Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi vòng Huyện môn Tiếng Anh 9 - Năm học 2012-2013 - Trường THCS Phong Thạnh Tây (Có hướng dẫn chấm)

I. Choose the word whose italicized part is pronounced differently from that of these others: (2pts)

1. A. seat              B. head                 C. meat                 D. feed

2. A. houses          B. washes              C. clauses             D. likes

3. A. pleased         B. smoked            C. stopped            D. missed

4. A. hostel            B. whistle              C. castle                D. listen

5. A. laugh            B. plough             C. enough             D. cough

6. A. food             B. blood               C. bood                D. booth 

7. A. great             B. bread               C. break               D. steak

8. A. switch          B. stomach           C. match               D. catch 

II. Choose the best answer, circle the letter A,B,C or D. (3,75pts)

1. Tan…………….. go fishing with his brother when he was young.

A. used to             B. is used to          C. has used to       D. was used to

2. Fred………………….in the same city for over 10 years now.

A. lives                 B. has lived           C. was living         D. is living

3. Van is going to move to new house ……………………….. the end of November.

A. at                     B in                      C. on                    D. for

4. She wishes she ………………………………….. a millionaire

A. is                      B. were                 C. was                  D. B and C

5. I remember ……………………….. him say the grass needed………………………...

A. hearing – cutting                            B. hearing to cut

C. to hear – to cut                               D. to hear – cutting

6. She was a popular film star. She was ……. and ……. by most of spectators.

A. disliked – unknown                       B. hated – admired

C. liked – admired                             D. unknown – liked

7. As ………………………… the newpapers were full of bad news.

A. ordinary           B. usual                 C. common             D. everyday

8. In a ……………………….. of moments, the whole situation had changed.

A. case                  B. matter              C. question            D. A and C

9. I can’t give you a lift tonight, my car’s out of…………………………….. again.