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- PHÒNG GIÁO DUC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
THÀNH PHỐ YÊN BÁI NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 9
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể giao đề)
Số phách
Họ và tên thí sinh ……………………… SBD ……….
Sinh ngày ………….. tháng ……… năm ……..
Trường THCS ………………………………… Lớp ……….
Số phách
Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ
HỌ TÊN CHỮ KÝ CỦA NGƯỜI CHẤM THI
Người chấm thi số 1
Người chấm thi số 1
(Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi, thu bài sau 30 phút kể từ khi tính giờ)
PHẦN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (6 ĐIỂM)
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.5 ms)
1. A. dead B. heat C. meat D. lead
2. A. village B. manage C. courage D. stage
3. A. machine B. mechanic C. Christmas D. ache
4. A. author B.other C. with D. then
5. A. stopped B. looked C. laughed D. called
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. A. evidence B. suggest C. tidal D. highlands
2. A. unpolluted B. disappointment C. infrastructure D. intermediate
3. A. typhoon B. faucet C. Easter D. separate
4. A. receive B. conserve C. expect D. nominate
5. A. garbage B. sewage C. parade D. logical
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank (2.5 ms)
1. I don’t know what is in my box. It _______ be a toy.
A. must B. may C. should D. would
2. If you have good qualifications, you will have a good _______
A. vacation B. work C. job D. money
3. His face looks _______, but I can’t remember his name.
A. similar B. alike C. memoral D. familar
4. Thay decided to go for a picnic _______ the cold weather.
A. in spite of B.although C. because D. because
5. The whole class is working hard _______ for the examination.
A. preparation B. prepares C. prepared D. preparing
6. She describes herself _______ a fashion designer.
A. by B. as C. in D. from
7. My brother won’t come home _______ 10 p.m.
A. until B. to C. than D. in
8. There is always _______ traffic in the city center during rush hours.
A. few B. many C. heavy D. full
9. He is a very _______ man. He only thinks about himself.
A. out - going B. selfish C. polite D. generous
10. Thomas Edison had very little _______.
A. learning B. schooling C. studying D. graduating
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- 11. Is physical education _______ in your school?
A. compulsion B. additional C. compulsive D. compulsory
12. His good behaviours made a deep _______ on me
A. expression B. impression C. happiness D. kindness
13. He really enjoys the peaceful _______ in Vietnam
A. atmosphere B. air C. faces D. expression
14. That question was difficult. I wish I _______ the answer
A. know B. had known C. would know D. knew
15. The Internet is a very fast and _______ way for me to get information
A. convenient B. terrible C. quickly D. inconvenient
16. It’s pouring with rain again! If only I _______ an umbrella
A. have B. having C. have had C. had
17. Mrs Hoa is a street cleaner, so she _______ up early
A. used to get B. is used to getting C. gets used to getting D. B & C are correct
18. He with his friend _______ to school every moring but yesterday morning they ………...
A. go/didn’t B. go/weren’t C. goes/ weren’t D. goes/didn’t
19. Malaysia is divided _______ two regions. They are separate………about 640 km of the sea.
A. by/into B. into/by C. with/from D. into/from
20. He spends too much money _______.
A. to travel B. travel C. traveled D. traveling
21. Happy New Year, Minh! - _______!
A. You, too B. Happy New Year C. Thanks D. The same to you
22. Would you like a pice of cake? – Yes, _______.
A. I would B. please C. thank you D. of course
23. We want to use solar energy, _______ it can not be used on cloudy days
A. but B. because C. although D. however
24. “Where do you live, the boy?”, asked the man
In reported speech this should be said:
A. The man asked the boy Where do you live? B. The man asked the boy Where he lives.
C. The man asked the boy Where he lived. D. The man asked the boy Where did he live?
25. Deaf-mutes can _______ speak _______ hear.
A. not only/but also B. either/or C. neither/nor D. both /and
26. She takes care of her child in many ways
A. respects B. looks like C. learns from D. looks after
27. Tam has a wonderful sense of humor.
A. He is very able to laugh B. He can laugh easily
C. He is very able to see things as amusing D. He is often laughed at
28. We need someone with energy to do this job
A. activeness B. intelligence C. strength D. wealth
29. Let’s try to be adult about this.
A. We should try to grow up quickly B. We should act reasonably
C. We should act childishly D. We shouldn’t tell the adult about this.
30. It’s high time he _______ .
A. starts B. is starting C. will start D. started
31. The children stopped _______ when I entered the classroom.
A. talk B. talking C. talked D. to talk
32. Not only he but also I _______ late for school.
A. am B. are C. to be D. is
33. She asked me _______ the room when she was studying.
A. not enter B. not to enter C. enter D. entering
34. I caught a thief _______ through the key’s hole.
A. looking B. look C. to look D. looked
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- 35. I went swimming _______ the cold weather.
A. although B. despite C. however D. yet
36. Mr Nam found it _______ to swim in the sea.
A. difficult B. difficulty C. difficultly D. none is correct
37. She sings very _______ .
A. beautiful B. beautifully C. beauty D. a & b are correct
38. It is _______ who took my watch.
A. him B. himself C. his D. he
39. Only if it is fine, we _______ to the beach.
A. go B. will go C. would go D. went
40. Buying clothes and shoes _______ my hobby
A. are B. is C. am D. none is correct
41. I can’t help _______ when I see her slipping on a banana skin.
A. to laugh B. laugh C. laughing D. none is correct
42. When I met her, she _______ to her boyfriend.
A. was talking B. had talked C. talkes D. is talking
43. When we came to the hotel, we had our luggage _______ upstairs.
A. carry B. to carry C. carrying D. carried
44. We have a good time _______ out on the Tet holidays.
A. went B. going C. go D. all are correct
45. The house needs _______ .
A. painting B. to be painted C. to paint D. a & b are correct
46. My electric bike is _______ yours
A. the most expensive B. more expensive than
C. expensiver than D. the expensivest
47. After two hours travelling by car, we _______ Vung Tau
A. came B. got C. reached D. went
48. He was _______ tired that he fell asleep while doing homework.
A. such B. so C. very D. much
49. It was _______ that we went for a walk in the mountain
A. so nice day B. such nice day C. such a nice day D. so a nice day
50. She entered the room quietly _______ wake the baby up
A. so that B. so as not to C. in oder to D. not to
IV. Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) (2ms)
For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that before long all school
and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (21) ………. a computer of some kind.
Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings people either love them (22) ……… hate them.
The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and (23)
………. the home. Apart (24) ………….. all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages
from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (25) …………. your shopping with them.
Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (26) …………… jobs but are taken over by computerized
robots as well.
The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not leisure but (27)
………. They worry, too, that people (28) …………… spend all the time talking to computers may forget
(29) …………. to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (30)
………….. from human beings altogether.
21. A. own B. do C. learn D. make
22. A. to B. but C. and D. or
23. A. at B. on C. in D. to
24. A. for B. from C. with D. to
25. A. do B. make C. have D. surf
26. A. interesting B. skillfull C. pleasant D. unpleasant
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- 27. A. unemployed B. employment C. unemployment D. employ
28. A. that B. on who C. who D. whom
29. A. why B. how C. what D. when
30. A. over B. in C. place D. off
PHẦN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM)
I. Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage(3 ms)
Are the people born clever and others born (1) …………..? or is intelligence developed by
our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both these (2) …………is “yes”.
To some extent, our intelligence is given at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius
out of a (3) …………. born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding
will develop his intelligence less than (4) ………….. who lives in rich and varied surrounding.
Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth but (5) …………. Or not he
reaches those limits will (6) …………..on his environment. This wiew, no held by most experts, can be
supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is something we are born with. (7)
…………… we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that (8) ……………
degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take children identical
twins, they will very likely be (9) …………….. intelligent as others. This clearly suggests that
intelligence depends on (10) …………..
II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions (2ms).
People have smoked for a long time now. The tobaco which is used to make cigarettes was the first
grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw
Indians smoking, Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe where smoking began to catch on. In
the late 1800s, the Turkish made cigarettes popular.
Cigarette smoke contains at leat two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the
tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves,
cause the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. The US Public Heath Service stated that cigarette smoking is the
cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases. The US government now requires that each package
of cigarettes bears a special warning about the danger of smoking.
Questions
1. Who was the first to smoke?
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Where were cigarettes made popular in the late 1800s?
………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Why is smoking dangerous?
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Which substance, tar or nicotine or both, affects breathing?
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Why, in your opinion, do people smoke?
………………………………………………………………………………………
III. Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete these sentenses. (2ms)
1. My mother likes this machine because it works very …………………. (EFFECT)
2. I suppose you can compare me to secretary although the ……….. isn’t a good one. (COMPARE)
3. Accidents happen because of driving ……………………. (CARE).
4. My aunt lives in the ………………….. area of the country. (MOUNTAIN)
5. How ………………this knife is ! It can’t cut anything. (USE)
6. If your work is ……………….., you will get a raise. (SATISFY)
7. Among the boys, Nam is the ……………… (BAD)
8. The world of computers is extremely ………………. (COMPETE)
9. I found the film ……………… so I turn off the TV and went to bed. (INTEREST)
10. Please, don’t be so …………….. like that (PATIENCE)
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (2ms)
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- A friend of mine, Jenny (1. work) ………………. in the international sales division at an electronics
firm now. She (2. just return) ………………. from a trip to Japan. She (3, ask) ……………………
(4. go)…………………. to Japan because she can speak Japanese, When she (5. be) ………… a
business student at London University, she (6. study) ……… Japanese for four years. She (7. never
have) ……………the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (8. go) ……………. to Tokyo last
year. While she was there, she (9. speak) ………….. Japanese everyday and (10. enjoy) ……….
every minute of it. She’s anxious to return.
V. Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it. If the sentences are right, write T (true)
(2ms).
1. There were such many people on the bus that we decided to walk 1. ……………
2. There are a few mistake in this test. 2. ……………
3. Must I carry these books home? – No, you mustn’t. 3. ……………
4. Houses in our city are getting moderner. 4. ……………
5. These may be the goods bringing to Viet Nam from China. 5. ……………
6. The verb ‘see” is an unregular verb. 6. ……………
7. Have you seen this film, haven’t you? 7. ……………
8. I wish I had been on holiday at the beach now. 8. ……………
9. Many Vietnamese woman prefer to wear modern clothing at work. 9. ……………
10. She hates laughing at by others. 10. ……………
VI. Rewite the following sentences so that the second one means exactly the same the one before. (3 ms).
1. My brother started working for this company six years ago.
My brother has …………………………………………….
2. “Please, do not smoke in this area of the restaurant”
Customers are ………………………………………………………………………….
3. I don’t have time to help mom with housework.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………………..
4. There is no better teacher in this school than Mr Jones.
Mr Jone ………………………………………………………………………………
5. Although John was severely disabled, he participated in many sports
In spite of his……………………………………………………………………………
6. Both my brother and I are too young to drive.
Neither my brother ……………………………………………………………………
7. They have just built a new shopping mall there.
A new shopping mall ………………………………………………………………….
8. We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness.
If he ……………………………………………………………………………………
9. I wrote the report in two days last week.
It ………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden.
Vegetables ……………………………………………………………………………..
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- ĐÁP ÁN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HSG CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
PHẤN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (0,2 X 30 = 6 điểm)
1. D 6. A 11. B 16. B 21. A 26.D
2. A 7. A 12. C 17. A 22. D 27. C
3. C 8. D 13. D 18. C 23. C 28. C
4. D 9. B 14. A 19. B 24. B 29. B
5. B 10. C 15. D 20. B 25. A 30.A
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. D
31. D 32. B 33. C 34. C 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. B 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. C 50. B
51. C 52. A 53. D 54. B 55. D 56. B 57. C 58. B 59. C 60. B
PHẤN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM)
I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage (0,2 X 10 =2ms)
1. stupid 2. questions 3. person/child 4. that 5. whether
6. depend 7. if 8. their/the 9. as 10. birth
II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions (0,4 X 5 = 2ms).
1. The Indians were the first to smoke
2. Cigarettes were made popular in Turkey in the late 1800s
3. Because it causes lung cancer and other deadly diseases
4. Both tar and nicotine affect breathing.
5. Students’ ideas.
III. Use the correct form of the word … (0, 2 X 10 = 2ms)
1. effectively 2. comparison 3. carelessly 4. mountainous 5. useless
6. satisfactory 7. worst 8. competitive 9. uninteresting 10.impatient
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (0,2 X10 = 2ms)
1. is working 2. has just returned 3. was asked 4. to go 5. was
6.studied 7. had never had 8. went 9. spoke 10. enjoyed
V. Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it… (0,2 X 10 = 2ms)
1. such -> so 6. unregular -> irregular
2. mistake -> mistakes 7. Have you seen -> You have seen
3. mustn’t -> needn’t 8. had been -> were
4. moderner -> more modern 9. woman -> women
5. bringing -> brought 10. laughing -> being laughed
VI. Rewite the following sentences . (0,2 X 10 = 2ms)
1. My brother has been working/worked for this company for six years
2. Customers are asked not to smoked in this area of the restaurant.
3. I wish I had time to help mom with the housework
4. Mr Jone is the best teacher in this school.
5. In spite of his disability, John participated in many sports
6. Neither my brother nor I am old enough to drive.
7. A new shopping mall has just been built there.
8. If he were/was careful (weren’t/wasn’t careless), we would finish the work.
9. It took two days to write the report last week.
10. Vegetables used to be grown in the behind garden by the Bakers.
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