Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tuyên Quang năm học 2009-2010

g. I couldn’t tell him the (7-TRUE) __________ . I began to feel rather (8-EMBARRASS) __________ and left without giving him an (9-EXPLAIN) __________. Later I felt rather (10-SHAME) __________ of my behavior.
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION:
Part I. Read the following letter from someone who is doing a language course in France then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. (1.5 pts)
Dear Mum and Dad,
This is just a quick letter to let you know that I’m fine. We’re all working quite hard because the exams are only a few weeks away, but our teacher (1) ____________ he thinks we’ll do well. (My landlady’s not so sure - she keeps (2) ____________ me I should stop (3) ____________ so much TV and do a bit more reading!)
Anyway, we had a wonderful time at half-term. I went off to Paris for (4) ____________ days with some of the others from the school, and we went on a guided (5) ____________ of the city. We saw most of the famous (6) ____________ like the Louvre, where they have an amazing (7) ____________ of paintings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then, we went down to the South of France (8) ____________ train. It was so fast – the whole (9) ____________ was only about four hours. We spent (10) ____________ time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all really enjoyed it. On our last day, we went to a small island (11) ____________ the Ile des Pelerines, and we saw the castle where they used to keep the “Man in the Iron Mask”. All in all, we had a great time and (12) ____________ weather was really good as well. The only thing I felt (13) ____________ about was that we didn’t have enough time to (14) ____________ to go swimming – maybe next time.
Anyway, I must go now as I’ve got to (15) ____________ a bit of homework for tomorrow.
Love, Janie
1. A. says
B. tells 
C. speaks 
D. talks
2. A. saying
B. telling
C. speaking
D. talking
3. A. watch
B. watched
C. to watch
D. watching
4. A. a little
B. little
C. a few
D. few
5. A. trip
B. visit
C. tour
D. excursion
6. A. shows
B. sights
C. views
D. looks
7. A. set
B. group
C. gallery
D. collection
8. A. in 
B. by
C. with
D. on
9. A. voyage
B. travel
C. drive
D. journey
10. A. a little
B. little
C. a few
D. few
11. A. spoken
B. said
C. called
D. told
12. A. any
B. a
C. the
D. those
13. A. sorry
B. apologetic
C. displeased
D. regretful
14. A. spend
B. waste
C. spare
D. take
15. A. make
B. do
C. solve
D. see
Part II: Read the following passage and fill in each gap with one suitable word (1.5 pt).
Jack Tippit and his wife, Isabel, who is Spanish, both work at the Regent Hotel in the center of London. Jack is a receptionist and (1) ___________ works in the hotel bar.
Jack says: “Ten million people visit London every year. Our hotel (2) ___________ sixty rooms, and visitors (3) ___________ from all over the world, especially from America and Japan. I speak English, German, and Spanish. I don’t speak Japanese but I want to learn it. Isabel (4) ___________ English, French and Spanish, of course. Our visitors like doing many things. They often (5) __________ breakfast in the hotel, an English breakfast (6) ___________ eggs, bacon, and toast. Then perhaps after breakfast, they (7) __________ the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace and (8) ___________ shopping in Harrods. They come back to the hotel at four o’clock and (9) ___________ tea and relax. Then in the evening, they go to the theater. Isabel and I work long hours. We work from six o’clock in the morning till three in the afternoon, (10) ___________we love our work”.
Part III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer by circling its corresponding A, B, C or D. (0.5 pt)
The thing I like most about living on a farm when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter - I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. If I hadn't been born and raised in the country, I would have never been able to tell the difference - now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter and eat the same vegetables all the year round! Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year - for example strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons. 
Also we made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh - so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of good things about modern life, but in my opinion they miss a lot more than them - they miss real life. 
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Comparison between life on a farm and that in the city. 
B. Food in the country in comparison to that in the city. 
C. Seasons in the country. 	
D. The author's childhood.
2. According to the author, the seasons on the farm were _______________ .
A. similar	
B. very different from one another
C. beautiful	
D. different from those in the city 
3. What can be inferred from the passage about the experience of seasons in a year for the city people? 
A. Seasons are similar 	
B. It may be difficult for them to tell seasonal difference 
C. They see different seasons come and go	
D. Food is similar in all four season 
4. The word "them" in line 9 refers to _______________.
A. city people	
B. four seasons
C. good things about modern life 	
D. people in the country
5. According to the passage, all the followings are true EXCEPT that _______________.
A. there are four seasons in the country where the author used to live
B. the author was born and raised on a farm
C. people in the country eat the same type of food all the year round
D. the author takes frozen and tinned food now
SECTION IV: WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given words so that the meaning stays the same. (1.5 pt)
1. “I am going to travel to Hue City next Saturday.” said the man.
 The man said ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….
2. “I didn’t attack anybody!” said the man.
 The man denied……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………
3. We do not have enough money so we can’t buy that house.
 If ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. I haven’t decided to continue my study in a foreign country. 
 I haven’t made ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. In spite of the rain, the match continued until the last minute.
Although……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….
6. There were so many people on the train that I couldn’t get a seat.
 The train was ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. " Would you like to go out for a drink with me tonight?" he told me.
 He invited ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. I’m really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party.
 I really wish I……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Linda gave me that present on my 20th birthday.
 That present ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. They couldn’t move any further because of the thick fog. 
 The thick fog …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
_________THE END_______
ĐÁP ÁN, HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP TỈNH 
SECTION I: PHONETIC 
Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.(0.5 pt)
1. A	2. C	3. B	4. D	5. A
Part II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group (0.5 pt):
1. B	2. A	3. C	4. D	5. A
SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
Part I. Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
1. C	2. D	3. C	4. B	5. D	6. C	7. D	8. D	9. C	10. C
11. B	12. A	13. A	14. B	15. D	16. B	17. C	18. D	19. C	20. A
21. B	22. C	23. A	24. B	25. C	26. D	27. A	28. A	29. C	30. D
31. B	32. A	33. C	34. A	35. B	36.D	37. B	38. B	39. A	40. D
Part II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
1. has won	2. started	3. went	 4. have travelled/traveled	
5. went	6. played	7. didn’t win	 8. hasn’t played	
9. hopes	10. will play	11. has been done	 12- had passed	
13.would you do	14. haven’t had 	15. have had	 16. will have finished 
17. being driven 	18. has been built 	19-hasn’t been finished 20-was given
Part III. Give the correct form of words in the brackets. 
1. angry	2. expensive	3. well	4. annoyed	5. conversation
6. silence	7. truth	8. embarrassed	9. explanation	10. ashamed
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION:
Part I. Read the following letter from someone who is doing a language course in France then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 
1. A	2. B	3. D	4. C	5. C	6. B
7. D	8. B	9. D	10. A	11. C	12. C	13. D	14. D	15. B
Part II: Read the following passage and fill in each gap with one suitable word
1. Isabel/his wife	2. has	3. come/are	4. speaks	5. have	
6. of	7. visit	8. go	9. have	10. but
Part III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer by circling its corresponding A, B, C or D. 
1. A	2. B	3. B	4. A	5. C
SECTION IV: WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given words so that the meaning stays the same. 
1. The man said that he was going to travel to Hue City the next/following Saturday. 
2. The man denied attacking/having attacked anybody
3. If we had enough money, we could buy that house.
4. I haven’t made a decision to continue my study in a foreign country.
 (I haven’t made up my mind to continue my study in a foreign country.)
5. Although it was raining/rained, the match continued until the last minute.
6. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for me to sit/ I couldn’t get a seat/there was no seat for me.
7. He invited me to go out for a drink with him that night.
8. I really wish I had invited her to the party.
9. That present was given to me by Linda on my 20th birthday.
10. The thick fog prevented/stopped them from moving any further.