Đề luyện thi HSG Số 02


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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
Odd out the word whose bold-type part is not pronounced the same as that of the others.

A. question
B. congestion
C. suggestion
D. permission


A. silhouette
B. behind
C. forehead
D. dishonest


A. house
B. breeze
C. recent
D. paparazzo


A. sleigh
B. great
C. signature
D. outbreak


A. ragged
B. learned
C. breathed
D. wicked


A. geisha
B. geld
C. Gestapo
D. gel


A.post- graduate
B. bass
C. laziness
D. vacancy


A. actor
B. acerbic
C. aching
D. chemical


A. weight
B. height
C. straight
D. late


A. raspberry
B. rasp
C. plebiscite
D. transition


PART TWO: VOCABULARY
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. We weren`t close friends but she ............................. me well when I left the college.
A. hoped
B. aspired
C. wished
D. bade

2. This evidence should prove ............................. that he was telling the truth.
A. once and for all
B. now and then
C. over and above
D. from time to time

3. A new computer has been produced, which will ............................. all previous models.
A. overdo
B. supersede
C. excel
D. overwhelm

4. I don`t want to be too ............................. on Alice, but I think I should tell her that her work isn`t good enough.
A. strict
B. firm
C. stern
D. hard

5. Once the story ............................. the headlines, everyone was talking about it.
A. crashed
B. struck
C. smashed
D. hit

6. When he sings, he has the ............................. ability to make even had songs sound good.
A. sparse
B. rare
C. infrequent
D. scarce

7. The management are making ............................. to increase the company`s efficiency.
A. measures
B. steps
C. moves
D. deeds

8. I know this is a big disappointment but don`t take it to .............................
A. soul
B. mind
C. spirit
D. heart

9. I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it`s broken down ............................. again!
A. even
B. still
C. yet
D. right

10. Simon ............................. in me on the understanding that I wouldn`t tell anyone else.
A. confided
B. intimated
C. confessed
D. disclosed



PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
A. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb in parentheses.
A1. The child 1 ............................. (lie) ill, her forehead 2 ............................. (burn) hot with fever. Then the family`s doctor 3 ............................. (come) and 4 ............................. (examine) her. Concern was in his eyes when he 5 ............................. (write) out a prescription.
"Get this 6 ............................. (make) up at once, "he said. He also explained that it was a kind of nervous breakdown because the child 7 ............................. (work) so hard and 8 ............................. (put) under too much pressure. "He 9 ............................. (not, have) enough rest and he 10 ............................. (not, do) too much homework," concluded the doctor.

A2.
By eight o`clock this evening, the spaceship 10 ............................. (travel) for five hours round the earth. Although he 11 ............................. (go) to the doctor for three months, he did not feel any better. By the time we 12 ............................. (stop), we 13 ............................. (drive) six hundred miles.It`s very cold. Mr.Taylor, who 14 ............................. (be) ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat. He 15 ............................. (wear) a coat, in fact. I`d like 16 ............................. (hang) around there at the time. It 17 ............................. (be) a chance of a life time to see the idol of the young. I know she really 18 ............................. (forget) 19 ............................. (lend) me the money; anyway, I (20) ............................. (return) it to her tomorrow.

B. Complete the following sentences using the verbs given in the box. You have to use the correct tenses of the verbs and the appropriate particles.

GIVE
DRAW
BRING
GET
COME

PUT
SHOUT
NOTE
ADD
DRIFT

1. The lady ............................. the bus, walked toward the shop and