Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi bậc THCS cấp thị - Năm học 2015-2016 - Phòng GD & ĐT TX Gia Nghĩa

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THỊ XÃ GIA NGHĨA
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI BẬC THCS
CẤP THỊ NĂM HỌC 2015 – 2016
MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH 9
THỜI GIAN : 150 phút
(không kể thời gian giao đề)
LISTENING. (2 ms)
I. Listen and match the speaker with the correct job. There is one example. (1m)
	 Mark
shop assistant dentist pilot nurse tour guide 
1. Speaker A works as a shop assistant 
2. Speaker B works as a _____________
3. Speaker C works as a _____________
4. Speaker D works as a _____________
5. Speaker E works as a_____________
II. Listen to the Captain's announcement on an airplane. Write a number or a word in the blank. (1m)
1. This is the captain_____________.
2. The number of Rightwing Flight is________________.
3. The time is ______________PM.
5. The weather looks___________________.
 	B. PRONUNCIATION. (2 ms)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the other. (1m)
1. A. bush 	B. brush	C. pull	D. put
2. A. caused	B. increased	C. practiced	D. promised
3. A. plain	B. plaid	C. main	D. fainted
4. A. the	B. think	C. without	D. that 
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (1 m)
1. A. silly	B. remote	C. reduce	D. provide
2. A. comprise	B. climate	C. impress	D. farewell
3. A. separate	B. optional	C. religion	D. primary
4. A. access	B. wander	C. deny	D. crier
C. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES. (6ms)
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. (4ms)
1. Would you mind __________ me a hand with this bag.
 	A. give	B. giving	C. to give	D. to have given 
2. She is very good __________ playing chess.
A. to	B. at	C. on	D. in
3. I’m __________tired that I can’t go on.
	A. too	B. very	C. such	D. so
4. I think you __________better not encourage the students to take too much lessons.
A. had	 	B. should 	C. will	D. could
5. I was very __________that you won the first prize.
 	A. amazed	B. amaze	C. amazing	 	D. amazement
6. Food should __________in the refrigerator.
A. kept	B. keep	C. be keeping	D. be kept
7. The boss had a porter__________his luggage upstairs yesterday.
A. carried	B. carry	C. to carry	D. carrying
8. Peter: "What do you usually do on Sunday night?"              
- Margaret: "__________ time I go out with my friends". 
A. Most 	B. The most 	C. The most of 	D. Most of the
9. William suggested __________at home for a change.
	A. staying	B. to stay	C. stay	D. stayed
10. Would you __________opening the window?
	A. care	B. mind	C. like	 D. help
11. Nobody go to school on Sunday, __________?
	A. don’t they	 B. do they	C. are they	 D. aren’t they
12. The more __________we walk, the longer it will take us to get home.
	A. slowest	B. slower	C. slowly	D. slow
13. I wish I __________ English well to get a better job.
	A. speak	 B. could speak	C. can speak	D. will speak
14. Do you remember the name of the girl __________we met at the party last night?
 	A. whose	 B. where	C. who	D. whom
15. What __________you do if you saw a ghost?
A. will	B. do 	C. would	D. can
16. I didn't go to school yesterday __________I was ill. 
A. because	B. and	C. but	D. so
II. Use the correct form of the words given in these sentences. (2ms)
1. I can complete a ____________________English test if you want. (SPEECH) 
2. TV ____________________can watch many programs on different channels. (VIEW) 
3. If you want to ____________________your English, we can help you. (IMPROVEMENT)
4. Books help people to get more ____________________. (KNOW)
5. You should be ____________________when you open that door. (CARE)
6. There is a small bamboo forest at the ____________________to the village. (ENTER)
7. If only I ____________________money, I would lend you some. (HAVE)
8. We can protect the environment by____________________ air pollution. (REDUCE) 
D. READING. (5ms)
I. Read the following passage, then choose A, B, C, D that best fits each of the blanks. (2.5 ms)
	In general, people in Britain and the US dress fairly (1) __________. Many wear casual clothes most of (2) _________ time, not just when they are at home or on holiday. Men and women wear jeans (3) __________ a shirt or T-shirt and a sweater to go (4) _________, meet friends, go to a pub or bar, or take their children out. Leggings, which are women’s trousers that stretch to fit tightly, or jogging pants are also (5) _________. Older people are more (6) __________ to dress more smartly, with women wearing a dress or skirt and blouse, and men a shirt, jacket and trousers, when they go out. In summer younger people may wear shorts, but some people think they are only (7) _________ on the beach. When the weather is hot, some men take off their shirts, (8) ___________some people do not like this. Most people in Britain dress up, which means putting on smart clothes, to go to party or restaurant. Some restaurants will not (9) ________people who are wearing jeans or men (10) __________a tie.
1. A. formal	B. informally	C. in form	D. informal
2. A. their	B. the	C. day	D. free
3. A. together	B. under	C. with	D. along
4. A. shop	B. shops	C. shopping	D. to shop
5. A. many	B. much	C. popular	D. well-known
6. A. possible	B. likely	C. like	D. certainly
7. A. suit	B. appropriate	C. fit	D. well
8. A. therefore	B. since	C. hence	D. though
9. A. let in	B. allow	C. permit	D. agree
10. A. wear	B. wearing	C. not to have	D. without
II. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the box. (There are three extra words that you do not need to use). (2.5 ms)
 knows - understanding - also - things - subjects - written - many - to - know - friendship - in - what - meaning
 	English is not only very useful language but it is (1) __________ used as an international language. If we (2) __________ English, we can go to any countries we like. We won’t find difficult to make people understand (3) __________we want to say. English also helps us to learn all kinds of (4) __________Hundreds of book are (5) __________English every day in (6) __________ countries. English has also helped to spread ideas and knowledge (7) __________ all corners of the world. In addition, learning English well, you can easily understand the (8) __________ of your favorite English songs.
Therefore, the English language has helped to spread better (9) __________ and (10) __________among countries of the world.
E. WRITING. (5ms)
I. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first, beginning with the given words. (2.5 ms)
1. It took Nam an hour to drive from his home village to Hanoi last week. 
à Nam spent_______________________________________________.
2. Tom hasn’t seen Jerry since 2013.
à The last_______________________________________________.
3. The colorful T-shirt is too expensive for me to buy.
à It’s such _______________________________________________.
4. Nowadays I consider taking up a hobby to be far less important than I used to.
à Nowadays I don’t attach nearly _____________________________________.
5. Nobody takes them back to the hotel.
à They _______________________________________________.
6. “If I were you, I wouldn’t drive so fast.” I said to Nam.
à I advised _______________________________________________.
7. We went out although it rained heavily.
à Despite _______________________________________________.
8. It was an exciting competition. All of us felt excited.
à It was_______________________________________________.
9. Whose schoolbag is this?
à Who does _______________________________________________?
10. The shirt was so tight that he couldn’t wear it.
à The shirt was too _______________________________________________.
II. Make all the changes and additions if necessary to make meaningful sentences. (2.5ms) 
1. Never / her life / she / see / such / tall building.
à_______________________________________________.
2. It / wrong / you /not / give / her / chance / talk. 
à_______________________________________________.
3. you/ like/ me/ show/ you/ best/ places/ our town?
à_______________________________________________.
4. The air/ full/ dust/ because/ roads/ repair.
à_______________________________________________.
5. It / take/ Mai /five hours/ go/ seaside/ last week.
à_______________________________________________.
6. Because/ heavy rain/ many students/ be late/ class/ yesterday.
à_______________________________________________.
7. I / want / have / that suit / clean / iron/ before/ meeting.
à_______________________________________________.
8. My brother/often/ spend/ spare time/ read /books/ watch/ television.
à_______________________________________________.
9. You/ know/ who / invent/ telephone?
à_______________________________________________.
10. Last weekend / my family / two-day trip / home village.
à_______________________________________________.
The end and good luck