Bo de anh 9

TRƯONG THCS THI TRÂN
HUNG HA
đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9
Tháng 1- Năm học 2010-2011


Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)




A. PHONETICS.
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (2 pts)
1. A. thirsty B. guitar C. dirty D. listen
2. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound
3. A. normal B. order C. oven D. origin
4. A. honesty B. hair C. honor D. hour
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman

B. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I. Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify the mistakes. (2 points)
1. Lan didn’t go to the cinema with her friends last Saturday evening because her sickness.
A B C D
2. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.
A B C D
3. My daughter likes watching cartoon films, and so do my son.
A B C D
4. Don’t eat these vegetables. They are poison.
A B C D
5. She felt tired because she stayed up late watch TV
A B C D
II. Choose the best options A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (3points)
1. The boss said that he would fly to Ho Chi Minh City __________ day.
A. next B. the previous C. the following D. the before
2. __________ adequate precautions are taken, there is no risk involved in the operation.
A. Although B. Providing C. Nevertheless D. Even
3. The computer won’t work unless you _________ these cables.
A. connect B. connected C. don`t connect D. didn’t connect
4. Let’s go to the zoo, _________?
A. don’t we B. don’t you C. shall we D. will you
5. He ran out of money so he had to ________ some from his friend.
A. borrow B. ask C. lend D. earn
6. Not once _________ his promises.
A. he is keeping B. he keeps C. did he keep D. has he kept
7. The teacher didn`t explain the reason ________ he was punished.
A. what B. which C. how D. why
8. Mothers are always _________ towards their children, aren’t they?
A. protect B. protective C. protected D. protections
9. Don’t tell me I didn’t lock the door last night. I remember __________ it.
A. to lock B. lock C. locked D. locking
10. I’ll give you a ring _________ we get back from our vacation.
A. and B. as soon as C. as long as D. since
11. Would you mind _________ in this library?
A. not to smoke B. not smoke C. not smoking D. don’t smoke
12. Those mushrooms are ________. Don’t eat them!
A. poisoned B. poisoning C. poisonous D. poison
13. I __________ the piano in my room at this time yesterday.
A. played B. were playing C. was playing D. have played
14. I saw your school`s ________ in today`s edition of The Vietnam News.
A. advertising B. advertises C. advertised D. advertisement
15. He tried to walk ________ so as not to be late for school.
A. fast B. quick C. rapid D. slowly
III. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (2pts):
1. My new car is more . . . . . . . .. . than the one I had before. (economy)
2. He didn`t feel happy because he worked . . . . . .. . . (success)
3. We must make a . . . . . . . . . . .. about where to go. (decide)
4. I hope there won’t be too much . .