Đề thi HSG lop 9

Trường THCS Lý Tự Trọng Đề khảo sát số 9
Môn: tiếng anh
Thời gian: 150’ (không kể thời gian giao đề)


A. PHONETICS (10 points)
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest. (5 points)
1. A. says B. plays C. rays D. stays
2. A. appeared B. formed C. imagined D. vanished
3. A. exchange B. champagne C. teacher D. children
4. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy
5. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern. (5 points)
1. A. appliance B. activity C. adventure D. average
2. A. chemical B. effective C. experience D. biology
3. A. primary B. satisfy C. variety D. remedy
4. A. compulsory B. population C. occasionally D. immediate
5. A. favorite B. government C. influence D. identify
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (45 points)
I. Read each of the following lists of four words and choose one word that does not belong in each list. (5 points)
1. A. destroy B. damage C. ruin D. survive
2. A. been B. wrote C. took D. sank
3. A. planet B. star C. coast D. moon
4. A. television B. newspaper C. forum D. Internet
5. A. blouse B. shirt C. shoe D. sweater
II. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
(15 points)
1. To put off means__________.
A. destroy B. postpone C. cancel D. wait
2. The Browns had to use all their ______to buy their new house.
A. expenses B. savings C. reserves D. remains
3. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a _____________
A. tip B. fee C. fare D. commission
4. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact _______________
A. size B. length C. measure D. height
5. Another word for fortune is__________.
A. rich B. lucky C. foreign D. good
6. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good______ for her to improve her English.
A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. experience
7. Please ______experience your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.
A. rise B. push C. raise D. lift
8. All his children speak______ English
A. flowing B. fluent C. easy D. well
9. If a bomb goes off, it_______
A. explodes B. fails C. strikes D. misses its object

10. We went to the airport to _ London.
A. tell B. say C. join D. see
11. My sister is very_________
A. terror B. terrify C. terrified D. terrifying
12. The chameleon is a very strange _______________
A. creation B. creator C. creature D. creative
13. I like this essay because it`s very _______________
A. imaginative B. imaginary C. imaginable D. imagination
14. Tarn has a big ________________ of foreign coins.
A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collective
15. If we don`t _____________ on electricity, there will be power cut.
A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economize
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (IS points)
1. He is a person__________friends trust him.
A. whom B. his C. whose D. who`s
2. I`ve always enjoyed traveling. My brother;________ prefers to stay at home.
A. but B. although C. however D. moreover
3. I`ll give you a lift to the station if__________in a hurry.
A. you`re B. you were C. you`ll be D. you`d be
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