đề HSG lớp 9 thanh hóa 2011

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HOÁ
Kỳ thi chọn HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT, THCS
Năm học 2010- 2011

 Đề chính thức

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh. Lớp 9
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 24 / 3/ 2011
Đề thi này gồm 04 trang.



Question 1:
a. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. ( 3p)
1. A. design B. grow C. gather D. guest
2. A. athletics B. health C. earthquake D. furthermore
3. A. sewage B. save C. treasure D. campus

b. Pick out the word that has the tress syllable differently from that of the other words. (5p)
1. A. profession B. condition C. departure D. energy
2. A. writer B. carefully C. origin D. compete

Question 2: Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence (10p)
1. I’m really bored...........eating chips. Can’t we have something else for a change?
A. with B. of C. from D. about
2. During her last trip to England, Lan.....................her homework and housework.
A. had not to do B. would not have to do
C. did not have to do D. had not done
3. That director................a big company.
A. guides B. runs C. leads D. goes
4. Since the Tet holiday the cost of living ........................ considerably.
A. rises B. rose C. was rising D. has risen
5. Janet, ................ father is a chef at a famous restaurant, cannot cook.
A. of whom B. who C. which D. whose
6. - “This movie is boring and too violent”
- “ I agree ................?”
A. Will we leave B. Why don’t we leave
C. Must we leave D. Would we leave
7. I don’t notice that you are still working : I’ll turn ................... the volume.
A. in B. off C. over D. down
8. If you park your car in the wrong place, you must pay a(n) ................
A. ticket B. attention C. fee D. fine
9. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano .............. the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
A. at B. with C. on D. in
10. We were so late that we ...................... had time to catch the train.
A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. simply

Question 3: Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets (10p)
1. Whenever we met, Jack avoided (look).............at me.
2. By this time next year I (save)..............500 dollars.
3. The children were frightened because it (get) ......... dark.
4. It (rain) ............ very much in this part of the country every spring.
5. Had you asked me earlier, I (tell) ............. you the news.
6. Only yesterday I (realise) .......... what was going on.
7. We are going (have) ........... our house (repaint) .......... next month.
8. She looks as if he (be) .......... from another planet.
9. I remember (take) ............ to that place once.

Question 4: Fill each blank with the correct form of the words given. (10p)
1. Road accident is one of our serious................problems nowadays. (society)
2. You are only one of many...................for that job. (apply)
3. The Internet has ............ developed and become part of our daily life. (increase)
4. However, the Internet also has some .................. (limit)
5. The university has ....... the use of dictionaries during language exams. (author)
6. Panda is ................. to China only. (nation)
7. Viet Nam declared its................. in 1945. (depend)
8. ...............................are doing their best to make people aware of the danger of all
pollution. (Environment)
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