SỞ GD&ĐT THANH HÓA ĐỀ THI KSCL ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 12

TRƯỜNG THPT NÔNG CỐNG I NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian làm bài 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

PART A. LISTENING (15 points)

I. Listen to a radio programme about two writers. Listen carefully and choose the best
answer to complete each of the questions. (5 p)
1. The novelist J. D. Salinger went to university but
A. was asked to leave
B. received poor grades in his first year.
C. left before finishing the first year.
D. did not regard getting a degree as ‘success’
2. Salinger’s famous novel about adolescence was
A. popular mainly because it was controversial.
B. only popular with younger readers.
C. extremely popular but condemned by some people.
D. not taught in many schools at first.
3. Because Salinger refused to be in the public eye,
A. people stopped asking him for interviews.
B. nobody was even sure what religion he was.
C. he was rarely talked about.
D. his fame actuality increased.
4. Harper Lee’s education was
A. not as successful as she had hoped.
B. more successful than Salinger’s.
C. not as successful as Salinger’s.
D. very similar to Salinger’s.
5. How did Harper Lee find time to write her first novel?
A. A friend paid for her to take a year off work.
B. A friend got her work as a songwriter in New York.
C. She couldn’t find a job in New York.
D. She wrote slowly for ten years in total.
II. Listen to five descriptions of an event. For each description, decide if it is TRUE or
FALSE. (5 p)
6. A dog ran on during the match and one of the linesmen caught it.
7. A golfer sneezed at the same time as playing a shot and ended up playing a bad one.
8. The winner of the race was angry with another competitor.
9. A young boy played a few points because the professional was angry with himself.
10. When the fight started, the other players didn’t try to stop it.
III. You will hear part of a talk about dolls. For questions 11 – 15, complete the sentences. (5
p)
DOLLS
The earliest dolls in the museum date from the (11)________
Early European dolls were dressed like (12)_____________________
19th-century dolls had (13) _____________________ and real hair.
Before the 20th century, all dolls were (14)__________ ______________, not babies.
From the 1930s, dolls were made of (15)____________________________

PART B: PHONETICS (5 points)

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I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
16. A. allergy B. digest C. oxygen D. sugar
17. A. nursing B. nurture C. turn D. future
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
18. A.vessel B. system C. organ D. massage
19. A. vulnerable B. psychologist C. society D. responsible
20. A. routine B. laundry C. household D. finance

PART C: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in
the space provided. (10 pts)
21. “A special feature of the room is the huge picture window which ____a splendid view of the
Quantock hill.”
A. allows B. affords C. enables D. presents
22. ____ is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs.
A. Many people don’t realize C. What many people don’t realize
B. It is that many people don’t realize D. Because many people don’ realize
23. The factory is said _______ in a fire two years ago.
A. being destroyed B. to destroy
C. to have destroyed D. to have been destroyed
24. I haven’t had an accident yet, but I’ve had a number of_________ shaves.
A. narrow B. near C. close D. tiny
25. Sometimes a book can change history. One book that certainly _____ Uncle Tom's Cabin,
written by Harriet Beeches Stow.
A. did was B. did that C. did it D. did were
26 I’ll let you have it back next Monday without____
A. doubt B. miss C. fail D. neglect
27. Jane has just bought ________.
A. an impressive reddish French wood coffee table.
B. a reddish impressive wood French coffee table.
C. an impressive French wood reddish coffee table.
D. an impressive wood French reddish coffee table.
28. The new Garden City is well worth ______ if you are in the area.
A. being seen B. a visit C. to visit D. the sight
29. As he made no ______ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me.
A. statement B. mention C. reference D. comment
30. I'm __________ my brother is.
A. nowhere like so ambitious B. nothing near as ambitious as
C. nothing as ambitious than D. nowhere near as ambitious as
II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (7 pts)
a. The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (31.go) ________ out and they
(32.sit) ________ in the dark.
b. What tune (33. play) ________ when we come in?
c. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (34. wear) ________ her seat belt, she
(35. not hurt) ________ so badly.
e. Tom had a lucky escape. He (36. kill) ________ when a car crashed into the front of his
house.
f. _____ (37. Rank) as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in
which it was created.
III. There are five mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (5 pts)
It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite
recently people got used to thinking that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the

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connection with astronomy seems much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them
how long it took to build them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a
suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed that the River Nile was the earthly equivalent
of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in promotion to the
three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were
deliberately being projected through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.
IV. Put the words in brackets into correct forms to complete the sentences. (8 points)
DRUGS AND COMPUTERS
There is a new generation of young computer programmers hoping to become
millionaires. To achieve this, they have to work very hard and (43)_________ (STIMULATE)
are what many of them rely on to do so. Because they are so (44)_________ (AMBITION),
they work long hours, up to 72 hours at a time staying awake by using cocaine or speed. Often,
they use a cocktail of drugs to (45)_________ (ABLE) them to do their jobs. However, this is
extremely dangerous, and recently this way of life claimed its first (46)_________ (FATAL).
A 26-year old programmer, who was doing well on the Internet, was on business in
New York. Unfortunately, due to a concoction of alcohol, Valium and heroin he had taken, he
died. The doctor who did the post-mortem said that a close (47)_________ (EXAMINE) of the
results led him to believe that the toxic combination was (48)_________ (INDICATE) of long-
term drug abuse.
Moreover, a lot of those who use drugs as an (49)_________ (ASSIST) to their work
also resort to them in their free time. They use drugs as uppers, but also as a way to unwind.
With such high (50)_________ (EARN), they can afford whatever drugs they want. The
problem is that they may eventually pay the highest price – death.
PART D. READING (30 POINTS)
I: Read the following passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the
blank. (10points)
A Night Out In Bristol
EXAMPLE
0 A wish B hope C fancy D dream
If you're in Bristol on a weekday evening and (0)...............a lively, boozy night out
without getting too badly (51).................off you could do worse than to try Fandangos, the new
nightclub complex on Lower Guzzlemore Street. Before eleven o'clock, prices are quite
(52)............ and you can get a (53)...............of four drinks for around a tenner. If like me, you're
a bit of a (54).............it could even set you back less than that. But for the heavyweights, more
often than (55)............, they run some kind of drinking competition at some point in the
evening. On the evening I visited they were offering a free pint to anyone who could
(56).............their first pint in one – guaranteed to leave even the most hardened heavyweight
with a (57).............the next day. On most nights, the dress (58)...............is fairly relaxed
although they do seem to draw the line at torn jeans.
If, on the other hand, you're looking to (59)..............away from it all and enjoy a quiet
beer or two in somewhere a little more off the (60)..............track, The Pickwick Brewery Tap
on Regents Muse might be more to your liking. Despite the rather unoriginal name, this
charming little pub is not the fake tourist trap that you might expect. Most nights the other
customers are nearly all locals and regulars but from time to time they do get busloads of
pensioners taking over the place for an hour or two in the late afternoon.
51. A stolen B lifted C taken D ripped
52. A reasonable B respectful C realistic D resistible
53. A hand B round C pack D stack
54. A weak-drinker B lightweight C low consumer D soft head
55. A not B ever C never D sometimes
56. A stomach B down C draw D drain
57. A sore-brain B head-bang C heavy-head D hangover
58. A plan B rule C code D restriction
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59. A run B get C go D put
60. A well-known B tourist C beaten D popular
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. (10points)
People around the world dance for different reasons and in different ways. Some dances
can express (61. _________) like sadness, anger, or joy. Other dances can tell a story.
In some cultures a shaman, or healer, might dance to (62. _________) an illness. Some
societies use dance to reach a state of trance so the (63. _________) can perform acts of
strength or courage, such as dancing on hot coals.
Dance probably has been (64. _________) about as long as people have. Cave paintings
thousands of years old show what look (65. _________) dancing figures. Dancers appear in the
art of (66. _________) Egypt and Greece. Through dance, societies (67. _________) their gods
for good crops or bravery in battle.
Hundreds of years ago the Christian church frowned on dancing. But farmers and
villagers still danced for fun. Many of these dances developed into folk dances. Ballet grew out
of dances at the (68. _________) courts of France and Italy in the 1500s and 1600s.
Drama, acrobatics, and music are (69. _________) with dance in many cultures. People
added make-up, costumes, and masks to turn dance into theater. These performances tell a story
using (70. _________) rather than words.
III. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (10points)
Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short
amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the
information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term
memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows
stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.
There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most
accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that
humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a
meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number.
Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by
chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can
optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.
When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam,
many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is
able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if
there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the
tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember
a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a
person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number
instantly.*Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short
term to long term memory.* A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". *This involves
assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other
pre-existing long term memories.*
Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information
can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in
the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may
eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the
more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for
subjects that require a lot of memorization.
71. According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?
A. They revert from the long term memory.
B. They are filtered from the sensory storage area.
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 C. They get chunked when they enter the brain.
D. They enter via the nervous system.
72. The word elapses in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to:
A. passes B. adds up C. appears D. continues
73. All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the:
A. STM B. long term memory C. sensory storage area D. maintenance area
74. Why does the author mention a dog's bark?
A. To give an example of a type of memory
B. To provide a type of interruption
C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans
D. To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell
75. How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time?
A. By organizing it B. By repeating it
C. By giving it a name D. By drawing it
76. The author believes that rote rotation is:
A. the best way to remember something
B. more efficient than chunking
C. ineffective in the long run
D. an unnecessary interruption
77. The word elaborate in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
A. complex B. efficient C. pretty D. regular
78. The word cues in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. questions B. clues C. images D. tests
79. Which of the following best provides the important information in the highlighted sentence
from the passage?
A. Prompting is the easiest way to retrieve short term memory after an extended period of
time.
B. A memory can be retrieved by prompting, in a case where it has been rarely used.
C. It's easier to remember short term memories than long term memories due to regular
prompts.
D. Recalling a long term memory that is often used is easy, while forgotten memories often
require prompting.
80. Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A. The working memory is the same as the short term memory.
B. A memory is kept alive through constant repetition.
C. Cues help people to recognize information.
D. Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.
PART E. WRITING (20 POINTS)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. (5 pts)
81. She was definitely displeased when I told her.
She was nothing ______________________________________
82. Fortunately I found another job shortly afterwards.
I had________________________________________________
83. I hope it’s not inconvenient for me to phone you so late.
I hope I’m not putting __________________________________
84. We only came to this restaurant because you insisted that we did so.
It was at _____________________________________________
85. Arguing with her won’t get you anywhere.
It won’t do ___________________________________________
II. Use the word given in bold 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. (5pts)
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86. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (CATCH)
.............................................................................................
87. Mike is never reluctant to make tough decisions as a manager. (SHRINKS)
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88. You can’t possibly expect me to have supper ready by eight o’clock. (QUESTION)
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89. It is my opinion that there is no advantage in further discussion. (SEE)
.............................................................................................
90. Please excuse Jane’s poor typing: she’s only been learning for a month.
(ALLOWANCES)
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III. Write about the following topic. (10pts)
Some people think that the teenage years are the happiest of people’s lives while others believe
that adult life brings more happiness..
What is your opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
Write at least 250 words.
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