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Kỳ thi: Học sinh giỏi văn hóa lớp 9 cấp tỉnh
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
A LISTENING( 3 points)
PART 1 You will hear a man called Frank, talking on the radio looking for ships that
sank at sea long ago Circle the correct answer
1 The first old trip which Frank found was
A covered by rocks B older than his first thought C easy to find
2 Frank finds ships quickly because he
A reads history books B is a frofessional C uses the latest equipment
3 What does Frank say about the ship called The Seabird?
A It was built in 1859 B It sankin a storm C It was badly made
4 Frank’s wife believes he should _
A stop diving B give things to museums C sell some to his collection
5 How did Frank learn to dive?
A by joining a diving club B by going on a diving holiday
C by teaching himself
PART 2 You will hear a man telling a group of students about a trip to the theatre.
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space
Trip to Staunton Theatre
Meet at 6 p.m at the (1) ……….of the school
The name of the play is (2) ………
Get the copy of the play from the (3) ………
Each theater ticket will cost (4) ……… £
On the return journey, the coach willstio at the (5)……… and then the school
PART 3 Look at the six sentences for this part You will hear a conversation between
a teenage boy, Alex, and his sister, Rose, about where to go to eat Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect If it is correct, tick in the box under A for YES, put the tick in the box B for NO
1 Alex and Rose’s mother have gone to their Grandad’s
2 Alex tries to persuade Rose to cook supper
3 Alex wants to eat in an expensive restaurant
4 Alex likes some of the music at Classic Express
5 Alex and Rose are going to walk to the restaurant together
Trang 2B PHONETICS (1 point)
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently Write your answers in the space provided below (0.5 point)
1 A exhaust B luxury C examination D anxiety
Your answers:
II Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others Write your answers in the space provided below (0.5 point)
3 A comfortable B president C procedure D literature
4 A domestic B excellent C foolhardy D physical
5 A consolidation B enthusiasm C photography D telepathy
Your answers:
C LEXICO & GRAMMAR (6 points)
I Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in each blank Write your answers in the space provided below (2.0 points)
1 He hurt his leg _ in order to miss the exam
A at purpose B for purpose C in purpose D on purpose
2 It to me whether we meet them or not
A makes no difference B is not a difference
C is indifferent makes D not a difference
3 Some officials proposed increase the on tobacco
A money B fee C duty D salary
4 He must be the director, _?
A will he B mustn’t he C is he D isn’t he
5 The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to ……… new procedures to save time and money
A manufacture B establish C control D restore
7 Thank you very much I haven’t been to _ party for ages
Trang 3A a so enjoyable B the so enjoyable C so enjoyable a D so enjoyable
8 George took _ of the fine weather to work in his garden
9 The escaped prisoner fought before he was finally overpowered
A head over heels B tooth and nail C heart and soul D foot and mouth
10 The builders say they will have finished the roof
C at the end of last year D without any more delay
11 The water company will have to off water supplies while repairs to the pipes are carried out
12 The reason why he gets into trouble so often is that he has a _ temper
13 You can take part in sport activities or not That depends on you It is
14 In the kitchen, there is a _ table
A beautiful large round wooden B large beautiful wooden round
C wooden round large beautiful D round large wooden beautiful
15 - Thang: "What do you think about that work of fiction?"
- Huong: " "
C I can't agree with you more D I wish I could
16 I’m very busy at present I my report on time
A may finish B could not finished C may not finish D didn’t finish
17 the class size is our school’s immediate aim
A Reduced B Reduces C To reduce D Reduction
18 This is _ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do
A by heart B by chance C by far D by myself
19 Jack can speak two languages One is English _ is Vietnamese
A Other B The other C Another D Others
20 Not only _ us light, but it also gives us heat
Your answers:
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II Put the verbs in blanket into the correct form Write your answers in the space provided (2 points)
- It is essential that all English teachers (1 prepare) _ for the entrance exam.
- Not a word (2 she, talk) _ to me since we had a quarrel.
- It was our fault to keep Jane keeping so long We (3 inform) _ her in advance.
- The student (4 sit) next to me was nervous because he (5 not attend)
the gifted exam before.
- No sooner the president (6 arrive) than they had an important
discussion
- I don’t know why you (7 always, talk) in class, guy.
- Jin is a first year student By the end of the year, she (8 learn) English for
eight years
- Were I (9 know) you are not at home today, I wouldn’t ask him to call you.
- Peter, together with his family members, (10 visit) Opera House three
times this year
Your answers:
III Supply the correct forms of the words given in BOLD Write your answers in the space provided (1 point)
1 We have a good _, who helped us a lot RELATION
2 Because now Jenny has got a job, she is _ of her
parents
DEPEND
3 The books read by the Romans have some _ to the ones we
are reading now
SIMILAR
4 They all cheered _ as their team came out ENTHUSIAS
M
5 My students are so talkative They seem to be totally
_ of working quietly by themselves
CAPABLE
6 This village was three years ago ELECTRIFY
7 People do not like her because she is _ ! HONEST
8 This matter is terribly _ You mustn’t confide it to CONFIDENC
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9 It is very to live in a damp and dirty room HEALTH
10 There was loud _ as the clown fell off the ladder LAUGH
Your answers:
IV Find and correct the underlined word or phrase that is not correct as standard English.(1point)
1 If I can’t leave my bags here, what do you suggest me to do with them
2 Some university students support themselves by tutoring, working in restaurants
or they do market research
3 We are looking forward to taking on a tour of athens by our Greeks friends
A B C D
4 The prize-giving ceremony will be televised lively from Hoa Binh theater
A B C D
5 He usually comes home at five o’clock, but this week he works very late
A B C D
D READING (5 points)
I Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space Write your answers in the space provided (2.0 points)
Saving energy doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming But what can you do to save
energy? There is (1) _ that you can do to help the process of energy conservation You can save energy by doing things by making sure that the kettle doesn’t (2) _ more water
than it needed, always washing the full load in the washing machine rather than a half load or running
down your central heating by 1oC – this could cut your (3) _ bill by 10%.
Making sure that hot water taps are not left (4) _ and replace washers if your taps drip (5) _ work you can turn off (6) _ lights and your computer if you are not using them (7) _ to energy saving light bulbs – these use around a quarter of the electricity, and often last eight times (8) _ than an ordinary bulb Close your curtain at (9) _ to keep the warm air from escaping through the windows Switching off (10)
_ appliances when they are not in use makes a big contribution to energy saving too.
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Your answers:
II Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use ONLY ONE WORD in each space Write your answers in the space provided (2.0 points)
The importance of computers
Many of the things we do depend on receiving information from other people Catching a train, making a phone call and going to the cinema all involve information (1) is stored, possessed and communicated In the past this information used
to (2) kept on paper in (3) form of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables Now more and more information is put (4) _computers Computers play an important (5) in our everyday lives Consider the use of
computers in both shops and offices Big shops, especially chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amount of (6) They have to make (7) _ there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be (8) to re-order before stocks (9) out, to decide which things are selling well and so on All these processes (10) _ performed quickly and efficiently by computers
Your answers:
III Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to each of the questions(1.0 point)
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niépce needed pictures for his business He was not a good artist, so he invented a very simple camera He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard That was the first photograph The next important date in the history of photography was 1837 That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman,
Trang 7took a picture of his studio He used a new kind of camera and a different process In his
pictures, you could see everything clearly, even the smallest details This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world People photographed famous buildings, cities, and mountains
In about 1840, the process was improved Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things The process was not simple and photographers
had to carry lots of film and processing equipment However, this did not stop
photographers, especially in the United States After 1840, daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities
Matthew Brady was one well-known American photographer He took many
portraits of famous people The portraits were unusual because they were lifelike and
full of personality Brady was also the first person to take pictures of a war His 1862
Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities They made the war seem
more real and more terrible
In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography Photographers could buy film ready-made in rolls, instead of having to make the film themselves Also, they did not have to process the film immediately They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later They did not have to carry lots of equipment And finally, the
invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.
With a small camera, anyone could be a photographer People began to use cameras just for fun They took pictures of their families, friends, and favorite places They called these pictures "snapshots"
Documentary photographs became popular in newspapers in the 1890s Soon magazines and books also used them These pictures showed true events and people They were much more real than drawings
Some people began to think of photography as a form of art They thought that photography could do more than show the real world It could also show ideas and feelings, like other art forms
1 The first photograph was taken with
A a small handheld camera B a very simple camera
Trang 8C a daguerreotype D new types of film
2 Daguerre took a picture of his studio with
A a new kind of camera B a very simple camera
C special equipment D an electronic camera
3 The word “this” in the passage refers to the
A carrying of lots of film and processing equipment
B stopping of photographers from taking photos
C fact that daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities
D taking of pictures of people and moving things
4 The word “ruined” in the passage is closest in meaning to “ ”
A poorly-painted B heavily-polluted C terribly spoiled D badly damaged
5 The word “lifelike” in the passage is closest in meaning to “ ”
A moving B realistic C touching D manlike
6 The latest invention mentioned in the passage is the invention of
A handheld cameras B processing equipment
7 The word “handheld” in the passage is closest in meaning to “ ”
A handling manually B held by hand
C controlling hands D operated by hand
8 Matthew Brady was well-known for
A inventing daguerreotypes B the small handheld camera
C taking pictures of French cities D portraits and war photographs
9 As mentioned in the passage, photography can
A print old pictures B convey ideas and feelings
C show the underworld D replace drawings
10 Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
A Different Steps in Film Processing B Story of Photography
C Photography and Painting D Story of Famous Photographers
Write your answers here:
1………… 2 3
4
5
6………… 7 8
9
10
E WRITING (5 points)
Trang 9I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one (1.0 point)
1 All the children will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition
No matter
2 I didn’t come to my cousin’s party last night, so he was very unhappy.
Had
3 Except for the inspector, everyone was in uniform
The inspector
4 Everyone thinks the book was written by the princess herself.
The book
5 He was so angry that he was lost for words
Such was
II Do not change the given word, use it to rewrite each of the following sentences so that each has as a similar meaning as the original one (1.0 point)
1 I can't understand Doris and what she has done SENSE
I can't Doris and what she has done
2 Peter was ready to leave the office when his boss asked him to type up a report POINT
Peter the office when his boss asked him to type up a report
_
4 John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test CAME
_
5 “Many thanks for your timely support”, said Jenny to the man GRATITUDE
III Some people say that “Self-study is a very important factor that helps students get success in their study.” Do you agree or disagree? Write a paragraph of about 220-250 words to support your idea.
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