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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
Năm học 2015-2016 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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Bằng số Bằng chữ - Giám khảo 1:
- Giám khảo 2:
SECTION I: LISTENING (4 points)
Part 1 You are going to hear a conversation between a student who is looking for a flat in London,
and a letting agent Choose the correct answers, A, B or C You will hear the conversation twice
1 The man wants to rent a flat because he
A is a student in London
B is going to stay in London for the rest of his life
C he can’t afford to buy a flat
2 He wants to rent a flat for
A himself only B himself and two flatmates C his friends
3 He wants the flat to be
4 The man seems to be pleased that there is
A a post office across the street
B a pub in the neighbourhood
C an Internet café nearby
5 He doesn’t accept the first offer because
A the rent is too high
B the flat isn’t furnished
C the neighbourhood isn’t suitable
6 The man
A loves quietness B plays electric guitar C loves parties and music
7 He is very interested in the second offer because
A the rent is low B it’s a detached house C there are already four students in the house
8 The rent in the second offer is
Đề chính thức
Trang 2Part 2 You are going to hear an interview with Joshua, a surfer Choose the correct answers, A, B or
C You will hear the interview twice
1 How old is Joshua?
2 When is his exam?
3 In summer, how often does Joshua go surfing on schooldays?
A Usually once a day
B Usually twice a day
C He usually surfs at weekends
4 Why does Joshua do homework at lunchtime?
A Because he wants more tome for surfing
B Because he works hard
C Because he can’t go surfing at lunchtime
5 Why doesn’t Joshua surf before breakfast in winter?
A Because the waves are not very good
B Because it’s cold
C Because there isn’t enough light
6 Who in Joshua’s family surf?
A Just Joshua B Joshua and his sister C The whole family
7 When is the next competition for Joshua?
Part 3 You will hear a tour guide talking about a day trip Listen and fill in the missing information
You will hear the information twice
TRIP TO CHESTER
Arrives in Chester: (1)
Morning visit: (2)
Price of family ticket: (3) £ _
Lunch in: (4)
Afternoon visit: (5)
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SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D
1 About 100 people _ outside the theatre for tickets when we got there
A were queuing B queued C have queued D queue
2 How much is the bus _ to the city centre?
3 The tower is 63m in _
4 She’s changed a lot _ she left school
5 She was born twenty-five years _ in a small village in Yorkshire
6 According to the programme, the show _ at 9 o’clock
A is start B shall start C starts D starting
7 We’re really looking _ to seeing you both next weekend
A ahead B in front C forward D in advance
8 I locked the door _ we could continue our discussion undisturbed
A in order to B in order C so that D for that
9 The pilots suddenly went on strike _ , our fight was cancelled
A As result B With the result C As a result D With result
10 I wish I _ more money
11 When you buy a shirt you need to check the _ to see size, material and make
A note B poster C marker D label
12 Polly went to the _ to book her holiday trip
A holiday store B tour store C travel agent D vacation agent
13 I had to get up early, I would miss the train
14 The boss suggested that his secrectary _ him complete the letter on time
15 The color of the tie, which I gave you on your last birthday, _ you well
16 A lot of progress has been _ since the country became independent
17 You are late again Please try to be _ in the future
18 Marry is wearing a _ T- shirt and a green shorts
A blue cotton beautiful large B cotton large blue beautiful
C beautiful large blue cotton D beautiful cotton blue large
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Part 2: Fill in each gap with one correct preposition
Cheating You’re doing a history test Your friend, who’s sitting next to you, really wants to succeed (1) the test There’s a question (2) the First World War, which you’ve been learning (3) recently You know a lot (4) it, but your friend isn’t really capable (5) answering the question properly Your friend whispers “Help me!” to you What should you do? Should you help your friend (6) the question, or just continue (7) your own test?
Every student has to cope (8) this difficult situation at some point What’s your opinion (9) cheating? Should you help your friend cheat (10) the test or
not?
Part 3: Give the correct forms of words at the end of the lines to fill in the gaps
A new painter
Were you (1) enough to be invited to the opening of
the Winchester Art Gallery last Thursday evening? I was, and therefore had
the pleasure of seeing the new (2) _ of Daniella
Warner’s paintings Daniella Warner is not (3) yet –
but she is clearly an (4) who has a very bright future
All Daniella Warner’s paintings – without (5) _ - are
(6) _ She very often paints areas of oustanding
(7) _ beauty, such as lakes and forests, but she
makes them (8) _, lively places Her paintings
often focus on the subjects of (9) _ and peace It’s
certainly not easy to be a (10) artist these days, but
if anyone deserves it, Daniella Warner does Daniella Warner’s paintings
will be on show at the Winchester Art Gallery until Saturday 25th March
LUCK
EXHIBIT FAME ART EXCEPT IMAGINE NATURE EXCITE FREE SUCCESS
Trang 5SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (9 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage carefully and fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box Write your answers in the space provided There are two words that you do not need
terms words came pieces touch change last experience talk accent get make
Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (1) _ Some have changed
so much that you can hardly recognise them: they speak with a different (2) , they are also interested in different things, and all you can do is to make a small (3) _
and hope they’ll go soon Others, though you might have been out of (4) with them for years, are just the same as they always were – it’s as if you (5) saw
them yesterday
Before you know it, you’re exchanging (6) about your families and friends, and setting out the (7) for another game of chess A few change for the better There’s one person that I (8) on with very well now, though we weren’t
on speaking (9) for our last two years at school One day, we met at a party
and made it up and (10) engaged the same evening
Part 2: In the following letter, 10 sentences (A- J) have been removed Choose one correct sentence from the list of missing sentences in the box to fill in the gap Write the corresponding letter from A – J in the numbered spaces from 1 - 10
A and other historical places F which I received last Saturday
B we can practice our French together G we were so cold
Dear Jane,
Thank you for your last letter (1) I am happy that you have decided to start
learning French like me If you want, we can go on holiday together next summer to France and
then (2) When I come to visit you in London in the spring, we can talk together in
French if you want
Yesterday, I returned from my short holiday camping in Scotland I went with Melissa, my
friend that you met (3) Do you remember her? We stayed in her tent in a campsite near Edinburgh but the weather was terrible for (4) we were there It rained every
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lake and that was wonderful
I am starting my new job tomorrow in the library near my house (8) and he
helped me to find a job for every Saturday morning I work from nine o'clock in the morning until
one o'clock in the afternoon It is very useful for me (9) in a library when I finish university How is your job at the supermarket? Please tell me what you are (10)
I am going to do my French homework now!
Kate
Part 3: Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D
THE ROLE OF READING BOOKS
If you want to prepare yourself for great achievement and have more to (1) to your education or your work, try reading more books (2) up some of the interestingly
informative books and search for well-researched material that can help you grow
We should (3) our children to read more books and spend less time watching
TV Some people have commented that this is inconsistent "Why is the written word a superior
way to get information than television?" That is an interesting point of view worth further (4)
Reading is a skill that is in much greater demand than the demand for watching TV
There are no jobs that (5) a person to be able to watch TV but reading is an integral
part of many jobs The written word is an incredibly flexible and efficient way of communication
You can write something down and, in no time, it can be (6) to many different people Not only that, we can (7) vast amounts of information through reading in a very short
time A good reader can acquire more information in reading for two hours than someone watching TV can acquire in a full day You are able to gain a lot of information quickly because you are a fast reader with good comprehension skills It will save you massive amounts of time and you will be able to assimilate vast quantities of information
Part 4: Read the following passage then choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D
Trang 71There are lots of clothes shops in the Bluewater Shopping Centre in the south of England, so it's
easy to find fashionable hooded tops for sale there However, you can't wear a hooded top while
you’re looking, because they're banned The shopping centre believes that teenagers who wear
hooded tops often use them to hide their faces while they're behaving badly That's why the new
5rule bans people wearing ‘hoodies’ (hooded tops) from the shopping centre Baseball caps are
also banned And the managers of the shopping centre say that their new rules are working More
people are shopping there, and trouble-makers are staying away
The Bluewater Shopping Centre is not the only place in the UK where certain clothes are banned
Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School in Wales are not allowed to wear hooded tops because
10the head teacher believes that they cause bad behaviour If children wear hooded tops to school,
the teachers take them away, and don't give them back until the end of term Most of the
parents agree with this new rule
However, many people, especially young people, believe that these rules are silly and unfair They
say that baseball caps and hooded tops are an important part of teenage fashion, and it’s
15 impossible to judge a person's personality from the clothes they wear The head teacher of
Coombeshead College in the south of England agrees In fact, hooded tops are now part of the
school uniform at Coombeshead College
Many adults believe that young people's behaviour is getting worse One politician, Lord Ashley,
said 'Children are ten times worse than in the past.' However, he said that in 1823!
20The generation gap is nothing new
1 At the Bluewater Shopping Centre, _
A there aren’t any fashionable clothes B hooded tops and baseball caps are banned
C only hooded tops are banned D teenagers are banned
2 The result of the ban is _
A clothes shops are closing B teenagers are hiding their faces
C there are more teenagers in the shops D there are more customers in the shops
3 Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School _
A are not allowed to wear hooded tops B can’t shop at the Bluewater Shopping Centre
C all support the new rule D all behave very badly
4 The head teacher of Coombeshead College doesn’t believe that _
A young people behave well B hooded tops are fashionable
C you can judge a person by their clothes D school uniform is a good idea
5 Why did the writer of the article include Lord Ashley’s statement?
A To show that adults always think children behave badly
B To show that children always behave badly
C To show that children behaved well in 1823
D To show that adults are the same as
6 The word “them” in line 11 refers to _
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INTELLIGENCE PILLS
Some scientists have predicted that healthy adults and children may one day take drugs to improve their intelligence and intellectual performance A research group has suggested that such drugs might become as common as coffee or tea within the next couple of decades
To counter this, students taking exams might have to take drugs tests like athletes There are already drugs that are known to improve mental performance, like Ritalin, which is given to children with problems concentrating A drug given to people with trouble sleeping also helps people remember numbers
These drugs raise serious legal and moral questions, but people already take vitamins to help them remember things better, so it will not be a simple problem to solve It will probably be very difficult to decide at what point a food supplement becomes an unfair drug in an examination
_ 1 Only children will take pills to improve their intellectual performance
_ 2 Intelligence pills are already as common as coffee or tea
_ 3 Coffee is as common as tea
_ 4 Students could have to take intelligence drugs tests
_ 5 A sleeping pill helps people remember numbers
_ 6 Vitamins to help people study are illegal
_ 7 Food supplements are unfair
Part 6: Fill in each gap with one suitable word
Jam Boy Craig Flatman has an unusual diet The 15-year-old boy has eaten only jam sandwiches (1) _ eleven years Craig is over six feet tall and keen (2) _ sports, so it
seems that the high-sugar diet has not affected his growth or energy levels Dr David Rae carried
out medical tests on Craig: the results were normal Dr Rae, (3) _ was a little surprised at the results, says Craig has (4) _ eat more iron Craig has promised to improve his diet, but admits that the idea of eating friut and vegetables makes (5) _
sweat Dr Rae thinks that if he continues to eat only jam sandwiches, his health will suffer in the future
SECTION D: WRITING (3 points)
Part 1: Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given words so that the meaning
stays the same
1 It’s my opinion that you should take more exercise
If I
2 It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error
The accident
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If
4 I have been studying English for five years
I started
5 “Don’t go too near the edge.” Their mother said
Their mother warned
Part 2: Write a paragraph of about 120 words about some of the ways school students should do to save energy
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