Đề thi chọn đội tuyển dự thi HSG quốc gia lớp 12 THPT tỉnh Bình Thuận năm 2016 - vòng 2

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI THÀNH LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG GIỎI
BÌNH THUẬN LỚP 12 DỰ THI QUỐC GIA
Năm học : 2016-2017
Ngày thi : 19.10.2016
Đề chính thức Môn : TIẾNG ANH
Đề này có 16 trang Thời gian :180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề )
Chú ý : Học sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi Số thứ tự Số phách
------------------------------------------------------------- ĐỀ I. LISTENING (50 pts)
Part 1: You will hear two students talking about a presentation. Listen and answer questions 1-10.
For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer A,B or C. Write your answer in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. Maya chose the topic of lifelong friendships because
A. it was an unusual area of research.
B. she had a particular interest in it.
C. someone suggested it to her.
2. Maya says that the sample of people she used
A. was smaller than she wanted it to be.
B. was typical of the population in general.
C. was the basis for further work.
3. The problem with the questionnaire was that
A. it wasn’t well constructed.
B. the subjects couldn’t engage with it.
C. too much time was required to complete it.
4. Maya says that when she conducted the interviews, A. she keeps brief notes.
B. the subjects were all very relaxed.
C. they followed a clear structure.
5. What does Maya say about other research in the area?
A. A lot of it contradicted her findings
B. It wasn’t very easy to find
C. It was carried out in the same way as hers Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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For questions 6-10, complete a flow chart below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer
Lifelong friendships presentation
Origins of friendship ( age, where began, circumstances, etc.) : 1 table
Effects of change of 6 ………………………………………..: 2 tables
Effects of 7 ………………………………………..: 1 pie chart
Comparisons between descriptions of
8 ………………………………………..: patterns of extreme change
Changes in 9 ………………………………………..: 1 pie chart
10 ………………………………………. ( e.g. sports, musical tastes) : continuing or changing
Part 2: Listen to an interview about the overweight in the USA. For questions 11-15,
choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
11. In Classical times, most people
A. died during infancy or childhood. B. died around the age of 28. C. died between 60 and 70.
D. were ill for more than half their life.
12. Life expectancy has increased mainly because people
A. still go jogging when they’re in their eighties.
B. spend their state pension on food and exercise.
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C. worry less about having poor health.
D. have better healthcare and a healthier lifestyle.
13. Professor Clark’s personal opinion is that
A. soon, most people will reach the age of 100.
B. the human lifespan has a natural limit.
C. in the future 100-year-olds will be fitter than 80-year- olds today.
D. people will have to take up keep-fit in their fifties.
14. In Britain and North America, elderly people
A. have to work after the retirement age.
B. are not treated as well as in most other places.
C. are often abandoned by their families.
D. prefer to live in nursing homes.
15. In modern cities in China and India, families are
A. taking better care of the elderly than they used to.
B. allowing elderly people to lead independent lives.
C. asking grandparents to look after children.
D. taking worse care of the elderly than they used to. Your answers 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 3: Listen to a radio interview about the ageing population. For questions 16-23,
complete the notes with the phrases/numbers you hear:
It is widely believed that (16) _________________ have risen dramatically over the last 30
years in the USA. The overweight account for 75% of American adults, with (17)
_________________ classed as obese, that is “dangerously overweight”.
Weight gain occurs through a straightforward energy imbalance. There are several factors in
the USA that have contributed to this imbalance. Firstly, people eat differently now. Too much
sugar in the diet makes it harder for the body to burn fat. Snacks are sold by (18)
_________________ found in schools across the country, and calorific ‘fast food’ is cheap and
easily available. What is more, (19) _________________ are recognized as being generous.
Changes in the way of life have also been a major cause. Many communities are built in ways
that make it difficult to be physically active. A (20) _________________ has evolved with the
average young American child watching up to 28 hours of TV a week.
In the USA, many people, as a consequence, regard obesity a (21) _________________,
with serious consequences for both personal fitness and (22) _________________. The medical
care costs of obesity are staggering - (23) _________________ - so the US government has
been trying to combat the problem.
The obesity trend does appear to be slowing down owing to government initiatives and greater
(24) _________________. Over the last ten years obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But
Donna Ryan, president of the Obesity Society, says, ‘... to level off at 34% obesity is no great
achievement. It’s still (25) _________________.’ Your answers 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
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II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 points)
Part 1: For questions 26-39, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the
following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered box provided.
26. I was _______ in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone. A. distracted B. submerged C. gripped D. engrossed
27. We expected him at eight but he finally _____ at midnight. A. came to B. turned out C. turned up D. came off
28. I have absolutely no doubt ______ the innocence of the accused. A. about B. over C. on D. with
29. In spite of her protests, her father ________ her train for the race three hours a day. A. let B. made C. insisted D. caused
30. In ____ , I must acknowledge that we were guilty of errors of judgement. A. hindsight B. review C. experience D. retrospect
31. The life of a spy is _____ with danger. A. fraught B. intense C. stressful D. heavy
32. I heard the sound of a blind man _____ with his stick. A. creaking B. tacking C. patting D. tapping
33. ________ regards the future, I think we’ll just have to wait and see. A. With B. As C. In D. What
34. It’s __________ that he forgot three consecutive appointments. A. unintelligible B. inscrutable C. incompatible D. inconceivable
35. The idea that she might win a medal is __________ fantasy. A. crass B. sheer C. eminent D. rank
36. Contributions to the charity are beginning to __________ up. A. end B. finish C. peter D. dry
37. We all wish you luck as you __________ on a new career. A. move B. alight C. embark D. board
38. He seems __________ of any humour whatsoever. A. lacking B. devoid C. light D. low
39. He was prepared to announce the news to all and __________ A. remainders B. odds C. sundry D. select Your answers 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.
Part 2: For questions 40 - 47, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the
numbered space provided in the column on the right. 0 has been done as an example. Your answers
Nowadays , anyone who is trying to ease pain or reduce their
level of (0) ________(ANXIETY) can try a treatment which is 0. anxious
known as flotation therapy. Experts have claimed that this can
(40) _______ (RELIEF) a significant number of medical 40. ___________
conditions. The patient is asked to lie (41)_____ (MOTION) in a
large tank, which is filled with warm, salty water . When the 41. ____________
patient is in the water, it is so peaceful that he or she becomes
extremely relaxed. As well as being of (42)_______ ( PRACTICE) 42. ___________
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value in dealing with the patient’s mental state, flotation is said
to lead a reduction in high blood (43)______ ( PRESS) and to 43. ____________
ease long - term physical pain. Even people whose level of
(44)_____(FIT) is said to be good are certain to find that it is 44. ____________
worth taking the time to float. Studies have shown that the
therapy can be of considerable (45) ______(ASSIST) in giving 45. _____________ up smoking, losing weight and finding effective
(46)_____(SOLVE) to difficult problems. All of this is achieved 46. ____________
by the simple method of freeing the patient’s brain from the
many (47) _______( PLEASANT) aspects of everyday life. In 47. ____________
future years, this may become a standard method of dealing
with stress- related problems.
Part 3: For questions 48-55, underline eight errors in the passage, and correct them
on the right column.. 0 has been done as an example.
Two weeks ago I have had a great experience; my first 0. have had >> had
ever flight in a hot air balloon. When I got up that morning I felt 48. _____________
rather nervous about and in fact I was considering to cancel my 49. _____________
trip! However, as I had already paid, I drove shaking to the 50. _____________
balloon field. Four of passengers travelled in the basket, were 51. _____________
accompanied by an experienced balloonist. The fire was lit, the 52. _____________
ropes were untied and the balloon rose slowly into the air. As 53. _____________
we got more higher, the air smelt fresher and cooler. I could see 54. _____________
my wife down on the ground. She is so afraid of heights that 55. _____________
she refused to come. From the balloon, houses looked as like
matchboxes. An hour later, the balloon began to lose heights.
The balloonist told to us that we should land in a field on a
nearby farm. We landed down surrounded by frightening sheep
and an angry bull. It was an experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my own life.
Part 4: For questions 56- 65, read the text below and decide which answer ( A, B, C or
D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
THE BEAUTY OF THE BEASTS
The earliest known drawings, which survive in the depth of caves in Western Europe, (0)
_____ back about 30,000 years. The fact that some people (56) ____considerable distances
along underground passages in (57) ____ darkness to create them is evident enough that the
production of such pictures was an (58) _____ of great importance to these artists. But what was
their purpose? Perhaps drawing was an essential part of the ceremonials enacted to bring
success in hunting. Perhaps the paintings were intended not to (59) _____ the death of the
creatures portrayed but, (60) _____, to ensure their continued fertility so that the people would
have a good supply of meat. We cannot tell. One thing, however, is certain. These drawings are
amazingly assured, wonderfully accurate and often breathtakingly beautiful.
This practice of painting (61) ____ of animals on walls has continued throughout our
history. Five thousand years ago, when people in Egypt began to build the world’s first cities,
they too inscribed animals on their walls. There is no (62) _____ about the function of at least
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some of these: the Egyptians (63) ____ animals as gods. But they also (64) ____ in the natural
beauty of the animals, adorning the walls of their underground tombs with their pictures, so
those in the next world would be (65) ____ of the beauties and delights of this one. 0. A. originate B. belong C. date D. exist 56. A. approached B. crawled C. dawdled D. proceeded 57. A. whole B. entire C. full D. complete 58. A. act B. exploit C. operation D. excursion
59. A. take over B. bring about C. put across D. make out
60. A. in contrast B. on the contrary C. not at all D. on the other hand 61. A. copies B. appearances C. reflections D. images 62. A. difficulty B. reason C. problem D. doubt 63. A. celebrated B. praised C. worshipped D. adored 64. A. delighted B. loved C. enjoyed D. appreciated 65. A. reminisced B. reminded C. recalled D. recollected Your answers 0. date 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. III. READING (50pts)
Part 1: For questions 66- 75, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE
suitable word and write your answers in the corresponding numbered box provided.
How can you criticize somebody so that they will do as you ask? The (66) ____ are that
yelling at them is never going to work while constant complaining, on the other hand, may very
well sound like a victimlike, poor-me moan that gives no incentive for change. Of course, if you
do feel (67)_____to have a go at someone, go ahead, but it is rarely productive. Not only is it
more or less sure to end in a row or a sulk, there’s also the (68)_____ possibility it may be
ignored. Constructive criticism really has to be adult, rational and reasonable. No wonder so
many of us struggle with it: there’s no (69) ____ it’s much easier being unreasonable. But even if
you can manage to give criticism like an adult, it needn’t mean the recipient will feel under any
(70) ____ to take it in the same way. In all (71) ____ you will be met by hurt eyes, slumped
shoulders and a sad face. And when it comes to being on the receiving end yourself beware of
being too hard on yourself afterwards. There is, admittedly, on a remote (72) ____ that you will
go over the top by saying something like” Oh dear, I made a mistake, my legs are too fat, I can’t
cook and my children will probably fail at school and I might as well go and live in the garden
and eat worms. This, to put it mildly, is self-indulgent. Added to which you may (73)____
persuade other people that you are right. It’s absolutely (74)____ to learn from the experience of
being criticised. That way, when it’s your turn to dish it out, you will, (75)____, make a better job of it. Your answers 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
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Part 2: Read the following passage and answer questions from 76 to 88 that follow KEY STONES SPECIES
Some species are crucial when it comes to maintaining a well-balanced ecosystem
A. In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get the
most public attention. Consequently, projects to protect these called’ flagship species’ receive the
greatest amount of funding, and this helps to ensure, or at least improve the chances of, their
long-term survival. However, it could be argued that perhaps we could be focusing more
attention elsewhere. This is because many of the minute plants, insects and microorganisms that
we tend to ignore actually play a far more important role in biodiversity protection. Consider, for
example, the Western honeybee Apis mellifera. Regarded as one of the world‘s most efficient
pollinators, the honeybee plays a direct or indirect part in the production of many food products
in our markets and stores. However, in recent years, a problem known as ‘colony collapse
disorder’ has manifested itself, and now honeybee colonies are rapidly disappearing. Nobody
knows the cause of this phenomenon, but the implications are worryingly clear: unless a solution
to colony collapse disorder is found soon, food production will be seriously, perhaps disastrously, affected.
B. The honeybee example illustrates how everything in the natural world is connected, and how
the disappearance of one species can have a profound effect on the ecosystem around it. To
understand how this happens, imagine an arched doorway or window in an ancient stone
building. Many buildings containing arches are still standing today, hundreds, or even thousands,
of years after they were built, in spite of the ravages of time and natural disasters such as
earthquakes and floods. If you examine one of the arches carefully, you will see the reason why.
On each side of the arch, there is a vertical series of bricks which gradually curve inwards, and
these are supported at the centre by a keystone. It is this keystone that gives the arch, and the
structure around it, its strength and stability. Once the keystone is put in position, the arch can
stand indefinitely. Remove it, however, and the whole thing collapses.
C. In the same way that an archway relies on its keystone to stay standing, so the ecosystem in
a particular area relies on certain species in order to continue functioning. Named ‘keystone
species’ by zoologist Robert Paine, who undertook the first major study of the effect of species
loss on local environments, they have a major influence on the ecosystem around them. And
there are a surprisingly large variety of them. Some are carnivores and some are herbivores.
Some are marine and some are terrestrial. Some, like the huge, majestic African elephant,
dominate their landscape, while others, like tiny microorganism, are invisible to the human eye.
D. At first glance, it is hard to imagine how the disappearance of one of these species could have
such an effect on its environment. However, as Paine discovered when he carried out a series of
experiments in the 1960s, the impact can be extreme. The subject of his first study was the
starfish Piaster orchraceous. When Paine removed a large number of these fish from part of
Mukkaw Bay in the USA, he observed sudden changes in species diversity. The mussel and sea
urchin population increased, since these creatures form an important part of Pisater’s diet.
However, other species saw a dramatic decline. Paine counted fifty species at the beginning of
his experiment, but only eight remained at the end. Furthermore, reefs in the area were also
destroyed, as increasing number of sea urchins fed on their coral. In another area of the bay,
where the starfish community was left undisturbed, no changes were observed. Paine also
observed that once Pisaster was returned to the area he had removed it from, the ecosystem
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began a gradual return to its pre-experiment state. His experiments prompted ecologists and
conservation biologists around the world to identify other key stone species using similar removal
experiments to find them. Over the next thirty years, the list of keystone species increased rapidly.
E. Unfortunately, significant changes in other interconnected populations are taking place without
removal experiments being carried out, with some keystone species being driven close to
extinction. For the last ten years, Professor David Gomm of the Marine Conservation Association
had led a study of sea otters in the North Pacific. This keystone predator feeds on sea urchins,
which in turn feed on vast kept forests in the region. ‘At the beginning of our study, sea otters
were very common in the area, and so the kept forests were thick and healthy,’ says Professor
Gomm. ‘However, for a number of reasons, killer whales have begun to include otters in their
diet, and this has caused sea otter populations to fall rapidly. Consequently, sea urchin
populations have been exploded, and this has led to an almost total destruction of the kept
forests.’ He believes that if sea otters become extinct, other species will follow. ‘The ecosystem
would be changed forever,’ he warns.
F. Professor Gomm’s prediction may sound overly dramatic to environmental sceptics, but there
is an indication that it might already have happened. The species in question is, or rather was,
the dodo, a large, flightless bird that once lived on the island of Mauritius. In the late sixteenth
century, the bird’s population began to fall sharply as European settlers arriving on the island cut
down the forest where they lived and introduced dogs, cats and rats, which raided their nests for
their eggs. By the end of the seventeenth century, the dodo was extinct. Today, it is often
regarded as little more than a rather slow-witted bird that was unable to adapt. However, there
are some who believe it may have been a keystone species. For evidence of this, they point to a
tree called the tambalacoque. Once common across Mauritius, there are now a few dozens left at
most. It is a thought that the dodo ate the fruit of the tambalacoque and activated the seed
through unique digestive processes. With the demise of the dodo, tambalacoque numbers
declined to just a few trees, reducing a valuable food source for other animals on the island.
G. Some scientist are doubtful about the connection between the dodo and the tambalacoque.
After all, they argue, if the tree was dependent on the dodo, why are there still some growing on
the island? However, they all agree that even if there is no direct connection, the study does
help to make an important point: even though a species may seem unimportant in isolation, it
may actually form an important part of a much larger system of organism, and its disappearance
could have far-reaching consequences. It is therefore essential that, for the sake of the
environment, ecologists continue to identify and preserve keystone species.
The reading passage has seven sections A-G. For questions 76- 82, choose the correct
headings for each section from the list of headings below. There are THREE extra
headings that you do not need to use. Write your answers in the corresponding space provided. Lists of headings Your answers
i. When human interventions is not a factor 76. Section A ______________ ii. Testing the theory 77. Section B ______________
iii. The dominance of carnivorous keystone 78. Section C ______________ species 79. Section D ______________
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iv. It’s the small things that matter 80. Section E ______________
v. Putting knowledge to practical use 81. Section F ______________
vi. An argument that has divided the 82. Section G ______________ scientific community
vii. A wide variety of shapes and sizes
viii. Why bees are disappearing
ix. A man-made structure reflects nature x. Re-examining an old case
For questions 83- 86, complete the sentences below, using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding space provided.
83. Scientists fear that, in the near future, the unexplained disappearance of honeybees will
affect the ecosystem and have a major impact on ……… .
84. The arches on old buildings rely on keystones for their ……… .
85. A ………in the numbers of some species in Mukkaw Bay occurred following Robert Paine‘s removal experiment.
86. Kept forests in the North Pacific have almost disappeared as an indirect result of ……… falling. Your answers 83. 84. 85. 86.
For questions 87-88 , Choose TWO letters, A-E .
Which TWO reasons does the passage give for dodos becoming extinct?
Write your answers in the corresponding space provided.
A. Humans altered their natural habitat.
B. Their eggs were eaten by European settlers.
C. Other animals preyed on unborn birds.
D. They were too slow to avoid hunters.
E. One of their main food supplies died out. Your answers 87. 88.
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Part 3. Read the passage below and answer the questions . For questions 89- 99,
complete the chart with A, B, C, or D. (A=Peter/ B= Mary/ C= Daisy/D= Helen) A. Peter B. Mary
Louis Pauly obviously wanted to startle
As a former staff member of the IMF, Pauly
people when he set out to write the
is in a unique position to give a fresh
story of the International Monetary
perspective. He traces the development of
Fund, a group that he believes is
the IMF from its roots in the League of
credited with wielding far more power
Nations and gives an excellent account of
than it really has. In a discussion of the
how it redefined its role after the demise of
failings of the League of Nations, Pauly
fixed exchanged rates in the 1970s.
details how industrialized nations
moved to create the IMF in the midst of
World War 11 in the belief that an
organisation that balances international
monetary policy would help prevent
future wars. He shows how the IMF has
become intertwined with the political
foundations of today's global economy. C. Daisy D. Helen
Pauly has, with remarkable clarity,
This very interesting and readable book described the evolution of the
examines the relationship between global
international markets over the past fifty
finance, democracy and international
years. He skilfully describes the evolu-
institutions in the context of OECD tion of international monetary
countries. Its arguments are important
cooperation from the League of Nations
and innovative not just for those studying
in the early 1920s to the International
the political economy of global finance, a
Monetary Fund in the 1990s, stressing
field in which Pauly has been a leading
the continuities and changes over the
figure over the last decade.They are also
past seventy-five years. Who elected
highly significant to anyone interested in
the Bankers? is, in my view, one of the
broader debates about globalisation and
first attempts to show how the global
the future of democracy in advanced
markets of today have been shaped by
industrial states. Who elected the
central banks, the IMF, the G-7, and the
Bankers? will be seen by all as a very policymakers of the world.
welcome and major contribution to
debates on the political economy of global
finance, the history of international
financial policy making and analysis of the
relationship between politics and globalisa-
tion. It deserves a wide audience.
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says the author's former job gave him insight? 89._____ says why the IMF was started? 90._____
thinks the book should be read by many people? 91._____
mentions an event in a particular decade? 92._____
thinks the author wanted to surprise people? 93._____
does not offer a personal opinion on the book? 94._____
says the book was pleasant to read? 95.______
mentions what has influenced today’s global markets? 96.______
states the specific time frames covered in the book? 97.______
says the book would interest those studying political systems 98. _______
and how they will evolve in the future?
says that the writer has a very explicit way of writing 99. _______
Part 4: Read the following passage, and answer questions 100- 113.
Have you noticed how many people
Reason for the overconsumption of these are giving up coffee for the
beverages is the stimulating effect it has on
decaffeinated variety and how many
the brain. It targets brain receptors designed
others are opting for herbal drinks in
for adenosine, a natural sedative that instructs
preference to tea? Do they know
the body to slow down. (103)_____ This is
something we don't? Well, perhaps
all very well from time to time, but relying on
not. Coffee, tea and fizzy drinks like
coffee to stay the course on a long-term basis
cola all contain caffeine, an alkaloid
undermines the organism’s natural ability to
with toxic properties, although the
feel energetic and to sleep when needed in
caffeine content varies according to
order to replenish its store of nutrients, repair
specific type of beverage and method
body tissues and heal itself. So it is better to
of brewing. For example, a cup of
avoid coffee or tea from the evening onwards,
espresso may contain up to 300 mg of
unless you want a restless night of tossing and
caffeine, whereas a cup of ever- turning.
popular instant coffee contains not
(104)_____ Giving up tea or coffee may
more than 75mg. Filter coffee may
produce unpleasant side effects like lowered
contain more caffeine than espresso,
mood, headaches and drowsiness. In other
as the water is in contact with the
words, caffeine is, like so many other
coffee beans for longer. (100)_____
substances that people are fond of, addictive.
Cola drinks, on the other hand, contain
If you with to rid your system of caffeine, it is
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roughly half the amount of caffeine for
better to stop gradually so as to minimize the
the equivalent volume of tea and
cold turkey symptoms. Eventually you will feel
about a third that of instant coffee, but
the benefit of the change and will feel a lot
are generally consumed by children more energetic.
who, because of their size, ingest as
(105)_____ Will you be doomed to
much caffeine from fizzy drinks as
drink only chocolate? Well, there is, as I adults do from coffee. mentioned earlier, the option of
(101)_____ In children, it inhibits
decaffeinated coffee or tea, but the process
the absorption of the essential growth
of decaffeination has an adverse effect on
nutrients calcium and iron, as well as
the flavor. That may not be too much of a
exacerbating hyperactivity by making
problem as a new taste can be acquired
children restless, irritable and nervous.
without too much difficulty. What is more For adults, taking nutritional
worrying is that, in the case of coffee, the
supplements with tea or coffee at
process of decaffeination involves the use
breakfast is a waste of time, as the
of solvents such as methylene chloride and,
caffeine binds the nutrients in the gut,
although the beans are steamed to bring
preventing absorption. Menopausal
the level of residues below the legal limit,
women and people taking steroids,
some residues still remain at the end of the who have an increased risk of process. (106)_____
osteoporosis, should keep their
Perhaps it is better to follow the old
caffeine intake down to help maintain
adage of moderation in all things. bone density and strength.
(107)_____ And now, if you’ll excuse me,
(102)_____ Excess caffeine can speed
I’m off to put the kettle on for a cuppa.
up the heart rate, so those with a Care to join me?
history of heart trouble should avoid caffeine altogether.
Apart from sheer force of habit -
after all, we have tea and coffee breaks at work - a main
Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap 100-107:
A. The above may have led you to consider cutting out caffeine, but this is easier said than done.
B. Tea generally has a rather lower caffeine content than instant coffee, at around 40-50 mg,
although this also depends on how long the tea is brewed.
C. So what are the health risks associated with caffeine?
D. Unless it is stated on the packaging that the contents have only been exposed to the water
method, as opposed to just “steamed", which is misleading, you should assume that solvents will have been used.
E. A little of what you fancy in the form of a cup of tea or coffee, may do you good.
F. Equally, those suffering from iron deficiency anaemia need to keep their caffeine intake to a
minimum and should leave at least a couple of hours between an iron-rich meal and a cup of tea or coffee.
G. Caffeine blocks this normal hormone reaction, tricking the body into staying in top gear.
H. After giving up tea and/or coffee, you will probably wonder ruefully what to fill you teacup or coffee mug with.
Đề thi chọn đội tuyển HSG lớp 12 dự thi quốc gia –Năm học 2016-2017 – Môn Tiếng Anh- Trang 12 Your answers 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107.
For question 108- 113, choose the answer (A,B,C or D) which you think fits best according to the text:
108. Which of the following has the highest caffeine content, according to the writer? A. tea B. espresso coffee C. filter coffee D. soft drinks
109. Why are cola drinks not advisable for children?
A. Because they contain as much caffeine as coffee
B. Because children are hyperactive
C. Because less caffeine is needed to give children the same effect
D. Because they contain half again as much caffeine as tea
110. Which of the following should be avoided?
A. Reducing caffeine intake if you have osteoporosis
B. Combining vitamin supplements with tea or coffee
C. Drinking a lot of tea or coffee if you have cardiac problems
D. Taking steroids for osteoporosis
111. Caffeine’s effect on the brain is ____. A. undermining B. sedating C. replenishing D. energising
112. Because of the side effects of giving up caffeine, it is better to ____. A. eat cold turkey
B. cut out caffeine in one go
C. drink decaffeinated beverages
D. lessen your caffeine intake bit by bit
113. The main problem about decaffeination is that it _____. A. spoils the flavour
B. means acquiring a new taste C. entails using solvents
D. involves steaming the beans Your answers 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. IV. WRITING (60pts)
Part 1. Read the reading passage in part 4 again; then in your own words, write a
summary of no more than 120 words including the main ideas of the passage. (10pts) Your writing
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Part 2. The graph below gives information about the preferred leisure activities of
Australian children. (20pts)
Write a report to describe the information given. Write at least 150 words. What those kids are doing
Participation in selected leisure activities Percent 120% 100% 80% Boys age 5-14 60% 40% Girls age 5-14 20% 0% Skateboarding or Bikes riding Watching TV or Electronic or Artano craft rollerboarding videos Computer games Your writing
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businesses, hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they
be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should
we be more auspicious of their benefits? (30pts)
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