Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 QUẢNG BÌNH 2022-2023.docx ✅

Page 2 of 6 pages 6. Cairns has the fifth busiest airport in the southern hemisphere. 7. Great Adventures is the name of a travel company. 8. Green Island is 6,000 years old. 9. It takes 45 minutes to fly to Green Island from Cairns. 10. You are only allowed to go to the pontoon once. Part 3. For questions 11-20, you will hear a historian giving a presentation about techniques to identify the origin of handwritten books from the middle ages. Listen and complete the notes below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each numbered blank. (10pts) Researching the origin of medieval manuscripts Background Medieval manuscripts-handwritten hooks produced between the fifth and fifteenth centuries Origin of many manuscripts unknown until 2009; scientists started using PNA testing Animal hides - two types Parchment Sheep hide: white in color and (11) _______ Greasy - writing can’t be erased so often used for (12) _______ Vellum Calf skin: most popular for prestigious work because you can get (13) _______ lettering. Preparation of hides Treated in large (14) _______ of lime- where this was not available, skins were burried Stretched tight on a frame Scraped to create (15) _______ Vellum was (16) _______ for correct colour Genetic testing - finding origins Previously-analyzed handwriting and (17) _______ used by the writer Now- using genetic data from 'known manuscripts' to create a (18)’ _______’ Uses of new data Gives information on individual books Shows the (19) _______ of the book manufacturing Helps establish (20) _______in medieval period SECTION TWO: PHONETICS Part 1. For questions 21-23, pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (3pts) 21. A. mayor B. quay C. prayer D. layer 22. A. athlete B. ethnic C. asthma D. breath 23. A. ecosystem B. knowledge C. technology D. commodity

Page 4 of 6 pages 37. The competition included two official rounds, following each of them four contestants were selected for the first, second, third, and consolation prizes. 38. Before making informative decisions, I always consult my father who has in-depth knowledge about everything. 39. The growth of new media has opened up a wide range of Internet career opportunities required only a minimal level of technical expertise. 40. Linguistics bring us to further understanding of cultures, societies and civilizations. Part 3. For questions 41-50, supply the correct form of each word given in brackets. (10pts) Recently, researchers have been kept busy picking lettuces under cover of darkness, but there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this _______ (41. APPEAR) bizarre experiment. Tests have shown that the vegetables picked at night stayed fresh _______ (42. CONSIDER) longer than those picked during the day, though the reason for this improved _______ (43. LONG) is unclear. Lunar gardeners claim to have known about the _______ (44. BENEFIT) effects of nocturnal vegetable management for years, and those gardeners who believe in environmentally friendly organic methods see the idea of working with the moon's influence as a _______ (45. CONTINUE) of their principles. They claim to be following a tradition, long-established in various parts of the world, of working in harmony with the moon’s ______ (46. GRAVITY) pull. In England, lunar gardening reached its zenith in the 16th century, but the vagaries of the ______ (47. PREDICT) climate meant that it survived only as part of an oral folklore tradition. _______ (48. CONFUSE), several different and sometimes contradictory systems are practised today. Although all of them focus on the effects of moonlight and the moon's pull on the Earth's water, the exact science remains (49. CONTROVERSY) ______. There are some horticulturists who regard the ideas with scepticism. Others, however, are more encouraging and less ______ (50. DISMISS), and advocate further research, even though no discernible results have been forthcoming in support of any particular theory. Part 4. For questions 51-55, complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each one ONCE only. There is an extra one that you do not need to use. (5pts) take on look back on lay in come round to call up seal off 51. The road will remain _______ until the police have completed their investigations. 52. I suggest we _______ more coal in case the forecasts of a long and heavy winter should come true. 53. Another twenty well trained engineers have been _______ to accelerate the design work in the assembly department. 54. It's no use _______ the past only. You'll be better off if you start thinking about your future. 55. At the age of seventeen Ronald was _______by the army and stationed in Oklahoma. SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION