De thi HSG cap tinh mon Anh 9

Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh năm học 2006-2007
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Lớp 9
Thời gian : 90 phút làm bài (QUỳNH pHụ)
PART I: PHONETICS
Exercise 1: Choose 1 word whose underlined part is pronouced differently from the others.
1/ a; age
2/ a; surround
3/ a; mingling
4/ a; abroad
5/ a; accompany
b; altogether
b; destroy
b; simplicity
b; coat
b; occur
c; change
c; increase
c; variety
c; float
c; accident
d; college
d; preserve
d; difficult
d; road
d; occasionally

 1/………… 2/ …………. 3/ …………. 4/ ………….. 5/ ……………..
Exercise 2: How may ways of pronunciation of the underlined parts in each line.
6/ sure , season , sometime , sea , stop
7/ govement , whole , forest , open , reasonable
8/ treatment, disease , overeating , heating , reading
9/ pollution , alcohol , doctor , ordinary , ghost
10/ mankind , woman, cancer , man , decaying
6/………… 7/ …………. 8/ …………. 9/ ………….. 10/ ……………..

PART II : VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Use the correct form of the verbs in blankets
a/ I (11.listen) to you for the past half an hour, but I’m afraid I (12. not understand) a word.
b/ In Britain, the weather is very varied. People never (13. know) what it (14. be) like the next day.
c/ “Do you still have a headache?” “No, it (15. go) away. I’m all right now.”
d/ We decided noyt to go out because it (16. rain) pretty hard. .
e/ You (17. hear) of Agatha Christie?
She (18. be) a writer who died in 1976. She (19. write) more than seventy detective novels. You (20. read) any of them?
11/ …………………………………. 16/ ………………………………..
12/ …………………………………. 17/ ………………………………..
13/ …………………………………. 18/ ………………………………..
14/ …………………………………. 19/ ………………………………..
15/ …………………………………. 20/ ……………………………….
Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions.
21/ Marry felt quite cold but Peter insited ………………… having the window open.
22/ What happened ………….. the money I lent you? What did you spend it on?
23/ You must go ……………. the bridge to get to the picnic grounds.
24/ Tam’s mother gave him a handkerchief with his name embroidered …………..….. blue thread.
25/ One ………….. five adults takes physical exercise at least once a week..
26/ In the last century many people headed West in the search ………..……. gold.
27/ After running up the stairs. I was quite …………………. of breath.
28/ On Wednesday, the candidate dilivered his speech ……………. thousands of cheering voters.
29/ Contrary to my expectations, they did not feel uneasy …...……. the result of the match.
30/ The Prime Minister will be leaving …………… London on Friday.
21/………….. 23/ …………. 25/ …………. 27/ …………. 29/ …………….
22/ …………. 24/ ………….. 26/ …………. 28/ ………….. 30/ …………….
Exercise 3: Use the correct form of the words in the blankets to complete the sentences.
31/ We couldn’t go out because it rained ………….. . (cotinue)
32/ The profesor criticized his students both …………….and individually. (collect)
33/ His teacher found that she could do the …………..with no trouble at all. (calculate)
34/ After the war, many soldiers turned to live in ……………… . (retire)
35/ There is a ………………. fishing village in the Bay. (picture)
36/ Mr Henry has got a good …………….… of American history. (know)
37/ They are going to ……………… some roads in this region. (large)
38/ Should we …………….. this envention. (public)
39/ This city provides many cutrural opportunities. It has an excellent art museum. ………., it has a fine symphony orchestra. (add)
40/ For me, job ………….. is more importance than the money. (satisfy)
31/ …………………………………. 36/ ………………………………..
32/ …………………………………. 37/ ………………………………..
33/ …………………………………. 38/ ………………………………..
34/ …………………………………. 39/ ………………………………..
35/ …………………………………. 40/ ……………………………….
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer.
41/ Because the vase is very fragile, It must be handled with …………………
A; caring B; careful C; care D; carefully
42/ Flight six6teen from New York and Washington is now arriving at ……………
A; gate three B; the gate three C