ĐỀ THI THỬ CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2019 Trường THPT Chuyên Thái Nguyên Mã A254818

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KỲ THI THỬ CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT

NĂM 2019

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 02/12/2019

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____________________________________________________________________ I. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1: You will hear an interview with Maria Stefanovich, co-founder of a creativity group which organises workshops for executives. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. 1. Corporations appreciate mask-making workshops because

A. no one wants negative faces at the office. B. unhappy employees won’t come to work. C. they realise how their employees see them. D. their employees change their approach. 2. Companies are turning to creative workshops because they have acknowledged that

A. unproductive employees are a financial burden. B. the traditional work environment has its limitations. C. there is an increase in absenteeism. D. employees are working too hard without enjoying it. 3. The employees at the firm ‘Play’

A. change positions frequently to lessen boredom. B. have business cards indicating their jobs. C. dress up like comic book characters. D. do not have stereotyped ideas about their jobs. 4. The companies that show most interest in creative workshops are surprising because

A. they usually have creative employees to begin with. B. their employees are the ones who have to present regularly. C. there are many other exciting workshops they would prefer. D. their employees should be used to being funny. 5. Maria mentions the traditional companies that have held workshops in order to

A. boast about the clients her company has helped. B. show that they have a narrow list of clients. C. downplay the serious reputations of the firms. D. point out the diversity of those trying different approaches. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: You will hear part of a lecture about the artist Franz Marc. Write: Yes if the statement agrees with the information in the passage No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage 6. A few years ago in London, some paintings by Franz Marc were sold at record prices 7. Almost all of Marc’s paintings feature a purple and blue horse standing in a landscape of primary colours 8. In The Fate of the Animals Marc seems to offer a warning of the impending Great War. 9. The art group The Blue Rider were aiming to capture the purity of style often found in paintings by children. 10. Marc’s life ended tragically in the war in 1960 when he was killed by a grenade in France. Your answers:

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: You will hear an radio talk about ley line. Answer the following questions, write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each answer. 11. Which part of many ley lines is the location of the Glastonbury Tor? __________________________________________________ 12. What did ancient peoples mark by building structures along them? __________________________________________________ 13. What is believed to be an indication of the Earth’s geomagnetic energy by Ruth? __________________________________________________ 14. Why may ancient peoples have been drawn to ley lines? Because they were __________________________________________________ 15. What are ancient civilizations claimed to have made when erecting monuments in order to represent the position of certain groups of stars? __________________________________________________

Part 4: For questions 16-25, listen to a piece of news from the BBC and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided. Recently in the Great Pyramids, a 100-feet long space, which is called a (16) ______________________, has been discovered lately. According to the “Nature”, this is a significant …