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Đề thi HSG cấp trường
Môn Tiếng anh lớp 9
Năm hoc 2009 - 1010
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút)

I. Pick out the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1.a.dentist
2.a. enough
3.a.shoot
4.a.wood
5.a.find
6.a.fixed
7.a.raisin
8.a.roofs
b.president
b.loud
b.mood
b.wool
b.fill
b.washed
b.againist
b.findings
c.weekend
c.house
c.food
c.door
c.fifth
c.wacthed
c.busy
c.chips
d.comment
d.mouth
d.flood
d.book
d.fix
d.earned
d.reason
d.books

II. Choose the correct words phrases:
1. When he ............., his money will all go to charities
a. will die b.is going to die c.dies d.dying
2.I usually .............some gardening on Sundays
a.make b.doing c.to do d.do
3.By midnight, the baby..............for 24 hours
a.will sleep b. has slept
c.will be sleeping d.will have been sleeping
4.He..................while he was shaving
a.cut himself b.have been treated
c.is himself cutting d. was cutting himself
5. That is the most exciting film...............
a. Which ever I have seen
b.which I have ever seen it
c.that I have ever seen
d. that I have ever seen it
6.Neither my parents nor my brother...................fish
a.like b.likes c.liking d.are liked
7.There .............the woman of my dream.
a.go b.to go c.goes d.going
8.Frank objected to ...........wild animals
a.hunt b.hunts c. hunting d.hunted
III. Complete each sentences with the correct form of the word given in the brankets
1. I have got a terrible...............for names, but I can usually remember faces.( memorize)
2.Army officers need to be goog at making...................(decide)
3.That child got an extraordinary........................(imagine)
4.On that point, I am in .....................with you ( sympathize)
5.My wife likes green but I find it totally..........................( attract)
6.Are you................when you get the job ( satisfy)?
7.Cancer......................is expensive (treat)
8.Since its........................,TV has been considered one of the most interesting sources of entertainment.(appear)
IV.Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word
Jogging is running slowly (1)............long distance. Most joggers begin (2)................they hear jogging is very goog exercise.Jogging makes the heart stronger and helps people(3).............weight. It can also help them feel better(4)..............themselves. Donald Robins, (5)...............is forty- two years old and works in an office, began jogging a few years ago because he felt he was fat. At (6)............he could only run about 100 yards. It (7) him three months to be able to run amile. But two years later, he ran (8)..................a marathon race - over twenty - six miles. Many joggers, like Donald Robins,feel that (9).....................they can succeed in jooging, they succeed in other things and quite often this feeling helps them at(10)................. jobs.
V.Rewrite these sentences:
1." Peter, please don`t tell anyone what happened to me" Jane said
Jane told......................................................................................
2.What a nice surprise to meet you again!
Fancy.....................................................................................
3.It was not a habit of mine to stay at home alone
I did not....................................................................................
4.Tom is more carefull driver than Jerry
Jerry drives..........................................................................
5.Why didn`t you have a medical check more often?
You should.............................................................................
6.It gives me please to see my old friends
I enjoy...................................................................................
7.At school they taught us to be polite in all situations
At school, we........................................................................
8.That old house is not worth being redecorated
It is pointless........................................................................
9. The pictures is worth 2500 dollars
It is...............................................................................
10. He apologised for being late
He..............................................................................
VI.There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
1.She would be nicer unless she didn`t complain so much
2.