ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
NĂM HỌC 2005 – 2006
( thời gian làm bàI 150 phút )


Giáo viên: Vũ Hồng Quyết Đề số 1


Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (2m)
I have had a toothache ……………… last Monday
a. for b. during c. until d. since
The children like the cartoons ………………
a. more b. best c. better d. more than
Why don’t you ……………… your friends with you next time?
a. take b. bring c.carry d. fetch
The work ……………………. by the time she came.
a. had been done b. had done c. has done d. is done
The reason …………. you get a bad mark is obvious
a. when b. because c. for d. why
He is …………………. a busy businessman that he has no time to relax.
a. so b. such c. very d. quite
Her daughter looks …………………..
a. beautiful b. beautifully c. beautify d. beauty
That is the house …………….. Shakespeare was born
a.that b. when c. which d. where


Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with suggestion given so that it has the same meaning as the first one. (5m)
What is your age?
How …………………………………………………………………………..?
Nobody in our class is better at English than Trung
Trung is ……………………………………………………………………….
I have a very small house
I wish …………………………………………………………………………
Theatre programmes usually have a lot of information
There …………………………………………………………………………
Can they control the weather?
Can the weather ………………………………………………………………?
I don’t know why he refuses such a good job
If ………………………………………………………………………………
It took us three hours to learn this lesson by heart
We ……………………………………………………………………………..
“ Where is the best place to buy souvenirs?”
I asked her ……………………………………………………………………..
He was extremely lazy. He failed his exam again
Because of ……………………………………………………………………..
People say that he is over 100 years old
He ……………………………………………………………………………..

Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage. (4m)
My brother, (1)……………. is seven years older (2) …………. I am, once
decided to take me with him on a trip up the river. We went to a collective farm far from the place (3) …..…. we lived. My brother wanted to stay there for a (4)…………. days
We were tired when we got to the farm. The weather was warm and I told my brother that I’d like to go (5) ……… a swim in the river. He said that (6) …………. It seemed hot, the water in the river was still cold. “ I’m afraid”, he said “ you will be fall ill”. But the idea of cold water didn’t (7) …………….…. me. “That’s nonsense”, I thought and took off my clothes and jumped into the water. But the water was so cold that I couldn’t even move. So I got out of the water as fast as (8) …………… . My brother was right I caught a cold and lay in bed the whole week.

Complete the following sentences with the suitable form of the words given in the bracket. (2m)
1. I had my trousers …………………… because they are too short. ( LONG)
2. It was ………….. of you to break that coffee cup. ( CARE )
3. He soon put on ………………. when he stopped playing football. ( WEIGH)
4. The little village is very quiet and ………………. ( PEACE )
5. Lien sings more ………….. than her sister. ( BEAUTY)
6. She got very angry but later she apologized for her ……………….. ( PATIENT)
7. His story is very …………… We are …………… at hearing it. ( AMUSE)

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition. (2m)
He is very brave . He’s not afraid ………… anything
I’m surprised …………. the amout of traffic today. I didn’t think it would be so busy.
Do you know the girl ……………. the green dress …………… there?
You remind me ……………. somebody I knew a long time ago. You look just like her
The strange man smiled ………… me and spoke ………….. me …………… foreign language


Complete the following letter with cues given. (2,5m)
Dear Nhung,
Thank you / much / flowers / you send / while I / be / hospital
……………………………………………………………………………………..
They / beautiful / they / really help / cheer / up.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
I / come out / hospital / Thursday morning.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
You / come over / place / weekend /?. Because / I / very bored / now
…………………………………………………………………………………….

I / look / forward / see