Đề+ĐA HSG E9-2008-2009

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Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - năm học 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian thi: 120 phút - Ngày thi: 09-12-2008


(Đề thi này có 04 trang - Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi)

I - Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. compulsory B. bus C. subject D. bury
2. A. comfortable B. information C. informative D. forget
3. A. capital B. capable C. casual D. capture
4. A. southern B. without C. breath D. breathe
5. A. ragged B. cursed C. crooked D. ploughed
6. A. noodles B. stood C. book D. crook
7. A. disease B. deposit C. measure D. preposition
8. A. honor B. horror C. horn D. hook
9. A. cause B. mausoleum C. clause D. laugh
10. A. plumber B. wardrobe C. climb D. doubt

II - Stress: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
1. A. pen pal B. Malaysian C. impress D. enjoy
2. A. embroider B. correspond C. collection D. material
3. A. entrance B. bamboo C. weekend D. forest
4. A. look after B. give up C. used to D. cool off
5. A. afternoon B. referee C. environment D. reputation
6. A. beautiful B. popular C. dangerous D. convenient
7. A. mountain B. maintain C. fountain D. certain
8. A. necessary B. necessity C. activity D. familiar
9. A. expensive B. capacity C. instinctive D. questionnaire
10. A. engineer B. picturesque C. photography D. cigarette

III - Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. In Malaysia education, English is a __________second language.
A. foreign B. popular C. free D. compulsory
2. It is very cold these days. I wish the temperature __________higher.
A. is B. will be C. were D. to be
3. Mrs. Parker works __________at a grocery store in a nearby town.
A. part time B. part-time C. parts-time D. part-times
4. In the 1990s, the sale of jeans stopped growing because the worldwide _________situation got worse.
A. economic B. economy C. economical D. economically
5. Add the sugar __________the mixture and beat well.
A. with B. in C. to D. into
6. The more a car costs __________it goes.
A. faster B. the faster C. so faster D. the fastest
7. I find my boss difficult to work with. She is always __________my ideas.
A. criticize B. criticizes C. criticized D. criticizing
8. He borrowed some money from his brother, __________he could finish his education.
A. because B. in order to C. so D. so as
9. The Ao dai used __________by both Vietnamese men and women.
A. to being worn B. to wear C. to have worn D. to be worn
10. “Julie is telling everyone what you said about John.” ~ “I know. I wish I __________my mouth shut.”
A. kept B. will keep C. had kept D. should keep
11. Ms. Kezmarsky is known