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Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi
LớP 12 THPT, BTTHPT, LớP 9 THCS
Năm học 2007-2008
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh lớp 9 THCS
Ngày thi: 28 tháng 3 năm 2008
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề thi)
(Đề thi này gồm 03 trang)
Question 1:
a- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. spoon B. flood C. cook D. soon
2. A. looked B. moved C. rained D. carried
3. A. show B. power C. low D. snow
4. A. measure B. division C. pleasure D. insure
5. A. stomach B. switch C. match D. catch
b- Choose the word that has the different stress from the others :
1. A. complete B. company C. commit D. combine
2. A. register B. regular C. referee D. reference
3. A. famous B. curious C. numerous D. suspicious
Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. She (ask)....... me to tell about him several times.
2. When it (start)........ to rain, I still (try)....... to start the engine.
3. Your daughter (grow)......... a lot since I last saw her.
4. The presents (send)....... to John were very beautiful.
5. It wont be safe to use these stairs until they (repair)....... .
6. I didnt see anyone but I felt as though I (watch)......... .
7. He (look).......... fatter than some days ago.
8. You cant see the doctor. He (go)...... to Ho Chi Minh city and (not return).......... until next
month.

the symbols and abbreviations it contains.
A. using B. use C. to use D. having used
10. Let's go to the next party, ............... ?
A. shan't we B. won't we C. will us D. shall we
Question 5: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets:
1. Catching common cold is ............for everybody. (please)
2. It is a contest in which ..........have to read two poems in English. (participate)
3. I ............ met an old friend last week. (expect)
4. They are ........... ill patients. No modern techniques can cure them. (hope)
5. It’s not a very pretty town, but the ............ are beautiful. (surround)
6. A holiday in the USA is ...........cheap. (surprise)
7. Doctors and ... have reported on how we are affected by the noise around us. (science)
8. Don’t you think it would be ........ to see your teacher? (sense)
9. I enjoy going on long walks for a bit of .......... (relax)
10. Peter’s .........got worse as he returned to wear glasses. (eye)
Question 6:
a- Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer to fill in each blank:
Most British people go abroad on holiday, to visit family, or on short business trips.
People are....(1) to find out how to get urgent treatment before leaving the UK. They have
to .....(2) a form which explains what they.....(3) do if they fall ill or.......(4) an accident, and
what arrangements exist in .....(5) country for medical treatment. The regulations are fairly
simple but........(6) people do not have this information, they may .....(7) that private medical
care is extremely expensive. It is not unusual for people to discover that they do not have....
(8) money with them to....(9) the total cost and .....(10) such circumstances an already
difficult situation becomes even more complicated.
1. A. advised B. suggested C. said D. spoken
2. A. put B. bring C. fill D. get
3. A. ought B. will C. should D. may
4. A. have B. get C. happen D. take
5. A. their B. each C. one D. this

and Maria hasn't neither.
A B C D
4. David is particularly fond about cooking, and he often cooks very delicious meals.
A B C D
5. The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.
A B C D
b. Rearrange the order of words in these sentences in such a way that each of them
becomes a correctly expressed question.
1. have people many how the accepted invitation.
2. today library time does the what close.
Question 8: Rewrite these following sentences so that the meanings stay the same as the
one given:
1. It is easy for us to find the house.
We had .......
2. “Why don’t you complain to the company, Peter?” Said William.
William suggested ..........
3. You can leave only when I tell you.
Until .............
4. He is back from New York after three days there.
He has been ........
5. They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left.
Only after ..........
6. During his childhood the family lived in Cornwall.
His family ............
7. Fewer people die from flu than 50 years ago.
Not as .........
8. I have never been to Paris before.
This is ........
9. Their car is Italian. It’s big and red.
They’ve got.......

8. has gone / wont return
Question 3: (10 points)
1. from 6. by
2. on 7. about
3. from 8. during / to
4. across 9. Among
5. through
Question 4: (10 points)
1-B 6- B
2-C 7- C
3- A 8- B
4- D 9- A
5- C 10- D
Question 5: (10 points)
1. unpleasant 6. surprisingly
2. participants 7. scientists
3. unexpectedly 8. sensible
4. hopelessly 9. relaxation
5. surroundings 10. eyesight
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Question 6: (15 points)
a. 1. A. advised 6. D. if
2. D. get 7. C. find
3. C. should 8. A. enough
4. A. have 9. A. pay
5. B. each 10. B. in
b.
1. A bachelor's degree
2. A year or two
3. Lawyers and doctors


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