Đề thi đễ xuất hsg tỉnh môn tiếng anh- năm học 2008- 2009Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An đề thi đề xuấthọc sinh giỏi tỉnh Năm học 2008-2009 Môn thi: Tiếng anh 9 Thời gian: 150 phút không kể thời gian
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Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An đề thi đề xuấthọc sinh giỏi tỉnh
Năm học 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng anh 9
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
( Người ra đề đề xuất: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thu- Trờng THCS Đặng Thai Mai- Vinh)
SECTION A: PHONETICS Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others Write your answers (A or B, C, D) in the numbered spaces.
5 A engineer B excited C experiment D exhibition
6 A comment B equipment C improvement D development
8 A sensitive B benefit C pretty D remedy
Your answers:
SECTION B: LEXICO–GRAMMAR Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answers (A or B, C, D) in the numbered spaces.
11 As he approached the end of the race he found it hard to ……… his speed
12 She ……… wanted a house overlooking the sea
A particularly B strongly C essentially D extremely
13 " Most people ……… the government's economic policy as a success", claimed the spokesman
14 For my birthday, I was given a writing set ……… two pens, envelopes and notepaper
A involving B comprising C consisting D holding
15 A glass of wine now and then won’t ……… you any harm
16 ……… receipt of your instructions, I immediately sent a telex message to Algeria
17 We've bought some ……… chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away
18 The local people……… on the questions of whether or not to support the plans for the airport
19 I didn't want to discuss the matter but he insisted on bringing it ………
20 No ……… you're hungry if you haven't eaten since yesterday
21 I don't want lots of excuses, I just want to hear the ……… truth
22 One condition of this job is that you must be ……….to work at weekend
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A available B capable C acceptable D accessible
23 His failure ……… great disappointment to his parents
24 Don't jump ……….conclusions ; we don't yet know all the relevant facts
25 For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls provide the best ………
Your answers:
The passage below contains 10 mistakes IDENTIFY and CORRECT them Write your answers in the numbered spaces.
When I was injured my back I had to take a break from my running career I decided to introduce more women to the sport to show them how much funny it can be and to give them confidence to get out and run
I decided starting a running club for women in my area because I was annoyed by the attitude of many organizers They complain about the lack of women in the sport but also use this as an excuse
for not providing separate changing facilities
I put up posters and 40 women, young and old fit or imfit joined All of these were attracted by the ideas
of losing weigh but I don't think they had really thought about running before When or if they did, they have a picture on painful training They didn't think of chatting and smiling while running in beautiful places, like by a tree
At first they ran for only a minute now they can run thirty minutes They've also learned from other runners about diet and keeping fit in generally
I wanted to do something for woman's running and I've had so much pleasure watching their progress- almost as much as they've had theirselves
Your answers:
Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters Write your answers in the numbered spaces
36 Unusual beliefs
Despite the fact that this is now the 21st century an
(36) number of English people appear INCREASE
to (37) in the paranormal What is BELIEF
the (38) for this? EXPLAIN
(39) have found the answers to many of SCIENCE
our questions, but the more (40) we make, DISCOVER
the more we want to know The (41) need PSYCHOLOGY
for (42) that we have appears to be very SECURE
strong For this reason, a belief in the (43) EXIST
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of aliens and especially, the (44) of contact POSSIBLE
with alien life forms is (45) common EXTREME
Your answers:
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage Write your answers in the numbered spaces under this passage.
The Northwest School offers an (46) _ school care program for NWS Middle School students It is
a supervised setting for students who need to be at school (47) _ until 6:00 PM each school day This program is not available to non-NWS students
The program is (48) _ in the school library, providing a quiet space to work on homework, and get some (49) _ assistance While not tutoring per se, sometimes that extra help getting
backpacks in order and keeping track of assignments is a (50) _ boost A small snack is provided daily for the students There are no (51) _ classes or activities in this design This is (52) _ to keep costs very (53) _ for our families Any student (54) _in the program must have informed the school by 9:00 AM and (55) _in the library by 4:00 PM
Your answers:
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided under this passage.
Primary education is the first (56) of compulsory education It is preceded by pre-school
or nursery education and is followed by secondary education In North America this stage of education is usually (57) _ as elementary education
In most countries, it is (58) _ for children to receive primary education, though in many jurisdictions
it is permissible for parents to provide it The transition to secondary school or (60) _ school is somewhat arbitrary, but it (59) _ occurs at about eleven or twelve years of (61) _ Some educational systems have separate middle schools with the transition to the final stage of education taking (62) _ at around the age of fourteen
The major goals of primary education are achieving basic literacy and numeracy amongst all pupils, as well
as (63) _ foundations in science, geography, history and (64) _ social sciences The relative priority of various areas, and the methods used to (65) _ them are an area of considerable political debate
Your answers:
Read the following passage and choose the best answer from the given ones:
Drunken driving- sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder- has become a national epidemic Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken
drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade
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A drunken driver is usually defined as one with 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of American macho image and judges wee lenient in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well- publicised tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer to tolerant
Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in 1960s to reduce it to 18 After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18- 20 year old drivers more than
doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21
Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to help young people to develop" responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink
Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities Some states are also penalising bars for serving customers to many drinks A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously
intoxicated" and later drove off the road, killing a nine year old boy
As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some American are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the
"noble experiment" They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political
corruption and organised crime As with the blooming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution
66 Drunken driving has become a major problem in America because
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A Most Americans are heavy drinkers
B Americans are now less shocked by road accidents
C Accident attracts so much publicity
D Drinking is a socially accepted habit in America
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67 Why has public opinion regarding drunken driving changed?
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A Detailed statistics are now available
B The new media have highlighting the problem
C Judges are giving more severe sentences
D Drivers are more conscious of their image
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68 Statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that:
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A Many drivers were not of legal age
B Young drivers were often bad drivers
C The level of drinking increased in the 1960s
D The level of drinking should be raised
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69 Laws recently introduced in some states have
A Reduced the number of convictions
B Resulted in fewer serious accidents
C Prevented bars from serving drunken
customers
D
Specified the amount drivers can drink
70 Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve?
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Trang 11A Alcohol is easily to obtained
B Drinking is linked to organised crime
C Legal prohibition has already failed
D Legislation alone is not sufficient
Your answers:
SECTION IV: WRITING Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (Using the word in BOLD)
71 I have no attention of giving you any money
I'm certainy ……… ……… (not)
72 The weather forecast predicts a drop in temperature tomorrow (will)
They say tomorrow………
73.The time of departure for your flight to Rio is six o’clock (takes)
The plane to Rio ………
74.It looks like that old bridge is ready to fall down (is)
It looks like that old bridge ………
75.I suppose you are very tired after your long walk (must)
You ……… …
76.’I won’t come home late from late the party.’ she said (promised)
She………
77 The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t push it open
The door was ………( enough)
78.We were allowed to stay up late if there was a good film on television (let)
My parents………
79.’Don’t swim just after you have eaten,’ she said to them (warned)
She……….…
80 The police accused him of stealing the wallet (charged)
He
81 He would not stop talking although no one was listening (insisted)
He
82 The house was in darkness except for a light in the kitchen (apart )
The house was completely
83 I have had enough of tidying after you every day (tired )
I
84 They continued to look for the girl till it got dark ( search )
The
85.They will want to know what you have in your suitcase
You will be asked (have)
Write an essay (about 150-200 words) on the following topic:
“Children have more freedom nowadays.” Your opinion
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_THE END _ đáP án và biểu điểm chấm đề thi đề xuất môn tiếng anh 9 Năm học 2008-2009 ( Người ra đề đề xuất: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thu- Trờng THCS Đặng Thai Mai- Vinh) SECTION A: PHONETICS PRONUNCIATION: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10pts) 1 A 2 D 3 A 4.A 5.A
6.A 7.A 8 C 9.A 10 B
SECTION B: LEXICO–GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 15 = 15pts)
MISTAKE CORRECTION: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10pts)
27 how much funny 27 how much fun 32 thirty minutes 32.for thirty minutes
28 decided starting 28 decided to start 33 generally 33.general
30 losing weigh 30 losing weight 35 theirselves 35.themselves
WORD FORMATION: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10pts)
36 increasing 38 explanation 40 discoveries 42 security 44 possibilities
37 believe 39 scientists 41 psychological 43 existence 45 extremely
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
GAP-FILL: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10pts)
47 up 49 organizational 51 scheduled 53 affordable 55.be
COMPREHENSION: (1 points for 1 correct answer X
5 = 5pts)
SECTION IV: WRITING
TRANSFORMATION: (1 point for 1 correct answer X 15 = 15pts)
71 I'm certainly not going to give you any money.
72 They say tomorrow (it) will be colder.
73 The plane to Rio takes off at six o’clock
Trang 1374 It looks like that old bridge is going to collapse/ fall down.
75 You must be very tired after your long walk.
76 She promised not to come home late from the party.
77 The door was not light enough for the child to push open.
78 My parents let us stay up late if there were a good film on television.
79 She warned them not to swim just as they had eaten.
80 He was charged with stealing the wallet.
81 He insisted on talking although no one was listening.
82 The house was completely dark apart from a light in the kitchen.
83 I am tired of tidying after you every day.
84 The search for the girl went on till it got dark.
85 You will be asked to show what you have in the suitcase/ the content of your suitcase.
ESSAY: (content + vocabulary + grammar + style = 15pts)