Đề HSG T.Anh 9 - Đề số 5 (có key)

đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi lớp 9 -THCS
Năm học 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

Question 1: Complete the letter by using verbs from the list in a suitable tense. Use each verb once only.
be become change come decide not do go
have live move stay stop tell wait not write
Dear Fiona,
I’m sorry I ...1... to you for so long, but I ...2... very busy lately. All last month I ...3... exams, and I ...4... anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I ...5... studying how, and I ...6... for my exam results.
As you can see from the letter, I ...7... my address and ...8... in Croydon now. I ...9... that I wanted a change from central London because it ...10... so expensive. A friend of mine ...11... me about this flat, and I ...12... here about two months ago. When you ...13... to London this Summer, please visit me. I ...14... here until the middle of August. Then I ...15... on holiday to Scotland.
Please write soon,
Helen.
Question 2 : Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.
1. Convenience
a- I’m afraid it won’t be .......... for me to see you tomorrow.
b- The house is ............. situated near the centre of town.
c- This is very ............. ! Can’t you practise your violin somewhere else ?
2. Critic
a- Why everybody ............. him all the time ?
b- After so much ............... he felt he had to resign.
c- They were very ............. of his efforts to improve services.
3. decide
a- They are going to announce their ............ tomorrow.
b. He’s so .............. ! He just can’t make up his mind !
4. decorate
a- The ............... said he would charge me $ 1,000 a room.
b- During the festival ............. were hanging from every tree.
Question 3: Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.
1. Most English men live in the cities ............ are centered.
a. trade and manufacturing b. in which there are trade and manufacturing
c. where there are trade and manufacturing d. where trade and manufacturing
2. ..................... means having both body and mind in good working order, free from disease and pain.
a. Being in good health b. To be in good health is
c. In order to be in good health d. We are in good health
3. Food, fuel, housing and medical care, the basic necessities of life are the areas .......... have been hardest hit by rising prices.
a. that Americans b. where Americans
c. which Americans d. there Americans
4. One of the reasons ................ the world’s telephone service is so poor is that there are too many varieties of equipment working together.
a. that much of b. why much of
c. that causes much of d. by which much of
5. Most of mechanical weapons were invented by Archimedes ............... as a mathematician and scientist.
a. we usually think him b. who(m) we usually think to be
c. Who (m) we usually think of d. we usually think of him
Question 4: Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
Henry bought some presents and came ...1... of the shop. Although the sun had clouded ...2..., he didn’t feel ...3... hurrying. There ...4... all the time he needed to do what he ...5... . He only regretted ...6... it was not quite warm ...7... to sit down at one of those little tables ...8... the pavement (vỉa hè) and take a cup of coffee. It would remind him ...9... his first trip abroad ... 10... the delight he had taken in such everyday diffirences as the drinking of coffee ...11... the open air. He wanted to experience all these simple pleasures ...12... . As he walked along the quiet London street and turned into avenue in ...13... he lived, he felt ...14... glad that he almost shouted aloud ...15... joy.
Question 5: Fill in each blank with one correct preposition.
1. Hamid works ............. a restaurant ............. Oxford.
2. We live ............ number 32 Redland Road now.
3. We had a wonderful week .......... Madrid.
4. The accident happened because the driver didn’t stop .......... the traffic lights.

Question 6: Rerwite the