CHON DOI TUYEN TINH

Phòng gd - đt hồng lĩnh
đề thi chọn đội tuyển dự thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh vòng 2
Năm học 2008 - 2009
Môn thi : Tiếng anh 9
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (không kể giao nhận đề)

Thí sinh là bài vào tờ giấy thi.

I. Find only one word whose underlined part has different pronunciation from that of the other words.
1.
A. grapes
B. roofs
C. hats
D. chairs

2.
A. none
B. done
C. bone
D. tongue

3.
A. food
B. moon
C. good
D. noodle

4.
A. heat
B. beach
C. teach
D. breath

5.
A. forced
B. caused
C. stopped
D. worked


II. Choose the best answer.

1. The librarian told us not _______ reference books out of the library.
A. taking
B. to take
C. take
D. took

2. The animals gathered closely together for ______.
A. warmed
B. warm
C. warmth
D. warmly

3. The house caught fire while they _____.
A. are sleeping
B. have slept
C. sleep
D. were sleeping

4. Thank you for _____ me.
A. invite
B. inviting
C. invited
D. invitation

5. In our school library, there are several large tables _____ we can sit to read books.
A. where
B. that
C. when
D. which

6. We agreed _____ Mr. Wilson was a good teacher.
A. what
B. which
C. if
D. that

7. That`s the house _____ he used to stay.
A. in which
B. of which
C. on which
D. which

8. There are _____ planets in the universe that we cannot count them.
A. so much
B. such
C. so many
D. so

9. There is _____ water in the bottle.
A. many
B. a number of
C. few
D. a little

10. We are not used _____ on the left.
A. to drive
B. to driving
C. driving
D. to be driven

11. She loved tennis and could watch it till the _____ came home.
A. she
B. everyone
C. horses
D. cows

12. He walked slowly _____.
A. because of his bad leg
B. in his bad leg
C. so his leg was bad
D. so that his leg was bad

13. I don’t mind _____ you with it if you can’t find anyone else.
A. help
B. helped
C. helping
to help

14. The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only _____ the hot, humid air.
A. stirred up
B. poured through
C. turned into
D. cut back

15. They took the robber to the police station ______.
A. so quick as they were
B. as quickly as they could
C. quickly as possible
D. very quick as possible

16. Do you know when _____?
A. was the accident happening
B. the accident was happening
C. did the accident happen
D. the accident happened

17. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same school.
A. then
B. until
C. as soon as
D. when

18. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard .
A. on account of
B. because
C. in spite of
D. although

19. Their eventual choice of house was _____ by the time Peter would take to get to the office.
A. related
B. consequent
C. determined
D. dependent

20. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours
A. hadn’t
B. should have
C. mustn’t
D. needn’t have

III. From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), identify the one that is not correct.
1. She refused to tell us why was she crying.
A B C D
2. Folk artists have few or no formal art training.
A B C D
3. The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended.