ĐÁP ÁN MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10

KỲ THI HSG VÙNG ĐỒNG BẰNG DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ

2018
I. LISTENING
Part 1:
1. Ramps
2. Lavatory facilities
3. Visual doorbells
4. Clear markings
5. Dyslexia
Part 2:
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C

Part 3:
11. T 12. T 13. T 14. T 15. F

Part 4:
1. electronics tycoon 6. wannabe
2. credit 7. six-figure salary
3. budding apprentices 8. regular ratings winner
4. grim economic 9. winning format
5. business 10. the US
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. C
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D

11. D 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. A
Part 2:
1. inexhaustibly 6. Somewhere
2. meteoric 7. honoring
3. artistic 8. loosening
 4. weirdly 9. conformist
5. futuristic 10. precisely

Part 3:
1. generate → generating 2. They → it
3. effect → effects 4. sustainable → unsustainable
5. Previous → previously 6. poisonous → poisoned
7. by → with 8. Choking → choked
9. backdrop → a backdrop 10. were bruised → bruised
Part 4:
1. with 2. for 3. up 4. up to 5. down
6. off 7. off 8. on 9. up 10. in
III. Reading
Part 1: 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D
6. D 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. D
Part 2:
1. being 2. adulthood 3. cited 4. egg 5. ourselves
6. natural 7. any 8. Regarding 9. does 10. not

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

Part 4:
1. NG 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T
6. T 7. NG 8. C 9. B 10. C
IV. Writing:
Part 1: A.
1. was instrumental in the drafting
2. you stuck to/by what we originally
3. spare a thought for those/ people whose
4. prolong our stay so thrilled were
5. marvelled at the shrewdness with
B.
1. is under threat of closure
2. I will take your word for
3. you will be/are bound by
4. with hindsight, I could not have done anything
5. made a name for herself as

Listening transcript
Part 2:
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Frank: So why are you so against genetically modified food then? I think you’ve been
taken in by all the bad press.
Ann: No, that’s not true. I’ve read up on the subject and I think there are just too
many risks.
Frank: The GM foods that you get are probably safer than non GM foods.
Ann: Don’t be daft. Where’ve you got that from?
Frank: Well, there are tighter controls for GM food. There are controls in each
country and then at a European level as well. If they pass through all of those controls
before they reach the shops, they must be ok.
Ann: I just don’t like the idea of having my food altered. What’s wrong with the food
we’ve always had?
Frank: We have to move with the times. The possibilities for GM food are endless.
Ann: What, redder tomatoes or bigger strawberries?
Frank: Yes, for one thing. But what about vegetables with a higher vitamin content or
bananas with vaccines built into them.
Ann: What? (laughing)
Frank: It’s true. They’ve developed a way to produce bananas with the Hepatitis B
vaccine.
Ann: Mm, not sure what I think of that. We haven’t done enough research, and
playing around with crops is playing havoc with the wildlife. There are whole species
of birds that are in danger of becoming extinct. Larks for example, they are rapidly
decreasing in numbers, and it’s because of the chemicals they are using on GM foods.
Frank: They haven’t proved that.
Ann: Not yet, no. But it’s only a matter of time.
Frank: Mm.
Ann: And another thing that worries me is the power that a few food companies will
have if we start to rely on GM food. They’ll dominate the poor countries even more
than they do today.
Frank: They’ll feed them.
Ann: At a price, yes. Maybe. I’m worried about the food chain, too.
Frank: What do you mean?
Ann: Well, playing around with nature causes no end of damage to some plants and
animals. When a species dies out or mutates, it has a knock on effect on the whole
ecosystem.
Frank: I think you’re being cynical. You’re not giving GM food a chance. Ann: Not
cynical; just cautious.
Frank: Ok, consider this. Global warming is threatening to destroy the habitat of polar
bears.
Ann: What’s this got to do with genetically modified food?
Frank: Everything. We could use GM food to change the polar bears’ habitat now.
That way, we can prevent them from becoming extinct.
Ann: Ok, I quite like that idea.
Frank: Good. You’re starting to come round to my way of thinking.
Ann: No. I’m just trying to understand. I don’t like being a guinea pig and we are all
being guinea pigs for the experiments they’re doing on GM foods. I guess I don’t like
the way thing seem to just be happening without much of a debate.
Frank: What do you mean? We’re talking about it all the time.
Ann: Talking maybe, but nobody’s listening.

Part 4:
One of Britain’s most popular reality TV programmes has returned to our screens for
a fifth series. The Apprentice sees 16 ambitious individuals competing for a job with
electronics tycoon Sir Alan Sugar.
With endless talk of credit-crunches, redundancies and cut-backs, it may come as no
surprise that thousands of plucky hopefuls applied for the show. The chosen 16 will
compete in a series of business tasks and do their best to escape elimination. Not one
of them wants to hear the fateful words: you’re fired.
It should also be noted that this year’s budding apprentices are not going to be
allowed to forget the grim economic climate quite so easily. At the launch of this
year’s TV show, Sir Alan announced that some episodes have been "specifically
made towards recognition of what difficult times we are in".
The tasks will as usual be gruelling tests of business acumen, team-working and
leadership skill. They will also make for some hilarious viewing. British viewers will
be shaking their heads in disbelief at the crazy decisions of the wannabe apprentices.
But perhaps the most entertaining feature of the show will be watching the hopefuls
squirm and squabble in the boardroom. It is here they will have to explain just why
they have failed each task so
badly.
What drives people to take part in the show is difficult to say. Some are clearly
motivated by the promise of a six-figure salary and some claim they want the
experience of working with a successful businessman such as Sir Alan. One thing is
for sure, the contestants will all gain some level of celebrity. The show is a regular
ratings winner.
And to date, there has been one big winner and that is the show’s creator, Mark
Burnett. Originating in the US, The Apprentice’s winning format has been copied all
over the world and with the hype surrounding this latest series, it looks as though the
show will have success for many years to come.