Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Trường THCS Nguyễn Thị Định (Có đáp án)

 PHÒNG GD&ĐT TP TUY HÒA ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
Trường THCS Nguyễn Thị Định Năm học: 2013- 2014
 Môn: Tiếng Anh
 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
Full name:.....
I/ Listen and fill in each gap with the word you hear: (20p)
 On 1 June (1).. a French burglar broke into a house in Paris. He went into the living room 
 and (2).. two pictures. Then he went into the (3)... He opened the fridge and 
 saw some cheese. He was hungry, so he ate all the (4)... Next he saw two (5).. 
 of champagne. He was very thirsty, so he drank (6).. bottles. Then he felt sleepy. He went 
 (7).. for a rest, but he was tired and he fell (8)... When he (9).. up the 
 next morning. There were four (10).. around him.
II/ Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (5p):
 1. A. equal B. fashion C. champagne D. match
 2. A. economy B. occasion C. freedom D. logical
 3. A. invite B. river C. shrine D. primary
 4. A. encourage B. proud C. enough D. young
 5. A. invited B. arrived C. mentioned D. loved
III/ Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others (5p):
 1. A. practical B. designer C. minority D. occasion
 2. A. consist B. fashion C. design D. collect
 3. A. enjoyment B. pagoda C. collection D. business
 4. A. economical B. federation C. itinerary D. complication
 5. A. advertise B. deposit C. candidate D. institute
IV/ Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (10p):
 1. She speaks Chinese as ______ as I do
 A. good B. better C. very good D. well
 2. Jim is five centimeters ______ than Tom.
 A. taller B. tallest C. high D. tall
 3. The harder she works, the _______ money she earns
 A. better B. much C. more D. less
 4. Lucy answered the questions _______ than Sarah.
 A. intelligent B. more intelligently C. most intelligent D. more intelligent
 5. I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room.
 A. because B. so that C. despite D. therefore
 6. The librarian told us not ______ reference books out of the library.
 A. to take B. taking C. take D. took
 7. When I came to visit her last night , she ______ a bath .
 A. had B. was having C. were having D. is having
 8. He has really worked hard so far, ______ he?
 A. does B. has C. doesn’t D. hasn’t
 9. Nobody liked the film, ______ ?
 A. does he B. doesn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they
 10. ______ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities.
 A. Many B. Most C. Most of D. The number of
V/ Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (10p):
 1. It’s very ( HEALTH ) to live in damp room.
 2. I’m not used to (DRIVE ) on the left.
 3. He was punished for his (LAZY).
 4. We had a very (ENJOY) evening in Lon don last month
 5. I believe you because I know you are (TRUTH).
 6. Nam is very  (INTEREST) in computer.
 7. He drives so (CARE ) that he is sure to have an accident. 
 8. I am (CONFIDENCE) he will succeed in his chosen career. 
 9. Ba has a large ( COLLECT ) of foreign stamps.
 10. The ( PERFORM ) she gave last night was marvelous.
VI/ Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (10p):
 1. She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview.
 A B C D 
 1 C. I prefer it at school because English is an interesting subject of all the subject.
 D. English is an interesting subject of all the subjects at school because I prefer it.
 4. school / I / used / now/ foot / to/ go / but / to/ on / I / no longer.
 A. I used to go to school but I no longer on foot now.
 B. I no longer go to school on foot but I used to now.
 C. No longer I go to school now but I used to on foot.
 D. I used to go to school on foot but no longer now.
 5. I / ask / some boys / where/ go/ but / no one / answer/ me.
 A. I asked some boys about where going, but no one answered me.
 B. I asked some boys for where I went but no one answered me.
 C. I asked some boys where to go, but no one answered me.
 D. I asked some boys about where going to, but no one answered me
IX/ Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce from the following sets of words and phrases
 that together make a complete paragraph (10p).
 1. Bill Gates / born/ 1995/ Washington State . He/ grow up/ rich family.
 2. His parents/ send/ he/ private school .There/ he/ meet/ business partner/ Paul Allen.
 3. When/ they/ be/ 8th grade, they/ write/ programs/ business/ computers. 
 4. 1973/ Gates/ be accepted/ Harvard University. Parents/ happy.
 5. Two years later/ Gates/ drop out/ of Harvard/ work/ computer program/ his friend Allen.
 6. 1975 / they/ create / company/ Microsoft/ sell/ their product.
 7. A few years later/ Microsoft/ become/ giant company.
 8. By 1990/ Gates/ the youngest/ billionaire/ the United States/ age of 34.
 9. He/ achieve/ success/ a lot of hard work . He/ be/ “ King of Software ”
 10. By 1997, he/ the richest/ man/ United States.
X/ Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first (10p):
 1. The last time I saw him was in 1995. 
 => I haven’t................................................................................................................................................... 
 2. We couldn’t drive because of the fog. 
 => The fog prevented.................................................................................................................................... 
 3. How long is it since they bought the house? 
 => When........................................................................................................................................................? 
 4. It was such a boring film that she fell asleep. 
 => The film was so .......................................................................................................................................
 5. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it .
 => The furniture was too...............................................................................................................................
 6. She knows a lot more about it than I do .
 => I don’t know ............................................................................................................................................
 7. Unless he phones immediately he won’t get any information.
 => If ..............................................................................................................................................................
 8. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier” Jane said to you
 => Jane apologized .......................................................................................................................................
 9. "You'd better do morning exercise, Minh", said I. 
 => I advised................................................................................................................................................... 
 10. “Would you like to go with me to the market, Mai?” - Ha said 
 => Ha invited ................................................................................................................................................
XI/ Last summer you had a holiday by the sea. Write a passage (100 - 120 words) about your holiday. 
 The following questions may help you (10p): 
 - When and where did you go?
 - Who did you go with?
 - How did you go there?
 - What did you do there?
 - How did you feel afterwards?
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