Đề thi chọn đội tuyển đi thi học HSG cấp huyện lớp 9 THCS môn Tiếng Anh

ily has at least one favorite album or compact disc. School children of all ages perform Christmas concerts for their parents and communities. On Christmas’ Eve, family members gather around Christmas tree to sing traditional songs Such as Jingle bells and Silent night and then give presents to each other. 
Questions.
What are the popular traditions at Christmas?
a) Decorating the home. b) Singing Christmas carols.
c) Eating Christmas pudding. d) a and b are correct.
Where is the evergreen put ?
a)In the middle of the livingroom. c) In the middle of the bedroom. 
b)In the corner of the livingroom. d) In the corner of the bedroom.
How do they decorate the Christmas tree?
a) They wrap string of colorful lights around the tree. c) They crown a star on the top.
b) They hang ornaments on branches d) a,b and c are correct.
What do the family members often do on Christmas’ Eve ?
a) They gather around Christmas tree.
b) They sing traditional songs.
c) They gather around the tree,sing traditional song and get presents
d) They give presents to each other.
What do they do as they decorate their home ?
a) They sing traditional songs. c) They eat Christmas pudding.
b) They put on Christmas record. d) a , b and c are correct.
Question VII:
Each sentence has one mistake. Find and correct it.
 1- He usually works hardly.
 2- I wish it would stop to rain tomorrow.
 3- I am in class 9A , I aren’t ?
 4- She has much money than I do.
5- He advises me don’t get up late.
Complete the sentences with the words given.
1- She/ say / enjoy / Vietnamese food / much.
2- I / tell / him /the truth/ if / I / be / you.
3- My father/ used to/ smoke / when/ he / young.
 4- Mai /bad / at/ Math/ than / Lan Anh.
 5- Hoa/ have / many/ books/ than/ her/ sister 
Question VIII: Rewrite the following sentences so that they stay the same meaning.
It was a dirty house because we hadn’t clean it for weeks.
- The house..........................................................................
A painter painted our house last month
- We....................................................................................
Have you ever driven this kind of car?
- Do you.............................................................................?
Who wrote this story ?
- By......................................................................................?
They leave me alone at home at night.I’m afraid of this.
- I am..................................................................................
6- Tom is the best football player in his club.
- Noone..............................................................................
7- I have never seen a more beautiful house than this.
-This..................................................................................
8- Do you have to do your homework tonight?
- Does..............................................................................?
9- I don’t have a bigger problem than Listening.
- My ................................................................................
10- Has anybody shown you what to do?
- Have you.......................................................................?
Đề số 11:
Question I: Choose one word that is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
a. few	b. new	c. threw	d. knew
a. nicest	b. largest	c. hottest	d. best
a. can	b. cell	c. call	d. cold
a. played	b. cooked	c. examined	d. called
a. eggs	b. floors	c. books	d. pens
Question II: Supply the corect form of the verbs in the brackets
 Mr Brown just ( finish) reading the letter when the telephone on his desk ( ring) 
 Those students who ( fail) the exam are going to take another one held in August
 Hurry up or you ( be) late for class.
 Hurry up or our favourite TV programme ( be) over long before we ( reach) home
 I ( not have ) much time for entertainment these days.
 Look! A man ( run) after the bus. He wants to catch it.
 We don’t want to ( pay ) low wages.
 Two robbers ( put) in prison escaped yesterday.
 It is 2 years since I ( last give) presents on Christmasday.
 Nothing ( do) about this problem for months	
 If it ( be not) for your help, I could not have passed the exam.
 I wish they ( pass) their exam next year.
 Were you to have a car what you ( do)?	
Question III: Complete sentences using the correct form of the words in brackets.
I believe you because I know you are  ( truth)
The factory was ..so the management tried to cut cost by making some workers redundant. ( compete)
The alpine .is very dramatic. ( land)
You can find out what a book is about by looking at its table of ..( contain)
When Pele retired, it was a great to the Brazilian soccer. ( lose)
It is really quite .. that we should have been at the same college without having met before. ( ordinary)
Leisure habits won’t change much in the  future. ( see)
I don’t think Tom’s getting too much sleep lately. His eyes are terribly . ( blood)
All of his .are about love. ( poet)
The ..staff consists of ten experienced journalists. ( edit)
Question IV: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentenses.
There was hardly money left in my bank account.
a. more 	b. no	c. some	d. any
You are .who noticed.
a. the single	b. the only	c. only one	d. the only one
Their house is .. near the Cathedral .
a. whereabouts	b. anywhere	c. somewhere	d. anyplace
The reason I left is .I was bored.
a. why	b. that	c. while	d. for
I will go on holiday ..I can.
a. as soon as 	b. as 	c. until	d. how
I am sorry I your party. I was away at the time.
a. lost	b. failed	c. told	d. missed
We .her a happy birthday.
a. wished 	b. said	c. told	d. wanted
Your room is a mess! .it up at once.
a. Arrange	b. Make	c. Tidy	d. Do
Could you .me ten pounds until next payday?
a. let	b. provide	c. borrow	d. lend
Bill has .his job and gone back to college.
a. let off	b. given up	c. passed up	d. withdawn
I wish to apply ..the post of surveyor with your company.
a. in	b. for	c. to	d. with
I came .a reference to Makonde carving when I was an artist.
a. across	b. into	c. over	d. for
Does anyone know ..this hat might be?
a. who	b. whom	c. whose	d. to whom
The old lady was ..exhausted after the long walk.
a. very	b. absolutely	c. pretty	d. fairly
Nam’s brother does not work as a teacher, and she doesn’t ..
a. either	b. neither	c. so	d. too
Question V:	A- Put one suitable word in the blanks.
 A popular theory explaining the evolution ..1.. the universe is known as the Big Bang Model. According ..2.. the model, at some time between ten ...3.. twenty billion years ago, all present matter and energy were compressed into a small ball only a few kilometres in diameter. It was, in effect, an atom 4 contained in the form of pure energy all of the components of the entire universe. Then, at a moment 5..time that astronomers refer to as T = 0, the ball exploded, hurling the energy 6space. Expansion occurred. As the energy cooled, most 7.it became matter in the form of protons, neutrons and .8. These original particles .9to form hydrogen and helium, and continue to expand. Matter formed into galaxies with stars and 10.
B/ Choose the best one.
1/ Which sentence below best summarises this passage?
The Big Bang theory does not account for the evolution of the universe.
According to the Big Bang Model, an explosion caused the formation of the Universe.
The universe is made of hydrogen and helium.
The universe is more than ten billion years old.
2/ According to the passage , when was the universe formed?
Ten billion years ago.
Fifteen billion years ago
At T = 0 	
Twenty billion years ago
3/ The environment before the Big Bang is described as all of the following except 
compressed matter
energy
all the components of the universe
protons, neutrons and electrons
4/ The word compressed could best be replaced by.
excited
blanced
reduced
controlled
5/ It may be inferred that
energy and matter are the same.
Protons, neutrons, and electrons are not matter
Energy may be converted into matter
The galaxies stopped expanding as energy cooled
Question VI:
 A- Find the mistakes and correct them in these sentences.
1. His drawings are as perfect as his instructor.
2. Although my mother never eats desert, I prefer something sweet.
3. The price of oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it?
4. John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but now he is living in Detroit.
5. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it our test.
B- Make up sentences with the words given.
The hotter/it/miserable/feel./
The sooner/medicine/better/feel/
Lately/not work/hard/as/should/
It/an hour/wash/his car./
Nam/give/a book/ his / last birthday/
Question VII: Rewrite the following sentences and the meaning stays the same.
 Your hair is long. You’d better have it cut.	
	- Your hair .......
2. Are you against working on Sunday? 	
- Do you object .....
3. We looked for the letter everywhere but we didn’t find it.
 - The letter was .....
When I arrived in China. I wrote a letter home.	
- On ......
If you hadn’t helped him, he couldn’t have gained such maverllous result. 
- But ........
If Nam arrived on time. We could start early.
	- Were .......
I haven’t seen my old school friend for 2 years.	
- The last ......
It’ll be necessary for her to give up her job soon.	
- Soon she........
This event will always be remembered for the rest of our life.
- Never .......
10.	 It was my first visit to North America. 
 	- I .........
Đề số 12:
Phòng Giáo Dục Đề thi chọn đội tuyển đi thi học hsg cấp tỉnh lớp 9 -thcs
 Quảng Xương	 Năm học 2005-2006
Môn tiếng anh
	 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
Question 1: Choose the word whose part underlined is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
 A. needed	B. worked	C. stopped	D. booked
A. thick	B. thorough	C. healthy	D. weather
A. like	B. lively	C. live	D. life
A. cook	B. blood	C. school	D. look
A. feat	B. great	C. seat	D. fear
A. flame	B. hate	C. page	D. adventure
A. sugar	B. settle	C. surprise	D. sentence
A. helped	B. liked	C. watched	D. hated.
A. good	B. book	C. foot	D. food
A. lie	B. height	C. weight	D. pie
Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
There (be) no guests at all since I left.
I am sorry about the noise last night. We (have) a party.
In a few minutes’time, When the clock (strike) six, I (wait) here for three hours
She (sleep) for 10 hours! You must wake her
By this time next year I (save) $ 250.
I distinctly remember (pay) him. I gave him two dollars
The teller was made (lie) down on the floor
Cattle ( allow) to graze on the village common.	
Nothing ( do) about this problem for months	
Question 3:	Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences
He is ..........active in spite of his old age.	( wonder)
.............is a very serious problem in many countries	(employ)
He suffered from constant .................	( sleep)
After the explosion, only two people were left .......	(live)
Her husband's death made her life ...........	(mean)
There are more and more people concerning about ..........pollution	(environment)
Is Buddhism the country's ..........religion of Thailand?	(office)
I watch the news everyday because it's very ...........	(inform)
I try to speak clearly when I meet a ............	( foreign)
Many pupils at ..........school have already choosen a career.	( second)
Question 4: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word 
The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) .......... that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find the time.
 English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.
Question 5: Read the text then answer the question below.
Education in England
 Every child in Great Britain between the age of five and fifteen must attend school. There are three main types of educational institutions: primary (elementary) schools, secondary schools and universities.
 State schools are free, and attendance is compulsory. Morning school begins at nine o'clock and lasts until half past four. School is open five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are no lessons. There are holidays at Christmas, Easter and in summer. In London as in all cities there are two grades of state schools for those who will go to work at fifteen: primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and eleven, and secondary schools for children from eleven to fifteen years.
 The lessons are reading, writing , the English language, English literatute, English history, geography, science, Nature study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork and drill (physical training).
What are three main types of educational institutions?
What are the two grades of state schools for those who will go to work at fifteen?
What subjects do children study at school?
Are state schools free?
When do pupils have holidays?
Question 6:Choose the best answer
Prevention is better than ...............
A. treatment	B. pills	C. cure	D. doctors
This device shows a similarity ............the one I have.
A. of	B. from	C. to	D. on
Have you had much experience ...............computers?
A. with	B. for	C. in	D. about
There is a possibility .............rain tomorrow.
A. for	B. of	C. in	D. with
Poverty and poor health often go hand ...........hand.
A. in	B. for	C. on	D. into
..................I get your car, I'll leave.
A. As soon as	B. As though	C. By the time	D. Now that
The picture ............Lawra painted is being shown in an exhibition.
A. that	B. which	C. why	D. who
This is ................man of all I've ever known.
A. best	B. better	C. good	D. the best
Don’t ever do that again, ....................?
A. will you	B. won't you	C. don’t you	D. do you
If she talked less, people ...............her more.
A. will like	B. like	C. Liked	D. would like
No one ............Kathy knows very much about it.
A. and	B. as	C. but	D. however
It's raining, ......................I can't go to the beach.
A. so	B. or	C. but	D. and
....................is good news.
A. Not news	B. Nor news	C. A news	D. No news
The puzzle had so ..........pieces that we couldn’t finish it.
A. many	B. much	C. little	D. few.
London is ..............capital of England.
A. an	B. a	C. the	D.x
Question 6: a) Find out the spared word in each sentence.
Would you rather to stay with us for some days?
The money was stolen never found.
Water is too hot for us to drink it
He didnt let me to get my book
I want you to speak the Vietnamese.
	b/ Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.
I/ apologise/ him/ not able/ arrive/ on time.
Look! / sun / set / mountains
In my life/ I / never be/ Pac Bo Cave.
Difficult/ get/ touch/ manager/ company.
My uncle/ give up/ smoke / one year.
Question8 : Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year	
- Why ..............................................?
He stole some money and was arrested for it	
- He was.........................................................
"Have you done this sorts of work before" She asked me	
She asked me if........................................
You're the worst guitarist in the world.	
Noone..........................................................
Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangeruos.	
Contrary........................................................
"You can leave early" Mr Minh said to Hai	
Mr Minh .......................................................
I have no advice, which I can offer you.	
I have no ......................................................
People did not discover AIDS until 1981.	
Not until........................................................
People think that the owner of that house is abroad
 The owner .....................................
“ I think you should go by train, Peter” ,she said.	
 She advised............................
Đề số 13:
 Phòng GD	Đề thi Chọn học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9 THCS
Quảng Xương 	Năm học 2005-2006
 Môn tiếng anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
Question 1: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
She felt that she (look) at.
I can't go out because I (not finish) my homework.
If you kicked the policeman, you (arrest)
All students objected to (do) that work.
Trang isn't in her room at the moment. She (cook) in the kitchen.
I can't afford ( go) on holiday abroad this year.
Passengers (travel) on this bus bought their tickets in books.
I (not use) the car this evening, so you can have it.
Question 2:	Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences
The child should be punished because of his bad ...........	( behave)
The ...........in this town are very friendly	(reside)
Every week, there are two ...........from Ha Noi to Nha Trang.	(fly)
We're very impressed by the ..........of your town's people.	(friend)
All the newspapers praised the ..........of the firemen 	(brave)
It was ............not to write down the address.	( fool)
The tiger wanted to see the farmer's .............	(wise)
Bell experimented with ways of transmiting ....over a long distance. (speak)
Question3: 	a) Change the following sentences into reported speech
"Do you live here?" Liz asked
She said "He doesn't buy this book."
The teacher said "All the homework must be done carefully."
"Don’t throw that bottle away. We can reuse it," said Mr Cuong.
"I don’t understand what you are saying."Tom told us.
	b) Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.
Measuring money must be very difficult to carry...........
In this respect, French differs .............English
I'll come............to pick her up at 8 o'clock.
The passage is written ..............English .
Mr Duc Thanh is thinking of exporting rice ............India.
Question 4: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word 
 If you live in a city, you probably see many people, hear the (1)............of traffic, and smell the pollution (2).........cars and factories.
 We are entering a new time in (3) ......history of the world. Before this, most (4) ..... ..... were farmers. They lived in the country. Now many people are (5) .....the farms and moving into the cities. They are looking for better jobs. The cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very crowded. People are driving more cars, burning more fuel, (6).......more water, eating more food, making more garbage, and producing more things in factories than (7)..........before. Life is becoming difficult.
 Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They are building new roads, putting (8) .........new houses, looking for more water, and limiting growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities (9) ....... than cities can take them. The cities are running out (10).........room. What is the answer to this problem?
Question 5: Read the passage and choose the best answer.
	It is very important to have healthy teeth. Good teeth help us to chew our food. They also help us to look nice. How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamed covering of the tooth. This happens after germs and bits of food have collected there. Then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth. Eventually, poison goes into blood, and we may feel quite ill.
 How can we keep our teeth healthy?. Firstly, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year. He can fill the small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth. He can examine our teeth to check that they are growing in the right way. Unfortunately, many people wait until they have toothache before they see a dentist. 
 Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day- once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal.
 Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish, brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals. They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay.
Good teeth help us to ................
A. be nice	B. have a goodeyesight.
C. chew our food	D. be important
When food and germs collect in a small crack, our teeth ............
A. become hard	B. begin to decay.
C. send poison into the blood.	D. makes us feel quite ill.
A lot of people visit a dentist only when ..............
A. their teeth grow properly	B. they have holes in their teeth
C. they have toothache	D. they have brushed their teeth.
We ought to try clean our teeth ...............
A. once a day	B. at least twice a day
C. between meals	D. before breakfast.
We shouldn’t eat a lot of ...............
A. red rice	B. fresh fruit
C. fish	D. chocolate.
Question 6: 	a/ Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.
This video film / be/so / interesting / I/ see/ twice/.
It / difficult/ learn English / without/ good dictionary.
He / learn/ English / two years now.
She /used/ stay / her uncle/ when / be / a child.
 b/ There is a mistake in the sentence. Find the mistake and correct it.
The climate in Vietnam is different than that of Engla