ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 – THCS
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
ĐỀ 6
I. T rắc nghiệm (4 điểm)
1. If Hoa ____ rich, she would travel around the world.
A. is B. was C. were D. been
2. Ba ____ a new bicycle recently.
A. bought B. buying C. buy D. has bought
3. Nam ____ speaks Chinese but also speaks Japanese.
A. not only B. so C. only D. can
4. It is raining very hard ____ we can't go camping.
A. so B. so that C. more over D. however
5. Miss Hoa ____ sing very well is Nam's mother.
A. which B. whom C. who D. where
6. Hung enjoys ____ fishing and boating.
A. to go B. go C. going D. went
7. She asked me where I ____ from.
A. come B. coming C. came D. to come
8. The Ao Dai is the traditional dress of ______ women.
A. Chinese B. Vietnamese C. Japanese D. English
9. She loves to watch the star ____ night.
A. in B. at C. on D. from
10. We must finish our project _____.
A. on time B. in time C. yesterday D. time
ii. Cho dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc (4 điểm)
1. I (not/eat) any thing yesterday because I (not/feel) hungry.
2. The glasses look very clean. ____ you (wash) them ?
3. Why ____ Long (not/ want) to play soccer last sunday ?
4. I don't know Hung's sister. I (never/meet) her.
5. If more and more trees (die), the climate (change).

6. We walk ___ half an hour to reach the waterfall.
7. They planned o have the trip ___ June.
8. She loves to watch the stars ___ night.
9. Good bye ! See you ___ Monday.
10. The bus collect us ___ the morning.
v. Đọc đoạn văn sau. Điền vào chỗ trống bằng những từ sau (4 điểm)
newspaper radio T.V website program
magazines emails information chats news
There are four people in my family. Each of us has a different hobby. My dad likes
reading _(1)_ he can get the latest _(2)_ every morning. However my mom enjoys
watching _(3)_ and reading _(4)_. Mom often spends hours reading articles about fashion
and cooking. Unlike my mom and dad, my brother only loves exploring _(5)_ about
airplanes. He spends most of his freetime getting _(6)_ about the history and development
of aircraft. He also writes _(7)_ or _(8)_ with his friends about his hobby. For me, I am
really interested in listening to music. I love listening to music on the FM _(9)_ I also like
music _(10)_ on T.V on sundays. What about you ? What is your hobby ?
1) ___________________ 6)_____________________
2) ___________________ 7)_____________________
3) ___________________ 8)_____________________
4) ___________________ 9)_____________________
5) ___________________ 10_____________________
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI

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Môn Anh 9
ĐỀ 6
I . T rắc nghiệm (4 điểm)
Mỗi ý đúng 0,4 điểm
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. C
6. C 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. A


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§Ò Sè 7
Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home.
2. There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent).
3. The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from
being entered.
4. This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading.
5. When I came to school, everybody (be) there.
Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone.
2. His story was of no interest … …. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us.
Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE
word in each space.
In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days,
many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in
the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the ….2… and their working day
was usually very long, they often worked on … 3… , too. Once a year, it was usually
……4… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day
and ……5…. presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They
could stay at home only one day, and ……6…… they went back to their work. People call
that day Mothering Day or Mothering ……7…… . Later, workers at the factories and girls
who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a month, and Mothering
Day became Mother’s Day. It ….8… the last Sunday in March.
Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.
My house
My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays.
I work in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the

c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house.
d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs.
3. a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food on
fire.
b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room.
c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.
d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago
looked like.
4. a) Mary always happy her new country house.
b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea.
c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.
d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years. but the apple trees are young-
Mary plented them a year ago.
5. a) Mary has got a big family.
b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and
Haloween.
c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom.
d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat.
6. a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees.
b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter.
c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London.
d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life.
Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.
1. I am going to a few words about the recent film festival.
2. What did you ?
3. What did he about it ?
4. John he would be waiting for us.
5. Michael me to in the discussion.
6. lounder, I can hardly hear you.
7. He much, but little.

2. housework 6. then
3. Sundays 7. Sunday
4. one 8. is
Question 4: ( 6 points)
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. d
Question 5: ( 9 points)
1. say 2. say 3. say 4. said 5.
told / speak
6. speak 7. talks / tells
Question 6: ( 5 points)
1. He always short of money.
2. Mr Nam was the last witness to be called.
3. Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave.
4. When I arrived, Minh had gone home.
5. I miss working in the evenings.

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B- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM:
- Tổng điểm toàn bài: 40 points
- Thang điểm 20
Tổng những phần làm đúng
- Điểm bài thi =
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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 – THCS
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
§Ò Sè 8

I. PRONUNCIATION : (10pts)
A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:

A. do you B. aren’t you C. will you D. don’t you
9. We ____________________for her for ten minutes.
A. wait B. waited C. are waiting D. have been waiting
10. His father is not interested in tennis and ____________________.
A. he doesn’t, either B. so doesn’t he
C. neither does he D. neither is he
11. The little girl wasted half an hour ___________________for her picture book.
A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked
12. ____________________does it take you to do the washing ?
A. How fast B. What time C. How long D. How often
13. Your hair is long. Are you going to _____________________ ?
A. have it cut B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it
cutting
14. Would you like tea or coffee? – I ____________________drink tea than coffee.
A. would like B. would prefer C. would rather D. would wish
15. It is high time you ______________________more attentive in class.
A. are B. were C. must be D. have been
16. He was _____________________that we turned off the TV set immediately.
A. so bad singer B. such bad singer C. such bad a singer D. so bad a singer

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17. I wish you _______________________that! It’s really annoying habit.
A. won’t do B. couldn’t do C. wouldn’t do D. don’t do
18. “I’m sorry about that!” – “______________________!”
A. That’s right B. Of course C. It’s OK D. You’re welcome
19. Not until 2008 ______________________across the river.
A. the first bridge was built B. the first building of a bridge was
C. built the first bridge D. was the first bridge built
20. Excuse me! I’m learning my lesson. ______________________turning down
your stereo a bit ?

V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: (10pts)

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Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:
1. Would you like me helping you with your homework ?
A B C D
2. Meat must keep in a refrigerator or it will spoil.
A B C D
3. There is a cat sitting in the middle to the road.
A B C D
4. Tom is always forget his keys and that really annoys me.
A B C D
5. She spends her free time to visit galleries and museums.
A B C D
6. Our teacher told that the sun always rises in the east.
A B C D
7. She had the gardener to plant some trees.
A B C D
8. Come up to my place and we will discuss it.
A B C D
9. He has repeated urged the government to do something about this.
A B C D
10. I have to fetch the kids at school at 4 o’clock.
A B C D
VI. Choose the best option to fill in each of the blanks to make a meaningful passage:
(10pts)
Computers (1)____________________an important part in our life nowadays.
It’s (2)___________________to carry on our work without computers. For example,
(3)___________________are necessary in a university library. All the
(4)___________________normally found in a library is now

them:
1. She speaks English well.
She is a __________________________________________________________
2. I haven’t seen them for a long time.
It’s ______________________________________________________________
3. Mai is better at English than Lan.
Lan doesn’t _______________________________________________________
4. Why don’t you ask her yourself ?
I suggest _________________________________________________________
5. We left quietly so that we wouldn’t disturb the children.
So as_____________________________________________________________
6. What a pity I don’t have a laptop.
I wish ___________________________________________________________
7. You shouldn’t touch that switch.
If I ______________________________________________________________
8. The furniture was too old to keep.
It was ____________________________________________________________
9. People say football is the best game to play.
Football __________________________________________________________
10. “Can you do me a favor ?” she said to me.
She ______________________________________________________________
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI SỐ 8
I. PRONUNCIATION (10pts)
A. 1. C. graze B. 6. A. deposit
2. B. southern 7. B. electricity
3. C. challenging 8. C. explanation
4. A. ploughs 9. D. interesting
5. B. wicked 10. C. essential
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE (20pts)


1. D. play 6. D. convenient
2. B. difficult 7. B. send
3. C. computers 8. C. without
4. A. information 9. A. to
5. B. stored 10. D. become
VII. OPEN CLOZE TEST (10pts)
1. There 6. competed
2. stadium 7. from
3. lasted 8. let
4. events 9. with
5. men 10. national

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VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20pts)
1. He is a good speaker of English.
2. It’s a long time since I saw them.
3. Lan doesn’t study English as/so well as Mai.
4. I suggest that you should ask her yourself.
5. So as not to disturb the children, we left quietly.
6. I wish I had a laptop.
7. If I were you, I wouldn’t touch that switch.
8. It was such old furniture that we couldn’t keep it.
9. Football is said to be the best game to play.
10. She asked/told me to do her a favor.

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 – THCS
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
§Ò Sè 9
A. PRONUNCIATION:

3. We ( came / arrived / went / reached ) the nearest
village before sunset.
4. If only I ( were / am / can be / would be ) in the
countryside right now.
5. He can’t earn money ( unless / until / if / without ) he
has no job.
6. Do you ( want / object / mind / disapprove ) my turning the
television on now?
7. Nobody phoned while I was out, ( didn’t we? / did we? / did
they? / didn’t they? )
8. A ( sailor / pen pal / writer / designer ) is a person
whose job is to decide how to make things or decide their shape or appearance.
9. It’s very crowded here. I wish ( there were a few people / there
weren’t so many people / there is no one / there was somebody here ).
10.Quiet, please. The headmaster would like to ( talk / say / tell /
mention ) a few words.
11.Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ( very
perfect / perfective / perfectively / perfectly ).
12 ( Campus / Hall / Institute / Dormitory ) is a large building in a
college or university where students live.
13.Can you tell me how many chapters this book ( consists of ? / consists
? / comprises of ? / includes ? )
14 ( All of films / All of the films / Of all films / Of all the
films ) you have watched , which film impresses you most ?
15.The mother divided the cake into four equal pieces. The children
were (pleased with / pleased about / happy at / happy
on ) the equal division.

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16.We think that with our solidarity we can ( overcome /

(suggest) as to how to deal with the problem. A decision
was (7)(make) to send a number of people to talk to the
family in No. 13 and ask them (8)(polite) to turn their music
down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be (9)
(success) , as the inhabitants of No. 13 refused to talk to them.
So on the (10)(advise) of local police, the matter is now in the
hands of the court
III. Read the passage and answer with true ( T ) / false ( F ) / not given ( N ):
There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most
important ones. Two-thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. More than
400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a
second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese
is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than
one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the land area in
the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In

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South Africa and India it is one of the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks
in universities are written in English. More than three-fourths of the world’s mail is
composed in English. More than three-fifths of the radio stations broadcast programs in
English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. English is the
language of international communication.
1. Chinese is the most important language.
2. About 66.6 per cent of the world’s population speak six major languages.

3. Vietnamese speak English as their first language.
4. 75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English.
5. 40 per cent of the world’s radio stations use English.
6. English has more speakers than Chinese.
7. People in India speak English as their second language.

………………………
5) Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play, / it ? //
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
6) If I / younger / learn / drive / car. //

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………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………
7) Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //
………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………
8) He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………
9) I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course. //
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
10) It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. // III. Sentence transformation: Rewrite each of the sentences in a such a way that
has the same meaning as the sentences above it.
1) Six years ago we started writing to each other.
We have
…………………………………………………………………………………
………………
2) Please do not smoke in this area of the restaurant.
Customers are requested
…………………………………………………………………

10)” How can I use this machine ? “ asked the man
The man wanted to know
………………………………………………………………………………
E. LISTENING : Listen to the conservation carefully and answer the questions below.
I. Circle the correct answers a, b or c:
1) What is the name of her house ?
a. Orchard Cottage b. Riverside Cottage c. Bramble Cottage
2) What is Sainsbury’s ?
a. a supermarket b. a hotel c. a bank
3) What did they want to do ?
a. to sell her cottage b. to move her cottage c. to knock down her cottage
4) When did it happen ?
a. last year b. two months ago c. two years ago
5) How old is the woman ?
a. 69 b. 75 c. 79
II. Answer the questions :
1) What did they want to build ?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
…… …
2) How much money did they offer her at first ?
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………
3) Why doesn’t she need that money ?
………………………………………………………………………………………
……………
4) Was she their first customer ?
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ 9
A. PRONUNCIATION:
I. 10 điểm: 1 điểm cho một từ đúng

1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
6. F 7. T 8. F 9. N 10. T
D. WRITING:
I. Cloze test:
20 điểm : 2,5 điểm cho một câu đúng
1.of 5.which / that
2.or 6. sources
3.how 7. found
4.polluted 8. there

II. Building sentences :
25 điểm: 2,5 điểm cho một câu đúng
1/ Learning a foreign language is necessary for us to get a good job.
2/ I spoke to the man whose wife was injured in the accident.
3/ My family and I spent two months planning our summer holiday.
4/ The driver stopped his car in time to save the child.
5/ Boxing is too dangerous for her to play , isn’t it ?
6/ If I were younger ,I would learn how to drive a car .
7/ Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most comfortable.
8/ He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded
9/ I hope my English will considerably improve at the end of the ( this ) course .
10/ It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.19
III. Sentence transformation:
25 điểm: 2,5 điểm cho một câu đúng
1/ We have written to each other for six years .
2/ Customers are requested not to smoke in this area of the restaurant.
3/ Can you take care of my cat while I’m on holiday?

9. You are (take) over my business while I go away.
10. Nobody would listen to the stories (to tell) by him so many times.

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Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone.
2. His story was …… no interest … …. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me … . So, I think I’ll turn … early tonight.
5. I don’t get … … very well… him.
Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE
word in each space.
In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days,
many girls from working-class ….2…. in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in
the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the ….3… and their working day
was usually very long, they often worked on … 4… , too. Once a year, it was usually
……5… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day
and ……6…. presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They
could stay at home only one day, and ……7…… they went back to their work. People call
that day Mothering Day or Mothering ……8…… . Later, workers at the factories and girls
who worked in the houses of rich families received one … 9… day a month, and
Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It ….10… the last Sunday in March.
Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.
My house
My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays.
I work in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the
open air, near the sea.
I’m happy to have a house near the sea. It is rather far from London and I usually
drive there for three hours. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but
very clean and comfortable. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The

b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room.
c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.
d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago
looked like.
10.a) Mary always happy her new country house.
b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea.
c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.
d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years. but the apple trees are young-
Mary plented them a year ago.
11.a) Mary has got a big family.
b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and
Haloween.
c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom.
d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat.
12.a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees.
b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter.
c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London.
d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life.
Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.
8. I am going to a few words about the recent film festival.
9. What did you ?
10.What did he about it ?
11.John he would be waiting for us.
12.Michael me to in the discussion.
13 lounder, I can hardly hear you.
14.He much, but little.
Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.
1. He never has enough money.
He always …….
2. All the other witnesses were called before Mr Nam.

Question 2: ( 10 points)
1. The old man was standing there …on the street corner waiting …for someone.
2. His story was …of… no interest …to…. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him …for all he has done …for us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me …out . So, I think I’ll turn …in early tonight.
5. I don’t get …on… very well…with him.
Question 3: ( 10 points)
5. holiday 6. bought
6. families 7. then
7. housework 8. Sunday
8. Sundays 9. free
9. one 10. is
Question 4: ( 6 points)
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. d
Question 5: ( 9 points)
1. say 2. say 3. say 4. said 5.
told / speak
6. speak 7. talks / tells
Question 6: ( 10 points)
1. He’s always short of money.
2. Mr Nam was the last witness to be called.
3. Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave.
4. When I arrived, Minh had gone home.

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5. I miss working in the evenings.
6. Please don’t forget to post all the letters.
7. He has decided to learn how to drive.
8. While I know that I should pay, I’m not going to.
9. Despite feeling ill, An insisted on going to work.