De DA thi HSG E9 Vong 1 201213

UBND HUYỆN TAM DƯƠNG
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 VÒNG 1
Năm học: 2012-2013
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Đề thi này gồm 04 trang


A. LISTENING
Listen to the tape three times and fill in the blanks.
People in the United States (1) _________a lot of garbage. Every year, Americans produce (2)_________billion pounds of garbage (about (3) _________billion kilos)! The garbage comes from food boxes, drink bottles, newspapers, and many other things people use everyday. Garbage also comes from (4) _________and business.
When people throw garbage away, (5) _________usually take the garbage to a landfill. Landfills are places to put garbage. In 1989, there were (6) _________landfills in the United States. But by 1999, more than half of these landfills will be (7) _________. Many landfills will close because there will be no more room for garbage.
Garbage is a (8) _________problem in the United States. But some people in the United States don’t think about the garbage problem. They use things (9) _________and then throw them away. Some people read newspapers, and then they throw the papers away. Other people drink soda or (10)_________from cans and bottles, and they throw the cans and bottles away.
B. PHONETICS
I. Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. build B. suit C. biscuit D. guilty
2. A. looked B. stopped C. used D. laughed
3. A. raise B. house C. increase D. horse
4. A. suggestion B. education C. congestion D. combustion
5. A. architecture B. scholarship C. chemistry D. exchange
II. Stress: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. forget B. finish C. English D. summer
2. A. librarian B. necessary C. necessity D. ability
3. A. examiner B. remember C. language D. routine
4. A. relative B. however C. invention D. convenient
5. A. increasingly B. available C. appearance D. journalism
C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each sentence below.
1. I wish I _________to the moon tomorrow.
A. can go B. were going C. will go D. would go
2. It is reported that he will have to pay legal fees _________$ 2,000.
A. for B. of C. with D. by
3. “What happened to the old mail carrier?” ~ “He _________to a new neighborhood to work.”
A. has sent B. was send C. was sent D. sent
4. No one died in the accident, _________?
A. is he B. isn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they
5. The mouse family avoided _________by coming out only when the house was empty and the two cats were outside.
A. catching B. being caught C. caught D. to be caught
6. Do you watch a lot of _________films?
A. travel B. journey C. tour D. sightseeing
7. Don’t forget _________home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called
8. It wasn’t very polite _________you to keep interrupting me.
A. about B. to C. for D. of
9. Tel is a festival _________occurs in late January or early February.
A. what B. who C. when D. which
10. _________Mrs. Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework.
A. In spite of B. Although C. Despite the fact D. Even though that
11. That isn’t Tom, _________?
A. is that B. are they C