Cua Tung high school KỲ THI HSG NĂM 2011 Class : Time: 60 minutes Full name : Code : I.Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others: 1. a. invention b. option c. calculation d. question 2. a. illustrate b. computer c. document d. music 3. a. beauty b. multiply c.daily d. accuracy 4. a. magazine b. device c. little d. magic 5. a. produced b. visited c. added d. subtracted II. Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group. 6. a. office b. apply c. popular d. surgery 7. a. company b. compare c. computer d. compose 8. a. absence b. applicant c. appliance d. permanent 9. a. machine b. matrix c. majority d. majesty 10. a. dismiss b. district c. discount d. destroy II. Choose the best option: 11. The man I met yesterday is a doctor. a. when b. which c. where d. whom 12. The book is on the table is very interesting. a. who b. that c. whom d. where 13The bank near my house a. has been robbed b. have been robbed c. robbed d. has been robbing 14. The baby at the moment. a. sleep b. sleeps c. slept d. is sleeping 16.They English since 2002. a. was learning b. have learnt c. is learning d. has learnt 17. If I spoke spanish , I next year studying in Spain. a. will spend b. would have spent c. had spent d. would spend 18. The thief money if he were rich. a. had stolen b. hadnot stolen c. would steal d. wouldnot steal 19. The pollution has threatened the park and many of the animals in it . a. survival b. contamination c. dirty d. ruin 20. 5000 species of plants and animals are eliminated each year. a. got rid of b. increase c. decrease d. abandoned 21. Trees well in this soil. a. grow b. grows c. is grown d. are grown 22 It was not 1915 that the cinema really became an industry. a. in b. until c. to d. than 23 What is london famous ? a. in b. by c. with d. for 24. An architect is a person designs buildings . a. which b. whom c. who d. where 25. Feeling sleepy, the driver stopped a cup of coffee. a. to drink b. drank c. drinking d. drunk 26 Are you interested learning French ? a. on b. of c. about d. all are wrong 27 Her younger sister is used to early in the morning. a. getting b. getting up c. get up d. all are wrong 28. The girl wonderfully up to now. a. behaves b. have behaved c. is behaving d. has behaved 29. He has lived in this city I was born . a. For b. since c. ago d. with 30. His hobby is soccer. a. playing b. to play c. played d. having play III . Read the passage carefully and then select the best option. Fun and games Do you think computer games are just for kids ? Then you should think again . You might be surprised to learn that the game industry now (31) more maney than Hollywood (32) a family buys a new PC , all they want to do is to play games . It is hardly surprising that video game has become one of the most popular (33) of entertainment today. a good game is like a good film; it will hold your attention,capture your imagination and play with your motions. The big ,difference , however , is that watching a movie is a passive .(34) you have no say in how the plot develops or which cheracters dominate the story . With computer games , you direct the (35) and that is what makes them so exciting . Finding the (36) game is likely signal the beginning of a lasting love (37) with the interactive (38) of make –believe It is .(39) to think of gaming as some things simply for children and teenagers . in fact , the (40) growth area of the market is the 25-35 age group. 31. a. gain b. makes c. does d. has 32. a. as soon as b. as well as c. as far as d. as long as 33. a. brands b. branches c. shapes d. forms 34. a. pastime b. task c. routine d. employment 35. a. movement b. change c. action d. performance 36. a. accurate b. right c. complete d. proper 37. a. match b. story c. secret d. affair 38. a. region b. area c. society d. world 39. a. immoral b. wrong c. false d. dishonest 40. a. longest b. widest c. biggest d. deepest V. Error recognition: 41. Because of the traffic was heavy, we were late for work. (a) (b) (c) (d) 42. To master a foreign language are not an easy process. (a) (b) (c) (d) 43. So far, there was no woman being chosen the US president. (a) (b) (c) (d) 44. Tom said that David had made a little mistakes in his essays. (a) (b) (c) (d) 45. There are much milk in the refrigerator. (a) (b) (c) (d) 46. The Vietnames people are not used to drive on the left side of the road. (a) (b) (c) (d) 47.She is going to Britain learning English. (a) (b) (c) (d) 48. She had Mr Bean to wash their new car. (a) (b) (c) (d) 49. I get my bike been repaired every morning. (a) (b) (c) (d) 50. If I had had breakfat this morning, I would not has been hungry. (a) (b) (c) (d) . Cua Tung high school KỲ THI HSG NĂM 2011 Class : Time: 60 minutes Full name : Code : I.Choose the word whose. passage carefully and then select the best option. Fun and games Do you think computer games are just for kids ? Then you should think again . You might be surprised to learn that the game industry. beginning of a lasting love (37) with the interactive (38) of make –believe It is .(39) to think of gaming as some things simply for children and teenagers . in fact , the (40) growth area of the market