Đề luyện thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Kỳ thi khảo sát các đội tuyển học sinh giỏi khối THCS - Đề số 012 - Năm học 2020-2021 - Đỗ Bình

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI THCS 2020-2021
ĐỀ SỐ 012
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian 90 phút)
Họ và tên thí sinh: . SBD: 
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 
01. A. miles 	B. words 	C. accidents 	D. names
02. A. chair	B. cheap	C. chorus	D. child
03. A. missed	B. closed	C. called	D. planned
04. A. sports 	B. households 	C. minds	D. plays
05. A. offers 	B. mounts 	C. pollens 	D. swords
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
06. I agree . one point with Chris. It will be hard for us to walk 80km. 
	A. in 	B. of 	C. on 	D. for 
07. Schooling is compulsory in Australia between . ages of six and seventeen.
	A. the 	B. a	 	C. 0 (zero article)	D. an
08. Bill is in class 12, . John, who is a year older, is only in class 4.
A. and 	B. whereas 	C. either 	D. nevertheless
09. . of the students are good today.
A. Most	B. Much	C. A little	D. Very
10. Hardly any of the paintings at the gallery were for sale, .?
A. was it	B. wasn’t it	C. weren’t they	D. were they
11. . can change her decision now. She has been determined to do it.
A. Nothing	B. Everything	C. Nobody 	D. Anything
12. Tom is . than David.
A. handsome 	B. more handsome	C. the more handsome D. the most handsome
13. My brother Jim, . lives in Houston, is a doctor.
A. that	B. who	C. whom	D. which
14. They left the house . saying good-bye to their mother.
	A. before	B. after	C. during	D. in
15. I haven’t seen Tom . he gave me this book.
	A. since	B. for	C. until	D. before
16. I . here until he answers me.
A. stay 	B. will stay 	C. am staying 	D. have stayed
17. It’s at least a month since . John.
 	A. I last seen 	B. I have last seen C. I last see 	D. I last saw
18. . she plays the piano!
	A. How well 	B. How good 	C. What well 	D. What good
19. Life here is very . 
	A. peace 	B. peacefully 	C. peaceful 	D. peacefulness
20. It is raining outside, and Tom brought his umbrella with him . he wouldn’t get wet.
A. so as to 	B. in order 	C. so that 	D. in order to
III. Complete each of the sentences by supplying the correct form of the word in each bracket.
21. “Who is your favorite (act), Lan?” “I think it’s Tom Hank”. 	 
22. The festival was well-(organize); everybody was pleased with it. 	 
23. You must send your (apply) before Friday or it’ll be too late. 	 
24. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting (speak) over a long distance. 	 
25. The tiger wanted to see the farmer's (wise).	 
26. The scouts do the (volunteer) work.	 
27. Nowadays, scouting is popular (world).	 
28. After his parents died, he was sent to an (orphan).	 
29. My friend, Nga plays the piano (beautiful).	 
30. “The lost shoe” is one of the (tradition) stories I like best. 	 
IV. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
31. They (watch) their favorite TV programmes at the moment.	 
32. Mary and John are neighbors. They (know) each other for a long time.	 
33. They (arrive) in New York yesterday?	 
34. I haven’t met him since he (move) to Ho Chi Minh City.	 
35. My mother is tired enough (cook) tonight.	 
36. The teacher asked me (not make) noise in class.	 
37. The boys like (play) games but hate doing lessons.	 
38. His doctor advised him (give) up smoking.	 
39. Look at those black clouds. It (rain).	 
40. This is the first time I (be) to Ha Noi.	 
V. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word.
The country is (41) ........... beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (42) ........... the summer holiday though they can't live (43) ........... all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (44) ........... that they can go there whenever they (45) ........... find the time.
 	English villages are not alike, but (46) ........... some ways they are not very different from (47) ........... other. Almost every village (48) ........... a church, the round or square tower of which can (49) ........... seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (50) ........... people are buried.
VI. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these people were unable to read and hadn’t enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today. They wanted booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use them. In many countries, however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.
51. What happened before printing presses were invented?
→ .
52. Why were books wanted before printing presses were invented?
→ .
53. What is common feature of a book and a computer?
→ .
54. What situation has thoroughly changed nowadays?
→ .
55. What were computers a few years ago?
→ .
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that remain the meaning of the original one. 
56. Their living room doesn’t have any bookshelves.	
→ There .
57. Please, allow me to ask you a question, Mr. Thanh!	
→ May 
58. Mr. Johnson is a careful driver.	
→ Mr. Johnson always .	
59. “Can you put the books on the desk?” Susan said to me.	
→ Susan asked me .
60. She started working as a secretary five years ago.
→ She has 
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