Đề luyện thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016

 ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH 9
 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
 Questions
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently that of the rest.
1. A. plates B. loves C. planes D. tapes
2. A. meal B. bread C. meat D. reason
3. A. approached B. stocked C. developed D. decorated
4. A. cough B. plough C. weigh D. though 
5. A. push B. fun C. hunter D. substitude
II. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to finish the following sentences.
1. Laura ________ history for 40 years and is retiring soon.
A. teaches B. is teaching C. taught D. have been teaching
2. Many efforts have been made to _________ the environment.
A. destroy B. dirty C. protect D. pollute
3. I wish I _______ do the examination well but I can not.
A. will B. was C. could have done D. could
4. If I were millionaire, I _______ help the poor and the unemployed.
A. will B. would C. will be D. would have 
5. _______ is a great source of energy but very dangerous.
A. Solar energy B. Wind energy C. Water energy D. Nuclear power
6. Scientists are always looking for new ________ of energy.
A. laws B. bottles C. rules D. sources
7. Up to the present, I _______ 30 stamps for my collection.
A. collect B. is collecting C. have collected D. had collected
8. Solar energy is not only plentiful but also infinite. (find the word has the same meaning)
A. rapid B. unlimited C. limit D. strong
9. He finds it difficult for him to recover from his son’s ________.
A. die B. dead C. deadly D. death
10. It is very nice _______ you to help me prepare the meal.
A. with B. of C. on D. about
11. “ I am sorry I’m late. Because I missed the bus.” – “ __________. We haven’t started yet.”
A. Oh no B. My pleasure C. Let’s see D. Don’t worry
12. _________ hard she tries, she isn’t successfull.
 A. Although B. Whoever C. Despite D. However
13. __________ his good salary, he still finds a new job.
A. Despite of B. Inspite of C. Although D. Even if
14. The film is unusual _______ there are only four actors.
A. but B. and C. in that D. however
15. Everybody congratulated the astronauts _______ their successful trip into space.
A. on B. for C. of D. in
16. She apologized to me for ________ my new bike.
A. to break B. having broken C. breaking D. B & C 
17. Tom is the last person ________ the class yesterday.
A. who leaves B. to leave C. leaving D. A & B
18. The gun ______ off as he was cleaning it but luckily he wasn’t hurt.
A. over B. off C. up D. down
19. Each child _____ given a medal with his/ her name engraved on it.
A. are B. was C. have been D. were
20. Ever since she enrolled in law school, she never missed a day of class ______ illness.
A. for B. for fear that C. due to D. with a view to
III. Put the verb in parentheses into the correct tense and form.
1. The car ( break) ________ down when he was driving home from work. 
2. Much progress (make) _________ in study in this class this term.
3. Up to now, the teaching method ( reform)__________ yet. 
4. You’d better have your hair (cut) _________.
5. Mary gets accustomed to (take) _______ her children to the park every week.
6. A man (carry)_________ a large parcel got out of the car.
7. Before she (watch) ________ TV, she(do) _________ her homework.
8. As soon as President ( arrive) _______, the band(play) _________ the instrument to congratulate him on (elect) ____________.
9. President John Kennedy ( assiassnate) _________ by Oswald on November 22nd 1963. 
10. It is a new clock but it (not) _______ always keep accurate time.
IV. Complete the following sentences by giving the correct form of the words in the blanks. 
1. What a _________ boy! ( DESTROY) 
2. How ___________ this man is! ( DANGER)
3. I tried my best; however , I was ____________ ( SUCCESS)
4. __________ from all over the world take part in the Olympic games. (ATHLETIC)
5. Nguyen Du was the author which was respresentative of _________ ( HUMAN)
6. The goverment tries to ____________ illiteracy and poverty. ( ERADICATION)
7. He feels a great deal of _________ for the way he behaved. ( ASHAMED)
8. We are selling these toys very _________ price. ( COMPETE) 
9. hew has a good ___________ of English because he speaks it fluently as native speaker. 
( KNOW)
10. I am just a biginner in _________ with you. ( COMPARE)
V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
1. If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
 A B C D
2. Any passenger travel to Cambridge should sit in the first two carriages of the train.
 A B C D 
3. Never in the histiry of humanity there have been more people living on this relatively small planet.
 A B C D
4. An increasing number of office works use computer programs as daily routine.
 A B C D
5. Would you like to paint your house or should I have a painter to do it for you?
 A B C D
VI. Select one word which was given in the box below to fill in each gap. 
 daydreaming mangrove branches whitewashes stretch dejection drooping coverer blankly enjoying
 The seaside was only a narrow (1) _________ of land, The beach was covered with little rocks. A few(2) ________ trees grew along the seaside. Every evening after work. Rahim would sit on one of the (3) _______ of the sea and look out to sea.
 The young man would stare (4) _________ at the island some distance away. On the shore of the island was a long beach that was (5) _________ by fine white sand. There were a big houses with (6) _________ walls and coconut trees there, (7)________ a cool drink.
 Time would be pass as Rahim sat on the branch of the tree (8) _________. By then, night would walk home with his head (9) _________ in (10) _______ . But in his mind, he was thinking of ways in which he could travel across the sea to the island. 
 VII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer below.
 We know that every year less than 100 people are attacked by sharks and about 5 to 10 of these people die. But, let's look at the other side of the story - How many sharks do people kill? Well I think you already know this: People kill many more sharks. Every year, people hunt and kill thousands of sharks. One reason people kill sharks is for sport; they hunt them just for fun. Some people started to have contests to see who kill the most sharks or the biggest sharks. Another reason that people kill sharks is for food. In some countries, such as the United States and Great Britain, shark meat is a popular food. In other countries, such as China, people use shark fins to make soup. Because so many people like to eat shark, fishing boats catch a lot of sharks to sell for food.
 So, for both of these reasons, people are killing many sharks. Some biologists are getting worried that the number of sharks is getting too small. That's why many biologists think we should stop killing so many sharks, and instead try to protect them - or else some day they may all be gone. Some countries have already passed some laws to help protect sharks. The United States, for example, has passed laws that limit the number of sharks that people can kill for food or for sport. So even though some people like to hunt sharks, we do need to protect them. 
1. The number of sharks in the world is........................
A. getting bigger B. getting smaller C. being killed D. getting worried by 
some biologists 
2. How many sharks are hunted and killed every year?
A. man B. five to ten C. thousands D. one hundred 
3. Why do biologists wants to protect sharks?
A. Because of the number of sharks that were killed.
B. Because sharks fins can be used in medicine. 
C. Because they want to learn more about sharks
D. Because they are afraid some day sharks may become extinct.
4. Why dopeople want to kill sharks ?
A. shark meat is a popular food
B. they are afraid of sharks 
C. they get their enjoyment from killing sharks
D. “shark meat is a popular food” and “they get their enjoyment from killing sharks “
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. The governments prohibited people from killing sharks.
B. Laws have been passed in sharks’ defence.
C. People are killing many sharks for some reasons
 D. People like to hunt sharks
VIII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer below.
 Students at the age of 18 always have to face difficult decision to make: some want to go on with their study at college or university; others prefer to start work immediately. Many school leavers are eager to go to work in order to make money to live independently and help their parents. They always do their best to overcome any obstacles they may encounter. Unfortunately, owing to the guidance poor and bold from their parents and teachers, most boys and girls are ill- prepared for unemployment. Therefore, they often feel worried and build up all sort of fearsome prospects in their mind as the time to start work gets nearer. It is the duty of the school and family to prepare these young people for their future jobs.
1. What is the main idea of the passage? 
2. Why do some young people want to find a job after they leave school? 
3. What attitude do young people have when they are faced with difficulty? 
4. Which word has the same meaning as “Unfortunately” in line 5?
IX.. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first, beginning with the given words. 
1. “ I must go to school now”, Nam said.
Nam said he _____________________________________________________
2. “ Don’t forget to buy some milk, Andy”, said Clare.
Clare reminded ___________________________________________________
3. They believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man was _____________________________________________________
4. It isn’t necessary for you to call for help.
You _____________________________________________________________
5. It’s a pity I didn’t take my doctor’s advice.
I wish ___________________________________________________________
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