EXERCIES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS(N0 3)

§Ò THI CHON HäC SINH GIáI LíP 9–
N¡M HäC : 2009-2010
thời gian : 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (40 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D (15 points)
1. Tam ………………go fishing with his brother when he was young.
A. used to B. is used to C. has used to D. was used to
2. I don't know what to do this evening. What about . ……………. to the movies?
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes
3. I don't like doing the . ……………. , especially cleaning the windows.
A. homework B. housework C. job D. occupation.
4. My favorite . ……………. is Literature.
A. play B. game C. subject D. activity
5. My mother is very . ……………. at cooking.
A. well B. good C. popular D. famous
6. She. ……………. a letter when the telephone rang.
A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. was writing
7. He has just got an interesting . ……………. in a textile company.
A. work B. job C. occupation D. employment
8. William suggested . ……………. at home for a change.
A. staying B. to stay C. stay D. stayed
9. The . ……………. of waste paper can save a great amount of wood pulp.
A. recycle B. recyclable C. recyclement D. recycling
10. Mrs Nga forgot to . ……………. the faucet when she left for work.
A. turn off B. turn on C. turn up D. turn down
11. This book is different ..................... the one I had.
A. with B. to C. from D. at
12. What will happen if the pollution ....................... on.
A. puts B. goes C, keeps D. takes
13. I’m afraid this article is ........................ date.
A. over B. pass C. behind D. out of

14. I had to get up early, .................... I would miss the train.
A. otherwise B. if not C. but D. so that
15. Most young people want to .......................... more about environmental problems.
A. look up B. find out C. deal with D. make out
Part 2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses. (10 points)
The holiday of a lifetime
If you want a truly(1) ........................................................... holiday , book with us now! We (MEMORY)
can offer you a (2) ..................................................... service that no other company can. (person)
Our expert staff will provide you with useful (3) .................................................... about all (inform)
of the (4) ................................ ................... buildings and areas that you can visit. On some (history)
excursions, for a small (5) ................................................. change, we can even provide (add)
you with your own individual guide. A trip with us will give you an insight
into the (6) ................................................................. of the region. We try to make sure (cultural)
that nothing is (7) ............................................................ in order to make your trip a (miss)
(8) .................................................... one that you will talk about for ages. We have (marvel)
something to offer both those (9) ..................................................... for a peaceful time (look)
taking it easy, and more (10) ............................................... people looking for the (energy)
adventure of a lifetime.
Part 3: Complete the gaps in the newspaper article below with a suitable form of
the verb in brackets. Choose from the following active or passive forms: present
simple, present continuous, past simple, present perfect, past perfect and modals.
(15 points)
VOLUNTEERING
Two and a half years ago, Anita Kapur (0) left

(leave) university with high hopes and a degree in
the History of Art. She then (1) .....................(spend) the next two years applying in vain for jobs. ‘I soon
(2) ................. (realise) that I (3) ................. (study) something more practical, like computing or
accountancy,’ admits Anita. ‘I (4) ..................(have) no work experience, and there (5) ......................
(always be) a lot of competition for jobs in the art world.’ Last summer, Anita (6) ................. (see) an

advertisement for volunteers to help organise an arts festival in her home town. She
(7) ........apply) and (8).........................(accept). Since then, Anita (9) ..............(find) a job as an
administrator in a London gallery. ‘I definitely (10) .............. (not get) this job, if I (11) .......................
(not gain) such useful experience doing the voluntary job at the arts festival,’ she says. Anita’s
experience is far from unique, but it is not only job-seekers who (12) .............. (benefit) from
volunteering. If businesses (13) ................ (see) to be doing something for the community, it
(14) ................. (enhance) their public image. For this reason, more and more companies nowadays
(15) ........... (encourage) their employees to volunteer, either partly or wholly in the company’s time.
II. READING: (35 points)
Part 1: Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Choose the correct explanation
– A, B or C (10 points)
1.
A. You can buy a film ticket one hour
before the film begins.
B. You can buy tickets for live
performances half an hour before the
show starts.
C. You must buy your tickets half an hour
before the film begins.
2. What does Helga want Ravi to do?
A. go to a meeting tonight and make notes
to tell her tomorrow
B. take her notes to the meeting tonight
and talk about them
C. make some notes to take to a meeting
tomorrow
3
A. If you want to go to the town museum
you must join the History Club.
B. Entrance is free to the History Club if

you go to the town museum.
C. By joining the History Club, you can get
in free to the town museum.
4
A. When you book your holiday you must
take out travel insurance.
B. Travel insurance documents will be sent
to all travellers with their booking form.
C. When you book your holiday you must
prove you have your own travel insurance.
5
What is Jean-Paul going to do this
evening?
A. meet Leonie at the theatre
B. have supper with Leonie before the
theatre
C. see Leonie before he goes to the
theatre
6
A. Both glass and plastic bottles are
welcome for recycling here.
B. In the past, it was possible to leave
plastic as well as glass bottles.
C. It is acceptable to exchange your glass
bottles for plastic ones.
7
A. If you have visited this port before, you
don’t have to register again.
B. As soon as you enter this port, you
must visit the harbour office.

C. Before you sail out of this port, you
must revisit the harbour office.
8.
A. Information is given about what this
meat-free product contains.
B. You will find suggested recipes for this
vegetable product below.
C. Vegetarians should read the ingredients
before cooking this product.
9.
Staff are requested not to boil
water in kettles, but use the
hot drinks machine provided.
A. You can get a hot drink from the
machine or boil a kettle.
B. A kettle is provided for making hot
drinks.
C. Use the hot drinks machine rather than
boiling a kettle.
10. Mark,
See you at the conservation
talk on Saturday. Can you
give Sue a ring and arrange
to give her a lift there?
Thanks, Tina
Tina wants Mark to
A. to phone her on Saturday to arrange to
see him
B. phone Sue and take her to the talk.
C. take her to the talk on Saturday

Part 2: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10 points)
George Holmes has (1) ………… a lottery ticket once a week for as long as he can (2)
………… , but he won’t be doing that any more. He (3) ………… to dream about what he would do if he
ever (4) ………… a big prize but he never really (5)………… this to happen. However, on Saturday
George (6) ………… the news that would change his life forever – he had become a millionaire! In (7)
………… , his lucky ticket had rewarded him with £3.7 million. The first thing he did was to (8) …………
some flowers delivered for his wife – one thousand red roses, to be exact. George (9) ………… that the
money won’t change his life completely but he has (10) ………… his wife to fly to the Caribbean with
him, on their first holiday abroad for more than ten years.
1.A paid B spent C earned D bought
2.A remind B know C remember D believe
3.A had B used C needed D must
4.A won B put C ordered D kept
5.A thought B felt C expected D imagined
6.A replied B sent C handled D received
7.A turn B fact C case D time
8.A set B book C get D make
9.A tells B insists C speaks D refuses
10.A argued B blamed C offered D persuaded
Part 3: Put ONE suitable word in each space(15 points)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, who (1) .................................................................born in 1990 and (2) ...................................... in 1971, was a
very famous jazz musician. He used to be known as “ Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all
his (3) .................................................................. . As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to (4) .................................................................the
trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who (5) .................................................................got into trouble
with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) .................................................................various bands
and then he formed his own. Between 1925 (7) .................................................................1928 he made about 60 records.
These records made him one (8) .................................................................the first solo stars in the history of pop
(9) .................................................................. When he died, he had (10) ............................................................... making records and he had
been touring all over the (11) .................................................................for more than forty years, and he

(12) ................................................................. just as popular (13) ................................................................. he had been before. He even
(14) ................................................................. a number one pop record - What A Wonderful World –
(15) ................................................................ the 1960s.
III. WRITING: (25 points)
Part 1: Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same.
(10 points)
Example: He wrote the letter in two hours.
It took him two hours to write the letter.
1. I am sorry I don’t have time to come and help you with your homework.
I wish ____________________________________________________________.
2. Let’s visit the museum this afternoon..
Why don’t _________________________________________________________.
3. The school keeper cleans the classrooms every day.
The classrooms ____________________________________________________.
4. “Why don’t we go out for a while?”
He suggested _____________________________________________________.
5. He forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.
He got ___________________________________________________________.
6. At the weekend I get up later than during the week.
During the week I __________________________________________________
7. The college where I study is quite near my apartment.
The college _______________________________________________________
8. Yesterday morning my friend Marco arrived before I finished breakfast.
Yesterday morning I was ____________________________________________
9. Marco told me not to forget my tennis racket.
Marco said: “ ______________________________________________________.’
10. We play tennis every Wednesday afternoon.
We play tennis once _________________________________________________
tocopiable
Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct

and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (

). If the line has
a word which should not be there, write the word. (15 points)
I’m really a keen on going to the cinema, so I’ve got lots of favourite 1.________
films. But the best one as I’ve seen lately is called Pressure. In some 2.________
ways, I suppose that you could regard it as a detective film but it’s 3.________
different from most films of that one kind because the characters are 4.________
they such unusual people. The detective in it, for example, is a computer 5. _______
expert who solves crimes on her computer using information given to 6.________
her by her assistants, who go out and interview to people. The case in 7.________ the film
concerns about the wife of a millionaire, who has gone missing. 8.________