Đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9

PHÒNG GD&ĐT TRẦN VĂN THỜI
Trường THCS Trần Hợi
ĐỀ ÔN THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH


PAPER ONE: READING COMPREHENSION
Section A: In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. They ______
a) have already finished b) haven’t finished yet
c) finished along time ago d) are finishing now
2. Next week when there ________a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.
a) is being b) is c) will be d) has been
3. Vitamin C ________by the human body. It gets into the blood stream quickly.
a) absorbs easily b) is easily absorbing
c) is easily absorbed d) absorbed easily
4. People who do not file an income tax return __________
a) It may prosecute b) may be prosecuted
c) prosecution may follow d) they may be prosecuted
5. This summer resort is absolutely fantastic and we’d _____it to anyone.
a) recommend b) talk c) praise d) accommodate
6. Migration, however, is not confined __birds but can be seen in reptiles, insects, and mammals.
a) for b) with c) by d) to
7. “I can’t find the book I left here an hour ago.” “It _______for the readers over there.
a) might be taken b) would have been taken
c) should be taken d) must have been taken
8. Many of these birds ________in navigating over long distances.
a) manage b) succeed c) interest d) contrive
9. Brian used to be an active person, but now he has to limit his activities _______ problems with his health.
a) nevertheless b) because of c) although d) in spite of
10. Fossil fuels are far too valuable to ______on the production of electricity.
a) waste b) throw c) destroy d) omit
11. The world ___________a better place if we had known a hundred years ago what we know today about the earth’s environment.
a) will be b) were c) should be d) might be
12. There were many scientists at the meeting, several of______were very young.
a) that b) which c) who d) whom
Section B: In this section you will find after the passage five questions, each with four suggested answers. You must choose one which you think fits best.
The giant panda is probably the most valuable and popular zoo animal. They live in the steep mountains of Western China. About 1000 giant pandas still survive in the wild, but only a very few have ever been seen alive outside China. In 1961 it was adopted as the symbol of the world Wildlife Fund and the panda has become a familiar sight on T-Shirts, badges and car stickers. It is certainly popular with children and regularly rates in the top
ten of children favorite animals. The arrival of a panda at a zoo can turn a loss into a healthy profit.
Giant pandas can live for up to 20 years, and a big male can weigh 150 kilos. They live on a diet of rock-hand bamboo stems. They can eat 4 kilos at a sitting and may chew for 12 hours a day. Their dependence on bamboo is the main threat to their survival. The bamboo plant dies off about every 100 years and when this last happened in 1975, nearly 150 pandas died. This threat of extinction has led to the setting up of a panda research center in China with $1 million being contributed by the World Wildlife Fund.

13. What is the passage about?
a) the valuable of wild animal b) bear c) panda d) zoo animal
14. “Their dependence on bamboo is the main threat to their survival” means
a) They often fall from bamboo plants and injure themselves
b) The unreliability of the bamboo plant is the greatest danger to pandas, because it is the only food they eat.
c) Pandas use bamboo sticks to defend themselves against other pandas.
d) They live on a diet of rock-hand bamboo stems.
15. A panda research center is a place where people
a) look for pandas b) look after pandas
c) study pandas d) mate pandas
16. ‘They can eat 4 kilos at a