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ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 VÒNG HUYỆN, TỈNH, THPT CHUYÊN
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Ngày làm bài 18 – 08 - 2010
I Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group.
1 A enough B courage C encounter D nourish
2 A machine B cheap C teacher D child
3 A reason B son C busy D easy
4 A leader B unpleasant C Ahead D breath
5 A jogged B cooked C gained D smiled
II Choose the word that has a different the stressed syllables from the others of each group.
6 A chemical B difficult C dependent D company
7 A cancer B treatment C tissue D disease
8 A scholarship B chemistry C attractive D continent
9 A discover B Londoner C interesting D scientist
10 A hopeless B kindness C careful D unused
III.Circle the letter next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
11 You look tired Why don’t you have a ?
12.What’s the time now? It’s twelve o’clock
13 Could you a picture of us with my camera?
14 Why don’t people put their rubbish in the litter ?
A bottles B bins C stops D boxes
15 I don’t need as many as twenty Just give me
A a hundred B thirty C zero D a dozen
16 Who’s going to help me the balloons for the party?
A blow down B blow up C get down D get up
17 Charles has been out of for over a year now
18 I have toast but I wasn’t very hungry this morning
A nearly B normally C quite D well
19 Take your overcoat with you it gets cold
A although B in case C unless D until
20 We had to the macth because of the bad weather
A call back B think over C call off D get out
21 She looked very pleased the gifts
22 We congratulated him getting married
23 This picture reminds me my childhood
24 The police accused the man murder
25 She detests all day with strangers
A chatting B to chat C to chatting D chat
26 The biologist doesn’t allow us in the laboratory
Trang 2A smoke B to smoke C smoking D smoked
27 Remember Katie my greeting card when you see him
A give B to give C giving D gave
28 Have you ever watched people fish?
A try / catch B trying / to catch C trying / catching D to try / to catch
29 The picture of the soldiers back many memories
A bring B bringing C brings D to bring
30 John along with twenty friends celebrating a party
31 Neither Bill nor Mary and Jane going to the party tonight
32 Each boy and each girl a book
A have B has C having D to have
33 People think that an apple a day is good for you
A It is thought that an apple a day is good for you
B It was thought that an apple a day is good for you
C They are thought that an apple a day is good for you
D They thought that an apple a day is good for you
34 They haven’t decided anything yet
A Nothing has been decided yet B Anything haven’t been decided yet
C Nothing has decided yet D Anything have decided yet
35 The football match had to be because of the bad weather
A put out B put off C putting off D put up
36 My mother told me to for an electrician when her fan was out of order
A turn B rent C send D write
37 Susan’s doctor insists for a few days
A that she is resting B her resting C that she rest D her to rest
38 It is necessary for him _ the books
A find B to find C finding D found
39 When I him tomorrow, I will tell him about that
40 Mike was not fedling well so we gave him _ to do than you
A little work B less work C few work D fewer work
41 Bill has spent the money that his father gave last week
A most B most of C much D many
42 David signed the papers, he could work at the construction company
A so that B such that C in order to D so as that
43 No one in the class can study as well as Jane She is the _ student in the class
A good B better C best D well
44 I think that the head injury will _ her for life
45 Every country a national flag
46 his friends are over 50 years old
A Little B A lot C most D All of
47 We have no money, but Tom has _
A little B a little C few D a few
48 Peter is not to go swimming alone
A old enough B enough old C so old D so young
49 There is noise that I can hear nothing
Trang 3A so B such C so many D so much
50 Hoa is good speaking English
51 did it take you to finish the project? – Just one day
A How many B How much C How long D How often
52 My father drink tea every morning
A used to B is uesd to C gets used to D is accustomed to
53 The we study , the more prizes we receive
54 the children like watching cartoons
A All B Most C Much D Neither of
55 Four-fifths of the world’s computers use programmes English
A in B with C by D from
56 Why are these two schools so different each other?
A with B of C at D from
57 He has knowledge of history
A many B much C a few D some
58 He learned English he could communicate with the foreigners
A because B so that C if D unless
59 Tom studies hard pass the final exam
60 Your car is much more expensive than
IV: Give the correct tense / form of the verbs in brackets
The weather (61.be) _ terrible recently It (62.rain) _off and on for two days, and the temperature (63.drop) _drastically It (64.be) _really cold today Just three days ago, the sun (65 shine) _and the weather (66 be) _pleasant The weather certainly (67.change) _quickly here I never know what (68 expect) _ Who knows? When I (69.wake) _up tomorrow morning, maybe it (70.snow) _
V: Finish the following sentences Use the correct form of the word given at the end of each line.
71 We’ll live a happier and _life if we keep our environment clean health
72 The earthquake caused terrible _ destroy
73 Hue is _located on the Huong river attract
74 It was the best live _I have ever seen Perform
75 My favorite _are My Tam and Lam Truong sing
76 She is _in learning English interest
77 He promised to come but he’s very _ Rely
78 I feel very _, so I’m going to bed Sleep
79 The cost of the _must be paid by the buyer carry
80 The _area of the city is not very far from my house Industry
VI Combine the following sentences Use the given words (1,0 p)
81.John lives in a small flat He doesn’t like it (wish)
………
82.It rained heavily We went to school (Although)
………
83.The river was very dirty The children couldn’t swim in it (too)
Trang 484.Yesterday, I met an old man His name is John Smith (whose)
………
85.Mary speaks English perfectly She writes it quickly (not only …but also)
………
VII There are eleven errors in the passage Underline the errors and then write the correction in the blank provided (1,0 p) (The first one has been done as an example)
Charlie Chaplin was born on London in 1889 Both his parents was music hall performers
He father was a drunkard and his mother later gone mad Life is hard and Charlie and his half-bother, Sidney, were sent to a orphanage for a time
He first appears on the stage when he was seventh and by the time he was ten, he was a regular perform When he was seventeen year old, he went on a tour to the USA, where he was spotted and gave a part in a Hollywood film
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VIII Read the passage and choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D.
Thousands of years before Columbus came to the New World, the American Indians entered North America by crossing a narrow strip of land that once connected Alaska and Siberia The migrants entered a new world in which there were no people at all But there were many animals to hunt, and there were forests where nuts, roots, and berries could be gathered
When the Europeans came to the New World, the Indians, at first, taught the settlers how
to plant corn, bake fish, make canoes, and smoke tobacco In return, the white introduced horses, guns, gunpowder, and alcohol But at last, there were struggles for land, and the struggles could have only one result – war When the wars were over, all Indians were moved to large tracts of land called reservations Now, some of them, embittered by mistreatment, are determined to preserve their tribal life; some wish to modernize the reservations These alternatives, with many variations, are what most Indians have chosen – a future in modern technology and education, or the revival of ancient tradition and treaties
96.The Indians entered North America
A before Columbus
B with Columbus
C after Columbus’s arrival
D in the 18th century
97.The Indians moved to a new world which was
A once settled by Europeans
B inhabited by primitive men
C inhabited in by American migrants
D completely uninhabited by other people
98.As soon as the Europeans set their feet on the New World, they
Trang 5A were hostile to the Indians.
B were taught a lot of things by the Indians
C didn’t treat the Indians in a friendly way
D traded with the Indians friendly
99.The most accurate statement about contemporary Indian is
A most Indians reject modern culture and technology
B some Indians preserve conventional life style
C some Indians have adopted modern culture and technology
D both B and C
100.The Indians were good at
A struggling for land
B contemporary tribal life
C making canoes
D the revival of their tradition
IX Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the passage (1,0 p)
My village is about 50 kilometers (101) _ the city center It’s very beautiful and (102) ….place where people (103) _ flowers and vegetables only It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque (104) _ The air is quite (105) _; however, the smell of the roses makes people (106) _ cool In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty
of (107) _ Tourists come to visit it so often Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (108) _ much time to water the roses And even at night, people can (109) _ along the path and enjoy the fresh smell (110) _the flowers
101 A on B for C from D since
102 A peace B peaceful C peacefully D peaceable
103 A grow B growing C grew D grown
104 A scenery B sceces C screens D scenes
105 A cool B fresh C clear D clean
106 A felt B to feel C feel D feeling
107 A colors B colorful C colorless D colored
108 A villages B towns C villagers D city-dwellers
109 A waked B walked C walk D walking
X Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word to complete the passage (1,0 p)
Footprints on the moon Many years (111) _ a lot of people thought the moon was a god Other (112) _ thought it was just a light in the (113) _ And others thought it was a big ball of cheese! Then telescopes (114) _ made And men saw that the moon was really another world They wondered what it was like They (115) _ of going there
On July 20, 1969, that dream came true Two American men landed on the (116) _ Their (117) _ were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered (118) _ dust The dust
is so thick (119) _ the men left footprints where they walked Those were the first marks a living had ever made on the moon And they could stay there for years and years There is no (120) _ or rain to wipe them off
XI Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that has a similar meaning to the original sentence.(1,0 p)
121 She prefers watching TV to reading books.
=> She would rather………
Trang 6122 They last visited me five years ago.
=> They haven’t………
123 Someone is going to paint my door.
=> I’m ………
124 If you wanted my advice, I wouldn’t buy a new house here.
=> If I ………
125 They didn’t take care of the children.
=> The children………
XII Use the following set of words and phrases to write a complete letter.(1,0 p)
Dear Mr Jones,
126 I / written / you / three times / during / last two months.
=> ………
127 also / try / telephone / several times.
=> ………
128 each time / find / impossible / get through / you.
=> ………
129 be / afraid / I / find / your attitude / unacceptable
=> ………
130 I / feel / this / gone on / long enough.
=> ………
131 It / now time / find / solution / the problem.
=> ………
132 I have / therefore / decide / write this / last letter.
=> ………
133 If / there / no reply / before / end of this week / you / hear from / my lawyers.
=> ………
……… Your sincerely, S.J Babbett
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1 C 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 C 9 A 10 D
11 B 12.C 13 A 14 B 15 D 16 B 17 A 18 B 19 B 20 C
21 B 22 D 23 D 24 D 25 A 26 B 27 B 28 B 29 C 30 A
31 B 32 B 23 A 34 A 35 B 36 C 37 C 38 B 39 A 40 B
41 B 42 A 33 C 44 A 45 C 46 D 47 B 48 A 49 A 50 B
51 C 52 A 43 A 54 D 55 A 56 D 57 B 58 B 59 A 60 D
81.John wishes (that) he didn’t live in a small flat / he lived in a bigger/larger flat
82.Although it rained heavily, we went to school
83.The river was too dirty for the children to swim in
84.Yesterday, I met an old man whose name is John Smith
85.Mary not only speaks English perfectly but also writes it quickly
90 a => an 91 appears => appeared 92 seventh => seven 93 perform => performer
94 year => years 95 gave => given
121.She would rather watch TV than read books
122.They haven’t visited me for five years
123.I’m going to have/get my door painted
Or: I’m going to have someone paint
Or: I’m going to get someone to paint my door
124.If I were you, I wouldn’t buy a new house here
125.The children weren’t taken care of (by them)
126.I’ve / have written to you three times during the last two months
127.I’ve / have also tried to phone you several times
128.Each time I’ve / have found it impossible to get through to you
129 I’m / am afraid (that)I find your attitude unacceptable
I find that your attitude is unacceptable
130.I feel (that) this has gone long enough
131.It’s now time to find a solution to the problem
It’s now time for us to find a solution to the problem
It’s now time we found a solution to the problem
132.I’ve / have therefore decided to buy this last letter
133.If there is no reply before the end of this week, you will hear from my laywers
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