De HSG9-Hatinh-2012

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HÀ TĨNH

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi có 06 trang, gồm 08 phần)



Lưu ý: →
Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.

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Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô cho sẵn ở cuối các phần.

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Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D vào ô cho sẵn.

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Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.


Điểm của toàn bài thi
Các giám khảo
Số phách

(Bằng số)
(Bằng chữ)
(Ký và ghi rõ họ tên)
(Do Trưởng Ban chấm thi ghi)



Giám khảo 1:






Giám khảo 2:




PART I - Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1.
A. fox
B. exactly
C. existence
D. exhaust

2.
A. honest
B. hang
C. honour
D. vehicle

3.
A. charity
B. choke
C. purchase
D. parachute

4.
A. advise
B. promise
C. release
D. tense

5.
A. pleasure
B. sound
C. same
D. best


Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the group.
6.
A. occasional
B. industrial
C. information
D. variety

7.
A. assistant
B. decision
C. redundant
D. management

8.
A. essential
B. average
C. promotion
D. deliver

9.
A. compulsory
B. education
C. technology
D. intelligent

10.
A. accessible
B. important
C. apprehension
D. alternative

Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


PART II- Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the following sentences.
1. Solid-fuel engines are simpler than liquid-fuel engines, __________ have important uses.
A. both of them
B. so both
C. both however
D. but both

2. __________ all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese orange.
A. That the belief
B. The belief that
C. To believe that
D. It is believed that

3. He looked __________ he had seen a ghost.
A. as
B. like as
C. as if
D. like

4. We wish you __________ old enough to come with us.
A. was
B. were
C. would be
D. are

5. “Have you read his new books?” “Yes, it’s __________ interesting than his first four books.”
A. the most
B. very much
C. much more
D. the more

6. __________ who he was, I asked his name.
A. Not to realize
B. Without to realize
C. Except realizing
D. Without realizing

7. The human brain __________ only two percent of an adult’s body weight.
A. which makes up
B. it makes up
C. making up
D. makes up

8. Trains stop here in order to __________ passengers only.
A. get off
B. pick up
C. pull up
D. put off

9. He got an excellent grade in his examination __________ he had not worked particularly hard.
A. on account of
B. because
C. in spite of
D. although

10. He said that he __________ badly sick since he returned from abroad.
A. had been
B. has been
C. was
D. would be

11. You have to run __________ you will miss the train.
A. instead
B. or else
C. therefore
D. although

12. Not until the late Middle Ages __________ a major construction material.
A. glass did become
B. did glass become
C. did become glass
D. glass did

13. She is __________ her brother.
A. twice as old as
B. twice older than
C. as old