DAP AN DE THI HSG

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Class: ________ Đề Thi Học Sinh Giỏi
Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:
1) I lit the fire at 6:00 and it (burn) was burning brightly when Tom came in at 7:00.
2) I’m sorry. I (forget) have already forgotten her name which you (give) gave me some days before.
3) Since he (buy) bought a new car, he (drive) has been driving to work every day.
4) That building (say) is said (build) to have been built in three years.
5) It’s no good (write) writing to him, he never answers letters. The only thing (do) to do is (go) to go _ and (see) see him.
6) Listen! I (hear) hear somebody knocking at the front door.
7) If you (smoke) smoked less, you (have) would have much more money. But I don’t think you ever will.
8) Avoid (use) using the infinitive after expression. “ It’s no use”

Question 2: Choose the best answer:
1) Many people become ...............because of the natural disasters every year.
A. homeland B. homesick C. homeless D. homework
2) She was really ........by the beauty of the city.
A. impress B. impressed C. impression D. impressive
3) He is a famous ..........
A. poetry B. poem C. poet D. poetic
4) The Malaysian unit of currency is the...............
A. ringgit B. baht C. rial D. yen
5) The national language in Malaysia is ................
A. Chinese B. English C. Malay D. Tamil
6) It was an .............day.
A. enjoy B. enjoyment C. enjoyable D. enjoyably
7) They walked................half an hour to reach the waterfall.
A. to B. at C. in D. for
8) Jeans ............all over the world.
A. sell B. sold C. is sold D. are sold
9) We feel very .........today.
A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happen
10) I’ve looked ..............my new pen everywhere and I can’t find it anywhere.
A. at B. for C. up D. on
My parents saw me........at the railway station.
A. in B. for C. up D. off
All the classes were ..............painted.
A. bad B. badly C. worse D. good
He is the man ...........helped me yesterday.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
Where are the photos which ............at the Christmas party?
A. took B. take C. are taken D. were taken
I’m very ............that I will go to Dalat tomorrow.
A. excite B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting

Question 3: Reading comprehension:
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space:
Most American television programmes (1)… … are ….produced in Hollywood. Each year, proposals (2)....for.......new television serials are submitted to network executives for (3)… consideration. Only a few are accepted often those linked (4).....to/with........a highly successful performer or producer.
The ...(5)…next……………..phase is the writing of scripts. These scripts are reviewed (6) ......by....... the network and a small...(7)…number…...is selected to be ...(8).. developed...into pilot programmes if the programming executives like a pilot programme or it ....(9)……gets………good rating in a trial telecast, the pilot eventually gets produced as a regularly scheduled...(10)… programme ……...
Read the following passage and decide if the statements are true(T) or false (F) :
In an experiment in Canada, ten- year- old children were put in classes of four sizes: 16, 23, 30 and 37 children in each class. Their teachers said that the smaller classes would result in more individual attention and better marks. However, when the children were tested, those in the smaller classes didn’t get higher marks than the others, except in mathematics. Moreover, pupils in the larger classes said they like school as much.
Perhaps the most surprising result was the difference between what the teachers expected and the actual results obtained. More than 90% of the teachers expected the smaller classes to do well.

In an experiment in Cambodia, ten-year-old children were put in four different classes with different sizes. F
According to the teachers, teachers will pay more attention to students in smaller classes and students will get higher marks. T
The result