Phòng GD Tuy Phước KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút
(Không kể thời gian phát đề)
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
I. Choose the best answer:
1. This is the key…………….I lost yesterday.
a. who b. whom c. what d. no word is needed
2. Why did you ask them………… stupid questions?
a. so b. such a c. such d. all are correct
3. I’ll ask him……………. .
a. how many he had paid for the book.
b. how much did he pay for the book.
c. how much he paid for the book.
d. how many he paid for the book.
4. She seldom gets up late,…………….?
a. doesn’t she b. do she c. isn’t she d. does she
5. He……………that he could not attend classes the next week.
a. told to his teacher b. told his teacher
c. said his teacher d. is telling his teacher
6. The police …………… for two men who………….getting into a black car near
the bank at about 1 o’clock last night.
a. are looking/ saw b. are looking/ were seen
c. have looked/ saw d. had looked/ were seen
7. The class discussion was short;……………., we learned a lot from it.
a. moreover b. however c. nevertheless d. b and c are correct
8. The notebook you are using is made of used paper. The paper has been…………
a. wasted b. produced c. removed d. recycled
9. Give her a telephone to ring………………she gets lost.
a. whether b. unless c. until d. in case
10. If we don’t ………………on electricity, there will be power cut.

4. She (tell)……………him the truth if she (meet) …………… him yesterday.
5. He says he doesn’t remember (promise)……………(help)……………….you.
6. He lost his job last week, if he were younger, he (not lose)………………it.
II. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable prepositions:
1. ……….night, we can see millions………stars…………our heads.
2. Nobody dies………….a bad cold.
3. It’s too late now. Please switch the radio…………
4. His friends congratulated him………… his success.
5. I must apologize………… keeping you waiting.
6. They had a swimming-pool to swim………….
7. The boy keeps……… asking his father………… protecting the environment.
C. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answers:
The language of clothes
We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1)…………, we also use them to
tell the word (2)………… our personality. The clothes we wear and our (3)….…
as a whole give other people useful information about what we think and (4)……
we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear (5) ……… clothes and if we feel
(6)…………… we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear
black so (7)………….? Is it because they feel miserable all (8) ………….?This is
unlikely to be the case. It is probably just because it is (9)…….…….to wear black,
and young people they are real fans of (10)………….
1.a.attract b. attractive c. attractively d. attraction
2.a.of b. with c. by d. about
3.a.appear b. appearance c. appeared d. appearing
4.a.which b. what c. how d. when
5.a.colorful b. colors c. colorfully d. colorless
6.a.depress b. depressed c. depressing d. depression
7.a.frequent b. frequency c. frequently d. frequenty
8.a.the time b. the day c. the week d. the month

a. a special village.
b. a modern city.
c. a typical English country-town.
d. an old city.
5.The best title for the passage is
a. English population.
b. English nature.
c. English villages.
d. The change of men.
III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to finish the following passage.

We are slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to (1)……
in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in (2)………….of
the word’s cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases (3)……….
cars pollute the air so that traffic policemen have to (4)……………oxygen masks.
We have cut down (5)………….many trees that there is now vast areas of
wasteland all over the word. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa can not grow (6)
………….to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is too (7)………… rice.
Moreover, we don’t take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals (8)………
quickly disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India (9)………….we have
killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about
the problem. We must act now before it is too (10)……………to do anything
about it. Join us now. Save the Earth. This is too important to ignore.
D. WRITING
I. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.
1. “ Where does your brother work?” she asked me.
a. She asked me to find where my brother works.
b. She asked me to find where my brother worked.
c. She asked me where my brother works.
d. She asked me where my brother worked.

8. If he wrote to her, she would be happy.
a. She ‘s happy because he has written to her.
b. When he wrote to her, she wasn’t happy.
c. Maybe he’ll write to her, and then she’ll be happy.
d. He didn’t write to her, so she wasn’t happy.
9. Would you mind waiting outside the office?
a. Did you wait outside the office?
b. Did you see anyone waiting outside the office?
c. Will you wait outside the office?
d. Do you enjoy waiting outside the office?
10. The tea wasn’t sweet enough for Jane to drink.
a. Jane didn’t like to drink sweet tea.
b. Jane couldn’t drink the tea. She liked more sugar.
c. There wasn’t enough tea, and Jane had nothing to drink.
d. Jane drank some of the tea but not enough.
II. Use the suggestions to complete sentence of the following letter.
Dear Julia,
1. I/ sorry/ it take/ so long/ reply/ letter.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I/ just/ come back/ trip/ the north/ country.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
3. You/ be pleased/ know/ I come/ London/ next week.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. It seem/ long time/ since/ we last see/ other.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
5. I/ like/ meet you/ and/ go out/ together.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. I wonder/ you like/ go/ see/ film/ play.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
7. There/ be new Harrison ford film/ New Century cinema.

6. would not lose
II. 2đ = 10 từ x 0,2đ
1. At/ of/ over
2. of
3. off
4. on
5. for
6. in
7. on/ about
C. 6đ
I. 2đ = 10 câu x 0,2đ
1. b 6. b
2. d 7. d
3. b 8. a
4. c 9. b
5. a 10. a
II. 2đ = 5 câu x 0,4 đ
1.d 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. c
III. 2 đ = 10 từ x 0,2đ
1. swim 6. enough
2. most 7. little
3. from 8. are
4. wear 9. because
5. so 10. late
D. 6đ
I. 2đ = 10 câu x 0,2đ
1. d 6. a
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. c 9. c