1. PHÒNG GD-ĐT PHÙ MỸ KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9
TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ THÀNH NĂM HỌC: 2011-2012
ĐỀ ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN TIẾNG ANH
PHÂN MÔN: ĐỌC HIỂU VÀ VIẾT
Thời gian làm bài: 140 phút
A/- READING ( 12,0 ms )
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (1,0m)
1. Put …… the cigarette, please. I don’t like the smell of it.
A. out B. in C. up D. off
2. I am able to pass the exam, ……, Mr. Brown?
A. am I B. am not I C. aren’t I D. isn’t I
3. They are doing everything possible …… the environment is saved.
A. so that B. so as to C. in order for D. now that
4. I’d like to say thank you to the doctor …… advice I couldn’t stay so healthy.
A. without who B. of which no C. whose did not D. without whose
5. She …… her neighbor’s children for the broken windows.
A. accused B. complained C. blamed D. charged
6. Mrs. Lan stopped …… her letter because she had to leave for the hospital.
A. to wrote B. write C. writing D. wrote
7. “I suggest going to Vung Tau on the weekend.” – “ ……”
A. That’s a fine day B. That’s a good idea
C. That’s a trip D. That’s a reason
8. It’s high time Jack ……some work for his examination.
A. does B. has to do C. doing D. did
9. Two people …… in an explosion early this morning.
A. were reported to injure B. reported to be injured
C. were reported being injured D. were reported to be injured
10.It was so hot that I wish I …… to the beach.
A. have gone B. went C. had gone D. will have gone
Part 2: Read the following passage and carefully, and then decide whether the following
statements are True (T) or False (F). (0,5m)
Example: 0. F
Many people still believe that natural resources will never be used up. Actually, the
world’s energy resources are limited. Nobody knows exactly how much fuel is left. However,
we also should use them economically and try to find out alternative sources of power.
According to Professor Marvin Burnham of the New England Institute of Technology, we have
to start conserving coal, oil and gas before it is too late; and nuclear power is the only
alternative.
However many people do not approve of using nuclear power because it’s very dangerous.
What would happen if there was a serious nuclear accident? Radioactivity causes cancer and
may badly affect the future generations.
The most effective thing is that we should use natural resources as economical as possible.
0. Natural resources will never run out.
1. We don’t know exactly how much fuel is left.
2. We shouldn’t waste fuel.
3. According to Mr. Burnham, there is no substitute for coal, gas and oil.

2. 4. All people agree to use nuclear power as an alternative energy.
5. Radioactive waste is harmful for health.
Part 3: Read the passage below and choose the best response to each of the questions.
(0.5m)
More than two hundred years ago, the term environmental pollution was quite strange to
people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation
is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the
environment. Actually it is man that destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes.
Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and
cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from
factories make water ad soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of money on treating
the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time
burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?
1. More than two hundred years ago, ……
A. the environment was polluted as much as it is today.
B. people knew nothing about environmental pollution.
C. air was polluted badly.
D. people were faced with pollution.
2. Nowadays, many people are concerned about ……
A. the poisonous air. B. the polluted water.
C. the wastes form factories. D. the environmental pollution.
3. According to the passage, people know that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases
……
A. so they do not travel by motorbikes and cars.
B. so they prefer traveling by bicycles.
C. but they prefer traveling by motorbikes and cars.
D. and they enjoy traveling on foot.
4. Factory owners ……
A. know nothing about pollution. B. pollute water and soil.
C. spend a lot of money on treating wastes. D. don’t treat industrial waste safely
5. Which of the following is not true?
A. In former days, people led a healthy life.
B. people have no awareness of the danger of pollution.
C. Water is now heavily contaminated by industrial wastes.
D. It’s harmful for our health if rubbish is spreaded over our areas
Part 4: Read the text below and then decide which word(s) below best fits each space.
(1,0m)
How are things with you? Since I saw you last, I have been very ill. By the time I
arrived home after seeing you on Monday, I (1)…… an awful headache.
I thought that perhaps my eyes were tired (2)…… I had been working so hard, so I took some
aspirins and went to bed. However, when I woke up the next morning the headache was (3)
…… than ever, and my throat was sore. I tried to get up but my arms and legs (4)…… stiff.
I saw the doctor and she (5)…… me I gad a temperature. She said I probably had flu. She
advised me to take some medicine and (6)…… in bed. The medicine tasted horrible and it
didn’t make (7)…… feel any better. I felt sick and I didn’t want to eat anything at all, although
I was very hungry. I have almost (8)…… now, and I am going to start work again tomorrow. I

3. still have a slight cold and a cough, but my chest doesn’t hurt when I (9)……. Can we meet on
Sunday? I am looking forward to (10)…… you.
1. A. felt B. had C. was D. caught
2. A. as B. though C. while D. during
3. A. worse B. hard C. more D. painful
4. A. sensed B. moved C. felt D. looked
5. A examined B. told C. denied D. said.
6. A. stay B. stayed C. staying D. stays
7. A. some B. me C. them D. its.
8. A. improved B. decided C. recovered D. succeeded
9. A. breathe B. ache C. cure D. bleed
10. A. see B. seeing C. sees D. saw
Part 5: Find a mistake in the four underlined parts (A, B, C or D) of each sentence, then
correct it. (1,0 m)
1. The sooner you leave, the more early you will arrive at your destination.
A B C D
2. After my father gets home from work, he will like to read the evening newspaper.
A B C D
3. She has been waiting at the airport for over an hour before she finally received a message
A B C
telling her to go direct to her hotel.
D
4. Because John had a lot of things to do, he went fishing with his friends.
A B C D
5. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I would never believe it.
A B C D
Part 6: Choose the most appropriate form of the verbs given in the box to complete the
following passage. (1,0m)
leave last see enhance find spend be
not get benefit have realize encourage accept do
Example: 0. left
Two and a half year ago, Anita Kapur (0)…… university with high hopes and a degree
in the History of Art. She then (1)…… the next two years applying in vain for jobs. “I soon (2)
…… that I should have studied something more practical, like computing or accountancy”,
admits Anita. “I (3)…… no work experience, and there is always a lot of competition for jobs
in the art world. “Last summer, Anita (4)…… an advertisement for volunteers to help organize
an arts festival in her hometown. She applied and (5)……. Since then, Anita (6)…… a job as
an administrator in a London gallery. “I definitely (7)…… this job, if I hadn’t gained such
useful experience doing the volunteer job at the arts festival”, she says. Anita’s experience is
far from unique, but it is not only job-seekers who (8)…… from volunteering. Is businesses
are seen to be doing something for the community, it (9)…… their public image. For this
reason, more and more companies nowadays (10)…… their employees to volunteer, either
partly or wholly in the company’s time.
Part 7: Read the description of six cities then decide which city would be most suitable for
each of the following people.(1.0m)
CITIES TO VISIT

4. B. Kadia
This busy city has developed beside the main rive which divides the central commercial
district into two parts. Although you will find the main offices of many international
companies, you can still ride on a water taxi and visit the side streets which sell colorful
locally made clothes and crafts.
C. Polatica
The streets of this city are full both day and night. It is built on a river and the best way to
see it is on a tourist boat which passes the beautiful old buildings. The city is starting to
grow and has just opened its first department stores.
D. Noien
This is a cultural center with 33 museums and galleries, many attached to colleges and
universities. It is not a historical city but it contains some interesting buildings, including
the Post Office, which has a silver roof. It has noisy markets selling everything from
antiques to plants.
E. Lotten
This is a regional center for trade and tourism and is completely “up-tp-date”. People who
live in this city come from many different parts of the world and so there is an excellent
choice of restaurants. There is a wonderful transport system, and modern department stores.
F. Haristor
Thus famous city has been on the same side for over a thousand years. Old and new exist
together and there isn’t the fast pace of most cities. The streets are wide and well-kept with
plenty of trees. Search carefully and you will find outdoor markets and food stalls in this
peaceful environment.
G. Foforon
There are plenty of tours taking from the city and visitors can go to mountains, farms and
villages. This small city has changed little over time and its streets and markets are still
crowded and noisy.
1. Anna has just finished her business degree. She would like to relax in a clean, quiet city
which has a long history.
2. Kevin has just finished his economics degree. He would like to visit a city that has a big
business center and also offers traditional goods for the tourists to buy.
3. Mandy and her seventy-year-old aunt share an interest in painting and buying valuable,
old objects. They would like to go to a city where they can shop easily and look at art.
4. David is studying international business. He would like to go to a city where the
inhabitants come from many different countries, which will give him the opportunity to
try a variety of food.
5. Jenny and Mavis want to escape from modern life and go somewhere more traditional.
They would like to go on some long trips outside the city as well.
Part 8: Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. (0.5m)
1. Our company helps …… people to find new jobs. (employ)
2. According to the ……, the French lesson starts at ten. (time)
3. I can’t sit on this chair. It’s really …… (comfort)
4. Do you think you have the …… to past the test? (able)
5. Every …… in this country has the right to vote. (city)
Part 9: There are eleven mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. The first
one has been done for you. (2,0 ms)

5. 0. such  so
The world’s oceans are such vast that it can cope with the present levels of pollution.
However, little is known about the long-term affects of such slow poisoning. The more serious
problem of modern time is that man is destroying the earth’s natural resources and transform
huge areas into waste land. As a result, it is becoming extreme difficult to grow enough
feeding the world rapidly increasing population. A way of protecting all wild life in the earth
must also be found as much species are in danger of disappearing completely from the face of
the earth. The smoke in the atmosphere, an example, is increasing so much that the amount of
sunlight have been reduced in many cities. Man’s whole environment is being changed in a
serious way.
Part 10: Choose the correct word for each space from the list. Do not use the same word
more than once. (1,0m)
A. assistant B. became C. called D. historical E. medicine F. romances
G. society H. where I. which J. writer K. next L. but
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is famous as the (1)…… of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He was born
in Scotland in 1859. He went to Edinburgh University and studied (2)……. He worked as a
doctor for several years, (3)…… when he was thirty-two, he (4)…… a full-time writer. He
wrote (5)……, adventure stories, and (6)…… stories, but it was the detective stories (7)……
made him famous. He wrote the first story in 1887 while he was still a doctor, and in the (8)
……twenty years he wrote fifty more. Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street with his friends
and (9)……, Doctor Watson. Their enemy in many stories is a man (10)…… Moriarty. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, aged seventy-one.
Part 11: Read the article below and then decide which word best fits each space. (2,0ms)
Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You never know
when you might need it” was (1)…… of her favorite sayings. She lived (2)…… herself in a
large Victorian house across the road from us. Although I never went to her house, I knew it
was full (3)…… antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens
of paintings so that her house was (4)…… an art gallery. I remember my father (5)…… that
she was a “Straffordshire Darby” but I had (6)……idea what he meant. I (7)…… out years
later that the Darby family had their money from coalmining in Straffordshire. We used to
make up stories (8)…… her. My sister Alice, (9)…… was a romantic girl, told us that Miss
Darby once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10)…… saw him again.
Part 12: Choose one sentence that has different meaning to the roof one. (0,5 m)
1. Despite the heavy snow, we got home on time.
A. Although it snowed heavily, we got home on time.
B. The heavy snow prevented us from getting home on time.
C. In spite of the fact that it snowed heavily, we got home on time.
D. It snowed heavily. However, we got home on time.
2. John Waye, who is our next-door neighbor, is a journalist.
A. We live next door to a journalist whose name is John Waye.
B. John Waye, who works as a journalist, is our next-door neighbor.
C. Our next-door neighbor, whose name is John Waye, is a journalist.
D. John Waye is our neighbor who lives next door to a journalist.
3. We last went to London two years ago.
A. We haven’t been to London for two years.

6. B. It’s two years since we last went to London.
C. We have been in London for two years.
D. The last we went to London was two years ago.
4. Study harder or you won’t past the exam.
A. If you don’t study harder, you won’t pass the exam.
B. Unless you study harder, you will fail the exam.
C. If you don’t study harder, you will fail the exam.
D. If you don’t pass the exam, you will have to study harder.
5. Why don’t we buy some canned food before a typhoon?
A. I reminded them to buy some canned food before a typhoon.
B. I suggest buying some canned food before a typhoon.
C. What about buying some canned food before a typhoon?
D. Shall we buy some canned food before a typhoon?
B/- WRITING
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence printed before it. (2,0ms)
1. A big man standing in front of them.
 In front of them .........................................................................................................
2. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
 Hardly .......................................................................................................................
3. They cancelled the flight because of the heavy rain.
 So ..............................................................................................................................
4. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out.
 No matter ..................................................................................................................
5. I have forgotten that director’s name, but he is very famous.
 That director, ............................................................................................................
6. Peter is the tallest boy in his class.
 No one ......................................................................................................................
7. I didn’t have my mobile yesterday, so I couldn’t contact you.
 Had ...........................................................................................................................
8. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
 Not only ....................................................................................................................
9. It’s nearly twenty years since we knew each other.
We .............................................................................................................................
10.The book was interesting to most children.
 Most children ............................................................................................................
Part 2: Using the words given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it has
a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given. (1,0m)
1. Did you manage to solve the problem? (solving)
 Did .......................................................................................................the problem?
2. “Don’t forget to bring along the raincoat,” Thuy’s grandma said. (reminded)
 Thuy’s grandma ....................................................................................the raincoat.
3. Jane is excited about meeting her old friends again. (looking)
 Jane is ......................................................................................her old friends again.
4. The college where I study is quite near my apartment. (which)

7.  The college ....................................................................study is near my apartment.
5. Yesterday morning my friend Marco arrived before finished breakfast. (when)
 Yesterday morning I .........................................................my friend Marco arrived.
Part 3: The following table shows the number of good students passing the exams of some
schools in Phu My District in two school years. Describe the table. (1,0m)
Schools
School years
Phu My My Chanh My Tai My Thanh Binh Duong
2009-2010
The number
of students
taking part in
the exam
4 4 3 2 4
The number
of students
passing the
exam
2
50%
1
25%
1
33%
1
50%
2
40%
2010-2011
The number
of students
taking part in
the exam
3 3 3 3 5
The number
of students
passing the
exam
3
100%
1
33%
1
33%
1
33%
3
60%
Part 4: Write a composition on the topic: (2,0ms)
“The place where you like to live.”

8. HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
B/- READING
Part 1: (1,0m) (10 x 0.1m)
1A 2C 3A 4D 5C 6C 7B 8D 9C 10C
Part 2. (0,5m) (5 x 0.1m)
1T 2T 3F 4F 5T
Part 3. (0.5m) (5 x 0.1m)
1B 2D 3C 4D 5B
Part 4: (1,0m) (10 x 0.1m)
1B 2A 3A 4C 5B 6A 7B 8C 9A 10B
Part 5: (1.0m) (5 x 0.2m)
1. C  earlier
2. C  likes
3. A  had been waiting
4. A  Although
5. D  would have never believed
Part 6: (1.0m) (10 x 0.1m)
1. spent 2. realized 3. had 4. saw 5. was accepted
6. has found 7. wouldn’t have gotten 8. benefit 9. enhances 10. are encouraging
Part 7: (1.0m) (5 x 0.2m)
1E 2A 3C 4D 5F
Part 8: (0.5 m) (5 x 0.1m)
1. unemployed 2. timetable 3. uncomfortable 4. ability 5. citizen
Part 9: (2,0m) (10 x 0.2m)
1. affects  effects 6. feeding  to feed
2. it  they 7. in  on
3. more  most 8. much  many
4. transform  transforming 9. an  for
5. extreme  extremely 10. have  has
Part 10: (1.0m) (10 x 0.1m)
1J 2E 3L 4B 5F 6D 7I 8K 9A 10C
Part 11: (2.0 ms) (10 x 0.2 m)
1. one 2. by 3. of 4. like 5. saying/said
6. no 7. found 8. about 9. who 10. never
Part 12: (0.5 m) (5 x 0.1m)
1B 2D 3C 4D 5A
C/- WRITING
Part 1: (2,0ms) (10 x 0.2m)
1. In front of them there is a man standing.
2. Hardly had he arrived when things went wrong.
3. So heavy was the rain that they cancelled the flight./ So heavily did it rain that they
cancelled the flight.
4. No matter how long you use it, it won’t wear out.
5. That director, whose name I have forgotten is very famous.
6. No one in his class is as tall as Peter.
7. Had I had my mobile phone, I could have contacted you.
8. Not only did he spend all his money but he also borrowed some from me.

9. 9. We have known each other for nearly twenty years.
10.Most children were interested in the book
Part 2: (1,0m)(5 x 0.2m)
1. Did you succeed in solving the problem?
2. Thuy’s grandma reminded her not to forget to bring along the raincoat.
3. Jane is looking forward to meeting her old friends again.
4. The college at which I study is quite near my apartment.
5. Yesterday morning I was eating/having breakfast when my friend Marco arrived.
Part 3: (1,0m) (it’s up to students’ answer)
Part 4: (2,0ms) (it’s up to students’ answer)

10. 9. We have known each other for nearly twenty years.
10.Most children were interested in the book
Part 2: (1,0m)(5 x 0.2m)
1. Did you succeed in solving the problem?
2. Thuy’s grandma reminded her not to forget to bring along the raincoat.
3. Jane is looking forward to meeting her old friends again.
4. The college at which I study is quite near my apartment.
5. Yesterday morning I was eating/having breakfast when my friend Marco arrived.
Part 3: (1,0m) (it’s up to students’ answer)
Part 4: (2,0ms) (it’s up to students’ answer)