PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
HUYỆN VĨNH BẢO NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
VÒNG 2 Thời gian: 150 phút
Đề thi gồm 6 trang. Tổng điểm: 100
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ĐIỂM BÀI THI
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HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ CỦA 2 GIÁM KHẢO
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SỐ PHÁCH: ………………………
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. missed B. hoped C. ploughed D. coughed ____________
2. A. heighten B. listen C. castle D. whistle ____________
3. A. exhaust B. exam C. excellent D. exact ____________
4. A. complete B. command C. common D. community ____________
5. A. chooses B. houses C. raises D. increases ____________
II. Choose the word which has a different stress position from the others in each group.
Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. responsible B. environment C. importance D. residential ____________
2. A. horizontal B. grammatical C. understand D. mathematics ____________
3. A. concert B. allow C. surround D. admit ____________
4. A. difference B. difficult C. efficient D. beautiful ____________
5. A. university B. engineer C. Japanese D. uncomfortable ____________
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (10 pts)
1. When we were on holiday, we hired our bicycles _____.
A. by hours B. by an hour C. by the hour D. for hours ____________
2. Did _____ attend the his birthday party?
A. many friends' Peter B. many Peter's friends ____________
C. many Peter friends D. many of Peter's friends
3. Those interested in the post of Assistant Manager are requested to apply _____.
A. as a person B. in person C. as persons D. by person ____________
4. He may look half asleep, but I can assure you that he’s _____ awake.
A. broad B. full C. wide D. well ____________
5. _____ in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the channel at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
A. Completing B. Completed C. Being completed D. To be completed ____________
6. He is _____ the most successful pop singer of his generation.
A. by far B. far and away C. so far D. far from ____________
7. His library book is _____ so he has to pay a small fine.
A. overdue B. expected C. expired D. postponed ____________
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8. There's no _____ in discussing this matter with him. He will never listen, I know.
A. reason B. aim C. purpose D. point ____________
9. She went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with B. in for C. over D. through ____________
10. I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it _____ me from my work.
A. disturbs B. interferes C. interrupts D. distracts ____________
11. It took the director two hours _____.
A. explaining us the new plan B. to explain us the new plan ____________
C. explaining the new plan to us D. to explain the new plan to us
12. It was in this house _____.
A. that I was born B. where I was born C. in which I was born D. I was born in ____________
13. Here is the man _____ my brother is going to _____.
A. who his daughter … marry B. whose daughter … marry with ____________

C. whose a daughter … marry to D. whose daughter … marry
14. It is English pronunciation that _____ a lot of difficulties to foreign students.
A. makes B. causes C. does D. gets ____________
15. The washing machine was out of _____, so I couldn’t wash my clothes.
A. activity B. work C. order D. condition ____________
16. I remember _____ you before but I am sorry I have forgotten your name.
A. to meet B. meet C. met D. meeting ____________
17. _____ the rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more.
A. Nevertheless B. Although C. Despite D. Meanwhile ____________
18. Are you going _____ me _____ all day?
A. to keep / waiting B. keeping / wait C. to keep / to wait D. to keep / waited ____________
19. At parties people _____ to talk about jobs and money.
A. habit B. accustom C. tend D. keep ____________
20. I estimate that this diamond ring is _____ about $10.000.
A. valued B. precious C. worth D. priced ____________
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right. (10 pts)
1. Aeroplanes, cars, buses, machines of all kinds are (increase) noisy. ____________________
2. But the more noise there is, the more (sense) we seem to become to it. ____________________
3. He may be successful one day; after all he’s very (ambition). ____________________
4. I’ll ask one of our (represent) to discuss the matter with you. ____________________
5. The firm’s doing well as their prices are still (compete). ____________________
6. My wife is (terror) of spiders. ____________________
7. I’m not saying he is (honest) but he's not good with money. ____________________
8. We always have a bed ready in the spare room in case visitors arrive (expect). ____________________
9. The government is very concerned about the (destroy) of the rain forests. ____________________
10. Mr Smith is a very (influence) person in the government. ____________________
III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
1. The teacher asked those who (complete) their tests (turn) in their papers.
2. She suggested (give) a party (celebrate) the success.
3. The test (not be) as difficult as they (think) at first.

4. Mr. Smith (teach) at this school since he (graduate) in 1980.
5. It (report) by the police yesterday that the thief (capture).
6. I (have) a party until 11 pm last night. Then I (go) to bed at once.
7. I (stay) here until he (come) tomorrow.
8. When she finally (arrive), I (wait) for two and a half hours.
9. I (not like) to be treated as if I (be) a child.
10. My mother (not be) in her room at the moment. She (cook) in the kitchen.
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1. ____________________ ____________________ 6. ____________________ ____________________
2. ____________________ ____________________ 7. ____________________ ____________________
3. ____________________ ____________________ 8. ____________________ ____________________
4. ____________________ ____________________ 9. ____________________ ____________________
5. ____________________ ____________________ 10. ____________________ ____________________
IV. Fill each gap with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. (5 pts)
1. When his aunt passed ______________, he came ______________ a lot of money.
2. I can always rely ______________ her ______________ help.
3. John often shows ______________ at parties. That’s the thing I don’t like ______________ him.
4. Mrs Smith is ______________ charge ______________ this class.
5. My grandmother died ______________ the age ______________ 98.
V. Point out one of the underlined parts in each sentence that is not correct and get it right.
Write A, B, C or D and your corrections in the spaces provided. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
0. Janet finally got used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long.
A B C D
1. Originate in Ethiopia, coffee was drunk in the Arab world before it came to Europe in the 17th century.
A B C D
2. There are less students present today than there were yesterday.
A B C D
3. They are going to have to leave soon, and so do we.
A B C D
4. Mary and her sister have just bought two new winters coats at a reduced price.

A B C D
5. I'll make some sandwiches before I'll leave for the office in the morning.
A B C D
6. Each year people around the world spend billions of dollars to buy goods on the Internet.
A B C D
7. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.
A B C D
8. Engines used in space shuttles are much larger and stronger than ones used in jet planes.
A B C D
9. Victor served as president of the school club since fifteen years.
A B C D
10. Some people believe that humans will never use away all the natural resources of the earth.
A B C D
0. __ A__ ___ cooking __________
1. ______ ____________________ 6. _______ ____________________
2. ______ ____________________ 7. _______ ____________________
3. ______ ____________________ 8. _______ ____________________
4. ______ ____________________ 9. _______ ____________________
5. ______ ____________________ 10._______ ____________________
PART THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answers. Write A, B, C, or D in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
Before history was written, people needed to search for food. Perhaps it was then that family divided up the work.
The male, who could throw and run better than woman, became hunters. The female stayed at home to take care of the
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children and to gather food from nature. No one knows how, but slowly human beings became able to control their
food sources.
The first animals were tamed. Perhaps human beings chose a friend like the dog first, or may be the dog chose
human beings. Or perhaps someone thought of domesticating a source of food first. An egg-producing bird like a chicken or
duck might have been the first to be tamed. On the other hand, someone might have thought of domesticating a producer of
milk like goat.

When was the first land cleared for agriculture? How did it happen? We can only guess. Perhaps as women were
gathering nuts or berries, they cleared away the thorny branches because it would be easy to collect the fruits. They were
really clearing a field. There is another possible explanation of how farming started; it might have been an accident. Perhaps
a container of grass seeds spilled in an open area. The next season that open area flowered as a wheat field. Some might
have remembered the accident and repeated it on purpose.
Someone else might have noticed another natural crop and copied it. For example, wild rice grows along the edges
of rivers. It is easy to gather the crop. Someone might have planned another crop so that it would be easy to harvest.
We can never know how farming started. In the day before history was written, there were unlimited ways to
improve. Human beings also had many reasons to look for better ways of getting food. There were many children to feed,
and agriculture was an easier way to stay alive.
1. Which is the main idea of paragraph one?
A. Women do not run as well as men can.
B. Children had to gather food near their homes.
C. People learn to control food sources before history was written.
D. People had to search for food before they could learn to write.
2. Which does paragraph 2 focus on?
A. the dog as a useful animal B. taming animals
C. birds producing eggs D. goat milk
3. The main idea of paragraph 3 is that agriculture probably started because _____.
A. grass seeds grow into wheat B. people thought carefully about the way to stop a problem
C. someone made a good guess D. clearing away branches made gathering easier
4. The main idea of paragraph 4 is that _____.
A. wild rice is good model for agriculture B. wild rice is easy to gather
C. people like wild rice D. crop like wild rice is natural
5. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?
A. The number of children was increasing fast. B. People needed to learn ways to get more food.
C. People really needed to learn how to write. D. Agriculture was so bad that anything would improve it.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
II. Read the passage and choose the correct answers. Write A, B, C, or D in the spaces on the right. (10 pts)
TROUBLE AT THE FACTORY

A: Good morning, Angela (1) lovely day!
B: You (2) think so when you (3) this, Mr Laver. The workers are having a meeting at lunch time. They say that if you (4)
their wages they're going on strike.
A: Why (5) that when I've arranged to play golf?
B: They (6) see their representatives before the meeting, Mr Laver.
A: But I don't know what to say. If they (7) harder, I could pay them more money. It's really quite simple. Anyway, I have to
take the car to the garage at 11 o'clock. I (8) for a long time.
B: What (9) I tell them, then, Mr Laver?
A: You (10) that I'll see them now. But only for five minutes. I'm a very busy man, you know.
1. A. What B. What a C. How D. So ____________
2. A. cannot B. must not C. may not D. could not ____________
3. A. shall read B. will read C. read D. are reading ____________
4. A. didn't raise B. didn't rise C. don't rise D. don't raise ____________
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5. A. always they do B. do they always C. do always they do D. do they always do ____________
6. A. want that you B. want you to C. would that you D. are wanting you ____________
7. A. should work B. have worked C. worked D. would have worked ____________
8. A. don't service it B. haven't serviced it C. don't have it serviced D. haven't had it serviced ____________
9. A. shall B. let's C. ought D. would ____________
10. A. had better tell B. had better say C. would rather tell D. would rather say ____________
III. Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word. Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
The Horse and the Donkey
One day a man (1) on a journey and took with him his horse and his donkey. He put a very heavy load on the
donkey’s (2) but nothing on the horse’s back. After a while (3) poor donkey asked the horse to help him. But the horse, who
was very selfish, (4) to help.
Further along the road, the donkey (5) to feel very tired and again asked the horse to (6) some of the load. And
again the horse refused.
Finally, the donkey felt exhausted, then he collapsed and (7). The man took the whole of the (8) load and put it on
the horse’s back, (9) with the skin of the (10) donkey, and they continued the journey.
1. ___________________ 6. ___________________

2. ___________________ 7. ___________________
3. ___________________ 8. ___________________
4. ___________________ 9. ___________________
5. ___________________ 10. ___________________
PART FOUR: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence so that its meaning stays the same as the original one. (10 pts)
1. He said, “Close the window, please?”
He asked_____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Mary went shopping because she wanted to buy some jeans.
If ___________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Dan was a newcomer, and so was Jim.
Both Dan ____________________________________________________________________________________
4. John has not had his hair cut for over six months.
It is__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. He tried hard, but he could not finish the job.
However _____________________________________________________________________________________
6. He was advised by his sister not to miss the lecture.
His sister said, “You_____________________________________________________________________________
7. I’d prefer her not to apply for this job.
I’d rather_____________________________________________________________________________________
8. We were all greatly impressed by her performance.
Her performance made__________________________________________________________________________
9. "You've broken my radio, Frank!" said Jane.
Jane accused _________________________________________________________________________________
10. We breathe polluted air. We feel bad.
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The more ____________________________________________________________________________________
II. Rewrite these sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original one, using the word at the end of
each sentence. Do not change this word in any way. (5 pts)
1. David went home before we arrived. had

When we _______________________________________ home.
2. Oh no! My wallet is missing. lost
Oh no! I _________________________________________ wallet.
3. I've only recently started wearing glasses. until
I _____________________________________________ recently.
4. He never intended to leave his job. intention
He never ______________________________________ his job
5. He could not sleep because the traffic was noisy. prevented
The noise _________________________________________ sleeping.
III. Use the words and phrases to write complete sentences. (5 pts)
1. Sunday/ she/ usually spend 2 hours/ do/ gardening.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. I/ read/ book/ three times/ and I/ going/ read it again/ this summer.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. his house/ twice/ large/ mine.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. It/ take/ 3 hours/ do/ homework/ last night.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
5. by/ time/ we/ get/ station/ train/ leave.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
THE END
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