Đề HSG 9 -5

Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9
I. Choose the best answer for each sentence:
1.Marie Curie …………….. the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903
a. award b. awarded c. was awarded d. has awarded
2. The stamp collection made him ……….. famous in the country
a. be b. to be c. been d. being
3. He told me he …………….. leave the city the following day.
a. will have to b. would have to c. has to d. had to
4. I wonder why he …………. love his family.
a. doesn’t b. don’t c. didn’t d. hasn’t
5. By learning English, you can get access to the world’s ………………..
a. develop b. developing c. developed d. development
6. The next stage in the development of television is …………… TV
a. interact b. interaction c. interactive d. interactively
7. The United States has a………….. of around 250 million.
a. population b. separation c. addition d. introduction
8. It’s ……………… to call anyone at night.
a. convenience b. inconvenience c. convenient d. inconvenient
9. The word Jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in ………..
a. Asia b. Africa c. America d. Europe
10. Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet. Apart in this sentence means………….
a. bedsides b. away c. near d. close
11. I’m very busy at the moment so it may take a…………time to answer your letter.
a. little b. few c. small d. some
12. Sending emails is a/an…………..way to communicate with other people.
a. effective b. dangerous c. interested d. happy
13. he seldom goes fishing….?
a. doesn’t he b. is he c. does he d. isn’t he
14. The house …………. Shakespeare was born is open to the public.
a. where b. which c. that d. when
15. A ………… was a person who went through city streets shouted the latest news.
a. town crier b. magician c. singer d. clown
16. All competitors take ………… in the Olympic Games in the spirit of sportsmanship.
a. role b. play c. turn d. part
17. Traffic rules ……………… by all people.
a. must be obeyed b. must obey c. must obeyed d. must have obeyed
18. The more a car costs, ………………….. it goes.
a. faster b. the faster c. the more fast d. the more faster
19. I couldn’t go to the party …………………. of a sudden cold.
a. as b. because c. in spite d. that
20. It took him three weeks how to swim.
a. learn b. learning c. to learn d. to learning
II. Supply the correct word form
1. I worry about the (destroy) ………………… effect that violent films may have on children.
2. I think you should take it somewhere to have it mended (proper)……………
3. The (possess) …………….. of large amounts of money does not ensure happiness.
4. I had a headache and I wasn’t feeling very (society)……………….
5. He’s being very (secret) ………………. about his new girlfriend.
6. Since (retire) …………….. from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity
7. I’ve got to have a wash and make myself (present) …………. for our guests.
8. The hotel was (home) ……………. and comfortable
III. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
I was having dinner ………………… (1) a restaurant when Harry Steele came …………………. (2) Harry worked …………………… (3) a lawyer’s office years ago but he is now working ……………… (4) a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money ……………….. (5) his friends and never pays it ………………. (6) Harry saw me and came and sat ……………… (7) the same table. He has never borrowed money ……………….. (8) me while he was eating, I asked him to lend me 2$. ………………… (9) my surprise, he gave me the money immediately, “I have never borrowed any