Đề luyện Đội tuyển dự thi học sinh giỏi Quốc gia THPT có đáp án - ASSORTED TEST 15 Mã A120553

ASSORTED TEST 15 A. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1. You will hear an interview with a woman called Tansy Burton, who runs a company which makes beauty products. For questions 16 to 20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces provided below. 1. To what does Tansy attribute her success as a business person? A. It was a family tradition. B. It reflects her early training. C. It grew out of desire to please people. D. It’s something which came naturally to her. 2. What was Tansy’s main role in setting up the production company? A. drawing up a business plan B. attracting sufficient investment C. responding to customer preferences D. establishing administrative systems 3. According to Tansy, her fragrances are successful because they __________ A. are elegantly packaged. B. appeal to a wide range of people. C. suggest an expensive lifestyle. D. reflect changes in consumer taste. 4. Increasingly, Tansy see people’s choice of fragrance as a reflection of the wearer’s ______ A. social standing. B. taste in other products. C. emotional state. D. financial situation. 5. In the future, Tansy expects to see __________ A. a wider use of fragrances in society. B. fewer companies involved in producing fragrances. C. single product fulfilling a range of functions. D. increasing profitability for producers of fragrances. Part 2. Listen to an interview about the behavior of animals and birds in relation to the weather. Decide whether these following statements are True (T) or False (F). 6. Sue has little faith in the accuracy of sayings about the weather. 7. Peter says that nowadays people are less interested in sayings than in previous times. 8. Peter says that low-flying birds suffer badly in storms. 9. According to Peter, insects have difficulty in sensing changes in the atmosphere. 10. Sue concludes that the rain goose’s behavior is surprising. Part 3. Listen to a talk on a special type of tourism and answer the following questions in the form of notes (DO NOT USE MORE THAN 5 WORDS).

SLUM TOURISM 11. Name one of the three cities taken as examples of popular slum tourism sites.

__________________________________________________________ 12. What is one of the motivation for tourists to go on slum tours?

__________________________________________________________ 13. What destination that Marcello Armstrong took tourist to in Rio?

__________________________________________________________ 14. Name one thing that slum tourists often do while stopping during their trip.

__________________________________________________________ 15. What do “poorism” help people from develop countries understand?

__________________________________________________________ Part 4. You are going to listen to a piece of news on South China Sea. For questions from 16 to 25, fill in each blank with no more than four words from the recording. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces provided below.

A man-made island, Fiery Cross didn’t exist two years ago, yet there’s now 10,000 foot air strip, an (16)________________________, a missile defense system, and about 200 troops there. Six others have also been built. Since 2014, huge Chinese ships collected around remote reefs in the Spratly Islands, rapidly (17)_______________________ up onto the reef. They were building islands. This body of water is not only rich in natural resources, but 30% of the (18)_________________________also flows through here to the booming population centers and economic markets of Southeast Asia as well. Now 5 countries have laid their claims on this water, most basing their claim on the UN Law of Seas, which says a country’s territorial waters extend 200 miles off their shore, an area called the (19)_________________________ or EEZ.

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