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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - (VÒNG 1)
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR ( 35 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase.

1. The social services are chiefly ………..with the poor, the old and the sick.
A. Influenced B. related C. suffered D. concerned
2. I know you’re annoyed, but you must try to control your…………..
A. blood B. storm C. explosion D temper
3. It was a hot day, and many people were………….their way to the beach.
A. taking B. hitting C. making D. setting
4. After a lot of difficulty, he ………….to open the door.
A. managed B. succeeded C. obtained D. realized
5. The car was badly smashed up, but the driver escaped without serious…………
A. damage B. pain C. wound D. injury
6. The country’s annual………..of coffee beans has increased each year since 1977
A. produce B. growth C. outcome D. production
7. he kept his marriage a secret for years ,but eventually the truth……………
A came out B. came through C. went out D turned out
8. Jo was shocked when I disagreed with her . She’s so used to getting her own…………
A. mind B. way C. opinion D. views
9. When he sings, he has the ............................. ability to make songs sound good.
A. sparse B. rare C. infrequent D. scarce
10. The management are making ............................. to increase the company`s efficiency.
A. measures B. steps C. moves D. deeds
11. I know this is a big disappointment but don`t take it to .............................
A. soul B. mind C. spirit D. heart
12. I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it`s broken down ............................. again!
A. even B. still C. yet D. right
13. Simon ............................. in me on the understanding that I wouldn`t tell anyone else.
A. confided B. intimated C. confessed D. disclosed

Part 2: Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
Unusual beliefs
Despite the fact that this is now the 21st century an
(1) .............................. number of English people appear INCREASE
to (2) .............................. in the paranormal. What is BELIEF
the (3) .............................. for this? EXPLAIN
(4) .............................. have found the answers to many of SCIENCE
our questions, but the more (5) .............................. we make, DISCOVER
the more we want to know. The (6) .............................. need PSYCHOLOGY
for (7) .............................. that we have appears to be very SECURE
strong. For this reason, a belief in the (8) .............................. EXIST
of aliens. and especially, the (9) .............................. of contact POSSIBLE
with alien life forms is (10) .............................. common. EXTREME

Part 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary

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