Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 12 CỤM TRƯỜNG BẮC NINH 2024-2025.docx ✅

1 SỞ GD VÀ ĐT BẮC NINH CỤM TRƯỜNG THPT (Đề thi gồm 17 trang ) ĐỀ THI GIAO LƯU HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 Môn: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 08 tháng 12 năm 2024 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Listen to a lecture on diamonds and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers onto the answer sheet. Question 1. What is the purpose of this lecture? A. To discuss the formation of diamonds. B. To review the elements of carbon. C. To discuss types of gems. D. To compare diamonds and gold Question 2. In which condition(s) do diamonds form in the Earth’s mantle? A. Both B and C. B. High temperature and extreme pressure occur. C. Carbon is transported. D. A large amount of carbon deposits Question 3. Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 C's used by the jewelry business? A. Color B. Carat C. Carbon D. Cut Question 4. What is a "seed" in the context of diamond production? A. A synthetic material used to grow diamonds. B. A rare type of carbon found in nature. C. A small piece of natural diamond used as a base. D. A colorful diamond formed under high pressure. Question 5. What does the term "fancies" refer to in the lecture? A. Artificial diamonds made without any natural materials. B. Transparent diamonds with perfect clarity. C. Diamonds that are not considered genuine. D. Rare, colorful diamonds found in nature. Question 6. Why do some people in the jewelry business avoid the term "synthetic diamonds"? A. Because the production method is expensive. B. Because it implies the diamonds are fake. C. Because synthetic diamonds are not made of carbon. D. Because natural diamonds are cheaper

3 A. the shape B. the decoration C. the building material D. the display space Question 16. The hotel phone booths which Lucy worked on were ____________. A. intended to be the largest feature of the lobby B. designed for countries with relatively few mobile phones C. placed at the entrance to the hotel lobby D. developed with mobile phone users in mind Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the numbered blanks . Disruptive technologies are now dictating our future, as new innovations increasingly (17) ____________ the lines between physical, digital and biological realms. Robots are already in our operating rooms and fast-food restaurants; we can now use 3D imaging and stem-cell (18) ____________ grow human bones from a patient's own cells; and 3D printing is creating a circular economy in which we can use and then reuse raw materials. This (19) ____________ of technological innovation will continue to profoundly change how we live and work, and how our societies operate. In what is now called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technologies that are coming of age - including robotics, nanotechnology, virtual (20) ____________, 3D printing, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and advanced biology - will (21) ____________. And as these technologies continue to be developed and widely adopted, they will bring about (22) ____________ shifts in all disciplines, industries and economies, and in the way that we produce, distribute, consume and dispose of goods and services. These developments have provoked anxious questions about what role humans will play in a technology-driven world. A 2013 University of Oxford study estimates that (23) ____________ half of all jobs in the United States could be lost to automation over the next two decades. On the other hand, economists such as Boston University's James Bessen argue that automation often goes (24) ____________ with the creation of new jobs. So which is it - new jobs or massive structural unemployment? At this point, we can be certain that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have a disruptive impact on employment, but no one can yet predict the scale of change. So, before we (25) ____________ all the bad news, we should look at history, which suggests that technological change more often affects the nature of work, (26) ____________ the opportunity to participate in work itself. Question 17. A. tamper B. gloss C. distort D. blur Question 18. A. addition to B. creation of C. introduction to D. extraction to