ĐỀ HSG HUẾ (03-04) + KEY

VOCABULARY: 30points Part 1: Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.. I’ll ……… you just one more story before you go to sleepA. If

SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH – THCS

TỈNH THỪA THIÊN HUẾ NĂM HỌC 2003 – 2004

*** MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 (VÒNG 1)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NGÀY THI: 20/4/2004

THỜI GIAN: 120 phút không kể thời gian giao đề

I VOCABULARY: (30points)

Part 1: Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence

1 I didn’t go to the party as I felt a bit under ………

A the weather B the water C the clouds D the blankets 2 I disagree My ideas are entirely opposite ……… yours A to B from C of D against 3 The more ……… we walk the longer it will take us to get home A slowest B slower C slowly D slow 4 Would you ……… opening the window, please? A care B mind C like D help 5 I’ll ……… you just one more story before you go to sleep A speak B tell C say D talk 6 Your car is very ……… It hardly seems to use any petrol at all A economical B economic C ecumenical D ecological 7 By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a ……… name A housewife B housekeeper C house D household 8 I’m in a terrible ……… I don’t know what to do A problem B quandary C loss D trouble 9 How you invest your money is none of my ………

A affair B business C matter D care 10 If the level of VAT is ……… this year, ssmall businesses will be affected A raised B risen C arisen D raising Part 2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses 1 Jane felt very ……… when she saw the police car ( RELIEF) 2 They reached the hotel just as ……… fell ( DARK) 3 When Jack left home, he began to enjoy his ……… ( INDEPENDENT) 4 You are ……… to choose how to spend the evening ( FREEDOM) 5 Our house is ……… by several burglar alarms ( PROTECTION) 6 You should go to a doctor and have a thorough ……… ( EXAMINE) 7 The phone doesn’t work It’s been ……… ( CONNECTION) 8 Linda has a rapid ……… from her illness ( RECOVERED) 9 This road is much ……… than I thought ( LENGTH) 10 The radio gave them a ……… about the storm (WARNED) Part 3: Complete these sentences using one of the best words from the box Four of the words aren’t used worried invention influential attentive preparation appointment grateful natural practical careful excitement entertainment happy work 1 When you have a party, you have to do a lot of ………

2 The ……… of the telephone revolutionized communication between people 3 She has to go to hospital to have a serious operation She feels ………

4 She is very good at fixing things around the house She is ………

5 People are born, grow up and finally die It’s ………

6 I can’t see you at five because I have another ………

7 A good adventure film is full of ………

8 She sent me a present after I helped her to pass the exam She feels ……… to me 9 He has a lot of power in his office He is very ………

10 Students should listen to what the teacher is saying in class They should be ………

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II GRAMMAR: (20 points)

Put each verb in brackets into the most suitable tense

1 I (think) ……… of selling my car but I (not decide) ……… yet

2 Penny (live) ……… here ever since she (arrive) ……… from England

3 I usually (drink)……… coffee but yesterday I (give up) ………

4. Decorating is difficult, but I (finish)……… painting the kitchen and now I (do) ……… the living room

5 This exercise (look) ……… difficult You (do) ……… one like this before?

6 I’m afraid that you can’t talk to Jack now He (get) ……… very dirty playing football and he (have) .……… a bath

7. I (wait) ……… for you here for ages! Why ( you not phone) ……… me earlier?

8 (You visit) ……… this country before? When (you come) ……… here for the first time?

9 (You still do) ……… your homework? I (finish) ………mine ages ago

10 We (live) ……… in Scotland for two years and then we (move) ……… to Northern Ireland

III READING: (25 points)

Part 1: Put ONE suitable word in each space

I have recently taken up cooking as a hobby A lot (1)………… my friends find this very amusing as I am not very (2)……… at it yet It’s much (3)……… difficult (4)……… I thought it was There are so (5)

……… things to remember to do and it’s very easy to (6)……… mistakes Last week I invited several people round so I could try out a new (7) ……… Everything was ready in the kitchen, so I relaxed with my guests and we (8) ……… a drink But I’m not (9)……… to giving dinner parties and I suddenly remembered that the chicken was still in the freezer We had to wait two hours (10)……… dinner!

Part 2: Read the passage and decide which is the best answer Circle the letter A, B, C, or D next to the word you choose The first one has been done for you (0)

Laurel or Hardly?

He was a music-hall comedian in England before he went to America in 1910 In those (0)……… He often(1)……… Chaplin He made his first short film in 1918 but did not (2)………… to establish himself in the competitive (3)……… of

the screen comedy The first film he made with his famous fat (4)……… was called Putting pants on Philip in 1927 Many

critics (5)……… that he was the more creative (6)………… of the partnership The humorist Leo McCarey (7)… him a rare comic who was intelligent (8)……… to make up his own gaps (9)…………., he was remarkably talented, while his partner was (10)………… so and this is the key to understanding their relationship As a (11)……… , throughout their career together he (12)………… on being paid twice as much as his friend bacause he believed he was (13)………… twice as much While he wrote the films and (14)……… part in their creation, his partner was in their creation, his partner was incapable of creating anything at all – it was amazing how he managed to find his (15)……… to the studio (0) A time B periods C days D weeks

1 A copied B followed C resembled D liked

2 A succeed B reach C fail D manage

3 A job B field C position D place

4 A pair B Colleague C partner D match

5 A persist B claim C refuse D review

6 A person B member C actor D piece

7 A considered B said C described D saw

8 A even B quite C enough D also

9 A Although B Moreover C However D So

10 A less B least C little D hardly

11 A fact B conclusion C matter D result

12 A persisted B insisted C kept D demanded

13 A valued B making C worth D acting

14 A took B made C was D had

15 A car B road C route D review

IV WRITING: (25points)

Part 1: Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same

1 I started writing this letter two hours ago!

2 I used to own a bicycle

3 This cheese tastes terrible!

4 I haven’t seen John for two years

→ I last ……… 2.

5 What’s your opinion of this painting?

6 The beef tastes better than the pork

7 Is the price very high?

8 What sort of job dose Ducan have?

9 Mary hasn’t finished work yet

10 She hasn’t been to Paris before

→ This is the first time ………

Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word

Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting

around This is still true when you will drive along a quite country

road or a modern motorway As far as you getting from one place

to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story Whenever

I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home

and go on foot If often turns out to be much more quicker I still make

the mitakes now and again of thinking the car is an effcient means

of a transport The other day my wife was feeling a bit under the

weather She has been having terrible headaches for some long

time and she decided she couldn’t take it any more and asked from

me to give her a lift to the doctor, whose surgery is in the center

part of a town We live in a suburb in the old quarter of the city and

it is twenty minutes away on foot On the way back, however,

it is all up hill and I must to admit it can be exhausting, especially on a

hot day Reluctantly I got the car out of the garage and we set it off,

me muttering about the wonders of taxis My heart was sank as we

hit the first traffic jam – I knew we were beginning a long journey

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3 ANSWER KEY

I.VOCABULARLY:

Part 1: (10 points)

Key A A C B B A D B B A Part 2: (10 points)

1 relieved 2 darkness 3 independence 4 free 5 protected

6 examination 7 disconnected 8 recovery 9 longer 10 warning

Part 3: (10 points)

1 preparation 2 invention 3 worried 4 practical 5 natural

6 appointment 7 excitement 8 grateful 9 influential 10 attentive

II GRAMMAR (20 points)

1 am thinking – haven’t decided 2 has lived / has been living – arrived 3 drink – gave

4 have finished – am doing 5 looks – have you done 6 got – is having 10 lived - mavoed

7 have been waiting – didn’t you phone 8 have you visited – did you come 9 are you still doing – finished III READING: (25 points)

Part 1: (10 points)

1 of 2 good 3 more 4 than 5 many 6 make 7 recipe 8 had 9 used 10 for Part 2: (15 points)

IV WRITING: (25 points)

Part 1: (10 points)

1 I’ve been writing / ‘ve written this letters for two hours

2 I don’t own a bicycle now

3 This cheese has a terrible taste

4 I last saw John two years ago

5 What do you think of this painting?

6 The pork doesn’t taste as good as the beef

7 Does it coast a lot?

8 What does Ducan do?

9 Mary is still at work

10 This is the first time she has been to Paris

Part 2: (15 points)

1 you 2 0 3 up 4 more 5 0 6 a 7 long 8 from 9 0 10.part 11 0 12 to 13 it

14 was 15 0