SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12

ĐỒNG NAI NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

Môn: Tiếng Anh - Bảng B
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút. (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 18/02/2022

I. LISTENING (4.0 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU:
• Bài nghe gồm 03 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần.
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh bằng tiếng Anh đã có trong bài nghe.

PART 1: Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER or each answer.

Copying photos to digital format

Name of company: Picturerep
Requirements
• Maximum size of photos is 30 cm, minimum size 4 cm.
• Photos must not be in a (1) _______________ or an album.
Cost
• The cost for 360 photos is (2) £ _______________ (including one disk).
• Before the completed order is sent, (3) _______________ is required
Services included in the price
• Photos can be placed in a folder, e.g. with the name (4) _______________.
• The (5) _______________ and contrast can be improved if necessary.
• Photos which are very fragile will be scanned by (6) _______________.
Special restore service (costs extra)
• It may be possible to remove an object from a photo, or change the (7) _______________.
• A photo which is not correctly in (8) _______________ cannot be fixed.
Other information
• Orders are completed within (9) _______________.
• Send the photos in a box (not (10) _______________.

PART 2: Questions 11-20

Questions 11-15: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Question 11. Dartfield House school used to be ________
A. a tourist information centre.
B. a private home.
C. a local council building.
Question 12. What is planned with regard to the lower school?
A. All buildings on the main site will be improved.
B. The lower school site will be used for new homes.
C. Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site.
Question 13. The catering has been changed because of ________
A. long queuing times.
B. changes to the school timetable.
C. dissatisfaction with the menus.
Question 14. Parents are asked to ________
A. help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use.
B. make sure their children have enough money for food.
C. advise their children on healthy food to eat
Question 15. What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?
A. Food will still be served there.
B. Only staff will have access to it.
C. Pupils can take their food into it.

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Questions 16-18
What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food Hall?
Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 16- 18.

Comments
A. pupils help to plan menus
B. only vegetarian food
C. different food every week
D. daily change in menu

Food available at serving points in Food Hall

Question 16. World Adventures ________________
Question 17. Street Life ________________
Question 18. Speedy Italian ________________
Questions 19 and 20
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO optional after-school lessons are new?
A. swimming
B. piano
C. acting
D. cycling
E. theatre sound and lighting
PHONOLOGY (1.0 point)
QUESTIONS 21-25: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.
Question 21. A. weekends B. answers C. secrets D. authors
Question 22. A. crooked B. naked C. knocked D. wicked
Question 23. A. prayer B. layer C. betray D. haystack
Question 24. A. voyage B. massage C. carriage D. marriage
Question 25. A. enough B. rough C. though D. cough
Questions 26-30: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same
group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
Question 26. A. preface B. conquer C. pronoun D. mature
Question 27. A. engineer B. understand C. volunteer D. alternate
Question 28. A. marvellous B. argument C. serious D. commercial
Question 29. A. influential B. diversity C. historical D. technology
Question 30. A. geographical B. university C. examination D. economical
LEXICO-GRAMMAR (QUESTIONS 31-50) (2.0 pts)
Questions 31-45: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 31. One recent study has demonstrated a strong ________ between consumption of sugar-sweetened
beverages and childhood obesity.
A. reason B. link C. cause D. result
Question 32. Many people don’t trust online banking because they are afraid of ________ theft.
A. identity B. hacked C. identical D. crime
Question 33. Aid agencies ________ emergency relief, but is this always the best thing?
A. trigger B. cause C. provide D. put
Question 34. I cannot believe that John and Maggie have decided to ________ up after 20 years of marriage.
A. divide B. split C. fall D. look
Question 35. The area in front of the fire exit should be kept ________ at all times.
A. warm B. clear C. cosy D. frozen
Question 36. When the roads are wet, you’ve got to leave plenty of ________ between you and the car in front so as
to avoid collision.
A. space B. room C. vacancy D. area
Question 37. Despite the extreme conditions, Rhian’s team were able to gather data ________ the corals of a kind
that is all impossible in the deep ocean.
A. with B. on C. towards D. under
Question 38. Kids of all ages will have ________ at the amusement park as classic family entertainments meet
modern-day thrills.
A. a piece of cake B. a whale of time C. a drop in the bucket D. an arm and a leg
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Question 39. It you don’t stop smoking, you risk ________ lung diseases, cancer and strokes.
A. suffer B. to suffer C. suffering D. suffered
Question 40. Chris Bertish was ________ first person to complete ________ solo crossing of ________ Atlantic
Ocean on ________ paddle boat.
A. 0-the-the-a B. the-a-the-a C. the-0-0-a D. the-a-0-0
Question 41. I’m having a problem with David. He ________ me up in the middle of the night and telling me his
troubles.
A. called B. has been calling C. had called D. is calling
Question 42. A plane carrying 15 members of the government to a conference in Brussels ________ a small-scale fire
earlier this morning.
A. knows to have been experienced B. knows to have experienced
C. is known to have experienced D. is known to be experienced
Question 43. It has been ________ that by the year 2050 some capital cities will be almost uninhabitable because of
the effects of air pollution.
A. objected B. predicted C. hoped D. dreamt
Question 44. The school Principal suggested that the disadvantaged boy ________ awarded a scholarship for his
outstanding academic performance.
A. should have B. should be C. was D. will be
Question 45. One advantage of travelling by train is that you can forget about the traffic jams and crowded roads, and
sit back and admire the ________.
A. scenery B. site C. range D. estuary
QUESTIONS 46-50: Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words given
Question 46. Albert Einstein was one of the greatest _______________ the world has ever known. (THINK)
Question 47. Our understanding of pain is influenced by a variety of factors, including our _______________ state
and memories of past pains. (PSYCHOLOGY)
Question 48. Much has been written about the diversity of terrestrial organisms, particularly the _______________
rich life associated with tropical rain forest habitats. (EXCEPT)
Question 49. We must act urgently to reduce carbon dioxide _______________ and fishing pressures to protect fish
populations. (EMIT)
Question 50. As long as scientists and musicians work together _______________, the electric guitar will continue
to benefit from technological innovations. (HARMONY)
PROOF READING (QUESTIONS 51-60) (2.0 points)
Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines have a word which should not be there. If
the line has a word that should not be there, write the word at the end of the line. There is an example at the
beginning.
THE POWER OF PAINT

People have been always painted their bodies. The reasons are many: Line 0: been
religious ceremonial, or simply for decoration. In Brazil, the Kayapo Line 1 ……………
Indians paint to each other’s bodies using the blue-black juice of the Line 2 ……………
genipap fruit. An unpainted body can mean so that the person has no Line 3 ……………
one who cares enough to do it. Other Indians regard that an unpainted Line 4 ……………
person as naked. Sometimes body painting can be quite complicated Line 5 ……………
because of every colour and shape has1 a particular meaning. A popular Line 6 ……………
design among the Thompson Indians in North America was to paint half Line 7 ……………
the face red and the other half black; red did brought the warrior good Line 8 ……………
luck, while black gave his enemy misfortune. In decoration for a Line 9 ……………
religious occasion, the Australian Aborigines use themselves traditional Line 10 ……………
colours and patterns and these are applied by a special person. For Line 11 ……………
instance, when mourning the mourners they are covered in white paint, Line 12 ……………
Among the Nuba in the Sudan, body painting is art for arts sake: it has Line 13 ……………
no religious meaning, it simply makes the body quite more beautiful. In Line 14 ……………
fact, as a man gets older and less attractive, he replaces paint by Line 15 ……………
clothing. Also a man suffering illness or injury will wear clothes until Line 16 ……………
he recovers. Throughout the world, people like to decorate themselves Line 17 ……………
according to their own customs. In the Western World there is a multi- Line 18 ……………
million pound cosmetics industry with vast amounts of money which Line 19 ……………
being spent on advertising campaigns to persuade the men and women Line 20 ……………
to buy cosmetics. Line 21 ……………

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V. READING COMPREHENSION (QUESTIONS 61-80) (4.0 points)
QUESTIONS 61-70: Read the following passage and indicate the answer to each of the questions.
Ranked as the number one beverage consumed worldwide, tea takes the lead over coffee in both popularity and
production with more than 5 million metric tons of tea produced annually. Although much of this tea is consumed in
Asia, European and African countries, the United States drinks it fair share. According to estimates by the Tea Council
of the United States, tea is enjoyed by no less than half of the U.S population on any given day. Black tea or green tea
- iced, spiced, or instant-drinking has spurred a billion - dollar business with major tea produces in Africa and South
America and throughout Asia.
Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant, Camellia sinensis, which grows tall and lush in tropical
regions. On tea plantation, the plant is kept trimmed to approximately four feet high, and as new buds called flush
appear, they are plucked off by hand. Even in today’s world of modern agricultural machinery, hand harvesting
continues to be preferred method. Ideally, only the top two leaves and bud should be picked. This new growth produces
the highest quality tea.
After being harvested, tea leaves are laid out on long drying racks, called withering racks, for 18 to 20 hours.
During this process, the tea softens and becomes limp. Next, depending on the type of the tea being produced, the
leaves may be crushed or chopped to release flavor, and then steamed to retain their green color, and the fermentation
process is skipped. Producing black teas requires fermentation during which the tea leaves begin to darken. After
fermentation, black tea is dried in vats to produce its rich brown or black color.
No one knows when or how tea became popular, but legend has it that tea as a beverage was discovered in 2737
B.C. by Emperor Shen Nung of China when leaves from Camellia chopped into his drinking water as it was boiling
over a fire. As the story goes, Emperor Shen Nung drank the resulting liquid and proclaimed that the drink to be most
nourishing and refreshing. Though this account cannot be documented, it is thought that tea drinking probably
originated in China and spread to other parts of Asia, then to Europe, and ultimately to America colonies around 1650.
With about half of the caffeine content as coffee, tea is often chosen by those who want to reduce, but not
necessarily eliminate their caffeine intake. Some people find that tea is less acidic than coffee and therefore easier on
the stomach. Others have become interested in tea drinking since the National Cancer Institute published its findings
on the antioxidant properties of tea. But whether tea is enjoyed for its perceived health benefits, its flavour, or as a
social drink, teacups continue to be filled daily with the world’s most popular beverage.
Question 61: Why does the author include statistics on the amount of tea produced, sold and consumed?
A. to show the expense of processing such a large quantity of tea
B. to explain why coffee is not the most popular beverage worldwide
C. to demonstrate tea’s popularity
D. to impress the reader with factual sounding information
Question 62: Based on the passage, what is implied about tea harvesting?
A. Tea is totally done with the assistance of modern agricultural machinery
B. It is no longer done in China
C. The method has remained nearly the same for a long time
D. The method involved trimming the uppermost branches of the plants
Question 63: What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to?
A. tea pickers B. new buds C evergreen plants D. tropical regions
Question 64: Which of the following is NOT true about the tea production process?
A. Black tea develops its dark color during fermentation and final drying.
B. Green tea require a long fermentation process.
C. Green tea is often steamed to keep it color.
D. Black tea goes through 2 drying phrases during production.
Question 65: The word “documented” in paragraph 4 can be replaced by?
A. ignored B. proved C stored D. kept
Question 66: According to the passage, what is TRUE about the origin of tea drinking?
A. It began during the Shen Nung dynasty.
B. It may have begun some time around 1650.
C. It is unknown when lea first became popular.
D. It was originally produced from Camellia plants in Europe.
Question 67: The word “eliminate” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by?
A. decrease B. increase C. reduce D. remove
Question 68: According to the passage, which may be the reason why someone would choose to drink tea instead of
coffee?
A. Because it's easier to digest than coffee. B. Because it has a higher nutritional content than coffee.
C. Because it helps prevent cancer. D. Because it has more caffeine than coffee.
Question 69: Where in the passage does the author mention research conducted on the beneficial effects of tea
drinking?
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 A. In paragraph 1 B. In paragraph 2 C. In paragraph 4 D. In paragraph 5
Question 70: What best describes the topic of the passage?
A. Tea consumption and production B. The most popular types of tea
C. The benefits of tea consumption worldwide D. How tea is produced and brewed
QUESTIONS 71-80: Read the following passage and indicate the answer to each of the questions.
The future of work
According to a leading business consultancy, 3-14% of the global workforce will need to switch to a different
occupation within the next 10-15 years, and all workers will need to adapt as their occupations evolve alongside
increasingly capable machines. Automation - or “embodied artificial intelligence” (AI) - is one aspect of the disruptive
effects of technology on the labour market. “Disembodied AI”, like the algorithms running in our smartphones, is
another.
Dr. Stella Pachidi from Cambridge Judge Business School believes that some of the most fundamental changes
are happening as a result of the “algorithmication” of jobs that are dependent on data rather than on production - the
so-called knowledge economy. Algorithms are capable of learning from data to undertake tasks that previously needed
human judgement, such as reading legal contracts, analysing medical scans and gathering market intelligence.
“In many cases, they can outperform humans,” says Pachidi. “Organisations are attracted to using algorithms
because they want to make choices based on what they consider is “perfect information", as well as to reduce costs
and enhance productivity.”
“But these enhancements are not without consequences,” says Pachidi. “If routine cognitive tasks are taken over
by AI, how do professions develop their future experts?” she asks. “One way of learning about a job is “legitimate
peripheral participation” - a novice stands next to experts and learns by observation. If this isn’t happening, then you
need to find new ways to learn.”
Another issue is the extent to which the technology influences or even controls the workforce. For over two
years, Pachidi monitored a telecommunications company. “The way telecoms salespeople work is through personal
and frequent contact with clients, using the benefit of experience to assess a situation and reach a decision. However,
the company had started using a[n] ... algorithm that defined when account managers should contact certain customers
about which kinds of campaigns and what to offer them.
The algorithm - usually built by external designers - often becomes the keeper of knowledge, she explains. In
cases like this, Pachidi believes, a short-sighted view begins to creep into working practices whereby workers learn
through the “algorithm’s eyes” and become dependent on its instructions. Alternative explorations - where
experimentation and human instinct lead to progress and new ideas - are effectively discouraged.
Pachidi and colleagues even observed people developing strategies to make the algorithm work to their own
advantage. “We are seeing cases where workers feed the algorithm with false data to reach their targets,” she reports.
It’s scenarios like these that many researchers are working to avoid. Their objective is to make AI technologies
more trustworthy and transparent, so that organisations and individuals understand how AI decisions are made. In the
meantime, says Pachidi, “We need to make sure we fully understand the dilemmas that this new world raises regarding
expertise, occupational boundaries and control.”
Economist Professor Hamish Low believes that the future of work will involve major transitions across the
whole life course for everyone: “The traditional trajectory of full-time education followed by full-time work followed
by a pensioned retirement is a thing of the past,” says Low. Instead, he envisages a multistage employment life: one
where retraining happens across the life course, and where multiple jobs and no job happen by choice at different
stages.
On the subject of job losses, Low believes the predictions are founded on a fallacy: “It assumes that the number
of jobs is fixed. If in 30 years, half of 100 jobs are being carried out by robots, that doesn’t mean we are left with just
50 jobs for humans. The number of jobs will increase: we would expect there to be 150 jobs.”
Dr Ewan McGaughey, at Cambridge’s Centre for Business Research and King’s College London, agrees that
“apocalyptic” views about the future of work are misguided. “It’s the laws that restrict the supply of capital to the job
market, not the advent of new technologies that causes unemployment.”
His recently published research answers the question of whether automation, AI and robotics will mean a
“jobless future” by looking at the causes of unemployment. “History is clear that change can mean redundancies. But
social policies can tackle this through retraining and redeployment.”
He adds: “if there is going to be change to jobs as a result of AI and robotics then I’d like to see governments
seizing the opportunity to improve policy to enforce good job security. We can “reprogramine” the law to prepare for
a fairer future of work and leisure.” McGaughey’s findings are a call to arms to leaders of organisations, governments
and banks to pre-empt the coming changes with bold new policies that guarantee hill employment, fair incomes and a
thriving economic democracy.
“The promises of these new technologies are astounding. They deliver humankind the capacity to live in a way
that nobody could have once imagined,” he adds. Just as the industrial revolution brought people past subsistence
agriculture, and the corporate revolution enabled mass production, a third revolution has been pronounced. But it will
not only be one of technology. The next revolution will be social.
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Questions 71-74
Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G, below.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 71-74 on your answer sheet.
The “algorithmication” of jobs
Stella Pachidi of Cambridge Judge Business School has been focusing on the “algorithmication” of jobs which
rely not on production but on (71) ________.
While monitoring a telecommunications company, Pachidi observed a growing (72) ________ on the
recommendations made by AI, as workers begin to learn through the “algorithm’s eyes”. Meanwhile, staff are deterred
from experimenting and using their own (73) ________ and are therefore prevented from achieving innovation.
To avoid the kind of situations which Pachidi observed, researchers are trying to make AI's
decision-making process easier to comprehend, and to increase users’ (74) ________ with regard to the technology.

A. pressure B. satisfaction C. intuition D. promotion

E. reliance F. confidence G. information

Questions 75-80
Look at the following statements (Questions 75-80) and the list of people below.
Match each statement with the correct person, A, B or C.
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 75-80 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
Question 75. Greater levels of automation will not result in lower employment.
Question 76. There are several reasons why AI is appealing to businesses.
Question 77. AI’s potential to transform people's lives has parallels with major cultural shifts which occurred in
previous eras.
Question 78. It is important to be aware of the range of problems that AI causes.
Question 79. People are going to follow a less conventional career path than in the past.
Question 80. Authorities should take measures to ensure that there will be adequately paid work for everyone.

List of people
A. Stella Pachidi
B. Hamish Low
C. Ewan McGaughey

VI. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (QUESTIONS 81-90) (2.0 points)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word
for each of the blanks.
KEEPING FIT
Bodies are made to move! They are not (81) ________ for sitting around in front of the television or reading
magazines. Keeping fit doesn’t (82) ________ you have to be a super-athlete, and even (83) ________ exercise can
give you a lot of fun. When you are fit and healthy, you will find you look better and feel better. You will develop
more energy and self-confidence.
Every time you move, you are exercising. The human body is designed to bend, stretch, run, jump and climb.
(84) ________ it does, the stronger and fitter it will become. Best of all, exercise is fun. If s what your body likes
doing most-keeping on the (85) ________ Physical exercise is not only good for your body. People who take regular
exercise are usually happier, more relaxed and more alert (86) ________ people who sit around all day. Try an
experiment- next time you are (87) ________ a bad mood, go for a walk or play a ball game in the park. See how
much better you feel after an hour.
A good (88) ________ of achievement is yet another benefit of exercise. People feel good about themselves
when they know they have (89) ________ their fitness. People who exercise regularly will tell you that they find they
have more energy to enjoy life. So have (90) ________ you'll soon see and feel the benefits.
Question 81: A. planned B. designed C. programmed D. caused
Question 82: A. involve B. require C. reveal D. mean
Question 83: A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
Question 84: A. More and more B. The more C. More D. Moreover
Question 85: A. increase B. move C. develop D. decrease
Question 86: A. then B. about C. than D. with
Question 87: A. in B. on C. at D. under
Question 88: A. sense B. feel C. lot D. piece
Question 89: A. experienced B. improved C. carried out D. grown
Question 90: A. a run B. a trial C. a go D. a start
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VII. WRITING
PART 1. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2.0 points)
QUESTIONS 91-95. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it
Question 91. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
- Without .............................................................................................................................................
Question 92. It would have been a good idea to take your umbrella.
- You should ........................................................................................................................................
Question 93. I think it’s better for the children to stay inside in bad weather.
- I would rather ....................................................................................................................................
Question 94. I wasn’t surprised to hear that he had failed the final exam.
- It came as ..........................................................................................................................................
Question 95. She didn’t cry when the story ended in tragedy.
- Not a .................................................................................................................................................

QUESTIONS 96-100. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given in brackets. Yon must use between THREE and FIVE words only, including the word provided.
Question 96. The day after my brother lost his job, he did not feel like getting out of bed. (INCLINATION)
- My brother ……………………………………………out of bed the clay after losing his job.
Question 97. I never thought that we’d have legal problems. (CROSSED)
- It ……………………………………………that we’d have legal problems.
Question 98. The local council has considered mass tourism the cause of the environmental problems. (PUT)
- The local council has ………………………………………mass tourism for the cause of environmental problems.
Question 99. The man in that painting reminds me of my uncle. (BEARS)
- The man in that picture ……………………………………………my uncle.
Question 100. What Rachel does in her spare time doesn’t concern me. (BUSINESS)
- It’s ……………………………………………what Rachel does in her spare time.

PART 2. COMPOSITION (3.0 points)

Write about the following topic:

In the future, nobody will buy printed newspapers, magazines or books because they will be able to read
everything, they want online without paying.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.

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