Trn Minh Phng - THCS Trc i, Trc Ninh, Nam nh Đề khảosát chất lợng học sinh giỏi - lầN 1 Môn : Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2008-2009 ( Thời gian : 120 phút - không kể thời gian phát đề ) I. Read the text and choose the best answer. ( 2,5 ps ) Sunday is a family for the Lee family. They often go out together. Last Sunday, Mr Lee decided to take his family up to Victoria Peak. " We are taking a ride on the Peak Tram today. It is the oldest form of public transport in Hong Kong , " Mr Lee explained" The family first went to tea at Maxim's . They then crossed the harbor by the Mass transit Railway and got out at Central MTR station. " Oh, Daddy, look how beautiful that bus is !" Sally explained. She was pointing at an open-top double-decker. There were brightly-painted figures on both sides of it. The bus took them to the Garden Road terminal. Mr Lee took many photographs of his family. They had dinner at the Peak Restaurant . Then they returned home with happy memories of the day. 1, What does " family day" mean for the Lee family? A. Crossing the harbor by the MTR on Sundays. B, Taking the Peak tram every Sundays. C, Going out together on Sundays. D, Going up to Victoria Peak every Sunday. 2, Which is the oldest form of public transport in Hong Kong? A. The Peak tram. B. The bus. C. The tram and the bus. D. The tram and the taxi. 3, How did the family cross the harbor? A. By taking the ferry. B. By getting out at the MRT station. C. By taking the Mass transit Railway. D. By taking the Peak tram. 4, What did Sally think of the double-decker? A. That it was open-top. B. That it was beautiful. C. That it was brightly- painted. D. That it was big. 5, How did the Lee family feel at the end of the day? A. Happy. B. Tired. C. Happy because they took many pictures. D. Happy because they returned home. II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. ( 2ps ) 1, She often ( makes , sews , does , has ) dresses herself. 2, Mai ( leave , left , leaves , live ) the book at home. 3, I'll try my ( better , good , bad , best ) to improve English. 4, " What can I do ( of , to , from , for ) you? ", asked Lan. 5, The boy is getting ( fatly , fat , fatness , fatten ) 6, The red bicycle is not so expensive ( so , like , as , more ) the blue one. 7, Billions of cans are thrown ( up , away , in , on ) every year all over the world. 8, Would you mind ( when , if , where , that ) I smoked here? III. Complete the following passage with the given prepositions. (3 ps ) in on at of to by during with An English friend 1 . mine , Ian, was staying 2 . friends 3 . America . One night, while he was having a drink 4 . a bar, he met an English woman called Jane. They spent a lot 5 time together 6 . Ian's holiday and got on very well, but when he left he didn't write down Jane's address 7 . England. Two months later, 8 August, when Ian was relaxing 9 . holiday 10 Corfu, he met an Irish woman called Elizabeth. They had a great time together and 11 the end 12 the holiday they exchanged address. Bài thi có 2 trang IV. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. ( 2,5ps ) 1, The life in the countryside makes us relaxed because it's very ( peace ) Khảosát chất lợng học sinh Giỏi - Lần I- 2008-2009 Trần Minh Phương - THCS Trực Đại, Trực Ninh, Nam Định 2, Everyone in the neighborhood is ( please ) with what we have done. 3, My father likes . ( ski ) 4, There were two . ( compete ) yesterday: fire-making and rice - cooking. 5, My sister is fond of . ( crowd ) places. 6, I'll make . ( arrange ) for you to meet him at the airport. 7, Their children have quite . ( difference ) characters. 8, He helps us out of . ( kind ). 9, I don't believe Tom. He's a terrible ( lie ) 10, TV is one of the most popular means of . ( entertain ). V. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets. ( 2,5ps ) 1, When I ( get ) . up this morning everything was lovely, The sun ( shine ) . , the birds ( sing ) beautifully. 2, I used to ride a bicycle a lot but I ( not / have ) a chance ( do ) any since I ( come ) here. 3, A: You ever ( be ) to Cambridge ? - ? B: Yes, I ( be ) . there last month. A: How you ( get ) there? ? B: My brother ( take ) me in his car. VI. Read the paragraph carefully, filling each gap with one suitable word. ( 2ps ) Do you like to read books? Perhaps, you do. Travel makes us see new places, and things . Surely, books do, 1- . From book to book , we travel like from country to country. We are always seeing new skies 2- our heads, learning new stories and new facts. Book characters are our 3- . friends , 4- .us about life, their times, their hopes, their sorrows and adventures. Life is short 5- . art is eternal. Throughout history, man created 6- wonderful arts as music, poetry, painting, architecture and so on, 7- . , books are the 8- . wonderful. They are the peak of culture, the most wonderful one. VII. Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it. ( 2,5 ps ) 1, I'm pleased hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. 2, He is so slow as he never get to class on time. 3, Many people have stopped to smoke because it may be harmful to their health. . 4, The house is dirty. We haven't cleaned it since ages. 5, Ann prefers going for a swim than playing table tennis. 6, There were not people enough to have the meeting. . 7, We won't go for a walk if it won't be fine tomorrow. 8, Were those cars made of Japan or China? . 9, I don't remember what did the teacher tell us last time. 10, These photographs are very good, but that one is better of all. VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. ( 3ps ) 1, The visitor spoke so quickly that I couldn't understand what he said. - The visitor spoke too . 2, Nobody has used this room for age. This room 3, Why didn't you turned off the lights? Why ? 4, " Do you see what I see, Mary? " said the young man. (- The young man asked . ) 5, Keeping the environment clean is very important. (- It's . ) 6, He was delighted to receive his aunt's letter. - He was delighted that his .THE END Bµi thi cã 2 trang Kh¶o s¸t chÊt lîng häc sinh Giái - LÇn I- 2008-2009 Trn Minh Phng - THCS Trc i, Trc Ninh, Nam nh Đáp án khảosát học sinh Giỏi - Lần 1 Năm học 2007-2008 - Môn thi : Tiếng Anh 9 ================================ I. Read the text and choose the best answer. ( 2,5 ps ) - Mỗi câu đúng cho 0,5 điểm. 1- C 2- A 3- C 4- B 5- A II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. ( 2ps ) - Mỗi từ chọn đúng cho 0,25 điểm. 1- makes 2- left 3- best 4- for 5- fat 6- as 7- up 8- if III. Complete the following passage with the given prepositions. (3 ps ) 1- of 2- with 3- in 4- in 5- of 6- during 7- in 8- in 9- on 10- in 11- at 12- of IV. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. ( 2,5ps ) 1- peaceful 2- pleased 3- skiing 4- competitions 5- crowded 6- arrangement 7- different 8- kindness 9- liar 10- entertainment. V. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets. ( 2,5ps ) 1- got , was shining , were singing 2- haven't had , to do , came 3- A: Have you been B: was A: did you get B: took. VI. Read the paragraph carefully, filling each gap with one suitable word. ( 2ps ) 1- too 2- above 3- good 4- telling 5- but 6- several 7- however 8- most. VII. Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it. ( 2,5 ps ) - Mỗi từ tìm và sửa đúng cho 0,25 điểm. 1, I'm pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. 2, He is so slow that he never get to class on time. 3, Many people have stopped smoking because it may be harmful to their health. 4, The house is dirty. We haven't cleaned it for ages. 5, Ann prefers going for a swim to playing table tennis. 6, There were not enough people to have the meeting. 7, We won't go for a walk if it isn't fine tomorrow 8, Were those cars made in Japan or China? 9, I don't remember what the teacher told us last time. 10, These photographs are very good, but that one is the best of all. VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. ( 3ps ) - Mỗi câu viết đúng cho 0,5 điểm. 1, The visitor spoke too quickly for me to understand what he said. 2, This room hasn't been used for ages. 3, Why weren't the lights turned off by you? 4, The young man asked Mary if she saw what he saw. 5, It's important to keep the environment clean. 6, He was delighted that his ( aunt sent him a letter / a letter to him ) . Khảosát chất lợng học sinh Giỏi - Lần I- 2008-2009