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Đề thi chọn đội tuyển- Đề 1
Học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh lop 9- vong 2
Năm học 2008-2009- 120 phut

I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the othe
A. rose B. disclose C. chosen D. whose
A. ocean B. decision C. cushion D. patient
A. though B. laugh C. cough D. rough
A. one B. follow C. horror D. across
A. myth B. truth C. both D. northern
1.............................2...........................3...........................4............................5.........................
II. Choose the best answer from A,B, C or D:
Thank you very much for that! - Well, ............
A. you`re welcome B. of course C. thank you D. I don`t mind
It`s no use..........children.......... quiet. They are always noisy.
A. to ask / to keep B. asking /keeping C. to ask / keeping D. asking /to keep
We finally................. our teacher to go on a camping trip with us
A. persuaded B. argued C. pleased D. liked
Who’s responsible for..............ink over my book.
A. putting B. spreading C. spilling D. pouring
Linda was the last person...... the classroom yesterday
A. leave B. to leave C. left D. leaves
If it`s raining tomorrow, we shall have to ......... the match till Sunday.
A. put away B. put out in C. put off D. put on
Peter will only pass his exams if there is a/ an …………in his class work.
A. progress B. increase C. rise D. improvement.
The noise .................. from the boat engine might disturb sea animals.
A. comes B. coming C. came D. has come
1..................2.............3.......4.............5.................6.........7................8...............
III Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meanings:
I should like someone to take me out to dinner.
What I should ………………………………………………………….
Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
Martin’s poor ……………………………………………………….
3.They’ll have to take the dog on holiday with them.
They can’t leave …………………………………………………..
4.My aunt got heavily stressed because her marriage broke up.
The break-up of the marriage .................…………………………
5. I can’t believe that he passed the exam.
I find……………………. ……………..........................................
6. This is the fastest way to get to the city center.
There ……………………………………..........................................………
7.If anyone succeeds in solving the problems, it will probably be him.
He is the most …………………………………………………………
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A,B, C or D:
I had feared that my companion would talk, but it was soon plain (rõ ràng) that there was no such danger. Two days passed during which we did not exchange a single word. He seemed, indeed, absolutely unaware of my presence. He neither read nor wrote, but spent most of his time sitting at the table and looking out of the window across the pleasant parkland that surrounded the house. He sometimes talked to himself and said things half under his breath. He bit his nails and once he produced a penknife and dug holes in the furniture until one of the attendants (nhân viên) took it from him. I thought at first that perhaps he was mentally ill. During the second day I even began to feel a little nervous of him. He was extremely large, both broad and tall, with very wide shoulders and enormous hands. His huge head was usually sunk low between his shoulders. He had dark, rather untidy hair and a big shapeless mouth which open very now and then. Once or twice he began singing to himself, but broke off abruptly (bất ngờ) on each occasion - and this was the nearest he seemed to get to noticing my presence.
By the evening of the second day I was completely unable to go on with my work. Out of a mixture of nervousness and curiosity, I sat, too looking out of my window and blowing my nose, and wondering how to set about establishing the human contact which was by now becoming an absolute necessity. It ended of with my asking him for his name. He had been introduced to me when he arrived, but I had paid
no attention then. He turned towards me a very