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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BÌNH ĐỊNH TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT (Đề thi gồm 15 trang) KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ NĂM 2024 Môn: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 10 Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1. You will hear a student called Janet talking on the phone to the manager of a sports centre about a job and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (10 points) White Water Sports Centre Manager's name: 1. ______Steve Thompson________ Job available: 2. ________pool attendant______ (part-time) Job responsibilities: – supervising swimmers – care of 3. _______(the) equipment_______ for beginners' classes – carrying out 4. ________water quality tests______ regularly Days: Mondays and Wednesdays Working hours: 5. _______6 (p.m.)_______ to ________10 (p.m.)______ TRANSCRIPT V1: Hello, White Water Sports Centre. Janet: Hello, I wanted to enquire about a job at the centre. V1: Right, I’ll just put you through to the manager. Steve: Hello, Steve Thompson speaking. Janet: Hello, er, my name’s Janet Willis, Er, I’m looking for a part-time job and I saw an ad saying that you have some vacancies. I was wondering what sort of people you were looking for. Steve: Well at present we’re looking for a part-time pool attendant. Janet: oh, yes, I’ve spent the last three summers working for a children’s summer camp, so I did a lot of pool supervision, and I’m actually a sports student – water sports is my special area. Steve: Ok, well no need to ask if you can swim then … Janet: No,  I’m  certainly not afraid  of the water. So what does the job at the pool involve? Steve: you’d mainly be responsible for supervising the swimmers – we have to watch them all the time, obviously, in case of accidents, so you’d have regular shifts there. Janet: Ok.
2 Steve: Then as well as that, you’d have to look after the equipment that’s used by the beginners’ classes Janet: Right – and would I be involved in teaching them at all? I’d be quite interested in that. Steve: Well, they have their own instructor, so that’s not really part of the job. The attendant’s job does involve taking regular water quality tests … but you wouldn’t be involved in cleaning the pool or anything like that. Janet: Ok. And the ad said you wanted someone just twice a week. Steve: yes, that’s right. Janet: Can I choose which days? Steve: Erm, well if you’d rung up earlier you could have done but i’m afraid it’s got to be Mondays and Wednesday – we’ve got someone for Tuesday and Thursdays, and the weekends are already fully staffed. Is that going to be a problem for you? Janet: No, that should be alright. And the ad said it was evening work, right? Steve: yes, you start at 6, and the pool closes at 9:30, but you wouldn’t get away until 10 by the time you’ve checked the lockers and changing rooms. Janet: Fine. Part 2. You will hear a conversation between a journalist and politician about the government plans. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (10 points) 1. The government is planning to decrease expenditure on public hospitals. F 2. There will be a rise in the state subsidy for prescription medicines. F 3. The government is going to maintain the same level of expenditure for the education sector. T 4. There will be increased government funding for research and development. T 5. It is on the government agenda that there will be a rise in the expenditure on public works. F TRANSCRIPT Journalist: Can you tell me, minister, what your government plans to do if they are returned to office after the next election? Particularly in the areas of health, research and education. Politician: We certainly plan to raise the level of funding for public hospitals, including providing funds to create more hospital beds. Journalist: So that means building more hospitals? Politician: Yes. That is definitely on our agenda. Journalist: And would your health package include an increase to the subsidy on prescription drugs? Many essential medicines are terribly expensive and some people can’t afford them at all. Politician: We already have a very high level of subsidy for prescription medicines, and negotiations are currently taking place with the major drug companies to try to get them to improve efficiency and lower
3 their prices. We see this as a mor useful approach, which should result in less government money being spent on this. Journalist: Oh. OK. Education is another very important area. Do you anticipate allocating more money to build schools, in particular primary schools, some of which are now very old? Politician: Yes, we do of course see education as important, but we feel that the current level of funding is appropriate and we hope that by closing some schools in areas where the population has dropped, that we’ll be able to find the money to subsidize schools that are in need. Journalist: And what about R and D, research and development? Compared to many other countries, the amount of money provided for scientific research in this country is extremely low. So much so that many of our best scientists are forced to go overseas. Politician: This is an area of serious concern, and we are planning to allocate over 3 billion dollars in university research grants over the next five years. We accept that this is an area that has been under- funded. Journalist: Finally, minister, let’s look at our road transport system. The current trend seems to be for the government to seek private funding for the construction of major roads…which the drivers then pay to use. Do you see this as fair? Politician: Basically, it makes sense. If a road or tunnel is built by a private company, then that company must be entitled to charge motorists to use it. This allows us to have a safe, modern road system at no additional cost to the state, which in turn means that we, as a government, don’t have to set any additional funds aside for public works of this nature. Part 3. You will hear part of a discussion in which two educationalists, David Shaw and Anoushka Patel, talk about education standards in the UK. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits according to what you hear. (10 points) 1. What criticism does Anoushka make of primary school education? A. It has remained the same for too long. B. The teachers are inadequately prepared. C. It is not sufficiently varied. D. Pupils no longer find it enjoyable. 2. According to the statistics David quotes, the secondary school exam results pupils achieve ______________. A. have caused the national average to fall dramatically. B. cannot be directly compared to those of foreign pupils. C. do not reflect the true level of education in the UK. D. can be accurately predicted when they leave primary school.
4 3. Anoushka says that pupils who perform poorly do so because ______________. A. they lack the ability to concentrate in class. B. education is not a top priority for them. C. teachers are unable to provide them with enough attention. D. it is impossible for their parents to buy books. 4. David claims that universities are guilty of ______________. A. ignoring the advice given by the Department of Education. B. making it easier for students to get good degrees. C. accepting too many applications from school leavers. D. exaggerating the quality of teaching they offer. 5. Anoushka makes the point that universities in the UK ______________. A. have adapted to meet the needs of society. B. should not have to answer questions about their policies. C. have maintained a traditional approach to education. D. are still considered to be the best in the world. TRANSCRIPT There's been a great deal of criticism levelled at education standards in the UK recently. is this criticism justified? David: If statistics are anything to go by, the answer is a definite 'yes'. There was some progress made between 1995 and 2005 in literacy and reading, but since then it has stalled. The result has been that we've been overtaken by countries improving at a faster rate. So, we've now slipped down to a dismal 23rd in the global league table. It's a worrying statistic. Anoushka: It is, and it's one that doesn't seem to be about to change in the near future. Unfortunately, the current system places too much emphasis on preparing primary school pupils for the transition to secondary school. As a result, there is an overemphasis on tests at primary school, which in turn means that the curriculum is significantly narrowed. It seems to be a case of testing rather than teaching, with those pupils who are good at passing tests coming out on top when they leave primary school. David: And those who lag behind at the age of 11 seldom catch up. By 'behind' I mean not reaching level four at the end of primary school. Only 6.5% of pupils who fall into this category obtain the benchmark five good GCSE exam passes at secondary school when the national average is up at 58.2%. And by good GCSE's, I mean from grades A to C. Obviously, this figure of just over one in twenty does not compare favourably with the 46% and 95% who reach the benchmark after leaving primary schools at levels four and five respectively. These statistics show exactly why progress has stalled. It's simply because those performing poorly have been unable to improve.