ĐỀ CƯƠNG ôn THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH lớp 9

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9

I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (15 points)
1. ___________ from John, all the students said they would go.
A. Except
B. Only
C. Apart
D. Separate
2. If you work for us, you’ll get somewhere to live _____ free.
A. for
B. at
C. out
D. of
3. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _____ new procedures to save
time and money.
A. manufacture
B. establish
C. control
D. restore
4. They took pride _______ being the best players of the school.
A. in
B. with
C. on
D. for
5. She’d prefer to go out ________ home.
A. than to stay
B. than staying
C. rather than staying
D. rather than stay
6. They received _______ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good

B. such a good
C. so good an
D. such good
7. Have you got a car ________ ?
A. of your own
B. of yourself
C. of you
D. of your
8. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not ______ your television set.
A. change
B. adjust
C. repair
D. switch
9. If you want to attend the course, you must pass the ................... examination.
A. write
B. written
C. wrote
D. writing
10. Either Peter and his brothers _______ the keys to the car.
A. has been taken
B. has taken
C. have taken
D. have been taken
11. We can tell you that we often have a friendly _______ in our class.
A. atmosphere
B. air
C. matter
D. impression
12. These clothes are fashionable and _______ . Do you agree with me?
A. only

B. merely
C. unique
D. uniquely
13. He _______ to have a very big fortune and a beautiful wife.
A. rumors
B. rumored
C. has rumored
D. was rumored
14. Did you use to do a _______ when you were at the university.
A. full-time job
B. part-time
C. full-time
D. part-time job
15. My house is just _______ . I live in the nearby neighborhood.
A. near here
B. near to
C. near by
D. near from
16. Vietnam’s population …………. 80 million in 2004 .
A. reduced
B. increased
C. reached
D. rose
17. The air………….. the earth is becoming thinner.
A.surrounding
B. rounding
C. involving
D. floating
18. ………... energy is the enrgy that we get from the sun
A.wind

B. tidal
C. hydro
D. solar
19. The sun is many times ………… the earth.
A. bigger than
B.bigger
C. as big
D. big as
20. Mercury is the smallest among the planets …………. the sun.
A. of
B. for
C. with
D. on
21. …………. a kind of everlasting energy, solar energy may be the sollution to our crisis
A. Because
B. Since
C. As
D.With
22. Students …. universities may have many difficulties in finding good study method.
A. enter
B. entering
C.that enter
D. who enter
23. your house has ………… nice furniture.
A. such
B. such a
C.so
D. towards
24. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came

B. will come
C. would come
D. would have come
25. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive
B. have received
C. be receiving
D. receiving
26. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. won’t we
B. don’t we
C. do we
D. shall we
27. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew
B. know
C. had known
D. B & C are correct.
28. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that
B. such tired that
C. too tired that
D. so tired that


29. Joan asked _________.
A. if there was coffee
B. there was coffee
C. was there coffee
D. where was the coffee

30. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess.
A. had – paint
B. have – paint
C. am having – painted
D. had had - paint
31. He was made _________ for two hours.
A. to wait
B. wait
C. waiting
D. waited
32. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.”
A. are washing
B. were washed
C. are washed
D. are being washed
33. It took weeks to get used to …… someone else around.
A. have
B. having
C. had
D. has
34. …… he comes in half an hour, I shall go alone.
A. If
B. Unless
C. Because
D. When
35.. I want to have my suit …… . I’m going to a wedding on Saturday.
A. cleaned
B. cleaning
C. clean
D. to clean

36. He turned …… the light so as not to waste electricity.
A. off
B. of
C. on
D. down
37. My father tells me to give …… smoking.
A. up
B. off
C. of
D. out
38. Anne smokes a lot. …… .
A. So her mother does
B. So does her mother
C. Does her mother too
D. Too her mother does
39. I haven’t seen Jenny …… .
A. for a long time
B. in the last time
C. since long
D. lastly
40. Are these the books …… you have been looking for?
A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. whose
41. Keiko has $100. Betty has $75. Betty has less money than Keiko.
A. more money than
B. not as much money as
C. the same money as
D. a lot of money

42. Have you fed the chickens yet?
In the passive voice, this should read:
A. Has somebody fed the chickens yet?
B. Have the chickens fed yet?
C. Have the chickens been fed yet?
D. Have you had the chickens fed yet?
43. nice surprise / receive / your letter.
A. to receive your letter it is a nice surprise.
B. Receiving your letter it is a nice surprise.
C. It is a nice surprise to receive your letter.
D. It is a nice surprise when receiving your letter.
44. I / school / five days / week / favorite subjects / Math / English.
A. Despite I go to school five days a week and my favorite subjects are Math and English
B. I go to school five days a week and my favorite subjects are Math and English.
C. I go to school five days in a week so that my favorite subjects are Math and English.
D. I go to school five days a week with my favorite subjects are Math and English.
45. There / more visitors / March / April
A. There were more visitors in March than in April.
B. There were more than visitors in March and in April.
C. There were as many as visitors in March and in April.
D. There were visitors in March more than in April.

ĐÁP ÁN
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (15 points)


1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D 6.D 7. A 8. B 9. B
12. C
13. D
14. D

15. A
16. D
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. B

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10. C 11. A