. dejected C. destitute D. derelict 15. What happened ________ their car broke down on the motorway so they didn't get to Jo's wedding on time. A. to be that B.being that C. was that D. to that 16. I wanted to talk, but she was determined to sweep the matter under the________. A. cupboard B. table C. carpet D. bed 17. I had to get through a lot of________ tape, but I finally got the documents I needed. A. blue B. red C. pink D. yellow 18. Jack: This medicine tastes horrible! - Jill: ________ , it will cure your cough. A. Be that as it may B. Come what may C. How much horrible is it D. Whatever it tastes 19. I'd give up my job________ if only I could find a better one. A. at one swoop B. at the drop of a hat C. on the dot D. on the spur of the moment 20. Oil spills will B. at the drop of a hat even the healthiest of marine ecosystem. A. play havoc on B. break ground with C. pay the consequences for D. take their toll on Your answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 2 (10 points). Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space to complete the passage. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. In January 2001, the (1. govern) ________Panel Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report on climate change. Climate models worked out by giant super-computers had become far more reliable since the previous report in 1995 and allowed them to (2. praise) ________ the earlier projections for global warming. Their conclusions were that something very serious is happening and that it cannot be a natural process. The 1990s was the hottest decade for 1,000 years and the Earth is warming faster than at any time in the last 10,000 years. According to the report, human activities are (3. equivocate) ________ to blame for the temperature rise. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and, due to deforestation, there are fewer trees to absorb this gas and recycle back into oxygen. Methane (4.concentrate) ________have also gone up dramatically because of increases in rice culture and (5.cattle) ________ both of which generate methane from (6. compose) ________vegetation. These greenhouses gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and cause the temperature to rise. In the worst case, the resulting melting of ice-caps and glaciers would cause sea levels to rise by up to 88 cm. endangering the homes and (7. lively) ________ of tens of millions of people who live in low-lying regions. Unfortunately, there is far greater (8. unanimous) ________among the world's scientists over the issue than among politicians. As long as 1990, the IPCC recommended a 60 % reduction in carbon dioxide (9. emit) ________, as the basic level required to return the planet's climate to a healthy level. Governments globally failed to (10. act) ________ these proposals. Now that the dangers have been reaffirmed by the latest report, it is high time that governments took an active interest in exploring alternative, renewable energy sources. Your answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. READING (75 points) Part 1 (16 points). Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. Apathy or ignorance? Kande Beach is located on the western shore of Lake Malawi, one of Africa's Great Lakes. It is an idyllic location with guaranteed sunshine for much of the year (1) ________ than the rainy season, so it is hardly surprising that the resort there is much in (2) ________with tourists. Many go to enjoy the multitude of activities on (3) ________, such as scuba diving and horse riding. Yet (4) ________ simply want to lounge about relaxing on the shore, taking the odd dip to cool down now and then. Yet few tourists seem to appreciate the fact that on the very doorstep of their little paradise - at the edge of their bubble, if you will lies the evidence in microcosm of a desperately impoverished country. Kapeti Village, for example, is but a stone's (5) ________ from the resort. Here, according to local leaders, the prevalence of one particular very serious incurable illness is alarming at more than 33%. In other words, fewer than two (6) ________ three people are free of disease. However, that incurable disease is far from the only problem, with malaria, cholera and other serious illnesses also wreaking havoc. But is the general apathy amongst tourists a sign that they care less? Well, it would seem not. Whilst it may be a tall order to burst their bubble and remove the illusion of paradise found, efforts to do so are not entirely in (7) ________According to locals running village tours, it isn't (8) ________ they see the extent of deprivation for themselves that tourists begin to appreciate the problem. Then and only then do they begin to open their eyes, but at least it's a start. Your answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part 2 (14 points). You are going to read an extract from an article. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one that fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. SMALL SHOT, BIG IMPACT Some vaccines appear to provide extra benefits. Michael Brooke looks at them from a new perspective. Have a look at your left shoulder: if you are past your mid-twenties it almost certainly bears a circular scar. Do you remember how it got there? You queued up in the school hall, perhaps, or outside the nurse's office, watching your friends rubbing their arms as they walked away, relieved at having survived their jab. 1. There is growing evidence that vaccines have a wider-ranging influence on the immune system than we thought. In Africa, for instance, studies have shown that the measles vaccine cuts deaths from all other infections combined by a third, mainly by protecting against pneumonia, sepsis and diarrhea. 2. The World Health Organization, which is the main provider of vaccines in developing countries, has asked a group of vaccine experts to get to the bottom of it. "This could have huge implications for healthcare," says Christine Benn, a senior researcher at the Statens Serum Institute in Denmark and a member of the WHO committee. "Vaccines have been a fantastic success, but we can probably do much better by taking non-specific effects into account. An examination if these issues is long overdue." 3. In the 1940s and 50s, trials in the US and UK suggested that BCG-vaccinated children had a 25 per cent lower death rate from diseases other than TB. But nobody took much notice until the late 1970s, when a Danish anthropologist called Peter Aaby began working in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau. In 1979, he witnessed a severe measles outbreak that killed 1 in 4 infants affected. Aaby arranged for measles vaccinations