De thi HSG Anh 9 (10-12)

PHÒNG GD & ĐT SÔNG LÔ

Đề chính thức
 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút không kể thời gian phát đề


I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words in each group.
1. A. both B. month C. son D. none
2. A. kitchen B. children C. teacher D. chemist
3. A. kindness B. climate C. village D. climbing
4. A. consider B. century C. cigarette D. celebrate
5. A. heat B. teach C. bread D. mean
II.Find out one word whose stress syllable is different from that of the other words.
1. A. purpose B remote C control D respond
2. A interactive B inspiration C compulsory D intermediate
3. A conversation B collection C reputation D limitation
4. A scenery B dormitory C minority D territory
5. A violent B material C celebrate D wonderful
III.Choose best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. It rains heavily, .....................I can’t go to the movie with you.
A.and B.but C.because D.so
2. We have lived in Hoa Binh ................ 15 years.
A. for B. since C. in D. on
3. Hung wishes he ................ a new bike.
A. will have B. has C. had D. have
4. Can you tell me who ................... this kind of machine?
A. invented B. invention C. inventor D. inventive
5. We hate ....................... foreign films.
A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watched
6. A ____________ faucet can waste 500 liters of water a month.
A. running B. cutting C. dripping D. dropping
7. All the houses in our village will be ____________ by solar energy.
A. heated B. heightened C. frozen D. widened
8. I suggest that Minh ____________ a good dictionary.
A. buys B. has to buy C. will buy D. should buy
9. If we ____________ wasting electricity, we will have to pay a lot next month.
A. turn on B. go on C. come on D. live on
10. I suggest ____________ sheets with single printed page for drafting.
A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D. kept
IV. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.
1. I live in a small village and its …….. are very beautiful. (SURROUND)
2. What is the ……….. of Thomas Edison ? (NATION)
3. Discovering penicillin made Sir Alexander Flem….all over the world. (FAME)
4. It’s ………………….of you to cheat in the exam. (HONEST)
5. You don`t have to do that work. In other word, it`s ……… for you. (NECESSITY)
6. If you want to join the club, please fill in the………….form. ( APPLY)
7. Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ……. ( SOCIAL)
8. My friend, Nga plays the piano very……… (BEAUTY)
9. He always gets bad marks because he is a ………….student. ( CARE )
10. She receives a lot of………………from her friends (COURAGE)
V. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE or TWO words only. (0) has been done as an example .
Sue Hamilton is a very ambitious girl. In two years’ (0) time she will have completed her degree. Then she plans to go to the USA (1)______ she can earn lots of money. Her dream is to set up her (2)_______ business selling the jewellery she designs. She says that she expects to (3)______ her fortune before she is thirty so she can retire. However, in case things don’t work out, she is considering (4)_______ a partner in her brother’s firm. She has worked (5)_______ him during