ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỞI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9 NĂM HỌC: 20132014 THỜI GIAN: 150 PHÚT ĐỀ 1: I.Phonetics:(10ms) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounce differently from that of the others. 1. A. honorable B. honesty . C. historic. D. hourly 2. A. chemistry. B. Christmas. C. character. D. challenge 3. A. information. B. calendar. C. location. D. limitation 4. A. geography. B. gentleman. C. garbage. D. general 5. A. influenced. B. closed. C. watched. D. astonished Choose the words whose stress pattern is different from that of the others 6. A. suspicion. B. prediction. C. neighbour. D. adventure 7. A. favourite. B. edition. C. pollution. D. religion 8. A. successful. B. regional. C. beautiful. D. wonderful 9. A. flashlight. B. typhoon. C. carriage. D. earthquake 10. A. introduce. B. follow. C. translate. D. hurry II. Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks.(20ms) 11. They ….. me believe that they had left the district. A. led. B. made. C. assured. D. confirmed 12. This work needs….by ten today. A. finish B. finishing. C. to finish D. to have finished 13. Would you mind ….these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard. A. making B. doing C. giving D. getting 14. You must lend me the money for the trip. ……..I won’t be able to go. A. Consequently B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Although 15. ……..of going to the beach, we went up to the mountains. A. On behalf B. in place C. Instead D. On account 16. The Wilsons were lucky when they…..to sale their house so quickly. A.could B. succeeded C. managed D. risked 17. I studied English for seven years in high school. ..…., I had trouble talking with people when I was traveling in England A.Therefore B. On the other hand C. Moreover D.Nevertheless 18. Do you understand…? A. What is the lecturer saying C. What the lecturer is said B. What the lecturer saying D. What the lecturer is saying 19. If you had left early, I think….there in time. A. You will reach C. You could reach B. You’d have reached D. you reached 20. She wondered…her father looked like now, after so many years away
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ĐỀ 1:
I.Phonetics:(10ms)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounce differently from that of the others
1 A honorable B honesty C historic D hourly
2 A chemistry B Christmas C character.D challenge
3 A information B calendar C location D limitation
4 A geography B gentleman C garbage D general
5 A influenced B closed C watched D astonished
Choose the words whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
6 A suspicion B prediction C neighbour D adventure
7 A favourite.B edition C pollution D religion
8 A successful B regional C beautiful D wonderful
9 A flashlight B typhoon C carriage D earthquake
10 A introduce B follow C translate D hurry
II Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks.(20ms)
11 They … me believe that they had left the district
12 This work needs….by ten today
A finish B finishing C to finish D to have finished
13 Would you mind ….these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard
A making B doing C giving D getting
14 You must lend me the money for the trip …… I won’t be able to go
A Consequently B Nevertheless C Otherwise D Although
15 …… of going to the beach, we went up to the mountains
A On behalf B in place C Instead D On account
16 The Wilsons were lucky when they… to sale their house so quickly
A.could B succeeded C managed D risked
17 I studied English for seven years in high school …., I had trouble talking with people when I was traveling in England
A.Therefore B On the other hand C Moreover D.Nevertheless
18 Do you understand…?
A What is the lecturer saying C What the lecturer is said
B What the lecturer saying D What the lecturer is saying
19 If you had left early, I think….there in time
A You will reach C You could reach
B You’d have reached D you reached
20 She wondered…her father looked like now, after so many years away
Trang 221 ……I can’t make the presentation myself, I’ve asked my assistant to be prepared to
do it for me
A For B In the event that C Only if D On the other hand
22 The fire ……to have started in the furnace under the house
A.is believed B that is believed C they believed D that they believed
23 Someone comes to visit us soon,…….?
A doesn’t he B hasn’t he C haven’t they D don’t they
24 You can borrow my book ……you bring it back by Monday
A as long as B unless C so that D as far as
25 He talks so much as if he ….the owner of the party
26 We spend some days ……some sightseeings around the town
27 I am going to have my car….by the end of the day
A repair B repaired C to repair D repairing
28 All his companies had been successful and was known to be…rich
A absolutely B completely C extremely D seriously
29 Mrs Karen went to a lot of… and expense to choose and send that present
A anxiety B trouble C difficulty D care
30 I prefer to read about the life stories of real people, ……the people themselves
A writing by B informed C written by D write by
III Identify the mistake in each sentence.(5ms)
31.The earliest references to Jericho so a city date back several thousand years
32.There is not enough room in Zoos to house all the others subspecies that need preserving
A B C D
33.Much unknown plants and animals are disappearing as the tropical forests are destroyed
A B C D
34.During the bleak winter, food became too scare that starvation and famine were widespread
A B C D
35.While searching for gold, the Spanish found the Grand Canyon to be an impassably barrier
A B C D
IV Read the text Use the words given in bracket to form a word that fits in the space (20ms)
Erosion of (36 American)’s farmland by wind and water has been a problem since
settlers (37 firstly) put the praries and grassland under the plow in the (38 nineteen)
century By the 1939s, more than 282 millions acres of farmland were (39 damaging) by erosion After 40 years of (40 conservationist) efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demand (41 place) on the land by (42 heaviness) crop production In the years
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petroleum (44 scarcely) as the nation’s most critical (45 nature) resource problem
Answers:
36………… …37………38……….39……… 40……… 41……… 42………43……….44……… 45………
V Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning:(20ms)
46 House prices have risen dramatically this year
There has………
47 Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth
Elizabeth………
48 The garage is going to repair the car for him next week
He is going………
49 John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago
It is………
50 “ Where do you come from, John?” Mrs Smith asked
Mrs Smith asked John………
51 My mother was the most warm-hearted person I’ve ever known
I’ve………
52 I’m sorry that I asked her to stay
Now I wish………
53 They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again
The date………
54 He lost his money simply because he wasn’t careful
If………
55 People say that he is the best doctor in this hospital
He………
VI Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possible in meaning to the original sentence Use the word given and other words as necessary Do not change the form of the given word.(10ms)
56 He can speak French well enough to go to the conference
His French………
57 His arrival was completely unexpected took
His arrival
58 Sarah wore dark glasses so that no one could recognize her avoid
Sarah wore
59 “I wonder if you could possibly open the door for me?” mind
Would you
60 Martin had difficulty in accepting the loss of his money hard
It was
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Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only one word in each space.(20ms)
It was the day of my grandmother’s 80th birthday when the sitting-room ceiling
fell down All the family were there, at my Uncle Philip’s house, (61)……was a large, old building situated in a small, peaceful village north-west (62)……Oxford We (63)
…… already finished lunch and, as (64)……was such a beautiful afternoon, we were all outside (65)…… the garden, drinking coffee and catching (66)…… on all the family news Grandmother, (67)…… was rather deaf, was (68)…… usual, telling stories about her childhood in Manchester, (69)…… in the sunshine, laughing children and barking dogs chased each (70)…… around
Suddenly, (71)…… was a tremendous crash We all looked round in astonishment, wondering what on earth had (72)……Uncle Philip and my father ran into the house, and then my sister and I (73)……There, the most extraordinary sight met our eyes The
sitting-room was (74)……ruins and the air was thick with dust Uncle Philip (75)……
standing in the (76)…… of the room, holding Tabatha, his cat, who looked terrified “It’s (77)…… of the problems of living in a house as old (78)…… this,” he explained calmly Meanwhile, outside, Grandmother asked (79)……more coffee and enquired when the cake (80)…… be cut Answers: 61 62 63 64 65
66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80
VIII Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank(15ms) The problem of homelessness is an international one In the capital cities of the world, the (81)……of people begging on the stress is becoming increasingly (82)… But all over the world, homeless people are taking the future into their own (83)……By selling “street papers” they no longer to beg for a (84)……
The concept of the street paper is (85)……It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless people who buy it at a (86)……price of 30p and sell it to the public for 70p, keeping 40p for themselves If they have no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (87)…… and pay for them later Every paper seller receives training and is given a special (88)
….badge
The paper itself (89)……articles of general and social interest, film and book (90)
……cartoons and the (91)……celebrity interview Advertising and sales (92)……most
of the income, and all profits go (93)……into helping homeless people.
The Big Issue is the street people of the British homeless It was set up in 1991,
and (94)……then it has helped hundreds of people to get (95)……the street and back into
society
Trang 582. A usual B common C rare D routine
88 A character B personality C manner D identity
90. A stories B reviews C opinions D views
91. A sometimes B often C occasional D seldom
Answers:
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
IX Read the following passages and choose the best answers to the questions.(5ms)
Having reached the highest point of our route according to plan, we discovered something the map had not told us It was impossible to climb down into the King valley The river lay deep between mountain sides that were almost vertical We couldn’t find any animal tracks, which usually show the best way across country, and the slopes were covered so thickly with bushes that we could not see the nature of the ground We had somehow to break through to the river which would give us our direction out of the mountants into the inhabited lowlands
Our guide cut a narrow path through the bushes with his long knife and we followed in single file Progress was slow Then, when we thought we had really reached the river,
we found ourselves instead on the edge of a cliff with a straight drop of 1,000 feet to the water below We climbed back up the slope and began to look for another way down We climbed, slipped, sweated, and scratched our hands to pieces and finally arrived at the river Happily we strode downhill along its bank without having to cut our way
However, after a few miles the river entered a steep-sided gap between rocks and
suddenty dropped thirty-five feet over a waterfall There was no path alongside it and no way round it
Then one of the guides saw the way of overcoming the difficulty There was a fallen tree lying upside down over the waterfall with its leafy top resting on the opposite bank below the falls Without hesitation he climbed down the slippery trunk to show us how easy it was Having got to fork of the tree, he moved hand over hand along a branch for four or five feet with his legs hanging in space, then he dropped onto the flat bank the other side,
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us on
96 Having reached the highest point on their route, the travelers expected to be able to
A track animals to the river B put away the maps they have been using
C approach the river from a different direction D get down to the river without much difficulty
97 The travelers wanted to get to the river because
A it would lead them to the waterfall
B it would show them which way to go
C it was the only possible route out of the mountains
D it was a quicker route than going over the mountains
98 One the reason why the travelers took so long to get to the river was that.
A it was too hot to move quickly B there was no proper path
C they all tried to go different ways D they could not follow the animal track
99 The travelers were happy when they reached the river because
A they had a sense of achievement B the going was much easier then
C they were eager to see the waterfall D they knew they were near their
destination
100 To get path the waterfall the guide had to
A use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge
B cross the river above the waterfall
C slide down a step river bank
D swing across the river from high branch
Answers:
96… 97………… 98……….… 99………… 90………
X Write about the topic (about 200-250 words)(25ms) What are the causes of violence? What must be done to prevent it? ………
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ĐỀ 1:
I Phonetics(10ms)
II Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.(20ms)
III Identify the mistake in each sentence(5ms)
IV Vocabulary(20ms)
Read the text Use the words given in bracket to form a word that fits in the space.
36 America 37.first 38.nineteenth 39.damaged 40 conservation
41 placed 42 heavy 43 pollution 44 scarcity 45 Natural
V Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning(20ms)
46 There has been a dramatic rise in house prices this year
47 Elizabeth cannot play the piano as well as Helen
48 He is going to have his car/ the car repaired next week.
49 It is 20 years since John and Mary moved to Edinburgh
50 Mrs Smith asked John where he came from
51 I’ve never known a more warm-hearted person than my mother
52 Now I wish I hadn’t asked her to stay
53 The date of the meeting will have to be changed
54 If he had been (more) careful, he wouldn’t have lost his money
55 He is said to be the best doctor in this hospital
VI Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence Use the word given and other words as necessary Do not change the form of the given word.(10ms)
56 His French is fluent enough to go to the conference
He is fluent enough in French
57 His arrival took us (completely) by surprise
Trang 858 Sarah wore dark glasses to avoid being recognised.
59 Would you mind opening the door for me?
60 It was hard for Martin to accept the loss of his money
VII Cloze test(20ms)
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only one word in each space.
61 which 62.of 63 Had 64.it 65 In/ admiring
71 there 72 Happened/ occurred 73 Followed 74 In 75 Was
76 middle/ centre /corner 77 One 78.as 79.for 80.Would/could/might
VIII Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank.(15ms)
IX Read the following passages and choose the best answers to the questions.(5ms)
X Write about the topic (about 250-300 words)(25ms)
Criteria: - Content (ideas)
- Coherence and cohesion
- Lexical Resource
- Grammatical range and accuracy
- Neatness, clear appearance or legible writings
-The
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Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
ĐỀ 2:
Section A: Phonetics (10 points)
I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5 points)
II Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group (5 points)
1.A.occasion B.religion C.federation D.collection
2.A.economic B.encourage C.embroider D.experience
5.A.compulsory B.convenient C.correspond D.communicate
Section B Grammar and vocabulary (35 points)
I Choose A,B,C or D to complete the following sentences:(10 points)
1.When a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and the abbreviations it contains
2.How can I know book is yours?- They are so alike
3 .paul brings the money for lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria
4.If I you, I’d take some rest before the game tomorrow
5.You have never been to Nha Trang ?
A.have you B.haven’t C.you have D.you haven’t
6.She will visit us as soon as she arrives Paris
7.The smaller the room is, the furniture it needs
8.The secretary to I talked didn’t know where the meeting was
Trang 109.I find the time of English meals very strange I’m not used dinner at 5 pm.
10.I have to be present at eight o’ clock and so
II Give the correct form/tense of the verbs in brackets.(10 points)
1 Jane (rest) _ now She always (rest) _ after lunch.
2 He (leave) _ after he (write) _ the report.
3 When I (meet) _ her two weeks ago, she told me that she (be) _ to
London
4 John (fall) _ off the ladder while he (paint) _ the
ceiling
5 When you (take) _ the medicine, you (feel) _
better
6 We (wait) _ here until the rain (stop) _.
7 By the time he (return) _ next month, I (finish) _
this job
8 (Not worry) _! The plane (land) _ in a moment.
9 I’d prefer (stay) _ at home tonight I’ve got something (prepare)
_ for the meeting tomorrow
10.You’d better (not come) to her office between 2pm and 4pm today She (have) an office meeting then.
III-Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the words in the brackets:(10 points)
1.It's (HONEST) of you to say that You know it isn't true!
2.We must test the (PURE) of the water
3.Three firms are in (COMPETE) for the same contract
4.She is extremely (KNOW) _ about the history of art
5 got some very (SURPRISE) _ news this morning
6.I’m applying for (MEMBER) _ of this club
7.What I hate most about Tom is his (RELIABLE)
8.The boy was not (COURAGE) _ to admit his mistake
9.This is Alexandra, my personal (ASSIST) _
10.The police asked me to give a (DESCRIBE) of the suitcase I had lost
IV Fill in the blank with one preposition(5 points)
1. _ the end, he succeeded _ solving the problem
2.She apologized _ her teacher _ her coming late
3. _ the last two days she has been _ on business
4.Mr Jones is _ charge _ the planning department
5.We can’t deal _ this problem _ his help
6.We were all surprised _ the news _ our success
7.Did he break the window _ accident or _ purpose?
8.Are you acquainted _ the girl _ long hair over there?