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HĐT HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2015 – 2016
Ngày thi: / 01/2016 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút
Họ và tên thí sinh: Học sinh trường: SBD: …………
Giám thị 1: ………
Giám thị 2: ………
Bằng số Bằng chữ
Chữ ký của giám khảo
Giám khảo 1: ………
Giám khảo 2: ………
Lưu ý: - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi Phần thi nghe, mỗi bài nghe thí sinh được nghe 2 lần.
- Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ khoanh tròn đáp án đúng A, B, C hoặc D.
- Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển
- Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
SỐ PHÁCH
SỐ PHÁCH
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I/ Match: Customers are describing a problem What phrase completes each
statement? Listen and write the correct letter (1,0m)
1 The microwave a didn't work 1 + ……
2 The shoes b were poorly made 2 + ……
3 The sweater c was the wrong size 3 + ……
4 The watch d was broken 4 + ……
5 The CD player e was the wrong color 5 + ……
II/ Some people are asking where items are Listen and circle the letter A or B below each the correct picture (1,0m) 1 A, _ B, _ 2 A, _ B, _ 3 A, _ B, _ 4 A, _ B, _ III/ Listen to the interview Complete the chart (2,0ms) What’s your favorite… ? Cristina, a sport coach from Spain Udom, a manager from Thailand 1 Time of the day ……… ………
2 Day of the week ……… ………
3 month ……… ………
4 season ……… ………
5 public holiday ……… ………
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I/ Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others (0.5m)
2 A economic B religion C ringgit D primary
3 A suggest B congratulate C generous D carriage
II/ Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group (0.5m)
III Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences: (3ms)
1 - “Have a nice weekend!” - “ .”
A Do you have any plans?B I’m going to take it easy
C Thanks You too! D Are you going anywhere?
2 Let's go somewhere else There's noise in this room
3 The shark him while he was padding on his surfboard
A has attacked B had attackedC attacked D was attacked
4 It’s far to the railway station from here
5 He is the first student the scholarship this year
6 My house _in 1986
A is built B was building C was built D has been built
7 The doctor _me not to stay up too late at night
8 Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _comes from Malaysia
9 His house looks very large and beautiful It is _house
A a seven-room B a seven-rooms C seven room D seven rooms
10 If you get up early, you _late
11 It's very hot today I wish I _on the beach now
12 When he lived in the city, he _to the theater twice a week
A uses to go B has gone C used to go D was going
13 My father asked us _too much time playing computer games
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14 Hoai can’t remember the restaurant _ she ate her favorite roasted duck
15 If I were a flower, I _a sunflower
16 Nobody went to the party, _?
A does he B do they C didn’t they D did they
17 It is nearly 3 months _he visited his parents
18 _population is another unpleasant result we have to solve
A Increased B Increasing C The increase D To increase
19 Mai got up late she couldn’t catch the first train
20 "Can I give you a little more coffee?" - “ ”
21 Robert does not have Peter does
22 It is interesting movie that he has seen up to now
23 Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet At last they killed _
24 We have many well- _ teachers here
25.“What does your father do, Ba ? Lan asked
A Lan asked Ba what did his father B Lan asked Ba his father does
C Lan asked Ba what his father did D Lan asked Ba does his father
26 It is getting cold You’d better not _ without a coat
27 Nothing will prevent him _ succeeding
28 The teacher with we studied last year no longer teaches in our school
29 They made me on the floor
30 Did you like the book that I gave you? - _ the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one most
IV/ Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space (1m)
1 Vietnam is a socialist country following ……… (SOCIETY)
2 When we arrived at the hotel, we were amazed at the ……… …….… hospitality of the fans (COMPARE)
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(SLEEP)
4 The company is investing much money in modernizing and ……… the factories (INDUSTRY)
5 It’s……… to have too much fat and sugar in your diet (ADVICE)
7 Life in big cities is very competitive Its ……… may sometimes
make people stressful (COMPETE)
8 He was too ……… to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake (SHAME)
9 I don’t find this book very ……… In fact, the plot is quite bad (READ)
10 You must make a quick……… about who wins the contest
(DECIDE)
V/ Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which not should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick (√); if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided The first two havew been done as an example (1m)
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
English is the most widely spoken language in the world 0…P…
Today It is a quite amazing how the use of English has 00…a
become so widespread The English is not as easy as Esperato 1………
which was especially written for to be as easy as possible 2……….
for people to learn, and yet the Esperato is spoken by very 3……….
few people around the world For many people, English is not as 4……….
more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for 5……….
French to catch up with English as an international language 6………
German is the a useful language if you are in business 7………
in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, 8………
and people say it doesn’t sound as if pleasant as English 9………
English has become so important that it is becoming the more 10………
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (5MS)
I/ Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage (1m).
THE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Nowadays people are more and more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (1) _ Many (2) _ of animals are threatened, and could easily become (3) _ if we don’t make an effort to (4) _ them There are many reasons for this
In some cases, animals are (5) _ for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies Some birds, (6) _ as parrots, are caught (7) _ , and sold as pets For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat – the place where they live –is disappearing More land is used for farms, for houses or industry and there are fewer open (8) _ than there once were Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops but these chemicals pollute the environment and (9) _ the
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Your answers:
II/ Read the text and fill in the space with the correct word: (3ms)
TAKING IT EASY
Society has changed (1) _ many ways (2) _ the introduction of
computers, and people’s lives at home and at the office have been affected Most people
are working for fewer hours per week than they (3) _ to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much (4) _ interested in how people spend this extra leisure time One recent report stated that, (5) _ the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby (6) _ become much more specialized.
A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (7) _ spend time with their families (8) _ stay late in the office every day Home life is seen to be just as important (9) _ working Some companies now (10) _ managers take their annual holidays even if they don’t want to, because this leads to (11) _ an
improvement in their performance if they have some rest
In (12) _ of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is (13) _ it harder to get into university than it was 20 years (14) _ Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (15) _ hard that in many cases they work longer
hours than their parents
Write your answers here
II/ Read the text and choose the best answers A, B, C or D to the questions (1m)
Most of the countries in the world have searched for alternative sources of energy
in various directions Many communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity Converting waste products to gases or oil is also
an efficient way to dispose of waste
Experimental work is being done to derive synthetic fuels from coal, oil, shale
and coal tars But today that process has proven expensive Other experiments are
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is also being tested
Some experts expect utility companies to revive hydroelectric power derived from streams and rivers Fifty years ago hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only five percent The oceans are another potential source of energy Scientists are studying ways to convert the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves to electricity Experiments are also underway
to make use of the temperature differences in ocean water to produce energy
1 Which is the best title of the passage?
A The use of water productions for energy
B Efficient ways of disposing of waste
C The search for Alternative Sources of Energy
D New Discoveries in Geothermal Power
2 Fifty years ago one third of the electricity in the United States was provided
by _.
3 In the second paragraph, the phrase “synthetic fuels” could be best replaced by which of the following _.
4 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an alternative source
of energy?
5 According to the author, the impracticability of using coal, oil shale and coal tars
as sources of energy is due to _.
A their being money consuming B their being time consuming
C the scarcity of sources D the lack of technology
SECTION D: WRITING (5ms)
I/ Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meanings (2ms).
1 Lien said she was sorry she had not attended the meeting
Lien apologized
2 The police think the man holding the hostages is heavily armed
The man
3 It was difficult to persuade Thomas to change his mind
I had
4 Please don’t disturb me when I’m working
I’d rather
5 It isn't necessary to report the work to the boss today
You don't
6 He offered to help her with the heavy suitcase, which was kind
It was
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Nothing
8 Driving on the left feels strange to me I am not used
II Build sentences based on the words given: (1m) 1 People / tend / go / countryside / weekend / have a rest
2 Life / countryside / quiet / peaceful
3 Life / countryside / today / much better / used to be / long time ago
4 Living / countryside / help / people / prolong / longevity
III Write a letter to a friend (2ms) This is part of a letter you received from an English friend: In your next letter, could you give me some advice? Tell me how to keep fit and healthy! Now write a letter to this penfriend You should write about 100 words
The end
Đáp án gợi ý
SECTION A: LISTENING (4ms)
Trang 9I/ Match: Customers are describing a problem What phrase completes each
statement? Listen and write the correct letter.
II/ Some people are asking where items are Listen and circle the letter A or B below each the correct picture (1,0m)
III Listen to the interview Complete the chart (2,0ms)
What’s your favorite… ? Cristina, a sport coach
from Spain
Udom, a manager from Thailand
SECTION B: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6ms)
I/ Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others (0.5m)
II/ Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group (0.5m)
III Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences: (3ms)
11 C 12 C 13 C 14 D 15 D 16 D 17 C 18 B 19 C 20 B
21 D 22 C 23 D 24 D 25 C 26 A 27 C 28 B 29 A 30 B
IV/ Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space (1m)
1 Socialism
2 Incomparable
3 Sleeplessness
4 Industrializing
5 Inadvisable
6 Economically
7 Competition
8 Ashamed
9 Readable
10 Decision
V/ Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which not should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick
Trang 10(√); if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided The first two havew been done as an example (1m)
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (5MS)
I/ Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage (1m).
II/ Read the text and fill in the space with the correct word: (3ms)
II/ Read the text and choose the best answers A, B, C or D to the questions (1m)
SECTION D: WRITING (5ms)
I/ Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meanings (2ms).
1 Lien apologized for not attending the meeting
2 The man holding the hostages is thought to be heavily armed
3 I had difficulty in persuading Thomas to change his mind
4 I'd rather you didn't disturb when I'm working
5 You don't have to report the work to the boss today
6 It was kind of him to offer to help her with the suitcase
7 Nothing went wrong that morning
8 I am not used to driving on the left
II Build sentences based on the words given: (1m)
1 People tend to go to the countryside at the weekend to have a rest
2 Life in the countryside is quite and peaceful
3 Life in the countryside today is much better than it used to be a long time ago
4 Living in the countryside helps have a good health and greater longevity