Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh 9 và hướng dẫn chấm 2011-2012 (PGD_CT)

UBND HUYỆN CHÂU THÀNH
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập –Tự do –Hạnh phúc

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2011 – 2012
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH ; LỚP: 9
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Đề thi chính thức
Part A :VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
I. Give the correct form of the words in brackets: (4P)
1. In the free time, my father often reads...................... newspapers. ( day)
2. Last week there was an ........................... football match on TV ( excite)
3. She got a.........letter from her boss ( person)
4. He didn`t feel happy because he worked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(success)
5. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little. . . . . . . . . . . . (friend)
6. We must make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .about where to go. (decide)
7. Many rural areas in Vietnam have been ........... (urban)
8. Tim and Shanon want to visit an ...........institute in Vietnam ( ocean)

II. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.( 1 P)
1. A. primary B. divide C. comprise D. religion
2. A. worth B.eighteenth C.path D. with
3. A. men B. women C. mention D. sentence
4. A. jeans B. styles C. students D. labels
III. Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. (2 P))
1 . Yesterday afternoon I (see) …………………… you on Le Loi street. You (talk) ……………… to some foreigners.
2 . If Nga (not hurry) ……………………, she (miss) ………………….. the last bus
3. If you kicked the policeman, you (arrest)...........
4. Nothing ( do)............ about this problem for months
IV. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition. (2 P)
Three men have been arrested and charged _________ robbery.
We stayed at home because Helen wasn’t very keen _________going out in the rain .
Do you think we’ll find a solution __________this problem ?
This alcoholic drink is made _________ rice.

Part B: READING
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each space(2.5p)
Jeans are very popular with young people all (1)……. the world. Some people say that jeans are the “ uniform” of (2)…….. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (3)……… two hundred years ago. People in Genoe, Italy made pants. The cloth (4)…. in Genoa was called “Jeans”. The pants were called “Jeans”. In 1850, a saleman (5)….California began selling pants made of cancas. His name was Levi Strauss. (6)….they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (7)…… with gold miners, farmer and cowboys. Six years (8)….., Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (9)……called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10) …..jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
1. A. in B. on C. over D. above
2. A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest
3. A. lots B. much C. most D. almost
4. A. make B. makes C. making D. made
5. A. in B. on C. at D. with
6. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
7. A. famousn B. popular C. good D. wonderful
8. A. late B. later C. latest D. last
9. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes
10. A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn
II. Read the text and fill in each blank with one suitable word.(2.5P)
Our sweet home
My home(1)….. the sweetest, loviest and the best place for (2)…….in the world. It is indeed a paradise on earth.