HSG 9

Luyện thi học sinh giỏi
I. PHONETICS
a. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D

A. mind
B. inspire
C. exist
D. provide


A. applicant
B. attraction
C. language
D. aviation

3.
A. medium
B. inventor
C. president
D. lecturer

b. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D
4 A. abroad B. noisy C. hundred D. quiet
5 A. variety B. irrational C. industrial D. characterize
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
The novel "Tom Sawyer", _____was written by Mark Twain, is my all time favourite. A. that B. which C. what D. who
It was when I my last job, I felt very unhappy.
A. came B. lost C. gamed D. succeeded
is a person who is concerned with the protection of the environment.
A. Environmentalist B. Specialist C. Communist D. Psychologist
The to go to work to help Mum with some money impulses me to apply for that job.
A. tiredness B. happiness C. keeness D. sadness
Soil____is a major problem which has endangered the development of agriculture. A. flight B. eruption C. explosion D. erosion
She always listens_____ to what she is told.
A. attention B. attentive C. attentiveness D. attentively
The general we received of the house was that it was nicely decorated.
A. impress B. impressive C. impression D. impressing
I’ll call you back in hour.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
I come an ancient city, sometimes referred___ as the Athens of the North.
A. from! to B. on/ as C. up/ to D. over/ to
The house is fire. Please call_____ help!
A. at/ to B. for/ at C. on! for D. up/ for
We had someone paint our house. Means
A. We had our house to paint B. We had our house painted
C. Our house had been painted D. Our house has been painted by us
Some Western people _____tea _____coffee.
A. prefer/ to drink B. would rather / than
C. like/ better D. prefer ! to
I go to school early when I was a schoolboy.
A. am used to B. was used to C. was accustomed to D. used to
This is Mr. Pike car was stolen this morning.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
It was the most interesting novel_____ we have ever read.
A. who B. whose C. when D. that
Tom said everything _____ready when the match_____
A. will be/ starts B. would be/ started C. is / started D. will be/ started
Don’t worry! tomorrow, we_____ the work.
A. has completed B. had completed
C. will complete D. would complete
The new English teacher seems very pleasant:
“Yes. He’s person.
A. a such nice B. a so nice
C. such a nice D. such nice
He is _____ good _____ I’m going to give him a raise and promotion.
A. so/that B. much/that
C. such/that D. definitely/that
Many people out of work unless that factory down.
A. would be/closed B. wouldn’t be/didn’t close
C. would be/didn’t close D. wouldn’t be/closed
III. READING
a. Read the text carefully and then chooses the correct answers
Noah Webster made a great impact on American English. He was born in Connecticut in 1758 and graduated from Yale University in 1778. During the American Revolution, Webster joined the army to fight against the British. The end of the war brought independence. However, the political independence didn’t satisfy Webster. He wanted the US to be intellectually independent from Britain as well. In 1783, Webster published a spelling book, which would become popular with generations of schools children. A couple of years later, he published his dictionary. The Webster’s dictionary has been used up to now.
In his dictionary, Webster made