PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
HUYỆN THANH SON NĂM HỌC 20102011

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
VÒNG 2 Thời gian: 150 phút
Đề thi gồm 6 trang. Tổng điểm: 100

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ĐIỂM BÀI THI

Bằng số: ………………………………

Bằng chữ ………………………………
HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ CỦA 2 GIÁM KHẢO

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SỐ PHÁCH: ………………………


PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
A. missed B. hoped C. ploughed D. coughed ____________
A. heighten B. listen C. castle D. whistle ____________
A. exhaust B. exam C. excellent D. exact ____________
A. complete B. command C. common D. community ____________
A. chooses B. houses C. raises D. increases ____________

II. Choose the word which has a different stress position from the others in each group.
Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the right. (5 pts)
A. responsible B. environment C. importance D. residential ____________
A. horizontal B. grammatical C. understand D. mathematics ____________
A. concert B. allow C. surround D. admit ____________
A. difference B. difficult C. efficient D. beautiful ____________
A. university B. engineer C. Japanese D. uncomfortable ____________

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided on the right. (10 pts)
When we were on holiday, we hired our bicycles _____.
A. by hours B. by an hour C. by the hour D. for hours ____________
Did _____ attend the his birthday party?
A. many friends` Peter B. many Peter`s friends ____________
C. many Peter friends D. many of Peter`s friends
Those interested in the post of Assistant Manager are requested to apply _____.
A. as a person B. in person C. as persons D. by person ____________
He may look half asleep, but I can assure you that he’s _____ awake.
A. broad B. full C. wide D. well ____________
_____ in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the channel at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
A. Completing B. Completed C. Being completed D. To be completed ____________
He is _____ the most successful pop singer of his generation.
A. by far B. far and away C. so far D. far from ____________
His library book is _____ so he has to pay a small fine.
A. overdue B. expected C. expired D. postponed ____________
There`s no _____ in discussing this matter with him. He will never listen, I know.
A. reason B. aim C. purpose D. point ____________
She went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with B. in for C. over D. through ____________
I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it _____ me from my work.
A. disturbs B. interferes C. interrupts D. distracts ____________
It took the director two hours _____.
A. explaining us the new plan B. to explain us the new plan ____________
C. explaining the new plan to us D. to explain the new plan to us
It was in this house _____.
A. that I was born B. where I was born C. in which I was born D. I was born in ____________
Here is the man _____ my brother is going to _____.
A. who his daughter … marry B. whose daughter … marry with ____________
C. whose a daughter … marry to D. whose daughter … marry
It is English pronunciation that _____ a lot of difficulties to foreign students.
A. makes B. causes C. does D. gets ____________
The washing machine was out of _____, so I couldn’t wash my clothes.