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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HÙNG VƯƠNG DUYÊN HẢI - ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
NĂM HỌC 2023 – 2024
(Đề thi đề xuất) Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 10
(Thời gian: 180 phút – không kể thời gian giao đề)
A. LISTENING (50 points):
Section 1: Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)

Vacant
Location Responsibilities Requirements Experience
positions
A(n) (1) North  Data entry  Good computer A minimum of
_____________ London  Meetings skills (esp. one year
attendance and spreadsheets) experience of (3)
note-taking  Interpersonal skills ______________
 (2) ___________  Attention to
 Diary details
management
A warehouse South  Stock  Mathematically Experience of
assistant London management competent  driving in
 Managing  (4) _________ London
deliveries  Well-organized  warehouse
and neat work
 Adept at written  (5) _________
and verbal
communication

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section 2. You will hear part of a discussion in which two consultants, Abbie Dale and Ryan
Richardson, are talking about two different small businesses that have achieved success. For
questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
(10 points)

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1. What does the company Ryan has chosen encourage its customers to do?
A. assemble all the kits that it produces
B. create new designs and hand them in
C. personalize their online purchases
D. promote the quality of the products
2. According to Abbie, the social clothing company's customers ______________.
A. take great relish in drawing attention to themselves
B. show their willingness to aid in publicity campaigns
C. display their creativity in the videos submitted
D. have developed a fierce loyalty to the brand
3. Ryan believes that the main difference between the two companies is ________________.
A. the number of staff members they have recruited
B. the way in which they have thrived
C. the wide range of issues they have to tackle
D. the age range they cater for
4. What does Abbie find most astonishing about the company she talks about?
A. its skill in collaborating with partners
B. the owner's ability to keep developments secret
C. the fact that it has grown so fast
D. the number of products it aims to launch
5. According to Ryan, people who buy and assemble the electronic kits _________________.
A. should start their own businesses
B. are surprised by their simplicity
C. find the experience rewarding
D. aren't frightened of making mistakes

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section 3. You will hear a talk about ethical concerns with artificial intelligence. Decide
whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. People tend to be oblivious to the moral issues associated with artificial intelligence in the
research stage.
2. Video tracking can be deployed to ensure recovery from injuries.

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3. A handful of giants have become the dominant overlords in the realm of artificial intelligence.
4. Artificial intelligence is intended to harm human society as it does not share human values.
5. Machines are immune to biases from the data introduced by their human makers.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section 4. For questions 1-10, listen to an authentic recording about déjà vu and fill in the
missing information using words taken from the recording. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
The feeling of living through the present situation once before might be a weird experience.
Besides youngsters and movie fans, (1) _____________________ are more likely to experience
déjà vu than others.
For a long time, this occurrence had been attributed to (2) ____________________ disturbances
before Émile Boirac, a (3) ______________________, coined the French word déjà vu, literally
meaning “already seen”.
The first possible explanation for this illusion is (4) ______________________ where a person
experiences the current sensory twice successively.
Another theory on the cause of déjà vu, dual processing, mentions a (5)
______________________ when two cognitive processes are uncoupled.
One suggested method of studying déjà vu is examining those suffering from (6)
_________________________.
In the 2014 study, most participants found their (7) ______________________ to be identical
with the experience of déjà vu.
The speculation that déjà vu results from errors around a brain component called (8)
______________________ is refuted by further research which claims that déjà vu involves the
(9) ______________________ of the brain.
Another approach is looking at (10) ________________________ as the origin of déjà vu could
lie in the mysterious universe.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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B. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (50 points)
Section 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. _____ the cold weather and his badly fractured leg, the old man hasn’t been out for weeks.
A. What with B. Concerning C. In the face of D. Much as
2. The company executive takes great exception _____ the claims from protesters that their
business harms animals.
A. to B. against C. from D. with
3. He gripped his brother’s arm _____ he be trampled by the mob.
A. thereby B. lest C. otherwise D. whereby
4. Nuclear waste disposal is a growing problem _______.
A. considering that no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or to bury it
inside its borders
B. considering that no state permits radioactive material either transported on its roads or buried
inside its borders
C. because no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or buried inside its
borders
D. because no state will permit radioactive material not only to be carried on its roads but in
addition also buried inside its borders
5. Mad Max was a low budget film. It received a lot of rave reviews ______.
A. though B. thus C. however D. whatever
6. I adore walking around the old city of Venice – just ________ the atmosphere!
A. heading for B. soaking up C. getting in D. pulling up
7. Building a new children's home will cost a lot of money but, _______, there is an urgent need
for the facility.
A. be that as it may B. if need be C. then so it be D. whatever it may be
8. Opponents of the war are considered _______ as patriotic as supporters.
A. rather B. fairly much C. somewhat D. every bit
9. I tried to pull myself together after the police officer assured ________ as soon as she had
news about my stolen phone.
A. to me that she would call B. me that she would call
C. to call me D. that she was about to call me
10. After having a narrow escape from the accident, the boy _______ all night long and has had a
bee in his bonnet about safety ever since.

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A. cried himself into sleeping B. cried out sleeping
C. cried himself to sleep D. cried till sleeping
11. It is generally assumed that the shutterbugs, also known as paparazzi, are paid really well for
their ______ into the lives of the celebrities.
A. invasion B. intrusion C. infringement D. interference
12. If you want to solve the problem once and for all, you must face a difficulty or danger boldly,
that is, you must _____.
A. pull the bull's horns B. take the bull by the horns
C. blow your own horn D. be on the horns of a dilemma
13. He attempted to discuss his political opponents respectfully, yet they refused to lend a
receptive ear and even cast _______ on his suggestion.
A. scorn B. censure C. criticism D. aspersions
14. Though deeply discontented with the promotion policy of the firm, my colleague still
hesitated about _______ his resignation given the volatile economic climate.
A. tendering B. imputing C. consigning D. tabling
15. Amidst the corporate downsizing, the blue-collar worker offered to take a pay cut to keep his
temporary job, yet he was just ______ at straws.
A. clutching B. clinging C. clustering D. clasping
16. After writing that bombshell exposé about corruption within the government, the apprentice
journalist became ________ nationwide.
A. the man of the hour B. an egg on the face
C. a word of honour D. the top of the morning
17. They say he was a _______ dictator, but the list of human rights abuses during his reign
speaks volumes about the contradiction to this.
A. callous B. depraved C. benevolent D. vicious
18. The delegate spent days trying to convince his congressional colleagues to hold their _____
and vote for the bill.
A. nose B. breath C. own D. tongue
19. With a wealth of state-of-the-art facilities and accomplished teaching staff, the Imperial College
was ______ the best school in the town.
A. haphazardly B. begrudgingly C. indubitably D. jovially
20. Had we been in control of monetary policy, we would have raised interest rates sharply after
the election instead of doing it in _______.
A. fingers and thumbs B. bits and bobs
C. dribs and drabs D. bibs and tuckers

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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Section 2. Complete each sentence with a suitable particle or preposition. Write your answers
in the box provided. (10 points)
1. Police were pinning their hopes on two survivors as they tried to piece ______ the details of
the tragic accident.
2. The company has such large cash reserves that it thinks it can always buy ______ any
competitors.
3. The party has watered ______ its ideals in order to appeal to the centre ground.
4. The meeting was intended to patch ______ relations between the two sides.
5. Despite neglecting her studies for most of the semester, Jannet still luckily managed to scrape
______ the final examination.
6. The investment would be beneficial for the firm, yet the manager is so concerned about saving
money that he can’t see the forest ______ the trees.
7. Police are concerned that the victim’s family may try to take the law ______ their own hands.
8. When her son broke the curfew for the third time, Ms. Smith really hit the roof and decided to
put her foot ______.
9. Kept waiting for nearly half a day at the airport, the passengers were getting browned ______
with the delay.
10. He’s run into debt again, but this time we are leaving him to stew ______ his own juice.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 3. Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. The police had absolutely no idea what the suspect was thinking as he remained _________
throughout the interrogation. (EXPRESS)

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2. It’s very common for new actors to worry about becoming _________ as they don’t want to be
locked into only one particular role. (TYPE)
3. Legislative action should be taken to ensure that the burden of _________ debt does not
suffocate the dreams and aspirations of young individuals. (MOUNT)
4. Any attempt to _________ blame so many years after the incident appears to be pointless.
(PORTION)
5. Zoos deserve some sort of protection from the _________ crank, the ignorant but kindly, and
– above all – from the nine-till-five conservationists. (OFFICE)
6. The party’s crushing defeat in the election thoroughly _________ its die-hard supporters.
(MORAL)
7. A temporary _________ has been declared between the rival factions to evacuate civilians
from the battlefield. (ARM)
8. Some detainees eagerly agreed to perform onerous physical tasks, so better to illuminate the
abject _________ in which they lived. (SERVE)
9. Though diplomats on both sides retained their _________, they fully appreciated that they
were amid the world’s last great colonial partition. (COMPOSE)
10. The jury acquitted the defendant due to the lack of evidence to convict him of the vicious
crime, which _________ both the victim’s family and the public. (FURY)

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

C. READING (50 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
Who says that each and every teenager spends all of his or her time inside in front of a
screen? Contrary to popular belief, many teens have taken to the great (1) ____________ in
search of a way to give (2) ____________ to their feelings and stay fit. What are these teens up
to? Well, it is a sport called parkour. In fact, parkour is more than just a sport; it is a training
discipline, one that has its (3) ____________ in common military obstacle course training.

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 The (4) ____________ of parkour is to get from Point A to Point B, usually (5)
____________ a complex urban environment, without the assistance of any special equipment in
the quickest way imaginable. And it does demand the use of the imagination because the
philosophy behind parkour is seeing your environment in an innovative manner; envisioning the
manner in which it can be navigated by diverse movements over anything that might be in the
way. This could mean running around (6) ____________ buildings in an inner city “ghetto”;
jumping over (7) ___________ in busy urban streets or climbing up, and then down, any other
physical features that block the route of the participant.
Parkour is something that requires (8) ____________ and a variety of other skills – some
physical, some mental, but all incredibly challenging. One person who has mastered these skills
is Dimitris Kyrsanidis of Greece. Virtually a(n) (9) ____________ success, Dimitris took up the
sport and literally (10) ____________ the ground running! In a remarkable achievement, he went
from playing football on a local pitch to becoming a noted parkour champion in the famous Red
Bull Art of Motion competition by beating seventeen of the best parkour athletes in the world.

1. A outdoors B suburbs C outskirts D downtown

2. A way B vent C over D rise
3. A origins B roots C backgrounds D bases
4. A ambition B dream C record D aim
5. A scraping against B going up against C knuckling down D taking up
6. A bustling B provincial C run-of-the-mill D run-down
7. A bungalows B parking meters C barristers D junctions
8. A felonies B surveillance C perseverance D mishaps
9. A overnight B night-time C nightly D night-long
10. A set B hit C had D met

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
The Titanic’s maiden voyage and calamitous end was one of the biggest news stories of
1912, and has continued to fascinate us ever since. The disaster inspired songs and multiple films
in the twentieth century, (1) ______ James Cameron’s 1997 epic romance, which long reigned as

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the highest-grossing film of all time. More recently, Titanic exhibitions that invite visitors to
examine relics and explore the ship’s recreated rooms have (2) ______ huge crowds in New
York, Seville, and Hong Kong.
There are two reasons why we are so drawn to the Titanic, and why the super-rich are
apparently willing to (3) ______ with their money and even risk their lives to catch a glimpse of
its broken hull.
The first is its opulence. The White Start Line that built the Titanic advertised the ship as
the most luxurious ever to (4) ______ sail. Wealthy passengers paid up to £870 for the privilege
of occupying the Titanic’s most expensive and spacious first-class cabins. To put this 110-year-
old money (5) ______ perspective, when the first world war broke out in 1914, infantry soldiers
in the British army were paid a basic salary of around £20 per year. Titanic movies and
exhibitions are popular because audiences enjoy the voyeurism of gazing on the ship’s beautiful
furnishings, the stunning clothes (6) ______ by its rich and beautiful passengers, and their
elaborate meals in fancy restaurants.
The fact that the Titanic was touted as unsinkable also adds (7) ______ its allure. The
ship, whose name evoked its massive size, was engineered to cheat the ocean. When it departed
England, it symbolised man’s domination (8) ______ nature. At the bottom of the Atlantic, it
serves as a visceral reminder of the indomitable sea’s awesome power.
The same two factors - the excess of the voyage, and its defeat (9) ______ the sea – are
now driving the current global interest in the Titan submersible disaster. (10) ______ world
events garner so much attention, including statements from Downing Street and the White
House, and live news blogs from The New York Times and the Guardian.
(Adapted from The Conversation, Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic
disaster continues to enthral)

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. Read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the following
questions. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

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 In 1970 geologists Kenneth J. Hsu and William B F. Ryan were collecting research data
while aboard the oceanographic research vessel Glomar Challenger. An objective of this
particular cruise was to investigate the floor of the Mediterranean and to resolve questions about
its geologic history. One question was related to evidence that the invertebrate fauna (animals
without spines) of the Mediterranean had changed abruptly about 6 million years ago. Most of
the older organisms were nearly wiped out, although a few hardy species survived. A few
managed to migrate into the Atlantic. Somewhat later, the migrants returned, bringing new
species with them. Why did the near extinction and migrations occur?
Another task for the Glomar Challenger’s scientists was to try to determine the origin of
the domelike masses buried deep beneath the Mediterranean seafloor. These structures had been
detected years earlier by echo-sounding instruments, but they had never been penetrated in the
course of drilling. Were the salt domes as such are common along the United States Gulf Coast,
and if so, why should there have been so much solid crystalline salt beneath the floor of the
Mediterranean?
With questions such as these clearly before them, the scientists aboard the Glomar
Challenger proceeded to the Mediterranean to search for the answers. On August 23, 1970, they
recovered a sample. The sample consisted of pebbles of hardened sediment that had once been
soft, deep-sea mud, as well as granules of gypsum and fragments of volcanic rock. Not a single
pebble was found that might have indicated that the pebbles came from the nearby
continent. In the days following, samples of solid gypsum were repeatedly brought on deck as
drilling operations penetrated the seafloor. Furthermore, the gypsum was found to possess
peculiarities of composition and structure that suggested it had formed on desert flats. Sediment
above and below the gypsum layer contained tiny marine fossils, indicating open ocean
conditions. As they drilled into the central and deepest part of the Mediterranean basin, the
scientists took solid, shiny, crystalline salt from the core barrel. Interbedded with the salt were
thin layers of what appeared to be windblown silt.
The time had come to formulate a hypothesis. The investigators theorized that about 20
million years ago, the Mediterranean was a broad seaway linked to the Atlantic by two narrow
straits. Crustal movements closed the straits, and the landlocked Mediterranean began to
evaporate. Increasing salinity caused by the evaporation resulted in the extermination of scores
of invertebrate species. Only a few organisms especially tolerant of very salty conditions
remained. As evaporation continued, the remaining brine salt water became so dense that the
calcium sulfate of the hard layer was precipitated. In the central deeper part of the basin, the last
of the brine evaporated to precipitate more soluble sodium chloride salt. Later, under the weight
of overlying sediments, this salt flowed plastically upward to form salt domes. Before this
happened, however, the Mediterranean was a vast desert 3,000 meters deep. Then, about 5.5

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million years ago came the deluge. As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting, the Strait
of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean now connects to the Atlantic, opened, and water
cascaded spectacularly back into the Mediterranean. Turbulent waters tore into the hardened
salt flats, broke them up, and ground them into the pebbles observed in the first sample taken by
the Challenger. As the basin was refilled, normal marine organisms returned. Soon layers of
oceanic ooze began to accumulate above the old hard layer.
The salt and gypsum, the faunal changes, and the unusual gravel provided abundant
evidence that the Mediterranean was once a desert.
* gypsum: a mineral made of calcium sulfate and water

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 1 as a change that occurred in the
fauna of the Mediterranean?
A. Most invertebrate species disappeared during a wave of extinctions.
B. A few hardy species wiped out many of the Mediterranean’s invertebrates.
C. Some invertebrates migrated to the Atlantic Ocean.
D. New species of fauna populated the Mediterranean when the old migrants returned.

2. What does the author imply by saying “Not a single pebble was found that might have
indicated that the pebbles came from the nearby continent”?
A. The most obvious explanation for the origin of the pebbles was not supported by the evidence.

B. The geologists did not find as many pebbles as they expected.

C. The geologists were looking for a particular kind of pebble.
D. The different pebbles could not have come from only one source.

3. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the solid gypsum layer?
A. It did not contain any marine fossils.
B. It had formed in open-ocean conditions.
C. It had once been soft, deep-sea mud.
D. It contained sediment from nearby deserts.

4. Select the answer choice that identifies the material(s) discovered in the deepest part of the
Mediterranean basin.
A. Volcanic rock fragments B. Thin silt layers
C. Hardened sediment D. Tiny marine fossils

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5. What is the main purpose of paragraph 3?
A. To describe the physical evidence collected by Hsu and Ryan
B. To explain why some of the questions posed earlier in the passage could not be answered by
the findings of the Glomar Challenger
С. To evaluate techniques used by Hsu and Ryan to explore the sea floor
D. To describe the most difficult problems faced by the Glomar Challenger expedition

6. Which of the following was responsible for the evaporation of the Mediterranean’s waters?
A. The movements of Earth’s crust
B. The accumulation of sediment layers
C. Changes in the water level of the Atlantic Ocean
D. Changes in Earth’s temperature

7. What caused most invertebrate species in the Mediterranean to become extinct?

A. The evaporation of chemicals necessary for their survival
B. Crustal movements that connected the Mediterranean to the saltier Atlantic
C. The migration of new species through the narrow straits
D. Their inability to tolerate the increasing salt content of the Mediterranean

8. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the underlined
sentence in paragraph 4?
A. The Strait of Gibraltar reopened when the Mediterranean and the Atlantic became connected
and the cascades of water from one sea to the other caused crustal adjustments and faulting.
B. The Mediterranean was dramatically refilled by water from the Atlantic when crustal
adjustments and faulting opened the Strait of Gibraltar, the place where the two seas are joined.
C. The cascades of water from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean were not as spectacular as the
crustal adjustments and faulting that occurred when the Strait of Gibraltar was connected to those
seas.
D. As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting and the creation of the Strait of Gibraltar, the
Atlantic and Mediterranean were connected and became a single sea with spectacular cascades of
water between them.

9. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4 about the salt domes in the
Mediterranean?
A. They began as layers of oceanic ooze.
B. They contain large quantities of calcium sulfate.

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C. They were destroyed when the basin was refilled with water.
D. They formed after the Mediterranean basin was refilled with water.
10. Which of the following square brackets [A], [B], [C], or [D] best indicates where in the
paragraph the sentence “Thus, scientists had information about the shape of the domes but
not about their chemical composition and origin.” can be inserted?

[A] Another task for the Glomar Challenger’s scientists was to try to determine the origin of the
domelike masses buried deep beneath the Mediterranean seafloor. [B] These structures had been
detected years earlier by echo-sounding instruments, but they had never been penetrated in the
course of drilling. [C] Were the salt domes as such are common along the United States Gulf
Coast, and if so, why should there have been so much solid crystalline salt beneath the floor of
the Mediterranean? [D]
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 points)

WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
A. We are all familiar with the idea that different people have different personalities, but what
does this actually mean? It implies that different people behave in different ways, but it must
be more than that. After all, different people find themselves in different circumstances, and
much of their behaviour follows from this fact. However, our common experience reveals
that different people respond in quite remarkably different ways even when faced with
roughly the same circumstances. Alan might be happy to live alone in a quiet and orderly
cottage, go out once a week, and stay in the same job for thirty years, whilst Beth likes
nothing better than exotic travel and being surrounded by vivacious friends and loud music.
B. In cases like these, we feel that it cannot be just the situation which is producing the
differences in behaviour. Something about the way the person is ‘wired up’ seems to be at
work, determining how they react to situations, and, more than that, the kind of situations
they get themselves into in the first place. This is why personality seems to become stronger
as we get older; when we are young, our situation reflects external factors such as the social
and family environment we were born into. As we grow older, we are more and more

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 affected by the consequences of our own choices (doing jobs that we were drawn to,
surrounded by people like us whom we have sought out). Thus, personality differences that
might have been very slight at birth become dramatic in later adulthood.
C. Personality, then, seems to be the set of enduring and stable dispositions that characterise a
person. These dispositions come partly from the expression of inherent features of the
nervous system, and partly from learning. Researchers sometimes distinguish between
temperament, which refers exclusively to characteristics that are inborn or directly caused by
biological factors, and personality, which also includes social and cultural learning.
Nervousness, for example, might be a factor of temperament, but religious piety is an aspect
of personality.
D. The discovery that temperamental differences are real is one of the major findings of
contemporary psychology. It could easily have been the case that there were no intrinsic
differences between people in temperament, so that given the same learning history, the same
dilemmas, they would all respond in much the same way. Yet we now know that this is not
the case.
E. Personality measures turn out to be good predictors of your health, how happy you typically
are – even your taste in paintings. Personality is a much better predictor of these things than
social class or age. The origin of these differences is in part innate. That is to say, when
people are adopted at birth and brought up by new families, their personalities are more
similar to those of their blood relatives than to the ones they grew up with.
F. Personality differences tend to manifest themselves through the quick, gut-feeling, intuitive
and emotional systems of the human mind. The slower, rational, deliberate systems show less
variation in output from person to person. Deliberate rational strategies can be used to over-
ride intuitive patterns of response, and this is how people wishing to change their
personalities or feelings have to go about it. As human beings, we have the unique ability to
look in at our personality from the outside and decide what we want to do with it.
G. So what are the major ways personalities can differ? The dominant approach is to think of the
space of possible personalities as being defined by a number of dimensions. Each person can
be given a location in the space by their scores on all the different dimensions. Virtually all
theories agree on two of the main dimensions, neuroticism (or negative emotionality) and
extroversion (or positive emotionality). However, they differ on how many additional ones
they recognise. Among the most influential proposals are openness, conscientiousness and
agreeableness. In the next section I shall examine these five dimensions.

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Questions 1-6: There are seven paragraphs marked A-G in the passage. Choose the correct
heading for each paragraph from the list below. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered box provided.

List of Headings
i A degree of control
ii Where research has been carried out into the effects of family on personality
iii Categorising personality features according to their origin
iv A variety of reactions in similar situations
v A link between personality and aspects of our lives that aren’t chosen
vi A possible theory that cannot be true
vii Measuring personality
viii Potentially harmful effects of emotions
ix How our lives can reinforce our personalities
x Differences between men’s and women’s personalities

Example: Paragraph A iv

1. Paragraph B 3. Paragraph D 5. Paragraph F

2. Paragraph C 4. Paragraph E 6. Paragraph G

For questions 7-10, do the following statements agree with the information given?
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
7. Nervousness is an example of a learned characteristic.
8. The discovery of differences in temperament has changed the course of psychological
research.
9. Adopted children provide evidence that we inherit more of our personality than we acquire.
10. The rational behaviour of different people shows greater similarity than their emotional
behaviour.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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D. WRITING (50 points)
Section 1. Graph description (20 points)
The table below shows the type of accommodation chosen by foreign students studying English
in the city of Hamilton and other related information.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.

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Section 2. Essay writing (30 points)
Write an essay of 200 - 250 words on the following topic.
Some people think that space exploration is a waste of resources while others think that it is
essential for mankind to continue to explore the universe in which we live. Discuss both views
and give your opinion.

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