Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh 9

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SECTION I: VOCABULARY,GRAMMAR & READING (13.5 pts) PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.

1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all.

A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully

2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water.

A. so B. but C. although D. so that

3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night.

A. who B. whom C. where D. whose

4. I am responsible for the preparation,________?

A. aren’t I B. am I C. am not I D. don’t I

5. _____ I use your car?- Of course. Here’s the key.

A. May B. Must C. Need D. Should

6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?”

A. No, let’s not. B. No, I don’t. C. No, thanks. D. No, I wouldn’t.

7. Peter behaved so badly at the party. I wish I _______ him.

A. do not invite B. did not invite C. had not invited D. would not invite

8. That car runs at _______ speed of 180 miles _______ hour.

A. the / an B. a / the C. a / a D. the / a

9. We need _______ money to send our son to Oxford University.

A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of

10. Mary was the_______________ of the three sisters.

A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. cleverest

11. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I got wet.

A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet.

B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.

C. I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

D. Had I had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

12. The president refused to make any judgement ______ the situation.

A. on B. with C. about D. to

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13. I am fed ______ hanging around here with nothing to do.

A. up on B. out of C. up with D. by

14. The test is taking place ______ a week’s time.

A. in B. at C. for D. on

15. You can borrow this car if you promise to look ______ it carefully.

A. into B. at C. after D. up

PART II: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable word from the box. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

barely created destroyed drop every widespread factors natural pests from

Famine is a prolong food shortage that causes (1)________ hunger and death.

Throughout history, famine has truck at least one area of the world (2) ________ few

years. Most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America have

(3)________ enough food for their people. Millions in these countries go hungry. When

food production or imports (4) ________ for any reason, famine may strike and thousands

or millions of people may die.

Many famines have more than one cause. For example, the great Bengal famine of

1943 in Eastern India was caused by both (5)________ and historical events. World War II

(6)________ a general food shortage and let to the cutoff of rice imports from Burma,

which had been occupied by the Japanese. Then a cyclone (7)________ much farmland.

Famine struck, and more than one and a half million persons died.

Nearly all famines result (8)________ crop failures. The chief causes of crop failure

include drought, too much rainfall and flooding, and plant diseases and (9) ________.

Many other (10) ________ may also help create a famine. Your answers:

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

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