Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh năm học 2006 - 2007 môn Tiếng Anh 9

.......
 A. her	B. all alone	C. herself	D. on her own
 5. Most children feel............. on New Year’s Eve .
 A. excited	B. exciting	C. excitement	D. being excited
 6. How........ does the plane fly ? - It flies at 6oo m p h.
 A. far	B. long	C. quick	D. fast
 7. The man sat down, took off one shoe, and then........... .
 A. other	B. the other	C. another	D. the rest
 8. My brother has refused that job, ......... the attractive salary.
 A. although	B. despite of	C. in spite of	D. because of
 9. Let’s go to the beach tomorrow, ........... ?
 A. shall we 	B. shan’t we	C. will you	D. don’t you	 
 10. There was a small room into...........we all crowded.
 A. it	B. that	C. which	D. where
 11. We started early ............ to miss the train.
 	 A. so that	B. so as	C. not in order	D. in order not
 12. Have I.............you about how Mary is getting on at school ?
 	 A. told	B. said	C. answered	D. explained
 13. Because of the rain, I was ............. .
 	A. late an hour	B. an hour late	C. late for an hour	D. late of an hour
 14. Jamie was .............. excited to sit still for long.
 	A. very	B. too	C. so	D. much
 15. You have to hurry because the ............train will leave in ten minutes.
 	 A. last	B. late	C. latter	D. latest
Question : IV (10 points) Give the correct form of the word in the bracket.
The situation was ........... . Nobody could do anything to help. (hope)
Rudeness never gets you what you want ;...........always pays ! (polite)
Are there any ...........rivers left on earth ? (pollute)
There was a .............of water here last year. (short)
The scientist took great .......... in his new discovery. (proud)
What is the ............ of this pool ? (deep)
Please ............your seatbelt. The plane is taking off. (fast)
8. The value of the ...........gold was over $ 10,000. (steal)
9. I’ve been told some............news. (surprise) 
10. We should be more........with our electricity. (economy)
 Question : V (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition.
That old man asked me ............ a coin but I didn’t have any.
My children are important...........me.
Wine is made..............grapes.
He looked at me..............a smile.
It isn’t an answer................my question.
Don’t look at me..............that.
He is .............work on a new book.
What do you mean..............that ?
The car went..............full speed.
 Don’t turn............from me when I’m talking to you.
Question : VI (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 
I have to do a lot of homework today. 
 - I wish................ .
 2. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years. 
 – It’s years............ .
 3. You can try to get Tim to lend you his car, but you won’t succeed.
 - There is no point.............................. .
 4.- There are a lot of hotels and restaurants in this city. 
 – This city............ .
 5. I last saw him when I was a student. 
 – I haven’t............ .
 6. Is it really necessary for us to arrive so early? 
 - Do we really....... .
 7. Be careful or you may fall. 
 – If you........... .
 8. She left the university two years ago. 
 – It................... .
 9. This is my first visit to Scotland. 
 – I have........... .
 10.Mark is too young to see the horror film. 
 – Mark is not...... .
Question : VII (5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it.
We discussed about the problem.
We are truly sorry that you had to wait so long for the delivery.
I have three brothers, all of them are businessmen.
I’d like to buy a watch as yours.
It will get cold in the desert when winter will come.
 Question : VIII (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph.
 There are four people in my family. Each of us has a.....1....hobby. My dad likes reading newspapers because he can get the.....2......news every morning. However, my mom enjoys watching TV and reading magazines. She often spends hours reading articles about fashion and cooking. .....3...... my mom and dad , my brother .....4.....loves exploring websites about airplanes. He spends ....5.....of his free time....6....information about the history and development....7.... aircraft. He also writes emails......8......chats with his friends about his hobby. For me, I am ....9.......interested in listening to music. I love listening to music on the FM radio. I also like music.....10....on TV on Sundays. What about you ? What is your hobby ?
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Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo
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Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh
Năm học 2006-2007
Môn thi: Tiêng Anh
Ngày thi: 28/03/2007
Lớp: 9 THCS
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Question :I
 a, 1. D	2. A	3. B	
 b, 1. C	2. D
Question :II
1. has – is getting 	5. getting	10. being taken
2. had – happened 	6. were – would.....like	11. to return
3. were having 	7. haven’t had	12. buying.
4. have.......worked 	8. would be	 9. was done 
Question :III
1. B	6. D	11. D 
2. B	7. B	12. A 
3. A	 8. C	13. B	
4. C	 9. A	14. B 
5. A	 10. C 	15. A
Question :IV
 1. hopeless	2. politeness	3. unpolluted	4. shortage	
 5.pride 6. depth	 7. fasten	8. stolen	
 9. surprising	 10. economical 	 
Question :V
 1. for	3. from	5. to	7. at	9. at	 
2. to 	4. with	6. like	 8. by	10. away
Question :VI
I wish I didn’t have to do a lot of homework today.
It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much / I had such a good time.
There is no point in getting Tim to lend you his car.
This city has a lot of hotels and restaurants.
I haven’t seen him since I was a student.
Do we really have to arrive so early?
If you are not careful, you’ll fall.
It is two years since she left the university.
I have never visited Scotland before / I have never paid a visit to Scotland before / I have never been to Scotland before.
 Mark is not old enough to see the horror film.
Question :VII
 1. bỏ about	3. them đ whom	5. will come đ comes
	2. have had 	4. as đ like
Question :VIII
 1. different	6. getting	
 2. latest	7. of	
 3. unlike	8. or
 4. only	9. really
 5. most	10. program( me ) 
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Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo
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Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh
Năm học 2006-2007
Môn thi: Tiêng Anh
Ngày thi: 28/03/2007
Lớp: 12 THPT (db)
Thời gan: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề thi)
Đề thi này có 08 câu, gồm 05 trang.
 Thí sinhlàm bài vào tờ giấy thi
Question I: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
 1. A. interesting	B. surprising	 	C. amusing	D. successful
2. A. understand	B. engineer	C. benefit	D. Vietnamese
3. A. applicant	B. uniform	C. yesterday	D. employment
4. A. paper	B. tonight	C. lecture	D. story
5. A. money	B. army	C. afraid	D. people
Question II: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
6. A. exist	B. mind	C. inspire	D. provide
7. A. refusal	B. music	C. student	D. study
8. A. lecturer	B. medium	C. inventor	D. president
9. A. easy	B. seat	C. learn	D. eat
10. A. sale	B. serve	C. sure	D. sort
11. A. cat	B. cook	C. cold	D. cinema
13. A. age	B. altogether	C. change	D. college
14. A. race	B. iron	C. ruin	D. run
15. A. language	B. aviation	C. attraction	D. applicant
Question III: Choose the most appropriate word or phrases to complete sentences below.
16. In recent years, more and more people ............ for things with credit cards.
A. pay	B. have been paying	C. are paying 	D. paid
17. What people ............ Benetton stores is that the 	quality is always high.
A. like	B. like very much	C. like about	D. like a lot
18. Kate would like to ............ by the time in his 40.
A. travel	B. be travelling	C. be going to travel	D. have travelled
19. Poverty is a problem in many cities .........whole families ca only afford to live in one room.
A. when	B. where	C. even	D. if
20. The world would be a better place if everyone showed ............ cooperation as John.
A. as much	B. so much	C. too much	D. much
21. He turned on the T.V., ............ I thought was rather surprising.
A. and	B. so 	C. that	D. which
22. My car would not start, ............ Jenny’s started immediately.
A. whereas	B. though	C. however	D. nevertheless
23. They stayed for hours, which I was very ............ 
A. annoyed	B. annoyed about	C. annoying	D. annoying me
24. That was a very strange question ............ 
A. you ask	B. you are asking	C. for asking	D. to ask
25. ............ a movie to be entertaining, it has to have an interesting story.
A. So that 	B. In order that	C. In order for	D. In order to 
26. My parents can’t ............ seeing me at home all day.
A. stop	B. stand	C. start	D. hate
27. What will happen to his ............ ? 
A. horse racing	B. horse race 	C. racing horse	D. race horse
28. ............ do you spend your free time?
A. What	B. Which	C. How	D. When
29. The exhibition ............ place twice a year.
A. makes	B. has	C. does	D. takes
30. What is your ............ sports? 
A. interesting	B. favourite	C. liking	D. exciting
31. There are different kinds of music to ............ your taste.
A. miss	B. fit	C. tight	D. suit
32. How much does that watch ............ ?
A. cost	B. pay	C. spend	D. fix
33. Peter worked for the bank for six month, and then he gave it ............ .
A. up	B. away	`	C. off	D. down
34. When will we leave? ............ he finish his task.
A. Now that	B. As soon as	C. Until	D. high
35. It is ............ to drive without a driving license.
A. dangerous	B. danger	C. dangerously	D. in danger
Question IV: Give the correct form of word
36. The duty of the police is the ............ law and order ( maintain )
37. Our tomatoes are ............ nicely; they’ll be ready to eat in about a week. (ripe)
38. Look at this picture of Bill and his father – you can see the ............ clearly, can’t you? (like)
39. He said “Good morning” in a most ............ way. ( friend)
40. Playing for the national team for the first time was an ........experience for Huynh Duc. (forget)
41. “This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer. “I find your arguments ............” (convince)
42. It’s a lovely old house, I agree, but can we afford to ............ it? (modern)
43. George and I have been friends since ............ : he use to live next door. (child)
44. In winter it is important for farmers to provide food and ............ for their animals. (warm)
45. Pele ............ Ronaldo to take part in 2002 World Cup. (courage)
Question V: Put a suitable word in the blank 
 In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages (46)...........which English is by far the most widely used. As a (47) ........ tongue, it ranks secondly only (48) ............Chinese, (49) ...........is little used outside China. 
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first (50) ............ About the same number use it (51) ............ a second language. It is (52) ............ English language that is used as the language (53) ............ aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the world’s mail is English, 60%of the world’s radio stations (54) ............ in English and (55) ............ than half of the world’s periodicals are printed in English.
 It is the English language that is used as an (56)language in 44 countries, and as the language (57)..business, commerce and technology in many others. English is now an effective medium of (58).communication. (59), it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic that (60)difficulties to foreigners.
Question VI: Read the following passage, answer the questions by choosing A, B, C, or D.
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began leaning to play harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in public. From the age of six, when his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life - he died at the age of thirty five – travelling. As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and give concerts. Mozart also wrote a lot of operas. His first opera, Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was the first of many successes in the theatre.
61. How rich was Mozart’s family?
A. Very rich	B. As rich as a financial	C. Not very rich	D. Very poor
62. When did he take the first step into the world of music as a composer?
A. When he was three	B. When he was five	
C. When he was fourteen	 	D. When he was thirty-five
63. What did he do on his first tour to some major European countries?
A. He made so much sightseeing	B. He toured the courts and musical centres
C. He toured only	D. He did nothing
64. Why is it possible to name Mozart “A travelling composer”?
A. Because he spent almost a third of his short life travelling. 	
B. Because he liked travelling a lot.	
C. Because he never travelled.
D. Because he had good imagination.
65. What expression in the passage means “an exceptionally clever child”?
A. A child normal	B. A child clever	 
C. A child prodigy	D. Child playing harpsichord.
Question VII: Rewrite the following sentences by choosing the most appropriate answer.
66. The remark was so unexpected that she didn’t know what to say. (It was ............ )
 A. It was such an unexpected remark that she hadn’t known what to say.
 B. It was such an unexpected remark that she didn’t known what to say.
 C. It was such an unexpected remark that she doesn’t known what to say.
 D. It was such an unexpected remark that she have not known what to say.
67. You’re the worst guitarist in the world. ( No one ............ )
 A. No one else in the world plays the guitar as badly as you.
 B. No one else in the world plays the guitar as well as you.
 C. No one else in the world plays the guitar as good as you.
 D. No one else in the world plays the guitar as worst as you.
68. It was a waste of time writing a letter. ( I needn’t ............ )
 A. I needn’t have time to write that letter.
 B. I needn’t have written that letter.
 C. I needn’t having written that letter.
 D. I needn’t wrote that letter.
69. “Let’s check everything once more” said the man in chief.
 (The man in chiefsuggested...............)
 A. The man in chief suggested checked everything once more.
 B . The man in chief suggested to check everything once more.
 C. The man in chief suggested to checking everything once more.
 D. The man in chief suggested checking everything once more.
70. Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangerous. ( Contrary ... )
 A. Contrary to its harmful appearance, the fish is quite dangerous.
 B. Contrary to its harmless appearance, the fish is being quite dangerous.
 C. Contrary to its harmless appearance, the fish is quite dangerous.
 D. Contrary to its harmless appearance, the fish has been quite dangerous.
71. The student really appreciate the teacher’s sense of humor. ( What ............ )
 A. What the students really not appreciate is the teacher’s sense of humor.
 B. What the students really appreciate is the teacher’s sense of humor.
 C. What the students really appreciate is not the teacher’s sense of humor.
 D. What the students really appreciates is the teacher’s sense of humor.
72. It is acknowledged that Vietnam had a complete control over SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic. (Vietnam is ............ )
 A. Vietnam was acknowledged to have controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
 B. Vietnam has been acknowledged to have controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
 C. Vietnam acknowledged to have controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
 D. Vietnam is acknowledged to have controlled SARS from a very early stage of the epidemic.
73. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did she. ( He forgot ............ )
 A. He forget all about it, and so did she.
 B . He forgot all about it, and nor did she.
 C. He forgot all about it, and so did she.
 D. He forgot all about it, and did she, too.
74. We couldn’t have managed it if our father hadn’t encouraged us. (If it ............ )
 A. If it isn’t been for my father’s encouragement, we couldn’t have managed it.
 B. If it hadn’t been for my father’s encouragement, we couldn’t have managed it.
 C. If it haven’t been for my father’s encouragement, we couldn’t have managed it.
 D. If it hadn’t been for my father’s encouragement, we could have managed it.
75. I wished I had applied for that job. (It is a ............ )
 A. It is a pity that I didn’t apply for that job.
 B. It is a pity that I applied for that job.
 C. It is a lucky that I didn’t apply for that job.
 D. It is a pity that I is not applying for that job.
Question VIII: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences by given words. 
76. Conversation/ be/ safeguarding and preservation/ natural resources.
 A. Conversation is the safeguarded and preservation of natural resources.
 B. Conversation have been the safeguarded and preservation of natural resources.
 C. Conversation was the safeguarded and preservation of natural resources.
 D. Conversation is the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources.
77. The past/ most people/ believe/ world’s resources/ can never/ use up.
 A. In the past, most people believed that the world’s resources could never used up.
 B. In the past, most people believe that the world’s resources could never used up.
 C. In the past, most people believed that the world’s resources could never be using up.
 D. In the past, most people believed that the world’s resources could never been used up.
78. Today/ we/ know/ this / be /not /true.
 A. Today we know that this is not true.
 B. Today we known that this is not true.
 C. Today we have known that this is not true.
 D. Today we are knowing that this is not true.
79. There/ be/ serious waste/ forest, soil, wildlife and minerals.
 A. There are serious waste of forests, soil, wildlife and animals.
 B. There have been serious waste of forests, soil, wildlife and animals.
 C. There is serious waste of forests, soil, wildlife and animals.
 D. There is serious wasting of forests, soil, wildlife and animals.
80. Therefore/ prevention/ waste/ be/ important part/ conversation.
 A. Therefore, the prevention of waste have been an important part in conversation.
 B. Therefore, the prevention of waste were an important part in conversation.
 C. Therefore, the prevention of waste is an important part in conversation.
 D. Therefore, the prevention of waste is not an important part in conversation.
Question 6: Write these sentences to make a complete letter.
 1,Thank / much / letter /15th June. 
 2, I / sorry / previous letter / took / reach / you.
 3, I / think / must / due to / fact / sent / surface mail / airmail.
 4, I / make / sure / present letter / post / air mail. 
 5, You / get / within / a week / so.
Question 7: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
 1. He no sooner..... (reach) the door than he..... (come) back. 
 2. I.... (be) very careful not to hint or remind her in any way of what she.... (tell) me.
 3. While he ......(learn) to dri