Exercies for talented students in grade 9

THCS TRUC THAI Đề thi học sinh giỏi năm học 2009-2010
Môn Tiếng Anh
A. Phonetics.
Choose the word which has a diffirent stress patten from the others in each group. (5 points)
1. A. begin B. pastime C. finish D. summer
2. A. diffirence B. suburban C. internet D. character
3. A. beautiful B. effective C. favourite D. popular
4. A. understand B. invitation C. industry D. computation
5. A. certificate B. appreciate C. apologize D. classify
B. Grammar - vocabulary:
I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D. (10 points)
1. I had a road accident when I ………………. a phone call in the car.
A. made B. am making C. make D. was making
2. He ……………….. to Ha Noi ten days ago.
A. went B. goes C. hase gone D. was going
3. My sister is very fond ………….. eating chocolate candy.
A. of B. about C. at D. with
4. When my father was young, he ………….. get up early to do the gardening.
A. got used to B. used to C. was used to D. use to
5. The meeting is going to be …………. at 7 o`clock tomorrow morning.
A. taken B. held C. run D. played
6. If the weather …………….. worse, we won`t go to the beach.
A. got B. would get C. gets D. will get
7. Mrs Kent is …………….. with washing the dishes every day.
A. boringly B. boring C. bored D. bore
8. Paul was …………. sad about his examination results that he didn`t smile all week
A. so B. too C. enough D. such
9. "Woud you like to have …………………. Coffee ?"
A. many B. some C. few D. little
10. Peter : "How often do you go to school ?"
Harry: "………………………"
A. Every day except Sunday B. I don`t think so
C. I go there by foot D. I go there early
II. Each of the following sentences has an error maked A, B, C or D. Identify the errors. (10 points)
1. I met a lot of interesting people while I was studying at Ho Chi Minh city.
A B C D
2. The picture was painting by Michael last year.
A B C D
3. There`s the woman who she sold me the handbag.
A B C D
4. Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn`t he ?
A B C D
5. If I was you, I didn`t buy that expensive car.
A B C D
6. George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help.
A B C D
7. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
A B C D
8. My family used to be having dinner at 7 o`clock in the evening.
A B C D
9. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend.
A B C D
10. A new shop was opening on main street last week.
A B C D
III. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)
1. You must be …………..……. When you open that door. (CARE)
2. We`re very impressed by the ………...……. of your town`s people. (FRIEND)
3. Liverpool is an …………..…. city in the North of England. (INDUSTRY)
4. Is Buddhism the country`s ………..………. Religion of Thailand. (OFFICE)
5. Should English be a ………………. foreign laguage in Viet Nam ? (COMPEL)
6. This handbook gives us ……………. information about Asean countries. (ADD)
7. The …...……. conditions in Viet Nam have been greatly improved. (ECONOMY)
8. The ………………. must come to this office for an interview. (APPLY)
9. Your shoes are very ……………….. (FASHION)
10. She performed ………………. at