Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Kỳ thi chọ học sinh giỏi Huyện

 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN
 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9
 Thời gian: 150 phút( không kể thời gian giao đề)
* Lưu ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
 - Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm. 
 Questions
I. Circle the letter A,B,C or D before the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (1 pt)
1. A.passed B. helped C. forced D. learned
2. A. naked B. laughed C. needed D. wanted
3. A. journey B. mountain C. house D. hour
4. A. gather B. think C. their D. brother 
5. A. abroad B. primary C. pal D. additional
II. Circle the letter A, B,C,D as your best choice to complete each sentences. (2 pts)
1. You will not pass the exam _______ working harder.
 A. unless B. if C. without D. supposed that
2. You’d better do your homework before going to class, _________?
 A. wouldn’t you B. hadn’t you C. would you D. had you 
3. Her parents never _________ her to go out after 9 pm.
 A. allow B. make C. let D. agree
4. It was raining very _______ so we had to put off the picnic.
 A. wet B. badly C. hard D. heavy
5. The material called Jeans was named _______ sailor from Genoa.
 A. after B. as C. like D. with
6. Everything is all right, _________ ?
 A. isn’t everything B. is everything C. is it D. isn’t it
7. I never wear yellow because it doesn’t _____ me.
 A. match B. fit C. agree D. suit
8. I am looking forward to ______ on vacation.
 A. go B. going C. be going D. having gone
9. They are busy _________ their homework now.
 A. do B. to do C. doing D. to have done
10. He had his motorbike __________ by the mechanic.
 A. repair B. repaired C. to repair D. repairing
III. Give the correct form of the bold words in brackets. (2 pts)
1. Bent went to be very __________ student at university. (success)
2. You should pay more __________ in class if you want to make progress. ( attend)
3. Bill missed the test because of his ___________ last Monday. ( absent)
4. I’ve made a _________ to the police about the noise. ( complain)
5. The team played very ____________ ( disappoint)
6. He was able to provide the police with some __________ information. ( value)
7. They showed a _________ on animal communication. ( document)
8. Classroom __________ are things done by pupils in the classroom. (act)
9. Necessity is the mother of ___________ ( invent)
10. The school is noted for it’s a academic ________ (excel) 
IV. Give the correct form/ tense of the verbs in brackets (2 pts) (0 is doned as an example)
 I (0. learn – have been learning) English for ten years. But last year (1. not work - _______) hard enough for English , that’s why my marks were not really good then. As I want to pass my exm successfully next year. I (2. study- _________) harder this term.During my last summer holidays, my parents (3. sent- _________) me on a language course to London. It was great and I think have learnt a lots. Before I went to London, I hadn’t enjoy (4. learn- _________) English. But while (5. do-________) the language course, I met lots of young people from all over the world. Then I (6. notice - _________) how important it (7. be- _______) to speak foreign languages nowadays. At the moment, I (8.revise- _______) English grammar. And I (9.already/ begin - ______) to read the texts in my English textbooks again I think I (10. do-_______) one unit every week. 
V. There is an error in each sentence, underline and correct it.(1 pt)
 Correct
1. Don’t be so impatiently. We’re only been waiting a few minutes. _________________
2. I’ll never forget to here this piece of music for the first time. __________________
3. In the 18th century, workers liked to wear jean cloth because __________________
 the material making from cotton was very strong and could hardly
 wear out.
4. Mr Smith has his eyes test twice a year. __________________
5. Collecting is one of my hobby. __________________
VI. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to fill in each blank in this paragraph.(2 pts)
 We do not only choose clothes to make us look (1. _________), we also use them to tell the world(2. ______) our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3._______) as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4._______) we feel. If you fell cheerful, we usually wear (5.______) clothes and if you feel (6.__________) we sometimes wear dark clothes. But whu do teenagers wear black so (7._________). Because they feel miserable all (8.________). This is unlikely to be the cause. It is probably just because it is (9._______) to wear black and young people they are real fans (10. ________) fashion. 
1. A. attract B. attractive C. attractively D. attraction
2. A. of B. with C. by D. about
3. A. appear B. appearance C. appeared D. appearing
4. A. which B. what C. how D. when
5. A. colorful B. colors C. colorfully D. colorless
6. A. depress B. depressed C. depressing D. depression
7. A. frequent B. frequency C. frequently D. infrequency
8. A. the time B. the day C. the week D. the month
9. A. fashion B. fashionable C. fashioner D. fashioned
10. A. of B. in C. from D. with
VII. Read the passage carefully then answer the following question.( 2pts)
 Indonesia is the biggest city in South East Asia and an important member of ASEAN. It is made up many islands in the South China Sea. In some places it is close to Singapore and Malaysia, in others it is close to Australia. It has a tropical climate and it has many active volcanoes some of which cause a lot of damage when tey erupt. Its population is the largest of all Asia countries. It has a population of more than 185 million people and more than 90 million live on island of Jave. The capital is Jakarta and other important cities include: Jog Jakarta, Median and Surabaya. In fact its only border is on the island of Borneo between the state of Kalimantan and the Malaysia states of Sarawak and Saba.
Where is Indonesia?
Is it made up many islands in South China Sea? 
3. What cause a lot of disadvantages for Indonesian?
4. Where do most people of its population live?
5. Why doesn’t it have so many islands?
VIII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.( 2 pts) 
 Ba’s home (1)________ lies near the foot of a (2) ______ and by a river. Getting to the village is an interesting (3) _______ . People have a change to travel (4) ________ the freen paddy fields, cross a small bamboo forest before they (5) ________ a big old banyan tree at the entrance (6) ________ the village. Walking up the mountain, people can visit the shrine of a young vietnamese hero and enjoy the (7) _____ air there. Besides, they can also take a (8) ______ for sightseeing on the river or have a picnic on the river (9) _______ . It’s a wonderful (10) ________ for resting.
IX. Use the suggested words in brackets to rewrite the folllowing sentences so that their meaning stay the same.( 4 pts)
1. Who tauht you grammar last year? (WHO)
 ___________________________________________________________________________ 
2. Unless he phones immedietly, he won’t get any information. (IF)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
3. No other town in India ia as large as Calcutta. (LARGEST)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
4. We couldn’t answer the question because it’s too hard. (TOO)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
5. I am always nervous when I travel by air. ( MAKES)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
6. I am sorry I was rude to you yesterday. ( APOLOGIZE)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
7. She liked Paris very little, and Rrome less. ( THOUGHT)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
8. He was a fool to say that ( FOOLISH)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
9. My brother and I both went to that school. (SO)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
10. Robert and Catherine have been married for four years. (SINCE)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
X. Rewrite the following sentences in such another way that it has the same means as the one printed before it. (2 pts)
1. I am really sorry I did not invite her to the party.
@ I really wish ______________________________________________________________
2. It was my breakfast time when Susan rang.
@ I was ____________________________________________________________________
3. Bell and Peter are too young to do TOEIC test.
@ Bell and Peter are not _______________________________________________________
4. Without your help, I couldn’t have done the oral test successfully. 
@ If ________________________________________________________________________