SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN CHÍNH THỨC DỰ THI

QUẢNG BÌNH HSG QUỐC GIA LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (VÒNG 2)
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Khoá thi ngày 01 tháng 11 năm 2012
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
SỐ BÁO DANH:…………….. (Đề thi gồm 09 trang)
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Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy thi

PAPER ONE: LISTENING (50/200 points)

* Note: There are 4 sections in the listening paper. Each section will be played twice.

Section 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-6: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for
each answer.
CUSTOMER ORDER FORM
Example:
ORDER PLACED BY: John Carter

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1…………………………………..

COMPANY NAME: 2………………………………….

Envelopes
Size: A4 normal
Colour 3………………………………..
Quantity 4………………………………..
Photocopy paper
Colour 5………………………………..
Quantity 6………………………………..

Questions 7-9: List THREE additional things that the man requests.Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each answer.

7……………………………………………..
8……………………………………………..
9……………………………………………..

Question 10: Complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Special instructions: Deliver goods 10………………………………….

Section 2: Questions 11-20

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Artist’s Exhibition
General details:
Place: 11…………………………. No.1 12……………………………..
Dates: 6th October – 13……………………
Display details:
. jewellery
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 . furniture
. ceramics
. 14…………………….
. sculture
Expect to see: crockery in the shape of 15……………………..
silver jewellery, e.g. large rings containing 16………………
a shoe sculpture made out of 17………………….
Go to demonstrations called 18 “………………………”

Artist’s Conservatory
Courses include: Chinese brush painting
19………………………..
silk painting

Fees include: Studio use

Access to the shop
Supply of 20…………………….
Section 3: Questions 21-30
Questions 21-23: Complete the sentences below.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer.
According to Alison Sharp…
21. Bear ancestors date back…………………….years.
22. Scientists think bears were originally in the same family as………………..
23. The Cave Bear was not dangerous because it………………….
Questions 24-28: Choose the correct option A-E to answer each question below.

A. Sloth Bear B. Giant Panda C. Brown Bear

D. Sun Bear E. Polar Bear

24. Which is the most recent species? ………….

25. Which is the largest looking bear? ………….
26. Which is the smallest bear? ………….
27. Which bear eats plants? ………….
28. Which bear eats insects? ………….
Questions 29-30: Which TWO actions are mentioned to help bears survive? Choose TWO letters A-F.
A. breeding bears in captivity
B. encouraging a more humane attitude
C. keeping bears in national parks
D. enforcing international laws
E. buying the speaker’s book
F. writing to the United Nations
29. ……………….. 30. …………………..

Section 4: Questions 31-40

Questions 31-36: Choose the correct letters A-C.
31. The speaker compares a solar eclipse today to a………
A. religious experience. B. scientific event. C. popular spectacle.
32. The speaker says that the dark spot of an eclipse is……
A. simple to predict. B. easy to explain. C. randomly occurring.
33. Concerning an eclipse, the ancient Chinese were….
A. fascinated. B. rational. C. terrified.
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34. For the speaker, the most impressive aspect of an eclipse is the
A. exceptional beauty of the sky.
B. change for scientific study.
C. effect of the moon on the sun.
35. Eclipses occur rarely because of the size of the
A. moon B. sun. C. earth.
36. In predicting eclipses, the Babylonians were restricted by their
A. religious attitudes. B. inaccurate observations. C. limited ability to calculate.

Questions 37-40: Complete the table below.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Date of eclipse Scientists Observation

37 ………………………who accurately predicted an eclipse
1715 Halley
Janssen and discovered 38 ………………………
1868
Lockyer
believed he found 39 …………………….
1878 Watson
realized astronomers had misunderstood 40………………….
1919 Einstein

PAPER TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40/200 points)

Section 1. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each gap.

41. I hope there are enough glasses to ………….. round.
A. drink B. set C. go D. lay
42. It's time you ……………. about organising your revision programme.
A. got B. set C. took D. put
43. I can't quite ………….. out what the sign says.
A. make B. read C. get D. carry
44. We have …………… up a huge bill at the grocer's across the road.
A. set B. run C. ended D. paid
45. I would never have ……………..Jim of being the culprit.
A. thought B. convicted C. suspected D. reminded
46. How did Sheila ………….. to the news of her award?
A. react B. answer C. confess D. appeal
47. Someone has been ………….. with the lock of the cash box.
A. cluttering B. dealing C. tampering D. matching
48. Don't worry about the lunch. I'll ……….. to it.
A. succeed B. apply C. devote D. see
Although they were described as the (49) …………… designs in many years, there isn't (50) …………
about the latest line of shoes from Santorelli. As one of the most famous designers (51) ………… Italy,
Salvatore Santorelli is expected to do (52) …………… simply repeat the previous year's successful
formula of 'smart, but casual' sandals in a range of pastels.
49. A. first Italian new B. first new Italian C. new first Italian D. Italian first new
50. A. anything new very B. anything very new C. new anything very D. very new anything
51. A. by B. in C. of D. to
52. A. as much as B. more than C. the best D. the most

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The term 'organic' can only be used to describe food (53) ………… in situations (54) ……………no
artificial chemicals have been used. Anyone (55) …………… fertilizer (56) ……… containing
chemicals to make tomatoes grow bigger, for example, is certainly not growing them organically.
53. A. grown B. that growing C. where growing D. which grown
54. A. how B. that C. where D. which
55. A. use B. used C. uses D. using
56. A. what B. when C. which D. Ø
The Star Tree hotel chain is in financial trouble and some of their smaller hotels are going to have (57)
…………. Rising costs (58) …………… for recent losses and many smaller hotels (59) ………… to
have been losing money for many years. No buyer has yet (60) ………… for the properties.
57. A. been sold B. being sold C. sold D. to be sold
58. A. are being blamed B. blamed C. have blamed D. to be blamed
59. A. are reported B. are reporting C. been reported D. have reported
60. A. been found B. being found C. found D. to be found

Section 2. 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.
As a teenager, Joe Decker was an (61) ………………… couch potato. He WEIGH
devoured beer, pizza and Twinkies, took no exercise and saw his weight
balloon.
When he joined the army, his (62)……………………. to run two miles ABLE
in 16 minutes meant he had to endure the (63)…………………….. of extra HUMILITY
training in the “fat boy program”.
Yet Joe Decker has been named the world’s fittest man after completing
the most gruelling physical challenge on earth in a record time. Scarred by
(64)………………………… jibes about his weight, 30-year-old Decker is now END
enjoying the title bestowed on him by Guinness World Records, “the work-out
king of the world”. Where once he had layers of (65)……………………… WANT
blubber, now he has lean, honed muscle.
Chris Sheedy of Guinness World Records said: “His achievement is,
(66)…………………………, superhuman. When his letter arrived I thought, BELIEF
“to do all this in such a short time isn’t physically possible.” But he sent us
videos, eyewitness (67)………………………….. , doctors’ reports - more STATE
evidence than we needed to (68)……………………………… his claim.” VALID
Always looking for new ways of testing his limits, Decker has
experienced hallucinations, (69)……………………. , dehydration, tunnel ORIENT
vision, extreme (70)………………………………… , and mind-numbing TIRE
tedium during races lasting up to a week at a time.

Section 3. The passage below contains 10 mistakes in 10 lines. Find and correct them. There is an
example at the beginning (0).

Going to the theatre can be incredible expensive, but, if 0. incredible à incredibly

you have the time, there are some amazed bargains to be had. 71. …………….……….
Many people do not know that reduced rate are available 72. …………….……….
not only for students and also groups of more than ten adults. 73. …………….……….
For this reason, they prefer the cinema, wrongly believe it 74. …………….……….
to be much cheaper there. Whenever the subject is brought
up in conversation, it become increasingly obvious that not 75. …………….……….
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 enough people realise that cut price culture does exist if you
know where to find it. For example, teachers taken groups 76. …………….……….
of students can obtain huge discounts if they enquire at the
box office. It is true that the seats they find themselves in
may be towards the back. However, although they may not
like a look of them at first, it is almost always possible to 77. …………….……….
see and hear good enough to enjoy the show. It certainly 78. …………….……….
isn't necessary to cut back on your spending for a theatre trip
to be enjoyable. So next time you will be in town, take 79. …………….……….
a few extra time to find the best deal that you can. 80. …………….……….

PAPER THREE: READING COMPREHENSION (55/200 points)

Section 1. For questions 81-95, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE word in each space.
THE ROSETTA STONE
For centuries Egyptian hieroglyphics represented one of the world’s greatest linguistic
challenges. They (81)……………scholars baffled until they were finally deciphered in the nineteenth
century, (82)……………… to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
In the year 1799 some French soldiers found a slab of black basalt (83)…………….. working on
a fortress near the small town of Rosetta. One officer, Pierre Francois Bouchard, realized they had
stumbled (84)…………….. a finding of great significance and handed it over to scholars.
The Rosetta Stone has inscriptions in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, (85)……………..
there are, in fact, three scripts carved on it. The (86)………………… script is hieroglyphics, a pictorial
form of writing used (87)……………………. transcribe the language of Ancient Egypt, and which
(88)……………… be found on many Egyptian buildings and monuments. The hieroglyphics are
followed by Demotic, (89)……………Egyptian script. The third script is Ancient Greek, and it was
(90)……………….. that alerted Bouchard, who recognized it, to the importance of the discovery.
Many scholars became involved (91)……………… the task of deciphering hieroglyphics, but it
was (92)………………. until 1822 that there was a major breakthrough. The French linguist, Jean
Francois Champollion was familiar with (93)………………….. Greek and Coptic, the language of the
Christian descendants of the Ancient Egyptians. He was able to (94)……………….. out the Demotic
signs in Coptic and from there traced a path back to hieroglyphics, (95)…………………. making their
decipherment possible.

Section 2. For questions 96-105 read the following passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D)
to each question.

Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the
country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in
1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth
came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the
catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's,
producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate
of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911. when the
prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a
growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an
increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of
the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in
1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during
the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were
staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles
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or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It
appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had
occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first
half of the 1960's was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It
would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.

96. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Educational changes in Canadian society B. Canada during the Second World War
C. Population trends in postwar Canada D. Standards of living in Canada
97. According to the passage, when did Canada's baby boom begin?
A. In the decade after 1911 B. After 1945
C. During the depression of the 1930's D. In 1966
98. The word "five" in line 2 refers to…………
A. Canadians B. years C. decades D. marriages
99. The word "surging" in line 3 is closest in meaning to…………….
A. new B. extra C. accelerating D. surprising
100. The author suggests that in Canada during the1950's…………….
A. the urban population decreased rapidly B. fewer people married
C. economic conditions were poor D. the birth rate was very high
101. When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest postwar level?
A. 1966 B. 1957 C. 1956 D. 1951
102. The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957
EXCEPT……………..
A. people being better educated B. people getting married earlier
C. better standards of living D. couples buying houses
103. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution……………..
A. families were larger B. population statistics were unreliable
C. the population grew steadily D. economic conditions were bad
104. The word "It" in line 20 refers to……………..
A. horizon B. population wave C. nine percent D. first half
105. The phrase "prior to" in line 21 is closest in meaning to………………
A. behind B. since C. during D. preceding

Section 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 106-120.

JUST RELAX…

A. Hypnosis is an intriguing and fascinating process. A trance-like mental state is induced in one person
by another, who appears to have the power to command that person to obey instructions without
question. Hypnotic experiences were described by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, whilst references
to deep sleep and anaesthesia have been found in the Bible and in the Jewish Talmud. In the mid-1700s,
Franz Mesmer, an Australian physician, developed his theory of “animal magnetism”, which was the
belief that the cause of disease was the “improper distribution of invisible magnetic fluids”. Mesmer
used water tubs and magnetic wands to direct these supposed fluids to his parents. In 1784, a French
commission studied Mesmer’s claims, and concluded that these “cures” were only imagined by the
patients. However, people continued to believe in this process of “”mesmerism” and it was soon realised
that successful results could be achieved, but without the need for magnets and water.

B. The term hypnotism was first used by James Braid, a British physician who studied suggestion and
hypnosis in the mid-1800s. He demonstrated that hypnosis differed from sleep, that it was a
physiological respond and not the result of secret powers. During this same period, James Esdaile, a
Scottish doctor working in India, used hypnotism instead of anaesthetic in over 200 major surgical

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operations, including leg amputations. Later that century, a French neurologist, Jean Charcot,
successfully experimented with hypnosis in his clinic for nervous disorders.

C. Since then, scientists have shown that the state of hypnosis is a natural human behaviour, which can
affect psychological, social and/ or physical experiences. The effects of hypnotism depend on the
ability, willingness and motivation of the person being hypnotised. Although hypnosis has been
compared to dreaming and sleepwalking, it is not actually related to sleep. It involves a more active and
intense mental concentration of the person being hypnotised. Hypnotised people can talk, write, and
walk about and they are usually fully aware of what is being said and done.

D. There are various techniques used to induce hypnosis. The best-known is a series of simple
suggestions repeated continuously in the same tone of voice. The subject is instructed to focus their
attention on an object or fixed point, while being told to relax, breathe deeply, and allow the eyelids to
grow heavy and close. As the person responds, their state of attention changes, and this altered state
often leads to other changes. For example, the person may experience different levels of awareness,
consciousness, imagination, memory and reasoning or become more responsive to suggestions.
Additional phenomena may be produced or eliminated such as blushing, sweating, paralysis, muscle
tension or anaesthesia. Although these changes can occur with hypnosis, none of these experiences is
unique to it. People who are very responsive to hypnosis are also more responsive to suggestions when
they are not hypnotized. This responsiveness increases during hypnotism. This explains why hypnosis
takes only a few seconds for some, whilst other people cannot be easily hypnotized.

E. It is a common misunderstanding that hypnotists are able to force people to perform criminal or any
other acts against their will. In fact, subjects can resist suggestions, and they retain their ability to
distinguish right from wrong. This misunderstanding is often the result of public performances where
subjects perform ridiculous or highly embarrassing actions at the command of the hypnotists. These
people are usually instructed not to recall their behaviour after reemerging from hypnotic state, so it
appears that they were powerless while hypnotized. The point to remember however, is that these
individuals chose to participate, and the success of hypnotism depends on the willingness of a person to
be hypnotised.

F. Interestingly, there are different levels of hypnosis achievable. Thus deep hypnosis can be induced to
allow anaesthesia for surgery, childbirth or dentistry. This contrasts to a lighter state of hypnosis, which
deeply relaxes the patient who will then follow simple directions. This latter state may be used to treat
mental health problems, as it allows patients to feel calm while simultaneously thinking about
distressing feelings or painful memories. Thus patients can learn new responses to situations or come up
with solutions to problems. This can help recovery from psychological conditions such as anxiety,
depression, or phobias. Sometimes, after traumatic incidents, memory of the events may be blocked. For
example, some soldiers develop amnesia (loss of memory) as a result of their experiences during
wartime. Through hypnosis these repressed memories can be retrieved and treated. A variation of this
treatment involves age regression, when the hypnotist takes the patient back to a specific age. In this
way patients may remember events and feelings from that time, which may be affecting their current
wellbeing.

G. Physicians also have made use of the ability of a hypnotised person to remain in a given position for
long periods of time. In one case, doctors had to graft skin onto a patient’s badly damaged foot. First,
skin from the person’s abdomen was grafted onto his arm; then the graft was transferred to his foot.
With hypnosis, the patient held his arm tightly in position over his abdomen for three weeks, then over
his foot for four weeks. Even though these positions were unusual, the patient at no time felt
uncomfortable!

H. Hypnosis occasionally has been used with witnesses and victims of crime to enable people to
remember important clues, such as a criminal’s physical appearance or other significant details that

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might help to solve a crime. However, as people can both lie and make mistakes while hypnotised, the
use of hypnotism in legal situations can cause serious problems. Also hypnosis cannot make a person
divulge secret information if they don’t want to. This was confirmed by the Council on Scientific Affairs
of the American Medical Association, which in 1985 reported that memories refreshed through hypnosis
may include inaccurate information, false memories, and confabulation (fact and fantasy combined).

Questions 106-110: The passage has eight paragraphs A-H. Choose the most suitable heading for
paragraphs B-F from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i-x). There are more
headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
List of headings
Example:
0. Paragraph A ….x…………. (i) Use of the hypnotism in criminal cases
106. Paragraph B ……………… (ii) The normality of hypnotized subjects’ behaviour
107. Paragraph C ……………… (iii) Early medical experiments with hypnotism
108. Paragraph D …………….... (iv) Early association of hypnosis with psychology
109. Paragraph E ……………… (v) Dangers of hypnotism
110. Paragraph F ……………… (vi) How to hypnotise
(vii) Hypnosis and free will
(viii) Difference between mesmerism and hypnotism
(ix) Therapeutic uses of hypnosis
(x) Origins of hypnosis (Example)

Questions 111-115: Complete the notes on the history of hypnosis using NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS from the passage.
References to hypnotism can be found in both the Talmud and the (111)…………… . Even
when Mesmer’s (112)………… were not used, successful results occurred without them. Braid
identified hypnosis as a natural (113)………………response, rather than magical or mystical. Early
psychological studies showed the difference between sleep and hypnosis. Successful hypnosis requires
the subject’s active (114)………………. . Consequently subjects can speak or move around and are
(115)………………….of their surroundings.
Questions 116-120: Choose the correct letter A-D
116. In order to induce hypnosis the hypnotists will………
A. encourage the person to relax using a repetitively even tone of voice.
B. say a specific set of words in a special tone of voice.
C. say any words but in a particular tone of voice.
D. encourage the person to relax while focusing on a slowly moving object.
117. Hypnotised subjects can be instructed to…………….
A. do something they have previously said is against their wishes.
B. demonstrate physical strength they would normally not have.
C. reveal confidential information against their will.
D. do something that they would not normally be opposed to doing.
118. Past events are recalled under hypnosis………………
A. to entertain the hypnotist.
B. to allow subjects reassess them without distress.
C. to help the subjects improve their memories.
D. to make the subject feel younger.
119. After surgery, hypnosis may be used…………………
A. to make drugs unnecessary.
B. to keep the patient mobile.
C. to make the patient forget to move.
D. to minimize patient’s discomfort while immobile.
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120. The American Medical Association reported that……………..
A. people lie when giving evidence under hypnosis.
B. people should be hypnotised before giving evidence.
C. evidence given when hypnotized may be unreliable.
D. secret evidence can be obtained through hypnosis.

PAPER FOUR: WRITING (55/200 points)

Section 1.
The table below gives information about the use of different modes of transport in Shanghai
in 1996, and one possible projection (high motorization scenario) for their use in 2020.
Write a report (at least 150 words) to describe the information below.

Percentage of passenger kilometers

by different modes of transport in Shanghai

Mode of transport 1996 2020 (projection)

walking 7% 3%
bicycle 27% 3%
scooter 12% 7%
bus 39% 22%
train - 13%
car 15% 52%

Section 2.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the
following topic.

University education should be restricted to the very best academic students, rather than being
available to a large proportion of young people.
To what extend do you agree or disagree?

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with
examples and relevant evidence.
Write at least 250 words.

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