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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI 9 Năm học 2017-2018
ĐỀ SỐ 909
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
I. Choose the best option among A, B, C, or D provided to finish each of the following sentences.
1. I can't reach the phone because I_______ a bath.
A. am having 	B. have 	 	C. was having 	D. be having 
2. Don't turn off the light. I_______ a report now.
A. read 	 	B. is reading 	C. am reading 	D. be reading
3. He_______ his house at seven a.m. each day.
A. left 	 	B. leaves 	C. leave 	 D. is leaving
4. When she _____, I was reading upstairs.
A. was coming 	B. is coming 	C. came 	 D. comes
5. My mother is cooking now. She always_______ dinner for my family.
A. cooks 	B. cooked	C. cooking 	D. is cooking
6. I_______ in England for a few weeks now.
A. has been staying B. am staying 	C. have been staying 	D. stay
7. It_______ hard all day last Sunday.
A. rained 	B. was raining 	C. has rained 	D. has been raining
8. If he knew the facts, he_______ us what to do. 
A. told 	B. will tell 	C. would tell 	D. tells
9. Let's hurry up! We must finish_______ the wall before ten o'clock this morning.
A. to paint 	B. painting 	C. paint 	 	D. painted
10. If you_______ work hard, you'll fail the exam.
A. not work 	B. don't work 	C. won't work 	D. work
11. I must say that my great passion in my life is________.
A. studied 	B. to studying	C. studying 	D. studies
12. He'd rather_______ books_______ watch TV.
A. read/ than 	B. read/ to 	C. reading/ to 	D. reading/ than
13. Would you mind_______ me to take these chairs away.
A. help 	B. to help 	C. helped 	D. helping
14. Mr. Kent has been out of_______ for a year.
A. a work 	B. the work 	C. work 	D. works
15. I am sorry I can't help you now. I'm busy_______ my lesson.
A. to 	 	B. X 	C. with 	 	D. for 
16. She is very_______ up with doing the same thing every day.
A. bored 	 	B. tied 	 	C. hate 	D. fed
17. She doesn't enjoy looking_______ the children.
A. for 	B. in 	C. after 	 	D. at
18. The long walk is tiring. We are very_______ of the long walk
A. bored 	B. fed 	 	C. tired 	 	D. hated
19. His friends are surprised_______ his success.
A. in 	B. with 	 	C. at 	D. for
20. He was born_______ 2nd May 1987.
A. in 	B. on 	C. at 	D. since
21. She has been teaching_______ school for ten years.
A. at 	B. in 	C. on 	D. with
22. My father has been working in a bank_______ we moved here.
A. for 	B. during 	C. since 	 	D. in
23. I stopped in Maid Stone_______ my sister owns a shop.
A. which 	B. who 	 	C. where 	D. that
24. Several guests_______ cars were parked outside were questioned by the police.
A. who 	B. which	 	C. that 	 	D. whose
25. Picasso, _______ works inspired many artists, lived until he was a ripe old age.
A. who 	B. that 	 	C. whose 	D. which
26. He_______ to stop drinking by the doctor.
A. was advised 	B. advised 	C. is advised 	D. be advised
27. A lot of new machines_______ by the farm.
A. was bought 	B. has been bought 	C. have been bought 	D. have bought
28. The price of wheat exports_______ by the government.
A. is increasing 	B. are increased 	C. will be increased 	D. have been increased
29. We_______ by her because she doesn't feel well.
A. can't help 	B. can't be helping 	C. can't are helped 	D. can't be helped
30. His success is________.
A. surprise	B. surprised 	C. surprising 	D. surprisingly
31. We should_______ this road for better use.	
A. wide 	B. to widen 	C. width 	D. widen
32. He finally_______ in finding a new job.
A. success 	B. succeeded 	C. successful 	D. successive
33. There is a_______ between the North and the South.
A. different 	B. differ 	C. differently 	D. difference
34. The North can be characterized as_______, cooler, hillier.
A. more industry 	B. industrial 	C. more industrial 	D. more industrially
35. People in the North say they work much_______ and speak more directly and honestly.
A. more hard 	B. more hardly 	C. more harder 	D. harder
36. This park is very_______ to visitors.
A. attract 	B. attraction 	C. attractive 	D. attracted
37. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of_______ people who have escaped for while from the noise and bustle of the town.
A. luck 	B. unlucky 	C. lucky 	D. luckily
38. In the world today, there are 5000 to 6000 living languages, of which English is by far the_______ used.	A. widely	B. most widely 	C. most wide 	D. widest
39. He went to work as a driver on the Italian front where he was_______ wounded.
A. bad 	B. badly 	C. worse 	D. badder
40. I liked the T- shirt _______ he was wearing.
A. what 	B. which 	C. who 	 	D. whose
II. Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps.
No writer in American literature is (41)_____ or more loved than Samuel Longhorn Clements. (42)_____ in Missouri in 1835, he grew (43)_____ on the bank of the Mississippi river and later adopted the (44)_____ Mark Twain. The (45)_____ environment inspired the two novels (46)_____ made him famous. "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" "Life on the Mississippi", told of his adventures on the river (47)_____ of that period.
Mark Twain's life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time he (48)_____ as a newspaper man in Nevada and California. (49)_____ short story "The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was an immediate (50)_____ and his new career began.
41. 	A. more fame 	B. famous	C. more famous 	D. fame
42. 	A. was born 	B. born	 	C. is born 	D. be born
43. 	A. up 	B. of 	C. to 	D. with
44. 	A. pen name 	B. surname 	C. name 	 	D. real name
45. 	A. village 	B. city 	 	C. river 	 D. town
46. 	A. where 	B. who 	 	C. whose 	D. which
47. 	A. ships 	B. trains 	C. boats 	D. planes
48. 	A. works 	B. worked 	C. is working 	D .was working
49. 	A. one's 	B. their 	 	C. his 	D. our
50. 	A. success 	B. successful 	C. succeed 	D. succeeding
_________THE END________
KEY Test 3
I- 1.C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. C 9.B 10.B 11.C 12. A 13.D 14.C 15.C 16. D 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. B 21. A 22.C 23.C 24.D 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. C 29.D 30.C 31.D 32.B 33.D 34. C 35. D 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. B 40.B 
II- 41. C 42. B 43. A 44.A 45. C 46. D 47. C 48. D 49.C 50.A