TRƯỜNG THPT NGHI LỘC 5 KỲ THI KSCL HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 LẦN 2

11/10/2022 NĂM HỌC 2022- 2023

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 10 trang)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: …………………….. Giám khảo 1: …………………………
Bằng chữ: ………………..….... Giám khảo 2: …………………………

SECTION A: LISTENING (50pts)

Part 1: You will hear a talk about the death of the oldest tree in the world. For questions 1-15, fill in
each blank with one missing word.
The oldest tree in the world died one day in ______(1). Its name was Prometheus, and Donald Currey
cut it down. It was not only the oldest tree, but the oldest living thing ever ______(2). Currey wasn’t an
uncaring logger or farmer making room for crops. He was a 30-year-old graduate student doing research
into climate change throughout history.
Trees are windows into the past. By studying the ______(3) between the rings that form each year, we
can learn something about the experience of each tree ______(4) that period of its life. Was it warmer or
colder? Was it wetter or drier? In this way, trees are repositories of earth history.
Currey wasn’t planning on killing any trees. He had a special ______(5) to remove samples from trees
without cutting them down. That was the plan, but his drill got ______(6) in the first tree that he found.
This was an irreplaceable drill from Sweden, and without it, his research would have to stop. Currey didn’t
know what to do and went looking for help. A local park ranger told him, don’t worry, there are
______(7) of these trees in the park. We’ll just cut it down and remove your drill. Neither Currey nor the
park ranger knew that Prometheus was a special tree when they killed the oldest life ______(8) known on
earth. At the time, they had no idea just how old it was.
After retrieving his drill, Currey took a look at the rings ______(9). Each ring corresponded to a year
of the tree’s life. By the end of the day, he had counted 1,000 years back in ______(10). By the middle of
the second day, he had counted to 2,000 and he ______(11) even half-way finished. By the end, he
counted a grand total of ______(12) rings. This tree had lived to nearly 5,000 years.
Currey was ______(13). He was responsible for killing the oldest living tree in the world. There was
an uproar around the country and people called him a ______(14). Currey was apparently so
disturbed, he stopped studying trees or anything living for that matter. He spent the rest of his career
studying salt flats.
Currey probably never let go of the past or ______(15) himself for what he had done. More than 20
years later, he was being interviewed by a TV reporter about his salt flat research, when he was asked,
"Aren’t you the Currey who cut down the oldest tree in the world?" Mid-interview, Currey turned his back
and ran.
Your answers:
1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.

Part 2: You will hear a conversation between a man, Marco, and his wife, Sarah, about a film they
have just seen at the cinema. For questions 16-20, Write T (True) or F (False)

16. Sarah was expecting to enjoy the film.

17. Marco and Sarah agree that the city in the film was London.
18. Marco feels that the length of the film made it rather boring
19. Sarah was upset about how some of the audience behaved during the film.
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19.
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Part 3. You will hear two overseas students, Spiros and Hiroko, who have just finished the first
semester of the university course discussing with their English language teacher how they coped
with the course. For questions 20-25, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
20. One reason why Spiros felt happy about his marketing presentation was that
A. his style was good.
B. he was not nervous.
C. the presentation was the best in his group.
21. After she gave her presentation, Hiroko felt
A. delighted B. dissatisfied C. embarrassed
22.Why can the other students participate so easily in discussions?
A. They are polite to each other.
B. They agree to take turns in speaking.
C. They know each other well.
23. Why is Hiroko feeling more positive about tutorials now?
A. She finds the other students’ opinions more interesting.
B. She is making more of a contribution.
C. The tutor includes her in the discussion.
24. What does Spiros think of his reading skills?
A. It still takes him a long time to read.
B. He reads faster than he used to.
C. He tends to struggle with new vocabulary.
25. Hiroko thinks that in the reading classes the students should
A. learn more vocabulary.
B. read more in their own subject areas.
C. develop better reading strategies.
Your answers:
20. 21. 22.
23. 24. 25.

SECTION B : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (20pts)

Part I. Circle the correct answers :

1. The weather was fine, and everyone was ………………… the coast .
A. going in for B. making for C. joining in D. seeing about
2. Battie had to bite the ……………. and tell his teacher that he hadn’t done his homework.
A. gun B. bullet C. sword D. knife
3. ……………. relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
A. Even B. It is C. Even though D. There is
4. ……………… migrate long distances is well documented.
A. That it is birds B. That birds C. Birds that D. It is that birds
5. She likes spoiling people’s fun. She is really a ………………..
A. couch potato B. wet blanket C. hard nut D. cold fish
6. You are having problems now but I am sure things will change …………. the better soon.
A. on B. to C. by D. for
7. Oh, I’m always forgetting ............ these medicines. Is that before or after meal, Ron?
  A. when to take B. what I will take with    C. on which I should take D. when I take
8. Such ……………………. that we all felt numb.
A. a cold weather was it B. was a cold weather
C. cold was the weather D. was cold weather
9. On the stairs…………………. a small dark- haired girl.
A. was sitting B. was to sit C. sitting D. having sat

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Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
10. Smugglers try every means to lay hands on unearthed relics for their personal gains.
A. set foot on B. lose their heart to C. set their mind on D. get hold of
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
11. I think having a beer during a meeting with your boss is clearly overstepping the mark.
A. doing a completely acceptable thing. B. making your boss satisfied.
C. do something over. D. behaving in an improper way.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each
of the following exchanges.
12. Tracy: “ Thank you for your help, Tim” Tim: “_______.”
A. No problem B. Without doubt C. You’re welcome D. Straight ahead

Your answers:
1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11.
2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12.

Part II. Read the passage below which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1 Less than 40 years ago, tourism was encouraged as an unquestionable good. With the
2 arrival of pack holidays and charter flights, tourism could at last be enjoyed by the masses.
3 Yet one day, it seemed feasible that there will be no more tourists. There will be
4 ‘adventurers’, ‘fieldwork assistants’, ‘volunteers’ and, of course, ‘travelers’. But the term
5 ‘tourist’ will be extinct. There might be those which quietly slip away to foreign lands for
6 nothing other than pure pleasure, but it will be a secretive and frowned at activity. No one
7 will want to own up to be one of those. In fact, there are already a few countries prohibiting
8 tourists against entering certain areas where the adversity effects of tourism have already
9 struck. Tourists have charged with bringing nothing with them but their money and
10 wreaking havoc with the local environment.

Your answers:
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
13. 17.
14. 18.
15. 19.
16. 20.

SECTION C : READING (70pts)

Part I: Read the passage and and then choose the correct answer. Write your answer A, B, C, or D
in the corresponding numbered boxes :
The combination of music and study has long been a ____________ (1) of disagreement between
adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning,
____________ (2) youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been ____________ (3) all along. Psychologists in Florida
tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music in the ____________ (4). They found that
the sounds____________ (5) progress down by about sixty words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly
that it is difficult to ____________ (6) with listening and writing at the same time,” said Dr. Sarah
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Randall. She also ____________ (7) to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less
____________ (8) than vocals. “All types of music ____________ (9) the same effect,” she said in her
report. “One’s ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be ____________ (10) by both vocal
and instrument music,” she added.
Dr. Randall claimed the research____________ (11) that the idea that music could improve performance
was wrong. “ Writing an essay is a complex ____________ (12) . You are recalling information and
putting it in ____________ (13) . An additional stimulus in the form of music is ____________ (14) to
distract.But music is not the only distractor. What is ____________ (15) worrying is that more and more
teenagers are studying in front of the Television.
1. A. basis B. foundation C. source D. reason
2. A. whereas B. unlike C. besides D. despite
3. A. precise B. right C. valid D. true
4. A. setting B. background C. surrounding D. circumstances
5. A. slowed B. reduced C. lowered D. decreased
6. A. manage B. support C. cope D. stand
7. A. reached B. drew C. arrived D. come
8. A. bothering B. intruding C. distracting D. interrupting
9. A. made B. had C. brought D. kept
10. A. disturbed B. interfered C. bothered D. shocked
11. A. pointed B. displayed C. demonstrated D. presented
12. A. project B. concern C. scheme D. task
13. A. order B. arrangement C. line D. pattern
14. A. bound B. unlikely C. about D. supposing
15. A. partly B. largely C. particularly D. mainly
Your answers:

1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.

Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes.
Every year people throw away millions of tons of plastic bottles, boxes and wrapping. These create huge
mountains of waste (16)……………………are extremely hard to get (17)……………… of . Now, a new
recycling process promises to reduce this problem by turning old plastic (18) …………new.

Scientists have taken (19)…………long time to develop their ideas because waste plastic has always been
a bigger problem (20)……………….substances like waste paper. You can bury plastic, but it is years
(21)……………….. it breaks down. If you burn it, it just becomes another form of pollution. A (22)
……………….products, for example bottles, can be re-used but it is expensive or difficult to do this (23)
……………..a lot of plastic products.

Now a group of companies has developed a new method (24)…………….recycling that could save almost
(25)…………plastic waste. The advantage of the new process is that nearly every type of waste plastic
can be used: it does (26)……...have to be sorted. In addition, labels and ink may be left (27)……….. the
products. Everything is simply mixed together (28)…………..heated to more than 400 degrees centigrade
(29)…………that it melts. It is then cooled, producing a waxy substance that can be used to make new
plastic products such as bags, bottles and, among (30)……..…..things, computer hardware.

Your answers:
16. 19. 22. 25. 28.
17. 20. 23. 26. 29.
18. 21. 24. 27. 30.

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Part 3: : Read the passage and and then choose the correct answer. Write the answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
We are descendents of the ice age. Periods of glaciation have spanned the whole of human
existence for the past 2 million years. The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice
age spurred one of the most dramatic climate changes in the history of the planet. During this interglacial
time, people were caught up in a cataclysm of human accomplishment, including the development of
agriculture and animal husbandry. Over the past few thousand years, the Earth’s climate has been
extraordinarily beneficial, and humans have prospered exceedingly well under a benign atmosphere.
Ice ages have dramatically affected life on Earth almost from the very beginning. It is even
possible that life itself significantly changed the climate. All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of
the atmosphere and eventually store it in sedimentary rocks within the Earth’s crust. If too much carbon
dioxide is lost, too much heat escapes out into the atmosphere. This can cause the Earth to cool enough for
glacial ice to spread across the land.
In general the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been equalized by the
input of carbon dioxide from such events as volcanic eruptions. Man, however, is upsetting the equation
by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of which release stored carbon dioxide.
This energizes the greenhouse effect and causes the Earth to warm. If the warming is significant enough,
the polar ice caps eventually melt.
The polar ice caps drive the atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems. Should the ice caps melt,
warm tropical waters could circle the globe and make this a very warm, inhospitable planet.
Over the past century, the global sea level has apparently risen upwards of 6 inches, mainly
because of the melting of glacial ice. If present warming trends continue, the seas could rise as much as 6
feet by the next century. This could flood coastal cities and fertile river deltas, where half the human
population lives. Delicate wetlands, where many marine species breed, also would be reclaimed by the
sea. In addition, more frequent and sever storms would batter coastal areas, adding to the disaster of the
higher seas.
The continued melting of the great ice sheets in polar regions could cause massive amounts of ice
to crash into the ocean. This would further raise the sea level and release more ice, which could more than
double the area of sea ice and increase correspondingly the amount of sunlight reflected back into space.
The cycle would then be complete as this could cause global temperatures to drop enough to initiate
another ice age.
31. According to the passage, carbon dioxide is stored in each of the following EXCEPT
A. polar ice caps. B. sedimentary rocks.
C. rain forests. D. fossil fuel.
32. What does the final paragraph of the passage mainly discuss?
A. The relationship between the ocean and the sun
B. The amount of sunlight reflected into space
C. A rise in global temperatures
D. The conditions that could lead to an ice age
33. Which of the following does the author NOT mention as a consequence of a large rise in global sea
level?
A. The destruction of wetlands B. The flooding of cities
C. A more diverse marine population D. Severe storms
34. According to the passage, what is the relationship between carbon dioxide and the Earth’s climate?
A. Carbon dioxide, which is trapped in glacial ice, is released when warm temperatures cause the
ice melt.
B. The greenhouse effect, which leads to the warming of the climate, is result of too much carbon
stored in the Earth’s crust.
C. Rain causes carbon dioxide to be washed out of the atmosphere and into the ocean.
D. An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in the warming of the climate.
35. The word beneficial in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. calm B. inviting C. thoughtful D. favorable
36. The word massive can be replaced to
A. wide B. huge C. dense D. thick
37. It can be inferred from the passage that the development of agriculture

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B. withstood vast changes in the Earth’s climate.
C. did not take place during an ice age.
D. was unaffected by the greenhouse effect.
38. The word “this” in the third paragraph refers to
A. man’s upsetting the equation B.the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide.
C. a volcanic eruption D. the melting of the polar ice caps
39. The word “inhospitable” is closest in meaning to
A. imperfect. B. uninhabitable. C. unlikable D. cruel.
40. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The possibility that the poplar ice caps will melt
B. The coming of another ice age
C. Man’s effect on the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere
D. The climate of the Earth over the years

Your answers:
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 4: : Read the passage and and then answer the questions from 41 to 50. Write the answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes.

THE BURDEN OF THIRST

Millions of women carry water long distances. If they had a tap by their door, whole societies would be
transformed.

A. Aylito Binayo’s feet know the mountain. Even at four in the morning, she can run down the rocks to
the river by starlight alone and climb the steep mountain back up to her village with a container of water
on her back. She has made this journey three times a day since she was a small child.

So has every other woman in her village of Foro, in the Konso district of south-western Ethiopia in Africa.
Binayo left school when she was eight years old, in part because she had to help her mother fetch water
from the Toiro River. The water is unsafe to drink; every year that the drought continues, the river carries
less water, and its flow is reduced. But it is the only water Foro has ever had.

B. In developed parts of the world, people turn on a tap and out pours abundant, clean water. Yet nearly
900 million people in the world have no access to clean water. Furthermore, 2.5 billion people have no
safe way to get rid of human waste. Polluted water and lack of proper hygiene cause disease and kill 3.3
million people around the world annually, most of them children. In southern Ethiopia and in northern
Kenya, a lack of rain over the past few years has made even dirty water hard to find. But soon, for the first
time, things are going to change.

C. Bringing clean water close to villagers’ homes is the key to the problem. Communities where clean
water becomes accessible and plentiful are transformed. All the hours previously spent hauling water can
be used to cultivate more crops, raise more animals or even start a business. Families spend less time sick
or caring for family members who are unwell. Most important, not having to collect water means girls can
go to school and get jobs. The need to fetch water for the family, or to take care of younger siblings while
their mother goes, usually prevents them ever having this experience.

D. But the challenges of bringing water to remote villages like those in Konso are overwhelming. Locating
water underground and then reaching it by means of deep wells requires geological expertise and
expensive, heavy machines. Abandoned wells and water projects litter the villages of Konso. In similar
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villages around the developing world, the biggest problem with water schemes is that about half of them
break down soon after the groups that built them move on. Sometimes technology is used that can’t be
repaired locally, or spare parts are available only in the capital.

E. Today, a UK-based international non-profit organisation called WaterAid is tackling the job of bringing
water to the most remote villages of Konso. Their approach combines technologies proven to last - such as
building a sand dam to capture and filter rainwater that would otherwise drain away. But the real
innovation is that WaterAid believes technology is only part of the solution. Just as important is involving
the local community in designing, building and maintaining new water projects. Before beginning any
project, WaterAid asks the community to create a WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) committee of seven
people. The committee works with WaterAid to plan projects and involve the village in construction. Then
it maintains and runs the project.

F. The people of Konso, who grow their crops on terraces they have dug into the sides of mountains, are
famous for hard work. In the village of Orbesho, residents even constructed a road themselves so that
drilling machinery could come in. Last summer, their pump, installed by the river, was being motorised to
push its water to a newly built reservoir on top of a nearby mountain. From there, gravity will carry it
down in pipes to villages on the other side of the mountain. Residents of those villages have each given
some money to help fund the project. They have made concrete and collected stones for the structures.
Now they are digging trenches to lay pipes. If all goes well, Aylito Binayo will have a tap with safe water
just a three-minute walk from her front door.

List of Headings
I Why some plans have failed
Ii A rural and urban problem
Iii A possible success
Iv Explaining a new management style
V Some relevant statistics
Vi A regular trip for some people
Vii Treating people for disease
Viii How water can change people’s lives

Your answers:
Eg: Paragraph A: __vi____ 41. Paragraph B: ______ 42. Paragraph C: ______
43. Paragraph D: ______ 44. Paragraph E: ______ 45. Paragraph E: ______

Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from
the passage for each answer.
46. The water levels in the Toiro River are falling because of ___________.
47. Globally, the number of people who die each year as a result of using dirty water is _______.
48. When families have clean water, they can spend more time growing _________.
49. Specialist knowledge and equipment are needed to dig __________.
50. WaterAid uses a dam made of _________ to capture rainwater.
Your answers

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

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 SECTION D : WRITING (60pts)

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word
given in capital letters and the words mustn’t be changed in any way.
1. Thomas was not given details of the company's new projects. ( DARK )
Thomas ………………………………………………………………………………..
2. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes. (VAIN)
The fox .. ……………………………………………….. ……………………………….
3. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car. (GETAWAY)
The bank robbers…………………………….. …………………….. ………………………….
4. The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked. (DISPOSAL)
The president…………………………………………………… …………………………….
5. Everybody made fun of him because he’d his hair cut so short. (MICKEY)
Everybody…………….. ……………………………………. ……………………………..

Part 2:

You are applying for a new job and you need a reference letter. Write a letter to Mr. Nguyen Nam, your
former manager (80 – 100 words). In your letter you should give some details of the job, explain why it is
important to you and suggest what information your former manager could put in the reference. Use your
name as Le Thuy Trang, 50 Tran Phu Street, Vinh City, Nghe An Province.
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Part 3:
Write an essay of about 350 words on the following topic:
Recently, there has been an increasing number of beauty contests being organised . Some people say
that it means women beauty has been more and more appreciated whereas some others think that these
contests contribute very little to society and should be eliminated . What is your opinion? To what
extend do you agree or disagree?

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