Title ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ DUYÊN HẢI LỚP 10 HUẾ 2024.docx ✅

1 CHUYÊN QUỐC HỌC - HUẾ 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 LẦN THỨ XV, NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 10 Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) I. LISTENING (50 POINTS) Part 1. You will hear a man talking to teenagers about archery and do the following tasks. (10 points) Questions 1-3: Complete the flow chart below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARCHERY Archery first used to hunt and in warfare - bows were straight String removed from curved bows when (1) ____not in use______ ↓ All cultures had bows and arrows - (2) _____Native Americans_____ best-known for using them ↓ Advent of (3) _____firearms_____ saw a decline in use of bows and arrows ↓ Archery as recreational activity grew in popularity Questions 4-5: Complete the summary below. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. SAFETY PROCEDURES All equipment must be used properly and safely. Archers must not think of the bows and arrows as (4) _____toys_____. Nobody is allowed to enter the (5) _____target area_____ until told to do so by the group supervisor. Each participant must use their weapon only when instructed to do so. TRANSCRIPT Man: OK, can you gather round again? Is everyone here? ... No, we're missing two ... Ah, here they come now. Right, the next activity is the last one before lunch. So, archery ... and I can tell you this activity is the favourite of a lot of our visitors. It's great fun and very relaxing. It can also be competitive. I think we should get the idea, have some practice and then introduce a bit of competition if you're up for it. Good idea?
2 I'm going to start with the basics. Archery is the practice - or art, some might say - of using a bow to propel an arrow. Archery was initially used for hunting and combat - an important aspect of warfare in the distant past. Today, archery is largely a recreational activity and sport. The very first bows and arrows - and we're going back thousands of years - were very simple. The bow was straight but bent into a curve when the string was pulled back. The further back the string was drawn, the greater the tension and the faster and further the arrow flew. Later, bows were designed to be curved. This meant there was an existing inbuilt tension and the archer, that's you in a few minutes, exerted less energy drawing back the string. When curved bows were (1) not in use, they were unstrung. That means the string was taken off so that the bow was not left in a state of tension. I think it's interesting that almost every culture had bows and arrows at some time during their development. Of course we've all seen (2) Native Americans with bows and arrows in the movies but the very oldest bows originate from Scandinavia and northern Europe. The use of bows and arrows died out with the invention of (3) firearms, though I must point out that the earliest gunners ... were far less efficient than an expert archer. Archery as a recreational activity started to become popular not long after that. Anyway, that's enough history. Do go online, though, if you want to know more. Right - the practical side. First of all safety. Now you might have played with bows and arrows when you were kids but these bows and arrows aren't (4) toys. They're not dangerous if used properly and safely but they certainly can be dangerous if used carelessly. So everyone, please stand here, on this side of the line until I say otherwise. Nobody walks towards the targets until I say it's safe do so. When I say so, everyone puts down their bow and then we can all go into the (5) target area. Each of you will fire one at a time. I don't want to see anyone load their bow when it's not their turn. When you've fired, you put your bow down and wait until it's your turn again. Is that clear? Part 2. You will hear a podcast about how to make better decisions. For questions 1-5, decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). (10 points) 1. Barack Obama eliminated wardrobe choices to save mental energy for more critical decisions. T 2. Research shows that all decisions, regardless of their size, consume different amounts of energy. F 3. Scientists have found that staying well-hydrated and consuming a breakfast with slow-release carbohydrates can help improve decision-making. T 4. Daniel Kahneman's research indicates that people are generally more motivated by potential gains than by the fear of loss in big decisions. F 5. When making an important decision, it is beneficial to seek advice from an objective friend. T TRANSCRIPT Someone once said that life is just one decision after another and I agree.
3 Some decisions are small, like what to wear but some are so big they'll affect us for decades to come, like choosing a career. When I'm facing a big decision I make sure I do three things. Free up my brain's bandwidth, give it the fuel it needs and get honest advice from a friend. By eliminating the small choices in life you save the best of your brain's ability for the really important things. When he was in office, (1) Barack Obama removed one decision from his daily life - what to wear. It was always a grey or blue suit and a white shirt because he knew the science behind decision-making and that by wearing a kind of uniform he'd save bandwidth for the really important choices. (2) Scientists studying the brain have seen that all decisions, big or small, consume the same amount of energy. A small decision takes the same amount of energy as a big one. So when you need to make really important decisions, like which university to apply to or which job offer to accept be vigilant about not wasting energy on decisions that aren't going to make a massive difference to your life. Save your brain's bandwidth for things that really matter. Your brain needs fuel to think just as much as your body does to move. Thanks to advanced imaging we can watch the brain working away more clearly than ever before. It’s the most complex and energy-demanding organ we have. If you're very hungry neurotransmitters can't be produced which results in communication between the brain's 86 billion neurons breaking down, compromising your ability to think and make good decisions. So when you need to make an important decision make sure you're not hungry. And I don't mean reach for the biscuit tin. (3) Research shows that drinking plenty of water and having a slow-release carbohydrate breakfast like porridge will help you think clearly. Omega-3 is also a brilliant brain food. You can find it in oily fish and pumpkin and sunflower seeds. It doesn't mean you can't treat yourself but do try to give your brain this kind of fuel too. The final step is to stop the fear of loss dominating your decision-making. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman spent a decade studying human decision-making and found that (4) in big decisions we're generally more afraid of loss than we are motivated by gain. According to his research, this means we often pick the safest option rather than the one that will have the most positive impact on our lives. Kahneman's got a great tip for getting over this fear of loss. Ask the advice of a friend who's not afraid to drop some truth bombs even if it means your feelings get a bit roughed-up. (5) An objective friend can help you identify the best decision because they're not weighed down by the fear of what could be lost. In the end the decision is always yours but it helps to seek this kind of advice. So the next time you're facing