Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG
TRƯỜNG THCS THANH VĂN Năm học 2014-2015
Môn: Tiếng Anh
(Thời gian: 120 phút)
A. PHONETICS
Question I: Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. photo
B. below
C. wonder
D. lotus

2. A. forest
B. resort
C. reason
D. visit

3. A. health
B. speak
C. each
D. seat

4. A. thirsty
B. guitar
C. dirty
D. listen

5. A. sundeck
B. garden
C. weekend
D. event

Question II. Choose the words that has different stress pattern from the others
1. A. accomplish
B. examine
C. imagine
D. chemistry

2. A. desire
B. mountain
C. plateau
D. constant

3. A. industry
B. interest
C. suburb
D. equality

4. A. medicine
B. decide
C. distance
D. patient

5. A. arrangement
B. relationship
C. scientist
D. improve

B. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY:
Question I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence:
1. ........... he comes in half an hour, we shall go alone
A. Because
B. If
C. Unless
D. When

2. I don’t believe a word she says , I think she ............... .
A. lied
B. I laying
C. is telling lie
D. is lying

3. .................., a bat sends out a series of signals, which bounce off any object in its path.
A. When in flying
B. While it is flying
C..When they are flying
D. Once flying

4. Mr John does not know ................. the lawn mover after they had finished using it .
A. where did they put
B. where they did put
C. where they put
D. where to put

5. The .............. noise startled the woman .
A. frightened
B. frighten
C. frightening
D. fright

6. Jack’s shoes are very dirty . They need ..............
A. cleaning
B. cleaner
C. to clean
D. clean

7. His pronunciation causes me a lot of .................. .
A. difficulties
B. difficult
C. difficulty
D. difficultly

8. We lived in that ................ on the corner.
A. old house brick small .
C. small old brick house
B. brick small old house.
D. house brick small old

9. ............. around us gives us vital information about our environment
A. The sounds are heard.
C. Hearing the sounds .
B. That the hearing of sound.
D. Whatever the sounds are heard .

10. He took his seat quietly ,............ .
A. in order that not to disturb their conversation.
C. in order not disturb their conversation .
B. so as to disturb their conversation
D. so as not to disturb their conversation .

II. Provide the correct form of the words given:
The environment - our responsibility
These days it is (0). impossible..... to open a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the environment. The earth is being (1) ............. and the future looks bad . What can each of us do ?
We cannot clean up our (2) .............. rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the (3) .............. of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while (4)............... search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s (5) .................... .
It may not be easy to change your lifestyle (6) .................., but some steps are easy to take : cut down the amount of (7).............. ...you do, or use as little plastics as possible .
It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8)................ bills. We must all make a personal (9)................ to work for the future of our planet if we want to (10)............... a better world for our grand - children .
0. possible

1. threat
2. pollution
3. appear
4. science
5. defend
6. complete
7. drive

8. house
9. decide
10. sure


III. Use the correct form of verbs in the brackets.
1. The children (1. make)________a lot of noise now. I (2. be) ________ afraid that they (3. wake up) ________ my father, who (4. sleep) ________ in