ĐỀ THI HSG ANH TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN HÙNG VƯƠNG GIA A. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced the same as in the other word of the group: (1m) 1. A- other B- sunny C- shock D- nothing 2. A- honour B- home C- her D- have 3. A- ploughed B- laughed C-locked D- placed 4. A- senses B- houses C- places D- offices 5. A- great B- wheat C- complete D- magazine B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I/ Circle the best answer among A, B, C, D of the following sentences (2ms) 6. The doctor advised him to give __________ smoking. A- out B- up C- in D- on 7. This restaurant is famous __________ Chinese dishes. A- in B- with C- at D- for 8. The salesman showed us __________ the washing machine. A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work 9. Have you ever had to stay __________ for a long time? A- in the bed B- in bed C- on the bed D- on bed 10. It was very __________ of you to break that coffee cup. A- careful B- carefully C- careless D- carelessly 11. Of my classmates and __________, Tom’s __________ intelligent. A- I / more B- I / the mostC- me / more D- me / the most. 12. Bats are fascinating __________.__________ have many interesting and amazing qualities. A- animals / Therefore, they B- animals / However, they C- animals / They D- animals / Because they 13. It is believed __________ causes sleeplessness. A- too much coffee B- that too much coffee C- when too much coffee D- too much coffee that 14. The watt is named after James Watt, __________ British engineer who developed __________ steam engine in the 1760s. A- a/a B- a/ the C- the/a D- the/the 15. It’s too late now. He failed the test. He should __________ harder then. A- study B- studiesC- be studying D- have studied II/ Use the words in the brackets in their proper tenses: (1,4ms) My elder sister always complains that I am the untidiest person she (16. ever, see) __________ and that I seldom tidy my room. I (17. really, have) __________ a nice surprise when I got to my room yesterday because someone (18. tidy)__________ my room carefully. On the table (19. be) __________ some flowers and a note which (20. say) __________ “Hung, I (21. get) __________ married in a few weeks’ time. This is the first time I (22. do) __________ it for you and I believe it is also the last time”. C. READING I/ Fill in each blank space with one most suitable word. (1,6ms) Last week, Minh invited me (23)__________ his birthday party. I spent a long time (24)__________ what I should buy as a present for him. Finally, I chose a small, blue alarm clock. After (25)__________ for it, I asked the salesgirl to (26)__________it up. On the day of the party, I arrived at Minh’s house punctually at seven o’clock. Minh was very (27)__________ to see me and (28)__________ me for the present. Many of our (29)__________ had already arrived. We talked about the soccer (30)__________ the previous night between France and England. II/ Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (1m) Tim was ten years old. He was not a very good pupil, and he did not like having to do homework, because he preferred doing other things in his free time. Frequently he did not do his homework, and when he did it, he always made a lot of mistakes. Then one day, his mathematics teacher looked at Tim’s homework and saw that he had got all his sums right. The teacher was very pleased and rather surprised. He called him to his desk and said to him, “You got all your homework right this time, Tim. What happened? Did your father help you?” Usually Tim’s father helped him with homework, but the evening before this, he had not been able to, because he had not been at home, so Tim answered “No, sir. He was busy last night, so I had to do it all myself.” Questions: 31. What kind of homework did Tim’s teacher expect to see from him? ______________________________________________________________ ________________ ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 32. Why was one of his teachers surprised one day? ______________________________________________________________ ________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________ 33. What did the teacher think had happened? ______________________________________________________________ ________________ ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 34. How was all of Tim’s homework when his father helped him with it? ______________________________________________________________ ________________ ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 35. What did Tim have to do when his father was away from home? ______________________________________________________________ _______________ ______________________________________________________________ ________________ D. WRITING I/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (1,5 ms) 36. My brother is too young to go to school. My brother is not ______________________________________________________________ _ 37. Without air, there would be no life on this planet. If there ______________________________________________________________ _________ 38. May I borrow your pen? Would you mind ______________________________________________________________ __ 39. Michael laughed when I told him the joke. The joke ______________________________________________________________ ________ 40. I am amazed by the mistakes he has made. What ______________________________________________________________ __________! 41. Wall Disney created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. The cartoon ______________________________________________________________ _____ 42. A man answered the phone. He said Tom was out. The man who ______________________________________________________________ ____ 43. My grandfather often went for a walk along that river bank. My grandfather used ____________________________________________________________ 44. In spite of heavy rain, my father went to work. Although ______________________________________________________________ ________ 45. Eating too much sugar is bad for your teeth. It ______________________________________________________________ ______________ II/ Composition: Within 150 words, write about the advantages and disadvantages of having a TV at home.(1,5 ms) ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ __________________________________________________________________ . ĐỀ THI HSG ANH TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN HÙNG VƯƠNG GIA A. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced. “You got all your homework right this time, Tim. What happened? Did your father help you?” Usually Tim’s father helped him with homework, but the evening before this, he had not been able to, because. sentences (2ms) 6. The doctor advised him to give __________ smoking. A- out B- up C- in D- on 7. This restaurant is famous __________ Chinese dishes. A- in B- with C- at D- for 8. The salesman