TRƯỜNG THPT HÀM RỒNG
ĐỀ GIỚI THIỆU

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KÌ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI
CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC: 2021-2022
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 - THPT
Ngày thi: 28/10/2021
Thời gian: 150 phút
(Không kể thời gian phát đề)

SECTION A. LISTENING (10 points)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
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Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần.
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Thí sinh có 3 phút để hồn chỉnh bài sau khi kết thúc 2 phần nghe.
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Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong đề thi.
Part 1. You are going to hear two students discussing a talk by a paleontologist (a fossil expert).
Listen and choose the best answers.
1. Why did Milton miss the talk on fossils?
A. He attended a different lecture.
B. He had to catch up on some work.
C. He was not interested in the subject.
D. He met his friends
2. What started Mr Brand’s interest in fossils?
A. a trip to America.
B. a book

C. a film he saw as a child.
D. a chance discovery.
3. What do schoolchildren say they most enjoy about the fossil hunts?
A. looking for fossils in the rocks.
B. having their photo taken with a fossil.
C. being able to take the fossils home.
D. meeting other people.
4. During a fossil hunt, the main thing children learn is that
A. history is all around them.
B. it is important to be careful.
C. patience leads to rewards.
D. it is related to a subject at school.
5. What do Juni and Milton agree to persuade Mr Brand to do?
A. persuade Mr Brand to run a fossil hunt for them.
B. use the Internet to book a place on a fossil hunt.
C. talk to some people who have been on a fossil hunt.
D. give information to others
Part 2: You are going to hear a radio phone-in programme on the subject of allergies. For questions
6-10 choose the answer A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes.
6. Which of these possible explanations for the increase in allergies does the programme presenter
mention in her introduction?
A. People are exposed to more dangerous substances than in the past.
B. People's resistance to allergens is lower than in the past.
C. More new allergens are being released into the environment.
D. Higher levels of stress have made people more prone to allergies.
7. Which of the questions does the first caller, Tim, want to know the answer to?
A. What is the most likely cause of his allergy?
B. Why is he allergic to grass and pollen?
C. Will he ever be free of the allergy?

D. How can he improve his condition?
8. Arabella, the caller from Amsterdam, ______
A. thinks she may have passed on her allergy to her children.
B. asks how she can minimize the risk of her children having allergies.
C. wants to know whether her peanut allergy will continue in the future.
D. asks how probable it is that her children will have allergies.
9. If both a child's parents have a particular allergy, that child______
A. is more than likely to have the same allergy.
B. has a less than fifty per cent chance of getting the same allergy.
C. will probably develop a different allergy.


D. is at no greater risk of developing the allergy than any other child.
10. According to Dr Bawaldi, some people believe that the increase in asthma among young children
may result from______
A. living in centrally heated or air-conditioned buildings.
B. being in areas with very high levels of exhaust fumes.
C. spending too much time in hygienic environments.
D. receiving medical treatment for other types of illness.
SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 points)
Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the
same line. (3 points)
11. A. prescription
B. transcribe
C. description
D. transcript
12. A. hysteria

B. hypocrite


C. hypocrisy

D. hydroplane

13. A. method

B. negative

C. secondary

D. media

Question 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
14. A. coherent
B. permanent
C. continent
D. sentiment
15. A. unconcerned

B. absentee

C. represent

D. conspicuous

SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points)
Question 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (21 pts)
16. You look tired. Are you …………the weather?
A. on

B. in
C. under
D. off
17. _______ her mother after so many years away, she ran to hug her and sobbed.
A. On seeing
B. To be seen
C. Having seen
D. To see
18. She .......... modern art. She visits all the local exhibitions.
A. looks down on
B. goes in for
C. fixes up with
D. comes up against
19. This museum has more visitors than ________ any other in the world.
A. really
B. practically
C. actually
D. utterly
20. Her married name is Dawson, but Graham is her............. name.
A. maiden
B. childish
C. girlish
D. virgin
21. The case for an increase in spending on education has been proved beyond the ________of doubt.
A. shadow
B. hesitation
C. suspicion
D. shade
22. Her article on diet ______ many people into changing their eating habits.
A. surprised

B. amazed
C. startled
D. shocked
23. The upper levels of the Sun’s atmosphere are of very low ..................heats the gases there to be
very high temperatures.
A. dense and solar
B. density, solar activity
C. density, but solar activity
D. density and activity of the Sun is
24. I don’t want to burden my daughter with my problems; she’s got too much ………………..
A. up her sleeve
B. in her mind
C. in effect
D. on her plate
25. I think Lucas and Emma have just had an argument, ___________?
A. haven’t they
B. don’t they
C. don’t I
D. haven’t I
26. At first sight I met her, I was impressed with her______.
A. big beautiful round black eyes

B. beautiful black big round eyes


C. beautiful big round black eyes

D. beautiful round big black eyes

27. The proposals he put forward were excellent. _______, it quickly became apparent that they would

work when put into practice.
A. Moreover

B. However

C. Nevertheless

D. Although

28. He ___________ guilty to the crime so he got a lighter sentence.
A. pled
B. read
C. claimed
D. announced
29. She tells her small boy everyday not to be rude, but it’s like water off a duck’s ____________.
A. wings

B. beak

C . back

D. feathers

30. We will send you a brochure______________.
A. until new stock will arrive
B. by the time new stock arrives
C. when new stock arrived
D. until new stock arrives
31. There are two small rooms in the beach house, ________ served as a kitchen
A. the smaller of which

B. the smallest of which
C. the smaller of them
D. smallest of that
32. While we _________ on the phone, the power _________ out.
A. chatted - went

B. were chatting – was going

C. were chatting –went

D. talked – was going

33. He bought two white shirts; one for him and ______ for his son.
A. others
B. the other
C. another
D. the others
34. The children ______ by social networks are likely to suffer from depression and other health
problems.
A. are obsessed

B. obsessing

C. obsessed

D. who obsessed

35. They were at the stadium with us last night, so they ______ at the theatre then.
A. needn’t have been


B. might have been

C. should have been

D. can’t have been

36. The collapse of tin prices in the 1980s destroyed the tin-mining industry ______ former
employees have some turned in desperation to growing coca.
A. all of whom

B. none of their

C. several of its

D. many of whose

Question 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.(2 points)
37. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle’s parks.
A. following

B. preceding

C. careful

D.detailed

38. Due to Clamenxa’s bad habit of borrowing money from others, he will be in the mire one day.
A. to be isolated


B. to be regretful

C. to be left alone

D. to be in trouble.

Question 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.(2 points)
39. It is believed that people are now far more materialistic than their predecessor years ago.
A. monetary

B. greedy

C. object- oriented

D. spiritual


40. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you around the city.
A. confident

B. occupied

C. decisive

D. flexible

Question 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best
completes each of the following exchanges (2 points)
41. Tom and Bob have been reading about the wonders of the world.

Tom: “Would you say The Great Wall is among the seven man- made wonders of the world?”
Bob: “______________________”
A. That’s the least I could do.

B. Do you say so?

C. There’s no doubt about that.

D. I’m glad you like it.

42. Tom: “Wasn't it Mozart who composed Swan Lake?” Jane: “__________.”
A. Yes, he wasn't

B. It's out of question

C. I haven't a clue

D. It's not my favourite

Question 5: 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. (3 points)
43. The team leader demanded from his team members a serious attitude towards work, good
A
B
C
team spirit, and that they work hard.
D
44. Many people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the 2010 World cup
A
B

C
matches so annoyed.
D
45. After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced that your
A
B
C
analyses were correct.
D
SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (25 points)
Question 1: Read the following passage then choose the most suitable word or phrase that best fits
each gap. (10 points)
THE LANGUAGE OF TEARS
The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists have
suggested that human tears are evidence of an aquatic past - but this does not seem very likely. We cry
from the moment we enter this (46) _______ for a number of reasons. Helpless babies cry to persuade
their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (47) _______ they will also cry just to
attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it.
The idea that having a good cry can do you (48) _______ is a very old one and now it has scientific
(49) _______ since recent research into tears has shown that they contain a natural painkiller called
enkaphalin. By (50) _______ sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to feel better. Weeping can
increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (51) _______.
Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (52) _______ activity.
Because some people still regard it as a (53) _______ of weakness in men, boys in particular are
admonished when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and
physically.
Tears of emotion also help the body (54) _______ itself of toxic chemical waste, for there is more
protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, calms and can
be very enjoyable - consider the popularity of the highly emotional films which are commonly (55)
______ "weepies". It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together.



46. A. world
47. A. evolve
48. A. better
49. A. validity
50. A. struggling
51. A. construct
52. A. curing
53. A. hint
54. A. release
55. A. named

B. place
B. change
B. fine
B. truth
B. fighting
B. achieve
B. treating
B. symbol
B. rid
B. entitled

C. earth
C. develop
C. good
C. reality
C. opposing
C. provide

C. healing
C. feature
C. loosen
C. subtitled

D. space
D. alter
D. well
D. reason
D. striking
D. produce
D. improving
D. sign
D. expel
D. called

Question 2: 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. (7 points)
Human beings are plagued by all kinds of diseases and millions of people die from them. Many of
these diseases such as diabetes, polio, whooping cough and diphtheria can be fatal and in the past,
people used to die from them. However, with modern technology and a lot of research, scientists and
doctors have come up with various ways to cure these diseases, and consequently, many lives are saved.
In doing the medical research, doctors have come face to face with many problems. One such problem
is the opposition that comes from animal activists. They are against the inhuman treatment of animals.
They argue that in conducting their medical research, doctors put animals through a very painful process
and this should be stopped. According to the fiercest animal activists, nothing justifies the use of
animals in medical experiments, even if lives might be saved.
To get their message across, animal activists are even willing to resort to the use of violence. Many
animal protection groups, like the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), have broken into laboratories
illegally to 'rescue' animals. They take away whatever animals they can find and free them. These

people also make their case by threatening the researchers. They vandalize medical equipment, and in
the most serious cases, they even use bombs.
In stealing the animals, the activists are actually hindering the progress of medicine. In many cases,
the animals were part of research for the cure for various diseases and visual defects in babies. Cures for
problems that people face, therefore, come slower and in the waiting period, more people die.
Researchers have come up with many cures in the process of working with animals and on animals.
Organ transplants are so common today, but we forget they became only possible after they were tested
on animals. Doctors were able to come up with a cure for river blindness, a disease that affects millions
of people in South America and Africa. These are only a few examples, and there are many more. In
spite of what animal activists think, most researches do not treat animals cruelly. In fact, mistreated
animals which are in agony will affect the quality of research so that results obtained are not really
reliable. Thus, researchers do try to treat animals as well as possible.
In the long run, animal activists can cause serious damage to the future of medicine. With their
persistent campaigning, much of the public supports their cause. People with AIDS or cancer need
doctors to do research to save their lives, and often it is a case where animal research is crucial before
nay cure can be found.
56. The belief of animal activists is that animals ___________.
A. should not be sacrificed in experiments
B. should experience no pain in experiments
C. can be used in experiments to cure human diseases
D. must be treated well so that they can do research
57. The phrase “resort to “ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. turn to something as another choice
B. come to a decision on second thoughts
C. refuse to take drastic action
D. take full advantage of
58. Thanks to tests on animals, doctors succeeded in ____________.
A. discovering river blindness
B. finding a cure for river blindness
C. revealing what animal activists think

D. treating animals as well as possible
59. Which of the following might NOT be the purpose of doing medical researches?
A. Finding the cure for diseases
B. Developing medical equipment
C. Making better medicine for the rich
D. Improving the well-being of humans
60. The highlighted word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to ___________


A. researchers
B. many cures
C. organ transplants
D. animals
61. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Fatal diseases like diabetes and AIDS are a thing of the past.
B. A majority of researchers are against cruelty to animals used in research.
C. River blindness is a disease that affects millions of people.
D. A result of the campaign by animal activists is getting people’s support.
62. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?
A. With modern technology, doctors can now cure all kinds of disease.
B. Animal activists are doing a good job for the community.
C. Organ transplants are impossible unless they are carried out on animals.
D. Animal research is essential to find a remedy for fatal diseases.
Question 3: 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 below.(8 points)
In January 1997, reporter Susan Jeffreys of the London Sunday Times informed a colleague
that J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings had been voted the greatest book of the 20th
century in a readers’ poll conducted by Britain’s Channel 4 and the Waterstone’s bookstore chain.
Her colleague responded: "What? Has it? Oh dear. Dear oh dear oh dear."
Attitudes in America are arguably more relaxed about this kind of thing. No one from the American

educated classes expressed much dismay when a 1999 poll of American on-line bookshop
Amazon.com customers chose The Lord of the Rings as the greatest book not merely of the century
but of the millennium. Tolkien’s book is so deeply ingrained in popular culture, after all, that a great
many of today’s American academics and journalists probably still have those dog-eared paperbacks
they read avidly in eighth grade with their hallucinatory mid-1970s cover art, stashed somewhere in
the attic.
Furthermore, members of the U.S. intelligentsia fully expect to have their tastes ignored, if
not openly derided, by the public at large. To some American intellectuals it seems gratifying, even
touching, that so many millions of readers will happily devour a work as complicated as The Lord of
the Rings. Whatever one may make of it, it’s a more challenging read than Gone with the Wind, not
to mention Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.
Hugely ambitious in scope, The Lord of the Rings occupies an uncomfortable position in20th
century literature. Tolkien’s epic poses a stern challenge to modern literature and its defenders.
(Tolkien on his critics: “Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it
boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of
their works, or of the kinds of writing they evidently prefer.”) Yet The Lord of the Rings has enjoyed
massive and enduring popularity. It would seem that Tolkien’s work supplied something that was
missing among the formal innovations of the 20th century fiction, something for which readers were
ravenous. But what was it, and why was it important?
Answering this question properly would probably require a book rather than an article. But it
seems that the crux of the matter lies in Tolkien’s wholehearted rejection of modernity and
modernism. This is what so powerfully attracts some readers, and just as powerfully repels others. In
his book J.R.R. Tolkien: Auther of the Century, T.A. Shippey expands on this notion by arguing that
Tolkien saw his realm of Middle-earth not as fiction or invention, but as the the recovery of
something genuine that had become buried beneath fragments of fairy tale and nursery rhyme.
“However fanciful Tolkien’s creation of Middle-earth was,” Shippey writes, “he did not think that he
was entirely making it up. He was ‘reconstructing’, he was harmonising contradictions in his sourcetexts, sometimes he was supplying entirely new concepts (like hobbits), but he was also reaching


back to an imaginative world which he believed had once really existed, at least in a collective

imagination.”
The book is also deeply grounded in Tolkien’s linguistic expertise – he invented whole
languages for his characters. Sometimes he became so absorbed in the creation of languages, in fact,
that he put the story itself aside for months or years at a time, believing he could not continue until
some quandary or inconsistency in his invented realm had been resolved. But Tolkien’s immense
intellect and erudition is not the source of his success; without his storytelling gift, The Lord of the
Ringswould be little more than a curiosity. And this gift seems to stem straight from his refusal to
break from classical and traditional forms.
Tolkien himself often spoke of his work as something ‘found’ or ‘discovered’, something
whose existence was independent of him. It’s wise to tread lightly in this sort of interpretation, but it
seems clear that he believed his work to be something given, something revealed, which contained a
kind of truth beyond measure. As a result, his details have the weight of reality, linguistic and
otherwise, and because of this his great sweep of story feels real as well; you might say that his
imaginary castles are built with a certain amount of genuine stone. Other writers’ fantasy worlds are
made up. Tolkien’s is inherited.
63. Which of the following statement do you expect the writer not to agree with ?
A. many academics think The Lord of the Rings is an overrated
B. The Lord of the Rings is more realistic than other fantasy novels.
C. The reason why the book is so successful is hard to explain.
D. The book’stype is very unusual for a 20th century.
64. When the lord of the Ring was voted the greatest book of the 20th century.
A. many Americans were annoyed
B. some people didn’t believe
C. some people found the fact shocking
D. American academics disagree
65. It is implied in the second paragraph that The Lord of the Rings
A. is more popular in the states than in the UK
B. is taught in many school throughout the world
C. is mainly appreciated by academics and journalists
D. is mostly read by school children

66. What do we learn about Gone With the Wind ?
A. It was once more popular than The Lord of the Rings.
B. It is seen as more challenging than The Lord of the Rings.
C. It is voted one place behind The Lord of the Rings.
D. it is more touching than The Lord of the Rings.
67. What was Tolkien’s reaction to criticism of The Lord of the Rings?
A. He felt it was unjustified
B. He wasn’t bothered by it
C. he couldn’t understand it.
D. He partly agreed with it
68.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “repels” in the paragraph 5th
A. attact
B. fight
C. criticize
D. diminish
69. According to Shippey, Tolkien believed that the world he described
A. was full of unresolved contradictions
B. was completely accurate, historically
C. was imaginative but not pure fantasy
D. was as incredible as his source
70. According to the writer of the article, the details in Tolkien’s work


A. are sometimes rather difficult to follow
C. include some modern elements

B. make the story seem more realistic
D. can be interpreted in many different ways

SECTION E: WRITING (30 points)

Question 1: 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. (5 points)
71. Expert say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977 caused the drop in the number of
school leavers.
→The drop
72. When the minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
→On
73. What maily distinguishes man from other animals is the power of speech.
→Man
74. The declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
→The excuse
75. Because of his conviction for fraud, the trainer lost his licence.
→His conviction for fraud
Question 2: For each of the sentence below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to
the original sentence but using the word given. This word must not be altered in any way. (5 points.)
76. We were lucky to find somewhere to park so quickly.
(STROKE)
→ ________________________________________________________________________________.
77. We are unanimous regarding the information of a new alliance.
(SHARES)
→ ________________________________________________________________________________.
78. There’s nothing new about defense alliances.
(HILLS)
→ ________________________________________________________________________________.
79. I could tell by the tone of his voice how serious the situation was.
(HOME)
→ ________________________________________________________________________________.
80. A sudden downpour resulted in the postponement of the football match .

(PUT)


→ ________________________________________________________________________________.
Question 3. Essay writing (20 pts)
Write about the following topic:
While the Ministry of Education and Training places high hopes on the new assessment method
using comments instead of marks, primary schools have voiced their opposition.
To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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