DHSG+ĐA8

Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện
Năm học 2008 – 2009 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

Câu I: Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group.
1. a.watch b. catch c. chief d. chaos
2. a. Lovely b. cosy c. come d. some
3. a. ploughed b. ordered c. published d.prayed 4. a. book b. soon c. choose d. school
5. a. stays b. says c. ways d. days
Câu II: Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct:
1. Nobody understands what the lady overthere says, ....?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. do they D. don’t they
2. When I came, I saw ..... in the kitchen.
A. she cooking B. she cooks C. her cooking D. her cooks
3. She asked me.......
A. if I like pop music or not B. whether I like pop music or not
C. if I liked pop music or not D. whether I liked pop music or not
4. I don’t know when they will announce the result. All we can do is.... for the announcement.
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. to waiting
5. Henry is a poet. He .......... a lot of beautiful poems so far
A. written B. has written C. writes D. is writing
6. ............. do you prefer, country life or City life
A. What B. Where C. How D. Which
7. Last week I .............my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
8. They have been pen pals and .... at least once every week
A. speak B. stay C. take D. correspond
9. I come from Vietnam so I am not ... on the left
A. used to be driving B. used to drive C. used to driving
10. What are you..... doing when you have free time?
A. keen in B. keen on C. intersting in D. interesting on
11. I wish my best friend.... never leave me alone like this.
A. will B. would C. can D. could
12. Ba has to walk to school, so he wishes he .... a bicycle.
A. had B. has C. will have D. shall have
13. Television, radio, newspapers are....
A. big medium B. big media C. mass medium D. mass media
14. Don’t tell me I didn’t lock the door last night. I remember.....
A. to lock it B. lock it C. locked it D. locking it
15. People slowly ..... their belongings and left the hall
A. put in B. gathered C. held in D. took in
Câu III: Choose a, b, c, or d which best completes the passage:
Mr and Mrs Stokes were sitting in the garden of their Birstol home when I arrived to interview .....(1).... and their fourteen - year- old son Carl. But Carl was working upstairs. “He doesn’t often....(2)... his room”, his mother explained.
At the ... (3)..... Carl is working on a programme for a new computer game. Computers have... (4).. his whole life. In the last year Carl has ...(5).... over 25,000 from writing programmes. A lot of other people are trying to do the ..(6).. nowadays, but not many of them have done as well as Carl.
“When did the boy buy the ..(7)...? ” I wondered. “We bought it for him eighteen months ago ...(8).... his birthday,” said Mr Stokes. “We didn’t know what we are doing. Our son has ......(9).. Now he doesn’t talk about .. (10)... else but computer. And we don’t understand a thing about Computers’’.
1. a. They b. them c. their d. theirs
2.a. live b. leave c. sit d. seat
3.