ĐỀ HSG Tiếng Anh ( Vân Anh 9A Triệu Sơn )

kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9- THcs
HS : Lã THị VÂN ANH LớP 9A TRƯờNG TRUNG HOC CƠ Sở THị TRấN TRIệU SƠN - THANH HóA

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home.
2. There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)
3. The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from (enter).
4. This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading.
5. When I came to school, everybody (be) there.
6. When she (know) me for years, she invited me to tea.
7. I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) you.
8. I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church tomorrow.
9. You are (take) over my business while I go away.
10. Nobody would listen to the stories (to tell) by him so many times.

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. The old man was standing there …...... the street corner waiting …...... someone.
2. His story was …… no interest …...…. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him …....... all he has done …........ us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me …....... . So, I think I’ll turn …........ early tonight.
5. I don’t get …...… very well…......... him.

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
In Britain there is a …..1….. now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days, many girls from working-class ….2…. in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the ….3….. and their working day was usually very long, they often worked on …..4….., too. Once a year, it was usually ……5….. Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and ……6…. presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and ……7…… they went back to their work. People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering ……8…… . Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one …..9… day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It ….10….. the last Sunday in March.

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.
My house
My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays. I work in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the open air, near the sea.
I’m happy to have a house near the sea. It is rather far from London and I usually drive there for three hours. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very clean and comfortable. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living-room where there is a lovely old fire place. In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people who lived in the house many years ago. Some of my friends are afraid of them. They think that these dead people visit the house at night. But I don’t think so. I’m never afraid in my house, but always happy.
There is a garden in front of the house. the garden goes down to the sea and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere. Behind my house there are old apple trees and every autumn I have got a lot of nice red apples. I often give them to my friends as birthday presents. They are really great!
I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends come to see me very often and we have a lot of fun together. They are always welcome! Every year we celebrate Halloween and Christmas there.
I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, but the best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window. I enjoy the sea.
When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London. I’m never happy to the back in London. I think that someday I will leave my work and live in my country house for all my life.

a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays.
b) Mary bought a