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Tiếng Anh THPT – Bảng A 1 CỤM THI LIÊN TRƯỜNG THPT QUỲNH LƯU-HOÀNG MAI-LÊ LỢI NGUYỄN XUÂN ÔN - ĐÔ LƯƠNG 2 (Đề gồm 12 trang) ĐỀ KSCL ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 ĐỢT 1 – NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - BẢNG A Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH Bằng số: ………………………………….. Bằng chữ: ………………..……………….... Giám khảo 1: ……………………………………… Giám khảo 2: ……………………………………… SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points) Part 1. You are going to hear a talk. As you listen, fill in the missing information. For questions 1- 15, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. You will listen twice. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our visit to one of the most famous caves in Vietnam. As you know, this cave is famous for its wildlife, and one of the (1)………………… you will observe in here is the (2)……………….. They live mostly on the bird and (3)…………………. that are so plentiful in the caves. The guardrails along the trails are covered with these droppings, and this makes a feast for the cockroaches, so be careful where you put your hands. They will not harm you, but it can be a shock if you touch them! Once you are in one of the main caves, look out for the (4)………………….. They will not be on the trail but can often be seen on the wall close by. They feed on (5)…………………. and are fascinating to look at because of their colour, and, of course, their many legs. Please, please do not try to pick one up though; these centipedes have a very nasty (6)…………………... There are also deep red millipedes. These have a fully (7)………………., and they look like a (8)………………….. elongated train with a hundred or so closely packed legs extending right and left. When you get to the large high caves, you should look right up above you for the swifts and bats. The bats in this cave are mostly a type of (9)……………….., which are common in this part of the world. They will be (10)………………. high up against the walls – maybe a hundred or two hundred together. They look like (11)………….. high on the walls of the cave. They are likely to be very quiet right now, but because there are so many of them together you will have no difficulty (12)…………… them. They sleep all day until they all leave the cave in a (13)………………….. on their nightly hunt for flying insects. The swifts are the creatures you can see flying around during the day, especially if they have young ones to feed. They can (14)………………in the darkness here, and will fly outside in ones and twos at dusk to catch small winged insects like mosquitoes. However they tend to return before it is pitch black outside, and they do not hunt at night. The swifts make nests, usually higher up on the (15)…………….of the cave. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Tiếng Anh THPT – Bảng A 2 Part 2. You will hear an interview with a designer of clothing. For questions 16-20, choose the answer (А, В, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. You will listen twice. 16. How does the designer explain her interest in the fashion industry? A. Both parents were actively involved in it. B. She was encouraged to pursue her passion. C. She’s always been interested in her own clothing. D. Her sewing teacher was very good. 17. The reason the designer changed focus of her college studies was because_________ A. she became interested in something different. B. she focus on her employment prospects. C. she was a part of a class where a teacher inspired her. D. her initial enthusiasm faded. 18. What does the designer say about her apprenticeship experience? A. It proved quite useful when running a business of her own. B. It was more relevant than whatever she learned at college. C. She believes that such apprenticeships should be made mandatory. D. She feels fortunate about being given such a good placement. 19. What part of her character does Sam say attracted her to designing clothes? A. A desire to be more attractive. B. Her interest in others. C. Social awkwardness. D. Her love for colour. 20. What would be the summary of the designer’s view on fashion? A. Practicality should come before artistry. B. You can show different moods using clothing. C. Fashion should be used to make people look better. D. Fashion helps bring art into our life. Your answer 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part 3. Listen to a piece of BBC news “Apple-FBI iPhone argument getting bigger” and decide the statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. You will listen twice. 21. The iPhone belonged to someone who killed people last month. T / F 22. Apple said unlocking the iPhone would be a threat to its customers. T / F 23. America's Department of Justice (DOJ) is on Apple's side. T / F 24. The DOJ said Apple was putting up technological barriers. T / F 25. The DOJ said Apple was an evil company. T / F Your answer 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. SECTION B. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1. We believe that the cumulative effects of renewed prosperity will expectations. A. overcome B. undermine C. surpass D. succeed 2. I’ve applied for the job I saw in the newspaper last month A. advertised B. advertising C. be advertised D. being advertised 3. I felt that he lacked the to pursue a difficult task to the very end. A. persuasion B. obligation C. engagement D. commitment 4. Check the apparatus carefully to make sure it has not been_________ A. broken into B. tempered with C. touched up D. taken out 5. I am afraid that you have _________ the deadline, so we can't take your application into account. A. missed B. met C. delayed D. put off 6. Mrs John was in deep_________ after her husband’s unexpected death A. regret B. grief C. lament D. disturbance
Tiếng Anh THPT – Bảng A 3 7. This song is not __________ as original as their previous ones. A. almost B. virtually C. nearly D. practically 8. I don't think you know where she is, ______? A. don’t I B. don’t you C. do I D. do you 9. I know that she has tried hard; ________ that as it may, her work is just not good enough. A. come B. must C. should D. be Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 10. Soccer is my father’s favourite sport. He is infatuated with it. A. besotted with B. responsible C. obsessed with D. compatible with Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 11. She doesn’t know what they are going to ask in the job interview. She will just play it by ear. A. plan well in advance B. be careful about it C. listen to others saying D. do not plan beforehand Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges 12. Tim is talking to Tom about their friends’ marriage. Tim: "They got divorced.” - Tom:" ________ " A. I have no idea. Can you give a clue? B. Right, be careful with them. C. Congratulations! D. You don’t say! Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 The role of the traditional zoo, inherited from the 19th century, has undergone a dramatic shift. A growing recognition that zoos ought to be in the vanguard of the fight for the devastation of our natural world has begun a zoologic revolution. The change occurred in the 1960s, when the Jersey zoo was set up to breed endangered species. As a result, the breeding of animals in captive has become a complex science, with zoos around the world co- ordinating their efforts to avoid the genetic dangers of in-breeding small populations. The answer to the question of whether zoos can have much impact on the preservation of endangered species is probably minimal. Zoos do not focus their education efforts on those people in the strongest positions to affect the future of the wildlife being exhibited. For the most part, conservation education is targeted at children and other non-decision makers in a process too slow or too far away to address the extinction crisis which exists now. Furthermore, the efforts of zoos to inform lawmakers and government authorities are usually low-key or un- existent. Campaigns are more likely to be for an animal exhibit other than for the existence of the animal itself. Nevertheless, it does not do to address the future from a foundation of pessimism. A vision of the future is embraced in which the human population has leveled off at about 8.8 billion and wherein human effects upon the environment have been tethered and considerable wildlife remain. It certainly will not be as rich or abundant as today’s wildlife, but with substantially diversity, numbers of more or less wild ecosystems, and the zoos’ work, this vision can become reality.
Tiếng Anh THPT – Bảng A 4 Your answers: Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction 13 . 17. 14 . 18. 15 . 19. 16 . 20. SECTION C. READING (70 points) Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes. Why people laugh Sunday May 4 th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says we need more laughter in our lives to (1) _____ the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange sound that we make periodically can’t be the (2) _____ to such problems. If an alien were to land on our planet and (3) _____ a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of ‘ha-ha’ noises. It might wonder what (4) _____ this strange habit served. If we ask ourselves what (5) _____ a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a response to something funny. (6) _____ one scientist, Robert Provine, says humour has surprisingly little to (7) _____ with that. Instead, it lies at the (8) _____ of such issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language and social behaviour. Provine realised that you cannot capture (9) _____ laughter in the lab because as soon as you (10) _____ it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So, instead, he gathered data (11) _____ hanging around groups of people, noting when they laughed. He collected 1,200 laugh episodes – and episode being (12) _____ as the comment immediately preceding the laughter and the laughter itself. His analysis of this data (13) _____ some important facts about laughter. “It’s a message we send to other people – it (14) _____ disappears when we’re by ourselves,” he says. “And it’s not a choice. Ask someone to laugh and they’ll either try to (15) _____ a laugh or say they can’t do it on command.” 1. A. struggle B. combat C. threaten D. contest 2. A. way B. answer C. end D. response 3. A. make B. get C. walk D. take 4. A. reason B. purpose C. idea D. meaning 5. A. results B. leads C. prompts D. concludes 6. A. However B. Therefore C. As D. But 7. A. go B. bring C. do D. set 8. A. root B. stem C. head D. back 9. A. complete B. authentic C. contemporary D. current 10. A. place B. lay C. stand D. keep 11. A. in B. for C. down D. by 12. A. defended B. decided C. defined D. depicted 13. A. revealed B. investigated C. displayed D. declared 14. A. absolutely B. constantly C. undoubtedly D. virtually 15. A. offer B. pretend C. fake D. imagine