ĐỀ THI HSG CẤP QUẬN ( CÓ KEYS)

ĐỀ 1 ( 2000-2001; 5 – TPHCM)
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)
1. A. mature B. labour C. nature D. nation
2. A. post B. cost C. host D. hope
3. A. horizon B. concise C. decide D. promise
4. A. leave B. peak C. peasant D. teach
II/ Fill in each blank with a correct preposition. (1 pt)
I don’t approve …….smoking. I think it’s a disgusting hbait.
People were annoyed……not being able to see properly.
I’m fed up ………………..living in this awful place.
He is addicted………….drinking and smoking.
III/ Use the correct form of the word given in parentheses to fill in each blank. (2 pts)
I don’t understand the ……………..between the two words. ( distinguish)
This time tomoroow, I………..in the train to Ho Chi Minh City . ( sit)
Tom admitted that his cruel joke was. ………………..( intend)
I don’t regret……………..her what I thought even if it upsets her. ( tell)
All the newspapers praised the ……………of the policemen who caught the murderer yesterday. ( brave)
India gained her…………………………..from Britain after World war II. ( depend)
I don’t think it……….for you to go. ( advise)
The……to the problem will be difficult to find …………….(solve)
IV/ Fill in each blank with a suitbale word deriving from one of the words in the box. (2 pts)
HAVE- ADVERTISE – ATTRACTION – DESCRIBE – USE – SUCCESS – SOLUTION - LIVE


A man was tired of (1)……………….in his old house in the country and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He attempted to sell it for a long time, but was not (2)………………….., so at last, he decided to (3)…………………………….the problem by (4)………………………..an estate agent.

The agent promtly (5)……………..the house, and a few days later, the owner saw a very (6)……………………..photograph of it, with a wonderful ( 7)………………….of the garden, in an inexpensive newspaper.

After the house owner (8)………………………………read the advertisement through, he hastened to telephone the estate agent and said to him, “ I’m sorry, Mr. John, but I’ve decided not to sell myhouse at all.”

V/ Read the passge and fill in each blank with one suitbale word. (2 pts)

Some hundred years ago, there was no equality between men and women because people then considered women to be the weaker sex. This prejudice against women (1)…………………………………its origin in the dawn of mankind’s (2)………………………………..when men lived in caves and went (3)……………….for food. The task of food gathering and hunting needed great (4)……………………………….of body. Therefore the best place for women was not in the forest , but at home where they could satisfactorily do thir jobs, namely feeding thieir children, and looking after them.(5)…………………………have changed much since those early days. In the modern life of the twentieth century, more brains are (6)………………………, not more strength of muscle. As a conquece, women play an (7)…………………..important role in the modern society . they have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in (8)…………….every field.

VI/ Do as directed in parentheses. (1 pt)
1. She never wrote a letter by hand since she has bought a word processor.
( Rewrite in correct English)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Miss Omega, who sings in opera, is staying at this hotel.
( Rewrite the sentence, using an appositive)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. We must find him no matter where he is hiding. ( Wherever)
( Rewrite the sentence, using the word in parentheses.)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. My companion was an old gentleman. His name is Mr. Smith. I met him in Tokyo.
( Combine this group of sentences into a complex sentence)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
VII/ Complete the unfinished sentence in such a way that it means nearly the same as the sentence printed before it. (1 pt)
1. “ I’m off to the pictures. Where are you going?”
-> He said
2. The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing.
-> The weather was not
3. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
-> No sooner
4. You didn’t come to my birthday party yesterday. It wasn’t pleasanter.
-> Had


KEYS
I/ 1. A 2. B 3. D 4.C
II/ 1