De HSG huyen-K9 2011

Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo Kì thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9 THCS
đông sơn Năm học 2011-2012
Môn tiếng anh

Question 1: Choose the word whose part underlined is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
A. helped B. liked C. watched D. hated.
A. laugh B. plough C. enough D. cough
A. beds B. doors C. students D. plays
A. but B. cut C. sun D. put
A. many B. sandy C. candy D. handy

Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
The vase (break) ........................ when it (move) ........................ to the other room.
I was just about (leave) ........................ the office when the phone rang.
I distinctly remember (pay) ....................... him. I gave him two dollars
I`d rather you (do) ....................... the test well.
Where`s Tom? He said he (be) ....................... here at 4 pm.
6. The man who (rescue)........................ had been in the sea for ten hours.
7. The radio (play) ........................ since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
"Where is Jane?" "Down stairs sir" ."She (greet) ........................ the guests."
People always (blame) ........................ their circumstances for what they are.
Either my sister or I (be) ........................going to visit our uncle.

Question 3: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences
His parents are very ............of him (pride) ........................
Every week, there are two ...........from Ha Noi to Nha Trang. (fly) ........................
We`re very impressed by the ..........of your town`s people. (friend) ........................
Thousands of people have been made..........by the war (home) ........................
5. The ................... have to cook rice in this contest. ( participate ) ......................
A...........person is one who is kind. (think) ........................
I had my trousers .............because they were too short (long) ........................
We’ll...........our room with some roses (beauty) ........................
9. We should learn about keeping our environment .................. . (pollute) ........................
10. Some of my ............ live in a village outside Thanh Hoa city. (relate) ........................

Question 4: Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence.
He is looking forward to ...........to England.
A. travel B. travelling C. be travelling D. A and B
Margaret is a good ............. He can type 60 words per minute.
A. typer B. type C. typist D. typewriter.
..............hot today.
A. A sun B. The sun C. A sun`s D. The sun`s
What is your teacher ............?
A. like B. alike C. liking D. does like
If you want to have a table made , you must call a ..........
A. mechanic B. plumber C. carpenter D. fortune-teller
My dress is very different ...........yours.
A. with B. from C. as D. towards
.................beautiful flowers!
A. What a B. What C. How D. So
...............happens, I shall stand by you.
A. Whatever B. What C. Which D. That
This town is not an interesting place to visit, so .............tourists come here.
A. a few B. few C. a little D. x
Nobody is ready to go,.....................?
A. isn’t he B. is he C. are they D. aren`t they

Question 5: Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D ) for each space
Jeans are very popular with young people all (1)......................the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of (2) ............. But they haven`t always been popular. The story of jeans started (3) .............two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth (4) ..................in Genoa was called "jeans". The pants were