Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện môn : Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 thời gian: 90 phút năm học: 2008 - 2009

Sở GD-ĐT Bắc Giang
Phòng GD&ĐT
đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện
môn : Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
Thời gian: 90 phút
Năm học: 2008-2009
Part I: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:
1. Nam usually goes to the cinema (in/ on/ at/ of) the evening.
2. You can go (nowhere/ somewhere/ anywhere/ there) you like. This isn’t private land.
3. He arrived at the hotel with only (a little/ a few/ any/ a lot of) luggage.
4. If you don’t (give off/ give out/ give from/ give up) smoking. You’ll never get better.
5. You couldn’t make the stereo (to work/ work/ working/ worked).
6. For the past years, I (has done/ did/ was doing/ have done) all my washing by hands.
7. Let me (pay/ paying/ to pay/ paid) for the meal.
8. I’ll be back (about/ till/ in/ for) 10 minutes.
9. When he lived in Da Lat, he (was walking/ used to walk/ to walk/ has walked) to work.
10. What did you (say/ tell/ speak/ talk) her? -- Nothing.
Part II: Put the verbs in the brackets in the right tense and form:
1. We used to (write) to each other every month when we (be) at secondary school.
2. Mai (know) a little English, so she (wish) she (can) speak it fluently.
3. Maryam (stay) with us at the moment. She (be) my sister’s friend.
4. John and I (be) penpals for nearly three years.
5. Her eyes are red. She (cry) ?
6. Kite and I (wait) right here until you get back.
Part III: Rewrite these sentences:
1. What do you usually do on Sundays?
à What?
2. “Do you speak any other language, Mai?” the teacher said.
à The teacher asked Mai
3. It took Mai two hours to travel to the countryside last week.
à Mai spent
4. I started to play the piano ten years ago.
à I have..
5. They haven’t phoned us for a month.
à It has been
Part IV: Give the correct form of the words:
1. Throw that vase away. It’s an (use) thing.
2. This is an (act) man.
3. The students tried to give a make-up explanation for his (absent).
4. Please (fast) your seat belt. The plane is taking off.
5. He often gets very angry If you (agree) with his ideas.
6. (Garden) is a popular pastime for old people nowadays.
7. She looked more (beauty) in her new long dress.
8. I feel so (sleep) that I’m going to bed before dinner.
9. Internet is a wonderful (invent) of modern life.
10. Ha Noi is much (difference) from Tokyo.
Part V: Fill in the blanks with a suitable words:
 I have(1)---------- little notebook. I always have it (2)---------- me. I try (3)-------------- fill one page a day. Sometimes I put words (4)-------------------- groups, like fruits- all kinds of fruit. You know? Or colors, or clothes, or things (5)------------------ the shop where you buy them. I have some grammar (6)---------------, where I write regular (7)----------------- or irregular verbs, or a page (8)----------------- preposition.I think (9)---------------- are difficult,you know: on Sunday, in the morning, listen to a concert, but you say “phone someone”. In my language we (10)----------- “ phone to someone”. 
Part VI: Write full sentences using the words and phrases:
1. It/ dangerous/ drive/ fast/ rush hour.
2. I/ bring/ him up/ ask/ what/ he / do / moment.
3. My mother/ not / speak/ English/ well/ Dad.
4. It/ impossible/ keep/ room/ tidy/ five children.
5. It / take / me /an hour/ walk/ office/ yesterday morning.
 THE END
Sở GD-ĐT Bắc Giang
Phòng GD&ĐT
đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện
môn : Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
Thời gian: 90 phút
Đáp án
Câu I ( 3 điểm) . 
1. in 2. anywhere 3. a little 4. give up 5. worked
6.have done 7. pay 8.in 9. used to walk 10. tell
Câu II (4 điểm). 
1. write ---were 2. knows---wishes----could
3.is staying ----is 4. have been
5. Has she cried? 6. will wait
Câu III (2,5 điểm). 
1. What is usually done by you on Sundays?
2. The teacher asked Mai if she spoke any other language.
3. Mai spent two hours traveling to the countryside last week.
4.I have played the piano for ten years.
5. It has been a month since they last phoned us.
Câu IV (4 điểm) 
1. useless 2. active 3. absence 4. fasten 5. disagree
6. Gardening 7.beautiful 8. sleepy 9. invention 10. different
Câu V (4 điểm) . 
1. a 2. with 3. to 4. in 5. and
6. pages 7. verbs 8. of 9. prepositions 10.say
Câu VI (2,5 điểm). 
1. It’s dangerous to drive fast at the rush hours.
2. I brang him up to ask what he was doing at that moment.
3. My mother doesn’t speak English as well as Dad.
4. It’s impossible to keep the room tidy with five children.
5. It took me an hour to walk to my office yesterday morning.