ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN HÀ GIANG LẦN 1

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ĐỀ THI THỬ CHUYÊN HÀ GIANG LẦN 1
Môn Tiếng Anh – Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct wont(s) to each of the questions
The Town of Aylesbury
Aylesbury is a bustling market town whose modern shopping facilities include the
recently opened Friars Square shopping centre. The market has been an (1) ____ part of
Aylesbury life since they early 13th century. Nowadays, regular markets are held on
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The town has a (2) ____ and varied history, many clues to which can be seen in the conversation
are to the north of the market square. In this area (3) ____ the 15Ih century King's Head Public
House which over the years has played host to many famous names. These have included King
Henry Will, who regularly visited the Inn whilst courting Anne Boleyn and Oliver Cromwell, on
his visit to Aylesbury in 1651.
Now a National Trust property, the King's Head is at present undergoing extensive
refurbishments to (4) ____ the building to its former glory and is expected to re-open in the
autumn. Other (5) ____ buildings in the conversation area include the Saxon Church of St
Mary and the Buckingharnshire County Museum.
1. A. expensive
2. A. poor

B. essential

B. nearby

C. expected
C. perfect

D. impossible
D. rich

3. A. lives

B. happens

C. stands

D. shows

4. A. restore

B. refresh

C. recall

D. remind

5. A. reliable

B. annual

C. excitable

D. notable

Read the folloning passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Birds that feet in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting
communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In winter especially, it is
important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food reserves. One way to do
this is to find a sheltered, roost. Solitary roosters shelter indense vegetation or enter a cavity horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks - but the effect of
sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown
creepers, bluebirds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air, so
the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to reduce their heat
losses by a quarter, and three together saved a third of their heat.


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The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as "information centers”.
During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to feed over a very large area. When they
return in the evening some will have fed well, but others may have found little to eat. Some
investigators have observed that when the birds set out again next morning, those birds that did
not feed well on the previous day appear to follow those that did. The behavior of common and
lesser kestrels may illustrate different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different roosting
habits. The common kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar hunting ground,
whereas the very similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large area. The common kestrel
roosts and hunts alone, but the lesser kestrel roosts and hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can
learn from others where to find insect swarms.
Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a few birds
awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is partially
counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators and are especially vulnerable if they
are on the ground. Even those in trees can be attacked by birds of prey. The birds on the edge
are at greatest risk since predators find it easier to catch small

birds perching at the margins of the roost.
6. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How birds find and store food
B. How birds maintain body heat in the winter
C. Why birds need to establish territory
D. Why some species of birds nest together
7. The word "conserve" is closest in meaning to ____.

A. retain
B. watch
8. Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by

C. locate

D. share

A. building nests in trees
B. huddling together on the ground with other birds
C. digging tunnels into the .snow
D. burrowing into dense patches of vegetatiotnir
9. The word "magnified" in line 6 is closest in meaning to ____.

A. combined
B. caused
C. modified
D. intensified
10. The author mentions kinglets in line 9 as an example of birds that ____.
A. nest together for warmth

B. usually feed and nest in pairs

C. protect themselves by nesting in holes

D. nest with other species of birds

11. Which of the following statements about lesser and common kestrels is true?

A. The common kestrel nests in larger flocks than does the lesser kestrel.
B. The lesser kestrel and the common kestrel have similar diets.
C. The lesser kestrel feeds sociably but the common kestrel does not.


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D. The common kestrel nests in trees; the lesser kestrel nests on the ground.
12. Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned in the

passage?
A. Diseases easily spread among the birds.
B. Food supplies are quickly depleted.
C. Some birds in the group will attack the others
D. Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds are.
13. The word "they" in the third paragraph refers to ____.

A. a few birds

B. mass roosts'

C. predators

D. trees

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following.
14. A. look
15. A. missed

B. moon
B. coughed

C. foot
C. helped

D. cook
D. seemed

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the American colonies there was little money. England did not supply the colonies with
coins and it did not allow the colonies to make their own coins, except for the Massachusetts Bay
Colony, which received permission for a short period in 1652 to make several kinds of silver
coins. England wanted to keep money out of America as a means of controlling trade: America
was forced to trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy products from other
countries. The result during this pre-revolutionary period was that the colonists used various
goods in place of money: beaver pelts, Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all commonly
used substitutes for money. The colonists also made use of any foreign coins they could obtain.
Dutch, Spanish, French, and English coins were all in use in the American colonies.
During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the world, so each of the
individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money. So much of this paper
money was printed that by the end of the war, almost no one would accept it. As a result, trade in

goods and the use of foreign coins still flourished during this period.
By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists, the monetary
system was in a state of total disarray. To remedy this situation, the new Constitution of the
United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue money. The individual states could
no longer have their own money supply. A few years later, the Coinage Act of 1792 made the
dollar the official currency of the United States and put the country on a bimetallic standard. In
this bimetallic system, both gold and silver were legal money, and the rate of exchange of silver
to gold was fixed by the government at sixteen to one.
16. The passage mainly discusses ____.

A. the effect of the Revolution on American money.


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B. American money from past to present
C. the American money system of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
D. the English monetary policies in colonial America.
17. The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was ____.
A. used extensively for trade

B. scarce

C. supplied by England

D. coined by colonists

18. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?

A. The Continental Congress

B. Trade in goods

C. The War

D. Paper money

19. The word "remedy" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.

A. resolve

B. medicate

C. renew

D. understand

20. How was the monetary system arranged in the Constitution?

A. The US officially went on a bimetallic monetary system.
B. The dollar was made official currency of the US.
C. Only the US Congress could issue money.
D. Various state governments, including Massachusetts, could issue money.
21. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the bimetallic monetary

system?
A. Either gold or silver could be used as official money.
B. It was established in 1792.
C. Gold could be exchanged for silver at the rate of sixteen to one.
D. The monetary system was based on two matters.
22. The word "fixed" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.

A. discovered

B. repaired

C. valued

D. set

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in theposidon ofprim mystress in each of the following questions.
23. A. collect
24. A. biology

B. attack
B. ignorance

C. rubbish
C. national

D. prefer
D. educate

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
25. Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify
stars according to brightness
A. record

B. shine

C. categorize

D. diversify


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26. The augmentation in the population has created a fuel shortage.

A. increase

B. necesity

C. demand

D. decrease

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
27. Although some societies are ____ undeveloped, their languages from linguist's point

of view are very complex.
A. technology
B. technologically
C. technological
D. technologist
28. The plane ____ down 20 minutes later than scheduled because of the bad weather.
A. put
B. flew
C. landed

D. touched
29. British and Australian people share the same language, but in other aspects they are
as different as ____.
A. cats and dogs

B. chalk and cheese

C. salt and pepper

D. here and there

30. There is ____ in my bedroom.

A. a square old wooden table

B. an old wooden square table

C. an old square wooden table

D. a wooden old square table

31. The man got out of the car, _____ round to the back and opened the boot.

A. walking

B. walked

C. walls

D. walk

32. It is imperative ____ what to do when there is a fire.

A. he must know about

B. that everyone know

C. we knew

D. that he knew

33. At this time of the year the number of students in the university tends to ____.

A. dwindle

B. deteriorate

C. reduce

D. lessen

34. All fights in and out of the airport came to a ____ because of the strike.

A. closure

B. conclusion

C. standstill

D. stoppage

35. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist ____ in London.

A. attract

B. attraction

C.attractive

D. attractiveness

36. John asked me ____ that film the night before.

A. that I saw

B. had I seen

C. if I had seen

D. if had i seen

37. It gets ____ to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult

B. difficult more and more

C. more difficult than

D. more and more difficult

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38. Alan and Sue ____ an argument. They are not speaking to each other.
A. need have had

B. must have had C. might have

D. should have had

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the worth's) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions,
39. The consequences of the earthquake were disastrous due to the lack of
precautionary measures
A. physical

B. severe

C. beneficial

D. damaging

40. Unless the two signatures are identical, the bank won't honor the check.
A. similar

B. different

C. fake

D. genuine

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentence in the following questions.
41. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest fire.
A.My grandparents' lake house built in 1953 and was completely destroyed by the forest fire.
B. My grandparents' lake house, built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the forest fire
C. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, so it was completely destroyed by the forest fire
D. The forest fire destroyed my grandparents' lake house was built in 1953
42. Hemingway developed a very concise writing style, His name is well-known throughout the
world.
A. Hemingway whose name is well-known throughout the world developed a very concise writing
style.
B. Hemingway, whose is name well-known throughout the world, developed a very concise writing
style.
C. Hemingway, whose name is well-known throughout the world, developed a very concise writing
style.
D. Hemingway, who developed a very concise writing style, his name is well-known throughout the
world.
Mark the letter A, B. C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
43. Hoa and her neighbor are talking to each other in Ulm's house
Neighbor: Do you mind if I borrow your plate?
Hoa: ____. Do you need only one?
A. Not at all

B. Yes, I do

C. I'm sorry

D. Yes, I would

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44. Peter: "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer vacation?”
Mary:“____”
A. Do you think I would?

B. I wouldn't. Thank you

C. Yes, you're a good friend

D Yes, I'd love to. Thanks.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
45. Walking (A) briskly for 30 minutes or to run (B) for 15 minutes will burn (C) an
approximately (D) equal number of calories.
46. What we know about (A) certain diseases are (B) still not sufficient to prevent them
from spreading (C) easily among (D) the population.
47. We must (A) push the piano to the corner (B) of the hall (C) to make room to (D) our
party tonight.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
48. The manager contributed generously, so I could continue my plan.
A. Had it not been for the manager's generous contribution, I couldn't continue my plan.
B. The manager's generous contribution got my plan continue.
C. But for the manager's generous contribution, I couldn't have continued my plan.
D. Should the manager contribute generously, 1 could continue my pIan.
49. "You have just got a promotion. Congratulations!" Peter said to his friend.
A. Peter congratulated his friend of getting a promotion.

B. Peter congratulated his friend that he got a promotion.
C. Peter congratulated his friend to get a promotion.
D. Peter congratulated his friend on getting a promotion.
50. The criminals got away in spite of the efforts of the police.
A. Without the efforts of the police, the criminals would have escaped.
B. Even though the police made their efforts, the criminals escaped.
C. Thanks to the efforts of the police, the criminals were imprisoned.
D. The criminals were caught because of the efforts of the police.