PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI
TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ HƯNG
 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


Điểm
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1:
Số phách

- Bằng số:……………..
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(Do Chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi)

- Bằng chữ:……………
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2:


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PART ONE: LISTENING (0.3 x 10 = 3.0 pts)
Listen and complete the passage.
The country is more beautiful than a town and (1)….....................to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they can’t live there all the year round.(2) …..................... have a cottage (3) ….....................in a village (4) ….....................they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all (5) …....................., but in some ways they are not very different (6) …..................... each other. (7) ….....................every village has a church. The round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the (8) ….....................where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now (9) ….....................comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each home.
Most village are so close to some small towns (10) ….....................people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.

PART TWO: PHONETICS (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1. A. nets
B. kicks
C. coughs
D. scissors

2. A. king
B. know
C. knock
D. kneel

3. A. honour
B.house
C. hand
D. hat

4. A. pulish
B.surf
C. plumber
D. summer

5. A. garbage
B. age
C. damage
D. advantage

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1.
A. father
B. flower
C. valley
D. canal

2.
A. officer
B. property
C. honest
D. police

3.
A. knowledge
B. landscape
C. memorize
D. machine

4.
A. necessary
B. ordinary
C. chemistry
D. documentary

5.
A.community
B. architect
C. simplify
D. comfortable

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6.5 pts)
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (0.15 x 10 = 1.5 pts)
We don’t think the white shirt ………..him.
A. matches B. suits C. agrees D. gets on
The dentist told him to open this mouth ……….
A. wide B. broad C. greatly D. large
Hardly ………the door when the telephone rang.
A. he had opened B. did he open C. had he opened D. has he opened
I’m sorry. I have forgotten ………the letter for you.
A. to send B. sending C. having sent D. to be sent
She prefers ……..TV ……..to music.
A. to watch/ to listen B. watch/ listen
C. watching/ to listening D. watching/ to listen
Mai and Hung were ill, so ……went to school today.
A. neither them B. either one of them C. both of them D. neither of them
No longer ……….their housework as they used to.
A. the housewives do B. had the housewives do
C. do the housewives do D. have the housewives done
Fortunately I arrived ……….to save the boy.
A. on time B. in time C. by time D. before time
They don’t have their own houses. They are the ………
A. housekeepers B. housewives C. homeless D. conductors
My father ……….me to lock the door before going to bed