ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 9

A. PRONUNCIATION Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffrently from those of others (1m) 1) A- colonial B- cooperation C- patriot D- period 2) A- encouraged B- filled C- joined D- helped 3) A- break B- deceive C-retreat D- succeed 4) A- contains B- crowds C- joins D- keeps 5) A- distant B- passenger C- traffic D- tram B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I> Tick the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (1m) 6) The salesman showed us __________ the washing machine. A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work 7) She bought __________ a new computer. A- to her son B- for her son C- her son with D- her son 8) __________ Jan arrives, we will have finished this exercise. A- By the time B- Until C- Now that D- Since 9) Bats are fascinating __________.__________ have many interesting and amazing qualities. A- animals / Therefore, they B- animals / However, they C- animals / They D- animals / Because they 10) He says he enjoys job as a baker but it has taken him over a year to ________ to working at night. A- be used B- get used C- used D- getting used II> Give nouns of those words (1m) 11) to believe ____________________________________________________________ 12) boring ____________________________________________________________ 13) to discover ____________________________________________________________ 14) to treat ____________________________________________________________ 15) tired ____________________________________________________________ III>Supply the correct tenses of verbs in brackets (2ms) Jack London (16. bear) __________ in to a poor family, and he (17. have) __________ to work during his school years. He (18.meet) __________ many difficulties when he (19. try) __________ to become a writer. In his famous novel “Martin Eden”, the poor young hero meets a rich girl. He (20.be) __________ ashamed (21.tell) __________ her that he (22.never, read) __________ any poems, and that he (23. never, even, hear) __________ the names of some of the world’s greatest poets. With her help, he (24.begin) __________ to read and study. Martin (25.become) __________ famous, but the novel doesn’t end happily. C. READING COMPREHENSION Fill in each blank space with one most suitable word. (2ms) We are all slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air (26) __________ it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well_known city, for (27) __________ , poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that policemen have to (28) __________ oxygen masks . We have cut down so (29) __________ trees that there are no vast of wasteland all (30) __________ the world. As a result, farmers in part of Africa can not grow (31) __________ to eat. In certain countries in Asia, there is too (32) __________ rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild (33) __________ are quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in Indian now because we (34) __________ killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk (35) __________ the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. D. WRITING I/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (1,5 ms) 36. I don’t like to be asked stupid questions. I don’t like ______________________________________________________________ ______ 37. “What time does the delegation come? The manager wanted________________________________________________________ ____ 38. We couldon’t answer those two difficult questions. Those two difficult questions were _________________________________________________ 39. People say that Picasso has been one of the greatest painters of all time. Picasso is said ______________________________________________________________ ___ 40. If I were you, I wouldn’t do like you. I advised ______________________________________________________________ ________ 41. We felt bored with the match. The match_________________________________________________________ ____________ 42. Learning English is not easy. It is_____________________________________________________________ ______________ 43. The play lasted four hours. It was a_____________________________________________________________ __________ 44. I can’t do the exercise because it is not easy. It is such ______________________________________________________________ ________ 45. She should turn off the light before going to bed. Her faher asked her _____________________________________________________________ II/ Composition: Within 150 words, write about your opinions of reading book in spare time. (1,5ms) ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ ___________________________________________________________________ ________ . with D- her son 8) __________ Jan arrives, we will have finished this exercise. A- By the time B- Until C- Now that D- Since 9) Bats are fascinating __________.__________ have many interesting. __________ to work during his school years. He (18.meet) __________ many difficulties when he ( 19. try) __________ to become a writer. In his famous novel “Martin Eden”, the poor young hero meets. pollute the air so much that policemen have to (28) __________ oxygen masks . We have cut down so ( 29) __________ trees that there are no vast of wasteland all (30) __________ the world. As a result,