Đề thi HSG tiếng anh

UBND Huyện Châu Thành CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
PHÒNG GD&ĐT Châu Thành Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc


ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
NĂM HỌC 2007 – 2008
Môn : Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian :150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

I / PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1 a. great b.bread c.break d.steak
2 a. comb b.climb c.doubt d.suburb
3 a.intermediate b.immediate c.medium d.medicine
4 a.enough b.cough c.though d.rough

B. Pick out the word having:
1 The final sound / d /
a.laughed b.hoped c.placed d.closed
2 The final sound / iz /
a.watches b.likes c.clauses d.washes
3 The homonym of “worry ” is
a.sorry b.lorry c.stuffy d.story
4 The consonant sound /
a.century b.infectious c.structure d.question

C. Pick out the word whose main stress is placed differently the others
1 a.spacecraft b.exist c.typhoon d.collapse
2 a.battery b.appliance c.institute d.separate
3 a.disappearance b.innovation c.disappointed d.infrastructure
4 a.meteor b.advertise c.persuation d.scholarship

II / PREPOSITION Choose the best option:
1 This medicine protect you ............... a return of the illness
a.of b.from c.to d.at
2 Mrs Anderson is responsible ............... hiring and firing employees
a.with b.by c.to d.for
3 I really like Joe’s sister but I don’t get ............. with his brother at all
a.out b.by c.on d.through
4 Tam was so ill that his parents had to send .............. a doctor
a.for b.to c.off d.in
5 She was nominated ............. a special award
a.to b.on c.off d.for
6 Can’t you claim ............. your insurance?
a.on b.of c.for d.about
7 He can run 100 meters ................. 11 seconds
a.in b.on c.at d.with
8 Thank you for your donation. It was very generous ............. you
a.from b.about c.for d.of

III / VOCABULARY
Choose the best word to complete the following sentences
1 When you are in orbit, you will be out of the earth’s.................. ; you are weightless
a.gravity b.atmosphere c.outside d.outskirt
2 Pilots must know about the weather or they can’t land and ..................
a.take into b.get into c.take up d.take off
3 Using electricity to catch fish is very dangerous. People may die from ............. shock
a.electric b.electronic c.electrician d.electrify
4 For many tears we have already used ............... which is produced by the fall of water to make electricity
a.hydro power b.air energy c.wind energy d.solar energy
5 ............ oil is an irreplaceable natural resource, we must do whatever we can in other to conserve it
a.Since b.Although c.Now that d.Even though
6 He’s a choreographer who has drawn ................. from Javenese dance
a.inspired b.inspires c.inspiration d.inspiring
7 This plant grows well in .................... above 550 F
a.tempera b.temperate c.temperature d.temperatures
8 The earthquake ................... the city at two in the morning
a.happaned b.hit c.occurred d.came
9 Technological advandces could ................ lead to even more job losses
a.ultimate b.ultimately c.untidy d.untidily
10 The factory is struggling to .................