SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2005- 2006
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề này gồm 04 trang)
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of
the others.
1. A. days B. ways C. says D. plays
2. A. pear B. rear C. fear D. near
3. A. thank B. than C. month D. youth
4. A. chorus B. cheap C. child D. change
5. A. noon B. good C. soon D. food
6. A. houses B. chooses C. horses D. rises
7. A. pleased B. raised C. embarrassed D. closed
8. A. unlock B. until C. undo D. under
9. A. book B. look C. floor D. good
10. A. hate B. mate C. cake D. manager
II- Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to complete each
sentence.
1. Can you please ___________that everyone has got a ticket?
A. control B. check C. assure D. know
2. Katie really takes ___________her mother, she has got the same character.
A. in B. up C. after D. on
3. ___________teenagers copy popular idols, the stars have to understand what the young
really want.
A. However B. Despite C. In spite of D. Although
4. Drunkenness is ___________for many road accidents.
A. responsible B. guilty C. faulty D. cause
5. The United States is ___________big that there are five time zones.
A. much B. too C. so D. very
6. Members of aristocracy don’t ___________a great deal of power nowadays.
A. wield B. practice C. sway D. manage

A. sensitive B. thoughtful C. understanding D. sensible
20. With every ___________he took, he got more and more tired.
A. walk B. match C. step D. foot
21. What time does the 4.50 train from Manchester ___________to London?
A. reach B. get C. come D. arrive
22. The company ___________half its work-force.
A. unemployed B. turned down C. retired D. dismissed
23. These jeans will ___________when you wash them.
A. decrease B. reduce C. shrink D. lessen
24. She gave ___________doing her shopping in town because it was too crowded.
A. over B. in C. out D. up
25. I’m afraid the supplies you requested last week are out of ___________.
A. order B. stock C. sight D. range
26. The crime ___________is constantly rising in inner city area.
A. rate B. number C. commitment D. act
27. He was called upon to ___________evidence against his sister.
A. say B. give C. tell D. put
28. While the policeman wasn’t looking, he _________knowing looks at his accomplice.
A. threw B. made C. cast D. pointed
29. There is a(n) ___________to the number of burglaries we can tolerate before moving out.
A. limit B. border C. boundary D. end
30. The defendant had been ___________with robbery and assault.
A. guilty B. accused C. blamed D. charged
III- Complete each sentence below with a suitable preposition.
1. Port comes ___________Portugal.
2. He talked to me ___________the problem.
3. I prefer to pay ___________cheque rather than cash.
4. The movie was boring from beginning ___________end.
5. The room measured three meters ___________five.
6. The train is not ___________time so we will be late.

In Europe it costs about $500 a ton to dispose of (6) __________waste; in Africa, it can
cost as little as $2.50 a ton. The sums of money involved in the business are (7)
__________according to a report in The Independent, an African diplomat in London said he
was offered $3 million by a company dealing in toxic waste for an (8) __________to his
country’s president.
A properly organized waste (9) __________trade could easily wipe out the country’s
national debt. From Benin comes the story of the shipment of two cargoes of radioactive waste
from France. Reports that it has been buried in an area known for its (10) __________to the
government have been denied.
VI- Complete each numbered blank in the passage by ONE word from the list. There are
more words than you need.
A stutter makes it difficult to speak. For example, a st-st-stutter m-m-makes it d-d-d-
difficult to speak.
At the speech clinic of a university, the lecturer (1) __________an idea for helping his
stuttering students. He decided to give (2) __________some practical exercises. He knew that
stuttering is often caused by shyness, (3) __________he sent them to shops to ask for things
which the shop did not usually have in stock. He told them to ask for the object, then to ask (4)
__________it could be found, and then (5) __________to get there.
One result was a lot of requests for p-p-p-p-ping-p-p-pong or t-t-t-table t-t-t-t-tennis balls
(6) __________the university bookshop. At (7) __________the early customers were sent off
somewhere (8) __________. However, (9) __________the fifth student arrived, he found that the
bookshop had (10) __________ping- pong balls in stock to supply everyone in the university.
The shop manager was (11) __________. He said, “I don’t know what’s going (12)
__________. Why should people expect a bookshop to stock ping-pong balls? Well, we (13)
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puzzled at so many in had how when last
enough on up plays have where them what first else
__________to keep our customers happy. But (14) __________really worries me, though, is
why everyone who (15) __________ping-pong stutters.”
VII- Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the 4 options marked A, B,

C. Someone who uses plants in medicine D. A farmer
6. The phrase in this respect refers to ___________.
A. the development of human culture B. the development of the field of natural history
C. the use of plants for drugs and medicine D. the origin of knowledge of nature
7. The word “extract” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. design B. substance C. fungus D. ailment
8. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A. The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similar shaped organ.
B. Early herbalists were unimaginative.
C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine.
D. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant.
9. The word “rudiments” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. beginnings B. history C. requirements D. protocol
10. This passage would be most likely lead to a more specific discussion in the field of
A. zoology B. biology C. anatomy D. astrology
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