Đề HSG tham khảo

Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Bắc Giang

Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp Tỉnh năm học 2009-2010
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9
Ngày thi: 28/03/2010
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút



Điểm bài thi

Bằng số:……………..

Bằng chữ:....................
Giám kháo 1: ...............................................................................

Giám khảo 2: ...............................................................................



Lưu ý:
- Bài thi gồm 04 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kỳ loại tài liệu nào.


Section A: Phonetics (10 points)
Part I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Circle A , B , C or D.
1. A. gymnastics B. got C. enlarge D. bridge
2. A. worm B. worse C. more D. work
3. A. meat B. leader C. heat D. sweater
4. A. good B. mood C. noon D. pool
5. A. hurt B. nurse C. bury D. curly
Part II. Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group.
1. A. education B. community C. development D. unbreakable
2. A. exciting B. important C. delicious D. beautiful
3. A. recreation B. entertainment C. literature D. information
4. A. natural B. department C. exception D. attentive
5. A. performance B. industry C. importance D. provision

Section B. Grammar and Vocabulary (35 points)
Part I. Choose the correct answer, circling letter A , B , C or D.
1. Has the committee .................. a decision yet?
A. given B. made C. done D. arrived
2. .................. the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.
A. Until B. In C. By D. On
3. .................. her five dresses, she likes the red one best.
A. Of B. In C. From D. Among
4. Because of the bad weather, we had to put ..................our picnic until next weekend.
A. out B. away C. up D. off
5. By the year 2015, the world population .................. 8 biilion people.
A. will reach B. reaches C. will have reached D. reach
6. We are destroying our environment by adding more .................. to it.
A. pollutes B. pollutants C. pollutives D. pollutions
7. He tried to explain the reason .................. he got to class late yesterday.
A. for which B. of which C. in which D. by which
8. We didn’t remember .................. our document into our removable disk so we have lost all now.
A. saving B. to be saving C. saved D. to save
9. There is a crowd of students .................. for the lecturer outside the lecture hall.
A. to wait B. waiting C. to be waiting D. are waiting
10. The storm was on .................. Thursday of that week.
A. the B. x C. a D. an
Part II. Read the following passage then give the correct form/tense of the verbs in brackets.
Although some groups of people (1. always live)________________ outdoors in tents, camping as we (2. know)________________ it today (3. begin)________________ to be popular about 50 years ago. The increase in the use of cars and improvements in camping equipment (4. allow)____________ more people to travel longer distances into the countryside and (5. stay) ________________ there in greater comfort.
Many campers like (6. be)_________________ themselves in quiet areas, so they take their tent and food and walk or cycle into the forests or the mountains. Others, (7. prefer)_______________ to be near people, (8. drive)_________________ to a public or privately-owned campsite which (9. have)_________________ up-to-date facilities, like hot shower and swimming pools.
Whether campers are separate in the mountain or on a busy site, they should remember to keep the area clean and tidy