Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh năm 2009 - Hà Nam

Give the correct tense / form of the verbs in the brackets.

Dear Mary.

Thank you for your letter which I received last week. I was glad to hear from you. You said you _____(1. see) John recently, but you didn't say how he_____ (2. be). Please let me know and give him my regard.

I ____(3. be) in London for three months and I ________(4. enjoy) life here very much. I ____(5. work) hard since I ____(6. arrive) and everyone ______(7. be) kind to me.

You said you _____(8. come) to see me this Christmas. I hope you_____ (9. not change) your mind. Let me ______(10. know) what date you are thinking of arriving.

With love,David

Use the correct form of the word.

John watched a ____(1. document) on TV last night. It was all about the problems____ (2. threaten) our environment. He was shocked to find out how little he knew about______ (3. globe) warning or acid rain. He had heard the term before but he knew ______(4. practical) nothing about the damage they cause to our planet. He feels he should do something to be_____ (5. help) . He would like to join an______ (6. organize), but he doesn't know which one to join. He has seen so many______ (7. advertise) in newspapers that he can't make up his mind. However, he believes that it is____ (8. acceptable) not to be environmentally aware and he is_____ (9. hope) that one day everyone will be part of a world movement to save the earth. He was sure that in this time of ______(10. technology) advances, we find some way to solve the world's problems.

Choose the best answer from four choices (A, B, C or D) given to complete each sentence.

There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Underline and correct them.

I live in the small village calls Henfield. There are about 700 men here. The village is quiet and the life is slowly and easy. We never had to queue in shops or banks. People never throw his rubbish on the roads, but the village is always clean. The air is also very clean because of there is not much traffic. The people here are much friendlier than those in a city. If someone has a problem, there is always people who can help. However, one thing I don't like about Henfield is that there's not much to do in the evening. We haven't got any cinemas or theaters. But I still prefer village life for life in a big city.

 Fill in each numbered blank with the most suitable word.

Tourism was not always as important as it is today. In the past, (1)_____wealthy people could travel on vacations to other countries. But more people travel today (2)_____in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of theworld. People now have more money for travel. Special airplane fares for tourists make travel (3)_____expensive and (4)_____attractive than ever before. One person does not travel for the (5)_____ reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different (6)_____their own. They also like to meet new people and (7)_____ new foods.

Tourism causes many (8)_____ in a country and in people's (9)_____. People build new hotels, restaurants and train men. women as tour (10)_____ to show tourists interesting places. There are new nightclubs and other attraction for visitors to entertain. International tourism is really a big business.

Read the passage, then choose the best answers.

Smith did not explain the large... (1)...he had shown in Magnan but sat thinking ...(2)... some minutes and then began to talk ...(3)... something else. About ten that evening I met Smith and he asked me up to his room ...(4)... coffee. (5)... room looked nice with comfortable chairs. We talked a little and then he ...(6)... me his story.

A long time ...(7)... I was young artist and came to France where I was traveling from place to place making sketches. One day, I met two French artists ...(8)... were also moving from place to place making sketches and I joined them. We were as happy ...(9)... we were or as poor as we were happy, as you like it."

Claude and Carl-these are the names of those boys-were always in good spirits and laughed at poverty. We were very poor. We lived ...(10)... the money which we got from time to time for our sketches...."

Read the passage, then choose the best answers.

One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statute of Liberty, was presented to the United States of America in the nineteenth century by the people of France. The great statute, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete. The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel. Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built. The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a statute which was 151 feet tall, had been erected in Paris. The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America. By the end of October 1886, the statute had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their home in America.

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.