Đề HSG lớp 12 TP.HCM 2024–2025
Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 cấp thành phố của Sở GD&ĐT TP.HCM, năm học 2024-2025 — đề chính thức, có đáp án của Sở
Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi THPT môn Tiếng Anh — Sở GD&ĐT TP.HCM. Đây là đề ở trình độ C1–C2, khó hơn hẳn đề tốt nghiệp: ngoài trắc nghiệm còn có điền từ, chia dạng từ, sửa lỗi và viết luận.
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Phần Viết lại câu không chấm tự động — bạn tự đối chiếu với câu mẫu.
Bảng câu hỏi
Vận dụng tiếng Anh USE OF ENGLISH
Trắc nghiệm từ vựng – ngữ pháp – thành ngữ
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
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1. The next bus doesn’t come for another hour, so we ______ walk. That’s the best solution for now.
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2. He fell off the ladder, ______ in three places. It couldn’t have been worse.
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3. It’s high time you ______! It’s far too long now.
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4. The economics of the city ______ encouraging so far, offering great opportunities for everyone.
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5. Remember to give me the name of the person ______ the cheque is made out.
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6. Stop complaining. ______ he’d invited you. Would you have come?
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7. ______ at the garage for its annual service, he took the bus to work.
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8. We ______ Switzerland four times during the 1990s. We haven’t been back ever since.
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9. Five years ago, ______ only two experts on the disease throughout the country.
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10. These students, ______ young and inexperienced, have been taken on by a corporation.
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11. The girl is looking up how high ______ is. Can you lend her a hand?
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12. I’d sooner ______ to bed early last night.
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13. You may hear the fire alarm, ______ you should proceed quickly and quietly to the nearest fire exit.
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14. If we hadn’t trained day and night, we ______ our victory at this welcome banquet now. ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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15. If you ask me, John’s performance compares ______ with Helen’s.
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16. His mom insists he should be on his best ______ at parties and other social events.
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17. I’m exhausted. I think I’ll ______ for the night.
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18. His excuse for being late sounded like a ______ story. How ridiculous!
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19. We highly recommend this restaurant. Its food and service are simply ______.
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20. Wilson ______ a loud laugh as he watched Robert trying to fire the gun.
Dạng từ WORD FORMS
Chia đúng dạng của từ gốc cho sẵn
Phần A
Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank. (20 pts)
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1. The company’s security team worked ______ to prevent cyber-attacks. (tired)
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2. The store offered a(n) ______ installment plan in which customers pay for furniture over six months without extra charges. (interest)
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3. During their argument, Sarah refused to speak directly to Jake, so Sam, their mutual friend, acted as a(n) ______ and relayed messages. (go)
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4. The hospital was ______, and nurses worked overtime to care for all the patients. (staff)
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5. The heavy workload became ______ for the small team. (burden)
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6. She tried to ______ herself from the controversial remarks made by her colleague. (social)
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7. During the crisis, they had to cut down on ______ to save money. (essence)
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8. Gazing ______, she silently prayed for guidance. (heaven)
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9. She ______ the distance and ended up tripping over the step. (judge)
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10. The doctor prescribed a(n) ______ to reduce the swelling. (flame)
Phần B
Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage.
- deep
- critical
- wrong
- rapid
- load
- belief
- expose
- lead
- leak
- facet
- science
- priority
Fake news has become a major challenge in the digital era, spreading 11 through social media and
influencing public opinion, politics, and even financial markets. Misinformation can shape perceptions, 12
divisions, and undermine trust in reliable sources. Cognitive biases, particularly confirmation bias, play a key role in its
spread. People are more likely to 13 information that aligns with their views, while repeated 14
to false claims increases their perceived credibility. Social media algorithms amplify this problem by 15
engagement over accuracy, creating echo chambers that reinforce misinformation. The consequences are significant.
Declining trust in the media fuels political polarisation, whereas 16 misinformation hampers public health
efforts and climate policies. In finance, 17 news can manipulate markets and investments. Combating fake
news requires a 18 approach. Education in digital literacy is crucial to help individuals assess sources (19)
______. Social media companies must enhance fact-checking and moderation. In an age of information (20)
______, critical thinking and responsible media consumption are essential tools in the fight against misinformation.
Bản in gốc thiếu dấu chỗ trống cho câu dưới đây — hãy trả lời ở ô này.
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19. Chỗ trống (19) trong bài ở trên
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Điền từ có phương án GUIDED CLOZE
Đọc đoạn văn rồi chọn từ hợp nhất cho mỗi chỗ trống
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) for each blank space.
In a game of American football, players tackle in an extremely violent manner, slamming into each other, knocking each
other to the 1, stomping over each other, crashing their heads together. As a result, they are no strangers to
a type of head 2 known as concussion. The brain is surrounded by spinal fluid, cushioning it against impact
with the skull, but 3 the head receives a blow sudden and strong enough, soft cerebral tissue collides with
the bone, becoming bruised. 4 repeated concussions can lead to perceptual and speech 5 ,
and even to cognitive decline. Since these problems 6 themselves in middle age, young players may go on
7 themselves for years, 8 unaware of the risks. Parents, 9, are acutely aware
of the risks. Many now regard American football with the same vehement disapproval usually 10 for smoking,
violent video games and outlandish dresses; many categorically 11 their children to play. 12
so few young people taking up the sport, professional teams could find themselves running out of new recruits. Highly
concerned about this prospect, the sport’s governing 13 have finally decided to take action to make the game
safer. One option could be to change the 14 of the game to minimize violence, yet this apparently sound
course of action could mar an integral part of its appeal for 15.
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Điền từ không phương án OPEN CLOZE
Điền MỘT từ thích hợp vào mỗi chỗ trống
PASSAGE A
Fill in each of the blanks in the following passages with ONE suitable word.
Do you feel that your name is an essential part of who you are? What factors did your parents 1 when
they named you? Had they already been thinking about the name 2 you were born? Have you changed your
name at any time in your life 3 you thought it did not suit you? For some, names mean little. For (4)
______, such as Native American Indians, who have been following the same naming traditions for generations, it is
a critical part of one’s identity. Although traditions differ from one Native American tribe to another, all tribes 5
great importance to the name or names that each individual is given. You are probably familiar 6 Native
American names taken from 7, such as Laughing Water, Rolling Thunder, White Feather, etc. (NB the (8)
______ that such names derive from what their parents were looking at 9 the child was born is false).
You are probably less aware that their names can also describe certain attributes, such as character (e.g. Independent) or
10 appearance (e.g. Broad Shoulders) or social status (e.g. Wife). Among some tribes, these names are
continually changing according to people’s achievements or life experiences. In some 11, a person will
change names three or four times during their life. Names in Native American Indian culture are descriptive, reminding the
12 of their place in nature or of their reputation in society. In other cultures, surnames often denoted (13)
______ a person came from or what their family 14 was: ‘Julie London’, ‘James Carpenter’ are examples
in English. But even if such names still exist, they are no 15 an indication of a person’s identity.
Bản in gốc thiếu dấu chỗ trống cho câu dưới đây — hãy trả lời ở ô này.
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PASSAGE B
We’re told we can do anything if we 16 our minds to it. If you have a positive outlook, they say, there are
no 17 to what you can achieve. Doubtless, it can sometimes be helpful to try to remain upbeat when (18)
______ difficulties, but it’s virtually impossible to do so all the 19. The downside of willing (20)
______ to be positive is that we can end up feeling more anxious - obviously a huge drawback. Trying to eliminate
negative thoughts is unrealistic; research shows that 80 percent of our thoughts are 21. What should we do?
Coming to 22 with our feelings, rather than trying to bypass them. In one study, people about to give a speech
were instructed to try to calm their nerves. Others were told to take ownership of their anxiety. The best speeches (23)
______ delivered by the second group. Suppressing negative feelings takes up brain power, and in the meantime we
might miss 24 on helpful experiences and consequently forego the opportunity to change things for the (25)
______.
Bản in gốc thiếu dấu chỗ trống cho câu dưới đây — hãy trả lời ở ô này.
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Đọc hiểu READING COMPREHENSION
Đọc kỹ bài rồi trả lời câu hỏi
Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers each question or completes the sentences about the passage.
A long-term study of lions in Africa shows that the females living among a group of lions consistently produce similar
numbers of surviving offspring and raise them collectively. Such egalitarianism is rare in nature. Most cooperative animal
societies, such as wolf packs, are despotic. While all female wolves are involved in rearing cubs, they leave reproduction
to a single, domineering female.
The researchers discovered that female lions form remarkably egalitarian societies that are characterized by two key
features: symmetrical relationships and a voluntary system of communal cub-rearing in which all the qualified females
engage in reproduction. Since this reproductive pattern is so different from that of other cooperative animal groups, it is
believed that close study of the behaviour of lions may improve scientists’ understanding of the factors that lead to
egalitarianism in other types of societies, notably our own.
Lions live in groups of three to thirty individuals, called prides. Within each pride is a group of closely related females -
mothers, daughters, sisters, and cousins. The number of individual females typically ranges from two to eighteen,
depending mainly on how much prey lives in the surrounding area or migrates through a pride’s territory. Females do most
of the hunting for the members of a pride and remain with the group for their entire lifetime, which can extend to eighteen
years. They mate and give birth to offspring - usually one to three cubs - every two or three years, unless the cycle is
disrupted by the invasion of males from outside the group.
Males, on the other hand, aren’t so home-bound. They leave their native prides once they reach the age of two to four
and band together with several other males, often from the same pride, to form a coalition. Once the males in a group
have reached full maturity and are ready to reproduce, they set off together to seek out an existing pride they can overtake.
But first, they have to evict the males already living in the targeted group. This confrontation is often violent and the weaker
male lions are killed. The ousted lions that survive the rivalry go off in search of another pride to claim as their own. Male
lions that manage to avoid early death can live to about the age of twelve.
Once the victorious males have taken over a pride, they kill all the existing cubs - an act of infanticide that expedites a
female lion’s readiness to mate with one of the newcomers. The new males then stay around for several years - usually up
to four years - to protect the group and its territory against other potential intruders. Eventually, however, a nomadic gang
of males succeeds in overtaking the pride, and the cycle starts all over again.
In this tumultuous lifestyle, female lions equally share the burdens of childbearing and motherhood, engaging in a type
of behaviour that is consistent with models of egalitarian theory. Research into the behaviour of other animals has shown
that egalitarianism is usually limited to species in which a single female is unable to control the reproductive habits of other
females in the group. That kind of control would be particularly difficult for lions to achieve because the violent nature of
their rivalry probably serves as a deterrent to despotic behaviour. Potentially lethal claws and teeth pose a significant risk
of ‘mutually assured destruction’ between rival females - a risk that’s greater than in any other social species. As a result,
female colleagues in a pride don’t harass one another or assert their dominance in social interactions, according to the
researchers.
‘On the one hand, they can be very aggressive to each other. They can be very dangerous companions to have - they
are armed to the teeth, so to speak,’ said one of the leading researchers. ‘On the other hand,’ he added, ‘there is some
positive motivation to work together.’
Female lions, like all feline species, slink off to give birth in secrecy. This keeps the young, vulnerable cubs away from
potential female despots within the pride, and also hides them from nomadic males and predators such as hyenas. Once a
female lion has returned to the pride with her cubs, she raises them alongside other new mothers in a nursery group, or
crèche. Only mothers with cubs of roughly the same age form a crèche. The advantage of this close association is that
multiple mothers are available to defend the cubs against potentially infanticidal males - essentially, an instance of greater
safety in numbers. The researchers’ data show that cubs are more likely to survive when they are raised in a nursery rather
than by a solitary mother. This advantage of reproductive success gives female lions an incentive to synchronize their
breeding, which they do.
Source: Life, National Geographic Learning
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1. In what way does the writer say that a pride of lions is similar to a pack of wolves?
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2. Research into the way female lions interact with each other, showed that ______
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3. Why does the writer say that the behaviour of lions requires ‘close study’ in the second paragraph?
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4. Which of the following is typical of a pride of lions according to the text?
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5. Which of the following is true of male lions?
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6. From the context of the article, which of the following is the best definition of the word ‘coalition’ in the fourth paragraph?
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7. In the fifth paragraph, the writer describes the killing of cubs by male lions. How would you describe the writer’s tone?
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8. According to the writer, why don’t female lions try to dominate each other?
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9. What is the main reason given in the text to explain why female lions look after their cubs together in a crèche?
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10. What is the overall aim of the article?
Viết lại câu SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Viết lại sao cho nghĩa không đổi, dùng đúng từ khoá
Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word in brackets without making any change to it. Write NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.
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1. Despite her insistence, no one paid attention to her warnings. (deaf)
Insistent ______
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2. The supervisor taught me the skills so that I wouldn’t have difficulty working in teams. (pressed)
Lest ______ the rope.
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3. We can’t ask the kids to behave themselves whenever they are impatient. (order)
It’s no ______ of their tether.
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4. In terms of originality, your essay is much better than theirs. (head)
With ______ theirs.
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5. Whatever happens, the new policy will facilitate our developing the metro system. (pave)
Come ______ of the metro system.
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6. I’d rather you hadn’t run the risk. (thin)
You ought ______
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7. As they presumed that the project will fail, they reduced the investment drastically. (fall)
On ______ to the bone.
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8. Having asked her colleagues to help, she managed to deal with the project successfully. (favour)
Had she ______ a success of the project.
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9. Tom didn’t have enough time to finish the task. (lack)
It was due ______ the back of the task.
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10. It was her first ride on a roller-coaster, so Mary was very excited. (surge)
Never ______ ----- THE END OF THE TEST -----