PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HUYỆN BÙ GIA MẬP
TRƯỜNG THCS BÙ NHO


ĐỀ THI SỐ 20
ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN, TỈNH, THPT CHUYÊN LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC : 2010 – 2011
Khóa ngày : 16 / 03 / 2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Thi sinh làm bài trên đề thi :đề thi có 6 trang)

 I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. pronounce B. other C. won D. ton
2. A. guilty B. suitcase C. suitable D. recruit
3. A naked B. needed C. sacred D. served
4. A. headache B. flame C. shame D. shadow
5. A. coughs B. hopes C. thoughts D. ploughs
II. Choose the word whose stress is pronounced differently.
6. A. military B. accurate C. preferential D. delicate
7. A. human B. treatment C. miracle D. disease
8. A. occasion B. discover C. industry D. arrange
9. A. revolution B. independence C. associate D. operation
10. A. technology B. educational C. accessible D. miraculous
III. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence.
11. The child was told to eat all his vegetables or .............. he would get no ice-cream.
A. else B. instead C. in fact D. in case
12. His new appointment takes …………… from the beginning of next month.
A. place B. effect C. post D. possession
13. There was no ................ in waiting longer than half an hour so we left.
A. good B. point C. worth D. use
14. I ............... to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.
A. disagree B. avoid C. dislike D. object
15. The discovery was a major ............. for research workers
A. break-in B. break-out C. break-through D. break-down
16. …………… known as “Stonehenge” has never been determined.
A. That the stone circle B. The stone circle
C. There is the stone circle D. Who built the stone circle
17. I hope we will be able to avoid ................ anyone
A. disappointment B disappointing C. disappointed D. disappoint
18. Ben was stopped by a police officer last night. He must …………… too fast.
A. drive B. be driving C. has driven D. have driven
19. I failed the physics exam because it was …………… difficult for me.
A. too B. such C. very D. very much
20. There were over 30,000 ..................... at the football match.
A. spectators B. viewers C. witnesses D. watchers
21. I suggest we ................ outside the English speaking club tomorrow at 8.30
A. meeting B. meet C. met D. will meet
22. …………… next Sunday.
A. I would rather you had come B. I would rather you have come
C. I would rather you came D. should rather you came
23. The rise in house prices …………… him to sell his house for a large profit.
A. managed B. succeeded C. enabled D. achieved
24. I will show you around the city when you ............... to visit me.
A. coming B. will be coming C. will come D. come
25. No sooner had he sat down to lunch ............. there was a knock at the door.
A. as B. that C. when D. than
IV. In most lines of the text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the test. Underline this word and write the correction, or put a tick (() in the gap if a line is correct.
COMMUNICATION
Managers spend most of their time communicating-reading, and writing 0.… and……..
talking or listening - yet the evidence is that they do not always do this 00 …(…. …
as successfully. One reason that has been suggested for this is that, in the 26. ..........…...
past, communication was regarded as a natural process, not been taught 27. ..........……
in any formal sense. This theory