SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH

ĐẮK LẮK NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024

TRƯỜNG THCS – THPT ĐÔNG DU MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – THPT
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 21/02/2024
(Đề thi gồm có: 17 trang)

Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này

PART I. LISTENING (5 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

 Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây
 Thí sinh có 15 giây để đọc mỗi phần câu hỏi.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

Section 1: Listen to a lecture about the behavior of primates-the group of animals that includes
monkeys and humans and fill in the gaps with missing information. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each question. (20 points)

Lecture Topic : Primate Behaviour

Review – Last lecture we talked about how physical features apply to:
 living primates
 classification
 ___1___________________
 Human evolution is not just about how people have __2________________ but also
about how our behavior evolved.
 The most notable thing about humans is not just that they walk on two legs but that they
can __3______________
Primate Cognitive Abilities
Cognitive = the amount of __4________________ that goes into a behavior. It’s difficult to come
up with __5___________ to measure cognition.
How sentient are the ___6_______________ ?
Sentient = there is ____7___________________ conscious thought.
Behaviour that support the presence of conscious thought in primates:
 Various sorts of ___8_______________ (helping others without benefit).
 ‘Machiavellian Intelligence’ or deliberate ___9_________________.
 Chimps can be language trained – highly intelligent.
 Cognition and intelligence in primates has deep ___10__________________ ramification.
(Source: IELTS Mock Tests 2020- September)
Your answers:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.

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9. 10.

Section 2: You will hear a student called Tina asking Professor VanDiezen for advice on
choosing courses. Listen and answer the following questions, using NO MORE THAN FIVE
WORDS for each answer. (10 points)
11. What is the defining characteristic of a specialized course?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
12. For whom the Microbiology courses are available?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
13. Who are interested in Microbiology courses?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
14. Why will a Medical Science course be opened next year?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
15. Which is the quickest increasing subject in enrolment?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Your answers:
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Section 3. You will hear an interview with a man called Jon Simmons and a woman called Clare
Harries, who both work as life coaches, and decide whether the following sentences are true (T)
or false (F). (10 points)
16. Jon feels that the job of a life coach is based on individual experiences.
17. Clare says she became a life coach because it involved something she enjoyed doing.
18. Jon thinks the most important to understand about relationships is that They start with the
individual's attitude to him- or herself.
19. Jon and Clare both think the most important message to get over to clients is to make good use of
your particular skills.
20. Jon and Clare both feel the most rewarding part of their job is watching another person develop
their confidence.
(Source: Gold Exam Maximiser - CAE)
Your answers
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Section 4: You will hear part of a discussion between Velm and Andrews, a lawyer, and Sergeant
William Bailey, a police officer. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits
best according to what you hear. (10 points)
21. How did William feel the first time he gave evidence in court?
A. humiliated B. nervous C. furious D. indifferent
22. Velm a suggests that police officers giving evidence should ____________
A. study the evidence more carefully.
B. ignore the lawyer for the defence.
C. not take comments personally.
D. demonstrate that they are honest and reliable.

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23. Velma compares a police officer's evidence to a piece in a jigsaw puzzle because ________
A. it is unimportant unless it is part of a bigger picture.
B. it may not fit in with the rest of the evidence.
C. the defence lawyer will try to destroy it.
D the police officer should only talk about his or her evidence.
24. William suggests that lawyers________
A adopt a special manner in the courtroom .
B. can be detached about a case.
C. might actually be close friends.
D. do not take their work seriously.
25. William's main concern is that_________
A. a criminal could get away with his or her crime.
B. a court case could be confusing,
C. young police officers find courts terrifying.
D. police officers might argue with the lawyer.
(Source: Exam essentials Practice Tests - CAE)
Your answers
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

PART II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (4 points)

Section 1. For questions, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. You _______ then; otherwise, the policeman wouldn’t have stopped you .
A. could have been speeding B. must have been speeding
C. might have been speeding D. ought to have been speeding
2. Something that I would really enjoy as a child was to watch the buffaloes _____ in the waterhole
and rolling in the mud.
A. twitching B. stalking C. strolling D. wallowing
3. A thousand thoughts _____ together inside my mind while I try to force myself to sleep every night!
A. trifle B. jostle C. fidget D. twiddle
4. While the adults were overthinking the problem, little John came up with a _____ solution to the
problem using the simple mind of a child.
A. clean B. neat C. makeshift D. smooth
5. You should be _________ ashamed of yourself for what you have done.
A. thoroughly B. hopelessly C. entirely D. earnestly
6. I saw my classmate cheating during the test, but it was nothing of my _____ so I kept my mouth
shut in the end.
A. nose B. skull C. palm D. cheek
7. Please follow the doctor's advice, he is in _____ earnest about the epidemic.
A. grave B. sincere C. deadly D. pure
8. My mother _____ when she came back home this noon and found out I had forgotten to cook the
rice.
A. brought the house down B. hit the ceiling
C. had her blood boiled D. hit the wall
9. Only when you see the hurricane season here will you know nature is comforting but can also be
_____.
A. out for blood B. uncharted waters

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C. like getting blood out of a stone D. red in tooth and claw
10. Hearing about my uncle's death last night, I felt somewhat relieved that he could now leave this
_____ behind after 8 years struggling with cancer.
A. gift of the gab B. vale of tears
C. donkey’s years D. cat-and-dog life
11. Harry knows _____ well that he would receive punishment for this but he’s still determined to go
ahead with his plan.
A. grim B. dead C. all D. full
12. He was trying to _____ the complicated series of events that had led to this situation but still
couldn’t see where the mistakes lied.
A. weasel out B. crouch over C. ravel out D .bowl over
13. Twenty years serving the business as second in _____ to his father has helped him gain precious
experience for his career.
A. authority B. command C. decree D. junction
14. _________, scientists have greatly increased the yield of crops such as corn, rice, and wheat.
A. As using the laws of genetics B. Using the laws of genetics
C. The laws of genetics D. The laws of genetics are to be used
15. It is unfair that he's been cheating his customers for years, and getting _____ away with it.
A. white B. clean C. straight D. flat
16. The authorities only sit in the _____ without knowing anything about the real desire of ordinary
people.
A. ivory tower B. cloud castle C. air balloon D. royal palace
17. Everyone loves these giant retail chains for their low prices, but few care that the local business
owners are taken the _____ out of their mouth.
A. bread B. egg C. teeth D. pudding
18. I can see you have been practicing very hard for the past 5 months so you totally deserve the
_____, son!
A. gold plate B. blue ribbon C. silver spoon D. red flag
19. I know your dream is to become a singer, but with your voice, please stop _____ and choose
another major.
A. chasing the dragon B. chasing rainbows
C. crying over spilt milk D. holding the fort
20. John’s reaction showed that he was full of _____ after hearing that he was going to be a dad for the
first time.
A. cakes B. lemons C. jellies D. beans
21. It looks like it might snow today, _______ we’ll need to wear our big coats.
A. in which event B. by which time C. in which case D. at which point
22. Something she said to him must have _______. I’ve never seen him so angry with her.
A. hit a nerve B. tugged at his heartstrings
C. struck a chord D. kept him on his toes
23. I don’t think Paul will ever get married — he’s the stereotypical _______ bachelor.
A. settled B. confirmed C. fixed D. determined
24. She was so ill that it was ________ whether she would live or not.
A. win or lose B. come and go C. touch and go D. on and off
25. Having passed the entrance exam, _______.
A. the university gave him a scholarship B. his parents allowed him to way for a holiday
C. his parents were very pleased with him D. he was allowed to go away for a holiday

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26. Schools require that every student _____ before September 1st.
A. was registered B. register C. registered D. registers
27. ________saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.
A. What the woman was B. That the woman was
C. The woman was D. When was the woman
28. Glass that has been tempered may be up to ______.
A. as hard as ordinary glass five times B. hard as ordinary glass five times
C. five times as hard as ordinary glass D. ordinary glass as hard as five times
29. “Did you go to the shopping mall to see a movie last night?” – “Yes, but I _____________home.
because I had a little fever.
A. would rather stay B. would rather stayed
C. would stay D. would rather have stayed
30. Tim and Alan have never got on well and there is a lot of ___________ feeling between them.
A. cross B. adverse C. ill D. vile

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Section 2. Use the correct form of the words in the brackets. (10 points)
For questions 56-65, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered boxes
provided
31. The latest economic surveys are________ as a result of the decline in world trade during the
pandemic. BEAT
32. Parents should pay close attention to their children’s health because many respiratory symptoms
can be the _____of asthma - a medical condition that makes breathing difficult. RUN
33. Sarah didn’t do very well on the test, so when knowing her score was barely enough to pass, the
expression on her face was ___________ between disappointment and relief. WAY
34. My father is a strict _________________ who always believes in 'spare the rod, spoil the child'.
DISCIPLINE
35. The archeologist was amazed to see that the body hadn’t ___________ at all. COMPOSE
36. Ever since his girlfriend had to serve in the isolation area, he has always seemed __________
CAST
37. Many FMVs were produced using this web service, which allows people to create ________ of
movies by combining scenes from various films. MASH
38. How awful! What an _________________ thing for anyone to do! OUTRAGE
39. I later put my shoes back on because shells and gravel made walking _____ on the beach
uncomfortable for me. FOOT
40. Although tourists are attracted to Sapa because of the snow, residents there are actually afraid of
this weather due to its harm to their ___________, especially the buffaloes. LIVE
Your answers:
31. 36.
32. 37.

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33. 38.
34. 39.
35. 40.

PART III. READING (6 points)

Section 1: For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
There can be no (1) _____that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer. Far from
becoming (2) _______, online shoppers are very demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor services
should beware. Gone are the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away
with it. The same, too, for shady manufacturers: smarter consumers know which products have a good
(3) _______ and which do not, because online they now read not only the sales (4) _______ but also
reviews from previous purchasers. And if customers are disappointed, a few (5) _______ of the
mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know. Nowadays there is nothing
more damning than a flood of negative comments on the internet.
However, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies are already
adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The stores run by Sony and Apple, for
instance, are more like brand showrooms than shops. They are there for people to try out (6) _______
and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are ultimately bought online or
offline is of secondary importance. Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is (7) _______
turning from being primarily a bookseller to becoming a (8) _______ retailer by letting other
companies sell products on its site, rather like a marketplace. During America's Thanksgiving weekend
last November, Amazon’s sales of consumer electronics in the United States (9) _______ its book
sales for the first time in its history. Other transformations in the retail business are (10) _______ to
follow.
(Source: https://www.clgranada.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CAE-OPEN-CLOZE)
1. A. query B. examination C. question D. proposal
2. A. complacent B. dissatisfied C. competent D. compassionate
3. A. distinction B. resolution C. opinion D. reputation
4. A. bubble B. message C. blare D. blurb
5. A. taps B. clucks C. clicks D. prods
6. A. devices B. tools C. emblems D. schemes
7. A. mistakenly B. rapidly C. unreasonably D. secretly
8. A. mass B. block C. lump D. chunk
9. A. receded B. excluded C. repressed D. exceeded
10. A. tied B. secured C. bound D. fastened

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 2: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word to complete the following text. Write
your answers in the box below.
Black Holes Are Among Us
Black holes are suddenly turning up all over the place: vast one in other galaxies, middle-sized ones
in our own and maybe (11) _______ tiny ones on the Earth. A black hole is the essence of gravity, a
place where space is stretched to the limit. Stray (12) _______ close, and you will be drawn

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irresistibly inwards. Even light cannot escape from beyond the event horizon, (13)_______ time
slows to a stop. Black holes may sound (14) _______ a crazy conjecture of theoretical physicists, but
now we have actually begun to find them. Gigantic black holes, it (15) _______, lurk in the centers of
most galaxies. Some astronomers now believe that these massive holes created and shaped every
galaxy in the universe. (16) _______ we ever manage to visit a black hole, it will probably be one in
our own galaxy - perhaps one of the middleweight holes believed to power micro quasars - ultraviolet
objects discovered (17) _______ a few years ago. But we might not (18) _______ to go so far. Two
physicists believe that microscopic black holes left (19) _______ from the big bang might litter the
universe, pretending to be ordinary atoms. Some of them (20) _______ even be hiding within you. So
they mark the end of space and time, the beginning of galaxies, and your insides. The universe is full
of holes.

(Adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16622324-300-black-holes)

Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Section 3: Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each for the questions below.
I have just come home after viewing some astonishing works of art that were recently
discovered in Church Hole cave in Nottinghamshire. They are not drawings, as one would expect, but
etchings, and they depict a huge range of animals. The artists who created them lived around 13,000
years ago, and the images are remarkable on a variety of counts. First of all, their sheer number is
staggering: there are ninety all told. Moreover, fifty-eight of them are on the ceiling. This is extremely
rare in cave art, according to a leading expert, Dr. Wilbur Samson of Central Midlands University.
“Wall pictures are the norm,” he says. “But more importantly, the Church Hole etchings are in
incredible artistic achievement. They can hold their own in comparison with the best found in
continental Europe.” I am not a student of the subject, so I have to take his word for it. However, you
do not have to be an expert to appreciate their beauty.
In fact, it is the wider significance of the etchings that is likely to attract attention in academic
circles, since they radically alter our view of life in Britain during this epoch. It had previously been
thought that ice-age hunters in this country were isolated from people in more central areas of Europe,
but the Church Hole images prove that ancient Britons were part of a culture that had spread right
across the continent. And they were at least as sophisticated culturally as their counterparts on the
mainland.
News of such exciting discoveries spreads rapidly, and thanks to the Internet and mobile
phones, a great many people probably knew about this discovery within hours of initial expedition
returning. As a result, some etchings may already have been damaged, albeit inadvertently, by eager
visitors. In a regrettably late response, the site has been cordoned off with a high, rather intimidating
fence, and warning notices have been posted.
An initial survey of the site last year failed to reveal the presence of the etchings. The reason
lies in the expectations of the researchers. They had been looking for the usual type of cave drawing or
painting, which shows up best under direct light. Consequently, they used powerful torches, shining
them straight onto the rock face. However, the Church Hole images are modifications of the rock
itself, and show up best when seen from a certain angle in the natural light of the early morning.
Having been fortunate to see them at this hour, I can only say that I was deeply – and unexpectedly –
moved. While most cave art often seems to have been created in a shadow past very remote from us,
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 Dr. Samson feels that the lighting factor provides important information about the likely
function of these works of art. “I think the artists knew very well that the etchings would hardly be
visible except early in the morning. We can therefore deduce that the chamber was used for rituals
involving animal worship, and that they were conducted just after dawn, as a preliminary to the day’s
hunting.”
However, such ideas are controversial in the world of archaeology and human origins. Dr.
Olivia Caruthers of the Reardon Institute remains unconvinced that the function of the etchings at
Church Hole can be determined with any certainty. “When we know so little about the social life of
early humans, it would be foolish to insist on any rigid interpretation. We should, in my view, begin by
tentatively assuming that their creators were motivated in part by aesthetic considerations – while of
course being prepared to modify this verdict at a late date, if and when new evidence emerges.”
To which I can only add that I felt deeply privileged to have been able to view Church Hole. It
is a site of tremendous importance culturally and is part of the heritage, not only of this country, but
the world as a whole.
(Source: CAE-Practice-Tests-With-Key-by-Charles-Osborne)
21. The word etchings in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. fossils B. sketches C. pictures D. rituals
22. According to the text, the images in Church Hole cave are ________.
A. unique examples of ceiling art B. culturally sophisticated
C. superior to other types of art in Britain D. aesthetically exceptional
23. What is the cultural significance of these images?
A. They indicate that people from central Europe settled in Britain.
B. They prove that ancient Britons hunted over large areas.
C. They reveal the existence of a single ice-age culture in Europe.
D. They suggest that people in Europe were more sophisticated than Britons.
24. The word inadvertently in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. deliberately B. provisionally C. accidentally D. concurrently
25. According to the text, ________.
A. the discovery of the images should have been made public
B. the images in the cave are vulnerable to damage
C. many people visited the cave within hours of its discovery
D. the measures taken to protect the images have proved ineffective
26. Why were the images not discovered during the initial survey?
A. They were not viewed from the right angle.
B. People did not expect to find any images.
C. Artificial light was insufficient to explore the cave.
D. The torches used were too powerful.
27. What conclusions does Dr. Samson draw from the lighting factor?
A. Rituals were common in animal worship.
B. The artists never intended to make the images visible.
C. The images were intended to be visible at a certain time of day.
D. Ice-age hunters worshipped animals in the cave.
28. According to Dr. Caruthers, _________.
A. we cannot make any inferences from cave art
B. the images do not serve any particular function
C. experts know nothing about life 13,000 years ago
D. the function of such images is open to question

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29. The word deduce in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. exploit B. exclude C. conclude D. deploy
30. It seems that the writer ________.
A. unsuccessfully envisaged the life of ice-age hunters through images
B. was profoundly impressed by the images in the cave
C. has now realized the true significance of ancient cave art
D. thinks the images should receive more publicity
Your answers:
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Section 4: For questions 31-40, read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
Life code: unlocked!
A. On an airport shuttle bus to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, Calif.,
Chris Wiggins took a colleague’s advice and opened a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It had nothing to
do with the talk on biopolymer physics he was invited to give. Rather the columns and rows of
numbers that stared back at him referred to the genetic activity of budding yeast. Specifically, the
numbers represented the amount of messenger RNA (MRNA) expressed by all 6,200 genes of the
yeast over the course of its reproductive cycle. “It was the first time I ever saw anything like this,”
Wiggins recalls of that spring day in 2002. “How to make sense of all this data?”
B. Instead of shirking from this question, the 36-year-old applied mathematician and physicist at
Columbia University embraced it-and now six years later he thinks he has an answer. By foraying into
fields outside his own, Wiggins has drudged up tools from a branch of artificial intelligence called
machine learning to model the collective protein-making activity of genes from real-world biological
data. Engineers originally designed these tools in the late 1950s to predict output from input. Wiggins
and his colleagues have now brought machine learning to the natural sciences and tweaked it so that it
can also tell a story-one not only about input and output but also about what happens inside a model of
gene regulation, the black box in between.
C. The impetus for this work began in the late 1990s, when high-throughput techniques generated
more mRNA expression profiles and DNA sequences than ever before, “opening up a completely
different way of thinking about biological phenomena,” Wiggins says. Key among these techniques
were DNA microarrays, chips that provide a panoramic view of the activity of genes and their
expression levels in any cell type, simultaneously and under myriad conditions. As noisy and
incomplete as the data were, biologists could now query which genes turn on or off in different cells
and determine the collection of proteins that give rise to a cell’s characteristic features, healthy or
diseased.
D. Yet predicting such gene activity requires uncovering the fundamental rules that govern it. “Over
time, these rules have been locked in by cells,” says theoretical physicist Harmen Bussemaker, now an
associate professor of biology at Columbia. “Evolution has kept the good stuff.” To find these rules,
scientists needed statistics to infer the interaction between genes and the proteins that regulate them
and to then mathematically describe this network’s underlying structure-the dynamic pattern of gene
and protein activity over time. But physicists who did not work with particles (or planets, for that
matter) viewed statistics as nothing short of an anathema. “If your experiment requires statistics,”
British physicist Ernest Rutherford once said, “you ought to have done a better experiment.”

E. But in working with microarrays, “the experiment has been done without you,” Wiggins explains.
“And biology doesn’t hand you a model to make sense of the data.” Even more challenging, the

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building blocks that makeup DNA, RNA, and proteins are assembled in myriad ways; moreover,
subtly different rules of interaction govern their activity, making it difficult, if not impossible, to
reduce their patterns of interaction to fundamental laws. Some genes and proteins are not even known.
“You are trying to find something compelling about the natural world in a context where you don’t
know very much,” says William Bialek, a biophysicist at Princeton University. “You’re forced to be
agnostic.” Wiggins believes that many machine-learning algorithms perform well under precisely these
conditions. When working with so many unknown variables, “machine learning lets the data decide
what’s worth looking at,” he says.
F. At the Kavli Institute, Wiggins began building a model of a gene regulatory network in a yeast-the
set of rules by which genes selectively orchestrate how vigorously DNA is transcribed into mRNA. As
he worked with different algorithms, he started to attend discussions on gene regulation led by
Christina Leslie, who ran the computational biology group at Columbia at the time. Leslie suggested
using a specific machine-learning tool called a classifier. Say the algorithm must discriminate between
pictures that have bicycles in them and pictures that do not. A classifier sifts through labeled examples
and measures everything it can about them, gradually learning the decision rules that govern the
grouping. From these rules, the algorithm generates a model that can determine whether or not new
pictures have bikes in them. In gene regulatory networks, the learning task becomes the problem of
predicting whether genes increase or decrease their protein-making activity.

G. The algorithm that Wiggins and Leslie began building in the fall of 2002 was trained on the DNA
sequences and mRNA levels of regulators expressed during a range of conditions in yeast-when the
yeast was cold, hot, starved, and so on. Specifically, this algorithm-MEDUSA (for motif element
discrimination using sequence agglomeration) -scans every possible pairing between a set of DNA
promoter sequences, called motifs, and regulators. Then, much like a child might match a list of words
with their definitions by drawing a line between the two, MEDUSA finds the pairing that best
improves the fit between the model and the data it tries to emulate. (Wiggins refers to these pairings as
edges.) Each time MEDUSA finds a pairing, it updates the model by adding a new rule to guide its
search for the next pairing. It then determines the strength of each pairing by how well the rule
improves the existing model. The hierarchy of numbers enables Wiggins and his colleagues to
determine which pairings are more important than others and how they can collectively influence the
activity of each of the yeast’s 6,200 genes. By adding one pairing at a time, MEDUSA can predict
which genes ratchet up their RNA production or clamp that production down, as well as reveal the
collective mechanisms that orchestrate an organism’s transcriptional logic.
(Source: https://ieltsfever.org/academic-ielts-reading-test-96-with-answers/)
Questions 31-36
The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-G
from the list below. Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 1-6.
List of Headings
(i) The search for the better-fit matching between the model and the gained figures to foresee the
activities of the genes
(ii) The definition of MEDUSA
(iii) A flashback of commencement for a far-reaching breakthrough
(iv) A drawing of the gene map
(v) An algorithm used to construct a specific model to discern the appearance of something new by the
joint effort of Wiggins and another scientist
(vi) An introduction of a background tracing back to the availability of mature techniques for detailed
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(vii) A way out to face the challenge confronting the scientist on the deciding of researchable data.
(viii) A failure to find out some specific genes controlling the production of certain proteins
(ix) The use of a means from another domain for reference
(x) A tough hurdle on the way to find the law governing the activities of the genes
Example: Paragraph A iii
31. Paragraph B ______
32. Paragraph C ______
33. Paragraph D ______
34. Paragraph E ______
35. Paragraph F ______
36. Paragraph G ______
Questions 37-40
Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer.
Wiggins states that the astoundingly rapid development of techniques concerning the components of
genes aroused the researchers to look at (37.) ___________from a totally new
way. (38.) ___________is the heart and soul of these techniques and no matter what
the (39.) ___________were, at the same time they can offer a whole picture of the genes’ activities as
well as (40.) ___________in all types of cells. With these techniques, scientists could locate the exact
gene which was on or off to manipulate the production of the proteins.
Your answers:
31. 32.
33. 34.
35. 36.
37. 38.
39. 40.

Section 5. The passage below consists of four sections marked A-D. For questions 41-50, read the
passage and do the task that follows.
SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Which company gives the best level of service to its clients?From several hundred nominees for
this year’s award, the judges have elected a short-list of four. We now publish the written nominations.
Which one do you think the judges will choose?
A. THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
When the management of this company decided that its pokey London offices were no longer fit for a
company at the forefront of workplace construction, the obvious solution was to relocate.
When staff were deliberated, however, the overwhelming wish was to stay put. The company elected
to refurbish its existing premises, exactly the type of service it usually offers to its own clients. The
building was gutted and a 21st century workspace installed. The episode encapsulates the obvious
strengths of the company's business - listening carefully to clients, deploying the right skills and
delivering the results.
Morgan Lovell has dearly defined its market niche - fast-growing companies that occupy buildings of
up to 10,000 square metres - and the services it wants to provide. Alongside its established strengths in
workplace consultancy and construction, it is seeking to offer follow-up maintenance and facilities
management, providing a one-stop shop for a company's workplace requirements.

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It is pro-active in its selection of clients, grading each prospective customer according to a number of
criteria which are designed to identify those which are most likely to want to enter into a long-term
relationship.
Once customers are on board, they are assigned an account manager, who is responsible for
developing the relationship. Clients are fully involved during individual projects and, at the end of
each, they fill out a customer service questionnaire, in which they grade each of the company’s
personnel on his or her performance.
B. THE DRAMA SPECIALISTS
This company was formed by two enterprising teachers who were looking for a career change. They
wanted something that would utilise their respective areas of expertise - business studies and drama.
The idea was a simple one: to offer drama and role play to companies and other large organisations as
a way of dealing with communication problems. When it was first floated, the idea met with the
standard response ‘nice idea, but impractical, unrealistic’, but now, a decade later, the company has
grown into a £2 million business, becoming one of the UK's largest employers of actors.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the company is the truly vibrant atmosphere of its headquarters, a
converted factory in northern England. Enthusiasm and sheer exuberance seem to infect everybody
who works there, and there was equal evidence of satisfied customers, with a small mountain of
glowing letters from schools, training councils and private businesses
The company's employees work in small teams that take the client’s brief, develop a script, rehearse it
and then go out on the road to perform. Typically, work might involve issues such as building
confidence and dealing with difficult people. At every performance, feedback forms are collected from
the audience, and this is followed by a detailed evaluation of results in conjunction with the client, ‘We
don't say: "This is what we can do for you, take it or leave it," one of the founders explains. 'We are
completely focused on the message the customer wants to communicate.’
C. THE DELIVERY SERVICE
If service excellence is viewed as a journey, then the vehicle way out in front most likely has this
company's name emblazoned on its sides. The choice of the express delivery company as a nominee
for this year's award, three years after its previous triumph, shows how much further down that road
this company has travelled in the interim.
In spite of the efforts of contenders to emulate its success, this company has gone from strength to
strength, increasing its revenues by 54% in the past five years, and introducing a string of innovations
in the process.
An indication of just how far this company has come is its customer dissatisfaction survey, initially
targeted at 8,000 customers. The company already surveys 4,000 customers twice a year on their level
of satisfaction, with results broken down by individual depots. The company's director of quality,
explains: We go in with the assumption that there will always be some little niggles and hitches, and
we want to find out about them,'
Another important innovation from this company is - that they go out and seek employees' suggestions
in workout sessions', farther than wasting for them to float to. the surface. This way, improvement
becomes the responsibility of the many rather than the voluntary contribution of the few. In these
workout sessions, employees identify the threats to their business and the possible solutions. These are
fed to managers, who must use them to formulate an action plan.
Employees are also made aware of the performance of the company through the publication of league
tables, which rank individual depots.
D. THE ZOO
When the new chief executive arrived at this zoo, she found that, although staff were committed to the
animals, the human visitors were regarded as 'public enemy number one.’

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In fact, the zoo had been in continuous decline for several years. Morale was low, keepers ruled over
their individual domains, and a blame culture was in place. She set about transforming this culture,
putting customer satisfaction at the centre of its strategy. For instance, staff were encouraged to engage
the park's customers in conversation and introduce, them to the animals. The results have been
dramatic. The number of visitors has shot up, and turnover has quadrupled in the last five years.
One of the challenges that any seasonal business faces is to instill temporary employees with the same
values and incentives as the full-time staff. At tire zoo, all employees receive a two-week induction
programme and great emphasis is placed on mentoring, whereby sensor staff advise and assist younger
colleagues.
With visitors constantly on the move, it is important that employees are empowered to dispose of their
needs. There is a 'can-do' Service Excellence Award culture in evidence at the zoo, in which each
employee is treated as a 'walking information post’ for visitors, and is expected to dispose of any
service default on the spot.
The zoo has already upgraded its objective from becoming the best regional attraction to becoming, the
best family attraction in the UK. The chief executive has a dear vision for the zoo. ‘In the future,' she
says, 'the public will simply not accept animals being exploited to make money, and that is why we
must develop our environmental contribution. The challenge is to become a leader within the
conservation sector.’
(Source: CAE Plus 2 – Kristina)
Answer questions 1-10 by referring to the magazine article above about four companies which have
been nominated for an award. For questions 1-10, answer by choosing from sections A-D. You may
choose any of them more than once.
Which company
buoy up competition among its own branches? 41._______
has a system in place envisaged to give bolstering to less adept employees? 42._______
suffered initially from a lack of teamwork? 43._______
is aware that its present form of existence may have to be acclimatized? 44._______
has proved a lot of people wrong by being well-heeled? 45._______
is a one-time victor of the award? 46._______
involved its staff in a major decision? 47._______
requires employees to cope personally and instantly with problems that arise? 48._______
is regarded as the leader in its field by rival companies? 49._______
actively encourages its staff to influence the details of company policy? 50._______

Your answers:
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

PART IV. WRITING (5 points)

Section 1: For questions 1-5, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
the same as the one printed before it. Write your answers in the space provided.
1. You think that fat people are allays jolly, but you are wrong.
Contrary ____________________________________________________________________
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2. I’ll find that man no matter how long it takes.
However_____________________________________________________________________
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3. Despite the lack of their financial support, we will have to carry out the project.
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4. For gymnastics and skiing, regular practise is needed.
Sports_______________________________________________________________________
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5. The local government systems were first incorporated into law in the late 19th century.
The late 19th century____________________________________________________________
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Section 2: For questions 6-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the original sentence. Do NOT change the word given.
6. David played the main role when the proposal was drafted. (INSTRUMENTAL)
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7. They arrived at the station with only a minute to spare. (NICK)
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8. He really disappointed me when breaking the promise to help me out. (TEETH)
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9. Critics are hoping the new director can bring some positive changes into the French film industry.
(BREATHE)
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10. He was finally able to adjust himself to the new working condition. (SWING)
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Section 2: The graph gives information about the percentage of the population if four different
Asian countries living in cities between 1970 and 2020 with additional predictions for 2030 and
2040. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making
comparisons where relevant.
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Many people are concerned that search engines such as Google, Coc Coc or Bing … do more harm
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To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
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