Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 năm học 2015-2016 (Có đáp án)

Name:___________________	Lớp 9
Class: ________	Đề Thi Học Sinh Giỏi Tiếng Anh 
 Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:
1) I lit the fire at 6:00 and it (burn) was burning brightly when Tom came in at 7:00.
2) I’m sorry. I (forget) have already forgotten her name which you (give) gave me some days before.
3) Since he (buy) bought a new car, he (drive) has been driving to work every day.
4) That building (say) is said (build) to have been built in three years.
5) It’s no good (write) writing to him, he never answers letters. The only thing (do) to do is (go) to go _ and (see) see him.
6) Listen! I (hear) hear somebody knocking at the front door.
7) If you (smoke) smoked less, you (have) would have much more money. But I don’t think you ever will.
8) Avoid (use) using the infinitive after expression. “ It’s no use”
Question 2: Choose the best answer:
1) Many people become ...............because of the natural disasters every year.
 A. homeland B. homesick C. homeless D. homework
2) She was really ........by the beauty of the city.
 A. impress B. impressed C. impression D. impressive
3) He is a famous ..........
 A. poetry B. poem C. poet D. poetic
4) The Malaysian unit of currency is the...............
 A. ringgit B. baht C. rial D. yen
5) The national language in Malaysia is ................
 A. Chinese B. English C. Malay D. Tamil
6) It was an .............day. 
 A. enjoy B. enjoyment C. enjoyable D. enjoyably
7) They walked................half an hour to reach the waterfall.
 A. to B. at C. in D. for
 8) Jeans ............all over the world.
 A. sell B. sold C. is sold D. are sold
9) We feel very .........today.
 A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happen
10) I’ve looked ..............my new pen everywhere and I can’t find it anywhere.
 A. at B. for C. up D. on
 My parents saw me........at the railway station.
 A. in B. for C. up D. off
 All the classes were ..............painted.
 A. bad B. badly C. worse D. good
 He is the man ...........helped me yesterday.
 A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
 Where are the photos which ............at the Christmas party?
 A. took B. take C. are taken D. were taken
 I’m very ............that I will go to Dalat tomorrow.
A. excite B. excited C. excitedly D. exciting
Question 3: Reading comprehension:
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space:
 Most American television programmes (1)  are .produced in Hollywood. Each year, proposals (2)....for.......new television serials are submitted to network executives for (3) consideration. Only a few are accepted often those linked (4).....to/with........a highly successful performer or producer.
The ...(5)next..phase is the writing of scripts. These scripts are reviewed (6) ......by....... the network and a small...(7)number...is selected to be ...(8).. developed...into pilot programmes if the programming executives like a pilot programme or it ....(9)getsgood rating in a trial telecast, the pilot eventually gets produced as a regularly scheduled...(10) programme ... 
Read the following passage and decide if the statements are true(T) or false (F) :
In an experiment in Canada, ten- year- old children were put in classes of four sizes: 16, 23, 30 and 37 children in each class. Their teachers said that the smaller classes would result in more individual attention and better marks. However, when the children were tested, those in the smaller classes didn’t get higher marks than the others, except in mathematics. Moreover, pupils in the larger classes said they like school as much.
Perhaps the most surprising result was the difference between what the teachers expected and the actual results obtained. More than 90% of the teachers expected the smaller classes to do well.
In an experiment in Cambodia, ten-year-old children were put in four different classes with different sizes. F
According to the teachers, teachers will pay more attention to students in smaller classes and students will get higher marks. T
The result of the experiment showed that students in smaller classes got higher marks than those in the larger classes. F
Children in smaller classes enjoyed school more than those in larger classes. F
Less than 100% teachers expected students in smaller classes to do well. T
Question 4: Do as direction bellow:
Correct the mistakes for each sentence:
Today is more sunny as yesterday._______more - as_____________________
What was the happier day of your life?_________happier - happiest___________
We have lived here for last year.________for - since__________________
I’m please hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation.______hear – to hear___
I used to lived on a farm when I was a child.______lived - live______
Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given:
Next Sunday/ we/ go/ Hai Phong/ which/ big/ city/ northeast/ Viet Nam.
Next Sunday we are going to Hai Phong which is a big city in the northeast of VN.
Brother/ wish/ that/ can speak/ English/ fluent/ as/ native speaker.
My brother wishes that he could speak English fluently as a native speaker.
I/ ask/ whether/ he/ study/ university/ America/ then.
I asked him whether he was studying/ studied at a university in America then 
If/ it/ not rain/ tomorrow/ I/ go camping/ friends.
If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I’ll go camping with my friends.
Phong/ be/ absent/ school/ since/ he/ break/ leg.
Phong has been absent from school since he broke his leg.
Question 5: Combine the following pairs of sentences into ones using the words given in the parentheses :
The man seems very lonely. His wife and children are away. (whose)
The man whose wife and children are away seems very lonely
I recently went back to the town. I was born in that town. (where)
I recently went back to the town where I was born.
The coffee was very hot. I couldn’t drink it. (too)
The coffee was too hot for me to drink.
The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it. (enough)
The ice is thick enough for us to walk on.
The people were very nice. We met them on the train to HCM City. (who)
The people who we met on the train to HCM city were very nice.
The road was very icy. They couldn’t drive fast. (so)
The road was so icy that they couldn’t drive fast 
I went to school as usual yesterday. I had a terrible cold. (although)
Although I had a terrible cold, I went to school as usual yesterday.
The children ran away. They broke the window.(after)
After the children had broken the window, they ran away.
His brother is now working in Liverpool. Liverpool is a big city of England.(which)
His brother is now working in Liverpool , which is a big city of England.
He cannot speak Chinese. I cannot speak Chinese. (neither)
Neither he nor I can speak Chinese.
Question 6:
A. Fill in each gap with a suitable word: 
Living in the modern world.
Living in our modern world (1).....is.......different (2) ...from...what living (3).....was...............
Our grandfather (4)...were..young. Learning to use machines is very important today. Only a (5) ..few.. years ago, most of the work of the world was done by (6)...hand... Today we use machines for everything, both for working and (7)....playing.....
Machines (8) ...have.....affected in some ways the lives of people all the world. They have made possible mass (9) ...production.....of all kinds of manufactured goods. Now more families everywhere can buy cars, refrigerators, washing machines, television sets, factory made clothing and (10).......lots...........of other things, which our grandfather didn’t have .
B. Each sentence has a mistake, find and correct.
1. Long is the boy whom I think scored the winning points for the police team.
 A B C D
2. Each of the luxury cars in the show room was quickly sold their new owner.
 A B C D
3. The police hasn’t decided whether or not to change the young men with possession of illegal drugs 
 A B C D
4. In the end of the party, Trang found herself doing the dishes alone again, as usual.
 A 	 B C D
5. The doctor has repeatedly advised him to stop to smoke if he hopes to stay in good health.
A B C D
Question 7: Complete these sentences based on the clues. 
1. If / my grandfather/ still alive/ he/ be/ a/ hundred/ today.
If my grandfather was still alive, he would be a hundred today
2. You/ mind/ I/ ask/ you/ a question?
Would you mind if I asked you a question?
3. It’s / two months/ since/he/ leave/ his village
It is two months since he last left his village
4. I/ just have/ wonderful holiday/ cousins/ Dalat.
I have just had a wonderful holiday with my cousins in Da Lat 
5. He /spend/ most time/ read/ pictures stories/ when/ he/ be/ small.
He spent most time reading pictures stories when he was small
Question 8: Complete sentences.
1. Last Monday / I / went/ an excursion / Cambridge
Last Monday I went on an excursion to Cambridge 
2. I / went / my classmates.
I went with my classmates 
3. I / got up / early / and / met / school.
I got up early and met them at the school.
4. Morning / we / the city / It / interesting.
In the morning we visited the city - It was very interesting.
5. We / lunch / a restaurant / I / drink/ some beer.
We had lunch in a restaurant and I drank some beer.
6. Afternoon / we / walk/ park.
 In the afternoon we sat in the park and walked through the park.
7. I / meet / English man / blue eyes.
I met an Interesting English man with blue eyes.
8. I / not / practise / English / because / spoke / French / time 
I didn't practice my English because he spoke French all the time.
9. Do / you / nice / weekend ? I / you / much.
Did you have a nice weekend? I miss you much.
Question 9: Change these sentences into passive voice.
1. They haven't sent us the book they published last year.
We haven't been sent the book which was published last year.
2. No one has made any comments on the event.
No comments have been made on the event.
3. What do they call the new hotel?
What is the new hotel called?
4. They made us stay indoors while they were testing the new weapon.
We were made to stay indoors while the new weapon was being tested 
5. They expect you to arrive at work 5 minutes earlier than the others.
You're expected to arrive at work 5 minutes earlier than the others.