Đề thi HSG năm 2005 Vòng 1

phòng gd đakrông đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9
năm học 2005-2006.
Môn thi tiếng anh
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Question I (1-10): Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words in each group. Number 0 has been done as an example.
0. A. city B. my C. sky D. cry
1. A. invite B. shrine C. village D. primary
2. A. under B. lunch C. hungry D. minute
3. A. mention B. option C. nation D. question
4. A. boot B. food C. look D. loose
5. A. freight B. height C. weight D. eight
6. A. exchange B. reach C. chance D. chemist
7. A. future B. manure C. adventure D. measure
8. A. home B. heir C. house D. high
9. A. poet B. novel C. modern D. majority
10. A. voices B. wants C. Geoge/s D. cases
Question II (11-25):Fill in the blanks with the suitable preposition. Number 0 has been done as an example.
An English friend ..of…(0).. mine, Lan, was staying …(11)…friends in America. One night, while he was having a drink …(12)… a bar, he met an English woman called Jane. They spent a lot …(13)…. time together …(14)…..Lan/s holiday and got …(15)…very well, but when he left he did not write down Jane/s address in England. Two months later, …(16)…a sunny morning, when Lan was relaxing …(17)…holiday…(18)….Corfu, he met an Irish woman called Elizabeth. They had a great time together and …(19)…..the end …(20)… the holiday they exchanged addresses.
21. If we do our best, we will be successful …… our examinations.
22. They drove ……… the street to the cinema.
23. What is ……. TV tonight ?
24. We don/t like him, so we always laugh …….. him.
25. My school has used good ways to prevent lazy students …….. throwing trash.
Question III (26-35): Complete the following sentences by using the correct form of the words in parentheses. Number 0 has been done as an example.
0. It is …difficult…(difficulty) to learn English
26. The singer is always …………(fashion) dressed. No wonder she/s very popular.
27. Fashion ……(design) must be imaginative people.
28. Every summer, thousands of people have a trip to the ……….(country)
29. I can see the ……….. (similiar) between you and your mother.
30. She is always ……….(delight) to hear other/s point of view.
31. He has just moved to London, so he is ………(friend) at the first time.
32. I am afraid that I have to ……… (agree) with you on that.
33.The Internet is useful in communication and ………..(entertain).
34. Necessity is the mother of ……….(invent).
35. Nowadays books bring us more ……….(know) around the world.
Question IV (36 - 45): Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage. Number 0 has been done as an example.
One day Jonh/s father (buy) bought a computer for him. He (think)…(36)…..that it was a good replacement for John/s typewriter, which (break) …(37)……down. John could use the computer (write) …(38)… essays. He (not expect) …(39)…. that John would spend all his time (play) …(40)…. computer games on it. However, John (neglect) …(41)….. his studies and he actually failed his test.
When that happened, John (realize) …(42)… that he (make) …(43)…. a terrible mistake.
Now he (play) …(44)…. computer games only in his free time. Recently he (top) …(45).. his classmates in mid-year examination.
Question V(46-50):Read the passage and then choose the best answer from A, B, C,D.
Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young