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Phòng GD Tuy Phước KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề) A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: I. Choose the best answer: 1. This is the key…………….I lost yesterday. a. who b. whom c. what d. no word is needed 2. Why did you ask them………… stupid questions? a. so b. such a c. such d. all are correct 3. I’ll ask him……………. . a. how many he had paid for the book. b. how much did he pay for the book. c. how much he paid for the book. d. how many he paid for the book. 4. She seldom gets up late,…………….? a. doesn’t she b. do she c. isn’t she d. does she 5. He……………that he could not attend classes the next week. a. told to his teacher b. told his teacher c. said his teacher d. is telling his teacher 6. The police …………… for two men who………….getting into a black car near the bank at about 1 o’clock last night. a. are looking/ saw b. are looking/ were seen c. have looked/ saw d. had looked/ were seen 7. The class discussion was short;……………., we learned a lot from it. a. moreover b. however c. nevertheless d. b and c are correct 8. The notebook you are using is made of used paper. The paper has been………… a. wasted b. produced c. removed d. recycled 9. Give her a telephone to ring………………she gets lost. a. whether b. unless c. until d. in case 10. If we don’t ………………on electricity, there will be power cut. a. economic b. economics c. economical d. economize II. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( A, B, C or D) 1. If he would speak more slowly, I could understand him. A B C D 2. Hoang has felt much better when he took the pill. A B C D 3. Even though being ill, Lan still went to school last Monday. A B C D 4. The film we saw last night was so bad that we wish we didn’t go to see it. A B C D 5. I’ll go to the school to collect the children. They are used to be picked up after A B C D school everyday. 6. The village which he was born is in the southwest of England. A B C D 7. She is a foreigner because she needs a visa to stay in this country. A B C D 8. I suggested that you writing to them to accept their offer. A B C D 9. My home village is on the west of the city. A B C D 10. John was upset last night because he had to do too many homework. A B C D B. GRAMMAR I. Put the verbs into the correct forms: 1. you (hear)………….their new record? It (be)……………the best they (ever make)……………………. 2. What you (do)…………….when you leave school? 3. I introduced him to my brother as they (not meet)………………before. 4. She (tell)……………him the truth if she (meet) …………… him yesterday. 5. He says he doesn’t remember (promise)……………(help)……………….you. 6. He lost his job last week, if he were younger, he (not lose)………………it. II. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable prepositions: 1. ……….night, we can see millions………stars…………our heads. 2. Nobody dies………….a bad cold. 3. It’s too late now. Please switch the radio………… 4. His friends congratulated him………… his success. 5. I must apologize………… keeping you waiting. 6. They had a swimming-pool to swim…………. 7. The boy keeps……… asking his father………… protecting the environment. C. READING I. Read the following passage and choose the best answers: The language of clothes We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1)…………, we also use them to tell the word (2)………… our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3)….… as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4)…… we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (5) ……… clothes and if we feel (6)…………… we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so (7)………….? Is it because they feel miserable all (8) ………….?This is unlikely to be the case. It is probably just because it is (9)…….…….to wear black, and young people they are real fans of (10)…………. 1.a.attract b. attractive c. attractively d. attraction 2.a.of b. with c. by d. about 3.a.appear b. appearance c. appeared d. appearing 4.a.which b. what c. how d. when 5.a.colorful b. colors c. colorfully d. colorless 6.a.depress b. depressed c. depressing d. depression 7.a.frequent b. frequency c. frequently d. frequenty 8.a.the time b. the day c. the week d. the month 9.a.fashion b. fashionable c. fashioner d. fashioned 10.a.fashion b. fashionable c. fashioner d. fashioned II. Read the following passage then choose the best answer English villages change but little. Now and again a person dies and pretty frequently someone is born; but on the whole the tide of time creeps on very imperceptibly, and though in the course of nature the entire population is changed every 60 years or so, nobody realizes that it is changing. There is so little in such places by which to make the change. The same church-tower makes a landmark to the eyes as it did centuries ago to the eyes of our ancestors, and the same clouds sweep across the same blue space above it. There are the same old houses, the same streams, and above all, the same roads and lanes. If you could put one of our Saxon forefathers down in the neighborhood of most of your country-town, he would have little difficulty in finding his way about. It is the men who change, not the place. 1. The English villages change a. very quickly. b. totally. c. completely. d. without the villages’ noticing. 2.The English villagers have no idea of time because a. time passes away peacefully. b. nobody cares for what is going to happen. c. people live among nature. d. all are correct. 3.The writer of the passage is a. an English man. b. a villager. c. an American. d. a city man. 4.In the above passage, the writer describes a. a special village. b. a modern city. c. a typical English country-town. d. an old city. 5.The best title for the passage is a. English population. b. English nature. c. English villages. d. The change of men. III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to finish the following passage. We are slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to (1)…… in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in (2)………….of the word’s cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases (3)………. cars pollute the air so that traffic policemen have to (4)……………oxygen masks. We have cut down (5)………….many trees that there is now vast areas of wasteland all over the word. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa can not grow (6) ………….to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is too (7)………… rice. Moreover, we don’t take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals (8)……… quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India (9)………….we have killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too (10)……………to do anything about it. Join us now. Save the Earth. This is too important to ignore. D. WRITING I. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one. 1. “ Where does your brother work?” she asked me. a. She asked me to find where my brother works. b. She asked me to find where my brother worked. c. She asked me where my brother works. d. She asked me where my brother worked. 2. Unless he apologizes, I’ll never invite him here again. a. If he doesn’t apologize , I’ll never invite him here again. b. If he doesn’t apologize, I will invite him here again. c. If he didn’t apologize, I’d never invite him here again. d. If he apologizes, I’ll never invite him here again. 3. I’m not a millionaire, so I can’t buy you a plane. a. If I am a millionaire, I will buy you a plane. b. If I were a millionaire, I would buy you a plane. c. If I were a millionaire, I would buy your plane. d. If I buy a plane, I will become a millionaire. 4. Although he is strong, he can’t move that stone. a. As he is strong, he can move that stone. b. Even though he is not strong, he can move that stone. c. In spite of his strength, he can’t move that stone. d. He can’t move that stone because he is not strong. 5. I usually walked to school when I was in primary school. a. I was used to walking to school when I was in primary school. b. I got used to walking to school when I was in primary school. c. I used to walk to school when I was in primary school. d. I did not usually use to walk to school when I was in primary school. 6. Hoa went to bed early because she was tired. a. Hoa was tired, so she went to bed early. b. Because Hoa went to bed early, she was tired. c. Hoa was tired, but she didn’t go to bed early. d. Hoa didn’t go to bed early although she was tired. 7. The boy was too fat to run far. a. The boy was very fat and couldn’t run far. b. The boy’s fatness didn’t stop him from running far. c. The boy had to run a lot because he was fat. d. The boy could run far because he was very fat. 8. If he wrote to her, she would be happy. a. She ‘s happy because he has written to her. b. When he wrote to her, she wasn’t happy. c. Maybe he’ll write to her, and then she’ll be happy. d. He didn’t write to her, so she wasn’t happy. 9. Would you mind waiting outside the office? a. Did you wait outside the office? b. Did you see anyone waiting outside the office? c. Will you wait outside the office? d. Do you enjoy waiting outside the office? 10. The tea wasn’t sweet enough for Jane to drink. a. Jane didn’t like to drink sweet tea. b. Jane couldn’t drink the tea. She liked more sugar. c. There wasn’t enough tea, and Jane had nothing to drink. d. Jane drank some of the tea but not enough. II. Use the suggestions to complete sentence of the following letter. Dear Julia, 1. I/ sorry/ it take/ so long/ reply/ letter. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. I/ just/ come back/ trip/ the north/ country. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. You/ be pleased/ know/ I come/ London/ next week. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. It seem/ long time/ since/ we last see/ other. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. I/ like/ meet you/ and/ go out/ together. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. I wonder/ you like/ go/ see/ film/ play. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7. There/ be new Harrison ford film/ New Century cinema. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. Perhaps/ can go/ meal/ drink/ afterwards. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 9. Give/ ring later/ week/ arrange/ more definite. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 10. I/ look forward/ hear/ you soon. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Love, Mary ĐÁP ÁN A. 4đ I. 2 đ = 10 câu x 0,2 đ 1. d 6. b 2. c 7. d 3. c 8. d 4. d 9. d 5. b 10. d II. 2đ = 10 câu x 0,2 đ 1. A (spoke) 6. B (where) 2. C (since) 7. B (so) 3. A (In spite of) 8. B (should write) 4. D (hadn’t gone) 9. B (to) 5. C (being picked) 10. D (much) B. 4đ I. 2đ = 10 động từ x 0,2 đ 1. Have you heard/ is/ have ever made 2. will you do 3. had not met 4. would have told/ had met 5. promising/ to help 6. would not lose II. 2đ = 10 từ x 0,2đ 1. At/ of/ over 2. of 3. off 4. on 5. for 6. in 7. on/ about C. 6đ I. 2đ = 10 câu x 0,2đ 1. b 6. b 2. d 7. d 3. b 8. a 4. c 9. b 5. a 10. a II. 2đ = 5 câu x 0,4 đ 1.d 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. c III. 2 đ = 10 từ x 0,2đ 1. swim 6. enough 2. most 7. little 3. from 8. are 4. wear 9. because 5. so 10. late D. 6đ I. 2đ = 10 câu x 0,2đ 1. d 6. a 2. a 7. a 3. b 8. c 4. c 9. c 5. c 10. b II. 4đ = 10 câu x 0,4đ 1. I’m sorry it has taken so long to reply to your letter. 2. I have just come back(home) from a trip to the north of the country. 3. You will be pleased to know (that) I’m coming to London next weekend. 4. It seems a long time since we last saw each other. 5. I would like to meet you and we can go out together. 6. I wonder if you would like to go and see a film or a play. 7. There is a new Harrison Ford film at the New Century cinema. 8. Perhaps we can go for a meal or a drink afterwards. 9. Give me a ring later this week to arrange something more definite. 10.I look/ am looking forward to hearing from you soon. . colorfully d. colorless 6.a.depress b. depressed c. depressing d. depression 7.a.frequent b. frequency c. frequently d. frequenty 8.a.the time b. the day c. the week d. the month 9. a.fashion b. fashionable. she wasn’t happy. 9. Would you mind waiting outside the office? a. Did you wait outside the office? b. Did you see anyone waiting outside the office? c. Will you wait outside the office? d. Do. Phòng GD Tuy Phước KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề) A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: I. Choose the best answer: 1. This is the key…………….I lost