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)
Thi gian: 150 phỳt (khụng k thi gian giao )
Điểm bằng
số:
Điểm bằng
chữ:
Họ tên, chữ ký GK
1:
Họ tên, chữ ký GK
1:
Số phách

SECTION A: PHONETICS & SPEAKING
I. Ch oose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (5 marks)

1. A. hear B. clear C. near D. tea
2. A. cleaned B. finished C. stopped D. washed
3. A. seen B. sit C. sure D. say
4. A. those B. thanks C. father D. brother
5. A. hat B. garden C. harm D. farm
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete conversation. The first one has been
done for you. (10 marks)
A. I dont know but Ill do anything. Im good with my hands and Im a hard worker.
B. Im going to ask you some questions, OK? What kind of jobs have you had?
C. Thank you very much.

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.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Use the correct form of verbs in the brackets. (10 marks)
1. The children (1. make)________a lot of noise now. I (2. be) ________ afraid that they (3. wake up) ________
my father, who (4. sleep) ________ in the next room.
2. Peter: Where is Paul?
Nam: I (5. not see) ________ him today.
3. Tom: Where were you at 8 o’clock last night?
Mary: I (6. dance) ________ at my friend’s party.
4. Na's brother (7. buy) ________ this English book for her two weeks ago. She (8. like) ________it very
much.
5. He asked me (9. clean) ________ these windows.
6. We (10. learn) ________ English since we were in grade 6.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
V. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it. (8 marks)
1. During The Second World War, almost a third of a million people was killed.
2. Their father often takes them to the park for pleasure in Sunday mornings.
3. He is the only person which helped me a lot when I lived in Ky Son.
4. Life in the city is often noisy than in the country.
5. Lucky, Nga still had enough time to finish her test.
6. It is very interesting learning English.
7. The homeworks that your teacher assigned is due on Tuesday unless you have made prior
arrangements to turn it in late.

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.
D. To know about nature.
3. According to the passage, children learn history to know about ________.
A. people and historical events B. practical uses in life
C. events of the history D. the mankind
4. How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?
A. Five. B. Seven. C. Six. D. Four.
5. Most of the things children learn at school ________.
A. are useless B. have no use C. are not necessary D. have some practical uses
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION D: WRITING
VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. (10 marks)
1. The match couldn’t start because of the heavy snow.
The heavy snow
2. My mother was a worker in a factory when she was young.
My mother used
3. You can improve your English by practicing speaking every day.
If
4. It was such an interesting novel that I read it again and again.
The novel
5. Please don’t ask me such silly questions.
Would you mind not ?

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Sở Gd&Đt Nghệ an Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 9 THCS
Năm học: 2010 - 2011
đáp án đề chính thức
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Bảng B
SECTION A: PHONETICS & SPEAKING
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (5*1 = 5
marks)
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A
II. Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete conversation. The first one has been done for you. (10*1 = 10
marks)
0. F 1. B 2. I 3. E 4. G 5. D 6. H 7. J 8. A 9. K 10. C
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D. (10*1 = 10 marks )
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. C
IV. Use the verbs in the brackets in their proper tenses. (10*1 = 10 marks)
1. are making 2. am 3. will wake up 4. is sleeping 5. havent seen