SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN

HẢI PHÒNG DỰ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA

NĂM HỌC 2019-2020
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi gồm 12 trang) Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 28/9/2019
ĐIỂM BÀI THI HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÝ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: ….......................... Giám khảo 1: …………………………………

Bằng chữ: …....................... Giám khảo 2: …………………………………

Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi.

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển.
- Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
SECTION A. LISTENING (25 pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN NGHE HIỂU:
 Giám thị bật đĩa nghe một lần duy nhất. Đĩa nghe tự động chạy từ đầu đến hết.
 Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần được nghe hai lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 5 giây. Ở đầu và cuối
mỗi phần, thí sinh có 20 giây để đọc hướng dẫn và câu hỏi cũng như kiểm tra đáp án.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc từng phần có tín hiệu. Ở đầu và cuối bài thi nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong đề bài nghe.

Part 1: You will hear a conversation and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS taken from the recording for each answer. (5 pts)
1. What does the charity campaign to amend?
Fishing policy...................................................................................................................
2. What will be the task of the full-time biologist?
(To) monitor populations.................................................................................................
3. What is the name of the organization that granted Alice the award?
The Charity Commission.................................................................................................
4. What is the byproduct of oil exploration that disturbs the dolphins?
Underwater noise............................................................................................................
5. What is the name of the project that the charity offers?
Adopt A Dolphin..............................................................................................................

Part 2: You will hear a man called Stephen Caine giving a presentation about research into a
cargo of children's bath toys which were lost at sea. (5 pts)
Read the statements below. In boxes 1-5, write:
TRUE if the statement reflects the claims of the speaker
FALSE if the statement contradicts the claims of the speaker
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the speaker claims or thinks about this
1. 13,000 bath toys were lost at sea.
2. As a professor, Stephen pursued an unconventional field of research.
3. Local people in Alaska were particularly excited by Stephen’s visit.
4. Research into the lost cargo gave Stephen pure joy.
5. Stephen chose the more challenging itinerary to explore Europe.
Your answers:

1. F 2. T 3. NG 4. F 5. T

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Part 3: You will hear part of an interview. Listen and choose the answer (A, B, or C) which fits
best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the boxes 1-5. (5 pts)
1. When they discuss children’s participation in panto, Brian says that _____.
A. he prefers children not to come up on stage
B. it’s important to get the parents’ permission if a child wants to participate
C. he thinks that children’s participation adds a certain quality to the show
2. According to Brian, the advantage of panto is that _____.
A. all the actors can change their lines to reflect current events
B. the qualities required in panto match his talents
C. it gives him the chance to play a comedy character.
3. Brian became involved in comedy because _____.
A. he had wanted to do it since he was a child
B. his friends at school encouraged him to do it
C. he found he could earn more by doing comedy
4. What does Brian say about providing comedy for corporate events?
A. It is easy because the audience has had a lot to drink.
B. He has learnt how to respond to comments from the audience.
C. It’s the only way for many comedians to find work.
5. What does Brian feel with regards to nerves?
A. He agrees with a comment someone made early in his career.
B. He no longer feels nervous because he is more experienced.
C. The extent of his nerves has changed over the years.
Your answers:

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A

Part 4: You will hear part of a BBC news report. In boxes 1-10, write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
1. London is gearing up for four days of celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. For
the Metropolitan Police it's a _____, as they have both a security and ceremonial role in the whole event.
2. There'll also be _____ at Hyde Park.
3. On Monday, Buckingham Palace _____ a special BBC concert.
4. On the busiest days they are going to have around _____ involved in the operation.
5. The police will have one of the biggest _____ in tailoring their officers to what's going on.
6. On Monday and Tuesday it will have a huge presence on London's streets for the concert and
the _____..
7. There are specialist search teams using sniffer dogs to search _____ on the River Thames.
8. They are also going be using _____ to search bridges and underwater diving teams to check the
shoreline and the piers.
9. We've drawn together all the lessons from _____ and the visiting dignitaries and this will be a
part of our learning.
10. Officers in ceremonial uniform will be _____ for the event.
Your answers:

1. huge logistical exercise 6. carriage procession

2. huge family festival 7. passenger vessels

3. hosts 8. rope-climbing teams

4. 6000 officers 9. VIP protection issues

5. challenges 10. lining the route

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SECTION B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Part 1: Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. (10 pts)
1. The _____ win for the South Korean thriller, “Parasite”, capped an Academy Awards ceremony
that accentuated the importance of inclusion at every possible turn.
A. sonorous B. seismic C. frivolous D. virulent
2. The senator launched into a furious _____ about the futility of political correctness.
A. tirade B. dogma C. tenet D. edict
3. Contrary to popular belief, women are now the fastest growing _____ in hunting in the U.S.
A. proportion B. demographic C. cornerstone D. syndicate
4. She tried to _____ that her partners were embezzling funds.
A. impound B. nuance C. infer D. insinuate
5. I started drinking again after six years of _____.
A. admonition B. severity C. abstinence D. valour
6. When it comes to the _____, we can always rely on her.
A. crunch B. tail C. job D. clasp
7. Ever since he got out of prison, he has been _____.
A. on the ball B. in the gaff C. up the ante D. under the sun
8. The food _____, he went out for a jog.
A. ate B. been eaten C. eaten D. having eaten
9. As her tumor is malignant, surgery may be the only _____.
A. rebound B. resort C. resource D. retort
10. The coronavirus epidemic in China surpassed a grim milestone on Sunday with a death _____
that exceeds that of the SARS outbreak 17 years ago.
1. A. toll B. count C. rise D. metric
11. She was so bent _____ shape that no one could comfort her.
A. off B. out of C. into D. on
12. He asked me to _____ until he go his salary,
A. string him on B. jog him up C. pull him along D. tide him over
13. Multiple politicians have rallied _____ Bernie Sanders.
A. on B. with C. behind D. alongside
14. Mary can cut ____ a chicken like a professional chef.
A. up B. down C. apart D. out
15. It took her company several years to gain ____.
A. footnote B. liking C. ground D. traction
16. _____ the odds be ever in your favor.
A. Might B. Shall C. Should D. May
17. The audience observed a minute of silence _____ the late actor.
A. in deference to B. on account of C. with respect to D. with reverence for
18. _____ your help, I wouldn’t have completed that task.
A. Lest B. But for C. Lacking D. Unless
19. Up ____ and the people cheered.
A. did the balloon go B. went the balloon
C. was the balloon D. the balloon had gone
20. Try as he _____, he couldn’t have her hand in marriage,
A. had B. could C. did D. might
Your answers:

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A

11. B 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. D

Part 2: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following
sentences. (5 pts)
1. Pete Buttigieg’s financial (TANGLE) prove to be an impediment to his campaign.
2. Despite my (LEAN) towards modern literature, I still find the works of Shakespeare incredibly
inspiring.
3. They valued fun and good (FELLOW) as the cement of the community.
4. Children are not to be subjected to religious (DOCTRINE).
5. His home was often visited by (ITINERARY) performers, all desperately trying to make a living by
touring the country
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6. The government (BAIL) programs to rescue banks in the 2008 recession remain highly
controversial.
7. Current policies fail to redress racial (EQUITABLE).
8. Panama was a haven for businesses to launder (GET) gains.
9. Trump publicly criticized the (WHISTLE) whose complaint about the president's dealings with Ukraine
prompted the impeachment inquiry.
10. The Recording Academy recently received (LASH) over accusations of sexism.
Your answers:

1. entanglements 2. leanings 3. fellowship 4. indoctrination 5. itinerant

6. bailout 7. inequities 8. ill-gotten 9. whistleblower 10. backlash

Part 3: The following text contains 10 words that need correction. Identify these words and
write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes (1-10). There is an example
at the beginning (0). (10 pts)
SICK BUILDING SYNDROME 'IS RESULT OF POOR MANAGEMENT'

Line 1 On August 2019, JAMA Pediatrics, a wide respected journal, published a study with a
Line 2 contending result: Pregnant women in Canada who were exposed to increasing levels
Line 3 of fluoride (such as from drinking water) were less likely to have children with lower I.Q.
Line 4 Some media outlets ran overblown headlines, claimed that fluoride exposure actually
Line 5 lowers I.Q. And while academia and journalists quickly pointed out the study’s many
Line 6 flaws — which it didn’t prove cause and reason; and showed a drop in I.Q. only in boys,
Line 7 not girls — the damage was made. People took to social media, voicing their concerns
Line 8 about the potential harms of fluoride exposure.
Line 9 We place immense trust in scientific studies, as well as in journalists who report on
Line 10 them. Nevertheless, deciding whether a study warrants change the way we live our lives
Line 11 is challenging. Is that extra hour of screen time really devastating? Does feeding
Line 12 processed meat into children increase their risk of cancer?
Your answers:
No. Lines Mistakes Corrections
0. 1 On In
1. 1 wide widely
2. 2 contending contentious
3. 3 less more
4. 4 claimed claiming
5. 5 academia academics
6. 6 which what
7. 6 reason effect
8. 7 made done
9. 10 change changing
10. 12 into to
Part 4: Read the passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (5 pts)
The Egyptian farmer stood in his dust-blown field, (1) _____ his fortune. A few years ago, wheat and
tomato-filled greenhouses carpeted the land. Now the desert was creeping in. “Look,” he said,
gesturing at the sandy soil and abandoned greenhouses. “Barren.”
The farmer, Hamed Jarallah, (2) _____ his woes to dwindling irrigation from the overtaxed Nile, the
fabled river at the heart of Egypt’s very identity. Already, the Nile is under (3) _____ from pollution,

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climate change and Egypt’s growing population, which officially hits 100 million people this month.
And now, Mr. Jarallah added, a fresh (4) _____ loomed.
A colossal hydroelectric dam being built on the Nile 2,000 miles upriver, in the lowlands of Ethiopia,
threatens to further (5) _____ Egypt’s water supply — and is scheduled to start filling this summer.
“We’re worried,” he said. “Egypt wouldn’t exist without the Nile. Our livelihood is being destroyed, God
help us.”
The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the $4.5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam —
Africa’s largest, with a reservoir about the size of London — has become a national (6) _____ in both
countries, (7) _____ patriotism, deep-seated fears and even murmurs of war. To Ethiopians, the dam
is a cherished symbol of their ambitions — a megaproject with the potential to light up millions of
homes, earn billions from electricity sales to neighboring countries and confirm Ethiopia’s place as an
(8) _____ African power.
After years of bumpy progress, including corruption scandals and the mysterious death of its (9)
_____ engineer, the first two turbines are being installed. Officials say the dam will start filling in July.
That (10) _____ induces dread in Egypt, where the dam is seen as the most fundamental of threats.

1. A. grieving B. deprecating C. lamenting D. denouncing

2. A. attributed B. addressed C. renounced D. assigned
3. A. assault B. assimilation C. inundation D. seizure
4. A. herald B. intricacy C. calamity D. blandishment
5. A. concur B. contrive C. convict D. constrict
6. A. premonition B. preoccupation C. premise D. prenup
7. A. stoking B. burning C. enamoring D. currying
8. A. afloat B. endearing C. arising D. emerging
9. A. chief B. paramount C. ultimate D. ruling
10. A. view B. vista C. prospect D. landscape
Your answers:

1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. C

SECTION C. READING (25 pts)

Part 1: Read the text below and think of a word which best fits each gap. (5 pts)
Chamonix is a modern town, connected to the outside (1) _____ via the Mont Blanc Road Tunnel and
a busy highway network. It receives up to 60,000 visitors at a time during the ski season, and
climbers, hikers and extreme-sports enthusiasts (2) _____ swarm there in the summer in even greater
(3) _____, swelling the town’s population to 100,000. It is the third most visited natural site in the
world, (4) _____ to Chamonix’s Tourism Office and, last year, it had 5.2 million visitor bed nights - all
this in a town with (5) _____ than 10,000 permanent inhabitants.
This influx of tourists has put the local environment (6) _____ severe pressure, and the authorities in
the valley have decided to (7) _____ action. Educating visitors is vital. Tourists are warned not to drop
rubbish, and there are now recycling points dotted all around the valley, from the town centre to
halfway (8) _____ the mountains. An internet blog reports environmental news in the town, and the
‘green’ message is (9) _____ with all the tourist office’s activities. Chamonix’s council is encouraging
the use of renewable energy in private properties as well, by making funds (10) _____ for green
renovations and new constructions.
Your answers:

1. world 2. alike 3. numbers 4. most 5. fewer

6. under 7. take 8. up 9. delivered 10. available

Part 2: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)

THE BENEFITS OF BEING BILINGUAL

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According to the latest figures, the majority of the world’s population is now bilingual or multilingual,
having grown up speaking two or more languages. In the past, such children were considered to be at
a disadvantage compared with their monolingual peers. Over the past few decades, however,
technological advances have allowed researchers to look more deeply at how bilingualism interacts
with and changes the cognitive and neurological systems, thereby identifying several clear benefits of
being bilingual.
Research shows that when a bilingual person uses one language, the other is active at the same
time. When we hear a word, we don’t hear the entire word all at once: the sounds arrive in sequential
order. Long before the word is finished, the brain’s language system begins to guess what that word
might be. If you hear ‘can’, you will likely activate words like ‘candy’ and ‘candle’ as well, at least
during the earlier stages of word recognition. For bilingual people, this activation is not limited to a
single language; auditory input activates corresponding words regardless of the language to which
they belong. Some of the most compelling evidence for this phenomenon, called ‘language co-
activation’, comes from studying eye movements. A Russian-English bilingual asked to ‘pick up a
marker’ from a set of objects would look more at a stamp than someone who doesn’t know Russian,
because the Russian word for ‘stamp’, marka, sounds like the English word he or she heard, ‘marker’.
In cases like this, language co-activation occurs because what the listener hears could map onto
words in either language.
Having to deal with this persistent linguistic competition can result in difficulties, however. For
instance, knowing more than one language can cause speakers to name pictures more slowly, and
can increase ‘tip-of-the-tongue states’, when you can almost, but not quite, bring a word to mind. As a
result, the constant juggling of two languages creates a need to control how much a person accesses
a language at any given time. For this reason, bilingual people often perform better on tasks that
require conflict management. In the classic Stroop Task, people see a word and are asked to name
the colour of the word’s font. When the colour and the word match (i., the word ‘red’ printed in red),
people correctly name the colour more quickly than when the colour and the word don’t match (i.e, the
word ‘red’ printed in blue). This occurs because the word itself (‘red’) and its font colour (blue) conflict.
Bilingual people often excel at tasks such as this, which tap into the ability to ignore competing
perceptual information and focus on the relevant aspects of the input. Bilinguals are also better at
switching between two tasks; for example, when bilinguals have to switch from categorizing objects
by colour (red or green) to categorizing them by shape (circle or triangle), they do so more quickly
than monolingual people, reflecting better cognitive control when having to make rapid changes of
strategy.
It also seems that the neurological roots of the bilingual advantage extend to brain areas more
traditionally associated with sensory processing. When monolingual and bilingual adolescents listen
to simple speech sounds without any intervening background noise, they show highly similar brain
stem responses. When researchers play the same sound to both groups in the presence of
background noise, however, the bilingual listeners’ neural response is considerably larger, reflecting
better encoding of the sound’s fundamental frequency, a feature of sound closely related to pitch
perception.
Such improvements in cognitive and sensory processing may help a bilingual person to process
information in the environment, and help explain why bilingual adults acquire a third language better
than monolingual adults master a second language. This advantage may be rooted in the skill of
focussing on information about the new language while reducing interference from the languages they
already know.
Research also indicates that bilingual experience may help to keep the cognitive mechanisms sharp
by recruiting alternate brain networks to compensate for those that become damaged during aging.
Older bilinguals enjoy improved memory relative to monolingual people, which can lead to real-world
health benefits. In a study of over 200 patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative brain
disease, bilingual patients reported showing initial symptoms of the disease an average of five years
later than monolingual patients. In a follow-up study, researchers compared the brains of bilingual and
monolingual patients matched on the severity of Alzheimer’s symptoms. Surprisingly, the bilinguals’
brains had more physical signs of disease than their monolingual counterparts, even though their

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outward behaviour and abilities were the same. If the brain is an engine, bilingualism may help it to go
farther on the same amount of fuel.
Furthermore, the benefits associated with bilingual experience seem to start very early. In one study,
researchers taught seven-month-old babies growing up in monolingual or bilingual homes that when
they heard a tinkling sound, a puppet appeared on one side of a screen. Halfway through the study,
the puppet began appearing on the opposite side of the screen. In order to get a reward, the infants
had to adjust the rule they’d learned; only the bilingual babies were able to successfully learn the new
rule. This suggests that for very young children, as well as for older people, navigating a multilingual
environment imparts advantages that transfer far beyond language.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your
answers in boxes 1-5.
Test Findings

Observing the (1) _____ of Russian-English Bilingual people engage both languages
bilingual people when asked to select certain simultaneously: a mechanism known as (2)
objects. _____.

A test called the (3) _____, focusing on Bilingual people are more able to handle
naming colours. tasks involving a skill called (4) _____.

When changing strategies, bilingual people

A test involving switching between tasks.
have superior (5) _____.

Your answers:

1. eye 2. language co- 4. conflict 5. cognitive

3. Stroop Task
movements activation management control

Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in the reading passage?
In boxes 6-10, write:
YES if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
6. Attitudes towards bilingualism have changed in recent years.
7. Bilingual people are better than monolingual people at guessing correctly what words are before
they are finished.
8. Bilingual people consistently name images faster than monolingual people.
9. Bilingual people’s brains process single sounds more efficiently than monolingual people in all
situations.
10. Fewer bilingual people than monolingual people suffer from brain disease in old age.
Your answers:

6. YES 7. NOT GIVEN 8. NO 9. NO 10. NOT GIVEN

Part 3: You are going to read an extract from a book about the mind. For questions 1-5, choose the
answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. (5 pts)
Although he made his name with his archeological finds of early humans, Richard Leakey became
famous as the conservationist who turned the tide against elephant poaching. Bringing the slaughter
of Kenya's elephants under control required a military solution, and Leakey was not afraid to apply it.
Many poachers were killed, giving Leakey a reputation for being a cold-blooded obsessive who put
animals before people. Moreover, his efforts to eradicate corruption in Kenya's wildlife management
system won him many enemies.
But the birth of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the eradication of elephant poaching and the ban
on the international trade in ivory are his legacy, and they form the basis of Wildlife Wars. This
surprisingly personal memoir has much to tell about the fragile relationships between conservationists

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and governments. It is a story not only of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of trying to save the
world's wildlife from extinction.
Life for the average person in Africa is tough, and basic needs are far from being met. This is the
background against which Leakey fought his war, and he constantly refers to the threat poverty poses
to the preservation of Africa's spectacular wildlife. Leakey's argument, here and in recent lectures, is
that national parks managed exclusively for biodiversity protection must be created, and that this
protection of our wildlife heritage should be funded by international sources. However, in the early
1990s the development agencies favoured "community-based" conservation. Leakey's stand on
protection of parks was seen as a lack of respect for local communities, and used against him when
he resigned as head of the KWS in1994. Recently donors and conservationists have come to
recognise the limitations of purely local conservation programmes; there is a growing consensus that
the poor are unlikely to manage wildlife resources wisely for the long term because their needs are
immediate.
Wildlife Wars continues where Leakey's memoir “One Life” left off. It spans a 13-year period,
beginning in 1989 when Leakey became head of the KWS. Then the elephant slaughter was at its
height across Africa; it is estimated that between 1975 and 1989 the international markets for ivory in
Europe, the United States and Asia led to the death of 1.2m elephants, slaughtered for their ivory to
make piano keys, games and fashion accessories. Kenya's herds were reduced by more than 85% by
armed poachers, who turned their guns on anything and anyone. To stop this killing required
changing the perceptions of ivory users so as to eliminate the markets, as well as mounting an armed
force against the poachers.
With both humour and seriousness, Leakey explains the sacrifices he had to make in order to see his
vision succeed. Despite the gravity of the situation, Leakey makes light of the sometimes comical
circumstances, although it is clear that his life was at risk many times and he worked under
tremendous pressure. For many, however, the real question is why this paleoanthropologist should
risk his life for wildlife. The answer may lie in Leakey's own depiction of himself, although obviously
aggressive and driven while running KWS, as essentially reflective. Presenting in moving terms his
introduction to elephant emotions and society, he describes his outrage at the moral and ethical
implications of poaching and culling for ivory, arguing that elephants, apes, whales and dolphins have
emotions so like those of humans that they deserve to be treated as such.
Hard-core wildlife groups sniggered at his 'bunny-hugging' tendencies, but they underestimated his
impact. It is impossible to put a value on Leakey's work during those years. As the elephant
population began to recover, Kenya's tourist industry revived to become the country's main source of
revenue. An international awareness campaign centred on an ivory bonfire, which led to the ban on
ivory trade and the collapse of ivory prices.
1. Richard Leakey is most well-known for _____.
A. increasing wildlife budgets
B. successfully stopping illegal hunting
C. removing the ban on the ivory trade
D. helping to identify man’s origins
2. In paragraph 3, Leakey makes the point that _____.
A. conservation should be global responsibility
B. a war must be fought against poverty
C. Africa’s wildlife is an international attraction
D. there is insufficient money to establish parks
3. Leakey considers himself _____.
A. amusing
B. sentimental
C. contemplative
D. obsessive
4. What does the writer imply in the last paragraph?
A. A disease had affected elephants.
B. Leakey’s views are overly sentimental.
C. Leakey’s success is in doubt.
D. Leakey’s work had wide-range effects.

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5. This passage is taken from _____.
A. an article about endangered species
B. a book about Richard Leakey
C. an article about Kenya.
D. a book review
Your answers:

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. D

Part 4: You are going to read an extract from a novel. Seven paragraphs have been removed
from the extract. Choose from paragraph A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7). There is
one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (7 pts)
SUMMER
The small bright lawn stretched away smoothly to the big bright sea. The turf was hemmed with an
edge of scarlet geranium and coleus, and cast–iron vases painted in chocolate colour, standing at
intervals along the winding path that led to the sea, looped their garlands of petunia and ivy geranium
above the neatly raked gravel.
1. G
A number of ladies in summer dresses and gentlemen in grey frock–coats and tall hats stood on the
lawn or sat upon the benches; and every now and then a slender girl in starched muslin would step
from the tent, bow in hand, and speed her shaft at one of the targets, while the spectators interrupted
their talk to watch the result.
2. D
The Newport Archery Club always held its August meeting at the Beauforts'. The sport, which had
hitherto known no rival but croquet, was beginning to be discarded in favour of lawn–tennis; but the
latter game was still considered too rough and inelegant for social occasions, and as an opportunity
to show off pretty dresses and graceful attitudes the bow and arrow held their own.
3. E
In New York, during the previous winter, after he and May had settled down in the new greenish–
yellow house with the bow–window and the Pompeian vestibule, he had dropped back with relief into
the old routine of the office, and the renewal of this daily activity had served as a link with his former
self.
4. B
At the Century, he had found Winsett again, and at the Knickerbocker the fashionable young men of
his own set; and what with the hours dedicated to the law and those given to dining out or
entertaining friends at home, with an occasional evening at the Opera or the play, the life he was
living had still seemed a fairly real and inevitable sort of business.
5. H
But the Wellands always went to Newport, where they owned one of the square boxes on the cliffs,
and their son–in–law could adduce no good reason why he and May should not join them there. As
Mrs. Welland rather tartly pointed out, it was hardly worth while for May to have worn herself out
trying on summer clothes in Paris if she was not to be allowed to wear them; and this argument was
of a kind to which Archer had as yet found no answer.
6. A
It was not May's fault, poor dear. If, now and then, during their travels, they had fallen slightly out of
step, harmony had been restored by their return to the conditions she was used to. He had always
foreseen that she would not disappoint him; and he had been right. No, the time and place had been
perfect for his marriage.
7. F
He could not say that he had been mistaken in his choice, for she had fulfilled all that he had
expected. It was undoubtedly gratifying to be the husband of one of the handsomest and most
popular young married women in New York, especially when she was also one of the sweetest–
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A. May herself could not understand his obscure reluctance to fall in with so reasonable and
pleasant a way of spending the summer. She reminded him that he had always liked Newport in his
bachelor days, and as this was indisputable he could only profess that he was sure he was going to
like it better than ever now that they were to be there together. But as he stood on the Beaufort
verandah and looked out on the brightly peopled lawn it came home to him with a shiver that he was
not going to like it at all.
B. In addition, there had been the pleasurable excitement of choosing a showy grey stepper for
May's brougham (the Wellands had given the carriage), and the abiding occupation and interest of
arranging his new library, which, in spite of family doubts and disapprovals, had been carried out as
he had dreamed, with a dark embossed paper, Eastlake book-cases and "sincere" arm-chairs and
tables.
C. The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for more yellow roses. In consequence of
this search he arrived late at the office, perceived that his doing so made no difference whatever to
any one, and was filled with sudden exasperation at the elaborate futility of his life. Why should he not
be, at that moment, on the sands of St. Augustine with May Welland?
D. Newland Archer, standing on the veranda of the house, looked curiously down upon this
scene. On each side of the shiny painted steps was a large blue china flower–pot on a bright yellow
china stand. A spiky green plant filled each pot, and below the verandah ran a wide border of blue
hydrangeas edged with more red geraniums. Behind him, the French windows of the drawing–rooms
through which he had passed gave glimpses, between swaying lace curtains, of glassy parquet floors
islanded with chintz poufs, dwarf armchairs, and velvet tables covered with trifles in silver.
E. Archer looked down with wonder at the familiar spectacle. It surprised him that life should be
going on in the old way when his own reactions to it had so completely changed. It was Newport that
had first brought home to him the extent of the change.
F. Archer had married (as most young men did) because he had met a perfectly charming girl at
the moment when a series of rather aimless sentimental adventures were ending in premature
disgust; and she had represented peace, stability, comradeship, and the steadying sense of an
unescapable duty.
G. Half way between the edge of the cliff and the square wooden house (which was also
chocolate–coloured, but with the tin roof of the verandah striped in yellow and brown to represent an
awning) two large targets had been placed against a background of shrubbery. On the other side of
the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden–seats about it.
H. Newport, on the other hand, represented the escape from duty into an atmosphere of
unmitigated holiday–making. Archer had tried to persuade May to spend the summer on a remote
island off the coast of Maine (called, appropriately enough, Mount Desert), where a few hardy
Bostonians and Philadelphians were camping in "native" cottages, and whence came reports of
enchanting scenery and a wild, almost trapper–like existence amid woods and waters.

SECTION D. WRITING (20 pts)

Part 1: Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. Use the word given with its form unchanged. (5 pts)
1. I must have offended her because she hasn’t been friendly towards me. SHOULDER
I must have offended her because she is giving me the cold shoulder.
2. I didn’t want to give up while some hope of success remained. DEFEAT
I was loath to admit defeat while some hope of success remained.
3. She was concentrating so hard on her work that she didn’t notice when I came in. TOOK
She was so wrapped up in her work that she took no notice when I came in.
4. This property has been neglected and is in need of complete renovation. DISREPAIR
Having fallen into (a state of) disrepair, this property needs renovating/ to be renovated
completely.
5. Her incessant lying makes me furious! BEND
It drives me round the bend that she lies incessantly.

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6. She was so interested in the subject that she signed up for an online course. INTEREST
Such was her interest in the subject that she signed up for an online course.
7. The twins look exactly like each other. PEAS
The twins look like two peas in a pod.
8. Without his guidance, I would have become lost . HAD
Had it not been for his guidance, I would have gone astray.
9. They are waiting for him to arrive at any minute. DUE
He is due to arrive at any minute.
10. She graduated with distinction. FLYING
She graduated with flying colours.

Part 2: Table description (5 pts)

Write a summary of the information. Select and report the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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Part 3: Essay writing (10 pts)

Write about the following topic from 250-300 words.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The ability to adapt or adjust to a changing condition or circumstance is more important than
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