đề thi học sinh giỏi anh 9

E. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.
Mai and Lan were on a sightseeing tour about London at weekend. In the afternoon they started from Piccadilly Circus, the busiest crossroad in London. They went up Regent Street, one of the best shopping streets, as far as Oxford Circus. There they turned left onto Oxford Street. A little farther on the left was a small quiet street called Bond Street with the most fashionable shops in London. Keeping on along Oxford Street, they saw Marble Arch, which is over one hundred years old and was first used as a gate into Hyde Park.
After visiting many more places, they came to Trafalgar Square with its tall column and Nelson’s statue on top: The lions represent the British people.

1. Where did the tour start from?
A. Oxford Street B.Regent Street
C. Piccadilly Circus D.Oxford Circus
2. Piccadilly Circus is a _____________.
A. Street B. crossroad C. park D. circus
3. Regent Street is one of the ____________.
A. most beautiful B. gates in the Hyde Park
C. most fashionable shops D. best shopping streets
4. They found the most fashionable shops in ___________.
A. Marble Arch B. Piccaldilly Circus
C. Bond Street D.Oxford Street
5.Who do the lions represent?
A. British people B. Trafalgar Square
C. Bond Street D.Marble Arch
II. Choose the correct word for each space from the lish in the box. Do not use the same word more than once.
A.abandoned
B. astronauts
C. damaged
D. destroyed
E. launched

F. orbit
G. objects
H. polluted
I. situation
J. spacecraft

 On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik, was(1) ___________. Since then, thousands of (2)___________ have been sent into space. Every few weeks new satellites are put into (3)___________. Unfortunately, space is being (4)___________ by debris from these space flights. More than 70,000 (5)_______________ have been left in space. Parts of rockets have been left. Old satellites have been (6)_____.
Other items, including a glove, a spanner and a camera, have been lost by (7)_______.
The situation up there is becoming dangerous. Both Russian and American spacecraft have been (8)___________. An astronaut would be killed if he or she was hit by a piece of rubbish. It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris, but if nothing is done the (9)_____________ will only get worse. Sooner or later a satellite will be (10)______________ by a large piece of rubbish and thousand more piece of debris will be scattered.
F. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences I such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence.
1. “Let’s check everything once more,” said the leader.
The leader suggested_____________________________________ .
2. You’re the worst guitarist in the world.
No one________________________________________________ .
3. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did you.
He forgot______________________________________________ .
4. I wish I could speak English fluently.
It is a _________________________________________________ .
5. My uncle spent five hours repairing his house.
It took_________________________________________________ .
6. We couldn’t drive fast because of the fog.
The fog________________________________________________ .
7. He asked Jane how she thought of his new shoes.
“How__________________________________________________ .
8. He can’t get the job because he isn’t good at English.
If he ___________________________________________________ .
9. The bicycle was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
The bicycle was too_______________________________________ .
10. In spite of his age, he often plays badminton.
Although________________________________________________ .
II. Complete each sentence of the following letter.
Dear Mai,
1. Thank / letter.
_______________________________________________________ .
2. I / Sorry / I / not / able / write / two weeks.
________________________________________________________ .
3. I / have / do / lot / homework.
________________________________________________________ .
4. My exam / be / four weeks.
________________________________________________________ .
5. I / not / speak / English / good.
________________________________________________________ .
6. I / glad / you / come / Hanoi.
________________________________________________________ .
7. You / able / come / soon?
________________________________________________________ .
8. I / want / show / you / everything.
________________________________________________________ .
9. Please / write / me / soon.
________________________________________________________ .
10. I / look forward / see / you.
________________________________________________________ .


Lots of love,
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