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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI 9 NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút


I. Listening
You will hear two oversea students Kate and Luky being interviewed by a university counselor. Listen carefully and fill in the missing information. Do NOT pay attention to grammatical mistake. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

Kate


Her first impressions of the town
Example: Quiet.

Kinds of accommodation.
1. …………….….. accommodation.

Her feelings about the accommodation.
2. ……………….…. food.

Her feeling about the other students.
3. ………………….………….

Name of course:
Environmental studies

Difficulty experienced on the course.
4. lecturers too ……..………...

Suggestions for improving the course.
5. …………..… meetings.


Luky


First kind of accommodation:
6. …………………..……….

Problem with the first accommodation:
7. lots of …………..……….

Second kind of accommodation:
8. …………………..……….

Name of course:
9. bachelor of ………………...

Comments about the course:
Computer room busy

Suggestions for improving the course.
10. reserve computer…………

II. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
11. A. suit B. seven C. sugar D. sun
12. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
13. A. south B. through C. bathe D. thirteen
14. A. borrow B. throw C. window D. knowledge
15. A. generate B. general C. geese D. genius
III. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
16. A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. exercise
17. A. reduction B. popular C. financial D. romantic
18. A. theory B. generate C. delicious D. confidence
19. A. happen B. village C. realize D. reality
20. A. characteristic B. environmental C. examination D. sophisticated
IV. Choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence below. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.
21. My mother smiled ……….at the joke.
A. quietly B. loudly C. widely D. loudly
22. As she didn’t understand his question, she merely gave him a ………….look.
A. clear B. blank C. simple D. useless
23. I am ………..of making excuses for your rudeness to our friends.
A. annoyed B. worried C. tired D. angry
24. Robert turned …………..half an hour late for the meeting.
A. on B. in C. to D. up
25. I’ll wait here until you …………….
A. will return B. return C. are turning D. are going to return
26. Joe studied medicine and then decided to specialize ………….gynecology.
A. to B. for C. in D. on
27. This ring is only made of plastic so it’s quite…………………..
A. valuable B. invaluable C. worthless D. priceless
28. The two friends always back ……………up in everything they do.
A. each other B. one another C. themselves D. ourselves
29. Fish…………….on earth for ages and ages.
A. existed B. has existed C. have existed D. exists
30. The children ……………to the zoo.
A. were enjoyed B. enjoyed being taken
C. were enjoying taking D. enjoyed taking
V. Give the correct form of the word in CAPITAL. Identify your answer by writing the correct answer on your answer sheet.
31. What a very………….old man he is! LEARN
32. The new film is …………………..good. EXCEPT
33. He was too…………to tell his teacher about the mistake. SHAME