đề thi hsg tỉnh 0809

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Đề CHíNH THứC
Kì THI chọn HSG LớP 9- thcs NĂM học 2008-2009
Đề thi Môn: TIếNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề)
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( Đề thi có 03 trang)

I. Listen to Ryan talking about his life and tick (V) the things he has done and put a cross (X) beside the things he hasn’t done.
Questions
Numbers of things
Ryan

1
lived in a foreign country


2
worked for a big company


3
stayed in an expensive hotel


4
flown in a jumbo jet


5
cooked a meal for ten (or more) people


6
met a famous person


7
seen a play by Shakespeare


8
driven a tractor


9
been to hospital


10
won a competition


II. Pick out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. hear B. dear C. pear D. clear
2. A. punctual B. rubbish C. frustrate D. furious
3. A. theatre B. therefore C. throughout D. thunder
4. A. influenced B. terrified C. averaged D. accompanied
5. A. hat B. dangerous C. battle D. calculate
III. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.
1. The Chinese ..................... printing.
A. invented B. discovered C. found out D. revealed
2. That English will become dominant in most scientific fields is ..............
A. predicting B. predictable C. on predictions D. to predict
3. Taxation has been used to increase the price and reduce the .......... of cigarettes.
A. consumer B. consuming C. consumed D. consumption
4. I caught ..................... of a lion lying under the tree, and my heart jumped.
A. view B. sight C. look D. scene
5. After the war, many of us .................... touch with our relatives.
A. kept B. lost C. in D. got
6. I am looking forward to .................. on vacation.
A. go B. be going C. going D. having gone
7. The department store .............. by the Johansson for many years.
A. has been run B. is run C. runs D. has run
8. It is 6 years ............... we moved to Chicago.
A. when B. that C. since D. after
9. The theatre failed ................ a suitable play to appeal to audience.
A. producing B. to produce C. to have produced D. producing of
10. He put the two letters into the wrong envelopes ............... mistake.
A. on B. by C. with D. in
11. Even though he was bored ............. doing the same thing every day, he was nervous ........... making a change.
A. about/at B. with/for C. in/about D. with/about

12. While Peter was driving home last night, he ............... petrol.
A. was running out B. was running out of C. ran out of D. ran out
13. They gave me their address ...................... send them a brochure.
A. so that I B. in order to C. so that I could D. in order that I will
14. She wondered ......... her father looked like now, after so many years away.
A. how B. whose C. what D. that
15. The police suggested that anyone who saw the accident ................. in touch with them.
A. should get B. got C. had to get D. would get
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.
1. We were sacked due to Bill’s carelessly schedule, and we all blamed him for that.
A B C D
2. No sooner had the secretary hang up than the telephone rang again.