ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
THAM KHẢO
I. Use the verb in parentheses in their correct tense forms:
Ted Holt arrived at the station at five past seven to catch the train. "Please (1. wait)......... for he shouted and jumped on the train. But the train (2.not, move)...... wonder why the train (3. not, leave) .......yet." He said to the man next to him. " It always (4. leave)........... at seven twenty," the man (5. reply) ........Ted suddenly (6. realize) ……..he (7.be)……… on the wrong train! " The train to Plimpton (8. already, go)…….. " , the man told him.

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer:
Many people buy and use copied programs for their computer. This illegal copying of computer software has become a huge industry because the software is much cheaper than the original programs.
Illegal software can be found on sale in any part, of the world, although it is more readily available in Asia than in Western countries. Software manufacturers have been trying to get governments to stop this copying or " pirating". In an attempt to get rid of "software pirates", police have seized software from stores and fined the owners. This has been partially successful, but manufacturers are still losing a lot of money. By using this kind of software, computer owners risk damaging their computer. Illegally copied software can carry computer viruses which could wipe out information stored on the computer`s hard driver.
1. Computer software is
part of all computers b. poor quality c. pirated programs
d. programs used by a computer
2. People buy pirated software because it is
readily available. b. good quality. c. inexpensive. d. easy to use.
3. Pirated software is found
a. world wide. b. only in Asia. c. only in the West. d. in very few countries.
4. In some countries, owners of illegal software have
a. asked their government to stop the pirating b. been forced forced to pay money.
c. given their software to the police. d. asked the police to help them.
5. According to the passage, ……… software can damage computers.
a. all b. no c. illegal d. hard driver


III. Read and choose the best option to complete the following passage:
Although the world`s energy (1)..... have taken many millions of years to (2)....... we are quickly beginning to (3)....... these supplies. Recently a UN committee reported that the world`s oil and gas (4).......would last about 100 years if used (5). The report stated that there would be enough oil and gas for a (6).......only if the present demand could be controlled. If the demand continued to (7)......., the report said that fuel supplies would last for (8).......than forty years. According to the report, governments must now take (9)....... to control the amounts of fossil (10).......that are used.
1. a. possessions b. resources c. goods d. materials
2.a. supply b. provide c. produce d. collect
3.a. exhaust b. end c. complete d. extract
4.a. consumptions b. powers c. exhaustions d. supplies
5.a. wastefully b. carefully c. regularly d. early
6.a. century b. decade c. year d. period
7.a. raise b. present c. grow d. slow
8.a. little b. less c. lesser d. least
9.a. ways b. forces c. energies d. steps
10.a. sources b. forms c. materials d. fuels

IV. Use words on the right hand side in their correct form:
WHAT SPOILS THE OPERA FOR ME!
As far as I am (0) concerned nothing spoils a visit to the opera more CONCERN
than the (1)........noise made by some members of the audience to DISGUST
express their (2)..............of a production. There was a time when APPROVE
applause, and shouts of `bravo`, were (3)..............to be sufficient. THINK
More (4)..........,however, the practice, which I first met in the United RECENT
States, of screaming `Yo!` or something similar, has spread to (5)...... EUROPE
audiences. It`s a stupid sound, quite (6).............for the expression of SUIT
your appreciation of fine (7)........ like the Spaniard, Placido Domingo.