De lop 9

Sở Giáo dục - Đào Tạo



Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt chuyên
Năm học 2007 - 2008
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 (Cho thí sinh thi vào chuyên Anh)
Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
Ngày thi: 10/ 7/ 2008


A. pronunciation (10 points).
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the others in each group. (5 points)
A. crop
B. concern
C. conserve
D. protect

A. conserve
B. advertise
C. perfect
D. reverse

A. cities
B. workers
C. series
D. satellites

A. food
B. good
C. tooth
D. tool

A. although
B. without
C. thank
D. these

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points)
A. cartoon
B. open
C. paper
D. answer

A. manage
B. shortage
C. village
D. teacher

A. remain
B. convenient
C. volunteer
D. memorable

A. maintain
B. marine
C. challenge
D. device

A. important
B. community
C. organize
D. diseases

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40 points).
I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (10 points)
The stolen jewels were ________ a lot of money.
A. valued
B. cost
C. priced
D. worth

________, after trying three times, he passed the examination.
A. Lastly
B. Last of all
C. Last
D. At last

I don’t see any________ in arriving early at the theatre.
A. cause
B. point
C. reason
D. aim

The children loved ________ the old castle.
A. discovering
B. exploring
C. hunting
D. detecting

This is the oldest building ________ the village.
A. of
B. by
C. in
D. to

These figures show a ________ in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales.
A. loss
B. lessening
C. reduction
D. lowering

________ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
A. late
B. later
C. Latter
D. Lately

After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ________.
A. hardly
B. in difficulties
C. with difficulty
D. hard

You will have to ________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
A. put off
B. cut down
C. put out
D. put up

At four o’clock Mr Hutchinson still had some ________ to do in the garden.
A. work
B. job
C. effort
D. task

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points)
This is the first time I (read) ________ a novel (write) _________ by an American novelist.
The stereo (play) ________ since 6 pm. I wish someone (turn) ________ it off.
The new students hope (include) ________ in many of the school’s social activities.
He wore a false beard (avoid) ________ (recognize) ________.
(Write) ________ the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope.
If you don’t hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there.
III. Fill in the blank with a / an / the. Put an ( where none is required. (5 points)
My father has just bought me _______ LG computer.
_______ whale is _______ mammal, not _______ fish.
We are going to _______ tea with _______ Smiths today.
_______Titanic, one of the most famous ocean liners, sank on its first voyage across _______ Atlantic.
For centuries, _______ buildings were made of _______ stones.
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points)
Ask any adult over forty to make a (1) _______ between the past and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily worse for as long as they can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in their (2) _______ the summers were considerably hotter, and that winter always included (3) _______ falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in