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LÊ THÁNH TÔNG NĂM HỌC 2021-2022
Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 11
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT (Thời gian: 180 phút – không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề gồm có 20 trang)
SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points):
Part 1: You will hear two sports commentators called Heidi Stokes and Rob
Aslett taking part in a discussion on the subject of gyms. For questions 1-5,
choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. (10 points)
1. What do Rob and Heidi think about government proposals regarding the
problem of obesity?
A. They over-emphasize the role of dietary factors.
B. They represent a radical solution that must be worth trying.
C. They over-estimate the extent to which the fitness industry can help.
D. They are attempting to accommodate too many varied perspectives.
2. Heidi agrees with the suggestion that regular gym attendance
A. can discourage people from keeping fit in other ways.
B. may lead to obsessive behaviour in some cases.
C. generally forms the basis of a healthy lifestyle.
D. could be harder to keep up in rural areas.
3. When asked about motivation, Rob suggests that many gym clients lose interest
A. if they don’t get good value for money.
B. if they don’t find it enjoyable on a social level.
C. if they don’t make it part of a wider fitness regime.
D. if they don’t perceive real gains in personal fitness.
4. What does Heidi suggest about membership levels in gyms?
A. The best ones restrict access at peak times.
B. Most recruit more people than they can cope with.
C. It is impossible to predict demand with any accuracy.
D. Over-recruitment can be counter-productive in the long run.
5. Rob thinks the key to successful gym marketing lies in
A. remaining true to the core values of fitness and strength.
B. appealing to a wide cross-section of the population.
C. joining forces with providers of related activities.
D. specialising in the needs of certain key groups.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part 2: For question 6-10, listen to the recording and decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding boxes provided. (10 points)
6. As the studio’s influence dominates, the narrative is more straightforward
7. The executive thinks that Arcane would not change non-Netflix markets
8. The creator argues that being profit-oriented is not conducive to art
development
9. Arcane’s odds-defying success is attributable to effort
10. It is possible that Arcane would not continue due to financial concerns
Your answer:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: You will hear a recording about the Internet of Things. For questions 11-
15, answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
11. What is the role of IoT to multitasking regarding its applications ?
_____________________________________________________________________
12. Which feature of the vehicle enables it to independently manoeuvre ?
_____________________________________________________________________
13. What application can IoT bring to farmers in enhancing water supply ?
_____________________________________________________________________
14. Beside goods monitoring and storing systems, what can IIOT be used for ?
_____________________________________________________________________
15. In which way may IOE be implemented in biological terms ?
_____________________________________________________________________

Part 4: For questions 16-25, listen to a recording and supply the blanks with the
missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the space provided. (20 points)
16. Four ____________________ countries create what is today known as the UK.
17. England is predominantly misperceived to be the UK as it houses the
____________________ London, in addition to large population and territory
expansion.
18. The English population is often referred to by their Northern Irish, Scottish and
Welsh counterparts as ____________________.
19. The latter, however, is seen by the English as ____________________.
20. England prefers to distinguish itself as an ___________________ island rather
than neighbouring France.
21. Countries becoming independent receive a ____________________ by their
formal recognition of the monarchy.
22. The Crown is a ____________________ or in other words
____________________.

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23. This abstract term serves to prove that the UK is still a ____________________.
24. When the monarch acts as both the Head of the State and Supreme Governor of
the official state religion, it is referred to as a ______________________.
25. In a nutshell, these are all the ___________________ when dealing with the UK.

Your answer:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.

SECTION B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 points):

Part 1. Choose the answer A, B, C, or D that best completes each of the following
sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. He preferred to … any profits he made back into business.
A. sow B. plan C. plough D.dig
2. He wants to leave school at 16 but his parents are trying to talk him … it
A.away from B. out of C. into D. off of
3. I have a distant recollection of seeing a(n) … of caterpillars parasitizing in apples
and apricots.
A. army B.loveliness C. orchestra D. ambush
4.Although petrol prices are already sky-high, motorists are … for yet another hike.
A. on B. in C.up D. out
5.I need a blowtorch to … these two pieces of metal together
A.clamp B.weld C.fuse D. wedge
6.Although he is a great boxer, his last few performances in the ring just haven’t…
A.cut the mustard B.gone pear-shaped
C.stacked the cards D.brought home the bacon
7.The unpopular prime minister was … in the press when she tripped while walking in
a muddy field.
A. slandered B. lampooned C. hounded D. stalked
8. This is a very busy office and in your new position you will have to be able to think
on your …!
A. toes B. legs C. feet D. knees
9. You’d better practice for Sunday’s match, or your opponent will make … of you.
A.mincemeat B. snippets C.smithereens D.steak
10. The vagrant came out of the shop, … for about 10 paces before falling against a
car.
A. stammered B. tripped C. staggered D. skidded

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11. Why did you give such good treatment to someone who had betrayed you? You
should not have …. .
A. fed the donkey sponge cake B. given him pumpkins
C. jumped into the mouth of a wolf D. given a fig
12. John was …. a week after the accident, but he has not been able to come to
football practice yet.
A. up and about B. vim and vigour
C. fingers and thumbs D. life and death
13. The convention will be a mix of professional politicians, high-ranking party ……
and ordinary voters.
A. apparatchiks B. right-wings C. apprentices D. attorneys
14. Nebraska has had floods in some years, ….
A. in others drought B. droughts are others
C. while other droughts D. others in drought
15. The lecturer must have been really annoyed when he received the ….. laughter
from the students.
A. ear-piercing B. almighty C. shrill D. raucous
16. Neither side is prepared to … an inch in the negotiations.
A. stir B. budge C. push D. bend
17. Writing rhymes for birthday cards is really easy. It's money for old …
A. rags B. bread C. rope D. rubbish
18. There was little we could do … registering a formal complaint.
A. beyond B. further C. over D. beside
19. I thought Mom knew Joe's phone number, but she's having … and cannot
remember it either.
A. a blonde moment B. a bun in the oven
C. a butcher’s D. a bumpy ride
20. I will not be made the … for this disaster. I acted on the advice of people above
me in this company and if I go, I am taking them with me!
A. loser B. sacrifice C. scapegoat D. target
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 2: For question 1-10, write the correct form of each bracketed word in each
sentence in the numbered space provided. (10 points)
1.I’ve tried to advise my daughter against hitch-hiking around Europe alone, but she
won’t listen to me. She’s so ____________________ (HEAD).

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2. One of the envelopes ____________________ (MARK) April 2, 1915 was found
to contain a drawing folded in half.
3. Treatment may involve the practitioner placing their hands on the recipient in a
variety of positions; however, some therapists take a ____________________
(TOUCH) approach, holding their hands a few centimetres away from the body.
4. He is forgetful and clumsy, mis-speaking often with ____________________
(SPOON), and his spells tend to back-fire.
5. There is ____________________ (CONTROVERSY) evidence that Wallenberg
did not die in 1947.
6. We were disappointed at the ____________________ (POSSESS) exterior of the
hotel.
7. We tend to think of the hamburger as a ____________________ (ESSENTIAL)
American invention, the fastest of fast food, and a relatively recent innovation.
8. We often forget we are inextricably linked to the nature, and by doing so,
____________________ (ADVERTISEMENT) contribute to its slow destruction.
9. As he sat slumped on the sofa, his natural ____________________ (BULLY) had
evaporated.
10. I didn’t ask about the accident because I thought it would be seen as
____________________ (AMBULANCE).
Your answer:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
SECTION C. READING (60 points):
Part 1: You are going to read an extract from an article about Feminism. Seven
paragraphs have been removed from the extract. For questions 1-7, read the
passage and choose from paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap. There is
ONE extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (7 points)

The central claim of the anti-#MeToo feminists is that the movement does not treat
individual women as moral agents with the capacity to say no, to enjoy and pursue
sex, and to do wrong. From this perspective, women who come forward about their
experiences of harassment should often be given more responsibility for those
experiences than the rhetoric of #MeToo assigns them.
1.

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On the other hand, there is the #MeToo movement. It might seem strange to assert that
#MeToo can be spoken of as a single ideology at all – that this cultural moment,
which has exposed such a broad array of bad behaviour across so many industries and
disciplines, could ever be coherent enough to have an agenda.
2.
In this light, the diversity and breadth of the #MeToo movement is not a weakness,
but a strength. After all, if so many women, with different kinds of lives, have
experienced the same sexist behaviour from men, then it becomes easier to believe
that the problem relates to wider cultural forces. The ubiquity of sexual harassment
means an individual can’t simply avoid it by making the right choices; the demand
that she does so begins to look absurd.
3.
But there is a greater moral divide between these two strands of thought, because
#MeToo and its critics also disagree over where to locate responsibility for sexual
abuse: whether it is a woman’s responsibility to navigate, withstand and overcome the
misogyny that she encounters, or whether it is the shared responsibility of all of us to
eliminate sexism, so that she never encounters it in the first place.
4.
Many of the most famous western feminists have been working in this tradition. For
instance, Betty Friedan, author of the influential 1960s feminist text The Feminine
Mystique, argued that sexist cultural codes prevent women from achieving personal
happiness. Friedan, a psychologist by training, focused on the inner lives of white,
American, middle-class women at midcentury.
5.
Social feminism has a similarly long, if less well-known, history. Soon after Friedan’s
book became a bestseller, Italian feminists such as Leopoldina Fortunati and Silvia
Federici began to formulate a different way of looking at the problems that women
faced.
6.
They argued that so-called “women’s work” – everything from mopping floors to
breastfeeding, cooking, laundry – should not only be seen as work, but as essential to
the capitalist wage-labour system. If men did not have these functions performed for
them at home, they would not be able to return to work and produce effectively.
7.
Could she really mean that a woman should be paid for scrubbing the floors in her
husband’s house? But the movement relied on the understanding that a wage was
necessary for work to be seen as work, and for the people who did it to be seen as
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Missing paragraphs:
A. More recently, individualist feminism found a high-profile advocate when Sheryl
Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, published her memoir-cum-
manifesto Lean in 2013. Sandberg laments the lack of women in leadership positions,
and her book is a how-to manual for women with lofty corporate ambitions.
B. When Federici’s Wages for Housework campaign launched in 1972, it attracted
fierce public debate – first in Italy, and then in the US after Federici moved to New
York and opened a Wages for Housework office in Brooklyn. The political
mainstream found Federici’s idea ridiculous.
C. As Marxists, they sought to analyse how men as a class related to women as a
class. They were less interested in ideas of empowerment and self-actualisation than
they were in divisions of labour, living conditions and cold, hard cash.
D. Call it, then, a conflict between “individualist” and “social” feminisms. In part, the
rift is between visions of how to undertake the feminist project, of which tactics are
best: whether through individual empowerment, or through collective liberation.
E. But #MeToo makes certain assumptions that aren’t compatible with the intellectual
habits of most mainstream feminisms that have preceded it. It is still rare to see such a
large group of women identifying their suffering as women’s suffering, claiming that
they have all been harmed by the same forces of sexism, and together demanding that
those forces be defeated.
F. More a rhetorical device than an immediate policy prescription, the demand “wages
for housework” relied on a conception of women as a “class” in the same sense as a
class of workers – a group of people with something in common who could organise
on behalf of their shared interests.
G. This thinking partakes in a long moral tradition – in which personal responsibility,
independence, and willingness to withstand hardship are revered as valuable virtues: a
feminism that posits that individual women have the power to make choices to
diminish the negative impact of sexism– if only they have the grit to handle it.
H. This tension, has dogged the women’s movement since its revival in the mid-20th
century. According to the individualist model of feminism, personal responsibility,
individual freedoms and psychological adjustments offer a woman meaningful routes
out of the suffering imposed by patriarchy, and into equality with men.

Part 2: Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
Anthropology (1) ______ itself from the other social sciences by its greater emphasis
on fieldwork as the (2) ______ of new knowledge. The aim of such studies is to
develop as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated.
Although the (3) ______ of field studies varies from a few weeks to years, it is
generally agreed that anthropologists should stay in the field long enough for their (4)
______ to be considered ‘natural’ by the permanent residents.

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Realistically, however, anthropologists may never reach this (5) ______. Their foreign
mannerisms make them appear clownish, and so they are (6) ______ with curiosity
and amusement. (7) ______ they speak the local language at all, they do so with a
strange accent and flawed grammar. They ask tactless questions and inadvertently (8)
______ rules regarding how things are usually done. Arguably this could be an
interesting (9) ______ point for research, though it is rarely exploited. Otherwise,
anthropologists take on the role of the ‘superior expert’, in which case they are treated
with deference and respect, only coming into (10) ______ with the most high-ranking
members of the society. Anthropologists with this role may never witness the gamut
of practices which take place in all levels of the society.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: You are going to read an extract from an article named “Leakey’s
Achievement”. For questions 1-10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you
think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding
boxes provided. (10 points)

Although he made his name with his archeological finds of early humans, Richard
Leakey became famous as the conservationist who turned the tide against elephant
poaching. Bringing the slaughter of Kenya's elephants under control required a
military solution, and Leakey was not afraid to apply it. Many poachers were killed,
giving Leakey a reputation for being a cold-blooded obsessive who put animals before
people.
[1] Moreover, his efforts to eradicate corruption in Kenya's wildlife management
system won him many enemies. [2] But the birth of the Kenya Wildlife Service
(KWS), the eradication of elephant poaching and the ban on the international trade in
ivory are his legacy, and they form the basis of Wildlife Wars. [3] It is a story not only
of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of trying to save the world's wildlife from
extinction. [4]
Life for the average person in Africa is tough, and basic needs are far from being met.
This is the background against which Leakey fought his war, and he constantly refers
to the threat poverty poses to the preservation of Africa's spectacular wildlife.
Leakey's argument, here and in recent lectures, is that national parks managed
exclusively for biodiversity protection must be created, and that this protection of our
wildlife heritage should be funded by international sources.
However, in the early 1990s the development agencies favoured "community-based"
conservation. Leakey's stand on protection of parks was seen as a lack of respect for
local communities, and used against him when he resigned as head of the KWS in
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purely local conservation programmes; there is a growing consensus that the poor are
unlikely to manage wildlife resources wisely for the long term because their needs are
immediate.
Wildlife Wars continues where Leakey's memoir One Life left off. It spans a 13-year
period, beginning in 1989 when Leakey became head of the KWS. Then the elephant
slaughter was at its height across Africa; it is estimated that between 1975 and 1989
the international markets for ivory in Europe, the United States and Asia led to the
death of 1.2 m elephants, slaughtered for their ivory to make piano keys, games and
fashion accessories. Kenya's herds were reduced by more than 85% by armed
poachers, who turned their guns on anything and anyone. To stop this killing required
changing the perceptions of ivory users so as to eliminate the markets, as well as
mounting an armed force against the poachers.
With both humour and seriousness, Leakey explains the sacrifices he had to make in
order to see his vision succeed. Despite the gravity of the situation, Leakey makes
light of the sometimes comical circumstances, although it is clear that his life was at
risk many times and he worked under tremendous pressure. For many, however, the
real question is why this paleoanthropologist should risk his life for wildlife. The
answer may lie in Leakey's own depiction of himself, although obviously aggressive
and driven while running KWS, as essentially reflective. Presenting in moving terms
his introduction to elephant emotions and society, he describes his outrage at the
moral and ethical implications of poaching and culling for ivory, arguing that
elephants, apes, whales and dolphins have emotions so like those of humans that they
deserve to be treated as such.
Hard-core wildlife groups sniggered at his 'bunny-hugging' tendencies, but they
underestimated his impact. It is impossible to put a value on Leakey's work during
those years. As the elephant population began to recover, Kenya's tourist industry
revived to become the country's main source of revenue. An international awareness
campaign centred on an ivory bonfire, which led to the ban on ivory trade and the
collapse of ivory prices.

1. Richard Leakey is most well-known for

A. Increasing wildlife budgets.
B. Successfully stopping illegal hunting.
C. Removing the ban on the ivory trade.
D. Helping to identify man's origins.
2. Look at the four numbered brackets that indicate where the following sentence
could be added to the passage: “This surprisingly personal memoir has much to tell
about the fragile relationships between conservationists and governments.” Where
would the sentence best fit?
A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4]
3. In paragraph 3, Leakey makes the point that
A. Conservation should be a global responsibility.

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 B. A war must be fought against poverty.
C. Africa's wildlife is an international attraction.
D. There is insufficient money to establish parks.
4. It is now becoming accepted that
A. Leakey had no regard for local communities.
B. Conservation programmes should be under local control.
C. Donors have not yet received sufficient recognition.
D. Poverty makes regional conservation programmes unreliable.
5. The writer says that between 1975 and 1989
A. The perceptions of the use of ivory changed.
B. Elephants were used to make piano keys.
C. The elephant population was decimated.
D. Demand for ivory began to decrease.
6. Leakey considers himself
A. Amusing. B. Sentimental.
C. Contemplative. D. Obsessive.
7. The word comical in paragraph 5 could be replaced by
A. Confounded B. Farcical
C. Forlorn D. Ungracious
8. What does the writer imply in the last paragraph?
A. A disease had affected elephants.
B. Leakey's views are overly sentimental.
C. Leakey's success is in doubt.
D. Leakey's work had wide-ranging effects.
9. The phrase 'bunny-hugging' is used
A. To undermine Leakey’s role as an environmental activist.
B. To emphasise his act of going against the mass.
C. To express the arrogance of Leaky expressed through his movements.
D. To describe Leakey’s shyness in his environmental acts.
10. This passage is taken from
A. An article about endangered species.
B. A book about Richard Leakey.
C. An article about Kenya.
D. A book review.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (13 points)

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THE FACE OF MODERN MAN?

A. In response to the emergence of the ‘metro-sexual’ male, in other words, an urban,

sophisticated man who is fashionable, well-groomed and unashamedly committed to
ensuring his appearance is the best it can be, a whole new industry has developed.
According to research conducted on behalf of a leading health and beauty retailer in
England, the market for male cosmetics and related products has grown by 800%
since 2000 and is expected to continue to increase significantly. The male grooming
products market has become the fastest growing sector within the beauty and
cosmetics industry, currently equivalent to around 1.5 billion pounds per annum.

B. Over the last decade, several brands and companies catering for enhancement of
the male image have been successfully established, such operations ranging from
male-only spas, boutiques, personal hygiene products, hair and skin care ranges, and
male magazines with a strong leaning towards men’s fashion. Jamie Cawley, holds
that his company’s success in this highly competitive market can be attributed to the
‘exclusivity’ tactics employed, in that their products and services are clearly defined
as male- orientated and distinctly separate to feminine products offered by other
organisations. However, market analyst, Kim Sawyer, believes that future growth in
the market can also be achieved through sale of unisex products marketed to both
genders, this strategy becoming increasingly easy to implement as men’s interest in
appearance and grooming has become more of a social norm.

C. Traditionalists such as journalist Jim Howrard contend that the turn-around in male
attitudes having led to the success of the industry would have been inconceivable a
decade ago, given the conventional male role, psyche and obligation to exude
masculinity; however, behavioural scientist Professor Ruth Chesterton argues that the
metro-sexual man of today is in fact a modern incarnation of the ‘dandy’ of the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century. British dandies of that period, who were often
of middle-class backgrounds but imitated aristocratic lifestyles, were devoted to
cultivation of their physical appearance, development of a refined demeanour and
hedonistic pursuits. In France, she adds, dandyism, in contrast, was also strongly
linked to political ideology and embraced by youths wishing to clearly define
themselves from members of the working class revolutionary social groups of the
period.

D. Over recent decades, according to sociologist Ben Cameron, gender roles for both
sexes have become less defined. According to research, he says, achievement of status
and success have become less important in younger generations of men, as has the
need to repress emotions. Cameron defines the traditional masculine role within
western societies – hegemonic masculinity – as an expectation that males demonstrate
physical strength and fitness, be decisive, self-assured, rational, successful and in
control. Meeting this list of criteria and avoiding situations of demonstrating

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weakness, being overly emotional or in any way ’inferior’, he says, has placed a great
deal of pressure on many members of the male population. So restrictive can society’s
pressure to behave in a ‘masculine’ fashion on males be, Professor Chesterton states
that in many situations men may respond in a way they deem acceptable to society,
given their perceived gender role, rather than giving what they may actually consider
to be the best and most objective response.

E. Jim Howard says that learning and acquiring gender identity makes up a huge
component of a child’s socialisation and that a child exhibiting non-standard
behavioural characteristics often encounters social and self-image difficulties due to
their peers’ adverse reactions. According to Kim Sawyer, media images and messages
also add to pressures associated with the male image, stating that even in these
modern and changing times, hegemonic masculinity is often idolised and portrayed as
the definitive male persona.

F. Whilst male stereotypes and ideals vary from culture to culture, according to
Professor Chesterton, a universal trait in stereotypical male behaviour is an increased
likelihood to take risks than is generally found in female behaviour patterns. For this
reason, she attributes such behaviour to the influence of genetic predisposition as
opposed to socially learned behaviour. Men, she says, are three times more likely to
die due to accidents than females, a strong indication of their greater willingness to
involve themselves in precarious situations. Ben Cameron also says that an attitude of
invincibility is more dominant in males and is a predominant factor in the trend for
fewer medical checkups in males and late diagnosis of chronic and terminal illness
than in their more cautious and vigilant female counterparts.

G. Jamie Cawley, however, remains optimistic that the metro-sexual culture will
continue and that what society accepts as the face of masculinity will continue to
change. He attributes this to a male revolt against the strict confines of gender roles,
adding that such changes of attitudes have led and will continue to lead to
establishment of greater equality between the sexes.

Questions 1-5: The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-G. Choose the
correct heading for paragraphs B-D and F-G from the list of headings below.
List of Headings
i. Basis and predictions
ii. Revolution or recurrence?
iii. Servicing a growing demand
iv. The surfacing of a new phenomenon
v. A long-held mindset and its downsides
vi. Influence on minors
vii. Hereditary predilection
viii. Effects of external pressures

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Question 1: Paragraph B __________
Question 2: Paragraph C __________
Question 3: Paragraph D __________
Question 4: Paragraph F __________
Question 5: Paragraph G __________
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Questions 6-9: Do the following statements agree with the information given in
the Reading Passage? In boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts with the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
6. Sales in the female health and beauty market have slightly declined over recent
years.
7. The rise of ‘dandyism’ in England and France is attributed to similar factors.
8. Emotional reaction is contradictory to hegemonic masculine behaviour.
9. There is a correlation between men’s belief that they are indestructible and their
decreased likelihood to seek medical advice.
Your answers

6. 7. 8. 9.

Questions 10-13 Look at the following list of statements based on changes in male
image and behaviour. Match each statement with the correct person A-E. Write
the correct letters A-E in boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet.
List of Contributors
A. Jamie Cawley
B. Kim Sawyer
C. Jim Howard
D. Professor Ruth Chesterton
E. Ben Cameron

10. Male behaviour patterns have changed in a way that would have been considered
implausible in the past.
11. Traditional benchmarks of masculinity are often exacerbated by the press.

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12. Metro-sexual culture has developed as a response to modern men’s dissatisfaction
with traditional images.
13. The need to conform to society’s expectations of male behaviour may impede
men’s decision-making and judgement.
Your answers

10. 11. 12. 13.

Part 4: Read the text, identify which section A–D each of the following is
mentioned. Write ONE letter A–D in the corresponding numbered space
provided. Each letter may be used more than once. (15 points)

Your answer:

The artist checks that nothing important is missing from 1.

preparatory work.

It is of something that is non-existent now. 2.

The artist specialises in things that most people regard as ugly. 3.

The artist took a risk while creating it. 4.

Its artist produces paintings in different locations. 5.

It was completely altered in order to produce various connections. 6.

In one way, it is unlike any other painting the artist has produced. 7.

The artist likes to find by chance subjects that have certain 8.

characteristics.

A deduction that could be made about what is happening in it is 9.

not what the artist is actually showing.

The artist points out that it is based on things actually observed, 10.
even though it does not depict them accurately.

Watercolour competition
First prize
A. Carol Robertson Interrupted Field
Carol Robertson's Interrupted Field is a worthy winner, a more or less geometric
composition that exploits the qualities of evenly-applied washes of colour. The
painting is vast — 'the largest I’ve ever attempted’ – so the big, even area of blue in
the centre is, apart from anything else, something of a technical achievement.

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Robertson is keen to stress that her abstract compositions are firmly rooted in reality.
Though she doesn't 'seek to confirm or record the way the world looks', her work is
never disconnected from the natural world, so the coloured stripes and bands in this
painting have a specific source. Over the past five years, Robertson has been working
in Ireland, on the northwest coast of County Mayo. The coloured stripes stimulate
‘memories of coastal landscape, brightly painted cottages, harbours and fishing boats,
things seen out of the corner of my eye as I explored that coastline by car and on foot.
The colour mirrors the fragment of life that caught my eye against a background of
sea and sky?
Runners up
B. Geoffrey Wynne Quayside
Geoffrey Wynne describes himself as 'an open-air impressionist watercolour painter’,
though he adds that ‘larger works’, this prize-winning picture among them, ‘are
developed in the studio’.
Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of this painting is the sheer number of people in
it. According to the title, they are on a quay somewhere, and the number of suitcases
they have with them suggests they have just landed from a boat on the first stage of a
holiday. ‘Yes, that's almost right,’ Wynne told me, 'except that we're on the boat in the
early morning, just arrived back from Mallorca, and the people are waiting to get on.
This painting took a long time to finish, and many earlier attempts were abandoned.
To achieve a unity, I immersed the half-finished painting in the bath, then added the
black with a big brush. It’s dangerous to do, because you can really control the effects.
Then I reworked everything, establishing links with colour and tone throughout the
composition, creating a kind of web or net of similar effects.’
C. Arthur Lockwood Carbonizer Tower
Arthur Lockwood has a big reputation among watercolour painters and watercolour
enthusiasts, chiefly for his accomplished pictures of industrial sites, subjects that are
generally thought to be unsightly, but have striking visual qualities all their own.
Among them is a kind of romanticism stimulated by indications of decay and the
passing of irrecoverable time. Lockwood's subjects are, after all, ruins, the modern
equivalent of Gothic churches overgrown by ivy. He aims not only to reveal those
qualities, but to make a visual record of places that are fast being destroyed. This
painting, a good example of his work in general, is one of an extensive series on the
same subject. What we see is part of a large industrial plant that once made smokeless
coal briquettes. It has now been closed and demolished to make way for a business
park.
D. Michael Smee Respite at The Royal 0ak
Michael Smee was once a successful stage and television designer. This is worth
stressing, because this prize-winning painting makes a strong theatrical impression.
Smee agrees, and thinks it has much to do with the carefully judged lighting. ‘As a
theatre designer, you make the set, which comes to life only when it’s lit’.

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Smee prefers to happen on pubs and cafés that are intriguing visually and look as
though they might be under threat. He has a strong desire to record 'not only the
disappearing pub culture peculiar to this country, but also bespoke bar interiors and
the individuals therein’. He works his paintings up from informative sketches. 'I get
there early, before many people have arrived, sit in the corner and scribble away.
Then, once the painting is in progress in the studio, I make a return visit to reassure
myself and to note down what I’d previously overlooked’. His main aim isn't
topographical accuracy, however; it's to capture the appearance of artificial and
natural light together, as well as the reflections they make.

SECTION D. WRITING (60 points):

Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your
summary should be between 100 and 120 words
Once, long ago, we walked in this landscape, and were part of this earth. With songs
and prayers, dances and dreams we were also alive in life’s wholeness. But today our
world is not like this and our consciousness is long disconnected.As social media has
increased the noise of discord and distortions, half-truths, falsehoods, and conspiracy
theories, our collective consciousness has become fractured, different voices shouting
while the planet burns.
And yet even as our patterns and habits of disbelief poison the nature, even as we
deny our responsibility for the coming catastrophe of climate change, or in some ways
more dangerously, think that we can “green the economy” – continue with our fantasy
of eternal economic growth – this landscape of wholeness is still present. It can be
heard in every dawn chorus, seen in the “v” of geese flying south, in the fox found
curled asleep in my garden. The Earth has not forgotten what is real, even if we
increasingly have. Buds still break open in springtime, leaves turn golden in Autumn.
And our bodies still awake every morning into this world. While our attention is
drawn to our smartphones, sunlight filters through the clouds.
Yet, in our hearts there is a thread that connects it all together, the heart that still
knows the meaning of love and companionship, care and community. Our hearts have
not forgotten that we are all a part of one living community, bonded together since the
very beginning, since the early days when we walked and played, sang and dreamed in
harmony with the Earth and its magical nature. That thread, too simple to be caught in
distortion, is still present, even if it is covered over by the confusions of today, by our
materialistic dreams.

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2017. Describe the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant. You should write about 150 words.

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than technical ability. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this
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