TRƯỜNG THPT ĐÔNG SƠN 1 ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH-Lần 1

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Ngày thi: 16/08/2023 Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (70 points)

LISTENING
Part 1. You will hear the conversation between a woman and the librarian. Mark the letter A, B, C, or
D on your answer sheet.
Question 1: What does the woman need to join the library?
A. To write down her name and address B. To show something with her old address
C. To show some kind of identification D. To find something she doesn’t know
Question 2: What is the problem of the woman?
A. There is no address on her letters B. Her bankbook is old
C. Everything she has now has her old address D. She has no problems at all
Question 3: How is the woman finally able to join the library?
A. By showing her husband’s driving license B. By showing her passport
C. By showing her air ticket D. By giving money to the librarian
Question 4: Where is the catalogue?
A. On the first floor B. To the right
C. On the second floor D. Around the corner
Question 5: How long can she keep the books?
A. one week B. two weeks
C. three weeks D. four weeks
Part 2. You will hear the head-teacher talking to parents about changes of school. Listen and choose
the option which best fits according to what you hear. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet.
Question 6: Dartfield House school used to __________.
A. a tourist information centre B. a private home
C. an orphanage D. a local council building
Question 7: What is planned with regard to the lower school?
A. All buidings on the main sites will be improved.
B. Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site.
C. The lower school will be used for new homes.
D. All the building on the main sites will be decorated.
Question 8: The catering has been changed because of __________.
A. a long queuing times B. dissatisfaction with the menus
C. changes to the school timetable D. people’s complaints
Question 9: Parents are asked to __________.
A. help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use
B. make sure their children had enough money for food
C. advise their children on healthy food to eat
D. tell their children to do on their own
Question 10: What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?
A. Food will be served there. B. People can take their foods into it.
C. Only staff will have access to it. D. It allows somebody who is poor to eat there.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
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Question 11: A. naked B. wicked C. wretched D. supposed
Question 12: A. advent B. adventure C. administer D. advance
Question 13: A. graduate B. mandatory C. explode D. persuade
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.
Question 14: A. solution B. canoodling C. heritage D. enduring
Question 15: A. traumatic B. lunatic C. politico D. volcanic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 16: A special feature of the room is the huge picture window which _______ a splendid view of
the hills.
A. makes B. allows C. affords D. presents
Question 17: Miss Ý Nhi, who has just crowned Miss World Vietnam, ________ criticism because of her
controversial words.
A. fell in off B. got around to C. flew away D. came in for
Question 18: Child abuse cases have recently sparked a new wave of social _______ .
A. unrest B. age C. network D. promise
Question 19: I thought she said that you had any affairs with anyone, _______?
A. didn’t I B. didn’t she C. did you D. did she
Question 20: ______ is a narrow strip of woods along a stream in an open grassland.
A. Ecologists use the term “gallery forest” B. That ecologists call a “gallery forest”
C. What ecologists call a “gallery forest” D. “Gallery forest” is the term used
Question 21: We actually go back a long ______, so it’s not too hard for us to share experiences like
siblings.
A. lane B. way C. road D. path
Question 22: His political future _______ the outcome of this election. Accordingly, he tries to make the
best out of it.
A. shacks up B. comes along C. hinges on D. irons over
Question 23: Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments, and
_________.
A. the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
B. the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites
C. seventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites
D. as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight
Question 24: I was so impressed by my brother-in-law. He was an earnest ______ man with slick back
hair.
A. spectable B. spectacularly C. spectabled D. bespectacled
Question 25: This cheap and abundant source of power was the ______ force behind the rapid rise of
area industry.
A. driving B. riding C. steering D. walking
Question 26: When she was stopped by the police for speeding, she gave them a(n)________ name and
address.
A. false B. counterfeit C. inauthentic D. artificial
Question 27: The relics ______ include jewellery, seeds, animal bones and pottery like these human
figurines.
A. were found B. found C. is found D. which found
Question 28: Fewer than one in five of the schools answering the survey said they had no academic
______ criteria for new students.

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 A. institutions B. admissions C. majors D. scholarships
Question 29: Marty’s very particular ______ his food. He is such a fussy eater.
A. on B. for C. over D. about
Question 30: It is sometimes difficult to discuss medical issues in a way that is ______ to ordinary
people.
A. intelligent B. intelligible C. unintelligent D. unintelligible
Question 31: It is ______ obvious that Blankpink is bound to organize a concert in Vietnam this month.
A. rigidly B. unsympathetically C. unrelentingly D. immediately
Question 32: His aunt bought him three books on astronomy and football, but ______he had interest in.
A. none of which B. both of which C. both of them D. none of them
Question 33: She ______ for her English test yesterday. Now, she gets the highest mark.
A. must have crammed B. could have crammed
C. should have crammed D. might have crammed
Question 34: Prime Minister got a _______ of applause after delivering his speech on enviromental
issues.
A. circle B. carton C. round D. grain
Question 35: To them, she appeared an interfering _______, a pushy incomer meddling with their
heritage.
A. worrywart B. busybody C. party pooper D. page-turner
Question 36: ______ in poor health, she continued to carry out her duties. I really appreciated her
endeavors.
A. Given that B. Because C. Although D. In spite of
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the
following exchanges.
Question 37:. - A: “Would you like me to send this package for you?” - B: “______”
A. That would be nice. Any problems? B. Yes, please, if you don’t mind.
C. I’m sorry, but here you are. D. No, thanks. I’m really busy.
Question 38:
- Jack: “Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions?”
- Mary: “_____”
A. No, of course not. It is not too costly. B. I have no idea as to your whereabouts.
C. Right, fire away D. It’s my pleasure. I am on the phone.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 39: It is widely held that draconian measures should be taken to curb the last-week rebellions.
A. strict B. meager C. mingled D. temporary
Question 40: Taylor Swift is more than a seasoned singer. She is also a songwriter and producer, with
more than 10 ablums published.
A. vehement B. mesmerizing C. outlandish D. experienced
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 41: Marketing traditionally has been an achilles’ heel for phone companies because of their
monopoly mind-set.
A. hindrance B. sour grape C. big chance D. setback
Question 42: Mai’s been walking with a spring in his step ever since he found out he was getting a
promotion.
A. a happy and excited mood B. a bad and sorrow mood
C. a joyful and energetic mood D. an annoyed and disturbed mood

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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.
Question 43: It looks down imperiously towards Staveley, where the vast ironworks used to employ
upwards of four thousands men.
A. imperiously B. ironworks C. employ D. thousands
Question 44: Opponents fear this would be a precursor about development of the entire canyon.
A. fear B. would C. about D. entire
Question 45: It’s a shame, because Tiktok is exceedingly friendly to businesses – both small-time
entrepreneurs and corporations like.
A. shame B. exceedingly C. small-time D. like
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.
There is a revolution in the retail world that cannot fail to attract shoppers’ noses. In the latest
marketing ploy, smells are created in laboratories to be wafted around stores in order to ( 46) ________the
unsuspecting into spending more money. Secret (47)________of the “designer” smells are going on in
more than a hundred stores across Britain, including bookshops, petrol stations and a chain of clothes
shops.The tailor-made aromas include coconut oil in travel agents (to (48)________exotic holidays), and
leather in car showrooms (to suggest lasting quality).
Marketing Aromatics, a company specializing in this area, believes the odours are under-used as a
marketing (49______. Until now, the most frequent (50)________has been in the supermarkets where the
smell from in-store bakeries has been blown among the aisles to boost sales of fresh food. “We are taking
things one stage further,” said David Fellowes, the company commercial director. “We can build on
customer loyalty by making customers (51) ________a particular smell with a particular store. It is not
intrusive. If it were it would defeat the object.”
The smells are designed to work on three levels: to relax shoppers by using natural smells such as
peppermint; to bring back memories using odours such as a whiff of sea breeze; and to encourage
customer loyalty by using a corporate perfume ‘logo’ to (52)_______a company’s image. Dr. George
Dodd, scientific advisor to Marketing Aromatics, believes smells can affect people’s moods. “It’s a very
exciting time. Smells have enormous (53)_______to influence behaviour,” he said. Critics say retailers
are (54)_______to subliminal advertising. “Not telling consumers that this is happening is an
(55)_______ invasion of their privacy. People have the right to know,” said Conor Foley of Liberty, the
civil liberties association.
Question 46: A. entice B. trap C. force D. deceive
Question 47: A. investigations B. analyses C. operations D. trials
Question 48: A. remember B. arouse C. evoke D. desire
Question 49: A. advertisement B. tool C. gadget D. grimmick
Question 50: A. effect B. concept C. type D. application
Question 51: A. join B. associate C. relate D. merge
Question 52: A. make B. fix C. capture D. promote
Question 53: A. concentration B. adaptation C. potential D. efficiency
Question 54: A. resorting B. taking C. moving D. reacting
Question 55: A. underserving B. unjustified C. unofficial D. unlicensed
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 questions.
Like many emergency responders, Nicholas Groom is used to stress at work. On one hand, the stress
can be helpful. “I find that when attending a serious incident, it helps me to maintain focus on the
situation,” Nicholas Groom said. On the other hand, the work can be highly pressurised. “Too much stress

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can impair your ability to make decisions,” he adds. And Groom is not alone in his complicated
relationship with stress.
Many people believe that that there should be a balanced amount of stress. In other words, not too
much stress so you’re not overwhelmed but not too little stress so you don’t feel unmotivated. After all,
some anxiety is motivating; think of the adrenaline before a deadline or the excitement before a
competition. Sports fans sometimes even talk about a “gene” in some athletes who seem to play best in
the decisive final moments of a match. Furthermore, many psychologists claim that performance in many
situations increases with stress up to a point. Of course, any stress can cause harm when it’s prolonged.
To take just one example, a long-term high heart rate is linked to cardiovascular diseases. And additional
stressors, such as financial pressures or psychiatric issues, clearly affect how beneficially someone can
respond to stress.
So is there a way to harness stress to your advantage while being mindful of its detrimental long-
term effects? One key factor is to avoid, whenever possible, the point when stress leads to mental and
physical collapse. Crystal Wernicke, 30, has always used stress as a motivator. But juggling between
parenting, a full-time job, a voluntary role and financial troubles at the same time became too much and
eventually led to a two-month period of illness. Another factor is the presence of control. For those who
feel powerless over their situation, stress is unlikely to be beneficial. But with some autonomy over
stressful tasks, we are better able to convert that pressure into higher performance.
When it comes to stress and how it affects your performance, it’s helpful to recognise the variations
in personality, type of stress and task that affect the level of pressure you are under, as well as
understanding tools you can use to control and harness that stress. Ultimately, it’s not helpful to take a
one-sided view, either demonising or glorifying stress. As James C Quick, a management professor at the
University of Texas, sums up: “Stress can be the kiss of death as well as the spice of life.”
(Adapted from bbc.com)
Question 56: Which of the following best serves as a title for the passage?
A. Maintaining A Balanced Level Of Stress Can Be Helpful
B. Getting Rid Of Stress Completely Is The Key To Success
C. The Different Types Of Stress-Related Diseases
D. How Prolonged Stress Affects Your Mental Health
Question 57: The phrase “mindful of” in paragraph 3 can be best replaced by _______.
A. conscious of B. tangled up C. negligent about D. indiscreet of
Question 58: Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according to paragraph 2?
A. Excitement before a competition can motivate people.
B. A stressor can have negative impacts if it exists for too long.
C. Financial pressures can encourage us to work harder in life.
D. It is widely believed that a moderate level of stress is the best.
Question 59: The word “variations” in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by _______.
A. flexibility B. augmentations C. discrepancies D. harmonies
Question 60: The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to _______.
A. stress B. incident C. focus D. situation
Question 61: Why was Crystal Vernicke sick for two months?
A. She didn’t have the money to take care of her health.
B. She was stressed out about too many responsibilities.
C. She worked too hard for a very long period of time.
D. She spent time and effort on parenting instead of healthcare.
Question 62: What can be inferred from the passage?
A. People consider emergency responders like Groom to be unusual.
B. Athletes always perform at their best towards the end of a match.

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 C. There is a limit beyond which stress is harmful for one’s mental health.
D. The more stressful the situation, the more powerless people feel when facing it.
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 questions.
Over the last century the world has become increasingly smaller. Not geographically, of course,
but in the sense that media, technology and the opening of borders has enabled the world’s citizens to
view, share and gain access to a much wider range of cultures, societies and world views. In this melting
pot that the world has become, today’s child is privy to facets of the human experience that his
immediate predecessors had no inkling even existed. It stands to reason that in order to absorb, configure
and finally form opinions about this information-laden planet, children must be supplied with certain
tools. Included in this list of ‘tools’; are: education, social skills, cultural awareness and the acquisition of
languages, the most important of these being the latter. Until recently, a child who had the ability to speak
more than one language would have been considered a very rare entity. This one-language phenomenon
could be attributed to a combination of factors. Firstly, the monolingual environment in which a child was
raised played a strong role, as did the limited, biased education of the past. With regard to immigrants, the
sad fact was that nonnative parents tended to withhold the teaching of the mother tongue so that the child
would acquire the ‘more prestigious’ language of the adopted country.
Nowadays, the situation has undergone an almost complete reversal. In the majority of North
American and European countries, most children are given the opportunity to learn a second or even a
third language. Children acquire these foreign languages through various and diverse means. In many
countries, learning a foreign language is a compulsory subject in the state school curriculum. Other
children rely on language schools or private tuition to achieve their goal. In other instances, children are
born to bilingual parents, who if they so desire, may teach the children two languages.
Bringing up one’s child bilingually is not a decision to be taken lightly. Both parents must
consider long and hard the implications involved in raising a child in a two-language home. This decision
is one of those all-important choices which will affect not only the parents’ lives but also the life of the
child. Raising a child bilingually has a two-fold effect. Firstly, of course, the child learns the two
languages of the parents. Secondly, the parents’ decision will influence factors which will have a far-
reaching effect on the child’s life. Some of these factors include: style and place of education; diameter of
social circle; employment potential and preference; and, most importantly, the way in which the child
views himself and his global environment.
One of the more advantageous by-products of being a member of a bilingual family is the
inherent awareness of two different cultures. This bicultural child inherits a wealth of knowledge brought
about by an exposure to: historical backgrounds; traditional songs and folklore; rituals of marriage;
models of social interaction; and therefore, two varying interpretations of the world. The monolingual
child seems to be at a disadvantage in comparison to the bilingual child, who has a set of languages and
an accompanying set of abstract cultural ideas. Practically speaking, when a child comes from a two-
language family, he must be taught both languages in order to communicate with the extended family
members. When, for example, the grandparents speak a language which differs from that of the child’s
locale, a monolingual child would be deprived of the interaction which occurs between grandparents and
grandchildren. On the other hand, a bilingual child will not only be able to speak to grandparents, but will
also comprehend where these people have ‘come from’. There will be a shared cultural empathy within
the family. Because all family members can communicate, on both a verbal and cultural level, no one will
feel excluded and the child will develop a sense of rootedness.
On a more abstract level, it has been said that a bilingual child thinks differently from a
monolingual child. Current research in linguistics indicates that there may be a strong correlation between
bilingualism and cognitive skills. This new research concerns itself with the fact that a bilingual child has
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the child also has two associations for many words, as a word can mean different things in different
languages. For example, the word ‘fire’; in many western hemisphere languages connotes warmth and
survival. For the bilingual child, then, vocabulary items and the abstract idea behind them are both dual in
nature and more elastic. Researchers maintain that this elasticity of ideas may allow the child to think
more flexibly and, therefore, more creatively.
Question 63: In the author's view, the world is becoming a _____ .
A. more culturally diverse place
B. place where only privileged children will prosper
C. less complex place to live in
D. much more integrated place
Question 64: According to the first paragraph, which of the following was true of immigrants?
A. Children were reluctant to use their mother tongue.
B. The mother tongue was considered less important.
C. Parents encouraged children to use their mother tongue.
D. Most parents made it a priority for children to grow up bilingual.
Question 65: The phrase “privy to" in paragraph 1 mostly means_____ .
A. acquainted with B. advised of
C. apprised of D. in the know about
Question 66: According to the writer, second or foreign language learning is something _____.
A. people are still apathetic towards
B. mainly associated with private sector education
C. that few people take seriously
D. about which general attitudes have evolved considerably
Question 67: According to the article, the decision to raise bilingual children is difficult because______ .
A. it may limit the child’s choice of friends
B. it needs to be considered from many different angles
C. it may cause children to lose their sense of identity
D. though simple for parents, it can impact negatively on children
Question 68: With regard to the ‘extended family’ in immigrant situations, the writer feels it is important
that_____.
A. adults try to understand the child’s difficult cultural situation
B. children can relate to all aspects of their parents’ native culture
C. adults recognise the child’s need to identify more with local culture
D. children are not pressured to speak their parents’ native language
Question 69: The word “by-products” in paragraph 4 mostly me ans_____ .
A. entailments B. spin-offs C. side effects D. knock-on effects
Question 70: According to current research, the benefit of learning two languages is that ______.
A. different types of knowledge can be accessed in different languages
B. bilinguals become more aware the origin of words in languages
C. it helps to develop different capabilities of the mind
D. bilinguals develop a greater sense of the value of culture

SECTION B: WRITING (30 points)

Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning
to the sentence printed before it. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5 points)
Question 71: The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement.
 At no time was _____________________________________________________________.
Question 72: Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.

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 Without __________________________________________________________________.
Question 73: Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
 The more _________________________________________________________________.
Question 74: He claimed my point was not relevant to the proceedings.
 He dismissed ______________________________________________________________.
Question 75: New road developments pose a major threat to these ancient woodlands.
 These ancient _____________________________________________________________.
Part 2. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it using the word given. Do not change the form of the given
word. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5 points)
Question 76: Her role in the plot was of secondary importance. (SECOND FIDDLE)
Question 77: We would always take great care when flying at night (WITS)
Question 78: The club has been very successful since the beginning of the season. (ON)
Question 79: He hid the truth about the matter because he didn’t want to lose his high position.
(CARPET)
Question 80: When the assembly line was introduced, five hundred workers were dismissed. (ADVENT)

Part 3. Essay writing (20 points)

In recent years, the proportion of crimes committed by youngsters is on the rise and families are
solely responsible for this trend. Do you agree or disagree with the above statement?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Write an essay of about 250-300 words to
express your ideas.
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