Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 Ngày thi : 10102023

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 10 tháng 10 năm 2023
Thời gian: 150 phút
Đề thi gồm: 6 trang

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

A. LISTENING (40 points)
Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an
interviewer about her life in Berlin, the capital of Germany. For each
question, circle the correct answer. (10 points)
1. How long has Britta lived in Berlin?
A. four years
B. six years
C. twenty years
2. What does Britta say about living in Berlin?
A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise.
B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn.
C. She likes living in a big, busy city.
3. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is __________
A. a rather expensive place to live
B. a good place to eat out
C. a long way from the city centre
4. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going __________
A. to the park with her
B. to the shop with his parents
C. to a gallery with her
5. Britta has a lot of friends who __________
A. live near her
B. work with her

C. are still in England

Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or
False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10
points)
6. Loans that are used to buy a home are known as mortgages.
7. A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home.
8. One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates with good
credit report.
9. One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid.
10. The speaker feels that banks alone are responsible for the crisis.
Part 3: You will hear a woman talking to a man about joining a drama club.
Complete the note below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer. (20 pts)
MIDBURY DRAMA CLUB
Background
Example:
Answer
 Club started in
__1957__
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 prize recently won by (11) ____________ section
 usually performs (12) ____________ plays
Meetings
 next auditions will be on Tuesday, (13) ____________
 help is needed with publicity and (14) ____________
 rehearsals take place in the (15) ____________hall
 nearest car park for rehearsals in Ashburton Road opposite the

(16)____________
Costs
 annual membership fee is £ (17)____________
 extra payment for (18)____________
Contact
 secretary’s name is Sarah (19) ____________
 secretary’s phone number is (20) ____________

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points)
Part 1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
(20 pts)
21. When we start work in the morning, I usually ______ at the schedule for the whole
day.
A. glimpse
B. watch
C. monitor
D. glance
22. Scottish pound notes are not legal ______ in England.
A. tender
B. money
C. exchange
D. value
23. If you’re interested in a career in ______, you must be prepared to work hard for
little money.
A. acting
B. playing
C. performance D. stage
24. Mrs. Smith always likes someone to ______ her to the bus stop at night.
A. go

B. company
C. join
D. accompany
25. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building ______.
A. sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully.
B. sent faithfully flowers all week to the cemetery.
C. sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week.
D. sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers.
26. I don’t like Anthony, he seems to take too much ______ in criticizing everyone.
A. joy
B. fascination
C. pleasure
D.
entertainment
27. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be
______.
A. insufficient
B. perverse
C. trivial
D. imperative
28. He found that the test was child's ______.
A. play
B. games
C. matches
D. delight
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29. The unscrupulous salesman ______ the old couple out of their life savings.
A. deprived

B. swindled
C. robbed
D. extracted
30. _______ for Tom's opposition, we would have agreed to the contract.
A. Be it not
B. Would it not have been
C. Should it not have been
D. Had it not been
31. Sheila couldn’t attend the meeting as the date ________ with her holidays.
A. clashed
B. struck
C. opposed
D. occurred
32. Our town has a real problem with youth crime, ______ do many other British
towns.
A. so
B. nor
C. as
D. like
33. It was Martin who ______ the initiative in introducing our guests to the princess.
A. adopted
B. took
C. led
D. pursued
34. I was proud to be ______ out for special praise for my performance.
A. selected
B. singled
C. separated
D. distinguished
35. The teacher gave me some ______ advice on which college to enrol.

A. nonsensical
B. sound
C. loud
D.
preposterous

Part 2. Each of the following sentences contains ONE mistake. FIND
and CORRECT it.(4 pts)
36. We found an interesting piece of furnitures in that old house we bought.
37. The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they
became.
38. Two meters are about the size of most doorways.
39. Jack has made a marriage propose to Anna in front of everyone

Part 3. Use the word given in capital letters to form a word that fits in
the space. (6 pts)
40.President of the United States with ……………….…... background ( RACE )
41. He always hits the ball with great ……………… ( ACCURATE )
42. Their plan seemed to be ……….. possible
( THEORY )
43. Tom spoke ………………….. because he was so excited.
( BREATH )
44. As a result of her good…………,Lisa has a strong sense of responsibility.
( BRING )
45. I asked the manager to…………. a few points in the agreement before we
( CLEAR )

Part 4. Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or
forms.
46. The police are stopping all the cars. They (look)……..for the escaped prisoner

47. It was your fault to keep Tom waiting for you so long. You (not come)……………
so late.
48. He thanked me for what I (do)…………….for him.
49. He was the only student (award)……………the special prize in reciting poetry
competition.
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50. It is high time that nurses (give)…………….better pay and conditions.
Part 5. Complete each sentence with a suitable form of one of the phrasal verbs in
the box. Use each ONE ONCE only. There is an extra one that you do not need to
use. (5 pts)
call for
hold back
turn down
show off
do up
pass away
51.I………..the manager's offer of a 10 percent raise. I demanded more.
52. Being a primary school teacher………….a lot of nerves and patience.
53. Jack couldn't…………….his anger and started shouting at everyone..
54. I can't stand the way he……………..with his new sports car.
55. Because I hate………………..my shoes, I have bought a pair of shoes without any
laces.

SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B,
C, or D) that best fits each
PROFF THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN FOR STUDYING
The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between

adults and children. Patents and teachers alike maintain that silence is itmxmant when
learning, (56)_____ youngsters insist that their favourite sounds help them
concentrate. Now a study shows that grown-ups have been (57)______ all along.
Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music
in the (58)_______ . They found that the sounds (59)_____ progress down by about
sixty words per hour. " This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to (60)________
with listening and writing at the same time." said Dr Sarah Randall. She also came to
the conclusion that it is a myth that insmimental music is less distracting than vocals. "
All types of music (61)________ the same effect," she said in her report . " One's
ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be (62)______ by both vocal and
instrumental music. " she added. Dr Randall claimed the research (63)_______ that
the idea that music could improve performance was wrong.' Writing an essay is a
complex task.You are recalling information and putting it in (64) _______ . An
additional stimulus in the form of music is hound to distinct. But music is not the only
distractor. What is (65) ______worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying
in front of the television
56. A. besides
B. unlike
C. despite
D. whereas
57. A. precise

B. right

58.A. circumstances
59.A. reduced
60A. cope

C. true

B. Surrounding
B. decreased

B. stand

D. valid
C. background

C. lowed D. slowed

C. Support

D. manage

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D. setting


61A. made

62

B. kept

A. bothered

C. brought

B. shocked

63 A. demonstrated B. presented
64 A. order

B. pattern

65A. largely

B. partly

D. had

C. interfered

C. Pointed

C. arrangement
C. mainly

D. disturbed

D. displayed

D. line

D. particeac

Part 2. Read the text and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use
only ONE word in
each gap.

Without a doubt, traffic is one of the main causes (66)……………….pollution.
The increased use of public transport would be a good solution to the problem
(67) …………many people could be transported in few vehicles. In order to
achieve this the government must (68) ………..appropriate action to get
people to use buses, trains, and the underground. One of the most important
measures is to make public transport affordable. Some cities have already
experimented with free access to public transport for all citizens. If it (69)
………….. free most people would choose to leave their cars at (70)…………..
since petrol and the maintenance of a car costs a lot of money Authorities
could finance free transport (71)…………… raising taxes or charging a small
fee. Cities must provide public transport (72)……………. is comfortable and
convenient. Commuters must rely on precise schedules to get to work on time.
Buses and trains should have WiFi access so that people can do work (73)
……………. traveling to the office. It is safe to say that if the government (74)
…………… more money on improving public transport services the majority of
citizens would change (75)…………. attitude. That would not only help combat
pollution but also lead to fewer accidents on our streets

Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C,
or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. (5
pts)
Because the low latitudes of the Earth, the areas near the equato receive
more heat than the latitudes near the poles and because the nature of best is
to expand and move, best is gaped from the tropics to the middle and high
latitudes. Some of this heat is moved by windande by ocean currents and
some gets stored in the atmosphere in the form of latent heat. The term
"Jatent bear" refers to the energy that has to be used to convert liquid water to
water vapor. We know that if we warm a pan of water on a stove, it
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willevaporate or turn into vapor, faster than if it is allowed to sit at room
temperature. We also know that if we hang wet clothes outside in the
summertime they will dry faster than in winter, when températures are colder.
The energy used in both cases to change liquid water to water vapor is
supplied by heat-supplied by the stove in the first Case and by the Sun in the
latter case. This energy is not lost It is stored in water vapor in the atmosphere
as latent heat. Eventually, the water stored as vapor in the atmosphere will
condense liquid again, and the energy will be released into the atmosphere.
In the atmosphere, a large portion of the Sun's incoming energy is used to
evaporate water, primarily in the tropical oceans. Scientists have tried to
quantify this proportion of the sun's energy. By analyzing temperature, water
apor, and wind data around the globe, they have estimated the quantity to be
about 90 watts per square meter or nearly 30 percent of the surgs energy.
Once this latent heat is stored within the atmosphere, it can be transported,
primarily to higher latitudes, by prevailing, large-scale winds. Or it can be
transported vertically to higher levels in the atmosphere, where it forms clouds
and subsequent storms, which then release the energy back into the
atmosphere.
76. The passage mainly discusses how heat A. is transformed and
transported in the Earth's atmosphere.
B. is transported by ocean currents. -C. can be measured and analyzed by
scientists.
D. moves about the Earth's equator.
77. According to the passage, in which of the following ways do the
tropics differ from the
Earth's polar regions?
A. The height of cloud formation in the
C. The strength of their large-scale winds
atmosphere

B. The amount of heat they receive from the Sun D. The strength of their
oceanic currents
78. Why does the author mention the stove" in paragraph 1?
A. To describe the heat of the Sun
C. To show how energy is stored
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B. To illustrate how water vapor is stored
D. To give an example of a heat source
79. According to the passage, most ocean water evaporation occurs
especially
A. around the higher latitudes.
C. because of large-scale winds.
B. in the tropics.
80. According to the passage, 30 percent of the Sun's incoming energy
A. is stored in clouds in the lower latitudes.
D. because of strong ocean currents.
C. never leaves the upper atmosphere.
B. is transported by ocean currents.
D. gets stored as latent heat

SECTION FIVE: WRITING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (5 pts)
81. You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong.
So long………………………………………………………………….
82. My shoes need to be cleaned before the interview.
-I must…………………………………………………………………………….
83. "Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house." she said

She flatly………………………………………………………………
84. I do like carrots, but I don't want to eat them every day.
→Much as …………………………………………………
85. Would you take freelance work if it was offered to you?

Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
You must use between TWO and SIX words, including the word given.
(7.5 points)
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86. By the end of the meeting, the committee had agreed on the next step. REACHED
4By

the

end

of

the

committee

meeting,

an

__________________________________________what to do next.

87. Henrik was very pleased to be selected for the team. DELIGHT
4Much __________________________________________ he was selected for the
team
88. I really felt relieved on completion of my thesis. SENSE
4I felt a __________________________________________completed my thesis.
89. Dawn’s boss is constantly criticizing her work. FAULT
4Dawn’s boss __________________________________________ her work.
90. I saw a TV programme last month, which was very similar to this one. BEARS
4This TV programme __________________________________________ the one I
saw last month.
Part 3 Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your view on the following statement:
Technology has made the world a better place to live in.

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