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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HUYỆN BÙ GIA MẬP
TƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI SỐ 1
ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 VÒNG
HUYỆN, TỈNH, THPT CHUYÊN
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Ngày làm bài 10 – 08 - 2010
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. promised B. hopped C. booked D. burned
2. A. though B. ought C. thought D. bought
3. A. hard B. carry C. card D. yard
4. A. try B. why C. heavy D. dry
5. A. cool B. food C. look D. flood
II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. practical B. designer C. minority D. occasion
7. A. consist B. fashion C. design D. collect
8. A. enjoyment B. pagoda C. collection D. business
9. A. economical B. federation C. itinerary D. complication
10. A. advertise B. deposit C. candidate D. institute
III. Circle A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
11. The teacher told him _________ up late.
A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay
12. My father is good at _________ English.
A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak
13. We are all ______ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
A. relieved B. afraid C. delighted D. certain
14. “________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.
A. would you mind B. could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy

29. My aunt speaks English very_______.
A. good B. well C. goodly D. best
30. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math _____a week.
A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times
31. Lan promises to_______ her best in learning English.
A. try B. make C. work D. learn
32. The manager asked me _______for him outside his office.
A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited
33. She hasn’t written to me _______.
A. already B. yet C. never D. any longer
34. She speaks Chinese as ______ as I do
A. good B. better C. very good D. well
35. Jim is five centimeters ______ than Tom.
A. taller B. tallest C. high D. tall
36. The harder she works, the _______ money she earns
A. better B. much C. more D. less
37. Lucy answered the questions _______ than Sarah.
A. intelligent B. more intelligently C. most intelligent D. more intelligent
38. I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room.
A. because B. so that C. despite D. therefore
39. The librarian told us not ______ reference books out of the library.
A. to take B. taking C. take D. took
40. When I came to visit her last night , she ______ a bath .
A. had B. was having C. were having D. is having
41. He has really worked hard so far, ______ he?
A. does B. has C. doesn’t D. hasn’t
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42. Nobody liked the film, ______ ?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they

62.The children are very boring and they don’t know what to do .
A B C D
63.I haven’t come back to London for my father last visited me.
A B C D
64.They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
A B C D
65.Do you know how getting to the post office from here?
A B C D
66.Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise.
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A B C D
67.Mary and Henry always goes out for a meal on their wedding anniversary.
A B C D
68.Bill asked me if I was going to visit my aunt the day before.
A B C D
69.The policeman told her not to driving her car so fast again.
A B C D
70. I will lend you this money if you will promise to pay it back.
A B C D
VI. Give the correct form of the bold verbs in parentheses. (2pts)
A. The dictionaries (71. buy) _________________ yesterday.
B. While my mother and I (72. watch___________________ a film on T V last night, our
aunt in the USA (73. phone)_______________.
C. My friend (74. not/visit)________me since he (75. move) ______to another town.
D. We (76. already/ finish) ________________________ our work.
E. My English (77. get)____________________ better and better.
F. You should practise (78. speak)___________________ English everyday.
G. How long _________ you (79. wait)___________________ for me?
H. It was a nice day, so we decided (80. go) _______________ for a walk.

Filipinos.
Later Koreans, Portuguese, and Puerto Ricans also came. More people came from the US
mainland and from other Pacific islands, and Hawaii became an island with traditions from several
countries. People from the various nation groups have married each other, so today the groups are
partly mixed.
Hawaiians are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They celebrate traditional Chinese,
Japanese, and Filipino holidays as well as holidays from The United states. Hawaii is known as the
Aloha State. “Aloha” mean “hello”, “goodbye”, and “I love you” in Hawaiian.
91. Hawaii is square kilometers in area.
A. 3,700 B. 1,820 C. 16,700 D. 2,500
92. More ships knew Hawaii through and stopped there for supplies.
A. Japanese visitors. B. Christopher Columbus.
C. Captain Cook’s maps D. Christians.
93. In the early 19th century, many Asians were taken to Hawaii
A. to go fishing B. to be holidaymakers
C. to visit attractions D. to do the farm work.
94. Today the various national groups are
A. completely mixed B. living in different societies.
C. partly mixed D. completely separated.
95. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Captain Cook came to Hawaii in 1778.
B. All Hawaiian people have come from Asia .
C. Hawaii is the fiftieth state of the United States.
D. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean 3,700 kilometers from Los Angeles.
VI- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(2pts)
96. How long / it / take you / get / school ?

97. He / not interested / buy / new / house.

98. I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.

111. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
→ The weather
112. I often went boating when I was young.
→ I used to
113. We built this house in 1975.
→ This house
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ANSWER KEYS
1. D 2. A 3. B 4.C 5.D 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B
11. D 12.A 13.C 14.C 15.B 16.C 17.D 18.A 19.D 20.B
21.B 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.B 26.D 27.C 28.B 29.B 30.C
31.A 32.C 33.B 34. D 35.A 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. B
41. D 42.C 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. C 47. B 48. D 49.A 50.C
51. useful 52. arrival 53. daily 54. recognized 55. comfortable
56. proud 57. traditional 58. flight 59.property 60. different
61.B 62. B 63. C 64. B 65. B 66. C 67. B 68.D 69. B 70. D
71. were bought 72. were watching
73. was phoning 74. hasn’t visited
75. moved 76. have already finished
77. is getting 78. speaking
79. have – waited 80. to go
81. C 82. B 83. D 84. A 85. C
86. A 87. A 88. D 89. B 90. C
91. C 92. C 93. D 94. C 95. B
96. How long does it take you to get to the school ?
97. He is not interested in buying a new house.
98. I was playing badminton when my friends came.
99. I am bored with doing the same thing day after day.
100. Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867.