Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2012-2013 - Sở GD&ĐT Kon Tum (Kèm đáp án)

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2. One of the major causes _________ heart disease is lack of exercise. 
A. for 	B. to 	C. of 	D. by 
3. The students stopped __________ when their teacher entered the classroom.
A. talking	B. to talk	C. talk	D. talked
4. He _________ an overdose of heroin and died. 
A. used to 	B. used 	C. was used to 	D. was used 
5. She lives with her parents _______ Kon Tum city.
A. in 	 B. on 	C. at 	D. for
6. He is tired _________ he stayed up late watching TV.
A. so	B. because	C. but	D. and
7. I felt ________ disappointed because of their bad behavior.
A. real	B. reality	C. really	D. realize 
8. It is ________ to watch the cartoon films.
A. interest 	B. interested	C. interestingly	D. interesting
9. She is very tired; __________, she has to finish her homework.
A. moreover	B. so	C. and	D. however
10. After coming home, she cleaned the floor _________ cooked dinner.
A. but	B. however	C. moreover	D. and
11. Hanh can’t go to the movies with us tonight. She will have to _________ her little sister.
A. turn on	B. go on 	C. turn off	D. look after
12. I wish it ___________ rain all the time. 
A. couldn’t	B. won’t	C. doesn’t	D. didn’t
13. Mrs. Lam lives here, _________
 	A. does she? 	B. doesn’t she? 	C. is she?	D. isn’t he? 
14. They _________ me if I could speak English.
 	A. told 	B. said 	C. talked 	D. asked
15. The old man walked _________ to the park.
 	A. slow 	B. slowly	 C. quick	D. fastly
16. Tom: I think we should save time and money.	~Mary: “__________” 
 	A. Well done. 	B. Thanks. 	C.That’s a good idea. 	D. All right.
17. ________ resources should be conserved.
 	A. Natural 	B. Nature 	C. Naturally 	D. Naturalist
18. Solar energy doesn't cause _________.
A. pollution 	B. polluted 	C. pollute 	D. polluting
19. Last night I came home, cooked dinner, and _________TV.
A. watch	B. watched	C. was watching	D. would watch
20. It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.
A. while	B. during	C. since	D. when
Your Answer
1. 
2. 
... the visit did not turn out to be (9)_______, as the inhabitants of No.13 refused to talk to them. So, on the (10)________ of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court.
0. REFUSE
1. COMMUNICATE
2. POLLUTE
3. THINK
4. NEIGHBOUR
5. ACT
6. SUGGEST
7. DECIDE
8. POLITE
9. SUCCESS
10. ADVISE
Your answer
0. REFUSAL
4. 
8.
1.
5. 
9.
2.
6.
10.
3.
7.
Part 3. Read the text and choose the best answer in 1-5. (2 ms)
“Oh, you’re so lucky living in Bath, It’s such a wonderful, lovely, historical place,” people say enthusiastically, and all you can think of is the awful parking, the crowds of tourists, the expensive shops, the narrow-minded council, and the terrible traffic....
Luckily, I don’t live in Bath but nearly ten miles away in a village called Limpley Stoke in the Avon valley. It seems to be normal in the countryside these days for professional people who work in the town prefer to live in the villages, this makes the housing so expensive that the villagers and agricultural workers have to live in the cheaper accommodation in town, with the result that the farmers commute out to the farm and everyone else commutes in. Certainly, there is nobody in the village could be called an old style villager. The people nearest to me include a pilot, an accountant, a British Rail manager, a retired teacher... not a farm worker among them. But I don’t think there is anything wrong with that- it’s just that the nature of villages is changing and there is still quite a strong sense of community here. A lot of this sense of community comes from the Post Office, which is a center for all the gossip and information. I find out what is going on while I am there, pretending to control my two-year-old son. My feeling is that if my son took the money collected for the children, it would go directly where it was needed but they don’t see it like that.
Working at home I tend to wander round the village at times when other people are at the office, which ... place where villagers can talk to each other. 
D. sells a range of tinned food as well as stamps.
4. The garden is not in good condition because
A. the author is too lazy to look after it. 	
B. the author can’t afford to pay a gardener.
C. the author’s no interest in it. 	
D. nobody has worked on it for over two years.
5. The author feels that living in the village
A. is better than living in Bath. 	B. has a number of disadvantages 
C. tends to be rather dull. 	D. is something that everyone would enjoy.
Your answer
1.
3.
5.
2.
4.
Part 4. This letter recently appeared in an English magazine. Four sentences have been removed from the letter. Choose from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits the gap (1-4). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. An example is given (0). ( 1.2 m)
I have recently become very worried about my 16 year-old son, Nick. Although he was never brilliant at school, he always used to get reasonably good marks.
0
F
He used to be such a good swimmer that he won several prizes. But now he has given up training. And instead of the neat clothes he used to wear, all he ever puts on is the same pair of shabby old jeans and a dirty sweatshirt.
1
Nick was in the kitchen. The radio was on so loud that he didn't hear me come
in behind him. My handbag was on the table.
2
We had a terrible row. Finally, he broke down and confessed everything. He has been going every day to a big amusement arcade near his school and playing electronic games with names like Space Warrior and Alien Invaders. I had always thought they were
harmless. 
3
He has promised he won't go there again, but I think he's too addicted to stop.
4
What can I do to help him?
A
But now I realize that he's so hooked on them, he'll even steal from his own mother in order to pay for the habit.
B
Even if he wanted to, he couldn't – and he doesn't.
C
I often leave it there so that I won't forget it when I go out.
D
He had taken some money out of