Đề thi HSG môn tiếng Anh lớp 12 năm 2019

Câu hỏi 1 :

What point does Philip make about the people who are involved in the locomotive side of trains?

A. Some avoid doing it because it is too dirty

B. Some worry about the dangers involved.

C. Some find it to be an instinctive activity.

D. Some only do it for the financial rewards it brings.

Câu hỏi 2 :

When Mike discusses why he enjoys the world of trains, what contrast does he identify between the different groups of people he interacts with?

A. A difference in social status.

B. A difference in ages.

C. A difference in technical ability.

D. Some only do it for the financial rewards it brings.

Câu hỏi 3 :

What view is stated by Mike about how the railway has helped him in his role as a parent?

A. It has helped him develop a closer relationship with his daughter.

B. It has taught him patience.

C. It has helped him focus on his daughters career possibilities.

D. It has given him stability in his life.

Câu hỏi 4 :

When discussing different aspects of the railway, both speakers agree that ___________.

A. Age does not need to be a handicap.

B. Both men and women are equally welcome.

C. It can be quite demanding.

D. Cleanliness is not the first adjective that springs to mind.

Câu hỏi 5 :

What final conclusion do both speakers reach about volunteering on the railway?

A. The time they have spent has been difficult but worth it.

B. They have both learnt a lot.

C. They are better people for having been involved with it.

D. It has helped them grow while at the same time giving them a direction for the future.

Câu hỏi 6 :

If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to _________ your authority so often.

A. assert

B. affirm

C. maintain

D. inflict

Câu hỏi 7 :

The factory is working below _________ because of the shortage of essential materials.

A. range

B. scope

C. capacity

D. denstiy

Câu hỏi 8 :

His new designs are ______ the trend in women’s fashion right now.

A. aiming

B. setting

C. building

D. following

Câu hỏi 9 :

She wants to give full ______ to her anger about discrimination.

A. manifestation

B. vent

C. wear

D. barometer

Câu hỏi 10 :

Without telling her directly, they ______ that she’d got the job.

A. prophesied

B. inferred

C. insinuated

D. intimated

Câu hỏi 11 :

Athletes need to have a higher _________ of protein and vitamins in order to stay heathy

A. intake

B. increase

C. infection

D. production

Câu hỏi 12 :

He claimed _____ from military service because he was a foreign national

A. liability

B. exception

C. demobilization

D. exemption

Câu hỏi 13 :

It’s Prime Minister’s right to ______ an election at any time he likes

A. summon

B. nominate

C. call

D. submit

Câu hỏi 14 :

The footballer never really recovered from the injury ______ at the beginning of the season.

A. got

B. struck

C. endured

D. sustained

Câu hỏi 15 :

The drought ________ considerable problems for farmers.

A. instigated

B. posed

C. flexed

D. pressed

Câu hỏi 16 :

Jerry has been burning the midnight ________ over the last few days; his final exam is soon.

A. lamp

B. light

C. candle

D. oil

Câu hỏi 17 :

In my first year at university I lived in the halls of ________ .

A. abode

B. residence

C. dwelling

D. accommodation

Câu hỏi 18 :

Books taken from the short ________ section are due to be returned the next day.

A. borrowing

B. credit

C. loan

D. credit

Câu hỏi 19 :

You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper ________ .

A. files

B. archives

C. records

D. collections

Câu hỏi 20 :

The accused confidently ________ that he was innocent.

A. preserved

B. maintained

C. maintained

D. defended

Câu hỏi 21 :

We did our best to fix the broken computer but our efforts bore no ________.

A. success

B. fruit

C. luck

D. end

Câu hỏi 22 :

I knew my mother would ________ a face the minute she saw my new haircut.

A. drag

B. lift

C. pull

D. raise

Câu hỏi 23 :

19. There are a lot of computer programmes nowadays, but really good ones are few and far ________.

A. between

B. apart

C. away

D. between

Câu hỏi 24 :

He is such a kind and caring young boy - he wouldn’t hurt a ________ .

A. bird

B. worm

C. fly

D. bug

Câu hỏi 25 :

The signal broke a seven-hour wait of (1. AGONY) intensity and sparked scenes of (2. JUBILEE) at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt. The team in charge of the Rosetta mission achieved what at times seemed an impossible task by landing a (3. ROBOT) (4. CRAFT) on a comet for the first time in history. The moment the tension broke came shortly after 1600 GMT when the Philae called home. “We are there. We are sitting on the surface. Philae is talking to us,” said a (5. JUBILEE) Stephan Ulamec, Philae lander manager at the DLR German space centre. “We are on the comet.” Andrea Accomazzo, the Rosetta flight operations director, added: “We cannot be happier than we are now.”But celebrations were tempered by the later discovery that the probe’s two harpoons had not fired to fasten the craft down in the (6. LOW) gravity. Scientists now think the probe may have bounced after first coming into contact with the surface. Ulamec said: “Maybe today we didn’t just land once, we landed twice.” The safe, if (7. CARE), (8. TOUCH) of the lander gives scientists a unique chance to ride (9. BOARD) a comet and study from the surface what happens as its activity ramps up as it gets closer to the sun. The first images beamed back from the lander’s descent revealed a dramatic (10. SCAPE) of pits and precipices, craters and boulders. However, there have been gaps in its radio link with the orbiting Rosetta mothership.

Câu hỏi 26 :

There are numerous reason behind the choice of clothing we make, ranging from the practice to the bizarre, but in every likelihood humans began wearing clothes in order to shield themselves of the elements.‘The Iceman’, found mummifying in the ice of a glacier on the Italian-Austrian border in 1991, was still clad with remarkably well-preserved garments which would obviously have protected him from the rain and cold five thousand years ago.

Câu hỏi 27 :

1. The school examination for eleven-year-olds was done_ with some years ago.
2. Tuck your shirt your trousers.
3. At first Tim insisted he was right, but then began to back
4. He is a solicitor profession.
5. A huge crowd turned _ in the pouring rain to cheer the president.

Câu hỏi 28 :

In the first paragragh, the writer is presenting __________.

A. his interpretation of a current trend.

B. evidence that supports a widespread view.

C. his prediction on the future of print journalism.

D. reasons for the decline in newspaper readership.

Câu hỏi 29 :

What point is the writer making in the second paragraph?

A. Existing media are not necessarily replaced by new ones.

B. The best media technologies tend to be the most long-lasting.

C. Public enthusiasm for new types of media is often unpredictable.

D. It is inevitable that most media technologies will have a limited life.

Câu hỏi 30 :

In the third paragraph, the writer stresses the importance of __________.

A. a shift in people’s attitudes towards the outside world.

B. certain key19th- century advances in mechanisation.

C. the challenges of news distribution in the pre-industrial era.

D. the competition between newspapers and more established media.

Câu hỏi 31 :

5. What does the writer suggest is the main advantage of online news sites?

A. the flexibility of the medium

B. the accuracy of the reporting

C. the ease of access for their users

D. the breadth of their potential readership

Câu hỏi 32 :

***III. Read the passage and think of ONE word that best fits in the numbered blank.*A BELATED CONFESSION**

Câu hỏi 33 :

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONThe Industrial Revolution is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological change in 18th century and 19th century Great Britain. It commenced with the introduction of steam power (fuelled primarily by coal) and powered, automated machinery (primarily in textile manufacturing).

Đề thi HSG môn tiếng Anh lớp 12 năm 2019 - tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc