ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI ANH 9
NĂM HỌC 2008- 2009

PART 1 : Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced different from the other:
1. a. climate b. Budhism c, Hinduism d. impress
2. a. beach b. peaceful c. recreation d. meat
3. a. impressed b. wanted c. wished d. stopped
4. a. summer b. difficult c. much d. currency
5. a. proud b. pronoun c. enough d. around
6. a. this b. with c. father d. thing
7. a. chair b. mechanic c. church d. child
8. a. maps b. books c. hats d. pens

PART 2 : Choose the word which is stressed different from the rest.
1. a. quiet b. receive c. couple d. wedding
2. a. delightful b. important c. everyone d. develop
3. a. arrive b. birthday c. forward d. feeling
4. a begin b. silver c. dinner d. people
5. a. anniversary b. activities c. librarian d. American

PART 3 : Choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D )
1. I wish I …… go with you to the countryside next weekend.
a. can b. could c. will be able to d. must
2. Bao used to …….. past the pagoda on her way to shool every schoolday six years ago.
a. walk b. walked c. walking d. to walk
3. Who look ………. your chilren when you are away from home.
a. for b. at c. after d. to
4. Mr.. Hung ………… has just talked to you is my uncle.
a. whom b. which c. who d. whose
5. They wear ……….. whenever they are at school.
a. uniforms b. dresses c. clothes d. shirts
6. ……… Paris , London is a busy modern city.
a. as b. like c. alike d. same
7. Mrs Quyen started early ……… get to her office on time.
a. in order to b. so as to c. for d. so that
8. I’m a bit short …….. money . can you lend me some ?
a. about b. to c. for d. of
9. If I ……… in your position , I twice before doing that.
a. am / will think b. were / thought
c. were / would think d. were / will think
10. “ I wish I had seen that movie”. - “ …………….. “ .
a. so do I b. so had I c. but do I d. I had , too
11. After arriving home, they usually ……… their uniforms.
a. take out b. put out c. take off d. put off
12. Minh suggested …….. to the library.
a. go b. to go c. went d. going


PART 4 : Read the following passage and then fill in each blank with a
suitable word .

Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are (1) …………....classes. A few learn English by themselves or just by hearing the (3) ……………. on television or among their friends. Most people must work (4) …………….. to learn English. Why do these people want to learn English ? It isn’t (5) …………… to answer that question. Young chilren learn English at school because it is one of their (6) ……………...Many adults learn English because it is (7) …………………… for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher (8) …………… , because some of their books are in English at
(9) ……………… or universitty. Other people learn English because they want to read (10) …………….. or magazines in English.

PART 5 : Writing .
Would you please close the door ?
Would you mind
It is wonderful to