Gián án HSG CTP LX 2010-2011

1.0 point Read the passage then choose the correct answer to each question.. Circle A, B ,C or D According to the World Health Organization WHO research, the emission from car exhausts

PHÒNG GD-TP LONG XUYÊN KỲ THI CHỌN HSG CẤP THÀNH PHỐ

-oOo - Năm học : 2010 - 2011

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh – lớp 9 - THCS

Thời gian làm bài:150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề )

SECTION A : LISTENING: (5.0 points)

Part 1: You will hear a recording of a teacher talking about a school trip Circle the correct answers (2.5 points)

1 How long will the trip last?

a- One day

b- Two days

c- A week d- Two weeks

2 What should you take for the trip?

a- a small bag

b- a large bag

c- a small suitcase d- a large suitcase

3 Which of these are not mentioned ?

a- sweaters

b- jeans

c- socks d- gloves

4 Why are strong sensible shoes necessary?

a- for running

b- for walking c- for drivingd- for climbing

5 What kind of clothes should be worn in the evening?

a- comfortable clothes

b- warm clothes

c- beautiful clothes d- suitable clothes Part 2 : Listen to a recording about school uniform and write the answers in the box, 0) is an example: (2.5 points)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

SECTION B: PHONETICS ( 1.0 point )

Part I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest Circle A , B , C or D.

Part II Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group.

1 A education B community C development D unbreakable

3 A recreation B entertainment C literature D information

SECTION C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 4 points)

Part 1: (1 point) Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D

0).Who is talking in the recording? A teacher

1.What are the school uniform’s colours?

2.What kind of shirts do they wear?

3 When do they wear uniform?

4.What do they wear tracksuits for?

5.When was the school uniform designed?

1 It is the most beautiful building the world.

2 If you come to the cinema, your friend with you

3 I’m sorry I missed the meeting yesterday I didn’t well

4 We discussed the problem but we a final decision

A don’t reach B won’t reach C hadn’t reached D didn’t reach

5 Tom, write carefully and don’t any mistakes!

A do B have C give D make

6 Sue can’t come to the party she’s broken her leg

A although B because C because of D so

7 rush hour, the roads in the city are very busy

8 Kate a great time in France and doesn’t want to come back

9 If you forty cigarettes a day, you would cough a lot

A smoke B smoked C would smoke D smoking

10 When I went back to my home town after many years, I was surprised that it changed so much

A has B had C was D is

Part 2: (1 point) Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition:

1 We’ll have to use the stairs The lift is of order

2 Surely Peter can’t do all that work his own

3 Turn right the traffic lights and you’ll see the cinema

4 This letter is full mistakes Could you write it again, please?

5 You' re very different your brother

6 Parents are responsible educating their children

7 Could you explain this rule me?

8 Helen is excited winning the prize

9 I am very busy my lessons and tasks today

10 Who's the woman dressed green?

Part 3: (2 points)Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space

in the same line.The first one has been done for you :(0)

WHERE TO EAT

It’s hard to find a place to eat which satisfies the whole family (0) Perfection is not

an easy thing to find when it comes to restaurants I remember my parents taking me

as a child to the most (1) restaurant they could find They

didn’t think it was worth spending a lot of money on someone who had no table

manners!

Today the choice of restaurants is so great, however, that total

(2) is rare It’s difficult to explain exactly what I’m looking

for in a restaurant It’s certainly not (3) surroundings,

although I must admit that I’m usually (4) to go into a place

which looks dirty or dingy In these days of fast food, it takes a lot of

(5) to persuade my own children that a bowl of salad is every

PERFECT EXPENSE

DISAPPOINT LUXURY WILLING DETERMINE

bit as tasty as a burger and chips! Some parents I know (6)

taking their children to fast food restaurants, but I’ve always made an effort to go and

see just what’s available in those places I can’t honestly say that some of the

experiences were so good that they were (7) , but at least I

feel I have given the fast food chains a try I would like to be able to say that we go

out to dinner once a week (8) , this is not the case We either

seem to be too busy, or decide that it’s more (9) to have a family

meal at home, which is probably for the best! But one thing is certain, I am still as

(10) about food as I ever was, and intend to remain so!

LIKE

FORGET FORTUNATE SATISFY ENTHUSIASM

SECTION D ( 4.0 points) Reading comprehension

Part I ( 1.0 point) Read the pasage carefully then answer the questions below it.

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended the Indochina War Today Dien Bien Phu is a tourist destination Many visitors are battle veterans or members of their families As well as visiting the battle site, tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Muong Thanh Valley, visit the neighboring villages, and share the hospitability of the local people

Most of the people who live in the area are members of the Thai or H’Mong ethnic minorities However, they do not depend on tourism alone to live As Dien Bien Phu is only 30 kilometers from Laos border, it is an important trading center Food leaves here for Laos and Thailand and goods arrive back to provide for the northern provinces of Vietnam

Questions:

1 What did Dien Bien Phu use to be?

2 Who visits Dien Bien Phu?

3 Do tourists come to Dien Bien only to visit the battle site?

4 Why is Dien Bien Phu an important trading center?

5 Do people in Dien Bien Phu depend on tourism or on trading to live?

Part II ( 1.0 point) Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word

Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away “You never know when you might need it” was (1) of her favourite sayings She lived (2) herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us (3) _ I never went to her house, I knew it was full of antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on In every room, there were dozens of paintings so that her house was (4) _an art gallery I remember

my father (5) _ that she was a “Straffordshire Darby” but I (6) _no idea of what he meant I (7) out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Straffordshire We used to make (8) stories about her My sister, Alice, (9) was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10) saw him again!

Part III ( 1.0 point) Read the passage then choose the correct answer to each question Circle A, B ,C or D

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes more deaths than road accidents The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was

caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria and Switzerland This is much higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents

In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of bronchitis in children, and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart disease made worse by the pollution They calculated that the cost of dealing with all this was 27 billion Euros per year A lot of money goes into making cars safer, but not as much is spent solving air pollution

1.What is the main idea of the text?

A Pollution and road accidents B Bad effects of car exhausts

C the necessity of making cars safer D The toll of road accidents

2.According to the passage,

A air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents

B road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes

C long term exposure to pollution is harmless D car fumes cause one third of premature deaths 3.Which of the following is not true?

A Car exhausts cause bronchitis and heart disease

B Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution

C Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths

D More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents

4.The money spent solving air pollution is

A 27 billion Euros per year B not able to calculate

C more than making cars safer D less than to make car safer

5.Which of the following is not mentioned as the bad effect of air pollution?

A Causing illness in children B Causing premature deaths

C Causing road accidents D Causing heart diseases

Part IV ( 1.0 point) Read the pasage then choose the word or phrase that best fits each space

by circling A, B , C or D.

Man has always depended on plants (1) food and many other useful products For this reason, farming is one of the world's most important industries At first, (2) man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops He (3) wild fruits and vegetables where he found them Then man discovered how to grow his own food He (4) seeds and waited for the crop to grow For the first time, he could

be reasonably sure of his food supply He could settle down and set up shelters in the places (5) he grew food

As populations began to increase, the (6) for food became greater Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in (7) the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals Scientists studied and (8) with plants They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops Now one man, (9) a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can cultivate hundreds of acres He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or (10) of his community

7.A taking B getting C meeting D achieving

SECTION E: (6.0 points) WRITING

Part 1: ( 2.0 points) Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one,

by using the word given.( Do not change the word given.)

1 There was too little time to go back home for my umbrella not

There ……… ………

2 It was necessary to book concert tickets well in advance be

Concert tickets ……… ………

What ……… ……….?

If ……… ………

5 Could you come and collect me from the station? up

Would you mind ……… ……… ?

Can you ……… ………?

7 They had extinguished the fire by the time the fire brigade arrived put

The fire ……… ………

8 I’m sure you were proud of your son’s success must

You ……… ………

10 The football players’ training is still going on finished The football players ……… ………

Part 2: ( 1.5 points) 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 () by the number If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number

ADVENTURE IN PERU

0 I’ve just been to see a film is called Touching the Void It’s

00 about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains

1 in Peru It took them two days to reach the mountain they

2 had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place.

3 They left a companion and the most of their supplies at a base camp,

4 optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of

5 days After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of

6 the mountain It was then that everything started to go wrong.

7 Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be

8 lowered down the mountain by means of a rope His leg it was so

9 much painful that he couldn’t stand on it After a very exciting bit

10 of the film, which I won’t describe, he found by himself alone

11 at the bottom of a crevasse He managed to climb out and eventually

12 crawl to safety The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands,

13 but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks.

0 … is….

00 …….

1 ………

2 ………

3 ………

4 ………

5 ………

6 ………

7 ………

8 ………

9 ………

10 ……

11 ……

12 ……

13 … …

14 When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him.

15 They couldn’t believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to reach the

camp

14 ……

15 ……

Part 3: (2.5 points) write a letter to family about visiting a place in VN or in a different country.

on the following topic: ( Over 120 Words)

Dear Mom

+First paragragh

-What place you visited ?

-When you arrived ?

-Who met you and Where ?

+Second paragragh

-What you’ve done ?

-Places you've visited ?

-People you've met ?

-Food you've tried ?

-Things you've bought ?

+Third paragragh

-How you feel ? and What interested you most ?

-When you return home ?

Love,