UBND HUYỆN KRÔNG NĂNG
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN CẤP THCS NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010
MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
THỜI GIAN: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề)
KHÓA NGÀY : …… tháng …… năm 2010
( học sinh làm bài vào giấy thi )
Giám thị coi thi không giải thích gì thêm
A. VOCABULARY: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words. ( 10 ms )
1. Viet Nam declared its on September 2
nd
1945. ( depend)
2. Poets take from many things in life. (inspire)
3. Can you see the between the two shirts? (differ)
4. Uniform makes students of her school. ( pride)
5. Books help people get more (know)
6. The film last night was very (bore)
7. They are trying to look for another (explain)
8. Graham Bell was an (invent)
9. You must be when you open that door (care)
10. Air makes our health worse and worse. (pollute)
B. GRAMMAR. ( 30 ms )
I. Supply the correct form of verbs in the blankets.( 20 ms)
1. Hello, Peter! I …… (not see ) you for a long time. How are you doing?
2. You ……………(stop) by a policeman if you try to cross the road now.
3. She wishes, she…………… ( not give ) them her phone number.
4. I’m sorry I …………… (not write) to you lately but my house …………… (break) into a few
weeks ago and I have been feeling rather upset since then.
5. He kept ( talk ) about you last night.
6. Look! A man (run) after the rain. He (want) to catch it.
7. My friends (sing) when we (come) in the room.

sumptuous lunch of chicken rice and returned home by bus.
* Complete the summary with the missing words.
During the last Christmas holidays, the writer and ____________ (1) had an interesting
excursion in ______________(2) . She was elected _________(3) so she was responsible for making
arrangement ___________(4). First they took the first _________ (5) to the custom check-points then
went by a __________ (6) to the Johore Barhu sea-side. They had a __________ (7) there. Next they
visited___________ (8) and enjoyed themselves there too. After that they made_________ (9)
around the city and then returned home __________ (10). They had really lovely holidays.
II. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.(10 ms)
Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833 - 1896) a Swedish scientist was the first man to make dynamite.
He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things,
he was extremely unhappy. On his death, he left all his money to be spent upon a prize every year.
The Nobel Prize is now one of the greatest prizes that a person can ever receive. It is given every year
for the best work in one of the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine; Literature and
Peace. Some of the world's greatest scientists are asked to choose who should be given the prizes.
1. What was Nobel's invention about?
2. How was he when he knew his invention being used for bad purpose?
3. Did he give all the money to his relatives on his death?
4. What is his money used for?
5. Can we choose who should be given the prizes? If not, who can?
III. Read the text and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.( 10 ms )
The Old Clock
John lived (1) ________ his mother in a very big house, and when she died, the house became (2)
________ big for him, (3) ________ he bought a smaller one in the next street. There was a very nice
old clock in his first house, and when the men came to take his furniture (4) ________ the new house,
John thought, "I'm not going to let them (5) ________ my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps
they'll break it, and then repairing it will (6) ________ expensive." So he picked it up and began to
carry it down the road in his arms.
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It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have a (7) ________.

Dear Julia!
1. Thank you / lovely letter, which / wait / me / I / return / holiday yesterday.
2. I / be / glad / hear you / your family / be / well and enjoy / live / new house.
3. I / just have / wonderful holiday / some friends / Northern Ireland.
4. We / fly / Lon don / Belfast and / visit lots / interesting places.
5. We / spend most / time / fish and / walk / mountains.
6. Now I / be / ready / go back / work / Monday.
7. I look forward / see both / you / my birthday / September 16
th
.
8. Let’s hope / weather / be / fine!
With best wishes
……… THE END ………
( Good luck to you)
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UBND HUYỆN KRÔNG NĂNG
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN
CẤP THCS NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010
MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
A. VOCABULARY: ( 1 x 10 words = 10 ms )
1. independence 2. inspiration 3. difference 4. proud
5. knowledge 6. boring 7. explanation 8. inventor
9. careful 10. pollution
B. GRAMMAR. ( 30 ms )
I. ( 2 x 10 sentences = 20 ms )
1. have not seen 2. will be stopped 3. didn’t give
4. haven’t written – was broken 5. talking 6. is running – wants
7. were singing – came 8. looks – Have you done? 9. is sent

2. I am not used to eating at restaurants.
3. The bag is too heavy for her to carry.
4. Unless you study hard, you will surely fail the next exam.
5. “ How old is your little boy now, Mr. Brown ?” the nurse asked.
“ How old is your little boy now?” the nurse said to Mr. Brown.
6. Nam is the best football player in class.
7. In spite of her good salary, she was unhappy in her job.
In spite of having good salary, she was unhappy in her job.
8. He thinks it is easy to learn English.
9. Would you mind lending me something to wear tonight?
10. Mr. Bill suggested (that) Mr.John should put a better lock on the door.
11. Peter asked Laura if (Peter) / he could borrow Laura’s / (her) typewriter.
II. ( 1 x 8 sentences = 8 ms )
1. Thank you (very / so much ) for the / your lovely letter, which was waiting for me when I returned
( back ) from my / our holiday (s) yesterday .
2. I am / was glad to hear that you and your family are / were well and you are / were enjoying living
in the / your new house.
3. I have just had a wonderful holiday with some friends in / from Northern Ireland.
4. We flew from London to Belfast and (we) visited lots of (the) interesting places.
5. We spent most of the time fishing and walking in the mountains.
6. Now I am ready to go back to work next Monday.
7. I look / am looking forward to seeing both of you at my birthday on September 16th.
8. Let’s hope (that) the weather will be fine.
( sau khi chấm xong, giám khảo quy về điểm 20 )
……… THE END ………
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