Choose the word or phrase a, b, c, or d which best completes each sentence.. Many people think so, and go to the country 2 .... The village is clean - people 4 ____ it and don’t throw th
Trang 1UBND HUYỆN TRẦN VĂN THỜI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2010 -2011
Ngày thi : 09 - 01 - 2011
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Giám khảo 2:
Mã phách:
A GRAMMAR
I Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) which best completes each sentence Circle the letter you choose (3.0m)
1) Please ask them in this area
a) don’t smoke b) not smoking c) to not smoke d) not to smoke
2) Come and badminton, Nam!
3) Timson 13 films and I think her latest is the best
4) My birthday is February 2nd
5) You should learn your lesson
a) careful b) carefully c) careless d) carelessly
6) “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”
“I heard it was ”
a) excited b) exciting c) exciteful d) an excitement
7) “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”
“Maybe we’d better him.”
a) call b) be calling to c) to call d) will call
8) I said “Happy Birthday” before Lan a present
9) Tam last night when the telephone
c) was sleeping - rang d) was sleeping-was ringing
10) It’s very crowded here I wish
a) there were a few people b) there weren’t so many people
c) there is no one d) there was somebody here
11) Quiet, please The headmaster would like to a few words
12 Maria’s English is excellent She speaks English
a) very perfect b) perfective c) perfectively d) perfectly
II Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after each sentence so that they can make the sentences meaningful (2.0m)
1 My ……… television programs is cartoon (favor)
2 Life is more now (comfort)
Trang 23 Would you like to go (swim)
4 He speaks French very (good)
5 Life in the city is from life in the country (difference)
6 Lan has a ……… of many lovely dolls (collect)
7 Meat is not a food if we know how much to eat (health)
8 You should go to a doctor and have a thorough ……… (examine)
III Identify the words or phrase (A, B, C or D that must be changed for the sentence to be correct Circle the letter you choose (1.5m)
1 I discovered something interestingly in the store so I got in to buy it
A B C D
2 Would you mind help me solve these mathematics problems? I can hardly
A B C
understand how to do them
D
3 She was having dinner when a man was coming and giving her a present
A B C D
4 Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered
A B C D
5 After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister
A B C D
6 The phone rung while I was washing the dishes
A B C D
IV From each number, pich out one word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from the others (1.5m)
B READING
I Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (2.5m)
The country is (1) beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in Many people think so, and go to the country (2) the summer holiday though they can't live (3) all the year round Some have cottage built in a village (4) that they can go there whenever they (5) find the time
English villages are not alike, but (6) some ways they are not very different from (7) other Almost every village (8) a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) seen from many miles around Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10) people are buried
Trang 3II Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space (2.5m)
I live in a small village (1) Henfield - there are about 500 people here I love it because it is (2) and life is slow and easy You never (3) queue in shops or banks The village is clean - people (4) it and don’t throw their rubbish in the streets The air is also (5) because there’s not much heavy traffic It’s much more (6) here than in a city Everyone knows everyone and (7) someone has problem, there are always people who can help There are (8) things I don’t like about Henfield One thing is that there is not much (9) in the evening - we haven’t got any cinemas or theaters Another problem is that people always talk about (10) and everyone knows what everyone else is doing But I still prefer village life to life in a big city./
6 A friendly B unfriendly C boring D uninteresting
10 A another B every one C each other D any one
III Read the passage and answer the questions below (2ms):
A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays and the various towns try
to organize entertainment for them
In one seaside holiday town in the South of England, arrangements were made for a bank to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week Unfortunenately, it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience because, though the bank was under cover, the audiences were not
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and asked whether he had a special request “yes, I have,” said the man, “please finish as soon as you can I’m the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home”
A) Choose the best answer (2ms)
1) What was the weather like when the band first performed?
C – It was stormy D – It was sunny
2) The band performed
A – In the park B – In a large theatre
C – On the beach D – In the middle of the room
Trang 43) Who was the man the conductor talked to?
A – He was a musician B – He was the keeper of the park
C – He was a person who liked music much
D – He was a beggar
4) The band
A – Performed in an hour B – Did not play well so nobody liked it
C – Couldn’t perform because they were wet
D – Had to lock the gates after the performance
C WRITING
I.Complete the following sentences, using words given (2.5m)
1 Look ! / sun / set / mountains
………
2 In my life/ I / never be/ Pac Bo Cave
………
3 My uncle/ give up/ smoke / one year
………
4 She/ say / enjoy / Vietnamese food / much
………
5 He/ learn / English / two years now
………
II Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (2.5m)
1) Ten years ago we started working together
We have ……… 2) Please do not make noise in this area
Customers are requested ……… ……… 3) Can you look after my cat while I’m on holiday ?
Can you ……… …… 4) He wanted to relax, so he took up Yoga
He took up Yoga in………… ……… ……… 5) It was my grandfather who bought the house many years ago
The house ……… ……… 6) Life in urban areas is less healthy than life in rural areas
Life in rural areas is ……… ……… ……… 7) It was so late that nothing could be done
It was too ……… ……… 8) Her presence made him feel better
He felt ……… ……… 9) As a school boy, he often played badminton in the school team
He used ……… ……… ……… 10)” How can I play the guitar ? “ asked the boy
The boy wanted to know ……….……… ……
The end …
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A GRAMMAR
I (3.0m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
II (2.0m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
III (1.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
IV (1.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
B READING
I (2.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1 more 2 for 3 there 4 so 5 can
6 in 7 each 8 has 9 be 10 where
II (2.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1 C called
2 B quiet
3 D have to
4 A look after
5 C clean
6 A friendly
7 A if
8 D some
9 D things
10 A another
III.
1)
B – It was rainy
2)
A – In the park
3)
B – He was the keeper of the park
4)
A – Performed in an hour
Trang 6C WRITING
I (1.25m, 0.25 m for each correct answer )
1 Look! The sun is setting behind the moutains
2 In my life I have never been to Pac Bo Cave
3 My uncle has given up smoking for one year
4 She said she enjoyed Vietnamese food very much
5 He has been learning English for two years now
(He has learnt English for two years now)
II (2.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1/ We have worked together for ten years
2/ Customers are requested not to make noise in this area
3/ Can you take care of my cat while I’m on holiday?
4/ He took up Yoga in order to relax
5/ The house was bought by my grandfather many years ago
6/ Life in rural areas is healthier than life in urban areas
7/ It was too late to do anything / It was too late for anything to be done 8/ He felt better because of her presence
9/ He used to play badminton in the school team when he was a school boy 10) The boy wanted to know how he could play the guitar
The end …
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Số báo danh: ………
Học sinh trường:………
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Chữ kí Giám thị 1: ………
Chữ kí Giám thị 2: ………
Mã phách Họ và tên thí sinh: ………
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Số báo danh: ………
Học sinh trường:………
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Chữ kí Giám thị 1: ………
Chữ kí Giám thị 2: ………
Mã phách Họ và tên thí sinh: ………
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Học sinh trường:………
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Chữ kí Giám thị 1: ………
Chữ kí Giám thị 2: ………
Mã phách Họ và tên thí sinh: ………
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Số báo danh: ………
Học sinh trường:………
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Chữ kí Giám thị 1: ………
Chữ kí Giám thị 2: ………
Mã phách Họ và tên thí sinh: ………
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Số báo danh: ………
Học sinh trường:………
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Chữ kí Giám thị 1: ………
Chữ kí Giám thị 2: ………
Mã phách