(Ambrosia HSG) Đề thi thử Duyên hải Bắc Bộ 2021 - SIMULATION TEST Mã A197180

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SIMULATION TEST

A. LISTENING Part 1 For questions 1-5, you will hear a part of a discussion between two language experts, George Steadman and Angela Conti, who are talking about how advances in communication are affecting English usage. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. 1. What point is made about the effect of the Internet on language? A. It is making the standard written form of English obsolete B. It will radically alter the way grammar rules are followed C. It may have less serious consequences than feared D. It will bring about more significant changes than TV and radio have 2. When discussing the main criticism of text messaging, George reveals A. his concern that there is insufficient research B. his understanding of the annoyance some people feel C. his certainty that the criticism is totally unfounded D. his doubt as to how widespread the criticism is 3. What view is stated about abbreviations in texting? A. They are mainly to be found in commercial messages B. Some are beginning to enter official documents C. Adults are just as much to blame for them as teenagers D. They are not as novel as many people imagine 4. When discussing the new genre of text-poetry, both researchers agree that A. limiting a poem to a fixed number of letters is unhelpful B. it will never match some of the conventional verse forms C. it has potential if the writer is gifted D. the means of delivery is effective 5. What final conclusion do both the researchers reach about the state of English today? A. Language development need no longer be a concern in educational institutions B. The negative predictions about its decline are mistaken C. Children’s written style is improving in leaps and bounds D. The pace of change is unprecedented Part 2

Listen to a piece of news on the failure of an Israeli spacecraft to land on the moon and decide whether

the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)

6. Israel is the fourth country to be able to send its spacecraft flying around the moon.

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7. Israel is sanguine about the future of landing on the moon successfully

8. The failure to land successfully is caused by the profusion of fuel on the engine.

9. This spacecraft project costs at least 80 million pounds.

10. Private space missions have been a long dream of Israel.

Part 3

You are going to hear a report about how SpaceX was founded. For question 11-15, answer the question. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS: 11. How much did Elon Musk earn for himself from selling his company? 12. What did Elon intend to purchase in Russia? 13. What does SpaceX stand for? 14. What 3 adjectives were used to describe Elon’s ideal applicant? 15. What example of small details designed by SpaceX was mentioned?

Part 4

For questions 16-25, listen to a piece of news about crime prevention in Scotland and complete the

summary using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBER for each gap. Write your answers in

the space provided.

Thanks to the radical approach of treating violence as a disease, homicide rates in Glasgow, the Scottish

city once dubbed “the _______________ (16.) of Europe”, witnessed a significant decrease of 60%.

In the 1980s and early 2000s, the _______________ (17.) in Scotland was mainly caused by the increase

in levels of alcohol abuse, unemployment and inequality.

By 2005, the crime situation in Glasgow was particularly grave, with police officers constantly receiving

calls informing about ______________ (18.) outside premises or gang fights.

With crime rates soaring, Glasgow’s police force established the Violence Reduction Unit, which

uniquely addressed violence not as a _______________ (19.), but a preventable disease.

American physician Gary Slutkin, who inspired the VRU’s approach, discovered how patterns of violence

and those of contagious diseases are similar when _______________ …