UBND huyện Cao Lãnh
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
-------------
-----Đề chính thức-----
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN KHỐI 9
Năm học 2010-2011
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trường . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chữ ký GT 1 Chữ ký GT 2
SBD: . . . . . . . Số phách: . . . . . . . .
Điểm Chữ ký GK1 Chữ ký GK 2
Số phách: . . . . . .
I) Choose the word in each group that has the underline part pronounced differently
from the rest (2,5ms):
1) a – eat b – hat c – that d – hate
2) a – brother b – money c – love d – lose
3) a – mind b – window c – find d – tidy
4) a- float b – noun c- about d – out
5) a – great b – hate c – heat d – afraid
6) a – floor b – door c – more d – too
7) a – at b – hate c – ate d – late
8) a – feel b – ill c – we d – see
9) a – spend b – pen c – she d – men
10) a – thing b – there c – their d – this
II) Vocabulary (3ms):
A) Complete each sentence with an antonym word (1,5ms):
1) Rice and tea aren’t imports in Viet nam. They are . . . . . . . . . in Viet Nam.
2) Nguyen Hue is a broad street. It is not a . . . . . . . . . street.
3) This movie is not interesting. It’s . . . . . . . . . . . .
4) I’m not free on Monday evening. I’m . . . . . . . . . . on Monday evening.

2) I rely . . . . . . the buses for getting . . . . . . . and fro.
3)You should go . . . . . . foot. It’s only a question . . . . . . . . habit.
4) Turn the lights . . . . . . . We must economize . . . . . . . . . electricity.
5) The radio isn’t working because you haven’t plugged it . . . . . . . . . .
6) I’m not accustomed . . . . . . . . . getting involved . . . . . . . other people’s business.
IV) Do as directed in parentheses (4ms):
1) He studied hard in his youth, and that contributed to his success in later life.
(Combine into one sentence using Relative pronoun)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
2) I can assure you I will arrange everything in time. (Change into passive voice)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
3) Come and see me tomorrow. (Add a question tag)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
4) The problems were so complicated that the teacher couldn’t explain in an hour.
(Rewrite the sentence using “too . . .for . . . to“ or “enough for“)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
5) He showed his father the burst ball. He asked him fix it. (Rewrite a new sentence
using a present participle)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
6) a – There is too much furniture in the room. We don’t have enough space for the
meeting.
2
THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯC VIẾT VÀO ĐÂY
b – Lan was very busy. She couldn’t go to the movies with us. (Combine sentence (a)
into one and sentence (b) is the same by choosing “so. . . that“ or “such . . .that“)
- ...........................................................................................................................................
- ...........................................................................................................................................
- ...........................................................................................................................................
7) Which is (interesting), this book or that one? Who among them is (studious) in our
class? (Rewrite these sentences using the comparative or superlative)

made for a bank to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week.
Unfortunenately, it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well,
there was only one person in the audience because, though the bank was under cover,
the audiences were not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat. After an
hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and asked whether he had a special
3
request “yes, I have,” said the man, “please finish as soon as you can. I’m the keeper of
this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home”
A) Choose the best answer (2ms)
1) What was the weather like when the band first performed?
A – It was fine. B – It was rainy.
C – It was stormy. D – It was sunny.
2) The band performed . . . . ..
A – In the park. B – In a large theatre.
C – On the beach D – In the middle of the room.
3) Who was the man the conductor talked to?
A – He was a musician. B – He was the keeper of the park.
C – He was a person who liked music much
D – He was a beggar.
4) The band . . . . . . . . . .
A – Performed in an hour B – Did not play well so nobody liked it.
C – Couldn’t perform because they were wet.
D – Had to lock the gates after the performance.
B) Questions: (1m)
1) How many people listened to the band?
- ...........................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................
2) In your idea, is this show successful? Why or Why not?