Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện

I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
by circling the letter A, B, C or D : ( 10 points )
1.
A. put
B. push
C. full
D. but

2.
A. faced
B. fixed
C. wicked
D. wrapped

3.
A. one
B. song
C. long
D. gone

4.
A. broad
B. coat
C. road
D. boat

5.
A. cheap
B. chemist
C. child
D. cheap

6.
A. enough
B. although
C. cough
D. rough

7.
A. damage
B. manage
C. teenage
D. luggage

8.
A. noon
B. tool
C. spoon
D. blood

9.
A. plays
B. says
C. stays
D. rays

10.
A. watches
B. oranges
C. figures
D. classes

II. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces by circling
the letter A, B, C or D : ( 30 p )
1. "................ children like ice-cream." "That`s quite natural."
A Most of
B. Most
C. The most
D. The most of
2. They have been married for ten years but they have no children. They`re a ........................ couple.
A. childlike
B. childish
C. childly
D. childless
3. We don’t allow ............. in the classrooms.
A. that students smoke
B. smoke
C. students to smoke
D. to smoking
4. My brother is much taller than I ...........
A. do
B. did
C. am
D. was
5. People ............... think that the sun went round the earth.
A. were used to
B. used to
C. got used to
D. are used to
6. He isn`t honest. He always gives ....................... advice.
A. useless
B. use
C. useful
D. usefulness
7. The four-storey house ......................... on that hill is still new.
A. be built
B. building
C. built
D. being building
8. In the old days, many poor and ....................... people had to live and work in the workhouses.
A. home
B. homely
C. homeless
D. homelike
9. It’s high time you .................. to study seriously.
A. begin
B. began
C. did begin
D. would begin
10. .................. I have a car, I prefer to travel by train.
A. In spite of
B. Despite
C. Because
D. Although
11. I wish he ............ change his minds so often!
A. shouldn’t
B. wouldn’t
C. mightn’t
D. couldn’t
12. I like books on literature .......................
A. more than
b. most of all
C. much more
D. not at all
13. She is not doing .............. in the garden, just walking about the place.
A. anything
B. nothing
C. something
D. a few
14. He found his trousers but ................... clean.
A. it wasn`t
B. they wasn`t
C. they weren`t
D. it weren`t
15. The old man is both deaf and dumb. He can .............. understand us.
A. harder
B. hard
C. hardly
D. difficult
16. I couldn`t make coffee for everybody. There weren`t ............
A. cups enough
B. enough cups
C. cups too
D. too cups
17. We were made .............. all the cleaning in the house.
A. to do
B. do
C. doing
D. done
18. ...................., a brick fell on his head.
A. Turning the corner
B. Having turned the corner
C. When he turned the corner
D. Being turned the corner
19. Nothing can be done right now, ................... ?
A. can they
B. can’t they
 C. can it
 D. can’t it

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20. Peter and his friend were badly injured in the last match, so ........... can play today.
A. both of them
B. neither of them
C. either of them
D. not any of them

21. Jane bought a .......... for me yesterday.
A