Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh 9

 evening?
	A. at 	B. on 	C. in 	D. for
28. My parents let me ....... late on Sunday.
	A. get 	B. to getting 	C. to get up 	D. get up
29. ....... lecturer often gives ....... lessons.
	A. boring/ bored 	B. bored/ boring 	C. bored/ bored 	D. boring/ boring
30. It isn't easy to start looking for a/ an ....... at my age.
	A. work 	B. job 	 	C. occupation 	D. unemployment
31. He comes from Wellington. He speaks .......
	A. Russian 	B. French 	C. English 	D. Spanish
32. Now I am frightened ....... applying for a job.
	A. of 	B. on 	C. with 	D. for 
33. Who bought this dictionary ....... you?
	A. to 	B. for 	 	C. at 	D. with 
34. What is hardly ....... to Anglo- Saxon?
	A. recognize 	B. recognizing 	C. recognizable 	D. to recognize
35. He doesn't teach mathematics, he teaches politics. He's a .......
	A. writer 	B. philosopher 	C. politician 	D. physicist
36. Do you know who ....... radio?
	A. made 	B. did 	 	C. invented 	D. produced
37. Gravity is the force of the earth to ....... everything towards its centre.
	A. attract 	B. push 	 	C. float 	D. fall
38. He had a father whose hard work could ....... feed the family.
	A. hard 	B. hardly 	C. harder 	D. harden
39. He used to run faster than he ....... now.
	A. is 	B. used to 	C. does 	D. do
40. I'd like to stay at home instead of ...... to the cinema.
	A. go 	B. went 	 	C. to go 	D. going
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
Alice is 18 years old and she comes (41) England. She is now in Hanoi and (42) Vietnamese. She came to Hanoi (43) July so she (44) there for six months. Alice (45) she likes Hanoi very much. She likes (46) shopping and cycling around the town. (47) month she will go to Ho Chi Minh city (48) a friend of (49). Alice hopes she (50) many letters from England.
41. 	A. from 	B. in 	C. to 	D. back 
42. 	A. studies 	B. studying 	C. will be studying 	D. is studying 
43. 	A. on 	B. at 	C. in 	D. for
44. 	A. is 	B. has been 	C. will 	D. was
45. 	A. says 	B. tells 	C. speaks 	D. shouts
46. 	A. to go 	B. going 	C. go 	D. went
47. 	A. next 	B. last 	C. this 	D. that
48. 	A. meet 	B. meeting 	C. to meet 	D. will meet
49. 	A. she 	B. hers 	C. her 	D. me
50. 	A. receive 	B. would receive 	C. is received 	D. will receive
TEST 16
I- Choose the best answer:
1. Bangkok is ....... capital of Thailand.
	A. a 	B. one 	C. the	
2. Listen to what I am saying, .......?
	A. don't you 	B. will you 	C. do you
3. There are ....... boys in our class.
	A. no 	B. not 	C. none
4. This orange tastes .......
	A. sweetly 	B. sweety 	C. sweet
5. The man ....... we met on the train was the president.
	A. that 	B. who 	C. which 	D. what
6. I took the wrong book ....... mistake.
	A. by 	B. of 	C. with
7. The weather is ....... today than yesterday.
	A. much better 	B. very better 	C. too better
8. Have you read ....... chapter of your book?
	A. third 	B. the third 	C. a third
9. My watch is slow and ....... is my brother's.
	A. Either 	B. Too 	C. So
10. Did you do your .......?
	A. homework 	B. home work 	C. homeworks
11. My brother and I are not at all .......
	A. like 	B. likely 	C. alike
12. Susan is the ....... of the two girls.
	A. prettier 	B. prettiest 	C. pretty
13. We are all sorry ....... Jane. She lost all her money.
	A. with 	B. for 	C. to
14. I don't want much sugar in my coffee. Just ....... please.
	A. few 	B. little 	C. a little
15. ....... without milk is yours.
	A. the coffee 	B. a coffee 	C. coffee
16. Tom and ....... are going to the birthday party together.
	A. I 	B. me 	C. myself 	D. my
17. I like watching ....... on TV.
	A. a football match B. football 	C. a football 	D. footballs 
18. The picture he gave you is more valuable ....... the one he gave me.
	A. over 	B. above 	C. to 	D. than
19. The doctor made me ....... in bed for a week.
	A. staying 	B. stay 	C. stayed 	D. to stay
20. Nobody is ready to go, .......?
	A. are they 	B. isn't he 	C. is he 	D. aren't he
21. To know is one thing, but to do is .......
	A. another 	B. other 	C. some 	D. the other
22. Either of the men ....... off duty.
	A. are 	B. were 	C. have been 	D. is
23. Since 1970 Tim ....... in London, and he is still there now.
	A. was working 	B. worked 	C. have worked 	D. has been working
24. Mathematics ....... not an easy subject for everybody.
	A. will be 	B. are 	C. is 	D. aren't
25. It takes a long time to learn a new language, .......?
	A. isn't 	B. doesn't it C. is it 	 	D. does it
26. He divided the money between you and .......
	A. I 	B. me 	C. my 	D. mine
27. When you ....... your walk, you may leave the room.
	A. do 	B. did 	 	C. have done 	D. had done
28. Nowadays my father ....... to work by bus.
	A. has gone 	B. used to 	C. went 	D. goes
29. He is ....... important person.
	A. a 	B. an 	C. the 	D. any
30. It takes half ....... hour to walk from here to the station.
	A. a 	B. an 	C. the 	D. for
31. Some people used to ...... in crowded buses and don’t mind it at all.
	A. riding 	B. ride 	C. rode 	D. ridden
32. All the furniture in the house ....... old-fashioned.
	A. is 	B. are 	C. have 	D. have been
33. The news ....... bad last night.
	A. were 	B. was 	C. has 	D. have been
34. Please let Jack ...... with you.
	A. go 	B. going 	C. to go 	D. goes
35. Is there any interesting ...... in the paper?
	A. new 	B. pieces of news 	C. news
36. She is very good ...... making them, too.
	A. for 	B. at 	C. in 	D. to
37. David is short. He's not ....... to a policeman.
	A. so tall 	B. tall enough 	C. quite tall
38. He is going to ....... down.
	A. lie 	B. laid 	C. lay
39. You can't ....... me! I know that story isn't true.
	A. lie 	B. fool 	C. do 	D. cheat
40. The selling price of that house and ....... is $ 24.000.
	A. many furniture 	B. some furnitures C. many furnitures D. some furniture
41. Susan's watch ....... 12.15.
	A. tells 	B. says 	C. speaks 
42. Our roof is leaking. We must get it .......
	A. fix 	B. fixing 	C. fixed
43. Her baby was born ....... two o'clock yesterday afternoon.
	A. at 	B. in 	C. on
44. On ....... we went out.
	A. Tuesday night 	B.night of Tuesday 	C. Tuesday's night
45. Somebody left ....... handbag on my table.
	A. her 	B. hers 	C. their
46. Mary is going to study ....... next year.
	A. a French 	B. the French 	C. French
47. They always go to Paris ....... plane.
	A. with 	B. by 	C. in 	D. to
48. Peter has been trying for an hour, but his car still ....... start.
	A. won't 	B. wouldn't 	C. didn't 	D. hasn't
49. Finally means .......
	A. at first 	B. easily 	C. at last
50. To injure means to .......
	A. to destroy 	B. hurt 	C. cure
TEST 17
I- Choose the best answer:
1. If he doesn't ....... his ways, he'll end up in trouble.
	A. mend 	B. repair 	C. correct 	D. restore
2. Your father usually has lunch at home, ....... he?
	A. hasn't 	B. does 	 	C. did 	D. doesn't	
3. There ....... no rain here since last month.
	A. is 	B. has been 	C. was
4. Haywood is the village .......
	A. where I was born in 	B. which I was born 
	C. in which I was born 	D. which I was born there
5. Mr Jones ....... decided to call a meeting of the club tomorrow.
	A. has 	B. will be 	C. has been 	D. is being
6. There is now much ....... water in the lake than there was last year.
	A. smaller 	B. fewer 	 	C. less 	D. lesser
7. Travel by car is very fast now, because there are many .......
	A. motorway 	B. motorsway 	C. motorways 	D. motorsways
8. The lift is not working now. It is out ....... order.
	A. of 	B. in 	C. for 	D. by
9. T worked in Paris ....... the war.
	A. between 	B. when 	C. among 	D. during
10. There are two temples and ....... of them are very old.
	A. one 	B. all 	C. both 	D. each
11. I am right, .......
	 A. am not I 	B. aren't I 	C. am I 	D. isn't it
12. If you sit in the ....... you'll catch a cold.
	A. drought 	B. draught 	C.drift 	D. drawing
13. All his children speak ....... German.
	A. flowing 	B. affluent 	C. fluent 	D. well
14. Can you tell me .......?
	A. which book you want to buy 	B. which book you want to buy it
	C. you want to buy which book 	D. you want which book to buy
15. Not only my son but also I ....... tired from walking so far.
	A. is 	B. are 	 	C. am 	 	D. were
16. The bus ....... come out hive since six o'clock.
	A. won't 	B. hasn't 	 	C. didn't 	 	D. haven't
17. ....... when you drive.
	A. Do careful 	B. Do be careful 	C. Be carefully 	D. Do be carefully
18. ....... don't like English.
	A. Some student 	B. Some of students 
	C. Some of the student 	D. Some of the students
19. I'm very poor. I haven't ....... money left now.
	A. any 	B. none 	 C. some 	 	D. no
20. There is only one student in the classroom ....... his lesson.
	A. prepares 	B. to prepare 	C. was preparing D. preparing
21. Life without ....... would be dull.
	A. a laughter 	B. an laughter 	C. the laughter 	D. laughter
22. My uncle's office is on .......
	A. third floor 	B. the third floor 	C. floor three 	D. three's floor
23. The police have already found the ....... jewels.
	A. steal 	B. stole 	C. stealing 	D. stolen
24. The best animals in the show was the ....... dogs.
	A. dancer 	B. dancers 	C. dancing 	D. danced
25. Try again. Don't give ....... hope.
	A. out 	B. up 	C. on 	D. off
26. It's dark in here. Please turn ....... the lights.
	A. on 	B. out 	C. over 	D. off
27. "Did you like my friend?" - Very much. She's ....... charming as you said she was.
	A. as 	B. very 	C. more 	D. too
28. Thursday is the ....... day of the week.
	A. five 	B. fivth 	 	C. fiveth 	D. fifth
29. We hear you ....... to ban three days ago.
	A. have gone 	B. went 	 	C. had gone 	D. is going
30. Most students ....... hard for the last few weeks.
	A. were working 	B. worked 	C. had worked	D. have been working 
31. Read ....... on the board please.
	A. a first sentence 	B. first sentence 	C. first sentence 	D. the first sentence
32. Neither of the two girls ....... my student.
	A. is 	 	B. are 	C. have been 	D. has been
33. She has her own friends, she doesn't want .......
	A. our 	B. ours 	C. our's
34. I am ....... in the story.
	A. very interested 	B. interested 	C. much interested
35. ....... time will they spend in Bangkok?
	A. How much 	B. how many 	C. How long
36. You have tea for breakfast, ....... you?
	A. haven't 	B. don't 	 	C. won't 	D. have
37. I am sure the answer to my letter ....... by next Friday morning.
	A. will come 	B. has come 	C. is coming 	D. was coming
38. Before it was sold the broken machine was cleaned and .......
	A. looked for 	B. put right 	C. kept up 	D. given back
39. Mary's watch ....... at 6.00.
	A. finished 	B. stopped 	C. ended
40. This is ....... elephant I have ever seen.
	A. the most big 	B. most big 	C. the biggest 	D. the bigest
41. Wedding rings are made of .......
	A. gold 	B. a gold 	C. the gold 	D. golds
42. ....... you angry with him?
	A. Do 	B. Why 	C. Have 	D. Are
43. There are two ....... in the word "pretty".
	A. Ts 	B. T 	C. TT 	D. T's
44. "Whose belt is it?" - "It's my ......."
	A. sister 	B. sisters 	C. sister's 	D. sisters'
45. The smaller the room, ....... furniture it needs.
	A. a little 	B. the few 	C. the less 	D. the least
46. If I say that I'd rather wait, I mean that I .......
	A. prefer to wait 	B. like to wait 	C. refuse to wait 	D. promise to wait
47. What .......! The rain has not stopped all day.
	A. a weather 	B. the weather 	C. weather
48. Have you ever heard this song sung ....... in Thailand?
	A. singing 	B. sing 	 	C. sung 	 	D. sang
49. Varia is sick but Peter is .......
	A. good 	B. well 	 	C. so
50. Mary likes watching TV ....... does John.
	A. so 	B. either 	 	C. neither 	D. nor
	TEST 18
I- Choose the best answer:
1. He ....... watch TV in the evening.
	A. often doesn't 	B. don't often 	C. doesn't often D. often doesn't
2. I like ....... tennis but I wouldn't like ...... with her. She's such a bad loser.
	A. to play/ to play 	B. playing/to play 	C.playing/ playing D. to play/playing
3. While he was painting the ceiling, he ....... down.
	A. falls 	B. was falling 	C. fell 	D. fallen
4. Let me drive now. You ....... since early morning.
	A. drove 	B. have drove 	C. was driving 	D.you have been driving
5. Are you used ...... with chopsticks?
	A. to eating 	B. to ate 	 	C. to eat 	D. eating
6. A shop which sells books is a .......
	A. newsagent's 	B. stationer's 	C. library 	D. bookshop
7. I'm afraid of ...... home alone at night.
	A. to stay at 	B. stay at 	C. staying at 	D. staying
8. May I watch the game ...... we are having lunch?
	A. while 	B. during 	C. between 	D. just
9. She couldn't reach the phone because she ...... a bath.
	A. had 	B. had been having C. was having 	D. is having
10. It is 10 p.m, she ...... for nearly four hours.
	A. is studying 	B. was studying 	C. studies 	D. has been studying
11. The thing I hate most about ....... is the boredom.
	A. employ	B. unemloyed 	C. employment 	D. being unemployed
12. In developed countries unemployed people can get .......
	A. employment 	B. benefit 	C. employment benefit D. unemployment benefit
13. Her ....... include swimming and reading.
	A. interesting 	B. interests 	 C. interested 	D. interest
14. Ask him ....... in. Don't keep him standing at the door.
	A. to come 	B. come 	C. coming 	D. came
15. ....... you work hard, you'll fail the exam.
	A. If 	B. While 	C. Because 	D. Unless
16. Forests will disappear ....... we stop cutting down trees.
	A. unless 	B. if 	C. when 	D. whole
17. I found it ....... to learn English by myself.
	A. easy not 	B. not easy 	C. easily 	D. more easily
18. The electricity failed while she ....... our dinner.
	A. is cooking 	B. has cooked 	C. was cooking 	D. has been cooked
19. The police must try to catch those men who ....... dangerously .
	A. drive 	B. drove 	 	C. is driving 	D. drives
20. If I ....... you, I would forget to buy that car.
	A. am 	B. have been 	C. was 	D. were
21. How much is it. - .......
	A. It's cost $ 10 	B. They are $ 10 	C. This is $ 10 	D. It's $ 10
22. There is ....... water in the cup.
	A. many 	B. few 	 	C. a few 	 	D. much
23. I rang the bell but there was ....... at home.
	A. someone 	B. anyone 	C. no one 	D. everyone
24. They made her work harder.
	A. She was made to work harder.	B. She was made work harder.
	C. She was made working harder.	D. She is made to work harder.
25. It started to rain at 2 o'clock and it is still raining.
	A. It has been raining at 2 o'clock.	B. It has been raining since 2 o'clock.
	C. It has been raining for 2 o'clock.	D. It has been raining in 2 o'clock.
26. They don't use this room very often.
A. This room is very often used.	B. This room isn't very often used.
C. This room is used not very often.	D. This room isn't used very often.
27. They needn't finish their work tonight.
A. Their work isn't need to finish tonight.
B. Their work needn't to be finished tonight.
C. Their work needn't be finished tonight.
D. Their work isn't needn't to finish tonight.
28. ....... her recently?
A. Have you saw 	B. Have you seen.	C. Did you see 	D. Do you see
29. I only had a day to visit all the tourist ....... there.
	A. attractions 	B. attracts 	C. attractive 	D. attractively
30. He failed the exam ...... he was lazy.
	A. unless 	B. if 	C. because 	D. while
31. We visited the coastal villages which ...... by the storm.
	A. destroy 	B. destroying 	C. destroyed 	D. were destroyed
32. .......? - Thirty pounds.
	A. What you want for that 	B. How much is it
	C. How much it costs 	D. What the price
33. I'm afraid of living ....... my own in a big city.
	A. in 	B. for 	C. by 	D. on
34. He always complains ...... his lazy students.
	A. on 	 	B. about 	C. of 	D. with
35. In the big cities, we have to put up with ...... and bad air.
	A. overcrowding 	B. overcrowd 	C. crowd 	D. crowded
36. We shall need to use our brains more and more ....... the future.
	A. at 	B. for 	C. in 	D. on
37. His friends persuaded him ....... smoking.
	A. to give up 	B. giving up 	C. give up 	 D. gave up
38. Fresh air is of great ...... to our health.
	A. used 	B. use 	C. using 	 	D. useful
39. This farm grows rice. This is a ..... farm.
	A. growing rice 	B. rice grown 	C. rice growing 	D. grown rice 
40. Mrs Lan, ....... children learn very well, teaches us English.
	A. whom 	B. who 	C. who's 	D. whose
41. Bob is a ....... driver. He always gets an accident.
	A. careful 	B. good 	C. careless 	D. carelessly
42. Marconi also loved to do experiments with .......
	A. electricity 	B. electrician 	C. electrical 	D. electric
43. Ann is ....... than her sister.
	A. pretty 	B. more pretty 	C. prettier 	D. prettily
44. He is a very careful worker. He does everything ......
	A. care 	B. careful 	C. carefully 	D. carelessly
45. You ....... to buy the house unless you save some money.
	A. are able 	B. aren't able 	C. will be able 	D. won't be able
II- Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many kinds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc thought to be in danger of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps, than individuals kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained; and the world forests, especially the tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man's need of timber and paper.
46. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. many species would quickly become extinct.
B. the human life would be seriously threatened.
C. species would go on dying out.
D. tropical forests would be cut down.
47. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. man's need of timber and paper.
48. What does the writer caution us against?
	A. cutting down the tropical forests.	B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining mashes.	D. destroying our environment.
49. What would happen if we cut down forests? Cutting down forests would cause .......
A. the changes of temperature 	B. the flood 
	C. both A and B are correct 	D. none are correct
50. "to threaten" in the passage means ......
	A. to pollute 	B. to give fear to 	C. to vanish 	D. to poison 
TEST 19
I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.
You had a headache yesterday,...............?
	A. hadn’t you	B. do you	C. didn’t you	D. did you
My son was ill. He has been in hospital...........Monday. 
 	A. since 	B. from 	C. on 	D. after
Maria hasn’t visited her home in Spain..................
	A. for many years 	B. since many years 
	C. many years since 	D. many years ago 
Jim is two years ................than Tom.
 	A. old 	B. elder 	C. older 	D. eldest
You had better .................much in class.
 	A. not talk 	B. not to talk 	C. don’t talk 	D. hasn’t talked 
Is there ................who can speak Chinese?
 	A. someone 	B. anyone 	C. no one 	D. everyone
What’s the matter? Haven’t you started .................?
	A. just 	B. yet 	C. already 	D. recently
How many plays......................?
	A. did Shakespeare write 	B. has Shakespeare written 
	C. Shakespeare wrote 	D. Shakespeare has written
If you don’t take these pills, you.................
 	A. not feel well 	B. don’t feel well 
 	C. will feel well 	D. you won’t feel well 
 We are very ..............after school
 	A. tire 	B. tiri