Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 - Kỳ thi chọn HSG lớp 9 cấp thành phố Yên Bái năm học 2009-2010

age D. stage 
5- A. good B. soon C. look D.book 
6- A. machine B. mechanic C. Christmas D. ache 
7- A. author B.other C. with D. then 
8- A. stopped B. looked C. laughed D. called 
9- A. wrong B. lose C. song D. boss 
 10- A. cats B. lamps C. chairs D. books 
(11-20) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank (2ms) 
11. I don’t know what is in my box. It ………………. be a toy. 
A. must B. may C. should D. would 
12. If you have good qualifications, you will have a good …………… 
A. vacation B. work C. job D. money 
13. His face looks …………………….. , but I can’t remember his name. 
A. similar B. alike C. memoral D. familar 
14. Thay decided to go for a picnic …………….. the cold weather. 
A. in spite of B.although C. because D. because 
15. The whole class is working hard ………………….. for the examination. 
A. preparation B. prepares C. prepared D. preparing 
16. She describes herself ……………….. a fashion designer. 
A. by B. as C. in D. from 
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17. My brother won’t come home …………………….. 10 p.m. 
A. until B. to C. than D. in 
18. There is always ……………….. traffic in the city center during rush hours. 
A. few B. many C. heavy D. full 
19. He is a very ………………….. man. He only thinks about himself. 
A. out - going B. selfish C. polite D. generous 
20. Thomas Edison had very little ……………………… 
A. learning B. schooling C. studying D. graduating 
(21-30) Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) (2ms) 
 For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that before 
long all school and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (21) ………. 
a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings 
people either love them (22) ……… hate them. 
 The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education 
and (23) ………. the home. Apart (24) ………….. all the games, you can do your accounts 
on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (25) 
…………. your shopping with them. Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (26) 
…………… jobs but are taken over by computerized robots as well. 
 The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not 
leisure but (27) ………. They worry, too, that people (28) …………… spend all the time 
talking to computers may forget (29) …………. to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is 
that computers may eventually take (30) ………….. from human beings altogether. 
21. A. own B. do C. learn D. make 
22. A. to B. but C. and D. or 
23. A. at B. on C. in D. to 
24. A. for B. from C. with D. to 
25. A. do B. make C. have D. surf 
26. A. interesting B. skillfull C. pleasant D. unpleasant 
27. A. unemployed B. employment C. unemployment D. employ 
28. A. that B. on who C. who D. whom 
29. A. why B. how C. what D. when 
30. A. over B. in C. place D. off 
PHẦN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM) 
I. Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage 
 Are the people born clever and others born (1) …………..? or is intelligence 
developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to 
both these (2) …………is “yes”. To some extent, our intelligence is given at birth, and 
no amount of special education can make a genius out of a (3) …………. born with low 
intelligence. On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding will develop his 
intelligence less than (4) ………….. who lives in rich and varied surrounding. Thus the 
limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth but (5) …………. Or not he reaches 
thoselimits will (6) …………..on his environment. This wiew, no held by most experts, 
can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is something 
we are born with. (7) …………… we take two unrelated people at random from 
population, it is likely that (8) …………… degrees of intelligence will be completely 
different. If, on the other hand, we take children identical twins, they will very likely be 
(9) …………….. intelligent as others. This clearly suggests that intelligence depends on 
(10) ………….. 
II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions (2ms). 
 People have smoked for a long time now. The tobaco which is used to make 
cigarettes was the first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher 
Columbus, who discovered America, saw Indians smoking, Soon the dried leaves were 
transported to Europe where smoking began to catch on. In the late 1800s, the Turkish 
made cigarettes popular. 
 Cigarette smoke contains at leat two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, 
which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing. 
Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, cause the heart to beat faster and increases the 
breathing rate. 
 Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. The US Public Heath Service stated that cigarette 
smoking is the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases. The US government 
now requires that each package of cigarettes bears a special warning about the danger of 
smoking. 
Questions 
1. Who was the first to smoke? 
……………………………………………………………………………………… 
2. Where were cigarettes made popular in the late 1800s? 
……………………………………………………………………………………… 
3. Why is smoking dangerous? 
……………………………………………………………………………………… 
4. Which substance, tar or nicotine or both, affects breathing? 
……………………………………………………………………………………… 
5. Why, in your opinion, do people smoke? 
……………………………………………………………………………………… 
III. Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete these sentenses. (2ms) 
1. My mother likes this machine because it works very …………………. (EFFECT) 
2. I suppose you can compare me to secretary although the ………………….. isn’t a 
good one. (COMPARE) 
3. Accidents happen because of driving ……………………………. (CARE). 
4. My aunt lives in the ………………….. area of the country. (MOUNTAIN) 
5. How ………………this knife is ! It can’t cut anything. (USE) 
6. If your work is ……………….., you will get a raise. (SATISFY) 
7. Among the boys, Nam is the ………………… (BAD) 
8. The world of computers is extremely ………………. (COMPETE) 
9. I found the film ……………… so I turn off the TV and went to bed. (INTEREST) 
10. Please, don’t be so …………….. like that (PATIENCE) 
 IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (2ms) 
A friend of mine, Jenny (1. work) ………………. in the international sales division 
at an electronics firm now. She (2. just return) ………………. from a trip to Japan. 
She (3, ask) …………………… (4. go)…………………. to Japan because she can 
speak Japanese, When she (5. be) ………… a business student at London 
University, she (6. study) ……… Japanese for four years. She (7. never have) 
……………the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (8. go) ……………. to 
Tokyo last year. While she was there, she (9. speak) ………….. Japanese everyday 
and (10. enjoy) ………. every minute of it. She’s anxious to return. 
V. Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it. If the sentences are 
right, write T (true) (2ms). 
1. There were such many people on the bus that we decided to talk 1. …………… 
2. There are a few mistakes in this test. 2. …………… 
3. Must I carry these books home? – No, you mustn’t. 3. …………… 
4. Houses in our city are getting moderner. 4. …………… 
5. These may be the goods bringing to Viet Nam from China. 5. …………… 
6. The verb ‘see” is an unregular verb. 6. …………… 
7. Have you seen this film, haven’t you? 7. …………… 
8. I wish I were on the holiday at the beach now. 8. …………… 
9. Many Vietnamese woman prefer to wear modern clothing at work. 9. …………… 
10. She hates laughing at by others. 10. …………… 
VI. Rewite the following sentences so that the second one means exactly the same the 
one before. (2ms). 
1. My brother started working for this company six years ago. 
My brother has ……………………………………………. 
2. “Please, do not smoke in this area of the restaurant” 
Customers are …………………………………………….. 
3. I don’t have time to help mom with housework. 
I wish ……………………………………………………… 
4. There is no better teacher in this school than Mr Jones. 
Mr Jone …………………………………………………… 
5. Although John was severely disabled, he participated in many sports 
In spite of his……………………………………………… 
6. Both my brother and I are too young to drive. 
Neither my brother ……………………………………….. 
7. They have just built a new shopping mall there. 
A new shopping mall ……………………………………… 
8. We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness. 
If he ……………………………………………………….. 
9. I wrote the report in two days last week. 
It …………………………………………………………… 
10. The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden. 
Vegetables ………………………………………………… 
VII. Write a short paragraph about 80 words to show your opinions. (2ms) 
A proverb says that: “A friend in need is a friend indeed” 
- What does this proverb mean? 
- Can you show your opinions about it? 
- Tell me the impotance of friends in our life. 
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