®Ị thi häc sinh giái líp 9
Năm học: 2012-2013
Mơn Thi : Tiếng Anh

* Thời Gian: 150 phút

Part I. Phonetics
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the others (5ms)
1. A. machine

B.washing

C. brush

D. chin

2. A. wants

B. says

C. looks

D. laughs

3. A. find

B. style

C. tonight

D. mid-term

4. A. earning

B. learning

C.searching

D. clearing

5. A. booked

B. invited

C. attented

D. beloved

Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Question II. Choose the word with different stresspattern by circling the
corresponding letter A,B,C or D(5ms)
1. A. grateful

B. invitation


C. order

D. pharmacy

2. A. seldom

B. political C. Sunday

D. thirty

3. A. seventeen

B. seventy

C. facial

D. hundred

4. A. repaired

B. divide

C. married

D. decide

5. A. automation

B. alphabetical


C. incomplete

D. applicant

Your answers:
1.

2.

3.
4.
Part II. Vocabulary –structure- grammar

5.

Question I. Circle the best one ( A,B,C or D)to complete the following sentences
(10ms)
1. He was only nine, but he ate -------his father did.
A. much than

B. more than that C. as much as

D. so much as

2. She always ------- the crossword in the paper before breakfast.


A. makes

B. writes


C. does

D. makes

3. I spoke quietly to him ------- nobody else could hear a word.
A. because

B. if

C. although

D so that

4. They are having their car ------- now.
A. to wash

B. washing

C. washed

D. washes

5. Children! It’s time you ------- away those toys.
A. to tidy

B. tidy

C. tidied


D. should tidy

6. “What do you do ------- a living?” Mr Brown asked the man
A. with

B. at

C. after

D. for

7. I looked ------- my pen everywhere, but I haven’t found it yet.
A. up

B. at

C. after

D for

8. He’ll never pass his final test -------he works harder.
A. unless

B. if only

C. as

D. if

9. He seldom goes fishing, -------?

A.doesn’t he

B. is he

C. does he

D. isn’t he

10. We were made ------- all the chores in the house.
A. do

B. to do

C. doing

D. done

Your answers:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.


7.

8.

9.

10.

Part III. Reading
Question I. Provide the correct form of the words given.(10ms)
THE ENVIRONMENT - OUR RESPONSIBILITY

These days it is (0). impossible..... to open a 0. POSSIBLE
newspaper without reading about the damage we are 1. THREAT
doing to the environment. The earth is being
(1) ............. and the future looks bad . What can each of 2. POLLUTION


us do ?
We can not clean up our (2) .............. rivers and seas
overnight. Nor can we stop the (3) .............. of plants 3. APPEAR
and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem
while (4)............... search for answers, and laws are 4. SCIENCE
passed in nature’s (5) .................... .

5. DEFEND

It may not be easy to change your lifestyle 6. COMPLETE
(6) .................., but some steps are easy to take : cut
down the amount of (7).................you do, or use as little 7. DRIVE

plastics as possible .
It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces 8. HOUSE
(8)................ bills .

We must all make a personal 9. DECIDE

(9)................ to work for the future of our planet if we
want to (10)............... a better world for our grand - 10. SURE
children .
Your answers:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Question II. Read the passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap (10ms).
Getting friends and family to pose for photos is hard enough, but how would you
cope with a rabbit, an owl or a butterfly that simply (1) .......... to keep still? Simon
King, wildlife film-maker and photographer,


says you don't need any formal

(2) ..........to get started. "The whole idea is that photographing wildlife should be fun".
Simon offers the following (3)...........
Specialise from the start. You're more likely to get good result sooner if you
(4) .......... on one type of wildlife - insects for instance - (5) .......... than just going off to
the woods or park with your camera and snapping whatever you see. Pick something
that isn't hard to photograph Choosing an animal that's hard to (6) .........., or will run


away if it sees you (7) .......... unnecessary problems. How about flowers, or a group of
birds?
Search second-hand camera shops and local papers for quality (8) .........
You don't need to (9) .......... a fortune - Simon started with just a second-hand camera
that cost around $30. But you will need a single lens reflex camera. Remember it’s the
whole photograph that counts, not just the subject. (10) .............. you’re composing a
picture and try to be as artistic as possible.
1.

A. disobeys

B. dislikes

C. refuses

D. avoids

2.

A. training


B. education

C. exercise

D. lecture

3.

A. lessons

B. facts

C. warnings

D. tips

4.

A. think

B. concentrate

C. limit

D. depend

5.

A. more


B. other

C. better

D. rather

6.

A. spot

B. notice

C. meet

D. glance

7.

A. creates

B. starts

C. puts

D. leads

8.

A. instruments


B. equipment

C. material

D. tools

9.

A. cost

B. make

C. spend

D. lose

B. guess

C. invent

D. Imagine

10. A. think
Your answers:
1.

2.

3.


4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Question III. Find and correct the only ONE mistake in the following sentences
(10ms)

1. If you want to improve your English, then why not you apply for an English
course.

2. Hoa cried hardly when she heard that she had failed her examination.
3. She didn’t agree with us but she didn’t rise her voice , either.


4. Nga has so many things to do that she has none time to relax.
5. Million of people live day on day with little or even no money
6. The house is convenient located about a mile from the shopping center
7. Sorry. I’m very tired that I can’t stay any longer.
8. She bought a new motorbike was made in Japan last week.

9. She is the girl for that I am looking
10.

He asked where Lan had gone yesterday

Question IV. Fill in the blank with a suitable word (10 points)
Watching T.V and going for walks (1)…….the most popular leisure activities in Britain.
But although longer holidays and shorter (2)……hours have given people more free(3)
…….. Women generally have less free time(4)……..men, because they spend time (5)
……domestic work, shopping and child care . (6)………survey showed that men were
more (7)…….. to read new spapers that women, while(8)………slightly higher
proportion of adults read (9)……..newspapers than read daily morning nation (10)
……….
Your answers:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.


9.

10.

Part IV. Writing
Question I. Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the one printed before it (15ms)
1. I don’t find it difficult to study late at night.
- I am used……………………………………………………………………
2. I’ve never met such a famous person before.
- It is………………………………………………………………………….
3. It was such a long dress that my sister could not wear it
- The dress was not…………………………………………………………..


4. It took him an hour to travel to Paris by train.
- He spent ……………………………………………………………………..
5. “ Don’t walk in the sun without your hat”. His mother said
- His mother asked……………………………………………………………
6. Nobody finished their exercises on time.
- Their exercises……………………………………………………………….
7. Despite his poverty, Minh still helps the orphan.
- Although……………………………………………………………………..
8. Staying at home is better than going to see that film.
- I’d rather……………………………………………………………………..
9. It’s not necessary for you to wear a uniform
- You…………………………………………………………………………..
10. Walking on the grass is not permitted here.
- You are…………………………………………………………………………
Question II. Use these jumbled sets of suggested words to write a passage (5ms )

1. The teacher/ wanted/ students/ listen/ news/ careful.
2. The teacher told/ there be/ examination/ following week.
3. One of students/ told / teacher / it/ Christmas/ following week.
4. All students/ made/ sad/ news.
5. They/ had/ work/ hard/ during/ Christmas


ANSWER KEYS
Part I. Phonetics
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the others (5ms = 5.1)
1
2
3
4
5
D
B
D
D
A
Question II. Choose the word with different stresspattern by circling the
corresponding letter A,B,C or D (5ms = 5.1)
1
2
B
B
Part II. Vocabulary- Grammar

3

A

4
C

5
D

Question I. Circle the best one ( A,B,C or D)yo complete the following sentences
(10ms)
1
2
3
C
C
D
Part III. Reading

4
C

5
C

6
D

7
D


8
A

9
C

10
B

Question I. Provide the correct form of the words given.(10m = 10.1 )
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
threatened polluted disappearance scientists defence completely drivel household decision

10
ensure

Question II. Read the passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap (10ms =
10.1).
1
C

2

A

3
D

4
B

5
D

6
A

7
A

8
B

9
C

10
D

Question III. Find and correct the only ONE mistake in the following sentences
(10ms = 10 .1)
1. not
don’t


2.hardly
hard

3.rise
raise

4.none
no

5.million
millions

6.convenient 7.very 8.was made
conveniently so
made

9.that 10.yesterday
whom the day before/
the previous day

Question IV. Fill in the blank with a suitable word (10 points)
1
are

2
working

3
time


Part IV. Writing

4
than

5
on

6
a

7
likely

8
a

9
Sunday

10
newspaper


Question I. Finish each sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the one printed before it (15 = 1.5 .1ms)
1. I’m used to studying late at night.
2. It is the most famous person I have ever met.
3. The dress was not short enough for my sister to wear.

4. He spent one hour traveling to Paris by train.
5. His mother asked him not to walk in the sun without his hat.
6. Theie exercises weren’t finidhed on time.
7. Although Minh is poor, he still helps the orphan.
8. I’d rather stay at home than go to see that film.
9. You needn’t wear a uniform.
10. You are not allowed to walk on the grass here.
Question II. Use these jumbled sets of suggested words to write a passage (5ms =
5.1)
1. The teacher wanted his/her students to listen the news carefully.
2. The teacher told that there would be an examination the following week.
3. One of the students told the teacher that it would be Christmas the following
week.
4. All the students were made sad by the news.
5. They had to work hard during that Christmas.