ĐỀ THI HSG BÌNH THẠNH 18 - 19

Đề thi này gồm có 4 trang

Ghi chú: + Học sinh làm bài trên Phiếu Trả lời, không làm trên đề bài này. 

              + Các câu Multiple Choicehọc sinh trả lời A,B,C hoặc  D vào Phiếu Trả Lời (Answer Sheet) 

PART A. MULTIPLE CHOICE ( 20 points)

Choose the word, phrase, or sentence that best answers / best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

1. The moment I saw her, I _______________ something was strange.

          A. noticed                         B. recognized           C. knew                        D. realized

1.  They ____________ their weekend to help me paint my apartment.

         A. used up                      B. made up              C. took up                     D. gave up

1.  That young lady was nominated for the best actress _____________. 

          A. prize                             B. award                  C. reward                     D. honor

1.  The little child smiled at me with two ______________

          A. sugar teeth                   B. sweet teeth          C. milk teeth                 D. candy teeth

5.   _____________ has Ms. Mai Anh gone to that temple because she moved to another place.

           A. No times                      B. Not any longer      C. No longer                D. No matter soon

6.   This poem ______________ three parts.

           A. consists                       B. comprises of        C. includes for              D. is composed of     

7.   Many students take courses to help with the ______________ of their knowledge.

           A. widening                      B. spreading              C. opening                    D. massing

8.  My boss insists on seeing everything in _________ before he makes a decision. 

           A. dark and white           B. up and down         C. in and out                D. black and white

9.  P1:  “ What do you think of the film we’ve just watched ?”                     P2: “_______________”

       A. It’s a piece of cake.                                          B. I’ve seen worse.

       C. None of your business                                     D. No kidding! 

10. Owing to his ill, he has to ____________ on cigarette smoking.

       A. cut down                          B. break in               C. look down               D. go away

PART B  : WORD FORMS ( 40 points)

Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence: NEW

1. It was very ____________ of you to do her shopping for her.             (NEIGHBOR )

12. This policy is just a(n) ____________ of early decisions.                                ( GROW )        

13.  He spoke _____________ because he was so excited.                     ( BREATH)

1.  She prides herself on the _____________ of the company.               ( LONG )
2.  They said they had bought all the building materials _____________.         (SELL)
3.  “ I’m sorry I’m late.” The little boy murmured _____________           (APOLOGIZE )
4.  She was blind to feelings and _____________ of other people.        ( SENSE)
5.  Reading books everyday helps us ____________ knowledge and understandings. ( LARGE )

19.   They felt very ____________ after my holiday.                                              ( ENERGY)                 

20.  Solar energy is not only plentiful and ___________but also clean and safe.  ( LIMIT )                                   

 Read the passage and use the correct form of the word given in each blank: 

Some people go whale watching. Some people long to swim with dolphins. Others earn their (21)( lively) ________ fishing for giant tuna in a vast ocean. These marine animals capture our attention and our (22) (imagine)________. We have a connection to all the living things of the ocean, from the microscopic (23)  (float)_________  plants that supply us with the oxygen we breathe to the huge blue whale that fills its belly with a ton of krill. Microscopic or (24) (size)________, plant or animal, from muddy (25)(shore) __________ to deep ocean floor, the ocean's living things attest to its endless (26) (vary) _________ , its biodiversity . Scientists say that there may be millions more species than we know swimming, floating, and crawling in the deep oceans and as yet (27) ( see)_______ by human eyes. With the aid of submersible (28) (tech)___________, entire new ecosystems are being discovered. Each ecosystem consists of a (29)(commune) _________ of living things that interact with one another in complex (30) (relation) ________ in unique conditions of water temperature, salinity, chemical composition, and currents.

PART C: CLOZE TEST (40 points) new

Read the passage and fill in each blank space with ONE appropriate word

Passage 1 

     Environmental pollution is the biggest problem to the human race on this (31) ______ today. It means adding impurity to environment. The environment (32) _______  earth, water, air, plants and animals. If it is polluted, then the (33) _________ of man and nature will be hampered. It is true that trees are being cut down rapidly. The earth is becoming (34) _________. If pollution continues, the day is not far when our earth will be a boiling pan and become a desert (35) __________ it will be covered with sea water causing destruction of mankind. The garbage emitting foul smell, the (36) ________ plants and animals also cause air pollution. Noise pollution is another form of pollution. Noise from heavy machinery and vehicles can cause hearing problems and in extreme cases, (37) _________. The water of rivers and seas is being constantly polluted all over the world by various dangerous chemical and biological wastes. Mills and factories (38) _________ very harmful waste waters into many rivers and sea. Reckless application of chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides pollutes the soil. Vegetables and fruits are quite (39) __________ today, because they contain the poison of insecticides and pesticides. (40) _________, it is necessary work together to reduce pollution so that the future generations can live in a healthy, unpolluted environment.

Passage 2 

     Recently, on September 29th 2010, a new Goldilocks planet was (41) _________by scientists using one of the most (42) __________  telescopes on Earth – the Keck telescope in Hawaii. Gliese 581g lies 20  light years away from its star’s ‘Goldilocks zone’ – an area (43) __________temperatures are favourable and planets may be (44) ________ of containing water, and therefore also life. This planet might be the most similar “Goldilocks planet” to Earth yet discovered. “The fact that we were able to detect this planet so (45) __________ and so nearby tells us that planets like this must be really common,” says Steven Vogt an astronomer at the University of California Santa Cruz. The planet’s (46) __________ temperature is thought to be between -12C and -31C, and we know for a fact that there are many intelligent animals living in these types of (47) ___________ on Earth, such as polar bears, whales, and even humans, such as the Inuit peoples. Dr. Vogt goes on to state that: “The number of systems with (48) ________habitable planets is probably in the order of 10 or 20%, and when you multiply that (49) __________by the hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way, that’s a large number. There could be tens of billions of these systems in our (50) __________.” Tens of billions of planets. This is a huge number! Surely we cannot be so nervous to think that we are The star Gliese 581.