Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm học 2014 - 2015

III. READING
Part 1: For questions 46 ~ 55, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided below the passage.
The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn't impress anyone when you take into (46)
the fact that only a few of them manage to attain immortaliy and everlasting fame. And once they
(47) their prime and display their talent at their best, they are fully conscious that their brilliant careers
wontt last forever. They live under a constant (48) of being outshone and subsequently replaced by
someone who is younger, faster and more accomplished. For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits
and pensions are of great (49) to all professional athletes.
Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to voice their protest against any
policy (50), to their demands whereas the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the
problem as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (51) a solid education, even at
university level. Such an approach should help them find interesting and well-paid Jobs once their sports
Career is 0ver.
A completely new strategy has been devised by the schools priding themselves on supporting their own
teams. Their authorities insist that the sports club members achieve high academic standards or (52)
they are debarred from partaking (53), certain sports events, which may lead to further disruption in
their professional careers.
By these practical and most effective (654) „ combining education with sports activity, the (55)
of the professional athiete as being brainless and uninteligent may eventualy be changing to the
sportsmen's benefit.
Your answers .
46. 147. 148 . L49. Løo.
51. Í 52. 153. l 54. | 65.
Part 2: Read the following passage and answer questions 56 —72.
SPACE TRAVEL AND HEALTH
A. Space biomedicine is a relatively new area of research both in the USA and in Europe. Hs main
objectives are to study the effects of space travel on the human body, identifying the most crucial
medical problems and finding solutions to those problems. Space biomedicine centers are receiving
increasing direct support from NASA and/ or the European Space Agenoy (ESA).
B. This involvement of NASA and the ESA reflects growing concern that the feasibility of travel to other
planets, and beyond, is no longer limited by engineering constraints but by what the human body can
actually withstand. The discovery of ice on Mars, for instance, means that there is now no necessity to
design and develop a spacecraft large and powerful enough to transport the vast amounts of water
needed to sustain the crew throughout journeys that may last many years. Without the necessary
protection and medical treatment, however, their bodies would be devastated by the unremittingly hostile
environment of space.
C. The most obvious physical changes undergone by people in zero gravity are essentially harmless; in
some cases they are even amusing. The blood and other fluids are no longer dragged down towards the
feet by the gravity of Earih, so they accumulate higher up in the body, creating what is sometimes called
“fat face”, together with the contrasting "chicken legs” syndrome as the lower limbs become thinner.
D. Much more serious are the unseen consequences after months or years in space. With no gravity, there
is less need for a sturdy skeleton to support the body, with the result that the bones weaken, releasing
calcium into the bloodstream. This extra calcium can overload the kidneys, leading ultimately to renal
failure. Muscles too lose strength through lack of use. The heart becomes smaller, losing the power to
pump oxygenated blood to all parts of the body, while the lungs lose the capacity to breathe fully. The
digestive system becomes less efficient, a weakened immune system is increasingly unable to prevent
diseases and the high levels of solar and cosmic radiation can …