Đề thi khảo sát chất lượng các đội tuyển học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Khối 9 - Năm học 2017-2018 - Đề số 906

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018
ĐỀ SỐ 906
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
Choose the best option among A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the following sentences.
1. Many wild animals are now in danger of_______.
A. death 	B. disease	C. survival 	D. extinction
2. If doctors could discover the______ for cancer, they could save millions of people's lives.
A. success 	B. reason 	C. remedy 	D. effect
3. One of the worst________ that mankind has ever had is cancer.
A. situation 	B. diseases 	C. conditions 	D. accidents
4. We would________ lung cancer if people give up smoking.
A. finish 	B. get rid of 	C. kill 	D. cancel
5. Mark went to the party________ he wasn't invited.
A. because 	B. in spite of 	C. however 	D. although
6. This shirt is________ small for me to wear.
A. so 	B. very 	C. too 	D. most
7. Thousands of people________ being employed in the textile industry.
A. have 	B. are 	C. has 	D. is
8. If she________ so conceited, we'd like her more.
A. weren't 	B. isn't 	C. hasn't been 	D. wouldn't be
9. I received a lot of presents________ my eighteenth birthday.
A. in 	B. on 	C. at 	D. during
10. Nam feels________ because he did very badly on his last test.
A. happy 	B. happily	C. unhappy 	D. unhappily
11. I like listening to the music programme________ the radio.
A. above 	B. in 	C. through 	D. on
12. She's scared of living________ her own in a big city.
A. by 	B. on 	C. for 	D. in
13. There are more than 6000 living languages,________ which English is the most widely used.
A. of 	B. for 	C. about 	D. on
14. English is regarded as an effective________ of international communication.
A. method 	B. solution 	C. result 	D. medium
15. It is said that________ is better than cure.
A. health 	B. remedy 	C. prevention 	D. surgery
16. You can use my telephone________ you pay for the calls you make.
A. as long as 	B. although 	C. however 	D. whereas
17. I liked the book very much________ I didn't have enough money to buy it.
A. because 	B. while 	C. but 	D. unless
18. Life in the city is much more________ than that in the country.
A. expense 	B. expenses	C. expensive 	D. expand
19. We were planning to have a picnic but_______, it was raining heavily.
A. fortune 	B. fortunately 	C. fortunate 	D. unfortunately
20. The________ is the place where a particular species of animals is normally found.
A. habitat 	B. surrounding 	C. region 	D. area
21. The________ of this city has increased rapidly in the recent years.
A. number 	B. population 	C. crowd 	D. total
22. The girl________ photo was in the paper today lives in our street.
A. who 	B. whom 	C. which 	D. whose
23. Have you got a________ carpet than this?
A. cheaper 	B. cheap 	C. cheapest 	D. the cheapest 
24. When I________ my new house, I________ for a telephone.
A. was buying/ asked 	B. were buying/ were asking 	
C. bought/ asked 	D. bought/ was asking
25. She________ to go on a diet.
A. advised 	B. advises 	C. advising	D. was advised
26. Alice started playing tennis_______.
A. for 2 years 	B. since 2 years 	C. 2 years ago 	D. in 2 years
27. What would happen to our lives if the forest did not_______.
A. destroy 	B. exist 	 	C. take place 	D. occur
28. Many species of rare animals have already become_______.
A. disappeared 	B. dangerous 	C. extinct 	D. decayed
29. She will be disappointed________ she gets the jobs.
A. but 	B. unless 	C. because 	D. if
30. We don't like that film. It is very_______.
	A. bore 	B. bored 	C. boring 	D. boredom
31. He is starting________ French.
	A. to learn 	B. learning	C. learns 	D. learnt
32. Jack doesn't mind________ at night.
A work 	B. works 	C. working 	D. to work
33. There are fifty________ for this job.
A. applicants 	B. apply 	 	C. applications 	D. applying
34. My sister is________ at cooking than I am.
A. good 	B. well 	 	C. better 	D. badly
35. My mother is________ doing her housework now.
A. busy 	B. busy with 	C. busy in 	D. busy to
36. Roma used to be a________ businessman.
	A. successive 	B. success 	C. successful 	D. success
37. Her uncle is a________ on that ship.
	A. sail 	B. sailor 	C. sale 	 	 	D. sailer
38. The dog,________ had been very quiet, suddenly started barking.
	A. who 	B. whose 	C. which	D. it
39. You must give________ smoking if you don't want to get lung cancer.
	A. in 	B. on 	C. by 	D. up
40. We've made great________ in economy in the past few years.
	A. result 	B. effect 	 	C. business 	D. progress
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps.
William Shakespeare was the (41)______ writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. (42)______ the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (43)______ was eight years (44)______ than himself. A few years later he moved to London, (45)______ he worked as an actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (46)______ thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford (47)______ 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (48)______ into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (49)______ and so on. So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (50)______.
41. 	A. great 	B. greater 	C. greatest 	D. greatly
42. 	A. at 	B. in 	C. on 	 	D. by 
43. 	A. whom 	B. who 	C. whose 	D. which
44.	A. old 	B. elder 	C. eldest 	D. older
45. 	A. which 	B. where 	C. when 	D. place
46. 	A. write 	B. writes 	C. written 	D. wrote
47. 	A. in 	B. on 	C. at 	D. by
48. 	A. did 	B. done 	C. made 	D. make
49. 	A. death 	B. died 	C. die 	D. to died
50. 	A. days 	B. months 	C. years 	D. century
___________THE END__________
Key Test 6
I- 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10.C 11.D 12.B 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. A 21. B 22.D 23. A 24. C 25, D 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D
II- 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. B 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. D