ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH
Năm học 2007-2008
Điểm của toàn bài thi Họ, tên, chữ ký Số phách
(Do trưởng ban
chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số Bằng chữ
- Giám khảo số 1 :
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- Giám khảo số 2 :
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SECTION I: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2,4 points)
(Listen to this piece and do the following tasks – You will hear each part twice)
Part 1: Listen and number the pictures in the order you hear.
Answers:
1_________ 2__________ 3__________ 4__________ 5_________ 6___________
Part 2: Listen again and fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear.
7. The weekend picnic I enjoyed most was just _______________________ weeks ago.
8. My class decided to pay ___________________________ to the Botanical Garden.
9. We met at the _________________________________ on time.
10. We made a short_______________________________ round the garden.
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Đề chính thức
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 90 phút . (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề này có 07 trang
(Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi)
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TUYÊN QUANG
11. One of the boys brought along his_______________________ and we sang our favourite songs.
12. In the afternoon, we went on ____________________________ more games.
SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (9,6 points)

A. four-days B. four-day C. fourth-day D. fourth-days
27. My mother often spends two hours a day ……………….. the housework.
A. to do B. does C. doing D. to be doing
28. This is Mrs Lan …………………son is our new English teacher.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
29. When we arrived at the station, my friends…………………………..
A. had left B. have left C. having left D. left
30. Would you mind …………………..me about your story?
A. to tell B. telling C. told D. to be telling
31. I used to ………………….. football with my friends after school when we were boys.
A. played B. play C. playing D. be played
32. She is not very beautiful…………………she is intelligent.
A. but B. so C. and D. therefore
33. This food tastes very ………………………..
A. well B. better C. good D. badly
34. She told me that she _______ my sister the week before.
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A. had seen B. would meet C. saw D. has seen
35. He preferred__________ television to _________ to the cinema.
A. watching/ go B. to watch/ go C. to watch/ going D. watching/ going
36. She was told____________ the office phone for personal calls.
A. don’t use B. not to use C. not using D. not use
37. I have three brothers, ____________ are businessmen.
A. who they all B. that all of them C. all of whom D. who all of them
38. I wish I ___________ there yesterday afternoon!
A. was B. had been C. were D. would have been
39. Either John or his brothers ___________ the key to the car.
A. have taking B. has taken C. have taken D. has been taken
40. The job offer was too good for him to turn _______________.
A. down B. out C. off

58. We bought this house at a ________________________ price. REASON
59. I caught the train at the ___________________ station. CENTRE
60. I met some ___________________at the park last week. FOREIGN
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (4 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
Do you think computer games are just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be (61)
____________to learn that the games industry now makes more money than Hollywood.
(62)__________ a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games.
It is hardly surprising that video gaming has (63) __________ one of the most popular forms of
entertainment today. A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (64) _________, capture your
imagination and play with your emotions.
The big (65) __________, however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime. You have not to
say how the plot (66) __________ or which characters dominate the story. (67)_________ computer
games, you direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting. Finding the right game is likely to
signal the beginning of a lasting love (68)_________ with the interactive world of make – believe . It is
wrong to think (69)__________ gaming as something simply for children and teenagers. In fact , the
(70)_________ growth area of the market is the 35-35 age group.
61. A. concerned B. admired C. surprised D. startled
62. A. As soon as B. As well as C. As far as D. As long as
63. A. begun B. grown C. sounded D. become
64. A. gaze B. attention C. breath D. control
65. A. gap B. variety C. difference D. direction
66. A. becomes B. develops C. turns D. produces
67. A. Along B. With C. For D. About
68. A. match B. story C. secret D. affair
69. A. of B. on C. at D. off
70. A. longest B. widest C. biggest D. deepest
Part 2: Read the following passage then decide which the best choice is by circling the best
answer A, B, C or D.

reception desk, they said they were full. I had booked rooms for the group but the manager said they
were cancelled by phone a few days before. He insisted that he recognized my voice and that I had made
the phone call. We had a bit of an argument but they obviously didn't have enough rooms. In the end, the
manager phoned hotels in the town and found rooms for everyone but in four different hotels. By
this time, the coach had gone, so we had to get taxis and some of the tourists started to get very angry
with me. I still don't know who made that phone call but it definitely wasn't me.
76. What is the writer trying to do?
A. argue B. apologize C. explain D. complain
77. Who was the text written to?
A. one of the tourists B. the writer's employer
C. the hotel manager D. the coach company
78. Why weren't there any rooms available at the Hotel Riviera?
A. A conference was taking place there. B. There were more people in the group than expected.
C. Someone had forgotten to book them. D. Someone had said they were not needed.
79. What happened in the end?
A. The tourists got angry with the hotel manager. B. The tourists couldn't stay together.
C. The writer found other hotels with rooms. D. The writer called the coach driver back.
80. Which of the following diaries was written by one of the tourists?
A. Someone had made a mistake with our hotel booking and the hotel had given our rooms to other
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