De thi hsg anh 9

đề thi học sinh giỏi tỉnh
LớP 9 THCS năm học 2005-2006

đề chính thức môn thi: tiếng anh (vòng 2)
thời gian làm bài : 120 phút


(Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi này)
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II.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (33 points)
Part 1: Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. (10 points)
1. When the party was _____ we helped them clear up the house.
A. up B. off C. out D. over
2 Jack can’t remember _____ the telephone number down.
A. write B to write C. writing D. written
3. Has Sue finished _____ yet?
A. washing up B. to wash up C. wash up D. wash upping
4. Jane stopped the car _____ a newspaper.
A. buying B. to buy C. buy D. bought
5. I _____ your name. Could you tell me again?
A. am forgetting B. ’ve been forgettingC. ’ve forgotten D. was forgetting
6. There you are! I _____ for two hours. Where’ve you been?
A. am waiting B. wait C. waited D. have been waiting
7. This job ______ working very long hours.
A. involves B. consists C. includes D. contains
8. “Have they arrested the thieves yet?” “It’s only a _______ of time.”
A. period B. matter C. length D. waste
9. Just think, ______ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!
A. under B. over C. after D. in
10. I’ll give you ten minutes to come ______ with a better idea.
A. out B. in C. through D. up
Part 2: Complete the interview using the past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous. More than one tense may be possible ( 15 points)

James: Dave, I haven’t seen (see) you for a long time.
Dave: No well, I ____________________ (1 live) in West London for the last few
years.
James: Right! So what _____________ you __________________ (2 do)?
Dave: Well, I ______________________ (3 work) for a film company for the last two years.
James: Wow! A film company. That’s glamorous!
Dave: No, not really. It’s hard work. I’m an assistant director.
James: _______________ you _______________ (4 meet) anyone famous?
Dave: Well, yes! I _________________ (5 work) with some famous people in the
time I’ve been there. Last year we _______________ (6 make) a film with
Jack Anderson.
James: Wow! I _________________ (7 see) him in a film last week. He’s really
brilliant!
Dave: And I ____________________ (8 film) with Belinda Barker a couple of
months ago.
James: You lucky thing!
Dave: Oh, yeah, and I __________ also_________ (9 become) friends with Matt
Harper. We __________________ (10 meet) on the last film I worked on.
James: What ___________ you ____________ (11 do) this year?
Dave: Well, I _________________ (12 finish) work on a comedy, and for the past
couple of weeks I _________________ (13 help) the director to cast a new
romantic comedy.
James: What ____________ you _______________ (14 work) on today?
Dave: I’m afraid I can’t tell you. It’s a secret! Anyway, enough about me! What
__________ you _____________ (15 do) lately?

Part 3: Use the words in capital to form a word that fits in the spaces 1–8 in the text. (8 points)
(0) Original Olympic Games began in Ancient Greece in ORIGIN
BC 776 in Olympia. The Games were very popular and were held
(1) ................................. every four years until AD 393 when they were REGULAR
stopped by the Roman Emperor. The modern games were started
again in Athens in 1896.
The Games have become the World’s most important international
athletics (2) ...................... , in which the best athletes spend years training COMPETE
in (3) .....................................