De+dap an HSG Hong Bang 2009

Kì thi học sinh giỏi cấp quận năm học 2008- 2009
Thời gian 150` Tổng điểm 100
Part one: Phonology
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. Write your answer (A,B,C or D) in the space given on the right. (5pts)
1. A. vegetable B. station C. patient D. nature _____
2. A.pour B. sour C. hour D. flour _____
3. A. through B. third C. enthusiasm D. therefore _____
4. A. practised B. advised C. increased D. promised _____
5. A. feature B. seal C. pleasure D. deal _____
II. Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently from others in each group. Write your answer (A,B,C or D) in the space given on the right. ( 5pts)
1. A. development B. conservation C. nationality D. Vietnamese _____
2. A. comfortable B.interesting C. exercise D. industrial _____
3. A. measure B. machine C. hotel D. design _____
4. A. difficult B. mineral C. remember D. passenger _____
5. A. volunteer B. understand C. magazine D. improvement _____
Part two: vocabulary and grammar
I. Choose the word or prased that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space given on the right.(10pts)
1. I never wear red clothes because they don’t ______ me.
A. match B. fit C. go to D. suit
2. Unlike other Asian countries, Singapore and Japan have_______ raw materials.
A. hardly B. any hardly C. hardly some D. hardly any
3. He_____ to the last meeting, but he didn’t.
A. must go B. had to go C. should go D. should have gone
4. I asked two people the way to Binh Ferry Dock but_______ of them knew.
A. none B. either C. both D. neither
5. ______ necessary pollution control measures are, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. No matter B. Although C. However D. Even if
6. One thousand dollars_______ a large sum of money for me.
A. is B. are C. were D. have been
7. It had never______ my mind that they weren’t the right people to invite.
A. passer B. crossed C. covered D. filled
8. Peter, you are a stupid boy! Stop ______ like that.
A. making up B. acting out C. doing up D. showing off
9. Fat people shouls________ the temptation to eat a lot of sweet things.
A. disobey B. resist C. deny D. refuse
10. The crow pressed______ and broke the line of police.
A. forward B. toward C. afterward D. backward
11. There were so much noise that we could hardly______ what the lectures were saying.
A. take in B. take up C. bring in D. bring out
12. Your i-pot is______ cheaper than mine.
A. many B. much C. more D. B & C are correct
13. Prices of electronic goods are very______ these days.
A. small B. cheap C. decreased D. low
14. He _____ hungry. He has just had lunch with me.
A. can’t be B. can’t have been C. couldn’t be D. couldn’t have been
15. I’m going to ask my bank manager for a _______
A. lend B. borrow C. loan D. finance
16. ______ I had a very good year at school.
A. As a whole B. wholly C. In whole D. On the whole
17. My employer’s_______ of work does not matter to me at all.
A. meaning B. belief C. opinion