SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ - LỚP 9
Năm học: 2011-2012
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 04-4-2012
Thời gian làm bài: 150phút

(Đề thi gồm 06 trang. Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này và không được sử dụng bất kỳ loại tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm )

I. Phonetics (1,2 pts)
a. Cirele the best option A, B, C or D that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. south B. southern C. scout D. drought
2. A. allow B. follow C. hollow D. fellow
3. A. cable B. station C. transfer D. relate
b. Circle the best option A, B, C, or D whose stress pattern is different from the others.
4. A. champagne B. institute C. purpose D. viable
5. A. effciency B. govemment C. opinion D. conclusive
6. A. spacecraft B. gemstone C. highlands D. well-qualified
II. Vocabulary and Grammar (7,6 pts)
a. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete tbe sentenccs.
7. Next we’ll have the___________news.
A. latest B. newest C. later D. newer
8. This programme will be read by the very pretty_________ Penlly Lane.
A. newsdealer B. newscaster C. news bringer D. newspaper
9. In Britain the_____________ are all painted red.
A. letter boxes B. letters’ boxes C. letters boxes D. letter’s boxes
10. Mike: ‘I’m taking my driving test tomorrow.’ - Jane: ‘__________’
A. Good fortune B. Good luck C. Good outcome D. Good success
11. Jimmy: ‘I could give you a lift to the station.’ - Mary:’__________’
A. There’s no requirement B. There’s no practicality
C. There’s no aim D. There’s no need
12. Jill: ‘I’ve waited 3 hours for a bus now.’ - Frank: ‘____________’
A. What a bore! B. What a boring! C. What bores! D. What boring!
13. I looked for George and Mike but l saw___________ of them.
A. all B. none C. neither D. both
14. I________ what you are saying but that still doesn’t make me want to change my mind one little bit.
A. listen B. hear C. am listening D. heard
15. The car to __________ you are referring happens to be mine!
A. that B. whom C. which D. who
l6. Students in the United States often support themselves by babysitting, working in restaurants, or___________taxicabs.
A. they drive B. to drive C. driving D. drive
17. She viewed the _________of a week alone in the house without much enthusiasm.
A. prospect B. prospects C. prospector D. prospective
18. Farmers 1ook forward to ___________ the county fairs every summer.
A. participating in B. participate in
C. be participating to D. have participated to
19. Most comets have two kinds of tails, 0ne made up of dust, _________made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.
A. one another B. the ọther C. other ones D. the others
20. By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi river,_________ were quite luxurious.
A. many ofthem B. which many C. many of which D. many that
b. Complete the passage using the correct verbs. The first letter ofeach verb is provided
Richard was very pessimistic about my plans to ride my bike from the very north of France to the south. He was (21) c_________ the project was doomed to failure despite all my attempts to persuade him that I would be able to (22) c___________ it off. He said I would never be able to (23) p__________ in so many miles in the short period of time I had at my disposal. I knew I’d be unlikely to (24) s__________ through the trip without any problems but I made a great