ĐỀ THI THỬ HSG LẦN 3 NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN ppt

ĐỀ THI THỬ HSG LẦN 3 NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN PART 1: VOCABULARY Task 1: Complete the following sentences using the words in the box. 1. A(n) ___________ is about a person’s life written by somebody else. 2. Books are a cheap way to get information and ___________. 3. I always read books in free time to improve my ___________. 4. Books are a wonderful ___________ of knowledge and pleasure. 5. Each animal in “The Incredible Journey” story has a distinct ___________. 6. A(n) ___________ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary. 7. This is the most interesting ___________ of the book. 8. Some books are ___________ as “hard-to-put-down” or “hard-to-pick-up-again”. 9. ___________ books tell stories from author’s imagination. 10. If you need more ___________ about the trip, please call us. Task 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. 1. Books are a wonderful source of knowledge and ______________. A. leisure B. news C. information D. pleasure 2. “Harry Potter” has received good comments from ____________. A. sellers B. editors C. reviewers D. publishers 3. Children shouldn’t read a ___________ at night because they might have a bad dream. A. thriller B. biography C. love story D. historical story 4. We call the people in a novel or a play _________________. A. characters B. heroes C. writers D. editors 5. Each animal in the story “The Incredible Journey” has a distinct _________ but they care for one another as if they were a family. A. behavior B. way C. personality D. character 6. There are something we need to know in order to ___________ in the wilderness. A. continue B. survive C. keep D. exist 7. The ________ wanted to write an article about our school in the paper. A. publisher B. journalist C. novelist D. editor 8. You’re ill; you shouldn’t eat meat. Fish is easy to _____________. A. digest B. chew C. swallow D. taste 9. I think he has just had time to ___________ into the story, not to digest it yet. A. chew B. taste C. swallow D. dip information personality page source described knowledge novel biography fiction entertainment 10. Taking soup is easy and fast; just put in your mouth and ___________. A. chew B. taste C. swallow D. digest Task 3: Choose the best option of A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. Joanne Rowling became famous almost overnight. She is the (1) ________ of a highly successful series of books for young people. Joanne has (2) _________ of being a writer for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has been (3) _________ stories and characters ever since she was a schoolgirl. When she was still quite young, the family moved to a town called Chepstow. A family who lived (4)__________ were called Potter, and she used their name for the hero of her books. She and her sister, Di, attended a state school in the town. At school, she was hard-working and rather reserved. She was particularly good at English and languages. Her talent for telling stories made her a popular figure in the school. During breaks between (5) __________, she was often surrounded by a crowd of friends, anxious to hear the latest story she had written. She often included her classmates in her stories, although they were not always aware of this. 1. A. novelist B. composer C. author D. artist 2. A. intended B. wanted C. liked D. dreamt 3. A. doing up B. taking up C. putting up D. making up 4. A. next B. near C. across D. nearby 5. A. lectures B. sessions C. tutorials D. lessons Task 4: Read the following passage and do the task below. Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”. One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house. Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life. 1. From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are ___. A. only about four thousand copies B. on money C. very helpful in life D. needed a lot 2. The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how ___. A. to succeed in careers B. to solve personal problems C. to deal with business D. to make money 3. If you often read How-to books, you ___. A. will be sure to get something you need B. will not know how to help yourself in life C. will become a man in life D. needn’t think any more in the world 4. How-to books appear only because ___. A. people have more free time to spend than before B. people meet more problems than their parents C. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books D. modern life is more difficult to deal with 5. The word “step-by-step” would probably mean ___. A. little by little B. gradually C. slower and slower D. A & B are correct . ĐỀ THI THỬ HSG LẦN 3 NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN PART 1: VOCABULARY Task 1: Complete the following sentences using the. money 3. If you often read How-to books, you ___. A. will be sure to get something you need B. will not know how to help yourself in life C. will become a man in life D. needn’t think any. stories, although they were not always aware of this. 1. A. novelist B. composer C. author D. artist 2. A. intended B. wanted C. liked D. dreamt 3. A. doing up B. taking up C. putting up D.