ĐỀ THI THỬ HSG LẦN 3 NĂM 2011
MÔN: ANH VĂN
PART 1: VOCABULARY
Task 1: Complete the following sentences using the words in the box.
1. A(n) ___________ is about a person’s life written by somebody else.
2. Books are a cheap way to get information and ___________.
3. I always read books in free time to improve my ___________.
4. Books are a wonderful ___________ of knowledge and pleasure.
5. Each animal in “The Incredible Journey” story has a distinct ___________.
6. A(n) ___________ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the
characters and events are usually imaginary.
7. This is the most interesting ___________ of the book.
8. Some books are ___________ as “hard-to-put-down” or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
9. ___________ books tell stories from author’s imagination.
10. If you need more ___________ about the trip, please call us.
Task 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. Books are a wonderful source of knowledge and ______________.
A. leisure B. news C. information D. pleasure
2. “Harry Potter” has received good comments from ____________.
A. sellers B. editors C. reviewers D. publishers
3. Children shouldn’t read a ___________ at night because they might have a bad
dream.
A. thriller B. biography C. love story D. historical
story
4. We call the people in a novel or a play _________________.
A. characters B. heroes C. writers D. editors
5. Each animal in the story “The Incredible Journey” has a distinct _________ but
they care for one another as if they were a family.

fact, she has been (3) _________ stories and characters ever since she was a
schoolgirl. When she was still quite young, the family moved to a town called
Chepstow. A family who lived (4)__________ were called Potter, and she used their
name for the hero of her books. She and her sister, Di, attended a state school in the
town. At school, she was hard-working and rather reserved. She was particularly
good at English and languages. Her talent for telling stories made her a popular figure
in the school. During breaks between (5) __________, she was often surrounded by a
crowd of friends, anxious to hear the latest story she had written. She often included
her classmates in her stories, although they were not always aware of this.
1. A. novelist B. composer C. author D. artist
2. A. intended B. wanted C. liked D. dreamt
3. A. doing up B. taking up C. putting up D. making up
4. A. next B. near C. across D. nearby
5. A. lectures B. sessions C. tutorials D. lessons
Task 4: Read the following passage and do the task below.
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United
States today.
Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand
books with
titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn money,
another may
tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money
away.
Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career
and how to
succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “How to Turn Failure into
Success”. If you
would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”.
If you never
make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”.