Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh năm học 2016-2017 - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - Đề số 8 - Đỗ Bình

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. 	A. pipe 	B. drip 	C. provide 	D. decide 
2. 	A. stage 	B.great 	C. advance 	D. reputation 
3. 	A. interactive 	B. campus 	C.fade 	D. fashion
Choose the word that has the differentstress on the first syllable
 	A. collection 	B. television 	C. pollution 	D.exchange
 	A. grocery 	B. hamburger 	C. locate 	D. pagoda
Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that bests fits the blank space in each sentence
6. The fields will be littered _____ plastics and tins . 
 	A. of 	B. for 	C. without 	D. with
7. The boy kept _____ asking his mother questions ____ pollution. 
 	A. of / about 	B. up / for 	C. on / about 	D. with / about
8. How _____ making posters ______ energy saving ?
 	A. around / of 	B. about / on 	C. about / of 	D. with / on
9. And then we hang these posters ______ our school .
 	A. around 	B. with 	C. without 	D. from
10. The storm kept the travelers ______ going home.
 	A. for 	B. with 	C. from 	D. about
11. I suggest _______ off the faucet .
 	A. turn 	B.to turn 	C. turning 	D. turns
12. Would you mind if I _____ the windows .
 	A. close 	B. to close 	C. closing 	D.closed
13. Mrs Yen forgot ________ off the faucet when she left for work.
 	A. to turn 	B. turning 	C. turns 	D.turned
14. Tuan ________ French since he _______ ten.
 	A.learnt / was 	B.learnt / is 	C. learning / was 	D.has learnt / was
15. This old house _______ over one hundred years ago .
 	A. build 	B. built 	C. is built 	D.was built
16. The baby laughed _______ as she played with the toys .
 	A. happy 	B. happily 	C. happiness 	D.unhappy
17. Ba is tired _______ he stayed up late watching TV .
 	A. since 	B. for 	C. so 	D. although
18. – Congratulations ! -- ______________ .
	A. I’m sorry 	B. That’s wonderful. 	C. Thanks 	D.Don’t worry
19. – How about making a cake and buying some flowers for our mom on Women’s Day? - ____________
 	A. I’m sorry . 	B. Thank you 	C.That’s a good idea 	D. Don’t worry
20. Mrs Jones uses only two ordinary bulbs and she pays US$8 for _______.
 	A.lighting 	B. thunder 	C.label 	D. bicycle
21. How much does she pay if she uses two energy-saving bulbs ______ ?
 	A. ready 	B. ordinary 	C.instead 	D.too
22. The label tells the consumers how much energy ______ each model has ?
	A. efficient 	B. efficiency 	C. efficiently 	D.effectively
23. Most of ______ now comes from nuclear power .
	A. electric 	B. electricity 	C. electrician 	D.electrical
24. What are Western consumers ________ in ?
	A. interest 	B. interested 	C.interesting 	D.interestingly
25. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused _______ damage .
	A. severe 	B. severely 	C.severity 	D.sewage
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that’s need correcting
26. Mount (A)Pinatubo, who (B)is a volcano in (C)the Philippines, erupted (D)in 1991.
27. Easter is a joyful (A)fetival which (B)is celebrated (C)in many country.(D)
28. Nam got (A)wet therefore (B)he forgot his (C)umbrella yesterday.(D)
29. I am write (A)to you about the short (B)stop of your trucks around (C)my house on their (D)way to the north.
30 .I think it would (A)be better if we use banana leaves (B)instead of paper or (C)plastic bags wrapping (D)food,
Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that bests fits the blank space in the following passage
These days it is impossible to __(31)__ a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the __(32)__ . The Earth is being threatened and the future looks bad. What can each of us do?
We cannot clean up our polluted rivers and seas overnight. __(33)__ can we stop the disappearance of plants and animals. But we can stop adding __(34)__ the problem while scientists look for answers.
It may not be __(35)__ to change your lifestyle completely but some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of driving you do, or use as little plastic as __(36)__. It is also easy to save energy , which also reduces household bills. We must all make a personal __(37)__ to work for the future of our planet if we want to ensure a better world (38) our granndchildren.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
A. open
A. countryside
A. Also
A. to
A. difficult
A. possibility
A. decision
A. from
B. take
B. environment
B. Not
B. from
B. easy
B. impossible
B. suggestion
B. for
C. write
C. cities
C. Nor
C. into
C. sure
C. possible
C. resolution
C. with
D. close
D. school
D. For
D. onto
D. certain
D. possibly
D. pollution
D. to
Read this passage carefully and decide whether each statement is True (T) or False (F) (2pts)
In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way for me to get information. I can also communicate with my friends and relatives by means of email or chatting. However, I don't use the Internet very often because I don't have much time. For me, the Internet is a wonderful invention of modern life. It makes our world a small village.
In the writer's opinion,
 39. He can get information from the Internet.
40. He usually uses the Internet.
41. He can talk to his friends on the Internet.
42. The world is as small as a village.
Word forms :
If it doesn't rain soon, there'll be a great ...........................of water. (short)
We can protect the environment: by ....................... air pollution. (reduce)
The price of ...................................has gone up again. (electric)
We'll live a happier and .............................life if we keep our environmentclean. (health)
She was ............................pleased that she passed the exam. (extreme)
He is one of the most famous .......................in the world. (environment)
We can protect the environment by .air pollution. (reduce)
The explorer who  America is Christopher Columbus. (discovery)
He has been nominated as the most effective in the town charity program. (active)
Solar energy doesn’t cause .. (pollute)
We think that Mother’s Day should be celebrated  (nation)
You can’t drink water from that well because it is . (pure) 
Transform these sentences (2pts)
55. Why don’t we collect empty bottles and cans?
@ I	
56. The electricity bill doesn't cost much because of their using energy-saving bulbs.
@ Since	
57. Unless we water these flowers, they'll die.
@ If 	
58. You forgot to turn off the radio, didn't you?
@ You didn't	 
59. Everyday thousands of trees are cut down in the world.
@ Everyday people 	
60. "Have you done your homework?" asked the teacher.
@ The teacher asked 	
61. The exercise was so easy that all students could do it.
@ It was such 	
62. I love to play tennis.
@ I enjoy 	
63. We spent five hours learning English.
@ It took 	
64. They built the church in 18th century .
@ The church 	
65. She started working in this company 5 years ago.
@ She has	
66. In spite of his good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
@ Although 	
67. She broke the cup because she was careless. 
@ Because of 	
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