De trhi HSG 2009

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§Ị thi häc sinh giái cÊp tØnh năm học 2009-2010

Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

Thêi gian : 90 phót lµm bµi

PART I: PHONETICS

Exercise 1: Choose 1 word whose underlined part is pronouced differently from the 
others.

1/ a; age
2/ a; surround
3/ a; mingling
4/ a; abroad
5/ a; accompany

b; altogether
b; destroy
b; simplicity
b; coat
b; occur

c; change
c; increase

c; variety
c; float
c; accident

d; college
d; preserve
d; difficult

d; road

d; occasionally

1/………… 2/ …………. 3/ …………. 4/ ………….. 5/ ………..

Exercise 2: How may ways of pronunciation of the underlined parts in each line.
6/ sure , season , sometime , sea , stop
7/ govement , whole , forest , open , reasonable
8/ treatment, disease , overeating , heating , reading
9/ pollution , alcohol , doctor , ordinary , ghost
10/ mankind , woman, cancer , man , decaying
6/………… 7/ …………. 8/ …………. 9/ ………….. 10/ ………..

PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Use the correct form of the verbs in blankets
a/ I (11.listen) to you for the past half an hour, but I’m afraid I (12. not understand) a word.
b/ In Britain, the weather is very varied. People never (13. know) what it (14. be) like the
next day.
c/ “Do you still have a headache?” “No, it (15. go) away. I’m all right now.”
d/ We decided noyt to go out because it (16. rain) pretty hard. .
e/ You (17. hear) of Agatha Christie?
She (18. be) a writer who died in 1976. She (19. write) more than seventy detective
novels. You (20. read) any of them?
11/ ………. 16/ ………..

12/ ………. 17/ ………..

13/ ………. 18/ ………..

14/ ………. 19/ ………..

15/ ………. 20/ ……….

Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions.
21/ Marry felt quite cold but Peter insited ……… having the window open.
22/ What happened ………….. the money I lent you? What did you spend it on?
23/ You must go ………. the bridge to get to the picnic grounds.
24/ Tam’s mother gave him a handkerchief with his name embroidered ………… ….. .. blue
thread.
25/ One ………….. five adults takes physical exercise at least once a week..
26/ In the last century many people headed West in the search ……… …….. . gold.
27/ After running up the stairs. I was quite ………. of breath.
28/ On Wednesday, the candidate dilivered his speech ………. thousands of cheering
voters.
29/ Contrary to my expectations, they did not feel uneasy … ……... . the result of the match.
30/ The Prime Minister will be leaving ……… London on Friday.
21/………….. 23/ …………. 25/ …………. 27/ …………. 29/ ……….

22/ …………. 24/ ………….. 26/ …………. 28/ ………….. 30/ ……….

Exercise 3: Use the correct form of the words in the blankets to complete the sentences.
31/ We couldn’t go out because it rained ………….. . (cotinue)

32/ The profesor criticized his students both ……….and individually. (collect)

33/ His teacher found that she could do the …………..with no trouble at all. (calculate)

34/ After the war, many soldiers turned to live in ……… . (retire)

35/ There is a ………. fishing village in the Bay. (picture)

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37/ They are going to ……… some roads in this region. (large)

38/ Should we ……….. this envention. (public)

39/ This city provides many cutrural opportunities. It has an excellent art museum. ……….,
it has a fine symphony orchestra. (add)

40/ For me, job ………….. is more importance than the money. (satisfy)

31/ ………. 36/ ………..

32/ ………. 37/ ………..

33/ ………. 38/ ………..

34/ ………. 39/ ………..

35/ ………. 40/ ……….

Exercise 4: Choose the best answer.
41/ Because the vase is very fragile, It must be handled with ………
A; caring B; careful C; care D; carefully
42/ Flight six6teen from New York and Washington is now arriving at ………
A; gate three B; the gate three C; the three gate D; third gate
43/ Noise pollution generally receeives less attention than ……….. air pollution.
A; it does B; it does over C; over D; does
44/ Neither Mary nor her brothers ……….. a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A; need B; needs C; is needing D; has needed

45/ In some cultures, it’s polite to raise one’s hand to ………. attention.
A; find B; obtain C; attract D; hold
46/ The librarian told the students ………….. to find the book.
A; which B; where C; what D; who
47/ He could have helped us but it now appears that he’s had a change of ………
A; heart B; plan C; mind D; hand
48/ After letting the phone ring ……… times, the receptionist finally answered it.
A; few B; several C; some D; couple
49/ My neighbor is ……. photographer; let’s ask him for ……….. advice about colour film.
A; a / O B; the / the C; a / the D; the / an
50/ The old palace ……… we stayed during our honeymoon last year has been burnt.
A; that B; which C; when D; where
41/………….. 43/ …………. 45/ …………. 47/ …………. 49/ ……….

42/ …………. 44/ ………….. 46/ …………. 48/ ………….. 50/ ……….

PART III: READING COMPREHENSION
Exercise 1: There are ten mistakes in the passage. Find out and correct them.
In Britian there is a holiday now which people called Mother’s Day. In the old days
many girls from worked- class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in
the country work in rich houses. They had to do all the housework and their working day
was usually very long, they often worked on Sundays, too.
Once a year, it was usually on Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They
went home on that day and brought presents for their mothers and other members of their
families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went back tho their work.
People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering Sunday.
Later wokers at the factories and girls who workedin the houses of rich families
received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is the last
Sunday in March.
51/ ………. 56/ ………..

52/ ………. 57/ ………..

53/ ………. 58/ ………..

54/ ………. 59/ ………..

35/ ………. 60/ ……….

Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with one suitable word

Most people think of computers as, very modern inventions, products of our new
technological age. But actually the idea for a computer ………(61) worked out over
two centuries ago by a man ………(62) Charles Babbage.

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them. Over the years people have argued ……… ……. ..(66) his machines would ever work.

Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building …… …….. ..(67)

engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. ………… ……. (68) has taken six years to
complete and more ………..(69) four thousand parts have been specially made.
Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science
Museum ……… …. ..(70) remind people of Babbage’s work.
61/ ……….. 65/ ……… 69/ ……….

62/ ……….. 66/ ……… 70/ ……….

63/ ……….. 67/ ………

64/ ……….. 68/ ………

Exercise 3: Read the passage then do the tasks bellow.
Almost all our energy comes from oil, coal, and natural gas. We call them fossil
fuels. The earth’s fossil fuels are running out. What will happen when there is no oil, coal,
and gas on earth.
Scientists are trying to find and use other alternative sources of energy. We can use
energy from the sun, the wind, and the water.
Solar energy is unlimited. The supplies all the energy used to grow plants, to
evaporate water for rain, and to maintain the temprature of the planet. All are necessary for
human life. If we’re ableto collect solar energy, we’ll be sure have this abundant source of
power.
Another source of energy from the nature is the wind. Wind power is clean and
plentiful. Energy from the wind has been used for centuries to move ships, grind grain,
pump water and do other forms of work. In more recent times, wind has been used to
generate elctricity.
Water can also provide power. For a long time, people have used water to power
machines. Some early uses of water power were to mill grain, saw wood and power
machinery for the textile industry. Today water power is mostly used to generate electricity.
a) Complete the sentences using the words in the box. There are more words than needed.
A. rain B. create C. maintain D. the wind
E. sources F. sunlight G. fossil fuels H. alternative
71/ The text mentions four ……… sources of energy.
72/ Energy from ……… is limited, but energy from the sun is not.
73/ The result of water that evaporates is ………
74/ Solar power helps ……… our planet’s temperature.
75/ Plants can’t grow without ………..
71/………… 72/ …………. 73/ …………. 74/ ………….. 75/ ………..

b)Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

76/ We are asking the question “What will happen when there is no oil, coal, and gas on
earth? Because ………..

A. We are looking for other alternative sources of energy.
B. We are looking forward to seeing great changes.

C. We are now depending so much on oil, coal, and natural gas.

D. Other sources of energy can come from the sun, the wind, and the water.
77/ Which pair of words can be used alternatively?

A. the sun / the wind B. energy / power
C. rain / temprature D. plentiful / unlimited
78/ Centuries ago, people used the wind power to ………..

A. maintain the earth’s temperature B. grow plants

C. get water from underground D. generate electricity
79/ Up till now, water energy has been used for ………

A. similar purposes B. moving ships
C. the textile industry D. different purposes
80/ The word “abundant” in the tex probably means ………

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76/………… 77/ …………. 78/ …………. 79/ ………….. 80/ ………….

PART IV: WRITING

Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentences without their original meaning.
81/ She sings so well that she has been asked to make a record.

She is ……… ……… ………….. .. ..
82/ I’d prefer to stay at home rather than go to the circus.

I’d rather ………..
83/ Please do not interrupt me when I am making a report to the manager.

Would you ……….?

84/ I think that no body left the party before me.

I think that………..

85/ Because the English Channel seperates Britian and Europe, the country has not been
invaded since 1066.

Thanks to ………

………...

86/ “Well, in the end I think I’ll take the black pair,” said the customer.

The customer finally ……….
87/ When the goods arrived at the shop, they are inspected carefully.

On ………

88/ Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.

Despite ……….

89/ You shoul take the train instead of the bus.

If ………

90/ The flight to London lasted fourteen hours.

It took ……… …... .

Exercise 2: Build a complete sentence with the words given.

1/ We / start / learn / English / 3 years ago.

……….

2/ She / tired / do / same work / every day.

………

3/ The Amazon / the Nil / two / long / the world.

………

4/ I / borrow / a motorbike / my uncle / go / the theater / my neighbors.

………

5/ If / weather / bad / we / not / go away.

………

6/ Sister / sometime / forget / turn off / stove / when / finish / cook.

………

7/ If / I / be / you / not buy / that motorbike. / Because / old second-hand one.

………

8/ You / usually bored / read / long books?

………

9/ He / not drive / careful / as / used to.

………

10/ I / never forget / meet her / first time.

………

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De trhi HSG 2009

§Ị thi häc sinh giái cÊp tØnh năm học 2009-2010

<b>Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Lớp 9</b>

<b> Thêi gian : 90 phót lµm bµi </b>

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