DethiHSG Anh 9

Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp thành phố
Thành phố vinh năm học 2009-2010

đề chính thức Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)
Full name:……………………………………….

SECTION A: PHONETICS

I/ Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. myth     B. breath  C. tooth D. with
2.   A. biscuits      B. magazines   C. newspapers D. vegetables
3.   A. packed      B. punched  C. pleased  D. pushed
4.   A. call      B. cup C. coat D. ceiling
5.   A. month      B. boss  C. shop      D. got
II/ Choose the word with different stressed pattern.
6.   A. become      B. between       C. improve      D. forward
7.   A. assistant      B. holiday      C. colony      D. possible
8.   A. faithfully      B. sincerely       C. completely      D. extremely
9.   A. figure      B. ever       C. apply      D. happy
10.   A. salary       B. essential       C. industry       D. interview

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D
1. Would you please ________ me where the railway station is? ~ Sure.
A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
2. Tom`s _______was so poor that his teacher couldn`t read a word he wrote.
A. writing B. writes C. written D. writer
3. I really think that spring is the nicest _______ of the year.
A. period B. term C. reason D. season
4. Nothing can be perfect, ______?
A. can it B. can’t it C. can they D. can’t they
5. She doesn’t know ______ her father looks like now, after so many years away.
A. how B. whose C. what D. that
6. She spent ______ her free time chatting online.
A. most B. lot of C. a few D. most of
7. The SEA Games are held ______.
A. two years once B. each two years C. every two years D. once two years
8. They looked very unhappy because they lost the match_______ one goal.
A. by B. for C. with D. from
9. The cricket is one of To Hoai’s famous ________.
A. novel B. characters C. writings D. books
10. You can look up his address in this telephone ________.
A. list B. number C. directory D. machine
II Complete the passage by using the correct form of the words in brackets
1. Some Vietnamese ………have modernized the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (DESIGN)
2. UNICEF and UNESCO are famous ………………….… organizations. (NATION)
3. The gas from the chemical factory was ………………….…harmful. (EXTREME)
4. He usually gets angry if you ………………….… with his idea. (AGREE)
5. It’ll be interesting to listen to ……… made by foreigners in our English Speaking Club.(SPEAK)
6. He cycled ………………….…and had an accident. (CARE)
7. Today it is much ………………….… than it was yesterday. (SUN)
8. Together with Hue, Hoi An is known as one of the most interesting tourist …………….… in Vietnam. (ATTRACT)
9. Alice was ………………….… and went to bed early. (TIRE )
10. There is extreme ………………….… in many Third World countries. (POOR)
III. The following passage contains 12 errors. Find them and correct them

It is a fairly common belief in Britain that men these days does more ……………………..
housework than they