Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 BẢNG B HẢI PHÒNG 2024-2025 (MINH HOẠ).docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HẢI PHÒNG ĐỀ MINH HOẠ (Đề thi có 14 trang, gồm 80 câu trắc nghiệm) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ CẤP THPT BẢNG B NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm. Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, bao gồm cả từ điển. SECTION A: LISTENING Part 1: For questions 1-5, listen to a radio programme about two writers and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the information which fits best according to what you hear. You will hear the recording twice. 1. The novelist J. D. Salinger went to university but ______ A. left before finishing the first year. B. was asked to leave. C. received poor grades in his first year. D. did not regard getting a degree as ‘success’. 2. Salinger’s famous novel about adolescence was ______ A. extremely popular but condemned by some people. B. popular mainly because it was controversial. C. only popular with younger readers. D. not taught in many schools at first. 3. Because Salinger refused to be in the public eye, ______ A. his fame actually increased. B. people stopped asking him for interviews. C. nobody was even sure what religion he was. D. he was rarely talked about. 4. Harper Lee’s education was ______ A. more successful than Salinger’s. B. not as successful as she had hoped. C. not as successful as Salinger’s. D. very similar to Salinger’s. 5. How did Harper Lee find time to write her first novel? A. A friend paid for her to take a year off work. B. A friend got her work as a songwriter in New York. C. She couldn’t find a job in New York. D. She wrote slowly for ten years in total. Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a radio interview in which a psychologist, Colin Fraser, talks about cultural identity and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the information
2 which fits best according to what you hear. You will hear the recording twice. 6. When discussing his own cultural identity, Colin reveals _____ A. his ability to adapt. B. his resilience to changing cultures. C. his unorthodox family background. D. his feeling of alienation. 7. What does Colin regard as the defining aspect of a person’s cultural identity? A. the emotion it generates B. the sense of birth right C. the physical proximity to heritage D. the symbols of tradition 8. What is the influence of a culture attributed to? A. the knowledge of one’s background B. the dissemination of wisdom C. the connection between societies D. the practice of archaic rituals 9. According to Colin, what makes a culture successful on the global scene? A. its capacity for tolerance B. its isolation from the mainstream C. its aptitude for resolving conflicts D. its ability to be self-effacing 10. During the conversation, Colin is _____ A. advocating the celebration of heritage. B. distinguishing between birthplace and residence. C. highlighting the differences in societies. D. addressing the issues raised by conflicting cultures. SECTION B: PHONOLOGY I. 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 group. 11. A. massage B. courage C. storage D. shortage 12. A. anthem B. feather C. fathom D. within 13. A. concentrate B. delicate C. candidate D. accurate 14. A. failure B. picture C. culture D. sculpture 15. A. debt B. nib C. absorb D. absent II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group. 16. A. intimacy B. miraculous C. solidify D. appropriate 17. A. contrast B. convene C. control D. conduct 18. A. outgoing B. ongoing C. onlooker D. upcoming 19. A. finish B. suppose C. decide D. precede 20. A. adulthood B. sophomore C. discipline D. personal