Đề thi chọn HSG

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THÀNH PHỐ THANH HOÁ
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
CẤP THÀNH PHỐ NĂM HỌC 2014-2015

Part A : PHONETICS (5 points) I/ Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest of the group. (2 points)
A. Describe B. Excite C. Timber D. Dive
2. A. Devotion B. congestion C. Suggestion D. Question
II/ Choose and write in your answer sheet the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group. (3 points)
3. A. glorious B. bargain C. passenger D. important
4. A. migrate B. inhabit C. character D. diversity
5. A. advance B. ancient C. cancer D. annual
Part B : LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (45 points)
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (15 points)
6. ___________ from John, all the students said they would go.
A. Except
B. Only
C. Apart
D. Separate

7. If you work for us, you’ll get somewhere to live _____ free.
A. for
B. at
C. out
D. of

8.The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _new procedures to save time and money.
A. manufacture
B. establish
C. control
D. restore

9. They took pride _______ being the best players of the school.
A. in
B. with
C. on
D. for

10. She’d prefer to go out ________ home.
A. than to stay B. than staying C. rather than staying D. rather than stay
11. They received _______ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good
B. such a good
C. so good an
D. such good

12. Have you got a car ________ ?
A. of your own
B. of yourself
C. of you
D. of your

13. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not ______ your television set.
A. change
B. adjust
C. repair
D. switch

14. If you want to attend the course, you must pass the ................... examination.
A. write
B. written
C. wrote
D. writing

15. Either Peter and his brothers _______ the keys to the car.
A. has been taken
B. has taken
C. have taken
D. have been taken

16. We can tell you that we often have a friendly _______ in our class.
A. atmosphere
B. air
C. matter
D. impression

17. These clothes are fashionable and _______ . Do you agree with me?
A. only
B. merely
C. unique
D. uniquely

18. He _______ to have a very big fortune and a beautiful wife.
A. rumors
B. rumored
C. has rumored
D. was rumored

19. Did you use to do a _______ when you were at the university.
A. full-time job
B. part-time
C. full-time
D. part-time job

20. My house is just _______ . I live in the nearby neighborhood.
A. near here
B. near to
C. near by
D. near from

II. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense or form (10 points)
21. His brother ________ (give) a car for his twentieth birthday next year.
22. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody______ (go) to bed.
23. Less than half of the cans of paint ______ (use) up to now.
24. (Write)________ the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope.
25 - 26. Can you imagine what I_ (come) across when I _ (roll) up the carpet yesterday.
27. He talked as if he ______ (know) where she was.
28. If you go to England, you’ll have to get used to ________ (drive) on the left.
29. You may feel frightened when you are in a forest ______ (surround) by tall trees.
30. – You have just missed the bus. – All right. I _______ (walk).
III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters. (10 points)
There is one particular feeling which I find difficult to express. When I am (31).. about something