PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012
HUYỆN ……………. Môn : Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently (1pt)
1. A. pleased B. pleasure C. easy D. teacher
2. A. passed B. helped C. forced D. learned
3. A. journey B. mountain C. house D. hour
4. A. gather B. think C. their D. brother
5. A. abroad B. primary C. pal D. additional
II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence (2 pts)
1.You will not pass the exam _______________ working harder.
A. unless B. if C. without D. although
2. You’d better do your homework before going to class, ____________?
A. wouldn’t you B. hadn’t you C. would you D. had you
3. Her parents never ______________ her to go out after 8 p.m.
A. make B. allow C. let D. agree
4. It was raining very _______________ , so we had to put off our picnic.
A. wet B. badly C. hard D. heavy
5. The material, called Jeans was named ____________ sailor from Genoa.
A. after B. as C. like D. with
6. Every thing is all right, ______________?
A. isn’t every thing B. is every thing C. is it D. isn’t it
7. I never wear yellow because it doesn’t ______________ me.
A. match B. fit C. agree D. suit
8. I am looking forward to ______________ on vacation.
A. go B. going C. be going D. having gone
9. They are busy ______________ their homework now.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. to have done
10. He had his motorbike ______________ by the mechanic.
A. repair B. to repair C. repairing D. repaired
III. Give the correct form of the bold words in brackets. (2pts)
1. Bent went on to be a very __________________ student at university. ( success )
2. You should pay more __________________ in class if you want to make progress. ( attend )
3. Bill missed the test because of his _________________ last Monday. ( absent )
4. I’ve made a ______________ to the police about the noise. ( complain ).
5. The team played very _________________. ( disappoint ).
6. He was able to provide the police with some __________________information. (value )
7. They showed a ______________ on animal communication.( document)

8. Classroom ____________ are things done by pupils in the classroom. ( act )
9. Necessity is the mother of ______________. (invent)
10. The school is noted for it’s academic ______________. (excel)
IV. Give the correct form/ tense of the verbs in brackets. (2pts) (0. is done as an example)
I (0.learn _have been learning_) English for ten years now. But last year (1. not work ___________) hard enough for English, that’s why my marks were not really good then. As I want to pass my English exam successfully next year, I (2. study ____________ ) harder this term.
During my last summer holidays, my parents (3. send ________________) me on a language course to London. It was great and I think have learned a lot.
Before I went to London, I hadn’t enjoyed (4. learn __________) English. But while (5. do ___________) the language course, I met lots of young people from all over the world. There I (6. notice _____________) how important it (7. be ________) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
At the moment, I (8. revise ________________) English grammar. And I (9. already/begin _____________________) to read the texts in my English textbooks again. I think I (10. do ____________) one unit every week.

V. There is an error in each sentence, underline and correct it. (1pt) (do as the example)
0. My