Gián án đề thi HSG -A34

Choose a word / phrase which bests fits each gap of the passage: A team of experts has arrived in Venice to save it from increasing incidences of flooding .A controversial plan to const

SECTION 1: LISTENING

Part 1: Listen to the recording and take notes Then use your notes to answer the questions below:

1 Why did Richard wear a business suit?

A) because he’s a professional

B) because he didn’t want anyone to look at him

C) because he works hard

2 What did Richard do after the man left his house?

A) he entered the house

B) he stood behind a tree

C) he walked around the block again

3 Why didn’t anyone see Richard get into the house?

A) because it was nighttime

B) because he wore a business suit

C) because he stood behind a tree

4 Why didn’t Richard take the television set?

A) It was too big

B) It was too heavy

C) It was too old

5 How long did Richard stay in the house?

A) five minutes

B) fifteen minutes

C) one hour

Part 2: Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?

TRUE FALSE

1 Zoe Bloom is the 15 metres champion

2 Zoe doesn’t eat a lot of meat

SECTION 2: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I Choose the word or phrase that best completes these sentences:

1 Why did Ben ask you a bicycle?

A if you had B that if you had C what you had D that you had

2 Tourism is a word for the last 50 years

C that has been used D that is used

3 You all those provisions We’re only going for a weekend, not a month

C mustn’t have bought D needn’t have bought

4 Regardless of I studies for three months for the examinations, I barely passed

A whatever B the fact that C however D how much

5 Tom Smith was awarded the prize, but it by Jane Brown Her drawing was much better than his in my opinion

A should be won B should have been won

6 The more gardeners apply what they learn, _ their gardens thrive and grow

A the most B the best C the better D the more

7 It was only when I stopped something was wrong

A that I realized B did I realize C had I realizeD that I had realized

8 They would have discovered land sooner a compass

C unless they carried D had they carried

9 Mary from the bank yet, or she called me

10 She was first woman to cross Atlantic in canoe

A the / the / the B the / an / a C a / the / a D the / the / a

11 by his colleagues, the Minister was forced

A Having abandoned / resign B Abandoning / resigning

C Abandoned / to resign D Being abandoned / resign

12 The school examination for eleven-year-olds was .some years ago

A left out B crossed out C cut off D done away with

13 If the level of VAT is this year, small business will be

A raising / affected B rising / effected C raised / affected D risen / effected

14 By appearing on the shampoo commercials, she became a name

A household B housewife C homemaker D housekeeper

15 to the bank loan, our company managed to overcome the hard time

16. professor and writer is to attend the meeting

17 The teacher entered the classroom, book in hand

18 Da Nang is _ third biggest city in Vietnam

19 She has girl _ girl is very clever

20 Do you often listen to _ radio or watch TV?

21 – “What did Tom do?”-“He turned on _”

A television B the television C a television set D radio

22 _ Philippine Islands are to south-east of Vietnam

23 Is _ Mississippi the longest river in _ world?

24 My sister is fond of _ She is learning _flute

25 I know he lives in Room 301 as I went to see him _ other day

26 Please return two hours I’ll be ready _then

27 I don’t believe you made the pot _ hand Can you show me how to make it your hands?

28 the others he began to use foreign languages a means to know the world

29 the help _ my classmates, I made progress _ all subjects _ physics

A Under/ from/ in/ except B With/ from/ on/ besides

C With /of /in/ except D Under / of / in/ except for

30 The boy long hair was talking to the girl who was _ red

31 Drinking and smoking will do great harm _ people’s health

32 Seeing Mr Black coming in, we all stood up the table

33 I keep putting the decision because I can’t make up my mind

34 Are you brave and honest to say right his face what you are saying _ his back?

A to/ in B in/ behind C before/ after D with/ by

35 ten minutes of the start of the game two players had been sent off

36 Your car is very It hardly seems to use any petrol at all

37 I’ll tell you one more story before you go to

38 a stable, orderly pattern of monetary exchange rates between nations, the IMF is a related agency to the WB

A Encouraging B Encourage C Encouraged D Encourages

39 Organic molecules can become complex enough to store information, as in

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

40 They have found that herbal drugs have demonstrable scientific reasons for their

effectiveness

A hundreds B hundreds of C a hundreds of D a hundreds

41 I meant to confident at the interview but I’m afraid I as dogmatic

A came out B came through C came off D came over

42 The radio receiver was regular messages

A giving over B giving off C giving out D giving up

43 The girl felt with hunger

44 In the days before the widespread use of having an operation must have been a grueling experience

A aesthetes B aesthetics C anesthetics D anesthetists

45 Don’t worry about making a noise The children are wide

II Find out the mistake in each sentence:

1 If you need to keep fit, then why not take on a sport such as badminton or tennis?

A B C D

2 When her dog died, she cried very hardly for half an hour

A B C D

3 Modern transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patient lives on

A B C

an isolating farm

D

4 Tom's very good at science when his brother is absolutely hopeless

A B C D

5 Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out

A B C D

6 Educated in the UK, his qualifications are widely recognized in the world of professionals

A B C D

7 Many successful film directions are former actors who desire to expand their experience in the

A B C D

film industry

8 We admire Lucy for her intelligence, cheerful disposition and she is honest

A B C D

9 However small, the sitting room is well designed and nicely decorated

A B C D

10 In my opinion, I think this book is more interesting than the other one

A B C D

11 We have to do a lot to protect wild life away from disappearing from the surface of the earth

A B C D

12 A fertilizer is any substance that enrich the soil and helps plants grow

A B C D

13 No educational system is perfect Each one has its limits

A B C D

14 Irrigating deserts is one of the ways of reclamation land

A B C D

15 Our natural resources need conservation for our future generation

A B C D

III Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in block capitals Write your answers in the space provided.

Example (0) PERFECT  IMPERFECT

Interviews are an (0) method of choosing

the best people for jobs, yet human (1) like

to examine each other in this way One of the many problems

of (2) as it is commonly practiced is that the

forms filled in by (3) often fail to show people as

they really are This means that you can follow all the best

(4) when completing your form and still find that

you are (5) at the next stage – the interview

(6) in the rare cases where interview are

automatic, a candidate with an (7) form may do

surprisingly well

Of course, your form needs to show that

you have (8) in your

(9) to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself

into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the

interview Realism and (10) are definitely the best

approach

PERFECT BE

SELECT APPLY ADVISE SUCCESS SIMILAR ADEQUATE

CONFIDENT ABLE

HONEST

SECTION 3: READING

I Choose a word / phrase which bests fits each gap of the passage:

A team of experts has arrived in Venice to save it from increasing incidences of flooding A

controversial plan to construct a barrier with 79 gates , each weighing 300 tons , has been given permission

to (1) ahead Once constructed, this will be (2) whenever a high tide (3) to cover the city

Everyone has known for centuries that Venice is (4) further into the mud, but floods are

becoming a regular nuisance Rising sea levels have gradually (5) _ the salt marshes and mud-banks that (6) _ between the city and the Adriatic Winter-storm cause higher waves, which are (7) the walls of the old palaces

But there are fears about how the (8) _ of such a barrier might affect the Venice lagoon,

particularly the possibility that it could further (9) the flushing of the city’s waterways by the tide , making the famous foul- smelling canal even more (10) _

To avoid making a bad situation worse , the experts have been (11) _ to analyse tidal flows , marine plants and sediment deposits , and then suggest ways to prevent the city becoming the first high- profile (12) _ of global warming and rising sea levels

But with global warming (13) _ to add at least another half metre to the sea level this century , the situation is bound to (14) _ A spokesman for the team said, “We cannot hope to stop Venice

submerging eventually, but we can slow the whole (15) _ down and so enjoy the city for a while

longer”

11 A asked over B brought in C called up D taken on

II Read the passage & choose the best answer among A, B, C, D:

Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant

language of international communication English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having

incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066 Until the 1600s , English was , for the most part , spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales , Scotland , or Ireland However during the course of the next two centuries ,English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration , trade ( including slave trade ) , colonization , and missionary work Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts

of the world As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking and diplomacy

Currently 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English Two thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology,

advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non native speakers, constituting the largest number

of non- native users than any other language in the world

1 What is the main topic of this passage?

A The number of non- native users of English

B The French influence on the English language

C The expansion of English as an international language

D The use of English for science and technology

2 The word “emerged” could be best replaced by which of the following?

3 Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?

A In 1066 B Around 1350 C Before 1600 D After 1600

4 According to the passage , all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except :

5 According to the passage, approximately how many non- native users of English are there in the world today?

A A quarter million B Half a million C.350 million D.700 million

III Choose from the phrases A-H the one which fits each gap:

Scientists estimate that at the beginning of the 20th century 100,000 tigers flourished throughout Asia, from eastern Russia and Korea through eastern and southern China, Southeast Asia, The Indian

Subcontinent, and into Pakistan At the start of the 21st century only 5,000 to 7,000 tigers lived (1)

………… , Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Russia, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam Tigers are now extinct in Bali, Java, and around the Caspian Sea, and nearly so in China and North Korea Less than 20 percent of today’s tiger habitat is located (2)………., which means that the majority of the areas where tiger live could be lost to other uses, such as agriculture or urbanization Tigers are territorial- they live alone (3) ……… other tigers The idea tiger territory is a large

forested area with rich vegetation for cover, plentiful water to drink and cool off in, and abundant deer, swine, and other large mammals to eat With these three essentials, tigers can thrive (4)……… , tropical rain forests in Sumatra and Southeast Asia; cool oak and pipe forest in the Amur River Valley in far eastern Russia; tall grass jungles (5)……….in Bangladesh; and mountain slopes in Bhutan

A in no more than a hundred species left

B In the wild in just 14 Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan

C In wildlife preserves which are built

D In large areas that they defend from

E In national parks or other protected areas

F In India and Nepal; coastal mangrove forest

G In diverse habitats and climates including

H In the suburbs or on the outskirts of the city

IV Pick out the unnecessary word in most lines of the passage Tick () the correct line:

(0)  Jane was one of those students who has problems

(00) it with writing First, her handwriting it was so bad

(1)… that most teachers couldn’t to read it The letter

(2)… so small, that the words were extremely difficult to

(3)… read Even although she tried to change her handwriting,

(4)… she felt discouraged Secondly, she made so the many

(5)… mistakes in spelling and punctuation, so that her work

(6)… always gave a bad impression As well as this, she

(7)… had problems with organizing her writing, in despite

(8)… making plans and writing notes One day, though, she

(9)… took a Good writer At Good writers we taught her

(10)… how to organize her ideas Although however she found

(11)… it difficult at first, so she soon made progress She

(12)… learned to revise her writing, so as to improve it

(13)… She started reading so too much that her spelling

(14)… improved, so while her writing became clearer too

(15)… Good writers… send for details today!

SECTION 4: WRITING

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1 “Why hasn’t Peter phoned?” she wondered

She wondered ………

2 I’m only interested in why he did it

The only thing ………

3 He tried to escape but the police stopped him

The police prevented him ………

4 The flat’s very noisy but we enjoy living there

Even ………

5 Most people can understand him when he speaks English

He can make ………

Part 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it Use the word given and other words as necessary Do not change the form of the given word.

1 You’ve broken my radio, Frank!” said Jane (ACCUSED)

………

2 My car really needs to be repaired soon (MUST)

………

3 Susan regrets not buying that house (WISHES)

………

4 I could never have succeeded without your help ( YOU)

………

5 The bread was too stale to eat (FRESH)

………

Part 3: Write a report (about 150 words) for your examiner(s) describing the changes of information shown in the chart.

Part 4: What are the factors for success of learning a foreign language? Give your opinion by writing

an essay (about 200-250 words).

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