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UBND THỊ XÃ AN NHƠN PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN Năm học: 2011 - 2012 ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 NGÀY THI: 17 tháng 12 năm 2011 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC THỜI GIAN: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ Mật mã I. PHONOLOGY. (1 mark) Part 1: Pick out the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. (0.5 mark) 1. A. cure 2. A. hearsay 3. A. laughter 4. A. brother 5. A. border B. currency B. endearment B. draught B. mathematics B. embroider C. puzzle C. rehearse C. naughty C. think C. embark D. much D. beard D. plaudit D. dethrone D. plumber • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 A B C A D Part 2: Choose a word in each sentence that has different stress pattern. (0.5 mark) 1. A. locate 2. A. spacecraft 3. A. separate 4. A. creation 5. A. economic B. linguistics B. volume B. application B. mystery B. encouragement C. logical C. paradise C. minimize C. volcanic C. dependent D. lecturer D. standard D. consumer D. consider D. mausoleum • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 B C D B D II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 marks) Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D. (1 mark) 1. I __________ the lesson now. A. am understanding B. will understand C. understand D. has understood 2. His suggestion was that we __________ by train. A. travelled B. travel C. should travel D. B & C are correct 3. My brother wishes he __________ English instead of Russian when he started secondary school. A. would choose B. had chosen C. chose D. would have chosen 4. My brother insisted that I __________ summer vacation in Dalat. A. would spend B. will spend C. had spend D. spend 5. Please have this parcel __________ to the manager. A. send B. sending C. sent D. to be sent 6. They couldn’t cross the street __________ heavy traffic. A. because B. because of C. despite D. although 7. No sooner had we arrived _________ he began to make trouble. A. so B. as C. when D. than 8. Despite __________ the plane took off on time. A. the fog was heavy B. having heavy fog C. the heavy fog D. there was a fog 9. You are __________ to pass the examination. A. too good B. so good C. very good D. good enough 10.Either you or I __________ going to be chosen for the job. A. are B. am C. have D. to be • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 2: Underline and correct the mistakes. (2 marks) 1. What type of clothing do you often wear on Tet? on -> at_________________________________________________________________________ 2. Her teacher asked her to spend her time to do her homework. to do -> doing _______________________________________________________________________ 3. I prefer wearing ao dai to wear modern clothing. _wear-> wearing ________________________________________________________________________ 4. He passed the writing exam but he failed the oral test. _writing-> written ________________________________________________________________________ 5. I don’t know the answer; however, I can’t tell you. ___however-> therefore ______________________________________________________________________ 6. The storm that it swept through our town last week caused a lot of damage. _that it-> that ______________________________________________________________________ 7. My friend whom you had dinner with him last Sunday wants to meet you. with him-> with___________________________________________________________________ 8. I look forward to hearing from you and see good response from your company. _____see-> seeing ____________________________________________________________________ 9. When you are in orbit, you will be able to get out of your seat and walk on. __on-> in_______________________________________________________________________ 10. Don’t speak English with him, he hardly not know any English. hardly not know-> hardly knows ______________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets. (2 marks) 1. We often take part in many cultural activities at school. 2. My friend is a conservationist. He wants to protect the environment. 3. You will receive awards if you work effectively. 4. A big storm abruptly struck my city two weeks ago. 5. Tet is a joyful festival of the Vietnamese. 6. Canned food is very convenient for campers. 7. They have never experienced any volcanic eruption like that 8. Tornado is a storm which has a shape like a funnel. (culture) (conservation) (effect) (abrupt) (joy) (can) (volcano) (shaped) 9. Mathematics and Literature are compulsory for children in this country. (compel) 10. We attended the fashion show of a leading New York designer. (lead) • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 III. READING. (8 marks) Part 1: Fill the blanks with one correct word. (2 marks) We will send our children (1)to _________ school to prepare them (2) for__________ the time when they will be big and will have to work for (3) themselves__________. They learning there own (4) language__________ so that they will be able to tell others what they want and what they know and understand what others tell them. They learn foreign language (5) __in________ order to be able to benefit (6) ___from_______ what people in other countries have written and said, and in order to make people from other countries (7) understand__________ what themselves mean. Nearly everything they study (8) _at_________ school has some practical use in their life. We go to school (9) ___above_______ all to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school, we can (10) __continue________ to learn. • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 2: Complete each blank with one correct word. (1 mark) People who are nearsighted can only (1) see__________ things that are very close to their eyes. Every things else seem (2)unclear __________. Many people who do a lot of (3) _braind_________ work, such as writing, reading and sewing are nearsighted. Then they have to (4) ___wear_______ glasses in order to see objects clearly. People who are nearsighted suffer from just the (5) _opposite_________ problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulties in (6) ___reading_______ a book unless they (7) __hold________ it arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get (8) _glasses________ too. Other people don’t see (9) ____clearly_____ because their eyes are not exactly the (10) _good________ size. • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 3: complete each blank with one correct word. (1 mark) Books are written to provide knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting (10) ourselves under the influence of superior mind, we (2) improve ___________ our mental powers. Through good (3) books__________ we learn that people everywhere are the (4) same__________, in all ages and in all (5) _classes__________. This knowledge improves our love (6) of__________ others and help us to live in peace with them. We also (7) __________ that the world was made not only for man (8)alone __________ but for every creature that can feel hunger and thirst, warmth and cold. Though it may be possible for us to travel (9) around__________ the world and see the things happening today, it is not possible for us to see the things in the past. But good books (10) __help________ us to see not only into the most remote regions of the world today but also the world in which our ancestors lived. • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 4: Complete each blank with one correct word. (1 mark) To many people, their friends are the most important in their life. Really good friends always (1) _share_________ joys and sorrows with you and never turn their backs on you. Your best friend may be someone you have known all your life or someone you have grown (2) _up__________ with. There are all sorts of things that can (3) bring__________ about this special relationship. It may be the result of enjoying the same activities and (4) sharing___________ experiences. Most of us have met someone that that we have immediately felt (5) _relaxed__________ with as if we had know them for (6) ages___________. However, it really takes your years to get to know someone well (7) _enough_________ to consider you best friend. To the (8) _majority_________ of us, this is someone we trust completely and (9) _who_________ understand us better than anyone else. It’s the person you can (10) tell__________ him or her your most intimate secrets. • Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 5: Read the passage bellow and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. (2 marks) The table tennis match was very enjoyable before (1) __________ lit a cigarette and ruined the evening. After (2) ___________ smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor. Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (3) __________ paid any attention to it. Even the women (4) __________ sitting next to the man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon, however there was (5) __________ smoke. Suddenly flames (6) __________ up into the air. Someone immediately run out of the room (7) __________ the fire brigade. Two or three man got some buckets of water (8) __________ the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hall (9) __________ very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main doors. Before the fire brigade arrived the whole building was on fire. On (10) __________ the burning building, one of the firemen succeeded in rescuing an old woman. 1. A. someone 2. A. finish 3. A. someone 4. A. she was 5. A. a lot of 6. A. shoot B. anyone B. finishing B. any one B. was B. many B. shoots C. no one C. finished C. no one C. who was C. a few C. shot D. nobody D. finishes D. anybody D. she D. little D. shooting ... - tailieumienphi.vn