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PHÒNG GD & ĐT Loc Ha
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ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH


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I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. respond B. novel C. work D. cotton
2. A. wicked B. naked C. needed D. worked
3. A. viable B. dynamite C. priority D. responsible
4. A. ache B. chemist C. chalk D.character
5. A. father B. healthy C. weather D. clothing
II. Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6. A. managerial B. determination C. unbelievable D. inability
7. A. equality B. difficulty C. discovery D. simplicity
8. A. plentiful B. adequate C. sociable D. commercial
9. A. citizenship B. category C. benefit D. priority
10. A. temperature B. thunderstorm C. mysterious D.ultimately
III. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences.
11. This type of music is quite popular _______ teenager boys and girls.
A. with B. to C. for D. of
12. We love to look up the stars _______ the sky _______ night.
A. in / in B. on / at C. at / at D. in / at
13. When are your friends going back _______ Italy.
A. in B. for C. to D. no prepositon is needed
14. Have you ever read anything _______ Earnest Hemingway?
A. of B. by C. from D. for
15. I didn’t intend to take your umbrella. I took it ________.
A. by chance B. by accident C. by mistake D. on purpose
16. How are you getting ________ in your new job? Are you enjoying it?
A. on B. off C. in D. with
17. Things are changing all the time. It’s difficult to keep ________ all these changes.
A. out of B. up with C. back from D. on about
18. We let the kids decorate their rooms ________ they want to.
A. wherever B. whenever C. whatever D. however
19. I ________ to see Chris on my way home.
A. dropped in B. turned over C. got by D. crossed out
20. Don’t ________ until tomorrow what you can do today.
A. call off B. put off C. take off D. run off
21. Their failure was ________ lack of care and attention.
A. due to B. such as C. as if D. because
22. ________, I’ve invited Graham and his wife to lunch on Sunday.
A. By surprise B. By all means C. By myself D. By the way
23. Your eyes are red. - ______________?
A. Did you cry B. Have you cried C. Do you cry D. Have you been crying
24. The fact that he didn’t speak a foreign language put him at a ________.
A. benefit B. disadvantage C. challenge D. comfort
25. I’m not accustomed________ like this.
A. to treat B. to treating C. to be treated D. to being treated
26. We ________ Switzerland four times during the 1970s.
A. would visit B. used to visit C. visit D. visited
27. Nowadays it ________ cost a fortune to own a computer.
A. mustn’t B. doesn’t have to C. hasn’t to D. can’t
28. No longer ________ clean the floor. I have just bought a vacuum cleaner.
A. I have to B. I do have to C. do I have to D. have I to
29. If people stop using dynamite for fishing, a lot of sea creatures will be well-_________.
A. preserved B. existed C. qualified D. controlled
30. I’d like to say thank you to my colleagues _________ help I couldn’t carry out the project.
A. who B. whose C. without whom D. without whose
31. City dwellers have a higher death rate than _________.
A