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LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN TỈNH
ĐIỆN BIÊN
Đề thi gồm 22 trang
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT
CHUYÊN
KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG
BẮC BỘ
LẦN THỨ XV, NĂM 2024
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 10
Thờigian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
SECTION A: LISTENING (50 points)
Part 1
. For questions 1-5, listen to a talk on temporary jobs available at a local ice
cream factory and complete the table with the missing information. Write NO MORE
THAN ONE WORD taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided.
(10 point)
Position
Salary
Requirements/Duties
Benefits
Food taster
£15.30
A quality (1)________job
Possess satisfatory tasting
skills
Take part in
(2)________
programme
(3) Food packer
£8.45
Deal with (3)
_______________ and
labelling
Being conscientious is
crucial
Extra pay
Office (4)
______________
(5)________
Prepare reports, manage
the customer database
Proper training
Your answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part 2
. For questions 6-10, listen to a conversation between a university tutor and
two students of literature and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False
(F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided
. (10 point)
6. People who translate novels into their own language tend to produce a better product.
7. Misunderstanding is no longer the case if the translator is a native speaker.
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8. Writers tend to produce a translation that reflects their own writing style.
9. There isa problem in the way spoken languages in Zola’s books has been translated.
10. Literary translation makes the study of literature much broader.
Your answers
6.
7
8.
9.
10.
Part 3: For questions 11-15, listen to a radio interview in which a psychologist, Colin
Fraser, talks about cultural identity and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D
which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. ( 10 point)
11. When discussing his own cultural identity, Colin reveals
A. his resilience to changing cultures.
B. his unorthodox family background.
C. his ability to adapt.
D. his feeling of alienation.
12. What does Colin regard as the defining aspect of a person’s cultural identity?
A. the sense of birth right
B. the emotion it generates
C. the physical proximity to heritage
D. the symbols of tradition
13. What is the influence of a culture attributed to?
A. the dissemination of wisdom
B. connection between societies
C. knowledge of one’s background
D. the practice of archaic rituals
14. According to Colin, what makes a culture successful on the global scene?
A. its capacity for tolerance
B. its isolation from the mainstream
C. its aptitude for resolving conflicts
D. its ability to be self-effacing
15. During the conversation, Colin is
A. distinguishing between birthplace and residence.
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B. advocating the celebration of heritage.
C. highlighting the differences in societies.
D. addressing the issues raised by conflicting cultures
Part 4:
You will listen to a recording about the high price of materialism . For
questions 16-25, complete the summary by writing NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS
in each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided. (20 points)
Everyday, Americans are (16)…………… with hundred of messages, suggesting that
“the good life” can only be achieved by making lots of money and spending on products
that make us (17)……………, elated and adored.
- Around $150 billion are allocated most years to embed consumer messages in every
(18)………………..
- (19)……………….. also reach deeper, encouraging people to organize their lives
around higher salary and owing more stuff
- The more people value materialistic (20)………………, the lower their happiness
and life satisfaction.
- Materialistic values and pro-social values are like a (21)……………….
- When people strongly endorse materialistic values, they are less likely to engage in
(22)………………………such as riding bikes, recycling and re-using things.
- In order to diminish the power of materialistic values, we need to understand what
causes people to prioritize them and promote (23)…………………, which not only
boost well-being but also act to (24)…………….people against materialism.
-
Some
countries
start
to
regularly
assess
citizens’
well-being
and
(25)..…………..…..to their communities to develop sensible policies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGab38pKscw&t=107s
SECTION B: LEXICO- GRAMMAR (40 points)
Part 1. For questions 26-45, choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the
following sentences and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided on the answer sheet. (30 points)
26. The floral bouquets we entered into the competition were a _______ of colour,
but unfortunately, we did not win first prize.
A. wham
B. riot
C. drop
D. buzz
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27. Don’t forget to _______ your sources; you don’t want to get accused of stealing
information.
A. quote
B. cite
D. name
D. refer
28. Travelling to Norway and experiencing the Nothern Lights first hand was always
at the very top of Mary’s _______ list.
A. luggage
B. lag
C. basket
D. bucket
29. The football fans were coming in _______ to watch the final game. An hour
before the kickoff the stadium was packed full.
A. fingers and thumbs
B. bits and bobs
C. dribs and drabs
D. bibs and tuckers
30. The Government is trying to ________when it says it will spend more on the
health service without raising taxes.
A. chew the fat
B. wave the flag
C. square the circle
D. put the lid
31. The government is using the taxes from the working class to bail out the banks
that ruined the economy? That really ________!
A. sows wild oats
B. spills the beans
C. takes the biscuit
D. upsets the apple cart
32. I've searched ________ for that old photo album, but I can't find it anywhere.
A. high and low
B. long and short
C. straight and narrow
D. thick and thin
33. I don't think Paul will ever get married — he's the stereotypical _______
bachelor.
A. settled
B. confirmed
C. fixed
D. determined
34. The plane had moved onto the runway and the cabin crew were ______ take-off.
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A. standing by for B. standing in for
C. standing up for D. standing up to
35. The meeting was so dull that James couldn’t help ________ part way though.
A. winding down
B. hammering away
C. drifting off
D. sleeping over
36. Although the chemist’s initial experiment failed, she ________ upon a strong new
material in the process.
A. tripped
B. fell
C. broke
D. stumbled
37. Lawrence suggested ________ ourselves at the beginning of the long project in
order to avoid exhaustion.
A. pacing
B. rushing
C. plodding
D. racing
38.
The school committee paid ______ to their famous former pupil by naming the new
gym after her.
A. esteem
B. homage
C. honour
D. a visit
39.. Mr Smith ate his breakfast in great ________ so as not to miss the bus to
Liverpool.
A. Speed
B. pace
C. rush
D. haste
40. When my new motor kept breaking down, I knew I’d been taken for a________
by the second-hand car salesman.
A. drive
B. ride
C. walk
D. stroll
41. Don’t take it as ________ that you’ll be promoted in your job; other colleagues
stand a good chance, too.
A. fixed
B. standard
C. read
D. word
42.
The desk was so _________with papers that it was hard to find anything.
A. burdened
B. cluttered
C. overrun
D. muddled
43. Advertisers often aim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable
spending_____________?
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A. power
B. strength
C. force
D. ability
44. As he was caught ______an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. in possession of
B. on ownership of
C. with handling with
D. out of control with
45. The newspaper story was based on an interview which had been done off the __.
A. script
B. record
C. key
D. tape
46.
so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places that they have
never even seen.
A.
That makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
B.
The migration of the monarch butterflies is
C.
What makes the monarch butterflies’ migration
D.
The migration of the monarch butterflies, which is
47. “I hear Paul has a job at a restaurant.”
“Well, it’s __________a restaurant as a café nearby.”
A. much more
B. nothing like
C. far more of
D. not so much
48. The power failure resulted in many of the underground trains
for up to one
hour.
A. being delayed
B. to delay
C. delaying
D. to be delayed
49.________, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather
A. Left uncovered
B. Having left uncovere
C. Leaving uncovered
D. Been left uncovered
50.
they are really much larger than the Earth.
A. Despite of the stars’ small appearance
B. The stars appear small
C. As the small stars appear
D. S mall as the stars appear
51. Because of its warm typical climate, Hawaii ............ subzero temperature.
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A. almost experiences never
B. almost never experiences
C. experiences never almost
D. experiences almost never
52. The manufacturer will probably propose the product ________.
A. be withdrawn B. will be withdrawing C. would withdraw D. being withdrawn
53_________, pretending to be soldiers.
A. Around the park were the children marching
B. The children marching around the park
C. Marching around the park were the children
D. Around the park marching were the children
54. _______ in the diet is especially important for vegetarians.
A. Enough protein is obtained
B. Obtaining enough protein
C. They obtain enough protein
D. By obtaining enough protein
55.
The students were still able to cheat without being caught by the camera,
_____________ high-tech supervision.
A. so much for
B.very much of
C.thus be it D.so it be
Part 2. For questions 56-65, fill each gap with the correct form of the words in
brackets. Write your answer in the boxes provided on the answer sheet. (10 points)
56. Environmentalists fear that this is a(n) _______ approach to the problem of global
warming. (SIGHT)
57. In China, the persistence of a(n) _______ currency has over the years effectively
subsidised exports. (VALUE)
58. It is essential that tutors provide a good service ________ with the fees being
charged to students and/or their employers. (MEASURE)
59. The power of red wine to ________ high cholesterol has been ballyhooed in the
press. (ACT)
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60. A previous knowledge of computing may be of some advantage initially but is not
(a) ________ for entry to the course. (REQUIRE)
61. Ministries send in monthly reports which are ________ and submitted to the
Chancellor via the state secretaries. (NOTE)
62. It is said that one woman in five is a(n) _______. Today, pressure usually pushes
millions of women to buy beyond their means as an outlet for their frustration.
(SHOP)
63. The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights
activists ___________ (CANDLE) with rage.
64. In spite of his overnight ___________ he still manages to keep his feet on the
ground. (STAR)
65. We are disappointed by her approaching this matter so _______. (AMATEUR)
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
SECTION C: READING (60 points)
Part 1. For questions 66-75, read the following passage and decide which option (A,
B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes
on the answer sheet. (15 points)
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
All plants rely on nutrients taken from the soil in order to survive. However, in areas where
the soil does not contain enough (66) _______ nutrients, some plants have adapted to (67)
_______ their diets from another source: living organisms. Though they are few in
number, carnivorous plants are (68) _______ fascinating beings that “eat” anything from
one-celled organisms to insects in order to survive. They are commonly found in
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marshlands. Carnivorous plants feature one of several types of “traps” to ensnare prey,
which they consume to make up for nutrients that may be missing from the soil. While
there are over 400 species of carnivorous plants in the world today, some are more (69)
_______ than others.
The most well-known of these plants are the snap traps, which include the Venus flytrap.
Snap traps are easily identified by their leaves, which are separated into two lobes that
have the ability to fold together. Inside the lobes, the surface is covered with tiny hairs that
are (70) _______ to movement. When the plant’s prey brushes against the hairs, it triggers
a closing mechanism that rapidly brings the two lobes together, trapping the prey (71)
_______ inside. The response of the traps is phenomenal (72) _______ speed: the time
between triggering the hairs and snapping shut is less than a second. As the prey struggles
inside the trap, it only triggers more hairs, causing the leaves to tighten their (73) _______.
The plant then secrets liquid chemicals from special glands into the trap to dissolve the
prey and absorb all of its nutrients. Besides the Venus flytrap, only one other type of snap
trap exists today, (74) _______ to as the waterwheel plant. The two share a common
ancestor and differ only in a few ways. For instance, the waterwheel is an aquatic plant,
while the flytrap is exclusively terrestrial. In addition, the flytrap feeds primarily on
arthropods like spiders, while the waterwheel lives (75) _______ simple invertebrates, like
certain types of plankton.
66. A. critical
B. vital
C. crucial
D. indispensable
67. A. modify
B. enlarge
C. augment
D. supplement
68. A. nonetheless
B. though
C. contradictorily
D. yet
69. A. prevalent
B. current
C. domineering
D. prevailing
70. A. vulnerable
B. liable
C. prone
D. sensitive
71. A. closely
B. securely
C. irreplaceably
D. steadily
72. A. in accordance with
B. in preference to
C. in regard to
D. on merits of
73. A. fist
B. hold
C. seizure
D. grip
74. A. denoted
B. referred
C. indicated
D. implicated
75. A. off
B. onto
C. though
D. with
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
Part 2. For questions 76-85, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE
suitable word and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the
answer sheet. (15 points)
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Over the last century the world has become increasingly smaller. Not geographically,
of course, but in the (76)_______ that media, technology and the opening of borders
has enabled the world’s citizens to view, share and gain access to a much wider range
of cultures, societies and world views. In this (77)______ pot that the world has
become, today’s child is privy (78)_______ facets of the human experience that his
immediate predecessors had no inkling even existed. It (79)_______ to reason that in
order to absorb, configure and finally form opinions about this information-laden
planet, children must be supplied with certain tools. (80)______ in this list of ‘tools’
are: education, social skills, cultural awareness and the acquisition of languages, the
most important of these being the latter. Until recently, a child who had the ability to
speak more than one language would have been considered a very (81)______ entity.
This one-language phenomenon could be attributed to a combination of factors. One
of them is that the monolingual environment in which a child was raised played a strong
role, (82)_______ did the limited, biased education of the past. With regard to
immigrants, the sad fact was that non-native parents tended to withhold the teaching of
the mother tongue so that the child would acquire the ‘more prestigious’ language of
the adopted country. Nowadays, the situation has (83)_______ an almost complete
reversal. In the majority of North American and European countries, most children are
given the opportunity to learn a second or even a third language. Children acquire these
foreign languages through various and diverse means. In many countries, learning a
foreign language is a compulsory subject in the state school (84)_______. Other
children rely on language schools or private tuition to achieve their goal. In other
instances, children are (85)_______ to bilingual parents, who, if they so desire, may
teach the children two languages.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
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Part 3. For questions 86-95, read the following passage and circle the best answer to
each of the following questions. Write your answers in corresponding numbered
boxes provided on the answer sheet. (15 points)
INFANTILE AMNESIA
What do you remember about your life before you were three? Few people can
remember anything that happened to them in their early years. Adults' memories of the
next few years also tend to be scanty. Most people remember only a few events –
usually ones that were meaningful and distinctive, such as being hospitalized or a
sibling's birth.
How might this inability to recall early experiences be explained? The sheer passage
of time does not account for it; adults have excellent recognition of pictures of people
who attended high school with them 35 years earlier. Another seemingly
plausible
explanation – that infants do not form enduring memories at this point in development
– also is incorrect. Children two and a half to three years old remember experiences
that occurred in their first year, and eleven month olds remember some events a year
later. Nor does the hypothesis that infantile amnesia reflects repression – or holding
back – of sexually charged episodes explain the phenomenon. While such repression
may occur, people cannot remember ordinary events from the infant and toddler
periods, either.
Three other explanations seem more promising. One involves physiological changes
relevant to memory. Maturation of the frontal lobes of the brain continues throughout
early childhood, and this part of the brain may be critical for remembering particular
episodes in ways that can be retrieved later. Demonstrations of infants' and toddlers'
long-term memory have involved their repeating motor activities that they had seen or
done earlier, such as reaching in the dark for objects, putting a bottle in a doll's mouth,
or pulling apart two pieces of a toy. The brain's level of physiological maturation may
support these types of memories, but not ones requiring explicit verbal descriptions.
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A second explanation involves the influence of the social world on children's language
use. Hearing and telling stories about events may help children store information in
ways that will endure into later childhood and adulthood. Through hearing stories with
a clear beginning, middle, and ending, children may learn to extract the gist of events
in ways that they will be able to describe many years later. Consistent with this view,
parents and children increasingly engage in discussions of past events when children
are about three years old. However, hearing such stories is not sufficient for younger
children to form enduring memories. Telling such stories to two year olds does not
seem to produce long-lasting verbalizable memories.
A third likely explanation for infantile amnesia involves incompatibilities between the
ways in which infants encode information and the ways in which older children and
adults retrieve it. Whether people can remember an event depends
critically
on the fit
between the way in which they earlier encoded the information and the way in which
they later attempt to retrieve it. The better able the person is to reconstruct the
perspective from which the material was encoded, the more likely that recall will be
successful.
This view
is supported by a variety of factors that can create mismatches between very
young children's encoding and older children's and adults' retrieval efforts. The world
looks very different to a person whose head is only two or three feet above the ground
than to one whose head is five or six feet above it. Older children and adults often try
to retrieve the names of things they saw, but infants would not have encoded the
information verbally. General knowledge of categories of events such as a birthday
party or a visit to the doctor's office helps older individuals encode their experiences,
but again, infants and toddlers are unlikely to encode many experiences within such
knowledge structures.
These three explanations of infantile amnesia are not mutually exclusive; indeed, they
support each other. Physiological immaturity may be part of why infants and toddlers
do not form extremely enduring memories, even when they hear stories that promote
such remembering in preschoolers. Hearing the stories may lead preschoolers to
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encode aspects of events that allow them to form memories they can access as adults.
Conversely, improved encoding of what they hear may help them better understand
and remember stories and thus make the stories more useful for remembering future
events. Thus, all three explanations – physiological maturation, hearing and producing
stories about past events, and improved encoding of key aspects of events – seem likely
to be involved in overcoming infantile amnesia.
86. What purpose does paragraph 2 serve in the larger discussion of children's
inability to recall early experiences?
A.
To argue that theories that are not substantiated by evidence should generally be
considered unreliable.
B.
To argue that the hypotheses mentioned in paragraph 2 have been more
thoroughly researched than the theories mentioned later in the passage.
C.
To explain why some theories about infantile amnesia are wrong before
presenting ones more likely to be true.
D.
To explain why infantile amnesia is of great interest to researchers.
87. The word
plausible
in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.
flexible
B. believable
C. debatable
D. predictable
88. All of the following theories about the inability to recall early experiences are
rejected in paragraph 2 EXCEPT:
A.
The ability to recall an event decreases as the time after the event increases.
B.
Young children are not capable of forming memories that last for more than a
short time.
C.
People may hold back sexually meaningful memories.
D.
Most events in childhood are too ordinary to be worth remembering.
89. What does paragraph 3 suggest about long-term memory in children?
A.
Maturation of the frontal lobes of the brain is important for the long-term
memory of motor activities but not verbal descriptions.
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B.
Young children may form long-term memories of actions they see earlier than
of things they hear or are told.
C.
Young children have better long-term recall of short verbal exchanges than long
ones.
D.
Children's long-term recall of motor activities increases when such activities are
accompanied by explicit verbal descriptions.
90. According to paragraph 4, what role may storytelling play in forming childhood
memories?
A.
It may encourage the physiological maturing of the brain.
B.
It may help preschool children tell the difference between ordinary and unusual
memories.
C.
It may help preschool children retrieve memories quickly.
D.
It may provide an ordered structure that facilitates memory retrieval.
91. The word
critically
in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.
fundamentally
B. partially
B.
C. consistently
D. subsequently
92. The phrase
This view
in the passage refers to the belief that
A.
The ability to retrieve a memory partly depends on the similarity between the
encoding and retrieving process.
B.
The process of encoding information is less complex for adults than it is for
young adults and infants.
C.
Infants and older children are equally dependent on discussion of past events for
the retrieval of information.
D.
Infants encode information in the same way older children and adults do.
93. According to paragraphs 5 and 6, one disadvantage very young children face in
processing information is that they cannot
A. process a lot of information at one time.
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B. organize experiences according to type.
C. block out interruptions.
D. interpret the tone of adult language.
94. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the
italicized sentence in paragraph 7?
A.
Incomplete physiological development may partly explain why hearing stories
does not improve long-term memory in infants and toddlers.
B.
One reason why preschoolers fail to comprehend the stories they hear is that they
are physiologically immature.
C.
Given the chance to hear stories, infants and toddlers may form enduring
memories despite physiological immaturity.
D.
Physiologically mature children seem to have no difficulty remembering stories
they heard as preschoolers.
95. How does paragraph 7 relate to the earlier discussion of infantile amnesia?
A.
It introduces a new theory about the causes of infantile amnesia.
B.
It argues that particular theories discussed earlier in the passage require further
research.
C.
It explains how particular theories discussed earlier in the passage may work in
combination.
D. It evaluates which of the theories discussed earlier is most likely to be true.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
Part 4 : Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
THE VALIDITY OF THERAPEUTIC PLAY
A
The debate over the negative or positive impact of video games has been in
existence for as long as the games themselves and shows little sign of reaching a
conclusive end. Advocates of gaming maintain that playing games teaches leadership
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abilities and time-planning, as well as promoting teamwork and training participants in
transferable life skills such as speedtyping and language use. The opposition contend
that overexposure is linked to hyperactive and aggressive behaviour, lack of interest in
other activities, and even has a detrimental effect on quality of sleep. Though this
discussion shows no sign of waning, in all likelihood, video games have become a
permanent addition to our society. However, aside from their entertainment value,
video games have been found to have viable applications in certain medical fields; as
their significance becomes recognised, they are being assimilated into courses of
treatment and rehabilitative therapy.
B
The therapeutic benefits of video games are becoming gradually apparent;
specialists have begun to see how the positive reinforcement that players receive from
inbuilt game reward systems - such as levels or ‘loot’ - serves as personal motivation
and creates a sense of achievement.
Developing this ‘fighting spirit’ is crucial to patients who are undergoing difficult or
prolonged courses of treatment. The impact of poor mental well-being on physical
condition has long been recognised by the medical community, and the mental
resilience that video games build up is a valuable trait for negotiating the difficulties
of extended therapy.
C
Appreciation of this has led to an increasing trend of incorporating video games
into courses of therapy and in some cases, even using them as a method for delivering
the treatment itself. Perhaps the best example of this is the use of real-time, movement-
controlled video games, known as ‘exergames’, in the physical rehabilitation of
patients recovering from strokes. After a stroke, damage to the central nervous system
often leaves patients with restricted movement in certain parts of the body. Although
this damage can be repaired, the road to recovery entails long months of tiring physical
therapy and mental frustration. Nerve damage to the arms is particularly difficult to
recover from; many patients succumb to the natural temptation to perform tasks faster
and more easily with their fully functional ‘good’ arm, meaning that the afflicted arm
does not receive the practice and exercise it needs. Early muscle activation is the key
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to a good recovery; if preferred use of the ‘good’ hand becomes habitual, recovery may
be delayed significantly. One of the most effective techniques for countering this is
known as CIMT (Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy). The ‘good’ hand is literally
bound, preventing its use, while the affected hand performs everyday repetitive tasks.
While proving to be statistically effective, this high-intensity therapy can be extremely
tiring for the patient, both physically and psychologically, and can usually only be
carried out for short periods of time.
D
Gaming technology is able to ameliorate this. By wrapping the affected hand in
a motion-sensory glove, patients are able to transport their movements into the world
of a video game. The key to this adaptation is the immersive nature of video games;
when engaged in game play, patients tired less quickly and, in fact, estimated their time
spent playing at around 75% less than it actually was. Since the activities in-game
require the player to mimic actions such as climbing, pushing, etc., the movements do
not differ vastly from the movements of the conventional therapy - but the mental
stimulation of the video game environment means that patients try harder and for
longer without experiencing the same levels of fatigue or negative emotion.
E
This same immersive nature is the reason that gaming is not only relevant as an
active form of physical rehabilitation, but is also used to help patients with behavioural
or social disorders - particularly children who are still in developmental stages. An
estimated 6 in 1000 children are diagnosed with a form of autism, a neurobehavioural
disorder which typically manifests itself as difficulty communicating with or relating
to
others,
overall
impairment
in
social
interaction
and
repetitive
or
inflexible
behavioural traits.
F
Among
other
things,
children
diagnosed
with
autism
find
it
difficult
to
understand outside perspectives or control intense emotions. This leaves them less able
to suppress their feelings or release them in a socially acceptable manner. Involvement
in gaming of any form familiarises children with established social behaviour and
exposes them to the positive and negative aspects of life in a controlled environment.
This provides a form of ‘brain training’ which helps regulate mental impulses in the
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outside world
.
Aside from aiding emotional growth, these games boost fundamental
childhood ‘rules’ - such as ‘being a good loser’, or ‘taking turns’.
G
At a more complex level, MMOs (Massively Multiplayer Online games) can be
used to teach peer cooperation, independent decision making and wide-ranging social
interaction. What separates this form of online gaming from single-player gaming is
the wide pool of social contact and the degree of communication required to participate.
The artificial community which builds up around online games has proved effective in
both attracting and enabling participation from otherwise reticent children and, to this
end, there are even purpose-built game servers where children with autism and other
social or learning difficulties can develop and practise their skills in a protected
environment. In a sheltered in-game setting, they are more likely to feel confident about
experimenting with their social abilities, and this practice can then extend to external
situations. The structure of the game on these servers often differs slightly from the
regular
model
so
as
to
better
convey
learning
points
such
as
respect
for
the
environment,
or
consequences
of
actions
on
others.
Most
importantly,
such
communities reinforce a defined set of social ’rules’ which are applicable in the non-
game world
.
Once following these rules online becomes familiar to children, they feel
more confident about using their skills in the real world
.
This could be as simple as
greeting someone new to the game and making them feel welcome, or as complex as
being considerate towards others or expressing sympathy.
Question 96--101
Reading passage has 7 paragraphs, A-G
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs from A to G from the list of headings
below.
Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 96-101
List of headings
i.
Gaming in the field of physical therapy
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ii.
An unresolved social debate
iii.
Creating a game to mirror real-world conditions
iv.
The limitations of conventional therapy
v.
Disproving negative assumptions about online gaming
vi.
The game world as a social model
vii.
The impact of poor physical health on the mind
viii.
The key to emotional maturity
ix.
Gaming as an academic learning tool
x.
Improving patient morale
Example:
96. Paragraph A ______
97. Paragraph B ______
98. Paragraph C ______
99. Paragraph D ______
100. Paragraph F ______
101. Paragraph G ______
Your answers:
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
Questions 102 - 105
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?
In boxes 61-64 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE
if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE
if the statement contradicts the information
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NOT GIVEN
if there is no information on this
102. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many people believe video games
cause hyperactivity in children.
103. The realisation that positive motivation (i.e. that provided by video games) can
have a beneficial effect on patient health is a new one.
104. Though effective, CIMT cannot be undertaken for long periods of time due to the
levels of stress it causes patients.
105. The mental stimulation provided by the interactive environment meant that
patients continued to attempt the exergames long after they began to feel physically
tired.
Your answers:
102.
103.
104.
105.
SECTION D. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1. The charts give data on the proportion of time and the places people of
different age groups in Fantasia spend and go for information on a weekly basis.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.Write about 150 words. (20 points)
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Part 2. (30 points)
Some people believe that it would be more beneficial to students if they learned a
variety of subjects while others claim that they should learn just some job-oriented
subjects.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.Write an essay of 250 words on the
topic
.
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