ĐỀ HSG BẮC GIANG (08-09) + KEY

S GD- T B C GIANG THI CH N H C SINH GI I T NHỞ Đ Ắ ĐỀ Ọ Ọ Ỏ Ỉ
Năm 2008-2009 – Môn: TIẾNG ANH – Lớp 9
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút)
I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest. Circle the letter you choose.
1. A. campus B. relax C. locate D. fashion
2. A. sing B. fine C. time D. nice
3. A. gather B. ethnic C. there D. although
4. A. talked B. watched C. ordered D. stopped
5. A. exchange B. reach C. chance D. chemistry
II. Choose the word in each group that has different strees pattern. Circle the letter you
choose.
6. A. control B. remote C. purpose D. respond
7. A. economic B. encourage C. embroider D. experience
8. A. inspiration B. collection C. reputation D. limitation
9. A. objection B. opinion C. official D. optinal
10. A. compulsory B. convient C. correspond D. communicate
III. Choose the answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.
11. They all day swimming and sunbathing at the beach.
A. passed B. used C. took D. spent
12. The hotel room ……… over a very beautiful park.
A. viewed out B. faced up C. opened up D. look out
13. On Sundays in England, most shops were closed and …… the theaters and cinemas.
A. so were B. neither were C. were too D. so weren’t
14. We didn’t ……… to the station in time to catch the train.
A. get B. reach C. arrive D. leave
15. Either John or his brothers ……………… the money.
A. has stolen B. have stolen C. has been stolen D. have been stolen
16. I remember ……… the letter sometime ago but I can’t remember exactly when.
A. to post B. posted C. posting D. post
17. Jane lost her case because it didn’t have …… with hername on.

A. a ticket B. a poster C. a label D. an identification
18. Do you know what time the train ……… for Leeds?
A. gets B. reaches C. arrives D. leaves
19. The policeman warns us there.
A. to not go B. not to go C. not to going D. not go
20. The trip was very interesting. Jack wishes he …………. enough time to join.
A. had B. had been C. had had D. has had
IV. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the words in capital letters.
21. The weather was terrible, so we had a very ……………………… holiday. (PLEASE)
22. I’m afraid you have been ……………………. She no longer works for you. (INFORM)
23. When you are late for school, you should ……………… to your teacher. (APOLOGY)
24. Liverpool is an ………………… city in the north of England. (INDUSTRY)
25. There are many people living in ………………………now in the world. (POOR)
26. Our school has a lot of ……………………………. teachers. (QUALIFY)
27. Unfortunately, the film got …………………. reviews. (FAVOR)
28. We could see some strange ………………… …on her face. (EXPRESS)
29. You should write a letter of …………………… to the institute. (INQURE)
30. Evironmental …………………… is everybody’s responsibility. (PROTECT)
V. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.
31. The astronaust’s clothes (make)………………………………… from special materials.
32. My teacher was not at home when I arrived. She (just go)………………………… out.
33. We would have caught the last bus if we (leave)………………………………the cinema five
minutes earlier.
34. Jeans (make)……………………………about two hundered years ago.
35. If you go to England, you’ll have to get used to (drive)………………………… on the left.
36. You may feel frightened when you are in a forest (surround)………………………by tall trees.
37. He talked as if he (know) ………………………………… where she was.
38. Look, Hoa! Do you know the man who (talk)……………………………to Mrs.Luy in the
playground?
39. I wrote to my penpal two weeks ago, but I (not receive)…………………… her reply since

then.
40. Were I your age, I (do)……………………………………differently.
VI. Fill in the each blank with one suitable preposition.
41. We wish we had a father ……………………yours.
42. When I saw Mai, I congratulated …………………………her success in the exam.
43. What do people jog …………………?
44. I’ve just rewarded with a book …………………… her good study.
45. They’ve left Hanoi …………………………Sapa.
46. Vietnamese woman usually wear the Ao dai, sometimes at work , and especially
……………………… their special occassions.
47. She’ll visit us as soon as she arrives ………………………………… Paris.
48. Nam is not very good ……………………………Mathematics.
49. Have you ever been …………………… New York yet? – No, never.
50. I’ll be waiting for you ………………………8.00 tomorrow morning at the station.
VII. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
Evironmental pollution is a tern that refers to all the way by which man pollutes his surroundings.
Man dirties the air (51)…………………gages and smoke, poisons the water with chemicals and other
substances,and damages the soil with (52)…………………………many fertilizers and pesticides. Man
also pollutes his surroundings in various (53) ………………ways. For examples, people ruin natueal.
Beauty by scattering junk and litter (54) ………………the land and in the water. They operate
machines and motor vehicles (55) ………………fill the air with disturbing noise. Environmental
pollution is (56)…………………of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil
are (57)……………………to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can (58) ………………
illness, and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of soil (59)……………
the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution (60) ……………………
brings the ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful word.
VIII. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D by circling the letter
you choose.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed (61)………and
liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being (62)………January 1,1995 and is the

successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), (63)………was created in 1947
and continued to operate for almost five decades as a defactor international organization. The World
Trade Organization deals with the (64)………of trade between nations at a near-global (65)……… it
is (66)………for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements and is in charge of policing
member countries’s adherence to all the WTO agreements, signed by the bulk of the world’s trading
nations and ratified in their (67)………Most of the WTO’s current work (68)………from the 1986-1994
negotiations called Uruguay Round, and earlier negotiations under the GATT. The organization is
currently the host to new negotiations, under the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) launchad in
2001. The WTO is (69)………by a Minister Conference, which meets every two years, a General
Council, which implements the conference’s policy decisions and is responsible for day-to-day
administration, and a director-general, who is (70)………by the Minister Conference. The WTO’s
headquaters are in Geneva Switzerland.
61. A. see B. look at C. supervise D. take care
62. A. in B. on C. from D. at
63. A. that B. where C. thing D. which
64. A. rulers B. law C. standard D. stipulations
65. A. levels B. level C. degree D. scales
66. A. able B. responsibility C. responsible D. charge
67. A. state B. agency C. office D. government
68. A. goes B. comes C. derives D. come
69. A. governed B. governing C. government D. governmental
70. A. appointed B. directed C. leaded D. acted
IX. Each line of the following passage contains error. Find out and underline the error then
correct it.
Tet holiday is celebrating on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Example : (0) celebrated
Some weeks after the New Year, the Vietnamese clean 71
…………………
their house and paint the walls. New clothes are buying 72
…………………

for the occasion. One or two days before the festive,
people make Banh Chung, that is the traditional cake, 73…………………
and others goodies. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family 74 …………………
get together for a reunion dinner. Every members of the 75 …………………
family should be present during the dinner in which much 76 …………………
different kinds of dishes is served. On the New 77 …………………
Year morning, the young members of the family pay them 78 …………………
respects to the elders. In return they receive lucky
money wrapping in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to 79 …………………
visit their neighborhoods, frieng and relatives. 80 …………………
x. Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the given words.
81. If nobody puts some more coal in, the fire will go out.
→ Unless ………………………………………………………………………
82. You may get hungry on the train, so take some sandwiches.
→ In case ………………………………………………………………………
83. Inspite of not speaking Vietnamese, Mr. Anderson decided to in settle Hanoi.
→ Although ……………………………………………………………………
84. All visitors to the town fall in love with it.
→ Everybody who ………………………………………………………………
85. That man used to work with me when Ilived in Moscow.
→ That’s …………………………………………………………………………
86. John has never been so rude to anybody.
→ Never …………………………………………………………………………
87. Her voice is so soft that it is impossible for me to hear it.
→ She ……………………………………………………………………………
88. People don’t do enough exercise, so there are a lot of heart diseases.
→ If people ………………………………………………………………………
89. They are building a new museum in the city center.
→ A new museum ………………………………………………………………
90. I now regret spending too much money on clothes.

→ I wish ……………………………………………………………………………
THE END
ANSWER KEY
I.

II.
6 7 8 9 10
C A B D C
III.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
D D A A B C C D B C
IV.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
unpleasant/
unpleasing
uninfor-
med
apolo-
gize
industri-
alized
povert
y
quali-
fied
unfav-
orable
expre-
ssions
inq-

uiry
protec-
tion
V.
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
are
made
hadjust
gone
had
left
were
made
driving
surrou
-nded
had
known
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talking
haven’t
received
would
do
VI.
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
like on for for for on in at to at
VII.
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
with too other on which one necessary cause reduces also

VIII.
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
C B D A D C A C A A
IX.
71. after → before 76. much → many
72. buying → bought 77. is → are
73. that → which 78. them → their
74. others → other 79. wrapping → wrapped
75. members → member 80. neiborhoods → neighbors
CÂU 1 2 3 4 5
KEY C A B C D
X.
81. …….somebody puts some more coal, the fire will go out.
82. …….you get hungry on the train, (you should) take some sandwiches.
83. …….Mr. Anderson didn’t speak Vietnamese, he decided to settle in Hanoi.
84. ……visit the town falls in love with it.
85. ……the man who used to work with me when I lived in Moscow.
86. ……before has John been so rude to antbody.
87. ……has such a soft voice that it is impossible for me to hear it.
88. ……don’t do enough exercise, there will be a lot of heart diseases.
89. ……is being built in the city center.
90. ……I hadn’t spent too much money on clothes.