De thi GVG huyen 08-09

§Ò thi gi¸o viªn giái cÊp THCS huyÖn Kú Anh n¨m häc 2008-2009
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh 9
Thêi gian lµm bµi: 120 phót
I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:
1. How/What/Which/Where beautiful flowers!
2. Hoa wishes her mother bought/had bought/would buy/buys her a new bike last month.
3. Would you like to travel/travel/traveling/traveled around the world in the future?
4. We hate watching/to watch/watch/watched football matches on TV.
5. While/When/Because/But Oanh enjoys pop music, Ha is fond of classical music.
6. Although/Therefore/Consequently/Because the salary was high, he gave up that job.
7. Nobody has been to this village for years, has/have/hasn’t/haven’t they?
8. Twin Towers/The Statue of Liberty/The Great Wall/Hanging Garden of Babylon belongs to The
United States.
9. They put a lot of readers in/on/at/into the front of the public library.
10. Herbs are used to/are often used/often use/get used to in soups and sauces.
11. Susan couldn’t help to laugh/laugh/to be laughed/laughing when I told her the joke.
12. Last night, there being/there having/having had/being nothing to watch on TV, we went out.
13. My grandfather often speaks/tells/says/converses of the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
14. Our parents often have a strong impact/effect/result/influence on our lives.
15. Too many exams and tests have put high school students on/in/under/into pressure.
16. Mai as well as her friends is/are/has been/have been to Ha Noi several times.
17. Don’t talk about your computer again. You always talk/are always talking/are talking/always
talked about it.
18. Minh had his apartment broke/breaking/broken/break into yesterday.
19. That house is being covered by/on/in/with smoke.
20. Hanh was watching/was watched/watching/watched that soccer match at this time last night.
II. Supply the correct form of the words:
1. Angkor Watt is one of the famous tourist ….. in Cambodia. (attract)
2. You should talk to ….. about advantages of that project. (inhabit)
3. This wood pulp is cleaned and chemically ….. . (white)
4. These books were so ….. that many people buy them. (expense)

5. After many ….. attempts, he broke the world record on December tenth 2007. (success)
6. We should put all …... and drugs in the locked cupboard. (chemistry)
7. A fairy ….. changed Tam’s rags into beautiful clothes. (magic)
8. On this festival, people celebrate freedom from ….. . (slave)
9. When your motorbike is broken, you ought to have a ….. repair it. (machine)
10. French is a ….. difficult language to learn. You must work hard. (compare)
III. Fill a suitable word in each numbered blank
Ten years went by, in those ten years Mr. Young started a new life. He ….. (1) a new name and
found a new job. He ….. (2) met another woman, Nancy Lewis. He promised to marry her. He was on
his ….. (3) to the church to marry her last week ….. (4) he had another accident. ….. (5) hit his head in
the accident ….. (6) woke up in hospital again. Suddenly he could remember everything ….. (7). He
remembered his old name, his address. The fact that he was already ….. (8). He phoned his wife from
….. (9), and tried to explain everything. He also phoned Miss Lewis. Both women refused to believe
his story. They both thought he ….. (10) lying.
IV . Complete the story with the words and expressions given. Number them from 1 to 10. One
given isn’t used. 0 is an example:
0 in the deserts of Somalia flew to Britain to work called me
will give me five camels found a place to stay asked me
appeared on the cover got me a part in the walked through
loved my mother more than was worth five camels called Michael Goss
When I was a girl, ....(0)....., my family was nomadic, moving around with our animals. We
were happy and I ........(1).......anything.
I was about 13 when my father ........(2)........at the end of a hot day. “Come and sit here”, he
said. “I’ve found you a husband! We have arranged that he .......(3)........” That night I ran away. I was
frightened. For almost three weeks, I .......(4)....... the desert, but finally I got to my auntie’s house in
Mogadishu. Auntie’s husband was an ambassador and in a few months I ........(5)....... at his London
house.
One day, a photographer .......(6)........ saw me in the street. He took my picture and the
photographs were beautiful. “You should try and do modeling”, he told me. When my aunt and uncle
returned to Africa, I stayed in London. I ......(7)........ and got a job at McDonald’s. Then one day I

took Michael Goss’s photographs to an agency. They sent me to a studio, and my picture ......(8)......
of the Pirelli calendar. Soon after that, the agency ......(9)..... James Bond film The Living Daylights.
That was seven years ago. Since then I’ve done modeling all over the world and I’ve appeared
in magazines such as Vogue and Elle. I have even hosted the US music program Soul Train. Once,
I .........(10)......... Now I can earn up to 8,000 $ for one day’s work. I have gone from the bottom to the
top.
V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. You aren’t allowed to smoke here. (mind)
2. Ha wanted his mother to wash his clothes when he was busy. (be)
3. “ Our grandfather must stay in bed after that accident last year.” Lien said (that)
4. Hoa’s dictionary is 35,000 dong. My novel is 35,000 dong, too. (same)
5. How far is it from the park to the supermarket? (what)
6. No one in this company plays badminton as well as Ms. Nga. (is)
7. The players must train hard to win the championship in the competition. (if)
8. It is a two hour flight from here to Edinburgh. (takes)
9. As soon as we came back home, he phoned us. (than)
10. The meeting will be held in the very cold house. (where)
VI. Use words given to complete the sentences:
1. she/not used/drive/left/she/London.
2. police/arrest/them/steal/three motorbikes/weeks ago.
3. When/you/return/book/borrow/last week?
4. I/write/say/how happy/I/be/hear/you/pass/examination.
5. life/Viet Nam/year/2050/be/very different/what/it/today.
6. Minh/become/member/organization/since/twenty.
7. Lam/succeed/persuade/sister/take part/speaking English club.
8. when/father/come back/work/we/play marbles/garden.
9. This/the/warm-hearted person/I/ever/met.
10. it/kind/you/help/Ms. Hoa/housework.
Phßng Gi¸o dôc & §µo t¹o Kú Anh
Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: ............................................................................... SBD: ...................

§¸p ¸n vµ biÓu ®iÓm ®Ò thi GVG huyÖn n¨m häc 2008-2009
I. 4 points
1. What 2. had bought 3. to travel 4. watching 5. While
6. Although 7. have 8. The statue of Liberty 9. at 10. are often used
11. laughing 12. there being 13. speaks 14. influence 15. under
16. has been 17. are always talking 18. broken 19. with 20. was watching
II. 3 points
1. attractions 2. inhabitants 3. whitened 4. inexpensive 5. unsuccessful
6. chemicals 7. magically 8. slavery 9. mechanic 10. comparatively
III. 2 points
1. had 2. also 3. way 4. when 5. He
6. and 7. again 8. married 9. hospital 10. was
IV. 3 points
1. loved my mother more than 2. called me
3. will give me five camels 4. walked through
5. flew to Britain to work 6. called Michael Goss
7. found a place to stay 8. appeared on the cover
9. got me a part in the 10. was worth five camels
V. 4 points
1. Would you mind stopping smoking here?
2. He wanted his clothes to be washed by his mother when he was busy.
3. Lien said their grandfather had to stay in bed after that accident the previous year.
4. Hoa’s dictionary is the same price as my novel.
5. What is the distance between the park and the supermarket?
6. Ms. Nga is the best badminton player in this company.
7. If the players train hard, they will win the championship in the competition.
8. It takes two hours to fly from here to Edinburgh.
9. No sooner had we come back home than he phoned us.
10. The house where the meeting will be held is very cold.
VI. 4 points

11.She was not used to driving on the left when she was in London.
12.The police arrested them for stealing three motorbikes two weeks ago.
13.When will you return the book (which) you borrowed last week?
14.I am writing to say how happy I am to hear you have passed the examination.
15.Life in Viet Nam in year of 2050 will be very different from what it is today.
16.Minh has become the member of the organization since he was twenty.
17.Lam succeeded in persuading his sister to take part in the speaking English club.
18.When my father came back from work, we were playing marbles in the garden.
19.This is the most warm-hearted person (that) I have ever met.
20. It is kind of you to help Ms. Hoa with the housework.