TRƯỜNG PTCS TÂN THẮNG ĐỀ THI THỬ HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Đề 1 NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 Thời gian: 120 phút I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently (10 points) 1. A. food B. good C. too D. soon 2. A. popular B. pollution C. population D. proper 3. A. leader B. leather C. pleasure D. measure 4. A. lazy B. tomato C. label D. tasty 5. A. boxes B. goes C. arrives D. leaves 6. A. planet B. character C. happy D. classmate 7. A. humor B. music C. cucumber D. sun 8. A. enough B. mountain C. country D. young 9. A. old B. sociable C. outgoing D. volunteer 10. A. encourage B. extremely C. pretty D. planet II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below (15 points) 1. How ……… your new jeans look! A. well B. lovely C. beautifully D. suitably 2. If you don't want this pen, take . There are some left in the box. A. the others B. other C. another D. one other 3. I am not used in public. A. to speak B. to speaking C. speaking D. at speaking 4. He …………… me to go to the doctor’s. A. advised B. suggested C. insisted D. threatened 5. She loves London, in the Spring. A. mostly B. specially C. most D. especially 6. That isn’t Tom, …………… ? A. is it B. is he C. isn’t he D. isn’t it 7. Shakespeare was not only a famous playwright………a poet ………well A. but/as B. also/as C. but/so D. and/too 8. This work needs …………… on time. A. finish B. to finish C. to have finished D. finishing 9. I’m going to take an exercise class at Jim’s gym. Do you know………there? A. the way to B. how to get C. how to get to D. how can I get 10. My father has gone away on business. He'll be back a week. A. for B. at C. until D. in 11. The doctor advised him to give __________ smoking. A- out B- up C- in D- on 12. This restaurant is famous __________ Chinese dishes. A- in B- with C- at D- for 13. The salesman showed us __________ the washing machine. A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work 14. Have you ever had to stay __________ for a long time? A- in the bed B- in bed C- on the bed D- on bed 15. It was very __________ of you to break that coffee cup. A- careful B- carefully C- careless D- carelessly III. Each sentence below has ONE mistake. Find and correct it. (20 points): 1. Did it spend you two days to finish reading the book? 2. Having a tired day, I went to bed early last night. 3. Three years are too long for us to build a new house in the countryside. 4. Children, you should do these experiments yourself before asking for help! 5. She has just bought a Japanese new car, that's why she is having a party now. 6. Friends are usually the people have the same hobbies or the same ages. 7. Their son hasn’t talked to them when he was punished for telling lies. 8. Our manager suggested that we would work overtime this week. 9. It is time you didn’t depend in your parents 10. She divided our class in four small groups. IV. Supply the correct form of the words given to complete sentences below. (10 points) 1. Nga’s parents _________ her to apply for the job last year. COURAGE 2. One of the causes of air pollution is ______ waste. INDUSTRY 3. UNESCO is one of worldwide ______ organizations. NATION 4. Ba left home early, ______, his bike was broken mid-way. LUCK 5. Can you ______ yourself before we start our lesson? INTRODUCTION 6. Will you please give us some _______ explanation? FAR 7. Are there any _______ between these two schoolbags? DIFFER 8. Life in the countryside is much _______than life in the city. HEALTHY 9. You should read books to_______ your knowledge. RICH 10. His ……………… has not improved much. BEHAVE V. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (10 points): Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _________________ first? VI. Write the second sentence that has the same meaning as the first one (10 points) 1. “How do you like my new dress, Tom?”, Mary asked Tom. → Mary asked ……………………………………………………………………. 2. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy now. → It is ……………………………………………………………………………. 3. “Don’t turn on the TV, i’m learning my lessons mom.” The boy said → The boy asked ………………………………………………………………… 4. The water of the river was so dirty that the children could not swim in it. → The water of the river was ………………………… ……………………………… 5. They are going to build a new school here. → A new ………………………………………………………………………. 6. Did anybody see him come down the lane ? →Was 7. The last time I went out at night was two weeks ago. → I haven’t 8. Did you start to learn English in 2006? → Have ………………………………………………………… 9. The film was so long that I couldn’t see it to the end. → It was ……………………………………………………………… 10. Nam is going to repaint my house next week. → I am going to………………………………………………… VII. If you have a trip abroad, which country in the world do you want to visit? Write an essay of about from 120 to 180 words to explain your choice (10 points). The end . TRƯỜNG PTCS TÂN THẮNG ĐỀ THI THỬ HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Đề 1 NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 Thời gian: 120 phút I. Choose the word that has the underlined. important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________. and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough