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ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 15-09-2011
Thời gian làm bài 120 phút(không kể thời gian phát đề)
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A. pronunciation (10 points).


I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group. (5 points)
A. author
B. other
C. there
D. they

A. forest
B. control
C. product
D. ecology

A. industry
B. translate
C. construction
D. satisfy

A. baggage
B. courage
C. damage
D. invasion

A. advantage
B. addition
C. advertise
D. adventure

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points)
A. deposit
B. festival
C. institute
D. resident

A. surprising
B. astonishing
C. amazing
D. interesting

A. interview
B. industry
C. essential
D. difficult

A. extreme
B. generous
C. lonely
D. clothing

A. friendly
B. extra
C. along
D. orphanage

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40 points).
I. Choose the best answers to complete each sentence. (10 points)
1. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own ________ needs.
A. separate
B. divided
C. individual
D. distinctive

2. I was ________ in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone.
A. submerged
B. distracted
C. gripped
D. engrossed

3. If we hurry, we might get there ________ to catch the early train.
A. right
B. in time
C. on time
D. before time

4. To get a passport, you must send in your birth ________ and two photos.
A. certificate
B. license
C. paper
D. card

5. She tries to set ________ an hour a week for practice.
A. about
B. down
C. aside
D. in

6. ________ stay the night if it’s too difficult to get home.
A. At all costs
B. By all means
C. In all
D. On the whole

7. Robert and his wife ________ to my house for tea yesterday evening.
A. came round
B. came about
C. came down
D. came away

8. Each of the guests ________ a bunch of flowers.
A. are given
B. is given
C. were given
D. give

9. To everyone’s surprise, Mr. Brown ________ at the Trade Union meeting.
A. turned in
B. turned over
C. turned up
D. turned round

10. Everyone burst out laughing. There was a lot of ________.
A. laughs
B. laughter
C. laughing
D. laugh

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points)
I (meet) ________ John before I (be) ________ a fortnight in Paris.
The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (go) ________ out and they (sit) ________ in the dark.
What tune (play) ________ when we (come) ________ in?
She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ________ her seat belt, she (not hurt) ________ so badly.
Coming into the room he (see) ________ Mary where he (leave) ________ her.
III. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points)
We go to the restaurant for ________ whenever we ‘re tired of eating meat. (vegetable)
Don’t worry. I ‘ll be waiting for you at the ________ to the pagoda . (enter)
The old theater of our city is being enlarged and ________. (modern)
Advertisements account for three fourths of the ________ of the newspaper. (come)
What is the ________ of the adjective “solid”? ( oppose)
________ should complain if they are not satisfied with the service they receive. (Consume)
If your work is ________ you won’t get a raise. (satisfy)
________ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforest are being destroyed.(Conserve)
The athletes take part in the Olympic Games in