Luyện Thi HSG số 7 ( Kiều Tính)

ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI SỐ 7
Năm học 2010-2011

I. PRONUNCIATION (2.pts)
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answers.
2. A. cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
3. A. genuine B. geneticist C. guarantee D. generate
4. A. boot B. shoot C. food D. good
5. A. teenage B. dosage C. voyage D. carriage
6. A. savage B. clap C. taste D. flask
7. A. funny B. just C. struggle D. June
8. A. food B. look C. took D. good
9. A. mean B. break C. appeal D. please
10. A. thesis B. health C. thus D. ethnic
11. A. discussion B. revision C. attention D. admission
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
Part 1: Choose one word or phrase to complete the sentence by circling its
corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (4.pts)
1. John is keen on ______ the English Club.
A. join B. to join C. joining D. having joined
2. There is no point in______ the child now. What is done cannot be undone.
A. punishing B. teaching C. helping D. paying
3. I don’t remember ______ of your decision to change our vocation plan.
A. telling B. to tell C. being told D. to be told
4. Anna and David are going for ______ on the beach.
A. the picnic B. a picnic C. some picnics D. picnic
5. The child was ______ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.

A. knocked out B. run across C. run out D. knocked down
6. We were so late that we ______ had time to catch the train.
A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. simply
7. We don’t allow ______ in the classrooms.
A. people smoke B. smoke C. people to smoke D. to smoking
8. What a dangerous thing to do! You ______ have been killed!
A. should B. can C. must D. might
9. By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers ______ used up.
A. had been B. have been C. were being D. were
10. I felt as if I ______ a confidence.
A. have betrayed B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying
11. The candidate ______ to have withdrawn her application.
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A. claimed B. said C. denied D. reported
12. How could you have ______ him for your brother?
A. confused B. considered C. thought D. mistaken
13. The grocer’s shop ______ since the super market opened.
A. closed B. has closed C. has been closing D. is closed
14. In ten years time, the population of the world ______ to 500 million.
A. grows B. is growing C. has grown D. will have grown
15. Do you think he is ______ of doing the job?
A. capable B. competent C. able D. suited
16. Most people prefer flying ______ going by the sea because it’s too much faster.
A. from B. than C. to D. over
17. “Go on, finish the dessert. It needs ______ up because it won’t stay fresh until
tomorrow”.
A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. eaten
18. Maggie promised that she ...... at home by 9.00, so I phoned her shortly after that.
A. was B. will be C. would be D. will have been
19. Andrew couldn’t ______ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.

A. help B. stop C. escape D. avoid
20. I’ll show you around the city when you ______ to visit me.
A. come B. are coming C. will come D. will be coming
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 2: Choose one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for
the sentence to be correct. (2.pts)
1. The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time
A B C
because the low scores.
D
2. Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted
A B C
to a good university.
D
3. Hardly the plane had landed when Adam realized that he had left the file that he
A B C
needed at his office.
D
4. Many people agree that writing letters are a nice way of keeping in touch.
A B C D
5. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitational
attraction. A B C D
6. The computer-based tests will test your ability to understand spoken
A B
English, to read non-technical language, and writing correctly.
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C D
7. They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am.
A B C D
8. Financier Andrew Mellon donated most of this magnificent art collection to the
A B C
National Gallery of Art, where it is now locating.
D
9. Could you tell me how can I get to the arts gallery, please?
A B C D
10. There were too many books on the shelves that I didn't know which
A B C
one to choose.
D
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following
paragraph. (2.pts)
1. He was because of his illness. (absence)
2. They looked at him in (astonish)
3. She looks when she heard the news. (astonish)
4. He is a person. (respect)
5. I come here to ask for (advise)
6. She was filled with the to succeed in life. (aspirant)
7. The patient should have in his door. (believe)
8. I’m tired of your arguments. (eternity)
9. These shoes can no longer be used. (wear)
10.They live with a great relief. (religion)
11.Le Qui Don could what he once read. (memory)
12.To my the house was completely empty. (astonish)

13.He said “good morning” in almost way. (friend)
14.He used all his to force the door open. (strong)
15.I felt so that I went to bed early. (sleep)
16.Please don’t ask such questions. (person)
17.It’s quite an game. (excite)
18.He is very in my story. (interest)
19.His face looks very (please)
20.He had a look on his face. (please)
You can easily find his house because of his construction.
(distinguish
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part 4: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the bracket.
(2.pts)
1. She has made up her mind (have)_______ a garage (build) _______ next to the house.
2. The statue (break) _______ while it (move) _______ to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised (take) _______ the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop (do) _______ my homework (answer) _______ the
phone.
5. Why_______ you all (laugh) _______? _______ Roger (tell) _______ you his funny
stories?
6. Don’t worry. We (finish) _______ the report by 11.
7. You must tell me the truth. I insist on (tell) _______ the truth.
8. Don’t worry. We (finish) _______ the report by 11 o’clock.
9. There were some people (row) _______ on the river.
10. Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for. He (not watch) _______ TV right
now.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary
(2.pts)
The mystery of the Mary Celeste is one of the greatest mysteries of the sea. An
American sailing ship, the Mary Celeste set sail from New York on 5 November 1872 -
bound for Genoa in Italy, with a cargo of 1,700 barrels of commercial alcohol.
A month later - on 5 December - she (1 sight) ............................................east of the
Azores, in the eastern Atlantic, by a British ship, the Dei Gratia. By an amazing
coincidence, the master of the British ship, Captain David Reed Morehouse, and the
master of the Mary Celeste , captain Benjamine Spooner Briggs (2
dine) ...........................................together in New York the night before the Mary Celeste
(3 set sail) ............................................ So Morehouse (4
realize) ..........................................., that the Mary Celeste (5
sail) ........................................... in the wrong direction. What could be the ship doing, he
(6 wonder) ...........................................? Having hailed his friend's ship and got no reply,
he (7 go) ........................................... to investigate. There (8
be) ...........................................nobody on board. Captain Briggs, his wife and two-year-
old daughter (9 all vanish) ............................................ The last entry in the ship's log was
for 25 November, on which day the Mary Celeste (10 be) ...........................................
within six miles of the Azores.
An enquiry (11 hold later) ........................................... in Gibraltar, but to this day the
mystery of the Mary Celeste ( 12 never solve) ...........................................
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part 2: Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in

the city, in the country and in the (1) _________________. The news media can be
classified (2) ______________ two general categories: the categories of print (3)
_______________ and electronic media. Print media use the written (4)
_________________ to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use air waves to
(5) _________________ news into homes, offices and public places.
Print media art usually (6)______________into magazines and newspapers. Most
newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspapers "The New York Times" is (7)
_________________weekly, for instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published
once a week. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. (8)
________________ news is news that you listen to. In the United States many radio
stations (9) ________________ five minutes of news every hour. Television news is
news that you not only listen to but also watch.
In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on
TV at six o'clock in the evening. In the future, new categories of news media will
develop, even today computers are beginning to (10) __________________ the
transmission and reception of news.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. WRITING
1. Rewrite the following sentences which have the same meaning with the given,
using the suggested words at the beginning. (2.pts)
1. If it doesn’t rain soon, millions of pounds’ worth of crop will be lost.
Unless…………………………………………………………………………………...
2. My brother didn’t buy that car because he didn’t have enough money.
If…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. People don’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly.
If…………………………………………………………………………………………
............................................................................................................................
4. Tom is a careless driver. If he doesn’t take more care, he’ll have an accident.

Unless……………………………………………………………………………………
5. It is thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub.
The prisoner ………………………………………………………………………….
6. It was not when I got home that I realized I had forgotten my bag.
Not until ………………………………………………………………………………
7. As soon as the police officer left, the neighbors started shouting again.
No sooner …………………………………………………………………………….
8. The salesman told me that my new car would be delivered next Monday.
According……………………………………………………………………………..
9. As I get older, I want to travel less.
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