Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Đề thi thử số 3 Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Câu I: Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group.
1. a. meet	b. ill	c. we	d. me
2. a. Lovely	b. cosy	c. come	d. some
3. a. beard	b. learn	c. her	d. verse	
4. a. book	b. soon	c. choose	d. school
5. a. stays	b. says	c. ways	d. days
Câu II: Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct:
1. Nobody understands what the lady overthere says, ....?
A. does it 	B. doesn’t it	C. do they	D. don’t they
2. When I came, I saw ..... in the kitchen.
A. she cooking	B. she cooks	C. her cooking	D. her cooks
3. She asked me.......
A. if I like pop music or not 	B. whether I like pop music or not
C. if I liked pop music or not	D. whether I liked pop music or not
4. I don’t know when they will announce the result. All we can do is.... for the announcement.
A. wait	B. to wait	C. waiting	D. to waiting
5. Henry is a poet. He .......... a lot of beautiful poems so far
A. written	B. has written	C. writes	D. is writing
6. ............. do you prefer, country life or City life
A. What	B. Where	C. How	D. Which
7. Last week I .............my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got	B. brought	C. fetch	D. took
8. They have been pen pals and .... at least once every week
A. speak	B. stay	C. take	D. correspond
9. I come from Vietnam so I am not ... on the left
A. used to be driving	B. used to drive	C. used to driving
10. What are you..... doing when you have free time?
A. keen in	B. keen on 	C. intersting in	D. interesting on
11. I wish my best friend.... never leave me alone like this.
A. will	B. would	C. can	D. could
12. Ba has to walk to school, so he wishes he .... a bicycle.
A. had	B. has	C. will have	D. shall have
13. Television, radio, newspapers are....
A. big medium	B. big media C. mass medium	D. mass media
14. Don’t tell me I didn’t lock the door last night. I remember.....
A. to lock it 	B. lock it	C. locked it	D. locking it
15. People slowly ..... their belongings and left the hall
A. put in	B. gathered	C. held in	D. took in
Câu III: Choose a, b, c, or d which best completes the passage:
Mr and Mrs Stokes were sitting in the garden of their Birstol home when I arrived to interview .....(1).... and their fourteen - year- old son Carl. But Carl was working upstairs. “He doesn’t often....(2)... his room”, his mother explained.
At the ... (3)..... Carl is working on a programme for a new computer game. Computers have... (4).. his whole life. In the last year Carl has ...(5).... over 25,000 from writing programmes. A lot of other people are trying to do the ..(6).. nowadays, but not many of them have done as well as Carl.
“When did the boy buy the ..(7)...? ” I wondered. “We bought it for him eighteen months ago ...(8).... his birthday,” said Mr Stokes. “We didn’t know what we are doing. Our son has ......(9).. Now he doesn’t talk about .. (10)... else but computer. And we don’t understand a thing about Computers’’.
1. a. They	b. them	c. their	d. theirs
2.a. live	b. leave	c. sit	d. seat
3. a. second	b. moment	c. minute	d. time
4.a. come	b. came	c. become	d. became
5.a. do	b. done	c. earned	d. earn
6.a. same	b. similar	c. like	d. alike
7.a. radio	b. machine	c. computer	d. TV
8.a. in	b. about	c. for	d. with
9. a. thought	b. changed	c. done	d. made
10.a. nothing	b. anything	c. something	d. not
Câu IV: Read the following passage and answer the question below:
Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words from other languges and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word “byte” was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Nahuati, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico.The word”meat” once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listenging, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school children learn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well.
* Question: Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) ?
1. English is changing very quickly
2. Some English words are borrowed from other languages
3. Some English words are inventend by computers
4. One of the ways to learn English is copying what you hear.
5. It is not easy for children to learn their first language
Câu V: Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means exactly the same as the first one.
1. They have learnt English for ten years now
-> They started...........................................................
2. My relatives live too far from me
-> I wish.....................................................................
3. She is typing her assignment.
-> Her........................................................................
4. The flowers need watering
-> We need...............................................................
5. When did you start to listen to pop music?
-> How long............................................................
6. he didn’t write to her because he didn’t like her
-> He didn’t like......................................................
7. It is interesting to go swimming in the river
-> Going.................................................................
8. If she doesn’t work harder, she’ll lose her job
-> Unless................................................................
9. The car is beautiful !
-> What.................................................................
10. You are too young to see that horror film.
-> You aren’t.........................................................
Câu VI: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. We met on a .......................... from London to Paris. (fly)
2. She made an ........................... for her son to see the doctor. (appoint)
3. Police have issued a ..................... of the gunman. (describe)
4. The explosion .......................... destroyed the building. (Complete)
5. It’s......................... in American to eat turkey on Thanks giving Day. 	(traditon)
đáp án đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp huyện
Năm học 2006 – 2007
Môn thi: Tiếng anh – Thời gian: 150 phút
Câu I: (2đ = 0,4 x 5)
	1. b	2.b	3.a	4.a	5. b
Câu II: (6đ = 0,4 x 15)
	1. D	4.A	7.D	10. B	13.D
	2.C	5.B	8.D	11.B	14.D
	3.D	6.D	9.C	12.A	15.B
Câu III: (4đ = 0,4 x 10)
	1.b	3.b	5.c	7.c	9.b
	2.b	4.c	6.a	8.c	10.b
Câu IV: (2đ = 0,4 x 5)
	1.F	2.T	3.F	4.T	5.F
Câu V: (4đ =0,4 x 10)
1. They started learning English ten years ago.
2. I wish my relatives didn’t live too far from me.
3. Her assignment is being typed.
4. We need to water the flowers.
5. How long have you listened to pop music?
6. He didin’t like her, so he didn’t write to her.
7. Going swimming in the river is interesting.
8. Unless she works hard, she’ll lose her job.
9. What a beautiful car !
10. You aren’t old enough to see that horror film.
Câu VI: (2đ =0,4 x 5)
	1. flight	3. description 	5. traditional
	2. appointment 	4. Completely
Thang điểm: 20 điểm
Bài gồm 50 ý nhỏ, mỗi ý nhỏ đúng: 0,4 điểm