PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC BÙ GIA MẬP
TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO
ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TRƯỜNG
Năm học 2009-2010 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 90 phút . (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề này có 05 trang
(Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi)
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. Circle A,
B, C or D: ( 10 pts)
1. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. booked
2. A. thick B. thorough C. healthy D. weather
3. A. like B. lively C. live D. life
4. A. cook B. blood C. school D. look
5. A. feat B. great C. seat D. fear
6. A. flame B. hate C. page D. adventure
7. A. sugar B. settle C. surprise D. sentence
8. A. helped B. liked C. watched D. hated.
9. A. good B. book C. foot D. food
10. A. lie B. height C. weight D. Pie
II: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets( 10 pts)
1. His hair is short . He___________ (have) a haircut.
2. He said that he___________ (see) that man before.
3. If today___________ (be) Sunday, we would go picnic.
4. This house didn’t use to ___________ (paint) green.
5. My father told me ___________ (not stay) up too late.
6. She wishes she ___________ (not punish) tomorrow.
7. When I met him , he___________ (talk) to his friends in the bookstore.
8. If I ___________ (tell) before, I would have come to your wedding.
9. She gets used to ___________ (take) to the zoo on weekends.
10. By the time you come home, I ___________ (finish) decorating our room.

15. I wish you_____ here yesterday.
a. were b. had been c. to be d. were
16. The teacher demanded that Tom ................... the room.
a. leave b. leaves c. has to leave d. leaving
17. The boys proposed that their group leader .................. a camping trip.
a. organized b. organize c. organizes d. organizing
18. It was urgent that she .............. the robbery to the police immediately.
a. reported b. reports c. report d. must report
19. Let me_______ from you soon.
a. to hear b. hear c. hearing d. heard
20. My father has decided_______ a new house.
a. find b. to find c. finding d. him find
21. I enjoy_______ alone.
a. be b. being c. to be d. to have been
22. I intend _________ there.
a. live b. living c. to live d. to have lived
23. Please remember_______ this letter.
a. to post b. post c. posting d. to have posted
24. Someone must have taken my bad. I clearly remember_______ it by the window and now it has gone.
a. leave b. leaving c. to leave d. to have left
25. The nurse suggested_______ two aspirins.
a. taking b. being taken c. to take d. to be taken
26. We stopped_______ hello to her.
a. say b. saying b. to have said d. to say
27. It's no good_______ video games.
a. play b. to have played c. to play d. playing
28. It's no use_______ with him.
a. working b. work c. to work d. to have worked
29. The child promised_______ his parents.
a. being obeyed b. obeying c. obey d. to obey

a. enough early b. early enough c. too early d. early too
45. “What are you doing?”
“I …… the flowers. They …… wonderful!”
a. am smelling / smell b. smell / smell
c. am smelling / are smelling d. smell / are smelling
46. Do you know _________ ?
a. who how many people go on sundays to church b. who go to church on sundays how many people
c. how many people who go on sundays to church d. how many people who go to church on sundays
47. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.
a. came b. will come c. would come d. would have come
48. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
a. receive b. have received c. be receiving d. receiving
49. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.”
a. won’t we b. don’t we c. do we d. shall we
50. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago.
a. knew b. know c. had known d. b & c are correct.
IV. Choose the sentences that has the same meaning as the root ones( 10 pts)
1. They believer that the thieves got in through the kitchen window.
a. The thieves are believed to have got in through the kitchen window.
b. The thieves are believed to get in through the kitchen window.
c. They believe the thieves got in through the kitchen window.
d. They believe the thieves have got in through the kitchen window.
2. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall.
a. The prisoner is thought to escape by climbing over the wall.
b. The prisoner is thought escaped by climbing over the wall.
c. The prisoner is thought having escaped by climbing over the wall.
d. The prisoner is thought to have escaped by climbing over the wall.
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3. They say that three men were arrested after the explosion.
a. Three men are said to be arrested after the explosion.

10. I tried as hard as I could, but I just couldn’t get the money.
- No matter ..................................................... ..............................................................
VI: Read the following passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
Do you think computer games are just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be (61)
____________to learn that the games industry now makes more money than Hollywood. (62)__________
a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games.
It is hardly surprising that video gaming has (63) __________ one of the most popular forms of
entertainment today. A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (64) _________, capture your
imagination and play with your emotions.
The big (65) __________, however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime. You have not to say
how the plot (66) __________ or which characters dominate the story. (67)_________ computer games, you
direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting. Finding the right game is likely to signal the
beginning of a lasting love (68)_________ with the interactive world of make – believe . It is wrong to
think (69)__________ gaming as something simply for children and teenagers. In fact , the (70)_________
growth area of the market is the 35-35 age group.
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61. A. concerned B. admired C. surprised D. startled
62. A. As soon as B. As well as C. As far as D. As long as
63. A. begun B. grown C. sounded D. become
64. A. gaze B. attention C. breath D. control
65. A. gap B. variety C. difference D. direction
66. A. becomes B. develops C. turns D. produces
67. A. Along B. With C. For D. About
68. A. match B. story C. secret D. affair
69. A. of B. on C. at D. off
70. A. longest B. widest C. biggest D. deepest
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