De chinh thuc HSG Anh 9 TP Thanh Hoa 2012-2013

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Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - lớp 9 – năm học 2012 – 2013
Ngày thi: 14/12/2012 – Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (Đề này gồm 4 trang)

Question I:
A. Pick out the word which the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. seat B. great C. seaside D. beach
2. A. heritage B. cottage C. luggage D. eage
3. A. used B. worked C. watched D. practiced
B. Pick out the word which the possition of stressed syllable differently from that of the others.
4. A. freedom B. uniform C. pagoda D. favourite
5. A. foreign B. examine C. language D. practice

Question II:
Choose the word or phrase that best compete each sentence.
6. Vietnamese women today prefer modern clothes .......... Ao Dai.
A. for B. in C. to D. with
7. We have lived in this town .......... 1998
A. for B. since C. ago D. in
8. The boy looks very proud .......... his success at school.
A. on B. to C. from D. of
9. She moved to France, but we still keep in ......... .
A. writing B. touch C. meeting D. contact
10. The teacher let me .......... home early because I felt ill.
A. go B. going C. went D. to go
11. I .......... jeans when I was a child
A. don’t wear B. wasn’t worn C. didn’t use to wear D. hasn’t worn
12. It hasn’t rained .......... the end of July.
A. in B. from C. for D. since
13. I wish I .......... a car. It would make life so much earier.
A. have B. would have C. had D. had had
14. Everyone felt tired and hungry .......... they sat down and took a rest.
A. because B. although C. so D. but
15. We spent an .......... evening talking about old times.
A. enjoyable B. boring C. comfortable D. free
16. While the front door .........., please use the side entrance.
A. repairs B. is repairing C. is repaired D. is being repaired
17. I am going to have my car ........... tomorrow evening.
A. wash B. washing C. washed D. being washed
18. I’ve been feeling better since the doctor ..........
A. comes B. came C. has come D. will come
19. Five minutes .......... too long to wait.
A. isn’t B. aren’t C. wasn’t D.weren’t
20. What .......... of learning English do you find most difficult?
A. aspect B. side C. detail D. position

Question III:
Write the correct tense of the verb in the parentheses
21. What she (do) at three o’clock yesterday afternoon?
22. They (be) friends since last year?
23. She has a lot of novels (write) in English.
24. Jean (stay) with us at the moment.
25. We used (write) to each other every month when we were at Secondary school.
26. Yesterday our teacher (arrive) five minutes late.
27. A new house (build) next to ours next year.
28. The house used to (paint) white.
29. It was a terrible film. I wish we (not go) to see it.
30. The man (sit) next to me was very nervous.

Question IV:
Give the correct form of the word in brackets
31. The show brought .................... to millions of viewers. (enjoy)
32. She listens to classical music for ..................... (relax)
33. I find this piece of music very .................... (rest)
34. These clothes are attractive but entirely ..................... (practise)
35. She felt alone and .................... (friend)
36. He wants to make a good .................... on everyone he meets (impress)
37. Trinh Cong Son is one of the most