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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÀNH PHỐ ĐÀ NẴNG ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KÌ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề thi có 50 câu, 07 trang) You are going to hear an interview with a street performer at festivals, including one called the Hat Fair. Listen to the recording and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1. Why is the festival called the Hat Fair? A. It was started by local hat-makers. B. Many participants wear hats. C. The hats look funny. D. Street performers collect money in hats. Question 2. What does Max most enjoy about the Hat Fair? A. the other street performers he meets B. the type of audiences he gets C. the shows he can do D. the number of people coming to the fair Question 3. How did Max start in street theatre? A. He lost his job in a circus. B. He did it while he was at university. C. He learned it from his father. D. He travelled with other performers. Question 4. What do audiences enjoy most about Max's act? A. the danger B. the acrobatics C. the jokes D. the equipment Question 5. According to Max, what makes street performers perform well? A. They are paid by results. B. They earn a lot of money. C. They enjoy their work. D. They are attracted to the city. Question 6. What does he say is usually the main problem with street theatre? A. the police B. the location C. the weather D. the crowds Question 7. According to Max, how does the Hat Fair help the city? A. It attracts visitors to the town. B. It encourages people to work together. C. It makes Winchester an amusing party. D. It helps people to relax together. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 8. The doctor prescribed tablets to help ____________ the pain. A. lighten B. calm C. relieve D. rid Question 9. The election results would make it clear which of the parties had ____________. A. changed hands B. lived hand to mouth
2 C. had its hands full D. gained the upper hand Question 10. They spend a week in the capital city and then made ____________ the country. A. off B. up C. with D. for Question 11. There is no point in phoning him. He’s certain ____________ by now. A. to leave B. to have left C. left D. having left Question 12. As he walked along the landing, he ____________ himself in the mirror at the top of the stairs. A. glimsped B. glanced C. gazed D. glared Question 13. ____________ interesting was the TV programme that he had been watching it for hours. A. Very B. How C. So D. Such Question 14. The local authorities need to ____________ down on illegal parking, in my opinion. A. hit B. force C. move D. crack Question 15. You shouldn't let other people push you ____________. You've got to stand up for yourself. A. up B. around C. off D. through Question 16. They ____________ tears of joy when they heard the news. A. shed B. poured C. flowed D. streamed Question 17. Hold on, I’ll be with you in a ____________. A. beat B. stroke C. tick D. chime Question 18. “Why are they taking down the decorations?” “The concert ____________ over, they are putting everything back in its place.” A. is B. has been C. was D. being Question 19. He tried hiring more salesmen to push the products, but it took them too muchtime to ____________ the ropes. A. learn B. show C. get D. finish Question 20. The nervous candidate took a deep breath and tried to ____________ herself. A. subdue B. compose C. wrestle D. strike Question 21. She recognized his face, but his name ____________ her. A. missed B. failed C. forgot D. escaped Question 22. At ____________ time was there any indication that they would break up. A. any B. no C. all D. some Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. Question 23. - Nick: “____________ , Mr. Duncan!” - Mr. Duncan: “Me too, little young man!” A. Can’t wait to see you here B. Mind your step
3 C. Fancy meeting you here D. Take a chance Question 24. - Janet: “Jerry and I have just broken up!” - Tim: “____________” A. Do you need a shoulder to cry on? B. Oh you miser! C. Happy ending! D. Every so often. 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. Question 25. Because I can’t spare a moment right now, I’ll have one of my co-workers to work on it. A B C D Question 26. Probably the most reason why customers may leave is that you offer poor customer service. A B C D Question 27. Psychologists estimate that up to sixty percentage of human communication is nonverbal. A B C D Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. THE TRUTH BEHIND A SMILE People smile a (28) ____________ deal, and we seem to know instinctively that some smiles are more genuine than others. But is there any scientific (29) ____________ for this? Recent research suggests that a mechanism in the brain can help us (30) ____________ whether a smile is really heartfelt - or whether it is just being (31) ____________ on for show. (32) ____________ to various long-held traditions, a genuine smile involves the eyes as well as the mouth. In the nineteenth century, a French anatomist (33) ____________ to prove this. He used electrodes to stimulate the facial muscles of volunteers, (34) ____________ creating raise smiles. He found that real smiles were always (35) ____________ with the contraction of a muscle around the eye, but that his artificially induced ones were not. During more recent research, volunteers were shown a variety of human facial (36) ____________ and their reactions to these were monitored. When they were shown a happy face, 35% of the volunteers immediately started looking at the eye area, checking for tell-tale crinkles that would (37) ____________ that the smile was genuine: but when shown a sad or neutral face, they did not. So why did the human brain evolve to (38) ____________ between real and false smiles? It could be that this ability to (39) ____________ a quick assessment of a smile has an important role to play in successful communication. A genuine smile (40) ____________ as a gesture of conciliation in conflict, and it's important to know whether we are really being offered a truce or not.
4 Question 28. A. big В. great С. large D. huge Question 29. A. sign В. basis С. root D. fact Question 30. A. recollect В. accept С. admit D. recognise Question 31. A. put В. brought С. created D. stuck Question 32. A. Providing В. Considering С. Relating D. According Question 33. A. got down В. set out С. went off D. carried out Question 34. A. despite В. thereby С. however D. nonetheless Question 35. A. associated В. mixed С. joined D. accompanied Question 36. A. exhibitions В. resemblances С. appearances D. expressions Question 37. A. assure В. confirm С. justify D. approve Question 38. A. decide В. tell С. distinguish D. reckon Question 39. A. make В. earn С. do D. hold Question 40. A. aims В. serves С. portrays D. applies You are going to read an article about desert discoveries. For questions 41-45 choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. DESERT DISCOVERIES AND MONSTER MYTHS DAVID KEYS on new insights into the day of the dinosaur. Chinese and Canadian scientists working in the Gobi Desert have stumbled across a series of 80- million-year-old dinosaur colonies - including one with a dozen 150-centimetre-long babies, and another with five tiny embryos. These perfectly preserved, uncrushed skeletons are now helping experts study the range of facial and other physical differences displayed by dinosaurs within a single species. Because all the babies are of the same colony, they are certain to be of the same species and must therefore have a common gene pool. Detailed examination is revealing marked differences between individual colony members, with some of them having broader or larger faces than others. The new data emerging from this and related research have serious implications for dinosaur studies in general. In the past, differences in head size and shape have often led palaeontologists to conclude that they had discovered new species. But now that it is known that great physical variations can occur within a single dinosaur colony, experts fear that many of the 500 listed dinosaur species on the fossil record may not be separate species after all. The Gobi Desert colony discovered this year is of a species of vegetarian armoured dinosaur known as an ankylosaur. Finds so far include a large number of eggs, the babies, some adults and a group of embryos - each only 36 centimetres long. Excavations have provided snapshots of daily life in an ankylosaur