Title ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 QUẢNG BÌNH 2023-2024.docx ✅

Page 1 of 6 pages SỞ GD VÀ ĐT QUẢNG BÌNH ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9, 12 CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Khóa ngày 05 tháng 12 năm 2023 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH SỐ BÁO DANH:…………… LỚP 12 THPT Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề gồm có 06 trang. Lưu ý:  Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.  Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển. SECTION ONE: LISTENING Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu  Bài nghe gồm 3 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây; mở đầu mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Part 1. For questions 1-5, you will hear an interview with Karen Simpson and Jason Todd, two fashion designers. Listen and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question. (5pts) 1. What is Karen's attitude towards consumers of fashion? A. They are often uninterested in ethics. B. They are only concerned with having fun. C. They are very influenced by the media. D. They are uninformed about many issues. 2. What does Jason think about combining different approaches to fashion design? A. It's too complicated for many people to try. B. It's more difficult than he'd expected. C. It's often misunderstood by consumers. D. It's ignored by the industry in general. 3. What do Karen and Jason both say about developing their design styles? A. They try to produce something recognizably their own. B. They are motivated by their own experiences. C. They want to do things that other designers don't. D. They understand the need to adapt to a changing market. 4. Karen thinks her priority in her clothes is that they_______. A. have a sensible rationale B. are comfortable to wear C. are reasonably priced D. have a practical use 5. Jason regards the production process as_______. A. challenging due to the pressures of time B. satisfying because of the teamwork involved C. demanding due to the way things change D. rewarding because his designs come to life Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). (5pts) 6. Jackie was surprised that David had problems placing his order. 7. David needs to order the software for his work. 8. Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online. 9. Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not very good quality. 10. David buys both versions of the software. Part 3. For questions 11-20, you will hear a short talk about 3D printing. Listen and complete each sentence with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. (10pts) 3D PRINTING The 3D printing process builds an object by successively adding material layer by layer, which is why it is also called (11) _______. This method is more economical and time-saving compared to (12) _______.
Page 2 of 6 pages The first step in 3D printing involves creating a (13) _______ of the 3D modeled object. This can be done either by using (14) _______ to create your own designs or by finding objects on (15) _______. Once the data has been transmitted to the printer, the material is pulled, melted and deposited to the (16) _______ where the cooling process takes place. The development of new materials has flourished (17) _______ food, in which beautiful (18) _______ are created. 3D printing also has practical values in the medical sector where (19) _______ are tested to invent (20) _______. SECTION TWO: PHONETICS AND LEXICO - GRAMMAR Part 1. For questions 21-23, pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (3pts) 21. A. scout B. mouse C. proud D. louche 22. A. assessment B. passages C. passionate D. pessimism 23. A. molecules B. content C. benevolent D. technique Part 2. For questions 24-25, choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. (2pts) 24. A. antonym B. consultant C. museum D. cathedral 25. A. industrial B. memorial C. controversial D. exceptional Part 3. For questions 26-35, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions. (10pts) 26. _______, she spent nearly an hour walking all around the neighborhood to look for her car. A. Unable to remember where she was parking B. Unable to remember where she has parked C. Forgetting where to park D. Not remembering where she had parked 27. She now says she didn’t really want the job that she failed to get, but I think it is just _______ . A. a cup of tea B. green fingers C. full of beans D. sour grapes 28. I have never seen _______before. A. such good film B. so good film C. so good a film D. such good a film 29. The accused man was proved innocent and was _______. A. liberated B. acquitted C. interned D. excused 30. Mai is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her last essay. Mai: “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.” Ms Lan: “_______. I enjoyed it.” A. Not in the least B. Just in case C. At all costs D. You’re welcome 31. Jack thinks Daisy is going to take a gap year after graduating, _____? A. doesn’t he B. does he C. isn’t she D. is she 32. Just take one job and do your best. Don’t be a jack _______ and master of none. A. for all trades B. of all tracks C. of all trades D. for all jobs 33. If you don't finish your homework early, I will breathe down your _______ all evening long until it is done. A. shoulder B. neck C. mouth D. heart 34. John is _______ confident, and this has helped him climb the corporate ladder. A. acutely B. blissfully C. immensely D. supremely 35. No decision has been taken about the building of the new airport. The authorities are still _______. A. beating about the bush B. comparing apples and oranges C. sitting on the fence D. holding all the aces Part 4. For questions 36-40, each of the following sentences contains ONE mistake. FIND and CORRECT it. (5pts) 36. Air pollution is defined as any contamination of the atmosphere that disturb the natural composition and chemistry of the air. 37. It has been proposed that Peter submits his application as soon as possible. 38. A paragraph is a portion of text consists of some sentences related to the same idea. 39. She sat down on a black comfortable leather sofa to relax after a hard day. 40. You have to bear into mind that there will be quiet a few children there.
Page 3 of 6 pages Part 5. For questions 41- 45, supply the correct form of each word given in brackets. (5pts) Until relatively recently, it was thought that heat and cold presented (41. MOUNT) ______ problems to living organisms and that all life existed in a narrow range of favourable temperatures. However, the discovery of extremophiles has forced a (42. ASSESS) _______ of that view. Extremophiles are bacteria that survive, and even thrive, in (43. SEEM) _______ impossible conditions. (44. PROBABLE) _______ as it may seem, some exist at temperatures exceeding 80 degree Celsius in geysers and hot springs, while others live in the freezing conditions of the Antarctic (45. WILD) ______. While most species of large animals are threatened by global warming, even to the point of extinction that kind of ecological change may actually benefit the extremophiles. These mysterious organisms may survive long after the human race. Part 6. For questions 46-50, 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) run through peg away brush up nod off pick apart take after 46. Before the exam, I have to _______ on the subject. I haven’t studied accounting for a long time. 47. She was _______ by her boss for not preparing the documents properly. 48. My mother was preparing our dinner while my father _______ in his room. 49. After our busy day, we both sat and _______ in front of the TV. 50. The whole business sounds too irrational to me to risk _______ all my life savings. SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION Part 1. For questions 51-60, read the following passage and choose the answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. (10pts) Digitally connected manufacturing, often (51) _______ “Industry 4.0”, encompasses a wide variety of technologies, ranging (52) _______ 3D printing to robotics, new materials and production systems. A move towards Industry 4.0 would benefit the private sector. Large, integrated manufacturers would find in it a way to (53) _______ and shorten their supply chain, for example via flexible factories. A more digitalized manufacturing would also open new market (54) _______ for SMEs providing such specialized technologies as sensors, robotics, 3D printing or machine-to-machine communications. For developed nations, Industry 4.0 - a term initially (55) _______ in Germany - could be a way to regain manufacturing competitiveness. This is particularly relevant in the case of Western Europe, which, unlike the US, does not currently enjoy reduced energy costs. As for (56) _______ markets, Industry 4.0 could provide the much-needed route to moving up the value chain, something that has become (57) _______ important to achieve in the teeth of rising labor costs. For example, China’s new ten-year plan, issued last May and aptly (58) _______ “Made in China 2025”, targets key sectors such as robotics, information technology and energy (59) _______ turning the country from a “manufacturing giant” into a “world manufacturing power”. As promising as it is, much more work remains to be done to make Industry 4.0 a large-scale reality. On the regulatory side, for instance, policymakers will have to ensure that data - the (60) _______ of Industry 4.0 - can move freely and securely throughout the supply chain, including across borders. This is an effort that is likely to take some time. 51. A. deferred to as B. referred to as C. deferred to D. referred to 52. A. in B. on C. from D. at 53. A. optimize B. maximize C. customize D. legitimize 54. A. abilities B. possibilities C. opportunities D. places 55. A. yielded B. pieced C. landed D. coined 56. A. novel B. emerging C. premature D. immature 57. A. regularly B. increasingly C. sincerely D. fearfully 58. A. named B. known C. thought D. based 59. A. in the interests of B. in lieu of C. in awe of D. in the hope of 60. A. pins and needles B. nuts and bolts C. root and branch D. part and parcel
Page 4 of 6 pages Cloze Paper 3 Part 1 Part 2. For questions 61-70, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. (10pts) Many ancient civilisations assumed the earth to be the centre of the universe, and it was not until 1610, with Galileo’s invention of the telescope, that it was possible to prove that, (61) ______ to popular belief, the earth in fact revolved round the sun. Telescopes have improved greatly (62) ______ then, but the exponential (63) _____of cities in the last few decades has brought new difficulties in that the glow from all the lights interferes (64) ______ the very dim signals from the stars. To (65) ______ extent, a solution has been found by building observatories in places where this interference can be cut (66) ______ a minimum. Mauna Kea, the largest observatory in the world, was built thousands of metres (67) ______ sea level, in the crater of a dormant volcano in Hawaii. Although such strategically placed observatories were successful, leading astronomers realised that, (68) _____the science was to progress, even more radical steps would have to be (69) ______, and this (70)______to the building of the Hubole Space telescope in 1990. As Hubble operates in space, it is completely unaffected by light or atmospheric pollution. It can detect galaxies that have never been seen, and can transmit images of even the most distant stars at the very edge of the universe. Part 3. For questions 71-75, read the text below and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each of the questions. (5pts) A ghostly animal creeps silently through a Florida swamp. It's a rare type of big cat known as a Florida panther, one of only 80 to 100 such panthers left in the world. Scientists must work to save these remaining panthers from extinction, but their secretive nature is making it difficult. They are attaching a special transmitter to each Florida panther so they can follow their movements, range, and habits. The technology these transmitters use is called satellite tracking. The scientists are dedicated professionals, but they are not pioneers. Their colleagues before them have attached tiny transmitters to many different kinds of wild animals, including birds, fish and big cats. So the Florida scientists are using their methods. Firstly, they must trap and tranquillize the panther. Then, the transmitter is attached to a harness and strapped to the panther's body. Each harness is custom- designed and manually adjusted for panthers so it fits comfortably. Scientists don't want the transmitter to interfere with the panther's natural habits. The point of tracking them is to find out as much as they can about their natural habits. Once the tracking transmitter is in place, the information it records is sent to an orbiting satellite. The satellite can see the transmitter that is attached to the panther, even when it is out of sight of a biologist on the ground. The satellite collects information from the transmitter about the panther's exact location. Once the information is received, it is transmitted back to Earth so it can be recorded by the scientists. Scientists can use the information in many different ways. They can follow the panthers on the ground and observe their behavior. Alternatively, they can use the information to determine the panthers' ranges and to understand their social patterns. They can also track how environmental changes like weather conditions affect their movements and health. All this information can be used to provide ideal conditions for the endangered panthers. It can also be used to protect the panthers from danger. In the end, the panther silently slips away through the trees. Around its shoulders a transmitter is sending signals via satellite to a dedicated biologist. The biologist is using the information the transmitter provides to save the Florida Panthers from extinction. With the help of satellite tracking these beautiful cats have a better chance of survival in the modern world. 71. What is the passage mainly about? A. The use of a tracking device to protect Florida panthers B. Different methods of tracking Florida panthers C. The dedication of scientists to save Florida panthers D. Florida panthers' secretive nature and habits 72. According to the passage, what information does the satellite collect from the transmitter? A. The chance of panthers' survival B. The panther's exact location C. The biologists on the ground D. The total number of panthers 73. Florida panthers are characterized as the animals that _______. A. tend to remain hidden from people B. are abundant in number C. live with the spirit of ghosts D. can be easily followed