Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 năm học 2008 - 2009

SUBJECT : ENGLISH
Time: 150 minutes
Họ và tên:……………………..
Trường:……………………….
A. PHONETICS (1 point)
Choose a word that has different pronounced pattern.
1. A. hour B. house C. hold D. help
2. A. overhead B. teammate C. speaker D. bean
3. A. arrive B. separate C. marine D. award
4. A. ploughed B. published C. ordered D. prayed
B. Vocabulary & grammar
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
(2.5 points)
1. After a month, Hoa got used to....................... in her new school.
A. study B. studying C. studied D. is studying
2. They have never............................. any experience of living in the country.
A. had B. wished C. done D. made
3. Last Tuesday her son was absent from school........................ of his illness.
A. Because B. instead C. though D. but
4. Do you....................... my turning the television on now?
A. want B. object C. mind D. disapprove
5. The children...........................................to go at once.
A. will B. had better C. must D. have
6. Take this road and you will.............................. at the hotel in five minutes.
A. arrive B. come C. find D. reach
7. My brother feels......................... again after his operation.
A. strongly B. strength C. strong D. enough
strong
8. Wait...................... you get home before you unpack your parcel.

arts..... .What do you like best in your neighborhood? Please, write to me.
I have to stop now to go to sing class. I'm looking forward to hear from you soon.
With best wishes,
Yours truly,
Hoa
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6........................7............................8.............................9.....................10......................
C. READING
I. Read the text and answer the questions. ( 1.5 points)
One of the biggest problem for many people in big cities is lone lines-they don't
have anyone to talk to. Read what Trudie Pollock, a psychiatrist in London says.
I see many people every year with the same problem. They are lonely. They
don't usually say they are lonely -they usually say they have problems with their jobs,
their home life or that they can't sleep or work well or that they are unhappy. But
when I talk to them .I find it is often because they don't know enough people to spend
time with ,or they find it difficult to meet people.
There are thousands of people like this in London-students far away from their
families for the first time, young people who move to London to work ,mother with
children , old people living alone.
These people don't need hospitals or drugs- they need other people. I help them to
think how they can meet other people and make friends. Some people can join clubs.
Other can learn something new, e.g., a new language, yoga, cooking at evening
classes and meet people there. Young mother can join mother and baby clubs and
there are social clubs for old people.
There are lots of ways to meet people in London and my job is just giving them
information and advice.
Answer the questions
1. Do people usually tell psychiatrist they are lonely?
2. What do they say ?
3. Are there many lonely people in London?

College English difficult evening hard language
Newspapers studies easy subjects teenagers useful
Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young
children. Others are (1)……….. . Many are adults. Some learn at school, others learn
in (2)……….classes. A few learn English by themselves or just by hearing the (3)
…… on television or among their friends. Most people must work (4)……….. to
learn English. Why do these people want to learn English? It isn’t (5) ……… to
answer that question. Young children learn English at school because it is one of their
(6)……….. . Many adults learn English because it is (7)………….for their work.
Teenagers often learn English for their higher (8)………., because some of their
books are in English at (9)….... or university. Others people learn English because
they want to read (10)…………….or magazines in English.
D. Writing
I. Read the first sentences, and the complete the second sentence with the same
meaning. (2.5)
1. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
The Statue…………………………………………………………………………….
2. They have just sold that old house.
That old house.……………………………………………………………………….
3. “ Do you know the name of the person who first climbed Mount Everest? “ He said
He asked me………………………………………………………………………….
4. It was such a hard cake that I couldn’t eat it.
The cake……………………………………………………………………..…………
5. She last ate this of food in January.
She hasn’t……………………………………………………………………………
6. Linh is a better cook than Hoa.
Hoa can’t……………………………………………….………………………………
7. Walking in the rain gives my brother please.
My brother enjoys…………………………………………………………………….
8. We don’t have enough money, so we can’t buy that house.

B. Vocabulary & Grammar (7.5)
I. (2.5 points)
1 - B 2 - A 3 - A 4 - C 5 - D 6 - A 7 - C 8 - B 9 - D 10 - D
II. (2.5 points)
1. - flight 6. - unfortunately
2. - accommodation 7. - oceanic
3. - departure 8. - mountainous
4. - arrival 9. - southern
5. - daily 10. - recognized
III. (2.5 points)
1. thanks -> thank 6. is -> are
2. send - > sent 7. plays -> play
3. a -> an 8. beside -> besides
4. five -> fifth 9. sing - > singing
5. kitchens -> kitchen 10. hear -> hearing
C. Reading
I. (1.5 points)
Answer the questions
1. No. People don’t usually tell the psychiatrist they are lonely.
2. They say they have problems with their jobs, their home life, or that they can’t
sleep or work well or that they are unhappy.
3. Yes. There are thousands of lonely people in London.
4. She talks about students, young people, and mothers with young children and old
people.
5. She says they need other people.
6. They can go to sports clubs, evening classes, mother and baby clubs and social
clubs.
II. (2.5 points)
1 - B 2 - A 3 - A 4 - B 5 - D 6 - A 7 - C 8 - D 9 - C 10 - D
III. (2.5 points)