Full name: ENGLISH TEST Duration: 120 minutes I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (1 point) 1. A. greet B. season C. reach D. great 2. A. succeed B. seat C. please D. pleasure 3. A. new B. knew C. sew D. few 4. A. teacher B. church C. watch D. architect II/ Circle the best answer: (3 points) 1. Most children enjoy ______ advertisement on TV. A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. to watching 2. The first colour TV pictures ______ in 1928. A. produced B. were produced C. is produced D. produce 3. I don’t like using the internet because it has become ______ . A. benefits B. advantages C. limitations D. disadvantage. 4. Everyone has read the latest news on the website,______? A. hasn’t he B. haven’t they C. don’t they D. doesn’t he 5. I______ for 2 hours but my friends ______ come yet. A. waiting/didn’t B. have waited/hasn’t C. have been waiting/haven’t D. have waited about/haven’t. 6. The interviewer asked her______ her name______. A.what/was B. if/was C. what/is D. if/is. 7. I haven’t heard any news of Peter______1999. A. in B. since C. on D. before 8. Jeans were first______ in Europe. A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. worn 9.he is too busy______ care of her. A. taking B. to take C. took D. taken 10. He is the best fashion______ I have known A. design B. designers C. designer D. designing 11. The Singaporean______is Singapore dollar. A. currency B. capital C. language D. climate. 12. My grandmother______ the most beautiful girl. A. did use to being B. use to be C. use to being D. used to be. III/ Use the suitable prepositions to fill in the gaps: (1 point) 1. We have been waiting here ______ten minutes. 2. She has just gone out. She can’t be back_____ 10 pm. 3. My sister was born_____4 th April_____ 1978. 4. I am very fond_____ picture books. IV/ Fill the suitable words into the blanks: (2.5 points) Every year many people in(1)______world learn English. Some of them(2)_______ young children. (3)______are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school,others learn in evening classes.a few learn English(4)______ themselves or just by hearing the language(5)______ television or among their friends.most people must work hard to learn English. (6)_______ do all the people want to learn English? It’s difficult to(7)______that question.young children learn english at school(8)_______it’s one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it’s useful for(9)_______work.teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books at college are(10)______ in English. V/ Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence,beginning with the words or phrases given: (1.5 points) 1. ”What is your favorite sport, Peter?”said his girl friend. Peter’s girl friend asked him______________________ 2. Lan cannot visit her pen pal in Malaysia Lan wishes_________________________ 3. Nobody has seen him for years. He__________________________ 4. There was a banyan tree here a few years ago, but now there isn’t. There used________________________ 5.Peter will pass his exams, but he has to work hard. If___________________________ 6. The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim. The sea was too_____________________________ VI/ Finish the following sentences by rearranging words or phrases given: (1 point) 1. Time/to go the part tomorrow/I don’t have/enough. 2. To touch the ceiling/too/I’m/short. 3. Like/eating/that/he didn’t/he was/tired/so. 4. You /has he/before/he has never met? The end! 1. You have had a fever for a week , you __________ better see a doctor . A. are B. should C. had D. would 2. Who was the first American person ____________ on the moon ? A. walking B. who walks C. walked D. to walk 3. “ Are we about to have lunch ?” yes, it ___________in the dinner room.” A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served 4. Remarks that children make can be ___________ and amusing . A. delighted B. delighting C. delightful D. delight 5. I wish you ___________-that ! it’s a really annoying habit. A. didn’t do B. wouldn’t do C. couldn’t do D. don’t do PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC M’ĐRĂK ĐềThiĐề Nghị Học Sinh Giỏi Cấp Huyện Năm Học 2007 – 2008 Trường THCS Trần Hưng Đạo Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 ( Thời gian 150 phút ) PART ONE : PHONETIC : I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three . (5 pts) 1. A. hear B. clear C. bear D. ear 2. A. heat B. great C. beat D. beak 3. A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool 4. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo 5. A. mouse B. could C. would D. put II/ Choose the word whose stressed pattern is differently from that of the other three. (5pts) 1. A. advance B. ancient C. cancer D. annual 2. A. theory B. tragedy C. invent D. government 3. A. inspire B. wealthy C. protect D. extinct 4. A. simplicity B. pollution C. electricity D. activity 5. A. mathematics B. statistics C. academy D. mechanic PART TWO : VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES GRAMMAR : I/ Find the choice that best completes the sentences. ( 10 pts) 1.The wind was so strong that it __________ his tent to pieces. A. broke B. tore C. smashed D. destroyed 2. “ Would you mind if I turned up the radio ?” – “ I’d really rather you ___________.” A. not to do B. didn’t C. don’t D. don’t mind 3. I hate _________ when my friends use my computer without asking permission . A. that B. a thing C. about D. it 4. Children always need their parents ‘ support ,___________ they are 4 or 24 . A. if B. in spite of C. whether D. until 5. Public concern about environmental issues has rise ___________in recent years. A. highly B. deeply C. generously D. consideraby 6. All laboratories have instructions about what to do ___________fire . A. in place of B. in charge of C. in danger of D. in case of 7. Having a computer allows you to have all kinds of information at your ____________. A. arm B. fingertips C. fingers D. hand 8. You can leave the vegetables but you eat as ___________ of the meat as you can . A. much B. more C. most D. many 9. “ Someone is knocking at the door . ___________ it be Mary ? “ “ It _________ Mary . To my certain knowledge she is in England .” A. may / isn’t B. might / may not be C. could / can’t be D. is / can’t be 10. Travel broadens the mind .Therefore, I ________ to over five countries for two months now. A. have traveled B. have been traveling C. am traveling D. trave II/ Fill in each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . ( 10 pts ) E – mail is such a 1(PAIN) _________way to write letter . I’ve never found it easy to put pen to paper, not even to say “thank you “ for presents sent by 2(THINK)_______relatives. They must have thought I was so 3(GRATITUDE)______. Now there’s no stopping me! I type away 4(END)_______on my computer ,all type of messages to all types of people. E - mail has all the benefits of a word processor and none of the tedious 5(ADVANTAGE)_________of writing by hand . It’s better than the letter because you can edit it, quickly and 6(EFFORT)________,and it’s instant like the phone but without the need to talk! And sending an e- mail is so 7(WONDER)________fast: just press the button and it’s gone. By contrast, the Web is extremely overrated and sometimes so slow that it’s 8(PRACTICE) _______ What’s more, Web sites are not 9(DATE) __________and a lot of the information is 10(USE) _________ I think it’s a joke in that respect – not a very good one. III / Fill each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . (10 pts) 1. Most ghost stories are set in ____________ old house or castles. ( MYSTERY ) 2. The book was found ____________boring , so the teacher chose another . ( BELIEVE) 3. Those pollutants have ________ the lives of many seabirds in the past few years. (DANGER) 4. The man’s application was turned down because he was fully ____________ . (QUALIFY ) 5. The boss created ____________ of promotion when favoured male candidates . ( EQUAL ) 6. What a ___________! She has the heating switched off all winter . ( MEAN) 7. Today tourists come from all over the world to see the _______of the famous city of Pompeii. (REMAIN) 8. We killed the time ___________ doing that funny crossword . ( ENJOY ) 9. The __________ of the roads should be designed to cope with an increase in traffic. (WIDE) 10. We live in a __________ society . Ther are so many things we can re-use. (THROW) PART THREE : READING COMPREHENSION: I/ Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word . (10 pts) Many rivers and lakes around the world are polluted. The discharge of waste materials by factories and households (1) ________ pollution to rivers and lakes. The Rhine river in europe and the Great lakes in North America are good (2) _________ of a river and lakes that are polluted. Their water can’t be (3) _______.The (4) ______thing is happening to the sea. In one instance,certain factories in Japan dumped industrial (5) _________in to the sea. Many people suffered (6) _______lead or mercury poisoning after eating fish (7) ______-in such polluted waters. Pollution in certain areas of the sea is now reaching dangerous (8) ________. Many ships discharge their waste materials and unwanted engine oil into the sea. These wastes contain lead and mercury (9) ________ are poisonous. Sometimes, accidents to oil (10) _________ can cause oil to be discharge into the sea and onto the beach. II/ Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word . ( 10 pts) One feature of (1) _________education systems around the world has been an incrase (2)________the period of compulsory schooling for students. In many developing countries students are now required (3) __________at school until they are 15 years of age. There are quite plausible reasons for opposing this policy. Low income families, for example, may not be able to (4) ________ to keep their children at school and may hate goverments imposing this decision ( 5)_________ them. In many (6) _______ countries children can bring in much needed income,(7)________ by working in family agricultural activities,or else (8) _______ paid employment. Recent studies have shown that compulsory school can be psychologically (9)___________ for students who are not motivated to learn. Education authorities, however, must ensure that the education (10) ________ is both affordable to families and interesting to students. 1. A. improving B. improved C. to improve D. be improved 2. A. in B. on C. at D. with 3. A. stayed B. staying C. stay D. to stay 4. A. leave B. stay C. afford D. pay it 5. A. on B. in C. with D. off 6. A. developed B. developing C. well – off D. rich 7. A. though B. either C. and D. however 8. A. out B. with C. through D. by 9. A. damage B. to damage C. damaged D. damaging 10. A. provided B. provide C. to provide D. providing PART FOUR : WRITING I/Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence,beginning with the words or phrases given: (10 points) 1. ”What is your favorite sport, Peter?”said his girl friend. Peter’s girl friend asked him____________________________________________________ 2. Nobody has seen him for years. He________________________________________________________________________ 3. There was a banyan tree here a few years ago, but now there isn’t. There used_________________________________________________________________ 4. The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim. The sea was too____________________________________________________________ 5. You’re the worst guitarist in the world . No one _________________________________________________________________ 6. “ Let’s check everything once more. ” said the main in chief . The main in chief suggested ___________________________________________________ 7. Although the fish appears to be harmless ,it is quite dangerous. Contrary to _________________________________________________________________ 8. It is acknowledged that VietNam had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic VietNam is _________________________________________________________________ 9. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did she . He forgot ____________________________________________________________________ 10. We couldn’t have managed it if our father hadn’t encouraged us. If it ___________________________________________________________________________ II/ Use the prompts provided to write full sentences to make a complete informal letter. ( 30 pts) Dear Mary, 1. Thank / letter.// I / please / hear / your news / better / last time / you / write / me.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Both / parents / send / love.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Last week I / buy / new jeans / new shop / centre / town.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Satff / be / very helpful .// ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. I / have / try / eight different pairs / majority / be / too tight or / right colour.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Jeans / cost / fifty pounds / I think / not be / too dear / good quality ones.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Everyone I know / wear / designer jeans / my parents / think / crazy.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Neither my father / my mother / be / interested / fashion.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. All // my mother / clothes / be / dark blue.// ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. I wish / she / wear / different colour sometimes!// ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. Real reason / I / write / invite / you / birthday party / next week.// ___________________________________________________________________________ 12. A group / us / go / new club.// ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. Would you / come ?// ring / soon.// ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. Give / regards / family.// ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. I hope / well.// ____________________________________________________________________________ Love, Linda ĐÁP ÁN ĐềThiĐề Nghị Học Sinh Giỏi Cấp Huyện Năm Học 2007 – 2008 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 ( Thời gian 150 phút ) PART ONE : PHONETIC : I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three . (5 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : 1 …C…… 2…B……. 3…A……… 4……D……… 5……A……………. II/ Choose the word whose stressed pattern is differently from that of the other three. (5pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : 1 …A…… 2…C……. 3…B……… 4……C……… 5……A……………. PART TWO : VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES GRAMMAR : I/ Find the choice that best completes the sentences. ( 10 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : II/ Fill in each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . ( 10 pts ) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : III / Fill each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . (10 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : PART THREE : READING COMPREHENSION: I/ Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word . (10 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : II/ Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word . ( 10 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : 1…B 2…B 3…D 4…C 5…D 6…D 7…B 8…A 9…C 10…A…. 1. Painles 2. Thoughtful 3.Ungrateful 4. Endlessly 5. Disavandages 6. Effortlessly 7. Wonderfully 8. Impractical 9. Updated 10. useless 1. Mysterious 2. Unbelievably 3. Endangered 4. Unqualified 5. Inequalities 6. Miser 7. Remains 8. Enjoyably 9. Widening 10. Throw-Away 1. Causes 2. Examples 3. Drunk 4. Same 5. Wastes 6. From 7. Caught 8. Levels 9. Which /That 10. Tankers 1. B……… 2. …A…… 3. …D…… 4. …C… 5. …A…… 6. …B……. 7. …B………. 8. …C……… 9. …D……… 10. …A……… PART FOUR : WRITING I/Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence,beginning with the words or phrases given: (10 points) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm : 1. Peter’s girl friend asked him what his favorite sports was. 2. He hasn’t ever been seen for years. 3. There used to be a banyan tree here a few years ago 4. The sea was too cold that we couldn’t swim. 5. No one in the world plays the guitar as badly as you 6. The main in chief suggested checking everything once more . 7. Contrary to its harmless appearance,the fish is quite dangerous . 8. VietNam is is acknowledged had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic 9. He forgot all everything about it,and so did she . 10. If it hadn’t been for my father’s encouragement, We couldn’t have managed it . II/ Use the prompts provided to write full sentences to make a complete informal letter. ( 30 pts) * Answers : mỗi câu đúng 2 điểm : Dear Mary, 1. Thank for your letter. I was please to hear your news was better than the last time you wrote to me. 2. Both parents send their love. 3. Last week I bought some new jeans from a new shop in the centre of town. 4. the Satff were very helpful . 5. I had to try on eight different pairs because th majority were too tight or not the right colour. 6. Jeans cost me fifty pounds,which I think isn’t too dear for good quality ones. 7. Everyone I know wears designer jeans but my parents think they’re crazy. 8. Neither my father nor my mother is interested in fashion. 9. All of my mother’s clothes are dark blue. 10. I wish she would wear a different colour sometimes! 11. the real reason I ‘m writing is invite you to my birthday party next week. 12. A group of us are going to a new club. 13. Would you like to come ? ring me soon. 14. Give my regards to your family. 15. I hope they are well. Love, Linda . PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC M’ĐRĂK Đề Thi Đề Nghị Học Sinh Giỏi Cấp Huyện Năm Học 2007 – 2008 Trường THCS Trần Hưng Đạo Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 ( Thời gian 150 phút. ____________________________________________________________________________ Love, Linda ĐÁP ÁN Đề Thi Đề Nghị Học Sinh Giỏi Cấp Huyện Năm Học 2007 – 2008 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 ( Thời gian 150 phút ) PART ONE :