SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ

THÀNH PHỐ ĐÀ NẴNG NĂM HỌC 2018 - 2019

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 50 câu, 4 trang)

Học sinh làm bài bằng cách chọn và tô kín một ô tròn trên Phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm
tương ứng với phương án trả lời đúng của mỗi câu.
Mã đề: 710
Họ và tên học sinh: ........................................................... Số bá o danh: ............... Phò ng thi :............
You will hear people talking in six different situations. Listen to the recordings and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 1. You overhear a woman talking on her mobile phone. What is she doing when she speaks?
A. thanking a friend who's done something for her
B. asking a friend for information about an event
C. encouraging a friend to join an event
D. inviting a friend to an event she's organizing

Question 2. You hear part of an arts programme on the radio. What is the speaker talking
about? A. a film
B. a stage play
C. a concert
D. a novel

Question 3. You hear an extract from a radio play. Where is this scene taking place?
A. in a restaurant
B. in a motorway café
C. in a hotel reception
D. in a nightclub

Question 4. You overhear two teenagers discussing a film they have just seen. How does the boy feel about it?
A. uninterested in the storyline
B. disappointed by the acting
C. unimpressed by the photography
D. dissatisfied with the effect

Question 5. You overhear two people talking. Who are they talking about?
A. a close friend
B. a colleague
C. a relation
D. a passer-by

Question 6. You overhear a man talking about an art exhibition. What does he criticise?
A. the quality of the works of art on show
B. the information available to visitors
C. the way it is laid out

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 D. the location of the exhibition venue

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7. I would rather you ______ me alone yesterday.
A. didn’t leave B. wouldn’t leave C. hadn’t left D. won’t leave
Question 8. Mary’s seven-year-old son got new shoes in April, and he's already ______ them.
A. outgrown B. overgrown C. regrown D. undergrown
Question 9. The encyclopedia was the ______ of historian John C. McCormick.
A. blueprint B. brainchild C. cornerstone D. guideline
Question 10. I can't believe we are ______ 30. I feel like we have just graduated from high school!
A. getting up to B. getting on for C. coming in for D. coming up with
Question 11. She demanded that he ______ the books he borrowed from her.
A. returns B. will return C. has returned D. return
Question 12. ______ panda is becoming an increasingly rare animal and is on the Red List.
A. A B. An C. The D. No article
Question 13. We knew the project would be difficult, but we didn't ______ this kind of trouble.
A. resign to B. bargain for C. deprive of D. admit to
Question 14. Ted’s director was angry with him as he didn't do all the work he ______ last week.
A. should have done B. may have done C. could have done D. might have done
Question 15. Peter has now arrived late for work three days in a ______.
A. line B. sequence C. series D. row
Question 16. We are ______ of the effort that they put into helping us improve our paper.
A. appreciate B. appreciation C. appreciative D. appreciatively
Question 17. I don't suppose there’s a lot to do in this town, ______?
A. do I B. don’t I C. is there D. isn’t there
Question 18. After our exams finished, all my classmates decided to get dressed up and ______.
A. paint the town red B. see pink elephants C. get their own back D. hit the nail on the head
Question 19. They did their best to fix the broken computer but their efforts bore no ______.
A. success B. luck C. fruit D. end
Question 20. We had a long and exhausting car ______ before reaching our final destination.
A. journey B. trip C. voyage D. excursion
Question 21. Passengers are advised to ______ at least two hours to transfer from one plane to another.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow

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.
Question 22.The customer talks to the grocer in the grocery store.
- Customer: “I’ll take these grapes, please.” - Grocer: “______”
A. Can I help you? B. They’re over there. C. Would you like a bag? D. Where to?
Question 23. Wimpy is at Terry’s home and Terry offers him a drink.
- Terry: “Would you prefer lemonade or apple juice?” - Wimpy: “______”
A. Have you got anything else? B. If you like.
C. Are you sure about that? D. You can say that again.

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.

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Question 24. Some first-time conference attendants showed almost immediate application of leadership in their
A B C
communication and negotiation practice.
D
Question 25. Red beans and rice were my mom's favorite dish when she was young.
A B C D

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.

MILLENNIAL WOMEN ARE WORKING MORE. BUT THEY’RE STILL DOING MOST OF THE HOUSEWORK

Younger women are working longer (26) ______ and earning more than ever before. But they’re still carrying more
of the burden at home. While millennial households are more likely to adopt egalitarian views about gender,
reporting they want to split household duties and income equally, research shows those promises often collapse
under the (27) ______ of long-held gender stereotypes.

According to Jill Yavorsky, assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, we still
have stated intentions and then we have the realities of giving up privilege. Men still have a lot of privilege in being
able to fall back on gendered notions, because if not, they have to participate a lot in housework and potentially
give up (28) ______ potential career advantages. When it comes down to it, many men are not willing to
(29) ______ the walk.

In 2017, 78% of young adult women worked at least 50 weeks per year, according to the Pew Research Center.
Full-time female employees (30) ______ 22 to 37 had median earnings of $39,000, up from $37,100 in
2000, (31) ______ helped the millennial household net more than any previous generation of Americans, according
to Richard Fry, senior researcher at the Pew Research Center. "(32) ______ the fact that the millennial generation
was hit so hard by the Great Recession, this is a story about how they're really now starting to put the Great
Recession in the rearview (33) ______," says Fry.

Yet as women contribute more to household income, they're still also doing the majority of the unpaid (34) ______
work. Some researchers have (35) ______ to this as a "stall" in the gender revolution, says Melissa Milkie, professor
of sociology at the University of Toronto.

Question 26. A. hours B. periods C. spans D. times

Question 27. A. light B. weight C. truth D. belief
Question 28. A. in B. with C. on D. to
Question 29. A. start B. take C. keep D. walk
Question 30. A. aging B. were aging C. aged D. were aged
Question 31. A. that B. who C. which D. when
Question 32. A. Given B. Considered C. Taken D. Allowed
Question 33. A. mirror B. image C. reflection D. illustration
Question 34. A. office B. domestic C. social D. favorite
Question 35. A. regarded B. mentioned C. hanged D. pointed

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.

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Around the world, more than 2.3 billion people are on Facebook, actively communicating and posting and
consuming on the platform, a figure that continues to grow and drive record profits, despite a barrage of privacy
scandals and heightened scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. Masses of people are not abandoning Facebook, according
to the company’s fourth quarter earnings, released on Wednesday. In fact, the company has reversed a troubling
trend in its most important market: Facebook added users in North America for the first time all year.

For Facebook fans, the benefits of using the platform are clear: It’s a way to stay connected with friends, to
consume news and entertainment, and, for businesses, to find potential customers and audiences. In recent years,
however, researchers and consumer advocates have scrutinized what the downsides of all that growth and
connectivity could mean for society and individual health and well-being.

In the latest study measuring the effects of social media on a person’s life, researchers at New York University and
Stanford University found that deactivating Facebook for just four weeks could alter people’s behavior and state of
mind. The study found that temporarily quitting Facebook led people to spend more time offline, watching TV and
socializing with family and friends; reduced their knowledge of current events and polarization of policy views; and
provoked a small but significant improvement in people’s self-reported happiness and satisfaction with their lives.
What’s more, the researchers found that the deactivation freed up on average an hour per day for participants. And
the people who took a break from Facebook continued to use the platform less often, even after the experiment
ended.

“Our study offers the largest-scale experimental evidence available to date on the way Facebook affects a range of
individual and social welfare measures,” the researchers wrote. The researchers concluded the experiment shows
the disadvantages of using Facebook, even as the same results “leave little doubt that Facebook produces large
benefits for its users.” Participants said Facebook improves their lives in clear and diverse ways, the researchers
found, from entertainment, to organizing philanthropy and activism, to providing social bonds for people who would
otherwise feel isolated. “Any discussion of social media’s disadvantages should not obscure the basic fact that it
fulfills deep and widespread needs,” the researchers said. But the study found that the psychological improvements
of abstaining from Facebook suggests that people may be using the social network more than they should. And
while people are less informed about the news when they are away from Facebook, it also cooled partisan thinking.

“Facebook and other social media companies have gotten a bad rap for allegedly making us more polarized, making
us depressed, making us addicted, and we wanted to rigorously test whether or not this is actually true,” Hunt
Allcott, an economics professor at New York University, and one of the co-authors of the study, told The
Washington Post in an interview Thursday. “The most remarkable thing is that our results do not support a strong
anti-Facebook narrative, nor do they support a strong pro-Facebook narrative.”

In a statement to The Washington Post Thursday, Facebook said its teams are focused on fostering meaningful
connections on the platform and have provided tools for users to better control their experience. “This is one study
of many on this topic and it should be considered that way,” the company said, repeating the study’s own findings
that users find clear benefits from the platform and that Facebook helps people stay informed.

The researchers did urge caution in interpreting their results, noting that people could have reacted differently if
their break from Facebook was longer. That might have altered how users learned about the news and could have
changed how they perceived their well-being. The types of people in the experiment also may have influenced the
results, the researchers said. One question the researchers hope to pursue in the future is whether following news
on social media is any more or less polarizing than consuming news through mainstream media, said Sarah
Eichmeyer, a graduate student in economics at Stanford, and another co-author of the study.

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The 2,844 Facebook users involved in the study, which took place in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, was
not a fully representative sample, the study said. Participants were “relatively young, well-educated, and left-leaning
compared to the average Facebook user,” and the study only included people who said they were on Facebook for
more than 15 minutes every day.

Question 36. Which of the following is mentioned in the first paragraph?

A. More and more people in the world use Facebook at the expense of their privacy.
B. U.S. lawmakers are high on the list of those who are affected by privacy scandals.
C. Facebook’s fourth quarter earnings are the reason for a lot of people not abandoning it.
D. Facebook users in North America have changed the trend towards potential markets.

Question 37. The word “downsides” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. abilities B. problems C. links D. skills

Question 38. What did researchers at New York University and Stanford University find in their latest
study? A. Those who usually spent time with friends and family didn’t use Facebook.
B. Temporarily deactivating Facebook resulted in less information yet more life satisfaction.
C. Quitting Facebook for a short time could change people’s points of view on happiness.
D. Those who took a break from Facebook continued to stay away from the platform after the experiment.

Question 39. What does the word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. experiment B. Facebook C. discussion D. social media

Question 40. The word “abstaining” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______?

A. refraining B. acquiring C. gaining D. emerging

Question 41. What is implied in what Hunt Allcott and his co-authors said in paragraph 5?
A. Facebook and social media have their own pros and cons.
B. A bad rap on Facebook and social media makes users depressed and addicted.
C. The study of Hunt Allcott and his co-author is not supported by Facebook users.
D. The purpose of the study is to test the rigour of social media.

Question 42. What did Facebook say to The Washington Post about their effort in improving their service?
A. Facebook teams have done a lot of research on how to enhance users’ experience.
B. Facebook is the platform where users can control their experience better than other social media.
C. Facebook’s new study is aimed at promoting the meaningful connections between its teams and users.
D. Facebook has found their own clear benefits in keeping its users informed and connected.

Question 43. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 7?

A. The researchers believed that the study results were not treated with caution.
B. The study results might have depended on the sort of people in the experiment.
C. It is still unknown whether more people will follow news on social media.
D. The researchers are looking into how much news will be consumed through mainstream media.

Question 44. All of the following is true of Facebook users involved in the study EXCEPT ______.
A. they were quite young B. they had good education
C. they were left-handed D. they used Facebook over 15 minutes a day

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Question 45. What is the writer’s tone in the passage?
A. Objective B. Optimistic C. Critical D. Dismissive

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
Question 46. You can ask for a full refund of the airfare in case of flight cancellation.
A. You can ask for a full refund of the airfare in case they cancel the flight.
B. You can ask for a full refund of the airfare in the event of flight cancellation.
C. The cancellation of the flight will mean you ask for a full refund of the airfare.
D. A full refund of the airfare will be given to you and the flight is cancelled.

Question 47. Joseph's been overworking for months and will be definitely worn out.
A. Joseph's been doing a double take for months and will be definitely worn out.
B. Joseph's been making his head spin for months and will be definitely worn out.
C. Joseph's been running around in circles for months and will be definitely worn out.
D. Joseph's been burning the candles at both ends for months and will be definitely worn out.

Question 48. No one has bothered to let me know what I should do.
A. Hardly anyone has bothered to let me know what I should do.
B. Hardly has anyone bothered to let me know what I should do.
C. Hardly I have been told what I should do that bothers someone.
D. Hardly have I been told what I should do that bothers someone.

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 49. Mariah has missed her chance of promotion. What a shame!
A. Mariah is ashamed of having missed her chance of promotion.
B. That Mariah has missed her chance of promotion is shameful.
C. If only Mariah hadn’t missed her chance of promotion.
D. Mariah wishes she hadn’t missed her chance of promotion.

Question 50. “No, I won’t lend him any more money,” said Joan.
A. Joan refused to lend him any more money.
B. Joan admitted not lending him any more money.
C. Joan denied lending him any more money.
D. Joan disapproved of lending him any more money.

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