Đề giới thiệu thi học sinh giỏi các trường THPT chuyên môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Năm 2018 (Có đáp án)

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1. K ỲTHI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ XI, NĂM 2018 Đ ỀTHI MÔN: TIENG ANH LỚP 11 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Đ ỀGIỚI THIỆU) (Đ ềthi gồm 23 trang) SECTION 1. LISTENING (50 POINTS) Part 1.For question 1-5, listen to two academics called John Farrendale and Lois Granger taking part in a discussion on the subject of attitudes to work and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) 1. Lois concurred with John’s viewpoint that ___. A. most people tremble at the prospect of unemployment. B. problems surface when unemployment coincides with other harrowing events. C. some people are better equipped to tackle unemployment than others. D. the psychological effects of unemployment can be overplayed. 2. Lois agrees with the listener who insinuated that ___. A. not everybody can expect a high level of job satisfaction. B. people should make provisions for redundancy as they would for retirement. C. voluntary work may be more gratifying than paid work. D. work is only one facet of a contented life. 3. What is John’s outlook on people who deem work as a ‘means to an end’? A. He defers to the fact that they have chosen a viable alternative. B. He feels they may be missing out on something important. C. He is inclined to think it will instigate predicaments for them later. D. He suspects their level of allegiance to the job. 4. On being asked about so-called ‘slackers’ at work, John points out that ___. A. people often jump to uncalled-for conclusions about them 1
2. B. such a perspective has become progressively beyond the pale C. their stances are deplorable in a free labour market D. they accept the notion that work is a necessary evil Lois quotes the psychologist Freud in such a way as to ___. A. dispute that an aspiration to work is understandable B. lend weight to John’s concepts about increased social mobility C. provide a dissimilitude to the hypothesis of Bertrand Russell D. substantiate how erudite postulations have shifted over time Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 Part 2. For question 1-5, listen to a radio news bulletin about dogs and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) 1. In French advertisements, dogs are being used in lieu of models. 2. Parisian dog-owners take their pets for beauty treatments. 3. The popularity of a film is instrumental in the appetite for dogs as models. 4. French people are well-known to be dog-lovers. 5. The bulletin is aimed at amusing its audience. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 Part 3. Listen to a part of a lecture about farming practices and complete the notes with the missing information. Write no more than three words taken from the recording for ech answer in the spaces provided. (10 points) 2
3. Problems: - (1) ___ - pollution from various sources, including chemical fertilizers. Conventional farming methods Organic farming methods - (2) ___ - (4) ___ - synthetic fertilizer and chemicals used - covering crops for (3) ___ - use of insects as natural (5) ___ - genetically-modified seeds - addition of manure and green waste - pesticide and fungicide sprayed on crops after picking. - no need for documentation of production practices Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 Part 4. For questions 6–15, listen to a piece of news from the BBC about technology development in New York and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided. (20 points) · The project New York Wi-fi Orchestra: o aims at connecting various people as well as turning New York into an unparalleled, outlandish (1) ___. o successful mainly due to free access to municipal wi-fi. o inspires New York government to plan a project to provide high speed wireless connection across the (2) ___. 3
4. · 2015: the introduction of a new product that is capable of o displaying advertisements. o allowing people to (3) ___, find their best route, and even make free phone call. · The grand plan is also expected to play a role in (4) ___ the Big Apple producing the gigabit network. · The authority is also working with the (5) ___ of specialist companies including New York Control Group that invents the (6) ___ used in the project. · Despite this good news o New Yorkers seem to be of concern regarding how good the speed and coverage will be in some areas. o people with less (7) ___ might not be interested in the project. o those that are not living within New York wouldn’t be happy. · The new system also contributes to address the (8) ___. o A lot of (9) ___ will be able to make use of a bigger data plan. o It is hoped that the project will make New York become the most (10) ___ city in the world. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SECTION 2. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 POINTS) Part 1. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) 4
5. 1. Little did I imagine The Amazing Race would entail long-winded journey and ups and downs ___. A. aplenty B. inexhaustibly C. profusely D. superabundant 2. I haven’t seen Jane for nearly ten years, ___ I had got married and had two children. A. for that duration B. at that point C. during which time D. in that time 3. It stands to reason that a touch of humor and optimism can work ___. A. on all cylinders B. spectacles C. wonders D. your fingers to the bone 4. Researchers have made a(n) ___ plea for more sponsorship so that they can continue their project. A. compassionate B. dispassionate C. encompassed D. impassioned 5. At first, she was ___ dumbfounded to hear that he wanted to break up, and then came the stirring of autohypnotic perturbation. A. exceedingly B. out-and-out C. somewhat D. utterly 6. In the hands of a reckless driver, a car becomes a ___ weapon. A. lethal B. fatal C. mortal D. venal 7. It’s a shame they did not pick you, but it does not ___ out the possibility that you might get a job in a different department. A. rule B. strike C. cancel D. draw 8. There’s a small hard ___ on my wrist. I think I’d better see the doctor. A. swelling B. lump C. bruise D. rash 9. The inconsiderate driver was ___ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place. A. inflicted B. harassed C. condemned D. confined 10. At first Tom insisted hqe was right, but then began to ___. A. back down B. follow up C. drop off D. break up 5
6. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 2. The passage below contains 5 errors. Write the errors and corrections in the numbered boxes. (5 points) Essential oils (also known as volatile oil) are the basic materials of aromatherapy. They are made from fragrant essences found in many plants. These essences are made from special plant cells, often under the surface of leaves, bark, or peel, using energy from the sun and elements from the air, soil, and water. If the plant is crushed, the essence and its unique fragrance is released. When essences are extracted from plants in natural ways, they become essential oils. They may be distilled with steam and/or water, or mechanically press. Oils that are made with chemical processes are not considered true essential oils. There are many essential oils used in aromatherapy, including those from Roman chamomile, geranium, lavender, tea tree, lemon, cedar-wood, and bergamot. Every type of essential oil has a different chemical composition that affects how it smells, how it is absorbed, and how it is used by the body. Even the oils from varieties of plants within the same species may have chemical compositions different from each other. The same applies to plants that are grown or harvested in different ways or locations. Your answer: Mistakes Corrections 1 2 3 4 6
7. 5 Part 3. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable prepositions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (5 points) 1. These flowers belong ___ the plants classified as grasses. 2. The figures in the government report differ ___ those in our study. 3. In two studies involving 3221 participants there was no difference between the omega‐3 PUFA and placebo group in mini‐mental state examination score ___ final follow‐up 4. If somebody chips ___, we can get the kitchen painted by noon. 5. He was just an important cog ___ the machine of organized crime. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 Part 4. Write the correct from of each bracketed word in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points) HECTOR BERLIOZ Hector Berlioz (1) ___ (DUBIOUS) fitted the notion of the Romantic artist of the nineteenth century: idiosyncratic, eccentric, (2)___ (ORTHO), rebellious, (3)___ (CALCITE), impetuous and highly strung. And, true to the Romantic ideal of art and life as one, his music mirrored his (4) ___ (TEMPER) – and still polarises opinion. There are those who hail Berlioz as one of music’s great (5)___ (BLAZE); others hear little more than (6)___ (BLOW) rhetoric. Did the German poet, Heine, capture the character of the Frenchman when he said Berlioz ‘had not sufficient talent for his genius’? Whatever his technical (7)___ (SHORT), there is no doubt that with the Symphonie fantastique Berlioz shattered musical boundaries. The symphony’s wild swings 7
8. of emotion, its (8)___ (NIGHT) imagery, and its (9)___ (DISGUISE) depiction of the mental state of its creator, were utterly unlike anything ever composed before. It was an astonishing achievement for a (10)___ (DOMINATE) untrained composer of just twenty-six and Berlioz never again plunged quite so deeply into the dark abyss of the psyche as here. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SECTION 3. READING COMPREHENSION (60 POINTS) Part 1. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. (10 points) Jean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, became famous for his theories on child development. A child (1) ___ , he became interested in the scientific study of nature at an early age. He developed a special fascination for biology, having some of his work published before graduating from high school. When, (2) ___ 10, his observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and published some notes on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the (3) ___ that this would persuade the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked. Piaget was (4) ___ on a path that led to his doctorate in zoology and a lifelong conviction that the way to understand anything is to know how it evolves. Piaget went on to spend much of his (5) ___ life listening to and watching children, and poring over reports of researchers who were doing the same. He found, to put it (6) ___, that children don’t think like adults. After thousands of interactions with young people often barely old enough to talk, Piaget began to suspect that behind their cute and seemingly illogical (7) ___ were thought processes that had their own kind of order and their own special logic. Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, deemed this a discovery “so simple that only a genius could have thought of it.”. 8
9. Piaget’s insight opened a new window into the inner workings of the mind. Several new fields of science, among them developmental psychology and cognitive theory, came into being as a result of his research. Although not an educational reformer, he championed a way of thinking about children that provided the foundation for today’s education reform movements. One might say that Piaget was the first to (8) ___ children’s thinking seriously. Others who shared this respect for children may have fought harder for immediate change in schools, but Piaget’s influence on education remains deeper and more pervasive. Piaget has been (9) ___ by generations of teachers inspired by the belief that children are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge, as traditional academic thinking had it, but active builders of knowledge - little scientists who are constantly creating and testing their own theories of the world. And while he may not be as famous as Sigmund Freud, Piaget’s contribution to psychology may be longer lasting. As computers and the Internet give children greater autonomy to explore ever larger digital worlds, the ideas he (10) ___ become ever more relevant. 1. A. prodigy B. talent C. genius D. gifted 2. A. aging B. age C. be aged D. aged 3. A. purpose B. target C. hope D. aim 4. A. launched B. introduced C. led D. initiated 5. A. professional B. academic C. vocational D. whole 6. A. shortly B. succinctly C. clearly D. simply 7. A. sentences B. speech C. words D. utterances 8. A. get B. take C. make D. have 9. A. respected B. revered C. venerated D. adored 10. A. created B. believed C. pioneered D. propagandized Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9
10. Part 2. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage. (15 points) HOWARD’S CAREER AS A PALAEONTOLOGIST Howard became a paleontologist because of a (1) ___ in interest rates when he was six years old. His father, a cautious man with a large mortgage and thoughts focussed merely on how the economic situation would affect him, announced that the projected holiday to Spain was no longer (2) ___. A chalet was rented on the English coast instead and thus, on a dank August afternoon, Howard picked up a coiled fossil shell, called an ammonite, on the beach. He know for a long time that he wanted to become a paleontologist, and (3) ___ the end of his time at university he became clear as to what sort of paleontologist he wanted to be. He found the focus of his interest reaching further and further back in time. The more spectacular areas were not for him, he realized, turning his back on the Jurassic, on (4) ___. He was drawn particularly to the beginnings, to that ultimate antiquity (5) ___ everything is decided, from which, against all odds, we derive. So he studied delicate creatures revealed on the surface of grey rocks. Work on his doctoral (6) ___ came to an end, and, he knew, possibly a bitter one. Would he get a job? Would he get a job in the sort of institution he sought? He was far from being without self-esteem and knew that his potential was good. But he knew that whose who deserve do not always get, and that while the objectives of science may be pure and uncompromising, the process of appointment to an academic position is not. When the Assistant Lectureship at Tavistock College in London came up, he applied at once, though (7) ___ high hopes. (8) ___ the morning of Howard’s interview, the professor who would chair the panel had a row with his wife. As a consequence he left home in a state of irritation and inattention, drove his car violently into a gatepost and ended up in the Casualty Department of the local hospital. The interview took place without him and without the support he had intended to give to a candidate who had been a student of his. The professor who replaced him on the panel was a hated colleague, whose main concern was to oppose the appointment of his enemy’s protege; he was able to engineer 10
11. without much difficulty that Howard got the job. Howard, surprised at the evident (9) ___ from a man he did not know, was fervently grateful until, months later, a colleague kindly enlightened him as to the correct interpretation of events. Howard was only slightly chagrined. It would have been nice to think that he was the obvious candidate, or that he had captivated those present with his ability and personality. But by then the only thing that really mattered was that he had the job and that he could support (10) ___ by doing the sort of work he wanted to do. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 3. Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circling A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer which you think fits best (10 points) [1] Canadian English is a regional variety of North American English that spans almost the entire continent. Canadian English became a separate variety of North American English after the American Revolution, when thousands of Loyalists, people who had supported the British, left the United States and fled north to Canada. Many Loyalists settled in southern Ontario in the 1780s, and their speech became the basis for what is called General Canadian, a definition based on the norms of urban middle-class speech. [2] Modern Canadian English is usually defined by the ways in which it resembles and differs from American or British English. Canadian English has a great deal in common with the English spoken in the United States, yet many Americans identify a Canadian accent as British. Many American visitors to Canada think the Canadian vocabulary- sounds British – for example, they notice the British "tap" and "braces" instead of the American "faucet" and "suspenders." On the other hand, many British people identify a Canadian accent as American, and British visitors think the Canadians have become Americanized, saying "gas" and "truck" for "petrol" and "lorry." [3] People who live outside North America often find it difficult to hear the differences between Canadian and American English. There are many similarities between the two 11
12. varieties, yet they are far from identical. Canadian English is instantly recognizable to other Canadians, and one Canadian in a crowded room will easily spot the other Canadian among the North Americans. [4] There is no distinctive Canadian grammar. The differences are mainly in pronunciation, vocabulary, and idioms. Canadian pronunciation reflects the experience of a people struggling for national identity against two strong influences. About 75 percent of Canadians use the British "zed" rather than the American "zee" for the name of the last letter of the alphabet. On the other hand, 75 percent of Canadians use the American pronunciation of "schedule," "tomato," and "missile." The most obvious and distinctive feature of Canadian speech is probably its vowel sound, the diphthong "/ou/." In Canada, "out" is pronounced like "oat" in nearby U.S. accents. There are other identifying features of Canadian vowels: for example, "cot" is pronounced the same as "caught" and "collar" the same as "caller." [5] An important characteristic of the vocabulary of Canadian English is the use of many words and phrases originating in Canada itself, such as "kerosene" and "chesterfield" ("sofa"). Several words are borrowed from North American Indian languages, for example, "kayak," "caribou," "parka," and "skookum" ("strong"). The name of the country itself has an Indian origin; the Iroquois word "kanata" originally meant "village." A number of terms for ice hockey – "face-off," "blue-line," and "puck" – have become part of World Standard English. [6] Some features of Canadian English seem to be unique and are often deliberately identified with Canadian speakers in such contexts as dramatic and literary characterizations. Among the original Canadian idioms, perhaps the most famous is the almost universal use of "eh?" as a tag question, as in "That's a good movie, eh?" "Eh" is also used as a filler during a narrative, as in "I'm walking home from work, eh, and I'm thinking about dinner. I finally get home, eh, and the refrigerator is empty." [7] The traditional view holds that there are no dialects in Canadian English and that Canadians cannot tell where other Canadians are from just by listening to them. The linguists of today disagree with this view. While there is a greater degree of homogeneity in Canadian English compared with American English, several dialect areas do exist across Canada. 12
13. Linguists have identified distinct dialects for the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, southern Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, the Arctic North, and the West. 1. According to the passage, how did Canadian English become a distinct variety of North American English? A. Linguists noticed that Canadians spoke a unique dialect. B. A large group of Loyalists settled in one region at the same time. C. Growth of the middle class led to a standard school curriculum. D. Canadians declared their language to be different from U.S. English. 2. The word “norms” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___. A. patterns B.history C. words D.ideas 3. The phrase “a great deal in common with” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___. A. different words for B. the same problems as C. many similarities to D. easier pronunciation than 4. In paragraph 2, what point does the author make about Canadian English? A. Canadian English is more similar to American than to British English. B. American and British visitors define Canadian English by their own norms. C. Canadian English has many words that are not in other varieties of English. D. Canadians speak English with an accent that Americans cannot understand. 5. The phrase “the two varieties” in paragraph 3 refers to ___. A. People who live outside North American B. Canadian English and American English C. General Canadian and North American D. British English and Canadian English 6. The word “spot” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___. A. describe B. ignore C. prefer D. find 7. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in paragraph 4? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A. Canadian English has been strongly influenced by both British and American English. 13
14. B. Canada is the only nation where people can deliberately choose which pronunciation they prefer. C. Canadians have tried to distinguish themselves as a nation, and this effort is shown in their pronunciation. D. Many newcomers to Canada must work hard to master the national style of pronouncing English. 8. All of the following words originated in North American Indian languages EXCEPT ___. A. Kerosene B. Parka C. Canada D. Kayak 9. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about vocabulary? A. Vocabulary is the most distinctive feature of Canadian English. B. World Standard English has a very large vocabulary. C. Canadians use more North American Indian words than Americans do. D. Much of the vocabulary for ice hockey originated in Canada. 10. The author discusses the expression "eh" in paragraph 6 as an example of ___. A. an idiom that uniquely characterizes Canadian speech B. an expression that few people outside Canada have heard C. a style of Canadian drama and literature D. a word that cannot be translated into other languages Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 4. Read the following passages and answer the questions. (10 points) THE BIRTH OF SUBURBIA A. There is no single pivotal moment that could be separated out from any other as the conception of the suburban lifestyle; from the early 1800s, various types of suburban development have sprung up and evolved in their own localised ways, from the streetcar 14
15. suburbs of New York to the dormitory towns outside of London. It is William Levitt, however, who is generally regarded as the father of modern suburbia. During World War II, Levitt served in the United States Navy where he developed expertise in the mass construction of military housing, a process that he streamlined using uniform and interchangeable parts. In 1947, the budding developer used this utilitarian knowledge to begin work with his father and architect brother constructing a planned community on Long Island, New York. With an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and cost-effective production, the Levitts were soon able to produce over 30 units a day. B. William Levitt correctly predicted the demand for affordable, private, quiet, and comfortable homes from returning Gls after World War II and with the baby boom starting to kick in. All the original lots sold out in a matter of days, and by 1951, nearly 18,000 homes in the area had been constructed by the Levitt & Sons Company. Levittown quickly became the prototype of mass-produced housing, spurring the construction of similar projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even Puerto Rico, followed by a new industry, and soon a new way of life and a new ideal for the American family. C. One of the major criticisms of suburbia is that it can lead to isolation and social dislocation. With properties spread out over great swathes of land, sealed off from one another by bushes, fences and trees, the emphasis of suburban life is placed squarely on privacy rather than community. In the densely populated urban settlements that predated suburbs (and that are still the foremost way of life for some people), activities such as childcare and household chores as well as sources of emotional and moral support were widely socialised. This insured that any one family would be able to draw on a pool of social resources from their neighbours, building cohabitants and family on nearby streets. Suburbia breaks these networks down into individual and nuclear family units resulting in an increase in anti-social behaviour even amongst the wealthy. Teens from wealthy suburban families, for example, are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, and use drugs than their poorer urban peers, and are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety. D. Another major problem with the suburban lifestyle is its damaging ecological impact. The comparison of leafy, quiet, and low-density suburbs with life in the concrete towers of sooty, congested urban conurbations is actually quite misleading; as it turns out, if you want 15
16. to be kind to the natural environment, the key is to stay away from it. Suburbia fails the environmental friendliness test on a number of counts. Firstly, due to their low population density, suburbs consume natural land at a much higher rate than high-density row housing or apartment buildings. Secondly, they encourage the use of personal motor vehicles, often at a rate of one per family member, at the expense of public transport. It is also much less efficient to provide electricity and water to individual suburban houses instead of individual units in an apartment building. In his comparison of urban and suburban pollution, Edward L. Glaeser concluded that we need to “build more sky towers – especially in California”. Virtually everywhere, he found cities to be cleaner than suburbs. And the difference in carbon dioxide emissions between high-density cities and their suburbs (for example, in New York) was the highest. Urban residents of New York can claim on average to produce nearly 15,000 pounds of carbon dioxide less than their suburban peers. E. Another negative aspect of suburban life is its stifling conformity and monotony of social experience. It was not just the nuts and bolts and the concrete foundations of suburban houses that got replicated street upon street, block upon block, and suburb upon suburb; it was everything from the shops and cultural life to people’s hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Suburbia gave birth to the “strip mall”, a retail establishment that is typically composed of a collection of national or global chain stores, all stocked with a centrally dictated, homogenous array of products. The isolation and lack of interaction in suburbs has also encouraged the popularity of television, a passively receptive medium for the viewer that, in the early days at least, offered an extremely limited scope of cultural exposure compared with the wealth of experiences available in the inner city. Meanwhile, much of the inner- city “public sphere” has been lost with suburban flight. The public sphere is the area of social life in which people come together to freely discuss and identify social problems. In the city, this has traditionally occurred around newsstands, in coffee houses, salons, theatres, meeting halls, and so on. Suburbia has not found a way to replace this special type of social experience, however. Social meeting points in the suburbs tend to be based exclusively around specific interests such as sports or cultural clubs, with no broad forms of daily social interaction. 16
17. F. These points do not suggest the idea of suburbia itself is flawed, but that it has not been executed in a way that takes into account the full spectrum of human needs and desires. This likely reflects the hasty, thrown-together nature of early suburban development. With the baby boom rippling across Western countries and demand for family-friendly housing skyrocketing, developers and city planners were unable to develop sophisticated models. Now, however, we should take time to consider what has gone wrong and how we can reconfigure the suburb. How can we imbue suburban life with the lost sphere of public discussion and debate? How can people maintain their sought-after privacy without sacrificing a sense of community? How can we use new technologies to make suburbs environmentally friendly? These are questions for which the developers of tomorrow will have to find answers in case the dream of suburbia becomes the nightmare of disturbia. For questions 1–5, locate the paragraph in which the following information is mentioned. Write the letter of each paragraph in the corresponding boxes. 1. A motive in constructing taller buildings 2. Where people might discuss issues of societal concern in urban locations 3. The founder of what is broadly understood as contemporary ‘suburbs’ 4. Examples of problems suffered by the youth that suburban lifestyle can make worse 5. A model for suburban development in the latter half of the 20th century For questions 6-10, decide whether each of the following statements is T if the statement agrees with the information or F if the statement contradicts the information or NG if there is no information on this 6. A good principle for ecological preservation is to avoid human interference. 7. Suburban development fosters the use of both public and private forms of transport. 8. People cannot relate to each other in suburbs because their lives are too different. 9. There is not much variety amongst the goods at a strip mall. 10. There are no ways for people to get together and interact in suburbs. 17
18. Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 5. Put each of the headlines with a sentence from the story below. Write only the correct letter (A - J) in the box. (15 points ) 1. Cops Hunt 4 After $5m Heist 2. US Said To Be Against Trade Deal 3. UN Offers Hope On Saudi Fine 4. Brighter News On Job Front 5. Thousand To Go At Auto Plant 6. Fall In Aid To Jobless 7. Call To Altar Falls Flat 8. Indian Crew Plucked From Waves 9. 5 Die In Floods, Landslide 10. Unease Causes House Price Wobble A. Rev. Parsley, worried about falling church attendance figures, came up with the idea after watching a programme on British TV whilst on vacation there. B. The UN official, who declined to be named, said the money would not have to be paid if the kingdom came into line with the rest of the nations. C. The weather is not forecast to improve over the next few days which will only make the rescuers' task even more difficult. D. A getaway vehicle was found burnt out in an alleyway some six miles across town from where the bank was held up. E. The government is believed to have been surprised at the rise in unemployment figures and this could explain the shortfall in funds. 18