ĐỀ THI HSG LỚP 9 Môn TIẾNG ANH-Số 3

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN LỚP 9
Năm học: 2013 – 2014
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
(Đề này gồm 4 phần , 4 trang)

A – Listening: (10 points)
Listen to the weather reports. Then fill in the blanks with the information you hear. (10 pts)
1. Sydney will be a dry and ______ day with a low of twenty and a high of _________ degrees.
2. _______ will be dry and with a low of _________ and a high of twenty - two.
3. London is going to have a _______ day. It will be very cold and with a low of _____ three and a high of seven.
4. Bangkok will be warm and dry with a low of ________ degrees centigrade and a high of ________.
5. In Paris it will be _____ and dry today. The low will be ten degrees and the high will be _____.
B – Phonetics (5 points)
Choose one word (A, B, C, or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. (5 pts).
6. A. chores B. cakes C. tapes D. dates
7. A. churches B. chairman C. chemist D. changes
8. A. daughter B. laughter C. taught D. caught
9. A. close B. know C. program D. scholarship
10. A. famous B. nervous C. mountain D. dangerous
C - Grammar – vocabulary – Language functions (35 points)
I. Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below.(10 pts).
11. It was ______ to see my old friends again after a long time.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly
12. The room ________ when we arrived.
A. is cleaned B. is being cleaned C. was cleaned D. was being cleaned
13. I had no difficulty______ to her English.
A. listen B. to listening C. listening D. to listen
14 He didn’t allow me………., so I had to stay at home.
A go B to go C going D gone
15. “Shut the door but don’t lock it” she said to us.
A. She told us to shut the door but don’t lock it.
B. She told us to shut the door but not to lock it.
C. She told us shut the door but don’t lock it.
D. She told us shutting the door and not to lock it.
16. Mr. Hung told me he wouldn’t have had an accident if he _________ more care.
A. take B. took C. have taken D. had taken
17. Noone has understood your idea, _____?
A. has he B. hasn’t he C. have they D. haven’t they
18. My Islamic friend, Tim John usually goes to the _______ to pray.
A. mosque B. pagoda C. temple D. church
19. Her father taught her........................to cook when she was young.
A. what B. when C. how D. where
20. This restaurant has the ...................................for serving some of European food.
A. repute B. reputed C. reputable D. reputation
II. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence (A, B ,C or D). Find the mistake and correct it. (10 pts)
21. After Mary ate dinner, she wrote some letters to her friends and went to bed.
A B C D
22. Nobody expects training me though I am interested in learning a new skill..
A B C D
23. When I saw you wearing a new dress yesterday, you looked more beautifully.
A B C D
24. I will lend you this money if you will promise to pay it back.
A B C D
25. We worked hard and save enough money to take a trip.
A B C D
III. Provide the correct form of the words given (5 pts).
26. Mr Nam drives so ............. that he is sure to have an accident. (CARE)
27. The tiger wanted to see the farmer’s............ (wise)
28. My teacher ................... me to take this examination. ( COURAGE)
29. Their ................has lasted a life-time.