TRƯỜNG THCS NAM CAO ĐỀ LUYỆN HSG NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020

ĐỀ LUYỆN 19.02.2020 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

CHUYÊN ĐỀ TỔNG HỢP
I- Choose the best answer
1: There is too much in this world.
A. greediness B. greed C. greedy D. greedness
2: are the formal rules of correct or polite behavior among people using the Internet.
A. Traffic rules B. Family rules C. Codes of etiquettes D. Codes of netiquettes
3: - " " - "Yes, of course."
A. You won't help me this time. B. You'd better give me one hand.
C. I don't think I'll need your help. D. Could you give me a hand?
4: UNICEF supports and funds for the most disadvantaged
children all over the world.
A. presents B. assists C. provides D. offers
5: He would win the race if he his brother's example and trained harder.
A. repeated B. set C. answered D. followed
6: "Excuse me. Where is the office of OXFAM located?"
A. leading B. head C. central D. summit
7: If you put your money in a bank now, you may get 12%___________annually.
A. interest B. profit C. money D. income
8: I can’t possibly lend you any more money, it is quite out of the .
A. order B. practice C. place D. question
9: We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do not want to leave.
A. loved the surroundings B. planted many trees in the surroundings
C. possessed by the surroundings D. haunted by the surroundings
10: The ideas _____ to nothing because I couldn’t afford to do it.
A. went B. came C. turned D. changed
11: You are under no obligation _____ to accept this offer.
A. whatsoever B. eventually C. apart D. indeed
12: The speaker fails to get his message _____ to his audience
A. around B. in C. across D. out
13: The players’ protests _____ no difference to the referee’s decision at all
A. did B. made C. caused D. created
14: By using all the latest technology, the yacht-man managed to cross the Atlantic in _____ time
A. record B. lightning C. top D. quickest
15: You can always _____ Ann to give you sound advice.
A. bank of B. bank for C. bank at D. bank on
II- Stress
1. A. introduce B. company C. comfortable D. formal
2 A. independent B. conversation C. restaurant D. cigarette
3 A. conspicuous B. military C. delicate D. accurate
4 A. chemical B. intense C. injected D. accessible
5 A. international B. unidentified C. invaluable D. preferential
6 A. overcome B. obstacle C. tranquil D. certain
7 A. continent B. unreasonable C. importance D. regard
8 A. resources B. conversation C. prevention D. environment
9 A. pollution B. successful C. different D. combine
10 A. together B. occasion C. introduce D. expect
11 A. cigarette B. movement C. different D. welcome
12 A. inject B. adventure C. accessible D. welfare
13 A. memory B. commercial C. computer D. geography
14 A. experience B. effortless C. adventure D. discover
15 A. element B. delicate C. ancestry D. conceal
16 A. advance B. ancient C. cancer D. annual
17 A. theory B. tragedy C. inventor D. government
18 A. inspire B. wealthy C. protect D. extinct
19 A. simplicity B. pollution C. electricity D. activity
20 A. mathematics B. statistics C. academy D. mechanic
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III- Sentence transformation
1. I don’t think you mean what you say about helping me earnest
I don’t think you are………………………………………………………………………………………
2. We will not delay our voyage whether there is a rain or not
Regardless…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Laughing is not permitted in this pagoda face
You must keep…………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. I am afraid I cannot afford the car means
The car is…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. What you do with the money is of no interest to me care
I……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The chances are that we will finish the project on Tuesday
In all……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. He said that he had won as a result of good luck
He attributed his……………………………………………………………………………………………
8. I almost gave up at one point
I came very…………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. To pass the time, I looked through some magazines
I whiled………………………………………………………………………………………………….…
10. It was almost dark when I got home until
I…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. They started building the new supermarket two years ago under
The new supermarket has………………………………………………………………………………….
12. Twice as many men as women are insurance agents
Male insurance agents……………………………………………………………………………………..
13. His acting in a play caused him to lose his voice performing
He lost……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
14. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration
There is…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
15. They decided not to go by boat because they thought they would be seasick fear
They……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
16. Don’t run away with the idea that this job is easy conclusion
Don’t………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17. He owed his rescue to a passer-by indebted
He… to a passer-by for his rescue…………………………………………………………………………
18. Only final-year students are allowed to use the main college car park restricted
The main…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
IV- Read, then choose
A rather surprising 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 temperatures 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 scientists aware
of the tremendous size of the lake; the 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 Antarctica is of interest to the scientific
community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient microbes that have survived for thousands
upon thousands of years, unaffected by factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have
affected organisms in more exposed areas. The downside of the discovery, however, lies in the difficulty of
conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the problems associated with obtaining
uncontaminated samples from the lake without actually exposing the lake to contamination. Scientists are
looking for possible ways to accomplish this.
1: What is true of Lake Vostok?
A. It is completely frozen. B. It is a saltwater lake.
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C. It is beneath a thick slab of ice. D. It is heated by the sun.
2: All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it .
A. was conducted by air B. made use of radio waves
C. could not determine the lake's exact size D. was controlled by a satellite
3: It can be inferred from the passage that the ice would not be flat if .
A. there were no lake underneath B. the lake were not so big
C. Antarctica were not so cold D. radio waves were not used
4: The word "microbes" in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. Pieces of dust B. Tiny bubbles C. Tiny organisms D. Rays of light
5: Lake Vostok is potentially important to scientists because it
A. can be studied using radio waves B. may contain uncontaminated microbes
C. may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light D. has already been contaminated
6: The last paragraph suggests that scientists should be aware of
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
7: The purpose of the passage is to .
A. explain how Lake Vostok was discovered B. provide satellite data concerning Antarctica
C. discuss future plans for Lake Vostok D. present an unexpected aspect of Antarctica's geography
In the very distant geological past, all animals were aquatic. The very first vertebrates or animals with
backbones, of which we have any fossil record, lived in water. These vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to
underwater living. Their streamlined bodies were covered with scales to reduce surface friction: they had
muscular tails so that they could swim swiftly in such a dense medium as water; and they were endowed with
gills for breathing underwater. Descendants of fish-type ancestors crossed the seashore barrier and
accommodated themselves to life on land. As amphibians, they possessed limbs instead of fins and lungs
instead of gills. But they never became completely free of the bonds that tied them to the water; even today
many amphibians return to the water to lay their eggs. Millions of years after the first clumsy amphibians
crawled over the land, newer types of land dwellers appeared, these animals give rise to the present-day reptiles
and mammals. They were completely converted for land dwelling, with bodies and biological activities far
different from those of fish. With these special adaptations, mammals have been able to colonize the woods and
meadows, the deserts and high mountains, often far removed from the sea.
1: Of the animals with backbones, the first to appear were……
A. fish B. amphibians C. birds D. mammals
2: Fish are suited to underwater life because of their………
A. Gills B. All of the answers C. Streamlines shapes D. Scales
3: The passage suggests that the first amphibians used their limbs to……..
A. jump B. run C. swim D. crawl
4: The word “descendants” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. Grandchildren B. Ancestors C. Descenders D. Off spring
5: An example of an amphibian’s incomplete adaptation to land life is…….
A. need to keep its skin wet B. return to water to lay eggs
C. inability to breathe air. D. scales-covered skin
6: Animals found desert living possible only……….
A. when they were fully adapted to land B. after they could walk on two feet
C. when they became amphibious D. if they migrated to sea periodically
7: The seashore was a barrier for descendants of fish-type because………
A. crossing it required bodily changes. B. every attempt to cross it ended in death.
C. the land once rose much higher above the sea. D. once they crossed, there was no return.
8: The adaptation process described in the article was completed……
A. By the receding of the sea B. Through biological changes
C. Over millions of years and through biological changes D. Over millions of years
V- Put in these forms:
1. One of the most (0) .......challenging................... (Challenge) aspects of the science of anthropology
comes from its fieldwork. Certainly, in its (1)............................. (infant) as a profession, anthropology was
distinguished by its concentration on so-called “primitive societies” in which social (2)........................(institute)
appeared to be fairly limited and social interaction to be conducted almost (3)................................(exclude)face-
to-face. Such societies, it was felt, provided anthropologists with a valuable (4)..............................(see) into the
workings of society that contrasted with the many complexities of more highly developed societies. There was
also a sense that the ways of life represented by these smaller societies were rapidly (5)..............................
(appear) and that preserving a record of them was a matter of some urgency. The (6)..........................(commit) of
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anthropologists to the first-hand collection of data led them to some of the most (7)............................(access)
places on earth. Most often they worked alone. Such lack of contact with other people created feelings of
intense (8)............................(lonely) in some anthropologists, especially in the early stages of fieldwork.
Nevertheless, this process of (9)........................(immense) in a totally alien culture continues to attract men and
women to anthropology, and is (10)..................... (deny) the most effective way of understanding in depth how
other people see the world.
2. More than half the world’s population consider themselves shy, delegates to the first international
(1)...................... (confer) on shyness, being held in Cardiff, will be told today. One in 10 cases is severe. Effects
include mutism, speech problem, (2).................... (lonely), blushing, shaking and trembling, lack of eye contact,
difficulty in forming relationships and social phobia – the most extreme form of shyness, defined by the
American Psychiatric Association as a pronounced and (3)................... (persist) fear of social or performance
situations in which (4).................... (embarrass) may occur. Shy people tend to blame themselves for social
(5).................... (fail) and attribute success to (6)........................... (out) factors. They expect their behavior to be
(7).................................... (adequate), remember only negative information about themselves and accept without
challenge adverse comments from others. The cause are complex and not fully understood. The latest theory is
that it can be traced to genes as well as to social conditioning. One estimate, based on research with twins, is
that around 15 percent of the population are born with a pre-disposition to shyness. Some (8)..........................
(psychology) believe there are two types: an early developing, fearful and shyness and a later developing,
(9)......................... (conscious) shyness. The fearful version emerges often in the first year of life and is thought to
be (10).............................. (part) inherited.
VI- Fill in the gap with a word
1. The population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all (1)__________ ages of
history combined. World population totalled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650-
1850. Today the population is more than five billion. Estimates (2)__________ on research by the United
Nations indicate that it will more than double (3)__________ the twenty-five years between 1915 and the year
2000, reaching seven billion by the turn of the century. No one knows the limits of population (4)__________
the earth can support. Thomas Malthus, an English economist, developed a theory that became widely accepted
in the nineteenth century. He suggested that (5)__________ world population tended to increase more rapidly
than the food supply, a continual strain was exerted upon available resources. Malthus cited wars, famines,
epidemics, and other disasters as the usual limitations of population (6)__________.
With recent (7)__________ in science and technology, including improved agriculture methods and great
strides in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth have been lessened, with obvious results.
International organizations have put forward several recommendations (8)__________ alleviate the problem of
overpopulation, (9)__________ an increase in food production, general economic development in target areas,
and a decrease in birth rates. Most experts agree that it will be necessary to combine all three (10)__________
in an effort to effect a lasting solution.
2. All languages have (1)__________ for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful
sentences. In (2)__________ languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for
combining them. In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for
combining those sounds. Word order is more important in English than it is in some (3)__________, such as
Russian. Like other languages, English is always (4)__________, but it changes very slowly. People invent
new words; (5)__________ words from other languages, and change the meaning of words (6)__________
needed. For example, the English word byte was invented by (7)__________ specialists in 1959. The word
tomato was borrowed from Nahunta, an American Indian language (8)__________ in Mexico. The word meat
once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying
(9)__________ they hear, and using the language. Most school-children learn their (10)__________ language
easily and some other languages as well.
3. Primary education is the first (1)___________ of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or
nursery education (2)___________ is followed by secondary education. In North America this stage of education
is usually (3)_______ as elementary education. In most countries, it is (4)___________ for children to receive
primary education, though in many jurisdictions it is permissible for parents to provide (5)___________. The
transition to secondary school or high school is somewhat arbitrary, but it generally occurs at about eleven or
twelve years of (6)___________. Some educational systems have separate middle schools with the transition to
the final stage of education taking (7)___________ at around the age of fourteen. The major goals
(8)___________ primary education are achieving basic literacy and numeracy amongst all pupils, as well as
establishing foundations in science, geography, history and (9)_______ social sciences. The relative priority of
various areas, and (10)_______ methods used to teach them are an area of considerable political debate.

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 3. Primary education is the first stage of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or nursery
education and is followed by secondary education. In North America this stage of education is usually known
as elementary education. In most countries, it is compulsory for children to receive primary education, though
in many jurisdictions it is permissible for parents to provide it. The transition to secondary school or high
school is somewhat arbitrary, but it generally occurs at about eleven or twelve years of age. Some educational
systems have separate middle schools with the transition to the final stage of education taking place at around
the age of fourteen. The major goals of primary education are achieving basic literacy and numeracy amongst
all pupils, as well as establishing foundations in science, geography, history and other social sciences. The
relative priority of various areas, and the methods used to teach them are an area of considerable political
debate.

1. The population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history
combined. World population totalled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650-1850.
Today the population is more than five billion. Estimates based on research by the United Nations indicate that
it will more than double in the twenty-five years between 1915 and the year 2000, reaching seven billion by the
turn of the century. No one knows the limits of population that the earth can support. Thomas Malthus, an
English economist, developed a theory that became widely accepted in the nineteenth century. He suggested
that because world population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply, a continual strain was
exerted upon available resources. Malthus cited wars, famines, epidemics, and other disasters as the usual
limitations of population growth.
With recent advances in science and technology, including improved agriculture methods and great strides
in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth have been lessened, with obvious results.
International organizations have put forward several recommendations to alleviate the problem of
overpopulation, including an increase in food production, general economic development in target areas, and a
decrease in birth rates. Most experts agree that it will be necessary to combine all three recommendations in an
effort to effect a lasting solution.
2. All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences. In
written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining them. In
spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds.
Word order is more important in English than it is in some languages, such as Russian.
Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words;
borrow words from other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English
word byte was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word tomato was borrowed from Nahunta, an
American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word meat once referred to food in general. People learn
English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school-
children learn their first language easily and some other languages as well.

1. I don’t think you mean what you say about helping me (earnest)
I don’t think you are in earnest about…
2. We will not delay our voyage whether there is a rain or not
Regardless…
3. Laughing is not permitted in this pagoda (face)
You must keep a straight face..
4. I am afraid I cannot afford the car (means)
The car is beyond my means
5. What you do with the money is of no interest to me (care)
6. In all probability we will finish the project on Tuesday (chances)
7. He said that he had won as a result of good luck
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He attributed his win / success / victory to…
8. I almost gave up at one point
I came very close/near to giving up…
9. To pass the time, I looked through some magazines
I whiled away the time by…
10. It was almost dark when I got home (until)
11. They started building the new supermarket two years ago (under)
The new supermarket has been under construction for two years
12. Twice as many men as women are insurance agents
Male insurance agents outnumber female agents
13. His acting in a play caused him to lose his voice (performing)
He lost…
14. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration
There is..
15. They decided not to go by boat because they thought they would be seasick (fear)
16. Don’t run away with the idea that this job is easy (conclusion)
17. He owed his rescue to a passer-by (indebted)
He… to a passer-by for his rescue
18. Only final-year students are allowed to use the main college car park (restricted)
To be restricted to sb

1. One of the most (0) .......challenging................... (challenge) aspects of the science of anthropology
comes from its fieldwork. Certainly, in its (1)...............infancy.............. (infant) as a profession, anthropology
was distinguished by its concentration on so-called “primitive societies” in which social
(2)..........institutions..............(institute) appeared to be fairly limited and social interaction to be conducted
almost (3)................exclusively................(exclude)face-to-face. Such societies, it was felt, provided
anthropologists with a valuable (4).............insight.................(see) into the workings of society that contrasted
with the many complexities of more highly developed societies. There was also a sense that the ways of life
represented by these smaller societies were rapidly (5)...........disappearing................... (appear) and that
preserving a record of them was a matter of some urgency. The (6)..............commitment............(commit) of
anthropologists to the first-hand collection of data led them to some of the most
(7)..........inaccessible..................(access) places on earth. Most often they worked alone. Such lack of contact
with other people created feelings of intense (8)............................(lonely) in some anthropologists, especially in
the early stages of fieldwork. Nevertheless, this process of (9)..........immersion..............(immerse) in a totally
alien culture continues to attract men and women to anthropology, and is (10)........undeniable............. (deny) the
most effective way of understanding in depth how other people see the world.
3. More than half the world’s population consider themselves shy, delegates to the first international
(1)...................... (confer) on shyness, being held in Cardiff, will be told today. One in 10 cases is severe. Effects
include mutism, speech problem, (2).................... (lonely), blushing, shaking and trembling, lack of eye contact,
difficulty in forming relationships and social phobia – the most extreme form of shyness, defined by the
American Psychiatric Association as a pronounced and (3)................... (persist) fear of social or performance
situations in which (4).................... (embarrass) may occur. Shy people tend to blame themselves for social
(5).................... (fail) and attribute success to (6)........................... (out) factors. They expect their behavior to be
(7).................................... (adequate), remember only negative information about themselves and accept without
challenge adverse comments from others. The cause are complex and not fully understood. The latest theory is
that it can be traced to genes as well as to social conditioning. One estimate, based on research with twins, is
that around 15 percent of the population are born with a pre-disposition to shyness. Some (8)..........................
(psychology) believe there are two types: an early developing, fearful and shyness and a later developing,
(9)......................... (conscious) shyness. The fearful version emerges often in the first year of life and is thought to
be (10).............................. (part) inherited.