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TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
ĐỀ 014
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 1… - THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Week 07 (Date ………/……… /2017)


I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

A. helped
B. booked
C. hoped
D. waited


A. name
B. natural
C. native
D. nation


A. blood
B. food
C. moon
D. pool


A. comb
B. plumb
C. climb
D. disturb


A. thick
B. though
C. thank
D. think


II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.

A. provide
B. adopt
C. happen
D. inspire


A. result
B. region
C. river
D. robot


A. constant
B. basic
C. irate
D. obvious


A. become
B. carry
C. appoint
D. invent


A. engine
B. battle
C. career
D. rabies


III.Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D). Write your answers in the spaces bellow.
1. The unemployment rate of the area_________ every year until 2003 then started to fall.
A. raised B. rose C. dropped D. decreased
2. It is gravity_________ objects towards the earth.
A. pulling B. to pull C. what pulls D. that pulls
3. _________ problems in sailing in tropical seas is the coral reefs.
A. One of the biggestB.The biggest one C. Of the biggest one D. There are the biggest
4. _________ foreign languages requires great effort.
A. Learn B. Learning C. To learn it D. Learnt
5. Anna: "I am tired" Marsha: “_____________.”
A. Me too B. Also me C. For me the same D. I also
6. I’m really not satisfied with the way you have_________ the situation.
A. dealt B. handled C. done D. fingered
7. We may win, we may lose- It is just the_________ of the draw.
A. strike B. odds C. chance D. luck
8. War is_________ as open-armed conflict between countries or factions within countries.
A. delineated B. declared C. defaulted D. defined
9. I hope you won’t take it_________ if I suggest an alternative remedy.
A. offence B. amiss C. upset D. most
10. Claims for compensation could_________ run into billions of pounds.
A. far B. much C. well D. most

IV.Complete the spaces with a, an, theor0. Write your answers in the spaces bellow.
Countries around (21)________ world have begun to deal with (22)________ problem in various ways. Some countries, in (23)________ effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining (24)________ parks, and they often must also depend on (25)________ world organizations for support.

V.Give the correct preposition. Write your answers in the spaces bellow.
1. I’m sure you are capable(26)________ passing the exam.
2. He is not aware(27)________ the dangers of smoking.
3. Many Vietnamese students have difficulty (28)________ learning English.
4. I get very annoyed(29)________ people who don’t queue at bus stop.
5. If you have any complaints, tell me(30)________ my face. I can’t stand people who do things behind my back.

VI. Give the correct forms and tenses of the verbs in brackets.
31. She took a risk investing money with them. I’d rather she (not do)________ it.
32. He (not catch)________ cold if he would not have walked in the rain so long.
33. I`ll wait until he (finish)________ his novel.
34. By next month I (leave)________ for India.
35. He volunteered (help)________ us.

VII.Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage.
Although all Americans do not (36)________ the same way, their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as