GIFTED STUDENTS MOCK TEST

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TRIAL TESTS 04
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 1…..- THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Week 03 (Date ………/……… /2017)


A. PHONETICS (10 pts)
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)
1. A. socialize B. contact C. background D. formality
2. A. prolong B. contact C. conscious D. common
3. A. African B. Japanese C. partner D. Canada
4. A. signal B. sign C. colleague D. regard
5. A. cloth B. trustworthy C. clothing D. brother

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. beautiful
B. effective
C. favorite
D. popular


A. attraction
B. government
C. borrowing
D. visit


A. difficulty
B. individual
C. population
D. unemployment


A. biology
B. redundancy
C. interviewer
D. comparative


A. conversation
B. isolation
C. traditional
D. situation


B. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR (35 pts)
I. Choose from the four options given marked A, B, C and D one best answer to complete each sentence. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (15 pts)
1. Please___________ favour.
A. do me a B. make me a C. do my D. make my
2. Mrs. Edwards___________ history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. taught D. has been teaching
3. There have been protests from animal right groups about___________ on animals.
A. experience B. experiments C. expiration D. trials
4. Faraday’s accomplishments seem more wonderful when we realize that he had very___________ education.
A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
5. A: “What are the office hours where you work?” B: “___________, everyone comes in at eight and leaves at five.”
A. General B. In generally C. In the general D. In general
6. Lots of people___________ Yoga to relax.
A. practice B. take up C. give up D. take in
7. It isn’t quite___________ that he will turn up at the meeting.
A. certain B. exact C. right D. sure
8. After waiting for an hour he realized that the bus was___________ to come.
A. improbable B. impossible C. uncertain D. unlikely
9. ___________ being tired, I went for a picnic with my family.
A. That B. Though C. Since D. Despite
10. You___________ have told that joke. Everybody has heard it too often.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
11. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences_________ three or four words.
A. are containing B. containing C. contain D. contains
12. The first plant-like organisms probably___________ in the sea, perhaps three billion years ago.
A. life B. living C. lived D. it was living
13. These tennis courts don`t___________ very often. Not many people want to play.
A. got used B. used C. get used D. get use
14. I would rather___________ nothing than___________ that book.
A. do - to read B. do - read C. doing - reading D. done - read
15. Do you want___________ with you or do you want to go alone?
A. me coming B. me to come C. that I come D. that I will come

II. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C or D. You are to identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable standard written English.