ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT CHY - HY lớp 10
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT CHY - HY lớp 10
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT CHY - HY lớp 10
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HƯNG YÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI & ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
LẦN THỨ XIV
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH- LỚP 10
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
Your answer:
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. ________
Part 2: Listen to a piece of news on the hidden environmental danger of electric cars and
decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVCRHSScuCM
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1. In nations such as Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, the requirement for water in order to acquire
lithium is negligible.
2. It is unlikely that reducing the demand for new cobalt alleviates the agony of local people.
3. Obtaining materials from used batteries is less cost-effective than extracting raw ones.
4. The characteristics of the modern battery business further compound the already-pressing
problem.
5. Because of not being to select what kind of batteries arriving at their operations, recyclers
need to adopt various approaches.
Your answer:
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. ________
Part 3. You will hear an interview with Angus Johnson, who does research into longevity. For
questions , choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
(Gold Advanced Coursebook)
1. What does Dr Johnton think about peode who attribute longevity to genetic factors?
A. They are deliberately ignoring the evidence.
B. They are unwilling to face reality.
C. It may lead them to take silly risks.
D. They lack confidence in this belief.
2. How does Dr Johnson respond when people say most people died young in the past?
A. He explains that this was due to the prevalence of untreatable illnesses.
B. He agrees on the basis that so many people died in their infancy.
C. He says that people should look at examples from the past.
D. He explains that people aged much more quickly in the past.
3. When, according to Dr Johnson, can a job shorten life expectancy?
A. When it is so disagreeable that people are really unhappy at work.
B. When the burden of responsibility is too great.
C. When there is a demand to meet unrealistic deadlines.
D. When workers are paid in accordance with how much they produce.
4. How does Dr Johnson eplain the role of conscientiousness in longevity?
A. It makes people feel anxious about their health.
B. It forces people to change the way they live.
C. It makes people consider simplifying their lives.
D. It ensures that people take good care of themselves.
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5. Dr Johnson says that marriage contributes to women's longevity
A. if they are content with the relationship.
B. if their partner is happy about their being together.
C. if they get married when they're young.
D. if their partner also lives for a tool time.
Your answer:
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. ________
Part 4. Listen to a piece of news on heatwave in Europe and how it impacts people’s life. For
each question below, fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61smwVyp8Iw
Europe is witnessing an early summer heat wave as record temperatures are making for
(1)__________________ in many cities. The children seem to be enjoying splashing in
fountains in Spain today, but underneath the (2)__________________ are families desperate
to cool down. In France, the authorities have closed or restricted 4,000 schools as a
(3)__________________.
A heatwave from (4)__________________ has spread across large parts of Europe all week,
spanning from the U.K. to Italy to the Czech Republic. In Berlin, police
(5)__________________ to salvage dying grass and trees. In Catalonia, firefighters struggled
to control a wildfire (6)__________________. Micheal Mann, who works as an
(7)__________________ in Penn State University, has put this heat wave down to the
slowing down of the jet stream. According to an Spanish expert, if a heat wave lasts for three
or four days, you will see (8)__________________of the increase in mortality for three or
four days after it's gone. In 2003, as many as 70,000 people died across the continent due to
what were then record-breaking temperatures. We should expect more intense and frequent
heat waves with climate change, because it will (9)__________________. Mr Mann also said
that (10)__________________ implies that we sort of have arrived in a new regime we know
how to deal with, which is not applicable now.
Your answer:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
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9. 10.
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A. to try B. trying C. like trying D. of trying
14. The doctor told her that she once had ______ that she was now suffering from anxiety
disorder.
A. so shocked B. so strong a shock C. been so shocking D. so strong shock
15. Ann, _______for the safety of her child, ran to stop him playing near the electric socket.
A. concerned B. concerning C. to concern D. to be concerned
16. ______, the immigrant workers are torn between their dreams and their real possibilities.
A. Overworking and badly paid B. Overworking and being badly paid
C. Having overworked and badly paid D. Being overworked and badly paid
17. I feel that I have a huge responsibility trying to choose only one option, but _______ the last
option may be the best one.
A. I dare to say that B. I dare say that
C. I dare not say that D. I dare not to say that
18. Although she is ______ older than I am, one could think there were quite a few years
between us.
A. not as much B. no much C. not that much D. much
19. _______ is that I’ve promised to make friend with the dishonest girl.
A. The only thing what I regret B. What I regret most
C. All what I really regret most D. What that I regret most
20. _______, all the matter is formed of molecules.
A. It doesn’t matter if the complex B. It’s not a complex matter
C. No matter how complex it is D. How complex is not a matter
Your answer:
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________
16. _________ 17. _________ 18. _________ 19. _________ 20. _________
Part 2. Complete each of the following sentences with (a) suitable preposition(s) or particle(s).
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
1. The team chalked ______ its first regular-season victory by beating Miami.
2. I believe that sooner or later good must triumph ______ evil.
3. I felt that Peter was _______ the level when he said he hadn’t taken the money.
4. Short hair seems to be _______ vogue this year.
5. I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered ______.
6. My aunt never married because her father wouldn't consent ______her marriage.
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7. I have to spend a little time on my own before I give a speech, psyching myself _______.
8. I am so hungry I could polish ______ all the food.
9. I thought he was joking - I didn't realize he was ______ earnest.
10. She is always running _____her friends behind their backs. She won’t have any friends left.
Your answer:
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
Part 3: Use the correct form of each of the words given to fill in the blank in each sentence.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
1. The Earth is experiencing a major ______ in the climate. (HEAVE)
2. The huge amount of money they won in the lottery was simply______. (JAW)
3. Found in ________ condition, the house is intended to be demolished. (DOWN)
4. The American government classifies tobacco smoke as class one______. (CANCER)
5. Because the roof of the house is made of ______ materials, it is much cooler than others in the
same village. (HEAT)
6. If vaccine supplies are low, they should be reserved for ______children, who are at much
greater risk. (IMMUNE)
7. Sleeping during day and working when night comes sounds seemingly __________.
(SCIENCE)
8. The disease, causing extreme stomach upsets, is caused by a ______ parasite. (WATER)
9. Antiseptics and ______ are widely used in hospital to kill the bacteria. (INFECT)
10 . You are becoming a(n) ___________. Just go outside and see what happens. (LAY)
Your answer:
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
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Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighborhood (4) ____. ‘Poor neighborhoods once
had strong kinship, but now prosperity buys privacy’, said Chinn.
Professor John Luke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large number of
surveys. He found that in America and Britain the amount of time spent in social activity is
decreasing. A third of people said they never spoke to their neighbor at (5)____. Andrew Mayer,
25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in west London, with two flat mates, who work
in e-commerce. ‘We have a family of teachers upstairs and lawyers below, but our only contact
comes via letters (6) ____to the communal facilities or complaints that we’ve not put out our bin
bags properly’, said Mayer.
The (7) ____of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in burglaries and (8)
____of vandalism, the police have relaunched crime prevention (9) ____such as Neighborhood
Watch, (10) ____on people who live in the same area to keep an eye on each other’s houses and
report anything they see which is unusual.
1. A. exhibited B. conducted C. displayed D. revealed
2. A. barely B. roughly C. nearly D. virtually
3. A. outlook B. view C. vision D. sight
4. A. ties B. joints C. strings D. laces
5. A. least B. once C. all D. most
6. A. concerning B. regarding C. applying D. relating
7. A. breakout B. breakthrough C. breakdown D. breakaway
8. A. acts B. shows C. counts D. works
9. A. assaults B. ideas C. schemes D. raids
10. A. asking B. calling C. inviting D. trying
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2. For following questions, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided. (15 points)
Football is traditionally a man’s sport, but now the women are muscling in on their act, or so
it seems. So many top male footballers have been transferred (1) ______________ astronomical
sums of money that the game has become more a high-powered business than a sport. This is
when the women come in, more motivated, more interested in the game (2)_______________
than in promoting themselves and generally better behaved both (3) ______________ and off the
pitch, (4) ______________ a strong contrast to (5) ______________ male counterparts’ greed
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and cynicism. Indeed, according to FIFA, the world football governing body, the future of
football belongs to women, and the organization has set (6)______________ to actively promote
women’s football. Perhaps, in (7) ______________ of the fact that women are half the world
population, this is how it should be. In the USA, many members of national women’s football
teams are better known than male footballers, and some professional female players in both
North America and Europe have attracted lucrative sponsorship deals. Generally, two problems
beset women’s football: the need to be taken more (8)________________ and for more funding
to be made available. (9) ______________ these have been achieved along with the blessing of
FIFA, we should see footballers who are accessible, cooperative, decent and supporting in
(10)______________ of the spoiled mercenary star boys of sport.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
HISTORY OF THE CHICKENPOX VACCINE
Chickenpox is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the Varicella zoster virus;
sufferers develop a fleeting itchy rash that can spread throughout the body. The disease can last
for up to 14 days and can occur in both children and adults, though the young are particularly
vulnerable. Individuals infected with chickenpox can expect to experience a high but tolerable
level of discomfort and a fever as the disease works its way through the system. The ailment
was once considered to be a “rite of passage” by parents in the U.S. and thought to provide
children with greater and improved immunity to other forms of sickness later in life. This
view, however, was altered after additional research by scientists demonstrated unexpected
dangers associated with the virus. Over time, the fruits of this research have transformed
attitudes toward the disease and the utility of seeking preemptive measures against it.
A vaccine against chickenpox was originally invented by Michiaki Takahashi, a Japanese
doctor and research scientist, in the mid-1960s. Dr. Takahashi began his work to isolate and
grow the virus in 1965 and in 1972 began clinical trials with a live but weakened form of the
virus that caused the human body to create antibodies. Japan and several other countries began
widespread chickenpox vaccination programs in 1974. However, it took over 20 years for the
chickenpox vaccine to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), finally
earning the U.S. government’s seal of approval for widespread use in 1995. Yet even though the
chickenpox vaccine was available and recommended by the FDA, parents did not immediately
choose to vaccinate their children against this disease. Mothers and fathers typically cited the
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notion that chickenpox did not constitute a serious enough disease against which a person
needed to be vaccinated.
Strong belief in that view eroded when scientists discovered the link between Varicella
zoster, the virus that causes chickenpox, and shingles, a far more serious, harmful, and longer-
lasting disease in older adults that impacts the nervous system. They reached the conclusion that
Varicella zoster remains dormant inside the body, making it significantly more likely for
someone to develop shingles. As a result, the medical community in the U.S. encouraged the
development, adoption, and use of a vaccine against chickenpox to the public. Although the
appearance of chickenpox and shingles within one person can be many years apart - generally
many decades - the increased risk in developing shingles as a younger adult (30-40 years old
rather than 60-70 years old) proved to be enough to convince the medical community that
immunization should be preferred to the traditional alternative.
Another reason that the chickenpox vaccine was not immediately accepted and used by
parents in the U.S. centered on observations made by scientists that the vaccine simply did not
last long enough and did not confer a lifetime of immunity. In other words, scientists considered
the benefits of the vaccine to be temporary when given to young children. They also feared that it
increased the odds that a person could become infected with chickenpox later as a young adult,
when the rash is more painful and prevalent and can last up to three or four weeks. Hence,
allowing young children to develop chickenpox rather than take a vaccine against it was believed
to be the “lesser of two evils.” This idea changed over time as booster shots of the vaccine
elongated immunity and countered the perceived limits on the strength of the vaccine itself.
Today, use of the chickenpox vaccine is common throughout the world. Pediatricians
suggest an initial vaccination shot after a child turns one year old, with booster shots
recommended after the child turns eight. The vaccine is estimated to be up to 90% effective and
has reduced worldwide cases of chickenpox infection to 400,000 cases per year from over
4,000,000 cases before vaccination became widespread. ■ (A) In light of such statistics, most
doctors insist that the potential risks of developing shingles outweigh the benefits of avoiding
rare complications associated with inoculations. ■ (B) Of course, many parents continue to think
of the disease as an innocuous ailment, refusing to take preemptive steps against it. ■ (C) As
increasing numbers of students are vaccinated and the virus becomes increasingly rarer,
however, even this trend among parents has failed to halt the decline of chickenpox among the
most vulnerable populations. ■ (D).
1. The word “tolerable” in the passage 1 is closest in meaning to
A. sudden B. bearable C. infrequent D. unexpected
2. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the chickenpox virus?
A. It leads to a potentially deadly disease in adults.
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B. It is associated with a possibly permanent rash.
C. It is easily transmittable by an infected individual.
D. It has been virtually eradicated in the modern world.
3. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence?
Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential
information.
A. U.S. parents believed that having chickenpox benefited their children.
B. U.S. parents believed that chickenpox led to immunity against most sickness.
C. U.S. parents wanted to make sure that their children developed chickenpox.
D. U.S. parents did not think that other vaccinations were needed after chickenpox.
4. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 2 about the clinical trials for the
chickenpox vaccine?
A. They took longer than expected. B. They cost a lot of money to complete.
C. They took a long time to finish. D. They were ultimately successful.
5. The word “notion” in the passage 2 is closest in meaning to
A. history B. findings C. fact D. belief
6. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is true of Varicella Zoster?
A. It typically attacks adults who are over 60 years old.
B. It is linked to a serious disease that occurs more commonly in adults.
C. It likely is not a serious enough threat to human health to require a vaccine.
D. It is completely eradicated from the body after chickenpox occurs.
7. According to paragraph 3, all of the following is true about the chickenpox virus EXCEPT:
A. It causes two distinct yet related ailments.
B. People did not view it as a serious public health threat.
C. It tended to quickly become dormant and remain inoperative over time.
D. Vaccination against it would help prevent the onset of shingles.
8. The author uses booster shots as an example of
A. a way to increase the effectiveness of the chickenpox vaccine
B. a preferred method of chickenpox rash and fever treatment
C. a scientifically approved medicine to eliminate chickenpox
D. a strategy for parents to avoid vaccinating their child altogether
9. According to paragraph 4, many parents did not choose the chickenpox vaccine because
A. they believed that the virus was weak and not especially harmful
B. they thought that scientists did not have enough data to reach a conclusion
C. they were unsure about the utility of the vaccine given its expected duration
D. they were convinced it was potentially very toxic, particularly for older children
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10. Look at the four squares [▪] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the
passage. “Meanwhile, some continue to remain unconvinced, citing a supposed potential of
the vaccine to do harm.” Where would the sentence fit best?
A. (A) B. (B) C. (C) D. (D)
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 4: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
TOURISM
A Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than
most commentators have considered. On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject
for a book. And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining
weightier topics, such as work or politics, it might be thought that they would have great
difficulties in accounting for more trivial phenomena such as holidaymaking. However, there are
interesting parallels with the study of deviance. This involves the investigation of bizarre and
idiosyncratic social practices which happen to be defined as deviant in some societies but not
necessarily in others. The assumption is that the investigation of deviance can reveal interesting
and significant aspects of normal societies. It could be said that a similar analysis can be applied
to tourism.
B Tourism is a leisure activity which presupposes its opposite, namely regulated and organised
work. It is one manifestation of how work and leisure are organised as separate and regulated
spheres of social practice in modern societies. Indeed acting as a tourist is one of the defining
characteristics of being ‘modern’ and the popular concept of tourism is that it is organised within
particular places and occurs for regularised periods of time. Tourist relationships arise from a
movement of people to, and their stay in, various destinations. This necessarily involves some
movement, that is the journey, and a period of stay in a new place or places. ‘The journey and the
stay’ are by definition outside the normal places of residence and work and are of a short term
and temporary nature and there is a clear intention to return ‘home’ within a relatively short
period of time.
C A substantial proportion of the population of modern societies engages in such tourist
practices new socialised forms of provision have developed in order to cope with the mass
character of the gazes of tourists as opposed to the individual character of travel. Places are
chosen to be visited and be gazed upon because there is an anticipation especially through
daydreaming and fantasy of intense pleasures, either on a different scale or involving different
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senses from those customarily encountered. Such anticipation is constructed and sustained
through a variety of non-tourist practices such as films, TV literature, magazines records and
videos which construct and reinforce this daydreaming.
D Tourists tend to visit features of landscape and townscape which separate them off from
everyday experience. Such aspects are viewed because they are taken to be in some sense out of
the ordinary. The viewing of these tourist sights often involves different forms of social
patterning with a much greater sensitivity to visual elements of landscape or townscape than is
normally found in everyday life. People linger over these sights in a way that they would not
normally do in their home environment and the vision is objectified or captured through
photographs postcards films and so on which enable the memory to be endlessly reproduced and
recaptured.
E One of the earliest dissertations on the subject of tourism is Boorstins analysis of the pseudo
event (1964) where he argues that contemporary. Americans cannot experience reality directly
but thrive on pseudo events. Isolated from the host environment and the local people the mass
tourist travels in guided groups and finds pleasure in inauthentic contrived attractions gullibly
enjoying the pseudo events and disregarding the real world outside. Over time the images
generated of different tourist sights come to constitute a closed self-perpetuating system of
illusions which provide the tourist with the basis for selecting and evaluating potential places to
visit. Such visits are made says Boorstin, within the environmental bubble of the familiar
American style hotel which insulates the tourist from the strangeness of the host environment.
F To service the burgeoning tourist industry, an array of professionals has developed who
attempt to reproduce ever-new objects for the tourist to look at. These objects or places are
located in a complex and changing hierarchy. This depends upon the interplay between, on the
one hand, competition between interests involved in the provision of such objects and, on the
other hand changing class, gender, and generational distinctions of taste within the potential
population of visitors. It has been said that to be a tourist is one of the characteristics of the
modern experience. Not to go away is like not possessing a car or a nice house. Travel is a
marker of status in modern societies and is also thought to be necessary for good health. The role
of the professional, therefore, is to cater for the needs and tastes of the tourists in accordance
with their class and overall expectations.
Questions 1-5
Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below Write the
appropriate numbers (i-ix) in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.
Paragraph D has been done for you as an example.
NB. There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them You may use any
heading more than once.
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List of Headings
i The politics of tourism
ii The cost of tourism
iii Justifying the study of tourism
iv Tourism contrasted with travel
v The essence of modern tourism
vi Tourism versus leisure
vii The artificiality of modern tourism
viii The role of modern tour guides
ix Creating an alternative to the everyday experience
1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
3. Paragraph C
Example Answer
Paragraph D ix
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
Questions 6-10
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading passage? In boxes
6-10 write :
YES if the statement agrees with the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
6. Tourism is a trivial subject.
7. An analysis of deviance can act as a model for the analysis of tourism.
8. Tourists usually choose to travel overseas.
9. Tourists focus more on places they visit than those at home.
10. Tour operators try to cheat tourists.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1. The chart below gives information about levels of education by age range in the UK
in 2010. Write a report in around 150 words to identify the main trends and make
comparisons where relevant. (20 points)
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Part 2: Write about the following topic:
Many young children have unsupervised access to the internet and are using the internet to
socialize with others. What problems do children face when going online without parental
supervision? How can these problems be solved?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience. Write at least 250 words
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