Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 HÀ TĨNH 2021-2022.docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ TĨNH ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 17 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2021 – 2022 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút • Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển. • Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các chỗ trống hoặc các ô cho sẵn. • Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D. • Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm. I. LISTENING HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU: • Bài nghe gồm 04 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 02 lần, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần có tín hiệu. • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1: What does Lisa say about each object? Listen to the recording and give the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 6 as follows. Write A. if she says it is ESSENTIAL B. if she says it is RECOMMENDED. C. if she says it is NOT RECOMMENDED. Example: Documents Answer: A 1. At least £50 _____________ 2. Warm clothing _____________ 3. Personal computer _____________ 4. Food from home _____________ 5. Favourite tapes or CDs _____________ 6. Photos from home _____________ Part 2: For questions 7 - 10, listen to a radio interview with a travel writer called Marina Vardy and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 7. What made Marina start traveling? A. a sudden desire to overcome her fear of the sea B. a difficult problem in the life she had at the time C. an unexpected opportunity to escape a boring routine
2 D. a friend's wish for a traveling companion 8. How did Marina first get into writing? A. She wanted to describe the different exotic places that she visited. B. She found it satisfying to write her private feelings in a teenage diary. C. She enjoyed the reaction of others to something she wrote as a young girl. D. She was keen to be like her father, who was an enthusiastic writer. 9. What does Marina say is her greatest challenge? A. feeling uncertain about the quality of her work B. coping with some lack of support from her family C. having to face danger for the sake of a story D. finding things to write about that will interest her readers 10. Marina says that aspiring travel writers must ensure that they _____________. A. work hard to make their writing style as good as they can. B. try to make their readers experience strong emotions. C. offer much more than an account of their own adventures. D. keep their own grandmother in mind as they write. Part 3: For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with the author of a new book on leisure time and activities and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 11. The author thought no one should be bored when so many leisure opportunities were on offer. 12. Her children's enthusiasm for school holidays was short-lived. 13. Her friend used to enjoy expensive leisure activities. 14. Her uncle enjoyed the freedom of retirement. 15. Both sections of the book contain similar types of information. Part 4: For questions 16 - 25, listen to a film reviewer giving a talk and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. Keira Knightley has (16) _____________ claims that her new film The Duchess, a historical drama set in the 18th Century, (17) _____________ the life of Princess Diana. The film tells the true life story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was the great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. In the film Knightley plays an aristocratic woman who is trapped in a marriage to a man who is in love with his (18) _____________. Many people think that this (19) _____________ mimics the experiences of Princess
3 Diana, whose husband Prince Charles also had a long-standing clandestine relationship with another woman. Even the film‟s tag line, “There were three people in her marriage”, suggests a link to Diana‟s story, as it bears a remarkable similarity to the words the princess used to describe her own situation in a highly candid 1995 television interview. However, Keira Knightley has tried to (20) _____________ the similarities in the stories and explained that the (21) _____________ she plays in the film is interesting enough to (22) _____________ a complete film about her. Moreover, the 23-year-old actress claims that she can‟t remember the story of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's doomed marriage, because she was only 11 years old when Diana died. In any case, The Duchess provides a fascinating (23) _____________ into personal relationships in a society where (24) _____________ was a taboo, whether the Diana connection exists or not. Furthermore, the film shows the architecture and (25) _____________ of 18th Century England down to the smallest detail. II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the numbered boxes. 1. The quality of the young artist’s painting is beginning to gain _____________ throughout the world. A. knowledge B. understanding C. recognition D. familiarity 2. Get going! All the students were _____________ around, waiting until the last minute to go into the building. A. dwelling B. lingering C. staggering D. running 3. If need _____________, I can bring some extra chairs from home so everyone has a place to sit. A. be B. is C. was D. were 4. I am in a _____________ about how to use this CD Rom. A. loss B. difficulty C. quandary D. mind- game 5. I've searched _____________ for that old photo album, but I can't find it anywhere. A. high and low B. long and short C. straight and narrow D. thick and thin 6. Advances in special effects have brought a new _____________ of life to the film industry. A. surge B. lease C. time D. flash 7. For the first few months, the babies looked so alike I couldn’t tell _____________. A. who is whom B. which is which C. which from which D. whom with whom 8. Karl Kani, who was a black American designer, was the first to _____________ the trend of merging hip hop with fashion. A. leak B. set C. take D. hit 9. Richard is _____________ confident, and this has helped him climb the corporate ladder.
4 A. acutely B. blissfully C. supremely D. immensely 10. She's read this book twice already. That's why it's so _____________. A. smudged B. dusty C. dog-eared D. dented 11. 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 12. Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. Phuong Thao: “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 are welcome 13. The problem is not with the new design _____________, but rather the way it is marketed. A. with or without itself B. in and of itself C. just by itself D. all by itself 14. The incredible thing about telephone _____________ across the continents, but that you can recognize the other person’s voice. A. is it allow people to talk instantly B. is not that people can instantly talk to each other C. is it provides instant talking to each other D. is that people can talk instantly 15. On the battlefield _____________. A. the tanks lay B. did the tanks lie C. lay the tanks D. lied the tanks 16. _____________ visit the British Museum while you are in London, you mustn't forget to look at the famous Rosetta Stone. A. Unless you B. If you should C. For fear that you D. When you might 17. The business has had a bumpy _____________ over the last twelve months, but profits are growing again now. A. journey B. ride C. time D. drive 18. She awoke with an _____________ sense of foreboding which she could find no reason for. A. intelligible B. intensive C. indelible D. intangible 19. _____________ the drawbacks of relocating companies to remote area, I still believe that the benefits are more significant. A. Although B. Much as C. Albeit D. Notwithstanding 20. I grew up in California, so when I moved to Minnesota, I felt like I stuck out _____________. A. a kilometre B. an inch C. a yard D. a mile