Bai tap on thi HSG 9

Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi tỉnh vòng 2
Môn : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi 18 tháng 1 năm 2009
Đề thi có 04 trang
Question 1: Choose the word whose part underlinedpart is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (10points)
A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. booked
A. thick B. thorough C. healthy D. weather
A. like B. lively C. live D. life
A. cook B. blood C. school D. look
A. feat B. great C. seat D. fear
A. flame B. hate C. page D. adventure
A. sugar B. settle C. surprise D. sentence
A. helped B. liked C. watched D. hated.
A. good B. book C. foot D. food
A. lie B. height C. weight D. pie
Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in bracket. (10 points)
11. There (be) no guests at all since I left.
I am sorry about the noise last night. We (have) a party.
In a few minutes’ time, When the clock (strike) six, I (wait) here for three hours
She (sleep) for 10 hours! You must wake her
By this time next year I (save) $ 250.
I distinctly remember (pay) him. I gave him two dollars
The teller was made (lie) down on the floor
Cattle (allow) to graze on the village common.
Nothing ( do) about this problem for months.
All students objected to (do) that work.
Question 3:Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences (10points)
He is ..........active in spite of his old age. ( wonder)
.............is a very serious problem in many countries (employ)
He suffered from constant ................. ( sleep)
After the explosion, only two people were left ....... (live)
Her husband`s death made her life ........... (mean)
There are more and more people concerning about ..........pollution (environment)
Is Buddhism the country`s ..........religion of Thailand? (office)
I watch the news everyday because it`s very ........... (inform)
I try to speak clearly when I meet a ............ ( foreign)
Many pupils at ..........school have already chosen a career. ( second)
Question 4: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (10 points)
A-The country is (31).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (32) .......... the summer holiday though they can`t live (33) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (34) .......... that they can go there whenever they (35) ..........find the time.
English villages are not alike, but (36)............. some ways they are not very different from (37) ...................other. Almost every village (38) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (39) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (40).......... people are buried.
B- If you live in a city, you probably see many people, hear the (41)............of traffic, and smell the pollution (42).........cars and factories.
We are entering a new time in (43) ......history of the world. Before this, most (44) ..... ..... were farmers. They lived in the country. Now many people are (45) .....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, (46).......more water, eating more food, making more garbage, and producing more things in factories than (47)..........before. Life is becoming difficult.
Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They are building new roads, putting (48) .........new houses, looking for more water, and limiting growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities (49