Phßng GD-§T §øc Thä Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi huyện năm học 2010-2011
M«n: TiÕng Anh líp 9
I.Choose the word that has different pronunciation from the others. ( 2,5 marks)
1. .A.promise B.horse C.exercise D.practise
2. A.monkey B.money C.donkey D.ink
3. A.kids B.roofs C.banks D.hats
4. A.local B.locate C.lonely D.love
5. A.washed B.considered C.booked D.hoped
6. A.homour B.honest C.honey D.heir
7. A.cell B.call C.cat D.count
8. A.bed B.setting C.get D.revise
9. A.sound B.touch C.down D.account
10.A.meal B.bread C.meat D.reason
II.Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (2,5 marks)
1.Jane has beeen sleeping for almost 11 hours.Don’t you think we should wake
her……..?(on,to,up,down)
2.John had his house……….into lastnight. (breaking,break,broke,broken)
3.We had to use our neighbor’s car today because ours was…(out of work,out of order,off duty,off
work)
4.I’m……….the habit of reading in bed. (in, on , of, with)
5.Jack has right to know.He ought ……….the news immediately.(be told, told ,being told ,to be
told)
6.I don’t feel good.I…………home from work tomorrow. (stay, am staying, will have stayed,
stayed)
7.The book………..of ten units. (comprises, consists, makes, has)
8.It’s raining heavily now,If only I………….an umbrella .(have, having, had had , had)
9.Don’t wear that dress becase it doesn’t ……..your yellow T-shirt. (match ,like, suit, fit)
10.Mrs Brown is very…………..She goes to church every day. (religion, region, religious,
churchgoer)
III.Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets : (2,5 marks)
1. He looked frightened as if he (see) a ghost


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)…….classse.A few
learn English by themselves or just by hearing the……(3)…….on the 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.Other people learn English because they want to
read……(10)….or magazines.
VII.Read the following passage and then fill in each gap with one suitable word . (2,5marks)
Everyone wants to reduce pollution.But pollution is…(1)..complicated as it is serious.It is
complicated…….(2)………much pollution is caused by things that benefit people.For
example,exhaust…(3)……automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution.But
automobiles……(4)…..transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the
material……(5)….pollutes the air and water,but factories give employment to a large…(6)…..of
people.Too much fertilizer or pesticide can ruin soil,but fertilizers and pesticide…(7)
…….important aids to the growing of crops.Thus,to end……(8)….greatly reduces pollution
immediately,people would have to……(9)….using many things that benefit them.Most people
donot want to do that,of course.But pollution can…(10)…..gradually reduced in several ways.
VIII.Complete each sentence of the following letter.( 2 marks)
1. Dear Liz,
2. It/ be/ long time /since/ I/ last hear/ you
3. you/ like/ come/ stay/ me/ cottage/ countryside ?
4. You/ your family/ welcome/ if/ want/ visit/ us
5. What about/ come/ the end/ next month ?
6. Write/ let /me/ know/ come
7. Yours truly,
8. Mai
College difficult evening

mark
1.teenagers 2.evening 3.language 4.hard 5.difficult
6.subjects 7.useful 8.studies 9.college 10.newspapers
VII.Read the following passage and then fill in each gap with one suitable word ..(2,5 marks)