Đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh trường THCS Bù Nho năm 2011 (Đề số 14)

nated, and that Man, through his carelessness, may run(63) of pure air to breathe.
	Automobiles and industries mainly (64) ________ for air pollution in most cities. They pour into the air such gases as carbon monoxide, sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which are very (65) ________ to humans. Worse still, these gases after a series of chemical changes, turn (66) ________ toxic acids. They fall down in ‘acid rains’, raising the acidity in the air, soil and water to dangerous (67) and affecting not only trees but also fish and other wildlife. Many industrial countries in Europe and North America have (68) ________ bad affects from those ‘rains’.
	(69) ________,Man faces no more urgent problem than that of saving his own survival. Scientists, social organization and governments should sit down together to solve the air (70) ________ problem.
61. A. programs	B. events	C. articles	D. columns
62. A. changing	B. becoming	C. making	D. taking
63. A. up	B. over	C. away	D. out
64. A. bring	B. get	C. account	D. count
65. A. harmful	B. powerful	C. awful	D. painful
66. A. in	B. into	C. out	D. over
67. A. amounts	B. ranks	C. points	D. levels
68. A. suffered	B. influenced	C. offered	D. bothered
69. A. Naturally	B. Safely	C. Surely	D. Practically
70. A. pollute	B. polluted	C. polluting	D. pollution
61. C	62. B	63. D	64. C	65. A	66.B	67. D	68. A	69. C	70. D
VII. Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D.
According to World Health Organization(WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes more death than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria, and Switzerland. This is much higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents.
In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of brochitis in children and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the pollution. They calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year. A lot of money goes into making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution.
71. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Pollution and road accidents.	B. Bad affects of cars exhaust
C. The necessity of making cars safer	D. The toll of road accidents
72. According to the passage, ________.
A. Air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents.
B. Road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes.
C. Long term exposure to pollution is harmless.
D. Car fumes cause one third of premature death.
73. Which of the following sentences is not true.
A. Car exhausts causes bronchitis and heart disease.
B. Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution.
C. Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths.
D. More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents.
74. The money spent to solve air pollution is ________.
A. 27 billion Euros per year	B. not able to calculate
C. more than to make cars safer	D. less than to make cars safer
75. Which of the following sentences is not mentioned as the bad affect of air pollution.
A. Causing illness in children	B. Causing premature deaths
C. Causing road accidents	D. Causing heart diseases
71. B	72. A	73. B	74. D	75. C
VIII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage.
 	In addition (76) _________ reducing pollution, public transport saves valuable city space. Buses and trains (77) _________ more people in each vehicle and, if they operate on their own rights of way, they can safely run (78) _________ much higher speeds. In other (79) _____, they not only take (80) _________ space but also occupy it for a (81) _______ time.
	Public transport also play an important (82) _________ in the areas of the Third World. In many cities in Asia and Africa , buses make 50 to 80 percent (83) ________ all memorized trips. Buses are sometimes hopelessly overcrowded. It is (84) _________ uncommon to see several riders clinging to outside. Yet most Third World cities have lower public transport use per person than (85) _________ in Western Europe.
76. to	77. carry	78. at	79. words	80. less
81. shorter	82. role / part	83. of	84. not	85. those
IX. Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given.
86. Nobody is to blame for the fact that the meeting was cancelled.
A. Everybody is responsible for the cancelled meeting.
B. Nobody should be held responsible for the fact that the meeting was cancelled.
C. It’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled.
D. Both B and C are correct.
87. Our opinion on the subject are identical.
A. There are some differences in our opinion on the subject.
B. We have the same opinion on the subject.
C. We have similar subjects.
D. We differ in opinions on the subject.
88. As long as you stay calm, you will pass your driving test.
A. It takes so long to do the driving test.
B. You have to practice long enough to pass your driving test.
C. Keeping calm is secret of passing your driving test.
D. Unless you stay calm, you will pass your driving test.
89. My mother never allows me to stay up late.
A. I was allowed to get out of the bed late
B. My mother never lets me go to bed late
C. My mother always makes me go to bed late.
D. My mother does not allow me to get out of bed late.
90. ‘If only I’d learn to drive’ Roger said
A. Roger thinks there are too many drivers on the roads.
B. Roger feels glad that he didn’t learn to drive.
C. Roger wishes he could drive.
D. Roger is sorry that he leart to drive.
86. D	87. B	88. C	89. B	90. C
X. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
91. Is it all right if I come to the club with you tonight.
à Would you mind	
92. She makes her children stay at home in the evenings.
à She won’t	
93. Thanks to Laura’s report, I was able to finish the project.
à Had it 	
94. People say that the car driver was driving very fast at the time of the crash.
à The car driver 	
95. I shut the door, but right after that I realized I had left the key inside.
à Hardly	
91. Would you mind if I came to the club with you tonight.
92. She won’t lets her children go out in the evenings.
93. Had it not been for Laura’s report I wouldn’t have been able to finish the project.
94. The car driver is said to have been driving very fast at the time of the crash
95. hardly had I shut the door when I relized that I had left the key inside.
XI. Write complete sentence using the suggested words.
	Dear sir
96. I / write / you / the noise / your flat//
à	
97. I / constantly disturbed / noise / your record player / late / night//
à 	
98. I / speak / you / number / times / this matter / and you / say / try / be more reasonable//
à 	
99. But you/ continue/ play / record player / till / early hours / the morning //
à 	
100. I hope / we / manage / sort / this pleasant. 
à 	
	Dear sir
96. I am writing to you about the noise from your flat.
97. I am constantly disturbed by the noise from your record player late at night.
98. I have spoken to you a number of times about this matterand you did say/said you would try to be more reasonable
99. But you continue to play your record player till the early hours of the morning.
100. I hope we can manage to sort this out pleasantly.
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A	2. A	3. B	4. D	5. C
II. Choose the words whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
6. C	7. B	8. D	9. B	10. C
III. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentences.
11. A	12. C	13. B	14. D	15. C	16. A	17. C	18. B	19. C	20. D	21. A	22. D	
23. A	24. D	25. D	26. C	27. A	28. A	29. C	30. C	31. D	32. B	33. A	34. C
35. B	36. B	37. B	38. C	39. C	40. A	41. D	42. C	43. D	44. B	45. A
IV. Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English.
46. C (hardly à hard)
47. B (It is à They are)
48. A (Thanks for à thanks to)
49. A(bored à boring)
50. A ( to lock à locking)
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
51. beliefs	52. independence	53. pollutants	54. provision	55. native
56. dissatisfied	57. unfriendly	58. unharmed	59. satisfactory	60. strengthen
VI. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following 
61. C	62. B	63. D	64. C	65. A	66.B	67. D	68. A	69. C	70. D
VII. Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answerA, B, C or D.
71. B	72. A	73. B	74. D	75. C
VIII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to make a meaningful passage.
76. to	77. carry	78. at	79. words	80. less
81. shorter	82. role / part	83. of	84. not	85. those
IX. Choose the sentence that is almost the same meaning as the sentence given.
86. D	87. B	88. C	89. B	90. C
X. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
91. Would you mind if I came to the club with you tonight.
92. She won’t lets her children go out in the evenings.
93. Had it not been for Laura’s report I wouldn’t have been able to finish the project.
94. The car driver is said to have been driving very fast at the time of the crash
95. hardly had I shut the door when I relized that I had left the key inside.
XI. Write complete sentence using the suggested words.
	Dear sir
96. I am writing to you about the noise from your flat.
97. I am constantly disturbed by the noise from your record player late at night.
98. I have spoken to you a number of times about this matterand you did say/said you would try to be more reasonable
99. But you continue to play your record player till the early hours of the morning.
100. I hope we can manage to sort this out pleasantly.