Tiếng anh 9 HSG 08-09

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Môn : tiếng anh lớp 9 Năm học 2008-2009
Thời gian làm bài:120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên HS:...................................
Trờng THCS:..................................
Số báo danh:....................................
G.Thị 1:.........................
G.Thị 2:.........................
Phách



Điểm
Bằng số:..
Bằng chữ:...
G.khảo 1:...
G.khảo 2:
Phách
I. Circle the best answer for each of the following sentences:
1. Nguyen Du is a famous VietNamese..........................
A. poem B. poetry C. poetic D. poet
2. I find this problem hard to ..............................
A. solve B.think C. do D. label
3. She has her meals................. by one of her neighbors
A.preparing B. prepared C. prepare D. to prepare
4. Is she a friend of..............................?
A.yours B.you C.your D. you

re

5. You will become ill.............. you stop working so hard.
A.until B.when C.unless D.if
6.I

m sorry. I havent got .... change. Why don

t you go to the bank?
A.some B. lots C.any D. all
7. This is my favorite short-........... blouse.
A.sleeved B.sleeve C. sleeving D. sleeves.
8.What ........... earth have you done with that paper?
A. on B. of C. at D.above
9. The old man asked her to move because he............on that chair.
A.used to sitting B.was used to sit C. used to sit D.was used to sitting
10. That room........... in use since it was redecorated.
A. is B. has been C.was D.used to be
11. She asked me............... she could come that day.
A. if B.when C.about D.whenever
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12. The two capital cities are............
A.similar B. very difference C. the same D.the same to
13. Do you ......... my turning the telivision on now?
A.want B. object C.mind D. disapprove
14.Two-thirds of money............ mine now.
A. is B. are C.was D.were
15. Each of the boys........ a book now.
A.have B.has C.had D.are having
16. Churches and pagodas are places of...............
A. visit B.amusement C. worship D.entertainment
17. I don

’
t like that dress; it is out of...........
A.fashion B. order C. date D.luck
18. Hai decided to............ all her work at the end of every week.
A. revise B. do C. study D. tell
19.Mrs Brown works............. at a grocery store in a nearby town..
A. part time B. parts-time C.part-time D.part- times
20. My parents are very .............. with my success.
A.pleasant B.pleased C.please D.pleasure.
21. This isn
’
t very sweet.I
’
ll add some more..........
A.salt B.pepper C. vinegar D.sugar
22. Do you like the language center.............. in the Women
’
s magazine.
A.advertiser B.advertised C.advertising D.advertisement
23.Don
’
t forget ....... the Shrines of the heroes and heroines whenever you go on a sightseeing
tour of Quang Tri province.
A.visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited
24. We wish we............... a trip to the countryside for the summer vacation to come.
A.would do B.made C. did D. would make
25. An exchange student needs to be independent............. to live away from their family for a
year.
A.so B.as C. enough D.that
26. Your work has been very good............ this year.

A. by far B. so far C. as far as D. so long
27. The Browns had to use all their ........... to buy their new house.
A. expenses B. savings C. reserves D. remains
28. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a...........................
A. tip B. fee C. fare D. commission
29. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact...............?
A. size B. length C. measure D. height
30. Another word for fortune is..............
A. rich B. lucky C. foreing D. good.
31. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good .......... for her to improve her English.
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A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. experience.
32. Please ........ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.
A. rise B. push C. raise D. lift
33. All his children speak.................. English.
A. flowing B. fluent C. easy D. well.
34. If a bomb goes off, it...............................
A. explodes B. fails C. strikes D. misses its object.
35. We went to the airport to ....... off a friend who was leaving for London.
A. tell B. say C. join D. see.
36. My sister is very........ of spiders.
A. terror B. terrify C. terrified D. terrifying
37. The chameleon is very strange......................
A. creation B. creator C. creature D. creative.
38. I like this essay because it
’
s very................
A.imaginative B. imaginary C. imaginable D. imagination
39. Tam has a big .................... of foreign coins.
A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collective.

40.If we don
’
t ................. on electricity, there will be power cut.
A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economize
41.Are these courses................. or optional?
A. additional B. official C. national D. compulsory.
42. I................ English for ten years now. What about you?.
A. learnt B. learned C. have learnt D. learn
43. The president made a very interesting.............. at the meeting.
A. speech B. talking C. lecture D. message.
44. The phone is ringing. Could you ............ it ?
A. ring B. answer C. object D. disapprove.
45. Who was the first man to ............... on the moon ?.
A. start up B. board C.set foot D. mount.
46.I
’
m just going to ................. some photos of the town square.
A. take B. make C. paint D. draw
47. I
’
ll wait for you ................ the corner of the street.
A. in B. inside C. at D. to
48. Far from the city streets................. a vacation resort reserved for teen- age boys..
A. wait B. waiting C.waits D. to wait.
49. I won
’
t go .................. you pay me the money back.
A. as soon as B. unless C. while D. when.
50. Has the committee .............a decision yet?.
A.made B. done C. arrived D. voted

II. Circle the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest.
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51. A. cut B .but C. put D. shut
52. A.heat B. great C. beat D. read
53. A. blood B. pool C.food D.tool
54. A.university B. unite C. unit D. undo
55. A. hour B. home C.habit D.horse
III. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.
56. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.
57. Our neighbor will look for the garden when we go on holiday.
58.What are you going to do in Christmas.?
59. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does Jones.
60. Ten hours are not enough for us to write the report.
61. Her parents wouldn
’
t let her to go out at night.
62.I think your hair needs to cut, and you had better do it now.
63. Would you like to work at an university ?
64. The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in.
65. Would you mind if I turn down the radio?- It
’
s too loud.
Write your asnwer here:
56......................................... 61......................................
57........................................ 62.......................................
58....................................... 63.......................................
59...................................... 64............................................
60....................................... 65............................................
IV.Read the first sentence, and the complete the second sentence with the same

meaning.
66.The bridge was so low that the bus couldn
’
t go under it.
It was.......................................................................................................................
67.I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven
’
t.........................................................................................................
68. When he is asked about his part, he hates it.
He hates.............................................................................................................
69. I
’
ve always had to get up early to prepare breakfast for my family.
I
’
m used to...................................................................................................
70.I
’
m only interested in why he did it
The only thing...............................................................................................................
71.We arrived too late to see the first film.
We didn
’
t.....................................................................................................................
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72.They won
’
t be able to come on Sunday.
It will be ..............................................................................................

73. John began playing the piano ten years ago.
John has......................................................................................................................
74.She has ordered a new outfit from her dressmaker.
She is having................................................................................................................
75.He tried to escape but the police stopped him
The police prevented him.....................................................................
V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets:
76. His ( behave ) has not improved much .............................
77. He owns his ( popular) largely to his sense of humor ..............................
78. Parents are ( protect) towards their children. ..............................
79. My teacher ( courage ) me to take this examination. .............................
80. This boy is ( create ) enough to be an artist. ............................
81. He is good at ( society ) subjects. ............................
82. Burning coal is ( economy ) to heat the house. ............................
Gas is much cheaper.
83.He was very ( pride ) of the work he had done .............................
84. Those berries are ( poison ) . Don
’
t eat them . ..............................
85. It is ( health ) to live in a damp room. ..............................
VI. Read the passage below and fill in each gap with a suitable word:
When I was a school girl, children always object to (86)........... school uniform but
teachers were( 87)............... on it because they said all of us looked alike. Otherwise, they
said, children would compare with each other, and the poorer children would be unhappy
because people would see straight away ( 88).............. poor they were. In recent years,
however, many schools have given up the idea ( 89 ) ............. making children wear uniform
but, funnily enough, getting that children can wear ( 90)............... they like, they have
dropped a uniform of their own. When a journalist came to a school, he ( 91).......... out a big
surprise. Can you guess? All the ( 92)................and girls at the school were dressed in jeans!
One girl said she would rather die ( 93) ............. wear a coat instead of a jersey because

( 94).............. wants to look different ( 95) .............. the other in the class.
86.......................................... 91.......................................
87......................................... 92......................................
88.......................................... 93........................................
89......................................... 94......................................
90........................................ 95......................................
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