PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC BÙ GIA MẬP
TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TRƯỜNG
Năm học 2009-2010 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 90 phút . (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề này có 04 trang
(Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi)
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I. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
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?
6. A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence
7. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
8. A. normal B. order C. oven D. origin
9. A. honesty B. hair C. honor D. hour
10. A. sugar B. steam C. press D. waste
III. Give the correect tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If the flood…………….. ( not happen) last month, the crop………………. ( be) better now.
2. Our classmates couldn’t help …………( laugh) when they ……………..( hear) the teacher’s funny story.
3. This kitchen roof needs…………… ( repair) before the rainy season…………… (come).
4. Don’t try to phone me. By the time you………..… ( receive) this letter, I …………... ( leave) for China.
5. Suddenly………………… ( feel) hungry, she stopped ………………...( buy) a bar of chocolate.
6…………………. ( Write) the letter, she …………………( start) doing her homework.
7. She …………..…..( come) at 8: am, at which time Tom ……………..( water) the flowers in the garden.
8. Mark…………….... ( drive) for 3 hours, and he ………….………..( cover) 120 kilometers.
9. John wishes he………………….….. ( be) the first ………………….( be offered) the job.
10………………….… ( Not know) where……………….. ( go), I asked a policeman the way.
11.I (work) ___________ very hard lately.
12.My teacher was not at home when I arrived. She (just go) ___________out.
13.It is essential that he _________(be) here on time
14. He intends __________( help) his mother to clean the house tomorrow.
15.Mozart ____________( write) more than 500 pieces of music.
IV) Choose and circle the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence
1. Cattle and sheep are grazing in the ................
A. rivers B. meadows C. bridges D. fields
2. They have some ......... students for the program.
A. to exchange B. exchanging C. exchange D. exchanged
3. They often go to that .............. to pray.
A. shrine B. market C. hostel D. hotel
4. Are you a stamp.............
A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collect
5. He is considered one of the greatest ........... of the country.
A. heroin B. heroes C. heroic D. heroines
6. She .......... to the theater by the Greens.
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A. is often take B. is often taken C. is often took D. is often taking
7. My car .......... yesterday.
A. has been repaired B. can be repaired C. is repaired D. was repaired
8. ......... your house .......... next year ?
A. Will / be rebuilt B. is / rebuilt C. was / rebuiltD. has / been rebuilt
9. Can this car ................... ?
A. repaired B. repaired C. repairing D. be repaired
10. Must this test .................. on time ?
A. be finishing B. finish C. be finished D. be finish
11. Water can’t ................... here.
A. be found B. be finding C. be find D. be finded
12. He used to ............ to school by his mother.
A. take B. be take C. taking D. be taken
13. ........... English ........... all over the world ?
A. Is / learnt B. Is learn C. has / learnt D. was / learnt
14. My car .............. yet.
A. isn’t repaired B. wasn’t repaired
C. hasn’t been repaired D. won’t be repaired
15. I .................. to her party last night.
A. invite B. invited C. was invite D. was invited
16. It’s time we ................. the bus.
A. catch B. catching C. caught D. to catch
17. They wish they ..................... a new house.
A. had B. have C. will have D. would have
18. Vietnamese women usually wear the Ao dai ............ on important celebrations.
A. special B. specially C. especial D. especially
19. young people are fond of ................ jeans.
A. to wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn
20. Some designers have ........... the Aodai by printing lines of poetry on it.
A. modernize B. modernized C. modern D. modernly
21. She ........... to the national theater by the Greens last night.
A. took B. is taken C. takes D. was taken
22. He .......... with his friends in an apartment in Hue since last week.
A. has lived B. living C. lives D. lived
23. We haven’t kept in touch with each other ....................
A. since 6 months B. for 6 months C. 6 months ago D. over 6 months
24. This test must be done ............
A. care B. careful C. carefully D. none is correct
25. Floews ................. love.
A. symbol B. symbolize C. symbolizes D. symbolization
26. The weather is nice. Shall we ............ mountains this morning ?
A. come B. climb C. travel D. go
27. There is a small bamboo.............. at the entrance to the village.
A. forestation B. forestry C. forest D. forest ranger
28. Getting to the village is a very ............ journey.
A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting
29. My village lies near the ........ of the mountain and by the river.
A. foot B. feet C. legs D. leg
30. What do you think about his ........ of coins ?
A. collector B. collective C. collect D. collection
31. We often go for a walk ....... the weekend.
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A. to B. on C. for D. with
32. My village is about 100 kilometers .......... the south of HCM City.
A. with B. at C. for D. to
33. There is a shrine .......... the top of the mountain near my uncle’s house.
A. in B. from C. at D. on
34. We will go ......... a picnic next week.
A. at B. on C. in D. to
35. They will come here ............. 11:30 AM
A. between B. at C. for D. in
36. She has come here .............. yesterday.
A. since B. for C. on D. X
37. There is a meeting .............. 9.00AM and 2.00 PM
A. till B. at C. on D. between
38. She took many pictures to show the trip ...... her parents.
A. for B. with C. to D. of
39. He was born ......... 15
th
January.
A. on B. at C. in D. of
40. We have lived in Hanoi .............. 4 years.
A. since B. for C. at D. in
41. Hurry up, there’s …… time left.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
42. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
43. The clerk said she was tired …… hearing complaints day after day.
A. with B. of C. about D. for
44. You and I are busy right now, ……?
A. aren’t I B. aren’t we C. we aren’t D. aren’t you
45. We arrived …… to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early B. early enough C. too early D. early too
46. “What are you doing?”
“I …… the flowers. They …… wonderful!”
A. am smelling / smell B. smell / smell
C. am smelling / are smelling D. smell / are smelling
47. Do you know _________ ?
A. who how many people go on Sundays to church B. who go to church on Sundays how many people
C. how many people who go on Sundays to church D. how many people who go to church on Sundays
48. We watch the cat ________ the tree.
A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing
49. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come
50. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
V. Choose the sentences that has the same meaning as the root ones
1. They use cars and trucks to carry food to market.
A. Cars and trucks are used to carrying food to market. B. Cars and trucks are used to carry food to market.
C. Cars and trucks are use to carry food to market. D. Cars and trucks are used to carried food to market.
2. We will meet him at the station.
A. He will be met at the station. B. He will meet at the station.
C. He will be met at the station. D. He will be meeted at the station.
3. How long have they done their work ?
A. How long have their work been done ? B. How long has their work be done ?
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C. How long has their work been done ? D. How long have their work done ?
4. No one could help him.
A. He could be helped by no one. B. He couldn’t be helped by no one.
C. He couldn’t helped . D. He couldn’t be helped .
5. The gate is painted once a year.
A. They paint the gate once a year. B. They painted the gate once a year.
C. They are painting the gate once a year. D. They will paint the gate once a year.
6. Food can’t be sold on the sidewalk.
A. They can’t sold food on the sidewalk. B. They can’t be sold food on the sidewalk.
C. They can’t sell food on the sidewalk. D. They can sell food on the sidewalk.
7. The flowers shouldn’t be cut in this garden.
A. You shouldn’t be cut the flowers in this garden.
B. The flowers shouldn’t cutting the flowers in this garden.
C. The flowers shouldn’t cut the flowers in this garden.
D. You shouldn’t cut the flowers in this garden.
8. When was this car bought ?
A. When do they buy this car ? B. When did they bought this car ?
C. When did they buy this car ? D. When are they bought this car ?
9. Why isn’t she taken to the cinema with them ?
A. Why don’t they taken her to the cinema with them ? B. Why doesn’t she take to the cinema with them ?
C. Why doesn’t she take them to the cinema ? D. Why don’t they take her to the cinema with them ?
10. Who was she invited to the party by ?
A. Who invited her to the party by ? B. Who invited her to the party ?
C. Whom invites her to the party ? D. Whom invited her to the party ?
VI. Read the following passage below and choose one correct answer to each of the questions that follow.
In the 1960s, the Beatles were _______(1) the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there
have been a great_______ (2) groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to
imagine_______ (3) sensational the Beatles were at the time. They were four boys from the north of England
and none of them had any_______ (4) in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black
Americans and they had _______ ( 5) 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_______ (6) great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it
became_______ (7) for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long_______
(8). 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_______ (9) were so excited that they surrounded them and
tried to take their clothes as_______ (10)! 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. A. accidentally B. may be C.possibly D. probably ____________
2. A. number B. deal C. many D. amount ____________
3. A. what B. how C. how much D. however ____________
4. A. training B. gift C. practice D. skill ___________
5. A. little B. many C. a D. some ___________
6. A. gain B. win C. achieve D. obtain ___________
7. A. routine B. popular C. habitual D. common ___________
8. A. job B. profession C. carrer D. occupation ___________
9. A. fans B. supporters C. lovers D. worshippers ___________
10. A. memories B. symbols C. reminders D. souvenirs ___________
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