Sở GD - ĐT Bắc giang ------------ Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh lớp 9 Năm học :2004-2005 Thời gian : 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Name: Trần Quốc Bình - Trờng trung học cơ sở Hơng Sơn Lạng giang I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.(10p) 1. The house (repaint) green at the moment. 2. ( see ) Tom, Marry shouted loudly. 3. The only way of mastering a language is by ( practise) much. 4. Please, come on time I dont like (be/ keep) waiting. 5. I am not used to ( go ) out in the evening , Id rather ( stay ) at home and read books. 6. He died of lung cancer last year. He must ( smoke ) alot. 7. Phong Nha Cave in Viet Nam ( know ) as a world heritage site. 8. She would rather you ( go ) to bed early. 9. Theres no point in ( remain ) in a dangerous place if you cant do any thing to help people. 1. 2. . 3. 4. 5 . 6. 7. 8. 9. . II. Complete the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (15p). 1. Do you have a better radio than this? Is this 2. Under no circumstances should you phone the police. The last . 3. Thats a lovely new dress, Jean said her mother. Jeans mother complimented 4. My father speaks very little English. My father hardly 5. He didt pass the exam because he didnt study hard. If he . 6. They will have to cancel the picnic. The picnic 7. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home. Id 8. He is overweight because he eats too much. If . 9. She is the most intelligent woman Ive ever met. Ive never 10. He is old. He cant swim far. Hes too 11. Understanding foreigners is sometimes difficult. It’s . 12. He wrote the letter in two hours. It took 13. It’s your duty to obey orders. You are 14. I remembered someone gave me a pen on that day. I remembered 15. My teacher made me work hard. I was III. Each sentence has one mistake.Find and correct them. (10p). 1. It’s no use to play computer games much. 2. Hoa has a lot of homeworks in Math this week. 3. President Ho Chi Minh Mousoleum was completing on August 29 th 1975. 4. Do you know where is the post office? 5. My brother doesn’t like durians, and I don’t like them, too. 6. I hope you ‘re both enjoying yourself. 7. Suzan is the prettiest of the two girls. 8. The police are use to helping lost tourists. 9. Was it you I seen last night at the cinema? 10. The house was crowding with people . 1 2. 3. 4. . 5. 6. 7. . 8. . 9. . 10 IV.Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. (10p) 1. Their . has lasted a life time.( FRIEND ) 2. Rice is not an .food because We need it to live.( HEALTH ) 3. We saw the on his face when he had passed the exam. ( HAPPY ) 4. Don’t be so , We still have a lot of time. ( PATIENT ) 5. He draws cartoons for a magazine. ( HUMOUR ) 6. She is one of the greatest .to appear in this theatre. ( PERFORM) 7. Does this suit you? ( ARRANGE ) 8. A lot of people were .because of the storm 10 years ago.( HOME ) 9. Is Austria a .country? ( MOUNTAIN ) 10.Shakespeare is one of the most famous English ( PLAY ) V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.(10p) 1. They accused me . selling secret information. 2. Take . your hat before you go in. 3. Many people in Africa died hunger. 4. Lee asked her Grandma to tell her a folk tale .the end the conversation. 5. You must try to work time. You are always late .work. 6. Since my parens left Ha Noi . LonDon, I have looked forward to hearing them. 7. Are you excited going . holiday next week ? 8. These days everybody is aware . the danger . smoking. 9. If someone is putting .weight, he is getting heavier . 10. Her husband has been . of work since 1986 . VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (8p) Brunei is one of .( 1) .smallest but richest countries in the world. Its wealth comes . (2) .gas and oil. Most people . (3) that Brunei is in the Middle East . (4) .it’s not. It is in East Asia, . (5) . the North coast of the island of Borneo. It sells the oil and gas to Japan, and earns 2 billion .(6) . year. That is 229,000 every hour from it. And the beauty is that there (7) .so few people to share all . (8) money. The population of Brunei is only 230,000 . 1. . 2. 3. . 4. 5. 6 7 . 8. . VII. Read the passage and tick true (T), false (F) to the sentences below.(6p) Parents speak in a different way to young children. They don’t know they are doing this but they actually change the way they speak. When a baby says its first words, its parents speak very clearly to it. They stop making the kinds of errors which are usually so common in ordinary speech. They also speak to the baby in a slightly higher voice. Finally, they usually ask simple questions and do not use many statements 1. Parents speak to young children in a very kind and gentle way. 2. Most children know they change their way of speaking. 3. Parents usually speak in a very clear way to young children. 4. They also speak correctly and do not make mistakes. 5. They often say nice things to make their baby happy. .6. They never ask young children questions. VIII. Reorder the following sentences to make a meaningful dialogue(8p). 1. Thank you, Marry. 2. Sit down. Would you like some thing to drink, coffee or a cup of tea? 3. It’s a hot day . here you are. Help yourself to water . 4. Hello John , What a surprise. Come in ! 5. No, nothing to eat, thanks. I am not hungry. 6. Thanks. 7. Yes, thanks, perhaps some coffee with a little water, please. I am quite thirsty. 8. Can I give you something to eat ? Some biscuits ? IX. Write the sentences using the suggested words.(10p) 1. Parents / congratulate / me / passing / driving test. 2. How often / your car / serviced ? . 3. I / invited / the party / the occassion / her wedding last week. . 4. It / him/ a week / finish / work. . 5. All of us/accustomed / work / eight hours aday. . 6. Old people / tired/ live / big city. . 7. Children / too / young / ride / school. 8. I /used / live / small / village / now / Lon Don. . 9. Minh / play/ tennis /She / be / eight years old. 10. You / know / who / invent / telephone ? . X. Choose the word in each group which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.(5p) 1. a.wind b. wine c. behind d. might 2. a . moon b. food c. flood d. pool 3 .a. car b. park c. farm d. warm 4. a. try b. my c. rely d. quickly 5. a. show b. down c. know d. arrow XI. Match sentences in column A with sentences in column B . (8p) A B 1. You’ll get a better job. a. But I like music. 2. Tony’s daughter has been so ill b. because there was fog 3. The film itself wasn’t very good c. We thought at first. 4. He is sending the package d. If you learn another language. 5. The teacher was so angry with e. crying in the middle of the night 6. All the flights were delayed f. that he had to take her to the hospital 7. The baby began g. her students who forgot doing their homework. 8. Her illness was much more serious than . h.so that it will arrive in time for his sister’s birthday. 1. . 5. . 2. . 6. 3. . 7. . 4. . 8. . trÇn quèc b×nh - trêng t.h.c.s h¬ng s¬n . l¹ng giang KEYS: LOP 9 :Thang ®iÓm 100 mçi c©u ®óng ®îc 1 ®iÓm. I. 10points(c©u 5 ®îc 2 ®iÓm) 1. is being repainted 2. seeing 3. practising 4. being kept 5. going - stay 6. have smoked 7. is known 8.went 9. remaining II .(!5p) 1. the best radio you have? 2. thing you should do is to phone the police. 3. him on his lovely new dress. 4. speaks any English. 5. had studied hard, he could have passed the exam. 6. will have to be cancelled. 7. rather go out for a meal than stay at home. 8. He didn’t eat much, he wouldn’t be overweight. 9. met a more intelligent woman than her. 10.old to swim far. 11.sometimes difficult to understand foreigners. 12. him two hours to write the letter. 13.supposed to obey the orders. 14.being given a pen on that day. 15. made to work hard. III. (10p) 1. play →playing. 2. homeworks →homework 3. completing→.completed 4. is the post office→.the post office is 5. too→.eitheir 6. yourself→.yourselves 7. prettiest→.prettier 8. use→used 9.seen→saw 10. crowding→crowded IV. (10p) 1. friendship 2. unhealthy 3. happyness 4. impatient 5. humourous 6. performers 7. arrangement 8. homeless 9.mountainous 10. playwrights V.(10p) 1. of 2.off, 3.of , 4.at of, 5.on .for 6.for .from 7. about on 8. of .of , 9.on, 10.out. VI. (8p) 1. the 4. but 7. are 2. from 5. in 8. the 3. say 6. per VII.(6p) 1. T 4. T 2. F 5. T 3. T 6.F VIII. mçi c©u ®óng theo thø tù ®îc 1 ®iÓm 4 – 1- 2- 7 – 3 – 6 – 8 – 5. IX.(10p) 1.My parents congratulated me on passing the driving test 2. How often do you have your car serviced.? 3. I was invited to the party on the occassion of her wedding last week. 4. It took him a week to finish his work. 5. All of us was accustomed to working eight hours a day. 6. Old people are tired of living in big city. 7. Children are too young to ride to school. 8. I used to live in a small village , but now I live in London. 9. Minh played tennis when she was eight years old. 10. Do you know who invented the telephone? X. (5p) 1. a 2.c 3. d 4. d 5.b XI.(8p) 1.d , 2.f , 3.a , 4.h , 5.g , 6.b , 7.e , 8.c.