PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI
TRƯỜNG THCS XUÂN DƯƠNG
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2015- 2016
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút( không kể thời gian giao đề)



Question I: Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (1p):
1. A. equal
B. fashion
C. champagne
D. match

2. A. economy
B. occasion
C. freedom
D. logical

3. A. invite
B. river
C. shrine
D. primary

4. A. encourage
B. proud
C. enough
D. young

5. A. invited
B. arrived
C. mentioned
D. loved

 Question II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others (1p):
1.A. practical
B. designer
C. minority
D. occasion

2.A. consist
B. fashion
C. design
D. collect

3.A. enjoyment
B. pagoda
C. collection
D. business

4.A. economical
B. federation
C. itinerary
D. complication

5.A. advertise
B. deposit
C. candidate
D. institute

Question III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (2p):
1. She speaks Chinese as ______ as I do
A. good
B. better
C. very good
D. well

2. Jim is five centimeters ______ than Tom.
A. taller
B. tallest
C. high
D. tall

3. The harder she works, the _______ money she earns
A. better
B. much
C. more
D. less

4. Lucy answered the questions _______ than Sarah.
A. intelligent
B. more intelligently
C. most intelligent
D. more intelligent

5. I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room.
A. because
B. so that
C. despite
D. therefore

6. The librarian told us not ______ reference books out of the library.
A. to take
B. taking
C. take
D. took

7. When I came to visit her last night , she ______ a bath .
A. had
B. was having
C. were having
D. is having

8. He has really worked hard so far, ______ he?
A. does
B. has
C. doesn’t
D. hasn’t

9. Nobody liked the film, ______ ?
A. does he
B. doesn’t he
C. did they
D. didn’t they

10. ______ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities.
A. Many
B. Most
C. Most of
D. The number of

Question IV. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (2p):
1. It’s very _______ ( HEALTH ) to live in damp room.
2. I’m not used to ______ (DRIVE ) on the left.
3. He was punished for his ______ (LAZY).
4. We had a very ______ (ENJOY) evening in Lon don last month
5. I believe you because I know you are ______ (TRUTH).
6. Nam is very _______ (INTEREST) in computer.
7. He drives so _______ (CARE ) that he is sure to have an accident.
8. I am ______ (CONFIDENCE) he will succeed in his chosen career.
9. Ba has a large _______ ( COLLECT ) of foreign stamps.
10. The ______ ( PERFORM ) she gave last night was marvelous.

Question V. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (2p):
She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview.
A B C D
The children are very boring and they don’t know what to do .
A B C D
I haven’t come back to London for my father last visited me.
A B C D
They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
A B C D
Do you know how getting to the post office from here?
A B C D
Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise.
A B C D
Mary and Henry always goes out for a meal on their wedding anniversary.
A B C D
Bill asked me if I was going