Đề thi HSG Anh 9 _ 20112012

Phòng giáo dục - đào tạo đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9
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Năm học: 2011 - 2012
Ngày thi: 28-12-2012
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 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)


i. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest. (1.25 pts)
1. A. overlooks B. beliefs C. towards D. rights
2. A. stock B. wonder C. bonze D. offer
3. A. deny B. legal C. respect D. better
4. A. although B. thus C. throw D. within
5. A. account B. cousin C. founder D. council

II. Find the word with the stress on the FIRST syllable in each line. (1.25 pts)
1. A. ancient B. advance C. account D. appear
2. A. experience B. efficient C. extensive D. evidence
3. A. linguistics B. logical C. limitation D. lemonade
4. A. behaviour B. computer C. benefit D. biology
5. A. region B. religion C. relax D. resource
III. Give the correct form of each verb in bracket in the following sentences. (3 pts)
Rice (grow) ___________ a lot in Vietnam and it (export) __________ to many countries around the world..
Air pollution, together with littering (cause) ____________ many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
Children in the past (make) _______________ to learn everything by heart.
I suggest (put) ______________ different kinds of waste in different places.
He found (learn) __________ to drive easy and (pass) ___________ his driving test the first time.
“You can’t have this ball back until you promise not (kick) __________ at my cat again”, the old lady said firmly.
Lack of funds prevented him from (continue) _____________ with his study.
She (love) __________ this small village where she used to live for 10 years in her childhood.
I hope you don’t mind me (telephone) ______________ late at night.
If only I (have) _____________ a mobile. I’m tired of queuing outside the public telephone box.

IV. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences. (2.5 pts)

1. Thousands of people were made _______________ by the earthquake. HOME
2. We are now fully aware of the ____________ of natural resources. CONSERVE
3. He couldn’t give a ____________ explanation for his actions. SATISFY
4. Conan Doyle was famous as the _________ of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. CREATE
5. The lecture we heard last night was very ______________. INFORM
6. In Britain education is _____________ between the ages of 5 and 16. COMPEL
7. By doing well at school, he hoped to win his parents’ ______________. APPROVE
8. Almost young Americans want to lead _________ lives when they are twenty. DEPEND
9. Vienna is a real ______________ centre for music lovers. CULTURE
10. David and Mary have been in ___________ for five years. PART

V. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word. (2.5 pts)

Books in our life

Books play a very important part in our life. There is practically (1) ________ family that does not have books. We can learn many things from books. They help us in self-education and in (2)_________ problems in life.
In ancient times books were all written by (3)________ and few copies were made because it took a very long time to write a whole book (4) __________ a pen. Sometimes several men were needed to copy a book as the work was slow. For many, many years the (5) _________ of books in the world was very small. Only a few people had copies of them to (6)_______ and study. Most people could not even read.
The invention of printing (7)__________ a lot in history. Printing played a very important role in the (8)________ of culture, science and literature.
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