Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi vòng 1 môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9 năm học 2015 - 2016

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KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG 1

MÔN TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 9

Năm học 2015 - 2016 Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (bao gồm cả phần nghe ) Đề thi gồm 07 trang ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SECTION A. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Question 1 (10 points). Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write it in ‘Your answers’ part. 1. It is not very easy to study a foreign language by -------------.

A. oneself B. himself C. itself D. herself 2.”Shall l put the books on the floor?” – “No, I want to keep the --------- “.

A. tidy room B. room tidily C. room is tidy D. room tidy 3. There’s somebody behind us. I think we ----------.

A. are following B. follow C. have followed D. are being followed. 4. This is -------- the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.

A. by far B. by chance C. by heart D. by myself 5. You’re not too tied we could have a ------- of tennis after lunch.

A. match B. play C. game D. party 6. Can you tell me the -------- of the shoes.

A. charge B. price C. amount D. expense 7. This poem shows the wonderful -------- of the poet.

A. sensitiveness B. sensibility C. sensation D. sense 8. If you wish to take photographs you’ll have to have ---------.

A. an application B. a permit C. an allowance D. an admission 9. I wish you ---------- stop interrupting me whenever I speak.

A. will B. would C. could D. might 10. If you want to stay----------, don’t eat touch and take plenty of exercise.

A. healthful B. healthily C. healthy D. health Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 2 (10 points). Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in ‘Your answers’ part. Number 0 and 00 have been done for you.

HIBERNATION SYNDROME

Line 0. I don’t know about you, but come to the winter months , my body 00. seems to require more sleep than in summer and I’m definitely at 1. my happiest when I’m being curled up in a hedgehog – style ball. 2. “Wanting to sleep more in winter is not natural and nothing to 3. worry about , unless you are sleeping for more than twelve hours a 4. day”, says sleep expert Dr James B. Maas. The reason for we feel 5. drowsy has as much to do with our biochemistry as it does so with 6. wanting to sniggle up like a couch potato indoors. “It’s all to do 7. with melatonin”, explains Dr Maas, “ a hormone with which is 8. secreted by the brain’s pineal grand in response to darkness”. 9. They may feel more sleepy, but as many people find getting to 10. sleep in winter is a problem. It’s hardly surprising.

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Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 3 (10 points). Read the text below. Use the word given in capital letters at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Number (0) has been done for you. Write it in ‘Your answers’ part.

Bigfoot There are some people who believe in the existence of Bigfoot, a (1)…. ape- like creature that is supposed to live in the mountains in the USA. In 1967 some hunters claimed to have (2)……. filmed such a creature. The brief film, showing a huge creature walking slowly through the undergrowth, was broadcast worldwide and caused quite a sensation. Many people saw this as firm (3)….that Bigfoot is real. But now researchers have come to the (4)…. that the film is merely a trick. After conducting a close (5)…. of it, they claim to have identified a man- made fastener at the creature’s waist. Bigfoot is therefore, (6) ….to be anything more than a very main dressed up in an animal suit. Some Bigfoot fans remain unconvinced by the (7) …