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Phòng giáo dục & đào tạo Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9
Huyện Lơng Sơn Năm học 2008 - 2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút - Không kể giao đề
(Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi)
Điểm bài thi Số phách
Bằng số: Bằng chữ:
Giám khảo ký, họ tên
- Ngời thứ nhất: .................................................
- Ngời thứ hai: ....................................................
(Đề thi gồm 04 trang, thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)

I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Cho dạng đúng của
động từ trong ngoặc. ( 3 điểm )
1.Penicilline (discover) in 1860.
2. She (sleep) for hours ! you must wake her up.
3. Tom (wash) his hands. He has just repaired the T.V set.
4. On arrival at home I (find) that she had just left just a few minutes before.
5. There was a cold wind (blow) in our faces when we were in the field that day.
6. The children were frightened because it (get) dark.
1......................... 2............................ 3................................
4......................... 5............................ 6................................
II. Circle the best answer among a, b, c or d to complete each of the
following sentences. Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng trong số a, b, c hoặc d để hoàn
thành những câu sau. (3 điểm)
1. You can not smoke in here. It's .......... the law.
a. anti b. according c. against d. opposite
2. Her parents never ..........her to go out after 8.
a. made b. allowed c. let d. accustomed
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3. It took him ages to ............. living in the new town.

a. used to b. get used to c. use to d. agree.
4. She never let you cook the meals,..............?
a. didnot she b. doesnot she c. does she d. did she
5. Some people ................. at least four hours a day chatting on line.
a. take b. use c. cost d. spend
6. When did you buy this car? ..............
a. Since ten years b. For ten years c. Ten years ago d. In ten years
III. - Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Cho d¹ng ®óng
cña tõ trong ngoÆc ®Ó hoµn thµnh nh÷ng c©u sau. (3 ®iÓm)
1. The ( fame) singer walked down the stage ( proud)
2. My teacher found a lot of mistakes in my essay and told me to ( write) it.
3. The heavy rain made it ( posibility) for us to have our picnic.
4. English is a ( compare) easy language for Swedish to learn.
5. ( regular) verbs must be memorized.
6. Houses are ( build) to live in and not ( look) on.
1............ / ............... 2............................ 3................................
4......................... 5............................ 6................ / ..................
IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as
similar as possible in meaning to the original one. ViÕt l¹i nh÷ng c©u sau sao
cho nghÜa cña c©u viÕt l¹i kh«ng ®æi so víi c©u cho tríc (3 ®iÓm)
1. They think that honesty is the best policy.
->Honesty.............................................................................................................
2. Some one saw them pick up those guns
-> They.................................................................................................................
3. Mary's parents sent her to an English speaking club.
-> Mary................................................................................................................
4. He didn't have any bigger problem than reading comprehension.
->His....................................................................................................................
5. They haven't seen each other for 2 years.
-> The last time...............................................................................................

6. A man opened the door . He told me you were out.
-> The man...............................................................................................................
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V - Complete the following sentences. Hoàn thành câu . (2 điểm)
1. You can't get there ontime unless...................................................................................
2. If I spoke English perfectly ,..........................................................................................
3. The holiday was short; However,...................................................................................
4. The radio is too loud. Could you please............................................................................ ?

VI - Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct
answer in the space provided. Mỗi câu sau có một lỗi sai. Hãy tìm và sửa lại cho đúng.
(2 điểm)
1. They made him to stay behind an oak tree.
2. Bad weather has delayed the flight to one hour.
3. Mrs Taylor didn't take proper careful of her children.
4. If it will rain tomorow, we shall cancel our picnic
1........................................ 2.....................................................
3........................................ 4....................................................
VII - Using the cues given to complete the passage below. Sử dụng từ cho sẵn
để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau. (2 điểm)

driver, office, fare, conductor, machine,
transport, length, double- deckers, advance, are

Public (1) ......................... in London is expensive. The fare depends on the
(2) ......................... of the journey; you cannot buy tickets in (3) ............................ Children
under sixteen pay half and those under five (4) ........................ free. You usually buy bus
tickets from a conductor, but some buses you pay the (5) ..................... Most London buses
are (6) ...................... You can smoke upstairs. On the underground, you buy your ticket

from a (7) ....................... or a ticket (8) ........................... and give it up at the end of the
journey.
VIII - Read the passage then answer the questions below it. Đọc kỹ đoạn văn
sau rồi trả lời các câu hỏi dới đây. (2 điểm)
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Edison's first great interest was chemistry and he read all he could about it. He was
only ten when he began to grow and sell vegetables so that he could have money to buy
chemicals for making experiments. When he was fifteen, he got a job selling magazines
and fruit on a train and began printing a weekly newspaper on the printing press set up in
the luggage van. But one day, one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van,
he was put off the train and lost the job.
1. How could Edison have money to buy chemicals for making experiments ?
..........................................................................................................................................
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2. Why did he lose the job selling magazines and fruit on a train ?
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3. How old was he when he began to grow and sell vegtables ?
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4. What happened to his van ?
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(ThÝ sinh kh«ng ®îc sö dông tµi liÖu trong phßng thi)
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