Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 THANH HOÁ 2024-2025.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Mã đề thi: 808 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2024 - 2025 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - THPT Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề. (Đề thi có 15 trang, gồm 72 câu). SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (70 points) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU  Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe đều có tín hiệu.  Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.  Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1: You will hear a conversation between Amir and a librarian. For questions 1-5, choose the answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear. Question 1: Which of the following has Amir done already? A. Been on a library induction tour. B. Used the e-journals. C. Used the library search engine. D. Reserved some books. Question 2: How many library inductions are currently available each week? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5 Question 3: Where can Amir sign up for a library induction tour? A. On level two. B. On level three. C. On level one. D. On level four. Question 4: What can Amir access when typing in electrical transmission according to the librarian’s instructions? A. Over five thousand e-books. B. Thousands of e-books. C. Thousands of articles. D. Over five thousand articles. Question 5: What time does the librarian recommend that Amir return to meet the subject librarian? A. At around 12:30. B. At around 1:00. C. At around 12:15. D. At around 2:00. Part 2: You will hear a website interview with a fashion designer called Sam Tait. For questions 6-10, choose the answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear. Question 6: When did Sam start making her own clothes? A. When she was a graduate. B. When she was a high school student. C. When she was an apprentice. D. When she studied at college.


4 C. more intricate than that of our closest relatives D. more intricate than our closest relatives Question 24: Unfortunately, his report doesn’t ____________ with what we’ve learnt from other sources. A. rally B. dally C. tally D. ally Question 25: ____________ a fire, hotel guests are asked to remain calm and strictly follow the staff’s instructions. A. In the event of B. In connection with C. In terms of D. Regardless of Question 26: They were at home with us last night, so they ____________ at the theatre then. A. need not have been B. mustn’t have been C. might have been D. can’t have been Question 27: What a lovely shirt you are wearing, ____________? A. is it B. aren’t you C. isn’t it D. are you Question 28: The green protest is expected to ____________ steam after the minister approves the construction of a shopping center in place of the park. A. take up B. pick up C. carve up D. clock up Mark the letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that fits each of the numbered blanks from 29 to 34. Human activities are driving up the Earth’s temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us. The main cause is a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. Gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons, (29) ____________, like the glass walls of a greenhouse. The more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped, strengthening the greenhouse effect and increasing the Earth’s temperature. Human activities, like the burning of fossil fuels, have increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by more than a third since the Industrial Revolution. (30) ____________. This makes global warming a pressing concern for countries all over the world. Climate change has a tremendous impact on the oceans, the weather, the food sources, and individuals’ health. Polar ice caps are melting faster due to higher temperatures. The extra water that was once held in glaciers causes sea levels to rise and (31) ____________, flooding coastal regions. Warmer temperatures also make weather more extreme, thereby causing not only more intense major storms, floods, and heavy snowfall, but also longer and more frequent droughts. (32) ____________. Growing crops becomes more difficult, the areas where plants and animals can live shift, and water supplies are diminished. In addition to creating new agricultural challenges, climate change can directly affect people’s physical health. In urban areas, the warmer atmosphere creates an environment that traps and increases the amount of