SỞ GD & ĐT THANH HÓA KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐỘI TUYỂN

TRƯỜNG THPT TĨNH GIA 3 HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 LẦN 1

NĂM HỌC 2020 – 2021
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian : 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi này gồm có 07 trang
Ngày thi: 04 tháng 10 năm 2020

SECTION A – LISTENING (15 pts)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
* Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau khoảng 15 giây.
* Mở đầu của mỗi phần nghe không có lời giới thiệu khi bật băng là bắt đầu phần nghe.
Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài sau khi kết thúc bài nghe.
Part I. Listen to the passage and complete the form below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer. (5 pts)

SELF-DRIVE TOURS IN THE USA

Example
Name: ...Andrea Brown......
Address: 24 (1)……………………………… Road
Postcode: BH5 20P
Phone: (mobile) ( 2) ……………………………
Heard about company from: ( 3) ……………………………
Possible self-drive tours
Trip One:
• Los Angeles: customer wants to visit some (4) …………………………… parks with her
children
• Yosemite Park: customer wants to stay in a lodge, not a (5) ……………………………
Trip Two:
• At Santa Monica: not interested in shopping

Part II. Listen to a recording about the first weeks at university and tips how to make
friends in the new environment. decide whether each of the following statements is
True (T) or False (F).(5 pts)
6. Freshers' Week is for second year students at universities. T/F 
7. October is generally the busiest month for universities. T/F 
8. Having wine glasses in your room is a bad idea. T/F 
9. It's a good idea to pack a doorstop in your backpack. T/F 
10. A bit of planning can make student life easier. T/F 
Part III.. Listen to the conversation and then choose the correct answer among A, B, C, or
D for each question:
11. How long did Hannah think it would take her to find a place to live?
A. less than three weeks B. three weeks
C. more than three weeks D. more than four weeks
12. There is not enough accommodation to rent because………………………..
A. it is the end of the academic year B. Hannah is a new student
C. the area has lots of new technology companies D. the town is small
13. £400 a month for rent is………………………..
A. higher than Hannah has paid before B. lower than Hannah has paid
before
C. cheap for the area D. not cheap for the area
14. At the moment Hannah is living………………………..
A. in a hostel B. in a guest house C. in a hotel D. in a flat
15. Hannah's new flat………………………..
A. is a bit noisy B. is on the second floor
C. has two bedrooms D. has a large roof terrace

SECTION B: PHONETICS (5pts)

Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
in the same line. Write the answer on your answer sheet (3pts)
1. A. pizza B. seize C. fertilizer D. horizon
2. A. hood B. booth C. foot D. stood
3. A. supposedly B. markedly C. allegedly D. determinedly
Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three
words in each question. Write the answer on your answer sheet (2pts)
19. A. economic B. photography C. catastrophe D. initiate
20. A. encounter B. agency C. influence D. memory
SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30pts)
Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10pts)
21. Everything attempt should be made to prevent people from being________with crimes that
they did not commit
A. accused B. alleged C. blamed D. charged
22. Did the minister approve the building plans?- Not really, he turned them down ______that
the costs were too high
A. in case B. provided C. on the grounds D. supposing
23. It’s a secret. Try not to let the cat out of the_________
A. hat B. bag C. shirt D. cage
24. Nebraska has floods in some years __________
A. while other droughts B. droughts are others
C. in others drought D. others in drought
25. Kate and Jane often had arguments with each other over trivial things. They are_________
A. cat and dog B. chalk and cheese C. rain and sun D. heat and fire
26. _______ raiding for camels was a significant part of Bedouin life has been documented in
Wilfed Thesiger’s Arabian Sands.
A. That B. Which C. What D. Where
27.______________the US superiority at that time, it was probable that any threatened U.S.
response would have deterred the Soviet Union
A. If B. Given C. Although D. Since
28. Huong: “That millions of people attended General Vo Nguyen Giap’s funeral made a special
impression on almost every foreigner”
Lan: “________”
A. My pleasure B. me neither C. I’m afraid I can’t D. I’ll say
29. Such approaches should be supported and mainstreamed in health interventions in order to
__________positive behavior changes.
A. put off B. bring about C. hold up D. set off
30. A fire must have a readily available supply of oxygen. _________, it will stop burning.
A. Consequently B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. However
Question II: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answer on your
answer sheet (8pts)
31. Two miles (be)___________enough for her to go jogging every morning
32. I would rather (not be)_______________absent from class yesterday
33. Sarah talked all the way through the movie. I (not/invite)____________her to the cinema
34. The woman (accuse)___________of the killing said that she was at the cinema at the time
35. Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she (make)_________
36. Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for. He (not watch)______the TV right now.
37. Two people are reported (injure)____________in an explosion at a factory in Brimingham
early this morning
38. She can’t bear (leave)__________alone
Question III. Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answer on
your answer sheet (7pts)
39. The boss ordered his staff to be__________with each other in dealing with the company’s
end-of-year burden (LABOR)
40. Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of ________their diet
(ORGANISE)
41. All the_________from the last lecture were not allowed to attend the interview for the
coming project (ABSENCE)
42. The film is entertaining but full of historical __________ (ACCURATE)
43. Most people can____________clearly between a real and stimulated smile (DIFFER)
44. My sister has good________skills. She can relate to teenagers very well (PERSON)
45. Friend’s family has suffered from his_________(EXPEND)
Question IV. The following passage contains 5 mistakes. Find and write the word(s) on your
answer sheet (5 pts) (Questions 46-50).
1 Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping to the
2 invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring
3 and repetitive, factory work could be manage by robots, why not boring and repetitive
4 household chores too?
5 For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention was
6 amateur inventors. And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is
7 actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory
8 robot carries on one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It
9 doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do several
10 different types of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different
11 shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs..
12 However, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help
13 the robot location objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the
14 hardware. All that is missing is the software – the programs that will operate the
15 machine.

SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30pts)

Question I: Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the text below. Write the
answer on your answer sheet . (10pts)
Many people from rural areas are leaving behind their traditional way of life and moving to
the city. They believe that well-paying (51) ______ are plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm, (5) ______is always a struggle with nature. Typhoons, floods or
droughts can easily destroy a harvest and (53)______the farmer with little or no money (54)
______the following year. Often farmers look for other work when they need more money for their
family.
The increase in population, (55) ______, has led to overcrowding in many cities. This puts a
strain on schools and hospitals, as well as water and electricity (56) ______. Increased population is
another unpleasant result.
There is also a (57) ______side to this tragedy. Families sometimes have to live (58)
______. In these cases, children may live at home with relatives, while their parents go and live in an
(59)______area.
Governments all over the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants, but it can
be (60) ______ a problem.

Question II: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase
for each space. Write the answer on your answer sheet (10pts)
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (61) ______
human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on
consuming (62) _______ of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just
to stay (63) _______ we are rapidly destroying the only resource we have (64) ________ which
all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (65) ______ built on or washed into
the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (66)
______. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences.
As a (67) ______, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when
rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.
        The Earth's (68) ______ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy,
medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (69) ______ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active.
If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will last indefinitely. But if we use them
wastefully and excessively they will soon (70) _______ and everyone will suffer.
61. A. Still                     B. Despite             C. Yet                       D. Although
62. A. two-thirds           B. two- third            C. two-three             D. two-threes
63. A. survival               B. alive               C. existent                D.  live
64. A. on               B. at                      C. in                         D. by
65. A. sooner           B. rather                 C. either                 D. neither
66. A. completely     B. quite                  C. greatly                 D. utterly
67. A. result           B. product              C. development       D. reaction
68. A. natural            B. real                    C. living                  D. genuine
69. A. stay                  B. keep                   C. maintain             D. hold
70. A. run out             B. run away            C. run up                 D.  run off
Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below. Write the
answer on your answer sheet (10 pts)
In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects
of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are
important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned
consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned
implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are
aware that certain “invisible” aspects of their culture exist.
Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be
late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show
interest or attention through listening behavior, what we consider beautiful or ugly- these
are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet
other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned
implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behavior as cultural in origin.
Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations.
Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioral differences as
cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other people’s behavior, blame them,
or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural
rather than individual differences.
 Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces,
governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If
the differences were more visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if
we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other
than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood
his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed
similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we
may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual
misunderstanding may arise.
71. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To explain the importance of invisible aspects of culture.

B. To describe cultural diversity.

C. To point out that much of culture is learned consciously.

D. To explain why cross-cultural conflict occurs.

72. The word “deliberately” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_____.

A. slowly B. accurately C. intentionally D. randomly

73. The phrase “the tip of the iceberg” in paragraph 1 means that ____.

A. Most aspects of culture cannot be seen.

B. We usually focus on the highest forms of culture

C. Other cultures seem cold to us

D. Visible aspects of culture are learned in formal institutions

74. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an example of invisible culture?

A. What topics to avoid in conversation

B. What food to eat in a courthouse

C. How late is considered impolite

D. How people express interest in what others are saying

75. The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to__________.

A. people who speak a different language

B. topics that should be avoided in conversationS
C. people from a different culture
 D. invisible cultural assumptions

76. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that conflict results when ___________.

A. people compete with those from other cultures

B. some people recognize more cultural differences than others
C. people think cultural differences are personal
D. one culture is more invisible than another culture
77. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. We are often aware that we are learning about culture
B. Visible aspects of cultures receive much attention in discussion of cultural
diversity
C. People misinterpret other people’s behavior because they know they are
experiencing cultural differences
D. Invisible cultural differences are often witnessed at formal organizations and
institutions
78. The author implies that institutions such as schools and workplaces ____________.
A. are aware of cultural differences
B. share a common culture
C. teach their employees about cultural differences
D. reinforce invisible cultural differences

79. Which of the following would most likely result in misunderstanding?

A. Learning about our own culture in school

B. Strange behavior from someone speaking our language
C. Strange behavior from someone speaking a foreign language
D. Unusual food being cooked by foreign visitors
80. The word “exotic” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by__________.
A. colorful B. strange C. familiar D. beautiful

SECTION E: WRITING (20pts)

Question I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it. (5pts)
81. Expert say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977 caused the drop in the
number of school leavers
The drop_______________________________________________________
82. When the minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment
On______________________________________________________________
83. What mainly distinguishes man from other animals is the power of speech
Man___________________________________________________________
84. The declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights
The excuse______________________________________________________
85. Because of his conviction for fraud, the trainer lost his licence
His conviction for fraud____________________________________________
Question II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it. Do not change the form of the given
word. (5pts)
86. The contract said that we didn’t have to accept the conditions immediately (OBLIGATION)
The contract___________________________________________________________
87. Critics are hoping the new director can bring some positive changes into the French film
industry (BREATHE)
Critics_______________________________________________________________
88. He really disappointed me when breaking the promise to help me out (TEETH)
He________________________________________________________________
89. I have to work late at night and that was really annoying (BISCUIT)
I have to____________________________________________________________
90. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car (GETAWAY)
The bank robbers_____________________________________________________
Question III. ESSAY (10pts)
With the help of technology, students nowadays can learn more information and learn it
more quickly. Do you agree or disagree?
You should write at least 250 words
Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and
relevant evidence
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KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐỘI TUYỂN
HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2020 – 2021
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 03 trang.

SECTION A – LISTENING (15 pts)

Part I.Listen to the passage and complete the form below. Use NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)

1. Ardleigh 2. 077 8664 3091 3. newspaper 4. theme 5. tent

Part II. Listen to Sarah doing a survey on reading habits and decide whether each of the
following statements is True (T) or False (F).(5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)

6. F 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. T

Part III. You will hear a radio interview with Jack Williams, who is talking about a town
called Swanton. Answer the questions by choosing A, B, or C. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)

11. A 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. B

SECTION B- PHONETICS (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)

16.A 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.A

SECTION C- VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (30 điểm - Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
Question I.
21.D 22.C 23.B 24.C 25.B
26.A 27.B 28.D 29.B 30.C

Question II
31. is 36. Should not be
watching
32. Not have been 37. To have been injured
 33. Shouldn’t have invited 38. Being left
34. accused
35. Had made

Question III
39.collaborative 40. disorganizing 41.absentees 42. inaccuracies 43.differentiat
e
44.interpersonal 45. overexpenditure

Question IV

LINE MISTAKES Correction

46 1 to for
47. 3 manage managed
48. 5 was were
49. 8 on out
50. 13 location locate

SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)

(Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
Question I
51. jobs 52. life/there 53. leave 54. till/until 55. However

56. supplies 57. human 58. apart/separately 59. urban 60.

quite/rather/such

Question II.

61. C 62.A 63.B 64.D 65.C

66. A 67. A 68.A 69.B 70.A

Question III.
71. A 72. C 73. A 74. B 75. D
76. C 77. C 78. D 79. B 80. B

SECTION E: WRITING (20 pts)

Question I (5 điểm- Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
81. The drop in the number of school leavers is said to have been caused by the fall in the
birth rate between 1962 and 1977
82. On being asked about the strike, he declined to comment
83.  Man is mainly distinguished from other animals by the power of speech
84. The excuse for the declaration of war was the defense of their territorial rights
85. His conviction for fraud cost the trainer his licence

Question II (5 điểm- Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)

86. The contract said that we were under no obligation to accept the conditions immediately
87. Critics are hoping the new director can breathe life into the French film industry
88. He really kicked me in the teeth when breaking the promise to help me out
89. I have to work late at night and that took the biscuit.
90. The bank robbers made a getaway in a stolen car
Question III. Essay: (10 điểm)
Marking criteria:
+ Task completion (4 điểm)
Tuỳ theo khả năng hoàn thành về bố cục và những yêu cầu nội dung cho mỗi phần ( mở bài,thân
bài,kết luận) giám khảo có thể chấm từ 1-4 điểm.
+ Grammatical accuracy and spelling 3 điểm: bài viết không có lỗi chính tả và từ ba lỗi ngữ
pháp trở xuống được cho 3 điểm tối đa. Cứ 4 lỗi chính tả hoặc ngữ pháp trừ 1 điểm (Trừ không
quá 3 điểm).
- Coherence and cohesion (tính mạch lạc và sự liên kết câu, đoạn) – 3 điểm:
Tùy mức độ mạch lạc, liên kết câu, liên kết đoạn của bài viết, giám khảo có thể chấm 1-3 điểm.
B- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
Bài thi chấm theo thang điểm: 20
Điểm bài thi làm tròn đến 0,25
Tổng số điểm thí sinh làm đúng
Điểm bài thi = ---------------------------------------
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