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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS VÒNG TỈNH
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút
( Đề thi gồm 4 trang)

ĐỀ 4
I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest. Circle the letter you choose (10 pts)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

a. journey
a. collection
a. gather
a. sightseer
a. exchange
a. sugar
a. comprise
a. ache
a. laughed

d. websibe
d. champagne
d. earned
d. bananas

II. Circle the best answer among a, b, c, d to complete each of the following sentences. (10pts)

1. That’s Bob’s, ................?
a. is he

b. isn’t he

c. is it

d. isn’t it

c.can

d. could

c. go on

d. come on

c. was being taught

d. taught

c. writer



c. How

d. Whatever

7. ................ you say, I won’t believe you any more.
a. However

b. What

8. He climbed up the tree _____ to pick the apples before the wind blew them off
a. so
b. in order
c. so that

d. for

9. Next summer, we’re _____ a swimming pool built in our garden.
a. making
b. deciding
c. letting

d. having

10.I _____ very well with my father now, we never have any arguments
a. go on
b. carry on
c. get on

d. put on

isn’t it ?
10. ………………
IV. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right form. ( 10 pts )
1. Don’t worry! She (be) in a few minutes.
2. She (sleep) for hours ! you must wake her up.
3. Tom (wash) his hands. He has just repaired the T.V set.
4. Don’t forget to bring my dictionary when you ( come) back tomorrow.
5. We would rather (stay) at home than go out on rainy days.
6.I’m sorry. I (not finish) this work yet.
7. I ( invite) to her party last weekend.
8. I’d rather we (have) more time together.
9. Is Lan used to (write) to Maryam?
10. It took Mary two hours (travel) to the countryside last week.
* Answer
1.........................
2............................
3................................
4.........................
5............................
6................................
7. .........................
8. .........................
9. ..............................
10. .........................
V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given word in capital. (10
pts)
1. A child receives its early .............. at home.
EDUCATE
2. Which is .............., movie or play?
INTEREST

5. We have to test these products before exporting.
=> These
………………………………………………………………………….
6. My advice for you is to get there on time.
=> I’d rather ……………………………………………………………………..
7. Neither Tim nor Mary can speak Portugese.
=> Both …………………………………………………………………………..
8. Marco told me not to forget my tennis racket
=>Marco said: “…………………………………………………………………”
9. “Do you know where Tony is ? ”- I asked my brother.
=> I asked my brother ............................................................................................
10. The flood was so high that they had to live on the roofs.
=> It was such……….............................................................................................
VII: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. (10
points)
George Holmes has (1) ………… a lottery ticket once a week for as long
as he can (2) ………… , but he won’t be doing that any more. He (3) …………
to dream about what he would do if he ever (4) ………… a big prize but he
never really (5)………… this to happen. However, on Saturday George (6)
………… the news that would change his life forever – he had become a
millionaire! In (7) ………… , his lucky ticket had rewarded him with £3.7


million. The first thing he did was to (8) ………… some flowers delivered for
his wife – one thousand red roses, to be exact. George (9) ………… that the
money won’t change his life completely but he has (10) ………… his wife to
fly to the Caribbean with him, on their first holiday abroad for more than ten years.
1.A
2.A
3.A

spent
know
used
put
felt
sent
fact
book
insists

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

earned
remember
needed
ordered
expected
handled
case
get
speaks


There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are
the most important ones. Two-thirds of the world’s population speaks those
languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue.
Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many
people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more
speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than one billion
Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the land area in
the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New
Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages. In many
countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than threefourths of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than three-fifths of the
radio stations broadcast programs in English. More than half of the scientific
and research journals are in English. English is the language of international
communication.
1. Chinese is the most important language.
2. About 66.6 per cent of the world’s population speak six major languages
3. Vietnamese speak English as their first language.
.
4. 75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English
5. 40 per cent of the world’s radio stations use English
6. English has more speakers than Chinese
7. People in India speak English as their second language
8. People in New Dehli cannot speak English


9. People in France speak English as their foreign language
10. People in Australia also speak English.
IX. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition: 10 points)
It’s very difficult to find work ……………… the moment.
This service is free ……………… charge.
In many ways you take ………………your mother.

………
4) driver / stop / car / time / save / child. //
……………………………………………………………………………………
………
5) Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play, / it ? //
……………………………………………………………………………………
………
6)It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.
……………………………………………………………………………………
………
7) Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //
……………………………………………………………………………………
………
8) He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //
……………………………………………………………………………………
………
9) I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course. //


……………………………………………………………………………………
………
10) It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. //
……………………………………………………………………………………
………


ĐÁP ÁN
I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest. Circle the letter you choose (10 p)
Q


a

c

d

d

10
d

II. Circle the best answer among a, b, c, d to complete each of the following sentences.
(10pts) (10 p).
Q

1

2

3

4

5

6

7


6. on → to
2. will be → is
7. can → could
3. did I go → I went
8. to make → making
4. were → was
9. lately → late
5. wasn’t → didn’t
10. isn’t → hasn’t
IV. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right form. ( 10 pts )
1. will be
2. has slept
3. is washing
4. come
5. stay

6. have not fininshed
7. was invented
8. had
9. writing
10. to travel

V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the given word in capital. (10 pts)
1. education
2. interesting
3. carefully
4. rewrite
5. celebrations

6. painful


4

5

6

7

8

9

Key

D

C

B

A

C

D

B

C

3/ My family and I spent two months planning our summer holiday.
4/ The driver stopped his car in time to save the child.
5/ Boxing is too dangerous for her to play , isn’t it ?
6./ It is difficult to learn English (well) without a good dictionary. .
7/ Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most comfortable.
8/ He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded
9/ I hope my English will be considerably improved at the end of the ( this ) course .
10/ It is difficult to prevent people from parking here.