PHÒNG GD&ĐT ĐẠI LỘC

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 (NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015)
Môn: Tiếng Anh (Thời gian: 120 phút)
Họ và tên GV ra đề: Lê Thị Ngọc Hạnh
Đơn vị: Trường THCS Phan Bội Châu
I) PHONETICS:
Question 1: Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others. (0,5p)

1. A. equal
B. fashion
C. champagne
D. match

2. A. economy
B. occasion
C. freedom
D. logical

3. A. invite
B. river
C. shrine
D. primary

4. A. encourage
B. proud
C. enough
D. young

5. A. invited
B. arrived
C. mentioned
D. loved


Question 2. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5p)
1.A. practical
B. designer
C. minority
D. occasion

2.A. consist
B. fashion
C. design
D. collect

3.A. enjoyment
B. pagoda
C. collection
D. business

4.A. economical
B. federation
C. itinerary
D. complication

5.A. advertise
B. deposit
C. candidate
D. institute

II) VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer (8ms)
Question 1:Choose the best option(A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below.(4 pts)
1. How long does it_________you to go from Hue to Hanoi by plane?
A. have B. cost C. take D. want
2. Each of the football players________over 150 pounds.
A. weigh B. weighs C. weights D. are weighing
3. If only that day________Sunday. We would have gone swimming.
A. is B. was C. were D. had been
4. What have fashion designers done to_________the Ao dai?
A. modern B. modernize C. modernization D. modernist
5. It’s high time you___________ a new motorbike instead of your old motorbike.
A. buy B. is buying C. bought D. was buying
6. We really prefer going by motorbike to going by bus because it is more_________
A. convenient B. inconvenient C. conveniently D. inconveniently
7. Last night someone broke into our house. Oh, dear, _________?
A. has anything taken B. is anything taken
C. was anything taken D. were anything taken
8. In a few days, the children visited many __________places in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interests
9. If I ________Lan’s address, I ____________ her.
A. have- visit B. had- will visit C. had- would visit D. had - visited
10. My elder brother is a businessman. He _______to many countries in the world.
A. has gone B. has been C. goes D. went
11. Peter said that New York ________ bigger than London.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
12. The room ________ when we arrived.
A. is cleaned B. is being cleaned C. was cleaned D. was being cleaned
13. It was ______ to see my old friends again after a long time.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly
14. After arriving home, they usually _______ their uniforms.
A. take out B. put out C. take off D. put off
15. These clothes need _________ immediately otherwise they will smell.
A. wash B. be washed C. to wash D. washing
16. My brother has refused that job, ......... the attractive salary.
A. although B. despite of C. in spite of D. because of
Question 2: There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence (A, B, C or D). Find the mistake and correct it. (2ps)
1. My family used to having dinner at 7 o`clock in the evening.
A B C D
2. Learn English is really interesting.
A B C D
3. I wish you and your family were here tomorrow.