SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

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Họ và tên thí sinh: ..................................................................... Số báo danh: .............................

Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 1: A. liberate B. itinerant C. finale D. providence
Question 2: A. catastrophe B. centigrade C. deliberate D. cellulose
Question 3: A. wickedly B. allegedly C. confusedly D. supposedly
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
Question 4: A. blindfold B. morale C. decent D. profile
Question 5: A. intercept B. interject C. intercut D. interpret
Question 6: A. molecular B. illegible C. negligible D. admirable
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.
Question 7: He accused her of talking through her hat and refused to accept a word of what she said.
A. talking sense B. talking tough C. talking too low D. talking non-sense
Question 8: The war has exacerbated the already difficult situation in which the children are living.
A. exploited B. bettered C. aggravated D. encountered
Question 9: Proximity to the court house makes an office building more valuable.
A. Interest in B. Similarity to C. Nearness to D. Usefulness for
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.
Question 10: I have no hesitation in recommending the job to her as I know it suits her perfectly.
A. confidence B. estimation C. decisiveness D. uncertainty
Question 11: Lan's replies were inconsistent with her previous testimony.
A. contradicted to B. attached to
A. been unreliable B. been dominant C. been ferocious D. been in vain
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each
of the following exchanges C. incorporated into D. compatible with
Question 12: He's come a long way from his days as a young reporter. Now he's one of the country's most
respected journalists.
.
Question 13: Tan and Nam are in a restaurant.
- Tan: "None of us like the restaurant."
- Nam: "______ I think it's OK".
A. Speak for yourself. B. I'd go along with that.
C. So do I. D. Of course.
Question 14: Laurent is booking a holiday at the travel agent.
- Travel agent: "Do you want a package tour or a self-guided tour?"
- Laurent: "_____ I don't mind."
A. Both of them are OK. B. I like both of them.
C. Either, please! D. What's the difference?
Question 15: John and Tommy are in front of their office, talking about the company's policy.
- John: "I've got some amazing news."
- Tom: "__________"
A. Get a life! B. No way! You're pulling my leg!
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 C. Fire away, I'm all ears. D. That'll teach you.
Question 16: Two students are talking about their friend Tim.
- Maize: “Tim has a very easy job. He’s paid a lot of money to do little.”
- Liam:“________”
A. It's an incredible piece of luck. B. Wish him good luck!
C. He crossed his fingers for luck. D. It's the luck of the game.
Question 17: Mr. Brown is in a restaurant.
- Waiter: "How would you like your pork chops done, sir?"
- Mr. Brown: "_____"
A. It was not very good, I'm afraid. B. Medium, please!
C. Very much, thanks. D. Very well, thank you.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 18: Because of their color and shape, seahorses blend so well with the seaweed in which they live
that it is almost impossible to see themselves.
A. Because of B. so well C. themselves D. in which
Question 19: Forgery, in law, is the fabrication or altering of a written document with the intent to deceive or
defraud.
A. written B. with C. defraud D. altering
Question 20: The Oxford English Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of words
and to give real examples.
A. to give B. meanings C. well known D. The
Question 21: As the Asian economic miracle spreads throughout the Pacific, wage increases everywhere is
affecting millions of consumers.
A. As B. spreads C. is D. millions
Question 22: Digital clocks, however precise, they cannot be perfectly accurate because the earth's rotation
changes slightly over years.
A. the B. slightly C. perfectly D. they
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the
following questions.
Question 23: He has a security _____ that allows him to access classified information.
A. clearway B. clearance C. clarity D. clearness
Question 24: Up to now ____ space exploring still remains ____ very risky, complex and expensive
endeavor.
A. a/  B. the/ the C. a/ the D. / a
Question 25: Unable to run the entire 42 kilometers, she decided to drop out the race, ______ her a heart stroke.
A. the fatigue from the intense heat had almost given
B. the fatigue from the intense heat having almost given
C. the fatigue from the intense heat almost gave
D. which the fatigue from the intense heat having almost given
Question 26: Everyone keeps talking about Adward, but I've never ____eyes on the man.
A. clapped B. thrown C. kept D. put
Question 27: Ms. Phi is ranked the best student______ she has made a point of studying hard.
A. unless B. let alone C. hence D. in that
Question 28: Over the years, he gradually became impervious_____ his wife's comment about his chosen
profession and in the end she stopped complaining.
A. to B. of C. for D. about
Question 29: Where he has gone is of no importance to her, _____?

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 A. isn't he B. is it C. hasn't he D. has he
Question 30: _______ broken into when we were away on holiday.
A. We had our house B. Thieves had our house
C. Our house had D. It was our house
Question 31: On the telephone they were offered the price of 20 to clean carpets, which is ____cheap.
A. ridiculously B. utterly C. bitterly D. highly
Question 32: _______ rises to the surface of the Earth, a volcano is formed.
A. Liquid magma B. Liquid magma, which
C. Whenever liquid magma D. That liquid magma
Question 33: The instructor blew his whistle and _________.
A. the runners were running off B. the runners run off
C. off were the runners running D. off ran the runners
Question 34: Southeast Asian leaders ______ a multilateral summit on Thursday (November 12 th, 2020)
expected to address tensions in the South China Sea and tackle plans for a post-pandemic economic recovery
in a region where US-China rivalry has been rising.
A. kicked off B. knocked off C. wound down D. settled on
Question 35: Will you stay for lunch? - No, but thanks ______.
A. all in all B. all the better C. all along D. all the same
Question 36: The more time you spend practising English, ______command of it you will have.
A. the fewer B. the less C. the better D. the more
Question 37: Why are you always ______ that you are one of the best journalists in the country?
A. blowing your own trumpet B. hitting the ceiling
C. pulling your leg D. finding fault with
Question 38: Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantages over ________ made of natural fibers.
A. what B. the one C. that D. which
Question 39: John's last statement had a definite_____on the judges' decision.
A. conclusion B. burden C. bearing D. weight
Question 40: "The building's nearly finished, isn't it?" - "Yes, but it'll be _____ we can move in."
A. very soon that B. hardly time when C. too much time till D. a long time before
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
Question 41: I didn't want to take the money, but I was forced to do it on.
A. I shouldn't have taken the money. B. I mustn't have taken the money.
C. I would rather not have taken the money. D. They shouldn't force me to take the money.
Question 42: Although they taste nearly the same, both Sprite and Mountain Dew are two separate citrus-
flavoured soft drinks made by different companies.
A. Not made by the same company, Sprite and Mountain Dew are different from one another in the
amount of their citrus flavouring.
B. Although Sprite has a stronger citrus taste than Mountain Dew, basically they are the same soft drink,
though made by different companies.
C. Sprite and Mountain Dew are both manufactured by the same company, though they are similarly
tasting citrus-flavoured soft drinks.
D. Produced by two different companies, Sprite and Mountain Dew, which are both citrus-flavoured soft
drinks, taste practically no different.
Question 43: Tommy was not strong enough to move the table alone.
A. Tommy, together with someone else, moved the table.
B. Tommy couldn't move the table although he was strong.
C. Tommy was too weak to move the table.

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 D. Tommy was so weak that he couldn't move the table.
Question 44: In the aftermath of the tsunami disaster, entire coastal regions of Sri Lanka lay devastated.
A. The tsunami disaster left all of Sri Lanka, especially its coastal regions, with severe damage.
B. Whole coastal areas of Sri Lanka were made desolate by the disaster of tsunami.
C. Since tsunami disaster hit Sri Lanka, some of its coastal areas have been unable to recover.
D. Due to their proximity to the coast, many parts of Sri Lanka were nearly destroyed by the tsunami
disaster.
Question 45: "You didn't lock the door this morning as I found the keys on the table when I got home!" the
woman told her son.
A. The woman scolded her son for not locking the door that morning, adding that she saw the keys on the table.
B. The woman criticized her son of not locking the door that morning, added that she saw the keys on the table.
C. The woman criticized her son for not locking the door that morning, emphasized that she saw the keys
on the table.
D. The woman blamed her son for not locking the door that morning, as she saw the keys on the table.
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.
Question 46: Making an attempt to bring Claire around to resigning from her job is pointless. She is as bold as
brass.
A. Claire is so determined to give up her job that you can't convince her to change her mind.
B. It's no use trying to persuade such a determined girl as Claire to give up her job.
C. It was Claire who tried to stick to her job and no one can do anything about that.
D. You can't twist her arm in giving up her job as Claire knows exactly what to do.
Question 47: I'd suggest that we avoid telling any scary stories with Janet around. She’s a bit unstable and
could get hysterical.
A. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs
instead of getting scared.
B. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we
should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.
C. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not
tell frightening stories in her presence.
D. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.
Question 48: The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts. They were to help him discuss and
formulate new policies.
A. The Prime Minister, who is a financial expert, set up a committee to discuss and formulate new
policies.
B. A committee consisting of financial experts was set up by the Prime Minister to help him discuss and
formulate new policies.
C. The Prime Minister, who was helped by financial experts, set up a committee to discuss and formulate
new policies.
D. A committee consisting of financial experts who were helped by the Prime Minister discussed and
formulated new policies.
Question 49: Jonathan defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table
tennis championship.
A. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Jonathan did not hold the title of
champion.
B. Being defeated by the former champion, Jonathan lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school
table tennis championship.
C. Although Jonathan defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school
table tennis champion.
D. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Jonathan won the inter-school table tennis championship.
Question 50: John burnt midnight oil to prepare for the final exams. He passed with flying colors.

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 A. John worked extremely hard for the final exams, which resulted from his passing with flying colors.
B. John spent a large amount of money for the final exams, so he successfully passed them.
C. John's excellent scores on the final exam were attributed to his thorough preparation for them.
D. That John passed the final exam with perfect scores results in his hard work.
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.
There is a natural balance to all things: life and death, good and bad, happiness and sadness, pleasure and
pain. The very idea that you should focus on positives and ignore negatives, likewise with strengths versus
weaknesses, is not only delusional; it's a recipe for disaster.
Let me tell you a couple of stories to show how dealing with reality as openly and genuinely as possible is
the path to success and happiness, while focusing only on the positives and strengths can destroy your career
and your company.
It's no secret that Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1984 because his management style had become
toxic to the company. Much later, Jobs would come to realize that getting fired from the company he
cofounded "was the best thing that could have ever happened" to him. He called it "awful-tasting medicine"
that "the patient needed". He also likened it to life hitting him in the head with a brick.
That forced Jobs to look in the mirror and see the truth that he wasn't as capable or as strong a leader as
he could be. And as he addressed the issues that stood in his way, the result was the founding of NeXT and
Pixar, his eventual return to Apple, and the greatest turnaround in corporate history that built the most
valuable company on Earth.
It's easy to miss the obvious connection staring us right in the face, that it wasn't just Apple that had hit a
wall, fallen on hard times, and found itself in need of a turnaround. The same was true of Jobs. And there
was an undeniable connection between the two.
It's also easy to miss the insightfulness of Jobs' realization that none of his later achievements would have
occurred if he hadn't faced reality. That sort of introspection only comes from someone who's had some sort
of intervention and gone through gut-wrenching change as a result.
Not to compare myself with Jobs, but the truth is I've gotten a couple of those bricks to the head myself.
I've been fired more than once and lost my wife early in our marriage. But in every case I looked in the
mirror, faced what I saw, made some changes, and bounced back stronger than ever.
If I'd just tried to stay positive, focused on my strengths, and searched for the silver lining in the clouds, I
never would have figured out what was wrong and become a better person, a better husband, and a better
leader. I never would have achieved so much in my career or won my wife back.
While life is full of ups and downs, one thing is certain: If you attempt to filter your consciousness and
disallow negative thoughts or make believe the weaknesses holding you back don't exist, you'll never get
past those hurdles and get to the next stage in your personal and professional development. And neither will
your business.
Question 51: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. To Be Successful: Quit Being So Positive. B. Being Successful: Ignore the negatives.
C. To Be Successful: Stop Being So Negative. D. Being Successful: Facing with Disasters.
Question 52: The writer uses the phrase "a recipe for disaster" in paragraph 1 to stress that _____.
A. focusing on positives can make the worse become the worst
B. ignoring negatives goes against the natural balance to all things
C. focusing on positives and ignoring negatives destroy the reality
D. ignoring negatives can be the key to dealing with any problem
Question 53: The word ''likened'' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. associate B. link C. compare D. relate
Question 54: The writer uses the phrase "the two" in paragraph 5 to refer to _____.
A. hard times and turnabouts B. happiness and sadness
C. life and death D. strengths and weaknesses

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Question 55: The writer uses the "bricks" (as Steve Jobs did) in paragraph 7 to describe _____.
A. changes he led in order to make turnabouts B. interventions he made in his own introspection
C. weaknesses he had at the times of being fired D. hardships he faced with during his professional life
Question 56: Which of the following statements is NOT true about Steve Jobs according to the passage?
A. He considered being fired from Apple the best lesson learnt.
B. He got fired from Apple because of his poor management style.
C. He made Apple the most valuable company in the world.
D. He founded NeXT and Pizar to be able to return to Apple.
Question 57: What is true about the story teller when facing failures according to the passage?
A. He tried to stay positive to bounce back stronger.
B. He examined the situation, making necessary changes to better.
C. He looked into the way Steve Jobs did to find his own solution.
D. He focused on his strengths as the motivation for turnabouts.
Question 58: It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. It's our weaknesses that save us in hardships and calamities.
B. To earn happiness, one has to experience the feeling of sadness.
C. Positives and negatives can never go along with each other in reality.
D. Only when you admit the negative as part of your life, can you proceed.
Question 59: The phrase "filter your consciousness" in the last paragraph mostly means _____.
A. clear one's mind from worries B. stay away from possible dangers
C. release negative feelings from one's heart D. push negative thoughts out of one's mind
Question 60: The tone of the passage is _____.
A. argumentative B. preventive C. persuasive D. informative
Read the following passage and mark the letrer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word(s) for each of the blanks.
The coronavirus vaccine will have only a (61) _____ impact on hospital admissions over the next three months
with the festive season likely to put additional pressure on health services, the UK's chief medical officers have
warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech
vaccine on Wednesday, meaning the UK is the first country in the world (62) _____ an approved vaccine.
The vaccines are expected to be (63) _____ in England for the first time on Tuesday after they have been
distributed to hospital hubs. Northern Ireland has also said it is (64) _____ to begin immunizations next
week. Hospitals will begin by immunizing care home staff, and hospital inpatients and outpatients aged over
80. Care home residents, (65) _____ are in the highest priority category, (66) _____ a more difficult
logistical challenge. At one point NHS staff was mooted to be the first to receive the vaccine but the letter
states: "All healthcare workers would agree that the principal aim of the initial vaccination programme
should be to protect the most vulnerable and those at highest risk of (67) _____."
The letter also pointed out that while the vaccine can prevent disease symptoms, there is a lack of firm
data as to their effects on transmission of the virus. "It is going to be essential that people continue to
maintain current PPE (personal protective equipment) and (68) _____ measures to reduce transmission even
after vaccination as we accumulate that data," they say.
"We do not expect Covid to disappear even once full vaccination has occurred although it will be (69) _____
less important as a cause of mortality and morbidity. It is (70) _____ utterly essential that we use the next
months to learn as much as we can because we expect Covid to be less common in the future," they said.
Question 61: A. serious B. absolute C. bordering D. negligible
Question 62: A. that has B. having C. to have had D. had
Question 63: A. administered B. taken C. produced D. introduced
Question 64: A. on spot B. on track C. on term D. on way
Question 65: A. that B. who C. which D. whom
Question 66: A. remain B. pose C. foster D. gain
Question 67: A. morality B. mortality C. utility D. mobility
Question 68: A. others B. the other C. the others D. other
Question 69: A. even B. substantially C. a bit D. necessarily

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Question 70: A. however B. therefore C. also D. lest
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.
The ocean bottom - a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth - is a vast frontier
that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was
completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and
subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth's surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a
hostile environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.
Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first
detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the
National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP).Using techniques first developed for the
offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady
position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from
the ocean floor.
The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November
1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed
sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar Challenger's core samples have
allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to
calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of
evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of
plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.
The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical to
understanding the world's past climates. Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back
hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense
chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record
has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic change - information that may be
used to predict future climates.
Question 71: The previous paragraph may discuss about ______.
A. the land B. the frontier C. the ocean D. the earth
Question 72: The author refers to the ocean bottom as a "frontier" in paragraph 1 because it______.
A. is an unknown territory B. is not a popular area for scientific research
C. attracts courageous explorers D. contains a wide variety of life forms
Question 73: The word "inaccessible" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______.
A. unreachable B. unsafe C. unusable D. unrecognizable
Question 74: The author mentions "outer space" in paragraph 1 because______.
A. rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor
B. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration
C. the Earth's climate millions of years ago was similar to conditions in outer space
D. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environment
Question 75: Which of the following is NOT true of the Glomar Challenger?
A. It has gone on nearly 100 voyages. B. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.
C. It is an ongoing project. D. It is a type of submarine.
Question 76: The word "extracting" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_____.
A. breaking B. removing C. locating D. analyzing
Question 77: The deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was______.
A. composed of geologists from all over the world
B. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
C. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
D. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry
Question 78: The word "strength" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.

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 A. basis B. discovery C. purpose D. endurance
Question 79: The word "they" in paragraph 4 refers to______.
A. sediments B. years C. cores D. climates
Question 80: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea
Drilling Project?
A. Geologists were able to determine the Earth's appearance hundreds of millions of years ago.
B. Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen.
C. Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes.
D. Two geological theories became more widely accepted.

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