Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi vòng tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề 4

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS VÒNG TỈNH
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
( Đề thi gồm 4 trang)
ĐỀ 4
I. 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
6
a. sugar
b. sale
c. soil
d. sun
7
a. comprise
b. violent
c. dormitory
d. websibe
8
a. ache
b. mechanic
c. chemistry
d. champagne
9
a. laughed
b. hiked
c. impressed
d. earned
10
a. maps
b. books
c. months
d. bananas
II. Circle the best answer among a, b, c, d to complete each of the following sentences. (10pts)
1. That’s Bob’s, ................?
a. is he
b. isn’t he
c. is it
d. isn’t it
2.I wish my best friend .. never leave me alone.
a. will
b. would
c.can	
d. could
3. It’s very cold outside. You have to ................ your coat.
a. turn on
b. put on
c. go on
d. come on
4. When I came in, the lesson .................
a. was teaching
b. was taught
c. was being taught
d. taught
5. Nguyen Du is a very famous ................
a. poet
b. poem
c. writer
d. novelist
6. The Ao dai is the . dress of Vietnamese women.
a. beautiful
b. traditional
c. casual
d. baggy
7. ................ you say, I won’t believe you any more.
a. However
b. What
c. How	
d. Whatever
8. He climbed up the tree _____ to pick the apples before the wind blew them off
a. so 
b. in order 
c. so that
d. for 
9. Next summer, we’re _____ a swimming pool built in our garden. 
a. making
b. deciding 
c. letting
d. having
10.I _____ very well with my father now, we never have any arguments
a. go on
b. carry on 
c. get on 
d. put on 
III. Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided. (10 pts)
1. The men told the children didn’t play too noisily.	1. .
2. If tomorrow the weather will be bad, the match	2. .
will be postponed.
3. Mary asked me how did I go to school every day.	3. .
4. The amount of the money they took from the bank	4. .
were very little.
5. The price of oil used to be a great deal higher than 	5. .
it is now, wasn’t it?
6. My village is on the west of the city. 	6. 
7. He wishes he can sleep well tonight but it’s to cold.	7. 
8. Would you please stop to make so much noise?	8. 
9. Jack always arrives lately for his chemistry class even 
though he leaves his dormitory in plenty of time . 9. .
10. It has been a long time since we talked to John,
isn’t it ? 10. 
IV. 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. 
* Answer 
	1.........................	2............................	3................................
	4.........................	5............................	6................................
	7. .........................	8. ......................... 9. ..............................
 10. .........................
 V. 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	WRITE
 and told me to .............. it.
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
VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has exactly the same meaning as the one printed before it. (10 pts)
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.............................................................................................
VII: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10 points)
George Holmes has (1)  a lottery ticket once a week for as long as he can (2)  , but he won’t be doing that any more. He (3)  to dream about what he would do if he ever (4)  a big prize but he never really (5) this to happen. However, on Saturday George (6)  the news that would change his life forever – he had become a millionaire! In (7)  , his lucky ticket had rewarded him with £3.7 million. The first thing he did was to (8)  some flowers delivered for his wife – one thousand red roses, to be exact. George (9)  that the money won’t change his life completely but he has (10)  his wife to fly to the Caribbean with him, on their first holiday abroad for more than ten years. 
1.A 
paid 
B 
spent 
C 
earned 
D 
bought 
2.A 
remind 
B 
know 
C 
remember 
D 
believe 
3.A 
had 
B 
used 
C 
needed 
D 
must 
4.A 
won 
B 
put 
C 
ordered 
D 
kept 
5.A 
thought 
B 
felt 
C 
expected 
D 
imagined 
6.A 
replied 
B 
sent 
C 
handled 
D 
received 
7.A 
turn 
B 
fact 
C 
case 
D 
time 
8.A 
set 
B 
book 
C 
get 
D 
make 
9.A 
tells 
B 
insists 
C 
speaks 
D 
refuses 
10.A 
argued 
 B 
blamed 
 C 
offered 
 D 
persuaded 
VIII. Read the passage and answer with true ( T ) / false ( F ) / not given ( N ): (10 points)
 There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most important ones. Two-thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the land area in the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than three-fourths of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than three-fifths of the radio stations broadcast programs in English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. English is the language of international communication.
1. Chinese is the most important language. 
2. About 66.6 per cent of the world’s population speak six major languages 
3. Vietnamese speak English as their first language. .
4. 75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English 
5. 40 per cent of the world’s radio stations use English 
6. English has more speakers than Chinese 
7. People in India speak English as their second language 
8. People in New Dehli cannot speak English 
9. People in France speak English as their foreign language 
10. People in Australia also speak English.
IX. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition: 10 points)
It’s very difficult to find work  the moment.
This service is free  charge.
In many ways you take your mother.
This computer is still guarantee.
Money is not essential  happiness.
Some designers take inspiration of fashion some ethnic minorities.
 Parents are naturally anxious  their children.
I’m sure you will succeed  this entrance test.
We try to prevent people  littering.
I’m going to complain to the principal  this.
X. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences . 10 points)
1) Learning / foreign language / necessary / us / get / job. //
2. Video film / interesting / I / see/ twice.
3) family / I / spend / two months / plan / summer / holiday. //
4) driver / stop / car / time / save / child. //
5) Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play, / it ? //
6)It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.
7) Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //
8) He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //
9) I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course. //
10) It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. //
ĐÁP ÁN
I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Circle the letter you choose (10 p)
Q 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Key
a
b
a
d
a
a
c
d
d
d
II. Circle the best answer among a, b, c, d to complete each of the following sentences. (10pts) (10 p).
Q 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Key
d
b
b
c
a
b
d
b
d
c
III. Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided. (10 pts)
1. didn’t → not to 6. on → to
2. will be → is 7. can → could
3. did I go → I went 8. to make → making
4. were → was 9. lately → late
5. wasn’t → didn’t 10. isn’t → hasn’t
IV. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right form. ( 10 pts )
1. will be
6. have not fininshed
2. has slept
7. was invented
3. is washing
8. had
4. come
9. writing
5. stay
10. to travel
V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given word in capital. (10 pts)
1. education
6. painful
2. interesting
7. qualified
3. carefully
8. impressive
4. rewrite
9. informative
5. celebrations
10. encouragement
VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has exactly the same meaning as the one printed before it. (10 pts)
1. I really wish I had invited her to the party
2. I was having breakfast when Susan rang.
3. Bill and Peter are not old enough to ride motor-cycles. 
4. As she was sick, She couldn’t go to the movie theater
5. These products have to be tested before exporting
6. I’d rather you got there on time.
7. Both Tim and Mary can’t speak Portugese
8. Marco told me not to forget my tennis racket
=>Marco said: “Don’t forget your tennis racket”
 9. “Do you know where Tony is ? ”- I asked my brother.
 => I asked my brother if I knew where Tony was.
10. The flood was so high that they had to live on the roofs.
=> It was such a high flood that they had to live on the roofs.
VII: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10 points)
Q 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Key
D
C
B
A
C
D
B
C
B
D
VIII. Read the passage and answer with true ( T ) / false ( F ) / not given ( N ): (10 points)
1. F	2. T	3. F	4. T	5. F
6. F	7. T	8. F	9. N	10. T
IX. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition: 10 points)
1. at	6. from
2. of	7. for
3. after	8. in
4. under	9. from
5. to	10. about
X. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences . (10 points)
1/ Learning a foreign language is necessary for us to get a good job.
2. This video film is so interesting that I have seen it twice.
3/ My family and I spent two months planning our summer holiday.
4/ The driver stopped his car in time to save the child.
5/ Boxing is too dangerous for her to play , isn’t it ?
6./ It is difficult to learn English (well) without a good dictionary. .
7/ Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most comfortable. 
8/ He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded
9/ I hope my English will be considerably improved at the end of the ( this ) course .
10/ It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.