Đề thi thử học sinh giỏi cấp thành phố môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 năm học 2018-2019

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ĐỀ THI THỬ HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2018 - 2019
A. LISTENING
Question 1: Complete the following notes with NO MORE 2 WORDS OR A NUMBER
CHILDREN'S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Example

Answer

Workshops organised every:

Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1 ...............
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 ............... Street
• Security device: must push the 3 ............... to open door
• Should leave car behind the 4 ...............
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 ............... (on 200765)
Question 2: Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Date

Workshop title

16/11 Building 6 ..........
23/11

9 ..........

Children advised to

Please bring (if

wear:

possible):

7 ..........

8 ..........

(Nothing special)

10 ..........


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B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
1. I’d like to make _______ for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.
A. improvements

B. correction

C. amends

D. adjustments

2. Thanks for lending me your umbrella; it really came in _______.
A. used

B. handy

C. handful

D. needy

3. James never shows his emotions; no matter what happens, he always keeps a stiff upper
_______.
A. mouth

B. eye

C. head

D. lip

C. club

D. bat

C. get

D. help

4. I got a new baseball _______ yesterday.

A. stick

B. racket

5. Eat your vegetables. They’ll _______ you good.
A. do

B. make

6. Don’t drop your sweet wrapper on the floor, _______?
A. do you

B. aren’t you

C. will you

D. won’t you

7. She may have missed the train, _______ she won’t arrive for another hour.
A. at the case

B. all the case

C. just in case

D. in which case

8. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable, and _______ in a quiet position.
A. most of all

B. above all

C. first of all

D. after all

9. I was disappointed that the restaurant had _______ flowers on the table.
A. false

B. untrue

C. artificial

D. forged

10. _______ write with your left hand when you broke your arm?
A. Did you have to

B. Had you have to

C. Needed you to

II. Supply the correct form of word to complete the sentence.
1. All the judges gave her ten out of ten for her … (FLAW) performance.
2. His collection of plants contains many … (RARE).

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3. He was in such a haste to return home that he left … (DAY) by the first bus.
4. For many people, social networking offers them a feeling of … (ESCAPE) from the real
world.
5. If you can afford it, and still have lots of money left, buy it … (RIGHT).
III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Follow the
example.
Example: Line 1: 0. which  when
FAMILY HISTORY
In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many people are being
attracted by the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can make this is by
investigating their own family history. They can try to find out more about what their
families came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in
countries with a fairly short history, alike Australia and the United States.
It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take the
decision to investigate your own family’s past. It is quite another to carry out the research
work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganizing way and cause yourself many
problems that could have avoided with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous character, whether
hero or criminal, not to let this idea take over your research. Just treat it as an interesting
possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing your information will be adequate to
start with; a more complex one may only get in your way. The most important thing, though,
is to get starting. Who knows what you might find?
C. READING
I. Choose the correct the letter A, B, C or D to fill in the passage.


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Stressful situations that (1)________ almost everyday in life seem to be unavoidable.

However, we can do little sometimes to avoid a misfortune or an unpleasant occurrence
which may (2)________ us unexpectedly as only it can. At such a moment, one may hit the
(3)_______, give in to the helplessness of the situation or, ideally, put a brave face on it
trying to (4)_________ the burden.
Can you (5)_________ in your mind an hour spent in a traffic jam, say, this morning? Do
you light one cigarette after another? Do you sound the horn every few seconds like the
other neurotics? Or do you take a different (6)________ and make good use of the time
drawing up a schedule for the days to come? To withstand the stressful moment you can also
do a crossword puzzle, listen to your favorite music or even compose a menu for your
Sunday dinner.
In fact, whatever way you (7)________ to the annoying situation, you can exert no impact
on it as the traffic jam will only reduce in due (8)_________. Nevertheless, your reaction
might considerably influence your mood for the rest of the day. The inability to confront a
stressful occurrence like that with a deal of composure and sensibility adds much more strain
to your life and in this way puts your well – being in (9)_________. Surprisingly, it is
seemingly negligible hardships we stumble on daily that run double the risk of developing
serious health disorders rather than our isolated tragedies however painful they may be.
(10)_______that so many of those wretched stresses and inducing troubles affect us in a day,
we should, at best, try to avoid them or possibly make radical alterations in the way we lead
our daily lifestyles.
1. A. devise

B. create

C. originate

D. emerge

2. A. arise

B. happen

C. befall

D. occur

3. A. post

B. roof

C. bottom

D. wall

4. A. subsist

B. remain

C. cow

D. bear


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5. A. envision

B. observe

C. picture

D. image

6. A. manner

B. stance

C. practice

D. mode

7. A. strike

B. deal

C. respond

D. challege

8. A. term

B. course

C. timing

D. period

9. A. risk

B. weakness

C. insecurity

D. jeopardy

10. A. Providing

B. Given

C. Hence

D. As

II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer.
Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches
or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a
millimeter a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod shaped bacteria are usually from
two to tour microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter
Thus if you enlarged a founded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the
size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a
mile(1.6 kilometers) tall.
Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a
magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or
dots One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see
that some bacteria have attached to them wavy - looking "hairs" called flagella. Others
have only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria though the water.
Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power while others
can glide along over surfaces by some little understood mechanism.
From the bacterial point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is to
humans To a bacterium water is as thick as molasses is to us. Bacteria are so small that

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under the microscope, even those with no flagella, often bounce about in the water.
This is because they collide with the water molecules and are pushed this way and that.
Molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a
bacterium have all been replaced by new ones even bacteria without flagella are thus
constantly exposed to a changing environment.
1. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
(A) The characteristics of bacteria

(B) How bacteria reproduce

(C) The various functions of bacteria

(A) How bacteria contribute to disease

2. Bacteria are measured in
(A) inches

(B) centimeters

(C) microns

(D) millimeters

3. Which of the following is the smallest?
(A) A pinhead

(B) A rounded bacterium

(C) A microscope

(D) A rod-shaped bacterium

4. According to the passage, someone who examines bacteria using only a microscope that
magnifies 100 times would see
(A) tiny dots

(B) small "hairs"

(C) large rods

(D) detailed structures

5. The relationship between a bacterium and its flagella is most nearly analogous to which of
the following?
(A) A rider jumping on a horse's back

(B) A ball being hit by a bat

(C) A boat powered by a motor

(D) A door closed by a gust of wind

III. Insert ONE word to complete the passage.

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Enjoy the benefits of stress!
Are you looking forward to another busy week? You should be according to some experts.
They argue that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not only good for us, but essential
to survival. They say that the response to (1) _________, which creates a chemical called
adrenal in, helps the mind and body to act quickly (2) ___________ emergencies. Animals
and human beings use it to meet the hostile conditions which exist on the planet.
Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life, what is surprising is that we are yet to
develop successful ways of dealing with them. (3) ________ the experts consider the current
strategies to be inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that (4) ________ of trying to
manage our response to stress with drugs or relaxation techniques, we must exploit it.
Apparently, research shows that people (5) ________ create conditions of stress for (6)
_______ by doing exciting and risky sports or looking for challenges, cope much better with
life's problems. Activities of this type have been shown to create a lot of emotion; people
may actually cry or feel extremely uncomfortable. But there is a point (7) _________ which
they realise they have succeeded and know that it was a positive experience. This is because
we learn through challenge and difficulty. That's (8) _________ we get our wisdom. Few of
us, unfortunately, understand this fact. For example, many people believe they (9)
_________ from stress at work, and take time off as a result. Yet it has been found in some
companies that by far (10) __________ healthiest people are those with the most
responsibility. So next time you're in a stressful situation, just remember that it will be a
positive learning experience and could also benefit your health!
IV. You are going to read an article about literature and the Internet. Seven sentences
have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fi ts
each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.


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A. excellent sites vary in what they do well
B. if you seek a literary text on the web, you may want to investigate the integrity of the text
itself
C. reviews of websites will become a reliable way of identifying good sites
D. site maps and menus may indicate what will be there in the future and not what is there
now
E. both should be current and trouble free
F. the first thing to know is whether the information a site gives you is accurate or not
G. a site with little or no documentation should be used with caution
H. two problems are common: incomplete information and incomplete sites


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D. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the first one.
1. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.
--> Urgent ...............................................................................................................
2. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for this disease.
--> Enormous ..........................................................................................................
3. Just thinking about his face at the moment makes me laugh.
--> The very………………………………………………....……………...……....
4. The teachers agreed to introduce the new methods.
--> There was an ........................................................................................................
5. The boy does whatever his father wants in an obedient way.
--> The boy dances ................................................................................................
II. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the cues given below, a
complete letter.
Dear Rob and Randy,

1. all these weeks/ hospital/ I just/ receive two pieces/ good news.
......................................................................................................................................................
2. The doctor/ say/I / can / home / few days.
......................................................................................................................................................
3. My wife tell/ me / how you two/ been clearing/ snow / from our driveway and sidewalk.
......................................................................................................................................................
4. Have/ such/ good neighbours/ make / very happy.
......................................................................................................................................................
5. My wife/ tell/ you/ refuse / take / money /for your efforts.
......................................................................................................................................................
6. But I/ think/ I find / way round that.


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......................................................................................................................................................
7. Please accept / enclosed check.
......................................................................................................................................................
8. I/ would/ never think/ as payment/ the snow shoveling.
......................................................................................................................................................
9. but as a sincere token/ appreciation/ your thoughtfulness.
......................................................................................................................................................
10. Thank/ again / see/ soon.
......................................................................................................................................................
Best regards,
III. “By punishing murderers with the death penalty, society is also guilty of committing
murder. Therefore, life in prison is a better punishment for murderers.”
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
You should write at least 250 words.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own

knowledge or experience.
ĐÁP ÁN
A. LISTENING (3 points)
Question 1. (1.5 pt)
1. 8

2. £2.50 3. green button

4. library

5. education department

Question 2. (1.5 pt)
Date

Workshop title

Children advised to

Please bring (if


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16/11

6 castles

wear:

possible):

7 old clothes

8 bottle tops

23/11 9 Undersea Worlds

10 silver paper

B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (7 points)
I. (3 pts)
1. C

2. B

3. D

4. D

5. A

6. C

7. D

8. B

9. C

10. A

2. rarities

3. daybreak

4. escapism

5. outright

II. (2.5 pts)
1. flawless
III. (1.5 pt)
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are 0. interrelated
still with us and still closely interrelating. Most American marriages,
particular first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual
attraction and affection rather with practical considerations.

1. particularly
2. than

In the United States, parents do not arrange marriages for their children. 3. dating/ to date
Teenagers begin date in high school and usually find mates through
their own academic and social contacts. Though young people feel free

4. most

to choose their friends from different groups, almost choose a mate of 5. of
similar background. This is due partly to parental guidance. Parents 6. unsuitable
cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually influence

7. between / among
choices by voicing disapproval for someone they consider suitable.
However, marriages of members of different groups (interclass,
interfaith, and interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of

8. mobility


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the greater mobile of today's youth and the fact that they are restricted 9 . than
by fewer prejudices as their parents. Many young people leave their
hometowns to attend college, serve in armed forces, or pursue a career in

10. once

a bigger city. One away from home and family, they are more likely to
date and marry outside their own social group.

C. READING (5 points)
I. (1 pt)
1. D

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. A

9. D

10. B

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

1. stress

2. in/during

3. Even

4. instead

5. who/that

6. themselves

7. at

8. how

9. suffer

10. the

1. F

2. B

3. H

4. D

5. G

6. A

7. C

II. (2 pts)
1. A
III. (1 pt)

IV. (1 pt)

D. WRITING (5 points)

I. (1 pt)
1. Urgent action must be taken to solve the problem of homelessness.
2. Enormous efforts have been made by scientists to find a cure for this disease.


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3. The very thought of his face at the moment makes me laugh.
4. There was an agreement among the teachers to introduce the new methods.
5. The boy dances attendance on/upon his father.
II. (1 pt)
Dear Rob and Randy,
1. After all these weeks in (the) hospital I (have) just received two pieces of good news.
2. The doctor said/says that I could/can go home in a few days.
3. My wife told me how you two have been clearing the snow from our driveway and
sidewalk
4. Having such good neighbours like you makes me very happy.
5. My wife told me you refused to take any money for your efforts.
6. But I think I've found a way round that.
7. Please accept this/ the/my/our enclosed check.
8. I would never think it as payment for the snow shovelling
9. but as a sincere token of our appreciation for your thoughtfulness.
10. Thanks again/Thank you again and see you soon.
Best regards,
II. (3 pts)
Giám khảo tự quyết định dựa vào các yêu cầu sau:
- Task fulfillment (idea/content): 30%
- Essay organization (coherence, cohesion); 30%
- Vocabulary/structures (variety, accuracy, appropriacy): 30%
- Handwriting, essay layout ... : 10%

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