Đề HSG Anh 9 chính thức 2019-2020

SECTION A PHÒNG GD&ĐT CỬA LÒ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THỊ XÃ NĂM HỌC 2019 – 2020 ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (Đề thi có 08 trang) Họ và tên thí sinh Ngày tháng năm sinh[.]

PHÒNG GD&ĐT CỬA LÒ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THỊ XÃ

NĂM HỌC 2019 – 2020

ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

(Đề thi có 08 trang)

Họ và tên thí sinh:

Ngày tháng năm sinh:

Học sinh trường:

Số báo danh

SECTION A LISTENING

Part 1 (20 points) Listen to the talk and fill in the gaps Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each gap

My career on the pitch (1) _ twenty years, and during that time I was (2) enough to play for three of the biggest clubs in the country so I had plenty of (3) _ experience But of course, working with some of the players nowadays requires an (4) _ kind of skill They earn a lot of money and some of them have a very high (5) _ of themselves and their (6) _ Dealing with that can be difficult, so when I started out, I’d often pick up the phone and talk to my old (7) _, ask them for a few (8) _ They were my teachers when I was a player, but they were a great help to me in my early years as

a (9) I owe a lot of my (10) _ to them

Part 2 (20 points) Listen to part of a talk in which a woman called CAROLINE is with Matt about and indicate whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1 Caroline has been waiting for nine minutes

2 Matt suggests they should have a coffee

3 The party is going to take place in September

4 Nicki is on a business

5 Matt is going to be away for fourteen days

6 The party is going to be held on Thursday

7 The house has a garden leading to the river

8 The address is 39 West Road

9 The telephone number is 477130

10 Each person has to give ten pounds

Part 3 (10 points) Questions 11 – 20.

Questions 11 and 12

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

In the Club, there are nine (11) .

The main purpose of the Open Day is to give a (12) of the premises.

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Questions 13 – 15.

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Sean Bond To supervise equipment Margaret Lloyd To (13) .

James Todd To (14) .

Edward Marks To (15) .

Questions 16 – 18.

Which floor contains which amenities?

Choose from A - F

16 .

17 .

18 .

Questions 19 – 20

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Counseling 19 _ Saturday 10 am

SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part 1 (15 points) Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.

1 She speaks Chinese as _ as I do

2 The librarian told us not _ reference books out of the library

3 She _ her husband’s job for his ill health

4 I am late because my alarm clock didn’t _ this morning

A come on B ring out C go off D turn on

5 Please don’t disturb me _ there is something urgent

A if B or C otherwise D unless

6 In this school, most _ very hard

A of students work B students work C student works D of student work

7 _ Paul bring the money for lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria

A storerooms

B therapy rooms

C offices

D study area

E cafeteria

F lecture theatre

8 Andy: “Let me drive you home” – Mrs Phuong: “ _”

A No problem B It’s me.

C No, don’t worry I’m alright D No, I usually drive home at 5.

9 Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following sentence.

I used to meet him occasionally on Fifth Avenue.

A once in a while B in one occasion C one time D always

10 Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase OPPOSITE in meaning

to the underlined part in the following sentence.

In big cities, animals should be kept under control.

A out of dispute B out of hand C out of order D out of discipline

11 - Tung: "I didn't know you could play the guitar so well, Toan Your tune was lovely!"

- Toan: " _ "

A Never mind B I bought it near my house last week

C You are welcome D You've got to be kidding! I thought it was terrible

12 Last Tuesday Hoa was absent school because of her illness

13 When I _ to the hospital, she _ in the waiting room

A went / was sitting B went /is sitting C go/sit D going/ was sitting

14 He looked _ at the angry crowd

15 After several _ attempt, we have finally done it

A successful B unsuccessfully C unsuccessful D success

Part 2 (10 points) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.

1 She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview

A B C D

2 The children are very boring and they don’t know what to do

A B C D

3 I haven’t come back to London for my father last visited me

A B C D

4 Now I’ve become old, I can’t read as quickly as I used to

A B C D

5 Do you know how getting to the post office from here?

A B C D

6 Although research has been ongoing since 1930, the existence of ESP-perception and without

A B

the use of the sight, hear, taste, touch or smell-is still disputed

C D

7 Sleep is controlled by the brain and associated by characteristic breathing rhythms

A B C D

8 Bill asked me if I was going to visit my aunt the day before

A B C D

9 The book that you see laying on the table belongs to the teacher

A B C D

10 The principles used in air-conditioning are basically the same as those used by the human

A B C

body to cool himself

D

SECTION C READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1 (20 points) Read the passage below and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits each gap

English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom When you (1) speakers of English from around the world, you (2) notice that they

do not all speak in the same way There are also some (3) in the words they use, including the names of (4) objects that are part of everyone’s daily life But although pronunciation and (5) are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers (6) opposite sides of the world can understand (7) other quite easily It does not seem to (8) where they learnt the language And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen (9 learning English too If you know English, you are more (10) to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia

2 A originally B strangely C curiously D immediately

3 A mistakes B corrections C changes D differences

4 A common B popular C favorite D general

5 A reading B composition C dictation D vocabulary

10 A likely B probably C possibly D luckily

Part 2 (15 points) You are going to read a magazine article in which four people comment on

a book they have read recently For questions 1-15, choose from the people (A – E) The people may be chosen more than once.

Which person read a book which…

was set in an Oriental country? 1.

finished in an unrealistic way? 2.

had characters that the reader could sympathise with? 3

is well-known and was written a long time ago? 4

contained insignificant details? 9

contains nothing new in the way of writing? 14

has an attractive but shallow heroine? 15

A Sundance by Teresa Wilson.

Kerry:

I really don't know why this book is so popular I mean, I suppose it is going to appeal to young girls who want danger and romance, but I found this book really tedious For a start, the characters were really unconvincing The author went out of her way to add lots of details about the characters, but I found these details really pointless I thought that some of the facts she presented about the main characters would become significant in some way later in the novel, but they didn't They were just worthless bits of information I also was disappointed that, although this book is meant to be about kids at high school, the writer seems to have no recollection at all about what it's like to be 17 The main character thought and acted like a 32-year old It just wasn't believable I'm not saying Teresa Wilson is a bad writer She can obviously string words together and come up with a story that is appealing to a large number of people, but she lacks anything original There is no flair It just uses the same sort of language as you can see in many other mediocre novels

B Wild Ways by Margery Emerson

Liz:

I have to say that I won't forget this book for a long time I was hooked from the very first chapter The devastating story affected me so much that I don't know if I'll ever feel the same again I was close to tears on several occasions I've got images in my brain now that I don't think will ever leave me It's incredibly well-researched and, although it is fiction, is based on shocking real-life events I learned an awful lot about things that went on that I never knew before Margaret Emerson has a brilliant way with words and I really felt real empathy towards the characters, although I was sometimes irritated by the choices they made However, the parallel story, the part that is set in the present, is not quite so good I found myself just flicking through that part so that I could get back to 1940s Paris

C Orchid by Henry Rathbone

Imogen:

This is a delightful novel full of wonderful imagery, a paints a remarkable picture of life in a distant time and a far-away place If you're looking to learn about Eastern culture in great detail, then this is probably not the book for you, as the writer skims over most of the more complicated aspects of the country's etiquette The historical aspects are also not covered in much depth However, I wonder whether this was the writer's intention By doing this, he symbolise the superficiality of the girl's life She, like the book, is beautiful and eager to please, but remains too distant from us, the readers, to teach us much Although I loved the book and read it in one sitting, the ending was a bit of a disappointment A story which involves so much turmoil, in a

place where the future is uncertain, should not have a happy-ever-after fairy-tale ending

D High Hills by Mary Holland

Hannah:

I read this book for a literature class I know it's a classic, and I did try to like it, but I just didn't get into it I kept persevering, hoping that I'd start to enjoy it, but no such luck The famous scene out on the moors was definitely the best bit of the book, but even that I found ridiculous when it

is clearly supposed to be passionate As I approached the end of the book, I figured there must be some kind of moral to the story, something that I would learn from the experience of trudging through seven hundred long pages, but there was nothing worthwhile I don't know why the literary world sees this book as such a masterpiece The characters are portrayed as being

intelligent, but they do such stupid things! And as for it being a love story - marrying someone

you don't love and then being abused by them - that doesn't spell love to me

Part 3 (10 points) Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.

The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region Although Vietnam lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and influence has resulted in the emergence of many East Asian characteristics in Vietnamese culture, and generally Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, known widely as Chinese cultural sphere

Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many distinct customs While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional Vietnamese culture, there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later Western cultures, most notably of France, Russia and the United States

In term of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture

to be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization Vietnam’s population in 2006 was 84,402,966, with a population density of 253 people per km2 Most people live in or near the densely populous Red River or Mekong deltas Due to the nation’s southward expansion throughout its history, along with the different climate and environment met by the settlers as they moved further south, slightly different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between Northern and Southern Vietnam

1 The culture of Vietnam

A is the youngest in Asia B does not get any Asian characteristics

C is influenced by that of China D was greatly dominated by that of Western

2 Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?

A Of the United States B Of the United Kingdom

3 Vietnamese people

A cannot keep their own culture in their daily life

B have many diverse nation customs

C highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture

D failed to retain the native customs

4 Through history, Vietnam expanded to the

5 Which statement is true?

A The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures

B The Mekong delta is more populous than the Red River one

C Red River delta is densely populous

D Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas

Part 4 (10 points) Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank

Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away “You never know when you might need it” was (1) _ of her favourite sayings

She lived (2) _ herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us (3) _ I never went to her house, I knew it was full of 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 “Staffordshire Darby” but I (6) _ no idea

of what he meant I (7) _ out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Staffordshire We used to make (8) _ stories about 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 5 (10 points) Choose the most appropriate heading from the list A-F for each part (1-5)

of the article There are ONE extra heading which you do not need to use

Lists of Headings

A Library management D Library-user training

B The history of libraries E Financial problems for libraries

C Library extension planning F The organisation of libraries

Libraries

1 _

The earliest libraries that we know about were different from present-day libraries, as their contents were mainly government records Archaeological findings from ancient cities of Sumer revealed temple rooms full of records of commercial transactions, or inventories Things were much the same in the government records of Ancient Egypt The earliest private or personal libraries containing both non-fiction and fiction books appeared in classical Greece

2 _

Library materials such as books, articles, and CDs are usually arranged in a certain order, according to a library classification system, so that you can find particular items quickly In addition to public areas, some libraries have additional rooms where reference materials are stored Often a professional librarian works from a reference desk or other central location, to help users find what they are looking for

3 _

Many visitors to libraries do not know how to use the library effectively This can be because they are shy and embarrassed to ask questions, or because they are not used to libraries These problems were behind the library instruction movement in the US, which encourages library-user education In fact, library instruction has been practised in the U.S since the 19th century

4 _

Managing a library involves tasks such as planning what new books to buy, designing classification systems, preserving materials (especially rare and fragile manuscripts) and developing library computer systems Long-term tasks include planning library extensions and developing community services such as adult literacy programs

5 _

In North America, among other countries, libraries in poor communities are relatively expensive

to run, but arguably less important to the community than essential services, such as police,

firefighters, school, and health care At any rate, many communities are beginning to feel they have no option but to close down, or reduce their library services to balance their budgets

SECTION D WRITING

Part 1 (10 points) Use the word in brackets to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one DO NOT change the word given

1 “I hear you won the championship Congratulations!” Jane said to John (WINNING)

=> Jane congratulated _ championship

2 Everyone thinks the book was written by the princess herself (HAVE)

=> The book written by the princess herself.

3 I have never read such a romantic story (MOST)

=> This I have ever read.

4 She can meet him if he arrives before eleven (AS)

=> So before eleven, she can meet him.

5 He couldn’t afford to buy the car (FOR)

=> The car to buy

Part 2 (20 points) Write your letter (about 80-100 words) responding to Sam’s letter DO NOT write any addresses.

…I’m studying different festivals from around the world for a project I’m doing Can you tell me which is the most important festival in your country and when it takes place?

Also I’ll be very grateful for any information you could give me about the festival itself.

If you think it is worth it Perhaps I could come and see what it’s like What do you think?

If I come, will you be free? I’d like to see you again and perhaps we could visit the festival together.

….

Best wishes

Sam

Dear Sam,

………

………

………

………

………

Best wishes, Nam Part 3 (30 points) Your English teacher has asked you to write a story (100-120 words) for your school story writing competition Your story MUST end with the following sentence: ………

………

………

………

…… ……… ……… ……… since then it has become a very popular place for tourists in our town

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