ĐỀ THI KIỂM TRA HSG LỚP 12
Part I : Phonetics
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’.
1. A. parachute B. champagne C. chivalry D. church
goer
2. A. inflexible B. elegent C. experiment D. recollection
3. A. breakfast B. already C. feasible D. heather
4. A. resign B. resound C. resonant D. resource
5. A. cleared B.hatred C. sacred D. wicked
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different.
6. A. appearance B. appropriate C. information D. original
7. A. miraculous B. communiate C. mysterious D. calculated
8. A. introduce B. understand C. atmosphere D. biological
9. A. rainforest B. wilderness C. yesterday D. invader
10. A. discover B. difficult C. experience D. community
Part II: Vocabulary
I. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
11.The new teacher explained to the students that she hoped to new teaching methods to promote the
teaching and learning quality.
A. invent B. control C. restore D. apply
12.The rise in house price will him to sell his house for a large profit.
A. manage B. achieve C. enable D. facilitate
13.I know him by but I don’t know what his name is.
A.sight B. chance C. accident D. mistake
14.Planting trees can prevent erosion and water.
A.retain B. get C. put D. have
15.Some instances of air pollution are dust storms, vocanic , forest fires caused by lightening, pollen and
marsh gases.
A.eruption B. boom C. break-out D.burst
16.I suggest that our family try to on expenses.
A.cut B.drop C.reduce D.cut down

31. The Roberts are on the way to London _________ a bus.
A. by B. on C. in D. with
32. They were very _________ about keeping so much money in the house.
A. dangerous B. willing C. risky D. nervous
33. Arthur assured me that he was going to come, but he hasn’t _________ yet.
A. turned in B. turned up C. turned on D. turned round
34. _________ I had turned the corner, I began to run.
A. Scarcely B. Just C. Hardly D. Once
35. The noise ________ from the boat engine might disturb sea animals.
A. which come B. came C. coming D. has come
36. Young people are always eager to do good things that ________ the community.
A. trust B. provide C. fulfill D. benefit
37. “Was the test long?” ~ “Yes, John was the only one ________ it”.
A. to finish B. finished C. could finish D. has finished
38. Is there any chance ________ the machinery repaired?
A. having B. of having C. for having D. have
39. A cool drink________ him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. refreshed C. relieved D. recovered
40. It is important that she ________ what you say.
A. understand B. understands C. understood D. has understood
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers
in the numbered spaces.
How many times have you come back from what meant to be a relaxing holiday and said, “If only I
stayed at home”? Why are holidays often more stressful than staying at home? It is not actually very surprising
that foreign travel is tired and it is not just because of the distances involving. A successful trip needs planning
and very careful preparation – this is a hard work. Having set up, you will probably have to spend hours in
stuffy airports because endless delays. Flying, as everyone know, is itself a stressful experience for most
people. Finally, you arrive in an unfamiliar environment with perhaps no knowledge whatsoever about the local
language. It is almost like becoming a child again: one feels so helpless and stupid. Imagine not to be able to
explain what you want to eat to a waiter or where you are staying to a taxi driver!

It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the (64) of stress. Scientific studies have
revealed that emotional tears contain a chemical which is one of the body’s natural (65) killers. The
chemical is not found in tears (66) as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that tears may (67)
to remove substances that accumulate in the body under stress. This would explain why many people feel
much better after crying. As a result of the view that it is not (68) to cry, men tend to hold back their
tears. This may explain when men develop more stress-related diseases than women.
(69) emotion, be if a feeling of sadness or happiness , is stressful. Tears are, therefore, shed as a
response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is natural to cry. It may be (70) to hold back tears.
61.A. self B. own C. individual D. personal
62.A. mankind B. man- made C. human D. humane
63.A. service B. function C. part D. role
64.A.improvement B. increase C. getting rid D. reduction
65.A. bacteria B. pain C. wound D. injury
66.A. burst out B. shed C. burst into D. sight
67.A. drop B. burst out C. serve D. shed
68.A. manly B. humane C. human being D. strong
69.A. Sensitive B. Individual C. Personal D. Intense
70.A. useful B. useless C. harmful D. wrong
II. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer the following questions.
We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternating with
some 16-17 hours’ wakeness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of
darkness. Our present concern is how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.
The question is no mere the academic one. The case, for example, with which people can change from
working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls
insistently for round - the - clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to a week for a person
to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night.
Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed everyweek; a person may work from 12
midnight to 8 a.m , one week , 8a.m to 4p.m the next, and 4p.m to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means
that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change another, so that much of his time is spent
neither working or sleeping very efficiently.

A. people do not want the inconvenience of working on night shifts.
B. people are disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.
C. not all industries work in the same hours. D. it is difficult to fine a corps of good night workers.
74. The best answer to the problem seems to be
A. not to change shifts from one week to the next. B. to have longer periods on each shift.
C. to employ people who will always work at night D. to find ways of selecting people who adapt quickly.
75. Scientists are able to measure adaptation by taking body temperature because
A. body temperature is a good basis for selection. B. people have low temperatures at night.
C. the temperature reverses when the routine is changed.D. people have high temperatures when they are working
efficiently
.
76. “the third” ( line 13) means
A. the third week B. the third shift C. a third of the time D. the third routine
77. “another” (line 14) refers to
A. another routine B. another shift C. another week D. another person
78. “ This latter system” ( line 28) refers to
A. Brown’s research B. spending a month or even three months on each shift.
C. having the same people on night shift all the time D. alternating day and night shifts.
79. “ This” ( line 32) refers to
A. a person’s performance B. measuring a person’s performance
C. the physiological measure D. knowing when a person has adapted
80. “ this” (line 35) refers to
A. a physiological measure B. performance at various times of day and night
C. the level of body temperature D. a person’s performance
Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
It is a common saying that we do not fully value a thing until we (81) it. We often value the love
and worth of a friend (82) he has been taken from us by death more than when he was with us in the
flesh; it is only when we have left school or college (83) we understand the greatness of our opportunity
of education, which has gone forever; it is the sick and the ailing who realize the value of good health. When
we are young and strong, we cannot imagine what it is to be weak and ailing. We are so (84) to

91. The author of the passage argues that ________
A. writing has become too important in today’s society.
B. speech is more basic to language than writing.
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write.
D. all languages should have a written form.
92. According to the passage, writing ________
A. is imperfect, but less so than speech. B. represents speech, but not perfectly.
C. developed from imperfect speech. D. is represented perfectly by speech.
93. In the author’s judgment ________
A. writing has more advantages than speech.
B. speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does.
D. writing is more real than speech.
94. In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ________
A. people who learn the rudiments of speech. B. people who speak many languages.
C. intelligent people who couldn’t write. D. severely handicapped children.
95. According to the author, one mark of civilized society is that it ________
A. affirms the primacy of speech over writing.
B. affirms the primacy of writing over speech.
C. teaches its children to speak perfectly.
D. keeps written records.
Part V: Writing.
I. Finish the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
96. After having to look everywhere, I succeeded in finding their house.
I managed
97. I’ve forgotten that author’s name but he’s very well-known.
That author,
98. There are more people out of work in this country than ever before.
Never
99. You can try to have Tim lend you his new book but you won’t succeed.


(113) you / find out / need / more / vegetables / less fat. Your / food-preparation machine/ make / you / salad.

(114) After lunch / , / you / down / hall / home office. Here /you / have / everything / need / do/ work.

( 115)Thanks to / information screen / new / computer, almost / never / go / office any more.

Write an essay (about 150-200 words) on the following topic:
“The role of a good friend in one’s life”


Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Hải Dơng
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đáp án đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 12
Năm học 2006 - 2007
Thời gian làm bài 180 phút

79. I’d rather you didn’t tell anyone about our conversation.
80. It was such a great demand for the tickets that people queued day and night.
III: (5 marks )
81. A 82. C 83. C 84. B 85. A
IV: (15 marks )
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly
that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years . What follows is not science fiction. It’s
how experts see the future.
You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and
with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to get home safely.
What’s for lunch ? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your
diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. You find out you need more vegetables and less
fat. Your food preparation machine makes you a salad.
After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need for doing
your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you almost never go into the office any
more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the screen to
translate Portuguese into English, then you read and reply the message.