Full name: ENGLISH TEST
Duration: 120 minutes
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (1 point)
1. A. greet B. season C. reach D. great
2. A. succeed B. seat C. please D. pleasure
3. A. new B. knew C. sew D. few
4. A. teacher B. church C. watch D. architect
II/ Circle the best answer: (3 points)
1. Most children enjoy ______ advertisement on TV.
A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. to watching
2. The first colour TV pictures ______ in 1928.
A. produced B. were produced C. is produced D. produce
3. I don’t like using the internet because it has become ______ .
A. benefits B. advantages C. limitations D. disadvantage.
4. Everyone has read the latest news on the website,______?
A. hasn’t he B. haven’t they C. don’t they D. doesn’t he
5. I______ for 2 hours but my friends ______ come yet.
A. waiting/didn’t B. have waited/hasn’t
C. have been waiting/haven’t D. have waited about/haven’t.
6. The interviewer asked her______ her name______.
A.what/was B. if/was C. what/is D. if/is.
7. I haven’t heard any news of Peter______1999.
A. in B. since C. on D. before
8. Jeans were first______ in Europe.
A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. worn
9.he is too busy______ care of her.
A. taking B. to take C. took D. taken
10. He is the best fashion______ I have known
A. design B. designers C. designer D. designing
11. The Singaporean______is Singapore dollar.
A. currency B. capital C. language D. climate.

6. The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim.
The sea was too_____________________________
VI/ Finish the following sentences by rearranging words or phrases given:
(1 point)
1. Time/to go the part tomorrow/I don’t have/enough.
2. To touch the ceiling/too/I’m/short.
3. Like/eating/that/he didn’t/he was/tired/so.
4. You /has he/before/he has never met?

The end!
1. You have had a fever for a week , you __________ better see a doctor .
A. are B. should C. had D. would
2. Who was the first American person ____________ on the moon ?
A. walking B. who walks C. walked D. to walk
3. “ Are we about to have lunch ?” yes, it ___________in the dinner room.”
A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served
4. Remarks that children make can be ___________ and amusing .
A. delighted B. delighting C. delightful D. delight
5. I wish you ___________-that ! it’s a really annoying habit.
A. didn’t do B. wouldn’t do C. couldn’t do D. don’t do
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC M’ĐRĂK Đề Thi Đề Nghị Học Sinh Giỏi Cấp Huyện Năm Học 2007 –
2008
Trường THCS Trần Hưng Đạo Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
( Thời gian 150 phút )
PART ONE : PHONETIC :
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three . (5 pts)
1. A. hear B. clear C. bear D. ear
2. A. heat B. great C. beat D. beak
3. A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool
4. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo

II/ Fill in each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . ( 10 pts )
E – mail is such a 1(PAIN) _________way to write letter . I’ve never found it easy to put pen to paper, not
even to say “thank you “ for presents sent by 2(THINK)_______relatives. They must have thought I was so
3(GRATITUDE)______. Now there’s no stopping me! I type away 4(END)_______on my computer ,all type
of messages to all types of people. E - mail has all the benefits of a word processor and none of the tedious
5(ADVANTAGE)_________of writing by hand . It’s better than the letter because you can edit it, quickly and
6(EFFORT)________,and it’s instant like the phone but without the need to talk! And sending an e- mail is so
7(WONDER)________fast: just press the button and it’s gone.
By contrast, the Web is extremely overrated and sometimes so slow that it’s 8(PRACTICE) _______
What’s more, Web sites are not 9(DATE) __________and a lot of the information is 10(USE) _________
I think it’s a joke in that respect – not a very good one.
III / Fill each of blanks with the correct form of the word given . (10 pts)
1. Most ghost stories are set in ____________ old house or castles. ( MYSTERY )
2. The book was found ____________boring , so the teacher chose another . ( BELIEVE)
3. Those pollutants have ________ the lives of many seabirds in the past few years. (DANGER)
4. The man’s application was turned down because he was fully ____________ . (QUALIFY )
5. The boss created ____________ of promotion when favoured male candidates . ( EQUAL )
6. What a ___________! She has the heating switched off all winter . ( MEAN)
7. Today tourists come from all over the world to see the _______of the famous city of Pompeii.
(REMAIN)
8. We killed the time ___________ doing that funny crossword . ( ENJOY )
9. The __________ of the roads should be designed to cope with an increase in traffic. (WIDE)
10. We live in a __________ society . Ther are so many things we can re-use. (THROW)
PART THREE : READING COMPREHENSION:
I/ Fill in each of blanks with ONE suitable word . (10 pts)
Many rivers and lakes around the world are polluted. The discharge of waste materials by factories and
households (1) ________ pollution to rivers and lakes. The Rhine river in europe and the Great lakes in North
America are good (2) _________ of a river and lakes that are polluted. Their water can’t be (3) _______.The
(4) ______thing is happening to the sea. In one instance,certain factories in Japan dumped industrial (5)
_________in to the sea. Many people suffered (6) _______lead or mercury poisoning after eating fish (7)

He________________________________________________________________________
3. There was a banyan tree here a few years ago, but now there isn’t.
There used_________________________________________________________________
4. The sea was so cold that we couldn’t swim.
The sea was too____________________________________________________________
5. You’re the worst guitarist in the world .
No one _________________________________________________________________
6. “ Let’s check everything once more. ” said the main in chief .
The main in chief suggested ___________________________________________________
7. Although the fish appears to be harmless ,it is quite dangerous.
Contrary to _________________________________________________________________
8. It is acknowledged that VietNam had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the
epidemic
VietNam is _________________________________________________________________
9. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did she .
He forgot ____________________________________________________________________
10. We couldn’t have managed it if our father hadn’t encouraged us.
If it ___________________________________________________________________________
II/ Use the prompts provided to write full sentences to make a complete informal letter. ( 30 pts)
Dear Mary,
1. Thank / letter.// I / please / hear / your news / better / last time / you / write / me.//
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2. Both / parents / send / love.//
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3. Last week I / buy / new jeans / new shop / centre / town.//
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4. Satff / be / very helpful .//
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5. I / have / try / eight different pairs / majority / be / too tight or / right colour.//
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