Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện môn Tiếng anh lớp 9

*****A. PHONETICS.
I. Choose the words that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (5p) :
1. A. about	B. south	C. count	D. young
2. A. scholarship	B. chair	C. chess	D. teacher
3. A. continent	B. depend	C. send	D. pretend
4. A. laughed	B. hoped	C. closed	D. placed
5. A. roofs	B. tickets	C. tops	D. waves
II. Choose the words that have different stress from the others (5p):
1. A. comment	B. endurance	C. decorate	D. incidence
2. A. explanation	B. experiment	C. accomplishment	D. discovery
3. A. birthday	B. cowboy	C. enjoy	D. pleasure
4. A. generation	B. American	C. preparation	D. independent
5. A. majority	B.minority	C. partnership	D. enjoyable
B. Vocabulary and grammar.
I. Choose the words or phrase that best complete each sentence (10p):
1. Books in our school library are..for us to use.
A. available	B. willing	C. suitable	D. worth
2. He was a strict ..,he asked me a lot of questions.
A. examine	B. examining	C. examination	D. examiner
3. Unless you hurry, wecatch the bus.
A. can	B. can’t	C. must	D. mustn’t
4. Hearrive at the office on time.
A. used always to	B. used to	 C. always used to	 D. used to always
5. Mr John feels tired because he.hard all day.
A. works	B. worked	 C. has worked	 D. had worked
6. We started walking to the village. Theto the village was tiring but was very interesting.
A. voyage	B. travel	 C. going	D. journey
7. If only he.me the truth, I didn’t treat her badly.
A. told	B. had told	C. tells	D. would tell
8. Hurry up! It’s time we..for home.
A. leave	B. to leave	C. leaving	D. left
9. No one phoned while I was out, ..?
A. did they	B. didn’t they	C. did he	D. didn’t he
10. Try it. It isn’t worthabout.
A. to forget/ to worry	 C. to forget/worrying
B. forgetting/worrying D. forgetting/to worry
II. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (10p):
1. Have you seen the new for Double Rich shampoo? (ADVERTISE)
2. You are ..to choose how to spend the evening. (FREEDOM)
3. This road is much than I thought. (LENGTH)
4. Lon Don is . for fog. (FAME) 
5. He didn’t go to school because of his . .................................... (SICK)
6. They live in a............  area in the north-east of the country. (MOUNTAIN)
7. It’s....................................... of you to cheat in the exam. (HONEST)
8. The police are looking for a dangerous.................................................. (CRIME)
 9.I had my trousers ............................because they were too short.	 (LONG)
10. There are............ . about wearing uniforms at school. (ARGUE)
III. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify and correct the mistake.(10p):
1. John tries to use chopsticks but he can’t. He isn’t used to use them.
 A B C D
2. The fruit was so rotten that it had to throw away.
 A B C D
3. The film we saw last night was so bad that we wish we didn’t go to see it.
 A B C D
4. The teacher ordered us not open our book until she told us to do so.
 A B C D
5. Neither of the boys had ever been out of town before, so they were really exciting.
 A B C D
6. Mary was upset last night because she had to do too many homework.
 A B C D
7. The mouse avoided to be caught by coming out only when the two cats were outside.
 A B C D
8. Jane looked sadly and worried this morning. I wonder what happened to her.
 A B C D
9. Will you like to come with us? There is plenty of room in the car.
 A B C D
10. Nam seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too.
 A	 B	 C	D
 C. Reading.
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer. (5p):
 An important part of world history is the story of communication. In prehistoric times, for example, people did not have books. They did not know much about geography. People were limited. They knew only about themselves and their environment (the land around their homes). Their knowledge of geographical things like mountains and rivers was limited. They did not travel very far. Sometimes they knew about nearby people and communicated with them. They sent messages in simple ways. Early signals for communication included smoke from fires and the sounds of drums.
 Then people formed towns, and then cities, as safe places to live. Soon they began to develop other ways to communicate, to spread information. People began to buy and sell things to one another. Because of their business, they developed writing systems to keep records and to send messages. Life was changing for many people. Business caused changes, and so did the invention of the printing press. Many more people learned to read then.
 Suddenly communication and knowledge improved greatly. People sent letters and news by horse and carriage. Later the mail went by train and then by airplane. World communication was now a possibility.
Prehistory was......................
A. 200 years ago when we had history books.
B. many years ago, before history books were written.
C. after the development of the printing press.
People live in their .........................
A .horse carriage B. own environments. C. Businesses.
Mountains and rivers are geographical things. So is .................
A. smoke	B. a drum	 C. the ocean
Many more people learned to read ..............the invention of the printing press.
A. during	B. before	 C. after
The main idea of the reading text
 A. An important part of world history is the story of communication.
 B. In prehistoric times, for example, people did not have books.
 C. Then people formed towns, and then cities, as safe places to live.
 II. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. (10p): 
 I believe that it is . (1) to wear uniforms when students are at school. Firstly,. (2) encourage the children to take part in being students of the school they are going to . (3) they are wearing uniforms with labels bearing their school name.
	Secondly, wearing uniforms helps students feel . (4) in many ways. They all start . (5) the same place no matter they are rich . (6) poor. They are really friends to one another . (7) one school roof.
	Last but not least, it is . (8) to wear uniforms. It doesn’t take you time to think of what to wear every day.
	In conclusion, all students, from . (9) to high schools should . (10) uniforms.
III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, D) that best fits the blanks space in the following passage. (10p):
English around the world
 English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. 
When you...1... speakers of English from around the world, you ...2.... notice that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some ......3...... in the words they use, including the names of ...4.... objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although pronunciation and ...5... are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers...6.... opposite sides of the world can understand ...7... other quite easily. It does not seem to ...8... where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen ...9... learning English too. If you know English, you are more...10... to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.
1.
A- recognize
B- meet
C- find
D- attend
2.
A- originally
B- strangely
C- curiously
D-immediately
3.
A- mistakes
B- corrections
C- changes
D- differences
4. 
A- common
B- popular
C- favorite
D- general
5.
A- reading
B- composition
C- dictation
D- vocabulary
6.
A- of
B- in
C- from
D- at
7.
A- each
B- one
C- the
D- some
8. 
A- mine
B- care 
C- matter
D- worry
9.
A- by
B- on
C- to
D- for
10.
A- likely
B- probably
C- possibly
D- luckily
 D. Writing.
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same 
 as the sentence printed before it. (10p)
 1. Although Sue felt tired, she stayed up late talking to Jill.
	Despite .....................................................................................................
 2. It was a hot day so we had lunch outside in the garden.
	It was such ...................................................................................................
 3. I’ve been working for this company for ten years.
	I started ......................................................................................................
 4. It's a pity I can't speak French .
 If only ....................................................................................... ..
 5.When he is asked about his past, he hates it.
 He hates....................................................................................................
 6.It was a two - hour flight from HaNoi to Ho Chi Minh City
 It took.................................................................................................
 7."Let's use fewer plastic bags," he said.
 He suggested................................................................................................
 8.I'd rather read newspapers than watch TV.
 I prefer......................................................................................................
9.Does your brother use the Internet everyday?
 Your brother .............................................................................................
 10. She said nothing, but stood looking at him.	
 Without .........................................................................................................
II. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one. (10p):
 1. “I’d hurt my leg, but I managed to swim back to the boat”.
 A. Although my hurt leg, I managed to swim back to the boat.
 B. In spite of my hurt leg, I managed to swim back to the boat.
 C. Despite of my hurt leg, I managed to swim back to the boat.
 D. Although managing back to the boat, I’d hurt my leg.
2. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.
 A. I was not allowed to go out last night. 
 B. My mother never lets me go out alone at night.
 C. My mother never goes out alone at night. 
 D. My mother and I usually go out alone at night.
3 . It was such bad weather that we couldn’t organize the party.
 A. The weather was so a bad that we couldn’t organize the party.
 B. The weather was too bad that we couldn’t organize the party.
 C. The weather was not bad enough for us to organize the party.
 D. The weather was so bad that we couldn’t organize the party.
4. When the employment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
 A. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
 B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
 C. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
 D. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
 5 . I don’t like boxing, and neither does my brother. 
 A. Both my brother and I like boxing. 	
 B. Neither my brother and I like boxing. 
 C. Unlike my brother, I do not like boxing. 	
 D. Neither I nor my brother likes boxing.
6. Please don’t use the shower after midnight.
 A. Would you mind not to use the shower ?
 B. Would you like to use the shower before the midnight ?
 C.I don’t want you to use the shower.
 D. Would you mind not using the shower after midnight ?
7. He suggested getting a better lock for the front door.
 A. He suggested himself to get a better lock for the front door.
 B. It’s necessary for him to have a better lock for the front door.
 C. He said “Why don’t you have a better lock for the front door?”
 D. He wanted to have a new lock.
 8 .The rain began to fall during my walk in the country.
 A. While I walked in the country, it began to rain.
 B. While it was beginning to rain, I was walking in the country.
 C. While I was walking in the country, it began to rain.
 D. When it began to rain in the country, I was walked
 9. I don’t want to discuss this matter at the moment.
 A. I don’t want this matter to discuss at the moment.
 B. I don’t want this matter be discussed at the moment.
 C. I’d rather not discuss this matter at the moment.
 D. I’d rather not to discuss this matter at the moment.
 10. Mike can’t stand his classes this semester.
 A. Mike can’t stay in his classes.
 B. Mike doesn’t like his classes.
 C. Mike’s classes are cancelled this semester.
 D. Mike can’t stand up in class.
 III. Write a composition (120 – 150 words) about the advantages of reading books (.15P)
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Đáp án đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện
A. Phonetics:
(1 x 5 = 5p)
1. D 2. A 3.A 4. C 5. D
II. ( 1 x 5 = 5p)
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
 B. Vocabulary and grammar.
I. (10 x 1 = 10p)
1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. D 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C
II. (10 x 1 = 10p)
Advertisement 6. Mountainous
 Free 7. Dishonest
Longer 8. Criminal
Famous 9. lengthened
Sickness 10. arguments
III. (10 x 1 = 10p)
D – using 2. C – had to be thrown 3. D – hadn’t gone
4. B – not to opened 5. D – excited 6. D – much
7. B – being caught 8. A – sad 9. A – Would you like 
10. D – doesn’t either.
C. Reading.
I. ( 5 x 1 = 5p)
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A
II. ( 10 x 1 = 10P)
1. necessary 2. they 3. because 4. equal 5. in
6. or 7. under 8. practical 9. primary 10. wear
III. ( 5 x 1 = 10p)
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. D
6. C 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A
D. Writing.
I. ( 10 x 1 = 10P)
 1. Despite feeling tired, Sue stayed up late talking to Jill.
 2. It was such a hot day that we had lunch outside in the garden.
 3. I started working for this company ten years ago.
 4. If only I could speak French .
 5. He hates being asked about his past .
 6. It took two hours to fly from HaNoi to Ho Chi Minh City
 7. He suggested using fewer plastic bags .
 8. I prefer reading newspapers to watching TV.
 9. Your brother uses the Internet everyday, doesn’t he?
 10.Without saying anything, she stood looking at him.	
 II. ( 10 x 1 = 10P)
 1.B 2. A 3. A 4.B 5. D
 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. B
 III. ( 15P)