SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12

ĐỒNG NAI NĂM HỌC 2019-2020

MÔN: Tiếng Anh (BẢNG B)

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
Ngảy thi: 10 / 01 / 2020
(Đề thi này gồm 9 trang, có 4 phần)

I. LISTENING (Questions 1 - 20) (20 X 0.2 = 4pts)

Section 1. (Questions 1 - 10) (2pts)

For questions 1 to 10, mark on the answer sheet which you think is the correct answer A, B or C.
Questions 1-5: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C to complete the speakers’ advice.
1. Only rescue birds that are …………
A. all alone B. obviously hurt C. sitting on the ground
2. Protect yourself by wearing …………
A. gloves B. a hat C. protective glasses
3. Put the bird in a …………
A. cage B. box C. bag
4. Keep the bird calm by…………
A. petting it B. talking to it C. leaving it alone
5. When transporting the bird …………
A. speak quietly B. play music C. drive very slowly

Questions 6-10: You will hear the lecture about the history of tomato. Choose the correct letter A,
B, or C.
6. The tomato originally came from…………
A. Mexico B. Spain C. Peru
7. The original color of the tomato was…………
A. red B. green C. yellow
8. The Aztec word for tomato means…………
A. golden apple B. plump thing C. small fruit
9. In the 1500s, people in Spain and Italy…………
A. enjoyed eating tomatoes
B. used tomatoes as ornamental plants
C. made medicine from tomatoes
10. In the 1600s, the British…………
A. saw tomatoes as poisonous B. published tomato recipes C. ate tomato sauce daily

Section 2. (Questions 11-15) (1pt)

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer.
NOTES ON SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Example: Number of trips per month Answer 5
Visit places which have:
• historical interest
• good (11). …………
• (12). …………
Cost: between 5.00 pounds and 15.00 pounds per person
Note: special trips organized for groups of (13). ……… people
Time: departure - (14). ……… a. m. and return - 6. 00 p.m.
To reserve a seat: sign name on the (15). ……… 3 days in advance

Section 3. (Questions 16-20) (1pt)

Listen to the dialog and write TRUE or FALSE for questions 16-20 on your answer sheet.
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 TRUE FALSE
16. Laura plays volleyball.
17. Her favorite part was when they sang the national anthem.
18. Laura carried the flag at the opening ceremony.
19. She is taping television commercials.
20. She isn't going to play tennis anymore.
II. VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR: (5pts)
Part 1. (Questions 21-30) (10 x 0.1 = 1pt)
Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits
in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning. (0) beautiful
The Hidden Face of Beauty
Cleopatra was not (0) beautiful, at least according to her portrait on coin. BEAUTY
But she was loved by very (21) ………… men, like Caesar and Anthony. The POWER
(22) ………… of beauty is similar everywhere. For example, many people APPRECIATE
think Sharon Stone is an (23) ………… woman. ATTRACT
Males can (24) ………… handsome men, and female lovely women. IDENTITY
We don’t learn this (25) ………… we’re born with it. We also believe that RESPOND
good-looking people are more (26) ………… competent and intelligent. It is LIKE
an extremely (27) ………… form of stereotyping. PLEASURE
However, in one (28) ………… experiment, researchers brought a group REMARK
of (29) ………… together for an hour a day. Happily, after four days, factors STRANGE
such as (30) ………… had become more important than looks. FRIEND
Part 2. (Questions 31-35) (5 x 0.1 = 0.5pts)
Add the correct PREFIX in the spaces to complete the sentences
31. I think that the waiter ………… charged us. What a check!
32. You mustn’t ………… do things. You need to work less and relax more.
33. I can’t get my laces ………… done. They’re in knot.
34. The music on the radio did not ………… please him. He simply paid no attention to it.
35. This food is a bit………… cooked. Ask them to put it back to the oven.
Part 3. (Questions 36-50) (15 x 0.1 = 1.5pt)
36. A person of ………… age may suffer from defects of vision.
A. every B. some C. certain D. any
37. The type of plant and animal life living in and around a pond depends on the soil of the pond,
………… , and the pond’s location.
A. what the quality of the water is B. how is the water quality
C. the quality of the water D. what is the water quality
38. Some grammar is taught ………… . That is not right.
A. alone B. only C. in isolation D. in context
39. You have to be a pretty good………… to get a job as a chef.
A. cooker B. cuisine C. cookery D. cook
40. As children, we were ………… to respect our elder.
A. grown up B. brought up C. kept up D. held up
41. She ………… still the early hours listening to pop music.
A. kept me up B. held me up C. caught me up D. took me up
42. His height isn’t ………… to whether he can be a good secretary.
A. relevant B. bound C. suitable D. particular
43. They were ………… to sell their house in order to pay their debt.
A. imposed B. necessary C. indispensable D. obliged
44. When we heard unexpected news, we were at a loss for words.
A. could not speak for a while B. did not know what to say
C. became dumb D. panicked
45. Ever since he got a new tuition teacher, Mark has been making progress in his school work by leaps
and bounds.
A. very slowly B. very suddenly C. very unexpectedly D. very quickly

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46. “Edward seems like a dog with two tails this morning”, “Haven’t you heard the news? His wife gave
birth to a baby boy early this morning?”
A. very proud B. extremely pleased C. exhausted D. extremely dazed
47. ………… we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now
48. He must have known about it………… he?
A. mustn’t B. haven’t C. didn’t D. don’t
49. Bread and butter………… their daily food.
A. are B. is being C. were D. is
50. The workers in this factory are paid by…………
A. the hour B. an hour C. hour D. hours
Part 3. (Questions 51-60) (10 x 0.2 = 2pts)
Each of the lines in the following text has a word which has to he removed. Write the unnecessary
word at the end of the line where the word appears. There is an example at the beginning (0)
Question 0: as
Spotlight on the Country
When you travel to Britain by sea or air, it is very likely that you will arrive in the ………….
0. Southeast, as for this is where the main passenger ports and airports are as……….
51. being situated. Heathrow Airport is the world’s busiest airport for ………….
52. an international traffic. Gatwick is the second important airport. The former has ………….
53. around twenty-eight million of passengers per year and the latter has about ten ………….
54. million. Most travellers from the continental Europe arrive at the cast coast ports ………….
of Dover, Fokestone and Ramsgate. Of these, Dover is by far the busiest. It has ………….
55. had 50 per cent of the total traffic to and from the Continent. The Channel Tunnel, ………….
56. is connecting France to Britain, starts here Kent is the county which is known as ………….
57. for the Garden of England because it produces a lot of the fruit and vegetables ………….
58. which are being eaten all over the country. The ground and climate make it ideal ………….
59. for growing conditions. It is also the main area of growing another kind of fruit ………….
60. is called hops. ………….

III. READING: (5pts)

Part 1. CLOZE READING (Questions 61-70) (10 x 0.1 = 1pt)
Read the text below and choose the correct word to fill the blank.
We know what happens when we don't have water _ we die. We use water, other animals use it,
plants use it, but the world never (61) ………… it. Basically, the amount of water on, above and within
the planet never changes.
Our use of it is part of an immense (62) ………… known simply enough as the water cycle. The
cycle can happen (63) …………water is one of the few substances that exists naturally, and at
temperatures which people can tolerate, as a liquid, a gas and a solid. We all know (64) ………… about
the water cycle; it is part of our daily scene. Water (65) ………… from lakes and oceans and from the
leaves of plants. From there it forms clouds which come back to earth as rain, ice or snow. That water
soaks (66) …………the ground or runs off. And the cycle continues with rivers running into the sea,
plants transpiring and so on. Animals like us use it on the way through the cycle.
For millions of years, changes in the water cycle were slow, but now, with the (67) …………
increase in the number of people on earth and the development of technology, we are having a(n) (68)
………… impact on the way the water cycle behaves and on the quality of the water itself.
Using water is fine, it in all (69) ………… of the cycle. But we have to remember we only borrow
the water. We have a responsibility to return it to the environment (70) ………… good condition after we
use it.
61. A. misses B. loses C. receives D. misplaces
62. A. method B. route C. process D. procedure
63. A. so B. although C. therefore D. because
64. A anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
65. A. evaporates B. dissolves C. disperses D. steams
66. A. within B. into C. from D. to
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67. A. abrupt B. rapid C. quick D. hasty
68. A. impressing B. strong C. dramatic D. powerful
69. A. portion B. piece C. one D. part
70. A. with B. on C. for D. in
Part 2. READING COMPREHENSION (Questions 71-75) (5 x 0.2 = 1pt)
Read the following passage and choose the correct answers.
Reading to oneself is a modem activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical
and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term ‘reading’ undoubtedly meant reading
aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.
One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading
aloud was a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent
reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly
because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the
number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some
reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the
flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices,
where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be
used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers
was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However,
whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media
on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books
and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social,
cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term ‘reading’ implied.
71. Why was rending aloud common before the nineteenth century?
A. Because silent reading had not teen discovered.
B. Because there were few places for private reading.
C. Because few people could read for themselves.
D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.
72. The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century indicated …………
A. a change in the position of literate people B. a change in the nature of reading
C. an increase in the number of books D. an increase in the average age of readers
73. Educationalists are still arguing about …………
A. the importance of silent reading
B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers
C. the effects of reading on health
D. the value of different types of reading material
74. The emergence of the mass media and of specialized periodicals showed that …………
A. standards of literacy had declined
B. reader’s interests had diversified
C. printing techniques had improved
D. educationalists’ attitudes had changed
75. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do?
A. explain how present-day reading habits developed
B. change people’s attitudes to reading
C. show how reading methods have improved
D. encourage the growth of reading
Part 3. READING COMPREHENSION (Questions 76-80) (5 x 0.2 = 1pt)
You are going to read an article about people who have a very strange gift. Seven paragraphs have
been removed from the article, Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (76-
80). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the
beginning (0).

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Color has a deep impact on each and everyone of us. In both offices and factories, shops and homes, the
management of color is used to improve the environment.
0 (example) - G
In the early part of the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner studied these effects of colour on individuals. He
developed a theory from which he produced colour schemes for a learning environment.
76 - …………
Although learning to integrate information from different senses is vital, for the majority of people sight,
tough, taste, smell and hearing are fundamentally separate. Yet there is evidence, some anecdotal, some
more scientific, to suggest that they are, in fact, linked. This idea of sensory unity is a very old one.
77 - …………
In more modem times, many individuals have reported experiencing what is normally felt through on
sense via another, and have described occasions when experiences of one sense also trigger experiences
of another. Many respected scholars have reported the linking of the senses, known as synaesthesia.
78 - …………
More recent studies include the case of a girl who associated colours with the notes of bird song. There
was also a boy who felt pressure sensations in his teeth when cold compresses were applied to his arms.
Among a group of college students it was found that 13 per cent consciously summoned up images of
colour when they were listening to music, claiming that this made the experience more enjoyable.
79 - …………
The author Vladimir Nabokov was once interviewed for a magazine article. He told the story of his
“rather freakish gift of seeing letters in colour".
Interestingly, he stated that his wife and son both have the gift of color hearing and that their son’s
colours sometimes appear to be a mix of those of his parents. For example, the letter M, for him was pink,
and to his wife it was blue and in their son they found it to be purple.
In his autobiography, he remembered the time when he was seven years old. He was using old black and
white alphabet blocks to build a tower, while his mother was watching.
80 - …………
The gift for seeing letters or hearing music in color is not yet understood. There are probably more people
out there who have the gift, but feel embarrassed or awkward about admitting it.
Removed paragraphs:
A. One such, the physicist Sir Isaac Newton wrote that, for him, each note of the musical scale
corresponded to a particular color of the spectrum: when he saw a color, he sometimes heard the note.
And the philosopher John Locke reported the ease of a blind man who claimed that he had had a
revelation of what the color scarlet looked like when he heard the sound of a trumpet for the first time.
B. The Scheme of colors that he recommended for each age group was intended to reflect a child’s stage
of development. The younger children had pink/red, while the older ones had yellow/green.
C. As each child develops, he or she learns to use all the senses co-operatively. What the child learns
from one sense can be transferred to another.
D. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristole argued that the five senses were drawn together by a ‘common
sense’ located in the heart. Later we see that the anatomical drawings of Leonard DA Vinci reflect the
15th century belief that the senses have a common mechanism.
E. When their tutor asked them to draw what they ‘saw’ when they heard a note rise and fall on a clarinet,
their images included lips, lines and triangles. One even drew a house nestling amid hills.
F. He casually remarked to her that the colors of the letters were all wrong. It turned out that she could
also see the letters in different colors and that she also heard musical notes in color.
G. Apparently, green helps people relax, whereas red is good for getting people to talk and produce ideas.
However, too much color can have a different effect from the one intended - excess red brings out our
aggression, for example, while too much green makes staff lazy.
Part 4. READING COMPREHENSION (Questions 81-90) (10 x 0.2 = 2pts)
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each
space.
English Universities and colleges
All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge are fairly new. London University is the
biggest of the modem English Universities and (81) ………… of a great variety of colleges and other
institutions (82) ………… medical schools.
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 A university usually has (83) ………… faculties and departments. The most common faculties are
medicine, law, arts, science, and theology. The (84) ………… include engineering, economics,
commerce, agriculture, music, and technology. After taking examinations a university graduate is (85)
………… with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, or Science, or Engineering, or Medicine, etc. depending
on their field of study.
Each faculty is headed by one or more professors, who are helped by a staff of teachers called
lecturers. Professors and lecturers spend some of their time giving lectures to large numbers of students or
studying with (86) ………… groups and here the students have a chance to argue and discuss.
All universities admit men and women, but the (87) ………… of men is rather more than 75%.
Most of the universities provide hostel accommodation for their students. At a university the course of
studies lasts six years and the curriculum is wide.
There are many special types of colleges in Great Britain too. They give a (88) ………… training.
They are medical, teachers’, technical colleges and many (89) …………
One can see colleges within universities. The course of studies at a college is only three years. At
medical colleges the students study various subjects, learn to treat patients and have (90) ………… work
at hospital. After graduating from the college they are given a certificate.
IV. WRITING (5pts)
Part 1. (Questions 91-95) (5 x 0.2 = 1pt)
Use no more than five words. including the word given to complete the second sentence so that it
has a similar meaning to the first one. You MUST NOT change the word given.
91. Linda’s plans for a picnic have been spoilt by the weather. (FALLEN)
→ Linda’s plans for a picnic………………………………because of the weather.
92. It’s unusual for Carol to get angry with her staff. (HARDLY)
→ Carol……………………………… with her staff.
93. I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me. (THANKFUL)
→ I’d like to say………………………………am for everything you have done for me.
94. Did you enjoy the party? (GOOD)
→ Did you………………………………at the party?
95. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought. (COURAGE)
→ I………………………………to tell him what I really thought.
Part 2. (Questions 96 - 100) (5 x 0.2 = 1pt)
For each of the sentences bellow, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence, but using the words given in capital letters. These words MUST NOT be altered
in any way.
96. He stood no chance of passing his exams. BOUND
………………………………………………………………………………………
97. Everyone who spoke to the victim is a suspect. UNDER
………………………………………………………………………………………
98. You can avoid tooth decay by brushing your teeth regularly. PREVENTED
………………………………………………………………………………………
99. A sudden downpour resulted in the postponement of the football match. PUT
………………………………………………………………………………………
100. They share a lot of hobbies and interests. COMMON
………………………………………………………………………………………
Part 3. COMPOSITION (3pts)
In about 250 words, write an essay on the following topic.
The rising levels of congestion and air pollution found in Hanoi Capital and in Ho Chi Minh City
can be attributed directly to the rapidly increasing number of private vehicles in use. In order to
reverse the decline in the quality of life in these cities, attempts must be made to encourage people
to use their cars and motorcycles less and public transport more. Discuss possible ways to
encourage the use of public transport.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples
and relevant evidence.

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