De thi HSG Anh 9 Cuu Long LS- HB

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 05 trang, thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)

A. phonetics
pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest. Chọn một từ mà có phần gạch chân phát âm khác các từ còn lại. (1.5 pts)
1. A. gather B. theater C. earth D. thanks
2. A. collection B. question C. nation D. inspiration
3. A. exchange B. champagne C. teacher D. children
4. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy
5. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches
6. A. parents B. itinerary C. grocery D. relax
* Answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer among a, b, c, d to complete each of the following
sentences. Hãy chọn đáp án đúng nhất trong số a, b, c, d để hoàn thành những
câu sau. (2.5pts)
1. After several _____ attempt, we have finally done it.
A. successful B. unsuccessfully C. unsuccessful D. success
2 . _____ you say, I wont believe you any more.
A. However B. What C. How D. Whatever

3. The earthquake_____ the city at two in the morning.
A. came B. happened C. hit D. took place
4. I have always wanted to visit Paris, _____ of France.
A. is the capital B. which the capital C. that is the capital D. the capital
5. Is this the address to _____ you want the package to be sent?
A. where B. that C. whom D. which
6. You should have a(n) _____ check your motorbike regularly.
A. mechanic B. carpenter C. plumber D. electrician
7. Isn’t it time the children _____ ?
A. go to bed B. going to bed C. went to bed D. go bed
8. The club is for members only. You _____ you are a member.
A. can’t go in if B. can’t go in unless C. can go in only D. can go in unless
9. He finished the paintings _____ for the exhibition.
A. in good time B. for the time being C. from time to time D. time after time
10. Twenty miles _____ a long way to walk.
A. are B. was C. is D. were
* Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capital. Cho d¹ng
®óng cña tõ in hoa (1.5 pts)
1. In the future, many buildings will be ...................... by solar energy. HOT
2. We want to buy ....................... that will save money. PRODUCE
3. The weather was terrible, so we had a ………..vacation. PLEASURE
4. He has great ………. in God. BELIEVE
5. The Internet has……….. developed in Viet Nam. SURPRISE
6. They have ....................the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. MODERN
* Answer
1. …………………. 2. ………………… 3. …………………
4. …………………. 5. …………………. 6. ………………….
III. Each sentence below contains an error. Find and correct it. Mçi c©u sau cã

mét lçi sai. H·y t×m lçi sai ®ã vµ söa l¹i cho ®óng. (2.5 pts)
1. The amount of the milk they got from the milkman were very little.
2. The price of oil used to be a great deal higher than it is now, wasn’t it?
3. The river, that flows across Venice, is beautiful.
4. What happens to the glass when it is sending to the factory?
5. We need to encourage them to relax, talk freely, and to ask questions.
6. On his arrival at Sydney, John went straight to Sydney Opera House.
7. Most students often seem very nervously before exams.
8. I didn’t expect to invite to her birthday party.
9. He is an interested man, so we like talking to him a lot.
10.Advanced students are different to those who are lazy.
ERROR CORRECTION
1. 1.
2 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.
IV. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right form. Cho d¹ng ®óng cña ®éng
tõ trong ngoÆc ( 2.0 pts )
1. I stopped ( buy) an afternoon news on the way home.
2. My children enjoy (allow) to stay up late when there is something special on TV.
3. Were I your age, I (make) a decision at once.
4. His hair is very short. He just ( have) a hair cut.
5. The strangers were prevented from ( enter) the building.
6. Don’t phone me after six. I ( have) a dinner party.

7. The boy (play) with the ball over there is Mrs Hoa’s son.
8. The poem (write) by Xuan Dieu is now famous in Viet Nam.
* Answer
1. ……………. 2. ………………… 3. …………………
4. …………… 5. ………………… 6. …………………
7. …………….. 8. …………………
V. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has exactly the same
meaning as the one printed before it. ViÕt l¹i c¸c c©u sau sao cho nghÜa cña c©u
viÕt l¹i cïng nghÜa víi c©u cho tríc. (3.5 pts)
1. Do you have any books which are cheaper than these ones?
=> Are they…………………………………………………………….?
2. It was dinner time when my uncle in the USA phoned.
=> I was…………………………………………………………………
3. They requested us to leave the place immediately.
=> They suggested………………………………………………………
4. David can’t jog in this freezing weather.
=> It’s impossible……………………………………………………….
5. This region had old buildings, but none can be found nowadays.
=> There used…………………………………………………………….
6. “ Don’t park your car here or it will be towed away.” said the policeman to the old
lady.
=> The policeman ordered ………………………………………………………….
7. Despite his illness, he went to the station to see off his friends.
=> Even though………………………………………………………………….
C. Reading
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers.§äc kÜ ®o¹n v¨n
sau ®ã chän ®¸p ¸n ®óng( 2.5pts):
In the 1950s The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the
whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved
enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The

Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none
of them had any training in music. They started performing and recording songs by
black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started
writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles
changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from
songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and
singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first
hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live
performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them - their fans
were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenir!
However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first
came out. Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you
ask them.
1. The passage is mainly about …………………
A. how the Beatles became more successful than other groups
B. why the Beatles split up after 7 years
C. the Beatles’s fame and success
D. many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song
2. The four boys of the Beatles …………………..
A. came from the same family.
B. came from a town in northern England.
C. were at that same age.
D. received good training in music.
3. The word sensational is closest in meaning to ………….
A . notorious B. bad C. shocking D. popular
4. The first songs of the Beatles were ………………..
A. written by themselves. B. broadcast on the radio.
C. paid a lot of money. D. written by black Americans.
5. What is not true about the Beatles?
A. The members had no training in music.

B. They had a long stable career.
C. They became famous when they wrote their own songs.
D. They changed pop music.
6. The Beatles stopped their live performances because …………..
A. They had earned enough money.
B. They did not want to work with each other.
C. They spent more time writing their own songs
D. They were afraid of being hurt by fans.
7. The year 1970 was the time when …………..
A. they split up. B. they changed pop music.
C. they started their career. D. they stopped singing live.
8. What the fans of Beatles often did was ………………
A. sing together with them. B. take their clothes as souvenir.
C. ask them to write more songs.D. ask them why they would separate.
9. Some songs of the Beatles now ……………….
A. are still as famous as they used to be B. became too old to sing
C. are sung by crazy fans C. are the most famous
10. The tone of the passage is that of …………………
A. admiration B. criticism C. neutral D. sarcasm
* Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Fill in each blank with only one suitable word.§iÒn mét tõ thÝch hîp vµo mçi
« trèng (2.0 pts)
Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people helped
to(1)______ jeans popular with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll,
and James Dean, a famous movie star. Elvis(2)______tight jeans. Most parents didn't
like Elvis or his music. But teenagers loved(3)______and started to dress like him. In
Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean wore jeans. He was a hero to many young
people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even(4)______popular. Young
people had more freedom. Their clothes showed(5)_______independence. Some

people decorated their jeans(6)______colorful patches and flowers. In addition to the
regular brands like Levi's and Lee, famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre
Cardin(7)_______making "designer jeans". They were very stylish and very
expensive. Jeans are (8)________popular that Levi's has sold twenty billion pairs.
Almost anywhere in the world you know what young people want to wear: jeans!
* Answer
1. ……………. 2. ………………… 3. …………………
4. …………… 5. ………………… 6. …………………
7. …………….. 8. …………………
D. Writing