Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 TP HẢI PHÒNG 2024-2025.pdf ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HẢI PHÒNG ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm 80 câu; 16 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ CẤP THPT NĂM HỌC 2024 - 2025 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 10/12/2024 SECTION A: LISTENING Part 1: Listen to a radio interview with a young entrepreneur, Callum, who runs a successful website. For questions 1-5, mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits what you hear. You will hear the recording TWICE. Question 1. How did Callum first become interested in technology? A. He watched online tutorials. B. He played with robots at school. C. He was encouraged to start a website. D. His mother introduced him to it. Question 2. Why did Callum start his book review website? A. To promote reading among young people B. To share his personal thoughts on literature C. To improve teenagers’ academic skills D. To compete with gaming websites Question 3. When Callum launched his website, he felt _____________. A. disappointed by the initial response B. unsure if it looked professional enough C. confident it would be successful D. surprised at how well it functioned Question 4. What does Callum say about balancing his website with school and social life? A. He carefully plans his day in advance. B. He struggles to manage all his responsibilities. C. He rarely has time for relaxation. D. His social life is more demanding than his website. Question 5. What are Callum’s future career plans? A. To create more websites for different audiences B. To work for a technology company in the USA C. To study computer science at university D. To start his own web design business Part 2. Listen to an interview with the gardening experts Jed and Helena Stone. For questions 6-10, mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits what you hear. You
2 will hear the recording TWICE. Question 6. How does Helena feel about the use of Jed’s name for their joint business? A. She’s occasionally frustrated that her contribution goes unnoticed. B. She’s amused that they have a name people tend to remember. C. She’s irritated by the fact that Jed is more of a celebrity than she is. D. She’s appreciative of the respect that the name has brought her. Question 7. What is Jed’s attitude to his public profile? A. He enjoys it more now than he did when he was younger. B. He’s proud of the way it reflects his achievements. C. He’s unhappy that it prevents him doing everyday activities. D. He likes the fact that complete strangers often want to talk to him. Question 8. How did Helena feel about her work on The Travel Show? A. It was a welcome alternative to manual work. B. She felt obliged to do it at that particular time. C. She would have enjoyed it more in different circumstances. D. It was convenient for her to be away from the house then. Question 9. What gave Jed the incentive to make a jewel garden? A. He wanted to realize a long-held ambition. B. He was inspired by the illustrations at a talk he attended. C. He wanted to show pictures of it at a gardening event. D. He led people to believe that it already existed. Question 10. Jed says that, for him, the name “jewel garden” is _____________. A. a way of explaining his philosophy of design to people B. a reminder of the value of creativity C. a positive way of combining both past and present D. an appropriate one for something so beautiful SECTION B: PHONOLOGY Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress position is different from that of the others in each of the following questions. Question 11. A. intercept B. interpret C. interject D. intervene Question 12. A. criminalize B. astronomy C. entanglement D. impetuous Question 13. A. discernment B. deficient C. hemisphere D. cathedral Question 14. A. onward B. abate C. unique D. exempt

4 Question 29. We hadn't _____________ such a dramatic change in the weather, and our flight was cancelled. A. risen up B. bargained for C. set about D. fallen over Question 30. Herman’s first novel was published last year in a blaze of _____________. A. publicity B. public C. publication D. publicise Question 31. Robbie was too frightened to _____________ the mistake he had made. A. put in for B. go down with C. brush up on D. own up to Question 32. Atwood is regarded as the _____________ favorite to win the Booker Prize. A. ardent B. warm C. fiery D. hot Question 33. The staff will get a chance to ask questions and _____________ their views at the meeting. A. vent B. air C. utter D. blurt Question 34. It is apparent that physical health is _____________ linked to mental health. A. indomitably B. inextricably C. inexorably D. indulgently Question 35. The seemingly _____________ oil and minerals have shown signs of depletion over the years. A. inexhaustive B. exhaustive C. inexhaustible D. exhaustible SECTION D: READING Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 45. Ever had a song stuck in your head, playing on an endless loop? Scientists call them “involuntary musical images”, or “earworms”, and a wave of new research (36) _____________ and what can be learned from them. Some neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists are studying earworms to explore the mysteries of memory and the part of the brain that is beyond our conscious control. “The idea (37) _____________ is an illusion,” says psychologist Lauren Stewart, who founded the master's program in music, mind and brain at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where recent research has taken place. (38) _____________, researchers haven't been able to watch what happens in the brain when they occur. (39) _____________ comes from surveys, questionnaires, diaries and lab experiments. A Goldsmiths study published in the journal Memory and Cognition this year showed that the singing we hear in our heads (40) _____________. Researchers had 17 volunteers tap to the beat of any earworm they heard during a four-day period (41) _____________ recorded their movements. The tapping tempos were within 10% of the tempos of the original recordings. Another Goldsmiths study, published this year in Consciousness and Cognition, found that people who report hearing earworms often, and find them most intrusive, have slightly different brain structures, (42) _____________. Studies also show that the music in our heads often starts playing during times of “low cognitive load”, such as while showering, getting dressed, walking, or doing chores. Dr. Stewart likens earworms to “sonic