ĐỀ HSG

SỞ GD&ĐT………
KÌ THI HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC:….
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 201…-201…
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


A. PHONETICS (2pts)
I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. carol B. habit C. graze D. match
2. A. sound B. southern C. drought D. mountain
3. A. headache B. character C. stomach D. challenging
4. A. ploughs B. contacts C. stops D. talks
5. A. faced B. wicked C. fixed D. wrapped
II. Circle the word that has the stress pattern different from the others.
1. A. deposit B. festival C. institute D. resident
2. A. activity B. electricity C. simplicity D. pollution
3. A. achievement B. experiment C. explanation D. discovery
4. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting
5. A. interview B. industry C. essential D. difficult
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentence. (2.0pts)
1. Milk bottles can be _______after being cleaned. A. recycled B. reused C. broken D. reduced
2. What a person wears _______ not as important as his behavior.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
3. Your house has _________ nice furniture.
A. such B. such a C. so D. towards
4. First prize was awarded ____________ Jackie Stevens, the smallest girl in the team. A. with B. on C. to D. for
5. Long was not feeling well so we gave him ________ to do.
A. fewer work B. less work C. little work D. least works
6. My dog as well as my cats ________twice a day. A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
7. When I came into the class, I realized I knew _______. A. them all B. all them C. they all D. all of they
8. “Who broke the window?”- “__________.” A. I am B. I was. Thanks C. I did. Sorry D. I did. Excuse me
9. We _______for her for ten minutes. A. wait B. waited C. are waiting D. have been waiting
10. His father is not interested in tennis and __________. A. he doesn’t, either B. so doesn’t he C. neither does he D. neither is he
11. The little girl wasted half an hour _________for her picture book. A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked
12. He spent his whole life struggling __________ imperialism.
A. against B. for C. through D. at
13. Your hair is long. Are you going to __________? A. have it cutting B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it cut
14. Would you like tea or coffee? – I __________drink tea than coffee. A. would like B. would prefer C. would rather D. would wish
15. I must think that matter over carefully before I answer you.
A. remember B. decide C. consider D. memorize
16. He was ________that we turned off the TV set immediately. A. so bad singer B. such bad singer C. such bad a singer D. so bad a singer
17. I wish you _________that! It’s really annoying habit. A. won’t do B. couldn’t do C. wouldn’t do D. don’t do
18. “You look great in this new dress.” – “___________!” A. With pleasure B. Not at all