HSG & TS 10

SỞ GD&ĐT………
KÌ THI HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC:….
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 201…-201…
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. kids B. roofs C. banks D. hats
2. A. heading B. clearing C. realize D. Korea
3. A. go B. game C. give D. large
4. A. time B. shine C. mine D. thing
5. A. looked B. moved C. gained Dprepared
Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence.
6. The_________growth rate of Vietnam reached about 8.0% in 2007.
A. economics B. economic C. economy D. economically
7. She is going to finish her work, _________?
A. is she B. isn’t she C. will she D. doesn’t she
8. I would like_________Holland.
A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited
9. Don’t forget_________the door when you go out.
A. locking B. for locking C. to lock D. lock
10. We couldn’t go out_________the storm.
A. because B. owing C. as of D. because of
11. The couple_________divorce was in the newspaper has got married again.
A. who B. whose C. which D. people
12. John F.Kennedy wouldn’t have died in 1963 if he_________to Dallas.
A. didn’t go B. wouldn’t go C. hadn’t gone D. not go
13. One of the students in my class_________off sick today.
A. were B. was C. have been D. are
14. Alan and Ruth took these photographs_________.
A. themselves B. herself C. himself D. ourselves
15. The teacher said that we had to learn all these expressions_________heart.
A. on B. with C. by D. in
16. He was homesick, and he_________all his family and friends.
A. lacked B. missed C. desired D. hoped
17. _________it was raining heavily, we went out without a raincoat.
A. In spite of B. Although C. However D. In spite
18. She never wears red because it doesn’t_________to her.
A. suit B. match C. fit D. like
19. He is not very good_________mathematics.
A. on B. in C. for D. at
20. The articles_________the magazine has published are very scholarly.
A. of B. on C. which D. and
Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.
21. Are you interested between learning English? in
A B C D
22. My brother enjoys to go to the park on Summer evenings. going
A B C D
23. If it rain, I will stay at home and watch TV. rains
A B C D
24. Florida, that is known to be the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year. which
A B C D
25. When the university suggested to raise the tuition again, the student senate protested vigorously.
A B C D
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 35.
Planet earth is part of a system of planets and their moons, as well as numerous asteroids and comets which (26)____around a huge star we call the Sun. The Sun itself (27)____of gas. Nuclear reactions inside its core (28)_______the heat