De thi chon HSG Anh 9

Đề thi chọn HSG môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9
Năm học : 2011 – 2012
Thời gian : 120 phút
(Đề thi gồm 2 trang)
I - Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
A. entrance B. paddy C. bamboo D. banyan
A convinced B called C formed D controlled
A. thought B. throw C. through D. thought
A. health B. appear C. ready D. heavy
A. exchange B. reach C. chance D. chemist
A. invite B. shrine C. village D. primary
A.lift B.sign C.might D. light
A. please B. seat C. ready D. teacher
A. book B. blood C. look D. foot
A. newspapers B. magazines C. adults D. controls

II.- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence below.
1. If you get up early, you (weren`t / wouldn`t be / aren`t /won`t be ) late
2. He has( seen / looked / got/ learned) forward to receiving our prizes for his contest.
3 . My father asked us(not to spending / did not spend/ not to spend / to not spent)too much time playing computer games.
4. I do not think you have spent your time like this,( do you/ do not you/ have you / haven’t you)?
5.There are not (quite /so/as/ such) many books in that library as there used to be.
6. It is nearly 3 months (while/ during /since/ when ) he visited his parents.
7. I suggest( raise / to raise / raised / raising ) some money for poor children.
8. Honda motorbikes (produce/ will produce / are produced/ would be produced) in Viet Nam.
9. He asked me if I ( am going/ go / was going / went) to school by bicycle every day.
10. She was sick yesterday,(since / so / because/ but)she was absent from school.

III - Give the correct form of the words in the the brackets.
1. We all know that there is no easy……………to this problem. (solve)
2. Mrs Brown decided to divorce her husband because of his ……… (kind)
3. There are a lot of ………..between American and British English (diffirent)
4. We are waiting to have the new………….installed. (equip)
5. It takes a lot of time to speak a foreign language ……….. (fluency)
6.You have to work hard if you are a ……………. (science)
7. The road is much ………………… than I thought. (length)
8 . The gas from the chemical factory was extremely …….. (harm)


IV- There is a mistake in each sentence. Find and correct them
After living in London for two months,my cousin got used to drive on the left.
Our teacher told Mai didn`t take part in the picnic because of her common cold
Can you tell me what you have done at 8 o’clock last night?
They are fond in collecting stamps and watching children/s programs on TV.
Hue is only a 15-minutes drive from Phu Bai Airport
The more slow we walk the longer it will take us to get home
You can see that the room has been beautiful decorated for Christmas
It is necessary for them taking new solutions to the pollution
John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but now he is living in Detroit
His drawings are as perfect as his instructor.

V - Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
We (not see) ……..her since we (be) ………on holiday in Ha Long bay.
Where you (go) ....................... if you had a lot of money?
Nothing (do )......................... since I moved here.
David (wash)…………… his hands. He just (repair) ……….the TV set
I am sorry about the noise last night. We (have) ………………a party.
My father told me (not stay) ……………………up too late
I wish they ( pass)…………………. their exam next year.
Look! A man ( run) …………………. after the bus. He wants to catch it.
VI - Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
My garden runs out of flowers.=> There ………………………………
It is difficult for me to read whenever I don’t wear my glasses.=>I have ……
The food is too cold to eat =>The food