SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - BẢNG B
(Đề thi có 04 trang)
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ và tên thí
sinh:

Ngày tháng năm
sinh:
Số báo danh
Học sinh tr-
ường:

Số phách
Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 1:

Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 2:

CHỈ DẪN:
1. Đề thi gồm 04 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài.
2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô được đánh số phía
dưới đề của mỗi phần).
3. Thí sinh giữ gìn cẩn thận bài làm.
4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thước gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh
chỉ được dùng bút một màu xanh hoặc đen để làm bài. Không dùng mực màu đỏ.
5. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
6. Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
N¨m häc 2010-2011

K. Why don’t you fill out an application in the office. It looks like we’re going to have an opening next week. I’ll
call you.
Your answers:
0. F 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D. (10 marks)
1. The house was very small ________ they enjoyed living there.
A. but B. as C. because D. since
2. I’m really angry with her. She is always ________ so to me.
A. says B. saying C. to say D. says
3. I don’t know many people in the neighborhood. I wish that I ________ more people.
A. know B. have known C. will kow D. knew
4. It’s so hot today. Let’s go out for a drink, ________?
A. will we B. do we C. should we D. shall we
5. The train will leave in five minutes so you ________ better hurry up.
A. had B. should C. will D. would
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6. I don’t remember ________ this machine. Can you show me how?
A. however B. to operate C. how to operate D. whatever
7. Susan was very pleased ________ the birthday present her father gave her.
A. of B. with C. from D. to
8. He’s a ________ drinker and can nearly always be found in the hotel bar.
A. full B. strong C. heavy D. high
9. The novels ________by Mark Twain attract a lot of children.
A. writing B. written C. being written D. to be written
10. Tim: Would you mind lending me your dictionary?
Paul: ________.
A. Yes, let’s B. Great C. No, of course not D. Yes. Here you are

2. 6.
3. 7.
4. 8.
VI. Use the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences. (8 marks)
1. Hanoi is much more ________ from Kuala Lumpur. DIFFERENCE
2. Mr John caused an accident yesterday. He drove very ________. CARE
3. Nowadays, many people are interested in saving money and ________ resources. NATURE
4. Ba is the ________ student in his class. GOOD
5. The ________ told us not to take reference books out of the school library. LIBRARY
6. Last Sunday afternoon, the students in class 9A walked up the ________ to visit MOUNTAINOUS
the shrine of a Vietnamese hero.
7. The consumers want products that will work ________ and save money. EFFECT
8. Lan Anh is ________ because she misses her parents and friends very much. HAPPY
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D. (5 marks)
Parents send their children to school to prepare for the time when they grow up. Children learn their
native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them.
Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country. They learn foreign
languages in order to benefit from other countries’ heritage. The more foreign languages they learn, the
more benefits they get. Children also learn math to calculate, geography to know about nature, and
history to know about human beings and historical events. Nearly everything they study at school has some
practical uses in their life.
1. Parents send their children to school to ________.
A. play better B. learn English C. prepare for their future D. make them grow up
2. Why do children have to learn their native language?

He has
9.It often took my mom half an hour to get to work by underground every morning last month.
My mom spent
10. Couldn’t you take a bus to the station this morning?
Wasn’t ?
IX. Composition. (14 marks)
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“Do you like living in the city or in the country? Why?”
Write a composition to express your idea on this. (You should write within 150 – 180 words) ____THE END____
SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC: 2010 - 2011
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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3. If you practice speaking English every day, you can improve it
4. The novel was so interesting that I read it again and again.
5. Would you mind not asking me such silly questions?
6. Jane asked her friend if / whether Phong Nha cave was in Quang Binh province.
7. Hung was given a lot of gifts on his last birthday.
8. He has worked / has been working as an actor for ten years.
9. My mom spent half an hour getting to work by underground every morning last month.
10. Wasn’t it possible for you to take a bus to the station this morning?
IX. Composition: (14 marks )
Total: 80/4 = 20 marks
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