SỞ GD & ĐT BẮC NINH ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12

CỤM GB-LT GIAO LƯU CỤM GIA BÌNH – LƯƠNG TÀI LẦN THỨ NHẤT
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi 23 tháng 12 năm 2018
(Đề thi gồm: 7 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 1. A. psychiatrist B. psychiatric C. psychics D. psyching
Question 2. A. wicked B. learned C. hatred D. cooked
Question 3. A. foot B. shoot C. cook D. wool
Question 4: A. mechanics B. choir C. chimney D. archivist

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.

Question 5. A. marvellous B. solidify C. catalogue D. infrastructure
Question 6. A. magazine B. Japanese C. document D. necessarily
Question 7: A. historical B. librarian C. entertain D. phenomenon
Question 8: A. marine B. machine C. malign D. engine

Choose the best options to complete the following sentences

Question 9. My brother is a real ……….potato. She wathes TV all the time.
A. sofa B. armchair C. cushion D. couch
Question 10. He did not share his secrets with many people, but he__________ in her.
A. confessed B. concealed C. consented D. confided
Question 11. Give me your telephone number ……I need your help.
A. in case B. so that C. unless D. whether
Question 12. Why didn’t you ask for help, ………………to do it on your own ?
A. in view of trying B. nowhere near trying C. rather than trying D. far from trying
Question 13. …………..with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn’t want to answer his phone call.
A. Because of her quarreled B. Having quarreled
C. Because having quarreled D. Quarreled
Question 14. It goes ……………saying that you’ll be paid for all this extra time you’re spending on the project.
A. for B. like C. with D. without
Question 15. Her health has improved in………
A. odds and ends B. leaps and bounds C. sick and tired D. trial and error
Question 16. I caught the last bus by the skin of my……….
A. mouth B. teeth C. neck D. leg
Question 17. There is no point in telephoning him. He’s certain……………….by now.
A. to leave B. left C. to have left D. having left
Question 18. Sometimes a postman……some terrible handwriting and didn’t know where the letter should go.
A. ran up against B. ran up with C. ran without D. ran away with
Question 19. I won’t pay 80 dollars for the coat. It is not worth……………
A. all that much B. that all much C. much that all D. that much all
Question 20. Because we hadn’t seen each other for ages, we sat………….for hours.
A. to have talked B. to have been talking C. talking D. to be talked
Question 21. The young lady was the…………of his father.
A. image B. likeness C. picture D. portrait
Question 22. Would you be……………..?
A. kind enough in order to answer the phone for me. B. so kind as to answer the phone for me
C. too kind to answer the phone for me D. that too kind and answer the phone for me
Question 23. ………….., I could attend the conference now.
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 A. Were the flight to have taken off on time B. Were it not for the abrupt delay
C. Were the flight not have been postponed at last minutes D. Were it to be a punctual flight.
Question 24. It must be true. I heard it straight from the…………….mouth.
A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s
Question 25. Ellen decided that election to the local council would provide a …..to a career in national politics.
A. springboard B. melting-point C. milestone D. highway
Question 26. That is (a/an)……………
A. yellow small beautiful Chinese gold jewellery box
B. beautiful small yellow Chinese gold jewellery box
C. beautiful small yellow Chinese gold box jewellery
D. small beautiful yellow gold Chinese jewellery box
Question 27 You should……….at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow
Question 28. It was too late to…….of the contract.
A. back away B. back down C. back out D. back up
Question 29. This information…………….to a great many people.
A. was proved to be useful B. has proved it useful
C. has been proved to be useful D. has proved useful
Question 30. Of all the economically important plants, palms, have been………
A. the least studied B. studied the least
C. study less and less D. studied the less

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 31: Mary was exactly the same as everybody else but this particular night she wanted to let her hair
down.
A. comb her hair B. wash her hair C. really enjoy herself D. really comb her hair
Question 32: They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects.
A. flaccid B. severe C. strong D. sympathetic
Question 33: Our new house is modern but there is not enough room to swing a cat.
A. no playground for cats B. very small
C. no space for children D. no room to keep cats
Question 34. The increase in sales at the end of the year proved to be a false dawn.
A. dubious profit B. imminent success C. wished-for thing D. possible failure

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 35: She luxuriated in the sensuous feel of the silk sheets.
A. imaginary B. heavenly C. spiritual D. ephemeral
Question 36. Our farmland was very adjacent to the river, which is quite an advantage, especially in the dry
season.
A. inconvenient for B. handy for C. disadvantaged at D. distant from
Question 37: The economy has shuddered to a halt because of the civil war.
A. stopped suddenly B. gone to the moon C. lingered to success D. been flying high

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following exchanges.
Question 38: Cynthia: “Hi, Victor. Do you think it’s possible for us to have a talk sometime today?"
Victor: “I’d love to, but ."
A. it's pretty tight schedule today. B. I'm pretty tight schedule today.
C. it has a pretty tight schedule today. D. I’ve got a pretty tight schedule today.
Question 39: John: “What time did the meeting end?'' Laura: “ ."
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 A. As soon as possible. B. For half an hour. C. In a minute. D. Just before lunch

Question 40: - “I’ve got some amazing news.”

- “ ………………”
A. That’ll teach you. B. Get a life!
C. Fire away, I’m all ears. D. No way! You’re pulling my leg!

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 41. You mustn’t wear your best clothes. You can wear whatever you like.
A B C D
Question 42: Jim Thorpe, a football, track, and baseball stars from Pennsylvania, is considered by many
A B C
to be the greatest all-around athlete of modern times.
D
Question 43. The cultural heritage of the Louisiana Cajuns was origin based on that of the Acadians of
A B C D
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada.
Question 44. Cattle egrets follow herds of cattle or other grazing animals to food on insects stirred up by
A B C
the bigger animals.
D
Question 45. In an adult human, the skin weighs about seven pounds and covers it about thirty-six square feet.
A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 46: You could not have made a very good impression on them.
A. Something appears to have made them think you are unsuitable.
B. It‘s impossible that the effect you made on them was particularly positive.
C. You should have tried harder to make them think well of you.
D. You seem to have impressed them very unfavourably.
Question 47: My boy was just not strong enough to have caused so much damage.
A. My boy, though quite strong, caused little damage himself.
B. Not much damage was caused because my boy was very weak.
C. My boy wasn‘t strong, but he caused great damage.
D. Someone else, not my boy, caused the damage.
Question 48. The violence might have been provoked by the fans of the visiting team.
A. It could have been the visiting team’s supporters that set off the violence.
B. There may have been some violence caused by the visiting team’s fans.
C. The supporters of the visiting team were probably provoked into being violent.
D. The supporters of the visiting team were the people who began the violence.
Question 49. I ended up being punctual for the meeting despite having missed the ferry.
A. I surely would have got to the meeting on time had I only been able to catch the ferry.
B. I would rather have taken the ferry, but nonetheless I managed to make it on time to the meeting.
C. It wasn’t actually my missing the ferry that resulted in my not arriving punctually at the meeting.
D. Though I didn’t manage to catch the ferry, I still arrived on time for the meeting.
Question 50. It is open to question as to whether Jane will get the job.
A. The question is whether Jane will get the job or not.
B. It is not certain that Jane will get the job.
C. Jane is being interviewed for the job.
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 D. If Jane could answer the question, she would get the job.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 51: This man posted a lot of documents onto this educational website. Most of them were plagiarized
from others.
A. Onto this educational website did this man post a lot of documents, most of which were plagiarized from
others.
B. Most of the documents this man posted onto this educational website he plagiarized from others.
C. Onto this educational website, this man posted a lot of documents, most of which he plagiarized from
others.
D. This man plagiarized most of the documents he posted onto this educational website.
Question 52: The student works part-time at a big restaurant. He also paints pictures to earn for living.
A. Apart from works part-time at a bid restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.
B. In addition working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.
C. Besides working part-time at a big restaurant, the student also paints pictures to earn for living.
D. The student works part-time at a big restaurant as well as he paints pictures to earn for living.
Question 53: Soccer is not my favourite sport. Dad is infatuated with it.
A. Neither Dad nor I like soccer.
B. Soccer is not my favourite sport so Dad is infatuated with it.
C. Because soccer is not my favourite sport, Dad is infatuated with it.
D. Although Dad is infatuated with soccer, it is not my favourite sport.
Question 54. He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented
A. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.
B. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.
C. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.
D. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals
Question 55. She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a fancy to one piece.
A. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found another piece.
B. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop reading them.
C. Only when one of the hotel advertisements caught her fancy did she stop reading them .
D. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn away from them.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phases that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 56 to 60.
After my multilingual English class talked excitedly about the board game Monopoly recently, I searched on
the Internet. To my surprise, I found several sites (56)....... the use of Monopoly in the classroom, to teach
accounting, economics and even sociology. And therein (57)........ the secret of the game's success, according to
some teaching experts. There are important lessons to be learnt from it (58)....... changes in the game over the
years, its guiding (59)....... remains the same - to become the richest player through buying, selling and renting
property. However, it doesn't embrace the 'get-rich-quick' philosophy; far from it. The experts say it teaches us
how to stay rich, by investing prudently And that idea appeals to people the world over,(60)....... of nationality,
age or gender Monopoly makes players think about how to make money work for them. So, if you're wondering
how to teach your children about finance, you could do a lot more than introduce them to this game.

Question 56: A. counselling B. advocating C. sponsoring D. arguing

Question 57: A. stays B. lies C. puts D. falls
Question 58: A. Despite B. However C. Nevertheless D. Although
Question 59: A. thought B. principle C. notion D. perception
Question 60: A. regardless B. dismissive C. thoughtless D. notwithstanding
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
The word laser was coined as an acronym for Light Amplification by the stimulated Emission of
Radiation. Ordinary light, from the Sun or a light bulb, is emitted spontaneously, when atoms or molecules get
rid of the excess energy by themselves, without any outside intervention. Stimulated emission is different
because it occurs when an atom or molecule holding onto excess energy has been stimulated to emit it as light.
Albert Einstein was the first to suggest the existence of stimulated emission in a paper published in 1917.
However, for many years, physicists thought that atoms and molecules always were much more likely to emit
light spontaneously and that stimulated emission thus always would be much weaker. It was not until after the
Second World War that physicists began trying to make stimulated emission dominate. They sought ways by
which one atom or molecule could stimulate many others to emit light, amplifying it to much higher powers.
The first to succeed was Charles H. Townes, then at Columbia University in New York. Instead of
working with light, however, he worked with microwaves, which have a much longer wavelength, and built a
device he called a “maser”, for Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Although he
thought of the key idea in 1951, the first maser was not completed until a couple of years later. Before long,
many other physicists were building masers and trying to discover how to produce stimulated emission at even
shorter wavelengths.
The key concepts emerged about 1957. Townes and Arthur Schawlow, then at Bell Telephone
Laboratories, wrote a long paper outlining the conditions needed to amplify stimulated emission of visible light
waves. At about the same time, similar ideas crystallized in the mind of Gordon Gould, then a 37-year-old
graduate student at Columbia, who wrote them down in a series of notebooks. Townes and Schawlow published
their ideas in a scientific journal, Physical Review Letters, but Gould filed a patent application. Three decades
later, people still argue about who deserves the credit for the concept of the laser.

Question 61. The word “coined” could best be replaced by

A. created B. mentioned C. understood D. discovered
Question 62. The word “intervention” can best be replaced by
A. need B. device C. influence D. source
Question 63. The word “it” refers to
A. light bulb B. energy C. molecule D. atom
Question 64. Which of the following statements best describes a laser?
A. A device for stimulating atoms and molecules to emit light
B. An atom in a high-energy state
C. A technique for destroying atoms or molecules
D. An instrument for measuring light waves
Question 65. Why was Towne’s early work with stimulated emission done with microwaves?
A. He was not concerned with light amplification.
B. It was easier to work with longer wavelengths.
C. His partner Schawlow had already begun work on the laser.
D. The laser had already been developed.
Question 66. In his research at Columbia University, Charles Townes worked with all of the following
EXCEPT
A. stimulated emission B. microwaves
C. light amplification D. a maser
Question 67. In approximately what year was the first maser built?
A. 1917 B. 1951 C. 1953 D. 1957
Question 68. The word “emerged” is closest in meaning to
A. increased B. concluded C. succeeded D appeared
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Question 69. The word “outlining” is closest in meaning to
A. assigning B. studying C. checking D. summarizing

Question 70. Why do people still argue about who deserves the credit of the laser?
A. The researchers’ notebooks were lost.
B. Several people were developing the idea at the same time.
C. No one claimed credit for the development until recently.
D. The work is still incomplete.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
In the two decades between 1929 and 1949, sculpture in the United States sustained what was probably
the greatest expansion in sheer technique to occur in many centuries. There was, first of all, the incorporation of
welding into sculptural practice, with the result that it was possible to form a new kind of metal object. For
sculptors working with metal, earlier restricted to the dense solidity of the bronze cast, it was possible to add a
type of work assembled from paper-thin metal sheets or sinuously curved rods. Sculpture could take the form of
a linear, two-dimensional frame and still remain physically self-supporting. Along with the innovation of
welding came a correlative departure: freestanding sculpture that was shockingly flat.
Yet another technical expansion of the options for sculpture appeared in the guise of motion. The
individual parts of a sculpture were no longer understood as necessarily fixed in relation to one another, but
could be made to change position within a work constructed as a moving object. Motorizing the sculpture was
only one of many possibilities taken up in the 1930s. Other strategies for getting the work to move involved
structuring it in such a way that external forces, like air movements or the touch of a viewer, could initiate
motion. Movement brought with it a new attitude toward the issue of sculptural unity: a work might be made of
widely diverse and even discordant elements; their formal unity would be achieved through the arc of a particular
motion completing itself through time.
Like the use of welding and movement, the third of these major technical expansions to develop in the
1930s and 1940s addressed the issues of sculptural materials and sculptural unity. But its medium for doing so
was the found object, an item not intended for use in a piece of artwork, such as a newspaper or metal pipe. To
create a sculpture by assembling parts that had been fabricated originally for a quite different context did not
necessarily involve a new technology. But it did mean a change in sculptural practice, for it raised the possibility
that making sculpture might involve more a conceptual shift than a physical transformation of the material from
which it is composed.

Question 71. It could be inferred that between 1929 and 1949 sculptors changed in what way?
A. They depended less on patrons to finance their work.
B. They were less imaginative in their designs.
C. They exhibited sculpture more often outside than in galleries.
D. They used a wider variety of materials and techniques.
Question 72. It can be inferred that which of the following happened when sculptors began to use welding as a
technique?
A. Some sculpture became lighter and thinner.
B. Sculpture became more expensive to create.
C. Sculptors took more time to complete their work.
D. Sculpture became more and more ornate.
Question 73. The word “innovation” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. limitation B. important concept C. use D. new idea
Question 74. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. viewer B. movement C. attitude D. issue
Question 75. The word “diverse” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. dissimilar B. unappealing C. unreliable D. distinctive
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Question 76. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Found objects make unattractive sculptures.
B. Sculptors looked for found objects in garbage cans.
C. The use of found objects changed the way sculpture is created.
D. Sculptors who used found objects enjoyed great success.
Question 77. The word “fabricated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. enlarged B. made C. ordered D. revealed
Question 78. Which of the following was NOT a new technique developed during this period?
A. Creating sculptures that move B. Welding metal pieces together
C. Including found objects in sculpture D. Making a bronze cast
Question 79. The word “ initiate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to…
A. cause B. alter C. hinder D. prolong
Question 80. According to the passage, how did the use of motion affect sculpture?
A. It caused the old materials to be discarded
B. It required sculptors to collaborate with engineers
C. It changed the concept of sculptural unity.
D. It forced sculptors to weld all parts permanently

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CỤM GB-LT Năm học 2018 - 2019- Môn: ANH

Mã đề thi Mã đề thi
Câu Câu
001- Mức độ 002- Mức độ 001- Mức độ 002- Mức độ
1 A-4 B-3 41 A-2 D-3
2 D-2 B-4 42 B-3 B-4
3 B-2 A-2 43 B-3 C-3
4 C-4 B-4 44 A-4 C-3
5 B-4 A-3 45 C-4 C-3
6 C-3 A-4 46 B-4 C-4
7 C-3 C-3 47 D-3 D-4
8 D-3 D-2 48 B-4 D-3
9 D-4 C-3 49 D-3 B-4
10 D-2 D-4 50 B-3 B-3
11 A-2 D-4 51 D-4 D-3
12 C-3 B-4 52 C-3 D-3
13 B-3 A-2 53 D-3 B-4
14 D-4 B-4 54 C-3 B-2
15 B-4 A-4 55 C-4 C-3
16 B-4 C-3 56 B-3 B-3
17 C-3 A-4 57 B-4 A-4
18 A-4 B-3 58 A-2 A-4
19 A-4 B-3 59 B-4 D-3
20 C-3 B-4 60 A-3 D-4
21 A-3 A-4 61 A-3 D-4
22 B-3 D-3 62 C-3 A-4
23 A-3 D-3 63 B-2 D-3
24 B-4 A-3 64 A-4 B-2
25 A-4 A-3 65 B-3 A-2
26 B-3 B-3 66 C-3 C-4
27 D-3 C-4 67 C-2 B-3
28 C-4 C-4 68 D-3 D-3
29 D-3 D-2 69 D-3 A-3
30 A-4 B-2 70 B-4 C-4
31 C-3 A-4 71 D-4 A-3
32 A-4 B-3 72 A-4 C-3
33 B-2 C-4 73 D-3 B-2
34 B-3 A-2 74 B-2 A-4
35 A-4 A-4 75 A-2 B-3
36 D-3 B-3 76 C-4 C-3
37 D-4 D-2 77 B-3 C-2
38 D-3 D-3 78 D-3 D-3
39 D-2 C-3 79 A-3 D-3
40 C-3 C-3 80 C-4 B-4
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