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TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
ĐỀ 012
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 1… - THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Week 06 (Date ………/……… /2017)


I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. Write your answer in the space provided. (5 pts)

A. measure
B. decision
C. pleasure
D. permission


A. drought
B. fought
C. brought
D. bought


A. builds
B. destroys
C. occurs
D. prevents


A. deal
B. teach
C. break
D. clean


A. supported
B. approached
C. noticed
D. finished

II. Pick out the word that differs from the other words in the position of the main stress. Write your answer in the space provided. (5 pts)

A. advice
B. beauty
C. picture
D. postcard


A. prepare
B. practice
C. prevent
D. provide


A. famous
B. curious
C. anxious
D. delicious


A. vacation
B. colleague
C. pupil
D. teacher


A. theatre
B. career
C. cinema
D. gallery

III.Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
11. Our holiday was_________ by the weather.
A. spoilt B. damaged C. overcome D. wasted
12. The_________ charged by the architect for the plans of the new building were unusually high.
A. hire B. price C. fees D. sum
13. He_________ his son of the dangers of driving too fast in his new car
A. warned B. remembered C. threatened D. concerned
14. The child was_________ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.
A. knocked out B. run across C. run out D. knocked down
15. When Ali arrived in London he spent all his time_________ and visited all the important museums and buildings.
A. sight-seeing B. traveling C. looking D. touring
16. If you want a cheap air ticket you must_________ well in advance.
A. book B. engage C. reserve D. buy
17. His sister was full of_________ for the way in which he had so quickly learned to drive a car.
A. pride B. admiration C. surprise D. jealousy
18. He asked if we would_________ to share the room.
A. accept B. consider C. agree D. approve
19. I wondered whether you would like to_________ to the theater tomorrow.
A. visit B. go away C. go out D. walk out
20. _________ I would like to say how pleased I am to be here.
A. Primarily B. Foremost C. Earliest D. First
21. The independent arbitrator managed to_________ the confrontation between the union and the employers.
A. refuse B. confuse C. refute D. defuse
22. When I heard the footsteps behind me I was_________ that I would be attacked.
A. horrified B. terror-struck C. terrorized D. terrified
23. His illness made him_________ of concentration.
A. incompetent B. unable C. incapable D. powerless
24. Has the committee_________ a decision yet?
A. done B. made C. arrived D. voted
25. I am a bit hungry. I think_____________ something to eat.
A. I’ll have B. I’ll be having C. I’m going to have D. I’m having
IV.The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
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V.Give the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
Dark black clouds in a dull sky meant one thing and one thing only: there was going to be a (36.thunder)_______. Not one of us had brought an umbrella, or even a (37.rain)_______. So when Jack suggested we should go to a museum, we all agreed immediately. As we had been (38. shop)_______ all morning