Đề thi HSG Anh 9 tỉnh Hưng Yên năm 2011-2012

Sở giáo dục và đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh
Hưng yên năm học : 2011 - 2012
------------- Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
đề chính thức Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Part I. listening (2,0 points)
Part II. grammar and vocabulary
1. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write A, B, C, D on your answer sheet. (1,5 point)
The doctor advised my father………………cigarettes anymore.
A. smoke B. not to smoke C. not smmoking D. not smoke
2. One of the solutions………by environmentalists is to ban vehicles from the city center.
A. suggested B. suggesting C. is suggested D. are suggested
3. Jane likes watching films, but she is not…………keen on any kind.
A. specially B. particularly C. largely D. certainly
4. I work hard every day, so I need a change in the evening. Going to the cinema with friends is a great way to………..
A. rest B. enjoy C. entertain D. relax
5. My dad was………with me when I told him I had lost the camera he bought me.
A. furious B. guilty C. scared D. worried
6. Don’t be late for the interiew;….............people will think you are a disorganized person
A. unless B. or so C. otherwise D. if not
7. Her grades have improved, but only……….
A. in a small amount B. some C. minimum D. very slightly
8. The judge……………the pedestrain for the accident.
A. accused B. blamed C. charged D. sued
9. There is always…………………..traffic in the city centre at rush hours
A. strong B. heavy C. full D. many
10. The village seemed strangely familiar………………I’d never been there before.
A. for B. because C. although D. despite
11. Of the two new teachers, one is experienced and………….
A. the other is not B. the others are not
C. other lack experience D. another is inexperienced
12. Her daughter looks……………..
A. beauty B. beautifully C. beautify D. beautiful
13. Would you like a piece of cake? - Yes,………….
A. I would B. I do like C. please D. of course
14. I wish I……….to him. Now it’s too late.
A. had listened B. has listened C. listened D. would have listened
15. Let’s go outside and have a drink…………..just sitting in here with nothing to do.
A. in case of B. in spite of C. on account of D. instead of
2. Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL to complete each sentence. Write on your answer sheet. (1.0 point)
They didn’t share the story with Tom because of his....................….…….. (RELY)
Most tinned fruits contain…….. ……………..amount of sugar (EXCESS)
In March, the days start to…………………… (LONG)
Rarely does…………………………bring success (PATIENT)
The phone doesn’t work. It’s been……….……………………. (CONNECT)
There has been a rapid………..…………in the number of private schools (GROW)
in your country recently
Please take into………….…..…………the fact that I’ve been dissatisfied. (CONSIDERATE)
Don’t worry. I’ll be waiting for you at the…………………to the pagoda (ENTER)
That sentence is completely…………..…..……; it makes no sense at all (MEAN)
10.It was………………..…..…..of you not to look after the children last night.(RESPONSIBILITY)
PART III. READING
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the numbered blank in the following passage. Write the answer on your answer sheet (1.0 point)
A POWERFUL INFLUENCE
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that chidren spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1)……….doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2)………….to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to kknow if it can be (3)……….for their chidren. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4)…….their computer?
Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours, (5)………in