Đề thi HSG 2005

Phoøng Giaùo duïc Kroâng Ana KYØ THI HOÏC SINH GIOÛI HUYEÄN NAÊM 2005
-----(((----- Ñeà thi moân : Tieáng Anh - Lôùp 9
Thôøi gian laøm baøi: 150 phuùt
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I/ Phonetics: (2 marks)
Make a cross (X) on the letter before the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced the same as in the other words of the group.
1. A. habit B. hour C. honest D. honor
2. A. meaning B. bead C. steamer D. deaf
3. A. lunar B. mark C. arrange D. sugar
4. A. comment B. equipment C. improvement D. development
5. A. drought B. ought C. brought D. bought
6. A. typhoon B. goose C. food D. flood
7. A. mobile B. enroll C. socket D. notice
8. A. unite B. migrant C. habit D. sign
II/ Choose the best words to complete the following sentences. (5 marks)
We’ve …………….. of time to catch the train so there’s no need to rush. (very much / enough / great deal / plenty)
Please let Helen …………….. with him. (go / going / to go / goes)
It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ……………… journey. (three hour / a three hours / a three hour / three hours)
He’s a lazy pupil. He never does …………… works. (some / no / a/ any)
The librarian went to look in the cupboard …………. rare books were kept. (where / which / there / that)
Where will you …………. your summer holiday? (have / stay / spend / made)
It was an ……………. football match. All fans felt excited when they saw the goals. (excited / excitement / being excited / exciting)
The …………….. awarded a free kick to the home team. (goalkeeper / coach / trainer / referee)
The …………. she learns, the more good marks she gets. (harder / more harder / more hard / hardly)
I can’t understand her because she doesn’t speak clearly ………… (well / good / enough / too)

III/ Complete each of the following unfinished sentences in such way that it means the same as the sentence printed before. (5 marks)
Air travel is faster than any other kind of transport.
( Air travel ……………………………………………………………….
There is great danger in driving too fast.
( Driving too fast ..……………………………………………………….
The shoes were too small for her to wear.
( The shoes were not …………………………………………………….
I’m sorry. I can’t go with you.
( I wish ..………………………………………………………………….
We spent five hours getting to London.
( It ..……………………………………………………………………….
The book was quite worth reading. You lent me the book last week.
( The book which ..……………………………………………………….
You will catch the cold if you don’t keep your feet dry.
( Unless .………………………………………………………………….
Do you have a postman deliver the newspaper everyday?
( Do you have the newspaper ..………………………………………….
I felt tired after along trip, so I went to bed early.
( Feeling tired …………………………………………………………….
Her bicycle is so old. She can’t ride it to school.
( It’s such ………………………………………………………………….
IV/ Fill in each blank with a preposition.(3 marks)
The view over the mountains reminds me ………………… my home village.
He got to the station just ………… time for his train.
I look forward ……………… meeting you.
She burst ……………… tears when she heard the news.
The children are very fond ……………… swimming.
My hometown is very famous ……………… coffee.
V/ Put the verbs in bracket into the correct form or tense. (1 marks)
The next – door neighbors are so ……………………… that we have stopped trying to talk to them (friend)
He …………………………… (not eat) anything for twenty – four hours.
When I first met him he …………………… (study ) painting.
No one wears clothes like that any more. They are terribly ……………………………… (fashion)
V/ Fill in each blank with the most suitable from the box. There are some extra words you do not need to use.(4 marks)



The country is more (1) ………… than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer (2) ………… though they can’t live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a (3) ………… so that they can go there whenever they can find the time. English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different (4) ………… each other. Almost every villages has a church, the round or square tower of which can be(5) ………… for many miles away. Surrounding the church is the churchyard (6) …………… people are buried. The villages green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottage are round it. (7) ………… life is now fairy comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to (8) ………… anything they can find in the village shops.