One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.. Two year later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen.. Bill Gat
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UBND HUYỆN THÁP MƯỜI CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
HỘI THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 HUYỆN THÁP MƯỜI NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 09/ 01 / 2011
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Đề thi gồm có: 04 trang)
A LISTENING (2 MARKS)
Listen to the CD player three times Then complete the passage There are 2 thirty second pauses after each time you listen
Paper (1)………is a simple process The procedure is almost the same as
it was two hundred years ago Look closedly at this (2)………of an old paper making machine On the left is the pulp vat Paper pulp was placed in the vat and mixed with a lot of (3)……… The water was then drained and the pulp fibers were poured out of the vat and onto a conveyor belt (4)………The conveyor belt took (5)……… the rollers There were (6)……… a lot of rollers as you can see These rollers smoothed the fibers and pressed them (7)…… The finished paper was then put on the (8)……… at the end You can (9)………….the roll of paper
at the (10)………… right of the picture
Answer keys:
B.GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY (8 MARKS)
I Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 marks).
11 I ………… Peter since he was a child
A have knowed B has known C have known D knew
12 Vietnam is one of the countries of the ………… of South East Asia Nations
A assassination B associational C assonance D association
13 “Who ate all the cookies?” “ Mary …………
14 The wedding rings are ………… of love.
15 I wanted ………… by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
16 The president doesn’t have much time for ………….
Trang 217 If weather ………… , we’ll go for a walk.
18 Galileo said that the earth ………… round.
19 I wish it ………… winter so that I could go skiing.
20 You’ve never been in Italy, ………….?
A have never you B haven’t you C have you D haven’t never you
II Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.(1 mark)
21 My teacher advised me not writing such long sentences
22 The students spend most of their free time to wander on Internet
23 When we visited my friends, they had dinner with their children
24 They didn’t do anything to stop the fire since last night
25 Our teacher won’t give us much homework, does she?
21.
22
23
24
25
III Supply correct form of the verbs in brackets (2 marks).
26 Would you like ……… to my house for lunch? (come)
27 I am looking forward to ….……… from you (hear)
28 The flight to London ………… for half an hour (delay)
29 The Angkor Thom used ………… the royal capital city? (be)
30 When I came to visit her last night, she ………… a bath (have)
31 We ………… him for months now ( not see)
32 They wouldn’t let me ………….up late when I was a child (stay)
33 Glass ………… from stand (make)
34 I’m a vegetarian I stopped ………… meat five years ago (eat)
35 Water ………… most of the Earth’s surface (cover)
IV Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets (2 marks).
36 He had no ……… for his absence (explain)
37 Television is very ………… nowadays (popularity)
38 She was ………… for days after the accident (conscious)
39 She is giving some first-aids ………… (instruct)
40 There are a lot of ………… festivals in Vietnam (tradition)
41 I find your magazine very ………… (inform)
42 It is ………… to eat too much sugar and fat (health)
43 Japan is one of the ………… countries in the world (industry)
44 Waste paper can be ………… after being recycling (use)
Trang 3V Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition (1 mark).
46 The final examination will be held ………… Jenuary, 9th 2011
47 How many languages are there ………… the world?
48 Egypt is famous ………… ancient pyramids
49 Never put ………… till tomorrow what you can do today
50 Were you brought ………… in the city or in the country?
C READING COMPREHENSION (4 MARKS)
Passage 1
Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives Many people cannot imagine life without them One of the most important people
in making these machines work is Bill Gates.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State He grew up in a rich family His parents sent him to a private school There he met his business partner, Paul Allen When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making money.
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University His parents were happy They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become
a lawyer like his father Two year later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on
a computer program with his friend Allen They worked eighteen hours a day in a domitory room at Harvard They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.
Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983 he recovered a few years later and started his owned company Meanwhile , Microsoft became a giant company By 1990, at the age of thirty – four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States He was the “King of Software” He achieved his success with a lot of hard work For more than ten years, he worked
sixteen-hour days, seven days a week He had a dream and the will to succeed By
1977, he was the richest man in the United States.
I Choose the best answer (2 marks).
51 According to the author, …………
A Bill Gates is one of the most important people in making personal computers
B many people wouldn’t be without their PCs
C Gates used to be sent to a public school
D Gates used to study at Harvard University
52 The word “will” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?
A good fortune B future C strong wish D possibility
53 Which of the following words means “no longer have”?
Trang 4A get over B dropped out of C left D run one of
54 From reading the passage, it seems that …………
A the world has become very dependent on computers
B Gates succeeded easily because his family is very rich
C Gates created Microsoft because he wanted to be “ King of Software”
D Bill Gates parents wanted him to become a computer programmer
55 Which of the following is not true?
A Bill Gates met his business partner in school
B Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they wanted to sell their program for personal computers
C The secret of Gates’ success is hard work
D Paul Allen left Microsoft because he was ill
Passage 2.
Choose A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage ( 2 marks).
Many people now think that teachers give students (56) ………… homework They say that it is (57) ………… for children to work at home 58)
………… their free time Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly plan the homework tasks they give to students The result is that students have to repeat tasks which they have already done (59) ………… school.
Recently in Greece many parents complained (60) ………… the difficult homework which teachers gave to their children Most people agree that homework is unfair A student who can do his homework in a quiet and a comfortable room is in a (61) ………… better position than a student who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the television (62) ………… Some parents help their children (63) ………… their homework Other parents take no interest at all in their children’s homework.
It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework A teacher should suggest suitable tasks for parents (64) ………… with their children Parents are often better (65) ………… teaching their own children!
57 A necessary B necessity C unnecessary D unnecessarily
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I Rewrite the following sentences without changing meanings of the ones given (3 marks).
66 Nobody has used these bikes for years
67 It is two months since he saw her
68 It was such an interesting book that I have read it several times
69 Is it all right if I close the windows?
70 “Is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?” Hoa said to Tim
71 I’m too poor to buy a country house
72 The man is laughed at by the naughty boys
73 Nam listens patiently
74 My sister is ten years old, and her sister is ten years old, too
75 None of all the animals are larger than the blue whale
II Make questions for the underlined words (1,5 marks)
76 I’ll mail this letter to Hue
77 Nga and Tuan sometimes go to the stadium
78 It takes him two hours to repair this bicycle
… ?
79 He gave me a ring for my thirteenth birthday
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… ?
80 Nga went to the doctor yesterday because he was ill
… ?
III Make sentences using the words and phrases provided (1,5 marks)
81.You / not / want / sell / house / last year ?
…
82 He / stop / smoke / save / money
83 My brother / not drive / carefully / I
84.When/ I/ see/ Hoa/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car
…
85.They / know / write / each other / 3 months
THE END
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HỘI THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 HUYỆN THÁP MƯỜI NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Hướng dẫn chấm gồm có: 03 trang)
A LISTENING (2 I M).ĐIỂM) ỂM)
B GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY (8 ĐIỂM)
I
2 điểm
II
1 điểm
Mistakes Correct words
21 writing to write 0,2
22 to wander wandering 0,2
23 had were having 0,2
24 didn’t do haven’t done 0,2
25 does she will she 0,2
III
2 điểm
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IV
2 điểm
V
1 điểm
C READING COMPREHENSION (4 I M)ĐIỂM) ỂM)
Passage 1 ( 2 đi m)ểm)
I
Passage 1 ( 2 đi m)ểm)
D WRITING (6 I M)ĐIỂM) ỂM)
I
66 haven’t / have not been used for years 0,3
67 not seen her for two months 0,3
68.was so interesting that I have read it several times 0,3
70 Tim if/whether the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
0,3
71 not rich enough to buy a country house 0,3
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75 is the largest of all the animals 0,3
II
76 Where will you mail this letter? 0,3 77.How often do Nga and Tuan go to the stadium? 0,3 78.How long does it take him to repair this bicycle? 0,3 79.What did he give you for your thirteenth birthday? 0,3 80.Why did Nga go to the doctor yesterday? 0,3
III
81 Didn’t you want to sell your house last year?
Or Did you not want to sell your house last year?
0,3
82 He stops smoking to save money 0,3
83 My brother doesn’t drive more carefully than I 0,3 84When I saw Hoa yesterday, she was driving her / a car
Or Hoa was driving her / a car when I saw her yesterday.
0,3
85 They have known and written each other for 3 months 0,3
THE END