De thi HSG Anh 9 Tinh 2008 2009

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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9-THCS NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


(Đề thi có 03 trang)
I. Listen to Ryan talking about his life and tick (() the things he has done and put a cross (X) beside the things he hasn’t done.
Questions
Numbers of things
Ryan

1
lived in a foreign country


2
worked for a big company


3
stayed in an expensive hotel


4
flown in a jumbo jet


5
cooked a meal for ten (or more) people


6
met a famous person


7
seen a play by Shakespeare


8
driven a tractor


9
been to hospital


10
won a competition



II. Pick out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. hear B. dear C. pear D. clear
2. A. punctual B. rubbish C. frustrate D. furious
3. A. theatre B. therefore C. throughout D. thunder
4. A. influenced B. terrified C. averaged D. accompanied
5. A. hat B. dangerous C. battle D. calculate

III. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.
1. The Chinese _________printing.
A. invented B. discovered C. found out D. revealed
2. That English will become dominant in most scientific fields is _________.
A. predicting B. predictable C. on predictions D. to predict
3. Taxation has been used to increase the price and reduce the _________of cigarettes.
A. consumer B. consuming C. consumed D. consumption
4. I caught _________of a lion lying under the tree, and my heart jumped.
A. view B. sight C. look D. scene
5. After the war, many of us _________touch with our relatives
A. kept B. lost C. in D. got
6. I am looking forward to _________on vacation.
A. go B. be going C. going D. having gone

7. The department store _________by the Johansson for many years.
A. has been run B. is run C. runs D. has run
8. It is 6 years _________we moved to Chicago.
A. when B. that C. since D. after
9. The theatre failed _________a suitable play to appeal to audience
A. producing B. to produce C. to have produce D. producing of
10. He put the two letters into the wrong envelopes _________mistake.
A. on B. by C. with D. in
11. Even though he was bored _________doing the same thing everyday, he was nervous _________making a change.
A. about/at B. with/for C. in/about D. with/about
12. While Peter was driving home last night, he _________petrol.
A. was running out B. ran out C. ran out of D. was running out of
13. They gave me their address _________send them a brochure.
A. so that I B. in order to C. so that I could D. in order that I will
14. She wondered _________her father looked like now, after so many years away.
A. how B. whose C. what D. that
15. The police suggested that anyone who saw the accident _________in touch with them.
A. should B. got C. had to get D. would get

IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Write the corresponding letter A, B