Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete conversation.. Use the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.. Children learn their native language so
Trang 1Së GD&§T NghÖ An Kú thi chän häc sinh giái tØnh líp 9 THCS
N¨m häc 2010-2011
Môn thi: tiÕng anh - b¶ng B
(Đề thi gồm có 04 trang)
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
§iÓm b»ng sè:
§iÓm b»ng ch÷:
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1:
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1:
Sè ph¸ch
SECTION A: PHONETICS & SPEAKING
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (5 marks)
Your answers:
II Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete conversation The first one has been
done for you (10 marks)
A I don’t know but I’ll do anything I’m good with my hands and I’m a hard worker.
B I’m going to ask you some questions, OK? What kind of jobs have you had?
C Thank you very much.
D Why did you leave it?
E What did you do there?
F Next, please!
G I used to cut sheets of plastic.
H My family moved to this city at the beginning of this year and I need to change my job.
I The last five years, I worked in a plastic factory.
J What do you want to do here?
K Why don’t you fill out an application in the office It looks like we’re going to have an opening next week I’ll call you Your answers:
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
III Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D (10 marks)
1 The house was very small they enjoyed living there.
2 I’m really angry with her She is always so to me.
3 I don’t know many people in the neighborhood I wish that I more people.
4 It’s so hot today Let’s go out for a drink, ?
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6 I don’t remember this machine Can you show me how?
7 Susan was very pleased the birthday present her father gave her.
8 He’s a drinker and can nearly always be found in the hotel bar.
9 The novels by Mark Twain attract a lot of children.
Paul: .
Your answers:
IV Use the correct form of verbs in the brackets (10 marks)
1 The children (1 make) a lot of noise now I (2 be) afraid that they (3 wake up)
my father, who (4 sleep) in the next room.
Nam: I (5 not see) him today.
Mary: I (6 dance) at my friend’s party.
4 Na's brother (7 buy) this English book for her two weeks ago She (8 like) it very much.
5 He asked me (9 clean) these windows.
6 We (10 learn) English since we were in grade 6.
Your answers:
V There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it (8 marks)
1 During The Second World War, almost a third of a million people was killed.
2 Their father often takes them to the park for pleasure in Sunday mornings.
3 He is the only person which helped me a lot when I lived in Ky Son.
4 Life in the city is often noisy than in the country.
5 Lucky, Nga still had enough time to finish her test.
6 It is very interesting learning English.
7 The homeworks that your teacher assigned is due on Tuesday unless you have made prior
arrangements to turn it in late.
8 Mr Brown isn’t in his own car, he is driving someone else car.
Your answers:
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the shrine of a Vietnamese hero.
Your answers:
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
VII Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D (5 marks)
Parents send their children to school to prepare for the time when they grow up Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country They learn foreign languages in order
to benefit from other countries’ heritage The more foreign languages they learn, the more benefits they get Children also learn math to calculate, geography to know about nature, and history to know about human beings and historical events Nearly everything they study at school has some practical uses in their life.
1 Parents send their children to school to .
2 Why do children have to learn their native language?
A To learn foreign languages.
B To communicate fluently with other people around them.
C To benefit from foreign countries’ heritage.
D To know about nature.
3 According to the passage, children learn history to know about .
4 How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?
5 Most of the things children learn at school .
Your answers:
SECTION D: WRITING
VIII Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one (10 marks)
1 The match couldn’t start because of the heavy snow.
The heavy snow
2 My mother was a worker in a factory when she was young.
My mother used
3 You can improve your English by practicing speaking every day.
If
4 It was such an interesting novel that I read it again and again.
The novel
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6 "Is Phong Nha cave in Quang Binh province?”, Jane said to her friend.
Jane asked
7 Hung’s friends gave him a lot of gifts on his last birthday Hung
8 He started working as an actor ten years ago He has
9.It often took my mom half an hour to get to work by underground every morning last month My mom spent
10 Couldn’t you take a bus to the station this morning? Wasn’t ?
IX Composition (14 marks) “Do you like living in the city or in the country? Why?” Write a composition to express your idea on this (You should write within 150 – 180 words)
THE END
Trang 5Sở Gd&Đt Nghệ an Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 9 THCS
Năm học: 2010 - 2011
đáp án đề chính thức
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Bảng B
SECTION A: PHONETICS & SPEAKING
I Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (5*1 = 5 marks)
II Rearrangethefollowingsentencestomakea completeconversation.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyou.(10*1=10 marks)
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
III Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D (10*1 = 10 marks )
IV Use the verbs in the brackets in their proper tenses (10*1 = 10 marks)
V There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it (8*1=8 marks)
VI Use the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.(8*1=8 marks)
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
VII Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D: (5*1 = 5 marks )
SECTION D: WRITING
VIII Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one (10*1 = 10 marks)
1 The heavy snow prevented / stopped the match from starting.
2 My mother used to work / to be a worker in a factory when she was young.
3 If you practice speaking English every day, you can improve it
4 The novel was so interesting that I read it again and again.
5 Would you mind not asking me such silly questions?
6 Jane asked her friend if / whether Phong Nha cave was in Quang Binh province.
7 Hung was given a lot of gifts on his last birthday.
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9 My mom spent half an hour getting to work by underground every morning last month.
10 Wasn’t it possible for you to take a bus to the station this morning?
IX Composition: (14 marks )
Total: 80/4 = 20 marks