Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 năm 2008 - 2009 môn thi: Anh Văn

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Đ01A-09-HSG9
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
MÔN THI: ANH VĂN
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút
(Đề này gồm 7 câu 3 trang)
I) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.(4m)
I decided to accept the job, although the salary was low.
àIn spite of.
The weather was good, but we stayed indoors.
à Despite
I’ m having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week.
àIf I 
It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
àThe man is.
When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall.
àThe police caught .
6-They insisted on going out on Sunday.
àNothing.
7-I want him to buy me a car.
àI’d rather 
8- “I think the whole idea’s ridiculous,” he said.
àHe dismissed
II)The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitable in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.(3 m)
EXAMPLE: He said, ”Good morning ”in almost.way. FRIEND
ANSER : friendly
1- This coffee is too.to drink. HEAT
2- Do you know what the of the river is? DEEP
3-I really don’t think he has the .. to do this job. ABLE
4-He drives so.. that he is sure to have an accident. CARE
5-The government has promised to deal with the problem EMPLOY 
of . among young people
 .6- The dictionaries are with the otherbooks . REFER
III)Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following eight series of words and phrases, eight correct sentences which together make a complete letter from Mary to her friend, Sarah : Note carefully from the example what kind of alterations ( if any) need to be made, especially to the words underlined.(4 m)
EXAMPLE: Mary/ meet/John/ Victoria Station/tomorrow
 ANSER Mary is meeting John at Victoria Station tomorrow.
 Dear Sarah,
I / be /delighted/ hear/ you / pass/exam.
..
I / be / sorry / I / not congratulate / you / before.
..
I /love / see / you / before /you /go back / France.
..
You / like / stay / us / few days?
Next week-end / if / you / be / free.
We / have / long talk / plans / summer.
.
You / ring / me / home / one evening / this week?
John / meet / you / station / if / you / come.
With love,
Mary
IV) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.(2 m)
They can not swim in this part of the lake because the water highly..(pollute).
Nam as well as I (be) wrong.
Although Tuan was tired, he spent all the weekend..(do) his homework.
Neither my sister nor Lan.(be) tall.
V) Fill in the blank with one suitable word.(2.5 m)
	 England is not a large (1) .No town in England is very far (2) .the sea and many English families (3) their summer holidays at (4) the seaside . There are no high mountains in England , no very (5) .. rivers and no large forests.
	There are many towns in (6)  . The English (7) between the towns looks (8).beautiful, especially in (9)and summer. All the forest, the fields and the gardens are green, red, blue, yellow and white(10)..flowers.
VI)Each sentence below contains an error. Underline it and write the correct part in the space provided.(2.5 m)
The foreign visitors all like sticky rice cakes who 1/--------------------
are special Vietnamese food for the New Year
Despite his house is near the beach , Minh rarely 2/--------------------
goes swimming.
 3- Do you know the name of the man which is talking 3/-------------------
to the teacher?
 4) Tet holiday is the more important celebration for 4/--------------------
Vietnamese people.
 5) Although we live in the same street , but we 5/-------------------
hardly ever see each other.
VII) Join the sentences using the provided word in brackets(2 m)
It was a hard exercise . We couldn’t do it (SUCH.THAT)
She is clever. She can do everything by herself.(ENOUGH)
..
He didn’t go to the meeting. He was ill ( SINCE)
 .
The book was very interesting . he read it from cover to cover (SO.THAT)
.
THE END
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HD01A-09-HSG9
HƯỜNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỜP 9
NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
(4 điểm) .mỗi câu đúng cho 0.5 điểm .
In spite of the low salary/ In spite of the fact that the salary was low, I decided to accept the job.
Despite the good weather, we stayed indoors.
If I hadn’t lost my passport last week, I wouldn’t have been having so much trouble now.
The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car.
The police caught him( as he was) climbing over the garden wall.
Nothing but only an outing on Sunday would please them.
I’d rather he bought me a car.
He dismissed the whole idea as(being) ridiculous.
 II_( 3 điẻm ). Mỗi từ viết đúng cho 0,5 điểm .
1- hot
2- depth
3- ability
4-calessly
5- unemployment
6-reference
III) (4 điểm). Mỗi câu viết đúng cho 0,5 điểm .
I am delighted to hear you have passed your exam.
I am sorry I haven’t congratulated you before.
I should love to see you before you go back to France.
Would you like to stay with us for a few days?
Next week-end if you are free.
We can / will have a long talk about our/ your plans for the summer.
Would/Could /Will / Can you ring me at home one evening this week?
John will/can meet you at the station if you come.
 IV ) (2 điểm). Mỗi động từ điền đúng cho 0,5 điểm.
1- is highly polluted
2- is 
3- doing
4- is
V) (2,5 điểm) . Mỗi từ điền đúng cho 0,25 điểm .
1-country
2-from
3-spend
4-the
5- long
6- England
7-countryside
8-very/quite
9-sping
10-with
VI)(2,5 điểm). Mỗi từ đúng cho 0,5 điểm .
1)who à which/ that
2) Despite à Although/Though/Even though/Despite of the fact that.
3) which à who/that
4) more à most
5) but -à 0 / Although -à 0
VII) (2 điểm ). Mỗi câu viết đúng cho 0,5 điểm .
1-It was such a hard exercise that we couldn’t do it .
2- She is clever enough to do everything by herself.
3- He didn’t go to the meeting since he was ill/Since he was ill, he didn’t go to the meeting.
4- The book is so interesting that he read it from cover to cover.