Trường THCS: Họ và Tên: Lớp: SBD: ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2007- 2008 Môn: Tiếng Anh- Lớp 9 (không kể môn Nghe; 80đ) Thời gian: 90 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề) Chú ý: Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi. I. Choose a,b,c or d to complete the sentences below. (10 points) 1. Please fasten your seatbelts! The plane will in a few minutes. a. take off b. go down c. turn off d. turn down 2.Reading books is one of the important thing to knowledge. a. keep b. improving c. promoted d. broaden 3. It’s a waste of time the Net. You have to know which website you want. a. wandering b. wondering c. playing d. going 4. You are speaking very quietly. I can hear you. a. hard b. hardy c. hardly d. hardness 5. We can’t swim in the river. There is trash on the water surface. a. swimming b. floating c. diving d. bathing 6. No, It’s allright. I’m used to with the radio on. a. work b. working c. to work d. have worked 7. The quality of these recordings is not very good, ? a. is it b. isn’t it c. is these d. aren’t they 8. The nurse suggested two aspirins. a. to take b. take c. taking d. being taken 9. If Ba doesn’t come to the class meeting, he be ill. a. can b. might c. should d. has to 10. I like learning languages. I want an extensive course of English. a. to come b. to attend c. to get d. to have II. Give the suitable form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (10 points) 1. She loves (chat) on computer, doesn’t she? 2. A new hospital (build) in my neighborhood right now. 3. This is the first time Hoa (meet) Tim’s family. 4. She has a lot of novels (write) in English. 5. Take this street and you (arrive) at the bus station in fifteen minutes. III. Give the suitable form of the words in brackets. (10points) 1. There are ten in the race (compete) 2. She failed the driving test because she didn’t follow the driving (instruct) 3. It’s one of the most films. I’ve ever seen. (enjoy) 4. She is very about her mother’s health. (anxiety) 5. Air is a of gases. (mix) IV. Rewrite the following sentences, do as directed in the brackets. (20 points) 1. Did the noise of the children playing disturb you when you were resting? (change into passive voice) 2. Their work has already been finished as requested. (change into active voice) 3. Mrs. Thu is going to ask a lumber to fix the faucets ( use causative form with have instead of ask) 4. Is it all right If I take some photographs? (Use Would you mind ) 5. “Is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?” Hoa said to Tim. (change into reported speech with ask) 6. She asked me to turn off all the lights when I went out. (change into directed speech with said) 7. Roses can’t possibly grow in such poor ground. (using It is impossible ) 8. Susan received a lot of birthday presents. She was happy. (combine each pair of sentence into one) 9. If you didn’t practise your speaking skill, You wouldn’t get a good job. (using unless) 10. Jack won’t be here with me next summer. (use I wish ) V. Complete the passage below by using a suitable word to fill each blank. (15 points) (1) the United State of America, the national language (2) also English. Four hundred years ago, some English (3) sailed to North America to live there, and they brought the English (4) to this new country. Now in the United State of America people speak America (5) Most of the words are the same in American and British English, (6) the American people say some English words differently from those from England. Canada is (7) the North of the United States of America. In Canada many people speak English (8) they also came (9) England many years ago. But in some parts of Canada they speak French. The people (10) in these parts came from France. VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. (15 points) newspapers radio TV websites program magazines emails information chats news There are four people in my family. Each of us has a different hobby. My Dad likes reading (1) because he can get the lasted (2) every morning. However, my Mom enjoys watching (3) and reading (4) Mom often spends hours reading articles about fashion and cooking. Unlike my Mom and Dad, my brother only loves exploring (5) about airplanes. He spends most of his free time getting (6) about the history and development of aircraft. He aldo writes (7) or (8) with his friends about his hobby. For me, I am really interested in listening to music. I love listening to music on the FM (9) I also like music (10) on TV on Sundays. What about you? What is your hobby? the end ANSWER KEY- ENGLISH 9 .LISTENING COMPREHENSION (Each right sentence has 1point. There are 10 sentences) Sentence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Key F T T F F F T T F T I. (Each right sentence has 1point. There are 10 sentences) Sentence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Key a d a c b b a c b b II. (Each right verb has 2 points. There are 5 verbs) 1. chatting 2. is being built 3. has met 4. written 5. will arrive III. (Each right word has 2 points. There are 5 words) 1. competitors 2. instruction 3. enjoyable 4. anxious 5. mixture IV. (Each right sentence has 2points. There are 10 sentences) 1. Were you disturbed by the noise of the children playing when you were resting? 2. They have already finished their work as required. 3. Mrs. Thu is going to have a lumber fix the faucets. 4. Would you mind if I took some photographs? 5. Hoa asked Tim if/whether the Golden Gate Bridge was in San Francisco. 6. She said to me, “Turn off all the lights when you go out.” 7. It is impossible to grow roses in such poor ground. 8. Susan was happy to receive a lot of birthday presents. 9. Unless you practise your speaking skill, you wouldn’t get a good job. 10. I wish Jack would be here with me next summer. V. (Each right word has 1.5 points. There are 10 words) 1. in 2. is 3. people 4. language 5. English 6. but 7. to 8. because 9. from 10. living VI. (Each right word has 1.5 points. There are 10 words) 1. newspapers 2. news 3. TV 4. magazines 5. websites 6. information 7. emails 8. chats 9. radio 10. program TOTAL SCORE: 100 POINTS Trường THCS: Họ và Tên: Lớp: SBD: . ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2007- 2008 Môn: Tiếng Anh- Lớp 8 Thời gian:120 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề) Chú ý: Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi. I. Choose a,b,c or d to complete the sentences below. (15 points) 1. Living in the country is not expensive. And it isn’t complex a. either b. too c. neither d. so 2. My friend suggested by bus. a. to go b. go c. going d. goes 3. The exam was quite we expected. a. more easily b. more easy c. easier than d. easier 4. The new shopping mall is quite the present shopping area. a. different from b. the same c. like to d. similar 5. The doctor asked him a rest and any heavy work. a. to take/to do b. to take/not do c. to take/don’t do d. to take/not to do 6. He does morning exercises regularly improve his health. a. in order for b. so as to c. so that d both b&c 7. Mary was born in France. French is her a. mother tongue b. first language c. foreign language d. both a&b 8. My father doesn’t like playing badminton.He prefers football. a. to play b. playing c. plays d. played 9. When my uncle was young, he used fishing on Sundays. a. go b. went c. going d. to go 10. She told me you this present. a. givihg b. to give c. gave d. given II. Give the suitable form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (15 points) 1. My brother (leave) home ten years ago. 2. I promise I (try) my best next semester. 3. In England the Sun (not shine) every day. 4. It is difficult (climb) this mountain. 5. The door bell (ring) while Tom was watching TV. 6. Computers (become) more important in our lives. 7. Her train (arrive) at 10:15. 8. I couldn’t make my car ………. (start) this morning. 9. Ron’s parents (die) when he was very young. 10. Water (cover) most of the Earth’s surface. III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. (15 points) 1. Last night, the TV program was very (interest) 2. Sa Pa is wonderful resort in Vietnam. (mountain) 3. How of you to break that cup! (care) 4. Disneyland is one of the famous areas of (entertain) 5. He was the of the school after winning the contest. (proud) 6. TV is very nowadays. (popularity) 7. They are members of an international (organize) 8. The shoes were nice, but they were (comfort) 9. Nam thinks the food in the restaurant is (taste) 10. They are very busy with the Teacher’Day. (celebrate) IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that it has a similar meaning to the first, do as directed in brackets: (25 points) 1. My mother likes walking better than cycling. (use My mother prefers ) 2. Reading is more boring than watching TV. (use Watching TV is more ) 3. Michael Jordan is a skillfull basketball player.( use M. Jordan plays ) 4. “Don’t walk on the grass.” The gardener said to us. (change into reported speech with told) 5. No one in the group is younger than Joanna. (use superlative form) 6. Nam drives carefully, but his sister drives more carefully. (using as as) 7. The last time I saw him was in 1985. (use the present perfect tense) 8. The doctor said I should stay in bed for a few days. (change into directed speech with ask) 9. I don’t think he is strong. He can’t lift such a heavy box. (combine into one sentence, using enough) 10.She can’t speak. She can’t hear. (combine into one sentence, using neither nor)) V. Choose a,b,c or d to fill in each blank of the passage below suitably : (15points) Every year students in many (1) learn English. (2) of these students are young children.Others are teenages. Many are aldults. Some learn at school, others study (3) themselves. A few learn English just by (4) the language in films, (5) television, in the office, or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work (6) to learn another language. Learning another language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn English? It is (7) to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many aldults learn English because it is (8) for their work. Teenages often learn English (9) their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines (10) English. 1/ a. countries b. homes c. house d. families 2/ a. None b. Some c. Any d. All 3/ a. for b. with c. by d. on 4/ a. hear b. heard c. to hear d. hearing 5/ a. on b. at c. in d. do 6/ a. hardly b. hard c. easy d. easily 7/ a. horrible b. cold c. difficult d. careful 8/ a. use b. used c. useful d. useless 9/ a. for b. with c. to d. of 10/a. for b. with c. of d. in VI. Complete the paragraph with the given words in the box: (15points) beautiful buffalo adventuring green enjoy praying went chatted comfortable spend In the short holidays we often(1) to a small village. The sights were so (2) that we didn’t want to leave there. In there we could (3) most of our time swimming in the river or (4) in the forest or (5) in the temple. In the afternoon, we could ride the (6) around the fields. I felt very (7) as I was living in a (8) paradise. In the evening, we used to (9) the moonlight, drank a cup of tea, and (10) with each other. the end ANSWER KEY- ENGLISH 8 .I. (Each right sentence has 1.5 points. There are 10 sentences) Sentence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Key a c c a d b d b d b II. (Each right verb has 1.5 points. There are 10 verbs) 1. left 2. will try 3. doesn’t shine 4. to climb 5. rang 6. are coming 7. arrives 8. start 9. died 10. covers III. (Each right word has 1.5 points. There are 10 words) 1. interesting 2. mountainous 3. careless 4. entertainment 5. pride 6.popular 7. organization 8. uncomfortable 9. tasty 10. celebrating IV. (Each right sentence has 2.5points. There are 10 sentences) 1. My mother prefers walking to cycling. 2. Watching TV is more interesting than reading. 3. M. Jordan plays basketball skillfully. 4. The garden told us not to walk on the grass. 5. Joanna is the youngest in the group. 6. Nam doesn’t drive as carefully as his sister. 7. I haven’t seen him since 1985. 8. The doctor asked to me “You should stay in bed for a few days.” 9. I don’t think he is strong enough to lift such a heavy box. 10.She can neither speak nor hear. .V. (Each right word has 1.5 points. There are 10 words) Sentence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Key a b c d a b c c a d VI. (Each right word has 1.5 points. There are 10 words) 1. went 2. beautiful 3. spend 4. adventuring 5. praying 6. buffalo 7. comfortable 8. green 9. enjoy 10. chatted TOTAL SCORE: 100 POINTS . SBD: ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2007- 2008 Môn: Tiếng Anh- Lớp 9 (không kể môn Nghe; 80đ) Thời gian: 90 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề) Chú ý: Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi. I Tên: Lớp: SBD: . ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2007- 2008 Môn: Tiếng Anh- Lớp 8 Thời gian:120 phút(Không kể thời gian giao đề) Chú ý: Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi. I. Choose a,b,c. hospital (build) in my neighborhood right now. 3. This is the first time Hoa (meet) Tim’s family. 4. She has a lot of novels (write) in English. 5. Take this street and you (arrive) at the bus station