Bài giảng AV chart 36

CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HS GIỎI ANH 9- NĂM HỌC 2008- 2009
PHÒNG GD-ĐT ĐÔNG HÀ
HỘI ĐỒNG BỒI DƯỠNG HS GIỎI
ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI
NĂM HỌC : 2008 -2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 -Thời gian: 150 phút
Ho và tên:........................................................ Trường :………….
SBD Giám thị 1 Giám thị 2 Mã phách
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Điểm Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Mã phách
PART 1: LISTENING (10ms)
Listen to the tape carefully to check if each of the statements is True( T) or
False(F).
Statements True False
1. Emma is studying for exams at the moment.
2. She lives at home with her father and her mother.
3. Her parents are divorced.
4. She has a twenty-year-old younger brother.
5. She has got a sister.
6. Now she is watching TV.
7. Her father lives in Scotland.
8. She spends every school holiday with her brother.
9. Emma listens to music when she has free time.
10.She is from Oxford in England.
PART 2: PHONETICS( 5ms)
I. Which word is stressed differently from the others? (2,5ms)
1. A. picnic B. fishing C. arrive D. movie
2. A. tomorrow B. badminton C. aerobic D. usually
3. A. frequently B. gymnastic C. adjective D. difference
4. A. activity B. destination C. independent D. intersection
5. A. recycle B. potato C. collection D. dangerous

II. Which underlined part is pronounced differently? (2,5ms)
1. .A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence
2. . A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
3. . A. normal B. order C. oven D. origin
4. .A. honesty B. hair C. honor D. hour
5. . A. sugar B. steam C. press D. waste
PART 3: MCQs (15ms )
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
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1. Hurry up, there’s …… time left.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
2. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
3. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
A. won’t we B. don’t we C. do we D. shall we
4. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
A. knew B. know C. had known D-. B & C are correct.
5. He was _________ he could not wake up.
A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that
6. ...............you do better work than this, you won’t pass the exam.
A. When B. Although C. If D. Unless
7. I was just............... to go out when you telephoned.
A. around B. about C. thinking D. planned
8. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep.................
A. growing B. gaining C. rising D. raising
9. She.............. her neighbor’s child for the broken window.
A. blamed B. accused C. complained D. denied
10. "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?”
-“ ............the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.”

A. All of B. Of all C. For all D. From all
11. That old lady is................ deaf to hear what you say.
A. so B. enough C. not D. too
12. I failed to buy that nice dress, for I had forgotten to bring my...............
A. gloves B. purse C. bonnet D. trousers
13. The radio is ..............loud. I can’t hear the noise.
A. too many B. too much C. much too D. lost much
14. The visitor spoke ....................the subject of wildlife in northern Britain.
A. in B. from C. with D. on
15. He has ................to speak English.
A. the ability B. an ability C. ability D. abilities
PART4: CLOZE TEST (10ms)
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
“My home is in the air – I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast
life and (1) ______ of work, but I like it and that is the only way (2) ______ me.
Everything is tiring – music, traveling – but what can I do? I am not (3) ______
to complaining. It is hard to imagine now (4) ______ I will ever be very long in
one place. My home town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (5)
______ (many tourists and hotels. I have my own flat with four or five rooms,
but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (6) ______ with
my mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (7) ______ it is very
comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food.
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I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (8)______ when I was
seven. He was an engineer and I don’t (9)______ him very well. He liked music
very much and wanted me to (10) ______ a musician.”
1. A. most B. full C. complete D. more
2. A. for B. to C. in D. by

3. A. wanted B. taken C. used D. known
4. A. and B. so C. while D. that
5. A. far B. too C. much D. more
6. A. stay B. go C. do D. spend
7. A. but B. since C. even D. which
8. A. killed B. gone C. passed D. died
9. A. know B. remember C. remind D. see
10. A. become B. turn C. develop D. grow
PART 5 : WORD FORM (10 ms )
Give the correct form to the words in parentheses:
1) My new car is more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . than the one I had before. (economy)
2) He didn't feel happy because he worked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(success)
3) My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little. . . . . . . . . . . .
(friend)
4) We must make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .about where to go. (decide)
5) Lucy got . . . . . . . . quickly and went for work. (dress)
6) We all looked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . after the summer holiday. (health)
7) The children are more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in cartoons. (interest)
8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., the weather was so bad that we couldn’t go out.
(fortune)
9) I hope there won’t be too much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in getting a work permit.
(difficult)
10) That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . has composed a lot of beautiful songs. (music)
PART 6: READING (10ms)
Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions:
THE BEATLES
In the 1960s, 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 by 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 souvenirs! 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’ fame and success
D. Many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song
2. The four boys of the Beatles
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A. Came from the same family
B. Were at the same age
C. Came from a town in the north of England
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 were afraid of being hurt by fans
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 the Beatles often did was
A. Sing together with them
B. Take their clothes as souvenirs
C. Ask them to write more songs
D. Ask them why they should separate
9. Some songs of the Beatles now
A. Are still famous as they used to be
B. Became too old to sing
C. Are sung by crazy fans
D. Are the most famous
10. The tone of the passage is that of
A. Admiration
B. Criticism
C. Neutral
D. Sarcasm

PART7: MISTAKE CORRECTION (10ms)
There is one mistake in each sentence, find out and correct it:
1. She refused to tell us why was she crying.
A B C D
2. Even though she looks young, she is twice older than my twenty- year - old
sister. A B C D
3. Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare
A B C
them for mounting.
D
4. George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help.
A B C D
5. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
A B C D
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PART 8: GAP FILLING(10ms) Fill each the numbered blanks in the following
passage with ONE suitable word
Food plays an important part in the development of nations. In countries where
food is (1)........ people have to spend most of their time getting enough to eat .
This usually slows down progress, because men have little time to (2)............. to
science, industry, government, and art . In nations where food is (3)............... and
easy to get , men have more time to spend in activities that lead to progress and
(4).............. of leisure . The problem of (5).............. good food for everybody has
not yet been solved . Many wars have been (6) ............... for food . But it is no
longer necessary to go to war for food . Nations are beginning to put
(7)................. knowledge to work for a (8 )................ of their food problems .
They work (9)............... in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO) to help hungry nations (10)................more food.
PART 9: REWRITING (20ms)

Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first
1. “ You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” - said John.
John advised.......................................................................................
2. Although he took a taxis, Bill still arrived late for the concert .
Despite ................................................................................................................
3. “It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan ......................................................................................................................
4. Handicapped people find shopping in supermarkets difficult.
It is ........................................................................................................................
5. “You’d better go to the doctor if you’ve got a pain in your back, Anne”-
Henry said.
Henry suggested ...................................................................................................
6. “ Could I borrow five pounds from you, Jane ?”- asked Nick.
Nick asked Jane if ..............................................................................................
7. It isn’t necessary to book tickets for the show in advance.
You need ..........................................................................................................
8. Don’t you regret not learning to swim ?
Don’t you wish ....................................................................................................?
9. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.
Had ....................................................................................................................
10. They manage to finish the project in time for the presentation.
They succeeded ......................................................................................................
****THE END ***
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