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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2012-2013


B. PHONETICS I.Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others (5 points):
11. A. benefit B. recycle C. logical D. grocery
12. A. disappear B. existence C. imagine D. extensive
13. A. empty B. relate C. suggest D. effect
14. A. scenery B. scholarship C. dictionary D. compulsory
15. A. sample B. behave C. replace D. parade
C. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONSI. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence (15 points):
16. The man asked me .....................
A. where had I gone the previous day. B. where I had gone the previous day.
C. where I had gone yesterday. D. where did I go yesterday.
17. Jenny refused to explain the reason ..................... her absence from class last week.
A. why B. about C. for D. of
18. The party was great! Everyone enjoyed ..................... very much.
A. themselves B. ourselves C. oneself D. itself
19. Nguyen Du is considered one of the best ..................... that Vietnam has ever produced.
A. poets B. poems C. poetry D. poetic
20. Hardly ..................... at school when it started to rain.
A. did we arrive B. we arrived C. we had arrived D. had we arrived
21. Please don`t put much salt in the soup. Just ......................
A. few B. a few C. a little D. little
22. The police are looking for the man ..................... car was found in the jungle last night.
A. whose B. whom C. who D. his
23. It is high time we.....................something to protect rare animals from extinction.
A. did B. do C. will do D. are doing
24. Despite working in the same office, Mary earns ..................... her boyfriend.
A. twice as many as B. twice more than C. twice as more than D. twice as much as
25. Jack never helps his mum with the housework,.....................?
A. does he doesn`t he C. will he D. did he
26. When the boy was told that he had failed the exam, he was extremely .....................
A. disappointing B. disappointedly C. disappointed D. disappointment
27. "No, you are not allowed ..................... out tonight, Mike," the father said angrily.
A. to go B. going C. to going D. go
28. "The room is too dirty! Do you think it needs...................., honey?" said the wife.
A. to clean B. cleaning B. to be cleaning D. cleaned
29. I think your health will not improve ..................... you give up smoking.
A. if B. when C. unless D. until
30. Can you close the gate ..................... the hens will not go out?
A. so as to B. in order to C. in order for D. so that


答案：A
测试点：比较句式。
分析：关键词是比较级的larger和more，说明后面应当有被比较的部分。应在答案中选择含有than…的形式，即(A)。
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (10 points):
31. Why don`t you ask Uncle John this question? He is very .......about the history ofEnglish.
32. Henry wondered who had sent him that .....................email.
33. Please don`t serve Mrs. Thomson with meat. She is a.....................
34. Many rural areas in the North have been.....................
35. They are ..................... awaiting the test results.
36. Tom phoned his friend to apologize for his..................... at the get-together.
37. Many families are trying to ..................... by not eating in restaurants.
38. "I have just won the first prize in the English speaking contest," the little girl said.....................
39. Travelling helps to..................... our knowledge.
40. It is not difficult to see that there are many ..... differences between the two regions.