Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề 13 - Phòng GD & ĐT Thủy Nguyên

UBND HUYỆN THUỶ NGUYÊN
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI 
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9
Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Question 1: Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Circle the letter you choose (10 pts)
1
 a. journey
b. mountain	
c. house
d. hour
2
a. collection
b. question
c. nation
d. inspiration
3
a. gather	
b. theater
c. earth
d. thanks
4
a. sightseer
b. hike
c. shrine
d. picnic
5
a. exchange
b. bank
c. hamburger
d. bamboo
Question 2 : Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given word in capital. 
(10 pts)
1. A child receives its early ________ at home.	 EDUCATE
2. Which is _________ movie or play?	INTEREST 
3. If you are a driver, remember to drive ________	CARE
4. My teacher found a lot of mistakes in my essay and told me to ______ it. WRITE
5. Traditional ________ are a good source of fun and entertainment. CELEBRATE
6. My tooth was really ______, so I went to see the dentist. PAIN
7. I’m afraid you aren’t suitably _______ for the job . QUALIFICATION
8. She has an ________ command of the language. IMPRESS
9. I watch the news everyday because it’s very ______ . IN FORM
10. I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of _____ to better my knowledge. COURAGE
Question 3:There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for you:( 10pts) Ex: looks → look
 Sally Ride, American’s first spacewoman, doesn’t looks very different from a lot of other American professional women. She is attracting with curly brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a bright smile. She like to dress simply: she wears comfortable but colorful clothes, like much people from California. But in 1983 Sally Ride became America's first woman astronaut. She was one of the five astronaut on the space shuttle Challenger, which completed a successful six-days voyage in space in June 1983. What makes a woman want to go in space?
 Sally Ride grows up in Los Angeles, California. Her father is a professor at Santa Monica College, and his mother is housewife. At Westlake High School for girls, she was both an excellent student but a tennis player.Today she still looks like a sportswoman. She is 1.6 meters tall, weighs 52 kilos, and very fit.While she was till a student, she became a very successful tennis player. She thought on becoming a professional sportswoman but she decided to continue with her studies at college, and later at university.
1. 	2. 	3. 	4. 	5. 
6. 	7. 	8. 	9. 	10. 
Question 4:Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has exactly the same meaning as the one printed before it. (20pts)
1. I’m really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party. 
=>I really wish ....................................................................................................
2. It was my breakfast time when Susan rang.
=> I was 
3. Bill and Peter are too young to ride motor-cycles.
=>Bill and Peter are not.
4. She couldn’t go to the movie theater because of her sickness.
=> As she ..
5. We have to test these products before exporting.
=> These .
6. My advice for you is to get there on time.
=> I’d rather ..
7. Neither Tim nor Mary can speak Portugese.
=> Both ..
8. Marco told me not to forget my tennis racket
=>Marco said: “”
 9. “Do you know where Tony is ? ”- I asked my brother.
 => I asked my brother ............................................................................................
10. The flood was so high that they had to live on the roofs.
=> It was such.............................................................................................
Question 5:Put the verbs in the brackets into the right form. ( 10 pts )
1. Don’t worry! She (be) in a few minutes.
2. She (sleep) for hours ! you must wake her up.
3. Tom (wash) his hands. He has just repaired the T.V set.
4. Don’t forget to bring my dictionary when you ( come) back tomorrow.
5. We would rather (stay) at home than go out on rainy days.
6.I’m sorry. I (not finish) this work yet.
7. I ( invite) to her party last weekend.
8. I’d rather we (have) more time together.
9. Is Lan used to (write) to Maryam?
10. It took Mary two hours (travel) to the countryside last week
Question 6: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (10 points)
 If you live in a city, you probably see many people, hear the (1)............of traffic, and smell the pollution (2).........cars and factories.
 We are entering a new time in (3) ......history of the world. Before this, most (4) ..... ..... were farmers. They lived in the country. Now many people are (5) .....the farms and moving into the cities. They are looking for better jobs. The cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very crowded. People are driving more cars, burning more fuel, (6).......more water, eating more food, making more garbage, and producing more things in factories than (7)..........before. Life is becoming difficult.
 Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They are building new roads, putting (8) .........new houses, looking for more water, and limiting growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities (9) ....... than cities can take them. The cities are running out (10).........room. What is the answer to this problem?
Question 7 : Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce from the following sets of words and phrases that together make a complete paragraph (20pts)
Bill Gates / born/ 1995/ Washington State . He/ grow up/ rich family.
His parents/ send/ he/ private school .There/ he/ meet/ business partner/ Paul Allen.
When/ they/ be/ 8th grade, they/ write/ programs/ business/ computers. 
1973/ Gates/ be accepted/ Harvard University. Parents/ happy.
Two years later/ Gates/ drop out/ of Harvard/ work/ computer program/ his friend Allen.
1975 / they/ create / company/ Microsoft/ sell/ their product.
A few years later/ Microsoft/ become/ giant company.
By 1990/ Gates/ the youngest/ billionaire/ the United States/ age of 34 .
He/ achieve/ success/ a lot of hard work . He/ be/ “ King of Software ”
By 1997, he/ the richest/ man/ United States.
Question 8: Listen and fill in the blanks with the words you have heard. (10pts)
 I went to Australia on a (1) .. program last year and I like to (2) .  you about it, I was very (3) . when I knew I was going to (4) . because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (5) .. I met my host family . At first I couldn’t (6) . with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (7) .. we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my (8) .. wasn’t. My problem is (9)  “l”and “r”. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t (10)  when I said “We eat lice” .
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UBND HUYỆN THUỶ NGUYÊN
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI CHỌN HSG
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9
I. Phần trắc nghiệm (10 điểm)
Câu
1
2
3
4
5
Đ/án
a
b
a
d
a
II. Phần tự luận (90 điểm)
Câu
Đáp án
Điểm
2
(10 điểm)
1
education
1
2
interesting
1
3
carefully
1
 4
rewrite
1
5
celebrations
1
6
painful
1
7
qualified
1
8
impressive
1
9
informative
1
10
encouragement
1
3
(10điểm)
1
attracting → attractive
1
2
like → likes
1
3
much → many
1
 4
astronaut → astronauts
1
5
days → day
1
6
grows → grew
1
7
his → her
1
8
but → and	
1
9
while → when
1
10
on → of/about 
1
4
(20điểm)
1
 I really wish I had invited her to the party
2
2
I was having breakfast when Susan rang.
2
3
Bill and Peter are not old enough to ride motor-cycles.
2
 4
As she was sick, She couldn’t go to the movie theater
2
5
These products have to be tested before exporting
2
6
I’d rather you got there on time.
2
7
Both Tim and Mary can’t speak Portugese
2
8
Marco said: “Don’t forget your tennis racket”
2
9
I asked my brother if I knew where Tony was.
2
10
It was such a high flood that they had to live on the roofs.
2
5
(10điểm)
1
will be
1
2
has slept
1
3
is washing
1
 4
come
1
5
stay
1
6
have not fininshed
1
7
was invented
1
8
had
1
9
writing
1
10
to travel
1
6
(10điểm)
1
noise
1
2
from
1
3
the
1
 4
people
1
5
leaving
1
6
using
1
7
ever
1
8
up
1
9
faster
1
10
of
1
7
(20điểm)
1
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family.
2
2
His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. 
2
3
When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers
2
 4
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy
2
5
Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen.
2
6
In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product..
2
7
A few years latter Microsoft became a giant company
2
8
By 1990, Gates was the youngest billionaire of the United States at the age of thirty - four, 
2
9
He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. He was the “ King of Software ”. 
2
10
By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States
2
8
(10điểm)
1
student
1
2
tell
1
3
excited
1
 4
Australia
1
5
 until
1
6
communicate
1
7
because
1
8
pronunciation
1
9
pronouncing
1
10
understand
1
(Tổng số điểm bài thi 100 điểm, sau đó qui về thang điểm 10)
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