đề thi HSG Anh 9

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học 2011-2012




Điểm của toàn bài thi
Họ, tên, chữ ký
Số phách
(Do trưởng ban
chấm thi ghi)

Bằng số
Bằng chữ
- Giám khảo số 1 :
.................................................................
- Giám khảo số 2 :
..................................................................




SECTION I: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2 points)
Hoa: Helo, Lan.
Lan: Hi, Hoa. You seem happy.
Hoa: I am. I (1)....................... a letter from (2)........................... Nien today.
Lan: Do I know her?
Hoa: I don’ t think so. She was my (3)...........................neighbor in Hue.
Lan: What does she look like?
Hoa: Oh. She’s beautiful. here is her (4)............................
Lan: What a (5) ...........................! Was she your classmate?
Hoa: Oh, no. She wasn’t (6)...........................to be in my class.
Lan: How old is she?
Hoa: Twelve. She’ s going to (7)........................... . She’ ll be here at Christmas.
Would you like to meet her?
Lan : I’ (8)............................
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. _______________________
5. _______________________

2. _______________________
6. _______________________

3. _______________________
7. _______________________

4. _______________________
8. _______________________

SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
I. Complete the following paragraph with before, after, when, because, and, but, or so. (1,8 points)
I had a typical childhood (1) befor my life changed (2) when I was fourteen. We moved from our small village to Karachi, a big city in Pakistan. (3) Before we moved, life in the country was wonderful for me, but (4) when/ after I started school in Karachi, I became shy and nervous. The boys in my classes were tough, (5) and they laughed at my country ways. (6) Because I didn’t like the boys, I became more interested in books. I always liked biology, (7)so I started to read about medicine. I was unhappy at the time, (8) but I’m glad this happened (9) because I finally decided to become a doctor.
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. _______________________
4. _______________________
7. _______________________

2. _______________________
5. _______________________
8. ______________________

3. _______________________
6. _______________________
9. ______________________


II. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (1.2 points)
1. “It’s a wonderful Life” (1-be) _______________ a heartwarming drama. In this movie, James Steward (2-play) _______________ an ordinary family man who (3-live) _______________ in a small American town. When he is about to lose his business because of a serious mistake, Steward (4-become) _______________ very depressed. He (5-try) __________________ to jump off a bridge, but an angel (6-show) _______________ him how important he (7-be) _______________ to his friends, family, and the community. He then (8-decide) _______________ not to kill himself.
2. We will be there as soon as we (9-find)_______________ a babysitter for our son.
3. We (10-not be) ________________________ back to Thailand since the terrible tsunamis 5 years ago which (11-leave) _____________________ thousands of people injured, thousands missing and hundreds of thousands homeless in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
4. The world economy (12-consider) __________________ to be in its worst recession now since 1930s.
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. _______________________
5. _______________________
9. _______________________

2. _______________________
6. _______________________
10. ______________________

3. _______________________
7. _______________________
11. ______________________

4. _______________________
8. _______________________
12. ______________________

III. Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (6 points)
1. The day before yesterday we …………. a very bad storm.
A. had had B. were having C. had D. have had
2. I can’t help …………. because of his sense of humor.
A. laugh B. to laugh C. to be laughing D. laughing
3. “………………….bad weather we are having this summer!” said the woman.
A. What a B. How C. What D. How this
4. She didn’t eat much ………… she was hungry.
A. however B. but C. though D. because
5. The children grew ……………… very quickly once they went to secondary school.