ĐỀ THI HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG – TIẾNG ANH 11
Trường THPT Trường Xuân
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
I/. LEXICO – GRAMMAR:
PART 1: Circle the letter A, B, C or D that corresponds to the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. (10 points)
1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ___________ foot on the moon.
A. try B. step C. set D. walk
2. Thomas Edison ________ many new appliances using electricity during his long career.
A. invented B. inventing C. who invented D. was invented
3. _________ further riot to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Should B. Did C. Were D. Had
4. Jack doesn’t like ________ such gossip and fallacy in sport.
A. to take himself on B. to get himself along
C. engage himself in D. indulge himself of
5. New York and Tokyo are two of the most _______ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly B. densely C. variously D. closely
6. It can take up to more than six months to _______ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise B. train C. learn D. practise
7. The longest movie I have ever seen in this cinema ________ for three hours.
A. stayed B. got C. lasted D. spent
8. James was looking for a(n) ________ to visit that wonderful island once again.
A. opportunity B. necessity C. destiny D. possibility
9. “Who is Susan getting married to?” _ “Some guy__________ since her childhood.”
A. who she has known B. have known her
C. that have known her D. she has been known
10. “I had to take a taxi from the party last night.” _ “Oh. That’s too bad. You __________ my car.”
A. could have used B. was able to use C. could be use D. can use
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PART 3: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the blank space. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (10 points)
1. Among recognized , maps are rarer than stamps but they have their avid enthusiasts and admirers. (COLLECT)
2. _________ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it. (CERTAIN)
3. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap. (SURPRISE)
4. Everyone likes him because he has a really good sense of __________. (HUMOROUS)
5. That was one of the most ________ situation in my life. (EMBARRASSMENT)
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PART 4: Complete each blank space with the correct verb form / tense. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below (10 points)
a/. The airplane in which the football team (TRAVEL) _____1_____ crashed soon after (TAKE OFF) _____2_____.
b/. Do you know who was the first man (SAIL) ______3______ across the Atlantic?
c/. It is essential that each bike (LOCK) ______4_______ carefully indoors.
d/. His (TAKE) _____5______ ill suddenly last night took me by surprise.
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PART 2: Read the following passage and circle A, B, C, or D that corresponds to the answer which best fits each blank space. (10 points)
Throughout history, man has developed (1) ________ of energy to do his work. Primitive man had only the strength of his arms and the use of fire. He later (2) ________ how to use the energy of the wind to move his sailing vessels. He used the energy of water to (3) ________ his mills. He tamed animals as new sources of energy. They pulled plows and wagons. A new stage in the development of the use of energy came with the (4) ________ of steam engine. Steam could be used to develop energy to run machines. The discovery of electricity created an even more important way of using energy. So did the invention of gasoline engines. Man entered into a new (5) ________ of the use of energy with the application of nuclear energy.
Man finds many ways to release energy to do work. (6) ________, he changes the energy in a waterfall into electricity. He can turn this electrical current into radio waves that can carry his ideas for thousands of miles. He can release the energy in gasoline by burning it and using it to (7) _________ automobiles. He can (8) _________ use of coal to turn water into steam and in return use the steam to (9) ________ electrical energy. The nucleus of certain atoms can produce millions of times more energy per pound of material than can be made (10) _________ by chemical means.
1. A. sources B. resources C. invention D. use
2. A. found B. showed C. discovered D. distinguished
3. A. turn B. take C. cycle D. move
4. A. finding B. production C. construction D. invention
5. A. time B. era C. history D. step
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