Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh 9 và hướng dẫn chấm 2010-2011 (PGD_CT)

UBND HUYỆN CHÂU THÀNH
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CHÂU THÀNH
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc


ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2010 – 2011
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

Part A :VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
I. Give the correct form of the words in brackets: (4 P)
Edison was a famous American ___________ (invent)
It is the pronunciation of English that causes me a lot of ___________ ( difficult)
3. It was ___________of you to break that coffee cup. ( care )
4. Lien sings more ___________her sister. ( beauty)
5. Thousands of people have been made___________by the war . (home)
6. Some of my ___________ live in a village outside Thanh Hoa city. ( relate )
7. The house is large but it is terribly ___________ to live in . ( comfort)
8. Mathematics and literature are ___________ for children in this country.(compel)
II. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find out and correct it (2P)
Different kinds of newspapers are arranging on the shelves.
I’ve forgotten my umbrella in home.
I am sitting among you and Lan
I’d rather not to study Maths.
He advises me don’t get up late.
The price of oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?
I have to stay here until they will come back.
8. He usually works hardly.
III. Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. (1.5 P))
1. I wish that I ( know) how to mend this shirt.
2. Jeans ( make) about two hundred years ago and now they ( sell) in every corner of the world.
3. A new cloth shop just ( open) near my aunt’s house.
4. My brother (be) an architect. He loves ( design) new buildings.
Part B: READING
I. Fill in each space with a suitable word (4P)
Malaysia is a (1)______ in South East Asia. The sea (2)________ Malaysia and (3)______ it into two regions. It consists of the southern part of the Malay peninsula to the south of Thailand, and the northern part to Bruneo. It (4)_______ formed in 1963 from the former British colonies in the area. Therefore, English is (5)_______ second language after the (6)_______ language, Bahasa Malaysia. Kulua Lumpur is the (7)________ city of Malaysia. It is the world’s leading producer (8)______ rubber and leading exporter of tin. Oil (9)_______ also an important export. Malaysia has many living (10)________: Bahasa Malaysia, English, Chinese and Tamil.
II. Put the sentences in the right order (2,5P)
Number 1 has been done for you as an example
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a. The following morning I still didn’t feel any better, so I went down to the surgery.
b. When I woke up on Tuesday I felt sick.
c. It cleared up the sore throat very quickly.
d. I started feeling ill on Monday evening. I had a bit of a temperature, so I took an aspirin and had an early night.
e. When I saw the doctor I explained my symptom.
f. I took the prescription to the chemist.
g. He examined me, and said I had the flu and a sore throat.
h. I took things easy, and by the weekend I had completely recovered.
i. He gave me a prescription for a sore throat and said that I should go bed for a few days.
j. I had some toast, but I was sick immediately, so I went back to bed. I had a fever.
Part C : WRITING
I/.Finish each of the following sentences is such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence(4P)
1. Although he took a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert.
→ Despite …………………………………………………………………………………
2. “You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary.” said John.
→ John advised ……………………………………………………………….……………
3. “I’m sorry for handing in my report so late.” Tom said to his boss.
→ Tom apologized …………………………………………………………………………
4. He was extremely lazy. He failed his exam again
→Because of ……………………………………………………………….……………
5. People say that he is over 100 years old
→He ……………………………………………………………….……………
6. I have never seen a more beautiful house than this.
→This..................................................................................
7. Has anybody shown you what