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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 – THCS

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

§Ò Sè 8

I PRONUNCIATION : (10pts)

A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:

2 A sound B southern C drought D mountain

3 A headache B character C stomach D challenging

4 A ploughs B contacts C stops D talks

B Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from the others:

6 A deposit B festival C institute D resident

7 A activity B electricity C simplicity D pollution

8 A achievement B experiment C explanation D discovery

9 A surprising B astonishing C amazing D

interesting

10 A interview B industry C essential D difficult

II MULTIPLE CHOICE : (20pts)

Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces:

1 Milk bottles can be _after being cleaned

A recycled B reused C broken D reduced

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 !

A so good B such good C a good D good

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

A look B looking C to look D looked

12 does it take you to do the washing ?

A How fast B What time C How long D How often

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

A so bad singer B such bad singer C such bad a singer D so bad a singer

17 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

18 “I’m sorry about that!” – “ !”

A That’s right B Of course C It’s OK D You’re welcome

19 Not until 2008 across the river

A the first bridge was built B the first building of a bridge was

C built the first bridge D was the first bridge built

20 Excuse me! I’m learning my lesson turning down

your stereo a bit ?

A Would you please B Would you mind

III PREPOSITION: (10pts)

Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition:

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

2 This service is free _charge

3 In many ways you take _your mother

4 This computer is still _guarantee

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

IV WORD FORM: (10pts)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in parentheses:

1 He treated them with (generous)

2 How many entered the race ? (compete)

3 If you are _with our service, please write to the

manager (satisfy)

4 He drives so _that he often has accidents (care)

5 Flowers are often _by bees as they gather nectar

(fertile)

6 I think these thin clothes are _for cold weather

(suit)

7 The computer is one of the most marvelous _in our

modern age (invent)

8 She is always worried about her children’s _ (safe)

9 He was kept in the hospital overnight as a measure

(precaution)

10 Housework has _been regarded as women’s

work (tradition)

V ERROR IDENTIFICATION: (10pts)

Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:

1 Would you like me helping you with your homework ?

A B C D

2 Meat must keep in a refrigerator or it will spoil

A B C D

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

A B C D

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

A B C D

5 She spends her free time to visit galleries and museums

A B C D

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

A B C D

7 She had the gardener to plant some trees

A B C D

8 Come up to my place and we will discuss it

A B C D

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

A B C D

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

A B C D

VI Choose the best option to fill in each of the blanks to make a meaningful passage: (10pts)

Computers (1) an important part in our life nowadays It’s (2) _to carry on our work without computers For example, (3) _are necessary in a university library All the (4) _normally found in a library is now (5) _in computers This is very (6) for students because they can (7) _messages and receive information (8) having to leave their computers Access

(10) students’ need

2 A easy B difficult C exciting D important

3 A books B things C computers D messages

4 A information B work C life D event

6 A difficult B comfortable C suitable D convenient

10 A became B becomes C becoming D become

VII Complete the passage with ONE suitable word in each space : (10pts)

The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 BC

(1) _ was only one event People ran a race the length of

the (2) The Games (3) _one day

Slowly people added more (4) The Games were only for (5) _ And women could not even watch

them Only Greeks (6) _ They came

(7) all parts of the Greek world The time of the Games

was a time of peace, and the government (8) everyone

travel safely Kings competed (9) common people The

winners became (10) _heroes

VIII SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (20pts)

Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as those printed

before them:

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

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI SỐ 8

I PRONUNCIATION (10pts)

A 1 C graze B 6 A deposit

2 B southern 7 B electricity

3 C challenging 8 C explanation

4 A ploughs 9 D interesting

II MULTIPLE CHOICE (20pts)

4 C much taller 14 C would rather

6 B eats 16 D so bad a singer

7 A them all 17 C wouldn’t do

8 C will you 18 C It’s OK

9 D have been waiting 19 D was the first bridge built

10 D neither is he 20 B Would you mind

III PREPOSITION (10pts)

IV WORD FORM (10pts)

2 competitors 7 inventions

4 carelessly 9 precautionary

5 fertilized 10 traditionally

V ERROR IDENTIFICATION (10pts)

2 A (be kept) 7 C (plant)

4 B (forgetting) 9 A (repeatedly)

5 C (visiting) 10 C (from)

VI GUIDED CLOZE TEST (10pts)

3 C computers 8 C without

4 A information 9 A to

VII OPEN CLOZE TEST (10pts)

VIII SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)

1 He is a good speaker of English.

2 It’s a long time since I saw them.

3 Lan doesn’t study English as/so well as Mai.

4 I suggest that you should ask her yourself.

5 So as not to disturb the children, we left quietly.

6 I wish I had a laptop.

7 If I were you, I wouldn’t touch that switch.

8 It was such old furniture that we couldn’t keep it.

9 Football is said to be the best game to play.

10 She asked/told me to do her a favor