Đề thi HSG huyện Anh lớp 9

Phßng gi¸o dôc& ®µo t¹o
CÈm xuyªn
§Ò thi chän häc sinh giái huyÖn líp 9
n¨m häc 2011 - 2012
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh
Thêi gian: 150 phót (Kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
* Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài vào Tờ giấy thi (Đề thi gồm 4 trang)
A. PHONETICS
I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest in the following questions of 1 to10.
1. A. good B. mood C. noon D. pool
2. A. music B. student C. use D. study
3. A. thank B. month C. within D. eigth
4. A. whisper B. whistle C. who D. why
5. A. chapter B. chemist C. cheese D. rich
6. A. feather B. heat C. meat D. seat
7. A. missed B. worked C. hated D. watched
8. A. cow B. brown C. how D. grow
9. A. third B. fire C. first D. sir
10. A. relaxes B. watches C. misses D. lives
II. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in
the following questions of 11 to 15.
11. A. morning B. college C. arrive D. famous
12. A. writer B. teacher C. builder D. career
13. A. attend B. option C. percent D. become
14. A. cartoon B. western C. teacher D. theatre
15. A. eleven B. yesterday C. attitude D. evening
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions of 16 to 25.
16. You have plenty of time to finish your breakfast. There _________ any school today.
A. doesn’t be B. aren’t C. not being D. isn’t

17. They tell me he is _________ a lot of money in his new job.
A. having B. earning C. gaining D. profiting
18. It is no good _______ him to see you off.
A. to expect B. expecting C. of expecting D. for him to expect
19. Go on to the _______ exercise when you have finished this one.
A. all B. other C. either D. every
20. Now, the weather is cold on our vacation. I wish it _________ warmer.
A. was B. were C. would be D. had been
21. The shop are always ____________ of people at Christmas time.
A. full B. stuffed C. busy D. crowded
22. How many photographs _________ of the Sydney Opera house every year?
A. are taken B. took C. were taken D. are taking
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23. Miss Anna __________working in this school ten years ago.
A. starts B. started C. has started D. have started
24. Jennifer lives in a small apartment _________ the ground floor.
A. under B. by C. in D. on
25. That is the ________ interesting film I’ve ever seen.
A. more B. even C. most D. very
II. Complete the following sentences from 26 to 35 with the correct preposition
26. The problem is becoming serious. We have to do something ______ it.
27. I prefer this chair ________ the other one. It’s more comfortable.
28. The river divides the city __________ two parts.
29, 30. “Have you ever been ______ Borle?” “No, I’ve never heard _________ it?”
31. What have you done with the money you had? What did you spend it _________?
32. Don’t ask me to decide. I’m not very good __________ making decisions.
33. What do you think the best solution _____________ the problem.
34. There has been a big insrease ______________ the price of land recently.
35. He doesn’t have much contact __________ other people.

III. Fill the blanks from 36 to 45 with the right form of the CAPITAL words provided.
36. You must be ___________ when you open that door. CARE
37. ________ claim that the virus among seals was caused by pullution. ENVIRONMENT
38. Jame received a lot of ________ from her teachers and friends. COURAGE
39. Using electricity is an _______ way of cooking. Gas is much cheaper. ECONOMY
40. Thousands of people were made ________ by the earthquake in Japan. HOME
41. The love for books is helpful in _______ the pupils’knowledge. DEVELOP
42. Since its ___________, television has attracted millions of viewers. INVENT
43. My favorite form of _________ is playing the guitar. ENTERTAIN
44. I really don’t think he has the ______ to do this job. ABLE
45. This professor explained his ideas with great _______ CLEAR
IV. Complete the sentences from 46 to 55 with the right from of the verb given in brackets.
46. Listen! I think someone (knock) _______________ at the door.
47. Her youngest brother (get) ______________ a new job a year ago.
48. By the time you receive this letter, I (leave) ____________ for Japan.
49. You won’t know what to do unless you (listen)__________ carefully.
50. While we (fish) _________, someone came to the house and left this note.
51. The window-cleaner (come) ___________ at eight tomorrow.
52. I have reminded you once; I (not do) ___________ it again.
53. If you (not change) ___________ your wet clothes, you may catch a cold.
54. You shouldn’t get John (type) _________ this report, he’s a careless man.
55. London (have) ____________ an underground train system since the nineteenth century.
C. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D for questions from 56 to 65.
Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like colourful (56) ________ because they
want everyone to (57) _________ at them and they want to be the centre of attention. (58) _________
people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are colourful or fancy. They do not want people to
look at them. Clothes today are very different (59) ________ the clothes of the 19
th
century. One

difference is the way they look. For example, in the 19
th
century, all women (60)____________ blouses
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with long skirts. But today, (61) _________ do not always wear blouses with with long skirts.
Sometimes they wore short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between the 19
th
century (62) __________ today is cloth. In the 19
th
century, clothes (63) ___________ made only from
natural kinds of cloth. They were made from (64) ___________, wool silk or line. But today, there are
many kinds of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made (65) ______ nylon, rayon, or polyester.
56. A. clothes B. suits C. shirts D. trousers
57. A. see B. watch C. look D. laugh
58. A. Some B. Few C. The D. Other
59. A. of B. from C. with D. on
60. A. wear B. worn C. wearing D. wore
61. A. children B. women C. men D. students
62. A. and B. but C. from D. with
63. A. are B. were C. will be D. have been
64. A. plastic B. metal C. cotton D. wood
65. A. by B. with C. in D. from
II. Read the following passage and answer the questions from 66 to 70 by choosing A, B, C or D.
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so,
and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some
have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another.
Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles
around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life

is now fairly comforable and many villages have water brought pipes into each house. Most villages are
so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.
66. When do city people often go the country?
A. At the weekends B. All the year round
C. At Christmas D. The summer holidays
67. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A. They can have their houses rented B. They can go to the country at weekends
C. They can go to the country wherever they can find the time.
D. All are correct
68. What is the common feature of English villages?
A. They have church B. They have a village green
C. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green.
D. They have running water.
69. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?
A. The village green B. The church
C. Running water D. The Internet
70. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?
A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.
B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.
C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops
D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.
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D. WRITING
I. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting from 71 to 80.
71. The exercises were such difficult that we couldn’t do them.
A B C D
72. I wish you can help me with that difficult problem.
A B C D
73. She was so lazy that she punished by her teacher.
A B C D

74. In the afternoon we went to boat in the river.
A B C D
75. I got up late this morning, that I didn’t have time for breakfast.
A B C D
76. Uncle John said that he would go to Nha Trang tomorrow.
A B C D
77. A stranger asked me how far was it from my house to the school.
A B C D
78. The mother asked her son what did he want for his birthday.
A B C D
79. Barbara never listens to music on the radio, doesn’t she?
A B C D
80. Would you like reading the story about the invention of the telephone?
A B C D
II. Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first given.
81. “You’d better not lend them any more money, Tom,” said John -> John advised Tom __________
82. You will catch a cold if you don’t keep your feet dry. -> Unless ___________________________
83. Mai is too young to see the herror film. -> Mai is not _________________________
84. That factory is producing more and more pollution. -> More and more pollution _____________
85. Nam is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job. -> Nam now wishes that ________________
86. He gets up early in the morning and he’s used to it. -> He’s used to _________________
87. You can’t see the house from the street. -> The house ________________________
88. I can’t cook as well as my mother does. -> My mother _______________________
89. He failed to win the race. -> He didn’t ________________________
90. “They won’t correct your papers before Friday,” he said. -> He said ____________________
III. Make meaningful sentences from the sets of words and phrases provided.
91. It / a nice morning/ May.
92. My friends/ I / take / aboat trip / the Mekong Delta.
93. We / see / a lot of women/ plant/ rice / rice fields.
94. After an hour/ we / stop by/ island/ and / visit/ snake farm/ see the snakes.

95. At noon/ we listen/ traditional music/ play / local people.
96. Then we / have lunch / rice and fresh food / fruit garden
97. After the meal/ we continue / trip/ floating market.
98. There we / enjoy / buy / fruit and many local specialties.
99. At 4 pm/ we visit/ famous pagoda/ before/ coming / home/ coach.
100. The trip/ very interesting/ we/ enjoy/ very much.
_________ The end _________
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Phßng gi¸o dôc& ®µo t¹o
CÈm xuyªn
Híng dÉn chÊm thi chän häc sinh giái
huyÖn líp 9 n¨m häc 2011 - 2012
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh Thêi gian: 150 phót
Tæng ®iÓm: 20 cô thÓ nh sau
A. PHONETICS
I: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
1. A. good 3. C. within 5. B chemist 7. C. hated 9. B. fire
2. D. study 4. C. who 6. A. feather 8. D. grow 10. D. lives
II: 1 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
11. C. arrive 12. D. career 13. B. option 14. A. cartoon 15. A. eleven
B. LAXICO-GRAMMAR
I: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
16. D 18. B 20. B 22. A 24. D
17. B 19. B 21. A 23.B 25. C
II: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
26. about 28. into 30. of/ about 32. at 34. in
27. to 29. to 31. on 33. to 35. with
III: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
36. careful 38. encouragement 40. homeless 42. invention 44. ability
37,invironmentlists 39. uneconomic 41. developing 43. entertainment 45. clearness

IV: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
46. is knocking 51. will come
47. got 52. won’t do
48. would have left 53. don’t change
49. listen 54. to type
50. were fishing 55. has had
C. READING
I. 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
56. A 58. D 60.D 62.A 64.C
57. C 59. B 61.B 63.B 65.D
II. 1 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
66. D 67. C 68. C 69. D 70. C
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D. WRITING
I: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
71. B 72. A 73. C 74. C 75. B 76. D 77. C 78. C 79. D 80. A
II: 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
81. John advised Tom not to lend them any more money
82. Unless you keep your feet dry, yoy will catch/ get a cold
83. Mai is not old enough to see the herror film
84. More and more pollution is being produced by that factory
85. Nam now wishes that he had accepted the job.
86. He’s used to getting up early in the morning.
87. The house can’t be seen from the street
88. My mother cooks better than me
89. He didn’t win/ manage to win/ succeed in winning the race
90. He said our papers would be corrected before Friday
III. 2 điểm, mỗi câu đúng 0,2 đ.
91. It was a nice morning in May.
92. My friends and I took a boat trip in the Mekong Delta.

93. We saw a lot of women planting rice in the fields.
94. After an hour, we stopped by an island and visited a snake farm to see the snakes.
95. At noon, we listened to the traditional music played by the local people.
96. Then we had luch with rice and fresh food in a fruit garden.
97. After the meal, we continued our trip to a floating market.
98. There we enjoyed buying fruit and many local specialties.
99. At 4 pm, we visited a famous pagoga before coming back home by coach.
100. The trip was very interesting and we enjoyed it very much.
The end


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