KSHSG ANh 9

Trường THCS Định Trung
đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 lần 2- tháng 1-2009

I/ Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A-b-C or D on your answer sheet :

1.
A.choose
B. school
C.book
D. afternoon

2.
A. comfort
B. long
C. son
D. ton

3.
A. pity
B. deny
C. daily
D. activity

4.
A. invented
B. walked
C. laughed
D. developed

5.
A. collect
B. recycle
C. because
D. company


II/Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets
It is difficult to get used to (eat) with chopsticks.
The chairman suggested (hold) another next week.
David (repair) the TV set at the moment. He ( work) at it for one hour or so.
Try (finish) it. It is no use (complain).
Mrs White (walk) home from work when she (see) the child fall off the bridge.
The car needs (repair). It (buy) two years ago.
III/ Choose the best answer A,B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1.When I was a little girl, I used to…………..my father’s advice.
A. listen B. hear C. listen to D. hear to
2. The children……………..to go to at once.
A. will B. had better C. must D.have
3………….book written by Mr.Do Minh Tuan is very interesting.
A. The B. A C. An D. x
4. it was raining hard,…………..we had cancel the game.
A.because B. so C. however D. but
5. If he doesn’t come in time, we…………….without him
A. are leaving B. leave C. will leave D. left
6.I suggest…………..a short cut through the park. It’ll take less time.
A. to take B. take C. taking D. took
7.This small dictionary……………..50.000 words.
A. makes B. uses C. comprises D. consists
8.It’s time you…………..to school.
A. go B. going C. went D. to go
9.The teacher asked her why she…………….the test?
A. didn’t do B. hasn’t done C. doesn’t do D. won’t do
10.If you want to………………English, we can help you.
A. improve B. attend C. take D. give

IV / Read the passage and choose the best answer A-B-C or Dfor each question
News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country and in the world. The news media can be classified into two general categories : the categories of print media and electronic media. Print media use the written material to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use air waves to send news into homes, offices and public places. Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers.Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspaper “ The New York Times” is published weekly,The Newsweek and Times magazines are pulished once a week. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is the one that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast five minutes of news every hour. Television news is the one that you not only listen to but also watch. In Canada and the United States , for example, many people watch an hour of news on TV at six o’clock in the evening. In the future new categories of news media will develop. Even today computers are beginning to influence the trasmission and reception of news.

1.What do the print media use to communicate the news?
A. TV B. air waves C. radio D.newspapers.
2.What do the electronic media use to broadcast news?
A. air waves B.magazines C.newspapers D. books
3. What is the New York Times an example of ?
A.magazine B.newspaper C. radio program D.television program
4.Which of the following print media are pulished ?
A. Newsweek B.Times C. The New York Times D. all of the above
5. Which of the following electronic media are broadcast ?
A. TV programs B. Newspapers C. magazines D. none of the above.

V/Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. There is an example