HSG&TS10 - 34

phòng gd & Đt hạ hòa Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9
môn : tiếng anh
Ngày thi : 9/12/2011
Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
Đề thi có 05 trang
( thí sinh làm bài thi vào luôn tập đề thi này )

Điểm bài thi họ, tên và chữ ký của giám khảo

Bằng số bằng chữ 1..........................................................................
,,,,,,,,,,,.. ..........................
2....................................................................,,,,,

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
A. rose B. disclose C. chosen D. whose
A. monkey B. donkey C. grey D. key
A. ocean B. decision C. cushion D. patient
A. though B. laugh C. cough D. rough
A. one B. follow C. horror D. across
A. finished B. stopped C. closed D. pronounced
7. A. site B. kite C. high D. sit
8. A. food B. mood C. understood D. good
9. A. music B. singer C. sacrifice D. singular
10.A. they B. them C. thing D. the

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. When the party was ...........we helped them clear up the house.
A. up B. off C. out D. over
2 Jack can’t remember ............. the telephone number down.
A. write B to write C. writing D. written
3. Has Sue finished ........... yet?
A. washing up B. to wash up C. wash up D. wash upping
4. Jane stopped the car .......... a newspaper.
A. buying B. to buy C. buy D. bought
5. I .......... your name. Could you tell me again?
A. am forgetting B. ’ve been forgetting C. ’ve forgotten D. was forgetting
6. There you are! I ............. for two hours. Where’ve you been?
A. am waiting B. wait C. waited D. have been waiting
7. This job .......... working very long hours.
A. involves B. consists C. includes D. contains

8. “Have they arrested the thieves yet?” “It’s only a ............ of time.”
A. period B. matter C. length D. waste
9. Just think, .......... two years’ time, we’ll be 18!
A. under B. over C. after D. in
10. I’ll give you ten minutes to come ............. with a better idea.
A. out B. in C. through D. up
11. The sun .................. in the west. Look ! It ....................... .
A. set/ is setting
B. sets/ is setting
C. setting/ set
D. set/ set

12. The weather ................ fine so far this week.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. had been

13. I have so many routines that sometimes I feel ........... I am an automatic robot.
A. as if
B. even if
C. even though
D. like

14. When I came, he ........... TV.
A. was watching
B. watched
C. watches
D. watching

15. That novel was written by a well-known writer. It is worth ............. .
A. to read
B. reading
C. read
D. have read

16. You should take regular exercise ......... sitting in front of the television all day.
A. in spite of
B. instead of
C. without
D. even

17. I don’t want to go out tonight .......... Anna phones.
A. so that
B. even though
C. when
D. in case

18. I object to ....... like this.