PHÒNG GD&ĐT THÀNH PHỐ LÀO CAI
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
Năm học: 2010 - 2011
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

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SECTION I: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
QUESTION 1. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Write your answers in the spaces provided (1point)
1. A. dear B. hear C. bear D. near
2. A. April B. plant C. candle D. many
3. A. guest B. grade C. generous D. groom
4. A. where B. winter C. warm D. wrong
Your answers:
1. ................... 2. ........................ 3. ..................... 4. .......................
QUESTION 2. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)
1. The tropical forests are being cut down to......... man`s need of timber.
A. satisfactory B. satisfy C. satisfying D. satisfaction
2. My cousin and I ........ a movie on TV last night when my brother.........
A. were watching/came B. was watching/came
C. watched/was coming D. watched/came
3. I wish to congratulate you .......... your success.
A. about B. at C. on D. in
4. Why don’t you have your car.......?
A. wash B. washed C. to wash D. washing
5. Study harder..................................
A. if you will fail the exam. C. unless you will fail the exam.
B. and you will fail the exam. D. or you will fail the exam.
6. I was very ....... that you won the first prize.
A. amazed B. amaze C. amazement D. amazing
7. Trinh Cong Son was a famous ......... in Viet Nam.
A. designer B. poet C. musician D. correspondent
8. She disliked.................. to do something by others.
A. asking B. asked C. to ask D. being asked
Your answers:
1. ..................... 2. .................. 3. ....................... 4. ...........................
5. ..................... 6. ................. 7. ..................... 8. .........................
QUESTION 3: Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)
a. When John (1 - enter)........ the room, I (2 - not recognize).......... him because he (3 - lose).......... so much weight.
b. Since the computer (4 - invent)......., it (5 - make).......... considerable changes to our daily life.
c. In the 18th century jean cloth (6 – make)...... completely from cotton.
d. If we (7 – not save) ...... energy, there (8 – be)...... a great shortage in the next century.
Your answers:
1. ....................................... 2. ................................. 3. .................................
4. ...................................... 5. .................................. 6. ..................................
7. ....................................... 8. ...................................
QUESTION 4: There are 8 mistakes in this passage, UNDERLINE and CORRECT it. Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)
Teacher’s Day in Viet Nam fell on the twenty of November each year. Generally, it is meant for schoolchildren to show them appreciation to their teachers whose have painstakingly guided them in their studies. It is a time to forget the badly experiences students may have of their teachers’ scolding and punish.
Students give their teachers flowers and gifts. So gestures are small in compare to the teachers’ dedication and hard work. Parties are held and there has an atmosphere of fun and amusement in the schools.
Your answers:
eg. fell -> falls
1…………………………………… 2………………………………………
3…………………………………… 4………………………………………
5……………………………………. 6……………………………………….
7…………………………………. 8……………………………………….
SECTION II: READING
QUESTION 5: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces provided below the passage (1.5 point)
In the past, any mother would be ..........(1.pride) if her children were round and slightly fat