HS giỏi AV9 -017

THCS QUANG TRUNG ĐỀ THI HSG ANH VĂN 9
Năm học: 2012-2013 Thời gian 150 phút
SECTION A: PHONETICS:

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the other.
1. A. bush B. brush C. pull D. put
2. A. found B. sound C. bought D. south
3. A. learned B. pronounced C. underlined D. switched
4. A. excited B. careful C. escaped D. careless
5. A. asked B. advised C. worked D. missed
6. A. deal B. great C. meat D. treat
7. A. blind B. find C. kind D. win
8. A. my B. baby C. spy D. cry
9. A. coup B. group C. soup D. touch
10.A. caused B. increased C. practised D. promised

SECTION B: VOCABULARY & STRUCTURE

II. Choose the correct answer A,B,C, or D to complete the sentences
Would you mind ................................ me a hand with this bag.
A. give B. giving C. to give D. to have given
2. Sweet are harmful because they make our teeth.............................
A. black B. ache C. bad D. cracked
3. We all ............. forward to our summer holiday.
A. bring B. take C. look D. wish
4. She is very good ........................ playing chess .
A. to B. at C. on D. in
5. He..................... for 25 years before he retired last year.
A. has taught B. was teaching C. had been teaching D. has been teaching
6. I’m ....................... tired that I can’t go on.
A. too B. very C. such D. so
7. I wish he ................................ here tomorrow.
A. was B. were C. will be D. would be
8. She used to ................. her living by working as a typist.
A. win B. raise C. earn D. support
9. He seems ................................ the Vietnamese food.
A. enjoying B. to enjoy C. be enjoy D. enjoyed
10. How long ................ she .................. English in this school?
A. has/teached B. have/ taught C. has/ taught D. has/ teaching
Answer: 1......; 2.......; 3........; 4......; 5........; 6.........; 7........; 8........; 9.......; 10........
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
We could see some strange..................... on her face. (EXPRESS)
If you want to ...................... your English, we can help you. (IMPROVEMENT)
If your work is..................... you can stay. (SATISFY)
After several ................. attempts we have finally done it. (SUCCEED)
That result in an ..................... with divided England into two parts. (AGREE)
Answer : 1................................ ; 2............................
3.................................; 4........................; 5.................................
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A lot of people (kill)................... by AIDS recently. And I wish nobody would die any more.
If only I (have)............................. money, I would lend you some.
He is going to have his house (build).................................
He now (study)................................ in the USA as an exchange student.
When the police arrived, their car(go)..............................
Answer : 1.................... ; 2...................... ;3 ..........................;4....................

SECTION C: SPEAKING

V. Mach the sentences in column A with the ones in columnB
A
I’m bored
I don’t know how to play this game.
What happens if I can’t guess the word exactly?
Do you know the Hanging garden of Babylon?
Why did they go to the beach?
Where can I post this letter?
 B
a. I’ll win.
b. Let’s play a game.
c. I have no idea about that.
d. Just because of the weather . It was too hot
e. The problem is I don’t know where