Page 1 ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 2 I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: 1. A. write B. hit C. kick D. bit 2. A. stuff B. study C. student D. understand 3. A. said B. pen C. men D. man 4. A . boy B. going C. voice D. enjoy 5. A. follow B. grow C. narrow D. town II. Choose one best answer: 6. The electricity failed while she our dinner. A. would cook B. was cooking C. has cooked D. is cooking 7. They live happily although it is hard to make ends A. gather B. visit C. meet D. come 8. He before doctor came . A. have died B. had died C. died D. has died 9. This is the first time I to play soccer. A. would be trying B. am trying C. was trying D. have tried 10. Thousands of people came to see the football team the rain. A. inspite of B. owing to C. according to D. because 11. Children enjoy in the river. A. swam B. to swim C. swimming D. swim 12. Viet ‘s sister has passed the driving test, is good news. A. it B. that C. this D. which 13. My brother said that going to buy a new car. A. he was B. he would C. he is D. I’m 14. If you do more homework, I the exam. A. would pass B. passed C. will pass D. pass 15. the bad condition of the house, we didn’t buy it. A. Because of B. Apart from C. Inspite of D. Thanks to 16. Mrs Hoa out of hospital next week. A. shall come B. is coming C. is going to come D. come 17. They are living in the house they bought last month. A. who B. where C. when D. which 18. Would you mind down the radio, please. A. turned B. to turn C. turning D. turn 19. That house several times this year. A. has been repaired B. has repaired C. repaired D. is repaired 20. Do you remember Mrs Huong, taught us English. A. which B. who C. whom D. that 21. The English book was a little expensive. A. that I bought B. I bought that C. what I bought D. that I bought it 22. My father didn’t coffee for breakfast. A. use be having B. use to have C. use to having D. used to have 23. I ’d like to introduce you to Mrs Thuy, is the teacher of this special class. A. whom B. which C. who D. that 24. CPU stands for central unit. A. procession B. prosessing C. process D. processed 25. A person can not hear any kind of sound A. dumb B. mute C. blind D. deaf 26. To be , my favourite subject is English. A. honest B. correct C. right D. true Page 2 27. The government should have special policies to help the . A. disablement B. disabled C. disability D. disable 28. I here sixteen years ago. A. had come B. have come C. was coming D. came 29. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t A. go off B. go away C. go up D. go on 30. A is a film or a radio or television program giving facts about something. A. news B. cartoon C. documentary D. comedy III. Choose A, B, C or D which is best written basing on the word provided. ( 2 ps) 31. couldn’t/to /which/ pity/ Phong/ come/ the/ a / was/ party A. Phong couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity. B. Phong, which was a pity couldn’t come to the party. C. Phong, which couldn’t come to the party was a pity. D. Phong was a pity, which couldn’t come to the party. 32. My sister/ going/ get/ next/ is / to / married/ week/./ A. My sister get to is going married next week. B. My sister is going to get married next week. C. My sister next week is going to married yet. D. My syster going to get married next week. 33. They have just opened a new airport. A. A new airport was just been opened B. A new airport has just been opened C. A new airport have been just opened D. A new airport has just opened 34. “ I am watching TV” she said She said that A. She watched TV. B. She is watching TV C. She was watching TV. D. She were watching TV 35. He / cigarettes/ 20/ used/ a/to/ day/ smoke/./ A. He used to smoke a day 20 cigarettes. B. He used smoke to 20 cigarettes a day. C. He used to 20 cigarettes smoke a day. D. He used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day. IV. Read the following passage below and choose one correct answer for each question ( 2, 0 ps) Miss Mary was a teacher at a school in England. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt quickly but sometimes they were very slow, and then Miss Mary had to repeat things many times. One year, the first class had studied chemistry for several weeks when Miss Mary suddenly asked “ what is water ?” there was a silence for a few seconds, and Miss Mary felt sad, but then one of the boy raised his hand. He was not one of the most intelligent students in the class, so she was glad that he could answer “ water is a liquid which has no colour untill you wash your hands in it” the boy replied. 36. What did Miss Mary teach ? A. Both B and D B. physics C. English D. chemistry 37. The word “ repeat” in this passage means A. explain B. reuse C. study more D. say again 38. How did Miss Mary feel when the students couldn’t answer her question immediately ? A. miserable B. unhappy C. normal D. happy 39. The boy who answered the question was A. not the tallest students in the class. B. one of the laziest students in the class. C. not one of the best students in the class. D. one of the most intelligent students in the class. 40. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Miss Mary ? A. Her question in the passage was in chemistry. B. She only taught the highest class. C. Her new class sometimes learnt very slowly. D. She taught natural science subjects. . Page 1 ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG NĂM 20 11 – ĐỀ 2 I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: 1. A. write B. hit C. kick D. bit 2. A. stuff B. study C cigarettes/ 20 / used/ a/to/ day/ smoke/./ A. He used to smoke a day 20 cigarettes. B. He used smoke to 20 cigarettes a day. C. He used to 20 cigarettes smoke a day. D. He used to smoke 20 cigarettes. bought it 22 . My father didn’t coffee for breakfast. A. use be having B. use to have C. use to having D. used to have 23 . I ’d like to introduce you to Mrs Thuy, is the teacher of this special