Kì thi chọn đội tuyển chính thức dự thi HSG quốc gia lớp 12 THPT tỉnh Yên Bái năm học 2020-2021 môn thi Tiếng Anh ngày 2

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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN DỰ THI TỈNH YÊN BÁI
CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT NĂM 2020 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 12 trang) Ngày thi : 26/9/2019 Điểm của bài thi
Họ, tên và chữ kí của giám khảo Số phách Bằng số: Giám khảo 1: Bằng chữ: Giám khảo 2: PART I: LISTENING (5 points)
 There is a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the listening part
 There are three parts, each will be played twice
 Before each part, students have 30 seconds to look at the questions
Question 1: You will hear part of a lecture about healthy eating. Listen and complete the notes
below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
To calculate your Body Mass Index you should first take 1.__________________ in kilograms and
divide it by your weight in metres. Healthy Diets
 It is important eat starchy food with fruits and vegetables.
 There are people who 2.__________________ that starchy foods are fattening.
 Eat a minimum of 3.__________________ of fruits and vegetables a day.
 People tend to eat too much 4.__________________ and you only need a certain amount to keep healthy.
 People said that 5.__________________ can help protect against heart disease.
Exercise is good for us because: - it strengthens the heart
- it tones our 6.__________________ - it is good for the mind
 We do less exercise because we have domestic 7.__________________.
 Adults should do at least 8.__________________ moderate –intensity physical activity, five days a week. A physical activity can be: - a lifestyle activity
- a 9.__________________ activity - sports
Activities that produce 10.__________________ on the bones are necessary. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1
Question 2: You will hear part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking
about his trip to the moon. Choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear.
1. How did Charles feel about space travel as a boy?
A. He thought it was unlikely to happen.
B. He regarded it as more than science fiction.
C. He was fascinated by the idea of it.
D. He showed no particular interest in it.
2. What did Charles consider to be the hardest part of the training?
A. feeling trapped in the heavy spacesuit.
B. endlessly practising the lunar surface landing.
C. constantly being afraid of making a mistake.
D. being unable to move his arm and hands.
3. How did the crew feel when they had landed on the moon?
A. They felt as if they were coming home.
B. They realised they had achieved something special.
C. They were afraid of what they might find on the surface.
D. They were worried about how they would take off again.
4. What feature of the moon made the greatest impact on Charles? A. The brightness of the sun B. The vastness of the sky
C. The loneliness of the place D. The absence of any stars
5. What does Charles feel was the most memorable part of his mission?
A. nearly falling in to a crater
B. walking on the moon’s surface
C. seeing things never seen before
D. holding a piece of the moon Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 3: Listen to a piece of news about trade conflict and complete the summary using NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBER for each gap.
Trade war means higher price on a variety of products. For example, costs of imported
production materials such as steel and aluminum will be raised, but actually this will probably take a toll on 1.__________________. The resulting effects for involved countries are market
2.__________________ and unemployment.
Trade war can be started with the introduction of tariffs which aim to defense and
3.__________________; however, their 4. __________________ remains in question while
5.__________________ may accompany. The levy on imported Canadian steel and aluminum by the
US is considered 6.__________________ as quoted with strong disapproval from the female speaker.
Despite seemingly bright prospects in the G7 summit, Trump’s statement came as a
7.__________________, which abandoned all the previous efforts to solve the trade conflict.
Subsequently, Canada and EU countries have planned to take revenge on America with 8.__________________.
In fact, trade war can only cause 9.__________________ and the issue should come up for
further discussion until an agreement on 10.__________________ has been reached. 2 Your answers: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10.
PART II: LEXICO– GRAMMAR (2 POINTS)
Question 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. The spacecraft ________ into space and then spent three days getting to the Moon. A. hurled B. threw C. blasted D. orbited
2. Did you ever realise you have an uncanny ________ of coming down to the kitchen just as I am about
to serve dinner? Very strange! A. habit B. knack C. trick D. routine
3. ________ on by my husband, I applied for the job I had always dreamt of having. A. begged B. obliged C. urged D. pleaded
4. ________ by both financial and emotional problems, the father decided he had had enough and
slipped away from the house quietly at dawn. A. pressured B. beset C. filled D. drowned
5. I felt let down by a very unsupportive boardroom, ________ by the very chairman himself, Wilson
Gray. I had no choice but to resign. A. at most B. not least C. notwithstanding D. henceforth
6. Out upon the cloud covered hills, we only caught the occasional glimpse of the town lights ________ far below in the valley. A. sparkling B. glimmering C. flashing D. beaming
7. After a month, I will ________ the ropes and won't keep bothering you for help. A. show B. learn C. get D. finish
8. The young rookie scored over 20 goals in his first year, taking the whole league by ________. A. force B. example C. storm D. assault
9. Hubert ___________ remembered locking the door and couldn't understand how it was now standing wide open. A. distinctly B. sharply C. totally D. utterly
10. If you are looking for Sheila, she is over in the corner of the library with her head ________ in her books. A. covered B. entombed C. buried D. drowned
11. Son: “This herb smells horrible!”
Mom: “Be that as it may, it will do you a ________ of good”. A. power B. wealth C. strike D. visit
12. As a matter of ________, we have six security guards on the premises at all times. A. wisdom B. prudence C. foresight D. acumen
13. It was such a sad movie that we were all reduced ________ tears. A. for B. with C. into D. to
14. She marched into the shops, as bold as ________, and demanded for her money back. A. bass B. grass C. brass D. glass
15. Jane is out in the garden mulling________ a problem to do ________work. A. over/ with B. away/ without C. in/to D. into/for 3 Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Question 2: Write the correct form of the word given in the brackets.
It was with the circulation of Pickwich Papers in 1836 that young Dickens began to enjoy a truly
(1.PRECENDENT) _________ ascent into the favour of the British reading public. He magnificently
(2.PROVE) _________ a theory that his fame would disappear just as quickly as it had come. He
remained until his death 34 years later (3.DENY) _________ the most popular novelist the English-
speaking world had ever known. The public displayed a/an (4.SATIATE) _________ appetite for his
works, and there was also a great diffusion of them through (5.NUMBER) _________ dramatic adaptations. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PART III: READING (5 POINTS)
Question 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE appropriate word.
Snacking on green ants is (1) ____ everyone’s idea of the most delicious holiday indulgence,
but on a recent walk through the Daintree rainforest in Queensland, Australia, Aboriginal guide Kirsty
Norris assured a group of uncertain guests that the traditional food source of her KukuYalanji tribe was
(2) _______ a try. She (3) ____ have been right - but luckily for the native ants and the tourists, rain
came streaming down through the canopy, sending (4) _____ possible food scurrying for cover.
Connecting with nature isn’t a compulsory (5) _____ of a stay at an environmentally friendly
resort, but at the Daintree Eco Lodge, (6) _____ tree-house villas are set on stilts above the compound’s
waterfall-fed creek, many people find (7) _____ doing a bit of communing while they relax.
(8) _____ ecotourism is increasing in popularity, recording heady growth worldwide, it is still
difficult to define. For some travellers, ecotourism means eavesdropping (9) ____ nature from the
comfort of a plush bed with a magnificent view. For (10) _____, it’s about doing without hot showers
and trekking across wildernesses. However, industry watchers say the category’s basic tenet is minimal
environmental impact combined with some contribution to education and conservation. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer.
On the surface, a desert appears to be one of the harshest environments on Earth yet a
remarkable variety or plants have adapted to thrive in this dry climate. Despite their origins in different
locations around the globe, desert plants have developed similar strategies for surviving in arid
environments. Some plants have adapted in such a way that it is hard to tell them apart, even though
they belong to very different biological families.
In general, the survival strategies of desert plants can be divided into two kinds: adaptation for
quick use of ephemeral resources (“maximum variance behavior”) and adaptation for the best use of 4
poor but more permanent resources (“minimum variance behavior”). The former strategy involves
adaptation to environmental changes, such as seasonal availability of water. This is observed in desert
annuals and perennials alike. Such plants tend to grow rapidly and produce many seeds under the right
conditions. The latter strategy involves adaptation to the worst possible conditions, which can be seen in
succulents, true xerophytes, and grasses. These plants usually grow slowly, use water efficiently, and exhibit passive cooling.
Water scarcity and heat are the key factors limiting the survival of desert plants. Plants that have
adapted to the worst possible conditions have evolved ways for quickly acquiring and storing water to
ensure their survival. Depending on strategies and physical adaptations, they can be divided into either
succulents or drought-resistant plants. For the most part, succulents have evolved extensive, shallow
root systems to quickly absorb water during brief periods of heavy rainfall. Water is then stored in the
fleshy tissue of their thick trunks or lobes, as well as in the roots. The cactus is a good example of a
succulent. To retain water, succulents have waxy coatings on their skin and a modified system of
respiration. The stomata (surface pores), through which the plant takes in carbon dioxide and releases
oxygen, open only at night when temperatures are cooler and less water from the plant will evaporate.
Unlike most other plants, a succulent stores all or most of its chlorophyll, the chemical essential to
photosynthesis, in its stem, skin, or other outer tissues, rather than concentrating it in the leaves. Doing
this places it in a strong, well-watered part of the plant, rather than in an appendage susceptible to drying out and dropping off.
Drought-resistant plants, or xerophytes, come in many form including true xerophytes,
deciduous plants, and grasses. Xerophytic shrubs, such as the five species of creosote bush, are the most
abundant type of vegetation in most arid environments. They are able to withstand desiccation in severe
droughts without dying. Some have evolved small leaves with special coatings to reduce loss of water
through evaporation. Others have replaces leaves with thorns or spines. While succulent roots form
shallow, dense webs, xerophytes tend to develop deep root networks that pull water out of soil other
desert plants cannot reach. For example, the roots of the mesquite bush, said to have the deepest root
systems among desert plants, can reach depths of up to eighty feet.
Succulents and xerophytes, on one hand, have physically adapted to gather and retain water to
survive long periods of drought. Drought - avoiding plants, on the other hand, escape unfavorable
conditions by perishing. These include annuals and perennials. Because profuse seed development is
crucial to the survival of most annual species, they tend to produce far more flowers than other types of
desert plants. The desert marigold of the American southwest, for example, has adapted to seasonal
changes in rainfall by growing rapidly, bursting into a brilliant display of yellow flowers, and then
dropping a cascade of seeds before dying. In some cases, annuals complete their entire life cycle in a
matter of a few weeks or months. Their seeds may remain inactive for up to ten years while waiting for
wetter conditions. Perennials, such as the ocotillo, may go dormant during dry periods, spring to life
when it rains, and then return to dormancy in a process that may occur up to five times per year.
1. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of desert plants?
A. They are hard to see in the harsh desert landscape
B. They have evolved similar features, regardless of geographic origins
C. They have evolved from different families that exchanged survival strategies
D. They all look essentially the same.
2. The word ephemeral in the passage is closest in meaning to ___________. A. minimal B. yearly C. short- lived D. abundant
3. The word respiration in the passage is closest in meaning to___________. A. nutrition B. breathing C. growing D. coloration 5
4. Why does the author mention the action of stomata in the passage?
A. to explain how chlorophyll works
B. to emphasize a unique adaptation of succulents
C. to illustrate that cacti have no leaves.
D. to describe the basic parts of a succulent
5. The word desiccation in the passage is closest in meaning to __________. A. destruction B. growth C. adaptation D. drying
6. The word others in the passage refers to ___________. A. grasses B. shrubs C. coatings D. leaves
7. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the ITALIC sentence in the
passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. At the same time that xerophytes evolved their thick webs of low-lying roots, succulents
formed thin networks to reach surface water.
B. Both succulents and xerophytes form long, dense networks of roots in order to reach water
within the soil that non-developed plants could not reach.
C. Because of their long roots systems developed to reach water deep within the soil, xerophytes
have become more dominant in desert environments than succulents
D. In contrast to xerophytes, which produce long root systems to tap water deep within the soil,
succulents develop a thick web of roots just below the soil surface.
8. According to paragraph 4, thorns on xerophytes____________.
A. are similar to blades of grass.
B. can reach water very far underground
C. are what some plants have instead of leaves
D. help keep the plants from being eaten by animals
9. In what form do drought - avoiding annuals wait for wetter weather? A. stems B. flowers C. roots D. seeds
10. According to the author, all of the following are associated with plants that exhibit “minimum
variance behavior” EXCEPT ____________. A. slow growth B. modified respiration C. rapid seed production D. deep root systems Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow Trees in troubles
What is causing the decline of the world’s giant forests? A.
Big trees are incredibly important ecologically. For a start, they sustain countless other species.
They provide shelter for many animals, and their trunks and branches can become gardens, hung with
green ferns, orchids and bromeliads, coated with mosses and draped with vines. With their tall canopies
basking in the sun, they capture vast amounts of energy. This allows them to produce crops of fruit,
flowers and foliage that sustain much of the animal life in the forest. B.
Only a small number of tree species have the genetic capacity to grow really big. The mightiest
are native to North American, but big trees grow all over the globe, from the tropics to the boreal forests
of the high latitudes. To achieve giant stature, a tree needs three things: the right place to establish its
seedling, good growing conditions and lots of time with low adult mortality. Disrupt any of these, and
you can lose your biggest trees. 6 C.
In some parts of the world, populations of big trees are dwindling because their seedlings cannot
survive or grow. In southern India, for instance, an aggressive non-native shrub, Lantana camara, is
invading the floor of many forests. Lantana grows so thickly that young trees often fail to take roof.
With no young trees to replace them, it is only a matter of time before most of the big trees disappear.
Across much of northern Australia, gamba grass from Africa is overturning native savannah woodlands.
The grass grows up to four metres tall and burns fiercely, creating super-hot fires that cause catastrophic tree mortality. D.
Without the right growing conditions trees cannot get really big, and there is some evidence to
suggest tree growth could slow in a warmer world, particularly in environments that are already warm.
Having worked for decades at La Selva Biological Station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica,
David and Deborah Clark and colleagues have shown that tree growth there declines markedly in
warmer years. “During the day, their photosynthesis shuts down when it gets too warm, and at night
they consume more energy because their metabolic rate increases, much as a reptile’s would when it
gets warmer,” explains David Clark. With less energy produced in warmer years and more being
consumed just to survive, there is even less energy available for growth. E.
The Clark’s hypothesis is correct, means tropical forests would shrink over time. The largest,
oldest trees would progressively die off and tend not to be replaced. According to the Clarks, this might
trigger a destabilization of the climate; as older trees die, forests would release some of their stored
carbon into the atmosphere, prompting a vicious cycle of further warming, forest shrinkage and carbon emissions. F.
Big trees face threats from elsewhere. The most serious is increasingly mortality, especially of
mature trees. Across much of the planet, forests of slow-growing ancient trees have been cleared for
human use. In western North America, most have been replaced by monocultures of fast-growing
conifers. Siberia’s forests are being logged at an incredible rate. Logging in tropical forests is selective
but the timber cutters usually prioritize the biggest and oldest trees. In the Amazon, my colleagues and I
found the mortality rate for the biggest trees had tripled in small patches of rainforest surrounded by
pasture land. This happens for two reasons. First, as they grow taller, big trees become ticker and less
flexible; when winds blow across the surrounding cleared land, there is nothing to stop their
acceleration. When they hit the trees, the impact can snap them in half. Second, rainforests fragments
dry out when surrounded by dry, hot pastures and resulting drought can have devastating consequences:
one-four year study has shown that death rates will double for smaller trees but will increase 4.5 times for bigger trees. G.
Particular enemies to large trees are insects and disease. Across vast areas of western North
America, increasingly mild winters are causing massive outbreaks of bark beetle. These tiny creatures
can kill entire forests as they tunnel their way through the inside of trees. In both North America and
Europe, fungus-causing diseases such as Dutch elm disease have killed off millions of stately trees that
once gave beauty to forests and cities. As a result of human activity, such enemies reach even the
remotest corners of the world, threatening to make the ancient giants a thing of the past.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Paragraphs C and G have been done for you. List of headings
i. How deforestation harms isolated trees
ii. How other plants can cause harm
iii. Which big trees support the most diverse species
iv. Impact of big tree loss on the wider environment
v. Measures to prevent further decline in big tree populations.
vi. How wildlife benefits from big trees
vii. Risk from pests and infection
viii. Ways in which industry uses big tree products
ix. How higher temperatures slow the rate of tree growth
x. Factors that enable trees to grow to significant heights. 7 1. Paragraph A ______________ 2. Paragraph B ______________ Paragraph C _______ii______ 3. Paragraph D ______________ 4. Paragraph E ______________ 5. Paragraph F ______________ Paragraph G ______vii______
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer
6. The biggest trees in the world can be found in ______________.
7. Some trees in northern Australia die because of ______________ made worse by gamba grass.
8. The Clarks believe that the release of ______________ from dead trees could lead to the death of more trees.
9. Strong ______________ are capable of damaging tall trees in the Amazon.
10. In western Northern America, a species of ______________ has destroyed many trees. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 4: Read the text and identify which section A–F each of the following is mentioned.
Write ONE letter A–F in the corresponding numbered space provided. Each letter may be used more than once.
A. Well, although you wouldn’t think it to glance at them, snow crystals are rather intricate. For
that reason, the answer is by no means clear-cut. For instance, scientists remain unsure as to how
temperature and humidity affect growth. Indeed, moving somewhat tangentially for a moment, nor are
they yet certain of the wider climactic effect flakes have. For example, they know that clouds of snow
crystals reflect sunlight during the day, producing a cooling affect; although at night they sort of blanket
the planet, absorbing the heat it gives off, doing the reverse. So whether such clouds contribute to global
warming or not is up for debate on account of these competing effects.
B. As for snow crystals themselves, they undergo various stages of formation before they
become fully developed snowflakes. In the developmental stages, they are more simple structures, then
they later branch out and become complex. To start with, they resemble fairly plain and uniform six-
sided prisms that are hard to distinguish from one another. Such underdeveloped crystals do often fall to
the ground prematurely as precipitation. In this case, the probability of close likeness amongst different
ones is quite high in relative terms. So, hypothetically, it’s quite possible to find two more or less the
same, but, in practice, this would be like looking for a needle in a haystack – two, actually, so good luck trying to prove it.
C. However, snowfall is typically comprised of crystals at a more advanced stage of
development – true snowflakes, if you will – and here the odds change considerably with the likelihood
of very close resemblance dramatically reduced. This is because the ways in which fully developed
crystals can arrange themselves are almost infinite. Once crystals have branched out to form large
flakes, then, the chances of finding identical twins are, therefore, extremely remote.
D. Another problem with this question is how you define ‘alike’. After all, to the naked eye,
most flakes look more or less indistinguishable, irrespective of size or shape. Indeed, even under a
microscope, more simple crystal formations are strikingly similar to one another, though the unique
characteristics of fully formed snowflakes will be revealed. However, an understanding of the science of 8
physics confirms the extreme rarity of identical twins even amongst superficially similar flakes. In other
words, at a molecular level, likeness is a near impossibility, so the more closely we examine a flake and
the more strictly we define the notion of likeness, the less probable it becomes to ever identify two
crystals which are truly alike.
E. It is, in a way, somewhat reassuring, though, that something as seemingly simple as a
snowflake which is in actuality incredibly complex can still be uniformly beautiful in another purer,
more innocent sense. For, once the flakes have made landfall and begun to amass, snow is, to a degree,
just snow, and it takes on that kind of magical, fairy-tale quality that only it can evoke in so many
people, but particularly the young, who have less need to worry about the logistical implications of it
amassing in ever greater quantities, and, indeed, who usually welcome the closure of facilities,
particularly academic ones, that is normally commensurate with such accumulations. For it is the way of
the universe as a whole, is it not? Order springs from chaos, beauty is born from the most unlikely,
disordered and chance set of circumstances. Indeed, as a self-proclaimed glass-half-full person, I like to
think that we, human beings, are not all that dissimilar to snowflakes, actually. After all, each one of us
is, on some level, utterly unique, and yet, removes all the complexities of life and the over-analysis, and,
on another, we are all precisely the same; hopeful, flawed, loving, caring, jealous and imperfect;
perfectly so. The sooner we understand that, the better for both our species and the wider world we
inhabit, snow-covered or otherwise. In which extract _____
is a point of contention amongst scientists over the effects of something highlighted? 1.
does the writer give an insight into their personal outlook on life? 2.
is the difficulty in proving something likened to searching for an everyday object? 3.
does the writer examine the different ways likeness can be interpreted? 4.
does the writer hint at the inconveniences snowflakes can cause in everyday life? 5.
is the composition of young snow crystals differentiated in some detail? 6.
are the range of possible forms flakes can take defined as almost never-ending? 7.
does the writer first explain that two developed snowflakes can rarely be the same? 8.
does the writer suggest the closer something is inspected, the less likely an outcome is? 9.
does the writer suggest that simplification can have a positive impact on the world? 10. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. PART IV: WRITING (6 POINTS) Question 1: Summary
Read the following text and use your own words to summarise it in about 120 words. You must not copy the original words.
Our daily lives are largely made up of contacts with other people, during which we are
constantly making judgments of their personalities and accommodating our behaviour to them in
accordance with these judgments. A casual meeting of neighbours on the street, an employer giving
instructions to an employee, a mother telling her children how to behave, a journey in a train where 9
strangers eye one another without exchanging a word - all these involve mutual interpretations of personal qualities.
Success in many vocations largely depends on skill in sizing up people. It is important not only
to such professionals as the clinical psychologist, the psychiatrist or the social worker, but also to the
doctor or lawyer in dealing with their clients, the businessman trying to outwit his rivals, the salesman
with potential customers, the teacher with his pupils, not to speak of the pupils judging their teacher.
Social life, indeed, would be impossible if we did not, to some extent, understand, and react to the
motives and qualities of those we meet; and clearly we are sufficiently accurate for most practical
purposes, although we also recognize that misinterpretations easily arise particularly on the part of others who judge us!
Errors can often be corrected as we go along. But whenever we are pinned down to a definite
decision about a person, which cannot easily be revised through his “feed-back”, the inadequacies of our
judgments become apparent. The hostess who wrongly thinks that the Smiths and the Joneses will get
on well together can do little to retrieve the success of her party. A school or a business may be saddled
for years with an undesirable member of staff, because the selection committee which interviewed him
for a quarter of an hour misjudged his personality.
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The chart below shows the main causes of land damage in four different areas in the world.
Summarize the information by selecting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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Technological development leads to a lot of environmental issues. Some people think a simple
lifestyle can preserve the environment, while others argue that technology itself can solve it.
Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
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