Phòng gd-đt lâm thao đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp huyện Môn : tiếng anh lớp 9 Năm học 2008-2009 Thời gian làm bài:120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên HS: . Trờng THCS: Số báo danh: G.Thị 1: . G.Thị 2: . Phách Điểm Bằng số: Bằng chữ: . G.khảo 1: . G.khảo 2: Phách I. Circle the best answer for each of the following sentences: 1. Nguyen Du is a famous VietNamese A. poem B. poetry C. poetic D. poet 2. I find this problem hard to A. solve B.think C. do D. label 3. She has her meals . by one of her neighbors A.preparing B. prepared C. prepare D. to prepare 4. Is she a friend of ? A.yours B.you C.your D. you re 5. You will become ill you stop working so hard. A.until B.when C.unless D.if 6.I m sorry. I havent got change. Why don t you go to the bank? A.some B. lots C.any D. all 7. This is my favorite short- . blouse. A.sleeved B.sleeve C. sleeving D. sleeves. 8.What . earth have you done with that paper? A. on B. of C. at D.above 9. The old man asked her to move because he on that chair. A.used to sitting B.was used to sit C. used to sit D.was used to sitting 10. That room . in use since it was redecorated. A. is B. has been C.was D.used to be 11. She asked me . she could come that day. A. if B.when C.about D.whenever 1 12. The two capital cities are A.similar B. very difference C. the same D.the same to 13. Do you . my turning the telivision on now? A.want B. object C.mind D. disapprove 14.Two-thirds of money mine now. A. is B. are C.was D.were 15. Each of the boys a book now. A.have B.has C.had D.are having 16. Churches and pagodas are places of . A. visit B.amusement C. worship D.entertainment 17. I don ’ t like that dress; it is out of . A.fashion B. order C. date D.luck 18. Hai decided to all her work at the end of every week. A. revise B. do C. study D. tell 19.Mrs Brown works . at a grocery store in a nearby town A. part time B. parts-time C.part-time D.part- times 20. My parents are very with my success. A.pleasant B.pleased C.please D.pleasure. 21. This isn ’ t very sweet.I ’ ll add some more A.salt B.pepper C. vinegar D.sugar 22. Do you like the language center in the Women ’ s magazine. A.advertiser B.advertised C.advertising D.advertisement 23.Don ’ t forget . the Shrines of the heroes and heroines whenever you go on a sightseeing tour of Quang Tri province. A.visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited 24. We wish we . a trip to the countryside for the summer vacation to come. A.would do B.made C. did D. would make 25. An exchange student needs to be independent . to live away from their family for a year. A.so B.as C. enough D.that 26. Your work has been very good this year. A. by far B. so far C. as far as D. so long 27. The Browns had to use all their . to buy their new house. A. expenses B. savings C. reserves D. remains 28. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a . A. tip B. fee C. fare D. commission 29. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact .? A. size B. length C. measure D. height 30. Another word for fortune is A. rich B. lucky C. foreing D. good. 31. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good for her to improve her English. 2 A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. experience. 32. Please your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question. A. rise B. push C. raise D. lift 33. All his children speak English. A. flowing B. fluent C. easy D. well. 34. If a bomb goes off, it . A. explodes B. fails C. strikes D. misses its object. 35. We went to the airport to . off a friend who was leaving for London. A. tell B. say C. join D. see. 36. My sister is very of spiders. A. terror B. terrify C. terrified D. terrifying 37. The chameleon is very strange A. creation B. creator C. creature D. creative. 38. I like this essay because it ’ s very A.imaginative B. imaginary C. imaginable D. imagination 39. Tam has a big of foreign coins. A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collective. 40.If we don ’ t . on electricity, there will be power cut. A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economize 41.Are these courses . or optional? A. additional B. official C. national D. compulsory. 42. I English for ten years now. What about you?. A. learnt B. learned C. have learnt D. learn 43. The president made a very interesting at the meeting. A. speech B. talking C. lecture D. message. 44. The phone is ringing. Could you it ? A. ring B. answer C. object D. disapprove. 45. Who was the first man to . on the moon ?. A. start up B. board C.set foot D. mount. 46.I ’ m just going to . some photos of the town square. A. take B. make C. paint D. draw 47. I ’ ll wait for you the corner of the street. A. in B. inside C. at D. to 48. Far from the city streets . a vacation resort reserved for teen- age boys A. wait B. waiting C.waits D. to wait. 49. I won ’ t go you pay me the money back. A. as soon as B. unless C. while D. when. 50. Has the committee .a decision yet?. A.made B. done C. arrived D. voted II. Circle the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 3 51. A. cut B .but C. put D. shut 52. A.heat B. great C. beat D. read 53. A. blood B. pool C.food D.tool 54. A.university B. unite C. unit D. undo 55. A. hour B. home C.habit D.horse III. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it. 56. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted. 57. Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday. 58.What are you going to do in Christmas.? 59. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does Jones. 60. Ten hours are not enough for us to write the report. 61. Her parents wouldn ’ t let her to go out at night. 62.I think your hair needs to cut, and you had better do it now. 63. Would you like to work at an university ? 64. The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in. 65. Would you mind if I turn down the radio?- It ’ s too loud. Write your asnwer here: 56 . 61 57 62 . 58 . 63 . 59 64 60 . 65 IV.Read the first sentence, and the complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 66.The bridge was so low that the bus couldn ’ t go under it. It was . 67.I last saw him when I was a student. I haven ’ t . 68. When he is asked about his part, he hates it. He hates . 69. I ’ ve always had to get up early to prepare breakfast for my family. I ’ m used to . 70.I ’ m only interested in why he did it The only thing . 71.We arrived too late to see the first film. We didn ’ t . 4 72.They won ’ t be able to come on Sunday. It will be 73. John began playing the piano ten years ago. John has 74.She has ordered a new outfit from her dressmaker. She is having 75.He tried to escape but the police stopped him The police prevented him . V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets: 76. His ( behave ) has not improved much . 77. He owns his ( popular) largely to his sense of humor 78. Parents are ( protect) towards their children. 79. My teacher ( courage ) me to take this examination. . 80. This boy is ( create ) enough to be an artist. 81. He is good at ( society ) subjects. 82. Burning coal is ( economy ) to heat the house. Gas is much cheaper. 83.He was very ( pride ) of the work he had done . 84. Those berries are ( poison ) . Don ’ t eat them . 85. It is ( health ) to live in a damp room. VI. Read the passage below and fill in each gap with a suitable word: When I was a school girl, children always object to (86) . school uniform but teachers were( 87) . on it because they said all of us looked alike. Otherwise, they said, children would compare with each other, and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see straight away ( 88) poor they were. In recent years, however, many schools have given up the idea ( 89 ) . making children wear uniform but, funnily enough, getting that children can wear ( 90) . they like, they have dropped a uniform of their own. When a journalist came to a school, he ( 91) out a big surprise. Can you guess? All the ( 92) and girls at the school were dressed in jeans! One girl said she would rather die ( 93) . wear a coat instead of a jersey because ( 94) wants to look different ( 95) the other in the class. 86 91 . 87 . 92 88 93 89 . 94 90 95 5 VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: 96. She is having an examination. She wishes she (spend) a day off on a farm now. 97. Mary ( work) with her own computer when she was a student at university. 98. How many times you ( be) to Van Mieu? 99. They felt tired and hungry, so they ( sit) down under a tree and rested for lunch. 100. Would you believe twenty-three phone calls ( make) by Tom today? 96 . 99 . 97 100 98 The end. §Ò cã 6 trang (tõ trang 1 ®Õn trang 6) -------------------------- Ngêi coi thi kh«ng gi¶i thÝch g× thªm! 6 Phßng GD&DDT L©m Thao ®¸p ¸n vµ biÓu ®iÓm chÊm thi chän HSG huyÖn- m«n Anh v¨n líp 9 - N¨m häc 2008-2009 I. Circle the best answer: 5 points, 0,1 point for each. 1.D 6. C 11.A 16.C 21. D 26.B 31.A 36.C 41.D 46.A 2.A 7.A 12. C 17. A 22. B 27.B 32.C 37.C 42.C 47.C 3.B 8.A 13.C 18. A 23. B 28.C 33. B 38.A 43.A 48.C 4.A 9 C 14.A 19.C 24. D 29.D 34.A 39.B 44.B 49.B 5.C 10.B 15.B 20.B 25.C 30.B 35.D 40.D 45.C 50.A II. Circle the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 0,5 points. 0,1 point for each. 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.D 55.A. III. Correct the mistake: 1point. 0,1 point for each. 56. serious-> seriously 61. to go -> go 57. look for -> look after. 62. to cut -> cut/ to be cut. 58. in-> at 63. an ->a. 59. does-> is 64. quite -> quiet 60. are -> is 65. turn -> turned IV. Write: 1 point. 0,1 point for each. 66.It was such a low bridge that the bus couldn ’ t go under it. 67. I haven ’ t seen him since I was a student. 68. He hates being asked about his past. 69. I ’ m used to getting up early to prepare breakfast for my family. 70. The only thing I ’ m interested in is why he did it. 71. We didn ’ t arrive in time/ early enough to see the first film. 72. It will be impossible for them to come on Sunday. 73. John has been playing the piano for ten years. 74. She is having a new outfit made ( by her dressmaker). 75. The police prevented him from escaping. V. Give the correct form of the words:1 point. 0, 1 point for each 76.behaviour 81. social 77.popularity 82. uneconomical 78. protective 83 proud 79. encouraged 84. poisonous 80. creative. 85.unhealthy VI. Fill in the gap with the siutable word. 1 point. 0,1 point for each. 86. wearing 87 keen 88. how 89. of 90. what 91. found 92. boys 93. than 94.no one 95. from VII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets:0 5 points ;0,1 point for each 96. spent 97.worked 98. have you been 99. sat 100. have been made 7 –––––––––––––––––––––––––– –– 8 . how 89. of 90 . what 91 . found 92 . boys 93 . than 94 .no one 95 . from VII. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets:0 5 points ;0,1 point for each 96 3.B 8.A 13.C 18. A 23. B 28.C 33. B 38.A 43.A 48.C 4.A 9 C 14.A 19. C 24. D 29. D 34.A 39. B 44.B 49. B 5.C 10.B 15.B 20.B 25.C 30.B 35.D 40.D 45.C 50.A II.