ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2010 2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Question I. (LISTENING)
You will hear two tourists; Sally and Peter talking in a coffee shop. Listen to the dialogue
carefully and choose the correct letter A, B or C to confirm the information you hear.
1. How long has Sally been waiting?
A. five minutes B. twenty minutes C. thirty minutes
2. What caused Peter problems at the bank?
A. The exchange rate was down. B. He was late. C. The computers weren’t working.
3. Who did Peter talk to at the bank?
A. an old friend B. an American man C. a German man
4. Henry gave Peter a map of
A. the city. B. the bus routes. C. the train system.
5. What do Peter and Sally decide to order?
A. food and drinks B. just food C. just drinks
Question II. Choose the word whose stressed syllable is different from the rest in each group.
6. A. minister B. dependent C. encourage D. agreement
7. A. lemon B. physics C. decay D. decade
8. A. favorable B. talkative C. successful D. beautiful
9. A. salary B. essential C. industry D. interview
10. A. television B. advertisement C. dictionary D. supervisor
Question III. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
11. Your plan is similar ………………….mine.
A. with B. to C. in D. of
12. Robots may be …………………………….the housework for us in the future.
A. used to do B. used to doing C. using to do D. using to doing
13. Are you saying you ……………….her again?
A. never saw B. never will see C. will never see D. would ever see
14. Jane said she ………………….18 years old the next week.
A. was B. is C. will be D. would be

contestant must be (31) _______ . If a Miss WorId fails to live up to people's expectations, she
may, be (32) _______. The organizers of the major beauty contests represent their contests (33)
_______ being events of world importance. (34) _______, many other people consider beauty
contests to be (35) _______ entertainment event of no great importance.
26. A. set B. based C. regarded D. used
27. A. trace B. explain C. pass D. share
28. A. renewed B. removed C. renamed D. retained
29. A. nation B. national C. internationale D. international
30. A. interest B. participate C. excite D. involve
31. A. single B. married C. impressive D. attractive
32. A. dismissed B. declared C. disqualified D. dispensed
33. A. of B. to C. for D. as
34. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Furthermore
35. A. mass B. popular C. agreeable D. remarkable.
Question V: Speaking; Imagine that you are going shopping in a foreign shop and you want to
buy a shirt. What does the shop assistant say? And what should you say to deal with your task
successfully? Read the following dialogue and fill in the missing information. Write your full
sentence in your answer paper.
AT THE SHOP
Shop assistant: Good morning! (36)…………………………………………………….?
Customer: I would like to buy a T-shirt.
Shop assistant: (37)………………………………………………… you?
Customer: Uh! Size XL, please.
Shop assistant: (38)………………………………………………… ?
Customer: I’d like the blue one. (39) ……………………………………on?
Shop assistant: Of course. Here is the shirt.
Customer: How much is it?
Shop assistant: 10 dollars, Sir!
Customer: Ok! I (40)……………………………………
Question VI: Supply the correct form of the words in each blank of the following sentences.

49.The addiction to video games can be so powerful that it can _____ .
A. make people relaxing B. destroy people's instincts
C. separate boys from girls D. make people physically ill
50. Compared with boys of the same age, girls are_______ .
A. more addicted to video games B. more intelligent than boy
C. more concentrated on video games D. less influenced by video games
Question VIII: Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the one printed before.
51. The book interested me more than the film.
=>I thought…………………………………………………………………………………………
52. No, please don’t tell him.
=> I’d rather you ……………………………….…………………………………………………
53. You travel much. You know much about the world.
=> The ……………………………………………………………………………………………
54. They said that the man was a famous composer.
=> The man………………………………………………….……….……………………………
55. There is no milk left
=>We………………………………………………………………………………………………
Question IX: Imagine that you have just returned from an interesting trip to a countryside/
mountain or another country. Write a short essay (150-> 180 words) to describe your trip.
_______________THE END________________
PHÒNG GD-ĐT VĨNH TƯỜNG HD CHẤM THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Question I: 1 điểm – 0,2 điểm / 1 đáp án đúng.
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A
Question II. 0,5 điểm – 0,1 điểm / 1 đáp án đúng.
6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. B
Question III. 1,5 điểm – 0,1 điểm / 1 đáp án đúng.
11. B 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C
16. B 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. D