Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 huyện An Nhơn năm 2013 - 2014

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others 0,5 pts.. Choose the word that has the main stress differently from the others 0,5 pts.. Choose the be

ĐỀ THI HSG HUYỆN – TIẾNG ANH 9

Năm học: 2013 – 2014

Thời gian: 155 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Phòng GD&ĐT An Nhơn

I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (0,5 pts).

3 A headache B character C stomach D challenging

II Choose the word that has the main stress differently from the others (0,5 pts).

1 A deposit B festival C institute D resident

2 A activity B electricity C simplicity D pollution

3 A achievement B experiment C explanation D discovery

4 A surprising B astonishing C amazing D interesting

III Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (8.0 pts).

1 Milk bottles can be _after being cleaned

2 It was raining heavily we arrived home

3 She asked me I liked eating chocolates

4 You look _than last year

A much tall B more tall C much taller D more taller

5 What advice she gave us !

6 My dog as well as my cats twice a day.

7 When I came into the class, I realized I knew

A them all B all them C they all D all of they

8 Do it right now, _ ?

A do you B aren’t you C will you D don’t you

9 We for her for ten minutes

A wait B waited C are waiting D have been waiting

10 His father is not interested in tennis and

A he doesn’t, either B so doesn’t he

C neither does he D neither is he

11 The little girl wasted half an hour _for her picture book

12 does it take you to do the washing ?

13 Your hair is long Are you going to _ ?

A have it cut B have cut it C be cutting it D have it cutting

14 Would you like tea or coffee? – I drink tea than coffee

A would like B would prefer C would rather D would wish

15 It is high time you more attentive in class

16 He was _that we turned off the TV set immediately

C such bad a singer D so bad a singer

IV Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition (2pts)

1.It’s very difficult to find work _the moment

2.This service is free _charge

3 In many ways you take _your mother

5.Money is not essential _happiness.

6 She is far the best teacher I have ever had

7 Parents are naturally anxious their children

8 I’m sure you will succeed this entrance test

9 We try to prevent people _littering

10 I’m going to complain to the principal this

V Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D ) for each space (3pts)

English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom When you…1… speakers of English from around the world, you …2… notice that they

do not all speak in the same way There are also some … 3… in the words they use, including the names of …4… objects that are part of everyone’s daily life But although pronunciation and …5… are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers…6… opposite sides of the world can understand …7… other quite easily It does not seem to …8… where they learnt the language And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen …9… learning English too If you know English, you are more…10… to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia

2 A- originally B- strangely C- curiously D- immediately

3 A- mistakes B- corrections C- changes D- differences

5 A- reading B- composition C- dictation D- vocabulary

7 A- each B- one C- the D- some

VI Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets ( 1pts)

1 What you ( do ) after you ( go ) home yesterday?

2 Before leaving home in the morning, she (tell) her mother she (work) in the factory that afternoon

3 I realised that someone ( steal ) my wallet when I ( feel ) his hand in my pocket

4 She (be) here but she (go) down with flu

5 Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) at his house this morning

VII Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (2,5pts):

1 Would you like me helping you with your homework ?

2 Meat must keep in a refrigerator or it will spoil

3 There is a cat sitting in the middle to the road

4 Tom is always forget his keys and that really annoys me.

5 She spends her free time to visit galleries and museums

6 Our teacher told that the sun always rises in the east

7 She had the gardener to plant some trees

8 Come up to my place and we will discuss it

9 He has repeated urged the government to do something about this

10 I have to fetch the kids at school at 4 o’clock

VIII Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original one (2,5pts)

1 She speaks English well

She is a

2 I haven’t seen them for a long time

It’s

3 Mai is better at English than Lan

Lan doesn’t _

4 Why don’t you ask her yourself ?

I suggest _

5 We left quietly so that we wouldn’t disturb the children

So

as _

6 What a pity I don’t have a laptop.

I wish _

7 You shouldn’t touch that switch

If I

8 The furniture was too old to keep

It was

9 People say football is the best game to play

Football

10 “Can you do me a favor ?” she said to me

She

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