Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 QUẢNG NINH BẢNG A 2024-2025 (MINH HOẠ).docx ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH QUẢNG NINH ĐỀ THI MINH HỌA KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH THPT Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Bảng A Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề (Đề thi này có 18 trang) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE • Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe và mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu; • Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. Part 1. (1.0 point): Listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. 1. The number of students with anxiety increased by 135% in eight years. 2. College students experiencing several mental health problems doubled by over 60%. 3. According to Dr Lipson, traditional college years, a key developmental time, coincides with the age of onset for lifelong mental illnesses. 4. Most people suffering from their mental health crises will have them after 24. 5. In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and school closures have resulted in many students worrying about their uncertain future. Part 2. (1.0 point): You will hear part of a lecture about culture of organizations. and answer the questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1. In what kind of organizations is the power culture commonly observed? __________________________________________________________________ 2. What form of communication often occurs in organizations with power culture? __________________________________________________________________ 3. What is job security considered to be in power culture organizations? __________________________________________________________________ 4. How are jobs controlled in large companies with role culture? __________________________________________________________________ 5. What can large organizations achieve due to their size in relation to production costs? __________________________________________________________________ Part 3. (1.0 point) You will hear part of a radio phone-in programme about consumer competitions that appear in magazines or are run by shops, in which advice is given to people who regularly enter them. Circle the answer (A, B, C or D) that fits best according to what you hear.
2 1. Diana has phoned because she ____________. A. feels that she is the victim of an injustice. B. is reluctant to consult a lawyer yet. C. fears she misunderstood an agreement she made. D. wants to avoid falling out with her best friend. 2. Kathy tells Diana that ____________. A. her problem is a rather unusual one. B. she should have been more careful when dealing with her friend. C. it is unfortunate that her friend has the attitude that she has. D. she would regret taking legal action. 3. What does Kathy tell Ron about using different names when entering competitions? A. People who do so are regularly caught out. B. It may affect the quality of a competitor’s entries. C. There are rarely occasions when it might be justified. D. It is unusual for competitors to decide to do so. 4. What has led Stan to phone in? A. an inadequate response to a complaint he has made B. a feeling of confusion as to the rules of a competition C. a belief that he has been sent inaccurate information D. a desire for more openness about the results of competitions 5. What does Kathy tell Stan about the competition he entered? A. Some of the phrasing of the instructions is ambiguous. B. The rules allow for results that may appear unfair. C. A deliberate attempt has been made to mislead competitors. D. It is the sort of competition that it is best not to enter. Part 4. (2.0 points): Listen to a talk about sleep and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided. SLEEP AND MENTAL HEALTH 1. The culprit behind our ____________ relationship to sleep originates from our ancient understanding of the subject. 2. Parents of small children have a disposition to be ____________ in routine negotiations. 3. Every reversal becomes a drama, every disappointment turns into a catastrophe and every excitement
3 shifts into ____________. 4. An innovatively ____________ approach to bedtimes when growing up can be considered an expression of independence and individuality. 5. There are various ways of expressing our perceptions about lives, ranging from positive narratives to appalling tales of complete ignorance and ____________. 6. When exhaustion sets in, we tend to think in a ____________ way. 7. When we lie in bed, we think that we bear a resemblance to a ____________, for instance, a rabbit or a squirrel. 8. Given the harsh grown-up life, we need to be free to ____________ this. 9. It is inferred from curled squirrel position that mental problems cannot be universally handled by ____________. 10. It is not until we have treated ourselves with a ____________ or a long night’s sleep that we understand the reasons to live. II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (3.0 points) Part 1. (1.0 point): Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. 1. The doctor insisted that his patient ____________. A. did not work too hard for three months B. to take some vacation for three months C. take it easy inside of three months D. takes it easy inside of three months 2. You ____________ then; otherwise, the policeman wouldn’t have stopped you. A. could have been speeding B. must have been speeding C. might have been speeding D. ought to have been speeding 3. ____________, they slept soundly. A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot although the night air was C. Hot as was the night air D. Hot though the night air was 4. ____________, he would have been able to pass the exam A. if he studied hardly last year B. Had he studied harder last year C. Provided he studied hard last year D. Studying harder last year 5. Could I pick your ____________ on the subject before the meeting? A. brains B. head C. intellect D. mind 6. When she puts her mind to it, she is always capable of ____________ sarcasm. A. sharpening B. biting C. slicing D. striking 7. You should be ____________ ashamed of yourself for what you have done.
4 A. thoroughly B. hopelessly C. entirely D. earnestly 8. We should have taken more care when booking our accommodation; we did it ____________ and it wasn’t very good. A. on the go B. on the run C. on the fly D. on the firing line 9. Investigators have not yet ____________ the possibility that he was being blackmailed. A. dug around B. ruled out C. boiled down to D. thrived on 10. That’s weird he didn’t agree to lend you his bike, isn’t he the type of person who would give you ____________ off his back? A. the coat B. the shoes C. the bag D. the shirt Part 2. (0.5 point): Fill in each blank with ONE suitable particle or preposition to make a correct sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1. Even though the police went ____________ the evidence many times, they didn’t find anything. 2. Their house was cut ____________ from the village by the flooding river. 3. He threatened to set the dogs ____________ us if we didn’t get off his property. 4. We were so taken ____________ by his decision to resign that we didn’t know what to say. 5. You can’t talk me ____________ giving you more money. I’ve given you enough already. Part 3. (0.5 point): Each sentence below has four underlined parts, one of which is NOT CORRECT. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the incorrect ones. 1. It is essential that a comprehensible development program be made available to help teachers of English A B C foster their continuing professional development. D 2. It was indubitably a cyclone romance because the couple decided to tie the knot just two months after they A B C D met. 3. For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herb, and flowers and using A B them for perfume or medicine. C D 4. Architects once thought buildings not as separate architectural entities but as parts of an organic whole that A B C