SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP ĐÀ NẴNG
TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN KHUYẾN
 
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
 
 
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN
HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2008 - 2009
 
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài:  90 phút
          Ngày kiểm tra:  8 tháng 1 năm 2009
Số phách do
Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi

 

Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo
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Giám khảo 1:
 
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Đề thi gồm 06 trang.
Học sinh làm bài trên đề thi và ghi câu trả lời vào ô trống tương ứng cho mỗi câu hỏi.
 
A. USE OF ENGLISH
I. Select the best option to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the box provided.
1.
Choose the most suitable respond to “How do you do, I’m Bill Thompson.”

 
A.  Very well, thank you.
B. OK, thanks.
C. How do you do.
D. Nice to meet you.

2.
John left without a word. If only he ………….. something.

 
A.  had said
B. says
C. was saying
D. to say

3.
The room was ................... small. We didn’t have enough space to stay.

 
A. hurriedly 
B. disappointedly
C. luckily
D. comfortably

4.
If you don’t pass the GCSE, you will not be allowed to ................. the entrance examination.

 
A.  take
B. pass
C. participate
D. attend

5.
................. , I won’t be able to attend your birthday party next Saturday.

 
A.  fortune
B. unfortunate
C. fortunately
D. unfortunately

6.
She  ............. some of her friends to her birthday party next Sunday.

 
A.  will invite
B. has invited
C. has been invited
D. will be invited

7.
A good student must know ……………… .

 
A. to study hard
C. to be a good student
B. how to study effectively
D. the way of efficiency in study

8.
Will you inform me............. .

 
A. when he leaves?
B. when does he leave?
C. when did he leave?                                       
D. when he does leave?

9.
That’s very kind of you to help me in …………….  a cold weather.

 
A.  so
B. very
C. such
D. too

10.
“Did you go to school today?” “Yes, despite………….. ill, I still went.”

 
A.  of being
B. being                                                                   
C. I’m feeling
D. of feeling

11.
Choose the word which does not belong with the others.

 
A.  safe
B. secure
C. dangerous
D. harmless

12.
Choose the word with the different stress pattern.

 
A.  busy
B. until
C. father
D. mother

13.
Choose the word with the different stress pattern.

 
A.  suitable
B. possible
C. holiday
D. afternoon

14.
Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.

 
A.  garbage
B. passage
C. message
D. teenage

15.
I’m late, ................?

 
A.  am not I
B. aren’t I
C. won’t I
D. are I

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II. Use the right form of the words or the verbs  given in bold to complete each of the following sentences.  Write your answers in the box provided.
1. It is not .........  that you couldn’t remember her telephone number. (surprise)
2. Their talk was both ...............   and entertaining. (information)
3. My uncles ................  on the farm at the moment. (work)
4. Thank for your wonderful party. Today is an ................ day. (enjoy)
5. She asked me what time it was but I ............... a watch. (not/ have)
6. This report shows how people ................. by TV advertisements. (influence)
7. If you don’t have much money, you shouldn’t buy any …………......