bài giảng vồ môn tiếng anh lớp 12 thpt hsg

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CẤP THÀNH PHỐ THÀNH PHỐ CẦN THƠ NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
Khóa ngày 10 tháng 02 năm 2023 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi có 10 trang) MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề Điểm Điểm SỐ PHÁCH (bằng số) (bằng chữ) Cán bộ chấm thi (Do Chủ tịch HĐ chấm ghi)
- Cán bộ chấm thi 1: ..…………..............
………………………………………….
- Cán bộ chấm thi 2: ……..…………….
………………………………………….
I/ LISTENING (15 points)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe:
 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, thời lượng 20 phút, được bắt đầu bằng đoạn nhạc hiệu và kết thúc bằng thông báo.
 Thí sinh có 5 phút để đọc qua các phần trước khi nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: You will hear people talking in five different situations. Choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Write your answer in the numbered box. (5 points)
1. You hear a woman bringing a CD player back to the shop where she bought it.
What is the problem with it?
A. It plays CDs at the wrong speed.
B. It jumps from one track to the next.
C. It doesn’t eject CDs properly.
2. You hear a woman talking to a waiter.
What does she want him to bring her? A. mineral water B. coffee C. orange juice
3. You hear a boy describing a journey.
Where did he want to go? A. Leeds B. Manchester C. Crewe
4. You hear an advertisement for a sale in a furniture store.
Which items have the biggest reductions? A. sofas B. beds C. armchairs
5. You hear a woman talking to a car mechanic.
What is the problem with her car?
A. It won't start in wet weather.
B. The brakes don't work properly.
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Part 2: You will hear part of a radio interview with a woman who is the director of the Museum
Association. Complete the sentences with a WORD/ NUMBER or short PHRASE. Write your answer in
the numbered box. (5 points)
 The Museum Association was started (6)________.
 Museums must be more (7) ________in the way they attract visitors.
 Ms Edwards would like museums to have (8) ________with schools in the area.
 A trip to the museum can be (9) ________for most people.
 Investing in museums is a way of investing in (10) ________of the country. 6 7 8 9 10
Part 3: You will hear an extract from a travel programme. Decide which of the choices A, B or C is the
correct answer. Write your answer in the numbered box. (5 points)
11. On a Mediterranean holiday, how much is the cost of a flight and a hotel? A. about £450 B. about £800 C. about £700
12. Where does the speaker think that listeners really want to go on holiday? A. the Mediterranean B. the Far East C. round the world
13. According to the speaker, what problems do you encounter with charter flights?
A. They only fly between January and June.
B. They cost around £300.
C. They leave at inconvenient times.
14. What is the best way to arrange accommodation? A. book it from home
B. look near the airport
C. take the advice of the locals
15. What are the cheap hotels in Thailand like? A. five star palaces B. fairly basic C. very small 11 12 13 14 15
II/ LEXICO - GRAMMAR (25 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D)
in the numbered box. (15 points)
16. When the game _____ to an end, hundreds of fans ran into the pitch. A. approached B. arrived C. came D. entered
17. More people would buy in your shop if you_____ more importance to the quality of service. A. connected B. linked C. related D. attached
18. First, I said I wouldn’t like to be a freelancer, but on second _____ it appeared to me it wasn’t a bad idea. A. thoughts B. mind C. feeling D. views
19. It was wrong of Michael _____ by a professional mechanic.
A. not to have had the engine repaired
B. having not to repair the engine
C. to haven’t had the engine repaired
D. not repairing the engine
20. I’ve heard this name several times. It’s quite _____ to me. Trang 2/10
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21. My grandfather used to say that hard work is the _____ to achieving success in life. A. recipe B. puzzle C. prospect D. key
22. Many people have died because of an acute _____ of food and medicines in the regions stricken with the Covid 19 pandemic. A. shortfall B. shortage C. shortcoming D. shortcut
23. Time and again, I like to _____ myself in a little bit of gambling even thought I rarely win. A. indulge B. permit C. allow D. submit
24. Apologise for your sister _____ you’ll be made to stay in your room alone for the whole day. A. or else B. nevertheless C. regardless D. as with
25. _____ the brakes if we don’t want to crash into the car in front of us. A. Set off B. Slam on C. Let in D. Bring up
26. Because we live within easy _____ of the city center, we don’t have to travel to school by bus. A. range B. distance C. access D. reach
27. Let’s bury the _____. It’s no good arguing all the time. A. axe B. saw C. hatchet D. knife
28. Products _____ our clients ought not to be ordered any more.
A. of which quality fails to satisfy
B. whose quality fails to satisfy
C. the quality of them fails to satisfy
D. that quality fails to satisfy
29. It’s really hard to _____ between these two photos. They are so similar. A. distinguish B. separate C. disconnect D. differ
30. _____ to the election, all the candidates clearly defined the goals and objectives that they were going to accomplish. A. Beforehand B. Advance C. Forward D. Prior 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Part 2: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answer in the
numbered box. (10 points) BEHIND THE SCENES
Watching a successful theatre production is an amazing experience. The
performance looks (0) effortless, and everything goes smoothly but this often EFFORT
(31) ______the amount of work that was actually involved. At the Palace LIE
Theatre, the average time from the first (32) ______to opening night is just REHEARSE
four weeks of intensive work. Everyone involved attends the first read-
through by the cast, so this is an ideal opportunity to get an (33) ______into SIGHT how a production germinates.
I took myself to the theatre on a (34) ______October morning to attend CHILL
the read-through of the theatre’s new production - the British premiere of Sive,
by the acclaimed Irish (35) ______John B Keane. It is about a young girl PLAY
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look on (36)______. It is a poignant portrayal of rural family life, rich in HELP
comedy and filled with (37)______characters played by an Irish cast for linguistic (38)______. MEMORY
“It’s important for people to have a sense of common purpose and AUTHENTIC
(39)______,” explains director Ben Barnes. “The play has been in pre-
production since June but this is the first reading and it will be (40)______ of TEAM
how the actors work together. And it’s for the theatre staff as much as the INDICATE actors.” 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
III/ READING (25 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Gap (0)
has been done as an example. Write your answer in the numbered box. (8 points) The value of walking
New research reveals that walking just 9.5 kilometers (six miles) a week may (0) _____your brain
sharper as you get older. Research published in the October 13 online issue of Neurology (41) ______that
walking may protect aging brains from growing smaller and, in turn preserve memory in old age.
“Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can (42) ______memory problems,” study author Kirk
Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh said in a news release “Our findings should encourage further
well-designed scientific (43) ______of physical exercise in older adults as a very promising approach for
preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.” For the study, the team asked 299 dementia-free seniors
to record the (44)______they walked each week.
Four years later, the participants were tested to see if they had developed (45) ______of dementia.
Then after nine years had passed, scientists scanned the participants’ brains to measure size. At the four-
year test, researchers discovered subjects who walked the most had (46) ______their risk of developing
memory problems by 50 per cent. At the nine-year checkpoint, those who walked at least 9.5 kilometers a
week, had brains with a larger (47) ______than those who didn’t walk as much.
This is not the first study to promote the benefits of walking in seniors. For example, last spring,
Harvard University found that women who walked regularly at a (48) ______pace had an almost 40 per cent lower risk of stroke. 0. A. bring B. work C. run D. keep 41. A. informs B. provides C. suggests D. notifies 42. A. account B. lead C. set D. cause 43. A. trials B. attempts C. searches D. courses 44. A. distance B. length C. duration D. extent 45. A. signals B. factors C. signs D. features 46. A. depressed B. declined C. reduced D. dropped 47. A. volume B. amount C. dimension D. quantity Trang 4/10
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