Đề thi HSG Anh 9 NVTQ2-2012(tham khảo)

PHONG GIAO VÀ ĐÀO TẠO QUẬN 2 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN VĂN TRỖI Môn : Tiếng Anh – Lớp 9
Năm học : 2012 – 2013
Ngày thi :
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: ( 10 pts)
1. A. comfort B. hobby C. popular D. knowledge
2. A. eats B. tapes C. lives D. cooks
3. A. complain B. main C. explain D. certain
4. A. official B. collect C. collapse D. colony
5. A. fashion B. elephant C. champagne D. casual
6. A. uniform B. ticket C. tide D. inspiration
7. A. mountain B. found C. ground D. moussaka
8. A. shore B. short C. shorthand D. observe
9. A. seat B. search C. seaside D. seaport
10. A. preposition B. prepayment C. prepare D. prescribe

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others: ( 10 pts)
1. A. equipment B. criminal C. evidence D. passenger
2. A. adventure B. discover C. represent D. experience
3. A. dependent B. computer C. mechanic D. interest
4. A. definite B. suggestion C. influent D. probably
5. A. proceed B. welfare C. include D. provide
6. A. energy B. ancestry C. continent D. province
7. A. vegetables B. lettuce C. contain D. market
8. A. industry B. although C. fertile D. heroic
9. A. advertise B. consumption C. history D. influent
10. A. committee B. employee C. referee D. refugee

III. Choose the word or phrase ( A, B, C, or D ) that best completes the sentence: ( 40 pts )
1. The tourists ____________ on the beach when a big wave swept ashore, carrying everything to the sea.
A. were sunbathing B. are sunbathing C. had been sunbathed D. sunbathed
2. The doctor advised him _____________ and to take up some sport.
A. to stop smoke B. stop smoking C. to stop smoking D. to stop to smoke
3. Lan was very surprised to find the door unlocked. She remembered _____________ it before she left.
A. to lock B. having locked C. to have locked D. she locks
4. The job they offer _____________ very interesting with a fashion house in the city centre.
A. hears B. sounds C. appears D. looks
5. Mai came _____________ an interesting book when she was tidying the room yesterday.
A. across B. round C. into D. pass
6. Although they played very well, they didn’t win the match because they lacked team ______________.
A. work B. interest C. sport D. spirit
7. You are not allowed to drive your trucks in the city centre at rush hours ______there is too much traffic then.
A. therefore B. because C. however D. although
8. Although some people earn a lot of money, they are not ______________with their lives.
A. satisfy B. pleasant C. contented D. concerned
9. You will be surprised at how ____________ Minh is in English after a year.
A. fluently B. fluent C. fluency D. influence
10. We often take this small road home to avoid heavy ____________ on the main streets.
A. cars B. traffic C. vehicals D. movement
11. It’s no use calling him at the office because he’s ______________.
A. on holiday B. in holiday C. for a holiday D. during holiday
12. The harder you try, ____________________.
A. the most you achieve B. you achieve the more
C. the more you achieve D. the better achieve you have
13. We succeeded _____________ persuading a lot of people to join our protest against low-