Đề thi chọn HSG

BỘ ĐỀ BỒI DƯỠNG HS GIỎI
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 9 THCS

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
Năm học: 2013 - 2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề

ĐỀ SỐ 1
A. PHONETICS

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. ( 5 x 0,2 = 1,0pt)
1. A. campus B. lunar C. Buddhism D. ruler
2. A. raised B. coughed C. closed D. ploughed
3. A. although B. enough C. cough D. laugh
4. A. hour B. honor C. honesty D. history
5. A. types B. writes C. misses D. likes
II. Choose one word that has main stress is different from the other. ( 3 x 0,2 = 0,6pt)
6. A. directory B. assistant C. tradition D. demonstrate
7. A. arrange B. countless C. conduct D. device
8. A. socket B. scissors C. safety D. include

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: ( 12 x 0,2 = 2,4 pts)
9. I had my younger brother……..the newspaper to me while I was abroad.
A. send B. sent C. to send D. sending
10. …………..on a small salary when one has a large family is not easy.
A. Having lived B. Having to live C. Have to live D. To have to live
11. Remember to come at eight, ………..you?
A. won’t B. don’t C. aren’t D. haven’t
12. When I was a boy, we had no…………..in the village.
A. electric B. electrical C. electricity D. electrify
13. The number of the cars……………risen.
A. is B. are C.have D.has
14. I slept badly last night. The noise of the traffic kept me……………..
A. awake B. wake C. waken D. awaken
15. We hire our bicycle……………………
A. by hours B. by an hour C. by the hour D. for hours
16. The room was full of people and……………were speaking.
A. neither of them B. none of them C. each of them D. all of them
17. It……………..as we drove slowly along the road.
A. was snowing B. snowed C. had snowed D. is snowing
18. Mr Pike …………..history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. taught D. has been teaching
19. It’s not easy to learn a foreign language all by………………
A. itself B. oneself C. himself D. herself
20. He used to…………. his living by delivering vegetables to city hotels
A. earn B. gain C. get D. make

II. Identify the error in the following sentences. ( 10 x 0,2 = 2,0pts)
21. Our new television came with a ninety – days warranty on all electrical components.
A B C D
22. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on.
A B C D
23. The two islands comprises an area of more than 300 000 sq km.
A B C D
24. The populate of this country has doubled for the last two decades.
A B C D
25. The plane was delayed for more than one hour because the bad weather.
A B C D
26. We can make vegetable matter to compost and fertilize our field.
A B C D
27. The gorilla is much in danger of extinction as the giant tortoise is.
A B C D
28. The city has been destroyed completely after terrorists had bombed it.
A B C D
29. Not having read the book before, he didn’t remember who was the author.
A B C D
30. Last night we ate fresh fish with corn and rice in dinner.
A B C D
III. Give the correct form of the word given in brackets. ( 10 x 0,2 = 2,0 pts)

31. It