Đề+ĐA HSG E9- 2009-2010

PHÒNG GD-ĐT TAM DƯƠNG


KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 120 phút - Không kể thời gian phát đề


(Đề thi này có 05 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. document B. recycle C. certain D. cyclist
2. A. decrease B. increase C. decompose D. promise
3. A. emergency B. ginger C. gymnastic D. mother tongue
4. A. century B. culture C. picture D. mature
5. A. glassware B. dessert C. scissors D. possess
6. A. breath B. bathe C. mouths D. clothes
7. A. sacred B. crooked C. cursed D. stopped
8. A. touch B. doubt C. enough D. cousin
9. A. longer B. singer C. younger D. stronger
10. A. rhinoceros B. ghost C. exhaust D. household
II - Stress: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.

1. A. flower B. mountain C. open D. July
2. A. machine B. police C. decide D. finish
3. A. lemonade B. picturesque C. Vietnamese D. Hinduism
4. A. referee B. convenient C. accessible D. emergency
5. A. natural B. festival C. canal D. coffee
6. A. follow B. allow C. narrow D. elbow
7. A. begin B. become C. before D. bellow
8. A. cuckoo B. bamboo C. canoe D. career
9. A. explanation B. equipment C. experience D. experiment
10. A. apply B. happen C. reduce D. result
III - Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. This is my favorite short _________blouse.
A. sleeved B. sleeve C. sleeving D. sleeves
2. It’s Mr. Smith. I have known him _________a long time.
A. since B. for C. at D. in
3. When was the last time you _________to the zoo?
A. went B. going C. go D. to go
4. My neighbors made _________noise last night that I couldn’t get to sleep.
A. so many B. so much C. such D. so
5. I’m terrified _________breaking down on a motorway at night.
A. for B. with C. from D. of
6. A virus is so _________that it can be seen only with an electron microscope.
A. infinite B. imaginary C. minute D. irregular
7. I slept really badly. I _________and turned all night long.
A. revolved B. twisted C. turned D. tossed
8. They had never come _________such a beautiful little village before.
A. off B. along C. at D. across
9. They _________cycle to school when they were students.
A. was used to B. used to C. did use to D. are used to
10. _________a famous personality has its advantages and its disadvantages.
A. To be B. Been C. Be D. Being
11. My color TV, _________I bought 10 years ago, still gives beautiful pictures.
A. which B. that C. whom D. when
12. After the accident, the injured cyclist was in great_________.
A. agony