PHÒNG GD & ĐT BÙ GIA MẬP TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO ĐỀTHISỐ 04 ĐỀÔNTHI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 15-01-2011 Thời gian làm bài 120 phút(không kể thời gian phát đề) Thí sinh làm vào tờ giấy thi được phát kèm cùng với đềthi này ====================================================================== I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. teenage B. garbage C. carriage D. shortage 2. A. shift B. sight C. hike D. tidal 3. A. exchange B. brochure C. challenge D. charity 4. A. witness B. litter C. enter D. pretty 5. A. decided B. collected C. watched D. invited II. Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 6. A. rivalry B. dormitory C. documentary D. nominate 7. A. annoyance B. government C. experiment D. participate 8. A. precious B. terrified C. innovate D. commercial 9. A. intermediate B. institute C. interactive D. innovation 10. A. comprise B. compulsory C. correspondD. communicate III. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences. 11. I was responsible _____ the teacher ______ keeping the class in order while she went out. A. to / for B. for / for C. to / in D. with / for 12. Some people say that Sue is unfriendly, but she’s always nice ______ me. A. with B. about C. to D. on 13. There has been a big increase ______ the price of land recently. A. to B. in C. with D. of 14. He lives a rather lonely life. He doesn’t have much contact ______ other people. A. to B. on C. in D. with 15. She works quite hard. You can’t accuse her ______ being lazy. A. at B. with C. of D. in 16. I saw your school advertisement ______ today’s edition of Vietnam News. A. in B. on C. of D. from 17. I’m glad Sarah is coming to the party. I’m really looking ______ seeing her again. A. up with B. out for C. forward to D. back on 18. Don’t let me to interupt you. Carry ______ with your work. A. out B. on C. over D. through 19. The football match had to be called ______ because of the bad weather. A. on B out C off D. by 20. Nobody believe Paul at first, but he ______ to be right. A. worked out B came out C. found out D. turn out 21. Parents love and support their children ______ the children misbehave or do folish things. A. even if B. since C. if D. only if 22. Ms Jackson was assigned the fifth-grade science class ______ she has the best qualifications among the available faculty. A. although B. whereas C. if D. since 23. He felt ______ when he failed th driving test the second time. A. discouraged B. annoying C. undecided D. determined 24. The weather was terrible. I wish it ______ warmer 1 A. were B. was C. has been D. had been 25. The teacher gave us five minutes to ______ the maths problem. A. look out B. find out C. take out D. work out 26. Every computer consists of a number of systems______ together. A. by working B. work C. that work D. they work 27. Mary’s father was very surprised when she told him all ______. A. that had happened B. had happened C. what had happened D. happened 28. Not a good film, ______? A. was it B. wasn’t it C. did it D. didn’t it 29. Mary couldn’t have got my message. Otherwise she ______ . A. would reply B. should reply C. would have replied D. should have replied 30. I wonder where we ______ in ten years from now. A. are living B. will live C. will be living D. will have lived 31. I think that with our solidarity we can ______ this difficulty. A. overtake B. overdo C. overwork D. overcome 32. It’s obvious that neither the worker _______ to fight the new rules. A. nor the manager intend B. nor the manager intends C. intend nor the manager D. or the manager intend 33. There _______ traffic, so the journey didn’t take very long. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few 34. Only if you get to the theater early_______ a chance to get a ticket for tonight’s performance. A. you will have B. you have C. will you have D. do you have 35. You can contact us by telephone or e-mail, _______you prefer. A. which B. whichever C. what D. whatever 36.The shop was crowded _______ last-minute shoppers. A. of B. with C. for D. in 37. ________ English, he is also very good at French and Germany. A. Beside B. Besides C. Except D. Apart from 38. I’d rather you ________ with us. A. come B. have come C. came D. are coming 39. To the one _______ feelings for me so strong that the word love can’t describe them. A. who B. whom C. whose D. that 40. Don’t talk loudly. Noone ________ noise in the reading room. A. is allowed to make B. is allowed making C. allows to make D. allows making 41. Many people are concerned ______ global warming. A. at B. to C. on D. about 42. I feel as if my head _________ on fire now. A. be B. was C. were D. is 43. The hotel where I stayed last summer was good, so I want to _________ it to you. A. introduce B. show C. suggest D. recommend 44. When the old retire, they live on _________ which the government give them. A. fee B. pension C. fare D. salary 45. We all admired your courage in catching the thief on the street this morning. A. looked up to B. looked down on C. looked after D. looked on in 2 IV. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English. 46. The Chinese team have worked very hardly to get this far in the competition. A B C D 47. However cheap it is, the poor quality products can’t appeal to customers. A B C D 48. Thanks for television people can enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and A B C convenient way. D 49. The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended. A B C D 50. Somebody could forget to lock the door, so the thief simply walked in. . A B C D V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. 51. Each religion has its set of ____________. (believe) 52. Parents should encourage ____________ in their children(depend). 53. Today we have industrial air __________ from factories and engine –exhaust fumes.(pollute) 54. The people in the area need the ____________ of food and pure water. (provide) 55. English is the ____________ language in the United States. (nation) 56. She’s so ____________ with her current jobthat she decided to leave.(satisfy) 57. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little ____________.(friend) 58. They escaped from the fire ____________. (harm) 59. I have still not received a ____________ answer to my question. (satisfy) 60. These exercises are designed to ____________ your stomach muscles.(strong) VI. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. In recent years there have been many (61) ________ on air pollution in newspapers and magazines. Scientists all over the world have warned that our asmosphere is (62) ________ more and more contaminated, and that Man, through his carelessness, may run(63) of pure air to breathe. Automobiles and industries mainly (64) ________ for air pollutionin most cities. They pure into the air such gases as carbon monoxide, sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which are very (65) ________ to humans. Worse still, these gases after a series of chemical changes, turn (66) ________ toxic acids. They fall down in ‘acid rain’, raising the acidity in the air, soil and water to dangerous (67) and affecting not only trees but also fish and other wildlife. Many industrial countries in Europe and North America have (68) ________ bad affects from those ‘rains’. (69) ________,Man faces no more urgent problem than that of saving his own survival. Scientists, social organization and governments should sit down together to solve the air (70) ________ problem. 61. A. programs B. events C. articles D. columns 62. A. changing B. becoming C. making D. taking 63. A. up B. over C. away D. out 64. A. bring B. get C. account D. count 65. A. harmful B. powerful C. awful D. painful 66. A. in B. into C. out D. over 67. A. amounts B. ranks C. points D. levels 68. A. suffered B. influenced C. offered D. bothered 69. A. Naturally B. Safely C. Surely D. Practically 3 70. A. pollute B. polluted C. polluting D. pollution VII. Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D. According to World Health Organization(WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes more death than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria, and Switzerland. This is much higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents. In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of brochitis in children and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the pollution. They calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year. A lot of money goes into making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution. 71. What is the main idea of the text? A. Pollution and road accidents. B. Bad affects of cars exhaust C. The necessity of making cars safer D. The toll of road accidents 72. According to the passage, ________. A. Air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents. B. Road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes. C. Long term exposure to pollution is harmless. D. Car fumes cause one third of premature death. 73. Which of the following sentences is not true. A. Car exhausts causes bronchitis and heart disease. B. Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution. C. Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths. D. More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents. 74. The money spent to solve air pollution is ________. A. 27 billion Euros per year B. not able to calculate C. more than to make cars safer D. less than to make cars safer 75. Which of the following sentences is not mentioned as the bad affect of air pollution. A. Causing illness in children B. Causing premature deaths C. Causing road accidents D. Causing heart diseases VIII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage. In addition (76) _________ reducing pollution, pulic transport saves valuable city space. Buses and trains (77) _________ more people in each vehicleand, if they operate on their own rights of way, they can safely run (78) _________ much higher speeds. In other (79) _____, they not only take (80) _________ space but also occupy it for a (81) _______ time. Public transport also play an important (82) _________ in the areas of the Third World. In many cities in Asia and Africa , buses make 50 to 80 perent (83) ________ all memorized trips. Buses are sometimes hopelessly overcrowded. It is (84) _________ uncommon to see several riders clinging to outside. Yet most Third World cities have lower public transport use per person than (85) _________ in Western Europe. IX. Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given. 86. Nobody is to blame for the fact that the meeting was cancelled. A. Everybody is responsible for the cancelled meeting. B. Nobody should be held responsible for the fact that the meeting was cancelled. C. It’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled. D. Both B and C are correct. 4 87. Our opinion on the subject are identical. A. There are some differences in our opinion on the subject. B. We have the same opinion on the subject. C. We have similar subjects. D. We differ in opinions on the subject. 88. As long as you stay calm, you will pass your driving test. A. It takes so long to do the driving test. B. You have to practice long enough to pass your driving test. C. Keeping calm is secret of passing your driving test. D. Unless you stay calm, you will pass your driving test. 89. My mother never allows me to stay up late. A. I was allowed to get out of the bed late B. My mother never lets me go to bed late C. My mother always makes me go to bed late. D. My mother does not allow me to get out of bed late. 90. ‘If only I’d learn to drive’ Roger said A. Roger thinks there are too many drivers on the roads. B. Roger feels glad that he didn’t learn to drive. C. Roger wishes he could drive. D. Roger is sorry that he leart to drive. X. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them. 91. Is it all right if I come to the club with you tonight. Would you mind . 92. She makes her children stay at home in the evenings. She won’t 93. Thanks to Laura’s report, I was able to finish the project. Had it 94. People say that the car driver was driving very fast at the time of the crash. The car driver . 95. I shut the door, but right after that I realized I had left the key inside. Hardly XI. Write complete sentence using the suggested words. Dear sir 96. I / write / you / the noise / your flat// . 97. I / constantly disturbed / noise / your record player / late / night// . 98. I / speak / you / number / times / this matter / and you / say / try / be more reasonable// . 99. But you/ continue/ play / record player / till / early hours / the morning // . 100. I hope / we / manage / sort / this pleasant. . THE END 5 HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀTHI HỌC SINH GIỎI I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C II. Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C III. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences. 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A 41. D 42. C 43. D 44. B 45. A IV. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English. 46. C (hardly hard) 47. B (It is They are) 48. A (Thanks for thanks to) 49. A(bored boring) 50. A ( to lock locking) V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. 51. beliefs 52. independence 53. pollutants 54. provision 55. native 56. dissatisfied 57. unfriendly 58. unharmed 59. satisfactory 60. strengthen VI. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following 61. C 62. B 63. D 64. C 65. A 66.B 67. D 68. A 69. C 70. D VII. Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D. 71. B 72. A 73. B 74. D 75. C VIII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage. 76. to 77. carry 78. at 79. words 80. less 81. shorter 82. role / part 83. of 84. not85. those IX. Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given. 86. D 87. B 88. C 89. B 90. C X. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them. 91. Would you mind if I came to the club with you tonight. 92. She won’t lets her children go out in the evenings. 93. Had it not been for Laura’s report I wouldn’t have been able to finish the project. 94. The car driver is said to have been driving very fast at the time of the crash 95. hardly had I shut the door when I relized that I had left the key inside. XI. Write complete sentence using the suggested words. Dear sir 96. I am writing to you about the noise from your flat. 97. I am constantly disturbed by the noise from your record player late at night. 98. I have spoken to you a number of times about this matterand you did say/said you would try to be more reasonable 99. But you continue to play your record player till the early hours of the morning. 100. I hope we can manage to sort this out pleasantly. 6 . 40 . A 41 . D 42 . C 43 . D 44 . B 45 . A IV. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English. 46 . C (hardly hard) 47 correct. 4 87. Our opinion on the subject are identical. A. There are some differences in our opinion on the subject. B. We have the same opinion on the