Phòng gd & đt đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện Hà trung năm học: 2010- 2011 Môn : Tiếng anh Thời gian: 150 phút ( Khômg kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên: Trờng: Ký, ghi rõ họ và tên của giám thị Giám thị số 1 . Giám thị số 2 . . Question 1: a, Choose the word in each group that has the underlined italic part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. private B. blind C. kind D. wind 2. A. prayed B. impressed C. designed D. embroidered 3. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches 4. A. match B.catch C. watch D. stomach 5. A. opens B. photographs C. performs D. pays b, Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern. 1. A. impression B. adventure C. luggage D. develop 2. A. purpose B. remote C. control D. respond 3. A. cultural B. industrial C. terrible D. national 4. A. literature B. language C consist D. separate. Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. Over the years, he ( collect) thousands of stamps. 2. What your father ( do ) . when you came home yesterday? 3. Im preparing to support anything he ( say ) tomorrow. 4. He refused ( join) us on the trip to the mountains. 5. I cant find my favorite book. You ( see) it?. 6. All the tickets ( sell) . out by the time we arrived at the theater. 7. Is he interested in ( help) . other students? 8. Nothing ( do ) . .since I moved here. 9. They had a big party. They ( sing ) all night. 10. There is someone behind us, I think we ( follow) Question 3: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences. 1. The police are looking for a dangerous . ( crime) 2. Its of you to cheat in the exam. ( honest) 3. It was very . of you to interrup your teacher when he was speaking. ( polite) 4. I often go hill walking for . (relax) 5. The internet has developed in every field. ( increase) 6. Should English be a . foreign language in Viet Nam ? ( compel) 7. Thousand of people were made by the war. ( home) 8. Some people collect objects which are connected with historical events or people. ( fame) 9. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of . ( bore) 10. He is in the government; he is a well- known . ( speak). Question 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1 1.The shopping center was of people on the first day of the sales.………… A. crowded B. full C. busy D. hurry 2. Hardly . believes that.……… …… A. somebody B. every body C. anybody D. all 3. I was . in the coutriyside and went to a village school.…………… A. brought up B. carried on C. given up D. taken up 4. We usually watch the news on TV because It is very …………… A. information B. informative C. formal D. informal 5. The father was very angry the noise upstairs.………… A. for B. with C. because D. about 6. We tried a lot of hotels but of them had any free rooms.………… A. neither B none C no D. not 7. people go to soccer matches now than twenty years ago.………… A. less B. lesser C. fewer D. few 8. You have never been to Nha Trang, ?.…………… A. have you B. haven’t you C. you have D. you haven’t. 9. I wish this exam easier.……………… A is B . will be C. would D. were 10. After arriving home, they usually their uniforms.…………… A. take out B. put out C. take off D. put off. Question 5: Complete the sentences with one suitable preposition. 1.They have prevented us . cutting the tree.……………… 2. I put my hands my pockets.………………… 3. I apologize . keeping you waiting.………………… 4. Clean air provides us a healthy supply of oxygen……… 5. Sales of jeans went and the shopkeepers got a lot of money.……………… 6. He had learned the whole poem heart.………… 7. They named their daughter . their favorite singers.………………… 8. The passage is written English.………………… 9. I’m so worried my sister who is ill.……………… 10. I accused him . stealing my scooter.………………… Question 6: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 1. I had just arrived home when she came. No sooner ………………………………………………………… 2. He has never played a computer game before. This is …………………………………………………………… 3. She is too inexperienced to undertake this demanding job. She is not ………………………………………………………… 4. Although the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. In spite ……………………………………………………………… 5. We didn’t go to the meeting because we were very busy. We were too ……………………………………………………… 6. “ If I were you, I wouldn’t give him more money,” She said. She advised ………………………………………………………… 7. Practice speaking every day or you can’t improve your English. If …………………………………………………………………… 2 8. Please don’t watch that film; It’s very violent. Please stop ………………………………………………………… 9. Some newspapers have more pictures than texts. There are ………………………………………………………… 10. The teenagers aren’t buying that model these days. That model ………………………………………………………… Question 7: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. Most people agree that computers are the most important (1) of the 20 th ………… century. The fist business computers (2) . introduced just about thirty years ago, ………… and now they are being (3) . in a wide variety of fields, from banking to space ………… travel. (4) ., until just a few years ago, computer were very large, expensive …………… machines owned by large corporations and governments. ( 5) everyone knew ………… that computer existed, very few people had ever seen one and even (6) had used………… one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because the electronic devide ( 7) store a large amout of information in a very small space, computers could be much …… smaller and less expensive ( 8) the huge mainframe computers used (9) . ……… …… Corporations. Some computers manufactures believed that people might like to have computers in (10) homes, offices and schools, so the personal computer was born.……… Question 8: a, Use the words or phrase given to make complete sentence. 1. Bill / become / professional footballer / age / 15. 2. Take / author / 3 years / write / this novel. 3. People / use / do / job / hand. 4. Phong / be / absent / school / since / he / break / leg. 5. I / ask / whether / he / study / university / America / then. 6. if / he / not / drive / fast / he / avoid / terrible accident. b, There is one mistake in the following sentences. Find out and correct them. 1. His sister can’t drive and neither did she. 2. Most of my friend are interested in sport. 3. I asked them if they teach other foreign languages besides English. 4. After John eaten dinner, he wore a letter to his friend and went to bed. 5. I think jogging is a well activity. 3 Phßng gd & ®t §¸p ¸n, biÓu chÊm ®Ò thi chän häc sinh giái líp 9 cÊp huyÖn Hµ trung n¨m häc: 2010- 2011 M«n : TiÕng anh A. §¸p ¸n Question 1: a, Choose the word in each group that has the underlined italic part pronounced differently from the rest. 1- D 2- B 3- B 4- D 5- B b, Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern. 1- C 2- A 3- B 4- C Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. has collected 6. had been sold 2. was your father doing 7. helping 3. will say 8. has been done 4. to join 9. were singing 5. have you seen 10. are being followed Question 3: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences. 1. criminal 6. compulsory 2. dishonest 7. homeless 3. impolite 8. famous 4. relaxation 9. boredom 5. increasingly 10. speaker Question 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1- B 2- C 3- A 4- B 5- D 6- B 7- C 8- A 9 – D 10- C Question 5: Complete the sentences with one suitable preposition. 1. from 6. by 2. in / into 7. after 3. for 8. in 4. with 9. about 5. up 10. of Question 6: Complete the second sentence with the same meaning. 1. No sooner had I arrived home when she came. 2. This is the fist time he has played a computer game. 3. She is not experienced enough to undertake this demanding job. 4. In spite of the bad traffic, I arrived on time. 5. We were too busy to go to the meeting. 6. she advised me not to give him more money. 7. If you don’t practice speaking everyday you can’t improve your English 4 8. Please stop watching that film; It’s very violent 9. There are more picture than texts in some newspapers. 10.That model isn’t being bought these days by the teenagers. Question 7: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. 1. invention 6. fewer 2. were 7. could 3. used 8. than 4. however 9. by 5. although/ though 10. their Question 8: a, Use the words or phrase given to make complete sentence. 1. Bill became a professional footballer at the age of fifteen. 2. It takes the author 3 years to write this novel. 3. People used to do this/ that job by hand. 4. Phong has been absent from school since he broke his leg. 5. I asked him whether he was studying / studied at university in America then. 6. if he hadn’t driven too fast, he would have avoided the terrible accident. b, There is one mistake in the following sentences. Find out and correct them. 1. neither did she neither can she 2. friend Friends 3. teach taught 4. eaten had eaten. 5. well good B . H íng dÉn chÊm . Tæng sè c©u, tõ hoÆc côm tõ ®óng x 1 ®iÓm §iÓm cña bµi thi = 4 *Thang ®iÓm :20 5 . Phòng gd & đt đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện Hà trung năm học: 2010- 2011 Môn : Tiếng anh Thời gian: 150 phút ( Khômg kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên: Trờng: Ký, ghi. in ( help) . other students? 8. Nothing ( do ) . .since I moved here. 9. They had a big party. They ( sing ) all night. 10. There is someone behind us, I think we ( follow) Question 3: Use. a letter to his friend and went to bed. 5. I think jogging is a well activity. 3 Phßng gd & ®t §¸p ¸n, biÓu chÊm ®Ò thi chän häc sinh giái líp 9 cÊp huyÖn Hµ trung n¨m häc: 2010- 2011 M«n