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TRƯỜNG THPT THUẬN THÀNH SỐ 1
ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG LẦN 1 NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020
Môn: Tiếng Anh 12
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút; (80 câu trắc nghiệm)
Mã đề thi 234 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Dad’s illness was ____________; it brought the family together for the first time in year.
A. a matter of life or death B. getting a kick out of it C. a blessing in disguise D. a dime a dozen Câu 2: I am sorry. I meant _________ to you, but I have been busy.
A. to write B. to have been writing C. to have written D. writing
Câu 3: Anyone who is concerned about the environment cannot ignore the facts ________ the speaker was referring.
A. to that B. to which C. when D. where
Câu 4: The students’ plan for a musical show to raise money for charity received ________ support from the school administrators.
A. warm-hearted B. light-hearted C. whole-hearted D. big-hearted Câu 5: ________ who made Thanksgiving an official holiday in the United States.
A. Abraham Lincoln B. He was Abraham Lincoln
C. It was Abraham Lincoln D. Abraham Lincoln was
Câu 6: Were ________millions of dollars each year replenishing eroding beaches, the coastline would be changing even more rapidly.
A. the U.S Army Corps of Engineers not spending B. the U.S Army Corps of Engineers not spent C. the U.s Army Corps of Engineers does not spend D. not spending the U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Câu 7: The size of the pop-star’s personal fortune was the subject of much ________ in the press.
A. doubt B. guessing C. speculation D. wonderment
Câu 8: Jeremy’ friends were fond of him ________ because of his generosity.
A. at least B. still less C. even less D. not least
Câu 9: The thick fog ________ out any possibility of our plane taking off before morning.
A. ruled B. struck C. stamped D. crossed
Câu 10: Looking down at the coral reef, we saw ________ of tiny, multi-colored fish.
A. swarms B. flocks C. teams D. shoals
Câu 11: There are a lot of computer programmers nowadays, but really good ones are few and far ________.
A. amongst B. apart C. away D. between
Câu 12: It was Martin who ________ the initiative in introducing our guest to the princess.
A. adopted B. took C. led D. pursued
Câu 13: I was awfully tired. However, I made up my mind to ________ myself to the tedious task once again.
A. involve B. absorb C. engross D. apply
Câu 14: It’s best to meet your problems ________ and solve them before they get worse.
A. eye-on B. hair-on C. nose-on D. head-on
Câu 15: She has decided not to go to the airport ________ she presumes she won't be able to arrive early enough for the plane.
A. at that B. in that C. in which D. on which
Câu 16: Don’t trust what you hear on the grapevine. It’s best to hear it straight from the ___________
mouth so you know it’s true.
A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s
Câu 17: Advertisers often claim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable spending _______.
A. power B. force C. energy D. ability
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 18: Mike: They went on strike last week.
Jane: ________ .
A. What on earth for? B. Do they live on earth?
C. Are they on earth? D. Why on earth to?
Câu 19: Mike: I wonder if you could help me with this problem.
Jane: ________ .
A. Probe me. B. Try me. C. Examine me. D. Practise me.
Câu 20: Mike: I just think they've wasted their time, don't you?
Jane: ________ .
A. There's no admitting it. C. There's no decrying it.
B. There's no assigning it. D. There's no denying it.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 21: Mercury and alcohol are widely used in thermometers because their volume increases uniform with temperature.
A. are B. widely C. their volume D. uniform with Câu 22: When mining for gold, you must first obtain the gold ore and then apart the gold from the ore.
A. When mining B. must first C. and then D. apart
Câu 23: When a patient's blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually insists that he will not smoke.
A. much B. than it C. should be D. will not Câu 24: What happened in New York were a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.
A. What happened B. were C. including D. their Câu 25: Some people think that the desire to wear sunglasses are more a need to impress than
to protect the eyes.
A. that B. are C. than to D. the
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Be a better listener
Listening is the most important of all skills for successful conversations at work, college or in social (26)_____ . Generally, people are very (27)_____ listeners. The reason for this is that when talking to a colleague or a friend, they are often already preparing their (28)_____ while the colleague or friend is still speaking. But effective listening requires that you listen as though there were nothing else in the world more fascinating to you than what that person is saying. Even in the (29)_____ of an extremely noisy party, the very best listeners seem to have (30)_____ the gift of making the person who is speaking feel as if he or she were the only person in the room. They do this by paying (31)_____ attention and asking lots of questions. One very useful technique to (32)_____ the conversation going is to ask, ‘What do you mean, exactly?’ It’s impossible for the other person not to(33)_____ more detail. You can then follow (34)_____ with other (35)_____ questions and keep the conversation rolling along.
Câu 26: A. situations B. locations C. places D. settings Câu 27: A. faint B. poor C. frail D. hopeless Câu 28: A. speech B. response C. reaction D. expression Câu 29: A. heart B. depth C. middle D. peak Câu 30: A. possessed B. achieved C. received D. acquired
Câu 31: A. strong B. close C. hard D. deep
Câu 32: A. give B. put C. get D. make
Câu 33: A. provide B. participate C. contribute D. attach
Câu 34: A. along B. in C. up D. after
Câu 35: A. open-ended B. open-ending C. ending and opening D. end-opened
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Ballet is a dance form which utilises specific techniques and methods to achieve a motion that is graceful, flowing and precise. The line of a dancer’s body is crucial in that whether the body is resting or moving, its different parts have to be in complete harmony. The different techniques are choreographed into an orchestral, operatic or balletic work. Before ballet’s traditions developed, narrative dance began and evolved in countries as diverse as China, India and ancient Greece. The Roman Empire integrated Greek dance after conquering Greece, and by the 1400s, the first glimmers of ballet began to emerge in Italy. Domenico da Piacenza, one of the first dance masters, was in charge of teaching nobles the art;
Fabritio Caroso’s publication II Ballarino, a manual on the technical aspects of the dance, played a role in establishing Italy as the center of technical ballet development.
It was the French, however that came to be associated with enabling the art form to flourish. When the French crown heir married Catherine de Medici, an Italian aristocrat and patron of the arts, ballet was introduced to France. During the reign of Louis XIV, the dance developed as a performance-focused art form. In 1661, he established the Academie Royale de la Danse, now known as the Paris Opera Ballet;
the French blended aspects of Italian ballet into their own. Most of ballet vocabulary come from the French. The word “ballet” is French although its origin was from the Italian “balletto”, which is a diminutive of ballo dance. It made dancers, no matter where they came from, have to learn the French terms for ballet, and the dancers were able to understand what movements were required even if they were studying ballet in another country. In the time of Louis XIV, dancers were not wearing tutus and they were not doing pointe work, which are best known today for the unique features of ballet. Female dancers wore formal gowns that covered the ankles, and the audience participated in the end. The dance advanced further with references to the core positions of ballet that appeared in the writings of Pierre Beauchamp, a court dancer and choreographer. The Italian composer Jean Baptiste Lully, who was serving in the French court, and the French playwright Moliere produced an Italian theatre-style commedia dell’s arte and adapted it for a French audience. The musical phrasings of Lully’s compositions were written just for the physical movements of ballet. It shaped the future of the dance.
Paris may have been the ballet capital in the early 1800s, but when the French techniques were introduced in Russia, the country quickly became the world centre of ballet. Marius Petipa, the French dancer and choreographer, joined the Mariinsky Ballet, affiliated with the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
Petersburg, today called Kirov Ballet. In its time, the company delivered the most outstanding ballet dancers the world had ever seen, and some of them were transferred to the eminent Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Names such as Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky enthralled audiences with the expressiveness of their movements and the magnificence of their leaps and turns. Choreographers such as Michel Foline, who worked with the Ballets Russes, exhorted that the entire body must express emotion. Sergei Diaghilev, a ballet producer who headed the Ballets Russes, produced brilliant works with Fokine – works as great as The Dying Swan, The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. The Ballets Russes revitalised balllet around the world, and one of the countries impressed by it was the United States of America, that, in its own way, has made its mark in the field of ballet.
Câu 36: Which of the following sentences below expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence?
The line of a dancer’s body is crucial in that whether the body is resting or moving, its different parts have to be in complete harmony
A. It is imperative for dancers to understand how to execute dance steps to keep the ensemble moving harmony.
B. Whether or not in motion, the dancers strives to achieve accord between the different body parts because the line of their body is very significant.
C. Even when the dancer is resting, he has to keep exercising his body to keep his movements harmonious.
D. To stay in balance, a dancer has to be familiar with how to position his body when he is moving.
Câu 37: The word integrated in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. coerced B. eulogized C. assimilated D. brought down
Câu 38: According to paragraph 1, which of the following helped distinguish Italy as the nucleus of the advancements made in ballet?
A. The invention of the dance by Domenico da Piacenza.
B. The use of Greek dance by the Romans in their own theatre productions.
C. An instruction book on the dance technique prepared by Gabritio Caroso.
D. The combining of Indian, Chinese and Greek dance techniques in Italy.
Câu 39: The word diminutive in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. slenderness B. short line. C. invisible. D. fragment.
Câu 40: All of the following contributed to making France the center of ballet EXCEPT that A. the dance was brought to France when a lover of ballet married royalty.
B. French ballet dancers were technically better than their Italian counterparts.
C. Louis XIV’s adoration for ballet led him to found a ballet academy.
D. reference books carried the essential movements of ballet.
Câu 41: What can be inferred about the use of French terminology in the vocabulary of ballet?
A. The Italian terms were confusing and difficult to understand for dancers to acquire.
B. The Italians did not use special terminology for ballet.
C. The French language became an international language although it was challenging to learn.
D. The French, not the Italians, gave the dance worldwide prominence.
Câu 42: All of the following are true about French ballet EXCEPT that A. the spectators played a part in the performance.
B. the movements combined with the ones of Italians developed into their own.
C. the movements did not correspond to ballet’s core positions.
D. the attire worn was similar to ballroom-style clothing.
Câu 43: The phrase the company in the passage refers to
A. Russia B. The Mariinsky Ballet
C. St. Petersburg D. The Bolshoi Theatre
Câu 44: According paragraph 3, which of the following is true?
A. The United States of America also developed ballet due to the Russian dancers who left for America.
B. The Mariinsky Ballet was merged with the Bolshoi Theatre becaue of its own problems.
C. Russian ballet adopted the art form from French ballet.
D. The Ballets Russes was the biggest ballet company that produced many ballet masters.
Câu 45: Why does the author discuss the Ballets Russes?
A. To describe the balletic works that the Ballets Russes performed worldwide.
B. To explain the contribution of the Ballet Russes to the development of ballet.
C. To contrast the differences between Ballets Russes and the Kirov Ballet.
D. To provide an example of a Russian theatre where Pavloba and Nijinsky performed.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
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Some pioneering work that began as an attempt to discover ways to increase production efficiency led to the founding of the human relations movement in industry and to the development of motivational skills and tools for managers. In 1927 researchers were involved in determining the optimum amount of lighting, temperature, and humidity (with lighting being considered the most
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important) for the assembly of electronic components at Western Electric. The researchers found that lighting had no consistent effect on production. In fact, production sometimes increased when lighting was reduced to the level of ordinary moonlight! The important part of this experiment began when two Harvard researchers, Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger, were brought in to investigate these unexpected results further. They found that workers were responding not to the level of lighting but to the fact that they were being observed by the experimenters.
This phenomenon came to be known as the Hawthorne effect since the experiments were conducted at the Western Electric Hawthorne plant. This was the first documented and widely published evidence of the psychological effects on doing work, and it led to the first serious effort aimed at examining psychological and social factors in the workplace. Further experiments were continued for five years. Generally, the researchers concluded from their experiments that economic motivation (pay) was not the sole source of productivity and, in some cases, not even the most important source. Through interviews and test results, the researchers focused on the effects of work attitudes, supervision, and the peer group and other social forces, on productivity.
Their findings laid the groundwork for modern motivation theory, and the study of human factors on the job, which continues to this day in such common practices as selection and training, establishing favorable work conditions, counseling, and personnel operations. The contributions of this experiment shifted the focus of human motivation from economics to a multifaceted approach including psychological and social forces.
Câu 46: What is the passage primarily about?
A. The first widely published development in modern motivation theory.
B. Shifting the focus of human motivation from economics to a multifaceted approach.
C. The importance of careful research.
D. The results of a pioneering study at Western Electric.
Câu 47: The word “optimum” in line 4 is closest in meaning to
A. positive B. favorable C. best D. alternate
Câu 48: The most significant finding of the original research was A. lighting had no consistent effect on production.
B. production sometimes increased when lighting was reduced to the level of ordinary moonlight.
C. that lighting was no more important than the other factors of temperature and humidity.
D. the results were unexpected and confusing.
Câu 49: Why does the author say that the important part of this research began when two Harvard researchers were brought in (lines 8-9)?
A. Until then the research had been poorly conducted.
B. They took a multifaceted approach.
C. The results of the original research did not make sense.
D. Harvard has a good reputation in conducting research.
Câu 50: The research became known as the “Hawthorne effect” because A. it was the name of the plant where the study was conducted.
B. It was the name suggested by the Harvard researchers.
C. It was the name of the principal experimenter.
D. There were Hawthorne plants growing at Western Electric where the study was conducted.
Câu 51: The word “it” in line 17 refers to
A. the experiment. B. economic motivation.
C. the Western Electric Hawthorn plant. D. the Hawthorne effect.
Câu 52: It can be inferred from this passage that the Hawthorne study
A. led to lighting, temperature, and humidity no longer being considered important when seeking ways to improve production.
B. stimulated further research into work condition and worker behavior.
C. led to psychological factors becoming the most important consideration in achieving production efficiency.
D. led to economic considerations being less important in achieving productivity.
Câu 53: Part of the reason for the change in focus from economics to a more multifaceted approach to the psychological effects on doing work was
A. due to the recognition that workers should be happy at work in order to maintain high productivity.
B. a general conclusion that pay was sometimes not the most important factor.
C. because the Hawthorne study continued for so long.
D. because the workers requested it.
Câu 54: According to the passage, it can be concluded that a “multifaceted approach” to human motivation in the workplace
A. excludes economics.
B. can lead to greater productivity.
C. excludes physical conditions.
D. focuses mainly on psychological and social forces.
Câu 55: Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne study?
A. It was the first documented evidence of the psychological effects on doing work.
B. The Hawthorne study continued for five years.
C. They found that workers responded not to the level of lighting but to the fact that other work conditions were not favorable.
D. The study changed the focus from economics to a multifaceted approach.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 56: Due to the fact that the demand for tea was very high in the 19th century, its price was astronomical.
A. It was not until the 19th century that the demand for tea started to increase.
B. The demand for tea was so high in the 19th century that its price was enormous.
C. In the 19th century the price for tea didn't increase despite the demand.
D. It was its astronomical price which decreased the demand for tea in the 19th century.
Câu 57: French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents.
A. French and English are the only languages that are spoken on five continents.
B. Unlike French, English is spoken on five continents.
C. Worldwide, French is the most widely taught second language after English.
D. Before English, French was the only language spoken on five continents.
Câu 58: Adults laugh less than children, probably because they play less.
A. Unlike adults children laugh more while playing games.
B. Since adults have less time playing games; they don't laugh as much as children
C. It seems that adults, who don't laugh much, didn't play much with other children when they were young.
D. The reason why adults laugh less than children might be that they play less.
Câu 59: We must remember what happened in the past so that it will never happen again.
A. If we could remember the past, it would not happen again.
B. Since we all tend to forget what happened in the past we do the same mistakes again.
C. We couldn't remember what happened in the past so we did it again.
D. In order not to repeat the past, we should certainly not forget what happened then.
Câu 60: After failing a doping test at the Seoul Olympics, Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal.
A. At the Seoul Olympics Ben Johnson and many others were disqualified after failing a doping test.
B. If Ben Johnson hadn't been tested positive for doping at the Seoul Olympics, he wouldn't have lost his gold medal.
C. Since Ben Johnson confessed having used doping his gold medal was taken back.
D. As Ben Johnson failed the doping test again at the Seoul Olympics, he was stripped of his gold medal.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 61: I leave a message for you with my secretary. It is possible that I will be out when you telephone.
A. As long as it might happen that I am out when you telephone, I will leave a message for you with my secretary.
B. I will leave a message for you with my secretary in case I am out when you telephone.
C. Unless you telephone when I am out, I will leave a message for you with my secretary.
D. Providing that I will leave a message for you with my secretary, I will be out when you telephone.
Câu 62: Fossil fuels pose an environmental hazard. There is also a pressing need to find an alternative energy source that is renewable
A. Not only do fossil fuels pose an environmental hazard but there is also a pressing need to find an alternative energy source that is renewable
B. Fossil fuels pose an environmental hazard; therefore, there is also a pressing need to find an alternative energy source that is renewable
C. Although fossil fuels pose an environmental hazard, there is also a pressing need to find an alternative energy source that is renewable
D. Fossil fuels pose an environmental hazard, but there is also a pressing need to find an alternative energy source that is renewable
Câu 63: The dog hid. The thunderstorm scared him.
A. The dog hid, the thunderstorm.
B. The thunderstorm hid the dog, and scared him.
C. The dog hid, the thunderstorm.
D. Scared, the dog hid during the thunderstorm.
Câu 64: David is the strongest man alive. He can pull a car with his teeth.
A. David the strongest man alive can pull a car with his teeth.
B. David, the strongest man alive, can pull a car with his teeth.
C. David, can pull a car with his teeth, is the strongest man alive.
D. David can pull a car with his teeth, the strongest man alive.
Câu 65: Thunder and lightning happen together. We see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
A. Thunder, lightning and light travel faster than sound.
B. Thunder and lightning happen together, but we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
C. Thunder and lightning happen together, we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
D. Thunder and lightning happen together, or we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
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.
Câu 66: He fell foul of me when I asked him to apologize to his teacher.
A. quarreled with me B. made friends with me
C. attacked me D. showed appreciation for me
Câu 67: Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new management system, he just made light of it.
A. completely ignored B. treated as important
C. disagreed with D. discovered by chance
Câu 68: Working on Wall Street, you get used to massive financial changes happening in the blink of an eye.
A. very slowly B. very carefully C. very quickly D. very noisily
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.
Câu 69: Watermelon crops must be rotated periodically with other crops to avoid fungal disease.
A. constantly B. simultaneously C. regularly D. eternally Câu 70: The only cure for alcoholism is complete abstinence from alcohol.
A. absence B. avoidance C. sickness D. pretension
Câu 71: My uncle is not crazy. He is just a bit eccentric.
A. intelligent B. strange C. lunatic D. ordinary
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 72: A. invalid B. predict C. pretend D. preface Câu 73: A. mausoleum B. conservative C. disqualify D. magnificent Câu 74: A. adventurous B. luminous C. laborious D. autonomous Câu 75: A. optimist B. accuracy C. continent D. artificial
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 76: A. theme B. ethnic C. honey-mouthed D. thunder Câu 77: A. pizza B. buzzard C. muzzle D. fuzzy
Câu 78: A. question B. presentation C. industrialization D. modernization Câu 79: A. lounge B. mound C. foul D. gourd
Câu 80: A. hazard B. bombard C. custard D. mustard
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