Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo Thanh Hoá ***** Đề chính thức Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp Tỉnh Năm học: 2009 - 2010 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 Ngày thi: 24/03/2010 Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Question 1: Part a- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 1. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy 2. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches 3. A. gabage B. garage C. sewage D. carriage 4. A. now B. flow C. row D. know 5. A. complain B. ascertain C. campaign D. bargain Part b- Choose the word that has the different stress from the others: 1. A. dormitory B. category C. priority D. ordinary 2. A. pesticide B. separate C. slavery D. efficient 3. A. appliance B. activity C. adventure D. average Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. I’d rather you (not wear)……….jeans to the office. 2. When I first (come)……….to this village, it was a quiet place.But since then population (double)…….and a lot of leisure facilities (build)……… 3. The teller was made (lie)…………down on the floor. 4. The money (steal)………in the robbery was never found. 5. This building (be)…… finished by the end of 2015. 6. Can’t you see that I’m busy (write)……….? 7. There’s nothing (do)……… about it now, except tell the police the truth. 8. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I (do)………last week. Question 3: Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition: 1. Lan’s alarm clock didn’t go……….this morning, so she got up late. 2. She was laid…….for weeks………a slipped disk. 3.Don’t make up your mind at once, talk……….with your lawyer first. 4. There is no cure……… baldness except a wig. 5. He grew……… a very good player. 6. That tie doesn’t go……… that suit. 7. Get……….the bus at Third Street and get…………at Broadway. 8. He looked down……… his less fortunate neighbors. Question 4: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets. 1. Chatting has become more and more……… with young Internet users. (people) 2. Advertisements account for three fourths of the…………of the newspaper. (come) 3. These workers got a bonus because they did their jobs………. (effect) 4. What do you ………do in the afternoon? (use) 5. You can buy electrical…………at the shop over there. (apply) 6. He has been one of the most effective……….in the “Keep Our City Clean” campaign . (activity) S ố b áo danh …………… 7. The President’s New Year Speech is going to broadcast………… (nation) 8. Some people believe strongly in the……… of life on the other planets. (exist) 9. His lawyer speaks more………than yours. (persuade) 10. The weather in Britain is……… we don’t whether it’s sunny or rainy after five minutes. (predict) Question 5: Choose the word or phrase to complete the sentence: 1. The smaller the room is, the………furniture it needs. A. fewer B. smaller C. more D. less 2. How can I know………book is yours? They are so alike. A. what B. which C. this D. the 3. The secretary to……… I talked didn’t know where the meeting was. A. which B. who C. that D. whom 4. Nobody knows what the……….of the explosion was. A. source B. cause C. reaction D. reason 5. It looks……….it’s going to rain. A. as B. as like C. as if D. if 6. Babies have to learn how to………before they can walk. A. crawl B. creep C. strike D. stroll 7. What are the main………of this illness? A. traces B. symptoms C. emblems D. tokens 8. My sister is very…………of spiders. A. terror B. terrify C. terrified D. terrifying 9. Stop now, you 've done……… work for one day. A. too many B. plenty C. quite more D. quite enough 10. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a…………. A. fare B. tip C. fee D. commission Question 6: Part a: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. An increasing (1)………of people are now going on (2)…………to Egypt. The population of Egypt is about 50 million and the (3)…… is EL Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under 9 million people. Although the climate is hot and dry, (4)……….of the country is desert, the average temperature (5)……….October to March is not too high. The most (6)………sights are the pyramids at Giza. However, it’s also pleasant to visit Alexandria,Port Said and several (7)……….places and do as much (8)…….as possible. A (9)……to Luxor is very interesting, and there are frequent (10)……there from Rario. Part b: Read the following passage.Then answer the questions below. Traditions and Customs in Great Britain Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been a law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are pulished. To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers. Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,Ireland and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks and all shops and factories are working. Questions: 1. How important are traditions in Britain? 2. What do Englishmen do to their traditions? 3. Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat? 4. Find a sentence in the passage which shows that the English people like garden very much? 5. How Christmas is kept in Scotland? Question 7: Part a-There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find and correct it. 1. Not put your clothes on the bed A B C D 2. They normally caught the early bus but today they came to visit us with a car A B C D 3. What do you often have for the lunch? A B C D 4. Your brother hardly goes to work by bus, doesn’t he? A B C D 5. Kangaroo, that can be seen everywhere in Australia, have long tails A B C D Part b- Use the given words to make meaningful sentences. 1. It / be / such / cold day / we / decide / not / go out. 2. pkease / tell / if / you / take / books / my room. Question 8: Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same as the ones given. 1. If you saw a UFO, what would you do? If a UFO……………………………… 2. I can’t sing beautifully, so I can’t join them now. I wish………………………………………… 3. She couldn’t come to class because of her illness. As…………………………………………… 4.He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk. No sooner……………………………………………………………. 5.I have never read such a romantic story. This is………………………………………………………………… 6. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish. Much………………………………………………………………… 7. The sea was so rough that the ferry couldn’t sail. The rough sea……………………………………………………… 8. Their chances of success are small It is not………………………………………… 9. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test. As long as……………………………………………. 10.The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours. It is a…………………………………………………… The end . Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo Thanh Hoá ***** Đề chính thức Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp Tỉnh Năm học: 20 09 - 2010 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 Ngày thi: 24/03 /2010 Thời gian: 150 phút (Không. (steal)………in the robbery was never found. 5. This building (be)…… finished by the end of 2015. 6. Can’t you see that I’m busy (write)……….? 7. There’s nothing (do)……… about it now, except tell the. S ố b áo danh …………… 7. The President’s New Year Speech is going to broadcast………… (nation) 8. Some people believe strongly in the……… of life on the other planets. (exist) 9. His lawyer