De va DA HSG Nghe An 11 -2015

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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 11 CẤP THPT
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - BẢNG A
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


SECTION D: LISTENING
Questions 1-8
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Five-Star Caterers
Customer Booking Form

Example
Event:
Customer name:
Daytime telephone number:
Telephone number after 5 pm:
Number of guests:
Date:
Seating
Shape:
Size:
Number of tables:

……….…party……………
Mr (1) ……………………..
(2) …………………………
As above (If no one answers,
(3)……………………………)
(4) …………………………
(5) …………………………

(6) …………………………
(7) …………………………
(8) …………………………

Questions 9- 10
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
9. The man decides to book ______
A. a three-course meal. B. a buffet. C. a banquet.
10. The man will have to pay ______
A. £750 tomorrow. B. £100 per head C. £1,500 on the day of the party.
SECTION A: READING
Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States was responsible for sweeping changes in attitudes toward the decorative arts, then considered the minor or household arts. Its focus on decorative arts helped to induce United States museums and private collectors to begin collecting furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, and textiles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The fact that artisans, who were looked on as mechanics or skilled workers in the eighteenth century, are frequently considered artists today is directly attributable to the Arts and Crafts Movement of the nineteenth century. The importance now placed on attractive and harmonious home decoration can also be traced to this period, when Victorian interior arrangements were revised to admit greater light and more freely flowing spaces.
The Arts and Crafts Movement reacted against mechanized processes that threatened handcrafts and resulted in cheapened, monotonous merchandise. Founded in the late nineteenth
century by British social critics John Ruskin and William Morris, the movement revered craft as a form of art. In a rapidly industrializing society, most Victorians agreed that art was an essential moral ingredient in the home environment, and in many middle- and working-class homes craft was the only form of art, Ruskin and his followers criticized not only the degradation of artisans reduced to machine operators, but also the impending loss of daily contact with handcrafted objects, fashioned with pride, integrity, and attention to beauty.
In the United States as well as in Great Britain, reformers extolled the virtues of handcrafted objects: simple, straightforward design; solid materials of good quality; and sound, enduring construction techniques. These criteria were interpreted in a variety of styles, ranging from rational and geometric to romantic or naturalistic. Whether abstract, stylized, or realistically treated, the consistent theme in virtually all Arts and Crafts design is nature.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was much more than a particular style; it was a philosophy of domestic life. Proponents believed that if simple design, high-quality materials, and honest construction were realized in the home and its appointments, then the occupants would enjoy moral and therapeutic effects. For both artisan and consumer, the Arts and Crafts doctrine was seen as a magical force against the undesirable effects of industrialization.
11. The passage primarily focuses on nineteenth-century arts and crafts in terms of which of the following?
A. Their naturalistic themes B. Their importance in museum collections
C. Their British origin D. Their role in an industrialized society
12. According to the passage, before the nineteenth century, artisans were thought to be ______.
A. defenders of moral standards B. creators of cheap merchandise
C. skilled workers D. talented artists
13. It can be inferred from the passage that the Arts and Crafts Movement would have considered all of the following to be artists EXCEPT ______.
A. creators of textile designs B. people who produce handmade glass objects
C. operators of machines that automatically cut legs, for furniture
D. metalworkers who create unique pieces of jewelry
14. The word "revered" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. respected B. described C. avoided D. created
15. According to paragraph 2, the handcrafted objects in the homes of middle- and working-class families usually were ______.
A. made by members of the family B. the least expensive objects in their homes
C. regarded as being morally uplifting D. thought to symbolize