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ĐỀ SỐ 20
(Trích đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện Đoan Hùng, tỉnh Phú Thọ
năm học 2023 - 2024)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
SECTION 1. LISTENING: (2,0pts)
I. Listen Anne asking her friend about going shopping centre. And
choose A/ B or C.
(1.0 point)
1. At the moment the shopping centre sells
A. clothes B. books C. food
2. You can take a coach to the shopping centre on
A. Mondays B. Tuesdays C. Saturdays
3. Anne’s coach ticket will cost
A. £ 2.50 B. £ 5.60 C. £ 5.80
4. The nearest coach stop to Anne’s house is
A. in the bus station B. in the market square C. outside the museum
5. The coach journey takes
A. 10 minutes B. 20 minutes C. 40 minutes
II. You will hear Susanna leaving her phone for her mother. Listen and
complete questions. (1.0 point)

Message
From: Susanna
Buy: 1.
Name of shop: 2.
In High Street, next to: 3.
Size: 4.
Price: 5.

SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from the rest in each group. (0,6 pt)

1. A. start B. argue C. sugar D. party

2. A.exposure B. ensure C. treasure D. closure
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3. A. naked B. intended C. beloved D. ploughed
IV. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of
the other words.
(0,4 pt)
1. A. overseas B. musical C. volunteer D. souvenir
2. A. competition B. entertainment C. preparation D. experience
SECTION 3. LEXICO- GRAMMAR:
V. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (4,0
pts)
1. My mum bought __________ bunch of bananas this morning. She used half of
________ bananas to make banana muffins.
A. the / a B. some / some C. a / the D. the / some
2. How about __________ a talent show?
A. organize B. to organize C. we organize D. we organizing
3. Do you know how many days __________ from school?
A. is she B. she was C. she is D. did she
4. The weather has been very dry recently. We've had _________ rain.
A. little B. much C. few D. many
5. It’s a(n) ________________ armchair.
A. cozy old leather B. old cozy leather
C. old leather cozy D. leather cozy old
6. Please phone this number for more_________.
A. inform B. information C. informative D. informatively
7. Bon Jovi will _________ at the 2019 Rock in Rio music festival in Brazil.
A. display B. perform C. gather D. attend
8. A volunteer always helps other people willingly and ___________ payment.
A.for B. within C. about D. without
9. Life in some parts of the country is __________ in other parts.
A. the most boring B. more boring
C. more boring than D. more boring than that
10. Daisy is _________ social media. She spends lots of time on Facebook and
Instagram.
A. bored with B. addicted to C. curious about D. tired
of
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11. The cars which are generated by solar energy are called __________ cars.
A. solar-wasted B. solar-powered
C. solar-friendly D. solar-daily
12. Phuong and Lan are reading books in the classroom but _________ are
playing in the school yard.
A. the other B. the others C. another D. an others
13. They dislike the house at the corner of Le Van Luong street. - ___________
A. I don’t, too B. So do I C. Neither do I D. I do, either.
14. I know you find the course boring, Pauline, but since you've started it, you
might as well ____________ it.
A. go with B. go through with C. go ahead D. go off
15. “My favorite leisure activity is people watching” - “__________”
A. That’s sounds so weird! B. That’s all right
C. OK. That’s what you choose D. Sure. It’s very entertaining.
16. Billy: “How is the coffee here?” Bobby: “__________”
A. No, I don’t think so
B. It’s a little bitter, to tell the truth.
C. It’s a little better now that I ‘ve got a car.
D. As a matter of the fact, I’m not interested
17. The flock of birds________ circling overhead.
A. get B. are C. gets D. is
18. An example of a ________ is a tour through Africa to view the elephants and
lions.
A. voyage B.safari C. mission D. cruise
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the
following questions.
19. I always have butterflies in my stomach whenever I have to do a
presentation before lots of people.
A. become nervous B. become happy
C. become sad D. become angry
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the
following questions.
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20. How did Mom find out we were planning a surprise party for her? Who let
the cat out of the bag?
A. let the bag away from the cat B. keep the secret
C. kept the cat inside the bag D. revealed the true story
VI. Identify the mistake in each sentence. (1,0pt)
1. Did you understand (A) what (B) the man says (C) to us when (D) we bought
soft drinks?
2. The public (A) library in (B) the city has (C) to thousand (D) of good books.
3. Does your (A) brother have (B) less (C) to stamps (D) than you?
4. You should learn about (A) some cultural feature (B) of the (C) to country
you are going to visit (D).
5. Lan (A) teacher encourages her to take (B) part in (C) to the international
(D) piano competition.
VII. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (2,0pts)
1. The first time I went rock climbing, I was really ___________________. (SCARY)
2. The office looked very ___________________ with its Christmas tree. (FESTIVAL)
3. Friday the 13rd is considered an unlucky day in Western ________________.
(SUPERSTITIOUS)
4. The director was so ___________________ with the actors that he fired all of
them. (SATISFY)
5. The Internet has changed the English language ___________________.
(CONSIDER)
6. A lot of ___________________ activities are held as part of the Flower Festival in
the world. (ART)
7. The trip was an ___________________ experience. We enjoyed it very much.
(FORGET)
8. The firefighters were praised for their ___________________ and devotion to
duty. (BRAVE)
9. The government carried out a programme to ___________________ the health
service in remote and rural areas. (MODERN)
10. Festivals characterize customs and ___________________ of a community.
(BELIEVE)
VIII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0 pt)
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1. She gets fat because she always (1) (taste) ___________________ things while
she is cooking.
2. My friends hate (2) (eat) ___________________ out. They think it (3) (cost)
___________________ a lot of money.
3. You (4) (use to) ___________________ travel a lot when you were young?
4. You’d better go to bed early tonight. The plane (5) (leave)
___________________ at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning so we’ll have to be up by
five.
SECTION 4. READING:
IX. Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that
best fits each of the blanks. Write your answer in the numbered box.
(2.0 points)
Have you ever been to Britain? I’ve dreamed of going there (1) ________ I
was a little girl and finally, (2) ________ the spring of 2012, it happened. I was
there three weeks and (3) ________ much of that time soaking up the culture,
history, and scenery of this incredible island. I visited several districts in
England, Wales and Scotland and even (4) ________ a site trip to Ireland. Every
place I went to seemed to be more interesting and more beautiful (5) ________
the last.
The tour I was with began in London. Of all the sights I saw there, the
Tower of London was the most (6) ________. The Tower is a building complex of
incredibly rich history.
Also on the Thames are the Houses of Parliament and, of course, the
clock tower housing “Big Ben”. I saw so many landmarks I can hardly
remember them all. Although it was just a glimpse of London I did, (7) ________,
get a chance to see all the (8) ________ famous places.
After (9) ________ of days in London we traveled to south of England
stopping to vistit Stonehenge. If you don’t know about Stonehenge there are a
couple of links on my links page that will (10) ________ you to sites that can fill
you in.
1. A. for B. while C. since D. because
2. A. on B. in C. at D. to
3. A. spent B. took C. did D. used
4. A. did B. got C. spent D. made
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5. A. then B. as C. with D. than

6. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interestingly
7. A. at first B. at all C. at least D. at that
8. A. more B. much C. most D. many
9. A. few B. a couple C. some D. little
10. A. reach B. take C. make D. send
X. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A,
B, C or D. (1,0 pt)
Cricket-how I detested this game when I was young! My family would
spend hours and hours watching it on television while I angrily waited for it to
end. Every game seemed the same. Yes, one team won and the other one lost,
but it was always the same game-some men pitching a ball, some running back
and forth.
Then something happened. I became old enough to start playing cricket
myself with the other kids in my neighborhood. We found a place to play
wherever we could put up a wicket. We played on the street, in the backyard-
even on the tops of buildings, believe it or not! I can recall so clearly the
sounds of the ball hitting the bat and the quick running feet. I can still feel the
sun on my face as I played and the bruises and scratches from falling down. I
can still see the blue sky fading to darkness behind the buildings as our games
continued into the night. It became my favorite thing in the world. Now I watch
it not with anger, but with fond memories of the endless days and nights spent
playing the game.
1. What title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A. Cricket: a game for all ages B. How I learned to love cricket
C. The dangers of playing cricket D. Learning the rules of a difficult
game
2. According to the author, what was surprising about some of the cricket
games he played?
A. They were played without bats. B. They were played on rooftops.
C. No one cared who won them. D. No one got hurt playing them.
3. The author describes memories of all of the following EXCEPT__________.
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A. how the sun felt on his skin B. how the ball sounded hitting the
bat
C. how the sky turned from light to dark D. how the rules of the game
caused arguments
4. What change does the author describe?
A. He could not remember the rules of cricket at first, but then he decided it did
not matter.
B. He was afraid of getting hurt playing cricket at first, but then he stopped
being afraid.
C. He did not like cricket at first, but then he began to enjoy it.
D. He liked playing cricket at first, but then he grew tired of it.
5. The word ‘fond’ is closest in meaning to__________.
A. old B. cruel C. happy D. boring
XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only ONE word in each space. (2,0 pts)
Dealing with waste plastic
Every year people throw (1) __________ millions of tons of plastic bottles,
boxes and wrapping. These create huge mountains of waste that are extremely
hard to get (2) __________ of. Now a new recycling process promises to reduce this
problem by turning old plastic (3) __________ new.
Scientists have taken a long time to develop their ideas because waste
plastic has always been a bigger problem (4) __________ substances like waste
paper, you can bury plastic, but it takes many years to break down. If you burn
it, it just becomes another form of pollution. A (5) __________ products,
for (6) __________ , bottles, can be re-used, but it is expensive or difficult to do this
with a lot of plastic products.
Now a group of companies has developed a new
method (7) __________ recycling that could save almost all plastic waste. Nearly
every type of waste plastic can be used: it does
(8) __________ have to be sorted. In addition, labels and ink may be left on the
products. Everything is simply mixed together (9) __________ heated to more than
400 degrees centigrade (10) __________ that it melts. It is then cooled, producing a
waxy substance that can be used to make new plastic products, including
computer hardware.
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SECTION 4. WRITING:
XII. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (1,0 pt)
1. In spite of having a bad cold, Minh still went to school.
=> Although _____________________________________________
2. Overpopulation is more dangerous than most people think.
=>Most people think ___________________________________________
3. Because the weather was bad, we decided not to fly to Ho Chi Minh city.
=>Because of__________________________________________________
4. There aren’t many people who still want to stay in the village.
=>There are only____________________________________________
5. I prefer hanging out with my friends to listening to music at home.
=>I prefer to _______________________________________________
XIII. Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold. Do
not change the word given. You must use between three and six
words, including the word given. (1,0 pt)
1. When did you start to bake chocolate cookies? (AGO)
=> How long
2. Study hard, otherwise you'll fail the exam. (UNLESS)
=> You
3. The play is so popular that the theater is likely to be full every night. (SUCH)
=>It’s
4. Whenever Thuy Linh went to Da Lat, she bought a lot of flowers. (WITHOUT)
=>Thuy Linh never
5. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (LIKENED)
=> Bruce
XIV. Write a paragraph (about 100 to 120 words) to suggest some
ways to get on well with your classmates. (2,0 pts)
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