Chuyên đề luyện thi hsg 1

CHUYÊN ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG
Th.S Huynh Le Minh
I. TRANSFORMATION 1
1/ The red shirt is more expensive than the blue one.
⇒ The blue..............................................................................................................
2/ Secondary schools are much bigger than primary schools.
⇒ Primary.....................................................................................................................
3/ Ann always gets good marks, but Mary always gets excellent marks.
⇒ Mary studies............................................................................................................
4/ Tom got 3 accidents last year but Smith didn’t.
⇒ Smith drove..............................................................................................................
5/ He doesn’t learn English as well as she.
⇒ She...........................................................................................................................
6/ He didn’t take anything as he left the factory.
⇒ He left the factory...................................................................................................
7/ This house is less comfortable than the one we saw last month.
⇒ This house is not.....................................................................................................
8/ Learning English is interesting.
⇒ It’s...........................................................................................................................
9/ He was so tired that he felt asleep before the end of the film.
⇒ He was too.............................................................................................................
10/ Jane can play the piano better than Elizabeth.
⇒ Elizabeth................................................................................................................
11/ He could not afford to buy a car.
⇒ The car..................................................................................................................
12/ My salary is high but yours is very high.
⇒ Your salary..........................................................................................................
13/ I don’t speak English as fluently as you.
⇒ You.....................................................................................................................
14/ I didn’t know her so I didn’t call her name.
⇒ If..........................................................................................................................

15/ I was disappointed that you didn’t pass the exam.
⇒ I wish...................................................................................................................
16/ We could not go because of the rain.
⇒ The rain...............................................................................................................
17/ They didn’t take proper care of the children.
⇒ The children.........................................................................................................
18/ I have not seen you for ages.
⇒ It’s ages................................................................................................................
19/ I didn’t know your number so I didn’t ring.
⇒ If..........................................................................................................................
20/ He didn’t invite her to go to the party and now he regrets.
⇒ He wishes.............................................................................................................
21/ I like English better than any other subjects.
⇒ I............................................................................................................................
22/ She could not save my life. She was not a doctor.
⇒ If...........................................................................................................................
23/ Someone should tell him never to do that again.
⇒ He.........................................................................................................................
24/ I’m sorry you can’t come to my party.
⇒ I wish...................................................................................................................
25/ Hoa learns the best in our class.
⇒ No one ................................................................................................................
26/ I have not played this game before.
⇒ It’s the first time..................................................................................................
27/ No one is taller than David.
⇒ David...................................................................................................................
1


CHUYÊN ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG

Th.S Huynh Le Minh
28/ I like nothing better than films.
⇒ I like films...........................................................................................................
29/ She is not as beautiful as her sister.
⇒ Her sister.............................................................................................................
30/ He drives very carefully.
⇒ He........................................................................................................................
31/ My sister is a good dancer.
⇒ She.......................................................................................................................
32/ How long is it since they moved here?
⇒ When...................................................................................................................
33/ We spent 2 hours to water the flowers.
⇒ It took..................................................................................................................
34/ She is very old. She can’t apply for a job.
⇒ If.........................................................................................................................
35/ She knows much more about English literature than I do.
⇒ I don’t know.......................................................................................................
36/ World population will continue to rise if we don’t try to reduce it.
⇒ Unless.................................................................................................................
37/ People are destroying forests everywhere in the world.
⇒ Forests................................................................................................................
38/ Jane was standing outside the shop when I saw her.
⇒ I saw...................................................................................................................
39/ He gets up early in the morning and he is used to it.
⇒ He is used to.......................................................................................................
40/ I would like you to help me to put the chair away.
⇒ Do you mind.......................................................................................................
II. VERB FORM 1
1. I (already, buy) ………………….some bricks and I (build) ………………….a garage.
2. Unless it (rain)…………………., crops (be)…………………… destroyed.

3. I (give) …………………you a cigarette if I (have) ………………….one, but I'm afraid I haven't.
4. Look! It (rain)……………………...
5. A lot of new houses (build)…………….. in Hanoi suburbs at present.
6. Last week a new table (make) ……………….for me by my father.
7. Three letters (write)………………. to his friends abroad tomorrow.
8. Ten lessons (learn) ……………………so far by us.
9. He (thank) …………………me for what I had done for him.
10. Since Robert was living in Rome, I (not have) ……………………a word from him.
11. We (sit) ……………………in the car outside the house when the inspector called.
12. When he came home, he (tell) ……………………his mother what he (see) ………………at school.
13. I don’t allow (smoke) ……………………in my drawing room.
14. He didn’t dare (leave) ……………….the house because he was afraid of (meet) ……………someone
who might (recognize) ………………….him.
15. I (teach) ………………………hundreds of students but I (never, meet) ………………such a hopeless
class as this.
16. That film (come) …………………to the local cinema next week. ………you (want)……... to see it?
17. It is he or I who (be) ………………….to go.
18. After he (do) ………………….his homework, he went to the cinema.
19. I am prepared to support anything he (say) ……………………….tomorrow.
20. Since he (buy) …………………a new car, he (drive) ………………….to work every day.
21. If we (know) ………………….who he was, we (invite) …………………him.
22.The gray and blue blanket (wash)……………….. yesterday.
23. It’s the British English that (be)……………….. spoken all over the world.
24. It would have been better if you (wait) …………………..for him.
25. They had their exercises (correct) ………………….last week.
26. If the story hadn’t been true, the newspaper (not print) ……………………it.
27. He acts as if he (know) ………………..English perfectly.
2

CHUYÊN ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG
Th.S Huynh Le Minh
28. A new hotel (build) …………………….near Thu Le zoo at the moment.
29. I used to (go) ……………… (ski) ……………….when I (be) ……………….at University.
30. I’m tired of you’re your childish behavior. When ………. you (grow) …………up?
31. I (wait)………………. for you at the hotel at midday tomorrow.
32. Many of rare animals would be extinct if we (continue)……………… to kill them.
33. When the teacher came in, they (hang) ……………….two pictures on the wall.
34. If you kicked the policeman, you (arrest)……………………...
35. I suddenly felt an insect (crawl) ……………………..up my leg.
36. I (finish) …………………it by tomorrow.
37. The film on TV last night was very sad. It made my mother (cry)……………………..
38. I remember (pay)………………….. him. I gave him $ 5.
39. I don’t mind (wait)……………………. It is better (be)…………….. too early than too late.
40. Your hair needs (cut)……………... You’d better (have)…………….. it (do)……………. tomorrow.
41. Do you feel like (dine)……………… out or would you rather (have) ……………..dinner at home?
42. When I first (come)……………. to this village, it was a quiet place. But since then a lot of houses
(build)……………...
43. There are some people who can’t help (laugh) ………………when they see someone (slip)…………..
on a banana skin.
44. I didn’t hear your (come)………………… in. You must (be) …………………very quiet.
45. It’s high time he (study)…………………. harder.
III. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the
same line.
EVENING CLASSES
Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a week. During the day I work
in a (1)...................................... agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting 1. SECRETARY
(2) ...................................... and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home 2. OCCUPY
every evening, putting a (3) ...................................... meal in the oven and then 3. FREEZE
watching TV. So I decided to take up (4) ................................ as a hobby. 4. CARPENTER

Perhaps I should give you an (5) ...................................... for my choice. 5. EXPLAIN
Learning a skill is a good (6) ....................................... to the problem of boring 6. SOLVE
work. Also, I felt I was a (7) .............................. because any time I tried to put 7. FAIL
up a shelf, for example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a
(8) ....................................... wood-worker! I am working on the 8. SUCCESS
(9) ............................ of some furniture at the moment. And although there are 9. CONSTRUCT
only two other girls in the class, I don’t feel any (10) ...................................... . 10. EMBARRASS
I’ve just turned out to be the best student in the class!
IV. READING COMPREHENSION:
Part 1: Decide which answer ( A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Circle your choice.
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
There is usually one important (1) .................. missing from most school (2) .................. Very few
students are (3) ................ how to organize their learning and how to (4) ................... the best use of their
time. Let’s take some simple (5) ............................. . Do you know how to
(6) .............. up words in the dictionary?, and do you understand all the (7) ................... the dictionary
contains? Can you (8) ..................... notes quickly, and can you understand them (9) ................... ? For some
reason, many schools give learners no (10) ..................... with these matters. Teachers ask students to (11)
..................... pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don’t explain (12)………..….… to do it.
Learning by (13)……….……… can be useful, but it is important to have a genuine (14) ………..…… of a
subject. You can (15) ……………… a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about
the subject!
1. A. theme
B. book
C. subject
D. mark
2. A. agendas
B. timetables
C. terms
D. organizations
3. A. taught

B. learnt
C. educated
D. graduated
4. A. take
B. give
C. get
D. make
5. A. sentences
B. results
C. rules
D. examples
6. A. find
B. look
C. research
D. get
7. A. information
B. advice
C. subjects
D. themes
3


CHUYÊN ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG
Th.S Huynh Le Minh
8. A. do
B. send
C. take
D. revise
9. A. after
B. afterwards

C. lastly
D. at last
10. A. teaching
B. ability
C. instruction
D. help
11. A. concentrate
B. remind
C. forget
D. memorize
12. A. how
B. what
C. why
D. it
13. A. the way
B. heart
C. now
D. law
14. A. information
B. success
C. understanding
D. attention
15. A pass
B. waste
C. tell
D. use
Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in
each space.
Computers
Recent years have seen the appearance of different (1) ........................... of communication. More

and (2) ............................ people have a computer (3) ........................... home and they use it to play games,
find information (4) ................................ the Net and also to communicate. You can send e-mails, write your
own blog and (5) ................................… to other people. It is amazing how easily you can communicate
(6) .................................. someone on the other side of the world. It has brought happiness
(7) ................................. reassurance to many, knowing that a friend or member of their family is only a
click of the mouse away. Some people say it has become (8) ..................................... aid in education and
even brought more equality, as most children become computer literate. But it has also (9) ............................
concern. Who takes the responsibility of making (10) ............................ that the Net doesn’t give false facts?
(11) ................................ there enough protection from fraud and misinformation? Do young people rely too
much (12)................................ computers for their entertainment? (13)................................ it destroy our
creativity? The experts (14)............................... now trying to find answers to these (15) .................................
Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
STUDYING ABROAD
Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the disadvantages of studying abroad.
First, a student may feel lonely by being far from home and friends. Also, difficulty in understanding a
foreign language can be very disappointing and can affect the student’s grades. It can be very expensive to
pay the costs of travel and housing in a different country. Finally, if there is an emergency at home, it will be
hard to get home in a hurry.
However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a new
culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other ways of thinking, which can promote
friendships among countries. He can learn a new language which may be beneficial for keeping up with
research after the student has finished studying. He can learn experience not available in his country. The
student may also get the opportunity to study at a university where a leading expert in his field may be
teaching. The leading expert can introduce the student to the most up-to-date findings of the top researchers
in the field. Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid the student in becoming
an expert as well.
1. ______ to study abroad.
A. There are only disadvantages
B. There are only advantages
C. There are both advantages and disadvantages

D. There are neither advantages nor disadvantages
2. When studying abroad, a student ______.
A. is homesick and feels lonely
B. spends a lot of money for accommodation and transportation
C. cannot go home immediately in an emergency
D. All are correct.
3. When studying abroad, a student is exposed to a new culture that ______.
A. has no advantages
B. enriches his knowledge about people and other ways of thinking
C. has no effects
D. causes some trouble
4. At a foreign university, a student ______.
A. can learn a foreign language
B. cannot learn a foreign language
C. has to learn his mother tongue
D. doesn’t have to learn a language
5. At a foreign university, a student may ______.
A. meet his neighbour
B. travel a lot
C. meet a leading expert in his field
D. All are correct.
V. Write an essay of at least 200 words on the following topic “The difficulties of learning English and
how to overcome them.”
4


CHUYÊN ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HSG
Th.S Huynh Le Minh
Keys:
1/ The blue shirt is cheaper than the red one.

2/ Primary schools are much smaller than the secondary ones.
3/ Mary studies better than Ann.
4/ Smith drove more carefully than Tom last year.
5/ She learns better than him.
6/ He left the factory without taking anything.
7/ This house is not as comfortable as the one we saw last month.
8/ It’s interesting to learn English.
9/ He was too tired to see the end of the film.
10/ Elizabeth can’t play as well as Jane.
11/ The car was too expensive for him to buy.
12/ Your salary is higher than mine.
13/ You speak English more fluently than me.
14/ If I had known her, I would have called her name.
15/ I wish you had passed the exam.
16/ The rain prevented us from going.
17/ The children weren’t taken proper care of.
18/ It’s ages since I last saw you.
19/ If I had known you, I would have rung.
20/ He wishes he had invited her to go to the party.
21/ I like English best/most.
22/ - If she had been a doctor, she would have saved my life.
- If she were a doctor, she could save my life.
23/ He should be told never to do that again.
24/ I wish I had/ could come to your party.
25/ No one learns better than Hoa in our class.
26/ It’s the first I’ve played this game.
27/ David is the tallest.
28/ I like films best/ most.
29/ Her sister is more beautiful than her.
30/ He is a careful driver.

31/ She dances very well.
32/ When did they move here.
33/ It took us 2 hours to water the flowers.
34/ If she were young/ weren’t old she would be able to apply/ apply for a job.
35/ I don’t know about English literature as much as she does/ her.
36/ Unless we try to reduce world population, it will continue to rise.
37/ Forests are being destroyed everywhere in the world.
38/ I saw Jane standing outside the shop/ who was standing outside the shop.
39/ He is used to getting up early.
40/ Do you mind helping me to put the chair away.
Part 3:
1. secretarial 2. occupation
3. frozen
4. carpentry
5. explanation
6. solution
7. failure
8. successful
9. construction 10. embarrassment
II. READING:
Part 1:
Q#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10 11 12 13 14 15
Key
C
B
A
D
D
B
A
C
B
D
D
A
B
C
B
Part 2:
1. means
2. more
3. at
4. on
5. talk
6. with
7. and
8. an
9. caused
10. sure
11. Is

12.on
13. Does
14. are
15. questions
Part 3:
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
5