ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 MÔN TIẾNG ANH A. PRONUNCIATION I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.(0,5m) 1. A. ethnic B. depend C. impress D. region 2. A. fool B. moon C. food D. foot 3. A. low B. bow C. know D. slow 4. A. laugh B. plough C. enough D. cough 5. A. wealth B. cloth C. bathe D. marathon II. Pick out the word that is pronounced differently from the others (0,5 m) 6. A fortunately B. entertain C. recommend D. disappear 7. A. discuss B. operate C. argument D separate 8. A. survive B. fashion C. palace D. memory 9. A. mysterious B. mineral C. material D. minority 10. A. museum B. advertise C. popular D. genius B. USE OF ENGLISH I. Circle the best answer A,B,C,or D. (2ms) 11. The man and animals_______ you saw on TV were from Australia. A. who B. whom C. which D. that 12. We feel very_______today. A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happen 13. He’s an_______of Vietnam News Office. A. edit B. editor C. edition D. editorial 14. Please_______the radio. I’m very tired. A. get off B. go off C. turn off D. see off 15. The choice may_______until you’ve grown up. A. to delay B. to be delay C. delay D. be delayed 16. We must congratulate him_______his passing the driving test first time. A. on B. in C. for D. of 17. Thanks a lot for your help. Without it I_______the task. A. couldn’t perform B. couldn’t have performed C. didn’t perform D. was not able to perform 18. Everyone is ready, _______? A. isn’t he? B. isn’t she? C. aren’t they? D. is he? 19. Your letter was received the week_______last. A. before B. after C. ago D. from 20. No one knows how many books_______lost. A. had been B. have been C. had D. have III. Put the word in the brackets into the correct form. (1m) 21. He got into_______while swimming and had to be rescued.(Difficult) 22. There is a _______faucet in your kitchen. (Drip) 23. For further_______on the diet, write to us at this address.(Inform) 24. _______is better than cure. (Prevent) 25. _______is a film or radio or television program giving facts about something. (Document) III. Circle the letter A,B,C,or D of the underlined part which is not correct.(1m) 26. Recent scientists have become extremely worried about the world’s A B C D population. 27. It’s always better to study vocabulary in connection by reading. A B C D 28. I sometimes wonder about my old friend, where is she now, and what A B C D she’s doing. 29. It took me a long time to get up from my illness. A B C D 30. He talked to Ann throughout the evening, so nothing he said changed A B C D her opinion. IV. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same. (1m) 31. He no longer has long hair and a thick moustache. He used to . 32. She hasn’t been to Paris before. This is the .  33. Mary told me not to forget my tennis racket. Mary said, “ . ” 34. She couldn’t come to class because of illness. As she .  35. We have run out of tea. There . C. READING I. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions below.(2ms) People who know Salley Ride say she is intelligent and confident. She also thinks deeply about things, but she is not always serious. She is fun and enjoys humour but she is in a hurry to get on to more important things. At high school she became interested in science. At university she studied English and physics. After completing her studies at Stanford University, She worked as a researcher. In 1977, she was one of the 1,000 women and 7,000 men who applied for the astronaut training program when she was 25. She was one of the 35 women who were accepted to start the program in 1978. As part of her training, she learned to be a jet pilot and a flight engineer. She married during her training. Her husband, Havley, is also an astronaut. They do not plan to have any children yet. Questions. 36. How old is Salley Ride now? .  37. Is she a pleasant woman? How do you know? .  38. Who did she marry? .  39. What did she do in 1977? .  40. Give the fact from the text to prove that Salley Ride is intelligent. .  II. Put one suitable word in each space. (2ms) I have recently taken up cooking as a hobby. A lot (41)_________ my friends find this very amusing as I'm not very ¬¬(42)_________at it yet. It’s much (43)______difficult(44)_________I thought it was. There are so(45)_________things to remember to do and it’s very easy to(46)_________ mistakes. Last week I invited several people round so I could try out a new (47)_________. Everything was ready in the kitchen, so I relaxed with my guests and we (48)¬¬_________ a drink . But I’m not¬¬(49)_________to giving dinner parties and I suddenly remembered that the kitchen was still in the freezer. We had to wait two hours(50)¬¬_________dinner! . ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 MÔN TIẾNG ANH A. PRONUNCIATION I. Pick out the word whose underlined. She also thinks deeply about things, but she is not always serious. She is fun and enjoys humour but she is in a hurry to get on to more important things.