ĐỀ ÔN HỌC SINH GIỎI 1

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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three:
1. A. think B. signature C. exist D. circle
2. A. climber B. timber C. plumber D. bomber
3. A. fashion B. passion C. decision D. Russian
4. A. feels B. stirs C. lets D. adds
5. A. bear B. real C. gear D. fear
6. A. increase B. widespread C. death D. residential
7. A. conversation B. exercise C. compulsory D. island
8. A. coughed B. weighed C. laughed D. stopped
9. A. measure B. pleasure C. ensure D. closure
10. A. policeman B. purpose C. responsible D. photograph
Question II. Choose the word whose stressed syllable is different from the rest in each group.
1. A. minister B. dependent C. encourage D. agreement
2. A. lemon      B. physics      C. decay      D. decade
3. A. favorable B. talkative C. successful D. beautiful
4. A. salary       B. essential       C. industry       D. interview
5. A. television B. advertisement C. dictionary D. supervisor

II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the space provided
1. I went on a day ………to Turkey last week. It was wonderful.
A. trip B. journey C. voyage D. tour
2. I’m sorry for Jack, my close friend, who lost a parent in an accident last week.
A. to B. with C. for D. about
3. Fresh vegetables are usually ……… in vitamins.
A. full B. many C. much D. rich
4. “How did the window ………?”, my mother asked us.
A. get broken B. broke C. broken D. had broken
5. If my students had passed the exam, I ……… very happy now.
A. would be B. were C. can be D. am
6. Does your brother work for a ……… company?
A. construct B. construction C. constructive D. constructible
7. I must have my watch repaired. It ……… over five minutes a day.
A. processes B. adds C. gains D. increases
8. The shady trees provide ……… against the sunlight.
A. safety B. protection C. security D. require
9. The waitress put a dish in front of the man, hoping it was that he ………
A. ordered B. was ordering C. had ordered D. orders
10. It’s never late to learn ………
A. though B. by far C. in all D. by all means

III. Complete the paragraph by using the correct form of the words in brackets
1. Each family has the important function of (society)…………………… children.
2. We all know that a zipper is a slide (fast)………………………….
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3. The metric system is a system of (measure)…………………………..
4. Letters that go outside a country take more (post)…………………….. than letters inside a
country.
5. He succeeded in the interview! How (believe)…………………………. !
6. I am planning to join in a (mountain)…………………… club this summer vacation.
7. There are always two (office)………………… languages in Singapore country.
8. She cannot take this tour due to her (car)………………..
9. I am sorry but the vase was (accident) ……………….broken.
10. The term PR which stands for Public (relate)……………………. is a favorite work nowadays.

IV. Each sentence contains ONE mistake. Find and correct it.
1. One of the girls has brown small eyes.
2. Recycling papers are saving the forests.
3. You’d better not leave your luggage attended during the trip.
4. There used to be a Japanese restaurant here, wasn’t there?
5. The drunk man got into a taxi in the end of the company party.
6. Excuse me. I can hardly stand up your smoking any longer.
7. Helen said that I could help herself with a cup of coffee while she was answering the phone.
8. Four hundreds dollars is not a big number to me at the moment.
9. Not many scouts leaders knows how to trap animals indeed.
10. This is not a lovely city but the surround are really beautiful.

V. Read the text and choose the best option to answer the question.
In the United States today there are more than half a million criminals serving time in prison.
Most prisoners are male high-school dropouts between the ages of 18 and 19. Even more shocking
in the fact that the number and rate of imprisonment has more than doubled over the past twenty
years, and the recidivism - that is, the rate for rearrest - is more than 60 percent.
Although the stated goal of most prison systems, on both federal and state levels, is to
rehabiliatate the inmates and reintagrate them into society, the systems themselves do not support
such a result. Prisons are usually geographically or psychologically isolated and terribly
overcrowded. Even in the more enlightened prisons, only one-third of the inmates have vocational
training opportunities or work release options.
If prisons are indeed to achieve the goal of rehabilitating offenders, then the prisons
themselves will have to change. First, they will have to be smaller, housing no more than five
hundred prisoners. Second, they will have to be built in or near population centers with community
resources available for gradual reintegration into society. Finally, prison programs must be
restructured to include work release and vocational and academic training that promises carry over
into the inmate’s life after release. Models for such collaborative efforts between the criminal justice
system and the community already exist in several hundred half-way houses throughout the country.
1. What is the author’s main point?
A. Prisons must be restructured if they are to accomplish the goal of rehabilitation.
B. Models for community collaboration have been successful.
C. Most of the criminals serving time in prison are high-school dropouts.
D. The criminal justice system must establish a better goal.

2. According to the author, how many prisoners are offered training or work release?
A. None B. 33.33 percent C. 50 percent D. 60 percent

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3. The author mentions all the following as necessary to prison reform EXCEPT
A. newer buildings C. vocational training
B. smaller institutions D. collaboration with the community
4. The word “ recidicism ” in line 4 refers to
A. all people who are imprisoned C. people who drop out of high school
B. people who return to prison after release D. people who have been in prison for a long
time
5. The paragraph following this passage most probably discusses
A. the goals of most state and federal prisons
B. the cost of prison reform
C. examples of models for community collaboration
D. problems with the current criminal justice system

VI. Rearrange the following sentences in a logical order to make a dialogue.

A. What a pity. I am short of cash.
B. I want to borrow books.
C. Can I help you?
D. Do you want just to consult the book here, or are you thinking of borrowing it?
E. Certainly. Here in an application form. You have to pay a deposit of 20 dollars.
F. We lend books only to members. Are you a member?
G. Yes, sir. I need your help.
H. No, I am afraid we can’t accept cheques.
I. No, sir. But can you enrol me as a member?
J. Will you accept cheque?
VI. Fill in the blank with one preposition.
1. Nobody helped him to do this work. He managed to do it ____________ his own.
2. He has a new solution ____________ the problem.
3. Do you know any songs ____________ the Beatles?
4. His attitude ____________ his job is very negative.
5. I’m just going out to do some shopping . I’ll be back __________ half an hour.
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable word
EDUCATION IN CUBA
One of the most interesting things about Cuba is its educational (1)…....................… As in
many other countries, schools are free. What is unusual is that schools combine study (2)
…..................…manual work. Each school has a plot of land where students work for a few hours a
day. They plant vegetables, which they weed and water and later they (3)…........................…the
crop. In this way, they develop good working habits and learn how important it is to produce.
Usually, children do not like growing vegetables such as spinach, Cuban children soon develop a (4)

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…........................…for them. During the summer, older also go to the country to help the farmers
with the crops. In this system, the children spend part of their school time studying and the (5)
…..................…working in the open air helping to increase the nation’s production.
IX. Complete the sentences using the given words. Make any changes if necessary.

1. I/ want/ have/ that suit/ clean/ iron/ before/ meeting.

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2. Many foreigners/ be/ not/ accustomed/ cold weather/ Vietnam.
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3. Because/ heavy rain/ many students/ be late/ class/ yesterday.
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4. My brother/often/ spend/ spare time/ read /books/ watch/ television.
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5. One/ disadvantages/ living here/ lack/ public transport.
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X. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first
1. There are too many people for so few seats.
 There …………………………………………………………..…..............................
2. He was silly to give up such a well - paid job.
 How ……………………………………………………….........................................
3. “Do have a drink!”, she told me.
 She told ……………………………………………………….….............................
4. Sally seemed quite unhappy when I saw her last week.
 Sally did not ………………………………………………….…............................
5. I am afraid it is not a good idea for you to go out tonight.
 I’d …………………………………………………………….…...........................
6. We live far from our relatives. We miss them very much.
 The …………………………………………………………….............................
7. May I ask you some questions, Madam?.
 Do you mind me ………………………………………...........................................
8. Sarah turned fainted. She was astonished at what she saw.
 Being ……………………………………………..…............................................
9. Man has never had such efficient servants as computers.
 Computers …………………………………….……..............................................
10. You lied your parents, which was wrong.
 It ……………………………………………………................................................