HSGTinh 0809- đề xuất

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
NGHỆ AN MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề)

Section A: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three:
1. A. kite B. lit C. knight D. lively
2. A. soup B. sugar C. silent D. sunny
3. A. wave B. daylight C. change D. cabbage
4. A. without B. mouth C. fifth D. health
5. A. popular B. knowledge C. comfort D. costly
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II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. Africa B. Canada C. India D. United
2. A. difficulty B. accessible C. community D. experience
3. A. popular B. romantic C. reduction D. financial
4. A. foreign B. master C. accept D. private
5. A. occasional B. entertainment C. achievement D. possession
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Section B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the space provided
1. It is ……… knowledge that you have to drink more fluids when you have the flu.
A. common  B. popular  C. widespread  D. updated
2. The foggy weather ……… the plane being delayed in London two days ago.
A. caused B. made C. resulted in D. created
3. Those who can neither speak nor hear often understand each other by using ……… language.
A. sign B. acting C. gesture D. spoken
4. How ……… your new jeans look!
A. well B. lovely C. beautifully D. suitably
5. Dr. Fox is a well-known ............ professor in this university.
A. learning B. learnt C. learn D. learned
6. We were confused .............. the cross word puzzles given by our teacher this morning.
A. on B. with C. of D. for
7……….your effort and talent, we wonder if you can work full time for us.
A. Regarding about B. In regard of  C. With respect to  D. On behalf of
8. . “How did the window ………?”, Tom’s father asked him.
A. get broken B. broke C. broken D. had broken
9. Of the three of us, I seem to have the ………working experience.
A. least B. less C. fewest D. little
10. The neighbor rushed into the burning building, ………was very brave.
A. it B. who C. that D.which
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II. Choose the correct form of words in the brackets
I have never heard such a boring (SPEAK) made by him before.
He is one of the most (ACT) people in my neighborhood and got a prize for his work.
One of the (NEED) students in this school was given a scholarship last week.
Like oil, gas is a fossil and is thus a (RENEW) source of energy.
Everyone admired her (APPEAR) at the party since she wore a very nice dress.
Nam is an (ENERGY) schoolboy. He is always on the move.
Luu Quang Vu is a nationwide famous (PLAY).
A lot of my answers were (CORRECT), I should have thought more before writing down.

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Section C: READING AND SPEAKING
I. Reorder the following sentences to make a complete paragraph. The first