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ĐỀ THI HSG K12
ĐỀ THI HSG K12
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Đề này gồm 4 trang
B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful
passage. There are two extra words that you cannot use. (20pts)
progress slow stand up move land
able mobile come access go ease
It’s ironic that the very things that are supposed to provide access to the (11)_______ floors of buildings –
stairs – often, in fact make them (12)_______. For many elderly people and others with limited (13)_______,
getting upstairs can be a daily problem to be (13)_______. However, stairlifts have been helping people to solve
that problem since they first appeared in the US in the 1930s. Designs have (15)_______ many changes over the
years and stairlifts have become (16)_______ safer and (17)_______ easier to use. Most consist of a seat which
moves along rails that run along the wall.
The user controls how rapid the seat moves along the rails as it travels from the bottom of the stairs to the
(18)_______ at the top. In today’s models, the (19)_______ is controlled by computers to give a smooth ride and
the components are designed to (20)______ constant use. Many people have been given a new lease of life by the
stairlift.
PASSAGE B
SUGGESTED KEY
USE OF ENGLISH
4. Official answer is ‘C. well’ but this is incorrect, because only ‘could/may/might well + infinitive without to’ exist to
mention the future. If C is correct, then A is as well because they are both adverbs that can go between a modal
verb and a verb.
WORD FORMS
2. ‘housewifely’ is also a correct answer.
8. ‘indisputable’ is also a correct answer.
11. ‘uppermost’ is also a correct answer.
GUIDED CLOZE
PASSAGE A
3. Official answer is ‘D. renovated’ but this is incorrect, because ‘renovate’ is followed by a noun, not the
preposition ‘to’. We have construction ‘be converted to / into something’.
PASSAGE B
2. ‘marking’ is also a correct answer.
7. ‘approximate’ is also a correct answer.
8. ‘ones’ is also a correct answer.
9. ‘fatalities’ is also a correct answer.
12. ‘mutate’ is also a correct answer.
13. ‘functions’ or ‘works’ are also correct answers.
15. ‘tens’ is also a correct answer.
PASSAGE C
17. ‘presented’ or ‘featured’ are also correct answers.
18. ‘step’ is also a correct answer.
20. ‘signed’ is also a correct answer.
21. ‘far’ is also a correct answer.
22. ‘Notwithstanding’ is also a correct answer.
23. ‘effect’ is also a correct answer.
26. ‘schemes’ is also a correct answer.
29. ‘issue’ or ‘problem’ are also correct answers.
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. ‘to the judge earned her three months in prison / imprisonment for three months.’ are also correct answers.One
of the official answers is ‘to the judge earned a three-month imprisonment’ but this is incorrect, because
‘imprisonment’ is uncountable. The word ‘a’ is unwanted here.
2. ‘likelihood / probability, he will claim a win against his opponent in the next round’ are also correct answers.
One of the official answers is ‘likelihood / probability, he will win over his opponent in the next round.’ but this is
incorrect, because ‘win over someone’ means ‘persuade someone’. The word ‘over’ is to be replaced with the word
‘against’.
3. ‘does not have a / the monopoly on / in / of being good-looking / good looks in that family.’ are also correct
answers.
4. ‘the car fixed by one of our friends / one of our friends fix the car.’ are also correct answers.
5. ‘a suspected bomb, the building has been cordoned off by the police.’ is also a correct answer.
6. ‘a discussion on / about the deal with Phil before making up my mind / making my mind up / I make up my mind /
I make my mind up.’ are also correct answers.
7. ‘to tell any difference between the adverts and the articles in this magazine.’ is also a correct answer.
8. ‘talented a footballer is Quang Hai that many football clubs are interested in him.’ is also a correct answer.One
of the official answers is ‘much talent does Quang Hai has as a footballer that many football clubs are interested
in him.’ but this is incorrect, because the infinitive ‘have’ follows the auxiliary ‘does’, not the third person form
‘has’.
9. ‘find out / realize (that) we had no choice / could not do anything but to get a later train.’ are also correct
answers.