Đề thi HSG cấp tỉnh (07-08)

SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 9,6 points Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D.. FOREIGN SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION 4 points Part

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH

Năm học 2007-2008

(Do trưởng ban chấm thi ghi)

Bằng số Bằng chữ - Giám khảo số 1 :

- Giám khảo số 2 :

SECTION I: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2,4 points)

(Listen to this piece and do the following tasks – You will hear each part twice)

Part 1: Listen and number the pictures in the order you hear.

Answers:

1 _ 2 3 4 5 _ 6 _

Part 2: Listen again and fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear.

7 The weekend picnic I enjoyed most was just _ weeks ago

8 My class decided to pay _ to the Botanical Garden

9 We met at the _ on time

10 We made a short _ round the garden

Đề chính thức

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Đề này có 07 trang

(Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO

TẠO

TUYÊN QUANG

11 One of the boys brought along his _ and we sang our favourite songs.

12 In the afternoon, we went on more games

SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (9,6 points)

Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D

13 I think that spring is the nicest of the year

14 Don't buy that dress you really like it

15 We listened to the weather to find out if it was going to rain

16 When the wheat is ripe, the farmers will it

17 She is a kind girl that everybody loves her

18 Maria Roberts left her home in Leeds last week and nobody her since then

19 You will see him when he here tomorrow

20 His telephone doesn't work and mine doesn't

21 These clothes are _cleaner than the others

22 The fire out when they were having dinner

23 My brother is very _of music

24 William is big _ his age

25 Why are you _ such a hurry?

26 We spent a ……….trip at Nha Trang beach last summer

27 My mother often spends two hours a day ……… the housework

28 This is Mrs Lan ………son is our new English teacher

29 When we arrived at the station, my friends………

30 Would you mind ……… me about your story?

31 I used to ……… football with my friends after school when we were boys

32 She is not very beautiful………she is intelligent

33 This food tastes very ………

34 She told me that she _ my sister the week before

A had seen B would meet C saw D has seen

35 He preferred television to _ to the cinema

A watching/ go B to watch/ go C to watch/ going D watching/ going

36 She was told the office phone for personal calls

37 I have three brothers, are businessmen

A who they all B that all of them C all of whom D who all of them

38 I wish I _ there yesterday afternoon!

39 Either John or his brothers _ the key to the car

A have taking B has taken C have taken D has been taken

40 The job offer was too good for him to turn _

41 This house needs

A to repaint B repainted C to be repainting D repainting

42 Thanks to the development of the internet, we can now get access to newspapers

43 I bumped into Janet quite _ chance when I was shopping in London

44 If you heat an ice-cream, it _ into water

45 Mary scarcely goes out at night, _?

46 Let’s go swimming this afternoon, ?

47 beautiful your mother is!

A What B How C How much D How many

48 It’s no use………English if you don’t try to speak it too

49 Nam has money that he can’t afford to buy food

50 A good friend will stand you when you are having trouble

Part 2: Give the correct forms of words in the brackets

51 It is almost _for young people leaving school to get a job POSSIBLE

52 It was _ of you to make fun of him like that KIND

53 Elvis Presley was a pop singer FAME

54 There was some new in the laboratory EQUIP

55 I have an _ to the party tonight INVITE

56 In England there is no postal on Sunday DELIVER

57 His attempt to break the world record was sadly _ SUCCESS

58 We bought this house at a price REASON

59 I caught the train at the _ station CENTRE

60 I met some _at the park last week FOREIGN SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (4 points)

Part 1: Read the following passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D

Do you think computer games are just for kids? Then you should think again You might be (61) to learn that the games industry now makes more money than Hollywood (62) a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games

It is hardly surprising that video gaming has (63) one of the most popular forms of entertainment today A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (64) _, capture your imagination and play with your emotions

The big (65) , however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime You have not

to say how the plot (66) or which characters dominate the story (67) _ computer games, you direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting Finding the right game is likely

to signal the beginning of a lasting love (68) _ with the interactive world of make – believe

It is wrong to think (69) gaming as something simply for children and teenagers In fact , the (70) _ growth area of the market is the 35-35 age group

62 A As soon as B As well as C As far as D As long as

Part 2: Read the following passage then decide which the best choice is by circling the best answer A, B, C or D.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came

to the United States Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science His father was most instrumental by supervising his work with the deaf While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his studies eventually led to invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention - the telephone The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to advances of aviation

71 What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention?

A Multiple telegraph B aviation C telephone D acoustics

72 To what did Bell dedicated the last years of his life?

A acoustical science B aviation C adventure D architecture

73 What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell?

A He worked very hard, but never achieved success

B He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot

C He dedicated his life to science and the well-being of mankind

D He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone

74 Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A Bell was born in the 19th century B Bell worked with the deaf

C Bell experimented with science of acoustics D Bell invented multiple telegraph

75 How many years did Bell dedicate to aviation?

Part 3: Read the following passage then decide which the best choice is by circling the best answer A, B, C or D.

I know that it is my job to make sure that everything goes well for the tourists and I feel I work hard for the company I cannot be blamed for last week I met the group at the airport and took them to the coach The coach driver was a bit annoyed because the flight was late But it wasn't far to the hotel and everyone was looking forward to their dinner We hadn't used the Hotel Riviera before but our normal one had a conference in it so it was fully booked When I announced our arrival at the reception desk, they said they were full I had booked rooms for the group but the manager said they were cancelled by phone a few days before He insisted that he recognized my voice and that I had made the phone call We had a bit of an argument but they obviously didn't have enough rooms In the end, the manager phoned hotels in the town and found rooms for everyone but in four different hotels By this time, the coach had gone, so we had to get taxis and some of the tourists started to get very angry with me I still don't know who made that phone call but it definitely wasn't me

76 What is the writer trying to do?

77 Who was the text written to?

78 Why weren't there any rooms available at the Hotel Riviera?

A A conference was taking place there B There were more people in the group than expected

C Someone had forgotten to book them D Someone had said they were not needed

79 What happened in the end?

A The tourists got angry with the hotel manager B The tourists couldn't stay together

C The writer found other hotels with rooms D The writer called the coach driver back

80 Which of the following diaries was written by one of the tourists?

A Someone had made a mistake with our hotel booking and the hotel had given our rooms to other people

B The hotel we were taken to wasn't good enough so we asked to change to a different one

C We got to the airport and had to wait for the coach So it was really late when we got to the hotel

D The coach driver took us to the wrong hotel and they knew nothing about us

IV WRITING (4 points)

Part 1: Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with given words, so that the meaning

stay the same

81 “Don’t forget to put your name on the top of the page” he said to her

He reminded _

82 “Why don’t you take the rest of the day off?” my assistant said to me

My assistant advised

83 May I borrow your pen?

Would you mind _?

84 She is exhausted today because she did not get any sleep last night

Had

85 Nobody in my class is more talented than Jane

Jane is

86 We arrived too late to see the first film

We didn’t _

87 He couldn’t afford to buy the car

The car _

88 Despite feeling cold, we kept walking

Although _

89 We spent five hours getting to London

It took _

90 People think that Mr Lam was a doctor

Mr Lam _

Part 2: Using the given suggestions to complete the following letter

Dear Jane,

91 I/ write/ tell/ how much I enjoy/ few hours I spend/ you and/ family yesterday evening

……… ………

92 I /be/ England since/ beginning/ October and this /be/ first invitation to dinner/ English family

………

……… ………

93 I find/ conversation most interesting and /I /be/ glad/ practice/ English

………

……… ………

94 I /also like/ congratulate you/ excellent cooking

………

……… ………

95 I /be /very grateful/ all/ helpful information you give me/ courses/ English

………

……… ………

96 I hope / find / suitable school/ next few days

………

……… ………

97 You /give/ best wishes/ husband and children?

………

……… ………

98 Thank you again/ extremely pleasant evening

………

99 I look forward/ see you next month

………

100 Yours/ sincerely

……… ………

Maria

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