Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - THCS Năm học 2007 – 2008 - Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

De thi hoc sinh gioi (De 3)
Phßng gi¸o dôc vµ ®µo t¹o §Ò thi chän häc sinh giái líp 9 - THCS
 SÇm s¬n	N¨m häc 2007 – 2008
 M«n thi: TiÕng Anh
 (Test 3) Thêi gian: 150 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Question I: Phonetics (5 points)
a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. race b. iron c. ruin d. run
2. a. peace b. mean c. heat d. break
3. business b. bustle c. hundred d. number
b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. a. intermedate b. documentary c. psychedelic d. communicate
2. a. scenery b. dormitory c. minority d. territory 
Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brakets into an appropriate form.
1.When we (take)..our exams, we(have)..a holiday.
2. By the time you (finish)..cooking they (do).their homework.
3. I don’t think he (change)in the thirty years I (know)him.
4. Then about a year ago he (disappear)...and I(never hear)... from him since.
5.I’m taking my daughter out tonight. She (not have)..fun for a long time.
6.I (speak)..to you about that matter after the meeting tonight.
7.John (do).his test again at the moment because he (not pass)..it the first time.
8.I don’t appreciate (interrupt).when I’m speaking.
9.I (do)an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I (think).that I (know)how to use it now.
Question III: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. She is too.................with her work, so she doesn’t have time to go out with her friends.
 A. bored B. busy C. fed up D. tired
 2. Now that weekends have come, I feel.....................
 A. relaxed B. relaxing C. relax D. to relax
 3. She has learned English for 3 years and she is good ................English now.
 A. in B. by C. at D. for
 4. ............., he won the prize.
 A. Interesting B. interest C. intersested D. interestingly
 5. My parents can’t .seeing me at home all day.
 A. stop B. stand C. start D. hate 
 6. My wife is .of spiders.
 A. terror B. terrifying C. terrified D. terrify
 7. There is ..of fruits in Vietnam.
 A. various B. varied C. a variety D. vary
 8. London stands on the Thames..divides it into two equal parts.
 A. what B. which C. where D. when
 9. That’s the job .I applied.
 A. which B. for which C. that D. for that
 10. It’s the time ..the children to go to bed.
 A. with B. for C. in D. of
 11. His father works muchthan he does.
 A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. more hardly
 12. This is the beach I spent most of my time.
 A. which B. where C. that D. when
 13. I’d rather drive than ..
 A. be driven B. to be driven C. to be driving D. to drive
 14. We will start the trip the rain stops.
 A. as soon as B. as long as C.so that D. if that
15. It is the English pronunciation that a lot of difficuties to Vietnamese students
 A. makes B. causes C. does D. gets
 Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket.
 1. The journey was long and seemed ....................... (end)
 2. His sudden............must be a shock to you and your family. (die)
 3. The primary education is ..............in Vietnam. (compel)
 4. Travilling in the big cities is becoming more ............ (trouble)
 5. There's the .......railway line, there haven't been any trains there for ten years. 
	 (use)
 6. fresh air and good food are...........to your health. (benefit)
 7. She is quite ................? She plays the flute and the piano. (music)
 8. She left school with good ................. (qualify)
 9. He is ...............of what he has done. (shame)
 10. This company treats all its ............equally. (employ)
Question V: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition. 
I paid $500 this book.
Mr. Hai told me a long story.his adventures.
Ba suffers .headaches.
He isroyal blood.
An accident has happened .that family.
 He wrote a foundtain pen.
She treated me..cake, ice-cream and tea.
That man was accused .stealing a bike.
He wasted little time ..social formalities.
 I will give you a new hat place of the one that I damaged.
Question VI:(5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it.
 1. Everything is all right , arent they ?
 2. The more money they save ,the more rich they are.
 3. I wish they visited us when they were in town.
 4. She had so sore throat that she could hardly speak.
 5. My father doesnt know speak English.
Question VII: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph. 
 All languages have rules (1).forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences. In (2).languages, meaning is expessed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters. (3)..spoken languasges, meaning is expsessed (4)..a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. Word order is more important in English than it is (5)some languages, such as Russian.
 (6)..other languages English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words from (7)languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word byte was invented (8)..computer specialists in 1959. The word tomato was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The word meat (9)referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most schoolchildren learn their first language easily – and sometimes other laguages as (10)
Question VIII: (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. We arrived too late to see the first film.
 We didn't ..................................................................................................
2. I was drowning, But he saved me.
 If he...........................................................................................................
3. We can't afford to buy the car.
 The car......................................................................................................
4. His parents made him study for his exams.
 He was.......................................................................................................
5. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
 I don't know...............................................................................................
6. He prefers golf to tennis.
 He'd rather.................................................................................................
7. You remembered to post the letter, didn't you?
 You didn't.................................................................................................
8. I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night.
 I wish........................................................................................................
9. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice.
 It.................................................................................................................
`10. Speaking English fluently is not easy.
 It..................................................................................................................