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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên)
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề


Part 2: Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in the blank space.
How much does ............... of this club cost?(MEMBER) MEMBERSHIP
She is extremely ............... about the history of art.(KNOW) KNOWLEDGEABLE
Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more ............... every day. (TROUBLE) TROUBLESOME
He is completely ...............! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too.(EMPLOY) UNEMPLOYABLE
His boss told him off because he had behaved ...............(RESPONSIIBLE) IRRESPONSIBLY
He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later ............... when a medical check proved that he had been taking drugs. (QUALIFY) DISQUALIFIED
Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of ............... their diet. (ORGANISE) DISORGANISING
The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so ............... One minute he goes mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are!(CONSIST) INCONSISTENT
It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the ............... species (DANGER) ENDANGERED
I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely ............... (RECONGNISE) UNRECOGNIABLE

Part 3: Complete each sentence with one of the idiomatic phrases given. Use each phrase once only.

made her blood boil jumped out of her skin had a lump in her throat
kept her head lost her head gave me the cold shoulder
pulled her legs took her breath away


Pauline completely ignored me this morning. She ...............
It really ...............to see her friend copy a poem she had written and then present it to her boyfriend as one that she had written for him.
Saying goodbye to her son was a very emotional occasion for her and she ............... as she watched him get on the train.
The view from the top of the mountain was absolutely fantastic. It really ...............
Susan panicked when the fire broke out. She ...............
When I dropped that tray behind her, she got a shock. She almost ................
My sister remained very calm. She ...............
Sally didn’t believe us, did she? We only joked! We only ............... !

Part 4: Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form.
Mr. Pike, who is supposed ................ (witness) the accident, ................ (leave) the town.
At this time next week they ................ (sit) in the train on their way to Paris.
He said that he watered the plants every day. He ................ (water) them. If he ................ (have), they wouldn’t have died.
No sooner the announcement ............... (make) than everyone started complaining.
They said they never ............... (make) to do anything they didn’t want to before.
We ............... (watch) the play for nearly thirty minutes when he came.
The pop star who ............... (take) part in over 25 films always avoids ............... (recognise) by ................ (wear) dark glasses.
There’s no point ............... (try) to get Tim ............... (lend) you his car.
Not until John ............... (receive) the offer of promotion in writing he ............... (celebrate)
He ............... (have) trouble with the second-hand car since he bought it. He wishes he ............... (not / buy) it.

II. READING

Part 1: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you choose.
If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (1)............... it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2)............... even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3)............... – it’s the way society choose to use and (4)............... them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (5)............... We (6)............... well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (7)............... of our annual consumption is in the (8)............... of packaging, and this (9)............... about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10)............... Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11)............... is growing