TRƯỜNG HỒNG BÀNG QUẬN 5 ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI ANH 9 NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010 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 Đề thi) I. PRONUNCIATION: (10pts) A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. lost B. nose C. only D. hole 2. A. youths B. cigarettes C. maps D. months 3. A. inversion B. permission C. ship D. decision 4. A. although B. without C. thorough D. mouths 5. A. honest B. home C. heiress D. vehicles B. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from the others: 6. A. champion B. factory C. recycle D. difference 7. A. illustrate B. consider C. remember D. imagine 8. A. experiment B. explanation C. achievement D. discovery 9. A. alternative B. academy C. mechanic D. mathematics 10. A. calculator B. difficulty C. comprehend D. institute II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: (20pts) Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces: 1. I had no money __________________me when I came across a nice shirt. A. by B. at C. on D. over 2. He was happy to be _____________________friends again. A. among B. in C. near D. off 3. The doctor was attending _________________the sick. A. by B. to C. over D. with 4. They take ___________________each other like two peas. A. for B. in C. to D. after 5. What would you ___________________to do this evening? A. like B. rather C. better D. ought 6. She prefers to go out ___________________home. A. than to stay B. to staying C. rather than stay D. rather than to stay 7. The teacher doesn’t let her students ____________________loudly in class. A. to speak B. to speaking C. speaking D. speak 8. You look ____________________than a month ago. A. much taller B. more tall C. as tall D. more taller 9. Everyone is ready, ____________________? A. isn’t he B. isn’t she C. aren’t they D. is he 10. They have three children, ___________________whom are married. A. all of B. some of C. both of D. neither of 11. Taming a wild animal means ____________________danger most of the time. A. to face B. face C. being faced D. facing 12. What we heard ____________________. A. encouraged B. was encouraging C. encouraging D. was encouraged 13. They received ____________________advice from their parents that they became successful. A. so good B. such a good C. so good an D. such good 14. ____________________where to find the key, the boy could not open the safe. A. Knowing not B. Knew not C. Not knowing D. Didn’t know 15. I could not ______________________the peak of mountain in the foggy weather. A. get over B. make out C. see through D. go into 16. Maybe young people would be _____________________these days if there were more discipline in school. A. behaved better B. better behaved C. behaving better D. behave better 17. Either Nam or his brothers __________________the keys to the car. A. has taken B. have taken C. has been taken D. have been taken 18. ______________________about how much sleep is necessary. A. No rules are B. There are no rules C. No rules discuss D. No rules are required 19. Do you often see each other? – Oh, no! Rarely _____________________dates. A. do we have B. will we have C. have we D. we have 20. I have just bought ________________________. A. a brown nice leather belt B. a nice leather brown belt C. a brown leather nice belt D. a nice brown leather belt III. WORD FORM: (10pts) Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in parentheses: 1. Traditional ________________are a good source of fun and entertainment. (celebrate) 2. To his disappointment, the experiment was ______________________. (produce) 3. He spoke ______________________because he was so excited. (breathe) 4. A lot of colorful light _____________________the garden. (beauty) 5. They decided to invest in that company but with ____________________. (certain) 6. What I don’t like about him is his ______________________. (honest) 7. ______________________, UFOs are still mysterious things. (Science) 8. In a plane crash, there’s no use _____________________. (panic) 9. Are there any ____________________between them? (similar) 10. Panda is _____________________to China only. (nation) IV. VERB FORM AND TENSE: (10pts) Fill in the blank with the correct form or tense of the verb in parentheses: 1. I wish I ___________________where she is now. (know) 2. Last summer, Ba and I _________________on his uncle’s farm for a week. (stay) 3. Your books should _____________________great care of. (keep) 4. I regret _______________________with you yesterday. (not come) 5. The thief simply walked in. Someone ________________to lock the door. (forget) 6. The steam engine is said ______________________by James Watt. (improve) 7. It’s important we ___________________on time for the next meeting. (be) 8. Never in my life I ____________________such a strange person. (see) 9. I’d rather we ___________________dinner now. (have) 10. The old passenger avoided _______________________to by the young flight attendant. (attend) V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: (10pts) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: 1. It looks as if those kids can never keep quietly for just a while. A B C D 2. Technically speaking, astronauts can be able to visit the moon and live there briefly. A B C D 3. Graham Bell was once a teacher who ran a school for the deafs in Massachusetts. A B C D 4. Jim’s grandfather left him 50,000 dollars, this was too big a sum to him. A B C D 5. It is really annoyed to talk to so stubborn a person like him. A B C D 6. Don’t worry about her; she just feels like to stay home alone tonight. A B C D 7. What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems. A B C D 8. After studying hard to become an accountant, he discovered that it was not that he wanted to do. A B C D 9. After he stopped smoking, there has been a dramatic improvement in his health. A B C D 10. We found an interesting piece of furnitures in that old house we bought. A B C D VI. GUIDED CLOZE: (10pts) Choose the best option to fill in each of the blanks to make a meaningful passage: Television is one of man’s most important (1)_________________of communication . It brings (2)_________________and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President (3)________________a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to (4)_________________about peace. (5)________________television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them (6)________________of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore out of space. In (7)________________to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are (8)_________________to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more (9)_________________programs than any other kinds. The programs include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (10)__________________and motion pictures. 1. A. ways B. manners C. means D. fields 2. A. news B. pictures C. characters D. messages 3. A. make B. speak C. say D. do 4. A. talk B. cause C. bring D. tell 5. A. By B. Because C. Thanks D. Through 6. A. coverage B. lot C. information D. amount 7. A. order B. spite C. addition D. exchange 8. A. used B. designed C. made D. going 9. A. entertainment B. music C. film D. news 10. A. games B. plays C. happens D. events VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST: (10pts) Complete the passage with ONE suitable word in each space: Approximately 350 million people (1)___________________English as their first (2)__________________. About the same number use it (3)___________________a second language. It is the language (4)____________________aviation, international sport and world trade. 75% of the world’s mail is in English, 60% of the world’s radio stations (5)___________________in English, and more than half of the world’s newspapers are (6)___________________in English. It is an (7)___________________language in 44 countries. In (8)__________________others, it is the language of business, commerce and technology. There are many (9)___________________of English, but Scottish, Australian, Indian and Jamaican speakers of English, in spite of the differences in pronunciation, structure and vocabulary, would recognize that they are all (10)___________________the same basic language. VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (20pts) Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed before them: 1. The architect has drawn plans for an extension of the house. Plans _________________________________________________________ 2. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down. It was ________________________________________________________ 3. We stayed in this hotel last summer. This is ________________________________________________________ 4. Susan started keeping a diary five years ago. Susan has _____________________________________________________ 5. I’m always nervous when I face a lot of people. Facing ________________________________________________________ 6. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong. No sooner _____________________________________________________ 7. She locked the door so that no one could disturb her. So as _________________________________________________________ 8. The doctor advised me to rest. The doctor suggested ____________________________________________ 9. Driving on the left feels strange to him. He isn’t _______________________________________________________ 10. He was annoyed because his secretary came late for work. He objected ___________________________________________________ THE END OF THE TEST . TRƯỜNG HỒNG BÀNG QUẬN 5 ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI ANH 9 NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010 Thời gian : 60 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Họ và tên học sinh: . . . . . . - Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Giám khảo I Giám khảo II Số phách: STT : ( Học sinh làm bài trên Đề thi) I. PRONUNCIATION: (10pts) A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently