Phßng GD-§T Tam D¬ng ®Ò thi chän Häc sinh giái líp 9-vßng huyÖn - n¨m häc 2007

- n¨m häc 2007 - 2008

§Ò chÝnh thøc M«n thi: TiÕng Anh 9
Thêi gian lµm bµi: 120 phót - Ngµy thi: 12/12/2007
(§Ò thi nµy cã 04 trang) (Tr¾c nghiÖm 30 phót-Tù luËn 90 phót-Kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Hä vµ tªn:…………………………………………………..……………..……SBD:……………………….………..Sè ph¸ch:………………...…
Gi¸m thÞ 1: …………………………………………… .…………..Gi¸m thÞ 2: ………………………………………………… ..…………… ..……
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Gi¸m kh¶o 1: …………………………………… ..…………… §iÓm (B»ng sè):…………………….… Sè ph¸ch

Gi¸m kh¶o 2: ………………………………………………… .. (B»ng ch÷):……….……………..………… ………………………….……….

a- PhÇn tr¾c nghiÖm (3 ®iÓm)

choose the best answers

1. She wishes her son……………………..lazy.
A.isn’t B.wasn’t C.weren’t D.doesn’t
2. A new hospital is going…………………..built in this area.
A.to be B.be C.to have D.be to
3. What a beautiful house! Have you just…………………..it?
A.to repaint B.repaint C.repainted D.repainting
4. In the 18 century jean cloth………………….completely from cotton.
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A.was made B.were made C.makes D.make

5. My sister sings very badly. She wishes she…………………better.
A.sing B.sung C.sang D.sings
6. I was cooking dinner when my friends………………….. .
A.was coming B.came C.coming D.come
7. …………………….is Malaysia official religion.
A.Buddhism B.Hinduism C.Zesu D.Islam
8. Did Lan…………………..walk past the Mosque on her way to primary school.
A.use to B.used to C.uses to D.using to
9. She…………………to do the housework by her mother yesterday afternoon.
A.is made B.is asked C.was asked D.is make
10. Two department stores………………………repainted this year.
A.is been B.have been C.has been D.have be
11. He has been a doctor……………………..he was twenty-five years old.
A.about B.for C.since D.at
12. All the information found in a library is now……………………….in a computer.
A.kept B.put C.laid D.stored
13. Lan and her family had a……………………to their home village.
A.two-days trip B.day-two trip C.two-day trip D.day trips
14. The tourists spent nearly half an hour………………….photos of the pagoda.
A.taking B.to take C.to catch D.catching
15. Can you tell me what……………………to your family last night?
A.happens B.has happened C.happening D.happened

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16. She asked me……………….I liked coffee or not.
A.what B.whether C.which D.where
17. He had a chance………………….his friends at the party.
A.meets B.meeting C.meet D.to meet
18. A country which exports a lot of rice is called a(n)……………………country.
A.rice-export B.exporting-rice C.export-rice D.rice-exporting
19. Today young generation is still fond…………………….wearing jeans.
A.about B.of C.with D.on
20. “We’ll keep…………..” Nam said to his pen pal……………..the airport.
A.in touch/in B.on touch/in C.in touch/at D.in touch/on

b- phÇn tù luËn (7 ®iÓm)

I- Underline the word that is different from others in each line.

1. A.speaking B.listening C.learning D.reading
2. A.language B.courses C.classes D.hobbies
3. A.passage B.pass C.attend D.finish
4. A.brother B.breathing C.death D.either
5. A.rear B.dear C.fear D.bear
6. A.grew B.knew C.threw D.flew
7. A.careful B.behind C.happy D.yellow
8. A.orchard B.cabbage C.potato D.vegetable
9. A.chair B.height C.buy D.right
10. A.correspond B.encourage C.religion D.report
II- Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. What you (look)……………….……for, Mai? You (lose)………………........anything?
2. If you (not save)………………energy, there (be)………….…a great shortage on the next century.
3. My father (sell)…………..…..his old motorbike as it (not be)………………..economical.
4. We (not know)……………….....why Hoa is upset, but she (not speak)……………to us for ages.
5. The boys (play)………………cards when they (hear)…………….their father’s step. They
immediately (hide)…………….the cards and (take out)…………….……their exercise books.
6. That man (stand)………………..at the bus stop for the last hour. Shall I tell him that the last
bus already (go)………………….?
7. When I (arrive)…………………..home yesterday, the tree (redecorate)………………….with
colored-balloons already.
8. Tree (grow)…………………in the garden since it (stop)……………….(rain)………… .
9. I want this mess (clean up)……………………immediately.

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III- Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.
1. She was worried……..……missing the train, so she left the restaurant ………..…paying the bill.
2. I advised you………..…..doing that. I’m used………………living……………my own.
3. The earth is………a spaceship traveling………….the sun. It does so………….a very great speed.
4. Why can’t you be nice…………..…your parents? They are always very nice……….…….you.
5. I’m not keen………….studying, but I’m sitting an exam next week, so I have to read ……..… all
sorts of boring things. I’m not interested…………………four hours………………..end.
6. He’s trying to give…………….…...smoking, but he isn’t likely to succeed ………….………other
words he has no will-power.
7. Buying presents……………….children are sometimes very difficult. ……………the end I bought
a kite………..…….Tom and a torch………..……Ann.
IV- Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, begin with
the given words or phrases.
1. Carol: “Don’t make so much noise, Peter”.
Carol told…………………………………………………………………………….………………………………… .
2. Tom: “If I were you, Paul, I’d go by train”.
Tom advised…………………………………………………………………..……………………………………… .
3. The porter told us the train had left five minutes earlier.
Porter: “I’m sorry but……………………………………….…………………………………………………….”.
4. “If you go home late tomorrow, I’m going to punish you”, said the mother.
The mother warned him…………………………………………………………………………………………. .
5. It was considered that John’s speech was one of the best.
John’s speech………………………………………………………………………………………..………………. .
6. Know how to save energy or you will always have to worry about your electricity bill.
If you……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .
7. She has invited a hundred guests. I didn’t know any of them.
She has invited a hundred guests, none……………………………………………………………………. .
8. “You should turn off the lights before going out”. She advised us.
She suggested…………………………………………………………………………...……………………………. .
9. Why don’t you plant some trees around your house to get more fresh air?
How about…………………………………………………………………..…………………………….…………… ?
10. These farmers haven’t grown any vegetables here recently.
No vegetables…………………………………………………………………………...……………………………. .
V- Some of the sentences below are correct but the others are incorrect. Put a tick (  ) in
the space at the end of the sentence if it’ s right and underline and correct the mistake at
the end of the sentence if it’ s wrong. Two examples have been done for you.
Examples: - I am encouraged by your help. ……..………….…...
- Your help is encouraged me a lot. ……
encourages ……....
1. How long are you teaching at that school? …………………...…...
2. I teach English here since I graduated from university. …………………...…...
3. What about go to the department store with me? …………………...…...
4. My teacher makes me to do all these exercises. …………………...…...
5. I was thought to have left Paris but I didn’t. …………………...…...

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6. He didn’t used to behave like that, but now he’s rude. …………………...…...
7. Do you feel constrainted to wear uniform? …………………...…...
8. Wearing uniform helps students feel equally in many ways. …………………...…...
9. Uniforms encourage students to be pride of the school they are going to. …………………...…...
10. I believe that all students from primary to high schools should wear out
uniform. …………………...…...

VI- Choose A,B,C or D to complete the passage.

Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It’s a beautiful (1) …………………
with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a very (2)…………………city.
Most of the people (3)…………………in high-rise flats in different parts of the island. The
business district is very modern with (4) ………………of high new office buildings. Singapore
also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown, there (5) …………….rows of old shop houses.
The government buildings in Singapore are very (6)…………….and date from the colonial days.
Singapore is famous (7)…………………its shops and restaurants. There are many good
shopping centers. Most of the (8)………………are duty free. Singapore’s restaurants (9)……………
Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the (10)………………are quite reasonable.
1. A.district B.town C.city D.village
2. A.large B.dirty C.small D.clean
3. A.live B.lives C.are living D.lived
4. A.lot B.lots C.many D.much
5. A.is B.will be C.were D.are
6. A.beauty B.beautiful C.beautify D.beautifully
7. A.in B.on C.at D.for
8. A.good B.goods C.goodness D.goody
9. A.sells B.selling C.sell D.sold
10. A.priced B.price C.prices D.pricer
VII- Fill in the gaps with appropriate words in the reading text to make a complete a
summary about Thomas Edison.
It is obvious that Thomas Alva Edison is (1) ………………as the Inventor of the Age. His
invention contributed greatly to the development of the (2) ……………….society. In 1877, he (3)
…………….the phonograph. It brought him his world (4) ………………… .With this (5)……………..
machine, he succeeded in recording (6)………………. . A year later, in (7)……………..., he invented
the electric (8)……………….and power system. Cartoonists and advertisers benefit a lot from
this (9)……………….. .
Nowadays, many people think that we owe our way to his genius ideals and his (10)
………………to the community.

The end

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n¨m häc 2007 - 2008 M«n thi: TiÕng Anh 9
a- PhÇn tr¾c nghiÖm (30®/ 100®) 30 ®iÓm (1,5 ®iÓm/ c©u)
1. C.weren’t 6. B.came 11. C.since 16. B.whether
2. A.to be 7. D.Islam 12. D.stored 17. D.to meet
3. C.repainted 8. A.use to 13. C.two-day trip 18. D.rice-exporting
4. A.was made 9. C.was asked 14. A.taking 19. B.of
5. C.sang 10.B.have been 15. D.happened 20. C.in touch/at
b-phÇn tù luËn (70®/ 100®)
I- 10 ®iÓm (1 ®iÓm/ c©u)
1. C.learning 2. D.hobbies 3.A.passage 4.C.death 5. D.bear
6. B.knew 7. B.behind 8.A.orchard 9.A.chair 10. C.religion
II- 10 ®iÓm (0,5 ®iÓm/ ®éng tõ)
1. are you looking- Have you lost 6. has been standing- had already gone
2. don’t save- will be 7. arrived- had been redecorated
3. sold- wasn’t 8. have been grown- stopped- raining
4. don’t know- hasn’t spoken 9. to be cleaned up
5. were playing- heard- hid- took
III- 10 ®iÓm (0,5 ®iÓm/ giíi tõ)
1. about- without 4. to-to 6. up- in
2. against- to- on 5. on- about- in- on 7. for- In- for- for
3. like- (a)round- at
IV- 10 ®iÓm (1 ®iÓm/ c©u)
1. Carol told Peter not to make so much noise.
2. Tom advised Paul to go by train.
3. Porter: “I’m sorry but the train left 5 mins ago”.
4. The mother warned him she was going to punish him if he went home late the next/ the following day.
5. John’s speech was considered to be one of the best.
6. If you don’t know how to save energy, you will always have to worry about your electricity bill.
7. She has invited a hundred guests, none of whom I knew.
8. She suggested us that we should turn off the lights before going out.
9. How about planting some trees around your house to get more fresh air?
10. No vegetables have been grown here recently.
V- 10 ®iÓm (1 ®iÓm/ c©u)
1. are you teaching  have you taught/ have you been teaching
2. teach  have taught/ have been teaching
3. go  going 7. 
4. to do  do 8. equally  equal
5.  9. pride  proud
6. used  use 10. wear out  wear
VI- 10 ®iÓm (1 ®iÓm/ c©u)
1. C.city 5. D.are 8. B.goods
2. D.clean 6. B.beautiful 9. C.sell
3. A.live 7. D.for 10. C.prices
4. B.lots
VII- 10 ®iÓm (1 ®iÓm/ c©u)
(1) regarded (2) American (3) invented (4) fame (5) talking (6) sound
(7) 1878 (8) light (9) invention (10) contribution

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