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ĐỀ ÔN THI THPT CHUYÊN HÀ NỘI – AMSTERDAM - ĐỀ SỐ 05 Time allowed: 40 minutes I. PHONETICS 1.1. Choose the word whose main stress is different from the others. 1. A. opportunity B. inconvenient C. facility D. optimistic 2. A. popular B. calculus C. beehive D. disturb 1.2. Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from the others. 1. A. generous B. get C. grassland D. guess 2. A. supermarket B. ruler C. pollution D. urban II. READING COMPREHENSION 2.1. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D fits each space. (1) __________ January 17th, 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the city of Kobe, Jappan. Many building (2) __________ or colllapsed. Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (3) __________ working together to save their city. Neighbors pulled each other out (4) __________ collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (5) __________ out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobeorganized themselves into (6) __________ They worked out a system to send (7) __________ to people who needed. Other teams searched for belongings in damaged stores and homes. Some people (8) __________ food, water, clothes, and electric generators to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (9) __________ of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too. Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (10) __________ from all over the world back in 1995. 1. A. in B. at C. on D. from 2. A. is burning B. burned C. burning D. burn 3. A. to begin B. are beginning C. begin D. began 4. A. into B. of C. on D. with 5. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put 6. A. teams B. pair C. group D. friends 7. A. helped B. helping C. help D. to help 8. A. brought B. bringing C. brings D. broughts 9. A. part B. care C. caring D. note 10. A. received B. is receiving C. have received D. receiving 2.2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. In the past, getting recipesand cooking tips was a complicated process. A person had to go to the store and buy a cook book, or get recipes from friends. Fortunately, the Internet has changed all that. Now, if you want to find a recipe for Lasagna or Cobb salad, you just search online. It couldn’t be simpler. Cooking blogs are a great source of information because they are free and there are so many of them. They are also nice because they give all different kinds of ideas. The problems with blogs is that because we don’t know who is writing them, we need to use with caution. When you are looking at a new blog, you don’t know if the writer knows what he or she is talking about. We’d like to introduce two popular cooking blogs. The first is called Smitten Kitchen. This website is run by a family living in New York City. It focuses on food that doesn’t require many ingredients. If you want to make food that is simple but wonderful, then this is the site for you. It offers hundreds and hundreds of recipes, divided into categories. You will be amazed at how many there are. Wednesday Chef is another great cooking blog. It is run by a writer 'ho lives in Berlin. This blog also offers many recipes, along with ommendations for great restaurants in Berlin, and advice for people
who to start their own blogs. Wednesday Chef has great pictures of its food, I as interesting pictures of Berlin. The blog got its name because in newspapers published their food articles on Wednesdays. There are a lot of cooking blogs on the Internet, and most of them are pretty good. Go online and check some of them out. You might be surprised at how much they can help you improve your cooking. 1. How did Wednesday Chef get its name? A. The writer posts recipes on Wednesdays. B. The writer only cooks on Wednesdays. C. The writer was bom on a Wednesday. D. Newspapers used to publish food articles on Wednesdays. 2. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cooking blogs? A. There are many of them. B. Everyone who writes them is an expert. C. They are free. D. They give a lot of different ideas. 3. Who runs the blog Smitten Kitchen? A. A family in New York. B. A woman in New York. C. A family in Berlin. D. A woman in Berlin. 4. What does the passage say about Smitten Kitchen? A. It only gives recipes on Italian food. B. It focuses on simple recipes. C. It only offers a few recipes. D. Most of the food on that blog is hard to make. 5. Why should we be careful when we are looking at new blogs? A.We don’t know who the writers are. B. Most new blogs are terrible. C. The recipes on new blogs are usually hard to make. D. They charge you some fees to get the recipes. III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 3.1. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. 1. __________ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser. A. Being not B. Not having been C. Have not been D. Having not been 2. Be patient __________ you won’t succeed. A. because B. or C. unless D. otherwise 3. Sweating increases __________ Vigorous exercise or hot weather. A. during B. when C. at the time D. for 4. As soon as you hear the alarm, you all have to leave the building __________. A. on the verge B. under law C. at no time D. without delay 5. The passage __________ that the first settlers were Spanish. A. refers B. instills C. implies D. infers 6. There are not many interesting __________ of news in the ‘Evening’. A. parts B. articles C. loads D. items 7. “Would you like a cup of tea? “ The person is __________. A. giving advice B. offering something C. asking permission D. making a request 8. I remember __________ the letter a few days before going on holiday. A. to receive B. receiving C. to have received D. received 9. He __________ to have made a serious mistake. A. is said B. says C. had said D. is saying 10. There is no __________ in going to school if you’re not willing to learn. A. reason B. aim C. point D. purpose
3.2. Put the correct form of words. 1. Television can make things more ________ because it brings both sounds and pictures. (MEMORY) 2. Tim is one of the __________ on a boat trip on Lake Michigan. (PARTICIPATE) 3. Professor Smith has joined the company in an __________ capacity. (ADVISE) 3.3. Synonyms and antonyms Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 1. This year, more girls enrolled on courses in art and design. A. avoided B. inserte C. erased D. enlisted 2. In some rural areas, women and girls are forced to do most of the housework. A. invited B. encouraged C. made D. contributed Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 1. Much has to be done to achieve gender quality in employment opportunities. A. attain B. obtain C. reach D. abandon People have eliminated poverty and hunger in many parts of the world. A. created B. eradicated C. phased out D. wiped out 3.4. Conversation 1. Jack is going to London to study next week. - Betty: “__________” - Jack: “Thanks. I will write to you when I come to London.” A. Better luck next time! B. Have a go! C. God bless you! D. Have a nice trip! 2. - Anna: “Shall we eat out tonight?” - Jane: “__________” A. It is very kind of you to invite me. B. Have a go! C. That’s a great idea. D. Have a nice trip! IV. WRITING 4.1. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning using the given words. 1. I don’t like to be asked stupid questions. I don’t like……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. “What time does the delegation come?” The manager wanted. …………………………………………………………………………… 3. We couldn’t answer those two difficult questions. Those two questions were. ……………………………………………………………………… 4. People say that Picasso has been one of the greatest painters of all time. Picasso is said. . ……………………………………………………………………… ……….. 5. If I were you, I wouldn’t do like this. I advised. ……………………………………………………………………… ……………. 4.2. Write a meaningful sentence using given words. 1. this morning /I / eat / bread / and / drink milk / breakfast. . ……………………………………………………………………… ……………. 2. “balanced diet” / mean / you / eat / variety / foods / without / eat / much / anything. . ……………………………………………………………………… ……………. 3. children / spend / only / small part / free time / play / electronic games. . ……………………………………………………………………… ……………. 4. public library / city / have / thousands / books / and / Lan I begin I boưow books regularly. . ……………………………………………………………………… …………….
5. video games / good fun / but players / must / careful. . ……………………………………………………………………… ……………. 4.3. Write a paragraph (about 120 – 150 words) about the topic: (12 pts) “Talk about your close friend”