PHÒNG GD & ĐT BÙ GIA MẬP
TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI SỐ 6
ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 02-09-2011
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Thí sinh làm vào tờ giấy thi được phát kèm cùng với đề thi này
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I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. internet B. education C. impress D. remote
2. A. access B. soccer C. successful D. accept
3. A. read B. feature C. means D. great
4. A. changes B advises C. miles D. plays
5. A. connected B. linked C. processed D. laughed.
II. Pick out the word whose main stress pattern is different from that of others
6. A. climate B. polite C. beauty D. region
7. A. tropical B. optional C. carelessly D. dependent
8. A. repair B. fashion C. design D. agree
9. A. champagne B. novel C. label D. campus
10. A. government B. development C. improvement D. retirement
III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
11. You cannot see the doctor_____ you have made an appointment with him.
A. because B. even C. unless D. however
12. She has been working so hard, she feels quite__________.
A. wasted B. exhausted C. empty D. dull
13. Young boys like online games and the games __________them hours a day.
A. spend B. pass C. continue D. take
14. You should _________to your uncle for what you’d done.
A. advise B. apologize C. promise D. refuse
15. _________, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way to get information.

A. so much B. a little C. so few D. so little
30. Adam: - “Hello. You must be Brian.” Brian: - “_____________”
A. It’s my pleasure B. Oh, really? I’d love to.
C. Yes, I think it’s true D. That’s right, I am.
31. – “How long have you been with the company” – “I ________ there for two years.”
A. will work B. was working C. worked D. have worked
32. She still ________ on her parents for money because she hasn’t got a job.
A. denies B. depends C. deposit D. desert
33. I saw a lot of new people at the party, ____________ seemed familiar.
A. some of whom B. some of who C. whom D. some of that
34. "Have you ever met the man ________ over there?" "No. Who is he?"
A. stands B. standing C. is standing D. who he is standing
35. Which is the European country ____ economy is growing the fastest?
A. who B. what C. whose D. that
36. Nobody told me that George was ill.
A. I was told that George wasn't ill. B. I wasn't told that George was ill.
C. George wasn't told to be ill. D. George was told not to be ill.
37. Birds aren’t all the same. There are many different _____.
A. categories B. species C. animals D. plants
38. Robert’s new book will be ___ in August.
A. typed B. published C. broadcast D. announced
39. The book ___ me of the days I was in the army.
A. remembers B. reminds C. recalls D. recollects
40. The dictionary is too expensive for me. I can’t ___ it.
A. spend B. cost C. afford D. pay
41. Unlike football, a water polo game is ___ into quarters.
A. divided B. separated C. cut D. played
42. William won first ___ in the tennis competition.
A. medal B. prize C. reward D. position
43. After a lot of difficulty, he _______ to open the door.

58. Tell me ______ there is anything special that you would like to do.
A. that B. which C. so D. if
59. I was born in Huế but I______ in Nha Trang.
A. grew up B. raised C. brought up D. rose
60. She described her boss______ a very unpleasant person.
A. like. B. as if C. such as D. as
IV. Read the passage then choose the best answer to each question.
Aspirin’s origins go back at least as early as 1758. In that year, an Englishman Edward
Stone noticed a distinctive bitter flavour in the bark of the willow tree. To Stone, this particular
bark seemed to have much in common with “Peruvian Bark,” which has been used medicinally
since the 1640s to bring down fevers and to treat malaria. Stone decided to test the effectiveness of
the willow bark. He obtained some, pulverized it into tiny pieces, and conducted experiments os its
properties. His test demonstrated that this pulverized willow bark was effective both in reducing
high temperatures and in relieving aches and pains. In 1763, Stone presented his findings to the
British Royal Society.
Several decades later, further studies on the medicinal value of the willow bark were being
conducted by two Italian scientists. These chemists, Brugnatelli and Fontana, determined that the
active chemicals that were responsible for the medicinal characteristics in the willow bark was the
chemical saclicin, which is the active ingredient of today aspirin.
The name “aspirin” in the trade name of the drug based on the chemical salicin. Properly
known as acetylsacylic acid. The trade name “aspirin” was invented for the drug in the 1890s by
the Bayer Drug Company in Germany. The first bottles of aspirin actually went on sale to the
public just prior to the turn of the century, in 1899.
61. According to the passage, aspirin originated__________.
A. no later than 1758 B. sometime after 1758
C. definitely sometime in 1758 D. no earlier than 1758
62. It can be inferred from the passage that Peruvian bark__________.
A. caused fevers
B. was ineffective in treating malaria
C. was described to the British Royal Society by Stone

A. the areas of forest will have increased by 20 million square kilometres
B. another 20 million square kilometres of forest will be reduced
C. forests will represents only 20 percent of Earth’s land surface
D. forests areas will decrease from 25 percent to 20 percent
68. “Deforestation” in the passage is closest in the meaning to________
A. the state of destroying and clearing trees B. the action of planting trees
C. the state of importing wood D. the increase in agricultural land
69. In which part of the world does the most deforestation occur?
A. the United States B. developed countries
C. developing countries D. international regulatory organizations
70. In this passage, the United States__________.
A. establishes an organization to solve deforestation
B. represents 90 percent of rain forests in the world
C. used 20 percent of world plywood
D. imported more than 90 percent of the plywood the country uses.
VI. Supply the verbs in the brackets with the correct forms
1. If you (71. not, practice)__________ English regularly, you (72. not, get) _________any better.
2. Jennifer said that she (73. return) _________the following day.
3. Both English and French (74. speak) _________in Canada.
4. When I (75. get)__________ home last night, everybody (76. sleep)___________.
5. This building (77. be) ___________over one hundred years old. It (78. build) ___________ by
foreign architects.
6. He wanted to know what his children (79. do)__________ while he (80. not, stay)__________
at home.
VII. Give the words in the brackets the right forms.
81. She performed so (attract)__________ that all the audience stood up to applaud.
82. Although jeans are casual clothing, they make the young look (fashion)_____________
83. Some (design)_________have modernized the Ao Dai by printing lines of poetry on it.
84. D.com 3G is a (move)_________ device that enables people to get access to the Internet.
85. Bluetooth doesn’t work. Please check the (connect)_____________


99.He is an architect. He designed the new city library.
=> He is the architect

100.I’m hungry now because I didn’t eat breakfast this morning.
=> If

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ANSWER KEYS
1. D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A
6. B 7. D 8. A 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. B 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. A
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. B
26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D
31. D 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. C
36. B 37. B 38. B 39. B 40. C
41. A 42. B 43. A 44. A 45. A
46. C 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. D
51. B 52. A 53. B 54. B 55. C
56. A 57. B 58. D 59. C 60. D
61. A 62. D 63. C 64. C 65. B
66. C 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. D
71. don’t practice 72. won’t get 73. would return 74. are spoken 75. got home
76.was sleeping 77. is 78.was built 79. did 80.didn’t stay
81. attractively 82. fashionable 83. designers 84. removable 85. connectivity
86. pen pal 87. delighted 88. unplug 89. restful 90. encourage
91. The weather was so cold that many couldn’t go to school.
92. Never in my life have I seen such an interesting film
93. That girl sings well as if she were a singer.