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PHòNG gd&đt đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 thcs
thị xã phú thọ Môn: Tiếng Anh
Năm học: 2010-2011
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. A. nature B. pure C. picture D. culture
2. A. clear B. hear C. bear D. dear
3. A. sound B. touch C. down D. account
4. A. measure B. please C. his D. disease
5. A. naked B. wicked C. visited D. liked
6. A. sugar B. cassette C. fashion D. passion
7. A. companion B. comparison C. company D. compartment
8. A. complete B. engine C. pet D. men
9. A. diner B. cinema C. ninth D. wine
10. A. than B. theatre C. theory D. through
II. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. She didn’t get ....... well with her boss, so she left the company.
A. at B. on C. through D. up
2. I wish I ....... at you so loudly with no reason yesterday.
A. wouldn’t shout B. don’t shout C. didn’t shout D. hadn’t shouted
3. Why are you working so hard? Because I ....... a car, so I’m saving as much as I can.
A. will buy B. buy C. have bought D. am going to buy
4. If I were you, I ....... him as my nephew.
A. will treat B. would treat C. am treating D. will have treated
5. No sooner ....... than he left.
A. he had arrive B. he has arrived C. would he arrive D. had he arrived
6. He owns you a lot of money ....... ?
A. isn’t it B. doesn’t he C. hasn’t he D. has he
7. She stopped him ....... home by hiding the car key.
A. not drive B. not to drive C. to drive D. from driving
8. Alice didn’t expect ....... to Bill’s party.
A. asking B. being asked C. to ask D. to be asked
9. Neither Dick ....... Tom knows how to speak German.
A. nor B. or C. and D. but
10. Some people ....... at least four hours a day watching TV.
A. take B. used C. spend D. last
11. Happiness is something ....... money cannot buy.
A. which B. whose C. where D. that
12. “Do your work quietly” Mr. Oman told his class. “I will be back ....... a few minutes.
A. by B. until C. in D. for
13. Many people would be out of work if that factory ....... down.
A. closes B. closed C. had closed D. would close
14. ....... his exhaustion, he won the marathon by nearly three minutes.
A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. However
15. Faraday wrote to Davy and asked ....... work.
A. to B. with C. for D. at
16. They spent a lot of time ....... about what they would do if they had a lot money.
A. talking B. talked C. talk D. to talk
17. In order to ....... with his studies he worked through the summer.
A. take on B. catch on C. catch up D. take up
18. Some kinds of animals