ĐỀ HSG 968

PHÒNG GD&ĐT………..
Trường THCS………..

KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018
ĐỀ THI MÔN. TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 120 phút)

A. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (2.0 points):
16. A. architect B. parachute C. choir D. psychology
17. A. paragraphed B. coughed C. ploughed D. faced
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others (3.0 points):
18. A. congratulate B. celebrate C. compulsory D. communicate
19. A. enjoyment B. pagoda C. collection D. business
20. A. national B. newspaper C. dormitory D. biology
B. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
I. Choose the word, phrase, or expression that best completes each sentence below (15 points):
21. “Don’t be late for the interview, …..people will think you are a disorganized person, Tom,” the mother said.
A. otherwise B. unless C. if not D. or so
22. Mary seldom does morning exercise, ………………..?
A. does she B. doesn’t she C. is she D. isn’t she
23. The old man persisted ……………….. believing that his son was still somewhere in the city.
A. on B. in C. for D. with
24. ……………….. on the ice, he wouldn’t have broken his arm.
A. If he didn’t slip B. If he hasn’t slipped C. If he had slipped D. Had he not slipped
25. You will have to ……………….. your holiday if you feel too tired.
A. put down B. put out C. put off D. put up 26. Neither Lilly nor her classmates ……………….. the National Museum so far.
A. visit B. visited C. has visited D. have visited
27. “Could you please cut the cake into five ……………….. pieces?”, Henry said to Jane.
A. like B. same C. alike D. equal
28. The environment is ……………….. almost everywhere.
A. threatening seriously B. seriously threatening
C. seriously threatened D. serious threat
29. When in the army, we were made……………….. to bed at 10 p.m.
A. go B. to go C. going D. to going
30. The police stated that the car accident would be ………………..soon.
A. investigate B. investigated C. investigating D. investigation
31. This cooker,………………..looks beautiful, doesn’t work properly.
A. who B. that C. it D. which
32. Sarah said that if her boyfriend ………………..his promise, she ……………….. to him again.
A. broke / would never speak B. breaks / will never speak
C. broke / will never speak D. broken / would never speak
33. The older my grandpa gets, ………………..he becomes.
A. the weakest B. the weaker C. weaker D. the weak
34. Last night when I ………………..along the river, I ………………..my old teacher.
A. walked / met B. was walking / was meeting C. walked / was meeting D. was walking / met
35. Yesterday I went to the garage near my house to ………………..
A. have my car servicedB. servicing my car C. get my car to service D. get my car service
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (5.0 points):
36. The university has AUTHORIZED the use of dictionaries during language examinations.
37. It is said that the PRECISION / PRECISENESS of Swiss watches is perfect.
38. A holiday in Sapa in late summer can be SURPRISINGLY cheap.
39. They have decided to interview three APPLICANTS for the post.
40. The village I spent my childhood in has changed so much that it is almost UNRECOGNIZABLE
AUTHOR
PRECISE
SURPRISE
APPLY
RECOGNIZE

III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that need correcting (5.0 points):
41. Although smoking cigarettes makeMr. Thomson cough a lot, he cannot give it up.
A B C D
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