Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 THPT NGÔ GIA TỰ - PHÚ THỌ 2025-2026 (LẦN 2) - HS.docx ✅

SỞ GD&ĐT PHÚ THỌ TRƯỜNG THPT NGÔ GIA TỰ ―――――― ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề thi có 13 trang KỲ THI HSG LỚP 12 THPT CẤP TRƯỜNG LẦN 2 NĂM HỌC 2025 – 2026 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề. ———————————— I. LISTENING (4.0 points) Part 1. Questions 1-10. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. DRAMA CLUB - Membership Application Form Club Background: - prize recently won by 1. ____________ section. - usually performs 2. ____________ plays. Meetings schedule: - next auditions will be on Tuesday, 3. ____________. - help is needed with 4. ____________, design, and lights. - rehearsals take place in the 5. ____________. - nearest car park: in Ashburton Road, opposite the 6. ____________. Notes on membership: - Membership fee: 7. ____________ per year, extra payment for 8. ____________. - Name of secretary: Sarah 9. ____________. (Telephone: 10. ____________) Part 2. Questions 11-15. Choose the correct letters A, B or C to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions. 11. Jim and Sylvia think the content of the students’ essay is ____________. A. predictable B. impressive C. reliable 12. Sylvia says that many of the essays she read ____________. A. lacked paragraphing. B. seemed like oral presentation. C. had insufficient research. 13. Jim says that good academic writers ____________. A. often prove other academic writers wrong. B. use expressions like “et cetera”.

25. What I fear most of all is that we ____________ in what refers to the building of a new market in West Crane. The local people seem to be very wary about it. A. might misinterpret B. might have misinterpreted C. won't be misinterpreting D. might be misinterpreted 26. ____________ to interfere in your affairs but I would like to give you just one piece of advice. A. It is far from clear B. Far from it for me C. Far and wide for me D. Far be it from me 27. Because of an unfortunate ____________, your order was not dispatched by the date requested. A. hindrance B. oversight C. negligence D. transgression 28. Nowhere in the northern section of the United States ____________ for growing citrus crops. A. is there suitability of the climate B. where the climate is suitable C. the climate is suitable D. is the climate suitable 29. Successful athletes cannot afford to be ____________: they need to stay cool and focused. A. highly-paid B. highly-motivated C. highly-trained D. highly-strung 30. The new system has had an ____________ effect on production. A. appreciate B. appreciated C. appreciable D. appreciative 31. The manager hesitated to assign the job to the newcomer as he was ____________. A. wet behind the ears B. feeling your ears burning C. ringing in your ears D. keeping your ears open 32. I don't know what our guests will be wanting to do this weekend. We'll have to ____________. A. be our on our ear B. turn a deaf ear to it C. bend our ears about it D. play it by ear 33. The general was relieved of his command after committing one of the worst ____________ in the history of warfare. A. blunders B. faults C. disasters D. defeats 34. The contents were ____________ that she did not mention them when we discussed after the programme. A. such great a mystery B. a such great mystery C. so great a mystery D. so a great mystery 35. Barely ____________ the fire broke out. A. when the fuel pump exploded B. exploded the fuel pump when C. had the fuel pump exploded than D. did the fuel pump explode when 36. ____________ classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass. A. Just as B. Because of C. Although D. Either 37. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no ____________ improvement in her condition.
A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible 38. Manager: Are you sure these documents belong together? Employee: ____________. A. Of course not B. No, without further ado C. Yes, cross my heart D. Yes, my heart is in it 39. Researchers have made a(n) ____________ plea for more sponsorship so that they can continue their project. A. compassionate B. dispassionate C. encompassed D. impassioned 40. ____________ is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs. A. Many people don’t realize B. It is that many people don’t realize C. Because many people don’t realize D. What many people don’t realize III. READING (8.0 points) Part 1. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (2.0 points) The mighty mountain of Kilimanjaro is one of the most (41) ____________ entities within the severe land of the Africa wildrness. Rivers carrying life to the forests and jungles below flow from beneath the eminence, whereas in the endless plains of this continent a (42) ____________ diversity of animal species have evolved to take advantages of the (43) ____________ African habitat. They have adapted and (44) ____________ in their different shapes and sizes. Some of them are big, some small, some eat plants and some live on meat. There are those which (45) ____________ alone, unlike the others which assemble in herds. The multiplying millions of herbivores are balanced by the (46) ____________ meat eaters-carnivores whose body build has been shaped from velocity and for the strength (47) ____________ to outmanoeuvring their prey. These superior predators which have waged their daily struggle for survival in the harsh African environment all live in unfavourable surroundings where the punishment for (48) ____________ is often deadly. The reality of Africa best visualizes the exciting cruelty of nature towards the weaknesses of individual animals as only the existence of the whole species is essential. However, big predators like lions or tigers don’t usually tolerate company and might, then, be exposed to mortal (49) ____________, were it not for their perfect attributes and an incomparable skill at killing. They should never be (50) ____________ by human standards. It is obvious they don’t kill out of hatred, but for the simple reason of remaining alive during their lone struggle in this hostile habitat. 41. A. solitary B. intrinsic C. peculiar D. unanimous 42. A. staggering B. exasperating C. appalling D. bewildering 43. A. prodigious B. cumbersome C. supreme D. prevalent 44. A. retained B. endured C. borne D. excelled 45. A. growl B. strive C. rumble D. roam