Vững vàng nền tảng, Khai sáng tương lai BỘ 5 ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 NĂM 2021 TRƯỜNG THCS KHÁNH BÌNH 1 Đề số 1 A PHONOLOGY I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differ[.]
Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai BỘ ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP NĂM 2021 TRƯỜNG THCS KHÁNH BÌNH Đề số A PHONOLOGY I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group Write your answer (A, B, c, or D) in the space provided on the right A ashamed B.accuse C.addition D.advert A.brother B.bath C.mathematics D.breath A.measure B.decision C pleasant D.pleasure A.wood B.food C good D.stood A.climbing B.describe C.suburb D.slub II Choose the word with different stress pattern Write your answer (A, C, or D) in the space provided on the right A engineer B responsibility C documentary D.mathermatics A.achieve B.computer C.euqality D.exercise A.effective B moment C.province D.popular A.offer B.improve C.behave D.believe A interesting B.preference C.exceptional D.industry B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space given on the right The twins look so their father A.likely B. likeness C. alike D.like David always _ over to my house for tea at weekend A.came B.went C.gone D.passed Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai Jane is of using a computer A.possible B. capable C.able D. probable 4. each school year all the children were given copies of the school rules A.At first B.To start with C.At the beginning of D.In the beginning of Could you please _exactly what you saw when you got into the room? A.inform B.point C.advise D.describe The _ air in the morning is good for your health A.sure B. pure C.cure D.clear If you are not Japanese, so what _ are you? A.country B.nation C. nationality D.national He is always coming late, _ annoys everyone A.it B.that C.what D.which _young, chimpanzees are easily trained, A.When are B.When C.They are D.When they 10 It’s a good idea to see your doctor regularly for a medical _ A.revision B.control C.check-up D.investigation 11 You can use my bicycle you bring It back tomorrow A.although B.as long as C.evertheless D.in spite of 12 Two were fired, because they were always turning up late for work A.applicants B. employees C.staffs D.employers 13 After a meal in a restaurant, you should ask the waiter for the A.bill B.prescription C.receipt D.recipe Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai 14 In many ways this place me of my home village A.remembers B.reminds C. recalls D.resembles 15 The old house at the end of the street has recently been _ A.pulled out B.pulled up C.pulled through D.pulled down 16 They walked for three hours before finally their destination A.reaching B.coming C.getting D.arriving 17 Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed the heavy fog A.because B.due from C.on account of D.as a result from 18 A new study group has been _ by the United Nations A.put up B.made up C.drawn up D.set up 19 How many people you think this hall would ? A.hold B.occupy C.fit D.load 20 I know him by but I can’t remember what his name is A.sight B.myself C.heart D.chance II Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition The students were angry _ being treated _ We can only guess her reason leaving her job He said he broke the vase accident but I know he did it purpose The police succeeded _ bringing the strike The temperature here rarely falls zero winter Jane is very good _ Maths but she’s ignorant history first we didn’t like him, but now all of us regard him our best friend Tom and Bill have nothing _common In fact, there’s no comparison _them Some animals look for food _night, and sleep the day Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai 10 We can’t anything _the situation now It’s our control III Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces given At this time tomorrow, I (be) in HCM city {have) a good time He is angry as I {not do) all the work he (assign) last week What a pity By the time I (recover) from my illness, the course (end) Would you be so kind as (answer) the phone when it (ring)? clearly remember (pay) him last week I (give) him 20 dollars When my mother (retire) next month, she {work) as a teacher for exactly 25 years He (always talk) as though he {be) my boss At the moment I (read) a novel (write) by Hughes I can’t help (complain) about the lecture I (attend) 10 We (have) dinner when the power {fail) IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets Write your answers in the spaces given on the right I can’t follow you What you are saying is totally (logical) Artists are generally considered to be (imagine) but moody people The {thief) of the diamonds is being investigated by the police Most people have no real (believe) in ghosts Linda had no (suspect) that anything was wrong The firemen were (courage) enough to get into the burning house Please put the (freeze) food in the freezer George won a big prize for his (brave) The country is very (mountain) so travelling by road is difficult 10 The rule is not {apply) in this case C READING Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai I Read the following passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space given on the right Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (1) _ ? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (2) ?” The decision is yours, but it may be (3) remembering two things: there is more unemployment (4) those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (5) will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs If you decide to go (6) _ into a job, there are many opportunities for training Getting qualifications will (7) you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) you earn Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) _ possibility In this way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (10) _ practical work experience A former B past C later D after A.term B class C school D course A necessary B important C worth D useful A of B through C among D between A skills B interests C habits D arts A instant B just C straight D direct A help B make C give D let A while B what C where D which A another B always C also D again 10 A doing B getting C making D taking II Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, c, or D) to each of the questions Write your answers in the numbered spaces that follow There was one thing that I found rather strange on my first day as housekeeper at Monk’s House The floors in the house were very thin The bathroom was directly above the kitchen, and when Mrs Woolf was having her bath before breakfast, I could hear her talking to herself On and on she went, talk talk talk, asking questions and giving herself the answers I thought there must be two or three people up there with her When Mr Woolf saw that I looked surprised he told me that Mrs Woolf always said the sentences out loud that she had written during the night Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai She needed to know if they sounded right and the bath was a good place for trying them out I was not allowed to make coffee at Monk’s House Mr and Mrs Woolf were very particular about coffee and always made it themselves, so Mr Woolf came into the kitchen at eight o’clock every morning to make it When we carried the breakfast tray to Mrs Woolf’s room I noticed that she had always been working during the night There were pencils and paper beside her bed so that when she woke up she could work, and sometimes it seems as though she had had very little sleep Mrs Woolf’s bedroom was outside the house in the garden I used to think how inconvenient it must be to have to go out in the rain to go to bed Her bedroom had been added on to the back of the house; the door faced the garden and a window at the side opened out on to a field Because the writing room was small, he had had a large one built for her at the end of the garden against the church wall I can always remember her coming to the house each day from the writing room, when I rang the bell for lunch at one o’clock she used to walk down through the garden smoking one of her favorite cigarettes in a long holder She was tall and thin and very graceful She had large, deep-set eyes and a wide curving mouth I think perhaps it was this that made her face seem particularly beautiful She wore long skirt – usually blue or brown – in the fashion of the day, and silk jacket of the same color Her cigarettes were made from a special tobacco called My Mixture Mr Woolf bought it for her in London and, in the evenings, they used to sit by the fire and make these cigarettes themselves Mrs Woolf wore clothes that suited her well I pressed them for her and did any sewing that was necessary She was not able to sew, although sometimes she liked to try There was one thing in the kitchen that Mrs Woolf was very good at doing; she could make beautiful bread What was particularly unusual about Monk’s House? A The bathroom was next door to the kitchen B Mrs Woolf’s bedroom door opened on to the garden C The kitchen window looked out over fields D The breakfast room was upstairs What did the writer observe about Mrs Woolf’s writing habits? A She did a great deal of writing at night B She worked in the garden whenever she could C She preferred to write in the house Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai D She sometimes wrote in the bath Mrs Woolf wore clothes which were _ A.in matching colors B.designed for her individually, C.suitable for country life D.rather dull and unattractive Mr Woolf’s attitude toward his wife seemed to be that A He found her strange ways difficult to accept B He led a very separate life, C He did what he could for her D He watched over her all the time As far as the housework was concerned Mrs Woolf A.was too busy to B.disliked doing any C.was very bad at it D.liked one or two particular tasks III Fill each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word Write your answers in the spaces that follow He was born in a very poor part of London His father was a comedian and his mother worked (1) a dancer and singer However, (2) of them was very successful, so the family had very (3) money At one time they were (4) poor that he and his brother had to share one pair of shoes, and they had to take turns wearing them The first time he himself earned money (5) dancing and singing, he was only five years old He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved (6) was working in the theatre When he was about 15 he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America On (7) such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, (8) he eventually became both an actor and a film director He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes the other actors repeat a scene many times (10) he was finally satisfied with it Many people found him difficult and someone accused him of (11) mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty (12) made him careful with his money He died in Switzerland in 1977, (13) the age of 88. (14) is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his and early upbringing His name was Charlie Chaplin Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai IV Which of the four underlined parts in each sentence below is incorrect? Write your answer (A, B, c or D) in the space given on the right (A) There have been (B) little change in the city (C) since I (D) moved here ten years ago Two (A) of the pjayers from the Yankees (B) has been (C) chosen to participate in the All Star game (A) The video disc (B) has the capacity (C) to store (D) thousand of visual images (A) Alike bears, (B) the giant panda of China (C) has a clumsy manner (D) of walking They (A) are going (B) to have to leave (C) soon, and so (D) do we Mary and (A) her sister (B) have just bought two new (C) winters coats at the (D) sale Stevens, (A) along with (B) her cousins from New York, (C) are planning (D) to attend my wedding Stuart stopped (A) to write his letter (B) because he had to (C) leave for (D) the hospital (A) This new model (B) costs twice (C) more than (D) last year’s 10 In order (A) to achieve the best results (B) in this exam, it is necessary that (C) one (D) works as fast as possible D WRITING I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one You had better get back to work now -> It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………… “I must see the manager!” he cried -> He insisted ……………………………………………………………………………………… Please tell me your future plan -> I’d prefer………………………………………………………………………………… What a pity you didn’t watch the match last night! -> I wish………………………………………………………………………………… ‘Why did you come back so late last night?” my father asked -> My father wanted ……………………………………………………………………… We couldn’t drive very fast because of the thick fog Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai -> The thick fog………………………………………………………………………… 7. She wears dark glasses so that no one can recognise her -> She wears dark glasses to avoid………………………………………… He hasn’t ridden a bicycle for three years -> He last ………………………………………………………………………………… Please don’t interrupt me when I ‘m writing my report -> I’d rather………………………………………………………………………… 10 I had expected the weather to be worse -> The weather was not ………………………………………………………………… II Rewrite each of the sentences using the word given Do not change this word in any way Harry came into a lot of money when his uncle died LEFT Bill is too young to understand this problem OLD Helen regrets going to bed so early last night WISHES He is very sorry he didn’t come to the meeting yesterday APOLOGISES I don’t know where he is IDEA III Use the suggested words and phrasesto make complete sentences I / not / feel like / have breakfast / this morning / because / headache I / deal / this matter / later / when / have time Manager / not get / well with / employees She / get furious / as / nobody / take / notice / her Jane / promise / keep / touch / us / wherever / she / be ĐÁP ÁN A PHONOLOGY I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group 1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A Trang | Vững vàng tảng, Khai sáng tương lai II Choose the word with different stress pattern 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.C B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences C A B C D B C D B 10 C 11 B 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 D 16 A 17 C 18 D 19 A 20 A II Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition 1.at / about – like at – of 2.at – for 7.At – as 3.by – on 8.in – between 4.In – under 9.by – during 5.below – in 10.about – beyond III Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets Write your answers in the spaces given 1.will be – having 2.haven’t done – assigned 3.recover – had ended 4.to answer – rings 5.paying – gave 6.retires – will have worked 7.is always talking / always talks – were 8.am reading – written 9.complaining – attended 10.were having – failed IV Give the correct form of the words in brackets 1.illogical 2.imaginative 3.theft 4.belief 5.suspicion 6.courageous 7.frozen 8.bravery 9.mountainous 10 applicable C READING I Read the following passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank Trang | 10