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SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN ĐỀ THI HSG TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023

TRƯỜNG THPT NGHI LỘC 5 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề gồm 12 trang)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO

SỐ PHÁCH
Bằng số:……………………… Giám khảo 1: ……………………………

Bằng chữ:………………..……… Giám khảo 2: ……………………………

SECTION A: LISTENING (50 points)\
Section 1.
Question 1- 4
Complete the notes bebow. NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER
DREAMTIME TRAVEL AGENCY
Holiday name: Whale watch experience
Holiday length: 2days
Type of transportation: 1.........................
Maximum group size: 2.......................
Next tour date: 3.......................
Hotel name: The 4...................
Question 5- 6
Choose two letter A- E
Which TWO things are included in the price of the tour.
A.Fishing trip
B. guided bushwalk
C. reptile park entry
D. table tennis
E. tennis
Question 7- 10.
Complete the sentences below.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER
for each answer.
7. The tour costs $.................................
8. Bookings must be made no later than ...............................days in advance.
9. A...................................deposit is required.
10. The customer’s reference number is............................................
SECTION 2.
Question 11- 19.
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Brand of cot Good points Problems Verdit
Baby safe Easy to 11............... Did not have any 12.............. 14............................
Choi cots Easy to 15............... Baby could trap their 13........... 17...................................
in the side bar.
Side did not drop down
Spaces between the bar were
16.........................
Mother’s choice Did not have any...........18 19.................................
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Question 20: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for the answer.
Metal should not be rusted or bent
Edges of cot should not be..............20
Section 3: Question 21- 23
Choose the correct answer A, B, and C.
21. Andrew has worked at the hospital for
A. two years B. three years C. five years
22. During the course, Andrew’s employers will pay
A. his fees B. his living costs C. his salary
23. The past – time course lasts for
A. one whole year B. 18 months C. two years
Question 24 and 25
Choose TWO letter A- E
What are two types of coursework required each month on the part- time couse?
A. A case study
B. an essay
C. a survey
D. a short report
E. a study diary
Question 26- 30
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
for each answer.
Modular courses
Students study.........26.................during each module. A module takes 27..................and the work is
very 28...............................To get a diploma, each student has to study 29...........................and work
on 30..................................in depth.
Section 4: Question 31- 35
Complete the sentences below. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
North American women’s attitude to money and savings
31. Arcording to George Bernard Shaw, men are supposed to understand .....................economics and
finance.
32. However, women are more prepared to.............................about them.
33. Women tend to save for...................................and a house.
34. Men tend to save for..........................................and for retirement.
35. Women who are left alone may have to pay for ..................................when they are old.
SECTION B. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points)
Part 1. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence.
1. His landlady gave him a week’s ________ to leave the flat.
A. threat B. notice C. advice D. caution
2. My brother is intelligent but he _______ common sense.
A. fails B. lacks C. misses D. wants
3. The film is ______ released at the end of next year.
A. on the verge of being B. due to be C. about to be D. on the point of being
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4. His _______ of the school regulations really can’t be ignored any longer.
A. carelessness B. inattention C. unfamiliarity D. disregard
5. ______ after trying three times, he passed the examination.
A. Last of all B. Lastly C. Last D. At last
6. It took me a long time to ______ what the aim of the game was.
A. ponder B.consider C.grasp D. reckon
7. He _______ malaria while he was in Africa.
A. infected B. contracted C. was caught D. gained
8. The question of late payment of the bills was ______again at the meeting.
A. raised B. risen C. brought D. taken
9. None of us has ever ______ of cheating in class.
A. declared B. persisted C. approved D. concluded
10. He gave me his personal _______ that his draft would be ready by Friday.
A. endurance B. insurance C. assurance D. ensurance
Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following
sentences.
11.All the students get the high marks in the test but Nga stood out.
A. got a lot of marks. B. got higher marks than someone.
C. got very good marks. D. got the most marks of all
Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following
sentences .
12. I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and dry.
A. have not got wet B. have got no water C. have been unsuccessful D. have got home dry

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 The Chinese are very generous when it comes to the education of their children. No
2 caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad
3 to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-
4 course activities which they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes
5 that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the most expensive an
6 education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on
education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what
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most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually
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very cheap.
9 Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in the
10 others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect
11 and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to
12 take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most
13 important skills they need to be confident, happy, or clever. Parents can achieve this by
14 teaching practical skills as cooking, sewing, and doing another housework. Teaching a child
15 to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands
16 patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to
17 improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully.
18 His result, a well-cook dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
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Your answers:
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
13. 17.
14. 18.
15. 19.
16. 20.

SECTION C – READING(70 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits
each gap.
Sleeping disorders like insomnia can (1) _________ to be a worrying question for many of us.
Almost anyone can easily conjure (2) ________ at least one sleepless night of (3) ________ and
turning in bed awaiting the bliss of a deep dream. Most probably, a third of us (4) _______ the
distressing experience at least once a week.
Even though it is possible for people to (5) _________ without any sleep at all for a certain
period of time, such occurrences are rather few and far (6) _____ and there is no evidence to (7)
_________this assumption. What is sure, however, is the fact that we do need some sleep to
regenerate our strength and to (8) _____ the brain to its proper activity. No wonder, then, that the
tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night (9) _______ many of us to go for chemical
support in the form of sleep (10) _______ tablets or powders.
However long the problem of sleeplessness has afflicted many individuals, very little has been
(11) _______ in the question of its original causes. We are conscious that it usually (12) ________
those who are exposed to a great deal of stress, anxiety or depression. It may also be (13) _______ by
overworking or unfavorable surroundings with scarcity of fresh air.
Sleeping pills may provide some relief and can act as an alternative in this desperate situation.
Yet, they do little to combat the ailment in full. Consequently, our hopes should be (14) _________
on the medical authorities to (15) ________ the root cause of insomnia before we take to being
nocturnals leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.
1. A. present B. entail C. realize D. prove
2. A. up B. about C. off D. out
3. A. rolling B. wriggling C. tossing D. spinning
4. A. underpass B. undergo C. underlie D. undertake
5. A. operate B. process C. function D. perform
6. A. between B. along C. within D. beyond
7. A. proclaim B. endure C. invalidate D. substantiate
8. A. recuperate B. restore C. revive D. resume
9. A. exert B. affect C. enforce D. compel
10. A. inducing B. attaining C. exacting D. contributing
11. A. disparaged B. retrieved C. detected D. originated
12. A. betrays B. besets C. bemoans D. bestows
13. A. engendered B. applied C. instigated D. evolved
14. A. placed B. ascribed C. focused D. attached
15. A. emerge B. release C. determine D. confess

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Part 2. For questions 1 – 15, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable
word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
Egyptologists tell us that the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza were built approximately 4,500
years ago by an Egyptian pharaoh, but in recent years a great (1) ________ of evidence has surfaced
to challenge this. A growing (2) _______ of independent researchers claimed that these monuments
may in (3) _______ have been built as (4) _______ back as 12,500 years ago! According to them, the
Giza pyramids precisely line (5) _______ with the position of certain stars in the year 10,450 BC. It is
interesting to note that on that date the leonine Sphinx (6) _______ have faced the exact location on
the horizon where the constellation of Leo rose (7) _______ dawn on the Spring equinox. Equally
interesting is the claim made by at (8) _______ one geologist that weathering patterns on the body of
the Sphinx are consistent (9) _______ those left by precipitation over a substantial period of time, yet
Egypt (10) _______ saw heavy rainfall over 7,000 years ago. Could it be (11) _______ both the
pyramids and the Sphinx were built by a highly civilized race thousands (12) _______ years before
the Age of the Pharaohs, at a time when historians would (13) _______ us believe humans had (14)
_______ the know-how to construct such amazing structures? If evidence (15) _______ surface that
can support such claims, the history books will undoubtedly have to be rewritten.
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6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer shect to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 10.
Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying in
Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth
century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in particular, became famous for
its cultivation of the flower. A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it
was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established in New
Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New
Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely
colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time:
crown imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too,
where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace," its garden
full of tulips. By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots." But
the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many difficulties. Thomas
Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England,
but his letter the following year grumbled that they were all dead. Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan,
with a later wave of early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of
Michigan. Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella Iowa, they established a
regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur,
the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick vander Schoot, spent six months in 1849 traveling
through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were traveling from Europe to
the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick English and Dutch settlers, North
American plants were traveling in the opposite direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants
was one reason why tulips dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
1. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
A. What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?
B. Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
C. How did tulips become popular in North America?
D. Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?
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2. The word "integral" is closest in meaning to

A. interesting B. fundamental C. ornamental D. overlooked
3. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following regions?
A. Central Asia B. Western Europe C. India D. North America
4. The word "flourished" is closest in meaning to
A. were discovered B. were marketed C. combined D. thrived
5. The author mentions tulip growing in New Netherlands, Pennsylvania and Michigan in order to
illustrate how
A. imported tulips were considered more valuable than locally grown tulips
B. tulips were commonly passed as gifts from one family to another
C. tulips grew progressively more popular in North America
D. attitudes toward tulips varied from one location to another
6. The word "grumbled" is closest in meaning to
A. denied B. warned C. complained D. explained
7. The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their gardens was
that tulips
A. were easy to grow B. had become readily available
C. made them appear fashionable D. reminded them of home
8. The word "they" refers to
A. tulips B. plains C. immigrants D. plants
9. According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred in English gardens
during the European settlement of North America?
A. They grew in size in order to provide enough plants to export to the New World
B. They contained a wider variety of tulips than ever before.
C. They contained many new types of North American plants.
D. They decreased in size on the estates of wealthy people.
10. The passage mentions which of the following as a problem associated with the importation of
tulips into North America?
A. They were no longer fashionable by the time they arrived
B. They often failed to survive the journey.
C. Orders often took six months or longer to fill.
D. Settlers knew little about how to cultivate them.
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Part 4. Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each
part ( 1- 6) of the passage.There are two extra headings you do not need to use.
List of Headings
A. The dificulties of talking about smells
B. The role of smell in personal relationships
C. Future studies into smell
D. The relationship between the brain and the nose
E. The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups
F. Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
G. Smell is our superior sense
H.The relationship between smell and feelings
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THE MEANING AND POWER OF SMELL

The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affec us on a physical, psychological and
social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being
consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some
reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.

1. A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal’s Concordia University asked participants to

comment on how irriportant smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke
strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while
a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to
the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional assoclations.
Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant
become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for
particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of the
odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.

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2. Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey believed that there
is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one. In fact, infants recognise the
odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by
scent. In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn
by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people. Most of thé subjects would
probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family merribers before
being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered,
smells register.

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3. In splte of its importance to our emotional and sensory lives, smell is probably the most
undervalued sense in many cultures. The reason often given for the low regard in which smell is held
is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the human sense of smell is feeble and
undeveloped. While it is true that the olfactory powers of humans are nothing like as fine as those
possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably acute. Our noses are able to recognise
thousands of smells, and to perceive odours which are present only in extremely small quantities.

3.

4. Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon. Odours, unlike colours, for instance, cannot be
named in many languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesn’t exist. ‘It smells like . ...’
we have to say when describing an odour, struggling to express our olfactory experience. Nor can
odours be recorded: there is no effective way to either capture or store them over time. In the realm of
olfaction, we must make do with descriptions and recollections. This has implications for olfactory
research

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5. Most of the research on smell undertaken to date has been of a physical scientific nature.
Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the biological and chemical nature of
olfaction, but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide
whether smell is one sense or two — one responding to odours proper and the other registering
odourless chemicals in the air. Other unanswered questions are whether the nose is the only part of
the body affected by odours, and how smells can be measured objectively given the non- physical
components. Questions like these mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to
play an increasingly important role for researchers.

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6. However, smell is not simply a biological and psychologlcal phenomenon. Smell is cultural, hence
it is a social and historical phenomenon. Odours are invested with cultural values: smells that are
considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly acceptable in others. Therefore, our
sense of smell is a means of, and model for, interacting with the world. Different smells can provide
us with intimate and emotionally charged experiences and the value that we attach to these
experiences is interiorised by the members of society in a deeply personal way. Importantly, our
commonly held feelings about smells can help distinguish us from other cultures. The study of the
cultural history of smell is, therefore, in a very real sense, an investigation into the essence of human
culture.
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Questions 7-10 :
Complete the sentences below. Choose ONLY ONE WORD from the passage for each answer
7. Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the................. belonging to their husbands
and wives.
8. Certain lingustic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack the
appropriate....................
9. The sense of smell may involve response to.................which do not smell, in addition to obvious
odours.
10. Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain.....................are not regarded as unpleasant in others.
Your answers
7. .......................................................
8. .......................................................
9. .......................................................
10. .......................................................
SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before.
1. Tim tried to be like one of his heroes when he was a young musician. modelled
 As ____________________________________________ one of his heroes.
2. Janet has never passed any exams, as far as I'm aware. knowledge
To _____________________ no formal qualifications.
3. None of us was expecting to have a test this morning. blue
This morning's test _____________________ for every one of us.
4. Being inexperienced was a disadvantage to her when she applied for promotion. counted
Her _______________________________________ when she applied for promotion.
5. Victory was stolen from the sprinter at the finish of the race. robbed
The sprinter _______________________________________________________ line.
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Part 2: You recently bought a piece of equipment for your kitchen but it didn't work. You
phoned the shop but no action was taken. Write a letter to the shop manager. In your letter

 describe the problem with the equipment

 explain what happens when you phoned the shop
 say what you would like the manager to do

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III. Write an essay of about 250 words on the following topic (15 points)
With recent developments in technology like e-books, some people feel that printed media like
books, newspapers, and magazines will soon be a thing of the past. Others feel that these forms of
media will never disappear. What is your opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
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