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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 1…. - THPT NĂM HỌC 201… - 201… (ĐỀ LUYỆN 15)
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
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I/ READING:
PART 1: Choose the word or phrase ( A, B, C or D). Write your answers in the spaces bellow. Number 0 is an example ( 2 ms ) 0. The … A …….-hour accident caused chaos for the local motorists yesterday evening.
A. rush B. high C. traffic D. heavy
1. The unemployment rate of the area ……………..every year until 2003 then started to fall.
A. raised B. rose C. dropped D. decreased
2. It is gravity……………………objects towards the earth.
A. pulling B. to pull C. what pulls D. that pulls
3. …………problems in sailing in tropical seas is the coral reefs.
A. One of the biggest B.The biggest one C. Of the biggest one D. There are the biggest
4. ……………foreign languages requires great effort.
A. Learn B. Learning C. To learn it D. Learnt
5. "I am tired" “ ……… ”
A. Me too B. Also me C. For me the same D. I also
6. I’m really not satisfied with the way you have …………………the situation.
A. dealt B. handled C. done D. fingered
7. We may win, we may lose- It is just the ………………..of the draw.
A. strike B. odds C. chance D. luck
8. War is ……………as open-armed conflict between countries or factions within countries.
A. delineated B. declared C. defaulted D. defined
9. I hope you won’t take it…………………if I suggest an alternative remedy.
A. offence B. amiss C. upset D. most
10. Claims for compensation could ………………… run into billions of pounds.
A. far B. much C. well D. most
PART 2: Complete the spaces with A, AN, THE or (No article). Write your answers in the spaces bellow. Number 0 is an example (1 m) 0: Jason’s father bought him ………..bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.
Countries around (1) …THE….world have begun to deal with (2) ………THE ……problem in various ways. Some countries, in (3) ……AN….effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining (4) …THE ……parks, and they often must also depend on (5) …O…..world organizations for support.
PART 3: Give the correct preposition. Write your answers in the spaces bellow. Number 0 is an example (1 m)
0. It is very good ……….you to volunteer to help the poor.
1. I’m sure you are capable …OF…passing the exam.
2. He is not aware …OF….the dangers of smoking.
3. Many Vietnamese students have difficulty …IN… learning English.
4. I get very annoyed ……WITH…..people who don’t queue at bus stop.
5. If you have any complaints , tell me …TO……my face. I can’t stand people who do things behind my back.
PART 4: Give the correct forms and tenses of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces bellow. Number 0 is an example (1 m)
Her (get) ……………..sick was not expected.
1. She took a risk investing money with them. I’d rather she (not do) …… didn’t do …..it.
2. He (not catch) …… hadn’t caught ……cold if he would not have walked in the rain so long.
3. I`ll wait until he (finish)……… has finished/ finishes.. his novel.
4. By next month I (leave) ……… will have left ….for India.
5. He volunteered ( help) ……… to help…… us.
PART 5: Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage. Write your answers in the spaces bellow. (2ms)
Although all Americans do not (1) .speak... the same way, their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a (2) variety … of English distinct from British English, Australian English and other national varieties. American