Đề thi HSG_Tiếng Anh 9_Cà Mau_2008-2009

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2008-2009

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 01 – 03 – 2009
(Đề thi gồm có 7 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này

ĐIỂM
TOÀN BÀI THI
Giám khảo 1
(Họ, tên và chữ ký)
Giám khảo 2
(Họ, tên và chữ ký)
SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tịch HĐ ghi)

Bằng chữ

Bằng số





SECTION I: VOCABULARY,GRAMMAR & READING (13.0 pts)
PART I: (2.5 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.
1. My house is quite close …………….. the church. It’s ………. the beach.
A. to/to B. with/near C. to/by D. with/by
2. If only I……………. a new watch. Mine is too old
A. have B. had C. would have D. could have
3. Our former teacher _________ Nam on his contribution to the program.
A. addressed B. awarded C. complimented D. congratulated
4. As it was Christmas, the _________ at the church was much larger than usual.
A. audience B. convention C. congregation D. grouping
5. I spoke to two counter assistants, ……….was extremely rude.
A. one of them B. one of who C. one of whom D. both of them
6. She asked me ………………………..
A. where did I come from? C. where did I come from
B. where I came from? D. where I came from
7. He made his first trip to Dalat ……………………. October 2003
A. in B. on C. since D. from
8. It is our policy to …………………… forests and increase forestation.
A. protect B. safe C. protest D. prevent

9. The holidays at the seaside………………….. We really had a good time there.
A. made us happily B. made us happiness
C. made we happy D. made us happy
10. I’ll fail the test ………………….. I learn these words.
A. provided that B. if C. unless D. as long as
PART II: (1,0 pt) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Circle the letter you choose.
1. A. clothes B. gone C. drove D. ghost
2. A. brother B. they C. the D. think
3. A. height B. neighbor C. eight D. weigh
4. A. increase B. devise C. realise D. surprise
PART III: (2.0 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the spaces provided.
1. The Internet has_______ developed and become part of our life. (INCREASE)
2. The AO DAI is the _________ dress of Vietnamese women. ( TRADITION)
3. She was really impressed by the beauty of the city and by the________ of its people. (FRIENDLY)
4. Many of my students enjoy ________ the web in their free time. ( SURF)
5. Look at the two ________ and you will see they are the same in some ways (DICTIONARY)
6. I usually spend hours on the river without ________ anything. ( CATCH)
7. He suggests ________ posters on energy saving and hanging them around their school. ( MAKE)
8. Most children learn their first language ________ and sometimes other languages as well. (EASE)

Your answers:
1 _______________________ 5 _______________________
2 _______________________ 6 _______________________
3 _______________________ 7 _______________________
4 _______________________ 8 _______________________
PART IV : (2.0 pts): Identify the words or phrases ( A, B, C, or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Circle the letter you choose.
Stay in bed all day is not good for our health, isn’t it?
A B C D
You know , the room is so dirty that it needs clean without delay.
A B C D
Drinking alcohol is prohibited at school. There is a prohibit against selling
A B C
alcohol for people under the age of 18.
D
It is obvious that parents