Đề thi HSG Môn Tiếng Anh (Đề Mới 2)

Đề 1 : THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THCS
Môn : Tiếng Anh
I) Choose the word in each group that has the underline part pronounced
differently from the rest (2,5ms):
1) a – eat b – hat c – that d – hate
2) a – brother b – money c – love d – lose
3) a – mind b – window c – find d – tidy
4) a- float b – noun c- about d – out
5) a – great b – hate c – heat d – afraid
6) a – floor b – door c – more d – too
7) a – at b – hate c – ate d – late
8) a – feel b – ill c – we d – see
9) a – spend b – pen c – she d – men
10) a – thing b – there c – their d – this
II) Vocabulary (3ms):
A) Complete each sentence with an antonym word (1,5ms):
1) Rice and tea aren’t imports in Viet nam. They are . . . . . . . . . in Viet Nam.
2) Nguyen Hue is a broad street. It is not a . . . . . . . . . street.
3) This movie is not interesting. It’s . . . . . . . . . . . .
4) I’m not free on Monday evening. I’m . . . . . . . . . . on Monday evening.
5) This is an old dress. It is not a . . . . . . . dress.
6) The teacher is standing outside the class. He is not standing . . . . . . . . . .
the class.
B) Choose the correct answer (1,5ms):
1) A person who can’t speak and hear is called . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a) a character b) a deaf c) a blind d) a deaf-
mute
2) Her room seemed warmer with a nice . . . . . . . . . on the wall.
a) booth b) poster c) shelf d) curtain
3) My parents will . . . . . . . . their wedding aniversity next month.
a) make b) celebrate c) remember d) promise

4) The meeting was . . . . . . . in the park last week.
a) revived b) held c) developed d) joined
5) If you don’t understand many words, you can . . . . . . . . . them up in the
dictionary on that table.
a) look b) get c) find d) finish
6) The . . . . . . . . . in Viet Nam usually begins in December and ends in July.
a) football match b) football team c) football fan d) football season
III) Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions (2ms):
1) Swimming is regarded . . . . . . . a very good sport for keeping fit.
2) I rely . . . . . . the buses for getting . . . . . . . and fro.
3)You should go . . . . . . foot. It’s only a question . . . . . . . . habit.
4) Turn the lights . . . . . . . We must economize . . . . . . . . . electricity.
5) The radio isn’t working because you haven’t plugged it . . . . . . . . . .
6) I’m not accustomed . . . . . . . . . getting involved . . . . . . . other people’s
business.
IV) Do as directed in parentheses (4ms):
1) He studied hard in his youth, and that contributed to his success in later
life. (Combine into one sentence using Relative pronoun)
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2) I can assure you I will arrange everything in time. (Change into passive
voice)
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3) Come and see me tomorrow. (Add a question tag)
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4) The problems were so complicated that the teacher couldn’t explain in an
hour. (Rewrite the sentence using “too . . .for . . . to” or “enough for”)
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5) He showed his father the burst ball. He asked him fix it. (Rewrite a new
sentence using a present participle)
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6) a – There is too much furniture in the room. We don’t have enough space
for the meeting.
b – Lan was very busy. She couldn’t go to the movies with us. (Combine
sentence (a) into one and sentence (b) is the same by choosing “so. . . that”
or “such . . .that”)
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7) Which is (interesting), this book or that one? Who among them is
(studious) in our class? (Rewrite these sentences using the comparative or
superlative)
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8) This building is high. It is large too. (Combine the sentence by using
“both . . and”)
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V) Supply the correct verb form (2ms):
1) When those potatoes (plant)?
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2) He (do) nothing before he (see) me.
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3) If you (see) Mary today, please (ask) her to call me.
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4) The little boy wishes he (become) an acrobat when he grows up.
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VI) Rewrite the following sentences without changing meaning (3ms):
1) The garage is servicing my car on Monday.
- I am ................................................................................................................
2) He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps.
- Sorting out his stamps ....................................................................................

3) Traveling by plane is much more expensive the traveling by train.
- Traveling by train ...........................................................................................
4) She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
- She left ...........................................................................................................
5) I don’t really want to go the museum.
- I’d rather .........................................................................................................
6) He has to park his cars in the right places.
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VII) Read the passage and answer the questions below (3ms):
A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays and the various
towns try to organize entertainment for them.
In one seaside holiday town in the South of England,
arrangements were made for a bank to play outdoors in a public park every
evening for a week. Unfortunenately, it rained the first evening, and
although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience
because, though the bank was under cover, the audiences were not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat.
After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and asked whether
he had a special request “yes, I have,” said the man, “please finish as soon as
you can. I’m the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go
home”
A) Choose the best answer (2ms)
1) What was the weather like when the band first performed?
A – It was fine. B – It was rainy.
C – It was stormy. D – It was sunny.
2) The band performed . . . . ..
A – In the park. B – In a large theatre.
C – On the beach D – In the middle of the room.
3) Who was the man the conductor talked to?
A – He was a musician. B – He was the keeper of the park.

C – He was a person who liked music much
D – He was a beggar.
4) The band . . . . . . . . . .
A – Performed in an hour B – Did not play well so nobody liked
it.
C – Couldn’t perform because they were wet.
D – Had to lock the gates after the performance.
B) Questions: (1m)
1) How many people listened to the band?
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2) In your idea, is this show successful? Why or Why not?
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ĐỀ 2 THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TCS
Môn :TIẾNG ANH
I. From the following verbs, pick out those whose ending “ed” is
pronounced /t/ (1m):
Expressed suggested talked called
Visited liked touched cared
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II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2,5ms):
“As he . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) to jump over the ditch, he . . . . . . . . . . . .
(fall) and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (twist) his ankle. We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(have) to carry him home. He now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lie) on the sofa, and
he . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(read) a book until a few minutes ago. The doctor just

. . . . . . . . . . . . . (leave) and . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) as he . . . . . . . . . . .(go)
out that he must . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(rest) for a week.
III. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition (2ms):
1. The house is . . . . . . . . . . . . fire. Call . . . . . . . . . . . . help ?
2. . . . . . . . . . . night, we can see millions . . . . . . . stars . . . . . . . . . our
heads.
3. . . . . . . . . . . an average, women live longer than men.
4. We stand . . . . . . . . . peace and are . . . . . . . war.
IV. Fill in the blanks with “a”, “an”, “the” or “O” (no article) (2ms):
1. He got (1). . . . . . . . job in (2). . . . . . . . . south and spent (3). . . . . . . . .
next two years doing (4). . . . . . . work he really enjoyed.
2. It was (1) . . . . . . windy morning but they hired (2) . . . . . boat and
went for (3) . . . . . . . sail along (4) . . . . . . . coast.
V. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the words
in brackets (2ms):
1. Sleeping all day, eating too much and never going out is . . . . . . . .
. . (health).
2. A doctor who treats only particular illnesses is a . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(special).
3. We would have a lot of . . . . . . . . . (funny) if we went there.
4. The person who’s out of work is . . . . . . . . . . . . (employ).
VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (4ms):
1. Theatre programmes usually have lots of information.
- There ......................................................................................................
2. He has been collecting stamps for five years.
- He started ................................................................................................
3. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps.
- Sorting out his stamps.............................................................................
4. The garage is servicing my car on Monday.
- I am .........................................................................................................

VII. Do as directed in parentheses (2,5ms)
1. This large map belonged to my uncle. In the middle of it you
can see part of the Arctic Circle (Combine into one sentence using Relative
pronoun)
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