ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 1 ppt

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 1

I/ USE OF ENGLISH

1. ...........her absence from school yesterday, she couldn’t understand the lesson.

A. Because of B. Because C. As D. Despite

2. Tom is away on holiday now and he hasn’t returned home. He .............. to Spain.

A. went B. has gone C. has been D. is gone

3. "I've decided to try and learn a foreign language".- "Have you?"-“Which language..............?”

A. are you going to learn B. are you learning C. will you have learnt D. will you learn

4. She earned a Physics Degree with flying colors.

A. received B. lived on C. make money from D. make her living from

Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.

5. It (A) took me three hours (B) to get here (C) because of the roads (D) are flooded

6. (A) The weather (B) has been (C) quite good (D) at Christmas.

7. (A) The girl (B) whom my cousin married (C) was used to be a (D) fashion designer.

8. The children .............. to the Botanical Garden.

A. were enjoyed taking B. enjoyed taking C. enjoyed being taken D. were enjoyed taken

9. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

A. wonderful B. occasion C. geography D. excursion

10. .............. we live on the same street, we hardly ever see each other.

B. In spite of B. Because C. Because of D. Although

11. We .............. friends since we .............. at college together.

A. were / were B. were / have been C. had been/have been D. have been / were

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

12. A. moon B. food C. foot D. pool

13 A. shirt B. working C. answer D. burn

14. She resumed her career as a tour guide after an interval of six years taking care of her two sons.

A. ended B. protected C. persuaded D. continued

Choose the option that best rewrites the sentence given:

15. Although he has a lot money, he feels unhappy

A. He has a lot of money, so he feels unhappy. B. Despite his money, he feels unhappy.

C. He feels unhappy whether he has a lot of money or not.

D. He feels unhappy because of his unhappy.

16. We arrange to meet you at 8 A.M tomorrow.

A. We will meet you at 8 A.M tomorrow. B. We were going to meet you at 8 A.M tomorrow.

C. We have met you at 8 A.M tomorrow. D. We are meeting you at 8 A.M tomorrow.

17. We were astonished that she didn’t pass her exam

A. We were astonished that her exam is not over. B. We were astonished that she did pass her exam.

C. She didn’t pass her exam, which astonished her. D. That she failed in her exam astonished us.

18. I / nothing / important / do / weekend / help / everything / you / want /

A. Due to I have nothing important to do at the weekend, I will help you with everything you want.

B. Just because I have nothing important to do at the weekend so I will help you with everything you want.

C. I have nothing important to do at the weekend so I will help you with everything you want.

D. I have nothing important to do at the weekend so that I will help you with everything you want.

19. However / no one / deny / advantages / TV / bring / our lives.

A. However, there is no one can deny the advantages that TV brings to our lives.

B. However, no one can deny the advantages that TV brings to our lives.

C. However, no one cannot deny the advantages that TV brings to our lives.

D. However, no one who can deny the advantages that TV brings to our lives.

20. Choose the word which has the opposite meaning to the word given "give up".

A. cancel B. continue C. increase D. quit

21. The teacher encouraged the students to speak.

A. forced B. persuaded C. stimulated D. required

22. The plane is due to leave at 10 o’clock, so we should hurry up or we will be late for it.

A. needn’t B. had better C. shouldn’t D. must

23. Please close the windows. The rain ...............