PHÒNG GD&ĐT HÀ THANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KÌ THI CHỌN HSG NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề

Part 1: PHONETICS (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
I. Choose the underlined part is pronounced differently from of the others. (5x0,2=1.0 pt)
11. A. education
B. collection
C. celebration
D. question
12. A. recycle
B. collect
C. cooking
D. electric
13. A. chute
B. scheme
C. mechanic
D. chemistry
14. A. half
B. honest
C. history
D. headache
15. A. worked
B. missed
C. returned
D. watched
II. Choose the words whose stress pattern isn’t the same as that of the others. (5x 0,2 = 1.0 pt)
16. A. seventeen

B. seventy
C. measure
D. friendly
17. A. mixture
B. detective
C. improve
D. rehearse
18. A. geography
B. chemistry
C. history
D. different
19. A. overseas
B. explore
C. vacation
D. campaign
20. A. discussion
B. television
C. equation
D. selection
Part 2: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 x 0.2 =6.0 pts)
I. Circle best option A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences below. (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts)
21. Some people are used to__________ in crowed buses, and don't mind it at all
A. riding
B. ride
C. rode
D. rides
22. It’s no use__________ him to stop smoking.
A. to advise
B. advising


C. advise

D. advises

23. It is fun to camp in the forest, but it is very important to know how to__________ nature clean before we
leave.
A. give
B. get
C. keep
D. take
24. __________ this invention, we can learn more about the undersea world.
A. Because of
B. Thank for
C. thanks to

D. beside

25. My parents like fish, but__________.
A. so do I
B. neither do I

C. I do too

D. I don't

26. My sister has a.............summer vacation.
A. five - weeks
B. five - week's

C. five - weeks'


D. five - week

27. Marry and I are looking forward__________ you.
A. of seeing
B. for seeing
C. to seeing

D. to see

28. Where can we cross the road? – Use the__________.
A. crossing pavement
B. zebre crossing
C. passenger way

D. foot bath

29. My funny story made the whole class__________.
A. smile
B. laughing
C. laugh

D. crying

30. She needed__________ these postcards to her friends
A. to send
B. sending
C. sent

D. send


II. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. (0,2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
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31. Did you make a_________ go to Nha Trang.
32. I'd like a nice_________ orange.
33 Eating_________ is the key to good health.
34. Do you like_________ music.
35. It’s so_________ today! It’s too wet and cold. I hate this kind of weather.
36. The_________ students often play soccer or basketball
37. He can’t hear because of his_________.
38. Hoa had a_________ check- up.
39. These shops have goods for sale at_________ price.
40. My headache_________ after I took the tablet.

DECIDE
JUICE
SENSIBLE
TRADITION
PLEASURE
ENERGY
DEAF
MEDICINE
ATTRACT
APPEAR

III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the brackets. (0,2 x 5 =1.0 pt)
41. The number of participants (increase)_________ every week.
42. Nobody (work)_________ harder than John.

43. I think she (leave)_________ this afternoon.
44. Mumps (be)_________ an infectious disease.
45. Listen! The girl (play)_________ the piano.
IV. Fill each gap of the following sentences with the suitable preposition. (0,2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
46. You’ll get wet if you go out________ a raincoat because it is raining.
47. We’d like a walk instead________ riding a bike
48. I know. You are fed up________ this problem.
49. Some games player spend too much time________ the computer games
50. My friends advised me give________ fishing.
Part 3: READING (5.0 pts)
I. Circle best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage. (10 x 0.2 = 2.0 pts)
Your headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have
to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (51)________ that you have a cold, and you fell completely
(52)________ . You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers (53)________ the common cold at some time or other. It isn’t a serious (54)________, but
over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can
relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (55)________, make your head less intense, and stop
your nose (56)________ for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far, (57)________ no cure for the
common cold and no medicine to prevent it.
(58)________ there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about
(59)________ prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won’t catch
cold. (60)________ say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is
apparently not so.
51. A. diseases
B. fevers
C. cures
D. symptoms
52. A. sad
B. hungry
C. miserable

D. thirsty
53. A. from
B. of
C. with
D. about
54. A. misery
B. illness
C. headache
D. wrong
55. A. less
B. fewer
C. much
D. more
56. A. walking
B. jogging
C. running
D. flowing
57. A. it is
B. there is
C. they are
D. there are
58. A. Although
B. Despite
C. In spite
D. But
59. A. what
B. why
C. where
D. how
60. A. Other’s

B. Another
C. Others
D. Other

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II. Find a suitable word to complete the following passage. (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts)
Mark twain is a famous American writer. His (61)________ was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and “ Mark
Twain” was (62)________ pen-name. Samuel Clemens was born in a small town (63)________ the Mississippi
river in the USA. The boy (64)________ many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described
them in his stories. (65)________ Samuel was twelve, his after father died and the boy began to work and
learned the (66)________ of a printer. Samuel always (67)________ to be a sailor and when he was he was
twenty he found work on a river boat. After some time he (68)________ the boat and went to live in
California. Here he began to write short (69)________ under the name of Mark Twain. He sent (70)________
to newspaper. The reader liked his stories very much.
III. Read the following text and then do the task below. (5 x 0,2 = 1 pt)
CAMPFIRE SAFETY
Sitting around a burning campfire is a fun way to relax after a day of hiking. Unluckily, many campers
don’t know how to keep their fires safe. Forests are easy to catch fire but it is extremely difficult to stop a
forest fire. Each year, forest fires burn plants, kill animals, destroy environment and put the lives of people
in danger. It is important that when you have a fire, you should make it a safe fire.
These are some guidelines to remember:
1. Choose a safe place for your fire. Move all things easy to catch fire at least 1 meter away from your
campfire.
2. When the campfire is burning, someone of your group should watch it to make sure the fire does not
spread.
3. Have a shovel ready in case you need to put the fire out.

4. When you don’t want to use the fire anymore, pour water on the fire until it is completely
Now write T for right sentence or F for the wrong sentence
71. Many campers do not know how to keep their campfires safe and they cannot cook their meal
72. When a forest burn, It will burn plants, kill animals, destroy environment and put people in danger.
73. When the campfire is burning, someone should take care of it to stop the fire to spread in time.
74. When do not want to use the fire any more, we should cover it with green leaves.
75. We should know how to keep our campfires safe because Forests are easy to catch fire.
Part 4: WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (5 x 0,2
= 1 pt)
76. My parents always think that I am not enough old to ride to school alone
A
B
C
D
77. Neither you nor she want to become a pharmacist.
A
B
C
D
78. I tried hardly to remember his name but I couldn’t.
A
B
C
D
79. Million of foreign visitors come to Vietnam every year.
A
B
C
D

80. You look tired. You'd better staying inside at recess.
A
B
C
D
II. Finish the second sentence in such a way is similar to the original one (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts)
81. Mr. Thanh couldn't enjoy the meal because of the stomachache.
The stomachache prevented .................................................................................................
82. Lan didn’t come to school. And Mai didn’t come to school.
Neither...........................................................................................................................
83. A train leaves at eight o'clock every morning.
There is …………………………………………………………………………………..
84. Lan didn’t go to school yesterday because of her sickness.
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Because …...............................…………………………………………………………
85. There is no need for you to talk so loudly.
You don't ……………………………………………………………………………….
86. Miss Lan is a fast runner.
Miss Lan runs……………………………………………………………………………
87. The visitor spoke so quickly that I couldn't understand what he said.
The visitor spoke too.......................………………………………………………………
88. Trung didn't go to school last Saturday.
Trung was ...........................................................................................................................
89. My house is the oldest house on the stress.
No houses………………………………………………………………………………
90. It takes my mother half an hour to cook lunch.

My mother spends……………………………………………………………………
III. Write a passage about the activities your classmates and you enjoy doing at the recess (not
more than 100 words) (2 pts)
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