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

y showing off their costumes at Halloween parties!
Questions:
1. When is Halloween celebrated?
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2. Do they still believe dead people appear from their graves on the night of 31st October?
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3. What do children pretend to be when they dress up?
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4. Tell the activities children do at Halloween.
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5. Do they have the practice of ‘trick or treat’ in Britain?
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6. How do children play ‘trick or treat’?
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7. In order to avoid tricks,what do people do?
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8. Where is Halloween celebrated now?
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IX. Completethe second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first sentence using the word given:
1. I had to cancel the birthday party because my closest friend is seriously ill.
=> I had to cancel	
2. Hung will write an essay on the life of President Ho Chi Minh.
=> An essay	
3. I hadn’t visited my grandfather.
=> I wished	
4. Although he came late he gained the highest result.
=> In spite of	
5. We hadn’t known that Lan had an accident. We hadn’t visited her 
=> If we	
6. You shouldn’t leave these magazines on the table.You should put them on this shelf.
=> These magazines	
7. The flight to Ho Chi Minh City lasted one hour and a half.
=> It took	
8. “If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill the boy ’’, said the kidnappers
=> The kidnappers	
9. We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away.
=> If	
10. The film was so interesting that all we want to see again.
=> It was such	
11. I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Friday.
=> I would rather	
12. Susan was too excited to sleep. 
=> Susan was so	
X. Join each pair of sentences, using the word(s) in brackets:
1. The day was too hot. He had to cancel the tennis game. (such....that)
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2. You’d better take a sweater. It might get cold. (in case)
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3. Most of the audience didn’t know the result of the match. The television was interrupted in the middle of the game. (therefore)
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4. Tom has continued to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day. The doctor warned him. (eventhough)
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5. We take you up Da Lat. You can enjoy pure air there. (where)
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6. Jim doesn’t study hard. He doesn’t get better grades. (if)
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7. Tuan is very active. He studies the best of us. (who)
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8. The oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish. People are worried. (adjective + that)
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9. He was advised to stop smoking. His health was very poor. (because of)
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10. The book was very interesting. He read it from cover to cover. (so..that)
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XI. Write a letter to your pen pal, using the words provided:
1. I/ not see/ a long time /.And /miss /so much.
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2. Your letter /you say /wish /visit Nha Trang.
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3. Now /I write /give information
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4. Nha Trang /beautiful city /the center /Vietnam.
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5. This city /the seashore /more one million inhabitants.
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6. The central area /the city /there be / hotel, restaurants, cinemas and office-building.
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7. Nha Trang /several interesting sights /such as /The Goddess Tower/ Vinpearl Land island. 
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8. Weather /Nha Trang / cool /fine.
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9. There be /thousands /tourists /come /Nha Trang /spend /summer holidays /every year.
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10. write /me soon /kook forward /hear from you.
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THE KEYS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from the rest in each group:
1. A	2. C	3. D	4. B 	5. A
II. Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group.
1. A 	2. C 	3. D 	4. B 	5. B
III. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete these following sentences.
1. B 	2. C 	3. B	4. D.	5. A 	6. A 	7. C 	8. B	9. C	10. A
11. B. 	12. C	13. A 	14. B	15. D 	16. D 	17. B	18. D	19. D	20. C
21. B	22. A	23. B	24. B	25. A	26. C	27. B	28. A	29. B	30. D
31. A	32. C	33C	34. A	35. B	36. C	37. C	38. A	39. C	40. D
IV. Fill each gap with the correct form of the verb from the box
1. awarded 2. looked 3. experienced 4. attended 5. hear
6. to leak 7. getting 8. surfing 9. responsed 10. wandering
V. Fill each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets
1. disadvantage	 2. response	3. costly 	 4. inform 	5. thoughtfully
6. extremely 	 7. valuable 	8. preciousness	 9. protected 10. snowy
VI. Choose the word (a,b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
1. C	2. D. 	3. A 	4. B 	5. B 	6. C 	7. A 	8. D 	9. B 	10.B
VII. Put one suitable word in each space.
1. problem 2. daily 3. energy 4. movement 5. higher
6. shortage 7. continue 8. environment 9. solution 10. pollution
VIII. Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.It is celebrated on October 31st.
2. No, they don’t. 
3. They pretend to be witches, wolves, vampires, and ghosts, as movie characters or a favorite superhero.
4. Children have parties, dress up as witches woplves, vampires,ghosts or as movie characters or a favorite superhero, make lanterns out of pumpkins, play ‘trick or treat’, get candy or money from the hosts of the houses they visit.
5. Yes, they do.
6. They dress in costumes and visit houses.At each house they say ‘trick or treat ’. This means that they will play a ‘trick’, or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a ‘treat’,e.g.sweets or money.
7. In order to avoid ‘tricks’, they give ‘treats’ to children. 
8. Halloween is celebrated in the US, Canada and Britain now.
IX. Completethe second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first sentence using the word given:
1. I had to cancel the birthday party because of my closet friend’s serious illness.
2. An essay on the life of President Ho Chi Minh will be written by Hung.
3. I wished I had visited my grandfather.
4. In spite of coming late, he gained the highest result.
5. If we had known that Lan had an accident, we would have visited her.
6. These magazines shouldn’t be left on the table.They should be put on this shelf.
7. It took one hour and a half to fly to Ho Chi Minh City by plane.
8. The kidnappers threatened him if he didn’t pay the ranson, they would kill the boy.
9. If you lived near us, we would visit you very often.
10. It was such an interesting film that all we wanted to see again.
11. I would rather you deliver the sofa on Friday.
12. Susan was so excited that she shouldn’t sleep.
X. Join each pair of sentences, using the word(s) in brackets:
1.It was such a hot day that he had to cancel the tennis game.
2.You’d better take a sweater in case it gets cold.
3.The television was interrupted in the middle of the game, therefore most of the audiences didn’t know the result of the match.
4.Tom has continued to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, eventhough the doctor warned him.
5.We take you up Da Lat where you can enjoy pure air.
6.If Tim studied hard, he could get better grades.
7.Tuan, who studies the best of us, is very active.
8.People are worried that the oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish.
9.He was advised to stop smoking because of his poor health.
10.The book was so interesting that he read it from cover to cover.
XI. Write a letter to your pen pal, using the words provided:
1. I haven’t seen you for a long time. And I miss you so much.
2. In your letter you said you wished to visit Nha Trang.
3.Now I’m writing to give you some information about city.
4.Nha Trang is a beautiful city in the center of Vietnam. 
5.This city is on the seashore with more than one million inhabitants.
6.In the central area of the city, there are many hotels, restaurants, cinemas and office-buildings.
7.Nha Trang has several interesting sights such as The Goddess Tower and Vinpearl Land island
8. The weather in Nha Trang is cool and fine. 
9. There are thousands of tourists who come to Nha Trang to spend their summer holidays every year.
10. Write to me soon. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.