Tiêu đề ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 HÀ TĨNH 2024-2025.pdf ✅

2 TRANSCRIPT Int: Hi Mandy. You started off as a successful disc jockey and now you’re a singer in a great new band! When did you get your first job as a DJ? Mandy: Well, when I finished school, I trained as a nurse for a year, but I wasn’t very good at that (1). I’d always loved music, and I wanted to save money to buy equipment, so I started looking after elderly people. As soon as I had enough, I bought what I needed (2). I got my first job as a disc jockey almost immediately. Int: But then you started singing instead. How did that happen? Mandy: Well, I’d been a disc jockey for about four years, then last year, I read about a DJ competition in Ireland and I entered. I did some live singing on stage that night and one of the judges asked me if I’d be interested in 10 singing professionally (3). I was very lucky, really. Int: So now you’re in a band called ‘Dish’. Tell us about your new record, the one that’s in the shops now... Mandy: Yes. It’s called ‘Up and Down’. It’s about a girl who is never really happy with her life. She’s always up and down, wanting too much and never being satisfied (4). I’m not that kind of person fortunately, nor are my friends! It does have a nice ending. Int: And you’re working on a new CD? Mandy: Yes, but we haven’t finished recording that yet. There are still two more songs to do but I’m very proud of it. It’s traditional rock but we’ve included some electronic music too to make it really unusual (5). I just hope the public will buy it! We think it’s great! Int: And what kind of music do you listen to at home? Mandy: That’s difficult. The music I like best has words that mean something to me, I suppose (6). I love dance music too, but you can’t listen to it all the time and I generally prefer female artists to male, I think too. But that depends on the singer. Int: And your future plans? Mandy: Oh! I’ve got so much work to do at the moment – television performances and concerts, it’s hard to plan. But I’d really like to own a night club one day... somewhere great to dance, so that’s my next project (7). One day, perhaps I’ll try to learn to play the guitar – that would be nice – but I’m too busy to think about it at the moment. I can write and sing, that’s what I do best. Int: Well, lots of luck with your new CD and thanks for coming. Mandy: You’re welcome! Part 2: For question 8 – 15, listen and decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 8. Mary Shaw thinks that perfection is just make-believe. T 9. According to Mary Shaw, the more you improve, the closer you get to perfection. F
3 10. She advised musicians to focus on the goal of delighting the audience. T 11. She said that language learners should focus on the success of communication in stead of grammatical errors. T 12. She advised young athletes not to participate in competitions if they feel fear of failure. F 13. She recommended that to be productive, perfectionists should extend the time to finish the task. F 14. According to Shaw, a number of perfectionists tend to mention any information available in their presentations. T 15. She said that everyone should be content with an average performance without putting 100% effort. F TRANSCRIPT Is being a perfectionist a good thing or not? I believe that perfection is not only impossible to achieve but rather like trying to find the mythical pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. I'd say it's nothing more than a fantasy (8). The closer you get to it, the further away it moves. The more you improve, the more room for improvement you'll find (9). Aiming for perfection is one thing. Expecting perfection, demanding it and beating yourself up for falling short, dooms you to frustration and diminished confidence and motivation. Musicians are a good example of how aiming for perfection can actually harm performance. Instead of just losing themselves in the music, the more they focus on their technique while practicing for a concert, the more nervous they like you to be and won't give their best performance. Why? Because they know that the likelihood of a completely perfect performance is close to zero. Instead what they should be focusing on is what they want to communicate to the audience and how to achieve this (10). I feel that the biggest problem with perfectionists is that they sometimes get so stuck in the detail that they forget the goal, which in the case of musicians, is to move and delight an audience. This is true for many different skills. Learning a language for example. Instead of worrying about getting the accent absolutely right or not making any grammar mistakes at all, learners should be focused on getting their message across (11). And I'm certain they'll find their accuracy will also gradually improve in the process. Another problem with perfectionists, which worryingly is quite common among young athletes, is that they won't even take part in some competitions because their fear of failure prevents them from even trying to win (12). They don't consider anything less than winning an option. They're more relaxed peers who are willing to have a go. They're the ones who are more likely to succeed as they'll learn from their experience and their mistakes. Striving for perfection can also be harmful because perfectionists can never leave something alone. Even when they're done with a task, they can't help trying to find new things to improve on. This lingering process starts off as ten minutes, then extends to thirty minutes, then to an hour or more, and so they become less productive as a result (13). The way I always recommend avoiding this is to fix a time limit and stick to it. An inevitable
4 result of this is the realisation that good enough is usually, well, good enough. It's not just artists and sports people who need to learn this lesson. It applies to everyday activities as well. When giving a presentation, for example, I think it's good to bear in mind that old saying less is more. It's far better to try and make a few points clearly rather than lots of points in great depth, which will be lost on the audience. But many perfectionists have a tendency to include every possible piece of information, so nothing gets left out (14). Of course, no one is saying that you should lower your standards and be content with an average performance. The point is still to aim high and put in 100% effort, but to be satisfied by fulfilling your potential (15). That's all anyone can ask. Perfectionism is most common in those people who were driven. Part 3: For questions 16 – 25, listen and complete the following text, write ONE WORD ONLY taken from the recording in each blank. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces. Having long dealt with targeted intimidation (16) ______ campaigns _______, growing hate speech and impersonation, Twitter users now will have to face up to threats caused by cut and changes by their new owner, Elon Musk. According to Shannon Bond, Choudhary, founder of a digital rights (17) _______ organization ______ called Software Freedom Law Center, is already familiar to real-world consequences caused by an understaffed social media platform. Twitter had already had difficulty in containing its worldwide effects before Musk forced the (18) ______ resignation _______ of hundreds of workers as well as abolished thousands of contractors. Prior to Musk’s acquisition, Twitter regarded South Asia nations as the markets accepting the occurrence of mass atrocity. Moreover, Shannon McGregor, a communications professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says it’s a problem shared by the major social (19) _______ networks ______; they don’t have enough people who understand the language and the culture and the politics to be (20) _______ involved ______ in these things. Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive director of Equality Labs, says that it is not clear to her at all that Musk knows the kinds of (21) _______ liability ______ he’s creating with these sort of antics which include selling blue (22) _______ checkmarks ______ previously used for high-profile accounts announcing the reinstatement of banned ones. Musk’s elimination of the core team may lead to free rein being given to evil individuals or organizations to pervert the (23) ______ platform _______ for manipulating important elections. In other words, the possibility of the proliferation of media manipulation and disinformation propagandas is (24) _______ enormous ______. Twitter is in a legal battle with India, the Prime Minister of which has imposed regulations to (25) ______ censor _______ critics on social media. TRANSCRIPT MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Impersonation, increasing hate speech, targeted intimidation campaigns