Đề thi HSG tiếng anh 6 (nếu có sai xót thì để lại nhận xét)

I/ Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle your answers.
1. My hands were so cold that I couldn`t……….my coat buttons.
open B. remove C. put out D. undo
2. I don`t think that purple shirt ………with your yellow skirt..
suits B. goes C. fits D. wears
3. I`m ……..money every week to buy a new bicycle.
making for B. getting over C. putting aside D. turning in
4. I have been planting trees all day and I`m ……..
worn out B. taken in C. run down D. grown up
5. He always felt that he was living in the ……of his famous father.
dusk B. gloom C. shadow D. mist
6. Helen’s parents were very pleased when they read her school ………. A. report B. papers C. diploma D. account 7. In Britain, children start ………. school at the age of five. A. kindergarten B. secondary C. nursery D. primary 8. It’s time for break. The bell has ……….. A. gone off B. struck C. rung D. sounded 9. I bought these shoes in the sale. They were a real ………. A. cheap B. economy C. bargain D. purchase 10. If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ………. A. investment B. profit C. deposit D. interest 11. Edward was named after one of his father ‘s distant ………. A. family B. brothers C. members D. relations 12. Jane and Brian got married a year after they got ………. A. divorced B. proposed C. engaged D. separated 13. Graham works well in class but, but his ………. could be better. A. rudeness B. behaviour C. politeness D. acting 14. Julie had a terrible ………. with her parents last night. A. row B. discussion C. argue D. dispute 15. Parents have to try hard to understand the younger ………. A. generation B. people C. adolescents D. teenagers 16. My father likes to be called a senior citizen, not an old age ………. A. person B. relative C. gentleman D. pensioner 17. It is hard to get ………. parts for this car if something goes wrong. A. extra B. spare C. additional D. emergency 18. Don’t touch the wire! You’ll get an electric ………. A. surprise B. current C. charge D. shock 19. This knife is really ………. . I’ll have to sharpen it. A. blunt B. dull C. flat D. frank 20. Don’t forget to ………. your alarm clock for 6.30. A. put B. set C. ring D. go off II : Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Circle your answers. (0.5 x 5 = 2.5 marks) 1. We sent a present for the children living next door. (A) (B) (C) (D) 2. Penny took three exams and managed to succeed them all. (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. Items of luggage whose weight exceed 50 kilograms will not be allowed on the ferry. (A) (B) (C) (D) 4. The unemployment rate has increased considerably since last year. Another two millions (A) (B) (C) (D) are jobless. 5. The President often contradicts himself. He often says something which doesn’t agree (A) (B)  with what he says earlier. (C) (D)Spelling presents a major problem to many students – and, indeed, native speakers – of English. This is (1) ______ surprising when you consider just how illogical the English spelling (2) ______ is. The spelling of such basic words as right, through, once, and who seems to (3) ______ no relation to their (4) ______ . And how can the words go, sew, and thoughall rhyme with each other? There have been attempts in the (5) ______ to reform English spelling. The playwright George Bernard Shaw was an enthusiastic (6) ______ for a more phonetic approach. In a clever illustration of the absurdity of English spelling he suggested that the word fish be (7) ______ by the letters “ghoti”: the gh from enough, the o from women, and the ti from nation. When he died in 1950 he (8) ______ a large part of his estate to promote spelling reform. So why do we persist in spelling words the way we do, despite the efforts of reformers like Shaw