Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp thị xã năm học 2007-2008

s is the (43)_________ where Marie’s family lives. It is a very large port. A lot of people live in Marseilles and (44)______________ are many interesting shops and café there Paul started learning French at school two years ago and he spoke French all the time with Marie and her family. (45)_______ it was difficult for him but soon it became (46)__________ easier. One day Marie and her parents(47)_________ Paul for a picnic in the mountains. They climbed a big hill. From the top of the hill, they had a wonderful (48)__________ in the (49)_________ they could see the sea. Paul was very sad when it was time to go back to London and school. He is already looking (50)_______ to the next summer when Marie is going to spend her holiday with her family in England.
41. 	A. got 	B. moved	C. went	D. transferred
42. 	A. met	B. saw	C. took	D. greeted
43. 	A. country	B. town	C. capital	D. village
44. 	A. they	B. those	C. these	D. there
45. 	A. At first	B. At beginning	C. At starting 	D. At first time
46. 	A. much	B. so	C. too	D. extremely
47. 	A. brought	B. took	C. carried	D. got
48. 	A. view	B. sight	C. scene 	D. scenery 
49. 	A. space	B. air	C. distance	D. way
50. 	A. through	B. forward	C. on	D. out
V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
	Early morning Jack Dobbins left the house(51)____________ he lived and walk to a newsagent’s. He bought a morning paper and then (52)____________home again. One day in 1954 Jack did that as usual, except (53)___________ one thing: he didn’t return to the (54)___________.
	Mrs Dobbins missed her (55)_________, but she is a brave woman. She took a (56)________
in a shop, working there full-time and earning enough money to live (57)_____________. She (58)____________ a lot of new friends and found new interests. Many years (59)_____________ , five, ten, twenty … Mrs Dobbins grew old.
	One morning in 1979 Jack came home.He held up the morning (60)_____________ “ Not much news today” he said to his wife.
VI. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
61. These animals are not used to(keep) _______________in the iron cages
62. Last summer, Tom and I (stay) _______________ on his uncle’s house for a week
63. You (walk) _______________too fast. That why you are tired now.
64. They are considering (buy) _______________a new house.
65. Without water and air, we (not survive) _______________on this planet.
VII. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes ( A, B, C, D) and correct it 0 is done for you.
For example: 0 My brother are going to study in New York next month.
 	 A	 B 	 C	 D
Answer: 0. B à is going.
66. What often do you write to your pen pal? _ Twice a week.
 A	 B C	 D
67. In my view parents should not let children to watch too much television.
	A	 B C	 D
68. Your intelligent and energy will help you solve any problem you encounter, use these stenghts wisely 
	 A	 B C	 D
69. Five millions of botlle of champagne will be produced in France next year.
	 A	 B C	 D
70. Last weekend Ba went to see a movie, calling “ Ghosts and monster”.
 A	 B C	 D
71. Last year we went to Australia and stayed at my grandmother for two weeks.
	A	 B C	 D
72. I have learned English for five years I think learning languages is a hard work.
	 A	 B C	 D
73. Each of the students in the class has to do their own assignment this semester.
	 A	 B C D
74. John was upset last night because he had to do too many homework.
	 A	 B C	 D
75. Don’t expect to learn all words in a day. Learning languages is time-consumed work
	 A	 B C	 D
VIII. Supply the correct forms of the words given in bold capital letters.
76. Have you seen the lastest ______________ for Pepsi 	ADVERTISE
77. I feel so _________ that I am going to bed.	SLEEP
78. 8 is devided by 2 and 4 but not by 3. 	DIVIDE
79. The baby slept _____________	PEACE 
80. The building is used for ________________ purposes.	RELIGION
IX. Rewrite each of the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
Please don’t smoke in the dining room.
à I’d rather ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hour.
à It took ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Getting a good job doesn’t interest him.
à He …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Mrs. Smith is the wisest member of the family.
à No member ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 I remembered and so did she.
à He didn’t ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 I wasn’t there at that time.
à He denied ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Immediately after his arrival, thing went wrong.
à No sooner ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
 He will come because he wants to be sure of meeting you.
à He will come so ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 The room wasn’t only cold, It was also very damp.
à Not ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 Would you like me to finish the work tonight?
à I ‘ll……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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GIÁM THỊ 1
( Ký và ghi rõ họ tên)
GIÁM THỊ 2
( Ký và ghi rõ họ tên)
I. Chose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. D 2. C 	3. D 
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that in the rest.
4. A. danger 	B. include 	C. devote 	D. police 
5. A. union 	B. united 	C. wonderful 	D. library
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
6. Computer are not _________, of course, but they usually do not make mistakes.
A. perfect	B. well 	C. common 	D. truthful
7. Hardly ________can find the answer to the complex problem.
A. no one 	B. someone 	C. anyone 	D. everyone
8. The little girl looked up ________thinking her mother would beat her.
A. fear 	B. feared 	C. fearful 	D. fearfully
9. She spoke ________nobody could understand her.
A. so fastly that	B. so fast that 	C. fastly so that 	D. fast so that
10. I’m sorry I________to you so long.
A. don’t write 	B. haven’t written	C. didn’t write 	D. am not writing 
11. It’s ________you to make your own dicession.
A.up / for	B. for/ on	C. up / to	D. on / of
12. Trees __________-since it stopped raining last month. 
A. have been planted	B. were planted	C. were being planted	D. had been planted 
13. He made me _______the task over and over again.
A. do	B. to do	C. doing 	D. done 
14. “ I am taking my first exam next week” _________________!
A. Cheers	B. Well done 	C. Congratulations	D. Good luck 
15. Many things which we can do now couldn’t ___________years ago.
A. do	B. done 	C. being done	D. be done
16. She asked “ Will it rain tonight?”
	In reported speech this should be read 
A. She asked me would it rain tonight	B. She asked me it would rain that night	
C. She asked me if it would rain that night	D. She asked me it would rain tonight	
17. Do you happen to know ______________?
A. what his name	B. what his name is	C. what is his name	D. what was his name
18. The teacher told his students _________ the mistakes again.
A. not to make	B. not make	C. don’t make	D. won’t make
19. We can’t solve this problem if only our teacher ________here now to help us.
A. is	 	B. are	 	C. were 	D. to be 
20. When ________________? _ In 1786.
A. the telephone was invented 	B. was the telephone invented
C. did the telephone invented 	D. did the telephone invent
21. Mary: “ What a lovely house you have!” John :“____________________”. 
A. Thank you hope you will drop in	B. I think so
C. No problem	 	D. Of course not, It’s not costly
22. Two hours _________not enough to finish this test.
A. is	 	B. are	 	C. was	 	D. were
23. It takes me about two hours __________to Vung Tau.
A. ride 	B. riding 	C. to ride 	D. rode
24. Nobody phoned while I was out, ___________?
A. did they 	B. didn’t they 	C. did it 	D. didn’t it
25. Did Giang say he would attend the class party.
A. organize 	B. play 	C. refuse 	D. be present at
26. Mary is the best student in the class. She is ________ to all the other students.
A. superior 	B. better 	C. excellent 	D. brightest
27. Some of my friends are taking extra classes in English __________become tourist guides.
A. so that 	B. so as 	C. in order that 	D. so as to
28. Please don’t touch anything before ___________________.
A. the police will come 	B. the police come 	
C. the police comes	 	D. the police would come
29. Did you watch the documentary about wildlife on TV last night.
A. film that acted by famous actors 	B. the science fiction
C. funny play	 	D. film giving fact 
30. ________of the students know the answer to that question.
A. Almost 	B. The most 	C. Most 	D. Mostly 
31. Be patient __________you won’t succeed.A. because	B. or	 	C. unless	D. otherwise
32. Susan couldn’t help _________when I told her the joke.A. laughing	B. laugh	C. to laugh	D. laughed
33. Regina, __________you have never met before, is a genius in painting.A. that	B. whose	C. whom	D. whomever
34. Doctors advise _________too many hours watching television.A. not to spend	B. not being spent	C. not spend	D. not spending
35. Can you give me the _________for tomato soup ?A. formula	B. recipe	C. order	D. method
36. I am fed __________hanging around here with nothing to do.A. up on	B. out of	C. up with	D. by
37. I was named _________a wealthy relative of my Mom’s.A. after	B. to	C. as	D. in on
38. Some young people today have a very strange _________.
A. appear	B. appearance 	C. disappear 	D. disappearance
39. If today ________Sunday, we ________to the beach.
A. is / would go	B. were / would go	C. will be / will go 	D. were / will go
40. I don’t believe _______ the existence _______UFOs _______the earth.
A. in / of / on	B. in / on / of	C. of / in / on 	D. on / of / in