De HSG 9

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

I - Read the passage and choose the best answers.

NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN
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have just received a letter from my old school informing me that my formerheadmaster, Mr Reginald Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster’s home. We shall all remember Mr Page for his patience and understanding and for the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwillingly to school. A great many former puplis will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him this will be an entirely new hobby, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

former (adj): trước, cũ, xưa, nguyên / headmaster(n): hiệu trưởng / pupil (n): học sinh / mark (v) đánh dấu / contribute towards (v): đóng góp vào / unwillingly (adv):miễn cưỡng / farewell dinner (n): bữa tiệc chia tay / coincidence (n): sự trùng hợp / devote (v): cống hiến / entirely (adv): toàn vẹn, trọn vẹn


The pupils who will be signing their names in the album are those who ..................
a. at the school now. b. used to go to the school.
c. will attend the farewell dinner. d. have given money to buy the headmaster a present.
The headmaster ..................
a. believes it’s too late to take up gardening.
b. think that only young people should take up gardening.
c. has no intention of taking up gardening.
d. doesn’t believe it’s too late to take up gardening.
He will be retiring next week. He ................be retiring next year.
a. willn’t b. won’t c. shall not d. shan’t
We went so unwillingly to school. We were ...............unwilling pupils.
a. such b. so c. such an d. so much
How long ...................teaching ? Forty years.
a. will he have been b. he will have been c. will have he been d. will have been he
One is never too old to learn.....................are never too old to learn.
a. We b. You c. They d. Everyone
They informed me about it. That’s the .................I received.
a. inform b. informs c. informations d, information
They will put their .....in an album.
a. signs b. signstures c. sidnals d. marks
He gave us encouragement. He was always ....................
a. courageous b. helpful c. helpless d. thankful
It’s entirely new to him. It’s ...................new to him.
a. eventually b. finally c. completely d. fully

II - Grammar Points
The future perfect tense.
She has been writing a new novel for nearly three years and she will have finishedit by the end of this year. But if she has an operation, she won’t have been able to finish it by that time.
Will they have finished the new school by the end of this month ? The work on it has been going on too long.
( Chỉ một sự việc sẽ kết thúc vào một thời gian xác định trong tương lai.
The future perfect continuous tense,
Up till now I have been working for this company for a long time. By the end of this year, I will have been working for the company for over thirty years.
( Chỉ một sự việc xảy ra mang tính liên tục và sẽ kết thúc vào một thời gian xác định trong tương lai.

Answer my questions:
How long will you have been learning English with me by the end of this month ?
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How long will you have studied in Ngai Giao Town by the end of this year ?
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III - Find the error in each sentence and correct it.
The last time I decorated the house was 5 years ago. The house wasn’t decorated for five years.
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In the end, the result was quite different with what we expected.
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Nowadays women don’t no longer spend much time doing the housework.
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Destroyed completely during the war, the city is now rebuilding fast.
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Collecting coins and stamps were my father’s hobby when he retired.
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IV - Give the correct form of the WORDS in brackets.
L
evis Strauss, a young (emigrate) ............................(18) from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850