(ENGLISH BONANZA) KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ TP HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA 2021 2022 MÔN TIẾNG ANH Mã A482968

ENGLISH BONANZA KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ TP HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA: 2021 – 2022 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH ĐỀ THI THỬ Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút Tài liệu này gồm 10 trang USE OF ENGLISH (50 pts) Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each blank. 1. Learning German isn’t so difficult once you ______ down to it. A. go B. come C. get D. put 2. My grandfather could always spend the whole evening ____ yarns about his adventures. A. turning B. breaking C. spinning D. going 3 We haven’t _____ all the details yet, but we will certainly be going to Italy in June. A. concluded B. terminated C. ceased D. finalized 4. Two versions of the vaccine have been shown in trials to be between 90% and 95% _____. A. prominent B. proficient C. affectionate D. efficacious 5. Since he became a geologist, Fred’s yearly income has _____. A. nearly tripled B. got almost three times bigger C. almost grown by three times D. just about gone up three times 6. The costume was all _____ an expensive leather outfit. A. anteed up in B. decked out C. frolicked with D. spruced up 7. The report noted that forty percentage of literature teachers _____ the profession are men. A. entering B. joining C. applying D. attending 8. It’s advisable that you ____ heed to the advice that you have been given. A. lay B. take C. pay D. put 9. In order to put aside money, my brother had to _____ his expenditure. A. husband B. stint C. economicalize D. womanize 10. I love blueberries, but they don’t _____ with me. A. play B. agree C. suit D. tally 11. On the way to Nha Trang yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so my family had to make a ________ A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure 12. Teacher: ‘When are you going to get rid of all these empty cartons? They've been _________ up the classroom for weeks now.’ – Student: ‘We will do it as soon as possible, Sir!’ A. buttering B. clutching C. cluttering D. botching 13. My son was in the ______ of despair before he heard the good news about his score in the national examination. A. depths B. profundities C. bottoms D. holes 14. My brother found it impossible to _________his anger and started shouting as I ate all of his cookies. A. restrict B. inhibit C. reserve D. contain 15. I hated the way Emma ________ around looking so self-important. A. strutted B. scampered C. slithered D. slinked 16. Helen had an encounter with Lady Gaga once and she has been _____ her constantly. A. swashbuckling B. perpetuating C. self-glorifying D. name-dropping 17. Sailing through the high school and getting admitted to a prestigious university does not ____ mean you will succeed in life. You have to go through vicissitudes. A. legitimately B. axiomatically C. veraciously D. by fits and starts 18. The manager made a(n) ____ statement that everyone must not bring any food into the office from 10a.m to 1p.m. A. downright B. categorical C. indubitable D. unstinting 19. Can I ____ about how you passed the CPE exam? A. beat your brains B. pick your brain C. have on your brain D. go brain dead 20. My Math teacher tries to tell me how to work out a thorny geometry problem, but _____. A. it’s in double Dutch B. it’s the Chinese whispers C. it fiddles while Rome burns D. it’s all Greek to me 21. In some movies, stepmother is often described as a completely hard and selfish person - she doesn't have the ________ of human kindness in her. A. cream B. oil C. milk D. water 22. The inspector suspected that there had been some ________ business going on while she was out of the room. A. horse B. monkey C. mouse D. duck