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ĐỀ THI KIỂM TRA HSG LỚP 12
Part I : Phonetics
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’.
1. A. parachute B. champagne C. chivalry D. church
goer
2. A. inflexible B. elegent C. experiment D. recollection
3. A. breakfast B. already C. feasible D. heather
4. A. resign B. resound C. resonant D. resource
5. A. cleared B.hatred C. sacred D. wicked
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different.
6. A. appearance B. appropriate C. information D. original
7. A. miraculous B. communiate C. mysterious D. calculated
8. A. introduce B. understand C. atmosphere D. biological
9. A. rainforest B. wilderness C. yesterday D. invader
10. A. discover B. difficult C. experience D. community
Part II: Vocabulary
I. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
11.The new teacher explained to the students that she hoped to new teaching methods to promote the
teaching and learning quality.
A. invent B. control C. restore D. apply
12.The rise in house price will him to sell his house for a large profit.
A. manage B. achieve C. enable D. facilitate
13.I know him by but I don’t know what his name is.
A.sight B. chance C. accident D. mistake
14.Planting trees can prevent erosion and water.
A.retain B. get C. put D. have
15.Some instances of air pollution are dust storms, vocanic , forest fires caused by lightening, pollen and
marsh gases.
A.eruption B. boom C. break-out D.burst
16.I suggest that our family try to on expenses.
A.cut B.drop C.reduce D.cut down

17.I can’t go shopping without buying anything.
A.door B.window C.store D.market
18. Students always make when they are late for school
A. decisions B. excuses C. mistakes D. allowances
19.She always the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A. makes B. writes C. works D. does
20.Before it was sold the broken car was cleaned and
A.looked for B. put right C. kept up D. given back
II. Choose from option A, B , C, or D that best suits the meaning of the underlined word(s).
21. Solar energy is a great potential power source, although making practical use of it has proved to be difficult
and expensive.
A. possible B. practical C. new D. preferable
22. Tennis Wear has become a very lucrative business for both manufacturers and tennis stars.
A. illegal B. circumstantial C. expansive D. profitable
23. It’s futile to go shopping when you don’t have any money.
A. useless B. brilliant C. idiotic D. challenging
24.If you want to ask your boss for a rise in your salary, you should choose a really appropriate time.
A. possible B. suitable C. accurate D. prosperous
25. The protective work of sea animals still faces tremendous challenges.
A. obstacle B.rejection C. difficulties D.concern
26. The boy screamed for help but he couldn’t _________.
A. hear him B. make him heard C. make himself hear D. make himself heard
27. Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? ~ Well, _________.
A. It's being painted B. It's been painted C. It's painted D. It was painted recently
28. There were many scientists at the meeting, several of _________ were very young.
A. them B. which C. who D. whom
29. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam is “on the _________”.
A. progress B. start C. begin D. move
30. The more time you spend practicing English, _________ command of it you will have.
A. the better B. the fewer C. the more D. the less

31. The Roberts are on the way to London _________ a bus.
A. by B. on C. in D. with
32. They were very _________ about keeping so much money in the house.
A. dangerous B. willing C. risky D. nervous
33. Arthur assured me that he was going to come, but he hasn’t _________ yet.
A. turned in B. turned up C. turned on D. turned round
34. _________ I had turned the corner, I began to run.
A. Scarcely B. Just C. Hardly D. Once
35. The noise ________ from the boat engine might disturb sea animals.
A. which come B. came C. coming D. has come
36. Young people are always eager to do good things that ________ the community.
A. trust B. provide C. fulfill D. benefit
37. “Was the test long?” ~ “Yes, John was the only one ________ it”.
A. to finish B. finished C. could finish D. has finished
38. Is there any chance ________ the machinery repaired?
A. having B. of having C. for having D. have
39. A cool drink________ him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. refreshed C. relieved D. recovered
40. It is important that she ________ what you say.
A. understand B. understands C. understood D. has understood
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers
in the numbered spaces.
How many times have you come back from what meant to be a relaxing holiday and said, “If only I
stayed at home”? Why are holidays often more stressful than staying at home? It is not actually very surprising
that foreign travel is tired and it is not just because of the distances involving. A successful trip needs planning
and very careful preparation – this is a hard work. Having set up, you will probably have to spend hours in
stuffy airports because endless delays. Flying, as everyone know, is itself a stressful experience for most
people. Finally, you arrive in an unfamiliar environment with perhaps no knowledge whatsoever about the local
language. It is almost like becoming a child again: one feels so helpless and stupid. Imagine not to be able to
explain what you want to eat to a waiter or where you are staying to a taxi driver!

Your answers:
Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections
41. 41. 46. 46.
42. 42 47. 47.
43. 43. 48. 48
44. 44. 49. 49.
45 45. 50. 50.

Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. Write your answers
in the numbered spaces.
51. He has been one of the most effective ________ in the “Keep our city clean” campaign.(ACTIVE)
52. He was born blind, despite this ________ he still managed to become a famous singer. (ABLE)

53. A ________ is a person who climbs mountains as a sport or job. (MOUNTAIN)
54. You must learn to __________ between politeness and real kindness. (DIFFERENT)
55. He spoke __________ about the need to protect the tigers’ natural habitat. (PASSION)
56. After having drunk a lot of wine, he came back home__________. (STEADY)
57. Einstein’s __________ established his reputation all over the world. (PUBLISH)
58. After the shells are removed, the beans are crushed and __________.
59. He felt _______ when he learnt that he had failed his exam again. (courage)
60. AIDS is one of the most dangerous _______ diseases of our time. (infect)
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

Part IV: Reading
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
Society does not encourage crying as a form of (61) expression. The shedding of tears to make
people feel uncormfortable and embarrassed. The (62) race is the only species that sheds emotional
tears. What (63) does crying serve ?

It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the (64) of stress. Scientific studies have
revealed that emotional tears contain a chemical which is one of the body’s natural (65) killers. The
chemical is not found in tears (66) as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that tears may (67)
to remove substances that accumulate in the body under stress. This would explain why many people feel
much better after crying. As a result of the view that it is not (68) to cry, men tend to hold back their
tears. This may explain when men develop more stress-related diseases than women.
(69) emotion, be if a feeling of sadness or happiness , is stressful. Tears are, therefore, shed as a
response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is natural to cry. It may be (70) to hold back tears.
61.A. self B. own C. individual D. personal
62.A. mankind B. man- made C. human D. humane
63.A. service B. function C. part D. role
64.A.improvement B. increase C. getting rid D. reduction
65.A. bacteria B. pain C. wound D. injury
66.A. burst out B. shed C. burst into D. sight
67.A. drop B. burst out C. serve D. shed
68.A. manly B. humane C. human being D. strong
69.A. Sensitive B. Individual C. Personal D. Intense
70.A. useful B. useless C. harmful D. wrong
II. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer the following questions.
We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternating with
some 16-17 hours’ wakeness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of
darkness. Our present concern is how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.
The question is no mere the academic one. The case, for example, with which people can change from
working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls
insistently for round - the - clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to a week for a person
to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night.
Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed everyweek; a person may work from 12
midnight to 8 a.m , one week , 8a.m to 4p.m the next, and 4p.m to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means
that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change another, so that much of his time is spent
neither working or sleeping very efficiently.

One answer would seem to be longer periods on each shift, a month or even three months. Recent
research by Bonjer (1960) of the Netherlands, however , has shown that people on such systems will revert to
their normal habits of sleep and wakefulness during the weekend and that this is quite enough to destroy any
adaptation to night work built up during the week.
The only real solution appears to be hand over the night shift to a corp of permanent night workers
whose nocturnal wakefulness may persist through all weekends and holidays. An interesting study of the
domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence of
disturbed sleep, digestive disorder and domestic disruption among those on alternating day and night shifts, but
no abnormal occurence of these symptoms among those on permanent night work.
This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy, but meanwhile something may be done
to relieve the strains of alternate day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt almost quickly to
the changes of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adapted is by measuring his performance, but
this can be laborious. Fortunately, we again have a physiological measure which correlates reasonably well
with the behavioural one, in this case performance at various times of the day or night, and which is easier to
take. This is the level of body temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they
change to night work the pattern will only gradually reverse to match the new routine and the speed with which
it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaption of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance
and general alertness. Therefore by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of
wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a recersed routine, and this could be used as a
basis for selection. So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.

From “ Sleep and Dreams” by Robert Wilkinson
71. The main topic of the passage is
A. the effect of lack of sleep B. sleep and body temperature
C. how easily people can get used to working at night. D. the effect of automation on working efficiency.
72. Why is the question “ no mere academic one” ?
A. Because of research by Bonjer and Brown. B. Because some people can change their sleeping habits easily.
C. Because sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness.
D. Because shift working in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.
73. The main problem about night work is that

A. people do not want the inconvenience of working on night shifts.
B. people are disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.
C. not all industries work in the same hours. D. it is difficult to fine a corps of good night workers.
74. The best answer to the problem seems to be
A. not to change shifts from one week to the next. B. to have longer periods on each shift.
C. to employ people who will always work at night D. to find ways of selecting people who adapt quickly.
75. Scientists are able to measure adaptation by taking body temperature because
A. body temperature is a good basis for selection. B. people have low temperatures at night.
C. the temperature reverses when the routine is changed.D. people have high temperatures when they are working
efficiently
.
76. “the third” ( line 13) means
A. the third week B. the third shift C. a third of the time D. the third routine
77. “another” (line 14) refers to
A. another routine B. another shift C. another week D. another person
78. “ This latter system” ( line 28) refers to
A. Brown’s research B. spending a month or even three months on each shift.
C. having the same people on night shift all the time D. alternating day and night shifts.
79. “ This” ( line 32) refers to
A. a person’s performance B. measuring a person’s performance
C. the physiological measure D. knowing when a person has adapted
80. “ this” (line 35) refers to
A. a physiological measure B. performance at various times of day and night
C. the level of body temperature D. a person’s performance
Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
It is a common saying that we do not fully value a thing until we (81) it. We often value the love
and worth of a friend (82) he has been taken from us by death more than when he was with us in the
flesh; it is only when we have left school or college (83) we understand the greatness of our opportunity
of education, which has gone forever; it is the sick and the ailing who realize the value of good health. When
we are young and strong, we cannot imagine what it is to be weak and ailing. We are so (84) to

vigorous health that we take it for granted. The organs of our body (85) so smoothly that we scarcely
know we have lungs and liver, heart and stomach. But when any of these gets upset and gives us pain and
sickness, we learn by bitter experience what an unspeakable blessing it is to be well.
Loss of health (86) us miserable and a burden to ourselves and our friends. It cripples our efforts
so that we cannot accomplish many of the good and great things we might have done. It spoils our life. What
must we do to keep our (87)?
We must be moderate in (88) and drinking and wise in the choice of plain, wholesome simple
food. Gluttony has killed thousands, and strong drink tens of thousands. We must, when young, get plenty of
sleep, which is “nature’s sweet restorer”, and not try to burn the candle at both ends. We must live as much as
possible in the (89) air and keep our rooms well ventilated. We must get sufficient and regular physical
(90), and keep our body clean. And we must avoid bad habits and secret sins as we avoid the devil, and
keep our thought clean, our bodies pure. Our ideal must be the sound mind in the sound body.
81 82 83 84 85
86 87 88 89 90

Read the passage and choose the best answer
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A
little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings
have been writing for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there
have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, but imperfectly. Even today
there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to
write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal
human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in
the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who
speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those
skills do so only imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disregard the latter. One advantage
writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must
have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

91. The author of the passage argues that ________
A. writing has become too important in today’s society.
B. speech is more basic to language than writing.
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write.
D. all languages should have a written form.
92. According to the passage, writing ________
A. is imperfect, but less so than speech. B. represents speech, but not perfectly.
C. developed from imperfect speech. D. is represented perfectly by speech.
93. In the author’s judgment ________
A. writing has more advantages than speech.
B. speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does.
D. writing is more real than speech.
94. In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ________
A. people who learn the rudiments of speech. B. people who speak many languages.
C. intelligent people who couldn’t write. D. severely handicapped children.
95. According to the author, one mark of civilized society is that it ________
A. affirms the primacy of speech over writing.
B. affirms the primacy of writing over speech.
C. teaches its children to speak perfectly.
D. keeps written records.
Part V: Writing.
I. Finish the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
96. After having to look everywhere, I succeeded in finding their house.
I managed
97. I’ve forgotten that author’s name but he’s very well-known.
That author,
98. There are more people out of work in this country than ever before.
Never
99. You can try to have Tim lend you his new book but you won’t succeed.

There’s no point
100.I left out without kissing goodbye my child as I didn’t want to disturb him.
Rather
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in the brackets so that it means the same as the given
one . ( Do not alter these words)
101. He wished he hadn’t told her what I was about to do that evening. (regretted)

102. Why don’t you consult your legal advisor about the new contract ? ( were )

103. You didn’t attend yesterday’s class so you don’t know how to do that exercise now . ( Had)

104. Please don’t tell him about our conversation. ( rather )

105. The demand for the ticket was so great that people queued day and night. ( such )

III: Complete the following passage.
(106) People / used / know / more or less / how / children / live.

(107)Now things/ changing / quickly that / we / even / not know / what / lives / like / few years.

(108)What / follow / not / science fiction .It / how / experts / see / future.

(109) You / / daydreaming / behind / wheel / car but that/ OK.

(110) You have / automatic/ pilot /, and / with / high-tech computers/ cameras / , / car / “know” / how / get / you /
home safely.

(111)What’s / lunch ?/ old days / , / you / used / stop off / buy / hamburger or pizza.

(112) Now / you / use / diagnostic machine / find out / which food / body / need/ .

(113) you / find out / need / more / vegetables / less fat. Your / food-preparation machine/ make / you / salad.

(114) After lunch / , / you / down / hall / home office. Here /you / have / everything / need / do/ work.

( 115)Thanks to / information screen / new / computer, almost / never / go / office any more.

Write an essay (about 150-200 words) on the following topic:
“The role of a good friend in one’s life”

Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Hải Dơng
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đáp án đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 12
Năm học 2006 - 2007
Thời gian làm bài 180 phút

Part I. Phonetics (10 marks )
I. 1D 2B 3C 4D 5A
II: 6C 7D 8C 9D 10B
Part II: Vocabulary (20 marks)
I. 11D 12C 13A 14A 15A
16D 17B 18B 19D 20B
II: 21A 22D 23A 24B 25C
III: 26B 27D 28B 29C 30B
Part III Grammar ( 15 marks)
I: 31 C 32C 33A 34C 35D
36 B 37A 38D 39C 40B
II: 41 B 42B 43C 44B 45C
Part IV: Reading ( 25 marks)
I. 46A 47C 48B 49D 50 B
51B 52C 53A 54D 55C
II: 56C 57D 58B 59C 60D
61A 62A 63C 64B 65A
III: 66B 67D 68C 69B 70D
Part V: Writing (30 marks)
I. (5 marks )
71.I managed to find their house after having to look everywhere.
72.That author, whose name I have forgotten , is very wellknown.
73. Never have there been as many people out of work in this country as this before.
74.There’s no point in having Tim lend you his new book.
75. Rather than disturbing my child, I left out without kissing goodbye him.
II: (5 marks)
76. He regretted having told her what I was about to do that evening.
77. If I were you, I would consult my legal advisor about the new contract.
78. Had you attended yesterday’s class, you would know how to do that excercise now.

79. I’d rather you didn’t tell anyone about our conversation.
80. It was such a great demand for the tickets that people queued day and night.
III: (5 marks )
81. A 82. C 83. C 84. B 85. A
IV: (15 marks )
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly
that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years . What follows is not science fiction. It’s
how experts see the future.
You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and
with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to get home safely.
What’s for lunch ? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your
diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. You find out you need more vegetables and less
fat. Your food preparation machine makes you a salad.
After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need for doing
your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you almost never go into the office any
more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the screen to
translate Portuguese into English, then you read and reply the message.