§Ò thi chän häc sinh giái líp 9 - THCS
N¨m häc 2007 – 2008
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh
(Test 1) Thêi gian: 150 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Question I: Phonetics (5 points)
a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1. a. passion b. pleasure c. decision d. measure
2. a. student b. stupid c. study d. studio
3. a. easy b. ear c. lean d. eat
b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. a. understand b. engineer c. benefit d. Vietnamese
2. a. money b. army c. afraid d. people
Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form.
1. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize)……………..
2. You always (complain)………………about my cooking.
3. Lan bought a new English book yesterday. She (read)…………….it tonight.
4. I could tell at a glance that the pile of the letters on my desk (disturb)......while I
(be)............out.
5. I (return)…………..the book as soon as I finish (read)…………it.
6. He wishes that he (work)………………harder but it’s too late now.
7. He can’t send E-mail because he (not get)…………a modern for his computer.
8. When we (get)…………….to the restaurant, we (find)…………that nobody
(remember)………….to reserve a table.
9. Hardly he (take)......... up the book when the phone (ring)..............
10.Were I your age, I (do)………………differently.
Question III: (15 points) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the
following sentences.
1. Nobody was injured in the accident,..........?
a. was there b. was he c. were they d. wasn’t it
2. She had changed so much that ............anyone recognized her.

2. He has great................in God. (believe)
3.In ...........to that, my bike tires were flat. (add)
4. An ...........man has stolen all our money. (know)
5. She divorced him because of his .................to the children. (kind)
6. The book was so................that I couldn't finish it. (bore)
7. He is so sad because the film ended ................. (happy)
8. It is usually forbidden to destroy..............buildings. (history)
9. Women nowadays have more ...........to participate in social activities. (free)
10. Every pupil was very ...............about the holiday. (excite)
Question V: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition.
1. We can see many stars .. . .. .the sky at night.
2. You remind me .. .. .. .. my sister.
3. They have only been there ............. a few minutes.
4. The canoe overturned and everyone fell ............the deep water.
5. How ..........going to Ben Thanh Market this afternoon?
6. I couldn’t meet Mrs. Chi because she's ..............
7. I'll come ........to pick her ...........at 8 o'clock
8. They named their daughter ............their favorite singers.
9. The passage is written ...............English
Question VI:(5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. They started laughing excited
2. I had these photos take by a good photographer
3. I find it very bored to listen to his lectures
4. I can’t get used to doing so difficult exercises
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5. She is the girl for that I am looking
Question VII: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the
paragraph.
Nowadays a lot of important inventions (1)..............carried out by scientists
(2)............for a large industrial firms. (3)................, there are still opportunities

®¸p ¸n - hd chÊm §Ò thi chän häc sinh giái líp 9
N¨m häc 2007 – 2008
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh
A.§¸p ¸n
Question I: Phonetics (5 points)
a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1. a. passion 2. c. study 3. b. ear
b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. c. benefit 2. c. afraid
Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form.
1. being recognized 6. had worked
2. are always complaining 7. hasn’t got/ gotten
3. is going to read 8. got/ found/ had remembered
4. had been disturbed/ was 9. had he taken/ rang
5. will return/ reading 10. would do
Question III: (15 points) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the
following sentences.
1. c. were they 9. d. had listened
2. b. hardly 10. c. go off
3. c. on duty 11. c. raise
4. d. any 12. b. on
5. b. that 13. d. unless
6. a. across 14. b.didn’t
7. c. but 15. d.much
8. a. I bought
Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket.
1. extremely 6. boring
2. belief 7. unhappily
3. addition 8. historical

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