Exercies for talented students in grade 9 (very hot)

THCS Truc thai
đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi thị - Năm học 2009 - 2010
Môn thi : Tiếng anh 9
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi
I. Find only one word whose underlined part has different pronunciation from that of the other words.
1. A. clothing B. cloth C. grow D. most
2. A. chair B. match C. watch D. machine
3. A. happen B. event C. chicken D. children
4. A. enough B. plough C. cough D. laugh
5. A. meat B. seat C. great D. reach
II. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word:
CLOTHES
Clothes can tell a lot (1)_____________________a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to (2)____________________at them and they want to be the center of things. (3)____________________people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not (4)_____________________or fancy. They do not (5)____________________ people to look at them. Clothes today are very different (6)____________________the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s, all women (7)_____________________dress. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the (8)___________________. In the 1800s, clothes were (9)____________________only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen. But today there are many (10)____________________of man-made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon or polyester.
III. Choose the best answer.
1. They were welcomed by friendly ______________________in Vietnam.
A. air
B. atmosphere
C. impression
D. instruction

2. Turn off the light,………..?
A. will you
B. shall we
C. can you
D. shall I

 3. I think that spring is the nicest ________ of the year.
A. term
B. reason
C. season
D. period

 4. We listened to the weather________to find out if it was going to rain.
A. foreteller
B. prediction
C. warning
D. forecast

 5. She is ________a kind girl that everybody loves her.
A. so
B. such
C. very
D. too

 6. You will see him when he ________here tomorrow.
A. to come
B. has come
C. will come
D. comes

 7. His telephone doesn`t work and mine doesn`t ________.
A. neither
B. either
C. so
D. too

 8. These clothes are _________cleaner than the others.
A. much
B. many
C. so
D. very

 9. The fire ________out when they were having dinner
A. breaks
B. was breaking
C. has broken
D. broke

 10. She was told____________ the office phone for personal calls.
A. don’t use
B. not to use
C. not using
D. not use

 11. We spent a ……………….trip at Nha Trang beach last summer.
A. four-days
B. four-day
C. fourth-day
D. fourth-days

 12. Either John or his brother ___________ the key to the car.
A. has taking
B. has taken
C. have taken
D. have been taken

 13. This house needs____________.
A. to repaint
B. repainted
C. to be repainting
D. repainting

14. It’s no use………English if you don’t try to speak it.
A. to learn
B. learned
C. learning
D. learn

15. Nam has ....................... money that he can’t afford to buy food.
A. so few
B. so many
C. so little
D. so much

16. A good friend will stand ............... you when you are having trouble.
A. by
B. out
C. against
D. in

 17. The national _____________________in Malaysia is Malay.
A. language
B. currency
C. religion
D. climate

 18. They knelt down in a place of worship and _______________________for peace.