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 trờng:
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 trớc khi làm bài.
2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô đợc đánh số phía
dới đề của mỗi phần).
3. Thí sinh giữ gìn cẩn thận bài làm.
4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thớc gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh
chỉ đợc 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 đợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.
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Đề chính thức
Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An
Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 9 THCS
Năm học 2010-2011
Mụn thi: tiếng anh - bảng B
( thi gm cú 04 trang)

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. Im really angry with her. She is always ________ so to me.
A. says B. saying C. to say D. says
3. I dont know many people in the neighborhood. I wish that I ________ more people.
A. know B. have known C. will kow D. knew
4. Its so hot today. Lets 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.
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Đề chính thức
A. had B. should C. will D. would
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
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

4. 8.
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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
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?
A. To learn foreign languages.
B. To communicate fluently with other people around them.
C. To benefit from foreign countries’ heritage.

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)
“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)