HSG anh van 9

Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - THCS
Triệu Sơn Năm học 2008 - 2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets:
The money ( steal ) in the robbery was never found.
( come ) into the room he ( see ) Mary where he ( leave ) her.
Yesterday I ( walk ) along the street when I ( realize ) a man with a black beard, whom I ( see ) three times already, ( follow ) me.
What do you think the children ( do ) when we get home.
All things ( consider ) , there was nothing ( do ) now.
Nobody would listen to the stories ( tell ) by him so many times.
If all ( go ) well, I’ll finish it in a fortnight.
I think you ( tell ) this before.

Question 2 : Complete the following sentences with correct form of the words in brackets.
We were lucky to have one of the ( nice ) room in the hotel.
I got ( little ) than you.
Hard work always brings ( succeed ).
Your rice field is more ( produce ) than ours.
They often ride their bicycles to the countryside for ( please )
( polution ) air and water are not good for our health.
An engineer is a person who uses science for ( practise ) purpose.
Both the Italians and Polish are famous for their ( friend ) and good spirit.
Although they are poor, they are living ( happy ).
Nothing could ( satisfaction ) him.

Question 3: Combine each pair of sentences into one using the guiding words in brackets.
The teacher spoke slowly. The pupils could understand him. ( so that )
Jack and Alice went out. They wanted to have a drink. ( for )
This book is quite interesting. I’ve read it twice ( so ..... that )
The lesson is difficult. We try hard.( double comparative )
The film was very good. We saw it through. ( enough ...... to )
It was very cold. We could swim. ( such ..... that )
If you don’t try hard, you can not pass your exam. (Replace “if” with “ unless”)
Bob was good at English, but he couldn’t understand that sentence. ( Rerwite the sentence using “though” )

Question 4: Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
Most people who .....1..... a holiday in travelling take a camera......2..... them and photograph anything .......3...... interests or pleases them the sights .....4..... a city, views of mountains, lakes, plains, water falls, forests ; famous men and women ; the ruins of ancient buildings, and even animals and birds that are new ....5....... them. Later, perhaps years late, they will be reminded .....6..... the photographs ......7...... the happy time that had .......8..... the visit to a foreign country.

Question 5: Fill in each blank with one correct preposition.
We send our children ....1.... school to prepare them .....2..... the time when they will be big and will have to work .......3........ themselves. They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and what they know and understand what others tell them. They learn foreign languages .......4........ order to be able to benefit ........5....... what people ........6........ other coumtries have written and said, and in order to make people .........7........ other countries understand what they themselves mean. Nearly everything they study .....8...... school has some practical use ..........9......... their life. We go to school ......10....... all to learn how to learn, so that , when we have left school, we can continue to learn.

Question 6: Rerwite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. Does he know French enough to work as a translator ?
- Is his .........
2. I lent my car to that man.
- That’s .........
3. As I get older, I want to travel less.
- The older ..........
4. Their teacher is making them to study hard.
- They are ............
5. It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error.
- The accident is .......
6. Must you so soon ? It’s only 9 o’clock.
- Can’t you ..........
7. It was so late that nothing could be done.
- It was too ........
8. That meal was excellent !
- What ..........
9. I didn’t arrive in time to see her.
- I wasn’t early ..........
10. They haven’t seen