ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT KÌ THI HSG

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH PT

PRONUNCIATION
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
A. attitude B. gratitude C. apartment D. constancy
A. insight B. chemist C. embrace D. substance
A. expertise B. analyze C. sympathize D. criticize
A. engineer B. committee C. volunteer D. referee
A. condition B. genetics C. embarrass D. indicate
LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
1. The chemical ____ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollute
2. ____ heat comes from deep inside the earth.
A. Geothermal B. Solar C. Nuclear D. Hydro
3. My father is an ____________ guitarist.
A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment
4. He is very good at ____________ people singing with his guitar.
A. making B. getting C. accompanying D. having
5. “Shall we go out tonight?” - “_____________”
A. Yes, I can B. Yes, we are C. Yes, we go D. Yes, let’s
6. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events.
A. broadcast B. network C. coverage D. vision
7. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not _____ your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong B. lengthen C. delay D. shorten
8. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same school.
A. then B. until C. as soon as D. when
9. 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
10. Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ____ 25 years.
A. over B. during C. with D. when
Exercise 2: Put each verb in brackets in an appropriate form.
1. She has made up her mind (have) a garage (build) next to the house.
2. The statue (break)while it (move) to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised (take) the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop (do) my homework (answer) the phone.
5. Why you all (laugh)? Roger (tell) you his funny stories?
6. Don’t worry. We (finish) the report by 11.
Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition.
They set ___________for Paris at midnight.
I knew your family would stand ___________you.
He’s quite careless ___________ danger.
She’s very nervous ___________ the new boss.
I’m faithful ___________ my principle.
Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. In design and qualify of manufacture they were _______________by Italians. (CLASS)
2. IQ stand for ___________quotient (INTELLIGENT)
3. Everyone admired her ___________beauty. She’s old but she is still beautiful. (TIME)
4. She is extremely ___________of heights and will feel fain when she only on the fifth floor. (FEAR)
5. Thomas ___________broke the expensive vase. (ACCIDENT)
6. Part of the building has been ___________into offices. (DIVIDE)
7. We should cut down the use of ___________ and pesticides for cultivation. (FERTILE)
8. This writer must be ___________ to write those fantastic novels. (IMAGINE)
9. The ___________ are concerned about the deforestation and killing rare animals. (ENVIRONMENT)
10. Do me the ___________ of listening to what I have to say. (COURTEOUS)
Exercise 5: Each line of the passage below contains one mistake. Find and write the correct forms
in the your answer sheet as the examples below.
Line 0: inhabit => inhabiting
Line 00: hot => heat
Large animals inhabit the desert have evolved adaptations for reducing the Line 0
effects of extreme hot. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect the Line 00
Sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart of the normal mammalian practice Line 1
of maintaining a constantly body temperature. Instead of trying to keep Line 2
down the body temperature inside the body, what would involve the Line 3
expenditure of water and energy, deserts mammals allow their temperatures Line 4
rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 Line 5
degree Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body Line 6
cools up during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall Line 7
unusual low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is a Line 8
advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight absorb in warming Line 9
up the body. Line 10
READING
Exercise 1: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Colorblindness
A Myths related to the causes and symptoms of "colorblindness" abound throughout the world. The
term itself is misleading, since it is extremely rare for anyone to have a complete lack of color
perception. By looking into the myths related to color blindness, one can learn many facts about the
structure and genetics o the human eye. It is a myth that colorblind people see the world as if it were a
black and white movie. There are very few cases of complete colorblindness. Those who have a
complete lack of color perception are referred to as monochromatics, and usually have a serious
problem with their overall vision as well as an inability to see colors. The fact is that in most cases of
colorblindness, there are only certain shades that a person cannot distinguish between. These people
are said to be dichromatic. They may not be able to tell the difference between red and green, or orange
and yellow. A person with normal color vision has what is called trichromatic vision. The difference
between the three levels of color perception has to do with the cones in the human eye. A normal
human eye has three cones located inside the retina: the red cone, the green cone, and the yellow cone.
Each cone contains a specific pigment whose function is to absorb the light of these colors and the
combinations of them. People with trichromatic vision have all three cones in working order. When one
of the three cones does not function properly, dichromatic vision occurs.
B. Some people believe that only men can be colorblind. This is also a myth, though it is not completely
untrue. In an average population, 8% of males exhibit some form of colorblindness, while only 0.5% of
women do. While there may be some truth to the idea that more men have trouble matching their
clothing than women, the reason that color vision deficiency is predominant in males has nothing to do
with fashion. The fact is that the gene for color blindness is located on the X chromosome, which men
only have one of. Females have two X chromosomes, and if one carries the defective gene, the other one
naturally compensates. Therefore, the only way for a female to inherit colorblindness is for both of her
X chromosomes to carry the defective gene. This is why the incidence of color deficiency is sometimes
more prevalent in extremely small societies that have a limited gene pool.
C .It is true that all babies are born colorblind. A baby's cones do not begin to differentiate between
many different colors until he is approximately four months old. This is why many of the modern toys
for very young babies consist of black and white patterns or primary colors, rather than traditional soft
pastels. However, some current research points to the importance of developing an infant's color visual
system. In 2004, Japanese researcher Yoichi Sugita of the Neuroscience Research Institute performed an
experiment that would suggest that color vision deficiency isn't entirely genetic. In his experiment, he
subjected a group of baby monkeys to monochromatic lighting for one year. He later compared their
vision to normal monkey who had experienced the colorful world outdoors. It was found that the test
monkeys were unable to perform the color-matching tasks that the normal monkeys could.
Nevertheless, most cases of colorblindness are attributed to genetic factors that are present at birth.
D. Part of the reason there are so many inconsistencies related to colorblindness, or "color vision
deficiency" as it is called in the medical world, is that it is difficult to know exactly which colors each
human can see. Children are taught from a very young age that an apple is red. Naming colors allows
children to associate a certain shade with a certain name, regardless of a color vision deficiency.
Someone who never takes a color test can go through life thinking that what they see as red is called
green. Children are generally tested for colorblindness at about four years of age. The Ishihara Test is
the most common, though it is highly criticized' because it requires that children have the ability to
recognize numerals. In the Ishihara Test, a number made up of colored dots is hidden inside a series of
dots of a different shade. Those with normal vision can distinguish the number from the background,
while those with color vision deficiency will only see the dots.
E. While many of the myths related to colorblindness have been busted by modern science, there are
still a few remaining beliefs that require more research in order to be labeled as folklore. For example,
there is a long-standing belief that colorblindness can aid military soldiers because it gives them the
ability to see through camouflage. Another belief is that everyone becomes colorblind in an emergency
situation. The basis of this idea is that a catastrophic event can overwhelm the brain, causing it to utilize
only those receptors needed to perform vital tasks. In general, identifying color is not considered an
essential task in a life or death situation.
Questions 1-5: Choosing Headings
Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below. There are more headings
than sections, so you will not use them all.
Colorblindness' in different
i v Unsolved myths
countries
ii Diagnosing colorblindness vi Animals and colorblindness

iii What is colorblindness? vii Developing the ability to see color

iv Curing colorblindness viii Colorblindness and the sexes

1) Section A
2) Section B
3) Section C
4) Section D
5) Section E
Questions 6-8: Multiple-Choice Questions
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D. Write your answers on your Answer Sheet.
6) People who see color normally are called
A monochromatic B dichromaticC trichromatic D colorblind
7) Children usually begin to see a variety of colors by the age of
A one month B four months C one year D four years
8) Children who take the Ishihara Test must be able to
A distinguish letters B write their names
C read numbers D name colors
Questions 9-12: Completing a Summary
Complete the summary using words from the box below. There are more answers than spaces, so you
will not use them all.
myth a little less X chromosomes
 defective genes fact slightly more

exactly less likely more probable

It is a common 9 _________ that only men suffer from colorblindness. On average 10_________ than ten
percent of men have this problem. Women have two 11_________ For this reason it is 12_________ for a
woman to suffer from colorblindness.
Exercise 2: Choose the best option to fill in the blank in the following passage.
SPORT IN PRISON
For all the arguments about prison, there is no getting away from the fact that it exists. Once the judge
and (1)_________ have done their job, we have to (2)_________ thousands of men and women occupied
until they are (3)_________.
Sport is ideal for prisoners for many reasons. Being (4)_________ punishes people by taking away their
freedom; just because someone gets in (5)_________ with the law, we have no (6)_________ to take away
their health as well. Secondly, the (7)_________ that you feel when you are (8)_________ up for a long prison
sentence can make you very anti-social and aggressive. The (9)_________ thing we want is for people to
come out after ten years, or even ten months, and beat up the first person they see. Sport provides a
way of controlling that (10)_________.
1. A. panel B. team C. jury D. board
2. A. hold B. store C. preserve D. keep
3. A. abandoned B. remanded C. released D. charged
4. A. inwards B. indoors C. internal D. inside
5. A. mess B. trouble C. worry D. trial
6. A. right B. fairness C. justice D. demand
7. A. uniqueness B. remoteness C. isolation D. individuality
8. A. keyed B. broken C. closed D. locked
9. A. best B. last C. final D. terminal
10. A. crime B. opportunity C. assault D. violence
Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
(1)__________ rate and death rate are two important factors which influence the change in world
population. Today, the world population is increasing (2)__________ an alarming rate. This is because of
the decline in the death rate (3)__________ to recent advances of modern medicine and the availability of
improved (4)__________ services.
(5)__________ rapid growth of world population poses a (6)__________ because mankind may soon
outgrow the world's food supply. One may argue (7)__________ modern technological advances and
scientific research can help increase food production as well as prevent starvation. But can this increase
in food production keep (8)__________ with the increase in population?
V. WRITING
Exercise 1: Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first using, without
changing, the word given.
My mother never lets me make noise in the house. ALLOWED
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It’ll be lovely to attend your wedding this spring. FORWARD
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You should take those shoes to be mended soon. HAVE
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When it comes to computer games, Jack is a real expert. CONCERNED
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Jane was the first person I asked for advice. WHOSE
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