Đề luyện thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Kỳ thi khảo sát các đội tuyển học sinh giỏi khối THCS - Đề số 015 - Năm học 2020-2021 - Đỗ Bình

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KÌ THI KSCL CÁC ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG KHỐI THCS 2020-2021
ĐỀ SỐ 015
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. stopped 	 	B. decided 	 	C. worked 	D. washed
02. A. arms	B. suits	C. chairs	D. boards
03. A. helps	B. laughs	C. cooks	D. finds
04. A. books	B. clubs	C. hats	D. stamps
05. A. flood	B. moon	C. food	D. soon
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
06. He left on the 10 o’clock train yesterday to see his father who was taken to hospital last week when he broke his right leg.
	A. an	B. a	C. the 	D. 0 (no article)
07. the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.
 	A. Until 	B. In 	C. By 	D. On
08. Could I have rice potatoes, please?
A. but 	B. but also 	C. instead 	D. instead of
09. children are ill-prepared for employment.
A. Much	B. Most	C. A little	D. Most of
10. He shouldn’t put so much salt in it, ? 
	A. doesn’t he 	B. shouldn’t he 	C. should he 	D. does he
11. Don’t tell lies to me; you cannot deceive me any longer.
A. some	B. no	C. none	D. any
12. She runs in my class.
A. the slowest 	B. the most slow 	C. the slowly 	D. the most slowly
13. The year he died was full of calamities.
A. on which	B. which	C. in which	D. where
14. The doctors know that it is very difficult to save the patient’s life; , they will try their best.
	A. although	B. but	C. despite	D. however
15. Our visit to Japan was delayed my wife’s illness.
A. because	B. because of	C. thanks to	D. although
16. The film by the time we get there.
A. ends 	B. will end 	C. is ending	 D. will have ended
17. I came to see her yesterday, she was reading a book.
 A. Before 	B. When 	C. While	D. After
18. The boy eyes are brown is my friend.
 A. whose	B. who	C. whom	D. which
19. The teacher told his students laughing.
 A. stop	B. stopping	C. to stop	D. stopped
20. I don’t have a computer. I wish I a new one.
 A. have	B. have had	C. had	D. will have
III. Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. 
21. At the moment I am spending my weekend go to camping with my friends. 
 	A. At the moment 	B. spending 	C. go to 	D. camping
22. My father asked me to pay much attention to English next year.
 	A. asked 	B. to pay	C. much attention 	D. next year
23. When she came to my house I lied in bed listening to music.
 	A. When 	B. came to 	C. lied in 	D. listening to
24. I think I prefer country life more than city life.
 	A. I think 	B. country life 	C. more than 	D. city life
25. Can you tell me what you have done at 8 o’clock last night ?
 	A. Can 	B. tell me 	C. have done 	D. o’clock
IV. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions. 
	Jeans are very popular with (26) people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans (27) almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in genoa was (28) “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a saleman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (29) with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (30) in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
26. A. rich	B. old	C. young 	D. poor
27. A. start	B. starts	C. was starting	D. started 
28. A. call	B. calls	C. calling	D. called
29. A. famous 	B. popular 	C. good 	D. wonderful
30. A. workers	B. drivers	C. cowboys	D. farmers
V. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions. 
	Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling police-man that his bicycle had been found. Five years ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It’s now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
31. Ted was worried because_________.
 	A. he received a letter	B. he went to the police station yesterday 
 	C. the police would catch him	D. he didn’t know why the police wanted him
32. The police who talked to Ted was_________.
 	A. pleasant	B. worried	C. surprised	D. small
33. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
 	A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago.
 	B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.
 	C. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.
 	D. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train.
34. When was Ted’s bicycle found?
 	A. Last Tuesday	B. Five years ago	C. Twenty years ago	D. Yesterday 
35. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
 	A. The police asked Ted to go to their station. B. The policeman told Ted the good news 5 days ago.
 	C. Ted is no longer anxious now.	D. Ted is 35 years old now.
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. 
36. It’s 3 years since I last saw Nam.	
F I haven’t......................................................................................................................
37. “Don’t make so much noise, Peter.” said Carol	
F Carol told Peter.......................................................................................................
38. Keeping the environment clean is very important. 	
F It’s.................................................................................................................................
39. “You should turn off the lights before going out”. Mrs. Hoa said.
F Mrs. Hoa suggested................................................................................................
40. Why don’t you plant some trees around your house to get more fresh air?
F How about................................................................................................................?
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