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ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG WRITING Transformation: 1. You remembered to post the letter, didn’t you?  You didn’t ___________________________________________ 2. She has to quit smoking or she will die.  If ___________________________________________________ 3. As I come nearer to the hospital gate, I become more nervous.  The _________________________________________________ 4. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money.  The bank manager _____________________________________ 5. The driver said “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”.  The driver asked _______________________________________ 6. Mr.Brown is going to retire at the end of this year. It was decided.  The fact that ___________________________________________ 7. I want to see the manager, not his assistant.  It is __________________________________________________ 8. He never has enough money.  He is always ___________________________________________ 9. Ba said “Why don’t we stop eating chicken to avoid being infected with bird flu?”  Ba suggested that chicken shouldn’t ____________________________________ 10. The last time she went out with him was 9 months ago.  It is __________________________________________________ 11. There was too much snow for us to go out.  There was such _________________________________________ 12. Miss Huong Tram is the best student in this class.  Nobody _______________________________________________ 13. She is listening to the radio. She turned it on at seven-thirty.  She has _______________________________________________ 14. I can meet you if you arrive before 11.  So long as _____________________________________________ 15. They never made us do anything we didn’t want to do.  We ___________________________________________________ 16. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.  Much to ________________________________________________ 17. There weren’t nearly as many people there as I had expected.  There were far __________________________________________ 18. It is a two-week holiday.  The holiday _____________________________________________ 19. How about something to eat before the show?  Shall ___________________________________________________ 20. The rent is $ 60 per week.  The flat _________________________________________________ A. PRONUNCIATION I. Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from the rest: 1. A. pleasant B. says C. many D. ratification 2. A. cuisine B. quay C. queue-jump D. culture 3. A. muscle B. cancellation C. violoncellist D. sciatic 4. A. dutiable B. education C. generation D. edgy 5. A. hourglass B. dishonorable C. haute D. disharmonious II. Pick out the word with the position of the stressed syllable different from those of the others: 1. A. average B. aquatic C. athletic D. available 2. A. schedule B. report C. promise D. orbit 3. A. potential B. delicate C. apprentice D. astonished 4. A. signature B. scholarship C. terminus D. transaction 5. A. deteriorate B. profound C. conscientious D. conspiracy B. VOCABULARY I. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences: 1. The dog dug a _____ under the fence in order to attack the children. A. channel B. tunnel C. subway D. underpass 2. I know you never lend things, but _____ and let me borrow your guitar. I promise I’ll take good care of it. A. miss the point B. stretch a point C. make the point D. come to the point 3. The family stock had been _____ as collateral on loans A. settled B. safequarded C. pledged D. regarded 4. It is difficult for museums to find funds to protect the nation’s _____. A. inheritance B. heritage C. possessions D. legacy 5. The victorious team was _____ with praise. A. maneuvered B. erupted C. overwhelmed D. retreated 6. The worker was _____ from the company after he was caught stealing. A. abrogated B. interfered C. manipulated D. expelled 7. Litigation is on the _____ as consumers become more conscious of their rights. A. surge B. escalation C. development D. rise 8. If you advertise at airports, you have a _____ audience. A. captured B. slave C. captivated D. captive 9. All parties who sign an agreement must _____ with the terms of that agreement. A. dispose B. veto C. deploy D. comply 10. The director _____ by stressing the need for cooperation and dedication. A. retaliated B. panicked C. recapitulated D. alleged 11. I don’t want to go, but there is no way of _____ it. A. getting from B. getting off C. getting out of D. getting away 12. It was too late to _____ of the contract. A. back out B. back down C. back up D. back away 13. The teachers at the school _____ with flu one after the other. A. went down B. went off C. went out D. went under 14. They expect a quick _____ from the illness because the medicine is excellent. A. recovery B. cultivation C. fatigue D. detachment 15. Memories of the flood still _____ in this town. A. suspend B. stay C. remain D. linger II. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets: 1. One of her most positive and attractive qualities is her almost constant _____. (CHEER) 2. As the day of the exam approached, Karen became _____ nervous. (INCREASE) 3. This state _____ the soldiers who died in the war. (MEMORY) 4. The pain became _____ during the night so I called the doctor. (ENDURE) 5. How do you like my latest _____ for my stamp collection? (ACQUIRE) 6. Drinking and driving is no longer _____ acceptable. (SOCIETY) 7. “Scream” was probably the most _____ film I’ve ever seen. (FRIGHT) 8. They are _____ by a desire to help people. (MOTIVE) 9. _____ is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest. (FOREST) 10. The bank is investigating claims that some borrowers have been treated _____. (PREFER) 11. Cattle and chickens are _____ animals. (DOMESTIC) 12. You can never be sure what he is going to do. He is so _____. (PREDICT) 13. The young mother hurried _____ to the drug store. (BREATH) 14. It is _____ to chop down the trees in that forest. (LAW) 15. Many people think it is very _____ whether a cure will be found for AIDS before the year 2000. (DOUBT) C. GRAMMAR I. Circle the letter (A, B, C, D) that best complete the following sentences: 1. When _____ to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously. A. asking B. asked C. to be asked D. to be asking 2. I’m looking forward to hearing from Jan. Do you know _____? A. when the mail will arrive B. when does the mail arrive C. when the mail does arrive D. when will the mail arrive 3. Because of the rain, many people have called to ask _____ canceled. A. that the parade was B. whether the parade was C. if or not the parade was D. that the parade would be 4. _____, many people learn to use computer software. A. Form the instruction manuals B. It is the instruction manuals C. There are the instruction manuals D. When having the instruction manuals 5. Jack admitted _____ the money. A. steal B. to steal C. stealing D. stolen 6. Peter _____ from Paris. He _____ there three weeks ago with his friends. A. will just return _ flies B. has just returned _ flew C. had just returned _ flew D. is just returning _ was flying 7. The instructor warned the students _____ sailing alone on the lake. A. on B. for C. of D. against 8. This project _____ to require more money than was budgeted for it at the board meeting. A. had seemed B. seems C. is seeming D. will seem 9. In her writing, Elimor Wylie often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than _____. A. as was defines by others B. its definitions by others C. other’s definition D. as others defined it 10. “I understand you don’t like opera. _____ I go at least once a month.” A. On contrast B. In contrast C. In the contrast D. On the contrast II. Supply the correct verb tense: 1. When Carol (call) _____ last night, I (watch) _____ my favorite show on television. 2. I (work) _____ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire! 3. Sharon (love) _____ to travel. She (go) _____ abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru. 4. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _____ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19 th century, it (take) _____ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _____ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _____ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 5. Sarah (climb) _____ the Matterhorn, (sail) _____ round the world, and (go) _____ on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person. 6. You will feel more confident when you (swim) _____ for a few weeks. 7. The scientist (point out) _____ that the book he (write) _____ the previous year (be) _____ already out of date. 8. Next thing you know the government (tell) _____ us what we should spend our money on. 9. If Tom (be, not) _____ such a lazy person, he (help) _____ you. 10. _____ (give such a warm welcome, he felt very pleased III. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition or adverb: 1. You can cash cheques here _____ prior arrangement _____ the bank. 2. She was _____ arrest _____ suspicion _____ murder. 3. They were still 100 metres _____ the summit. 4. Guests receive dinner _____ arrival _____ the hotel. 5. We’re expecting a new arrival _____ the family soon. 6. _____ the time I arrived _____ the scene, it was all _____. 7. Appearing confident _____ interviews is quite an art. 8. It should be ascertained that the plans comply _____ the law. 9. I’m ashamed to say that I lied _____ her. 10. We set aside some money _____ repairs. D. USE OF EGLISH Pick out the wrong word or phrase in each of the following sentences : 1. The grenade is a small bomb done to be thrown by hand or shot from a modified rifle. A B C D 2. A pure gold Islamic coin is expected to bring some between $8 million and $10 million A B at the auction next week. C D 3. Dogs that are trained to lead a blind must be loyal, intelligent and calm. A B C D 4. Although Emily Dickinson wrote some of the most haunting lines of American poetry A B only seven of her poems were published during their lifetime. C D 5. Many Chinese connect the word “happiness” with the symbols for white, silk and tree. A B C D 6. The local hot springs now serve as a bathhouse for them tranquil little town. A B C D 7. As conscripted craftsman under Swedish rule, Finns introduced the log cabin to America. A B C D 8. An itch resulting when a nerve that can carry pain is only slightly stimulated. A B C D 9. For more than 450 years, Mexico City has been the economic, culture and political A B center of the Mexican people. C D 10. The Concorde can fly across the Atlantic without refueling and carrying 11 tons A B C of freight. D 11. The term automation was first used about 1956 to describe the increased use of A B C automatic machineries in making automobile. D 12. Visit to Disneyland is a delight to any child and usually a treat for his parents as well. A B C D 13. Automation guides automatic machines according to plans storing in its memory. A B C D 14. Automation helps raise profits by reducing labor costs, wasteful during production and A B C other business expenses. D 15. Thomas Alva Edison is remembered chiefly as the man which invented the flight the A B C D light bulb. 16. The 6-year-old boy resembles to his mother somewhat more than does his brother. A B C D 17. Under no circumstances you are to attempt to fix broken water pipes in the basement, A B C do you understand? D 18. Transporting strikes are causing serious shortages throughout the country. A B C D 19. As they ripen on the tree, the most olives change slowly from green to black. A B C D 20. A good professional sports team is very profitable for its owners if it can attract A B too many people to buy tickets for every game. C D E. READING I. Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word: Many people believe that watching television has resulted (1) ______ lower reading standards in schools. (2) ______, the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many (3) ______, television actually encourages people to read: for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, (4) ______ sales often go up. One study of this link (5) ______ six-year-old children who were viewing a special series of 15-minute programmes at school. The series was designed to (6) ______ love of books, as well as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each programme is an (7) ______ film of a children’s book. The story is read (8) ______ while certain key phrases from the book (9) ______ on screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also (10) ______ on the TV screen. II. Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that you think fits best: No education medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections depict the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales. 1. What is the main topic of this passage? A. The educational benefits of atlases B. Physical maps in an atlas C. The ideal in the making of atlases D. Partial maps and their uses 2. According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke’s World Atlas shows ______. A. the population policy in each country B. the hypothetical sizes of countries C. geographical proportions of each country D. national boundaries relative to population 3. In the passage, the world “invaluable” is closest in meaning to ______. A. incremental B. invalid C. priceless D. shapeless 4. The world “cleverly” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______. A. clearly B. immaculately C. intelligently D. accurately 5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Calorie consumption B. Currency exchange rates C. A level of education D. Population decline 6. The word “layout” in the passage refers to ______. A. the cartogram B. the geographical size C. population D. each country 7. The phrase “in terms of” used in the passage is closest in meaning to ______. A. for considering aspects B. in spite of C. with a view to D. in regard to 8. It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to ______. A. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country B. identify a shortage of qualified labour C. give readers a new perspective on their own country D. show readers photographs in a new form 9. The author of the passage implies that ______. A. atlases provide a bird’s eye view of countries B. maps use a variety of scales in each projection C. maps of countries differ in size D. atlases can be versatile instruments 10. The word “convey” in the passage is closest meaning to ______. A. devise B. conjure up C. demonstrate D. indicate F. STRUCTURES Choose the sentence (A, B, C, D) which is closest in meaning to the one in bold: 1. You needn’t have taken so many warm clothes there. A. It’s not necessary for you to take so many warm clothes there. B. You have taken so many warm clothes that I don’t need. C. You took a lot of warm clothes there but it turned out not necessary. D. There ‘s no need for you to take so many warm clothes there. 2. Mary apologizes for having kept them waiting. A. Mary has been waiting for them so long time. B. Mary is sorry they were very late. C. Mary says they called to say they will be late. D. Mary is sorry that she made them wait foe her. 3. The company admitted giving misleading advertisements. A. The company admitted that they had given misleading advertisements. B. The company refused to give misleading advertisements. C. The company denied giving misleading advertisements. D. The company said they had given attractive advertisements. 4. She pretended not to see him. A. She saw him but didn’t say hello. B. She refused to see him. C. She admitted seeing him. D. She ignored him when she saw him. 5. She tends to lose her temper for no reason. A. She has no reason so she loses her temper. B. She has no reason for tending to lose her temper. C. She easily gets angry when there is a reason. D. She often gets angry for no reason. 6. I had to stand in line for two hours to get first-row seat for the performance. A. The performance lasted two hours. B. The man got a seat in the front row. C. The man got a seat in the second row. D. The man failed to get a ticket to the performance. 7. Jill was walking to school when she found the purse. A. Jill was walking to school with her purse. B. Jill bought the purse when she was walking to school. C. Jill found the purse on the way to school. D. Jill found the purse at the school. 8. Ann exchanged the shoes for a different pair. A. Jane returned the shoes and took some pants instead. B. Jane took the shoes back to the store and got some different ones. C. One of Jane’s shoes didn’t fit properly so she returned them both. D. Because of a problem with the heel of her shoes, Jane returned them. 9. Huy liked the company of others. A. Huy found a club. B. Huy liked other people’s company better than his own. C. Huy founded a club. D. Huy liked the other company. 10. Friendly though he may seem, he’s not to be trusted. A. However friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted. B. However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted. C. He may have friends, but he’s not to be trusted. D. He’s too friendly to be trusted. . ĐỀ ÔN THI HSG WRITING Transformation: 1. You remembered to post the letter, didn’t you?  You didn’t. Huong Tram is the best student in this class.  Nobody _______________________________________________ 13. She is listening to the radio. She turned it on at seven-thirty.  She has _______________________________________________. C. of D. against 8. This project _____ to require more money than was budgeted for it at the board meeting. A. had seemed B. seems C. is seeming D. will seem 9. In her writing, Elimor Wylie