Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose stress pattern is different from the others’ in each line:

4. A. valley                  B. volunteer                C. wardrobe                D. waterfall

5. A. reliable                B. remember                C. remove                    D. serious

III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers

(A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box. (0.6 point)

1. A. stilt                             B. between                 C. patient                   D. volunteer

2. A. brushes                       B. clothes                   C. differences            D. rises

3. A. question                      B. competition           C. international          D. pollution

ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HSG ANH 6

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others of the same group. Write your answer ( A,b,c or D) in the answer box. 

II. Choose the word whose stressed syllable is different from the others. Write your answer (A,b,c or D) in the answer box.

1.      Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

A.      hobby                          B. lesson                      C. beside                      D. panda

2.      Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others

A.      volleyball                     B. kangaroo                 C. dinosaur                  D. badminton

3.      Choose the best word for each definition

A: comet                            B. asteroid                   C. galaxy                      D. meteorite

Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D

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Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Q6-10 *

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I. PHONETICS

1.1. Choose the word whose main stress is different from the others.

1. A. satisfy                B. average                   C. volunteer                D. cultural

2. A. origami              B. delicious                 C. community             D. technology

1.2. Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from the others.

1. A. hooked               B. book                       C. school                     D. foot

2. A. tool                     B. noon                       C. door    `                   D. school

II. READING COMPREHENSION

2.1. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D fits each space. 

“A Kid in King Arthurs Court” is directed by Michael Gottlieb. The main (1) _______ in the film is a teenager called Calvin Fuller. Calvin is (2)_______ by Thomas Ian Nicholas. This film is a modern retelling of Mark Twain’s (3) _______ book Connecticut Yankee.

Calvin lives in California, USA. Fie is a very shy boy and he is not very good at sports. At the beginning of the film, Calvin is playing baseball when there is a (4) _______ earthquake. A hole opens in the ground and Calvin falls through it. He lands in the past, in the (5) _______of King Arthur.

Calvin meets King Arthur and Merlin, the wizard. King Arthur is played by Joss Ackland and Merlin is played by Ron Moody. They think that Calvin is (6) _______ because he plays them modern music on his CD player and he show them (7)_______to make roller blades and a mountain bike. Calvin is trained to be a knight and he becomes more (8) _______. Calvin helps King Arthur to beat his enemy, Lord Belasco, and  then Merlin sends Calvin back to the future. Calvin finds himself back in the baseball game, (9) _______this time he wins the game.

The special effects in A Kid in King Arthurs Court are very good. Michael Gottlieb is a great director and the actors‘ performances are good. The film is funny and (10) _______. It‘s a comedy, a drama, and an action film all in one.

1. A. author                 B. name                       C. character                D. actress

2. A. played                B. did                          C. made                       D. created

3. A. classify               B. class                       C. classic                    D. classical

4. A. terrify                 B. terrible                   C. terrifying                D. terribled

5. A. period                 B. decade                    C. moment                  D. time

6. A. amazed               B. amazing                  C. amaze                     D. amazes

7. A. what                   B. whatever                 C. how                         D. which

8. A. confident            B. confidence              C. confide                   D. confided

9. A. although             B. but                          C. despite                    D. even

10. A. excite               B. excited                    C. excites                    D. exciting

I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.

1. A. wireless                         B. robot                             C. product                         D. protect

2. A. palace                            B. exchange                      C. tonight                          D. instead

3. A. plastic                            B. repair                            C. study                             D. household

4. A. resident                         B. reuse                             C. reduce                           D. receive

5. A. human                           B. rubbish                         C. improve                        D. heavy

II. Complete the sentences using the words or phrases in the box.

1. You should use _______ products instead of plastic ones.

2. Their house is equipped with all kinds of modern _______ .

3. Japanese people _______ more than half of their waste paper.

4. Methane gas from food waste is a potentially valuable source of _______ .

5. I think a _______ isn’t that smart without an internet connection.

6. Their new model of _______ is a great water and energy saver.

7. I have an interesting idea of recycling plastic food _______ .

8. Electric rice _______ has two indicating lamps marked ‘Cook’ and ‘Warm’.

9. General waste and recycling _______ have different coloured lids.

10. Reusable bag is ‘greener’ because it’s made of natural _______ .

I. Choose the word whose underlined and part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. (0.5 pt.)

1. A. wear B. meat C. beach D. clean

2. A. cheese B. character C. teacher D. watch

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from that of the other words. (0.5 pt) 

3. A. physics B. author               C.subject D. exciting

4. A. scary B. secret          C. biology D. family