Đề và đáp án thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi cấp trường Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2016-2017

TRƯỜNG THCS TRUNG PHÚ
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HSG CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
Môn : Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 120 phút
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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. 
1.	A. deforestation	B. reputation	C. federation	D. regularly
2. 	A. Passover	B. access	C. impress	D. dissolve
3. 	A. nominate	B. considerate	C. celebrate	D. decorate
4. 	A. computer	B. congratulate	C. compulsory	D. comment
5. 	A. faucet	B. pesticide	C. commercial	 D. efficiency
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
1.	A. occur	B. parade	C. collapse	D. forecast
2. 	A. tuition	B. volcano	C. celebrate	D. linguistics
3. 	A. communicate	B. mausoleum	C. economic	D. interactive
4.	A. dormitory	B. minority	C. territory	D. category
5. 	A. unidentified	B. documentary	C. intermediate	D. imagination
III.Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences.
1. Harvard__________ a school for men, but now it is coeducational, serving as many women as men.
A. was used	B. used to be	C. was used to	D. was used to be
2. He__________ me to go to the doctor’s.
A. suggested	B. advised	C. insisted	D. threatened
3. Hoa was the only student __________ could do this exercise.
A. which	B. who	C. whom	D. that
4. __________ call the police.
A. Either you leave at once or I	B. Leave at once or I’ll
C. You either leave at once or I will 	D. Or you leave at once, or I will
5. __________ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although	B. However	C. Because	D. On account of
6. “Would you like to join us on Sunday? We’re going to go on a picnic at the lake”.- “________, but I have a test on Monday, and I have to get ready for it”.
A. Yes, please	B. I’d love to 	C. Please don’t	D. As a matter of fact.
7. The nurse was on__________ in the hospital last night.
A. work	B. alarm	C. duty	D. service
8. The passengers were not allowed to board __the crew was cleaning the cabin.
A. during	B. after	C. for	D. whether
9. Joining a newsgroup allows computer users to make _______ with other people who share a similar interest.
A. fun 	B. touch 	C. approach 	D. contact
10. There’s no____ to book tickets in advance. There are always plenty of seats.
A. problem	B. matter	C. need	D. demand
11. Our house, which_____ by the river, has a beautiful and modern design.
A. is situated 	B. situates 	C. was given 	D. give
12. He’ll meet the British Prime Minister and they’ll talk about European__________ problems.
A. economic	B. economy	 C. economical	 D. economization
13. This work needs __________ on time.
A. finish	B. to finish	C. finishing	D. to have finished
14. If men were only more reasonable, there __________ no more wars.
A. will be	B. would be	C. was	D. were
15. That isn’t Tom, __________?
A. is it	B. is he	C. isn’t he	D. isn’t it
IV. Complete sentences using the correct form of the words in brackets.
1- This dictionary is not so big but it is ................... ( inform )
2- She looks .................... in her new dress. ( attract )
3- The ................... have to cook rice in this contest. ( participate )
4- Old people often have ............................ in breathing. ( difficult )
5- There were two .................. yesterday: Boxing and Swimming. ( compete )
6- I don’t think she has the ................... to do this work. ( able )
7- How ...................... of you to break that glass! ( care )
8- Some of my ............ live in a village outside Thanh Hoa city. ( relate )
9- The house is large but it is terribly ................... to live in . ( comfort)
10-We should learn about keeping our environment ................... . ( pollute )
V.Put one suitable word in each space.
	I'm a writer, and I work ......1....... home. It doesn't particulaly ........2....... where my house is, as long as it is ......3....... nice house. But last year my wife ........4..... a job in a different part of the country. So, we had to move. This was our first ..........5........ of ......6....... one house and selling another at the same time. I wouldn't like to do it again. We quickly saw the house .........7........ we wanted. It was then that our problems began: The people who wanted to buy our house couldn't sell ........8......... and the man ........9..... house we wanted couldn't find a house he liked. It ........10......... us nine months to buy the house. Now, I'm not sure if I like it.
VI. Read the text and choose the best answer to put into the blank
“My home is in the air . I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and (1) ___ of work, but I like it and that is the only way (2) ___me. Everything is tiring – music, traveling but what can I do? I am not (3) ___ to complaining. It is hard to imagine now (4) ___ I will ever be very long in one place. My home town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (5) ___ (many tourists and hotels. I have my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (6) __ with my mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (7) ___ it is very comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food. I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (8)______ when I was seven. He was an engineer and I don’t (9)______ him very well. He liked music very much and wanted me to (10) ______ a musician.”
1.	A. most	B. full	C. complete	D. more
2.	A. for	B. to	C. in	D. by
3.	A. wanted	B. taken	C. used	D. known
4.	A. and 	 B. so	C. while	D. that
5.	A. far	B. too	C. much	D. more
6.	A. stay	 B. go	C. do	D. spend
7.	A. but	B. since	C. even	D. which
8.	A. killed	B. gone	C. passed	D. died
9.	A. know	B. Remember C. remind	D. see
10.	A. become	B. turn	 C. develop	D. grow
VII. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
1.Thank you for your help!- It was .............................................
2."Don’t open the door please" said Mary.- Mary told ......
3.Staying at home would be better than going out to night.- I'd rather......
4.The last time it rained here was a fortnight ago.- It .....................................
5.He never has enough money.- He's always.............................................
6.They said that Mr Tuan is a good teacher.- Mr Tuan ..........................
7.My French friend finds driving on the left difficult.- My French friend isn't ...
8.I think that no city in the world is more beautiful than Paris.- I think Paris ......
9.The flight to Moscow lasted three and half hours.- It took...........
10,Rich as he was, he never helped the poor.	- No.........................
VIII. Complete the sentences using the words given
1.Christmas Day / celebrate / Christians / as the day / which / Jeus Christ / bear
2.Thousands / people / save / because / scientists / warn / them / eruption
3.I / not familiar / Chinese music
4.We / interested / cooperate / each other / reach new knowledge
5.All of us / accustomed / work / 8 hours a day
6.She / not / capable / pay / debts
7.I / fond / read / books / science
8.Old people / tired / live / big city
9.Nam / good / play / chess
10.Her mother / interested /natural beauty
IX. Write a passage about the benefits of reading book ( 120-150 letters )
Đáp án và biểu điểm
 I.1P ( 5x 0,2 ) 1A	2D 	3B	4D	5C
 II. 1P ( 5x 0,2 ) 1D	2C	3A	4B	5D
III. 	3P ( 15x 0,2 )
1B	2B	3D	4B	5C 6B 7C	8C	9D 10C 11A	 12A	13C	14B	15A
IV. 3P ( 10x 0,3 )
1.Informative 2. Attractive 3. Participants 4. Difficulty 5. Compotitions 6. ability 7. Careless 8. Relatives 9. Uncomfortable 10. Unpolluted 
V.2.5P ( 10x 0,25 )
V. at	5. experience	9. whose
matter	6. buying	10. took.
a	7. that/which
got/had	8. Theirs
VI. 2P ( 10x 0,2 )
1B	2A	3C	4D	5B	6A	7A	8D	9B	10A
VII. 2.5P ( 1x 0,25 )
It was very kind of you to help me
2. Mary told not to open the door.
I’d rather stay at home than go out tonight.
It was a fornight since it rained.
He’s always short of money.
Me Tuan was said to be a good teacher.
My French friend isn’t used to driving on the left.
I think Paris is the most beautiful city.
It took the flight three and half hours to fly to Moscow.
No matter how rich he was, he never helped the poor.
VIII. 3P ( 10x 0,3 )
1.Christ mas Day was celebrated by Christans as the day which Jeus Christ was born. 
2. Thousand people were saved because the scientsts warned them about the eruption.
3. I am not damilar Chinese music.
4. We are interested in cooperating with each other to reach new knowledge.
5. All of us are assustomed to work 8 hours a day.
6. She isn’t capable to pay tge debts.
7. I am fond of reading books of science.
8. Old people are tired of living in a big city.
9. Nam is good at playing chess.
10. Her mother is interested in the natural beauty.
IX. 2P