Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm học 2015 - 2016

II. READING (50 points)
Part 1. For questions 46-55, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
Wrlte your answers Ín the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
SUCCESSFUL TRAVEL WRITING
One of the biggest temptations for someone new to the travel game is to look at everything through rose-
tinted (46) : and this typically comes out in their wriling. They paint everything to be magical and
perfect, and their stories are laid out in romantic, flowery language. But the reality is that over time the road
will lose its lustre, and any reader who knows that is going tọ see right through your prose. Not to mention
that the harsh (47) gÍ 8 place are often |ust as interesting as the poetry used to (48) it —
probably even more Interesting. Look over what yoUVe writen, and if it seems as if youve just written a
broehure, you might want to have (48) lạnhk. lt might be your limited (50) that is causing the
issue — perhaps ygu're stlll caught up in the Immagic ø† the road. Or perhaps you are too caught up in selling
lhe romance of travel
Although getting (51) the beaten track is always a good idea when travelling, travel writers
nonetheless feel they need to capture the biggest sites that ©veryone comes to a specific country to see. $o,
even if they are the more adventurous type, they end up (52) to the same places that everyone else
goes to. Ít may depend on what audience you're writing for, but the best advice is always to head in the
opposite (53) io everyone else and just see what happens. In another country, the seemingly
mundane often creates the most interesting, humorous and exciting moments. lf you are stuck to the biggest
attractions (54) assignment, always look for another angle and point out things that (55) miss.
Your answers
46 147 Ẹ 49. 50.
181 ảz__ J 53 54 55.
Part 2. Read the following passage and answer questions 56-70.
SINGLE-GENDER EDUCATION: A CASE MADE?
A
All modern democracies, instiled as they are with the ethics of freedom and equality of the sexes,
nevertheless offer the option of single-sex education. This Separates the genders irto their own classrooms,
buildings, and often schools. Traditionally, women had to fight hard and iong to achieve equal opportunities
In education, and the single-gender controversy is mostly in relalion to them. The question ís whether this
educational system advances or retards their cause, and there are supporters on both sides, each convinced
that the case is made.
B
Given that the word 'segregation' has such negative connotations, the current interest in single-gender
schooling is somewhat surprising. In the same way that a progressive society would never consider
segregation on the basis of skin colour, income, or age, it seems innately wrong to do this on gender. Yet in
the real worid and the society in which we live, Ssegregation of some sort happens all the time. Clubs
inevitably form, for example, of clerical workers, of lawyers, of the academically gifted, and of those skilled ¡n
music or the arts. Exclusionary cliques, classes, and in-groups are all part of everyday life. Thus, it may
simply be an idealistic ilusion to condemn single-gender settings on that basis alone, as do many co-
educational advocates.
c
'This suggests that single-gender education must necessarily be condemned on other grounds, yet the issue
Ìs complicated, and research often sinks into a morass of conficting data, and, occasionally, emotional
argument. Thus, one study comes out with sirong proof of the efficacy of single-gender schooling, causing a
resurgence of interest and positive public sentiment, only to be later met with a harshly-titled article, “Single-
Sex Schooling: The Myth and the Pseudoscience', published and endorsed by several respected magazines,
Similarly, the arguments on both sides have apparent validity and often accord, on the surface at least, with
common sense and personal observation. VVhat then can parents do?
D
Proponents of separaling the …