Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 TP HẢI PHÒNG 2024-2025.docx ✅

2 You will hear the recording TWICE. Question 6. How does Helena feel about the use of Jed’s name for their joint business? A. She’s occasionally frustrated that her contribution goes unnoticed. B. She’s amused that they have a name people tend to remember. C. She’s irritated by the fact that Jed is more of a celebrity than she is. D. She’s appreciative of the respect that the name has brought her. Question 7. What is Jed’s attitude to his public profile? A. He enjoys it more now than he did when he was younger. B. He’s proud of the way it reflects his achievements. C. He’s unhappy that it prevents him doing everyday activities. D. He likes the fact that complete strangers often want to talk to him. Question 8. How did Helena feel about her work on The Travel Show? A. It was a welcome alternative to manual work. B. She felt obliged to do it at that particular time. C. She would have enjoyed it more in different circumstances. D. It was convenient for her to be away from the house then. Question 9. What gave Jed the incentive to make a jewel garden? A. He wanted to realize a long-held ambition. B. He was inspired by the illustrations at a talk he attended. C. He wanted to show pictures of it at a gardening event. D. He led people to believe that it already existed. Question 10. Jed says that, for him, the name “jewel garden” is _____________. A. a way of explaining his philosophy of design to people B. a reminder of the value of creativity C. a positive way of combining both past and present D. an appropriate one for something so beautiful SECTION B: PHONOLOGY Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress position is different from that of the others in each of the following questions. Question 11. A. intercept B. interpret C. interject D. intervene Question 12. A. criminalize B. astronomy C. entanglement D. impetuous Question 13. A. discernment B. deficient C. hemisphere D. cathedral Question 14. A. onward B. abate C. unique D. exempt
3 Question 15. A. administrator B. comprehensible C. auditorium D. unidentified Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each of the following questions. Question 16. A. rhino B. heirloom C. hamper D. rhythm Question 17. A. shortlist B. tertiary C. trustworthy D. tempting Question 18. A. imitate B. numerate C. adequate D. considerate Question 19. A. fertile B. verdict C. pertain D. commerce Question 20. A. subscribe B. subscript C. subtract D. submit SECTION C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following sentences. Question 21. Robert was none _____________ pleased to have to take the exam again. A. too B. so C. very D. that Question 22. _____________ to interfere in your affairs, but I would like to give you just one piece of advice. A. Far from me is it B. It is far from me C. Far be it from me D. Far and wide for me Question 23. _____________, we weren’t able to see a thing. A. Once the lights have gone out B. There gone out the lights C. The lights gone out D. The lights having gone out Question 24. Paige could only _____________ her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two. A. slow down B. get in C. pick at D. take out Question 25. When playing on a team, it is important to _____________ the line and follow the coach’s instructions. A. drop B. hold C. toe D. form Question 26. Mr. Fiasco is called a _____________ because of his immense wealth of technical knowledge. A. vagrant B. migrant C. pageant D. savant Question 27. Something has gone wrong with Sue’s computer. She’s _____________ because she can’t get the data she needs. A. in a stew B. in the swim C. in the red D. in a rut Question 28. All her efforts to keep him on the _____________ have been rewarded. A. fair and square B. straight and narrow
4 C. high and dry D. safe and sound Question 29. We hadn't _____________ such a dramatic change in the weather, and our flight was cancelled. A. risen up B. bargained for C. set about D. fallen over Question 30. Herman’s first novel was published last year in a blaze of _____________. A. publicity B. public C. publication D. publicise Question 31. Robbie was too frightened to _____________ the mistake he had made. A. put in for B. go down with C. brush up on D. own up to Question 32. Atwood is regarded as the _____________ favorite to win the Booker Prize. A. ardent B. warm C. fiery D. hot Question 33. The staff will get a chance to ask questions and _____________ their views at the meeting. A. vent B. air C. utter D. blurt Question 34. It is apparent that physical health is _____________ linked to mental health. A. indomitably B. inextricably C. inexorably D. indulgently Question 35. The seemingly _____________ oil and minerals have shown signs of depletion over the years. A. inexhaustive B. exhaustive C. inexhaustible D. exhaustible SECTION D: READING Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 45. Ever had a song stuck in your head, playing on an endless loop? Scientists call them “involuntary musical images”, or “earworms”, and a wave of new research (36) _____________ and what can be learned from them. Some neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists are studying earworms to explore the mysteries of memory and the part of the brain that is beyond our conscious control. “The idea (37) _____________ is an illusion,” says psychologist Lauren Stewart, who founded the master's program in music, mind and brain at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where recent research has taken place. (38) _____________, researchers haven't been able to watch what happens in the brain when they occur. (39) _____________ comes from surveys, questionnaires, diaries and lab experiments. A Goldsmiths study published in the journal Memory and Cognition this year showed that the singing we hear in our heads (40) _____________. Researchers had 17 volunteers tap to the beat of any earworm they heard during a four-day period (41) _____________ recorded their movements. The tapping tempos were within 10% of the tempos of the original recordings. Another Goldsmiths study, published this year in Consciousness and Cognition, found that people who report hearing earworms often, and find them most intrusive, have slightly different brain structures, (42) _____________. Studies also show that the music in our heads often starts playing during times of “low cognitive