DE THI HSG THPT THACH THANH 1 NAM 2019

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HỐ
ĐỀ SOẠN NỢP
Số báo danh
…………………….

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
Năm học: 2015-2016
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Lớp 12 THPT
Ngày thi: ...............................
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề này có 100 câu, gồm 06 trang.

SECTION I. Phonetics: (5 points)
A. Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest of the group . ( 2 points )
1. A. discussion
B. revision
C. attention
D. admission
2. A. cease
B. chase
C. increase
D. raise
B.Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose stress pattern is different from the
rest of the group. ( 3 points )
3. A. comedy
B. collection
C. comical
D. calculate

4. A. compulsory
B. technology
C. academic
D. eliminate
5. A. inheritance
B. mathematician C. communication D. tuberculosis
SECTION II: Vocabulary and grammar ( 15 points)
I .Choose the best option ( A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below and write in your
answer sheet.
6. They’ve recaptured all the animals ……………. escaped from the zoo.
A. that
B. who
C. why
D. whose
7. Electronics is a subject about …………… I know very little.
A. that
B. it
C. which
D. what
8. I had just one reply. Abco was the …………… company to reply to my letter.
A. last
B. most
C. only
D. second
9. I wish I’d stop arguing ………………… politics all the time.
A. about
B. with
C. to
D. at
10. Everyone tried to blame Janet ………….. the mistake.

A with
B. for
C. in
D. at
11. Is it possible to insure my motorbike………………. theft.
A. to
B. for
C. on
D. against
12. “ Is your government salary good?” . “ Yes, but I don’t make as much ………… worked in
private industry?”.
A. as I
B. if I would have
C. I would if
D. as I would if I
13. “Which dress do you like better?”. “ The one ………………” .
A. I tried it on first B. first I tried it on
C. I tried on it first D. I tried on first
14. Her business must be going rather well, ……………. by the car she drives.
A. deducing
B. deciding
C. inferring
D. judging
15. My cousin obviously didn’t …………… much of an impression on you if you can’t remember
meeting her.
A. create
B. do
C. make
D. build
16. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather ………

A. disembodied
B. disconcerting
C. dismissive
D. discordant
17. He got an excellent grade in his examination ………….. the fact that he had not worked
particularly hard.
A. on account of
B. because of
C. in spite of D. although


18. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable ……………. because it seems too
good to be true.
A. suspicion
B. doubt
C. reservation
D. disbelieft
19. I have been working very hard, I hope I will …………… my math exam.
A. get through
B. get round
C. get through to
D. get up
20. I really don’t like the shoes, and ……………. they aren’t my size, so I don’t want to buy them.
A. further
B. however
C. anyway
D. even if

II. The following paragragh has 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes in the lines and
correct them. Write your answer in the space provided.

Who were the people responsible for collection and sending plants from one country to
another? And why did they do it? Initially they were travellers with other purposes: traders,
colonists, pilgrims and missionaries have all been important in providing new plants for
English gardens. They sent back indigenous wild plants, or sometimes, as in the cases of
visitors to China and Japan, plants which have been cultivated and improved for hundreds
of years. This worked, of course, in both directions: English gardens were making in the
most unlikely places. Travellers did not always recognise an interesting plant on seen it –
interesting, that is, to the collector at home. So in the 16th and 17th century, attempts were
made to collect on a most professional basis, either by patrons sending collections into the
field, or by subscriptions to finance local enthusiasts in the most promised areas. By 1611
John Tradescant was travelling and collecting in France and other parts of Europe. Lately,
Peter Collinson, a London merchant, who had seen the richness of the plant material
sending back by Tradescant, organised a syndicate to finance the amateur botanist John
Bartram. Before long, special collectors were being dispatched to all parts of the world by
institutions such as the Chelsea Physic Garden.
Mistake
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

Correction

Mistake

Correction

26.
27.

28.
29.
30.

III. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense ( from question 31 to 40). ( 10 points)
1. Thanks to doctor John, I’m still alive! If it (31-not be).......................... for him, I
(32- be)............................. dead for certain.
2. The town (33- choose)............................. for the next Olympic was the one nobody
(34- expect)...........................
3. I can’t go with you as I (35- not finish)................................................ it.
4. By the time you (36- finish)...................cooking they (37- do) ................... their homework.
5. No sooner I (38- arrive)....................than I (39- send)................. her a letter to say that I (40have)............................... a present for her.

IV. Use the correct form of the word for each gap( from question 41 to 50). Write in your
answer sheet.( 10 points)
41. He completely .................. the sign telling slow down, and ended up crashing Regard


into a wall.
42. Her words made a great...................... on the crowd.
43. Your personal experiences have a .................... on your attitude to life.
44. He pays no ...................... to anything I say.
45. She’s determined to prove his innocence, .....................of how long it takes.

Impress
Bear
Attend
Regard

46. The hotel room was bare and ...............................

47. Smoking is ......................... to the health.
48. Explorers have to take a lot of ....................... with them.
49. It is ..................... for beginning students to make mistakes in English.
50. I want you to.......................... at the opening of the new building.

Invite
Injure
Provide
Avoid
speech

SECTION III: READING
I- Read the passage carefully then choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question
from 51 to 60.
Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of the world
except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known species is the
honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax in making candles,
lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a substance that people eat to maintain life
and growth. While gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are
concurrently helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables
would not survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom.
Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a nest with
storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a distinct function. The
worker bee carries nectar to hive in a special stomach called a honey stomach. Other workers
make beewax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a waterproof mass of six-sided
compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed cells. As the workers build more cells,
the queen lays more eggs.
All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen. The male
honeybees are called drones; they do no work and can not sting. They are developed from
unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen must be fertilized in order

to lay more worker eggs. During the season when less honey is available and the drone is of no
further use, the workers block the drones from eating the honey so that they will starve to death.
51. Which of the following is the best title for the reading?
A. Many Species of Bees
B. The Useless Drone
C. The Honeybee - Its characteristics and Usefulness
D. Making Honey
52. What is the closest meaning of the word "concurrently"?
A. independently
B. hardly
C. variously
D. simultaneously
53. According to the passage, the drone__________.
A. can be male or female
B. mates with the queen and has no other purpose
C. comes from eggs fertilized by other drones D. All are correct
54. According to the passage, people use honey __________.
A. to make candles
B. as foods
C. as cosmetics
D. all are correct
55. The author implies that __________.
A. bees are unnecessary in the food chain
B. drones are completely dispensable
C. the queen can be a worker
D. drones are never females.
56. In what way does the reading imply that bees are useful in nature?


A. They pollinate fruit and vegetable plants

B. They make marvelous creation from max
C. They kill the dangerous drones
D. They create storage spaces
57. The passage implies that bees can be found in each of the following parts of the world except
______.
A. Africa
B. China
C. Europe
D. Antarctica
58. What is the closest meaning of the word " distinct "?
A. seclude
B. unique
C. dependent
D. complex
59. All of the following are characteristics of a honeycomb except__________.
A. it contains hexagonal sections
B. it is made of honey
C. it is made of wax
D. it is impermeable
60. It can be inferred from the reading that bee wax is _________.
A. absorbent
B. complex in structure
C. easily bent and shaped
D. poisonous
II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write your answer in the space
provided.
Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days,
you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves (61)______ are very
high.
These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing

is a skill, and it needs learning. Don’t (62)______ to be able to surf properly the (63)______ time
you try. However, by practising a few times you will learn (64)______ to do it.
Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds (65)______
years ago in Hawaii. Men swam (66)______ to sea to catch fish and found they could come back
to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not (67)______ a board. They
were “body surfers”. Many people (68)______ do this type of surfing today.
After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing
(69)______ them. These first surfboards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a
while. Today, surfboards are made of plastic or fibreglass (70)______.
III. Read the passage below and then choose a suitable word A, B, C or D to fill in each
blank.
NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN!
Education is a life-long process that not only provides us with basic skills such as literacy and
numeracy, but is also essential in
(71)
our future lives. From the moment we enter
kindergartens as small children, and as we progress through primary and secondary education, we
(72)
the foundations for the life ahead of us. We must discipline ourselves to work hard
(73)
we can pass exams and gain the qualifications we will need to secure a good job. We
must also acquire valuable life skills so that we can fit in and work with those around us. And of
course health education helps us to understand
(74)
we can stay fit and healthy.
For most people, this process ends when they are in their mid-to-late teens. For others, however, it
is the beginning of a lifetime of learning. After they finish school, many
(75)
to further
education where they will learn more useful skills such as computer literacy or basic business

management.
(76)
will enroll on a program of higher education at a university where,
with hard work, they will have the opportunity to graduate after three or four years with a wellearned degree. After that, they may work for a while before opting to study for a higher degree- an
MA, for example, or a PhD. Alternatively, they may choose to attend an evening class after work
or, if they have a sympathetic employer,
(77)
day release so that they can study during
the week. And if they live a long way from a college or university, they might follow a
(79)


course using mail and the Internet.
(78)
, it is largely due to the proliferation of computers
that many people have started to study again and can proudly class themselves as mature students.
We live in a fascinating and constantly changing world, and we must continually learn and
(80)
new knowledge if we are to adapt and keep up with changing events. Our schooldays are
just the beginning of this process, and we should make the best of every opportunity to develop
ourselves, whether we are eighteen or eighty. You are, indeed, never too old to learn.
71. A. forming
B. shaping
C. moulding
D. leading
72. A. are lying
B. are laying
C. are replacing
D. are building
73. A. in order to

B. so as that
C. so that
D. in case
74. A. how
B. what
C. when
D. where
75. A. progress
B. continue
C. move
D. pursue
76. A. The others
B. Another
C. The other
D. Others
77. A. ask
B. obtain
C. achieve
D. bring
78. A. writing
B. correspondence
C. mail
D. self-study
79. A. As a result
B. Particularly
C. What's more
D. In fact
80. A. enrich
B. acquire
C. widen

D. broaden
SECTION IV – WRITING(10 points):
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it
81. It is extremely difficult for us to make ends meet these days.
 We find ............................... ....................................................................
82. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second
child.
 Only when ............................... ............................... ..............................................................
83. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
 I object……………………………………………....................................................................
84. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the station.
 He regretted…………………………........................................................................................
85. Mosquitoes cause malaria and this is well-known.
 That…………………………………………….........................................................................
II. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change
the form of the given word(s).
86. When I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. (WRONG)
 ................... ............................................................................................
87. Sandra said that she was willing to work late.
(MIND)
 ................... ............................... ..............................................................
88. They pretended to be enjoying themselves, but they weren’t really.
(AS)
 ................... ............................... ..............................................................
89. I can't lift this table on my own.
(UNLESS)
 ................... ............................... ..............................................................

90. My grandfather was sixty when he learnt to swim. (AGE)

 ................... ............................... ..............................................................

II. Writing a paragraph (15points)
How do movies and television influence people’s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples
to support your answer.
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SỞ GD&ĐT THANH HOÁ
KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC:
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian : 180 phút


SECTION I: Phonetics (5 points)
I. A. (1p for 1 correct answer X 2= 2 points)
1. B
B. (1p for 1 correct answer X 3 = 3 points)
3.B
4.C

2. D
5.A

SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I . (1p for 1 correct answer X 15 = 15 points)
6. A
7. C
8. C
11. D
12. A
13. D
16. B
17. C
18. C

9. A
14. D
19. A

10. B
15. C
20. C

II. The following paragragh has 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes in the lines and
correct them. Write your answer in the space provided.
( 1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points )
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

Mistake
collection
cases
have
making
seen

Correction
collecting
case
had
made
seeing

26.
27.

28.
29.
30.

Mistake
most
collections
promised
Lately
sending

Correction
more
collectors
promising
Later
sent

III. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
31.hadn’t been

32. would be

33. chosen

34.had expected

36. finish

37. will have done 38.had I arrived

IV. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
41. disregarded
42. impression
43. bearing
46. uninviting
47. injurious
48. provisions

39. sent

44. attention
49. unavoidable

35.haven’t
finished
40. had

45. regardless
50. speak

SECTION III. reading
I. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
51. C
56. A

52. D
57. D

53. B

58. B

54. B
59. B

II. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
61.which
62.expect
63.first
66. out
67. use
68. still/ often
III. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
71. B
73. c
75. A
77. B
72. B
74. A
76. D
78. B

79. D
80. B

SECTION IV: WRITING
I. (10 points): 1p/ each correct answer
81. We find .......it difficult to make ends meet these days

64.how

69. on

55. D
60. C
65.of
70. instead


82. Only when .....Alice and Chales had the 2nd child,Did they dicide to move to a bigger house

83. I object…to being criticized unfairly./ people critizing me unfairly...
84. He regretted…… not saying/ having said goodbye to her at the station............
85. That……… mosquitoes cause malaria is well-known...
II.
86. When I was driving, I realized that there was something WRONG with the car
87. Sanda said that she didnot MIND working late
88. They acted AS they were enjoying themselves, but they weren’t really
89. I can't lift this table UNLESS someone helps me
90. My grandfather learnt to swim at the age of sixty
II. Writing a paragraph( 10 points)
Điểm thành phần của bài luận theo những điểm đề nghị sau:
- Organization: Bố cục rỗ ràng, đầy đủ ba phần: mở bài, thân bài, kết luận. (2đ)
- Discourse: (Thể hiện khả năng viết mạch lạc, chặt chẽ, nối kết câu, chuyển mạch tốt) (3 đ)
- Sentence structure (expression, vocabulary, spelling): Cấu trúc câu linh hoạt, (đơn, phức)
(2 đ)
- Ideas: (ý hay, phong phú, biểu đạt nội dung liên quan chặt chẽ với chủ đề của đề thi) +
Length (Đảm bảo đủ số lượng từ qui định : không quá dài hoặc quá ngắn) (3đ)