sở giáo dục và đào tạo
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kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh
lớp 9 thcs năm học 2007-2008


đề chính thức
 Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 29/03/2008
Đề thi gồm: 6 trang

A. PHONETICS, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR:
Question I: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D. article
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts
3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
Question II: Choose the word that has the main stress in a different position
from the others: (5 pts)
1. A. necessary B. inform C. interest D. dangerous
2. A. control B. foolish C. broken D. greedy
3. A. movies B. answer C. article D. machine
4. A. agree B. internet C. radio D. travel
5. A. order B. customer C. commercial D. brutal
Question III: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.(10 pts)
1. He seldom goes to the market,............ ?
A. doesn’t he B. does he C. is he D. isn’t he
2. The ball went towards a passing boat. It went........ of a passing boat.
A. forwards B. forward C. in the direction D. in direction
3. You can borrow my book ..............you bring it back by Monday.
A. as long as B. unless C. so that D. while
4. The customer insisted ...........seeing the manager.
A. of B. on C. in D. about
5. I remember ............them somewhere in the city.
A. to see B. saw C. seeing D. seen
6 ...............sweets are not good for children’s teeth.
A. A B. An C. The D. no article
7. Let’s wait until the rain..................
A. stops B. will stop C. has stopped D. is stopping
8. When in Rome do ................the Romans do.
A. like B. as C. same D. the same
9. Let’s go for a drink,.....................?
A. shall we B. do we C. do us D. let us
10. The brothers are so alike. I can’t ................one from the other.
A. say B. notice C. tell D. mark
Question IV: Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the words in bracket: (5 pts)
( job, occupation, work, position, career)
1. He has to take a boring …. delivering food.
2. She has just returned to….. after having the baby.
3. Peter was appointed to the …. of director of the company.
4. All of us have to fill our names and …… in the forms.
5. Her political …… began 20 years ago.
Question V: Identify the error in the following sentences. (10 pts)
1 .The number of the students who have got bad marks since Christmas are appalling. A B C D
2. Mary said that she knows how the procedures for doing the experiment, but when
A
we began to work in the laboratory, she found that she was mistaken.
B C D
3. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the
A B
newspaper, we learned that all the dishwashers had been sold.
C D
4. That manufacture is not only raising his prices but also decreasing the production
A B C
of his product as well.
D
5. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
A B C D
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