Đề thi chọn đội tuyển đi thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9 THCS Môn tiếng anh

§Ò thi chän ®éi tuyÓn ®i thi häc hsg cÊp huyÖn líp 9 THCS
N¨m häc 2005-2006
 M«n tiÕng anh
Thêi gian lµm bµi: 150 phót ( Kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò )
Question 1: 
a- Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:
1. I don't like dogs because I'm very afraid of ( bite )
2.A: "You (know) the man for many years?" B: yes, we (be) at school together.
3.He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time.
4.We (have) only bread and butter to eat with our tea as the other tourists (eat) all the sausage and cakes.
5. I came to class when I ( enter ) the teacher ( finish ) going over the previous lesson and ( write ) something on the blakcboard.
b- Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses:
1. Both Italians and Polish are famous for their .......( friend ) and good spirit.
2I am looking for a ............. (suit)gift for an old lady 	
3. India gained her ........( depend ) from Britain after world war II.
4. He was very ................ (pride)of the work he had done	
5. I ......( sleep ) this morning , and was late for school.
6.I am bored . I need some ............ ( excite)in my life.	
7.Young children are often very ...............(live)
8.Unless you ................ (apology) I wont forgive you.	
Question 2 : Supply the missing prepositions.
1. Whom does she fall ..........love ...........?
2. Bill is jealous ..........anyone who has something he hasn’t .
3. I was .............to go out when telephone rang
4. Jim learns a lot ...........her brother, a well-known writer
5.Have you got money ..........you?
6.Please tell me ............once!
7.May I introduce you ............Miss Brown?
8.He was ill .........a week and ...........that week his wife never left his side.
Question3: Put one suitable word in each space.
	I'm a writer, and I work ......1....... home. It doesn't particulaly ........2....... where my house is, as long as it is ......3....... nice house. But last year my wife ........4..... a job in a different part of the country. So, we had to move. This was our first ..........5........ of ......6....... one house and selling another at the same time. I wouldn't like to do it again. We quickly saw the house .........7........ we wanted. It was then that our problems began: The people who wanted to buy our house couldn't sell ........8......... and the man ........9..... house we wanted couldn't find a house he liked. It ........10......... us nine months to buy the house. Now, I'm not sure if I like it.
Question 4: Choose the best answer among a, b, c, or d.
1. I've been looking for this book for months and ....... I found it.
a. at last	b. in time	c. at the end	d. at present
2. I was just ......... to go out when you telephoned.
a. around	b. about	c. thinking	d. planned
3. Take this road and you will ........... at the hotel in five minutes.
a. arrive	b. come	c. find	d. reach
4. The train will be leaving in five minutes so you ....... better hurry up.
a. had	b. should	c. will	d. would
5. They would ............ go by air than spend a week travelling by train.
a. always	b. rather	c. prefer	d. better
6. I'd like to ............ a three - minute call to London.
a. make	b. phone	c. set	d. do
7. .......... Your house painted last year ?
a. did	b. was	c. had	d. Have
8. It's an hour since he ......... , so he must be at the office now.
a. is leaving	b. was leaving	c. has left	d. left
Question 5: 
a. Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.
1. It was so late that nothing could be done
 It was too....
2. Bill is going to write to me. I will tell you all his news
 ......................................when................................
3. She didn't say a word as she left the room.
 She left the room ...
4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test
 As long as .............................................
5. They never made us do anything we didn't want to do
 We .....................
6. It 's a pity I didn’t take my doctor's advice.
 I wish...................................................
7. They made him wait for two hours.
 He was ........................................
8. It took us 3 hours to open the door.
 We .............................................
9. A train leaves at 7 o'clock every morning.
 There is ......................................
10. During dinner, the phone rang.
 While I ...........................
b. Change these sentences into passive voice
1. I'll ask some one to paint my house blue.
2. I don't like people laughing me at my mistake.
3. Did anyone see you come in ?
4. I want you to leave me alone.
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Question1:	a) (10 points)
being bitten	4. had - had eaten
Have you known ? - were	5. entered - had finished - was writing.
has been working - is having
b) ( 8 points)
friendship	5. overslept
suitable	6. excitement
independence	7. lively
proud	8. apologize
Question 2 ( 10 points)
in - with	5. with
of	6. at
about	7. to
from	8. for - during
Question 3: ( 10 points)
at	5. experience	9. whose
matter	6. buying	10. took.
a	7. that/which
got/had	8. theirs
Question 4: (8 points)
a : at last	5. b: rather
b: about	6. a: make
a: arrive	7. b: Was
a: had	8. d: left
Question 5:	a- (10 points)
It was too late for anything to be done.
She left the room without saying a word .
I will tell you all Bill's news when he writes to me.
As long as you are calm ( you keep calm) , you'll pass your driving test.
We were never made to do anything we didn’t want to do.
I wish I had taken my doctor's advice
He was made to wait for two hours.
We spent 3 hours opening the door.
There is a 7 o'clock everymorning
While I was having dinner the telephone rang.
b- (4 points)
I'll have my house painted blue.
I don’t like being laughed my bicycle.
Were you seen to come in?
I want to left alone.