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THÀNH PHỐ YÊN BÁI
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 9
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể giao đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh ……………………… SBD ……….
Sinh ngày ………… tháng ……… năm ……
Trường THCS ………………………………… Lớp ……….
Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chữ
HỌ TÊN CHỮ KÝ CỦA NGƯỜI CHẤM THI
Người chấm thi số 1
Người chấm thi số 1
(Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi, thu bài sau 30 phút kể từ khi tính giờ)
PHẦN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (6 ĐIỂM)
I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.5 ms)
1. A. dead B. heat C. meat D. lead
2. A. village B. manage C. courage D. stage
3. A. machine B. mechanic C. Christmas D. ache
4. A. author B.other C. with D. then
5. A. stopped B. looked C. laughed D. called
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. A. evidence B. suggest C. tidal D. highlands
2. A. unpolluted B. disappointment C. infrastructure D. intermediate
3. A. typhoon B. faucet C. Easter D. separate
4. A. receive B. conserve C. expect D. nominate
5. A. garbage B. sewage C. parade D. logical
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank (2.5 ms)
1. I don’t know what is in my box. It _______ be a toy.
A. must B. may C. should D. would
2. If you have good qualifications, you will have a good _______

A. convenient B. terrible C. quickly D. inconvenient
16. It’s pouring with rain again! If only I _______ an umbrella
A. have B. having C. have had C. had
17. Mrs Hoa is a street cleaner, so she _______ up early
A. used to get B. is used to getting C. gets used to getting D. B & C are correct
18. He with his friend _______ to school every moring but yesterday morning they ………
A. go/didn’t B. go/weren’t C. goes/ weren’t D. goes/didn’t
19. Malaysia is divided _______ two regions. They are separate………about 640 km of the sea.
A. by/into B. into/by C. with/from D. into/from
20. He spends too much money _______.
A. to travel B. travel C. traveled D. traveling
21. Happy New Year, Minh! - _______!
A. You, too B. Happy New Year C. Thanks D. The same to you
22. Would you like a pice of cake? – Yes, _______.
A. I would B. please C. thank you D. of course
23. We want to use solar energy, _______ it can not be used on cloudy days
A. but B. because C. although D. however
24. “Where do you live, the boy?”, asked the man
In reported speech this should be said:
A. The man asked the boy Where do you live? B. The man asked the boy Where he lives.
C. The man asked the boy Where he lived. D. The man asked the boy Where did he live?
25. Deaf-mutes can _______ speak _______ hear.
A. not only/but also B. either/or C. neither/nor D. both /and
26. She takes care of her child in many ways
A. respects B. looks like C. learns from D. looks after
27. Tam has a wonderful sense of humor.
A. He is very able to laugh B. He can laugh easily
C. He is very able to see things as amusing D. He is often laughed at
28. We need someone with energy to do this job
A. activeness B. intelligence C. strength D. wealth

43. When we came to the hotel, we had our luggage _______ upstairs.
A. carry B. to carry C. carrying D. carried
44. We have a good time _______ out on the Tet holidays.
A. went B. going C. go D. all are correct
45. The house needs _______ .
A. painting B. to be painted C. to paint D. a & b are correct
46. My electric bike is _______ yours
A. the most expensive B. more expensive than
C. expensiver than D. the expensivest
47. After two hours travelling by car, we _______ Vung Tau
A. came B. got C. reached D. went
48. He was _______ tired that he fell asleep while doing homework.
A. such B. so C. very D. much
49. It was _______ that we went for a walk in the mountain
A. so nice day B. such nice day C. such a nice day D. so a nice day
50. She entered the room quietly _______ wake the baby up
A. so that B. so as not to C. in oder to D. not to
IV. Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) (2ms)
For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that before long all school
and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (21) ………. a computer of some kind.
Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings people either love them (22) ……… hate them.
The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and (23)
………. the home. Apart (24) ………… all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages
from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (25) …………. your shopping with them.
Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (26) …………… jobs but are taken over by computerized
robots as well.
The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not leisure but (27)
………. They worry, too, that people (28) …………… spend all the time talking to computers may forget
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(29) …………. to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (30)

Cigarette smoke contains at leat two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the
tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves,
cause the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. The US Public Heath Service stated that cigarette smoking is the
cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases. The US government now requires that each package
of cigarettes bears a special warning about the danger of smoking.
Questions
1. Who was the first to smoke?
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Where were cigarettes made popular in the late 1800s?
………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Why is smoking dangerous?
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Which substance, tar or nicotine or both, affects breathing?
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Why, in your opinion, do people smoke?
………………………………………………………………………………………
III. Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete these sentenses. (2ms)
1. My mother likes this machine because it works very …………………. (EFFECT)
2. I suppose you can compare me to secretary although the ……… isn’t a good one. (COMPARE)
3. Accidents happen because of driving ……………………. (CARE).
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4. My aunt lives in the ………………… area of the country. (MOUNTAIN)
5. How ………………this knife is ! It can’t cut anything. (USE)
6. If your work is ……………… , you will get a raise. (SATISFY)
7. Among the boys, Nam is the ……………… (BAD)
8. The world of computers is extremely ………………. (COMPETE)
9. I found the film ……………… so I turn off the TV and went to bed. (INTEREST)
10. Please, don’t be so …………… like that (PATIENCE)
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (2ms)

6. Both my brother and I are too young to drive.
Neither my brother ……………………………………………………………………
7. They have just built a new shopping mall there.
A new shopping mall ………………………………………………………………….
8. We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness.
If he ……………………………………………………………………………………
9. I wrote the report in two days last week.
It ………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden.
Vegetables ……………………………………………………………………………
The end
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ĐÁP ÁN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HSG CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
PHẤN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (0,2 X 30 = 6 điểm)
1. D 6. A 11. B 16. B 21. A 26.D
2. A 7. A 12. C 17. A 22. D 27. C
3. C 8. D 13. D 18. C 23. C 28. C
4. D 9. B 14. A 19. B 24. B 29. B
5. B 10. C 15. D 20. B 25. A 30.A
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. D
31. D 32. B 33. C 34. C 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. B 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. C 50. B
51. C 52. A 53. D 54. B 55. D 56. B 57. C 58. B 59. C 60. B
PHẤN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM)
I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage (0,2 X 10 =2ms)
1. stupid 2. questions 3. person/child 4. that 5. whether
6. depend 7. if 8. their/the 9. as 10. birth
II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions (0,4 X 5 = 2ms).
1. The Indians were the first to smoke
2. Cigarettes were made popular in Turkey in the late 1800s