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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT HSG 9 (No23)

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others
1. A. chair B. cheap C. chemist D. child
2. A. hour B. here C. hello D. house
3. A. says B. plays C. days D. raise
4. A. question B. nation C. correction D. pollution
5. A. tool B. moon C. soon D. cook
II. Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. ………………my students are familiar with this kind of activities.
A. Most B. Most of C. A few D. Few
2. I remember……………..to the zoo before.
A. being taken B. taking C. be taking D. to make
3. We spent half a year…………….this house.
A. for buildingB. build C. building D. builds
4. Our village had………….money available for education that the schools had to close.
A. so little B. so few C. so many D. so much
5. I was responsible to my mother…………..looking after our pets while she was at work.
A. because B. of C. for D. with
6. We have no money, …………..Tom has some.
A. either B. but C. or D. so
7. They left the room……………..they had finished the exam.
A. while B. soon C. during D. as soon as
8. The government……………...the earthquake victims with food, clothes and medicine.
A. gave B. provided C. offered D. carried
9. Don’t spend your money……………….. Save it!
A. waste B. to waste C. wasteful D. wastefully
10. My parents always let me …………..what I think I should.
A. to do B. do C. doing D. for doing
11. When the storm……………this area tomorrow, it will bring it great destructive force.
A. is going to reach B. is reaching C. reaches D. will reach
12. This building used to be a library,…………it?
A. doesn’t B. didn’t C. isn’t D. wasn’t
13. Because of the bad health, he ………….smoking last year.
A. has given up B. gave up C. has gave up D. has given
14. Harry used to be very poor, but now he ……………his own home.
A. has B. had C. is having D. was having
15. He……………for the exams at the moment. I don’t think he can join us in our picnic.
A. studies B. is studying C. has studied D. will study
16. John …………..you when he has finished the report.
A. calls B. called C. has called D. will call
17. Most of goods………………in this factory are exported
A. make B. made C. to make D. making
18. We spoke quietly……………disturb anyone.
A. not in order to B. so as not to C. so that we shouldD. in order that we
19. This tool is dangerous……………it is used carefully.
A. whether B. if C. unless D. or
20. I don’t know what you think about Tom’s work, but in my…………….it’s very good.
A. feeling B. idea C. thought D. opinion
21. There are a lot of people……………London everyday.

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A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. have visited

22. My brother enjoys……………..the mountain very much.
A. climb B. climbed C. climbing D. climbs
23. he police want……………..anything suspicious.
A. that we reported B. us reportingC. us to report D. we report
24. We can’t have our car now;………………at the garage.
A. it’s still repairing B. it’s still repaired
C. it’s still being repaired D. it’s still being repairing
25. She practices playing the piano………………than I do.
A. more regularly B. quite regularly C. as regularly D. most regularly
III. Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) for each blank space:
Cotton has been grown for thousands of years in places as….(41)…. Apart as Mexico, China, Egypt, and India.
American colonists …..(42)…..to grow cotton in the early 1600s. Before 1800, cotton was a great luxury, more
expensive than silk,…….(43).…..so many workers were needed to pick it. …..(44)…..,a huge increase in the number
of slaves in the American South….(45)…..in much greater cotton production and a fall…...(46)…....the price. This,
and the new technology of the industrial…….(47)…..., made cotton the cheapest fabric in history. By 1820,
cotton…..(48)…..more money for the United States than tobacco, and more money worldwide than sugar. Many
Southern farmers and plantation ……(49)…… believed that slave labor was …...(50)….. for them to make money
growing cotton.
1. A. long B. away C. out D. far
2. A. started B. brought C. came D. carried
3. A. after B. although C. despite D. because
4. A. In addition B. Since C. However D. Therefore
5. A. took B. resulted C. brought D. was
6. A. to B. in C. down D. of
7. A. factory B. reform C. revolution D. company
8. A. will make B. has made C. makes D. had made
9. A. keepers B. owners C. growers D. directors
10. A. necessary B. based C. certain D. made
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting:
1. We were surprising by the results of the test.
A B C D
2. Peter never go to bed before he has finished his homework.
A B C D
3. When he was a little boy, he is used to go swimming in the river with me.
A B C D
4. In general, newspapers emphasize current news, whereas magazines dealt more with
A B C D
background materials.
5. I don’t think I can get the job because there are many applicant for it.
A B C D
6. Mr. Miller doesn’t likes being kept waiting
A B C D
7. Hoa writing a letter in her room at the moment.
A B C D
8. There is a hostel at the corner of this street where we can stay there.
A B C D
9. Ann spent many money on clothes at the supermarket yesterday.
A B C D

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10. I haven’t smoked since a long time.

A B C D
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
1. He didn't feel happy because he worked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(success)
2. We must make a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .about where to go. (decide)
3. We are trying to have a/an ……………….world. (pollute)
4. I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of ………………. to better my knowledge. (courage)
5. Swimming is …………………at my school.(compel)
6. A.G.Bell was a ……………….inventor. (fame)
7. We like the beauty of the city and the ………………… of the people. ( friend)
8. My father gave up smoking because he knows it is very …………….. (harm).
9. The tour guide always tries to make his guests feel ................. (comfort)
10. If you are ….to your customers, I don’t think you’ll remain in business long. (polite)
VI. Use the correct tense or form of the verbs.
1. There used ( be) …………….a bookstore near my school, but it closed last week.
2. I wish Lan ( not sit) ……………..next to me. She’s annoying.
3. It’s necessary (review) ……………….the previous lessons before school.
4. Did she agree (go)………………… camping with you?
5. She advised her brothers (give) …………………. up smoking.
6. The doctor made my sister (stay) ……………………in bed until she felt better.
7. His trousers are worn, they need (mend) …………………...
8. Neither John nor his friends (come)………………………..yet.
9. Do you have your house (paint)……………………….at the moment?
10. Water can’t (find)………………….here. People must go to a lake nearby to get it.
VII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
before it.
1. It was such hot food that I couldn’t eat it.
The food was so…………………………………………………………………………………
2. What a shame you didn’t tell me earlier.
- If only ............................................................................................................................. .
3. I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven't ............................................................................................................................................
4. He’d rather play golf than tennis.
He prefers ………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. Without your help, everyone would have died.
If it .......................................................................................................................................
6. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
In spite …………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. If you don’t leave immediately, I will call the policeman.
Unless …………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Please don’t interrupt me when I’m talking.
I’d rather……………………………………………………………………………………………
9. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
I don’t know ………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Because of her bad behavior, everybody hates her.
Because she …………………………………………………………………………………….

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ĐÁP ÁN - HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM.

ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC : 2009-2010
M«n: TiÕng Anh 9

I. (5 ps)1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. D
II. (25 ps)
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. D 17. B 18. B 19. C 20. D
21. C 22. C 23. C 24. C 25. A

III. (15ps)
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A
IV. (10ps)
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
V. (15ps)
1.unsucessfully 6. famous
2.decision 7. frienliness
3.unpolluted 8. harmful
4.encouragement 9. comfortable
5. compulsory 10. impolite
VI. (10ps)
1. to be2. didn't sit 3. to review 4. to go 5. to give
6. stay 7. mending 8. have come 9. painted 10. be found
VII.(20ps)
1. The food was so hot that I couldn’t eat it.
2. If only you had told me earlier.
3. I haven't since him since I was a student.
4. He prefers golf to tennis.
5. If it hadn't been for your help, everyone would have died.
6. In spite of his broken leg , he managed to get out of the car
7. Unless you leave immediately, I will call the policeman.
8. I'd rather you didn't interupt me when I'm talking.
9. I don’t know so much about it as she does.
10. Because she behaves badly, everybody hates her.

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