Đề thi HSG huyện

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP HUYỆN CẤP THCS NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 9
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Đề thi này gồm có: 04 trang)

I- Phonetics (10 pts)
Questions 1-5: Find one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
( 5 pts).
1. A. home B. come C. some D. honey
2. A. career B. sheer C. engineer D. sheet
3. A. country B. journey C. touch D. young
4. A. nature B. natural C. volcano D. waste
5. A. clear B. pear C. fear D. hear
Questions 6-10: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words (5 pts).
6. A. family B. complete C. grocery D. primary
7. A. travel B. exchange C. collect D. enjoy
8. A. foreign B. practice C. examine D. language
9. A. scenery B. scholarship C. dictionary D. advertisement
10. A. consumer B. environment C. electricity D. pollution

II- Vocabulary and Grammar (25 pts)
Questions 11-25: Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences (15 pts).
11- Indian is difficult to get used ….. with the chopsticks.
A. to eating B. to eat C. to be eaten D. eat
12- You have to look after your sick mother, ……..?
A. haven’t you B. don’t you C. have you D. aren’t you
13- She rarely wears a long dress,
A. isn’t she B. doesn’t she C. does she D. hasn’t she
14- You don’t think I am right, ……..?
A. do you B. don’t you C. aren’t I D. am I
15- I think she is a good teacher, ……..?
A. don’t I B. is she C. isn’t she D. do I
16- If you want to work for a foreign company, you …… have perfect knowledge of English.
A. must B. can C. should D. may
17- What ….. I do if I want to loose weight?
A. can B. should C. may D. will
18- She said she had to return home …….
A. today B. that day C. next day D. yesterday
19- The police asked him ……
A. what is his name? B. what his name was? C. what his name was D. what is your name?
20- There is a shortage of …… technicians in Vietnam nowadays.
A. well-qualification B. well-qualifying C. well-qualify D. well-qualified
21- Mike couldn’t help ….. at the fat man.
A. to laugh B. laughed C. for laughing D. laughing
22- Although the family trusted her, she ….. them down badly.
A. left B. set C. let D. pull
23- The road is blocked ….. some trees have fallen.
A. owing B. because C. because of D. as for
24- If you keep trying, you might ….. to do it.
A. manage B. discover C. understand D. succeed
25- In many parts of the world, crop failure means ……, which leads to the death of many people each year.
A. drought B. desert C. famine D. shortcoming
Questions 26-35: Choose one word or phrase that needs correcting (10 pts).

26- He looks familiar. I remember to meet him but I can’t remember exactly where and when.
A B C D
27- On the way home from work I stopped buying some food for our dinner.
A B C D
28- The film was interesting. We all enjoyed to