Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 năm học 2007 - 2008 môn thi: Tiếng Anh

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
Họ và tên: 	 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Lớp: .	Thời gian làm bài: 150’
ĐIỂM TOÀN BÀI THI
BẰNG SỐ
BẰNG CHỮ
I. Phonetics
A. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest (5pts)
1. a. crack	b. category	c. cabbage	d. nature
2. a. divide	b. edit	c. tropical	d. hiker
3. a. solar	b. solid	c. hobby	d. model
4. a. dump	b. truck	c. reduce	d. rubbish
5. a. bill	b. plumber	c. bulb	d. label
B. Underline the stressed pattern of the following words.(10pts)
1. media	6. informative	11. development	16. recycle
2. musician	7. necessary	12. garbage	17. plastic
3. material	8. mountainous	13. sewage	18. energy
4. majority	9. character	14. environment	19. politeness
5. opposite	10. mausoleum	15. pollute	20. prohibit
II. Grammar and use of English
A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.(20pts)
1. We’re disappointed that people have ____________ this area.
a. spoiled	b. bored	c. disturbed	d. broken
2. We should fine heavily anyone using ____________ to catch fish.
a. electric	b. electrical	c. electricity	d. electrify
3. If we ____________ trash, it will pollute the air.
a. collect	b. burn	c. reuse	d. pump
4. We shouldn’t use too many plastic bags because they are very hard to ____________
a. soften	b. heat	c. melt	d. dissolve
5. We must ____________ the amount of water our family uses every day.
a. lower	b. reduce	c. lessen	d. cut down
6. A ____________ faucet can waste 500 liters of water a month.
a. running	b. cutting	c. dripping	d. dropping
7. All the houses in our village will be ____________ by solar energy.
a. heated	b. heightened	c. frozen	d. widened
8. I suggest that Minh ____________ a good dictionary.
a. buys	b. has to buy	c. will buy	d. should buy
9. If we ____________ wasting electricity, we will have to pay a lot next month.
a. turn on	b. go on	c. come on	d. live on
10. I suggest ____________ sheets with single printed page for drafting.
a. keep	b. to keep	c. keeping	d. kept
11. I usually write emails or ____________ with my friends about our hobbies.
a. chat	b. tell	c. swear	d. surf
12. Today the Ao Dai is both traditional and ____________
a. funny	b. fashionable	c. moveable	d. comic
13. Maryam wanted to ____________ Lan to Kuala Lumpur.
a. correspond	b. meet	c. offer	d. invite
14. I wish I ____________ very far from school.
a. don’t live	b. won’t live	c. haven’t live	d. didn’t live
15. A new supermarket ____________ in our town.
a. is build	b. is being built	c. has built	d. was building
16. We should use public buses ____________ of motorbikes or car.
a. instead	b. because	c. in spite	d. change
17. We can save natural ____________ by using solar energy.
a. products	b. forests	c. wild lives	d. resources
18. Tom failed the exam ____________ he was lazy.
a. such	b. that	c. like	d. as
19. We were thirsty. ____________, the water in the stream was polluted.
a. However	b. Therefore	c. So	d. Because
20. Do you think it’s good if we burn trash to reduce the ____________ of garbage?
a. lots	b. measure	c. number	d. amount
B. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.(10pts)
Although the world’s energy resources have (1) ____________ many millions of years to produce, we are quickly beginning to (2) ____________ these supplies. Recently a UN committee reported that the world’s oil and gas supplies (3) ____________ last about 100 years if (4) ____________ carefully. The report stated that (5) ____________ would be enough oil and gas (6) ____________ a century only if the present (7) ____________ could be controlled. If the demand continued to grow, the report said that fuel supplies would (8) ____________ for less than forty years. (9) ____________ to the reports, governments must now take steps to control the amounts of fossil fuel (10) ____________ are used.
1. a. taken	b. spent	c. used	d. got
2. a. end	b. exhaust	c. finish	d. destroy
3. a. will	b. would	c. can	d. should
4. a. use	b. using	c. used	d. usage
5. a. it	b. this	c. they	d. there
6. a. in	b. for	c. since	d. at
7. a. want	b. ask	c. require	d. demand
8. a. last	b. long	c. tow	d. widen
9. a. In addition	b. Together	c. According	d. Follow
10. a. it	b. which	c. who	d. where
C. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate preposition.(10pts)
1. She is very interested ____________ history.
2. They took part ____________ most of the games.
3. All buildings in Sweden will be heated ____________ solar energy in 2015.
4. He gave me advice ____________ how to save water.
5. I’m worried____________ my most recent water bill.
6. If we keep ____________ littering the environment will become seriously polluted.
7. If we use much pesticide ____________ vegetables, the vegetables will become poisonous.
8. The baby laughed happily as she played ____________ her toys.
9. This street used to be covered ____________ trash.
10. I’d like you to divide ____________ four groups.
D. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce from the following five sets of words and phrases five complete sentences. (5pts)
1. I/ write/ thank/ book/ send/fifteenth birthday.
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2. I/ like/ very much/ and help/ me/ much/ in my study
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3. How/ your study/ now.
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4. You/ do/ well/ school/?/
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5. I/ look forward/ hear/you
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E. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to make complete sentences.(10pts)
1. We should do something to give our part to the poverty ____________. (Reduce)
2. Please do me a favor! I need your ____________. (Advise)
3. You can make ____________ now. (Suggest)
4. The Internet is a wonderful ____________ of modern life. (Invent)
5. She uses the Internet for ____________. (Communicate)
6. ____________, I remembered to bring my umbrella. .
7. The drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their ____________. (Refresh)
8. I have read the ____________ on the paper. (Advertise)
9. The Internet also has its ____________. (Limit)
10. I use the Internet for my ____________. (Educate)
F. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning. (10pts)
1. They are going to repair the building next week.
@ The building	
2. I didn’t have time to finish my English test yesterday.
@ If	
3. The water was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.
@ It was such	
4. The question was very difficult, so the boy didn’t understand it.
@ The question was too	
5. He can’t get access to the Internet as he doesn’t have a computer.
@ If	
6. “ Have you ever been to Ho Chi Minh City?”
@ He asked me	
7. The last time I saw her was when I was in Moscow.
@ I haven’t	
8. Did you buy this house five years ago?
@ You ...?
9. “Did you buy this book yesterday?”
@ She asked me	
10. Nobody told me about that decision.
@ I	
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