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Question 4: Select the underlined word or phrase that is not acceptable2 points.. When I returned I found that they towed my car away.[r]

đề kiểm tra học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp HUYệN

năm học 2012-2013

Môn: Tiếng Anh

(Thời gian: 150 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)

A pronunciation (2 points).

Question 1: Circle the word that the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1 A washed B considered C booked D hoped

2 A go B game C give D large

3 A given B risen C whiten D ridden

4 A blood B tool C noon D spoon

5 A watching B matches C kitchen D machine

6 A meal B bread C meat D reason

7 A beds B doors C students D plays

8 A cough B although C rough D laugh

9 A days B ways C says D plays

10 A banyan tree B entrance C paddy D bamboo

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (10 points).

Question 2: Choose the word or phrase to complete the sentence: (2 points).

1 The smaller the room is, the………furniture it needs

A fewer B smaller C more D less

2 How can I know………book is yours? They are so alike

A what B which C this D the

3 The secretary to……… I talked didn’t know where the meeting was

A which B who C that D whom

4 Nobody knows what the……….of the explosion was

A source B cause C reaction D reason

5 It looks……….it’s going to rain

A as B as like C as if D if

6 Babies have to learn how to………before they can walk

A crawl B creep C strike D stroll

7 What are the main………of this illness?

A traces B symptoms C emblems D tokens

8 My sister is very…………of spiders

A terror B terrify C terrified D terrifying

9 Stop now, you 've done……… work for one day

A too many B plenty C quite more D quite enough

10 If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a…………

A fare B tip C fee D commission

Question 3: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets (2 points).

1 I’d rather you (not wear)……….jeans to the office

2 When I first (come)……….to this village, it was a quiet place.But since then population (double)…….and a lot of leisure facilities (build)………

3 The teller was made (lie)…………down on the floor

4 The money (steal)………in the robbery was never found

5 This building (be)…… finished by the end of 2015

6 Can’t you see that I’m busy (write)……….?

7 There’s nothing (do)……… about it now, except tell the police the truth.

8 My boss is angry with me I didn’t do all the work that I (do)………last week

Question 4: Select the underlined word or phrase that is not acceptable(2 points)

1 When I returned I found that they towed my car away

A B C D

2 It was important that we should be on time at the meeting tonight

A B C D

3 I have three brothers, all of them are businessman

A B C D

4 I had to drive to the factory to pick up my brother, who’s car wouldn’t start

A B C D

5 Though my house was cheaper than Jane’s, it is bigger and the more attractive

A B C D

6 It was not easy for us getting tickets for the concert

A B C D

7 They asked me a lot of questions, most of that I couldn’t answer well

A B C D

8 The house had been broken into but nothing were missing

A B C D

9 Bob wasn’t out of his house since he was given a computer

A B C D

10 He spoke a few English, so we were able to communicate with him

A B C D

Question 5: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets (2 points).

a- Fill each blank with correct form of the word given in capital letters.

1 He was ……… when he did the test badly HOPE

2 We started our trip on a beautiful ……… morning SUN

3 I enjoyed the book very much, because it was so ……… READ

4 What time do you ……… start work ? USE

5 I really don’t think he has the ……… to do this job ABLE

6 He was very …… of the work he had done PRIDE

10 She has one of the biggest ……… in Britain COLLECT

Question 6: Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition: (2 points).

1 Lan’s alarm clock didn’t go……….this morning, so she got up late

2 She was laid…….for weeks………a slipped disk

3.Don’t make up your mind at once, talk……….with your lawyer first

4 There is no cure……… baldness except a wig

5 He grew……… a very good player

6 That tie doesn’t go……… that suit

7 Get……….the bus at Third Street and get…………at Broadway

8 He looked down……… his less fortunate neighbors

C READING (4 points).

Question 7 : Put ONE suitable word in each space(2 points)

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong, who (1) born in 1990 and (2) in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician He used to be known as “ Satchmo” and this nickname

stayed with him all his (3) As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to

(4) the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who (5) got into trouble with the police When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) .various bands and then he formed his own Between 1925 (7) .1928 he made about 60 records These records made him one (8) the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) When he died, he had (10) making records and he had been touring all over the (11) .for more than forty years, and he (12) just as popular (13) he had been before He even (14) a number one

pop record - What A Wonderful World – (15) the 1960s

Question 8: Read the passage; Then choose the best answers (2 points).

Smith did not explain the large (1) he had shown in Magnan but sat thinking

(2) some minutes and then began to talk (3) something else About ten that evening I met Smith and he asked me up to his room (4) coffee (5) room looked nice with comfortable chairs We talked a little and then he (6) me his story " A long time (7) I was young artist and came to France where I was traveling from place to place making sketches One day, I met two French artists (8) were also moving from place to place making sketches and I joined them We were as happy (9) we were or as poor as we were happy, as you like it." "Claude and Carl-these are the names of those boys-were always in good spirits and laughed at poverty We were very poor We lived (10) the money which we got from time to time for our sketches "

1 A interest B to interest C interested D interesting 2 A at B of C for D up 3 A in B about C for D as 4 A drink B to drink C drinking D drank 5 A Þ B ¢ C An D The 6 A told B said C spoke D asked 7 A next B up C ago D before 8 A why B whom C whose D who 9 A as B more C than D less 10 A about B in C against D on D WRITING (4 points). Question 9: Rewrite these sentences (2 points). 1 Someone is using the computer at the moment

-> The computer ……… ……… ………

2 “Do you grow your own vegetables?” I asked

-> I asked the farmer ……… ……… ……

3 Mary was wearing the red dress It was made in France

-> Mary was wearing the red dress ……… ………

4 We went out to the beach in spite of the heavy rain

-> Although ……… ……… ………

5 They haven’t played tennis for almost 5 years => They stopped ………

6 I’m sorry that I didn’t finish my homework last night => I wish………

7 He wants people to call him Sir => He wants ………

8 He doesn’t take any exercise; that is why he is so unhealthy => If he ………

9 All his suits were made in Paris => He had ………

10 When did you start learning English? => How long ………?

Question 10: Write a short passage (150-170 words) about our environment (2 points). You should write about the real situation, the pollution and the causes of pollution and what we should do to protect our environment Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience to support your arguments.

đáp án đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp trờng

năm học 2012-2013

M«n thi: TiÕng Anh

-Tæng ®iÓm : 20 ®iÓm

Question 1: Circle the word that the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others (1pt)

1.B 2 D 3.C 4.A 5.D 6 B 7 C 8.B 9 D 10 B

Question 2: (10 points)

1.D 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A

Question 3: (1point)

1.didn’t wear 5.will have been

2.came/ has doubled/ have been built 6.writing

3.to lie 7.to be done

4.stolen 8.should/must have done

Question 4 Select the underlined word or phrase that is not acceptable.( 1pt)

1 C - had towed 2 A - is 3 D- businessmen 4 D- whose car 5 D- more

6 C – to get 7 C - them 8 D - was 9 A -hasn’t been 10 A – a little

Question 5: ( 1point)

1 hopeless 2 sunny 3 readable 4 usually 5 ability

6 proud 7 enjoyable 8 friendship 9 carelessly 10 collections

Question 6: (1point)

1 off 5 into

2 up / with 6 with

3 over 7 on / off

4 for 8 upon

Question 7

1 was 2 died 3 life 4 play 5 had

6 joined/attended 7 and 8 of 9 music 10 been

11 world 12 was 13 as 14 had 15 in

Question 8

Question 9 :

1 The computer is being used at the moment

2 I asked a farmer if he grew his own vegetables

3 Mary was wearing the red dress which was made in France / made in France

4 Although it rained heavily, we went out to the beach

5 They stopped playing tennis about 5 years ago

6 I wish I had finished my homework last night

7 He wants to be called Sir

8 If he took some exercises, he wouldn’t be so unhealthy

9 He had all his suits made in Paris

10 How long have you learnt English ?

Question 10 - Không hạn chế về thể loại; Không lệch quá 10% về số lượng từ.

- Thí sinh có thể viết theo những cách khác nhưng câu phải đúng ngữ pháp; có nghĩa phù hợp với chủ đề

- Bài viết gồm 4 phần

1 Môi trường là gì? Quan điểm của cá nhân về môi trường: 0,5 đ

2 Thực trạng: 0,5 đ

3 Nguyên nhân: 0,5 đ

4 Giải pháp, những việc làm để bảo vệ môi trường của mọi người, của học sinh: 0,5 đ

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