FOR GIFTED STUDENTS

PHÒNG GD&ĐT HÀ THANH

KÌ THI CHỌN HSG NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề


I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (2 pts)
1. A. equipment B. upset C. end D. help
2. A. folk B. hold C. photo D. neighbor
3. A. fairy B. train C. afraid D. wait
4. A. tiger B. fire C. stripe D. prince
5. A. buffalo B. rope C. wisdom D. clothes
6. A. door B. foolish C. choose D. soon
7. A. graze B. past C. tale D. name
8. A. school B. chore C. kitchen D. choose

II. Choose the best answer. (2.5 pts)
1. We used________ in a big city.
A. living B. lived C. live D. to live
2. His grandma had________ everything without the help of modern equipment.
A. doing B. to do C. to do D. did
3. The children enjoy________ to traditional stories.
A. listen B. listening C. to listen D. listened
4. Her students were excited________ the circus show last night.
A. about B. for C. of D. in
5. Her birthday is________ January.
A. in B. on C. at D. by
6. She________ all her homework this morning.
A. does B. did C. do D. to do
7. Did he use to________ in the library?
A. work B. working C. worked D. works
8. Her mother________ some food yesterday.
A. buys B. buying C. bought D. to buy
9. My father goes to work________ motorbike.
A. on B. by C. with D. in
10. The children are old enough to look after_________.
A. ourselves B. herself C. themselves D. himself

III. Read the passage carefully, and answer the questions below. (2 pts)
Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close Friends, Hanh and Mai .We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and play together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face .She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, she often goes to the library. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Mai is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. I love both of my friends and I always hope of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.
Questions:
1. Does the author have any close friends? What are their names?
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2. What is Hanh’s hobby?
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3. What’s Mai character?
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4. Which sport does Mai play in the school team?
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IV. Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form of “Used to” and the other into the past simple. (1.5 pts)
1. He (live) in London before he (go) abroaD.
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2. She (play) tennis a lot before she (break) her leg.
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3. She (drive) a lot before she (have) the accident.
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V. Rewrite the following sentences. (2pts)
1. He is too young to go to school.
He is not ................................................................................................
2. Her hair is long, straight and black.
She has ...................................................................................................
3."Could you buy me an English exercise book? "
Nam asked Lan.......................................................................................
4. "Please turn off the radio.”`
Phuong told Tuan......................................................................................

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