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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN THÁI BÌNH
THÁI BÌNH
NĂM HỌC 2021-2022
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Dành cho thí sinh thi chuyên Tiếng Anh)
Đề gồm 10 trang
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Điểm bài thi
Họ tên, chữ kí người chấm thi
Số phách
(HĐ chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số:……………………..….…
1.…………………………………………
Bằng chữ:……………………….…
2.…………………………………………
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi)
PART I: PHONETICS
Section 1: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
1. A. abnormal
B. ancient
C. admirable
D. Annual
B. height
C. weigh
D. Vein
B. chaos
C. scheme
D. Scholar
B. provide
C. install
D. Comment
B. administration
C. documentary
D. Solidarity
(Châu Anh)
2. A. neigh
(Quỳnh Anh)
3. A. chivalry
(yến Nhi)
4. A. involve
Minh Nguyệt
5. A. ineffectiveness
Hiển
6. The book would have been perfect _________ the ending.(Ngọc Anh)
A. it hadn’t been for
B. had it not been for
C. had it been for
Had it not been for the ending, the book would have been perfect
The book would have been perfect had it not been for the ending
*câu điều kiện loại 1:
-If +S+V(s/es), S+will/can+V
=>Should +S+Vbare, S+will/ can +V(đảo ngữ của câu điều kiện loại 1)
If you are careful, you will pass the exam
Should you be careful, you will pass the exam
If you lend me money, I will like you so much
=>Should you lend me money, I will like you so much
If she gives me some useful advice, I will have the exact choice
=>Should she give me some useful advice, I will have the exact choice
*Câu điều kiện loại 2:
-If +S+were/ Vqk, S+would/ could+V
=>were +S+(to V), S+would/could+V
-If I were you, I would visit Paris
=>were I you, I would visit Paris
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D. if it had been for
If I were you, I would live in HCM city
=>Were I you, I would live..
If I had a lot of money, I would give everybody
=>were I to have a lot of money, I would give ....
If I invited a lot of my friends, I would have a wonderful party
=>Were I to invite a lot of my friends,...
*Câu điều kiện loại 3
-If+S+had+Vp2, S+would/could+have+Vp2
Had +S+Vp2, S+would/ could+have+Vp2
If I had learnt Japanese, I would have gone to Japan
=>had I learnt Japanese, I would have gone to Japan
If she had read this book, I would have thought as me
=>Had she read this book,...
If they hadn’t arrived on time, I would have criticised them for being late
=>Had they not arrived on time.....
If she hadn’t spoken English, I couldn’t have understood her
=>Had she not spoken English, i couldn’t have understood her
7. _________ from university, we will have been friends for five years.(Ngọc Linh)
A. Before we will graduate
B. After we are graduating
C. As soon as we graduated
D. By the time we graduate
8. He felt exhausted, _________ the whole day working in the garden.(Nhất Duy)
A. spending
B. having spent
C. having been spent D. Spent
After he had spent the whole day working in the garden, he felt exhausted
After having spent the whole day working in the garden, he felt exhausted
He felt exhausted, having spent the whole day working in the garden
After he had played football all days, he felt ill
=>He felt ill, having played football
9. The environmental project _________ last month has brought great benefits to the inhabitants in the
village.(Thanh Thảo)
A. launched
B. launching
C. to be launched
D. was launched
10. Tom had been waiting for his mother for two hours. Up _________ when she finally turned up.
A. jumped he
B. he jumped
C. did he jump
She has never met him
Never has She met him
Up/here/there+V+S (phải không là he/she/it...)
Up/here/there+S+V (S: he/she/it..)
He ran off
=>Off he ran
The boys ran off
=>Off ran the boys
Here you are
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D. jumping he
T-shirts are here
=>Here are T-shirts
11. The union has dropped its earlier insistence that every worker _________ bonus payments.
A. receives
B. will receive
C. be received
D. Receive
12. _________ President Joe Biden is going to pay a visit to _________ Middle East at the end of this
month.
B.  / 
A. The/the
C.  /the
D. The/ 
13. I hate _________. That’s why I will never go out with Ben again.(Quỳnh Anh)
A. standing people up
14. Mary:
Peter:
B. standing up people
C. having stood up
- How was your dental appointment?
D. being stood up
(Yến Nhi)
- Painless. I _________.
A. needn’t have worried
B. mustn’t have worried
C. may not have worried
D. can’t have worried
Needn’t worry
Needn’t have worried
Can/need/ must....+V: ở hiện tại
Can/need/must..+have+Vp2: ở quá khứ
My mother did the laundry, so I needn’t have done
15. I’m going on business for a week, so I’ll be leaving everything _________.(Châu Anh)
A. on your guards
: cẩn thận
B. up to your eyes: bận ngập đầu ngập cổ
C. in your capable hands: xử lý D. under the care of you: trăm sự nhờ bạn/ nhò bạn chăm sóc
Leave everything in your capable hands: để mọi thứ cho bạn xử lý
16. After a six-year relation, Martha and Billy have decided to _________.(Duy)
A. break the ice: bắt đầu trò chuyện với người lạ sau lần gặp đầu tiên B. tie the knot
: kết hôn
C. turn the page: thoát khỏi hoàn cảnh khó khăn sang 1 cuộc sống mới D. make ends meet: kiếm đủ sống
17. After several hours on that road, they became _________ to the fact that they would never reach the
hotel by nightfall.(Hiển)
A. dejected=
Resigned
B. depressed
C. Disillusioned: ảo tưởng
D.
Become resigned to the fact: chấp nhận một thực tế rằng
18. The government has _________ a ban on exports to those countries because of their human rights
records.(Minh Nguyệt) impose .....on: áp đặt
A. imposed
B. taken
C. made
D. compelled
19. When he was presented with a prize for his latest book, he was lost for _________.(Thảo)
A. thoughts
B. words
C. speech
D. Talk
Lost for words: cạn lời/ không nói lên lời vì quá ngạc nhiên
20. The tennis match tomorrow afternoon will be broadcast _________ on TV and radio.(Ngọc Anh)
A. jointly
B. communally
C. simultaneously : đồng thời D. uniformly
Your answers:
6. _________
7. _________
8. _________
9. _________
10. ________
11. ________
12. ________
13. ________
14. ________
15. ________
16. ________
17. ________
18. ________
19. ________
20. ________
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Section 2: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.
21. In the Navajo household, grandparents and other relatives play indispensable roles in raising the
children.(hiển)
A. demanding
B. outstanding
C. dominant
D. essential
22. Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he has said. He’s always putting his
foot in his mouth.(Nhất Duy)
A. making a mistake
B. doing things in the wrong order
C. saying embarrassing things
D. speaking indirectly
Your answers:
21. _________
22. _________
Section 3: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.
23. Ben’s dream of a university education went by the board =impossible when his father died and he
was forced to earn a living.(Ngọc linh)
A. became possible
B. turned into a nightmare
C. got rejected
D. got prolonged
24. Inspectors are coming to the factory because of the problems with inflammable materials.(Vân Anh)
A. unrecyclable
B. non-flammable
C. incapable
D. swollen
Your answers:
23. _________
24. _________
Section 4: Read the following passage and give the correct forms of the words in the brackets.
DRUGS AND COMPUTERS
There is a new generation of young computer programmers hoping to become (25) (Quỳnh
Anh)_millionaires______ (MILLION). To achieve this, they have to work very hard and stimulants are
what many of them rely on to do so. Because they are so ambitious, they work long hours, up to 72 hours
at a time staying (26) ___awake____ (Yến Nhi)(WAKE) by using cocaine or speed. Often, they use a
cocktail of drugs to enable them to do their jobs. However, this is extremely dangerous, and recently this
way of life claimed its first (27) ___fatality_____ (Châu Anh)(FATAL).
A 26-year-old programmer, who was doing well on the Internet, was on business in New York.
Unfortunately, due to concoction of alcohol, valium and heroin he had taken, he died. The doctor who
did the post-mortem said that a close examination of the results led him to believe that the toxic
combination was (28) ____indicative: biểu lộ/_____ (Duy)(INDICATE) of long-term drug abuse.
Moreover, a lot of those who use drugs as assistance to their work also resort to them in their free time.
They use drugs as (29) ___uppers______ (Hiển)(UP), but also as a way to reduce stress. With such high
earnings, they can afford whatever dugs they want. The problem is that they may (30)
__eventually_______ (Minh Nguyệt)(EVENT) pay the highest price – death.
Your answers:
25. _____________________
26. ____________________
27. ___________________
28. _____________________
29. ____________________
30. ___________________
Section 5: The following text contains FIVE mistakes apart from the one in the example. Underline
these mistakes before writing them and the corresponding corrections in the right column in the table
below.
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Your answers:
There can be not doubt at all that the Internet has made a
huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that
children spend too much time playing on the Internet,
hardly ever doing anything else in their spare time.
Naturally, parents are curious to find out why the Internet is
so attractive and they want to know if it can be harmful to
their children. Should parents worry if their children are
spending that much time staring on their computers?
Obviously, if children are absorbing in some game instead
of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents
and children could decide how much use the child should
make of the Internet, and the child should give his or her
word that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is
not sticking to this arrangement, the parent can do more
drastic steps. Dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is
not much different from negotiating any other sort of
bargain about behaviour. Any parent who is serious
alarmed about a child’s behaviour should make an
appointment to discuss about the matter with a teacher.
Spending time in front of the screen does not necessarily
affect a child’s performance at school.
Example: 0. not → no
31. (Thảo)___on->at_____
32. absorbing-absorbed
33. (ngọc lInh)_____do->take
34.
(Nhất
Duy)___serious>seriously_____________________
35.
(VÂn
Anh)____discuss____________________
*Phân tích chủ ngữ và động từ
start at: nhìn chằm chằm
Section 6: Fill the blank in each of the following sentences with an appropriate preposition or
particle.
36. The kids used all of the toothpaste ___up______, so we need to buy some more.(Vân Anh)
37. I couldn’t make __out_______ all the words on the sign because my glasses were dirty.(Yến Nhi)
38. Could you please refrain ___from______ smoking? This is a hospital.(Ngọc Linh)
39. Have you missed those twins? Curiously enough, they look poles __apart______ .(Châu Anh)
40. The bicycle was so badly damaged that it was ___beyond______ repair.(Ngọc Anh)
use up = run out of: hết/ cạn kiệt
make out
refrain from: kiềm chế
look poles apart: khác nhau
beyond repair: không sửa được nữa
Your answers:
36. _________
37. _________
38. _________
39. _________
40. _________
PART III: SPEAKING
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
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41. Peter and John, two high school students, are talking about school exams:( Anh Duy)
Peter: - “I think exams should not be the only way to assess students.”
John: - “_________ . There are various others like presentations and projects.”
A. Not at all
B. I share your view=agree
C. That’s not entirely true
D. I totally disagree
42. Jane is talking to Mike in front of her house.
(Châu Anh)
Jane:
- “How kind, you really shouldn’t have bothered.”
Mike: - “_________.”
A. It was nothing, really
B. Don’t worry. I don’t bother
C. Why not? I was happy
D. It was a very good thing
43. Linda is talking to Stephen about university education.(Ngọc Anh)
Linda: - “________ ”
Stephen: - “It's not likely.”
A. How important is it to attend university?
B. Is it possible to get a good job without attending university?
C. Would you be interested in attending university in a foreign country?
D. Is it very important to attend a university in a foreign country?
44. Tom and Mary are talking on the phone.(Hiển)
Tom: - “I'm having some friends over for dinner today. Would you like to join us?”
Mary: - “ ________ ”
A. As a matter of fact, I do.
B. Can I take a rain check?(lời từ chối)
C. Come on. It’s my turn.
D. Thanks, but I don’t.
45. Linh is talking to Hoa about her coming driving test.(Nhất Duy)
Linh: - “I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.”
Hoa: - “________!”
A. Good chance
B. Best regards
C. Break a leg
D. Luck
Your answers:
41. _________
42. _________
43. _________
44. _________
45. _________
PART IV: READING
Section 1: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each blank in the
following passage.
NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (46)
_________ planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a
telescope that is 14 times more powerful than Hubble. Known as “Darwin”, his telescope could tell if
planets 50 (47) _________ years away have any kind of life on them. Two days later, after NASA
scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter’s (48) _________ could support life, Penny announced
that his telescope might be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a
(49) _________ of $500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If (50) _________, it will probably be
launched around 2015. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters (51) _________
in space, slowly circling a (52) _________ processing station. The combined data from these telescopes
would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before.
Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (53) _________, but Penny
believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping
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the universe around our (54) _________ galaxy, even though these planets lie beyond our reach for the
moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision (55) _________ Darwin within three years.
46. A. others
B. the others
another+N số ít: khác
C. other
D. Another
other+Ns: những cái gì khác
47. A. light
B. lighten
C. lightening
D. lighting
48. A. moons
B. planets
C. orbits
D. circles
49. A. price
B. schedule
C. charge
D. budget
50. A. to be approved
B. approved
C. having approved
D. approving
51. A. across
B. beyond
C. beneath
D. apart
52. A. middle
B. heart
C. central
D. focusing
53. A. invents
B. searches
C. discovers
D. looks
54. A. alone
B. own
C. private
D. Same
B. for
C. with
D. of
TTSH+own+N
55. A. on
Your answers:
46. __Châu Anh___ 47. _Ngọc Anh____ 48. ___Vân Anh_
51. _Anh Duy_
52. __Nhất Duy_
53. __Hiển
49. __Yến Nhi
50._Ngọc Linh
54. _Thảo__ 55. ___Minh Nguyệt
Section 2: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
A prodigy is defined as a person with a great natural ability which shows itself at an early age; they may
become expert musicians or be (56) _________ of doing complex mathematics. Some youngsters
develop (57) _________ remarkable abilities that they attract the (58) _________ of the media, like
Arran Fernadez, a five-year-old who became the youngest person to pass a GCSE, an exam for school
leavers. He had obviously (59) _________ intellectually from being taught at home by his parents, who
said that their son was still a happy and normal child (60) _________ never having been to any form of
school. Arran could add up at the age of two (61) __________ a half, so he obviously had a natural gift,
but without a great deal of effort on the part of his parents, it is unlikely that he would have applied (62)
________ to serious study. The role parents play in such cases is highly controversial. Many people
believe that the more you push young children, the greater the chances are that the child will have social
and emotional problems (63) _________ in life. The story of another young person, Sufiah Yusof, who
entered university at the age of 13, is often quoted as proof of this. She dropped out of her studies at
Oxford two years later, claiming that her parents’ (64) _________ towards her constituted emotional
abuse. It seems that being a prodigy is (65) _________ substitute for a normal childhood.
Your answers:
56. _________
57. _________
58. _________
59. _________
60. _________
61. _________
62. _________
63. _________
64. _________
65. _________
Section 3: Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best answer
to each of the following questions.
HOW MEMORY WORKS
Memory is the brain’s ability to store and retrieve information related to previous experiences. Memory
occurs in two stages: short-term and long-term. Short-term memory reflects an immediate sensory
perception of an object or idea that occurs before the image is stored. Short-term memory enables you to
dial a telephone number after looking it up but without looking at the number directly. If you call the
number frequently, it becomes stored in long-term memory and can be recalled several weeks after you
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originally looked it up. Short-term memory and long-term memory can be thought of as memory
structures, each varying as to how much information it can hold and for how long.
Memory relies on the ability to process information. Information processing begins with the
environmental stimuli that you see, hear, smell, taste and feel. These experiences are initially recorded in
the brain’s sensory register, which holds information just long enough (one to three seconds) for you to
decide whether to process it further. Information that you do not selectively attend to will disappear
from the system. However, if you recognise and attend to the information as meaningful or relevant, it is
sent to short-term memory. Short-term memory can hold approximately seven unrelated bits of
information at a time.
Short-term memory is often called working memory because it holds information that you are working
with at a given moment, but only for about 20 seconds. Then, unless the information is processed further,
it is quickly forgotten. For example, if you were asked to dial an unfamiliar telephone number, received a
busy signal, and were then distracted by something else for 20 seconds, you probably would have
forgotten the number at that point. Unless information in short-term memory is processed further, it does
not make it to long-term memory.
Several control processes enable the transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory. One
such process is rehearsal, or “practice makes perfect.” Rehearsal is when you repeat something to
yourself over and over. The purpose behind such behaviour is usually to memorise information for
later use, although sometimes it is simply to hold information in short-term memory for immediate
use. For example, you may rehearse a telephone number by saying it aloud so you can redial it after
getting a busy signal without having to look it up again in the phone book. Another process that enables
the transfer of information to long-term memory is the association of new data with data previously
learned and stored in long-term memory. Thus, it is easier to learn a new card game if you already have
“card sense” from playing other games.
For cognitive psychologists, long-term memory is the most interesting of the memory structures and
most believe that the storage capacity of long-term memory is unlimited and contains a permanent record
of everything you have learnt. Long-term memory plays an influential role throughout the information
processing system. The interests, attitudes, skills and knowledge of the world existing in your long-term
memory influence what you perceive and how you interpret your perceptions. They also affect whether
you process information for short-term or long-term storage.
One way of understanding the nature of long-term memory is to consider the types of information stored
there. Long-term memory can hold recollections of personal experiences as well as factual knowledge
acquired through other means such as reading. It also holds skills such as knowing how to ride a bicycle.
In its ability to learn and remember, the brain can distinguish between facts and skills. When you acquire
factual knowledge by memorising dates, word definitions, formulas and other information, you can
consciously retrieve this fact memory from the data bank of your long-term memory. In contrast, skill
memory usually involves motor activities that you learn by repetition without consciously remembering
specific information. You perform learned motor skills, such as walking or riding a bicycle, without
consciously recalling the individual steps required to do these tasks.
66. According to the passage, what must happen before information can be stored in memory?
A. The information must be pleasant.
B. An object or idea must be perceived.
C. An older memory must be replaced.
D. The information must be looked up.
67. The passage states that one difference between short-term memory and long-term memory is
_________.
A. the type of information they store
B. their importance in learning
C. the amount of information they hold
D. their location in the brain
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68. The phrase “attend to” in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to _________.
A. reject
B. focus on
C. talk about
D. wait for
69. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that something is not likely to be remembered if it is _________.
A. not considered important
B. painful or embarrassing
C. related to previous experience
D. sent to short-term memory
70. The passage states that information can be lost from short-term memory when a person _________.
A. does not know how to read
B. repeats the information over and over
C. processes the information further
D. is distracted for 20 seconds
71. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in paragraph 4?
Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. Usually information is rehearsed, so it can be used later, but sometimes it is rehearsed so it can be
used right away.
B. There are several reasons for memorising information; the most common reason is to improve shortterm memory.
C. The belief that “practice makes perfect” causes people to repeat certain behaviour even when the
behaviour is very complex.
D. It is fairly simple to keep information in short-term memory, but it is difficult to send it to long-term
memory.
72. Why does the author mention “card sense” in paragraph 4?
A. To point out that playing cards requires a high level of thinking.
B. To give an example of knowledge already stored in long-term memory.
C. To compare learning a card game to remembering a telephone number.
D. To explain why some card games are easier to learn than others.
73. The word “They” in paragraph 5 refers to __________.
A. cognitive psychologists
B. memory structures
C. interests, attitudes, skills and knowledge of the world
D. what you perceive and how you interpret your perception
74. All of the following enhance the transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory
EXCEPT _________.
A. deciding that information is not meaningful or relevant
B. repeating information over and over to oneself
C. linking new information with data in long-term memory
D. performing a task frequently and repeatedly
75. What can be inferred from paragraph 6 about skill memory?
A. It is more important than fact memory in everyday life.
B. It exists in long-term memory because of repeated practice.
C. It requires conscious efforts to be retrieved from memory.
D. It contains only the skills that people can perform well.
Your answers:
66. _________
67. _________
68. _________
69. _________
70. _________
71. _________
72. _________
73. _________
74. _________
75. _________
Section 4: Read the following passage and do the task that follows.
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THE WATER CRISIS
Greater efficiency in water use is needed to meet the growing demands of a changing world.
SECTION A. Per capita water usage has been on an upward trend for many years. As countries
industrialize and their citizens become more prosperous, their individual water usage increases rapidly.
Annual per capita water withdrawals in the USA, for example, are about 1,700 cubic meters, four times
the level in China and fifty times the level in Ethiopia. In the 21st century, the world’s limited supply of
renewable fresh water has to meet demands of both larger total population and increased per capita
consumption. The only practicable ways to resolve this problem in the longer term are economic pricing
in conjunction with conservation measures.
SECTION B. Agriculture consumes about 70% of the world’s fresh water, so improvements in irrigation
can make the greatest impact. At present, average efficiency in the use of irrigated water in agriculture
may be as low as 50%. Simple changes could improve the rate substantially, though it is unrealistic to
expect very high levels of water-use efficiency in many developing countries, faced as they are with a
chronic lack of capital and a largely untrained rural workforce. After agriculture, industry is the second
biggest user of water and, in terms of value added per liter used, is sixty times more productive than
agriculture. However, some industrial processes use vast amounts of water. For example, production of 1
kg of aluminum might require 1,500 liters of water. Paper production too is often very water-intensive.
Though new processes have greatly reduced consumption, there is still plenty of room for big savings in
industrial uses of water.
SECTION C. In rich countries, water consumption has gradually been slowed down by price increases
and the use of modern technology and recycling. In the USA, industrial production has risen fourfold
since 1950, while water consumption has fallen by more than a third. Japan and Germany have similarly
improved their use of water in manufacturing processes. Japanese industry, for example, now recycles
more than 75% of process water. However, industrial water consumption is continuing to increase
sharply in developing countries. With domestic and agricultural demands also increasing, the capacity of
water supply systems is under growing strain.
SECTION D. Many experts believe that the best way to counter this trend is to impose water charges
based on the real cost of supplies. This would provide a powerful incentive for consumers to introduce
water-saving processes and recycling. Few governments charge realistic prices for water, especially to
farmers. Even in rich California, farmers get water for less than a tenth of the cost of supply. In many
developing countries there is virtually no charge for irrigation water, while energy prices are heavily
subsidized too (which means that farmers can afford to run water pumps day and night). Water, which
was once regarded as a free gift from heaven, is becoming a commodity which must be bought and sold
on the open market just like oil. In the oil industry, the price increases which hit the market in the 1970s,
coupled with concerns that supplies were running low, led to new energy conservation measures all over
the world. It was realized that investing in new sources was a far more costly option than improving
efficiency of use. A similar emphasis on conservation will be the best and cheapest option for bridging
the gap between water supply and demand.
SECTION E. One way to cut back on water consumption is simply to prevent leaks. It is estimated that
in some of the biggest cities of the Third World, more than half of the water entering the system is lost
through leaks in pipes, dripping taps and broken installations. Even in the UK, losses were estimated at
25% in the early 1990s because of the failure to maintain the antiquated water supply infrastructure. In
addition, huge quantities of water are consumed because used water from sewage pipes, storm drains and
factories is merely flushed away and discharged into rivers or the sea. The modern approach, however, is
to see used water as a resource which can be put to good use - either in irrigation or, after careful
treatment, as recycled domestic water. Israel, for instance, has spent heavily on used water treatment.
Soon, treated, recycled water will account for most farm irrigation there. There are other examples in
cities such as St Petersburg, Florida, where all municipal water is recycled back into domestic systems.
Choose ONE correct heading for each section from A to E from the list of headings below. Write your
answers in the spaces provided.
List of Headings
I.
American water withdrawal
II.
Economic pricing
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III.
Successful measures taken by some nations
IV.
The role of research
V.
The thirsty sectors
VI.
Ways of reducing waste
VII.
The demands of development
VIII. The consequences for agriculture
Your answers:
76. Section A: __________
77. Section B: __________
78. Section C: __________
79. Section D: __________
80. Section E: __________
PART V: WRITING
Section 1: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
81. They report that plumbers have repaired the water pipes.
→ Plumbers _____________________________________________________________________
82. Driving at that speed is dangerous whether you are an experienced driver or not.
→ However _____________________________________________________________________
83. The play is so popular that the theatre is likely to be full every night.
→ Such is _______________________________________________________________________
84. I would prefer him not to have said all those embarrassing things about me.
→ I’d sooner ____________________________________________________________________
85. Many people died because of the lack of medical facilities.
→ It ___________________________________________________________________________
Section 2: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it, using the word given. This word MUST NOT be altered in any way.
86. I never thought that we’d have legal problems.
(CROSSED)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
87. I don’t object to the council building a new road here. (OBJECTION)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
88. Dawn’s boss is constantly criticizing her work.
(FAULT)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
89. Don’t tell anyone what I have told you!
(BREATHE)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
90. She described the events of that day in details.
(DETAILED)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
Section 3: Write a paragraph about the disadvantages of living in a big city. You should write about
150 words.
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