PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
HUYỆN TRỰC NINH Môn : Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Họ và tên thí sinh dự thi: ..............................................................................
Ngày, tháng, năm sinh: ......../...../...................... Số báo danh:.........................
Trường THCS ......................................................................... ……………...
Chú ý : Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này
Đề thi gồm 4 trang
Họ, tên và chữ ký 2 giám khảo
Giám khảo 1: .................................
Giám khảo 2 : ................................
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently (1pt)
1. A. pleased B. pleasure C. easy D. teacher
2. A. passed B. helped C. forced D. learned
3. A. journey B. mountain C. house D. hour
4. A. gather B. think C. their D. brother
5. A. abroad B. primary C. pal D. additional
II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence (2 pts)
1.You will not pass the exam _______________ working harder.
A. unless B. if C. without D. although
2. You’d better do your homework before going to class, ____________?
A. wouldn’t you B. hadn’t you C. would you D. had you
3. Her parents never ______________ her to go out after 8 p.m.
A. make B. allow C. let D. agree
4. It was raining very _______________ , so we had to put off our picnic.
A. wet B. badly C. hard D. heavy
5. The material, called Jeans was named ____________ sailor from Genoa.
A. after B. as C. like D. with
6. Every thing is all right, ______________?

I (0.learn _have been learning_) English for ten years now. But last year (1. not work
___________) hard enough for English, that’s why my marks were not really good then. As I want
to pass my English exam successfully next year, I (2. study ____________ ) harder this term.
During my last summer holidays, my parents (3. send ________________) me on a language
course to London. It was great and I think have learned a lot.
Before I went to London, I hadn’t enjoyed (4. learn __________) English. But while (5. do
___________) the language course, I met lots of young people from all over the world. There I (6.
notice _____________) how important it (7. be ________) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
At the moment, I (8. revise ________________) English grammar. And I (9. already/begin
_____________________) to read the texts in my English textbooks again. I think I (10. do
____________) one unit every week.
V. There is an error in each sentence, underline and correct it. (1pt) (do as the example)
0. My brother are going to study in New York next month.
1. Don’t be so impatiently. We’ve only been waiting a few minutes.
2. I’ll never forget to hear this piece of music for the first time.
3. In the 18
th
century, workers liked to wear jean cloth because the
material making from cotton was very strong and could hardly wear out.
4. Mr. Smith has his eyes test twice a year.
5. Collecting stamps is one of my hobby.
0._____is________
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
VI. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to fill in each blank in this paragraph. (2 pts)
The language of clothes
We don’t only choose clothes to make us look (1_____), we also use them to tell the world

3. What cause a lot of disadvantages for Indonesian?
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4. Where do most people of its people live?
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5. Why does it have so many islands?
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VIII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. (2pts)
Ba’s home (1) _____________ lies near the foot of a (2) _____________ and by a river.
Getting to the village is an interesting (3) ______________. People have a chance to travel (4)
___________ the green paddy fields, cross a small bamboo forest before they (5)______________ a
big old banyan tree at the entrance (6)_____________ the village. Walking up the mountain, people
can visit the shrine of a young Vietnamese hero and enjoy the (7) ____________air there. Besides,
they can also take a (8) _______________ for sightseeing on the river or have a picnic on the river
(9) ______________ . It’s a wonderful (10) ______________ for resting.
IX. Use the suggested words in brackets to rewrite the following sentences so that their
meaning stay the same: ( 2pts)
1. Who taught you grammar last year? ( who )
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information. ( if )
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. No other town in India is as large as Calcutta. ( largest )
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4. We couldn’t answer the question because it is too hard. ( too )
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. I’m always nervous when I travel by air. ( makes )
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6. I am sorry I was rude to you yesterday. ( apologize )
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7. She liked Paris very little, and Rome less. ( boring ).
She thought Rome .........................................................................................................................

1. sister / wear / new aodai / only twice / since / she / buy / it.
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2. wear / uniforms / encourage / students / proud / school.
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3. I / be / very grateful / if you / send / details / courses / fees
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4. I / sorry / I / not / write / you / long time / long time / but / I / be / very / busy
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5. I / enjoy / watch / detective films / but I / not / like / read / detective stories.
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6. What / be / title / film / you / see / TV / last night /?
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7. some / designers / modernized / aodai / print / lines / poetry / it.
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8. He / study / English / over / four / years / but / want / improve / listening skill.
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9. I / not / have / a computer / not / finish / my report / yet.
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10. He / used / to / have / breakfast / home / when / he / be / small.
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH 9
NĂM HỌC 2010 – 2011
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently (1pt) Mỗi câu khoanh đúng cho 0,2 điểm
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D
II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence (2 pts)
Mỗi câu khoanh đúng cho 0,2 điểm
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. A

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. B
VII. Read this passage carefully then answer the following question. ( 2pts)
Mỗi câu làm đúng cho 0,4 điểm, sai lỗi chính tả: một lỗi trừ nửa số điểm của câu đó, sai
hai lỗi trừ hết số điểm, sai lỗi ngữ pháp không cho điểm
1. It / Indonesia / is in the South East Asia.
2. Yes, it is
3. Many active volcanoes ( some of which) cause a lot of advantages for Indonesian.
Many active volcanoes do.
4. They / Most people / live on the island of Java.
5. Because it has a very long coatline and very few borders.
VIII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. ( 2pts)
Mỗi câu làm đúng cho 0,2 điểm
1. village 2. mountain 3. journey 4. between 5. reach
6. to 7. fresh 8. boat 9. bank 10. place
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