Luyện Thi HSG số 7 ( Kiều Tính)

PRONUNCIATION 2.pts Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answers.. VOCABULA

ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI SỐ 7

Năm học 2010-2011

I PRONUNCIATION (2.pts)

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answers

6 A savage B clap C taste D flask

7 A funny B just C struggle D June

8 A food B look C took D good

9 A mean B break C appeal D please

10 A thesis B health C thus D ethnic

Your answers:

II VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE

Part 1: Choose one word or phrase to complete the sentence by circling its

corresponding letter A, B, C or D (4.pts)

1 John is keen on the English Club

A join B to join C joining D having joined

2 There is no point in the child now What is done cannot be undone

A punishing B teaching C helping D paying

3 I don’t remember of your decision to change our vocation plan

A telling B to tell C being told D to be told

4 Anna and David are going for on the beach

A the picnic B a picnic C some picnics D picnic

5 The child was by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street

A knocked out B run across C run out D knocked down

6 We were so late that we had time to catch the train

A nearly B almost C hardly D simply

7 We don’t allow in the classrooms

A people smoke B smoke C people to smoke D to smoking

8 What a dangerous thing to do! You have been killed!

9 By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers used up

A had been B have been C were being D were

10 I felt as if I a confidence

A have betrayed B would betray C had betrayed D am betraying

11 The candidate to have withdrawn her application

A claimed B said C denied D reported

12 How could you have him for your brother?

A confused B considered C thought D mistaken

13 The grocer’s shop since the super market opened

A closed B has closed C has been closing D is closed

14 In ten years time, the population of the world to 500 million

A grows B is growing C has grown D will have grown

15 Do you think he is of doing the job?

16 Most people prefer flying going by the sea because it’s too much faster

17 “Go on, finish the dessert It needs up because it won’t stay fresh until

tomorrow”

18 Maggie promised that she at home by 9.00, so I phoned her shortly after that

19 Andrew couldn’t himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face

20 I’ll show you around the city when you to visit me

A come B are coming C will come D will be coming

Your answers:

Part 2: Choose one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for

the sentence to be correct (2.pts)

1 The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time

A B C

because the low scores

D

2 Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted

A B C

to a good university

D

3 Hardly the plane had landed when Adam realized that he had left the file that he

A B C

needed at his office

D

4 Many people agree that writing letters are a nice way of keeping in touch

A B C D

5 A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitational

attraction A B C D

6 The computer-based tests will test your ability to understand spoken

A B

English, to read non-technical language, and writing correctly

C D

7 They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am

A B C D

8 Financier Andrew Mellon donated most of this magnificent art collection to the

A B C

National Gallery of Art, where it is now locating

D

9 Could you tell me how can I get to the arts gallery, please?

A B C D

10 There were too many books on the shelves that I didn't know which

A B C

one to choose

D

Your answers:

Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following

paragraph (2.pts)

1 He was because of his illness (absence)

2 They looked at him in (astonish)

3 She looks when she heard the news (astonish)

4 He is a person (respect)

5 I come here to ask for (advise)

6 She was filled with the to succeed in life (aspirant)

7 The patient should have in his door (believe)

8 I’m tired of your arguments (eternity)

9 These shoes can no longer be used (wear)

10.They live with a great relief (religion)

11.Le Qui Don could what he once read (memory)

12.To my the house was completely empty (astonish)

13.He said “good morning” in almost way (friend)

14.He used all his to force the door open (strong)

15.I felt so that I went to bed early (sleep)

16.Please don’t ask such questions (person)

17.It’s quite an game (excite)

18.He is very in my story (interest)

19.His face looks very (please)

20.He had a look on his face (please)

You can easily find his house because of his construction

(distinguish

Your answers:

Part 4: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the bracket (2.pts)

1 She has made up her mind (have) _ a garage (build) _ next to the house

2 The statue (break) _ while it (move) _ to another room in the museum

3 The highway patrol advised (take) _ the old route through the city

4 The bell is ringing I must stop (do) _ my homework (answer) _ the phone

5 Why _ you all (laugh) _? _ Roger (tell) _ you his funny stories?

6 Don’t worry We (finish) _ the report by 11

7 You must tell me the truth I insist on (tell) _ the truth

8 Don’t worry We (finish) _ the report by 11 o’clock

9 There were some people (row) _ on the river

10 Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for He (not watch) _ TV right now

Your answers:

III READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary (2.pts)

The mystery of the Mary Celeste is one of the greatest mysteries of the sea An American sailing ship, the Mary Celeste set sail from New York on 5 November 1872 -

bound for Genoa in Italy, with a cargo of 1,700 barrels of commercial alcohol

A month later - on 5 December - she (1 sight) east of the

Azores, in the eastern Atlantic, by a British ship, the Dei Gratia By an amazing

coincidence, the master of the British ship, Captain David Reed Morehouse, and the

master of the Mary Celeste , captain Benjamine Spooner Briggs (2 dine) together in New York the night before the Mary Celeste (3 set sail) So Morehouse (4 realize) ., that the Mary Celeste (5

sail) in the wrong direction What could be the ship doing, he (6 wonder) ? Having hailed his friend's ship and got no reply,

he (7 go) to investigate There (8 be) nobody on board Captain Briggs, his wife and two-year-old daughter (9 all vanish) The last entry in the ship's log was

for 25 November, on which day the Mary Celeste (10 be)

within six miles of the Azores

An enquiry (11 hold later) in Gibraltar, but to this day the

mystery of the Mary Celeste ( 12 never solve)

Your answers:

Part 2: Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country and in the (1) _ The news media can be classified (2) two general categories: the categories of print (3) _ and electronic media Print media use the written (4) _ to communicate news to readers Electronic media use air waves to (5) _ news into homes, offices and public places

Print media art usually (6) into magazines and newspapers Most newspapers print news daily For example, the newspapers "The New York Times" is (7) _weekly, for instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television (8) news is news that you listen to In the United States many radio stations (9) five minutes of news every hour Television news is news that you not only listen to but also watch

In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on

TV at six o'clock in the evening In the future, new categories of news media will develop, even today computers are beginning to (10) the transmission and reception of news

Your answers:

IV WRITING

1 Rewrite the following sentences which have the same meaning with the given,

using the suggested words at the beginning (2.pts)

1 If it doesn’t rain soon, millions of pounds’ worth of crop will be lost

Unless………

2 My brother didn’t buy that car because he didn’t have enough money

If………

3 People don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly

If………

4 Tom is a careless driver If he doesn’t take more care, he’ll have an accident

Unless………

5 It is thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub

The prisoner ………

6 It was not when I got home that I realized I had forgotten my bag

Not until ………

7 As soon as the police officer left, the neighbors started shouting again

No sooner ………

8 The salesman told me that my new car would be delivered next Monday

According………

9 As I get older, I want to travel less

The older………

10 Although it was raining heavily, none of the guests came late

In spite ………

2 Write sentences using suggestions (2.pts)

1 this house/ build/ before / you / were born ?

………

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2 Trang / interested / read / picture books?

………

…

3 If / she / be / him / accept / your proposal

………

…

4 swimming / good / sport / strengthen / our health?

………

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5 Jim / enjoy / play badminton / weekend

………

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6 the homework / correct / carefully / by / Miss Thuy

………

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7 film / you /see/ last night / interesting

………

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8 it / important / them / discuss / this question / with care

………

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9 Hung / poor / that / not buy / bicycle

………

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10 I / able to / come in / tomorrow

………

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