Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Trường THCS Tân Hà

Tan Ha Secondary School
Class: 9A 
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TÂY NINH
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
Marks
NĂM HỌC: 2013 - 2014 
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 150 PHÚT
A. PHONETICS 
I. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the following questions: 
1. 	A. thin	B. thick	C. this	D. think
2. 	A. onion	B. coffee	C. lot	D. got
3. 	A. happy	B. fly	C. curly	D. chubby
4. 	A. height	B. eight	C. weight	D. freight
5. 	A. greet	B. again	C. arrange	D. gold
II. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest in the following questions: 
6. 	A. education	B. community	C. development	D. unbreakable
7.	A. prepare	B. repeat	C. purpose	D. police	
8. 	A. literature	B. entertainment	C. recreation	D. information
9. 	A. chocolate	B. structural	C. important	D. national
10. A. cinema	B. position	C. family	D. popular
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR 
I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following questions : 
 11.Please wait until he ___________ back.
 A. comes B. coming C. to come D. came
12. Mary wishes she ______________ her uncle this coming weekend.
	A. will visit 	B. had visited	C. visits 	D. could visit
13. _______ the beginning of the story the two main characters meet in the lift.
 A. At	 B. On	C. To	D. In
14. The book contained a lot of ____________ about how little petrol the car used.
	A. examination	B. fact	C. news	D. information
15. The child always keeps his hands and face . . . . . . . . .
 A. cleanly	B. clean	C. clearly	D. carefully 
16. If only I . . . . . . . . . more about it.
 A. would know	B. knew	C. know	D. can know
17. She asked me ______.
A. when will you come back	B. when you will come back
C. when would you come back	D. when you would come back
18. The palace ___________ in 1890 are being demolished.
A. building 	 B. to build 	C. build 	D. built
19. The journey to the village is very ____________
A. interesting	B. interested	C. interest	D. pleased
20. The driver felt thirsty so he stopped __________some water.
A. having 	B. to have 	C. has 	D. have
II. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition.
21. Actors have to learn their lines ____________ heart.
22. Is Nurse Smith ___________ duty tonight?
23. Learn ________ heart all the new words and texts.
24. In the 18th century, jean cloth was made completely __________ cotton 
25. He won’t be able to pay for the car _______ his father’s help .
26. She has taught English here ___________10 years.
27. Could you please show me the way ___________ the post office? 
28. He was taken ____________ the water park last Sunday.
29. Schools in Vietnam are different ____________ those in the USA.
30. We are interested__________ listening to music.
C/ READING:
III/ Read the passage below .Tick the letter of the correct word to use in ieach blank.
 Can you imagine that Edison’life was like in the year later he had invented the electric lamp?Many things had to be invented and built before electric :lamp could really (31) by all : machines to measure the electricity each home or office used :things (32). it certainthat the electricity in the wires did not start fires:things to send electricity(33) ..the right places .
 Everything that was needed had to be thought of and (34).. by Edison and the man who worked (35 him .There was no place where they could buy the things they (36). Edison made 360 inventions more in order to send electric power to (37)... it was wanted.
 Edison directed all the work himself , testing new machines ,putting wires underground ,fixing light, and so on .He (38).. to be everywhere at the same time . He wanted this men to do as much as he (39).. .But he (40). asked them to do thing he(40)... could not or would not do .
 He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep :nor he often (41)completely about sleeping .He (42).. for a few minutes at a time ,in the middle of the night,in an undergroud room at his power station ,(49) .. a metal box for his bed (50) . these day, he almost never saw his wife and their childen .
31.a -use b.used c.be used d.be using
32a.make b.making c.to make d.to be made
33a.to b.by c.on d.in
34a.building b.built c.was built d.builds
35a.about b.near c.with d.together
36a.need b.are needing c.were needing d.needed
37.whoever b.wherever c.whatever d.whenever
33.a.seemed b.worked c.thought d.looked
39.a.was done b.is doing c.does d.did
40.a.neither b. never c.nor d.ever
41.a.oneself b.themselves c.itself d.himself
42.a.for got b.remembered c.thought d.wanted
43.a.sleeps b.slept c.can sleep d.was sleep
44.a.in b.at c.with d.within
45.a.for b.at c.during d.between
IV-Rewrite the following sentences so that it means exactly the same the first one 
46-I started working for the company a year ago.
-> I’v .
47-They are repairing the piano at the moment.
-> The piano ..
48-Who broke the window ?
 -> By ..
49-I can’t speak English as well as my mother.
-> My mother ..
50-Little boy used to be made to climb the chimney to clean them.
-> They .
51.The film star wore dark glases so that no one could recognize him.
-> The film avoided ..
52.Mrs Edwards is the owner of thay car .
-> That car ..
53.Does your company often buy machines from Japan?.
-> Are ..?
54.Paul told Lan not to be late for the exam the following day.
-> Paul said to Lan .
55.It isn’t necessary for students to wear school unifom to day.
-> Students .
V/ Match one item in column A with one in column B and then make a complete conditional sentence (1.25pt)
A
B
56.If we pollute the water, . . . 
57.If you cut down the trees in the forests, . . 
58.If there is too much exhaust fume in the air, . 
59.If you can keep your neighborhood clean, . . .
60.If people stop using dynamite for fishing, . . . 
there / big floods / year.
lot / sea creatures / well preserved
you / ideal place / live 
more / people / cope / respiratory problems
we / no fresh water / use.
56 . If we pollute the water, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57 . If you cut down the trees in the forests, . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
58 . If there is too much exhaust fume in the air, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
59. If you can keep your neighborhood clean, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
60. If people stop using dynamite for fishing, . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
 VI/ Circle the letter of the incorrect underlined part .
 61. Ba wishes he could speak English fluent . 
 A B C D
 62. They grow rice at the tropical countries . 
 A B C D
 63. What often do you go to the cinema ? –Twice a week . 
 A B C D
 64. I use to go to the zoo with my brother . 
 A B C D
 65. I’m tired although I stayed up too late to watch TV last night . 
 A B C D
66. What do you use to do when you felt afraid ? A B C D
 67. Many people agree that writing letters are a nice way of keeping in touch.
 A B C D
 68. She asked me what was my name . 
 A B C D
 69. You can download a lot of informations from the internet onto your own computer
 A B C D 
 70. My home village is 30 kilometers to the city . 
 A B C D
D/ WRITE: 
VII. Make all the changes and additions necessary to build a thank-you letter from the cues given below .
 Dear Mary,
71. Thank you / much / let / me / your home.
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72. I / wonderful time / those days, / especially / party / Friday night.
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73. It was / best / I / ever / have / music / wonderful too.
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74. I wish / I / do / same / when / you / with me.
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75. I / also like / shopping / video / we / watch.
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76. You / teach / me / quite / English / and my English / improve / a lot.
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77. Please / my regards / parents, they / very kind / me.
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78. Anyway / thank / much / indeed.
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 Love,
 Daisy
VIII/ Write a passage: 
 “ It is widely recognized that we have to protect the environment, not only for our own sake but for our next generations’ as well. Write a composition of around 200 words to say what you would and would not do in order to keep the world unpolluted, fresh and green.”
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