Đề thi chọn HSG

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
HUYỆN TAM NÔNG CẤP HUYỆN

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề )
(Đề thi gồm có: 06 trang)

II. PHONETICS (0.5 mark)
A. Choose the word whose primary stress is pronounced differently from that of the others. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
1. A. conservationist B. population C. innovation D. communication
2. A. Japanese B. behavior C. volunteer D. engineer
B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
1. A. months B. pens C. parks D. maps
2. A. realize B. organize C. surprise D. promise
3. A. interactive B. campus C. fade D. fashion
III. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY (3,5 marks)
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence and write your answer on the answer sheet.
1. John wondered if the woman ________ him before.
A. knows B. knew C. has known D. had known
2. Yesterday morning, I saw a girl________ Jane.
A. names B. named C. is named D. was named
3. She never goes to the market in the morning, ________?
A. doesn`t she B. does she C. will she D. won`t she
4. ________ I was waiting for a visa interview, I ate my lunch.
A. Although B. Since C. While D. Because
5. Mr. Yokohama recommended _______ Mr. Yukihoro and Ms. Tamami for promotions
A. both B. but C. either D. neither
6. Nowadays, many people still use traditional ________to cure some diseases.
A. solutions B. procedures C. treatments D. measures
7. You don’t have to spend much money if you stay with your parents but you may not have much freedom. ________, you are very independent if you rent a room.
A. In contrast B. Thus C. As a result of D. Although
8. I want to have someone ________ my computer. There’s something wrong with it.
A. fixing B. fixed C. to fix D. fix
9. Susan is looking forward to ________ her pen pal again.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
10. The lost bike was expected ________ last month.
A. was found B. is found C. have found D. to have been found
B. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. There are 5 incorrect words. Write the number of the line and the incorrect word. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
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Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he receives a letter from the local police. On the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police but him went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told with a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news because it was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!


C. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning(0). Write your answer on the answer sheet.
Email is such a painless way to write letters. I’ve never (0) found (FIND) it easy to put pen to paper, not even to say “ thank you” for presents sent by (1) _______ (THINK) relatives. They must have thought I was so ungrateful. Now there’s no stopping me! I type away endlessly on my computer, all types of messages to all types of people. Email has all the benefits of a word processor and none of the tedious (2)_______ (AVANTAGE) of writing by hand. It’s better than the letters because you can edit it , quickly and (3