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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ TĨNH ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 13 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2019 – 2020 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút I. LISTENING Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life in Berlin, the capital of Germany. You will hear the information twice. Write your answers in the numbered boxes. 1. How long has Britta lived in Berlin? A. four years B. six years C. twenty years 2. What does Britta say about living in Berlin? A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise. B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn. C. She likes living in a big, busy city. 3. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is ___________. A. a rather expensive place to live B. a good place to eat out C. a long way from the city centre 4. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going ___________. A. to the park with her B. to the shop with his parents C. to a gallery with her 5. Britta has a lot of friends who ___________. A. live near her B. work with her C. are still in England Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). You will hear the information twice. Write your answers in the numbered boxes. 6. Loans that are used to buy a home are known as mortgages. 7. A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home. 8. One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates with good credit report. 9. One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid. 10. The speaker feels that banks alone are responsible for the crisis. Part 3: You will hear part of a lecture on Wildlife. Listen carefully and answer questions from 11 to 20. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/or A NUMBER for each answer. You will hear the
2 information twice. Write your answers in the numbered boxes. 11. Before retirement, Brian worked as a pilot for a company called ___________ for a long time. 12. Brian feels like a bird when flying his microlight because he doesn't have a ___________ around him. 13. Brian disagrees with the suggestion that steering a microlight is like steering a ___________. 14. Brian's record-breaking flight ended in ___________. 15. Brian organised his flight in advance to avoid needing other people as ___________ on the way. 16. Brian's microlight was modified so that it could carry more ___________ on board. 17. It took Brian ___________ to plan the record-breaking flight. 18. Brians feels that flying over mile and miles of ___________ was the most dangerous part of the trip. 19. Brian describes his navigation system as both ___________ and easy to use. 20. Brian says that his main problem on the flight was the fact that he became very ___________. II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered boxes. 1. ___________ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen. A. What the woman was B. That the woman was C. The woman was D. What was the woman 2. There are many ___________ books in our library. A. interesting American old B. interesting old American C. old American interesting D. American interesting old 3. Toxic chemicals in the air, land and water have also ___________ many species to the verge of extinction. A. taken B. guided C. driven D. developed 4. Had Phong not missed those important lessons, he ___________ good marks in the exams. A. would have gotten B. would get C. should have got D. will get 5. Someone who is ___________ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular. A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant D. pessimistic 6. He set one alarm-clock for five o’clock and the other for five past so as to ___________ that he did not oversleep. A. assure B. ensure C. insure D. reassure 7. Politicians should never lose ___________ of the needs of the people they represent. A. view B. sight C. regard D. prospect 8. He was ___________ with bribery after she offered to pay the policeman a sum of money to overlook the offence.
3 A. charged B. accused C. sued D. suspected 9. It’s a matter of life and death. As a consequence, we will give it serious ___________. A. review B. thoughts C. opinions D. consideration 10. ___________ show lasts three hours. A. All the B. The whole C. Most D. Entire 11. Windsurfing or ___________ is the sport of sailing on water standing on a windsurfer. A. boat-sailing B. sail-boarding C. board-sailing D. wind-sailing 12. Upon returning from class, ___________. A. a letter was in the mailbox B. letter was found in the mailbox C. he found a letter in the mailbox D. his mailbox had a letter in it 13. Sometimes in a bad situation, there may still be some good things. Try not to throw out the ___________ with the bath water. A. fish B. baby C. child D. adult 14. It was such a sad movie that I cry my ___________ out. A. heart B. soul C. tear D. head 15. Of the ten beauty spots my brother visited, ___________ left a lasting impression on him. A. none of which B. not one of them C. which none D. and none of them 16. Without ___________, natural resources will be used up within a hundred years. A. preservation B. maintenance C. conservation D. protection 17. My mother has a ___________ for a bargain. A. big nose B. fast foot C. good eye D. keen sense 18. He lost all his money in gambling and had to sell the house which had come ___________ him after his parents’ death. A. up with B. in for C. down to D. upon 19. We’ve bought some ___________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away. A. adapting B. adjusting C. bending D. folding 20. He’s the leader ___________ name only, his deputy has effectively taken over. A. in B. for C. on D. of Part 2: Complete each sentence with the most suitable word or phrase given. Write your answers in the numbered boxes. expedition flight tour voyage package tour itinerary trip travel cruise crossing 21. The travel agent will send you the ___________ for your trip.
4 22. My neighbours went on a guided ___________ of Rome. 23. The first time I went from England to France we had a very rough ___________. 24. The first prize in the competition is a luxury Mediterranean ___________. 25. When you go on a/an ___________, you pay one price which covers everything. 26. The college organized a/an ___________ to search for the ancient ruins. 27. Vietnam Airlines announces the arrival of the ___________ VA 374 from Bangkok. 28. The Titanic sank on its first ___________ in 1912. 29. ___________ is one of my main interests. 30. Mr Smiths is away on a business ___________ at the moment. Can I help you? Part 3: Write the correct form of each word in the numbered spaces provided in the brackets. Everyone who watches films (31. frequency) ___________ thinks of something they would like to check (E.g. the name of a film star). To find information, it has sometimes been necessary to consult several volumes that are not very (32. access) ___________. This book aims to bring all the available sources together, while excluding out-of-date information and anything else that is considered (33. importance) ___________. For most people a (34. full) ___________ comprehensive work would be too weighty, but this condensed one should satisfy most (35. require) ___________. The contents are arranged (36. alphabet) ___________, there is a/an (37. enter) ___________ on each film which seems important or (38. influence) ___________, and there are notes on general subjects like censorship. Not (39. surprise) ___________, many readers will disagree with the selection and the assessments as any guide will inevitably be (40. subject) ___________. Part 4: 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. 41. We spent the entire day looking for a new house. A. all long day B. day after day C. all day long D. the long day 42. The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids. A. changed completely B. destroyed completely C. cleaned well D. removed quickly 43. If the world’s tropical forests continue to disappear at their present rate many animal species will be extinct. A. die for B. die from C. die off D. die out 44. In 1985, the Coca-cola Company altered the secret formula of the drink’s ingredients. A. modified B. proposed C. enriched D. restored