Đề thi HSG tiếng Anh số 14

PHÒNG GD- ĐT PHÙ MỸ ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
TRƯỜNG THCS THỊ TRẤN PHÙ MỸ MÔN ANH VĂN - NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
------------------- Phân môn: Đọc hiểu – Viết
Thời gian làm bài: 140 phút
( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. READING: ( 12ms)
PART 1: In this section you must choose the word or phrase that has the same meaning or that best completes each sentence. Write your answers in the spaces below. Number O is an example .(2ms)
0: He --------------a teacher.
A: is B: are C: be D: will
The correct answer is A
1. They persuaded him to ……......................money in their company.
a. investigate b. buy c. invest d. lay
2. You have to pay a ……………. now to reserve your holiday.
a. deposit b. security c. credit d. surplus
3. You’d better stop spending money,………………….. you’ll end up in debt.
a. if b. in case c. otherwise d. unless
4. I disapprove………………… people smoking in public places.
a. of b. with c. at d. on
5. I was so pleased to have the ……………………to visit your country.
a. opportunity b. necessity c. destiny d. possibility
6. I can’t find my umbrella. I must have………………on the bus.
a. lost b. left c. forgotten d. put
7. She is so………………even though she is over 90.
a. alive b. lively c. living d. livid
8. He denied……….....................in the hotel at 7 p.m.
a. himself b. to be c. it’s him d. being
9. It takes years to …………………… as a doctor.
a. practice b. pass c. complete d. qualify
10. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually……………..
a. drops b. lowers c. sinks d. reduces
YOUR ANSWERS:
1……….2……….3………4………..5………6…….7……….8……….9……….10……………
PART2: Fill in the gap with one suitable word: ( 1m)
How are things with you? Since I saw you last, I’ve been ill. By the ____________(1) I arrived home after seeing you on Monday, I had an awful headache.
I thought that perhaps my eyes were tired _________________(2) I’ve been working so hard so I took some aspirins and went to bed. However, when I woke up the next morning the headache was _____________(3) than ever and my throat was _________________(4). I tried to get up but my arms and my legs were stiff. I saw the doctor and she _____________________(5) me I had a temperature. She said I probably had flu. She advised me to take some medicine and _________________(6) in bed. The medicine tasted horrible and it didn’t make me feel any___________________(7). I felt sick and I didn’t want to eat anything at all ___________________(8) I was very hungry. I have almost________________(9) now and I’m going to start work again tomorrow. I still have a slight cold and a cough but my chest doesn’t hurt when I breathe.
Can we meet on Sunday? I am looking forward to __________________(10) you.
YOUR ANSWERS:
1…......…......….2…...........................…….3…............…......…4…....................……..5………............6…...................7…..........................…….8……..................….9……....................….10.........................
PART 3: Read the text below and decide which answer ( A, B, C or D) best fits each space:( 1m)
Can you imagine the world without colors? The world around us ( 1)…………..very colorful. Life ( 2)……….. be very dull and grey if there were no color. People like to be surrounded with colorful things. Many years ago, people (3)……………..to make themselves as colorful as the things they ( 4)…………….. They did this by ( 5)……………patterns on their bodies and ( 6)……………themselves. When they learned to make cloth to cover their bodies, they ( 7)…………..to find ways and means of coloring it brightly. In time, they discovered the method of ( 8) their clothes. People (9)……………………..how to dye their clothes even before they knew how to read or write. During that time, men did not know how to make dye, so they got their colors from what they ( 10)…………….around them.
1. A. was B. has been C. is D. are
2. A. will B. should C. could D. would
3. A. wanted B. were wanted C. have wanted D. wanting
4. A. see B. have seen C. saw D. were seeing
5. A. make B. making C. made D. have made
6. A. paint B. to paint C. painted D