PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲ CHÂU

KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN
NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
(Đề thi có 03 trang)
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên thí sinh:
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Số báo danh Học sinh trường:
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Section A: Vocabulary and grammar
I. Give the correct form of the verb in the bracket to complete the sentence.
a. Marry (1. have)……… dinner when her friend called.
b. I wish I (2. know)………….how to mend this shirt.
c.Trung used (3. write)……………… to his friends. And now he
(4.communicate)……………….with them through the Internet.
d. Hung and Tony (5. be)………… pen pal for three months.
e. If I (6. be)………… a bird, I wouldn't want to live in the cage.
f. It (7. not rain)……………….…… much in our country in the winter.
g. If you (8. read)…………………. in bad light, you (9. ruin)………… your eyes.
h. That school (10. build)…………….five years ago.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.



1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

Section B: Reading
I. Choose the suitable word in the box to fill in each blank to complete the
passage.

foreign give hear in
languages meaning newspapers useful

Students of foreign (1)……… need a dictionary which contains all the words in
common use (2) ……………their own language and the one they are trying to
learn, that is, the words they are likely to (3)………… in conversations and on
radio, and those they will meet in the books and (4)…………they read. Such
dictionaries usually give the (5)……………….of a word by translating it; and
sometimes, but not always, they (6)…………translations of phrases and structures.
Dictionaries of this kind are useful to translators, but less (7)……….to earnest
students of language than dictionaries which give meanings, explanations and
examples in (8)…………… language itself.

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
II. Read the text then answer the questions below.
WHERE DO WE GET THE NEWS?
Information about what has happened in the world, in our country, in our
area, or even in our town comes to us in many ways. People who can read often get
their news from media. Because many people in the world are illiterate, however,
they get the news from their television or radio.
Newspapers around the world are similar in many ways. They all have news

4. I started learning English 5 years ago.
I’ve ………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I’d like you to help me to put the chair away.
Do you mind ……………………………………… ?
6. She is tired, so she can’t join the trip.
If …………………………………………………………………………………
7. “ I am busy” Mary said to me.
Mary told …………………………………………………………………………
8. If you do not water the flowes, they will die.
Unless ……………………………………………………………………………
II. Complete the sentences using sets of words given.
1. Quang/ enjoy/ play/ piano //
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. Huong/ invite/ me/ her birthday party/ last week //
……………………………………………………………………………………
3. He/ used/ have/ breakfast/ home/ when/ he/ be/ small //
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. English/ speak/ many countries/ the world //
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. In the 18
th
century/ jean cloth/ make/ cotton //
……………………………………………………………………………………

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