Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 Ngày thi : 10102023

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 10 tháng 10 năm 2023 Thời gian: 150 phút

Đề thi gồm: 6 trang

A LISTENING (40 points)

Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life in Berlin, the capital of Germany For each question, circle the correct answer (10 points)

1 How long has Britta lived in Berlin?

2 What does Britta say about living in Berlin?

A She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise

B She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn

C She likes living in a big, busy city

3 The area of Berlin where Britta lives is

A a rather expensive place to live

B a good place to eat out

C a long way from the city centre

4 Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going

A to the park with her

B to the shop with his parents

C to a gallery with her

5 Britta has a lot of friends who

A live near her B work with her C are still in England

Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F) Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)

6 Loans that are used to buy a home are known as mortgages

7 A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home

8 One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates with good credit report

9 One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid

10 The speaker feels that banks alone are responsible for the crisis

Part 3: You will hear a woman talking to a man about joining a drama club Complete the note below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer (20 pts)

MIDBURY DRAMA CLUB

Background

Example: Answer

 Club started in 1957

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

 prize recently won by (11) section

 usually performs (12) plays

Meetings

 next auditions will be on Tuesday, (13)

 help is needed with publicity and (14)

 rehearsals take place in the (15) hall

 nearest car park for rehearsals in Ashburton Road opposite the (16)

Costs

 annual membership fee is £ (17)

 extra payment for (18)

Contact

 secretary’s name is Sarah (19)

 secretary’s phone number is (20)

B LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points)

Part 1 Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (20 pts)

21 When we start work in the morning, I usually at the schedule for the whole day

A glimpse B watch C monitor D glance

22 Scottish pound notes are not legal in England

A tender B money C exchange D value

23 If you’re interested in a career in , you must be prepared to work hard for little money

A acting B playing C performance D stage

24 Mrs Smith always likes someone to her to the bus stop at night

25 After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building

A sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully

B sent faithfully flowers all week to the cemetery

C sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week

D sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers

26 I don’t like Anthony, he seems to take too much in criticizing everyone

entertainment

27 Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be

A insufficient B perverse C trivial D imperative

28 He found that the test was child's

29 The unscrupulous salesman the old couple out of their life savings

A deprived B swindled C robbed D extracted

30 _ for Tom's opposition, we would have agreed to the contract

A Be it not B Would it not have been

C Should it not have been D Had it not been

31 Sheila couldn’t attend the meeting as the date with her holidays

A clashed B struck C opposed D occurred

32 Our town has a real problem with youth crime, do many other British towns

33 It was Martin who the initiative in introducing our guests to the princess

34 I was proud to be out for special praise for my performance

A selected B singled C separated D distinguished

35 The teacher gave me some advice on which college to enrol

preposterous

Part 2 Each of the following sentences contains ONE mistake FIND and CORRECT it.(4 pts)

36 We found an interesting piece of furnitures in that old house we bought

37 The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they became

38 Two meters are about the size of most doorways

39 Jack has made a marriage propose to Anna in front of everyone

Part 3 Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space (6 pts)

40.President of the United States with ……….… background ( RACE )

41 He always hits the ball with great ……… ( ACCURATE )

42 Their plan seemed to be ……… possible ( THEORY )

43 Tom spoke ……… because he was so excited ( BREATH )

44 As a result of her good…………,Lisa has a strong sense of responsibility ( BRING )

45 I asked the manager to………… a few points in the agreement before we ( CLEAR )

Part 4 Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms.

46 The police are stopping all the cars They (look)…… for the escaped prisoner

47 It was your fault to keep Tom waiting for you so long You (not come)………

so late

48 He thanked me for what I (do)……….for him

49 He was the only student (award)………the special prize in reciting poetry competition

50 It is high time that nurses (give)……….better pay and conditions.

Part 5 Complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in the box Use each ONE ONCE only There is an extra one that you do not need to use (5 pts)

call for hold back turn down show off do up pass away

51.I……… the manager's offer of a 10 percent raise I demanded more

52 Being a primary school teacher………….a lot of nerves and patience

53 Jack couldn't……….his anger and started shouting at everyone

54 I can't stand the way he……… with his new sports car

55 Because I hate……… my shoes, I have bought a pair of shoes without any laces

SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1 Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B,

C, or D) that best fits each

PROFF THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN FOR STUDYING

The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between

adults and children Patents and teachers alike maintain that silence is itmxmant when learning, (56) _ youngsters insist that their favourite sounds help them concentrate Now a study shows that grown-ups have been (57) all along Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music

in the (58) _ They found that the sounds (59) _ progress down by about sixty words per hour " This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to (60) with listening and writing at the same time." said Dr Sarah Randall She also came to the conclusion that it is a myth that insmimental music is less distracting than vocals " All types of music (61) the same effect," she said in her report " One's ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be (62) by both vocal and instrumental music " she added Dr Randall claimed the research (63) _ that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong.' Writing an essay is a complex task.You are recalling information and putting it in (64) _ An additional stimulus in the form of music is hound to distinct But music is not the only distractor What is (65) worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying

in front of the television

56 A besides B unlike C despite D whereas

57 A precise B right C true D valid

58.A circumstances B Surrounding C background D setting 59.A reduced B decreased C lowed D slowed

60A cope B stand C Support D manage

61A made B kept C brought D had

62 A bothered B shocked C interfered D disturbed

63 A demonstrated B presented C Pointed D displayed

64 A order B pattern C arrangement D line

65A largely B partly C mainly D particeac

Part 2 Read the text and think of the word that best fits each gap Use only ONE word in

each gap

Without a doubt, traffic is one of the main causes (66)……….pollution The increased use of public transport would be a good solution to the problem (67) …………many people could be transported in few vehicles In order to achieve this the government must (68) ……… appropriate action to get

people to use buses, trains, and the underground One of the most important measures is to make public transport affordable Some cities have already experimented with free access to public transport for all citizens If it (69)

………… free most people would choose to leave their cars at (70)………… since petrol and the maintenance of a car costs a lot of money Authorities could finance free transport (71)……… raising taxes or charging a small fee Cities must provide public transport (72)……… is comfortable and convenient Commuters must rely on precise schedules to get to work on time Buses and trains should have WiFi access so that people can do work (73)

……… traveling to the office It is safe to say that if the government (74)

……… more money on improving public transport services the majority of citizens would change (75)………… attitude That would not only help combat pollution but also lead to fewer accidents on our streets

Part 3 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C,

or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (5 pts)

Because the low latitudes of the Earth, the areas near the equato receive more heat than the latitudes near the poles and because the nature of best is

to expand and move, best is gaped from the tropics to the middle and high latitudes Some of this heat is moved by windande by ocean currents and some gets stored in the atmosphere in the form of latent heat The term

"Jatent bear" refers to the energy that has to be used to convert liquid water to water vapor We know that if we warm a pan of water on a stove, it

willevaporate or turn into vapor, faster than if it is allowed to sit at room

temperature We also know that if we hang wet clothes outside in the

summertime they will dry faster than in winter, when températures are colder The energy used in both cases to change liquid water to water vapor is

supplied by heat-supplied by the stove in the first Case and by the Sun in the latter case This energy is not lost It is stored in water vapor in the atmosphere

as latent heat Eventually, the water stored as vapor in the atmosphere will condense liquid again, and the energy will be released into the atmosphere

In the atmosphere, a large portion of the Sun's incoming energy is used to evaporate water, primarily in the tropical oceans Scientists have tried to

quantify this proportion of the sun's energy By analyzing temperature, water apor, and wind data around the globe, they have estimated the quantity to be about 90 watts per square meter or nearly 30 percent of the surgs energy Once this latent heat is stored within the atmosphere, it can be transported, primarily to higher latitudes, by prevailing, large-scale winds Or it can be

transported vertically to higher levels in the atmosphere, where it forms clouds and subsequent storms, which then release the energy back into the

atmosphere

76 The passage mainly discusses how heat A is transformed and

transported in the Earth's atmosphere.

B is transported by ocean currents -C can be measured and analyzed by scientists

D moves about the Earth's equator

77 According to the passage, in which of the following ways do the

tropics differ from the

Earth's polar regions?

A The height of cloud formation in the

C The strength of their large-scale winds

atmosphere

B The amount of heat they receive from the Sun D The strength of their

oceanic currents

78 Why does the author mention the stove" in paragraph 1?

A To describe the heat of the Sun

C To show how energy is stored

B To illustrate how water vapor is stored

D To give an example of a heat source

79 According to the passage, most ocean water evaporation occurs especially

A around the higher latitudes

C because of large-scale winds

B in the tropics

80 According to the passage, 30 percent of the Sun's incoming energy

A is stored in clouds in the lower latitudes

D because of strong ocean currents

C never leaves the upper atmosphere

B is transported by ocean currents

D gets stored as latent heat

SECTION FIVE: WRITING

Part 1 Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (5 pts)

81 You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong

So long………

82 My shoes need to be cleaned before the interview

-I must………

83 "Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house." she said

She flatly………

84 I do like carrots, but I don't want to eat them every day

→Much as ………

85 Would you take freelance work if it was offered to you?

Part 2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given You must use between TWO and SIX words, including the word given (7.5 points)

86 By the end of the meeting, the committee had agreed on the next step REACHED

what to do next

87 Henrik was very pleased to be selected for the team DELIGHT

4Much he was selected for the team

88 I really felt relieved on completion of my thesis SENSE

4I felt a completed my thesis

89 Dawn’s boss is constantly criticizing her work FAULT

4Dawn’s boss her work

90 I saw a TV programme last month, which was very similar to this one BEARS

4This TV programme the one I saw last month

Part 3 Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your view on the following statement:

Technology has made the world a better place to live in.