Khảo sát học sinh giỏi 9-có key

đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi năm học 2005 – 2006
Môn: Tiếng Anh 9 - Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(đề này gồm 3 trang - thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài)
I. Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper.

a.
photograph
b.
prospective
c.
essential
d.
community


a.
picture
b.
sometimes
c.
color
d.
canal


a.
telephone
b.
heritage
c.
bewilder
d.
diagnose


a.
exciting
b.
analyze
c.
possible
d.
difficult


a.
wasteful
b.
messenger
c.
merchandise
d.
magazine

II. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C or D) ONE best answer to complete each sentence. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper.

The shop is advertising ……….. a part time sales assistant.
A. for B. as C. from D. X


Producers has spent ……….money on advertising.
A. a great deal of B. a lot of C. many D. both A and B are correct


All the girls in the school were wearing jeans, except two,……………..wore a blouse and a skirt and ………….wore a dress.
A. One-the other B. One – another C. One-the another D. One-others


Advertising makes it …………to produce more things to sell.
A. possible B. possibly C. possibility D. capable


Different………..they are, all these advertisements are alike in one important way.
A. although B. though C. as D. despite


We have decided to ………the money for the local secondary school.
A. beg B. collect C. raise D. rise


We are going to get a gardener ……………the lawns.
A. to cut B. cut C. cutting D. to cutting


Ships sail from one country to ………………
A. one another B. another C. others D. the others


Sometimes comic strips may…………….to be advertisements.
A. turn up B. turn in C. turn out D. turn around


I think it ……………..to settle the matter.
A. my business B. responsibility C. my affair D. my privacy


Some people prefer classical music, but ……………..prefer rock music.
A. some B. others C. other D. the other


We bought some ……………………….
A. old lovely German glasses B. German old lovely glasses
C. German lovely old glasses D. lovely old German glasses


She went to bed early………..she was tired last night.
A. because B. since C. as D. A,B and C are correct


He’d prefer vanilla cream……………….chocolate cream.
A. to B. than C. more than D. rather than


She was happy………..her friends sent her …………….birthday cards.
A. though – few B. because – a few C. because – few D. despite - little

III. Supply the correct form of the word in CAPITAL LETTERS for each gap in the following sentences. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word on your answer paper.

She is quite ………: she plays the flute and the piano. MUSIC


He was……………….when he did the test badly. HOPE


We started our trip on a beautiful ………..morning. SUN


I enjoyed the book very much because it was so ……………. READ


His ………….knowledge is very poor- he thinks Paris is in Italy GEOGRAPHY


Her hair is ……….., not bright red. RED


A very old car is usually an ………………… RELY


I’ll always remember that journey- it was an ………………..experience. FORGET


The knife may need…………….before it is used. SHARP


The city has over million …………………………… HABIT

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each gap. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A,B, C or D on your answer paper.
RUNNING SHOES
Running is now very popular both as a sport and as a way of keeping fit. Even if you only run a short (31)……..once or twice a week, you (32)………to make sure you wear good shoes.(33)…………is a lot of choice nowadays in running shoes. First of all, decide how (34)……… you want to (35)………..on your shoes. Then find a pair which fits you well. Be prepared to (36)……..different sizes in different types of shoe. Women’s shoes are made narrower (37)………..men’s and, although most women will find a woman’s shoe which suits them, there is no (38)…………why woman can’t wear a man’s shoe. The same is true for a man-(39)………….. a woman’s shoe fits you better, then wear it. Take your time in the shop. If you (40)………….a mistake and buy the wrong shoes, your feet will let you know.


a.
distance
b.
path
c.
line
d.
length


a.
would
b.
should
c.
need
d.
must


a.
It
b.
There
c.
This
d.
That


a.
far
b.
long
c.
many
d.
much


a.
spend
b.
buy
c.
charge
d.
pay


a.
experiment
b.
ask
c.
try
d.
look


a.
as
b.
like
c.
than
d.
from


a.
fact
b.
reason
c.
knowledge
d.
choice


a.
since
b.
because
c.
so
d.
if


a.
do
b.
make
c.
cause
d.
decide


V. Read the following passage, then answer questions 41-45. After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D. Chose the correct answer by writing its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer paper.
Mickey Mouse was not Walt Disney’s first successful cartoon creation, but he is certainly his most famous one. It was on a cross-country train trip from New York to California in 1927 that Disney first drew the mouse with the big ears. Supposedly, he took his inspiration from the tame field mice that used to scamper into his studio in Dansas City. No-one is quite sure why he dressed the mouse in the now-familiar shorts with two buttons and gave him the yellow shoes. But we do know that Disney had intended to call him Mortimer until his wife Lillian intervened and christened him Mickey Mouse.
Capitalizing on the interest in Charles Lindsborg, Disney planned Mickey’s debut in the short cartoon Plane Crazy with Minnie as a co-star. In the third short cartoon, Steamboat Willie, Mickey was whistling and singing through the miracle of the modern soundtrack. By the 1930s, Mickey’s image had circled the globe. He was a superstar at the height of his career.
Although he has received a few minor changes throughout his life time, most notably the addition of white gloves and rounder forms of a more childish body, he had remained true to his nature since those first cartoons. Mickey is appealing because he is nice. He may get into trouble, but he takes it on the chin with a grin. He is both good-natured and resourceful. Perhaps that was Disney’s own image of himself. Why else would he have insisted on doing Mickey’s voice in all the cartoons for twenty years? When interviewed, he would say, “there is a lot of the mouse in me.” And that mouse has remained one of the most pervasive images in American popular culture.


With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
A. The image of Mickey Mouse B. The life of Walt Disney
C. The history of cartoons D. The definition of American culture


What distinguished Steamboat Willie from earlier cartoons?
A. Better color B. A sound track C. Minnie Mouse as co-star D. The longer format


The first image of Mickey Mouse is described as all of the following EXCEPT
A. He was dressed in shorts with two buttons.
B. He had big ears.
C. He wore yellow shoes.
D. He was using white gloves.


The word “pervasive” could be better replaced by
A. well-loved B. widespread C. often copied D. expensive to buy


The paragraph following this paragraph most probably discusses
A. the history of cartoons.
B. other images of popular cartoons.
C. Walt Disney’s childhood.
D. The voices of cartoon characters.

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Write your answers on your answer paper.
Please don’t go there now.
( I’d rather …………………………………………………………………………….….?
Please don’t stop your work.
( Please carry……………………….…………………………….…….……………………
Why don’t you telephone me later to discuss this.
( Why don’t you give……..……………………….………….……………..………………
Maria will be ready any time, and then we must leave.
( We must leave as ………….…………………….…………………………………………
I don’t normally go into town by car.
( I am not…….………………………….……….………………………..………………….
They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic.
( They left early in …………………..……………………………….……..……………….
I go out very little these days.
I hardly ………………………………………………………………………………………..
I didn’t have enough time to visit the town properly.
The time I had………………...……………………………………………………………….
Although I warned them not to climb that tree, they did.
In spite of my …………………………………………………………………………………
Everyone was surprised to see Geoff leave the party early.
To ……… …………………………………………………………………………………….
VII. Use the suggested words and phrases to make a full sentence. Write your answers o