Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo Đềthi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - THCS Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (Test 1) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Question I: Phonetics (5 points) a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. passion b. pleasure c. decision d. measure 2. a. student b. stupid c. study d. studio 3. a. easy b. ear c. lean d. eat b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 1. a. understand b. engineer c. benefit d. Vietnamese 2. a. money b. army c. afraid d. people Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. 1. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize) 2. You always (complain)about my cooking. 3. Lan bought a new English book yesterday. She (read).it tonight. 4. I could tell at a glance that the pile of the letters on my desk (disturb) while I (be) out. 5. I (return) the book as soon as I finish (read)it. 6. He wishes that he (work)harder but its too late now. 7. He cant send E-mail because he (not get)a modern for his computer. 8. When we (get).to the restaurant, we (find)that nobody (remember).to reserve a table. 9. Hardly he (take) . up the book when the phone (ring) 10.Were I your age, I (do)differently. Question III: (15 points) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 1. Nobody was injured in the accident, ? a. was there b. was he c. were they d. wasnt it 2. She had changed so much that anyone recognized her. a. almost b. hardly c. not d. nearly 3. Would you like a beer ? Not while Im a. in the act b. in order c. on duty d. under control 4. There was hardly .money left in my bank account. a. more b. no c. some d. any 5. The reason I left is .I was bored. a. why b. that c. while d. for 6. I came .an old friend while I was walking along the street. a. across b. into c. over d. for 1 7. Everyone Tom was invited to the party. a. as b. from c. but d. for 8. The chemistry book .was a little expensive. a. I bought b. that I bought it c. I bought that d. what I bought 9. If you to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now. a. listen b. will listen c. listened d. had listened 10. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t .this morning. a. come on b. ring out c. go off d. turn on 11. We have decided to the money for the local secondary school. a. beg b. collect c. raise d. rise 12. She didn’t get .well with her boss, so she left the company. a. at b. on c. through d. up 13. Please don’t disturb me there is something urgent. a. if b. or c. otherwise d. unless 14. She used to work as a typist, .she? a. did b. didn’t c. use d. wouldn’t 15. There isn’t .foreign news in the paper. a. a lot b. lots c. many d. much Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket. 1.I am .sorry for the delay. (extreme) 2. He has great in God. (believe) 3.In .to that, my bike tires were flat. (add) 4. An .man has stolen all our money. (know) 5. She divorced him because of his .to the children. (kind) 6. The book was so that I couldn't finish it. (bore) 7. He is so sad because the film ended . (happy) 8. It is usually forbidden to destroy buildings. (history) 9. Women nowadays have more .to participate in social activities. (free) 10. Every pupil was very .about the holiday. (excite) Question V: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition. 1. We can see many stars . .the sky at night. 2. You remind me my sister. 3. They have only been there . a few minutes. 4. The canoe overturned and everyone fell the deep water. 5. How going to Ben Thanh Market this afternoon? 6. I couldn’t meet Mrs. Chi because she's 7. I'll come to pick her .at 8 o'clock 8. They named their daughter their favorite singers. 9. The passage is written .English Question VI:(5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. They started laughing excited 2. I had these photos take by a good photographer 3. I find it very bored to listen to his lectures 2 4. I can’t get used to doing so difficult exercises 5. She is the girl for that I am looking Question VII: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. Nowadays a lot of important inventions (1) carried out by scientists (2) for a large industrial firms. (3) , there are still opportunities (4) .other people to invent various things. In Britain, (5) .is a weekly television program which attempts to show (6) .the various devices which people have recently (7) . . The people organizing the program receive (8) about 700 inventions a year. New ideas can still be developed (9) private inventors. However, it is important to consider these (10) .: Will it work? Will it be wanted? Is it new? Question VIII: (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. It isn't necessary to finish the work today. You don't . 2. Hai finally managed to get a job. Hai finally succeeded . 3. What's the weight of your suitcase? How .? 4. I have never read such a romantic story. This is 5. He has never behaved so violently before. He is behaving . 6. I've warned you not to go near that dog. I've warned you about 7. She can meet him if he arrives before eleven. So . 8. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job. In spite . 9. I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night. I wish 10. Reading scientific books is one of my interests. I'm . 3 Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án - hd chấm Đềthi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh A.Đáp án Question I: Phonetics (5 points) a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. passion 2. c. study 3. b. ear b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 1. c. benefit 2. c. afraid Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. 1. being recognized 6. had worked 2. are always complaining 7. hasnt got/ gotten 3. is going to read 8. got/ found/ had remembered 4. had been disturbed/ was 9. had he taken/ rang 5. will return/ reading 10. would do Question III: (15 points) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 1. c. were they 9. d. had listened 2. b. hardly 10. c. go off 3. c. on duty 11. c. raise 4. d. any 12. b. on 5. b. that 13. d. unless 6. a. across 14. b.didnt 7. c. but 15. d.much 8. a. I bought Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket. 1. extremely 6. boring 2. belief 7. unhappily 3. addition 8. historical 4. unknown 9. freedom 5. unkindness 10. excited Question V: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition. 1. in ; 2. of ; 3. for ; 4. into ; 5. about ; 6. out ; 7. over/ up ; 8. after ; 9. in Question VI:(5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. excited ----> excitedly 4. so ----> such 2. take ----> taken 5. that ----> whom 3. bored ----> boring Question VII: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. 1. are 2. working 3. However 4. for 5. there 6. all 7. invented 8. information 9. by 10. questions 4 Question VIII: (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. You don’t have to finish the work today. 2. Hai finally succeeded in getting a job. 3. How heavy is your suitcase ? 4. This is the most romatic story I have (ever) read. 5. He is behaving more violently than ever before. 6. I’ve warned you about (your) going near that dog. 7. So long as he arrives before eleven, she can meet him. 8. In spite of his good salary/ having a good salary he was unhappy in his job. 9. I wish I had finished my homework last night. 10. I’m interested in reading scientific books. B- Híng dÉn chÊm: - Tæng ®iÓm toµn bµi: 80 points - Thang ®iÓm 20 Tæng nh÷ng phÇn lµm ®óng - §iÓm bµi thi = 4 5 . đào tạo Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - THCS Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (Test 1) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Question. Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án - hd chấm Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh A.Đáp án Question I: Phonetics