Luyện tập HS giỏi AV 9 - 057

Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh lớp 9 -thcs
Năm học 2007 - 2008 Môn tiếng anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )

Question 1:a) Choose the word whose part underlined is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1.A. switch
B. stomach
C. match
D. catch

2.A. measure
B. division
C. pleasure
D. insure

3.A. hostel
B. whistle
C. castle
D. listen

4.A. houses
B. faces
C. horses
D. sources

5.A. laugh
B. plough
C. enough
D. cough

 b) Pick out the word with the position of stressed syllable different from that of the others.
1.A. music
B. louder
C. guitar
D. player

2.A. machine
B. trouble
C. daughter
D. circle

3.A. animal
B. professor
C. champion
D. yesterday

Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
David (repair) the TV set at the moment. He (work) at it for one hour or so.
I was just about (leave) the office when the phone rang.
I remember (wake) up one night and (see) the switch on fire. It was lucky that I did. If one of us (not wake) up, we (kill) .
He was busy packing, for he ( leave) that night.
I would rather (not be) absent from class yesterday.
Last night I was very tired. I didn’t learn my lessons. I (watch) TV the whole night.
Question 3: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences
We had the phone ...........because we are moving tomorrow. ( connect)
Many rural areas in Vietnam have been ........... (urban)
People who suffer from ...............should buy apet. ( lonely)
Nowadays, scouting is popular ................ (world)
Tim and Shanon want to visit an ...........institute in Vietnam ( ocean)
Jim was a very .........pupil, and leaned easily. ( gift)
Peter `s ...........got worse as he returned to wear glasses. (eye)
The company has over 300 stores ................ (nation)
Try to act ............even if you`re feeling tense. ( nature)
On a ...........day we receive about fifty letters. (type)
Question 4: Read the passage and then choose the best answer.
School exams are, generally (1)..... the first sign of test we take. They find out how much knowledge we have (2)......... . But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn`t it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (3) .........sense?
Intelligence is a speed(4).............which we can understand and ...5..... to new situation and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing (6)............. computer technology that will be able to "read" our brains, (7)................IQ texts are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person`s IQ is their intelligence (8) ...........it is measured by this special test. The most common IQ tests are ...(9).............by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it ....10....... 1,300members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide (11) .................in the US.
People taking the test are judgef in (12) .......... to an average score of 100, and those who score over are entitled to join Mensa. Anyone from the age of six can (13)............ the test. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (14).........enough time. But that`s the problem - the whole ....(15)........... of the tests is that they`re against the clock.
1. A. spoken
B. speak
C. speaking
D. in speech

2. A. fetched
B. acquired
C. attached
D. caught

3. A. natural
B. normal
C. sharp
D. common

4. A. on
B. to
C. in
D. at

5. A. accord
B. reply
C. answer
D. react

6. A. advancing
B. forward
C. sophisticated
D. upper

7. A. at now
B.