ĐÁP ÁN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
BẬC PTCS CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC: 2004-2005
Đề chính thức Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Khoá ngày: 22-02-2005 Thời gian: 150 phút
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the space in each of the following sentences: (20pts)
1. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam is “on the ___________________”.
A. progress B. start C. begin D. move
2. When I __________________school, I’m going to work in a factory.
A. begin B. study C. leave D. learn
3. The trouble with Tom is that he never ___________________on time for meetings.
A. attends B. arrives C. goes D. gets
4. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be _______________all over the town.
A. see B. heard C. listened D. watched
5. Some people claim to be able to ___________________the future.
A. tell B. say C. foretell D. see
6. I’d like to buy a bracelet for my wife. What do you ___________________ ?
A. approve B. favor C. introduce D. recommend
7. What time is the __________________on rubber trees tomorrow evening ?
I think it’s at seven-thirty.
A. party B. seminar C. get-together D. festival
8. Have you handed in your job _____________________yet ?
A. request B. beg C. applicationD. enquiry
9. Did you see the __________________on TV last night ?
A. showings B. screens C. newsreels D. actions
10. This story ___________________about Le Van Tam, a young hero of Vietnam.
A. talks B. says C. is D. speaks
11. Why don’t we take Lisa ___________________with us on our next trip ?
A. on B. in C. up D. along
12. The test is taking place _____________________a week’s time.
A. in B. at C. for D. on

28. I wish I ____________________more chance to travel abroad.
A. have B. had C. would have D. shall have
29. When ______________________________English ?
A. has he begun to study B. has he begun study
C. did he begin to study D. did he begin study
30. My mother doesn’t like going to the theatre and ____________________.
A. neither do I B. neither go I C. neither I like D. neither I am
31. He’s a good guitarist, but he plays the piano ____________________.
A. more better B. more well C. for good D. far better
32. Anyone who __________________his work won’t be allowed to leave now.
A. don’t finish B. is not finishing C. has not finished D. will not finish
33. Your hair is long. Are you going to ________________________?
A. have it cut B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it cutting
34. I can carry only one of these two boxes. Please carry ____________________.
A. another B. the other C. the others D. others
35. Mary _____________________lazy preparing her lesson last night.
A. should be B. shouldn’t be C. should have been D. shouldn’t have been
36. I’ve got _________________money to lend you now. I think you can ask Lyn for some.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
37. She forgot _____________________off the cassette player before going to bed.
A. turning B. to turn C. having turned D. to have turned
38. Finally they ___________________rescue the people trapped in the burning houses.
A. could B. succeeded to C. were able to D. can
39. There’s nothing better to do; we _________________watch the play on TV.
A. may B. could have to C. must D. might as well
II. Use the correct forms of the words given: (10pts)
1. There’s an international __friendly____between Viet Nam and Laos this evening. (FRIEND)
2. The ___outbreak_______of the bird flu is worrying. (BREAK)
3. Those remote areas are still ___inaccessible______to the Internet.
(ACCESS)

__________________by the plastic manufacturers is the (15) _____________________of waste
plastic into a fuel.
1. A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood
2. A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
3. A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
4. A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
5. A. resources B. processes C. products D. fuels
6. A. remove B. import C. consign D. consume
7. A. percentage B. amount C. per cent D. rate
8. A. way B. kind C. form D. type
9. A. takes B. makes C. carries D. constitutes
10.A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubbish (2 options)
11.A. manufacture B. plant C. factory D. industry
12.A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
13.A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium
14.A. desired B. argued C. favored D. presented
15.A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement
IV. Read the following passage. Fill in each of the blanks with ONE appropriate word: (15pts)
Most people think of computers (1) _____as_____________very modern inventions,
products of our new technological ago. But (2) ___actually_______, the idea for a computer was
worked out (3) __about/over________two centuries ago by a man (4) __called/named_____
Charles Babbage.
Babbage was born in 1791 and (5) __grew______________up to be a brilliant
mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (6) ___which/that_____ he called
“engine”. But, (7) ___despite___________the fact that he started building some of these, he never
finished any of (8) __them________. Over the years people have argued whether his machines (9)
___could/would_________ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London (10)
___has________________finished building an engine (11) __based______________on one of
Babbage’s designs. It has (12) __taken__________ six years to complete and (13)
__more________than four thousand parts have been specially made. (14)

necessary for people to choose to learn a foreign language like a worldwide
common means of communication. That is why English has being chosen
by almost people to be a foreign language to master. More and more people
use English and the number of those who learns English as a foreign
language has been increased so rapidly that it is the highest nowadays.
(0)___of___
(1)_no_____
(2)_keeping
(3)_their___
(4) developed
(5)__it_____
(6)__as_____
(7)__been___
(8)__most___
(9)__learn__
(10) increasing
VII. (PART A: HS caûi caùch – PART B: HS thí ñieåm)
A. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed
before them: (20pts)
1. The prices have increased considerably in the past weeks.
There has been a considerable increase in the prices in the past weeks.
2. We don’t ever know whether she’s still wealthy.
For all we know she used to be wealthy.
3. Please don’t talk so loudly while I’m studying.
I’d rather you didn’t talk so loudly while I’m studying.
4. All my friends disagreed with me.
None of my friends agreed with me.
5. May I borrow your car tonight, Dad?
Would you mind lending me your car tonight, Dad?
6. If you have finished your homework by midnight, you can go to the party.