ĐỀ THI LUYỆN THI HSG TIẾNG ANH 9

PRACTICE TEST 1
time allowed: 120 minutes.

SECTION A: PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1.
A.
hour
B.
honest
C.
honor
D.
 house

2.
A.
summer
B.
include
C.
 instruction
D.
compulsory

3.
A.
languages
B.
classes
C.
shrines
D.
beaches

4.
A.
laughed
B.
asked
C.
impressed
D.
wondered

5.
A.
nation
B.
national
C.
banyan
D.
travel

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SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
II. Choose the best answer from A,B,C or D to complete the following sentences..

6. When I was at the primary school, my grandmother ............... me to school every day
A. takes B. is taking C. was taking D. used to take
7. Are you free .............. Saturday evening ?
A. in B. at C. on D. for
8. This is a difficult question. He wishes he ..................... the answer.
A. know B. knew C. knows D. has known
9. A: “Have you ever been to Hanoi, Linh?”
B: “Yes. I ................................there three times.”
A. went B. have been C. was D. go
10. The life in the countryside ......... peaceful ...........I want to live there.
A. so/that B. too/for C. such/that D.very/until
11. Mike didn’t feel well so we gave him .............. to do than you.
A. fewer work B. little work C. less work D. least work
12. I hope all of you will enjoy taking …… in the projects.
A. advantages B. place C. part D. notice
13. __________ does it take you to go to school ?
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 A. How much B. How long C. How far D. How often
III. Put the verb in the blanket in the correct form.
Paul Crack is a musician and singer. He (14. be)............... in the music business for over 20 years. He (15.begin)................... playing professionally while he (16.be)............at school. He (17.travel )............... all over the world. He (18.have)................... his first record in 1974.So far a lot of his records (19.make)............. .Young people in America and Britain know his name and they always (20.remember) ............. his number one song "The living year``. This song (21.write).................. some years ago.
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IV.Each line of the folloing passage contains one mistake. Find and correct it.

Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer
holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous
area in Hoa Binh province. They went there help make a
road through a forest between two village. “It was very difficult
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we
could bought food,” said Nam. “It was also very cold and wet
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard
work, but he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is
hoping to return next year did more work there.

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Mistakes
Correction
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Mistakes
Correction

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V. Supply the correct form of the words given.
32.That singer is wearing a morden dress, so she looks very ___________ FASHION
33. He had an accident because of driving _______________ CARE
34. My first of this city were very good IMPRESS
35. The tourists love