Kì thi chọn đội tuyển chính thức dự thi HSG quốc gia lớp 12 THPT tỉnh Kiên Giang năm học 2020-2021 môn thi Tiếng Anh

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 29/ 9/ 2020
Chú ý: - Đề thi này gồm 12 trang.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bản đề thi này.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
- Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. CÁC GIÁM KHẢO ĐIỂM CỦA TOÀN BÀI THI SỐ PHÁCH (Họ, tên và chữ ký) Bằng số Bằng chữ 1. 2.
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PHÁCH ĐÍNH KÈM ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Số báo danh: …………… Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………………. Nam/nữ: ………..
Ngày sinh: ……………… Đơn vị: ………………………………………………………………………... CÁC GIÁM THỊ SỐ PHÁCH (Họ, tên và chữ ký) 1. 2.
Chú ý: - Thí sinh phải ghi đủ các mục ở phần trên theo sự hướng dẫn của giám thị;
- Thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào bản đề thi có phách đính kèm này;
- Bài thi phải được viết bằng một loại bút, một thứ mực; không viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì; không
được đánh dấu hay làm ký hiệu riêng; phần viết hỏng phải dùng thước gạch chéo; không được tẩy, xóa
bằng bất kỳ cách gì (kể cả bút xóa). 1 | P a g e
I. LISTENING (50 points) Mark: ……../50
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN NGHE HIỂU:
• Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; PHẦN 1 (PART 1) NGHE 1 LẦN, tất cả các phần còn lại (PART 2,
3 and 4) được nghe 2 LẦN.
• Mở đầu và kết thúc đều có nhạc hiệu. Sau khi nhận bài, thí sính có ít nhất 5 phút để xem qua nội dung và yêu
cầu của mỗi bài nghe.
• Mọi yêu cầu và hướng dẫn làm bài được in sẵn trong đề trước mỗi bài nghe.
• Lưu ý: Thí sinh phải đọc kỹ phần hướng dẫn in trong đề thi do không có phần ghi âm (recording) trước mỗi bài nghe.
Part 1. You will hear a guide talking about a Sea Life For questions 1-5, answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER taken from the recording for each answer.
Write your answers in the corresponding spaces provided.
Sea Life Centre – information
1. What was the Sea Life Centre previously called?
__________________________________________________
2. What is the newest attraction called?
__________________________________________________
3. When is the main feeding time?
__________________________________________________
4. What can you do with a VIP ticket?
__________________________________________________
5. Where will the petition for animal conservation be sent to?
__________________________________________________
Part 2. You will hear a man called Carl Pitman, giving a group of tourist practical advice about learning the sport of surfing.
For questions 6-11, complete the sentences with ONE or TWO WORDS.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
LEARNING THE SPORT OF SURFING
• Carl recommended the (6) _______ as the best place for learning to surf in his area.
• Carl uses the term (7) _______ to describe the distance between waves.
• Carl advises getting a wetsuit that has a (8) _______ fit.
• Carl says the wetsuit, (9) _______ and footwear all need washing regularly.
• Beginners most often damage surfboards through contact with (10) _______
• Carl suggests using a (11) _______ as the first step in removing wax from a surfboard. Your answers: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Part 3. You will hear part of an interview in which two racing cyclists called Greg Marton and Lina Derridge are talking about
the different sports they have taken part in. For questions 12-17, 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.
12. When talking about teenager ice hockey, Greg reveals that
A. he now wishes he’d trained harder.
B. he’s sorry that he let his father down.
C. he resents the pressure he was put under.
D. he accepts that he lacked the drive to succeed.
13. What led Greg to take up rowing?
A. He followed up a suggestion made by friends.
B. He was frustrated by his performance as a runner.
C. He was told that he had the physical strength for it.
D. He was disappointed not to get on to a degree course.
14. What does Linda say about her initial failure to make the national rowing team?
A. She feels that she wasn’t treated fairly. 2 | P a g e
B. She admits that she was mostly just unfortunate.
C. She disagrees with the way the selection process operated.
D. She recognizes that she should have attended training camps.
15. What does Linda suggest about her move to California?
A. She saw it mainly as a way of furthering her career.
B. She was motivated by her desire to try a new activity.
C. She needed convincing that it was the right thing to do.
D. She wanted to concentrate her energies on work rather than sport.
16. Greg and Linda agree that cycling and rowing both require
A. a commitment to a team effort.
B. a tolerance of intense pain.
C. a willingness to take risks. D. a good sense of timing.
17. According to Greg, why should cyclists include rowing as part of their training?
A. They might find it as enjoyable as he does.
B. They would develop a similar set of muscles.
C. It might help them to avoid injury in accidents.
D. It provides a break from the monotony of cycling. Your answers: 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
Part 4. You will hear an announcement about an evening’s programmes on Radio Pearl. For questions 18-25, complete the
sentences with ONE to THREE WORDS in the corresponding numbered spaces provided. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
7.30 pm ‘Art Review’: Student Art Exhibition
• This evening’s programme is taking place at the (18)__________ in London.
• The exhibition is of work by students in the final year of their art course.
• At the exhibition, you can see things as different as curtains and (19) __________.
• Some of the works of art have been made using (20) __________ technology.
8.00 pm Play: ‘The Vanishing Lady’
• In the play, a young couple on a train think they hear the sound of someone using a (21) __________.
• A (22) __________ tells the couple about an old lady whom he has seen.
• After writing this play, the author, Porten, became a writer for (23) __________.
9.30 pm ‘Business Scenes’: Interview with Peter Field
• Peter used to work for a (24)__________.
• Peter says the material he uses for his boats is a particular kind of (25) __________.
• Peter collects old maps as a hobby. Your answers: 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
THIS IS THE END OF THE LISTENING SECTION
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 points) Mark: ……../ 20
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. (00) has done as an example.
00. In our modern time, the _______ of women has shifted from homemaker to outside worker. A. role B. period C. right D. pay
26. I’m sure Chad understood what you were suggesting; he’s very quick on the _______. A. track B. updraft C. decision D. uptake
27. An author just has to _______ and bear it when a book gets a bad review. A. grin B. bawl C. split D. crush
28. Jack says he’s changed, but a _______ can’t change its spots, you know. A. tiger B. elephant C. leopard D. giraffe
29. That was a very _______ thing to do. Do you realise you put your own life in danger? A. cantankerous B. reckless C. curt D. unscrupulous
30. The special effects in the film were excellent but I didn’t think the plot was very _______. A. discreet B. plausible C. excessive D. tedious
31. Dr. Sanchez is a little bit too systematic. Frankly, I’d have to say he’s a real _______. A. control freak B. overachiever C. pushover D. hothead
32. We knew they would be fully booked, but we still went there _______the off-chance that somebody might have cancelled at the last minute. A. with B. at C. in D. on
33. In her speech, the major urged citizens to get _______ the city’s clean-up campaign. A. behind B. into C. along with D. together 3 | P a g e
34. My parents and I are on a different _______ when it comes to taste in music. A. wavelength B. resemblance C. pack D. world
35. He must have been hungry. Did you see the way he _______ his dinner down? A. demolished B. polished C. swallowed D. wolfed
36. As the train pulled in, she _______ him into its path. At that point the novel ends. A. yanked B. snatched C. shoved D. wrenched
37. I can’t buy it at that price because I wouldn’t be able to sell it _______a profit. A. with B. at C. in D. for
38. My sister was _______ disappointed when she found out that she hadn’t got the job. A. bitterly B. deeply C. painfully D. deadly
39. You mentioned in your book that you had a difficult childhood. Would care to _______ on that? A. embark B. elaborate C. ingratiate D. comment
40. That record collection of your is worth _______ onto. It could be valuable one day. A. hanging B. lining C. dragging D. raving Your answers: 00. A 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
Part 2. For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each word in CAPITAL LETTERS in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided on the right. QUESTIONS YOUR ANSWERS
41. The newspaper had sad photos of skinny, (NOURISH) children who were 41. suffering from the famine.
42. My little brother was born with a (FORM) foot, but the surgery was 42.
successful and now he can walk without problems.
43. My sister loves to wear perfume, but she uses so much that the scent is 43. almost (POWER).
44. He denied the accusation (CONVINCE), which made me think he was 44. guilty.
45. Socrates was known for his (SCRUPLE) adherence to the truth and his 45. refusal to compromise.
III. READING (50 points) Mark: ……../ 50
Part 1. For questions 46-52, 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. TIGERS AS PETS
They may be (46)_______ extinction in India, China and Siberia, but in the US, tigers have found a new lease of life –
after a fashion. More than 12,000 are kept as pets – double the number thought to exist in the wild. The craze persists
(47)_______ concern among politicians and animal welfare groups. Various reputable organizations promote ownership of
endangered species. Prices are not particularly (48)_______: $1,000 for a generic cub, $3,500 for a pair of Bengal tigers.
The private trade originated in zoos. Tiger cubs proved so popular with the public that zoos started breeding more than
they needed and sold the (49)_______ to private breeders. The US Endangered Species Act of 1973 outlaws the taking of
endangered animals from the wild, but does not (50)_______ what happens to the offspring of animals captured before the law was (51)_______.
Many owners believe they are saving an endangered species. But their cubs have no (52)_______ among wild tigers.
They are a mixture of, says, Sumatran, Siberian and Bengal tigers, which would not survive in the wild. 46. A. facing B. reaching C. getting D. meeting 47. A. in contrast to B. nevertheless C. in spite of D. whereas 48. A. forbidding B. prohibitive C. impossible D. restraining 49. A. surplus B. balance C. residue D. leftovers 50. A. rule B. conduct C. systematize D. regulate 51. A. sentenced B. issued C. passed D. stated 52. A. equivalent B. similarity C. substitute D. correspondent Your answers: 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
Part 2. You are going to read an extract from a nonel. For questions 53-58, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think
fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
My first day with the family replayed itself in my mind, but in black and white, and the reel grainy and distorted in
places. I was seated with the family, nervous, pretending to follow Carl Sagan on TV, covertly assessing their movements and
utterances. Peju, seated next to me, suddenly turned and asked casually, ‘Lomba, what is the capital of Iceland?’
I discovered later she was going to read journalism at the university and ultimately become a presenter on CNN. She
had stacks of cassette recordings of herself reading the news in a cool, assured voice. I looked at her blankly. She was seventeen,
and her beauty was just starting to extricate itself from the awkward, pimply encumbrances of adolescene. Her eyes were polite
but unrelentingly expectant. Surprised at the question, not knowing the answer, I turned to Bola for help – but he was lost in a 4 | P a g e
loud and argumentative game of Ludo with his mum on the carpet. I shrugged and smiled. ‘Why would I know what the capital of Iceland is?’
‘Good answer, Lomba,’ came the father’s voice from behind the Sunday Guardian. He was lying on the sofa; he had
been listening to us all along
‘Stay out, Daddy,’ Peju pleased, and turning back to me, she proceeded to lecture me on the name and geographical
peculiarities of Reykjavik. The next salvo came from Lola, who was going to be a fashion designer. She was twelve and
intimidatingly precocious. She had sidled up to me and sat on the arm of my seat, listening innocently to Peju’s lecture; but as
soon as it was over she took my arm and gave me a cherubic smile. ‘Do you know how a bolero jacket looks?’
When I replied, naturally, in the nagative, she jumped up gleefully and ran to their room and back with her sketchbook
and pencil. She dragged me down to the carpet and quickly sketched a bolero jacket for me. I started in silence at the tiny hand
so sure behind the pencil, and the wispy but exact strokes slowly arranging themselves into a distinct shape.
‘The tailor is making one for me. You’ll see it when it is ready,’ she promised. ‘What do you use it for?’
‘To dance the bolero – it is a Spanish dance.’ ‘Can you dance it?’ ‘No, but I’ll learn.’
You’ll wear him out with your nonsense, girls,’ the father said, standing up and stretching. He yawned. ‘Time for my siesta.’ He left.
At first, I was discomfited by his taciturnity, which I mistook for moodiness; but in close-up I saw the laughter kinds
behind the eyes, the lips twitching, ready to part and reveal the white teeth beneath. I came to discover his playful side, his
pranks on the girls, his comradely solidarity with Bola against the others. Apart from his work, his family was his entire life.
Now I saw him – in black and white – after work, at home, seated on his favorite sofas, watching CNN or reading the papers,
occassionally turning to answer Lola’s peristent, needling questions, or to explain patiently to Bola why he couldn’t afford to
buy him a new pair of sneakers just now. Big, gentle, quiet, speaking only when spoken to. Remember him: conscientious
docent, dutiful father, loving husband and, to me, perfect role model.
But Ma Bola was my favourite, perhaps because she was so different from my mother, who was coincidentally, the
same age as her. Ma Bola was slim, her figure unalterred by years of her childbirth.
‘Your sister?’ people often asked Bola, and he’d look at his mother and they’d laugh before correcting the mistake. Ma
Bola was a secretary at the Ministry of Finance – she called her husband ‘darling’, like white people. Her children were ‘dear’
and honey’. The first time she called me that, I turned round to see if there was someone else behind me. She had laughed and
patted me on the cheek. ‘Don’t worry, you’ll get used to our silly ways.’ …Her greatest charm was her ease with people. She
laughed so easily; she listened with so much empathy, patting you on the arm to make a point. After a minute with her, you were a captive for life.
‘Take care of husband for me,’ she told me often. That was how she sometimes fondly referred to Bola, ‘my husband’.
‘He can be so impulsive, so exasperatingly headstrong.’ ‘I will,’ I promised.
She went on to tell me how, in traditional society, parents used to select friends for their children. We were alone in the
kitchen. She was teaching me how to make pancakes. ‘Cousins, usually. They’d select someone of opposite temperament –
someone quiet if theirs was garrulous, someone level-headed (like you) if their own was impulsive. They’d make themsworn
friends for life, to check each other’s exercises. Very wise, don’t you think?’ ‘Very.’
‘If I was to select a friend for Bola, it’d be you. But Providence has already done it for me.’
53. Lomba says that he later discovered that Peju _______
A. was older than he had first thought.
B. frequently asked people surprising questions.
C. was already preparing for her future career.
D. quickly made progress in her career.
54. When Lomba answered Peju’s question, _______
A. she tried to stop her father from giving Lomba the answer.
B. she indicated that she was glad that Lomba did not know the answer.
C. Lomba knew that Bola would not have been able to give him the answer.
D. she supplied him with information he did not know.
55. What does Lomba say about Lola?
A. She was pleased that he didn’t know the answer to her question.
B. She seemed younger than she really was.
C. She made him feel much more comfortable than Peju did.
D. He thought at first that she was playing a trick on him.
56. Lomba says that he found out that he was wrong about _______
A. how the father spent most of his time.
B. what the children thought of their father.
C. the father’s priorities in life.
D. the father’s sense of humour.
57. When describing Ma Bola, Lomba makes it clear that _______
A. he got on better with her than with his own mother.
B. he was not familiar with being addressed with the words she used.
C. her physical appearance made him feel comfortable with her.
D. he was envious of her children’s relationship with her.
58. When she was talking to Lomba in the kitchen, Ma Bola said that _______
A. she thought he would be a good influence on Bola.
B. she was becoming increasingly worried about Bola.
C. she wanted him to take on a role he might not want. 5 | P a g e
D. she realised that a certain tradition was dying out. Your answers: 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58.
Part 3. You are going to read a magazine article about a training session with a stuntman – someone who performs the
dangerous and exciting actions in films. Six paragraphs have been removed from the article. For questions 59-64, choose from
the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
Learning to be an action hero
Alex Benady has a lesson in fitness from a film stuntman.
‘Now see if you can touch your toes,’ says Steve Truglia. As a former Army physical training instructor, he is used to dealing
with less than sharp trainees. But how hard can that be? Fifteen seconds of blind confusion ensure before I finally locate my feet.
The truth is I can’t reach much past my knees and the effort of doing even that seems to be rupturing my kidneys. 59
These days, Steve is one of Britain’s top stuntmen. You might have seen him in various well-known action movies. Although I
have no real desire to enter rooms through the ceiling or drive into walls at high speed like him, I wouldn’t mind looking a bit
more like an action hero, so Steve is showing me exactly how he stays ‘stunt fit’. ‘it’s a very particular, very extreme kind of
fitness,’ he explains, consisting of stamina, flexibility, trength and core stability, balance and coordination.’ 60
Right now, we are working on spatial awareness, a subset of coordination which he says is key to being a stuntman. ‘It’s easy to
get disorientated when you are upside down. But if you have a high fall and you don’t know exactly where your body is, you
won’t be able to land safely. If you are lucky, you’ll just end up with some serious injuries.’ From where I’m hanging, that
sounds like a pretty positive outcome. Yet it had all started so well. 61
He usually does this at the end of the session. ‘On set, you can guarantee that if you have a big dangerous stunt, you won’t do it
until the end of the day, when you are completely exhausted. So, I design my training regtime to reflect that.’ At first, this part of
the session consists of standard strength-building exercises: dips-pushing yourself up and down on the arms of a high chair, for
triceps and chest; some bench presses, again for chest; lower back exercises; and curls to build up biceps. Then Steve introduces
me to the chinning bar, which involves movements for building strength in your back and arms. 62
We move on to balance and coordination, starting by walking along three-inch-wide bars. Not easy, but do-able. ‘Now turn
round,’ says Steve. Not easy and not do-able. I fall off. Now he shows me how to jump on to the bar. Guess what? I can’t do that
either. Then he points to a two-inch-wide bar at about waist height. 63
Now it’s outside for some elementary falls. He shows me how to slap the ground when you land, to earth your kinetic energy.
He throws me over his shoulder and I are gracefully through the air, landing painlessly. But when it’s my turn, I don’t so much
throw him as trip him up he smashes into the ground at my feet, well short of the crash mat. Sorry, Steve. 64
At least I’ll never suffer from an anatomical anomaly - which is what happens when your thighs are so massive, the other parts
of your anatomy look rather small by comparison.
A. ‘We’ll just warm up first,’ says Steve as we enter the Muscle works Gym in East London. Five minutes on the
recumbent cycle and I’m thinking this stunt lark is a piece of cake. Then we start some strength work, vital for hanging
off helicopters, leaping off walls, etc.
B. It’s clear that I have some work to do before I am ready to amaze the world with my dripping physique and daredevil
stunts. But I have taken one comforting piece of knowledge from my experience.
C. Instead, we work on what he calls our ‘çores’. ‘All powerful movements originate from the centre of the body out, and
never from the limbs alone,’ he says. So, we’ll be building up the deep stabilizing muscles in our trunks, the part of the
body from the waist to the neck.
D. He reckons anyone can get there with a couple of gym sessions and a couple of runs a week. ‘The key is variety: do as
many different types of exercise as possible. Even 20 minutes a day will do.’
E. Much to my surprise, I can actually do a few. Then he says innocently: ‘Just raise your legs so they are at 90 degrees to
your body.’ Pain, pain, pain. ‘Now open and close your legs in a scissor motion.’ I manage to do that once.
F. You may think that this sounds a bit feeble. But I was dangling upside down at the time, suspended from a bar by a pair of gravity boots.
G. With feet firmly together, he leaps on, balances himself, leaps off. For good measure he circuits the gym, leaping from
one to another, using his thighs to generate the power to leap and the power to stop himself from falling when he lands.
Despite his heavy build, be has the feet of a ballerina. Your answers: 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64.
Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
The changing role of airports
Airports continue to diversify their role in an effort to generate income. Are business meeting facilities the next step? Nigel
Halpern, Anne Graham and Rob Davidson investigate. 6 | P a g e
A. In recent times developing commercial revenues has become more challenging for airports due to a combination of factors,
such as increased competition from Internet shopping, restrictions on certain sales, such as tobacco, and new security procedures
that have had an impact on the dwell time of passengers. Moreover, the global economic downturn has caused a reduction in
passenger numbers while those that are trevelling generally have less money to spend. This has meant that the share of revenue
from non-aeronautical revenues actually peaked at 54% at the turn of the century and has subsequently declined slightly.
Meanwhile, the pressures to control the level of aeronautical revenues are as strong as ever due to the poor financial health of
many airlines and the rapid rise of the low-cost carrier sector.
B. Some of the more obvious solutions to growing commercial revenues, such as extending the merchandising space or
expanding the variety of shopping opportunities, have already been tried to their limit at many airports. A more radical solution
is to find new sources of commercial revenues within the terminal, and this has been explored by many airports over the last
decade or so. As a result, many terminals are now much more than just shopping malls and offer an array of entertainment,
leisure, and beauty and wellness facilities. At this stage of facilities provision, the airport also has the possibility of taking on the
role of the final destruction rather than merely a facilitator of access.
C. At the same time, airports have been developing and expanding the range of services that they provide specifically for the
business traveller in the terminal. This includes offering business centres that supply support services, meeting or conference
rooms and other space for special events. Within this context, Jarach (2001) discusses how dedicated meetings facilities located
within the terminal and managed directly by the airport operator may be regarded as an expansion of the concept of airline
lounges or as a way to reconvert abandoned or underused areas of terminal buildings. Previously it was primarily airport hotels
and other facilities offered in the surrounding area of the airport that had the potential to take on this role and become active as a
business space (McNeil 2009).
D. When an airport location can be promoted as a business venue, this may increase the overall appeal of the airport and help it
become more competitive in both attracting and retaining airlines and their passengers. In particular, the presence of meeting
facilities could become one of the determining factors taken into consideration when business people are choosing airlines and
where they change their planes. This enhanced attractiveness itself may help to improve the airport operator’s financial position
and future prospects, but clearly this will be dependent on the competitive advantage that the airport is able to achieve in
comparison with other venues.
E. In 2011, an online airport survey was conducted and some of the areas investigated included the provision and use of meeting
facilities at airports and the perceived role and importance of these facilities in generating income and raising passenger
numbers. In total, there were responses from staff at 154 airports and 68% of these answered ‘yes’ to the question: Does your
airport own and have meetings facilities available for hire? The existence of meeting facilities therefore seems high at airports.
In additions, 28% of respondents that did not have meeting facilities stated that they were likely to invest in them during the next
five years. The survey also asked to what extent respondents agreed or disagreed with a number of statements about the meeting
facilities at their airport. 49% of respondents agreed that they have put more investment into them during recent years; 41%
agreed that they would invest more in the immediate future. These are fairly high proportions considering the recent economic climate.
F. The survey also asked airports with meeting facilities to estimate what proportion of users are from the local area, i.e. within a
90-minute drive from the airport, or from abroad. Their findings show that meeting facilities proved by the majority of
respondents tend to serve local versus non-local or foreign needs. 63% of respondents estimated that over 60% of users are from
the local area. Only 3% estimated that over 80% of users are from abroad. It is therefore not surprising that the facilities are of
limited importance when it comes to increasing use of flights at the airport: 16% of respondents estimated that none of the users
of their meeting facilities use flights when travelling to or from them, while 56% estimated that 20% or fewer of the users of
their facilities use flights.
G. The survey asked respondents with meeting facilities to estimate how much revenue their airport earned from its meeting
facilities during the last financial year. Average revenue per airport was just $12,959. Meeting facilities are effectively a non-
aeronautical source of airport revenue. Only 1% of respondents generated more than 20% non-aeronautical revenue from their
meetings facilities; none generated more than 40%. Given the focus on local demand, it is not surprising that less than a third of
respondents agreed that their meeting facilities support business and tourism development in their home region or country.
H. The findings of this study suggest that few airports provide meetings facilities as a serious commercial venture. It may be
that, as owners of large property, space is available for meeting facilities at airports and could play an important role in serving
the needs of the airport, its partners, and stakeholders such as government and the local community. Thus, while the local
orientation means that competition with other airports is likely to be minimal, competition with local providers of meetings
facilities is likely to be much greater.
The text has eight paragraphs, A-H. For questions 65-69, decide which paragraph contains following information? You may
use any letter MORE THAN ONCE. Write the correct answers (A-H) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
65. evidence that a significant number of airports provide meeting facilities
66. a statement regarding the fact that no further developments are possible in some areas of airport trade
67. reference to the low level of income that meeting facilities produce for airports
68. mention of the impact of budget airlines on airport income
69. examples of airport premises that might be used for business purposes Your answers: 65. 66. 67. 68. 69.
For question 70-73, complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write the answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
70. The length of time passengers spend shopping at airport has been affected by updated _______
71. Airports with a wide range recreational facilities can become a _______for people rather than a means to travel. 7 | P a g e
72. Both passengers and _______may feel encouraged to use and develop a sense of loyalty towards airports that market their business services.
73. Airports that supply meeting facilities may need to develop a _______over other venues. Your answers: 70. 71. 72. 73.
For questions 74-77, complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write the answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. Survey Findings
Despite financial constraints due to the (74) _______, a significant percentage of airports provide and wish to further support
business meeting facilities. Also, just under 30% of the airports surveyed plan to provide these facilities within (75)_______
however, the main users of facilities are (76) _______and as many as 16% respondents to the survey stated that their users did
not take any (77) _______at the airport. Your answers: 74. 75. 76. 77.
Part 5. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
The Hidden Histories of Exploration Exhibition
A. We have all heard tales of lone, heroic explorers, but what about the local individuals who guided and protected European
explorers in many different parts of the globe? Or the go-betweens – including interpreters and traders – who translated the
needs and demands of explorers into a language that locals could understand? Such questions have received surprisingly little
attention in standard histories, where European explorers are usually the heroes, sometimes the villains. The Hidden Histories
of Exploration exhibition at Britain’s Royal Geographical Society in London sets out to present an alternative view, in which
exploration is fundamentally collective experience of work, involving many different people. Many of the most famous
examples of explorers said to have been ‘lone travellers’- say, Mungo Park or David Livingstone in Africa – were anything but
‘alone’ on their travels. They depend on local support of various kinds – for food, shelter, protection, information, guidance and
solace – as well as on other resources from elsewhere.
B. The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) seeks to record this story in its Hidden Histories project, using its astonishingly rich
collections. The storage of geographical information was one of the main rationales for the foundation of the RGS in 1830, and
the Society’s collections now contain more than two million individual items, including books, manuscripts, maps,
photographs, art-works, artifacts and film – a rich storehouse of material reflecting the wide geographical extent of British
interest across the globe. In addition to their remarkable scope and range, these collections contain a striking visual record of
exploration: the impulse to collect the world is reflected in a large and diverse image archive. For the researcher, this archive
can yield many surprises: materials gathered for one purpose – say, maps relating to an international boundary dispute or
photographs taken on a scientific expedition – may today be put to quite different uses.
C. In their published narratives, European explorers rarely portrayed themselves as vulnerable or dependent on others, despite
the fact that without this support they were quite literally lost. Archival research confirms that Europeans were not merely
dependent on the work of porters, soldiers, translators, cooks, pilots, guides, hunters and collectors: they also relied on local
expertise. Such assistance was essential in identifying potential dangers – poisonous species, unpredictable rivers, uncharted
territories – which could mean the difference between life and death. The assistants themselves were usually in a strong
bargaining position. In the Amazon, for example, access to entire regions would depend on the willingness of local crew
members and other assistants to enter areas inhabitted by relatively powerful Amerindian groups. In an account of his journey
across South America, published in 1836, William Smyth thus complained of frequent ‘desertion’ by his helpers: ‘without them
it was impossible to get on’.
D. Those providing local support and information to explorers were themselves often not ‘locals’. For example, the history of
African exploration in the nineteenth century is dominated by the use of Zanzibar as a recruiting station for porters, soldiers and
guides who would then travel thousands of miles across the continent. In some accounts, the leading African members of
expedition parties – the ‘officers’or ‘foremen’- are identified, and their portraits published alongside those of European explorers.
E. The information provided by locals and intermediaries was of potential importance to geographical science. How was this
evidence judged? The formal procedures of scientific evaluation provided one framework. Alongside these were more
‘common sense’ notions of veracity and reliability, religiously – inspired judgments about the authenticity of testimony, and the
routine procedures for cross-checking empirical observations developed in many prfessions.
F. Given explorers’need for local information and support, it was in their interests to develop effective working partnerships
with knowledgeable intermediaries who could act as brokers in their dealings with local inhabitants. Many of these people
acquired far more experience of exploration than most Europeans could hope to attain. Some managed large groups of men and
women, piloted the explorers’ river craft, or undertook mapping work. The tradition was continued with the Everest expeditions
in the 1920s and 1930s, which regularly employed the Tibetan interpreter Karma Paul. In Europe, exploration was increasingly
thought of as a career; the same might be said of the non-Europeans on whom their expeditions depended.
G. These individuals often forged close working relationships with European explorers. Such partnerships depended on mutual
respect, though they were not always easy or intimate, as is particularly clear from the history of the Everest expeditions
depicted in the Hidden Histories exhibition. The entire back wall is covered by an enlarged version of a single sheet of
photographs of Sherpas taken during the 1936 Everest expedition. The document is a powerful reminder of the manpower on
which European mountaineering expeditions depended, and also of the importance of local knowledge and assistance.
Transformed from archive to wall display, it tells a powerful story through the dedium of individual portraits – including
Karma Paul, veteran of previous expeditions, and the young Tensing Norgay, 17 years before his successful 1953 ascent. This
was a highly charged and transitional moment as the contribution of the Sherpas, depicted here with identity tags round their
necks, was beginning to be much more widely recognised. These touching portraits encourage us to see them as agents rather 8 | P a g e
than simply colonial subjects or paid employees. Here is a living history, which looks beyond what we already know about
exploration: a larger history in which we come to recognise the contribution of everyone involved.
For questions 78-83, decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). Write youranswers
in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
78. The Hidden Histories of Exploration exhibition aims to show the wide range of people involved in expeditions.
79. The common belief about how Park and Livingstone travelled is accurate.
80. The RGS has organised a number of exhibitions since it was founded.
81. Some of the records in the RGS archieves are more useful than others.
82. Materials owned by the RGS can be used in ways that were not originally intended.
83. In their publications, European explorers often describe their dependence on their helpers. Your answers: 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83.
The passage above has seven paragraphs, A-G. For questions 84-88, decide which paragraph contains the following
information. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
84. reference to the distances that some non-European helpers travelled
85. description of a wide range of different types of documents
86. belief about the effect of an exhibition on people seeing it
87. examples of risks explorers might have been unaware of without local help
88. reference to various approaches to assessing data from local helpers Your answers: 84. 85. 86. 87. 88.
Part 6. You are going to read a magazine article about interns – young people doing work placements for a limited period,
usually without pay. For questions 89-95, decide in which paragraph (A-D) is each of the following mention? The paragraphs
may be chosen more than once. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces provided.
(In which paragraph is each of the following mentioned?) Your answers:
• her feeling when discovering something at work? 89. _______
• having no idea how to carry out a certain task? 90. _______
• her feeling about the people she works with? 91. _______
• having no regrets about a choice she made previously? 92. _______
• a desire not to be in the same situation in the future? 93. _______
• something she regarded as unpredictable? 94. _______
• a preference concerning the work she does as an intern? 95. _______ Your answers: 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. The intern’s tale
Many workplaces have interns. Is it useful work experience or an unpaid waste of time?
Sarah Barnes meets four young interns.
A. Jessica Turner: Future Films
Working on scripts that you know are going to become films one day is really exciting. We get a broad variety of genres sent to
us here. Personally, I love anything that’s been adapted from a book, especially if I’ve read it. I read scripts, somethimes I attend
meetings with writers, and I’ve also researched potential writers and directors online. My placement was due to come to an end
this month but I’ve just been offered the paid role of production and development assistant. I’m pleased to be able to stay – I
didn’t want to leave everyone. It’s been tough getting to this point, but you can’t expect too much because it’s a competitive
industry. Because my degree was in film theory, I didn’t come away with the practical experience of being able to go on set and
know what’s what. Maybe I would have progressed more quickly if I had.
B. Rasa Abramaviciute: Vivienne Westwood fashion company
I work in the same department as Vivienne Westwood, so I see her almost every day. She treats everyone equally, whether they
are paid staff or interns. My main task is tracing patterns. I was shocked by how big they are; so much fabric goes into making a
Westwood dress. When I started, I was working on the archieve, so I had the opportunity to see past collections up close. I work
five days a week, 10a.m. to 6p.m., but the days gets longer and more stressed as we approach Fashion Week. I’ll stay for another
three months, and then I’ll go straight back to university to complete my final year. In fashion, if you want to establish yourself
over the competition, you have to work hard and for free, because that’s what everyone else is willing to do.
C. Hannah Sanderson: Merlin
Over the past few years I’ve been doing volunteer work in Calcutta, Bogota and Teheran, so it’s quite hard to adjust to being
back in the UK. Most of my friends are buying houses, have cars and go on holidays. But I never feel I’ve missed out because
I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do. I work three days a week, receiving a small sum to cover expenses. Money from my
father has gone towards funding my placement and I’m really fortunate that I can live with my mum, although it does mean my
commute can take up to two hours. Without my family, I don’t think I could be doing this. Next month I’m starting a six-month
placement in Myanmar, monitoring the health facilities the charity supplies there. After that, I might actually be in a position to
earn a salary. If I was 35 and still working unpaid, I’d think ‘What am I doing?’
D. Paula Morison: Whitechapel Gallery 9 | P a g e
I came to London with no plans. I didn’t know how long it would take to get a job. I’d saved up some money and take resigned
myself to staying on a friend’s sofa for a while, but luck was on my side and I found a job as a seamstress within a couple of
weeks. My placement at the gallery came along a week later. I’ve helped install exhibitions and create gallery publications. One
of the most exciting tasks was helping the artist Claire Barclay create the installation that’s now on display in the gallery.
Because some of the piece is sewn, my seamstress skills came in handy. The hardest thing is at the start, when you don’t know
anything. Someone asks: ‘Can you courier this?’ and you have to ask so many questions, like ‘Which courier company?’ and
‘Where are the envelopes?’ I’m about to finish my placement and I’m planning my own curatorial project with a friend. It will
be a lot of work but I think I have to go for these things now, otherwise I’ll regret it later.
IV. WRITING (60 points) Mark: ………./60
Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be between 100 and 120 words
Teachers’ beliefs are a form of subjective reality: What they believe is real and true. Teachers’ beliefs influence teacher
consciousness, teaching attitude, teaching methods and teaching policy. Teacher beliefs also strongly influence teaching
behavior and, finally, learner development. i.e. ―their beliefs guide their decision-making, behavior, and interactions with
students and, in turn, create an objective reality in the classroom, what students experience as real and true. Teachers' beliefs
shape their planning and curricular decisions, in effect determining what should be taught and what path instruction should follow.
Teachers who fail to examine their beliefs may bring about unanticipated consequences in the classroom, set aside
valuable curriculum, overlook or marginalize students who need them, misinterpret students' motives or behavior, and limit their
potential as professionals. Conversely, teachers who are willing to explore their beliefs, and how their beliefs relate to practice
and the professional knowledge base, can capitalize on the beliefs they hold to promote students' intellectual growth, autonomy
and reciprocity, and equity in their classrooms. Moreover, they create spaces for their own growth as they identify and revise
beliefs that do not serve them, their students, or their schools.
The formation of a teacher’s educational beliefs in the language teaching-learning process will exert an imperceptible
influence on forming active language teaching methods and will bring about an improvement in students’ language abilities.
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Part 2. The charts below show information on the unemployment rates for males and for females from 2010 to 2015 in the
USA and in Italy.
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Part 3: Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic.
As the number of global COVID-19 confirmed cases increase dramatically, to contain the pandemic, governments around the
world are continuing to take various measures such as testing, strict lockdowns, social distancing, and contact tracing for
infected individuals. Some people believe these measures do not help the public reduce the risk of exposure to the disease, but
violate people’s privacy rights.
What is your opinion about the matter?
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