Phòng giáo dục và đào tạo Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 - THCS
Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 – 2008
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
(Test 1) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Question I: Phonetics (5 points)
a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. passion b. pleasure c. decision d. measure
2. a. student b. stupid c. study d. studio
3. a. easy b. ear c. lean d. eat
b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. a. understand b. engineer c. benefit d. Vietnamese
2. a. money b. army c. afraid d. people
Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form.
1. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize
2. You always (complainabout my cooking.
3. Lan bought a new English book yesterday. She (readit tonight.
4. I could tell at a glance that the pile of the letters on my desk (disturb)......while I (be)............out.
5. I (returnthe book as soon as I finish (readit.
6. He wishes that he (workharder but it’s too late now.
7. He can’t send E-mail because he (not geta modern for his computer.
8. When we (getto the restaurant, we (findthat nobody (rememberto reserve a table.
9. Hardly he (take)......... up the book when the phone (ring)..............
10.Were I your age, I (dodifferently.
Question III: (15 points) Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. Nobody was injured in the accident,..........?
a. was there b. was he c. were they d. wasn’t it
2. She had changed so much that ............anyone recognized her.
a. almost b. hardly c. not d. nearly
3. Would you like a beer ? – Not while I’m ................
a. in the act b. in order c. on duty d. under control
4. There was hardly .............money left in my bank account.
a. more b. no c. some d. any
5. The reason I left is .............I was bored.
a. why b. that c. while d. for
6. I came ...........an old friend while I was walking along the street.
a. across b. into c. over d. for
7. Everyone ..............Tom was invited to the party.
a. as b. from c. but d. for
8. The chemistry book .............was a little expensive.
a. I bought b. that I bought it c. I bought that d. what I bought
9. If you ............to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now.
a. listen b. will listen c. listened d. had listened
10. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t ...........this morning.
a. come on b. ring out c. go off d. turn on
11. We have decided to ............the money for the local secondary school.
a. beg b. collect c. raise d. rise
12. She didn’t get ...............well with her boss, so she left the company.
a. at b. on c. through d. up
13. Please don’t disturb me ..............there is something urgent.
a. if b. or c. otherwise d. unless
14. She used to work as a typist,...............she?
a. did b. didn’t c. use d. wouldn’t
15. There isn’t .................foreign news in the paper.
a. a lot b. lots c. many d. much
Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket.
1.I am ...............sorry for the delay. (extreme)
2. He has great................in God. (believe)
3.In ...........to that, my bike tires were flat. (add)
4. An ...........man has stolen all our money. (know)
5. She divorced him because of his .................to the children. (kind)
6. The book was so................that I couldn`t finish it. (bore)
7. He is so sad because the film ended ................. (happy)
8. It is usually forbidden to destroy..............buildings. (history)
9. Women nowadays