BOGIAODUCVADAOTAO =—KY THI CHON HOC SINH GIOI QUOC GIA THPT DE THI CHINH THUC NAM HQC 2019 - 2020 Mén thi. TIENG ANH Thoi gian: 4180 phut (kh6ng ké thdi gian giao 48) 86 PHKCH yay thi thir nhét: 27/12/2019 BAN cine} ‘12 rang © Thisinh khong duge sit dung tai ligu, ké cd tir dién. * Giém thi khong giai thich gi them. |. LISTENING (50 points) HUONG DAN PHAN THI NGHE HIEU ‘+ Bainghe gém 4 phan; méi phan duge nghe 2 lén, mdi lén cach nhau 10 gidy; mé dau va két thac mBi phan Inghe c6 tin higu. ‘+ Mé adu va két thc bai nghe o6 nhac higu. Thi sinh c6 02 phat a8 hoan chinh bai trade nhac higu két thc bai nghe. ‘*. Moi huéng dn cho thi sinh a oé trong bai nghe. Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to part of a radio program about online dating and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 1. There are nearly 395 million online dating service users worldwide. 2. The dating service app named Momo has the greatest number of subscribers in China. 3. 70% of interracial marriages in the U.S. result from online dating services. 4. The app Bumble is unconventional in that women can take a proactive role there. 5, Britain has witnessed a great increase in the number of sexual predators. Your answers: T. 2 3 a 5. Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to part of a news report about a natural disaster In Venice and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS taken from the recording for each answer. 6. In addition to people's residences, what were damaged by the three record-high tides? 7. Except for the sidewalks, what parts of St. Mark’s Basilica were also soaked in saltwater? 8. What are put between the wet book pages to absorb the water? 9. What does the Moses project construct to hold back the tide? 10. What factor besides human incapability has accounted for the delays in the Moses project? Page 1 of 12 pagesPart 3. For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with Kevin Langtree, who has just been voted Best Young Chef of the Year and 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. 111. How does Kevin account for his success? ‘A. He tries to love every minute of the work. B. He learns a lot from the diversity of food and people he meets. C. He envisions how takeaway meals will become in the future. D. He leams to stop being unkind towards fast food. 12, What is Kevin's opinion about fish and chips? ‘A. He is ambivalent about having them every day. B. He finds them indispensable in Britons’ diet C. He thinks they do not bring the diversity that he loves. D. He wants to incorporate them into food from different countries. 13, What does Kevin think about restaurants and takeaways in Britain? ‘A. Finding a parking slot to have meals is a major problem. B. They should be restructured to display more variety. C. Too many of them are from India and China. D. They'e all very difficult to get to without a car. 14. What does Kevin say about the American fast-food outlets? ‘A. They target children and young people. B. They are cheaper than the other restaurants. C. They make every customer look cool. D. They are slowly taking over other fast-food outlets. 15. On mentioning root vegetables, what point does Kevin want to make? ‘A. British people are becoming more and more xenophobic. B. There is greater choice, but imported foodstuffs are expensive. C. The root vegetables produced in Britain in the past were best. D. Cosmopolitan food reflects a generally less insular society. Your answers: 11 72. 73, 14, 75. Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a radio presenter named Finbarr Baird discussing reports in the news about first-born children being the smartest siblings and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank. © Baird is not happy with deceptive (16) appearing in the news this week. '* According to research, the reason for first-borns’ superior performance lies in more parental care taken of them, rather than their (17) ‘+ Baird suggests it is natural for parents to feel (18) on the birth of their second child and subsequent children. in the early days of ‘+ The research confirmed that first-borns get (19) childhood and this gives them an advantage, which is evident from as early as one year of age. ‘© Such advantage is repeatedly manifested in (20) +The research accounts for what scientists term (21) . which sees children born later into a family being more likely to eam and achieve less. © Asa matter of fact, itis only (22) that is missing for younger siblings at times; the (23) they enjoy is more or less the same as that for frst-borns. ‘+ The conclusions drawn from the research make sense to Baird as (24) from parents for each of their kids is disproportionate to the number of children they have. * Much as Baird finds the research interesting and useful in confirming our intuitions, he is annoyed by the (25) which is why he wants to explain the findings clearly. Page 2 of 12 pagesPart 3. For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with Kevin Langtree, who has just been voted Bost Young Chef of the Year and 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. 11. How does Kevin account for his success? A. He tries to love every minute of the work. B. He learns a lot from the diversity of food and people he meets. C. He envisions how takeaway meals will become in the future, D. He learns to stop being unkind towards fast food. 12. What is Kevin's opinion about fish and chips? ‘A. He is ambivalent about having them every day. B. He finds them indispensable in Britons’ diet. C. He thinks they do not bring the diversity that he loves. D. He wants to incorporate them into food from different countries. 13. What does Kevin think about restaurants and takeaways in Britain? ‘A. Finding a parking slot to have meals is a major problem. B. They should be restructured to display more variety. . Too many of them are from India and China. D. They're all very difficult to get to without a car. 14. What does Kevin say about the American fast-food outlets? ‘A They target children and young people. B. They are cheaper than the other restaurants. C. They make every customer look cool. D. They are slowly taking over other fast-food outlets. 15. On mentioning root vegetables, what point does Kevin want to make? ‘A. British people are becoming more and more xenophobic. B. There is greater choice, but imported foodstuffs are expensive. C. The root vegetables produced in Britain in the past were best. D. Cosmopolitan food reflects a generally less insular society. Your answers: 11 2, 3, % 15. Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a radio presenter named Finbarr Baird discussing reports in the news about first-born children being the smartest siblings and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in each blank. ‘* Baird is not happy with deceptive (16) appearing in the news this week. + According to research, the reason for first-borns’ superior performance lies in more parental care taken of them, rather than their (17) © Baird suggests it is natural for parents to feel (18) on the birth of their second child and subsequent children. ‘+The research confirmed that first-borns get (19) in the early days of childhood and this gives them an advantage, which is evident from as early as one year of age. * Such advantage is repeatedly manifested in (20) +The research accounts for what scientists term (21) . which sees children born later into a family being more likely to earn and achieve less. + Asa matter of fact, itis only (22) that is missing for younger sibiings at times; the (23) they enjoy is more or less the same as that for first-borns. * The conclusions drawn from the research make sense to Baird as (24) {rom parents for each of their kids is disproportionate to the number of children they have. © Much as Baird finds the research interesting and useful in confirming our intuitions, he is annoyed by the (25) , which is why he wants to explain the findings clearly. Page 2 of 12 pagesll, LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1. For questions 26-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 26. The Egyptian archeologists discovered an enormous quantity of in the tombs of the Pharachs, including dainty gold and silver cups. ‘A. bequests: B. legacies C. heirlooms D. artefacts 27. He a gift out of his suitcase and handed it to his son. ‘A. demonstrated B. embraced C. produced D. exhibited 28. The older generation find contemporary art utterly ; ‘A. impenetrable B. unreformable C. impassable D. inveterate 29. The detective is at straws since there's almost no clue to the identity of the killer. ‘A. clutching B. clinging . clustering D. clasping 30. The road is packed with vehicles! That's at rush hour! ‘A.a going concern B. a hue and ory C. par for the course D. part and parcel 31. As Jerry hasn't put any effort into his work, he doesn’t seem worried about his prospects. ‘A. scandalously B. lavishly C. unduly D. worthlessly 32. The candidate was by furious advocates of his opponents when delivering a speech yesterday. ‘A. heckied B. scrutinized C. dissected D. extolled 33, He has just finished a of compulsory military service. ‘A. bout B. stint C. patch D. spurt 34. Is no good constantly complaining but at the same time being totally ‘You have to do something to help yourself. A idle B. apathetic C. worried D. enraged 35, |_____it to him that he was lying to me, but he persisted in denying it A talked B. got C. laid D. put 36. The defence counsel convincingly. the evidence against the accusation of the state prosecutor. ‘A. saw about B. vouched for C. set forth D. seized on 37. The professor's research made a great contribution to community, that it was funded by the government. A.as far as B. so long as C. even so D. so much so 38. They say he was a dictator, but the list of human rights abuses during his reign speaks volumes about the contradiction to this. ‘A. benevolent B. vicious C. callous D. depraved 39. | think it would be better for your grandfather to get to the same physiotherapist is compassionate and besides, he there. he was in the previous time; the A. takes the lead B. passes the buck _C. does wonders D. knows the ropes 40. Having messed around for a lengthy period of time, he eventually made up his mind to put his tothe wheel. A hand B. shoulder C. knee D. foot Your answers: 26. 27. 28. 28, 30. Ei 32. 3, 34. 35 36. 37. 38. 38. 40. Part 2. For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in each sentence in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. Your answers: 41, Mia's teachers said her behaviour had been so (ERRANT) lately that we might | 41. have to take her out of school 42, Johnny is such a (COMPANY) chap. It's a delight to spend time with him. 42, 43, The museum boasts a superb collection of World War Il (MEMORY). 43, 44, The overnight attack of the police took the criminals (AWARE); they were all | 44 arrested, 45, Breeding animals in captivity can help to avoid the genetic dangers of (BREED) | 48 ‘small populations of endangered species. Page 3 of 12 pagesIll, READING (50 points) Part 4. For questions 46-55, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. WOMEN’S RIGHTS Itis fewer than 100 years since women were finally and fully (46) in the United Kingdom. Women over the age of 30 were allowed to vote in 1918, provided they met minimum (47) qualifications. In other words, if they didn't own or part-own a house or flat, for example, they would not be (48) __the vote. It was, ‘ot until 1928 that women were given the same rights as men, (49) to vote from the age of 21. The voting age was then (50) for both men and women in the U.K. in 1969, which was around the time when many women had begun fighting for equality with men in the home and in the workplace. The Women's Liberation Movement began in the 1960s and was (51) with issues such as equal opportunities, equal pay and domestic violence. Traditionally, it had been almost impossible for women to be (52) , especially if they were married and had children. They were usually financially dependent on their husbands. Things had ‘only begun to change for women towards the end of the nineteenth century when they were allowed to keep any money they eared with the introduction of the first Married Women's Property Act in 1870. Women gained a little more independence in 1964 when this act was (53) ‘and women were allowed to keep haif of any savings they might have made from money their husbands gave them for housekeeping. Today, women in countries like the U.K. have the same rights as men (54) the law. This, however, is not the case for a great many other women alll over the world, so the (55) Tor female emancipation goes on. 46, A liberated B. enfranchised C. emancipated D. freed 47. A formal B. proper C. property D. material 48. A granted B. approved C. offered D. accepted 49. A being allowed B. allowing C. having allowed D. having been allowed 50. A plunged B. declined C. fallen D. reduced 51. A dealt B. interfered C. associated D. concemed 52. A emancipated B. entitled C. self-sufficient D. self-complacent 53. A.corrected B. revised C. improved D. abolished 54. A according B. in terms of C. over D. under 55. A combat B. struggle C. competition D. fighting Your answers: 46, a7. 48. 48. 50. 51 52. 53, 54, 55. Part 2. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. CRITICAL THINKING ‘Society has long cherished the ability to think beyond the ordinary, and in a world where knowledge is revered and innovation equals progress, those able to bring forth greater insight and understanding are destined to make their mark. ‘Critical thinking as an attitude is embedded in Western culture. There is a belief that argument is the way to finding truth,” observes Adrian West, research director at the Edward de Bono Foundation U.K., and a former computer science lecturer at the University of Manchester. ‘Although there's littie debate that information technology complements — and often enhances — the human mind in the quest to retain information and process an ever-growing tangle of bits and bytes, there's increasing concern that the same technology is changing the way we approach complex problems and ‘conundrums, and making it more difficult to really think. ‘We're exposed to greater amounts of poor yet charismatic thinking, the fads of intellectual fashion, opinion, and mere assertion,’ says West. ‘The wealth of ‘communications and information can easily overwhelm our reasoning abilities.’ What's more, it's ironic that ever- ‘growing piles of data and information do not equate to greater knowledge and better decision-making. What's remarkable, West says, is just ‘how little this has affected the quality of our thinking.’ ‘According to the National Endowment for the Arts, literary reading has declined 10 percentage points, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Many, including Patricia Greenfield, a UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, Los Angeles, believe that a greater focus on visual media exacts a toll ‘A drop-off in reading has possibly contributed to a deciine in critical thinking,’ she says. ‘There is a greater emphasis on real-time media and multitasking rather than focusing on a single thing. Nevertheless, the verdict isn’t in and a definitive answer about how technology affects critical thinking is not yet available. Instead, critical thinking lands in a mushy swamp somewhere between perception and reality; measurable and incomprehensible. Arriving at a clear definition for critical thinking is tricky. One source describes it as ‘purposeful and reflective judgment about what to believe or what to do in response to observations, experience, verbal or written expressions, or arguments.’ Overlay technology and that's where things get complex. ‘We can do the same critical-reasoning operations without technology as we can with it — just at different speeds,’ West says. Page 4 of 12 pages