Đề luyện thi HSG Anh 9 cấp Tỉnh

Đề luyện thi HSG Anh 9 Cấp Tỉnh được sưu tầm và chắt lọc ra những kiến thức cũ, thay vào đó là những kiến thức thường xuất hiện trong đề thi vào những năm gần đây giúp học sinh nâng cao kiến thức và nắm chắc kiến thức trong tay để làm bài tốt nhất

Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Đề thi gồm 08 trang, thí sinh làm bài ngay vào đề thi này)

SECTION A: LISTENING (30 points)

Part I Listen to Thomas Lambert talking about his life as a ballet dancer Choose the correct answer (10 points)

1 How did Thomas feel about doing performing arts?

A It was important to maintain a family tradition B It was something he was born to do

C He wasn’t talented enough to become a pianist D he found it interesting and important

2 Thomas went to different ballet schools because

A he liked performing in different places B he enjoyed travelling to different countries

C he needed to find out what suited him best D he wanted to get the widest range of experience

3 What does Thomas like best about ballet?

A It’s difficult to get it right B It involves more than movement

C Each ballet tells a story and it attracts him D It’s fun performing in front of an audience

4 What does Thomas like best about awards?

A Some of them are worth more than others B It is very important to him

C Dancers have to win them while they are young D It’s difficult to win them because dancers have a short career

5 Thomas says that by the time he stops dancing he wants to have

A studied more about ballet B started to teach ballet to new students

C increased audiences for ballet D made the most of his time on stage.

Part II Listen and fill the information you hear in the numbered spaces NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS OR A NUMBER for each space (10 points)

Transport from Airport to Milton

0.Charlotte wants to study Spanish because she thinks Spanish is easy. ü

1 Chartlotte’s grandmother was born in England.

2 Charlotte’s father is sorry he can’t speak Chinese.

3 Charlotte’s father is keen on her studying in China.

4 Charlotte plans to go to China alone.

5 Charlotte and her father agree that her mother wants to visit China.

SECTION B PHONETICS (10 points) Part I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest (5 points)

1 A. breathtaking B breathe C mouth D monthly

2 A. spectacular B sandal C affordable D negative

3 A. career B peer C pear D appear

4 A shortage B carriage C teenage D storage

5 A. climber B subtle C debtor D probable

Your answers:

Part II Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.(5 points)

1 A volunteer B understand C temperature D scientific

2 A accidental B sensitivity C beneficial D industrial

3 A television B information C economic D engineer

4 A adolescence B metropolitant C multicultural D spectacular

5 A swallow B extinct C crisis D journey

SECTION C LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (65 points) Part I Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence (15 points)

1 He thought the talk was fascinating His friend, _, fell asleep halfway through it

A although B nevertheless C therefore D B or C

2 All of the students _ the seniors will receive their grades in two weeks

3 The press puts _ on the police forces who were unable to cope with the crowd of savage hooligans

A fault B charge C blame D guilt

4 We couldn’t stay long so we only wished Mark many happy of his birthday and hurried to the airport

A days B returns C moments D regards

5 "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?”

- “ _ the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.”

A All of B Of all C For all D From all

6 “Excuse me, is this seat free?” - “ _”

A No, you can’t sit here C Sorry, it is taken

B Yes, it is seated by a boy D Yes, but I don’t know so

7 Noone who was invited to the party last night came, _?

A didn’t they B weren’t they C did they D was he

8 He may be shy now, but he’ll soon come out of his when he meets the right girl

A shoe B shell C shed D hole

9 “By the way, have you heard the one about the Welshman, the Irishman and the pig?”

“Yes, we have That joke’s as old as ”.

A Solomon B the hills C a dinosaur D Jupiter

10 Just think, two years’ time, we’ll be 18!

A under B over C after D in

11 The referee called off the soccer game because of the darkness.

A canceled B postponed C put off D called up

12 Matthew has changed his several times about buying a new car

A sight B view C head D mind

13 We're living in an apartment for now, but soon we'll be looking for a house to buy.

A in a hurry B to shake hands C for the time being D up to now

14 Playing violin was to be great adventure for him He knew _ little about it

A ø/a/a B the/ ø /a C a/a/a D the/a/ ø

15 Of the two shirts, this one is _

A the prettiest B the most pretty C more pretty D the prettier

Your answers:

Part II Give the correct form of the words (20 points)

Computer skills in the office

To be (0) successfully in the bussiness market, it is vital for a company to keep up

with all the latest technological development Nowadays it is (1) _

accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually

(2) This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available

for their technology departments

Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all

(3) _ have some degree of (4) _ with personal or desktop

computers, even if this involves no more than the (5) of a basic

computer course Like all new things, however, most people will only become

(6) with using computers after practical experience

Thanks to computers, today’s businesses are run and managed with far less

(7) than companies could hope to achieve in the past For example,

computers enable the (8) _ of huge amounts of information and greatly

speed up the (9) _ of documents and reports

In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert,

they are (10) to get very far without at least a basic knowledge of

Part III Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets (20 points)

1 You must tell me the truth I insist on ( tell ) _the truth.

2 But for his help, her project (not complete) _so sucessfully.

3 (Not know) _ where the theater was, she asked for directions at the hotel reception.

4 There you are! I ( wait) _ for two hours Where’ve you been?

5 Under the tree (some students/ stand) now.

6 I feel as if my head (be) _on fire now, doctor.

7 He would rather he (visit) _Halong bay last year.

8 I'd love ( go) _ to the party, but it was impossible.

9 One of the most urgent problems (face) _ us now is the need to control population growth.

10 It’s high time we (do) _ something to save the earth now.

Your answers:

1……… 6………

2……… 7………

3……… 8………

4……… 9………

5……… 10………

Part IV Each of the numbered lines in the passage contains a mistake, underline and correct it (10 points) Plants and animals hold medicinal, agriculture , ecological value Endangered species must be protected and saved so that future generations can experience their presence and value Plants and animals are responsible for a variety for useful medications In fact, about forty percentage of all prescriptions written today are composed from the natural compounds of different species These species not only save live, but they contribute to a prospering pharmaceutical industry worth over $40 billions annually Unfortunately, only 5% of know plant species have been screened for their medicinal values, although we continue to lost up to 100 species daily The Pacific yew, a slow-grow tree found in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, was historical considered a "trash" tree However, a substance in its bark was recently identified as one of the more promising treatments for ovarian and breast cancer Additionally, more than 3 million American heart disease sufferers would die with 72 hours of a heart attack without digitalis, a drug derived from the purple foxglove 0 agricultural 1 ………

2 ………

3 ………

4 ………

5 ………

6 ………

7 ………

8 ………

9 ………

10 ………

SECTION D READING COMPREHENSION (50 points) Part I Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the following paragraph (20 points)

Psychologists have long been interested in _(0) how _ we judge intelligence in strangers Now scientists

have designed tests (1) _ try to discover which cues help people to judge IQ accurately, and which cause them

to get _(2) wrong High school pupils were videotaped answering thought- provoking questions and the videos were (3) _shown to groups of judge’s who were asked to assess the students’ physical type and monitor

a variety of behavioural cues Next the judges were asked to rate the students’ intelligence At the same time, each student was _(4) _ required to sit a standard IQ test

Certain cues matched the (5) of the IQ tests more closely than others (6) _ speaking quickly, using a lot of words or displaying ease of understanding caused the judges to rate the students’ intelligence

highly, and was reflected in the IQ tests _(7) _ cues seemed to give judges an entirely false impression of intelligence as measured by the IQ test (8) _ the cues that led judges to assess students as dull were factors (9) as using halting speech or slang Cues that led judges to view students as bright included talking loudly and using proper English _(10) of these straits correlated with measured IQ, however

Your answers:

1……… 6………

2……… 7………

3……… 8………

4……… 9………

5……… 10………

Part II Choose the best word A, B, C or D to fill in spaces in the following passage (10 points)

NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE

British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (1) _ planets Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have designed a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble Known as

‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (2) _ years away have any kind of life on them Two days (3) _, NASA scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included

in a European Space Agency mission The Darwin project, with a (4) _ of 500 million, is on a short list of two proposals If approved it will probably be (5) _around 2020, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (6) _ processing station The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (7) _, but Penny believes a second- generation telescope could be sent up to do this He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (8) _ galaxy, even though these planets lie (9) _our reach for the moment The European Space Agency will make its decision (10) _ Darwin within three years.

1 A another B other C others D the other

2 A light B lighten C lightening D lighting

3 A following B after C next D later

4 A price B schedule C charge D budget

5 A driven B fetched C launched D taken

6 A central B centre C middle D heart

7 A invents B searches C discovers D looks

8 A alone B same C one D own

9 A out B toward C beyond D over

10 A of B on C about D with

Your answers:

Part III Read the passage and choose the correct answer (20 points)

Water scarcity is fast becoming one of the major limiting factors in world crop production In many areas, poor agricultural practices have led to increasing desertification and the loss of formerly arable lands Consequently, those plant species that are well adapted to survival in dry climates are being looked at for an answer in developing more

efficient crops to grow on marginally arable lands.

Plants use several mechanisms to ensure their survival in desert environments Some involve purely mechanical

and physical adaptations, such as the shape of the plant's surface, smaller leaf size, and extensive root systems Some of

the adaptations are related to chemical mechanisms Many plants, such as cacti, have internal gums and mucilage whichgive them water-retaining properties Another chemical mechanism is that of the epicuticular wax layer This wax layer

acts as an impervious cover to protect the plant It prevents excessive loss of internal moisture It also protects the plant from external aggression, which can come from inorganic agents such as gases, or organic agents which include bacteria

and plant pests

Researchers have proposed that synthetic waxes with similar protective abilities could be prepared based onknowledge of desert plants If successfully developed, such a compound could be used to greatly increase a plant'sability to maintain health in such adverse situations as inadequate water supply, limited fertilizer availability, attack bypests, and poor storage after harvesting

1 This passage deals mainly with

A desertification B decreasing water supply

C factors limiting crop production D developing efficient plants

2 The word “arable” in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to

A fertile B parched C barren D marsh

3 Which of the following is a mechanical or physical mechanism that desert plants use?

A The plant’s shape B The small root system

C The vast leaf size D The high water system

4 The word “extensive” in the 2nd paragraph is closest in meaning to _

A spongy B shallow C widespread D comprehensive

5 Which is one of the ways in which the epicuticular wax protects the plant?

A It helps the plant to avoid excessive moisture intake

B It helps the plant to attack aggressors

C It releases gases against plant pests

D It guards against bacteria

6 The word “It” in the 2nd paragraph refers to

A another chemical mechanism B the epicuticular wax layer

C an impervious plant like cover D the loss of internal moisture

7 The word “aggression” in the 2nd paragraph is closest in meaning to _

A attack B agitation C conditions D surroundings

8 What is an example of an inorganic agent that may attack plants?

A Bacteria B Insects C Gas D Pests

9 It can be inferred that synthetic stimulate waxes _

A have not been developed yet

B have not succeeded

C have been determined to be impervious to organic and inorganic agents

D have the quality of causing bacteria

10 All of the following are examples of an adverse situation for crops EXCEPT .

A inadequate water B insufficient fertilize

C pest aggression D proper storage

Part III Writing (25 points)

What are skills for teenagers to reduce stress and pressure ? In about 200 words, write an essay to express your point of view.

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Đề số 22

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH

Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

A LISTENING (3 points)

PART 1 You will hear someone to a group of students about a visit to Arts centre.

Listen and circle the correct answer.

1 There are still tickets for _

A the piano concert B Twelth Night C Spider and Rose.

2 The coach will leave at 3.30 because _

A they don’t want to miss the shows B they want free time at the Arts Centre.

C it’s a long journey to the Arts Centre.

3 You have to pay to see

A the Russian ballet exhibition B the Scottish jewellery

C the South American photographs.

4 You can buy clothes

A on the first floor B in the sourvenir shop C close to the Arts Centre

5 If you want a snack and a hot drink, try

A the Fountain B Charlie’s C the cinema kiosk.

PART 2 You will hear someone talking about a sports camp for children For each question, fill in the

missing in the numbered space.

SUNNINGTON SPORTS CAMP

Choice of afternoon activity

Sign list outside (1) ……… room

Clothes

Wear track suit, but also bring (2)……… And a T-shirt

2 pairs of sports (3)……….

Food

Lunch served in canteen every half-hour between 12.15 and (4)………

Snack bar sells drinks, chocolate and (5)………

Certificate

Marks given for

attitude: effect and team-work

PART 3 You will hear a conversation between a young man, Mike, and his sister, Ann They are

talking about buying a wedding present for some friends of theirs Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect If it is correct, tick in the box under A for YES, put the tick in the box B for NO.

1 Mike likes to plan ahead more than Ann does

2 Ann thinks they should buy a useful present

3 Mike has known Tony the longest

4 Mike thinks he will enjoy the wedding

5 Ann prefers large wedding

B PHONETICS (1 point)

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently Write your answers in the space provided below (0.5 point)

1 A sunbathe B thunderstorm C earthquake D math

2 A sound B southern C drought D mountain

3 A practiced B washed C advertised D missed

4 A relationship B recommend C resident D revolution

5 A exchange B charity C teacher D chorus

Your answers:

II Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others Write your answers in the space provided below (0.5 point)

1 A comprise B amaze C surprise D backstage

2 A property B pollution C religion D attainment

3 A electrician B Japanese C comfortable D possibility

4 A celebrate B consider C expression D criteria

5 A population B intelligent C opportunity D economics

Your answers:

C LEXICO & GRAMMAR (6 points)

I Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each blank Write your answers in the space

provided below (2 points)

1 John’s score on the test is the highest in the class;

2 My sister was on in the hospital last night.

3 She is wearing a _.

4 My dad reminded me _ his bike by 7 o’clock.

5 You won’t pass the examination you study hard.

A if B unless C because D but

6 There were over 45, 000 at the football match.

A viewers B spectators C watchers D witnesses

7 The headmaster _ us not to use mobile phones too much

8 Peter was born and brought up in Hastings and knows it like the……….

9 _population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.

10 My father does not have yours.

A money more than B as many money as

11 _ next Sunday.

12 Using computer too much will make people tired , ?

A will they B won't they C won't it D will it

13 I can’t up with the noise you make whenever you are at home

14 In front of the house

A do students stood B students stood C stood students D did students stand

15 Listening is the most difficult language for me to master

16 No sooner had he sat down to lunch there was a knock at the door

17 _ appear, they are really much larger than the Earth.

A As the small stars B The stars as small

C Despite of the small stars D Small as the stars

18 Not until late 1960s _ on the moon

A that Americans walked B did Americans walk

C when did Americans walk D when Americans walked

19 Peter and Jane are at the stadium.

- Peter: "Our team has just won the last football match." - Jane: - " "

A Good idea Thanks for the news B Yes I guess it's very good

C Well, that's very surprising! D Yes, it's our pleasure

20 Janet and Susan are at the gate of the school.

- Janet: “Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?” -Susan: " .”

A You’re welcome B That would be great

C I feel very bored D I don't agree, I'm afraid

1 It is crucial that English (teach) in a more practical way.

2 Without my parents’ financial support, I (not,be) _ so successful now.

My children enjoy (allow) to stay up late when there is something special on television.

4 I didn’t do the test well I (prepare) _ it very carefully at home.

5 The cowboy (wound) by an arrow fell of the horse.

6 Nam: "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom."

Huong: "Don't worry They (move) them before the dance begins."

7-8 It’s high time the local government (do) _something about the sewage system which (not

upgrade) for years.

9-10 Come on, Hoa I want to show you something - Oh how nice of you! I (never think) you (bring)

me a gift

Your answers:

6 7 8 9 10.

III: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column

on the right (0) has been done as an example.(1P)

The origins of Halloween

Halloween is celebrated in many parts of the (0) (WEST) world, and is a time when people dress up as witches or ghosts, and go "trick-or treating" It is (1) _ (DOUBT) one of the most popular traditions in the United States and Britain.

The celebration (2) _(ORIGIN) about two thousand years ago with the Celts These people were the (3) (INHABIT) of an area that includes Britain, Ireland and Brittany They relied

on the land for their (4) _ (LIVE), and this meant that they were at the mercy of (5) (PREDICT) weather conditions, especially during the winter.

The Celtic new year began on 1st November, which also marked the beginning of winter, a period (6) _ (TRADITION) associated with death On the eve of the new year, it was believed that the barriers between the worlds of the living and the dead were (7) (TEMPORARY) withdrawn, and it was possible to communicate with spirits The Celts believed that the spirits offered them (8) (GUIDE) and protection, and the Druids (Celtic priests) were (9) _ (REPUTE) able to predict the future on this point.

flavour to this festival The advent of Christianity brought about yet other changes.

0 all complete > completely

Things started to go wrong as soon as we got to the hotel We were all complete exhausted after our long journey and looking forward to shower and a rest However, we found that our room has not ready, which was very annoy, although the manager was extremely apologetic While we were waiting, we asked about the excursions to places of an interest which we had read about in brochure Imagine how we felt when we were told they had all cancelled! Apparently, the person responsible for organize them had left suddenly and had not been replaced Then Sally saw a notice pinning to the door of the restaurant, saying it has closed for redecoration, and Peter discovered that the swimming pool was empty When we eventually got to our room we were horrified find that it was at the back of the hotel, and we had a view of a car park, which seemed to be used as a rubbish dump We seriously began to wonder whether or not to stay.

D READING (5 points)

I Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each blank Write your answers in the

space provided below (1.0pt)

BRINGING UP A FAMILY

“It can be so difficult to support a family and bring up children,” says Michael Wilson, father

of two teenage girls “It's something that nobody can ever prepare for you because every family (1)

of different people and personalities.

Firstly, you have to make sure that everyone has what they (2) _ Children require so

many things these days, from school uniforms and books, pens and pencils to games, toys, computers

and, of course, clothes Secondly, there is always the concern that they might be (3) _ danger I (4) so many terrible things on the news every day that I always wonder whether

my own children are safe or (5) _ and sometimes I get very concerned, even if they are only a little late (6) _ home That's what they don't (7) when I tell them off.

Of course, there are wonderful aspects to (8) a family It is a great pleasure to (9)

them grow and develop their own personalities, not to mention the love and warmth that

exists in a family My wife and children are the most precious things in my life and, (10)

the difficulties, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t change a thing!”

8 A having B growing C bringing D rising

10 A however B in spite C despite D although

MANAGING YOUR TIME

Systems "Most people", says Sam Flowers of TMS, "waste too much time on doing trivial things

like finding telephone numbers, (2) _ for pieces of paper on (3) desks, and walking from one part of a building (4) another These can waste hours of your day Then you haven't got time (5) _ the important things This applies to both your professional (6) _

your personal life"

The first step towards managing your time better (7) keeping a time log In a time log you record everything that you do (8) the day Then you calculate how much time you spent

on (9) thing - traveling, telephoning, eating, chatting, washing, writing letters, etc " When they do a time log" says Sam Flowers, " most people are amazed (10) _ how much time they

There is a common expression in English language referring to a blue moon.

When people say that something happens “only once in a blue moon”, they

mean that it happens only very rarely, once in a great while This expression has

been around for at least a century and a half There are references to this

expressions that date from the second half of the nineteenth century.

The expression “a blue moon” has come to refer to the second full moon

occurring in any given calendar month A second full moon is not called a blue

moon because it is particularly blue or is any different in the hue from the first

full moon of the month In stead, it is called a blue moon because it is so rare.

The moon needs a little more than 29 days to complete the cycle from full moon

to full moon Because every month except February has more than 29 days,

every month will have at least one full moon (except February, which will have

a full moon unless there is a full moon at the very end of January and another

full moon at the very beginning of March) It is on the occasion when a given

calendar month has a second full moon that a blue moon occurs This does not

happen very often, only three or four times a decade.

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The blue moons of today are called blue moons because of their rarity and not

because of their color; however, the expression “blue moon” may have come

into existence in reference to unusual circumstances in which the moon actually

appeared blue Certain natural phenomena of gigantic proportions can actually

change the appearance of the moon from the Earth The eruption of the Krakatao

volcano in 1883 left dust particles in the atmosphere, which clouded the sun and

gave the moon a bluish tint This particular occurrence of the blue moon may

have given rise to the expression that we use today Another example occurred

more than a century later When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in

1991, the moon again took on a blue tint.

1 This passage is about _

2 How long the expression “once in a blue moon” been around?

3 A blue moon could best be described as _

4 The word “hue” in line 8 is closest in meaning to _

5 Which of the following might be the date of a blue moon?

6 How many blue moons would there most likely be in a century?

7 According to the passage, the moon actually looked blue

8 The expression “given rise to” in line 24 could be best replaced by _

9 Where in the passage does the author describe the duration of a lunar cycle?

10 In which paragraph does the author mention the two blue moons which were blue in color?

Your answers:

2 The dentist will have to take out the infected tooth.

The infected tooth _.

3 Should I help Chau with the money my mum gave to me?” she wondered.

 She couldn’t .

4 I realy like her voice but not her choice of songs.

 Much _.

5 Only three out of the six rooms we have booked have air conditioning.

 We have booked six rooms, only three _.

II Do not change the given word, use it to rewrite each of the following sentences so that each has

as a similar meaning as the original one (1.0 point)

1 I am telling you this for you not to make a mistake FEAR

 .

He his work.

3 Everyone was surprised to see John leave the meeting early SURPRISE

To the meeting early.

4 She was just as good as they had thought CAME

 .

5 If you want to understand Yeats’s poetry, you need to study Irish history KEY

 Irish history Yeats’s poetry.

III Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “All children should learn at least one foreign language at school”? Write an essay ( about 220 to 250 words) to express your personal point of view (3 points)

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Đề 23

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS

Môn: Tiếng AnhSECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) (You will hear twice for each part)

Part 1 You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is talking about her life and career For each question, put a tick in the correct box.

1 Elena decided to become a dancer when she was .

2 At ballet school in New York, Elena .

A was the only student from Bulgaria B found learning the language hard.

C learned to be independent.

3 What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?

A Children will enjoy it B The music was unfamiliar to her.

C She saw it when she was a child.

4 In her free time, Elena likes to .

A go sightseeing B go to clubs C go shopping

5 What does Elena often do for her fans?

A She gives them a flower B She signs one of her photographs.

C She sends them a free ticket.

6 What does Elena like best about her job?

A appearing on television B doing something she loves

C travelling to different countries

Part 2 You will hear a group leader talking to some students who are going to visit an important athletics event in Birmingham For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.

Athletics Championships

* Date of college trip: (7) 15th of ………

* It’s the largest single sports competition in (8) ………

* The number of national teams take part in is: (9)………

* Number of sports people who will compete: (10) ………

* How the group will travel to Birmingham: by (11)………

* They don’t hire coach because of the (12) ………

* What group members must take on that day: (13) ………

* Name of the website page: (14) ………

* The day that other details will be available to students is on: (15)………

SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points)

Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36 (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)

Choose the best answer to each question

16 The family could not because they had forgotten their passports.

A check up B check out C check through D check in

17 You’d better drive I’m too for such traffic.

A experienced B experiencing C inexperienced D inexperiencing

18 during the storm.

A They were collapsed the fence B the fence was collapsed

C They collapsed the fence D The fence collapsed

19 The reviewer Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.

A chewed B digested C described D drew

20 She is wearing a/an ring.

A expensive nice gold B nice gold expensive

C gold nice expensive D nice expensive gold

21 Mary has trouble her homework.

A to remember B to remembering C remember D remembering

22 She her neighbor’s children for the broken window.

A accused B blamed C denied D complained

23 Children should be taught that they have to everything after they use it.

A put away B pick off C collect up D catch on

24. Whenever problems we discuss frankly and find solutions quickly

A. make up B. come up C. put up D. turn up

25. Many young people nowadays are prepared to getting married to pursue their professional careers

A. satisfy B. sacrifice C. prefer D. confide

26. , we tried our best to complete it

A. Thanks to the difficult homework B. Despite the homework was difficult

C. Difficult as the homework was D. As though the homework was difficult

27 A learner driver must be by a qualified driver

A connected B accompanied C involved D associated

28 A wedding is a good opportunity for off new clothes

A wearing B carrying C showing D putting

29 He retired early ill-health

A on account of B ahead of C on behalf of D in front of

30 I have had some summer jobs but I have never been employed.

A ever B occasionally C rarely D permanently

31 Mary attempted to herself with her new boss by volunteering to take on extra work.

A gratify B please C ingratiate D commend

32 The injured man was taken to hospital and for internal injuries

A cured B healed C operated D treated

33 The soldier was punished for to obey his commanding officer’s orders

A refusing B regretting C objecting D resisting

34 I love this painting of an old man He has such a smile

A childhood B childish C childless D childlike

35 Nowadays children would prefer history _ in more practical ways.

A to be taught B teach C be taught D to be teaching

Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45 (2 points - 0.2/ each)

Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.

36 Reduction in government spending will ………….further cuts in public

services

NECESSARY

37 Good hygiene helps to ………… the risk of infection MINIMUM

38 She at first wanted to be a ……… but now she works as a doctor LAW