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Hai Thai junior high school ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Năm học: 2009-2010
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề)


Part I: Choose the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words in each group.
1. A. book B. blood C. look D. foot
2. A. watch B. channel C. chat D. chemistry
3. A. reputation B. scholar C. disagree D. grammar
4. A. doubt B. comb C. table D. climb
5. A. mention B. question C. collection D. information
Part II: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence below.
1. Do you enjoy………… English?.
A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. learnt
2. If you want to learn English better, you have to ….. the four main skills a lot.
A. buy B. improve C. invite D. pronounce
3. The telephoned was……….. by a Scottish scientist in 1876
A. invented B. discovered C. thought D. brought
4. If I………. you, I would not tell her about that bad thing.
A. am B. was C. were D. be
5. I do not think you have spent your time like this,……………..?
A. do you B. do not you C. have you D. haven/t you
6. What they have………. about is important for all of us to consider.
A. talked B. mentioned C. discussed D. focussed
7. Gold …………. in California in the nineteenth century.
A. discovered B. was discovered C. is discovered D. has discovered
8. When we lived in Nha Trang, we............. go swimming every morning..
A. are used to B. used to C. often D. usually
9. One of her friends asked me ............. she was learning English and French.
A. if B. what C. because D. so
10 My mother didn/t cook for me ………… her illness.
A. because B. because of C. although D. in spite of
Part III: Complete the following sentences by using the correct form of the words in parentheses.
It is great to have pen pals. In my opinion, (1)……(friend) is among the meaningful relations in our life. Many of my friends have pen pals and they correspond (2)…….. (regular). A friend of mine once got a letter from the school mailbox and told me a lot of (3)….. (interest) things about her pen pal. That made me (4)… (excite) and I was eager to have one. Therefore, I got online and did some chatting, but I was at first (5)….. (luck) to get to know anyone. Then, I knew a very nice Australian girl, Jenny. She and I are the same (6)….. (old).
We often get each other/s (7)….(inform) through the Internet. Although my English was not very good, I have tried to get a rapid (8)……. (improve) so that we can understand each other (9)….. (good). Thanks to Jenny, I get more (10)….(know) about Australia.
Part IV: Use the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses..
1. Nam usually goes to school by bike but today he………..(ride) a car.
2. When we came, he……….. (watch) TV.
3. David ……..(can) swim when he was five.
4. This is the most interesting film I………… (ever/see) in my life.
5. I did not meet him after I……….(leave) London to Canada.
6. There are a lot of new houses……. (build) along the streets.
7. I don/t think he ……….. (change) his opinions since the last decision.
8. We should not spend too much time ……………( use) the Internet.
9.We stopped……….. (look) for a dictionary and we left the school library early.
10. Is is time we ……….(take) serious solutions to reduce garbage.
Part V: Read the text and choose the word (A,B,C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Many people now think that teachers give their students too…(1) homework. They say that it is …(2) for children to work at home