TRƯỜNG HỒNG BÀNG QUẬN 5 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH VÀO LỚP 9 CHUYÊN ANH NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Thời gian : 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên học sinh: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giám thò 1 Số báo danh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lớp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giám thò 2 Trường: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STT: Số phách: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Giám khảo I Giám khảo II Số phách: STT : ( Học sinh làm bài trên Answer Sheet) I. PRONUNCIATION : (10pts) A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. complete B. magazine C. example D. extreme 2. A. laid B. said C. paid D. main 3. A. challenging B. shooting C. machine D. ensure 4. A. cars B. books C. maps D. pilots 5. A. lived B. pleased C. beloved D. weighed B. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from the others: 6. A. promise B. survive C. succeed D. forgive 7. A. sociable B. outgoing C. friendly D. reserved 8. A. convenient B. comfortable C. fortunate D. favorable 9. A. demonstrate B. participate C. elevate D. separate 10. A. achievement B. experiment C. explanation D. discovery II. MULTIPLE CHOICE : (20pts) Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces: 1. They __________________their land to make it fertile. A. water B. manure C. plough D. clean 2. If you burn the garbage, it will give off __________________odor. A. poisonous B. dirty C. unpleasant D. harmful 3. After the accident, the injured cyclist was in great _________________. A. injury B. pain C. hurt D. suffering 4. Ha Long Bay is ___________________as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. A. recognized B. seen C. believed D. spoken 5. We have known each other ____________________we were children. A. when B. because C. since D. until 6. This is the first time she ____________________his family. A. meets B. met C. has met D. will meet 7. He got up early _____________________go to school late. A. in order to B. in order not C. so as to D. so as not to 8. It was raining ____________________we arrived home. A. when B. since C. because D. until 9. Nobody learns many languages at the same time, ____________________? A. does he B. doesn’t he C. do they D. don’t they 10. He prefers going out ____________________home. A. than to stay B. to staying C. rather than stay D. rather than to stay 11. All laboratories have instructions about what to do ____________________fire. A. in charge of B. in case of C. in danger of D. in place of 12. They look ____________________than a month ago. A. much taller B. more tall C. as tall D. more taller 13. Everyone of them ______________________the exam. A. have passed B. has passed C. were D. was passed 14. I wish I _______________________more intelligent. A. am B. have been C. were D. shall be 15. They received _____________________information that they were very happy. A. such a good B. such good C. so good an D. so good a 16. I wish you ______________________that! It’s really annoying habit. A. won’t do B. couldn’t do C. wouldn’t do D. don’t do 17. Neither he nor I ______________________on duty today. A. is B. am C. are D. do 18. He is used to _____________________in public. A. speaking B. have spoken C. be speaking D. speak 19. I’d rather you ____________________here. There’s a room for smokers out there. A. wouldn’t smoke B. won’t smoke C. don’t smoke D. didn’t smoke 20. ___________________turning down your radio a bit ? A. Would you like B. Can you C. Would you please D. Would you mind III. WORD FORM: (10pts) Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in parentheses: 1. Some cartoons are really _______________________. (entertain) 2. A holiday in Thailand can be ______________________cheap. (surprise) 3. Good _____________________were the key to the success of the last SEA Games. (prepare) 4. I wonder why you are so ______________________with those easy expressions. (family) 5. The British government ______________________the railway in 1948. (nation) 6. Don’t run too fast if you feel ______________________. (comfort) 7. To get the job, you have to meet all of these ____________________. (require) 8. This knife is very blunt. It needs _____________________. (sharp) 9. Without your _____________________, I can’t pass the entrance test. (courage) 10. She had always ___________________herself on her appearance. (proud) IV. VERB FORM AND TENSE: (10pts) Fill in the blank with the correct form or tense of the verb in parentheses: 1. Lunar New Year ___________________in late January or early February. (celebrate) 2. She doesn’t enjoy _________________________by her neighbors. (help) 3. I _____________________when you phoned yesterday afternoon. (sleep) 4. He always ________________________to do the homework. (forget) 5. We had difficulty _______________________her to enter the competition. (persuade) 6. You must leave now or you _______________________late for school. (be) 7. You should have this letter ______________________in English. (write) 8. She _______________________while she was going home last night. (rob) 9. _______________________where to go, she asked a policeman. (Not know) 10. Unfortunately when he came to the airport, the plane ________________. (leave) V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: (10pts) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: 1. Advertising makes it possible stimulate purchases. _________ A B C D 2. “How long do you come here?” – “Once a week.” _________ A B C D 3. Linguistics are the science of languages. _________ A B C D 4. She is used to jog a lot. Now she doesn’t. _________ A B C D 5. Jane and I have known each other as we were at primary school. _________ A B C D 6. They usually have a milk and bread for breakfast. _________ A B C D 7. This concert is more worse than I expected it to be. _________ A B C D 8. Sleeping, resting, and to drink fluids are the best ways to care for a cold. _________ A B C D 9. Bubbles of air in ice-cream make it soft and enough smooth to eat. _________ A B C D 10. If you are on Mars, what would you do? _________ A B C D VI. GUIDED CLOZE: (10pts) Choose the best option to fill in each of the blanks to make a meaningful passage: TRAFFIC IN OUR CITIES The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk of accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to (1)___________________people to change their habits and leave their cars at home. One possible approach is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by (2)___________________charges of parking and bringing in tougher fines for anyone who (3)___________________the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (4)__________________as “road pricing”, is already being introduced in a (5)___________________of cities, using a special electronic card fixed to the windscreen of the car. Another way of (6)____________________with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (7)___________________of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the (8)____________________stage of their journey. Of course, the most important thing is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to (9)____________________the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares (10)___________________at an acceptable level. 1. A. make B. arrange C. suggest D. persuade 2. A. enlarging B. increasing C. growing D. developing 3. A. crosses B. refuses C. breaks D. cracks 4. A. named B. seen C. called D. known 5. A. quantity B. number C. total D. sum 6. A. doing B. handling C. dealing D. solving 7. A. outskirts B. border C. outside D. limit 8. A. late B. end C. complete D. final 9. A. pass on B. throw away C. give up D. leave out 10. A. taken B. kept C. given D. stood VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST: (10pts) Complete the passage with ONE suitable word in each space: Public transport in London is expensive. The fare (1)_________________on the length of the journey; you can not buy books of tickets in (2)___________________. Children (3)__________________sixteen pay half and those under five travel free, you usually (4)__________________bus tickets from a conductor. But on some buses you pay the driver. Most London (5)___________________are double-deckers. On the (6)___________________railway (or tube) you buy your ticket from a (7)___________________or ticket office, and give it up at the (8)___________________of the journey. Not all trains from one (9)___________________go to the same place, so (10)__________________the signs. The last train leaves at about 00.15. VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (20pts) Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them: 1. You had better not talk too much in class. If ______________________________________________________________ 2. It is such stale food that we cannot eat it. The food isn’t ____________________________________________________ 3. Ms. Hoa is the teacher I admire most of all. There is _________________________________________________________ 4. Some people say that this is a dangerous area. This area ________________________________________________________ 5. She applied for the job a month ago. It’s _____________________________________________________________ 6. A plumber has fixed the pipes for Mrs. Ha. Mrs. Ha has ______________________________________________________ 7. I’m sorry I missed the football match last night. I wish ___________________________________________________________ 8. The children are excited about going to the circus. The children are looking ____________________________________________ 9. She was too proud to admit that she was wrong. She took _________________________________________________________ 10. “Sit down and tell me what is worrying you,” he said to her. He told ____________________________________________________________ THE END OF THE TEST . TRƯỜNG HỒNG BÀNG QUẬN 5 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH VÀO LỚP 9 CHUYÊN ANH NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 Thời gian : 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên học sinh: . . . . . . . January or early February. (celebrate) 2. She doesn’t enjoy _________________________by her neighbors. (help) 3. I _____________________when you phoned yesterday afternoon. (sleep) 4. He always