ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – MÃ ĐỀ 692 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. interfered b. allowed c. visited d. played 2. a. water b. swimming c. between d. rowing 3. a. lie b. goalie c. achieve d. belief 4. a. punch b. synchronized c. March d. touching 5. a. caps b. meters c. swimmers d. lines Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one. 6. How many players are there in _______ water polo team? a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 7. _______ swimming is considered to be good way of losing weight. a. Ø / a b. The / a c. A / the d. The / the 8. They are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter. a. deep b. depth c. deepen d. deeply 9. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______. a. penalty b. penalize c. penal d. penalization 10. The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the _______. a. shoot b. shooting c. shooter d. shot 11. _______ defense, the players work to regain possession of the ball and prevent a goal a. About b. Over c. Without d. On 12. Players can move the ball by throwing it _______ a teammate or swimming while pushing the ball in front of them. a. for b. into c. to d. from 13. Shots usually succeed when the goalie is out _______ position. a. into b. for c. of d. off 14. In water polo, a shot is successful if the ball completely passes between the goal posts and underneath the _______. a. net b. crossbar c. ball d. goalie 15. A defensive player may only hold, block or pull a / an _______ who is touching or holding the ball. a. audience b. referee c. goalie d. opponent 16. If a defender _______ a foul within the five meter area that prevents a likely goal, the attacking team is awarded a penalty throw or shot. a. commits b. interferes c. punches d. touches 17. The more' goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became. a. marked b. made c. scored d. sprinted 18. After a tie, there are two overtime periods of three minutes each. a. penalty b. draw c. score d. goal 19. The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed. a. advanced b. sprinted c. played d. excluded 20. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 21. The 22 nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____ countries. a. participate b. participant c. participation d. participating 22. _______, the athlete broke the world's record with two attempts. a. Surprise b. Surprised c. Surprising d. Surprisingly 23. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of "_______, Honesty and Fair Play". a. Performance b. Delegation c. Participation d. Solidarity 24. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place. a. organized b. impressed c. participated d. defended 25. The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______ held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. a. games b. event c. work d. situation 26. In beach volleyball, Indonesia defeated Thailand in straight sets to take men's gold _______. a. present b. award c. medal d. reward 27. The 22 nd SEA Games was the first time when Vietnam finished top of the medal _______. a. standings b. events c. spirits d. programs 28. Viet Nam's successful hosting of the 22nd SEA Games is considered a/an _____ example for other countries to follow, particularly in honesty, consistence and organizing method. a. festival b. peaceful c. energetic d. outstanding 29. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do. a. The harder / the better b. The more / the much c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more good, 30. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music! a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder 31. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______. a. more and more good b. better and better c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder 32. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago. a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller 33. Petrol is _______ it used to. a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice 34. Peter is _______ John. a. younger and more intelligent than b. more young and intelligent than c. more intelligent and younger than d. the more intelligent and younger than 35. San Diego is town in Southern California. a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d. nicer and nicer 36. It gets _______ when the winter is coming. a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold 37. Robert does not have _______ Peter does. a. money more than b. as many money as c. more money as d. as much money as 38. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam. a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger 39. In former days, after the battles soldiers on both sides died or were left wounded on the field without any _______ attendance and basic care. a. medicine b. medical c. medication d. medically 40. The International Red Cross has about 97 million volunteers whose main _______ is to protect human life and health. a. mission b. experience c. organization d. rule 41. The International Red Cross helps to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent and relieve human_______. a. protection b. enjoyment c. wealthy d. sufferings 42. The International Committee Red Cross has about 12,000 staff members worldwide, about 800 of them working4in its Geneva _______. a. factories b. companies c. headquarters d. buildings 43. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection _______ declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. a. poster b. billboard c. symbol d. signal 44. The Red .Cross is an international organization that helps people who are suffering from the results of war, diseases or _______. a. victims b. disasters c. opportunities d. conditions 45. An international medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies in 1991. a. started b. helped c. treated d. dedicated 46. In times of war, the Red Cross is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. a. mounted b. excited c. devoted d. interested 47. _______ is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die. a. Disaster b. Famine c. Poverty d. Flood. 48. Go _______ this book because it has the information you need. a. over b. by c. off d. on 49. Helen has gone out and she will not be _______ till midnight. a. off b. along c. back d. away 50. Everything is _______ you. I cannot make _______ my mind yet. a. out off / on b. up to / up c. away from / for d. on for / off 51. There is no food left. Someone must have eaten it _______. a. out b. up c. off d. along 52. The explorers made a fire to _______ off wild animals. a. get b. keep c. take d. go 53. If something urgent has _______ up, phone me immediately and I will help you. a. picked b. come c. kept d. brought 54. The passengers had to wait because the plane ______ off one hour late. a. took b. turned c. cut d. made 55. Be careful! The tree is going to fall. a. Look out b. Look up c. Look on d. Look after 56. The organization was established in 1950 in the USA. a. come around b. set up c. made out d. put on 57. Within their home country, National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies assume the duties and responsibilities of a national relief society. a. take on b. get off c. go about d. put in 58. The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt. a. put on b. went off c. got out d. kept up Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. sprint b. line c. divide d. ride 2. a. swimming b. post c. decision d. score 3. a. style b. penalty c. pretty d. typical 4. a. pool b. good c. look d. book 5. a. foul b. house c. amount d. adventurous Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one. 6. Where can people play _______ water polo? a. a b. an c. the d. Ø 7. No _______ water polo player except _______ goalie can hold the ball with both hands. a. a / the b. the / Ø c. the / a d. Ø / the 8. The main task of a defender in a sport game is to _______ the opponents from scoring. a. prevent b. preventing c. prevention d. preventable 9. Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _______. a. adventure b. adventurous c. adventurously d. adventurist 10. I _______ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure. a. person b. personal c. personally d. personalize 11. What kind of sport one chooses to play mostly depends _______ his preference and health. a. with b. for c. in d. on 12. Most referees often wears _______ black. a. in b. for c. with d. on 13. In water polo game, only the goalie can hold the ball _______ two hands. a. at b. in c. with d. from 14. If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, two _______ periods of three minutes each are played. a. half b. halftime c. quarter d. overtime 15. Some of the students began to fall asleep _______ the lecture was boring and irrelevant. a. as b. due to c. because of d. on account of 16. Tommy joined the English Club _______ to increase his circle of friends. a. because his desire b. because of his desire c. because of he desired d. due to he desired 17. _______, I do not consider this composition acceptable. a. Because of so many errors b. Because of there were so many errors c. On account of there were so many errors d. As so many errors 18. The prisoner was given a harsh sentence ______ the nature of his crime. a. since b. as c. because d. due to 19. The burglar _______. a. has been disappeared with the cash b. disappeared the cash c. disappeared with the cash d. was disappeared with the cash 20. Ellen _______ and sang her song. a. nodded to the audience b. nodded the audience c. was nodding the audience d. was nodded to the audience 21. Our teacher _______ to take the exam. a. gave another chance each of us b. was given each of us by another chance c. gave each of us another chance d. was given each of us another chance 22. If Charlie _______, he could have been injured. a. had been run the street b. had been run into the street c. had run the street d. had run into the street 23. The turtle _______ of Arizona. a. may be lived a small area b. may be lived in a small area c. may live in a small area d. may live a small area 24. The Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival is the biggest sport event _______ the youths in the region. a. for b. on c. in d. of 25. At his last attempt the athlete was successful _______ passing the bar. a. in b. for c. with d. on 26. The number of Vietnamese sport officials and referees of international standard taking part in regional tournaments has increased rapidly. a. hosting b. participating c. achieving d. succeeding 27. At the 23rd SEA Games, Viet Nam proved its position in the region by ____ third behind the host - the Philippines and second-ranked Thailand. a. finishing b. playing c. preparing d. performing 28. In the 22nd SEA Games in 2003, the country _______ the competition with 340 medals, including 156 golds, 91 silvers and 93 bronzes. a. defended b. cost c. topped d. ranked 29. To improve its athletes' _______, Viet Nam has regularly exchanged delegation of sport officials, coaches, referees and athletes with other countries. a. team b. competitor c. appearance d. performance 30. _______ is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger. a. Wrestling b. Bodybuilding c. Weightlifting d. Badminton 31. He is a great sports _______. He rarely misses any sport games although he was busy. a. enthusiast b. player c. energy d. programmer 32. As she did so, her parents became _______. a. the angriest b. the most angry c. the more angry d. angrier and angrier 33. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease. a. less fat / more exercise b. less and less fat / the more exercise c. the less fat / the more exercise d. fatter / more exercise 34. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, _______ he likes it. a. The hotter / the more and more b. The hotter / the more c. The more and more hot / the more d. The hottest / the most 35. Of course you can come to the party. _______. a. The more the merrier b. The more and the merrier c. The more and merrier d. The more and more merrier 36. I feel _______ I did yesterday. a. much more tired than b. many more tired than c. as many tired as d. as more tired as 37. She is _______ a spectator. a. more an athlete than b. more of an athlete than c. an athlete more than d. an athlete of more than 38. His house is _______ mine. a. twice as big as b. as twice big as c. as two times big as d. as big as twice 39. ____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country. a. As much as people b. More people c. As many as people d. People more 40. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained. a. the more difficult b. more difficult than c. difficult more and more d. more and more difficult 41. You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you will have an accident. a. The faster and faster / the more b. The faster / the more probable c. The more and more fast / the more and more probable d. The more fastly / the probable 42. They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather. a. get through b. put off c. keep up with d. go over 43. It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death. a. turn off b. take on c. get over d. keep up with 44. He did not particularly want to play any competitive sport. a. use up b. do with c. take up d. go on 45. I am tired because I went to bed late last night. a. stayed up b. kept off c. put out d. brought up 46. She got _______ her car to pick _______ some wild flowers. a. from / on b. in / at c. off / up d. out / for 47. The customer had tried ____ some blouses but none of them suited her. a. at b. with c. in d. on 48. If I get this report finished I will knock _______ early and go to the pub for some drink. a. up b. over c. on d. off 49. Boy! _______ away all your toys and. go to bed right now. a. Come b. Lie c. Put d. Sit 50. I have been trying to ring him up all day and I could not ______ through. a. get b. take c. look d. hang 51. The water supply of the building was ______ off because the pipes burst. a. handed b. held c. cut d. paid 52. How are you _______ on with your work? - It is OK. a. calling b. getting c. laying d. looking 53. Did your son pass the university entrance examination? a. make up b. get along c. go up d. get through 54. What may happen if John will not arrive in time? a. go along b. count on c. keep away d. turn up 55. Johnny sometimes visits his grandparents in the countryside. a. calls on b. keeps off c. takes in d. goes up 56. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic. a. take up b. turn round c. put off d. do with 57. The stranger came ___ me and asked, "Is there a post office near here?" a. on to b. away from c. out of d. up to 58. Frankly speaking, your daughter does not take _______ you at all. a. after b. along c. up d. over 59. She is not really friendly. She does not get on well ____ her classmates. a. from b. with c. for d. to 60. I would be grateful if you kept the news _______ yourself. Do not tell anyone about it. a. from b. to c. for d. at . ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – MÃ ĐỀ 692 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently. _______ this book because it has the information you need. a. over b. by c. off d. on 49. Helen has gone out and she will not be _______ till midnight. a. off b. along c. back d. away 50. Everything. Surprisingly 23. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of "_______, Honesty and Fair Play". a. Performance b. Delegation