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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS CẤP HUYỆN
NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


I. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (20 points)
1.
A. fox
B. exactly
C. existence
D. exhaust

2.
A. honest
B. hang
C. honour
D. vehicle

3.
A. charity
B. choke
C. purchase
D. parachute

4.
A. advise
B. promise
C. release
D. tense

5.
A. pleasure
B. sound
C. same
D. best

6
A. both
B. month
C. son
D. none

7
A. kitchen
B. children
C. teacher
D. chemist

8
A. kindness
B. climate
C. village
D. climbing

9
A. consider
B. century
C. cigarette
D. celebrate

10
A. heat
B. teach
C. bread
D. mean

II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. ( 30 points)
1. A contest…………………. next week.
A. are held
B. will be held
C. used to be held
D. will hold

2. You should have a/ an ……………. check your motorbike regularly.
A. electrician
B. carpenter
C. mechanic
D. plumber

3. She’s very intelligent. ……………….. , she’s quite lazy.
A. Therefore
B. But
C. However
D. So

4. Sorry, I’m late. The car………………………… on the way here.
A. put up
B. broke down
C. drove off
D. get on

5. Peter …………. his father in many ways, but he has his mother’s sense of humor.
A. takes after
B. comes across
C. makes out
D. gives in

6. She is very kind. She is always ..........…… towards her employees.
A. distinguished
B. proud
C. considerate
D. happy

7. Whatever you do, you mustn’t..……that switch. It’s very dangerous.
A. get
B. take
C. bring
D. touch

8. The club is for members only. You ………………. you’re a member.
A. can’t go in if
B. can go in only
C. can’t go in unless
D. can go in unless

9. Jane takes better photographs than……………
A. me
B. I
C. I take
D. me take

10. Someone must have taken my bag. I clearly remember............ it by the window and now it has gone.
A. left
B. leave
C. to leave
D. leaving

11. It’s late. It’s time…………..home.
A. we go
B. we must go
C. we should go
D. we went

12. It took us quite a long time to get there. It’s…………. journey.
A. three hour
B. a three hours
C. a three-hour
D. three hours

13. The waiter……………for pouring wine on the man’s suit.
A. order
B. apologized
C. waited on
D. recommended

14. Tuition..................... at Stamfort have now reached $ 9,000 a year.
A. bills
B. prices
C. fees
D. fares

15. Did you congratulate Ann ................................ the exam ?
A. of passing
B. on passing
C. passing
D. to pass

16. My brother can’t play tomorrow and……………………
A. either can I
B. neither can I
C. neither I can
D. I can’t too

17. Thank you very much for the card you sent me while I was in hospital. It’s very...…of you.
A. grateful
B. generous
C. thoughtful
D. appreciative

18. No one can make me………….my mind.
A. change
B. to change
C. changed
D. changing

19. I didn’t hear you...............in. You must have been very quiet.
A. have come
B. came
C. to come
D. come

20. My mother used to ................ research in this library when she was a student.
A. do
B. make
C. making
D. doing

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