Đề thi HSG_Tiếng Anh 9_Cà Mau_2010-2011

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2010-2011

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 20 – 3 – 2011
(Đề thi gồm có 8 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

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SECTION I: VOCABULARY,GRAMMAR & READING (13.5 pts)
PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.
1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all.
A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully
2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water.
A. so B. but C. although D. so that
3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night.
A. who B. whom C. where D. whose
4. I am responsible for the preparation,________?
A. aren’t I B. am I C. am not I D. don’t I
5. _____ I use your car?- Of course. Here’s the key.
A. May B. Must C. Need D. Should
6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?”
A. No, let’s not. B. No, I don’t. C. No, thanks. D. No, I wouldn’t.
7. Peter behaved so badly at the party. I wish I _______ him.
A. do not invite B. did not invite C. had not invited D. would not invite
8. That car runs at _______ speed of 180 miles _______ hour.
A. the / an B. a / the C. a / a D. the / a
9. We need _______ money to send our son to Oxford University.
A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of
10. Mary was the_______________ of the three sisters.
A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. cleverest
11. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I got wet.
A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet.
B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.
C. I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.
D. Had I had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.
12. The president refused to make any judgement ______ the situation.
A. on B. with C. about D. to
13. I am fed ______ hanging around here with nothing to do.
A. up on B. out of C. up with D. by
14. The test is taking place ______ a week’s time.
A. in B. at C. for D. on
15. You can borrow this car if you promise to look ______ it carefully.
A. into B. at C. after D. up

PART II: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable word from the box. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.


barely created destroyed drop every
widespread factors natural pests from


Famine is a prolong food shortage that causes (1)________ hunger and death. Throughout history, famine has truck at least one area of the world (2) ________ few years. Most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America have (3)________ enough food for their people. Millions in these countries go hungry. When food production or imports (4) ________ for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of people may die.
Many famines have more than one cause. For example, the great Bengal famine of 1943 in Eastern India was caused by both (5)________ and historical events. World War II (6)________ a general food shortage and let to the cutoff of rice imports from Burma, which had been occupied by the Japanese. Then a cyclone (7)________ much farmland. Famine struck, and more than one and a half million persons died