PASSAGE A Thomas Edison, an inventor of the late 1800's, always said that the phonograph was his only real discovery, the only invention he stumbled upon rather than deliberately set ou
Trang 1SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ LỚP 9 – THCS
TP HỒ CHÍ MINH KHÓA NGÀY: 23/3/2011 – NĂM HỌC: 2010-2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Th ời gian làm bài: 150 phút
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Đề này gồm 4 trang
PART ONE LISTENING (15 pts)
Recording One: Listen to the recording carefully, then decide whether each of the statements is True or False Write TRUE
or FALSE in your Answer Sheet
1 Marcus was tired after having some swimming practice yesterday
2 Catherine finds it hard to understand why Marcus has so much homework
3 Marcus agrees that he could change his weekend activities
4 Marcus enjoys going out with his friends at the weekend
5 Catherine thinks visiting the museum was a good experience for Marcus
6 It often takes Marcus about an hour or so to do his homework
7 Catherine offers to show Marcus the maths homework she has already done
8 Marcus worries that his teacher might be angry if Catherine helps him
9 Catherine suggests having a competition between them in order to work faster
10 After talking to Catherine, Marcus feels more confident about his homework
Recording Two: Listen to the recording carefully, then, on your answer sheet, write a short answer to each question about
the passage
6 Which desk at the airport is the man now?
7 What flight did the man arrive on?
8 When is his return flight?
9 Who is he going to stay with?
10 Which other city does he want to see during his stay in Boston?
PART TWO: USE OF ENGLISH
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence (20 pts)
1 The more _, the better the result will be
A you put in your effort B efforts you make C you make an effort D of your efforts
2 It‟s about time _ more careful in his work
A that Pete be B Pete were C for Pete being D Pete was
3 They _ for their coming examination
A ought to be prepared well B had prepared better
C had better be well-prepared D should have been better prepared
4 Doctors advise _ less fat in your diets
A to take in B taking in C you taking in D for you to smoke
5 If only we _ it differently
6 It was the first time _ to a science center
A I‟d been B I was C I would have been D I was being
7 They decided to name the new baby boy _ Grandpa
8 Would you please _ from smoking until you are out of the airport building?
9 Though twin sisters, they are poles _
10 in his back that he couldn‟t sleep
A Such was the pain B So was the pain C Such a pain was it D So painful it was
11 The minister stated that no real alternative _ the plan existed
12 It seems that your teacher is _ fault in this case
13 I expect the new trend will soon _ here
14 The teacher _ great emphasis on learning vocabulary
15 The child _ his father
A bears a striking resemblance to B stands to reason with
16 The girl _ becoming a supermodel
A loses touch with B has her heart set on C has a voice in D is rained out of
17 We don‟t have cupboards so we _ boxes
A do away with B make allowance for C make do with D keep an eye on
18 The scheme is too expensive to be _ at the present moment
19 A: “We‟d be better off staying in that youth hostel!” B: “ ”
A It‟s far from the truth B I‟m not convinced!
Trang 220 A: “ ” B: “And you See you around.”
A Nice talking to you B Never mind I‟m just OK
C I‟m fine Thank you very much D It‟s my pleasure!
Word Forms
A Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank (10 pts)
1 As a result of her good _, she‟s made a lot of achievements in her life (bring)
2 His success in the field of mathematics is _ (phenomenon)
3 _, this TV program should be carefully censored (educate)
4 Several _ have been eliminated so far (contest)
5 _ is the study of animals and their behaviors (zoo)
6 The city council is thinking of building a(n) _ system (ground)
7 His contribution to the development of sports makes him a(n) _ figure (replace)
8 He bought that tie in a _ shop at the airport (duty)
9 In all _, they will be successful in their project (probable)
10 The composition should be _; there may be spelling mistakes in it (read)
B Put the words given in the correct blanks You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful
passage There are two extra words that you cannot use (20pts)
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We have dreams (1) _ every night Some of these dreams are remembered vividly Other dreams, however, are forgotten as soon as we wake up Contrary to what some people believe, our dreams are not „messages‟ from beyond Neither do they tell us anything about our future Instead, what you dream of at night is probably (2) _ to your experiences during the day For instance, if you had spent a (3) _ day at the beach, you may dream about your day‟s experience as you sleep
Our dreams may also have something to do with our fears and (4) _ For example, if you long to win first prize
in a high-jump contest, you may dream of yourself winning the (5) _ Finally, our „external‟ environment may also affect our dreams If we are hungry, cold or thirsty, our dreams may (6) _ these feelings For example, if I sleep in a very cold (7) _ room I may dream that I am on an expedition to the North Pole
People known as (8) _ study and analyze dreams psychologically For instance, they may say that if you dream of (9) _ in the sky you are a person who desires power Of course, these (10) _ may not be accepted by everyone
PART THREE CLOZE TESTS
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space
PASSAGE A (15 pts)
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century The invention of the railways (1) this possible The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education The seaside was a place to be (2) of illnesses, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water Also to (3) their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from libraries
At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (4) However, in 1871, the government (5) four
„Bank Holidays‟ – national holiday days This (6) people to have a day or two out, which (7) gave them a (8) for leisure and the seaside At first they went on day-trips, taking (9) of special cheap tickets on the railways
By the 1880‟s, rising incomes (10) many ordinary workers and their families could have a week‟s holiday at the seaside Rail (11) were reduced and cheap hotels were built to (12) them Holidaymakers enjoyed being (13) , sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, and eating ice-cream Cheap entertainment was (14) offer and holidaymakers went to have fun
Today, the English seaside (15) popular, with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year
7 A hardly ever B here and there C seldom D now and then
Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word
PASSAGE B (30 pts)
In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the (1) known pop group in the world Since then, (2) have
been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine (3) sensational
The Beatles were at the time They were four boys from the north of England and (4) of them had any training (5) music They started by performing and (6) songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs Then they started writing their (7) songs and that was when they became really popular The Beatles changed pop music They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written (8) After that
Trang 3it became (9) for groups and singers to write their songs The Beatles did not have a long (10) Their first hit
record was in 1963 and they (11) up in 1970 They stopped doing live (12) in 1966 because it had become too
dangerous for them – their fans‟ excitement was (13) that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes
(14) souvenirs! However, today some of their songs (15) as famous as they were when they first came out
Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them
PASSAGE C (30 pts)
Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists (16) not sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice (17) , when huge glaciers covered Europe and most of Britain (18) knows exactly what would happen on a warmer world, but we (19) know some things Heat the kettle and the (20) inside it expands The temperature of the world has climbed more than half a (21) this century, and the oceans have (22) by at least 10 cm
But just as it (23) several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, it may have taken the oceans thirty years to swell This (24) that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped (25) the atmosphere up to the 1960s Since then, the use of (26) _ fuels has increased rapidly
Scientists working for the United Nations and European governments have been warning that (27) the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will be to build more extensive sea defenses Many of the world‟s great cities are
at (28) , because they are located at the sea level Miami, (29) entirely built on a sandbank, could be swept away But the effects of rising sea levels will be much (30) for the developing countries With a meter rise in sea levels,
200 million could become homeless
PART FOUR Reading Comprehension (40 pts)
Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage
PASSAGE A
Thomas Edison, an inventor of the late 1800's, always said that the phonograph was his only real discovery, the only invention he stumbled upon rather than deliberately set out to find Having invented it, he then had to find a use for it Musical
entertainment was one of the first uses he predicted for the phonograph, although it was by no means the only one The
inventor claimed that it would change education, politics, and business communication, in addition to providing entertainment
Edison also thought it could be adapted for phonographic books for people with visual impairments, for the teaching of public
speaking, and for talking clocks
It was thought that the phonograph could be used to save telephone messages, and the ability to record speech opened up several commercial uses Chief among these was its employment as a dictating machine for people in business A
talking machine could be used to replace the tedious exchange of letters with the recorded message of the speaker on a
phonograph cylinder The inventor hoped that the cylinder could be sent through the mail with the ease of a letter The advantage was that the recipient got an exact record of the sender's message as it was dictated, substituting a sound recording for correspondence The paperless business office was anticipated well before the advent of personal computers and modems
Edison hoped that the phonograph would transform office work The electric light, telephone, and typewriter were
slowly changing the way business was conducted in the United States, facilitating the task of managing the larger business organization of the late nineteenth century When used as a dictating machine, the phonograph promised to further ease the
burden of business administration by mechanizing correspondence The device that had begun as a complement to the
telephone was now seen as an adjunct to the typewriter
At the same time that Edison was imagining the phonograph as the ultimate business tool, he also made a prophetic statement about its future “This machine,” he wrote in 1878, shortly after the clamor surrounding the invention had died down,
“can only be built on the American principle of interchangeability of parts, like a sewing machine.” Edison had grasped the idea of mass production using standardized parts
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A The discovery and potential uses of the phonograph B Various inventions of Thomas Edison
C Office technology in the United States in the late 1800's D The impact of the telephone on businesses
2 The author uses the phrase stumbled upon in the passage to indicate that Edison's invention of the phonograph was _
A accidental B disorganized C important D popular
3 The word one in line 3 refers to _
A Edison B phonograph C uses D entertainment
4 The word adapted in line 5 is closest in meaning to _
A sold B presented C modified D rotated
5 According to the passage, Edison believed the phonograph could be used to improve all of the following EXCEPT
A business communication B musical entertainment C speed of mail delivery D education
6 The word tedious in line 9 is closest in meaning to _
7 The author mentions „The electric light, telephone, and typewriter‟ in paragraph 3 in order to _
A show how office work was organized in the late 1800's
B indicate problems that existed in offices in the late 1800's
C provide examples of inventions that improved office efficiency in the late 1800's
D point out accomplishments of offices in the late 1800's
8 According to the passage, Edison believed that the phonograph could be used by business to _
9 The word device in line 17 refers to _
A phonograph B electric light C telephone D typewriter
10 Thomas Edison compared the phonograph to the sewing machine in terms of its _
A variety of uses B cost of manufacture C future impact on business D method of production
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Today‟s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will
be far more pollution-free than those on the road today Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed that run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and program Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of
current is available, transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys
As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on
infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars Public charging facilities will need to be as common
as today‟s gas stations Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they shop, dine, or attend a concert To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses, and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that
would have facilities for charging and renting Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: lights
trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place
on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today
11 The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in passage EXCEPT _
12 The author‟s purpose in the passage is to _
A criticize conventional vehicles B support the invention of electric cars
C narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles D describe the possibilities for transportation in the future
13 The passage would most likely be followed by details about _
C the neighborhood of the future D electric shuttle buses
14 The word “compact “in line 5 is closest in meaning to _
A long-range B inexpensive C concentrated D square
15 In the second paragraph the author implies that _
A a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed
B everyday life will stay much in the future
C a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several models of transportation
D electric vehicles are not practical for the future
16 According to the passage, public parking lots of the future will be _
A more convenient than they are today B equipped with charging devices
C much larger than they are today D as common as today‟s gas station
17 This passage would be likely be found in a _
A medical journal B history book C popular psychology periodical D textbook on urban planning
18 The word “charging” in this passage refers to _
19 The word “foresee” in the line 13 could best be replaced with _
20 The word “hybrid” in the line 15 is closest in meaning to _
PART FIVE: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 points)
Rewrite each sentence in such away that it means almost the same as the one printed before it Use the word in brackets
1 His charming manners deceived several people, including me (taken)
I, as well
2 As I listened to the music on repeated occasions, my respect for the composer increased (respectful)
The more _
3 In spite of her initial reluctance to take the job, she‟s got on very well (first)
Reluctant _
4 I think the hardware of that computer was infected with viruses (opinion)
That computer _
5 Your warning helped prevent my failure in the test (failed)
Had it _
6 His last letter to me was written 3 months ago (heard)
It is _
7 Be proud of what you have accomplished so far (accomplishments)
Take _
8 He‟s not a professional singer, but he sings expressively (expression)
Though no _
9 The teacher may ask why I‟m absent, so tell him I‟m ill (reason)
Should _
10 Roger was defeated one more time by Novak in the Indian Wells tournament (once)
Novak beat
THE END OF THE TEST