SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ LUYÊN TẬP
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG THPT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho học sinh THPT không chuyên)
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
A.LISTENING
I. Listen to the conversation between a female student and a male student then circle the
appropriate letter.
You will hear the conversation TWICE.
1. What are the students looking for?
A. Main Hall B. Great Hall C. Old Hall D. Old building
2. Where is the administration building?
A. On the left of the steps B. On the right of the steps
C. Behind the steps D. In front of the steps
3. How many people are waiting in the queue?
A. 300 B. 200 C. 100 D. 50
4. What does the woman order for lunch?
A. fried rice B. pizza C. sandwich D. hot dog
5. What does the woman order to drink?
A. orange juice B. coca cola C. tea D coffee
6. How much money does the woman give the man?
A. $2.00 B. $ 3.00 C. $ 3.50 D. $ 5.00
7. What kind of fruits does the woman want the man to get for her?
A. an orange B. an apple C. grapes D. water melon
8. What did the man buy for the woman to eat?
A. a sandwich B. a slice of pizza C. fried rice D. hot dog
9. What did the man buy for the woman to drink?
A. tea B. coffee C. coca cola D. orange juice
10. What must the students do as part of registration at the university?
A. Check the notice board in the Law Faculty.

A. photogenic B. photography C. photograph D. photographic
6. When he __________, everyone ____________.
A. arrived/ has left B. had arrived/ left C. arrived/ had left D. would arrive/ leave
7. I work as a ____________ tutor to earn money for a summer trip.
A. general B. private C. secret D. single
8. I wouldn’t waste time ___________that book if I were you.
A. to reading B. reading C. read D. to be read
9. She has got a bad ____________ for definition.
A. memory B. mind C. brain D. nerve
10. “How does Ann like her new school?”
“Fine, she is doing ____________ in her course.”
A. extreme good B. extremely good C. extreme well D. extremely well.
11. We are planning to go on a ___________ holiday this summer.
A. packing B. pack C. packed D. package
12. The series is watched by millions of ___________
A. viewing B. viewees C. viewers D. views
13. Be careful! The mountain road is ____________slippery.
A. terrify B. terrifyingly C. terrifying D. terrified
14. Teacher will never be ___________ by computers in the classroom.
A. replaced B. exchanged C. worked D. preferred
15. If he ___________ late, he ____________sleepy now .
A. hadn’t stayed up/ wouldn’t have been B. didn’t stay up/ wouldn’t be
C. didn’t stay up/ wouldn’t have been D. hadn’t stayed up/ wouldn’t be
II. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The students are already _____________ with the work of Shakespeare. (ACQUAINT)
2. The children all have very different ____________(PERSON)
3. An _______________ is a person who is concerned about the natural environment and wants to
improve and protect it. (ENVIRONMENT)
4. She had never been greatly concerned about her ___________(APPEAR)
5. The _____________ of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. (MAJOR)

5. A. Christmas B. holiday C. weekend D. day
6. A. of B. to C. for D. on
7. A. on B. under C. beside D. in
8. A. with B. in C. of D. on
9. A. Despite B. Because of C. According to D. But
10. A. never B. rarely C. sometimes D. usually

II. Read the following passage and then choose the best answer by writing the letter A, B, C or D on
the answer sheet.
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A rather surprisingly geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater lake, one of
the world’s largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice. Now known as
Lake Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block that comprises Antarctica.
The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of ice because its waters are
warmed by geothermal heat from the earth’s core. The thick glacier above Lake Vostok
actually insulates it from the frigid temperature (the lowest ever recorded on Earth) on the
surface.
The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an aerial
survey of the area. Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated the ice and revealed a
body of water of indeterminate size. It was not until much more recently that data collected by
satellite made scientist aware of the tremendous size of the lake; satellite –borne radar
detected an extremely flat region where the ice remains level because it is floating on the
water of the lake.
The discovery of such a huge freshwater lake trapped under Antarctic is of interest to the
scientific community because of potential that the lake contains ancient microbes that have

9. The word “downside” in line 18 is closest in meaning to
A. bottom level B. negative aspect C. underside D. buried section
10. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses
A. further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica B. Problems with satellite- borne radar equipment
C. ways to study Lake Vostok without contaminating it D. the harsh climate of Antarctica.
III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C and D)
to complete the numbered blanks in the passage. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter
A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
If asked who ____________(1) the game of baseball, most ___________(2) would probably
reply that it was Abner Doubleday. At the beginning of this century, there was some disagreement
over ___________(3) the game of baseball had actually originated, so sporting-goods manufacturer
Spaulding inaugurated a commission to research the ____________(4). In 1908 a report was published
by the commission _________(5) which Abner Doubleday, a U.S. Army officer from Cooperstown,
New York, was ____________(6) credit for the intervention of the game. The National Baseball Hall
of Fame was established in Cooperstown in __________(7) of Doubleday.
Today, most sports historians are in agreement that Doubleday ____________(8) did not have much to
do with the development of baseball. __________(9), baseball seems to be a close ____________(10)
to the English game of rounders and probably has English rather than American roots.
1. A. discovered B. founded C. invented D. found
2. A. Americans B. American C. The US D. America
3. A. what B. how C. when D. that
4. A. problem B. question C. matter D. issue
5. A. at B. to C. of D. in
6. A. provided B. passed C. given D. delivered
7. A. honor B. reward C. award D. ceremony
8. A. truly B. really C. as well D. probably
9. A. But B. Moreover C. Instead D. Additionally
10. A. relate B. relationship C. relative D. relation
E. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the

(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm có 03 trang)
Tổng điểm: 100 điểm
A. LISTENING
I. (10pts:.1 pts/item)
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. D
II. (10 pts: 2pt/item)
1. JULIA PERKINS
2. flat 5
3. 15 Waratah Road
4. no phone/ none/ not connected/ to be advised
5. First Year Law
B. PHONETICS
I. ( 5 pts: 01pt/ item)
1. A 2. C 3. C 4.B 5.D
C. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR
I. ( 15pts: 1pt/ item)
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A
6.C 7.B 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
II. (5 pts: 1pt/ item)
1. acquainted 2. personalities 3.environmentalist 4. appearance 5. majority
III.(5 pts: 1pt/item)
1. B 2. D 3.C 4.A 5. C
D. READING
I. ( 10pts: 1pt/ item)
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.B
6.C 7.B 8. A 9. C 10.D
II. (10 pts: 1pt /item)
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D

F: There must be at least 50 people in the queue- we’ll be here till gone 2 o’clock at this rate.
M: And I’m starving!
F: So am I
M: Actually, I was on my way to the canteen to get something for lunch. Why don’t we go to the
canteen and buy something and you stay here and wait?
F: Good idea.
M: What would you like? Pizza, sandwich, hot dog, fried rice? They do everything……
F: Oh, something easy. Take away fried rice sounds good.
M: Ok, fried……
F: No, on second thoughts, I’ll have a cheese and tomato sandwich.
M: Right- one cheese and tomato- anything to drink?
F: Yeah, get me a coffee, would you?
M: Oh, hot coffee is a bit hard to carry. What about a coke or an orange juice?
F: Oh, um… get me an orange juice, then. Look, here’s five dollars.
M: Oh, take two dollars back, it shouldn’t cost me more than three dollars.
F: Well, keep the five and we’ll sort it out later. Oh, and could you get me an apple as well?
M: Ok. Back in a minute.
M: Oh, there you are
F: I thought you were never going to come back.
M: Sorry! The canteen was absolutely packed and I had to wait for ages. Then when I got to the front
of the queue they had hardly any food left. So I had to get you a slice of pizza. I’m sorry.
F: Oh, that’s ok. I could eat anything. I’m so hungry.
M: And there’s your bottle of orange juice and your apple. At least I managed that.
F: Great. Thanks a lot.
M: Oh and here’s your $2 back.
F: Don’t worry about it. Buy me a cup of coffee later!
M: Oh, alright then! So how’d you go?
F: Well in order to register we’ve got to go to the Law Faculty and get this card stamped and then go
back to the Admin building and pay union fees. That means we’re registered. After that we have to the
notice board to find out about lectures and then we have to put our names down for tutorial groups and