Đề khảo sát chất lượng học sinh giỏi lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh (Đề 2) - Năm học 2012-2013 - Phòng GD&ĐT huyện Nho Quan (Có đáp án)

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®Ò kh¶o s¸t chÊt l­îng häc sinh giái
 N¨m häc 2012 - 2013
M«n: TiÕng Anh 9
(Thêi gian lµm bµi: 150 phót )
Lưu ý: Đề thi này gồm 03 trang, học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the three others. 
A. depend	B. enjoy	C. separate 	D. return 
A. invite 	B. river	C. shrine	D. primary
A. carved 	B. arrived 	C. urged	D. included 
A. teammate 	B. beach 	C. weather 	D. stream 
A. equal	B. fashion	C. champagne	D. match
A. economy	B. occasion 	C. logical 	D. freedom 
A. encourage 	B. proud 	C. enough	D. young
A. climate	B. stay	C. lake	D. vacation
II. Choose word or phrase ( marked A, B, C or D ) which best completes each sentence. 
1. Hoa works very.........., so she always gets good marks.
A. badly
B. good
C. hardly
D. hard
2. He has really tried his best so far, ..........................he?	
A. does
B. has
C. hasn’t
D. doesn’t
3. Would you mind if Ia photo?
A. take
B. took
C. would take
D. will take
4. It is very dangerous .. in the polluted environment.
A. to live 
B. lives 
C. living 
D. live
5. She was .. of watching television.
A. interested
B. tired
C. tiring
D. pleased
6. Our teacher asked us . in class.
A. not to talk
B. to not talk
C. no talk
D. without talking
7. I wish I..............................English well to get a better job.
A. speak
B. can speak
C. could speak
D. will speak
8. Hung is  do the crossword puzzles.
A. enough intelligent to
B. intelligent enough
C. enough intelligent
D. intelligent enough to
III. Match the two halves of the sentences from column A and B.
A
B
1. Lan and Mai have been pen pals
a. because students don’t have to think of what to wear everyday. 
2. It seems very difficult for us
b. to finish our English homework.
3. Wearing uniform is practical
c. for over two years.
4. If you want to do this work well, 
d. because it was Sunday.
5. We’ve been given three days
e. to buy that expensive car.
6. They didn’t go to school yesterday 
f. you must improve your knowledge of English.
IV. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. They (1) (lose) their job last month and since then they (2) (be).. out of work.
2. What you (3) (do). when he came yesterday?
3. He spends most of his free time (4) (lie)on the couch and (5) (watch)TV.
4. From now on, I (6) (try). to do things better.
5. David (7) (wash) hands. He (8) (just/repair)... his car.
V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capital.
1. It is a contest in which  have to read 2 poems in English.
PARTICIPATE
2. Phuong Linh arranged flowers the most....................in the contest.
ATTRACT
3. Let me get an.....................form and I can fill out.
APPLY
4. Nam likes acting and outdoor .............
ACT
5. What is the correct...............................of this word?
PRONOUNCE
6. Our main........................to export are rice, coffee and rubber.
PRODUCE
7. There are many cultural ......between his country and mine. 
DIFFER
8. He is one of the most ................writers in the world.
FAME
VI. Choose the best word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to complete the following passage.
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I’d like to (1)...................you about it. I was very (2)..........................when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English until I met my host family. At first, I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much use at all, (3)...........................we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (4).........................”l” and “r”. For example, Australian often asked “What do you eat in Viet Nam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”. My host mum helped me a lot by (5)..................my bad pronunciation. I usually practiced by talking to myself when I had shower, so no one could hear me. After four months, my English was (6)...........................better. Apart from English I learnt to make my own breakfast and lunch. I had to (7).....................a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tried waterskiing and sailing, (8)....................was wonderful. But the most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.
1. A. say	B. tell	C. talk	D. speak
2. A. exciting	B. excites	C. excited	D. excite
3. A. although	B. even	C. because	D. so
4. A. pronouncing	B. speaking	C. reading	D. telling
5. A. correct	B. to correct	C. corrected	D. correcting
6. A. more	B. many	C. much	D. a lot of
7. A. ride	B. drive	C. cycle	D. sail
8. A. where	B. which	C. who	D. what
VII. Read the passage, then choose one word from the box to fill in each numbered blank.
majority industries produces country
population official founded snow-capped
Colombia is located in a Northwestern part of South America and is the fourth largest (1)..............................in South America. It has coast lines on both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. It has a (2).............................of around 36 million and is a very beautiful country with (3).....................................mountains as well as hot lowland plains. The capital city is Bogota, which was (4)......................................by the Spaniards in 1538. Almost all Colombians speak Spanish, which is the country’s (5).........................................language. The religion of the (6)......................................of the population is Roman Catholic. Some of the most important (7)........................... are textiles and clothing. Other industries include mining and oil. Agriculture is the most important section of the economy, and Colombia’s main agriculture products are coffee, flowers, sugar, bananas, rice, corn and cotton. Colombia (8).......................more coffee than any other country except Brazil.
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. He hasn’t come back to his home village for over 20 years.
 It’s.................................................................................................................................
2. Please don’t interrupt me while I am speaking.
 I’d rather........................................................................................................................
3. Peter spent three hours repainting his house.
 It....................................................................................................................................
4. He asked his mother “Must I go now?”
 He asked........................................................................................................................
5. My father doesn’t type as fast as he used to.
 My father used...............................................................................................................
6. Your younger brother is too weak to lift that box.
 Your younger brother is not..........................................................................................
7. Mary is sorry; she isn’t on the beach now.
 Mary wishes..
8. The ancient streets in Hoi An attract a lot of foreign tourists.
 A lot of
IX. Use the suggestions to complete each sentence of the following letter.
 (You can make any changes if necessary, but you mustn’t leave out any word given). 
Dear Sir,
We / now / plan / holiday / next summer.
Holiday / begin / July 15th / we / return / July 29th.
My daughter / dislike / travel / coach / we / wish / go / air.
We / expect / stay / hotel / east coast.
We / grateful / you / send / information / details of charges.
Yours sincerely,
E. Smith.
THE END
ubnd huyÖn nho quan
phßng gi¸o dôc vµ ®µo t¹o
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
 kh¶o s¸t chÊt l­îng häc sinh giái
 N¨m häc 2012 - 2013
M«n: TiÕng Anh 9
Tổng 20 điểm 
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. A
II. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D).
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. D
III. Match the two halves of the sentences from column A and B. 
 (6 x 0.25 = 1.5)
1. c
2. e
3. a
4. f
5. b
6. d
IV. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. lost
2. have been
3.weredoing
4.lying
5. watching
6.will try 
7.is washing
8. has just repaired
V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capital.
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. participants
5. pronunciation
2. attractively
6. products
3. application
7. differences
4. activities
8. famous
VI. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the passage.
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B
VII. Choose one word from the box to fill in each numbered blank. 
(8 x 0.25 = 2.0)
1. country
5. official
2. population
6. majority
3. snow-capped
7. industries
4. founded
8. produces
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
(8 x 0.5 = 4.0)
1. It’s over 20 years since he last came back to his home village.
2. I’d rather you didn’t interrupt me while I am speaking.
3. It took Peter three hours to repaint his house.
4. He asked his mother if / whether he had to go then.
5. My father used to type faster than he does now.
6. Your younger brother is not strong enough to lift that box.
7. Mary wishes she were on the beach now.
8. A lot of foreign tourists are attracted by the ancient streets in Hoi An.
IX. Use the suggestions to complete each sentence of the following letter.
 (You can make any changes if necessary, but you mustn’t leave out any word given). 
(5 x 0.5 = 2.5)
We are now planning a holiday for the next summer.
Our holiday will begin on July 15th and we will return on July 29th.
My daughter dislikes traveling by coach, so we wish to go by air.
We expect to stay at a hotel on the east coast.
We would be grateful if you could send us some more information with details of charges.
The End