SỞ GD&ĐT KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THPT
QUẢNG BÌNH NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Khóa thi ngày 28 tháng 3 năm 2012
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SỐ BÁO DANH: …………………… (Đề thi gồm 04 trang)
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Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi
SECTION ONE: LISTENING
Listen to the conversation between Bob and Sally and complete the sentences with ONE word or number. You will hear the conversation twice. (10ms)
Sally is now an Olympic (1)…………………
She was born in (2)…………….
She got a general education at (3)………………schools.
When she was 15, she joined the Star Sports(4)………… near her house.
Sally lives in (5)……………….with her (6)……………..
She likes (7)…………….sports – basketball and (8)………………….for example.
She likes to read love stories – (9)………….books. She wants to be a sports (10)……………..
SECTION TWO: PHONETICS
Pick out the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three words. (5 ms)
11. A. tough B. plough C. enough D. cough
12. A. transfer B. station C. cable D. stable
13. A. please B. rise C. measure D. pause
14. A. biscuits B. magazines C. songs D. bicycles
15. A. bush B. push C. pull D. brush
SECTION THREE: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the best word (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. (15 ms)
16. They used ……….in the countryside.
A. to living B. living C. to live D. live
17. What should we do to reduce the level of environmental ………….?
A. pollution B. pollute C. polluted D. polluting
18. He said he ……………return later.
A. will B. would C. can D. would be
19. Remember to take ………….your shoes when you go into the temple.
A. up B. with C. off D. in
20. They haven’t finished the project, ……………….?
A. haven’t they B. have they C. do they D. don’t they
21. We listened …………….while the examiner gave us the directions.
A. attention B. attentively C. attentive D. attentiveness
22. He refused to give up work,................he’d won a million pounds.
A. despite B. however C. even though D. as though
23. I don’t see any .............. in arriving early at the theatre if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock.
A. cause B. aim C. point D. reason
24. Please …………your hand if you agree with my proposal.
A. rise B. pitch up C. raise D. show
25. It`s a good idea to see your doctor regularly for a(n) ………….
A. revision B. control C. investigation D. check-up
26. …………..I hear that song, I think of you.
A. Whatever B. Forever C. Whenever D. However
27. She didn’t know …………….to have fish or chicken for lunch.
A. both B. whether C. neither D. as
28. For lunch, you may have …………….fish or chicken.
A. both B. neither C. not only D. either
29. The film was …………….There was so much blood in it.
A. horrify B. horrified C. horrifying D. being horrified
30. Last year, Matt earned ……………his brother, who has a better position.
A. twice as much as B. twice as many as
C. twice more than D. twice as more as
Part 2. Fill each of the blanks with the correct form of the word in capitals. (10ms)
31. I really don’t think he has the ………….to do this job. ABLE
32. The professor explained his idea with great…………… CLEAR
33. Do you know what the ……………of the river is