For example, they may dress up to look like an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history.. In some places, children go to school in their Halloween costumes.[r]
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NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
( Đề có 03 trang – học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi)
A - PRONUNCIATION
I Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.25 pts)
3 A accurate B accept C accident D success
4 A weight B height C eight D neighbor
II Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of the other words (1.25 pts)
2 A cinema B telephone C department D restaurant
5 A computer B accurate C instruction D invention
B - VOCAULARY AND STRUTURES
III Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (2.5pts)
1 I can’t see much …… … between him and his father
2 They have no money, we have some
3 Don’t spend your money Save it!
A waste B wastefully C wasteful D to waste
4 They have been pen pals and……… at least once every week
5 I can’t read because the ………of the computer is too dark
6 The computer doesn’t work because you haven’t………
A put it in B plugged it in C printed it in D monitored it in
7 All the information found in a library is now ……… in a computer
8 Nguyen Du is considered a famous Vietnamese ………
9 There is nobody in the dining-room The dining-room is ………
10 After the clothes………, we can wear them to your birthday party
đề chính thức
Trang 2IV Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting: (2.5pts)
1 Despite of the rain, the stadium was full of spectators
A B C D
2 Nam writing a letter in the library at the moment
A B C D
3 All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words on sentences
A B C D
4 They turn on a radio to listen to some news
A B C D
5 My grandmother never misses any weather forecast in television
6 Did your mother use to cook dinner of your family?
A B C D
7 He never like reading books in his free time
A B C D
8 These dictionaries are all too expensive for we to buy at this time
A B C D
9 When he was a little boy, he is used to go swimming in the river with me
A B C D
10 We were surprised to the results of the test
A B C D
V Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence (2.5 pts)
1 Alice had a ……… … day at work and went to bed early (tire)
2 Food and clothing are of life (necessary)
4 She sings very ……… (beautiful).
5 We like the beauty of the village and the of the people (friend)
6 The tour guide always tries to make his guests feel (comfort)
7 English is at my school (compel)
8 We must make a ……… about where to go (decide)
9 His sudden ……… must be a shock to his family (die)
10 It was an ……… day (enjoy).
VI Use the correct tense or form of the verbs (2.5pts)
1 I (not eat) ……… anything for two days
2 She can't speak English without (make)……… mistakes.
3 I wish Ba (not, sit) next to me He’s annoying.
4 Tom isn't here He just (go) out for a few minutes.
5 Did she agree (go) camping with you?
6 Mary advised Peter (give) up smoking.
7 There used (be) a photocopy store near my house, but it closed last Sunday.
8 What are you doing tonight? – I (go) ……… …… to the amusement center
Trang 39 My father told me (not stay) ……….up too late.
10 Would you mind (look) ……… after the house while I’m away?
C - READING
VII Choose the option ( A or B,C,D) that best completes the passage below: ( 1.5 pts)
My village is about 50 Kilometers from the city center It is a very beautiful and _(1) place where people _(2) flowers and vegetables only It’s very famous for it’s pretty roses and picturesque scenes The air is quite (3) ; however, the smell of the roses make people _(4) cool In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of _(5) Tourists come to visit it so often Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the _(6) much time to water roses And even at night people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers
1 A polluted B busy C peaceful D noisy
6 A city-dwellers B villagers C workers D commuters
VIII Read the passage and do the tasks that followed.
In Canada and the United States, one of the most popular days in the year is Halloween Halloween is on October 31st It is a day when some people dress up in strange
or unusual costumes For example, they may dress up to look like an animal, a person from
a book or movie or a famous person from history In some places, children go to school in their Halloween costumes After dark, many young children put on their costumes and visit their neighbors They knock on the door and shout “Trick or treat!” Then the neighbor gives them some candy, and the children go on to the next house Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween There are usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or most unusual costumes
a Decide whether the statements are true (T) or False (F) (1.0pts)
1 Halloween is only celebrated in the United States …………
4 When the children visit their neighbors, they are given something to eat …………
b Answer these questions (1.5pts)
1 When is Halloween celebrated?
2 What do people look like on Halloween?
3 What are there on Halloween evening?
D WRITING
IX Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (2.5pts)
1 My shoes are being polished at the moment
I am ………… .
2 I don’t like living in such a small house
I really wish
Trang 43 I last saw Lan when I was twenty years old.
I haven’t
4 She’d rather learn English than literature
She prefers
5 If you hadn’t helped me, I shouldn’t have been able to find my way
Without ………
6 It is said that the man escaped in a stolen car
The man………
7 If you want to keep fit, you must play sports
Unless
8 He has been collecting stamps for five years
He started
9 They’ve been living here for six years now
They moved .
10 The exam question was so easy that all the students got it right
It was such
X Write a paragraph of 100-150 words support the argument that secondary school
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END -ĐÁP ÁN - HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM.
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
M«n: TiÕng Anh Lớp 9
I) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
II) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
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IV) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
V) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
1- tiring 2- necessities 3-industrial 4-beautifully 5-friendliness
VI) Mỗi câu đúng 0.5đ
1 haven’t eaten 2 making 3 didn’t sit 4 has just gone 5 to go
VII) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
1- C peaceful 2- B grow 3- D fresh 4- A feel 5- D colors 6- B villagers
VIII) a) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
b) Mỗi câu đúng 0,5đ
1 It (Halloween) is celebrated on October 31 st
2 They look like an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history.
3 There are usually Halloween parties in the evening (and usually there is a prize for the best or most unusual costumes).
IX) Mỗi câu đúng 0,25đ
1 I am having my shoes polished at the moment.
2 I really wished I had a bigger house to live in.
3 I haven’t seen Lan since I was twenty years old.
4 She prefers English to literature
5 Without your help, I shouldn’t have been able to find my way.
6 The man is said to have escaped in a stolen car.
7 Unless you play sports, you can’t keep fit.
8 He started collecting stamps five years ago.
9 They moved here six years ago.
10 It was such an easy exam question that all the students got it.
Đúng từ, chính tả 0,25đ
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