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THÀNH PHỐ THANH HÓA
THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 - Năm học 2012 - 2013
Ngày thi : 14 / 12 / 2012 - Thời gian làm bài 150 phút
( Đề này gồm 4 trang)




ĐỀ BÀI

Question I
A. Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. seat B. great C. seaside D. beach
2. A. heritage B. cottage C. luggage D. cage
3. A. used B. worked C. watched D. practiced
B. Pick out the word with the position of stressed syllable differently from that of the others.
4. A. freedom B. uniform C. pagoda D. favorite
5. A. foreign B. examine C. language D. practice

Question II
Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence.
6.Vietnamese women today prefer modern clothes ................Ao Dai.
A. for B. in C. to D. with
7. We have lived in this town ..................1998.
A. for B. since C. ago D. in
8. The boy looks very proud .....................his success at school.
A. on B. to C. from D. of
9. She moved to France, but we still keep in ...................
A. writing B. touch C. meeting D. contact
10. The teacher let me ............home early because I felt ill.
A. go B. going C. went D. to go
11. I..........jeans when I was a child.
A. don’t wear B. wasn’t worn C. didn’t use to wear D. hasn’t worn
12. It hasn’t rained ........................the end of July.
A. in B. from C. for D. since
13. I wish I ..............a car. It would make life so much easier.
A. have B. would have C. had D. had had
14. Everyone felt tired and hungry,..........they sat down and took a rest.
A. because B. although C. so D. but
15. We spent an .............. evening talking about old times.
A. enjoyable B. boring C. comfortable D. free
16. While the front door..................,please use the side entrance.
A. repairs B. is repairing C. is repaired D. is being repaired
17. I am going to have my car ...............tomorrow evening.
A. wash B. washing C. washed D. being washed
18. I’ve been feeling better since the doctor ...............
A. comes B. came C. has come D. will come
19. Five minutes .................too long to wait.
A. isn’t B. aren’t C. wasn’t D. weren’t
20. What .........of learnig English do you find most difficult?
A. aspect B. side C. detail D. position

Question III
Write the correct tense of the verb in the parentheses:
21. What she (do) at three o’clock yesterday afternoon?
22. They (be) friends since last year.
23. She has a lot of novels (write) in English
24. Jean (stay) with us at the moment.
25. We used (write) to each other every month when we were at secondary school.
26. Yesterday our teacher (arrive) five minutes late.
27. A new house (build) next to ours next year.
28. The house used to (paint) white
29. It was a terrible film. I wish we (not go) to see it.
30.The man (sit) next to me was very nervous.

Question IV
Give the correct form of the word in brackets.
31. The show brought...............to millions of viewers. (enjoy)
32. She listens to classical music for .........................(relax)
33. I find this piece of music very ................(rest)
34. These clothes are attractive but entirely.................(practise)
35. She felt alone and ..................(friend)
36. He wants to make a good ................on everyone he meets. (impress)
37. Trinh Cong Son is one of the most well- known ...............in Viet Nam.(music)
38. Many people enjoy the pleasures and ...............of living downtown.(convenient)

Question V
A . Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
Save the earth
We are all slowly destroying the earth. The see and (39)...........are too dirty to swim in