Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences.. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English.. Use the correct form
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TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI SỐ 5
ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 15-01-2011 Thời gian làm bài 120 phút(không kể thời gian phát đề) Thí sinh làm vào tờ giấy thi được phát kèm cùng với đề thi này
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I Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
3 A machine B suggestion C shouting D emotion
II Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6 A minority B priority C necessary D facility
7 A unpolluted B infrastructure C disappointment D intermediate
8 A economic B mathematics C environmental D electricity
9 A grocery B comfortable C rivalry D withdrawal
10 A practicality B politician C uncontrollable D comfortable
III Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences.
11 Are you fond pop music
12 I started to fell afraid going out alone at night
13 I’ve been working this project for an hour
14 They wanted us to pay cheque
15 PO box stands ‘post office’ box
16 Have you had any experience computer
17 I had no idea that he was lying to me I was completely take
18 It is wrong to the poor
A look down B look down on C look upon D look up to
19 Why don’t you for a more famous school
20 Hard work can often make for lack of intelligence
21 The children are allowed to watch television after dinner they have finished their
homework Homework must come first
22 Some fish can survive in salt water, other species can live only in fresh water
23 down the street, I ran into an old friend
A While walking B When walked C Having walked D During walking
24 Last night police said that they the missing girl
A find B have found C were finding D had found
25 If you’d only listened to my advice, you so many problem
A won’t have B hadn’t had C wouldn’t have D wouldn’t have had
Trang 226 There used to be a military in Red Square on May Day.
A celebration B demonstration C festival D parade
27 in the garden all day? You look exhausted
A Are you working B Do you work C Did you work D Have you been working
28 A few people have that they can actually see the brightest stars during full daylight
A such good eyesight B so good eyesight
C so good an eyesight D such a good eyesight
29 There’s no point to study if you feel tired
30 Ninety percent of occur around the Pacific Rim known as the ‘Ring of Fire’
A volcanoes B typhoons C tsunamis D earthquakes
31 That’s quite silly What are saying is
A reason B reasonable C reasonably D unreasonable
32 I think UFOs are no longer humam being’s They are real
A experience B interest C entertainment D imagination
33 “We ‘re going on a trip to Halong bay next week.” “Really? !”
A Good luck B Have a nice time C It’s your pleasure D Take your time
34 They were very kind to me They treat me their own son
A like I’m B as though I’m C if I was D as if I were
35 the furniture arrived yet
A None / has B None / have C None of / has D None of / have
36 Will you the door open?
37 What food should you eat if you want to on weight?
38 It is a skirt
A French cotton flowered B cotton French flowered
C flowered cotton French D flowered French cotton
39 Do you know the beautiful girl ?
A sit in the car B sat in the car C sitting in the car D who sit in the car
40 The weather was cold I wish it warmer
41 Dickens wrote a lot of interesting stories
A his is one of England's best-known writers
B as one of England's best-known writers
C besides one of England's best-known writers
D one of England's best-known writers
42 I remember him once in my life
A to meet B meeting C to have met D met
43 He has been waiting for this letter for days, and at it has come
44 The man who lives opposite us sometimes comes for a cup of tea
45 There was a small room into we all crowded
V Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English.
46 Mold is extremely destruction to books in a library
A B C D
47 You can only be infected by HIV in a limited number of ways
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48 If she hadn’t had a good knowledge of English, she couldn’t be accepted by the travel bureau
49 Jane appears to lose some weight Has she been ill
A B C D
50 In spite of the terribly weather, tourists keep coming here in large numbers
V Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
51 Laziness is normally the cause of (poor)
52 Why don’t you discard this old broken bicycle? It’s now ( use)
53 Your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your complete (satisfy)
54 I was bitterly when I didn’t get into university (disappoint)
55 pollution is being considered as a great global problem.( environment)
56 I became _ aware that no one else was laugh (comfortable)
57 It's important to spend your time (produce)
58 Most country villages now have been (electricity)
59 To my , she remembered my name (amaze)
60 She was numb with cold, and her words were hardly. (distinguish)
VI Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
The wind controls our planet's weather and climate But how much do we understand about this complete force(61) can kill and apread fear
One night of October 15, 1987, the south of England was (62) by strong winds Gusts of over 130 km/h (63) through the region Nineteen people were killed, £1.5-billion worth of damage was (64) and 19 billion trees were blown down in just a few hours
Although people thought of this (65) hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only a (66) 7 storm They remain far better known than much more serious storms of January 25, 1990, (67) most of Britian was hit by daytime winds of up to 173 km/h On this occasion, 47 people were killed, even though, unlike in 1987, the weather (68) issued accurate warnings
Extreme weather events such as these are dramatic reminders of the (69) of the wind It
is one part of the weather that people generally do not give a second (70) to, but across the world the wind plays a crucial role in people's lives
62 A occured B beaten C attacked D struck
64 A created B caused C resulted D paid
68 A forecasters B systems C conditions D pattern
69 A strenght B pressure C power D roar
VII Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D.
As computers have beeb become powerful tools for the rapid and economic production of picture, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing in fields in computer science It is used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research, training and medicine
One of the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design, generally referred to as computer-aided design (CAD) One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much more
Trang 4quickly than with hand drafting For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD Automobile, spacescraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design vehicles and test their performance Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems Architects can design a building layout, create a three-dimensional madel, and even go for simulated
"walk" through the rooms or around the outside of the building
Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used to creat graphs, chart, and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic data As an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create weather maps and cartographic materials Computer art also has creative and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing, and film productions, particularly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process
71 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Routine use of computer
B Computer graphics applications
C The rapidly growing field of computer science
D Computers as the architects of the future
72 The word "it" in line three refer to
A computer graphics B computer science
C production of picture D computer
73 Arcording to the passage, architects use CAD to _
A inspect buildings B make cartographic materials
C create graphs D create three-dimensional models
74 Arcording to the passage, engineers use CAD for _
A a simulated "walk" through model rooms B rendering machine parts
75 The paragraph following this passage would most likely be about _
A computer animation B flight training
C cost models D applications of CAD in medicine
VIII Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage.
There are at (76) 2,000 different languages in the world Of all these languages, English is the most (77) used It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captain all over the world It is also the first language (78) _ sports and science So it is very important to learn English
Chinese is also an important language because it has the greatest (79) _ of speakers There are not only over one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people living (80) China Chinese is widely spoken in many (81) of Asia and Africa Russian
is spoken in (82) Europe and Asia French is widely understood (83) Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia
From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has (84) _ six of them for business (85) are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and spanish
IX Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given.
86 Marta doesn’t have a camera, so she can’t take photographs of the city
A Unless Marta had a camera, she could take photographs of the city
B If Marta has a camera, she can take photographs of the city
C If Marta had a camera, she could take photographs of the city
D Unless Marta had a camera, she couldn’t take photographs of the city
87 Their chances of success are small
A It’s very likely that they will succeed
B They will definitely be successful
Trang 5C It’s not very likely that they will succeed.
D They won’t have any chance of being successful
88 The company turned down Bill’s offer
A The company offered Bill a job B The company rejected Bill’s offer
C The company accepted Bill’s offer D the company discussed Bill’s offer
89 Noone but James knew how to show the problem
A The problem couldn’t be solved by anyone
B Everyone knew how to solve the problem
C James was the only one who could solve the problem
D Only James could solve the problem
90 Sue could hardly find a seat in the dark theater
A Sue had some difficulty finding a seat
B Sue found a hard seat because the theater was dark
C Sue couldn’t find a seat in the dark
D Because the theater was dark, Sue found it hard to find a seat
X Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
91 he forgot about the document until he got the office
=> Not until
92 Alan worked too hard at exam time, and this led to his illness
=> Alan’s illness
93 It was careless of you to leave the window open last night
=> You should
94 That question cannot be answered satisfactorily
=> There is
95 Nobody does it better than Jackson
=> There isn’t
XI Write complete sentence using the suggested words.
96 The old castle / believe / build / three hundred years ago//
=>
97 The village / I / bear / very far / here//
=>
98 He’s trying / get used / work / late//
=>
99 The harm of smoking / question / not / entirely / settle//
=>
100 By / time / firefighters / arrive / house / already / burn / ashes//
=>
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ANSWER KEYS
Trang 6I Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1 D 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 C
II Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6 C 7 B 8 C 9 D 10 D
III Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences.
11 B 12 C 13 D 14 D 15 C 16 A 17 D 18 B 19 C 20 A 21 C 22 D 23 A 24 D
25 D 26 D 27 D 28 A 29 C 30 A 31 D 32 D 33 B 34 D 35 C
36 A 37 B 38 A 39 C 40 A 41 D 42 B 43 A 44 B 45 A
V Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English.
46 B => destructive 47 B => with
48 C => couldn’t have been 49 A => to have lost 50 B => terrible
V Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
51 poverty 52 useless 53 satisfaction 54 disappointed 55 environmental
56 uncomfortably 57 productive 58 electrified 59 amazement 60 distinguishable
VI Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
61 C 62 D 63 A 64 B 65 C 66 D 67 B 68 A 69 C 70 A
VII Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D.
VIII Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage.
81 parts/countries 82 both 83 in 84 chosen 85 They
IX Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given.
X Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
91 Not until he got the office did he remember about the document
92 Alan’s illness was caused by working too hard at exam time
93 You should not have left the window open last night
94 There is no satisfactory answer for that question
95 There isn’t anybody else who does it better than Jacson
XI Write complete sentence using the suggested words.
96 The old castle is believed to have been built three hundred years ago
97 The village where I was born is very very far from here
98 He’s trying to get used working late
99 The harm of smoking is a question that has n’t entirely been settled
100 By the time the firefighters arrived, the house had already been burn to ashes