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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN BÙ GIA MẬP
TƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI SỐ 4
ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 VÒNG
HUYỆN, TỈNH, THPT CHUYÊN
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Ngày làm bài 18 – 08 - 2010
I. Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group.
1. A. enough B. courage C. encounter D. nourish
2. A. machine B. cheap C. teacher D. child
3. A. reason B. son C. busy D. easy
4. A. leader B. unpleasant C. Ahead D. breath
5. A. jogged B. cooked C. gained D. smiled
II. Choose the word that has a different the stressed syllables from the others of each group.
6. A. chemical B. difficult C. dependent D. company
7. A. cancer B. treatment C. tissue D. disease
8. A. scholarship B. chemistry C. attractive D. continent
9. A. discover B. Londoner C. interesting D. scientist
10. A. hopeless B. kindness C. careful D. unused
III.Circle the letter next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
11. You look tired. Why don’t you have a ______?
A. lie B. rest C. stay D. stop
12.What’s the time now? It’s ______ twelve o’clock.
A. at B. near C. nearly D. most
13. Could you ______a picture of us with my camera?
A. take B. make C. get D. do
14. Why don’t people put their rubbish in the litter ______?
A. bottles B. bins C. stops D. boxes
15. I don’t need as many as twenty. Just give me ______.
A. a hundred B. thirty C. zero D. a dozen

16. Who’s going to help me______ the balloons for the party?
A. blow down B. blow up C. get down D. get up
17. Charles has been out of ______for over a year now.
A. work B. job C. employ D. employed
18. I______have toast but I wasn’t very hungry this morning.
A. nearly B. normally C. quite D. well
19. Take your overcoat with you ______it gets cold.
A. although B. in case C. unless D. until
20. We had to______ the macth because of the bad weather.
A. call back B. think over C. call off D. get out
21. She looked very pleased______ the gifts.
A. at B. with C. to D. of
22. We congratulated him______ getting married.
A. with B. in C. to D. on
23. This picture reminds me______ my childhood.
A. at B. in C. to D. of
24. The police accused the man______ murder.
A. at B. in C. to D. of
25. She detests ______ all day with strangers.
A. chatting B. to chat C. to chatting D. chat
26. The biologist doesn’t allow us ______ in the laboratory.
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A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoked
27. Remember______ Katie my greeting card when you see him.
A. give B. to give C. giving D. gave
28. Have you ever watched people ______ ______ fish?
A. try / catch B. trying / to catch C. trying / catching D. to try / to catch
29. The picture of the soldiers______ back many memories.
A. bring B. bringing C. brings D. to bring
30. John along with twenty friends______ celebrating a party.

A. is B. are C. am D. were
31. Neither Bill nor Mary and Jane______ going to the party tonight.
A. is B. are C. am D. were
32. Each boy and each girl ______ a book.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
33. People think that an apple a day is good for you.
A. It is thought that an apple a day is good for you.
B. It was thought that an apple a day is good for you.
C. They are thought that an apple a day is good for you.
D. They thought that an apple a day is good for you.
34. They haven’t decided anything yet.
A. Nothing has been decided yet. B. Anything haven’t been decided yet.
C. Nothing has decided yet. D. Anything have decided yet.
35. The football match had to be ______ because of the bad weather.
A. put out B. put off C. putting off D. put up
36. My mother told me to ______ for an electrician when her fan was out of order.
A. turn B. rent C. send D. write
37. Susan’s doctor insists ______ for a few days.
A. that she is resting B. her resting C. that she rest D. her to rest
38. It is necessary for him _______ the books.
A. find B. to find C. finding D. found
39. When I ________ him tomorrow, I will tell him about that.
A. meet B. meeting C. met D. shall meet
40. Mike was not fedling well so we gave him _________ to do than you.
A. little work B. less work C. few work D. fewer work
41. Bill has spent ________ the money that his father gave last week.
A. most B. most of C. much D. many
42. David signed the papers, ________ he could work at the construction company
A. so that B. such that C. in order to D. so as that
43. No one in the class can study as well as Jane. She is the _______ student in the class.

A. good B. better C. best D. well
44. I think that the head injury will _______ her for life.
A. deafen B. deaf C. deafness D. deafless
45. Every country ________ a national flag.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
46. ________ his friends are over 50 years old.
A. Little B. A lot C. most D. All of
47. We have no money, but Tom has _______.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
48. Peter is not ________ to go swimming alone.
A. old enough B. enough old C. so old D. so young
49. There is ________ noise that I can hear nothing.
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A. so B. such C. so many D. so much
50. Hoa is good ________speaking English.
A. for B. at C. on D. about
51. ________did it take you to finish the project? – Just one day.
A. How many B. How much C. How long D. How often
52. My father ________drink tea every morning.
A. used to B. is uesd to C. gets used to D. is accustomed to
53. The ________ we study , the more prizes we receive.
A. better B. best C. worse D. worst
54. ________ the children like watching cartoons .
A. All B. Most C. Much D. Neither of
55. Four-fifths of the world’s computers use programmes ________ English.
A. in B. with C. by D. from
56. Why are these two schools so different________each other?
A. with B. of C. at D. from
57. He has ________ knowledge of history.
A. many B. much C. a few D. some

58. He learned English ________he could communicate with the foreigners.
A. because B. so that C. if D. unless
59. Tom studies hard ________pass the final exam.
A. to B. so that C. in order that D. less
60. Your car is much more expensive than ________.
A. I B. me C. my D. mine
IV: Give the correct tense / form of the verbs in brackets.
The weather (61.be)_________ terrible recently. It (62.rain) _________off and on for two
days, and the temperature (63.drop)_________drastically. It (64.be) _________really cold today.
Just three days ago, the sun (65. shine) _________and the weather (66. be) _________pleasant.
The weather certainly (67.change) _________quickly here. I never know what (68. expect)
_________. Who knows? When I (69.wake) _________up tomorrow morning, maybe it
(70.snow) _________.
V: Finish the following sentences. Use the correct form of the word given at the end of each
line.
71. We’ll live a happier and_________life if we keep our environment clean. health
72. The earthquake caused terrible_________. destroy
73. Hue is_________located on the Huong river. attract
74. It was the best live_________I have ever seen. Perform
75. My favorite_________are My Tam and Lam Truong . sing
76. She is_________in learning English. interest
77. He promised to come but he’s very_________ Rely
78. I feel very_________, so I’m going to bed. Sleep
79. The cost of the_________must be paid by the buyer. carry
80. The_________area of the city is not very far from my house. Industry
VI. Combine the following sentences. Use the given words. (1,0 p)
81.John lives in a small flat. He doesn’t like it. (wish)
……………………………………………………………………………………………
82.It rained heavily. We went to school. (Although)
……………………………………………………………………………………………

83.The river was very dirty. The children couldn’t swim in it. (too)
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……………………………………………………………………………………………
84.Yesterday, I met an old man. His name is John Smith. (whose)
……………………………………………………………………………………………
85.Mary speaks English perfectly. She writes it quickly. (not only …but also)
……………………………………………………………………………………………
VII. There are eleven errors in the passage. Underline the errors and then write the
correction in the blank provided. (1,0 p) (The first one has been done as an example)
Charlie Chaplin was born on London in 1889. Both his parents was music hall performers.
He father was a drunkard and his mother later gone mad. Life is hard and Charlie and his half-
bother, Sidney, were sent to a orphanage for a time.
He first appears on the stage when he was seventh and by the time he was ten, he was a
regular perform. When he was seventeen year old, he went on a tour to the USA, where he was
spotted and gave a part in a Hollywood film.
Number Mistake Correction Number Mistake Correction
0 on in 91
86 92
87 93
88 94
89 95
90
VIII. Read the passage and choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D.
Thousands of years before Columbus came to the New World, the American Indians
entered North America by crossing a narrow strip of land that once connected Alaska and Siberia.
The migrants entered a new world in which there were no people at all. But there were many
animals to hunt, and there were forests where nuts, roots, and berries could be gathered.
When the Europeans came to the New World, the Indians, at first, taught the settlers how
to plant corn, bake fish, make canoes, and smoke tobacco. In return, the white introduced horses,
guns, gunpowder, and alcohol. But at last, there were struggles for land, and the struggles could

have only one result – war. When the wars were over, all Indians were moved to large tracts of
land called reservations. Now, some of them, embittered by mistreatment, are determined to
preserve their tribal life; some wish to modernize the reservations. These alternatives, with many
variations, are what most Indians have chosen – a future in modern technology and education, or
the revival of ancient tradition and treaties.
96.The Indians entered North America
A. before Columbus.
B. with Columbus.
C. after Columbus’s arrival.
D. in the 18
th
century.
97.The Indians moved to a new world which was
A. once settled by Europeans.
B. inhabited by primitive men.
C. inhabited in by American migrants.
D. completely uninhabited by other people.
98.As soon as the Europeans set their feet on the New World, they
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A. were hostile to the Indians.
B. were taught a lot of things by the Indians.
C. didn’t treat the Indians in a friendly way.
D. traded with the Indians friendly.
99.The most accurate statement about contemporary Indian is
A. most Indians reject modern culture and technology.
B. some Indians preserve conventional life style.
C. some Indians have adopted modern culture and technology.
D. both B and C.
100.The Indians were good at
A. struggling for land.

B. contemporary tribal life.
C. making canoes.
D. the revival of their tradition.
IX. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (1,0 p)
My village is about 50 kilometers (101) _______ the city center. It’s very beautiful and
(102) ….place where people (103) _______ flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its
pretty roses and picturesque (104) _______ The air is quite (105) _______; however, the smell of
the roses makes people (106) _______ cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty
of (107) _______. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take
the (108) _______ much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can (109) _______
along the path and enjoy the fresh smell (110) _______the flowers.
101 A. on B. for C. from D. since
102 A. peace B. peaceful C. peacefully D. peaceable
103 A. grow B. growing C. grew D. grown
104 A. scenery B. sceces C. screens D. scenes
105 A. cool B. fresh C. clear D. clean
106 A. felt B. to feel C. feel D. feeling
107 A. colors B. colorful C. colorless D. colored
108 A. villages B. towns C. villagers D. city-dwellers
109 A. waked B. walked C. walk D. walking
110 A. on B. of C. in D. at
X. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word to complete the passage. (1,0 p)
Footprints on the moon
Many years (111) _______ a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other (112)
_______ thought it was just a light in the (113) _______ . And others thought it was a big ball of
cheese! Then telescopes (114) _______ made. And men saw that the moon was really another
world. They wondered what it was like. They (115) _______ of going there.
On July 20, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the (116) _______.
Their (117) _______ were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered (118) _______ dust. The dust

is so thick (119) _______ the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a
living had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no
(120) _______ or rain to wipe them off.
XI. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that has a similar meaning to the original
sentence.(1,0 p)
121. She prefers watching TV to reading books.
=> She would rather………………………………………………………………………
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122. They last visited me five years ago.
=> They haven’t……………………………………………………………………………
123. Someone is going to paint my door.
=> I’m ……………………………………………………………………………………
124. If you wanted my advice, I wouldn’t buy a new house here.
=> If I .……………………………………………………………………………………
125. They didn’t take care of the children.
=> The children……………………………………………………………………………
XII. Use the following set of words and phrases to write a complete letter.(1,0 p)
Dear Mr. Jones,
126. I / written / you / three times / during / last two months.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
127. also / try / telephone / several times.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
128. each time / find / impossible / get through / you.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
129. be / afraid / I / find / your attitude / unacceptable.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
130. I / feel / this / gone on / long enough.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
131. It / now time / find / solution / the problem.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………

132. I have / therefore / decide / write this / last letter.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
133. If / there / no reply / before / end of this week / you / hear from / my lawyers.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Your sincerely, S.J. Babbett
THE END
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ANSWER KEYS
1. C 2. A. 3. B 4. A. 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. B 12.C 13. A 14. B 15. D 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. D 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. A
31. B 32. B 23. A 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. B
41. B 42. A 33. C 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. A 50. B
51. C 52. A 43. A 54. D 55. A 56. D 57. B 58. B 59. A 60. D
61. has been 62. has been raining/ has rained 63. has dropped 64. is 65. was shining/ shone
66. was 67. changes 68. to expect 69. wake 70. will be snowing
71. healthier 72. destruction 73. attractively 74. performance 75. singers
76. interested 77. unreliable 78. sleepy 79. carriage 80. industrial
81.John wishes (that) he didn’t live in a small flat / he lived in a bigger/larger flat.
82.Although it rained heavily, we went to school.
83.The river was too dirty for the children to swim in.
84.Yesterday, I met an old man whose name is John Smith.
85.Mary not only speaks English perfectly but also writes it quickly.
86. was => were 87. He => His 88. gone => went 89. is => was
90. a => an 91. appears => appeared 92. seventh => seven 93. perform => performer
94. year => years 95. gave => given
96.A 97. D 98. B 99. D 100. C
101. C 102. B 103. A 104. D 105. B
106. C 107. A 108. C 109. C 110. B

111. ago 112. people 113. sky 114. were 115. dreamed
116. moon 117. names 118. with 119. that 120. wind
121.She would rather watch TV than read books.
122.They haven’t visited me for five years.
123.I’m going to have/get my door painted.
Or: I’m going to have someone paint
Or: I’m going to get someone to paint my door
124.If I were you, I wouldn’t buy a new house here.
125.The children weren’t taken care of (by them).
126.I’ve / have written to you three times during the last two months.
127.I’ve / have also tried to phone you several times.
128.Each time I’ve / have found it impossible to get through to you.
129. I’m / am afraid (that)I find your attitude unacceptable.
I find that your attitude is unacceptable.
130.I feel (that) this has gone long enough.
131.It’s now time to find a solution to the problem.
It’s now time for us to find a solution to the problem.
It’s now time we found a solution to the problem.
132.I’ve / have therefore decided to buy this last letter.
133.If there is no reply before the end of this week, you will hear from my laywers.
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