Đề thi HSG 9 + Kiến thức có liên quan

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
GRADE:9
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. sunbathe B. thunderstorm C. earthquake D. math
2. A. sound B. southern C. drought D. mountain
3. A. property B. pollution C. population D. probably
4. A. practiced B. washed C. advertised D. missed
5. A. garbage B. sewage C. courage D. backstage
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. comprise B. mausoleum C. religion D. compulsory
2. A. intelligent B. population C. opportunity D. economics
3. A. federation B. economic C. environment D. documentary
4. A. unimportant B. incomplete C. disadvantage D. encouragement
5. A. interesting B. astonishing C. amazing D. surprising
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each sentence below.
1. This is my favorite short __________ blouse.
A. sleeved B. sleeve C. sleeving D. sleeves
2. She went__________ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with B. in for C. over D. through
3. If she__________ sick, she would have gone out with me to the party.
A. hasn’t been B. weren’t C. wasn’t D. hadn’t been
4. The woman, __________ daughter is the top of the class 9A, is a famer.
A. whom B. who C. whose D. that
5. The nurse was on__________ in the hospital last night.
A. work B. alarm C. duty D. service
6. Hoan is in class 9D, ___________ Tam, who is a year older, is only in grade 6.
A. and B. whereas C. either D. nevertheless
7. He regretted ___________ hard. It was too late.
A. not having learnt B. not learning C. learning D. not to have learnt
8. John does not play tennis. David does not play tennis.
A. Both John and David doesn’t play tennis.
B. Neither John nor David plays tennis.
C. Not either John or David plays tennis.
D. Not only John but also David does play tennis.
9. The coach said, “It’s time for you to go home, boys!”
A. The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home.
B. The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home.
C. The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home.
D. The coach told the boys that it was time for them to go home.
10. It took me a long time to get used __________ .
A. to have glasses wear B. to wear glasses C. wearing glasses D. to wearing glasses
11. The doctor suggested that his patient __________ .
A. stopped smoking B. stops smoking C. stop smoking D. to stop smoking
12. Daisy wrote __________ report on the Vietnam war last year .
A. ten-page B. a ten-page C. ten pages D. ten-pages
13. John never comes to class on time and __________.
A. neither does Peter B. so does Peter C. Peter does too D. neither doesn’t Peter.
14. Ann prefers to live in the country __________ in the city.
A. to B. rather C. rather than D. than
15. Not until 2008 __________ across the river.
A. the first bridge was built B. the first building of a bridge was
C. built the first bridge D. was the first bridge built
II. Choose the underlined words or phrases (A, B, C or D) that are incorrect in standard English.
1. There is a cat sitting in the middle to the road.
A B C D
2.