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TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
ĐỀ 015
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 1… - THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Week 8 (Date ………/……… /2017)


I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line.
1. A. several B. suppose C. decisive D. sister
2. A. muddle B. struggle C. bush D. interrupt
3.A. ready B. measure C. steak D. stealth
4. A. wind B. behind C. mind D. find
5. A.chalice B. challenge C. choice D. chemist
II. Pick out the word that has the stress syllable differently from that of the other words.
6. A. application B. certificate C. biology D. security
7. A. university B. punctuality C. agricultural D.mathematician
8. A. identify B. secondary C. luxuriously D. majority
9. A. academic B. engineering C. available D.sympathetic
10. A. obligatory B. geographical C. international D. undergraduate

III. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete sentence below and write your answers in the answer sheet.
11. She refused to eat meat under any________.
A. circumstances B. occasion C. opportunity D. reason
12. It was difficult to guess what he_________ to the news would be.
A. feelings B. reaction C. capital D. opinion
13. Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually …… to its original splendor.
A. repaired B. renewed C. restored D. renovated
14. He didn’t know anyone at the wedding _________ than the bride and the groom.
A. except B. other C. apart D. rather
15. When you are an old age pensioner, you have to learn to ………… a very small income.
A. live on B. live up to C. live out D. live down
16. I felt so much better, my doctor _________ me to take a holiday by the sea.
A. suggested B. considered C. accepted D. advised
17. He said that the plane had already left and that I _________ arrived an hour earlier.
A. must have B. had to C. should have D. was supposed to
18. Alice didn’t expect _________ to Bill’s party.
A. to ask B. being asked C. to be asked D. asking
19.The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth _________ a packed lunch.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. taken
20. When the alarm went off, Mick just turned _________ and went back to sleep.
A. down B. over C. up D. out

IV.Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.
a. When he (21. not arrive)_______ by 6.00, I (22. know)_______. He (23. miss)_______ the bus.
b. Something (24. tell)_______ me that you (25. not listen)_______ to a single word I (26. say)_______ in the past tense minutes.
c. Same (27. not receive)_______ the parcel the last time I (28. speak)_______ to him.
d. When you (29. feel)_______ hungry, room service (30. bring)_______ you whatever you want.

V. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the blank space.
31.
The judges describe Jones as a___________ criminal who was a danger to members of the public.
HARD

32.
Rescue team held out little hope of finding other__________.
SURVIVE

33.
He works for UNESCO in a purely___________ role.
ADVICE

34.
___________ of the new system will take several days.
INSTALL

35.
This type of behavior is no longer___________ acceptable.
SOCIETY

36.
Watching television can be very___________.
EDUCATION

37.
Teachers must keep a record of students’ ___________.
ATTEND

38.
Our school set up a project to___________ the library