SỞ GD&ĐT KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT
QUẢNG BÌNH NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Vòng 2)
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Khóa thi: Ngày 11 tháng 10 năm 2012
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 07 trang)
Lưu ý: * Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
* Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
* Giám thị không hướng dẫn hoặc giải thích gì thêm.
SECTION ONE: LISTENING
Hướng dẫn phần thi Nghe hiểu:
• Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được ghi âm 2 lần. Giữa 2 lần ghi âm của mỗi phần và
giữa các phần có một khoảng trống thời gian chờ.
• Mọi hướng dẫn làm bài cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. Listen to the story and fill in the following blanks according to what you hear.
An elderly woman told the police that, as she entered a (1) …………., she was jostled by
a woman behind her. A few minutes later, as she was about to pay for a moustache remover at a
nearby store, she discovered that her wallet was missing from her purse. (2) ………… the woman
who had pumped into her had cleverly stolen her wallet. This type of theft is called pick-
pocketing.
Perhaps an even more personal kind of theft is known as housebreaking, or burglary.
After such an intrusion, the victims often report a feeling of violation. They seldom
(3) ……………. the comfort and security level they used to have in their home. They constantly
feel like they are being watched; they feel that if they go out, the burglars will again come in.
They feel uncomfortable when they are at home, and they feel uncomfortable when they aren’t at
home.
Burglars get lucky or make their own luck. Sometimes (4) ……………. forget to lock all
their windows or doors. Sometimes burglars will break a window, cut through a screen door, or
force open a side door.
Thieves have no shame. They will steal from anyone that they think is vulnerable. Of
course, that means the elderly are their frequent victims. Some thieves are very clever; some are

→ ………… …………………………………………………
14. Could she see the sign?
→ ………… …………………………………………………
15. How did she feel?
→ ………… …………………………………………………
SECTION TWO: LEXICO - GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
16. The company has just got a big order and the workers are working round the ……………….
A. day B. clock C. hour D. night
17. ……………. long, I'm sure you will be speaking English ………………. a native speaker.
A. After/ like B. Before/ like C. After/ with D. Before/ with
18. I know you’re annoyed, but you must try to control your ….………… .
A. blood B. storm C. explosion D. temper
19. Everyone in our family says best wishes to …………… in the early morning of the first day
of the New Year.
A. ourselves B. themselves C. one another D. the others
20. You will have to go for an interview tomorrow, but don't worry. It's just a …………… .
A. form B. format C. formation D. formality
21. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to ………………… .
A. come into B. come by C. come to D. come at
22. Do you need to give your speech another or do you already know it by heart?
A. break-down B. check-up C. run-through D. mix-up
23. Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his ………………. until it was
announced publicly.
A. cap B. tongue C. hat D. umbrella
Part 2. Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the word in the bracket.
24. We can look forward to a period of ……… ……. . (PROSPER)
25. It is said the …………… …. of a Swiss watch is perfect. (PRECISE)
26. In nursing, women tend to …………… …. men by four to one. (NUMBER)
27. We have to decide to interview only the best six …… …… … for the job. (APPLY)

44. …
45. …
46. …
47. …
48. …
49. …
50. …
51. …
52. …
53. …
SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1. Read the following passage, and then choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D).
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of as more
real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing
secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving
evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever
since there have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, albeit imperfectly.
Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to
talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically
or mentally learns to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other
hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of
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Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting around. This is still true
when you will drive along a quiet country road or a modern motorway. As far as getting
from one place to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story. Whenever I want
to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home and go on foot. It often turns out to
be much more quicker. I still make the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an
efficient means of a transport. The other day my wife was feeling a bit under the weather.
She had been having terrible headaches for some long time and she decided she couldn’t

C. intelligent people who couldn’t write.
D. severely handicapped children.
58. 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 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space.
A recent university research project investigated the attitudes of postgraduate science
students (59) ……… …… the learning of English vocabulary. The results were surprising. I’ll
mention three of them.
Firstly, most of the students think that (60) ………… … every word in English has just
one meaning. This is, of course, completely contrary to the facts. A glance at any English
dictionary will show this. The student will frequently find seven or eight meanings listed
(61) …….… … quite “simple” words.
Why, then, have these students made such a mistake? One reason may be that they are all
science students. Scientists try to use words in their subject 62) ……… ……. have one meaning,
and one meaning only. Another reason, of course, could be the way in which these students were
taught. They may have used vocabulary lists when they first (63) ……………… English. On one
side of the page is the word in English; on the other side, a single word in the student’s native
language.
The second attitude that (64) …………… from the findings is equally mistaken.
Practically all the students think that every word in English has an exact translational equivalent.
Again, this is far from the truth. Sometimes one word in English can only be (65) ………….…
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by a phrase in the student’s native language. There are other difficulties in translation which we
won’t mention here. Certainly, the idea of one word for one word translation process is
completely false. Translation machines, which tried to work on this principle, failed completely.
The third result of the (66) ………….…. showed another error in the students’ thinking.

G. Developing in parallel with this trend is a likely increase in the number of people,
across the whole age range, who wish to actively participate in music making. Such activities are
likely to be community based and will reflect the musical traditions of that community whatever
they may be.
H. While these results are still to be successfully replicated, other data from Europe has
indicated that an increase in .group music lessons can have positive effects on social relationships
in school and on concentration in young children and those with behavioural difficulties.
Music - The Challenge Ahead
Technological advances continue to transform our lives at work, at home and in our
leisure activities. Susan Hallam discusses their impact on music in Britain.
In the latter part of the 20
th
century, we saw a rapid increase in the opportunities available
for listening to music through radio, TV, records, tapes, CDs, videos and a rapidly developing
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range of multi-media techniques. Along with this, there has been a decline in the performance of
live music and in the full-time employment opportunities for professional musicians.
(69) ………………….
Indeed, a society without music is surely unthinkable and it seems that the issue is not
whether there will be music in the 21
st
century but what the nature of that music will be; and also
whether there will be a continued perceived need for people to learn to play musical instruments.
(70) …………………
In addition to its vocational significance, there is a growing body of evidence that playing
an instrument may be beneficial to the development of skills at an earlier stage. Research in the
USA has suggested that listening to or actively making music has a direct positive effect on
spatial reasoning, one aspect of the measurement of intelligence.
(71) ………………
Taking the idea behind such findings one step further, current research is investigating to

→ What I really new computer.
78. I can’t describe people as well as you can. (BETTER)
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→ You’re I am.
79. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert. (NO)
→ We tickets for the concert.
80. I hate to watch late night films on TV. (STAND)
→ I …………………………… late night films on TV.
81. The players did their best, so the manager thanked them. (FOR)
→ The manager …………………….………… their best.
82. He surprised me very much when he said he loved me. (BREATH)
→ He …………………………… when he said he loved me.
83. She couldn’t finish the race because she was injured. (PREVENTED)
→ Her injury …….…………………………………… the race.
84. “It’s not worth worrying about the past”, I told him. (POINT)
→ I told him that there was about the past.
85. While I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. (WRONG)
→ While I was driving, I realized that the car.
Part 2. Rewrite each sentence so that it has the same meaning, and contains the word given in
capitals. Do not change the word in any way.
86. Nobody helped me at all. (FINGER)
→ Nobody …………………………………………….
87. Money is of little value on a desert island. (COUNTS)
→ Money ………………………………………………………….
88. I tried to talk to Jack about the problem but he was too busy. (WORD)
→ I tried ……………………………………………………………
89. I don't mind whether we have the meeting today or tomorrow. (MAKES)
→ It …………………………………………………………………
90. As far as I know he is still working in HoChiMinh city. (KNOWLEDGE)
→ To ………………………………………………………………….

16. B 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. C
Part 2.
24. prosperity 25. precision 26. outnumber
27. applicants 28. solar
Part 3.
29. to 30. in 31. without 32. back 33. on
Part 4.
34. did without 35. drop in on 36. take after
37. cut down on 38. look into 39. get in
40. take up 41. was ….with 42. went off
43. come in for
Part 5.
44.√ 45. up 46. more 47. a 48. long
49. from 50. part 51. √ 52. to 53. it
SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1.
54. B 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. D
Part 2.
59. towards 60. nearly 61. for
62. which/that 63. learnt/learned 64. emerged
65. translated 66. investigation 67. untrue
68. situations
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Part 3.
69. E 70. C 71. H
72. B 73. G 74. A 75. D
SECTION FOUR: WRITING
Part 1.
76. I am always short of money.

However, this number is dropping steadily as more children and older users log on. In
1999, the number of children online quadrupled from 2% to 8%, and it continued to increase in
2000. There were similar increases for older users, rising from 4% in 1998 to 10% in 2000.
In summary, while adults between 16 and 50 still represent the great majority of Internet
users in Taiwan, their share is declining as more children and older users join the web.
THE END
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