De-dan-an-HSG-lop9-TP-Vyen(10-11)

PHÒNG GD&ĐT VĨNH YÊN
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

Đề thi gồm 04 trang
I. Listening:
You will hear a conversation between the Receptionist of a Language School and the student who has just arrived for the first morning of an English course.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer:

Program of Activities for the First Day

Time
Place
Event

10.00
(1)..........................
Meet the Principal and staff

10.15

Talk by (2).........................................

10.45

Talk by(3)..........................................

(4)..........................
Classroom 5
(5)..................................................test


II. Pick out the word which has a different tress pattern:
1. A. welcome
B. locate
C. capture
D. China

2. A. heaven
B. shopping
C. office
D. refer

3. A. perform
B. perceive
C. perfume
D. percent

4. A. traffic
B. advice
C. weather
D. problem

5. A. tiny
B. fifteen
C. station
D. atlas


III. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below:
1. This summer resort is absolutely wonderful and I’d …………..…. it to anyone.
A talk. B. recommend C. accommodate D. praise
2. We had to walk since we couldn’t ……………………..… to take a bus.
A afford B. be wealthy C. supply D. furnish
3. Our life would be very difficult without ………………………
A. luxury houses B. water C. chairs D. electricity
4. After retiring, my aunt spent her ……………….…… on an expensive holiday.
A. dollars B. accounts C. savings D. cheques
5. A lot of people left school at 16 and they now .............................. leaving so early.
A. sorry B. regret C. confuse D. worry
6. Remember ....................................... the door before going to bed.
A. to lock B. locking C. locked D. not locking
7. Nancy talks as if she ....................................... everything.
A. knows B. had known C. knew D. not know
8. Many things which we can do now couldn`t …………............... years ago.
A. do B. done C. being done D. be done
9. They insisted she .................................. the party.
A. attended B. attends C. to attend D. attend
10. We quarreled ………………………...the choice of a house.
A. on B. over C. for D. to
IV. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets to complete the following sentences:
1. I am........................ sorry for the delay. (EXTREME)
2. The weather was terrible, so we had a very......................... holiday. (PLEASE)
3. He has great......................... in God. (BELIEVE)
4. The situation is ....................... Nobody could do anything to help. (HOPE)
5. In .............................to that, my bike tires were flat. (ADD)
6. They looked with ...................... at the second highest building in the world. (AMAZE)
7. An ..............................man has stolen all our money. (KNOW)
8. Every one loves him because of his...........................to the children. (KIND)
9. The police are investigating the sudden ..................of the valuable painting. (APPEAR)
10. ............................working in this factory have asked their boss for pay rise. (EMPLOY)

V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct:
1. More than 600 million individual bacteria lives on the skin of humans.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2. Technically speaking, astronauts can be able to visit the moon and live there briefly.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3. Each of her children wishes he did not ignore the advice that she gave him.
( A) (B) (C) (D)
4. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their