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Phòng gD-ĐT đề kiểm tra chất lượng học sinh giỏi
Huyện lý nhân năm học 2008-2009
Môn: tiếng anh - lớp 9 ( Đề I )
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể giao đề)
Điểm bài thi: Số phách: ...............................
Bằng số: ......................................... Họ tên, chữ ký của giám khảo
Bằng chữ: ..................................... 1/ ................................................................
2/ ...............................................................

đề kiểm tra và bài làm môn tiếng anh lớp 9
(Bộ đề này gồm có 04 trang. Học sinh làm bài ngay vào bộ đề này)

Question 1: Choose the best answer to finish each of the following sentences.
(circle the letter: a, b, c or d)
1/ He ………… drink whisky, but he does now.
a. used to b. wasn’t used to c. hadn’t use to d. didn’t use to
2/ ……….. the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.
a. Even b. In spite of c. Despite d. Although
3/ Music and painting are ……….. subjects.
a. optional b. option c. optionally d. optioning
4/ I wish they ………….. to visit me tomorrow.
a. come b. would come c. will come d. came
5/ After ……….. , he was taken to the police station.
a. arrest b. arrested c. arresting d. being arrested
6/ There is a river ………… across the village.
a. flowing b. running c. lying d. reaching
7/ Quang’s English is very excellent. He speaks English …………. .
a. very perfect b. perfective c. perfectively d. perfectly
8/ You have read this article on the website, …………. ?
a. don’t you b. do you c. haven’t you d. have you
9/ Very few criminals …………. by the police if informers didn’t offer information.
a. would be caught b. have been caught c. are caught d. to have caught
10/ There is always ………… traffic in the city centre at rush hours.
a. strong b. full c. many d. heavy

Question 2: Read the passage then choose the best answer (a , b , c or d).
The country is more beautiful than a town and …(1)… to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays …(2)… they can’t live there all the year round. Some have a cottage …(3)… in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not different …(4)… one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of …(5)… can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are …(6)… .
The village …(7)… is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly …(8)… and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so …(9)… some small towns that people can go there to buy …(10)… they can’t find in the village shop.

1/ a. please b. pleased c. pleasure d. pleasant
2/ a. because b. though c. despite d. therefore
3/ a. build b. building c. built d. is built
4/ a. from b. with c. on d. for
5/ a. it b. this c. that d. which
6/ a. playing b. rested c. praying d. buried
7/ a. entrance b. center c. green d. outskirts
8/ a. difficult b. comfortable c. enjoyable d. improved
9/ a. far away b. out of c. beyond d. close to
10/ a. what b. those c. which d. when

Question 3: Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer (a , b , c or d).
I began my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years teaching in a remote village where the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed because of bad living condition and low pay, I was really homesick. However, at that time, with my youth enthusiasm, I tried my best to devote myself to the noblest career, that was “teaching”. I loved my poor little students. They were living in poverty but they could not suffer from empty mind.
Although my salary is lower than many other jobs, teaching is much more important for