Bài tập luyện thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

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TEST 1: Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK CAPITAL

Village life In 1997, tired of the noise and (1) ........................ of the city, best-selling POLLUTE author Will Smith and his family moved out to Chersey, a picturesque village in the Suffolk countryside, with 53 (2) ....................... and one shop. Three years later they sold their INHABIT (3) ........................ 16th century cottage and moved back to London, BEAUTY where they now live in a smart new (4) ....................... on the outskirts NEIGHBOUR of the city. So what happened? “Chersey seemed an idyllic place to live,” explains Will, “a quiet, (5) ...................... old village in extremely PEACE (6) .................... surroundings. However, we soon became aware of PLEASE the (7) ........................ of village life. With so little to do in Chersey, and ADVANTAGE because the buses were so (8) ......................, our teenage children FREQUENT became (9) .......................... on us to take them everywhere in the car. DEPEND As for our own social life, the neighbors were rather cold and (10) ....................., so we felt very isolated and lonely. It was not FRIEND the rural idyll we had expected.” TEST 2:Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK CAPITAL.

A new hobby I saw some badminton on TV and found it quite (1) ......................, so I INTEREST thought I’d see if there was a club or (2) ........................... in my area. I looked ASSOCIATE everywhere but, (3) ............................, the nearest club was 80 kilometers FORTUNE away. So, without any (4) .............................., I decided to form my own club. KNOW It was very hard in the beginning – I didn’t have any (5) ........................... and I EQUIP had to convince a few people that it was an (6) ........................... way to keep ENJOY fit. I organised a small (7) ............................., which was a lot of fun, and things COMPETE started to grow from there. Now we’ve got a full – time (8) ......................... and TRAIN our (9) ........................... come from all over the country. One of our members OPPOSE was even a bronze (10) .............................. in the national championship! MEDAL TEST 3: Complete the passage below by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets:

The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the (1)(refuse) ................................ of the inhabitants of No. 13 to have any form of communication with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (2)(pollute) ...................................... Every evening, the (3)(think) .................................. neighbors used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (4)(neighbor) .........................................was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what (5)(act) ....................................... to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (6)(suggest) ........................................... as to how to deal with the problem. A decision was (7)(make) ....................................... to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13 and ask them (8)(polite) ........................................ to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to be (9)(success) ......................................, as the inhabitants of No. 13 refused to talk to them. So on the (10)(advise) ................................... of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court TEST 4: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Kids watch more TV A study into children's television (0) viewing habits reveals VIEW that children whose parents have a high level of (1) _________________ EDUCATE

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