HSG9_08_09_anh

UBND TỈNH THỪA THIÊN HUẾ KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO LỚP 9 THCS – NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

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I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D.
1. I don`t have my own room. I have to ______ the bedroom with my elder brother.
A. divide B. share C. separate D. live
2. In my company, the director deputy usually ______the responsibility for
organizing meetings and conferences.
A. makes B. gets C. takes D. becomes
8. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn`t have enough ______
A. confide B. confident C. confidence D. confidential
4. "What did you buy so much paint ______?" "I`m going to paint my room again."
A. for B. about C. with D. by
5. We can`t go along here because the road is ______ .
A. been repaired B. being repaired C. repair D. repaired
6. After Freddie ______his degree, he intends to work in his father`s company.
A. finishes B. will finish C. will have finished D. finished
7. If the bus to the airport ______ so late, we`d have caught the plane.
A. weren`t B. hadn`t been C. haven`t been D. wouldn`t be
8. This pen is no good. Please give me______.
A. one B. other one C. another one D. one another
9. Don`t go too fast! I can`t ______ up with you.
A. go B. walk C. keep D. run
10. You were wrong ______ her for something she didn`t do.
A. so as to criticize B. of criticizing C. that criticizing D. to criticize
11. I`m very tired. ______ more than 800 kilometers today.
A. I`m driving B. I`ve driven C. I`ve been driving D. I drive
12. My father didn`t go to college; ______did my mother.
A. none B. either C. so D. neither
13. You______ to spend more time in the library.
A. must B. should C. had better D. ought
14. Carol is excited______ her new job.
A. for starting B. to starting C. about starting D. for start
15. He said that he ______me the book soon.
A. will return B. would return C. is returning D. returns
16. In the last thirty years, space exploration______ great contributions to weather forecasting.
A. makes B. has made C. is making D. made
17. Everybody was pleased with the ______ .
A. vegetable soup delicious hot B. hot delicious vegetable soup
C. delicious hot vegetable soup D. delicious vegetable hot soup
18. His short stories, ______usually had unhappy endings, were collected and published.
A. who B. which C. whom D. that
19. `______I carry that bag for you?` `Oh, thank you.`
A. Do B. Shall C. Will D. Would
20. "How about driving to the countryside this Sunday?" "______ "
A. That`s a good idea. B. That`s my pleasure.
C. Yes, I am driving. D. Never mind.

Part 2: Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) criticism from
 CRITIC

a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded


attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in


which a male (1) …………………………….. working in the post room of a
EMPLOY

large (2) ………………………………… in the United Kingdom received a
ORGANIZE

(3) …………………………… for wearing jeans to work. While the report
SUSPEND

accepts that there is