Page 1 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 Page 2 A. is coming B. would come C. had come D. came 24. We intend to have a around Europe but our mother prefers visiting Vietnam and China. A. fourteen day trip B. fourteen-day trip C. trip in fourteen days D. fourteen days trip 25. Another word for "gift" is A. disabled B. special C. talent D. present 26. She was born in a picturesque fishing village in Ha Long Bay. A. dangerous B. poor C. pictured D. pretty 27. She harbored the thought of being a member in the parliament to struggle for women's rights. A. determined B. passed C. took charge of D. kept in mind 28. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. A. advantage B. advertise C. adviser D. adventure II. READING COMPREHENSION A. Read the text and choose the correct answers. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and went to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. As a determined woman, she taught at the school and gave music lessons to earn money for her study. In 1849, after her graduation from medical school, she decided to continue her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to give up the idea. After returning to the United States, she realized that it was difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. She not only was the first female physician and a founder of her own hospital, but also set up the first medical school for women. 29. What was the main reason that made her dream of becoming a doctor impossible? A. She wrote too many letters B. She couldn’t finish her study at the medical school. C. She couldn’t set up her own hospital. D. She was a woman 30. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? A. Because she seceded to continue her education in Paris. B. Because a serious eye infection prevented her. C. Because it was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States. D. Because she could get admitted to medical school. 31. All of the following are “ firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, EXCEPT: A. She was the first woman surgeon. B. She and many other women founded the first hospital for women and children. C. She established the first medical school for women. D. She became the first female physician. 32. How long was it from her graduation to the opening of her hospital? A.10 years B.19 years C. 36 years D. 8 years B. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank Why I Dislike Computers Almost everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are changing our lives for the better by (33) everything faster and more reliable, but I’m not so sure that this is the case. The other day, I was standing in a large department store (34) to pay for a couple of films for my camera when the assistant announced that the computer (35) the till had stopped working. I didn’t think this was a big problem and I set off to find another counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the same (36) So there we were: a shop (37) customers, money at the ready, waiting to make our purchases, but it was quite clear that none of the assistants knew what to do. They weren’t (38) our money and give customers a written receipt, because the sales wouldn’t then have been recorded on the computer system. (39) , like many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked out. Don’t you think that ‘s funny? It would never have happened before computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to depend on these machines so completely that we simply can’t manage (40) any more. 33. A. doing B. causing C. working D. making 34. A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waited 35. A. controlled B. which controlling C. who controlled D. which controlled 36 A. computer B. system C. shop D. machine 37. A. crowded of B. fill with C. full with D. full of 38. A. allowing to take B. allowing taking C. allowed to take D. allowed taking 39. A. At the end B. By the end C. On the end D. In the end Page 3 40. A. without them B. without it C. with it D. with them . Page 1 ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG NĂM 2 011 – ĐỀ 1 I/ USE OF ENGLISH 1. her absence from school yesterday, she couldn’t understand the. 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 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.