ĐỀ BỒI DƯỠNG HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

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I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. steady B. ready C. breakfast D. steak
2. A. ate B. climate C. associate D. concentrate
3. A. surprising B. housing C. pleasing D. increasing
4. A. swing B. sweet C. sword D. swan
5. A. housed B. preserved C. crooked D. raised
II. Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
1. I want to ask my parents ................... some money.
A. from B. for C. with D. about
2. How are you feeling today? ………better, thank you.
A. More B. Much C. Very D. Many
3. I haven't met our new secretary yet. ……………..?
A. What's she like? B. How is she? C. How is she like? D. How does she like?
4. I know him by ............................ but I have no idea what his name is.
A. sight B. myself C. heart D. chance
5. Last summer, we had ………….. holiday in Spain
A. a two week’s B. a two – weeks C. two – week D. a two – week
6. We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are………………..
A. out of stock B. out of reach C. out of work D. out of practice
7. I suggest our room ………………….before Tet holiday
A. should decorate B. is decorated C. were decorated D. be decorated
8. How long will it .............. you to get there?
A.go B.need C.have D.take
9. They live in a ..................... of Oxford, and come into town by bus.
A.suburb B.area C.center D.countryside
10. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
11. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to ……………….. the match till Sunday.
A. put off B. cancel C. play D. put away
12. Lisa: “It’s nearly the end of the holiday already.” Mary: “………………….. !”
A. Let’s call it a day B. It’s a small world C. There’s nothing to it D. How time flies
13. When Maria read the letter, she couldn’t help _
A. cries B. crying C. to cry D. cried
14. The new school complex cost _______ the city council had budgeted for.
A. twice more by far than B.twice much more than C. almost twice as much as D. just twice as much as
15. Jane really loves the jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present.
A. wooden brown nice B. nice wooden brown C. brown wooden nice D. nice brown wooden
II. Complete using the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The of the magazine has declined since last year. (popular)
2. She is an teacher, she has great skill at teaching. (experience)
3. This is really news. (marvel)
4. Consumers always want cheap, good (produce)
5. For the more people, we offer windsurfing and diving. (energy)
6. Please put the books back to where you took them. Don’t any of them. (place)
7. That was one of the most ___ _____ situation in my life. (embarrassment)
8. In their last summer vacation, they went to rural areas to help __ _______ children learn to
read and write. (advantage)
9. There will be totally twenty five _________ to participate in the game show. (contest)
 10. Mercedes is a very car (depend)
III. Each sentence has an incorrect word or phrase. FIND and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
1. My brother didn’t wear that uniform since he left school.
2. Peter has told Mary to shut the door behind her but do not lock it.
3. I think my sister is accustomed to work eight hours a day.
4. You hadn’t better eat too much fatty food.
5. Stop making so much noise or the neighbors are going to get angrily.
6. The fire began in the fifth floor of the hotel, but it soon spread to adjacent floors.
7. Suzy had better change her study habits if she hopes being admitted to a good university.
8.The teacher says Ba will be a famous artist in one day.
9. Opened the letter from her boyfriend, she felt extremely excited.
10. Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare them for mounting.
SECTION B: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage below and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
CAREERS
Work should be a meaningful and (1) __________ part of one’s life. The (2) _______ of a
career is, therefore, one of the most serious decision anyone can (3) __________. It is important
to take in consideration your (4) _______ and personal preferences. For instance, adventurous people
who enjoy an outdoor life shouldn’t choose a (5) _______ in an office. If you like to work alone, you
shouldn’t look for employment which requires working with the public. If you enjoy working with
people, you may like a career in a (6) __________ such as human resources. You should (7)
__________ about finding out as much as possible about intended career before you finish your
education. It may take time to (8) __________ for the career you want. Don’t accept a job if you
haven’t got a clue what your working conditions will be or how much you can expect to (9)
__________. Future disappointment can be avoided by talking to professionals with (10) __________
in the career you are interested in as well as visiting different companies and institutions.
1. A. comfortable B. productive C. exported D. efficient
2. A. thought B. advice C. choice D. interest
3. A. do B. set C. have D. make
4. A. facilities B. skills C. references D. contracts
5. A. work B. job C. pension D. business
6. A. branch B. department C. workplace D. firm
7. A. set B. work C. look D. find
8. A. run B. practise C. train D. learn
9. A. bring B. earn C. obtain D. win
10. A. reputation B. employment C. experience D. experiment
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word each
WILLIAM THE HERO!
Brave William Baldock, who is six years old, (1) ………a hero after helping his mother when
she fell downstairs. William quickly rang (2) ………. an ambulance when he discovered his mother
had broken her leg. In spite of being frightened, he (3) ………..….. the emergency services what had
happened and answered all the questions they (4) ………… him. He also telephoned his father (5)
……….…….. work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he had (6) ……… . While waiting for
(7) ………….people to come, William looked after his 18 – month - old sister.
When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: “It’s great that a young boy
of six knew the right number to dial, and was able to give us the correct information. (8) ……… of
William’s quick thinking, we were able to (9) …………there immediately.”
Mrs Baldock left hospital yesterday, very (10) ………..… to both William and the ambulance service.
III. You are going to read an article in which four people talk about cheating in exams. For
questions 1-10 choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once. There is 2
examples at the beginning (00;0).
Which person or people: Your answer:
was caught cheating in an exam? 00._B__
probably got better marks as a result of cheating? 0._B/D_
didn’t let a friend copy their work? 1._____
regrets trying to cheat in an exam? 2. _____
cheated more than once? 3._____
didn’t get caught because a friend help them? 4._____
tried to cheat by writing notes on a part of their body? 5._____
cheated by asking a friend to tell them the answer? 6._____
only tried to cheat in the subject they weren’t good at? 7._____
decided not to cheat again after a bad experience? 8._____
thinks it is always wrong to cheat? 9._____
thinks there is nothing wrong with cheating? 10._____
CHEATING IN EXAMS
A C
This happened when I was about 14 years old. I’ve never cheated in an exam and really
The last exam of the year was history, which had don’t see the point. I mean sooner or later
always been my worst subject. I was useless at
people will find out if you know something
remembering dates and people’s names so I
decided to write the dates and names of or not. If you cheat to get better results then
important events we’d studied on the inside of you’re lying to yourself as well as to
my arm and then wore a jumper to cover it up so everyone else. Rather than spending your
no one could see. Unfortunately though, it was a time thinking of really clever and original
really hot day. I really wanted to take my jumper
off but I couldn’t. I realized after about ten ways to cheat without anyone realizing, you
minutes that there was no way I would be able to should just spend that time studying. I’m
look at what I’ve written without the teacher sure it will help you a lot more in the long
seeing and I just wished I hadn’t done it. I felt so run. A friend once tried to read my answers
hot and uncomfortable and was worried about in an exam while pretending to pick
the teacher seeing and catching me that I didn’t
do very well in the test at all. I was too something up off the floor. As soon as I
distracted. I think I probably would have got a realized I covered my work so he couldn’t
better result if hadn’t tried to cheat. I learnt a see. He was quite annoyed with me
good lesson though. I never tried to cheat again afterwards but I didn’t think it was fair that
after that. he should do well because of my hard work.
B D
My friend and I had the same surname so we I used to always cheat in my math exams
always end up sitting next to each other, or one when I was at school. We were allowed to
behind the other, in exams at school. We worked take a calculator with us into the exam and I
used to write all the important formulae that
out this system where we would pass a piece of
were supposed to remember on the inside of
paper to each other with the answers to the the calculator case. I did it lots of times. I
questions. Sometimes we just passed it by hand don’t regret it at all. I was quite good at
if we were sitting close enough and other times maths anyway but I’m sure I got better
we’d throw it on the floor for the other person to results as a result of cheating. In other
pick up. It was quite a good system and I think exams like chemistry and physics, I
over lots of exams we probably helped each other sometimes wrote notes on bits of tissue then
 equally so it was fair and I’m sure we both got pretended I needed to blow my nose and
higher marks. Unfortunately a teacher did see us looked at my notes during the exam. I
doing it once. I was just leaning down to pick up worked really well. There was only one
time I was almost caught; I dropped the
a paper my friend was passing back to me when a
tissue on the floor by accident just as a
teacher appeared out of nowhere and picked it up teacher was walking past. He was about to
first. There was no way we could deny what we pick it up when my friend, who had also
were doing. It was so obvious. The teacher didn’t seen what had happened, deliberately
say anything until the end of the exam and then knocked over his water bottle. The teacher
when she collected our papers she wrote a big was so busy clearing up the water I think he
zero at the top. We didn’t do it anymore after that, forgot about me. If you’re clever enough to
it had been good before but we decided it wasn’t work out a way to cheat and not get caught
then I think you deserve to get good marks.
worth the risk.
It’s like that in the real world; if you can do
something more easily and with less hard
work then you will. Why not?
SECTION D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. Did they build the garage at the same time as the house?
-> Was……………………………………………………………………………………..………….?
2. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
-> How ……………….………………………………………………….………….………………..…
3. I'd like to have more time to study, but I haven't.
-> I wish ...................................................................................................................................................
4. She can't have more children because of her age.
-> She is too ...........................................................................................................................................
5. The lift isn't working; use the stairs instead.
-> The lift is out …………………………..………………………………………………………..….
6. I haven’t decided to continue my study in a foreign country.
-> I haven’t made .................................................................................................................................
7. He has never behaved so violently before.
-> He is behaving....................................................................................................................................
8. He told me that it was wrong of me to leave early.
-> He criticized ……………………………………………………………….…………………………
9. Have you ever played a computer game before?
-> Is this .................................................................................................................……………………..
10. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures.
-> My purpose ........................................................................................................................................
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Write 2-5 words
in total.
1. I had to repeat the exam because I failed it. (CONSEQUENCE)
-> I failed the exam …………………………………….. I had to report it
2. Were Jack not so affluent a man, she would not be dating with him. (BUT)
-> …………………………………………..…………, she would not be dating with him.
3. You mustn’t reveal anything to the press (ALLOWED)
-> You…………………………………………….……….. any thing to the press.
4. Mike finds working on a word processor difficult (USED)
-> Mike ………………………………….…………………on a word processor.
5. Your watch and mine look very much alike. (SIMILAR)
-> Your …………………………………..……………..…………mine
III. Some students prefer to take online courses. Others Prefer to study in a classroom
with a live teacher. Which do you think is better and why?
Write an essay of about 200 - 250 words to express your opinion.

ANSWER KEY
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. steady B. ready C. breakfast D. steak
2. A. ate B. climate C. associate D. concentrate
3. A. surprising B. housing C. pleasing D. increasing
4. A. swing B. sweet C. sword D. swan
5. A. housed B. preserved C. crooked D. raised
II. Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
1. I want to ask my parents ................... some money.
A. from B. for C. with D. about
2. How are you feeling today? ………better, thank you.
A. More B. Much C. Very D. Many
3. I haven't met our new secretary yet. ……………..?
A. What's she like? B. How is she? C. How is she like? D. How does she like?
4. I know him by ............................ but I have no idea what his name is.
A. sight B. myself C. heart D. chance
5. Last summer, we had ………….. holiday in Spain
A. a two week’s B. a two – weeks C. two – week D. a two – week
6. We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are………………..
A. out of stock B. out of reach C. out of work D. out of practice
7. I suggest our room ………………….before Tet holiday
A. should decorate B. is decorated C. were decorated D. be decorated
8. How long will it .............. you to get there?
A.go B.need C.have D.take
9. They live in a ..................... of Oxford, and come into town by bus.
A.suburb B.area C.center D.countryside
10. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet.
A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving
11. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to ……………….. the match till Sunday.
A. put off B. cancel C. play D. put away
12. Lisa: “It’s nearly the end of the holiday already.” Mary: “………………….. !”
A. Let’s call it a day B. It’s a small world C. There’s nothing to it D. How time flies
13. When Maria read the letter, she couldn’t help _
A. cries B. crying C. to cry D. cried
14. The new school complex cost _______ the city council had budgeted for.
A. twice more by far than B.twice much more than C. almost twice as much as D. just twice as much as
15. Jane really loves the jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present.
A. wooden brown nice B. nice wooden brown C. brown wooden nice D. nice brown wooden
II. Complete using the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The of the magazine has declined since last year. (popularity)
2. She is an teacher, she has great skill at teaching. (experienced)
 3. This is really news. (marvelous)
4. Consumers always want cheap, good (products)
5. For the more people, we offer windsurfing and diving. (energetic)
6. Please put the books back to where you took them. Don’t any of them. (misplace)
7. That was one of the most ___ _____ situation in my life. (embarrassing)
8. In their last summer vacation, they went to rural areas to help __ _______ children learn to
read and write. (disadvantaged)
9. There will be totally twenty five _________ to participate in the game show. (contestants)
10. Mercedes is a very car (dependable)
III. Each sentence has an incorrect word or phrase. FIND and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
1. My brother didn’t wear that uniform since he left school.
2. Peter has told Mary to shut the door behind her but do not lock it.
3. I think my sister is accustomed to work eight hours a day.
4. You hadn’t better eat too much fatty food.
5. Stop making so much noise or the neighbors are going to get angrily.
6. The fire began in the fifth floor of the hotel, but it soon spread to adjacent floors.
7. Suzy had better change her study habits if she hopes being admitted to a good university.
8.The teacher says Ba will be a famous artist in one day.
9. Opened the letter from her boyfriend, she felt extremely excited.
10. Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare them for mounting.
SECTION B: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage below and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
CAREERS
Work should be a meaningful and (1) __________ part of one’s life. The (2) _______ of a
career is, therefore, one of the most serious decision anyone can (3) __________. It is important
to take in consideration your (4) _______ and personal preferences. For instance, adventurous
people who enjoy an outdoor life shouldn’t choose a (5) _______ in an office. If you like to work
alone, you shouldn’t look for employment which requires working with the public. If you enjoy
working with people, you may like a career in a (6) __________ such as human resources. You
should (7) __________ about finding out as much as possible about intended career before
you finish your education. It may take time to (8) __________ for the career you want. Don’t accept a
job if you haven’t got a clue what your working conditions will be or how much you can
expect to (9) __________. Future disappointment can be avoided by talking to professionals with
(10) __________ in the career you are interested in as well as visiting different companies and
institutions.
1. A. comfortable B. productive C. exported D. efficient
2. A. thought B. advice C. choice D. interest
3. A. do B. set C. have D. make
4. A. facilities B. skills C. references D. contracts
5. A. work B. job C. pension D. business
6. A. branch B. department C. workplace D. firm
7. A. set B. work C. look D. find
8. A. run B. practise C. train D. learn
9. A. bring B. earn C. obtain D. win
10. A. reputation B. employment C. experience D. experiment
II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word each
 WILLIAM THE HERO!
Brave William Baldock, who is six years old, (1) ………a hero after helping his mother when
she fell downstairs. William quickly rang (2) ………. an ambulance when he discovered his mother
had broken her leg. In spite of being frightened, he (3) ………..….. the emergency services what had
happened and answered all the questions they (4) ………… him. He also telephoned his father (5)
……….…….. work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he had (6) ……… . While waiting for
(7) ………….people to come, William looked after his 18 – month - old sister.
When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: “It’s great that a young boy
of six knew the right number to dial, and was able to give us the correct information. (8) ……… of
William’s quick thinking, we were able to (9) …………there immediately.”
Mrs Baldock left hospital yesterday, very (10) ………..… to both William and the ambulance service.
1. is 2.for 3. told 4.asked 5. at
6.done 7.these 8.because 9.get 10. grateful