Đề HSG Anh 9

kỳ thi học sinh giỏi huyện lớp 9 Năm học 2010-2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
A. knife B. know C. knit D. kind
A. concerned B. received C. attracted D. learned
A. great B. jeans C. teacher D. means
A. blanket B. fashion C. champagne D. material
5. A. children B. chair C. machine D. chest
6. A. hour B. house C. hot D. head
7. A. depends B. years C. temples D. tents
8. A. exhibition B. device C. emigrate D. destination
9. A. cotton B. clothing C. coat D. city
10. A. conduct B. deaf-mute C. rug D. public
II. Supply the correct verb form for each gap.
1. They used to ................................................. swimming in the afternoon. (go)
2. You ought to ....................................................... up earlier.(get)
3. Look! The man ............................................after the bus. He wants to catch it.(run)
4. One of my friends .................................................... living in the country. ( like)
5. My father ..................................teaching in Quang Trung School 10 years ago.( start)
6. I wish I ......................................... how to drive a car.(know)
7. Mr Hoang and Mrs Nga.......................................... English in our school since 2004( teach)
8. Mrs Chi asked me .................................................... the window ( open).
9. Miss Mai ......................................................... for 10 hours. You must wake her up.( sleep)
10. When I got to the movies, my friends.......................................................... for me. (wait).
III. Supply the correct word form for each gap.
1. Many Vietnamese women continue to wear unique and .........................dress. (FASHION)
2. The girls went to see .................................................... places in HCM City. (FAME)
3. What is the main language of ....................................... at that school ? ( INSTRUCT)
4. Liverpool is an .....................................city in the North of England . ( INDUSTRY)
5. This city has over half a million ........................................................ ( INHABIT)
6. We are all impressed by their ............................................................ ( FRIEND)
7. According to the .........................................., The English lesson starts at ten ( TIME)
8. My teacher s usually .................................................me to learn harder (COURAGE)
9. Nga hopes to speak English as..................................... as her teacher. ( GOOD)
10. I can`t sit on the chair. It is ............................................................ ( COMFORT)
IV. Find and correct the mistake in the following sentences . Write the correct sentences below.
1. Since the age of 10. He lived in this town with his grandparents
2. I like to go to the countryside and my sister likes, either.
3. A friend of him got married at the age of sixteen .
4. I have seen Nam with his sister in a restaurant three months ago.
5. He would like living in a big house .
6. If you go to the class lately, you will miss an important part of the lesson .
7. I wish you can come to my birthday party next week .
8. Fifty minutes are the maximum length of the time allowed for exam .
9. My teacher said that we will have a picnic the following month .
10. Why don`t you have someone to water the flowers in the garden ?
V. Fill each numbered blank with one suitable word to complete the passage.
In Britain there is a (1)….......................... now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days, many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the (2)…............................... and their working day was usually very long, they often worked on (3)…................................, too. Once a year, it was usually (4)…............................... Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and (5)…............................... presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and (6)…............................... they went back to their work. People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering (7)…............................... Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It (8)…............................... the last Sunday in March.
VI. Read the passage then answer the questions below it.
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