De thi HSG anh van 9 (Hoajupiter)

Trường THCS ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC : 2010-2011
Trường Long Hoà Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 9
Thời gian: 150 phút (không tính phát đề)

Question1: Listen and fill in the missing information
Television is one of man’s most (1)………………………means of communication. It brings (2)………………….. from around the world in to millions of homes. A person with a television set sit in his house (3)………………………… the pesident make a speech or visit a foreign country through television. Home viewers can see and learn about (4)………………………. And things in faraway lands. Television even take its (5)……………………………. This world.

Question 2: Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses:
1. Both Italians and Polish are famous for their .......( friend ) and good spirit.
2. I am looking for a ............. (suit)gift for an old lady
3. India gained her ........( depend ) from Britain after world war II.
4. He was very ................ (pride)of the work he had done
5. I ......( sleep ) this morning , and was late for school.
6. I am bored . I need some ............ ( excite)in my life.
7. Young children are often very ...............(live)
8. Unless you ................ (apology) I wont forgive you.

Question 3 : Supply the missing prepositions.
1. Whom does she fall ..........love ...........?
2. Bill is jealous ..........anyone who has something he hasn’t .
3. I was .............to go out when telephone rang
4. Jim learns a lot ...........her brother, a well-known writer
5. Have you got money ..........you?
6. Please tell me ............once!
7. May I introduce you ............Miss Brown?
8. He was ill .........a week and ...........that week his wife never left his side.

Question4: Put one suitable word in each space.
I`m a writer, and I work ......1....... home. It doesn`t particulaly ........2....... where my house is, as long as it is ......3....... nice house. But last year my wife ........4..... a job in a different part of the country. So, we had to move. This was our first ..........5........ of ......6....... one house and selling another at the same time. I wouldn`t like to do it again. We quickly saw the house .........7........ we wanted. It was then that our problems began: The people who wanted to buy our house couldn`t sell ........8......... and the man ........9..... house we wanted couldn`t find a house he liked. It ........10......... us nine months to buy the house. Now, I`m not sure if I like it.

Question 5: Choose the best answer among a, b, c, or d.
1. I`ve been looking for this book for months and ....... I found it.
a. at last b. in time c. at the end d. at present
2. I was just ......... to go out when you telephoned.
a. around b. about c. thinking d. planned
3. Take this road and you will ........... at the hotel in five minutes.
a. arrive b. come c. find d. reach
4. The train will be leaving in five minutes so you ....... better hurry up.
a. had b. should c. will d. would
5. They would ............ go by air than spend a week travelling by train.
a. always b. rather c. prefer d. better
6. I`d like to ............ a three - minute call to London.
a. make b. phone c. set d. do
7. .......... Your house painted last year ?
a. did b. was c. had d. Have
8. It`s an hour since he ......... , so he must be at the office now.
a. is leaving b. was leaving c. has left d. left

Question 6:
a. Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. It was so late that nothing could be done
It was too....
2. Bill is going to write to me. I will tell you all his news
......................................when................................
3. She didn`t say a word as she left the room.
She left the room ...
4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test
As long as