Tiêu đề ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ DUYÊN HẢI QUẢNG NAM LỚP 11 2024.docx ✅

1 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ XV, NĂM 2024 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 11 Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 16/ 07/ 2024 ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT Đề thi gồm 20 trang SECTION A: LISTENING (50 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU ● Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. Thí sinh có 20 giây để đọc mỗi phần câu hỏi. ● Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 03 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe. ● Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe Part 1: For question 1-5, listen to a recording about Apple Pay and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) or Not Given (NG). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 pts) 1. The primary advantage of Apple Pay compared to other digital wallets lies in its own ecosystem it operates on. T 2. Banks have to allocate large portions of their own budget upon the rise of Apple Pay. NG 3. Traditionally, banks would receive profits via the use of bank cards from product sellers. T 4. However, with the business model of Apple Pay, banks can only retain one fourth of the fees charged to sellers. F 5. Losing its own identity as a bank is the butterfly effect that banks are fearful of when letting Apple Pay rise to its status. F TRANSCRIPT We've created an entirely new payment process and we call it Apple Pay. When Apple Pay was introduced in 2014, it wasn't the first digital wallet but it had a big advantage over its competitors: The iPhone. And now Apple Pay is activated on 78% of iPhones in the US. If you want to use an iPhone in store, it's very difficult to use a different wallet like when you tap and pay at the register than Apple Pay. It was also the only digital wallet that banks agreed to pay a fee for every transaction. Here's why: banks make money on debit and credit card purchases from interchange fees which merchants pay to the bank that issued your card when you shop with it. Those fees are usually 1 to 3% of your purchase when you shop with a credit card. So if you buy that coffee for $5 and your credit
2 card has a roughly 2% interchange fee, the bank gets about 10 cents. But if you use Apple pay, the bank has to pay three quarters of a cent to Apple rather than pocketing 10 cents on the $5 transaction. The bank would instead keep just over nine cents on one small transaction that doesn't seem like much, but it adds up. Apple took in an estimated $782 million from Apple Pay last year. Initially, it was like, well, you know, better to be on board with this and have our cards used an Apple Pay than be cut out completely. Because if you know, we don't play ball, what could happen? Could Apple develop some other mechanism that cuts out cards? These Apple collects from Apple pay only make up About 1% of the company's revenue from services that includes things like the App Store, Apple Music and iCloud. But that number is growing. It's estimated that the amount Apple Pay collected nearly doubled between 2020 and 2022. But it's not just money that banks are losing to Apple. It's name recognition. It's not good enough for the banks to be the underlying card that's used on one of these third party wallets. Their concern is that once you lose that entire experience, it's just a slippery slope from there where eventually you'll have a tech company that is actually the lender and they don't need you behind the scenes. Part 2: For questions 6-10, you will hear part of a news report on The Eras Tour by Taylor Swift. Give short answers to the questions USING NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. (Write your answers in the spaces provided.) (10 pts) 6. What is the action by Taylor Swift fans to show their enthusiasm mentioned in the report besides saving money, planning outfits and singing along? Wove /weave friendship bracelets 7. What is another title coined for Taylor Swift in the report? 33-year-old pop phenom 8. What were spiking uncontrollably in the event of the tour? resale prices 9. What are offered by The Eras Tour mentioned in the report in addition to the extensive list of songs and dancing performances? dazzling costume changes 10. What aspect of the tour has the analyst Mara Klaunig been tracing? (its) financial ricochet TRANSCRIPT It’s the end of an era, for now, Taylor Swift closing out the first leg of her blockbuster Eras Tour that's enchanted Swifties, who spent their savings, planned their outfits, wove friendship bracelets, and, of course, sang their hearts out, inside the stadium and tailgating in the parking lot. The 33-year-old pop phenom is shattering ceilings with this tour, predicted to be the highest-grossing in history, over $1 billion in sales. Demand alone broke records. She sold a whopping two million tickets in the first 24 hours, temporarily shutting down Ticketmaster, driving resale prices through the roof, and even prompting calls for action in Washington. Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say: I'm the problem. It's me. At her first stop in Glendale, Arizona, renamed Swift City for the event, I scored tickets for me and my
3 daughter. The lengths Swifties have gone to see her perform are matched only by the performance itself, three hours packed with 44 songs, surprise performances, dazzling costume changes, and choreography spanning 10 studio albums, or eras. Fans met the excess with their own. On average, people spend about $100 to $500 on any given concert. People are spending $1,300, on average, to go see Taylor Swift. Mara Klaunig is an economic analyst at Camoin Associates, and a Swiftie herself, who has tracked the tour's financial ricochet. They're doing things like getting outfits and hair and makeup and nails to, like, match their favorite era. They're -- you know, they're going out to dining at bars and restaurants that have themed menus. I think just the whole -- like, the whole experience around the concert is unlike anything we have ever seen. Part 3: From questions 11 to 15, you will hear an interview with the head of an employment agency about job expectations, and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 pts) 11. How does Diane Webber view ‘jobs for life’? A. She laments the departure from the previously established norm. B. She expresses a sentiment that the contributions of some long-tenured employees were not as impactful as desired. C. She believes that employees should have exhibited greater scrutiny towards the rationale presented by their employers. D. She expresses a longing for a heightened level of security within the workplace environment of the past. 12. According to Diane, younger workers in today’s workplace ______________. A. acquire the requisite skills during their initial stages of employment. B. engage in horizontal career transitions that offer strategic advantages. C. anticipate the commencement of benefits upon assumption of their position. D. engage in periodic job transitions to achieve a more elevated professional standing. 13. What is Diane's perspective on the issue of staff longevity within organizational structures? A. Staff continuity proves advantageous at both the junior and senior leadership levels. B. Contemporary competitive landscapes challenge long-term employee retention. C. Collaborative work structures diminish the importance of long tenures. D. Value staff continuity, but prioritize necessary transitions. 14. In Diane's view, what specific advantages accrue from a more dynamic staff turnover rate? A. enhanced organisational productivity