Đề thi HSG tiếng Anh 9

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
HUYỆN KRÔNG BÚK NĂM HỌC 2022-2023

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang Ngày thi : 24/02/2023
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này)

Chữ ký 2 giám khảo Điểm bài thi Số phách
Bằng chữ
Bằng số

A. LISTENING (20,0 pts)

You will listen to each part TWICE.

I. Part 1: Questions 1 – 10 (10,0 pts)

Questions 1 – 4: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C.

1. What is the name of the language school?

A. The George School of English

B. The Edinburgh School C. The Gordon Language School
C. Room 60
2. Where is the interview? C. Merinda
C. Paul Barton
A. Room 6 B. Room 16

3. What is the student’s name?

A. Martina B. Maria

4. What is the teacher’s name?

A. Peter Burton B. Piers Merson

Your answers:

1. ……………. 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. ……………

Questions 5 – 10: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE

WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

REGISTRATION

NAME (5) ………………………………………………………

NATIONALITY (6) ………………………………………………………

AGE (7) ………………………………………………………

OCCUPATION (8) ………………………………………………………

ADDRESS (9) ………………………………, London SW 127 TH

TELEPHONE NO. (10) ………………………………………………………

II. Part 2: Questions 11 – 20 (10,0 pts)

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Questions 11 and 12: Choose TWO letters A – E.

Which TWO things does the speaker mention about public clocks?

The fact that they are ______________.

A. old B. accurate C. useful D. beautiful E. free F. noisy

Questions 13 – 20: Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

City Name First year Special feature Favourite aspect
London for speaker
Big Ben refers to the of service Biggest bell in
(13) ……… 1859 England It is very (14)
………

Vancouver (15) ……… (16) …… Whistle sounds on It is charming
the quarter hour

Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral 1842 The clock tells the It is a (18)
clock story of the (17) …………..
………….

Tehran (19) ……… 2005 Run by a (20) ……… It is an unusual
design

Your answers: 12………...….. 13……….…… 14………….. 15…………....
11…………… 17………...….. 18……….…… 19………….. 20…………....
16……………

B. PHONETICS (10,0 pts)

I. Circle the letter preceding the word whose underlined part differently pronounced

from those in each group: (5,0 pts)

21. A. promised B. raised C. laughed D. missed

22. A. shoot B. smooth C. good D. mood

23. A. cough B. rough C. enough D. touch

24. A. pneumonia B. receipt C. psychology D. paragraph

25. A. advantage B. adventure C. advertise D. addition

Your answers:

21…………… 22………...….. 23……….…… 24………….. 25…………....

II. Circle the letter preceding the word whose main stress pronounced differently from

those of the rest (5,0 pts)

26. A. import B. access C. attend D. prefer

27. A. federation B. unpolluted 3 D. profitable
28. A. fabulous B. skyscraper D. determine
29. A. particular B. environment C. disappearing D. opponent
30. A. advisable B. admirable D. desirable
C. housework
Your answers: C. furniture 30……………

C. reliable

26………..…. 27……………. 28……………. 29…………...

C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (25,0 pts)

I. Circle the letter preceding the word or phrase to complete each sentence below

(10,0 pts)

31. A man ____________ was talking about how unfair the law is

A. arrested for smoking marijuana B. arresting for smoking marijuana

C. he was arrested for smoking marijuana D. to arrest for smoking marijuana

32. Have you considered applying for a job with the …………… service ?

A. civil B. governmental C. civic D. national

33. Women used to be responsible for the chores and taking care of the children, ………….?

A. don’t they B. do they C. did they D. didn’t they

34. That was the reason …………. he didn’t marry her.

A. when B. where C. why D. which

35. The quality of the young artist’s paintings are beginning to gain.…throughout the world.

A. knowledge B. understanding C. recognition D. familiarity

36. Mr. Anderson ………… the factory for six years before he …………….

A. ran/died B. has run/died C. had run/was dying D. had run/died

37. ………….it was so cold, he went out without an overcoat.

A. If B. Since C. Although D. Because

38. To reduce garbage and save our natural resources, we should ……….bottles and cans.

A. discard B. recycle C. throw away D. misuse

39. After his interview on TV, he came …………. a lot of criticism

A. in for B. across C. up with D. over

40. The film on TV last night was so boring. I wish I …………….. time seeing it.

A. didn’t spend B. haven’t spent C. wouldn’t spend D. hadn’t spent

Your answers:

31. ……….. 32. …….. 33. ……….. 34. ……….. 35. ………..

36. ………… 37. ……… 38. ………… 39. ………… 40. …………

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II. The passage below contains 10 errors. For questions 41-50, UNDERLINE the

errors and WRITE THE CORRECTIONS in the corresponding numbered boxes

provided. (0) has been done as an example. (10,0 pts)

A newspaper makes it money from the price people pay for it and also from the
advertisings it carries. A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily
does a lot of money. Less seriously newspapers are probably read just for entertainment.
They have big headings above the new stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational
photos of violent. The gossip columns are full of stories of private live of famous people.
No one takes the political views of such papers seriously. On an other hand, in a free
country where there is no censorship, serious newspapers are read principle for their news,
sent to themselves by their correspondents around the world and by the big news agencies.
People also read these newspapers for their revisions of new books, films and plays and for
the editorials what represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events
and issues of the moment.

Your answers:

example 41 42 43 44 45

Mistake it ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

Correction its ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

Mistake 46 47 48 49 50
Correction ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..
………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

III. Fill each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters (5,0 pts)
51. Many old industries ……………………..a long time ago, and won’t return.
(APPEAR)
52. The factory has made more goods in a shorter time for less money; on other words
………………………..has risen a lot.
(PRODUCE)
53. …………………….., dark clouds soon appeared and it began to rain.
(FORTUNE)
54. I’m pleased to hear that you had an ……………………..Christmas vacation.
(ENJOY)
55. Now that she got a job, Lena is ……………………..of her parents.
(DEPEND)
Your answers:

51………..…. 52……………. 53……………. 54…………... 55……………

D. READING (25,0 pts)

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I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Circle your choice. (10,0 pts)

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS

Sometimes you might feel that if you had a perfect memory, all your problems with

learning would be solved. You would be able to (56) ………………. through exams

without much revision. You would never again (57) …………………. the embarrassment

of forgetting someone’s name. but imagine, for a moment, not forgetting anything- not even

last year’s shopping lists you would be (58) …………. with information.

With hard work you can recall the parts of a verb or the layout of a town as you need

them, so that you can learn a foreign language or (59) …………………. a taxi driver’s

license. But the memory (60) ………..called for by some professions are only one of the

roles memory plays in our lives. Memory covers a wide range of actions and needs. What

we (61) ………………about the brain is far from complete, so philosophers and scientists

find it difficult to be (62) ………………about the nature of memory. Remembering and

forgetting can be understood in many different ways but broadly, three distinct classes of

memory have been established: personal, cognitive and habit memory.

Personal memories are those acts of remembering which (63) ……………….

specifically to each person’s life history. If you say, “I remember the first time I travelled by

train”, you will probably have an image in your mind of the occasion and be able to describe

things in it. Cognitive memory helps us learn, for example, stories, a speech, or a piece of

music. Habit memory (64) ……………… those abilities needed to perform actions such as

typing or driving. All these actions must be learned but once they have been, you will rarely

remember anything (65) ………………as you perform them.

56. A. sail B. walk C. run D. float

57. A. encounter B. face C. realize D. accept

58. A. overweight B. stuffed C. burdened D. overloaded

59. A. win B. gain C. earn D. award

60. A. concepts B. choices C. feats D. methods

61. A. study B. learn C. discover D. know

62. A. precise B. explanatory C. correct D. aware

63. A. connect B. appear C. have D. refer

64. A. means B. covers C. enables D. directs

65. A. totally B. hardly C. knowingly D. consciously.

Your answers:

56………..…. 57……………. 58……………. 59…………... 60……………

61. ………… 62. …………. 63. …………... 64. …………. 65. …………..

II. Read the passage carefully and fill in each blank with one suitable word (10,0 pts)

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TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
Since about the end of the World War Two, technology has advanced rapidly. These
advances in agriculture, transportation and industry have (66) ………….. our way of life.
Unfortunately, these advances have also (67) ……………….our environment.
The most (68)…………….. example of a useful technological advances, of course,
the car. Cars have changed the ways we live and added to our convenience and comfort.
They do, (69)…………….., pollute the atmosphere. Measures are finally being taken to (70)
………… the pollutants produced by a car. Now lead is being (71)………….from gasoline
and catalytic converters are (72)……………in modern cars to remove pollutants produced
by the engines. Another example of a common product of modern technology that (73)
……………….to environmental pollution is plastics. Plastics cause pollution when they are
manufactured because a great deal of electricity is needed in their production. They are also
a problem to (74)………….because they will not biodegrade and they cannot be (75)
…………..in the soil.

Your answers:

66………..…. 67……………. 68……………. 69…………... 70……………

71. ………… 72. …………. 73. …………... 74. …………. 75. …………..

III. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (5,0 pts)
When you enter the supermarkets, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the

aisles between the shelves. You push a shopping cart and put your food in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles. If you hear fast

music, you walk quickly. The supermarket plays slow music, you walk slowly and have
more time to buy things.

Maybe you go to the meat department first. There is some meat on sale, and you
want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat
department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where
the customers enter. You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper
meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale. The
dairy department sells milk and milk products such as butter and cheese. Many customers
like milk that has only little butterfat in it. One store has three different containers of low fat
milk. One says ‘1% fat’ on the container. The second says ‘99 percent (99%) fat free’. The
third says ‘Low fat’ in big letters and 1% in small letters. As you can see, all the milk has
the same amount of fat. The milk is all the same. The amount of milk in each container is
also the same. However, in this store they cost three different amounts of money. Maybe the
customers will buy the milk that costs the most.
76. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. How different kinds of food are arranged in supermarkets.

B. Soft, slow music makes people buy more in supermarkets.

C. The supermarket is designed to make you buy things.

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D. Be sure not to be deceived in supermarkets

77. The manager knows …………...

A. which customers like low fat milk B. which customers like slow music

C. where customers enter the meat department D. where customers come from

78. When you walk by the expensive meat …………

A. maybe you will buy some B. maybe you will buy low fat milk

C. you will look for fresh food D. you will walk on the shelves

79. The word “they” in the last paragraph means ……….

A. the customers B. the managers of the supermarket

C. the containers of low fat milk D. the food in the supermarket

80. There are three different containers of low fat milk.

A. One has 99 percent of butterfat. B. They all cost the same amount of money.

C. One has less fat than the others. D. They all have the same amount of fat.

Your answers:

76………..…. 77……………. 78……………. 79…………... 80……………

E. WRITING (20,0 pts)
I. Rewrite each of the second sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
first (10,0 pts)
81. The weather was so beautiful that we went swimming.
 It was..................................................................................................................................
82. My sister prefers staying at home and watching TV to going to the cinema.
 My sister would .................................................................................................................
83. I’m absolutely sure that they weren’t playing in this weather.
 They can’t ..........................................................................................................................
84. Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early.
 But for his ...........................................................................................................................
85. It is reported that Bac Giang city has increasingly developed in the past few years.
 Bac Giang city ...................................................................................................................
86. It is your fault to make my room dirty.
 You will take ......................................................................................................................
87. I last saw him when I was a student.

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 I haven't ..............................................................................................................................
88. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
 No sooner ...........................................................................................................................
89. Even though the old woman’s memory was poor, she told interesting stories to the children.
 Despite ................................................................................................................................

90. If you changed your mind, you would be welcome to join us.
 Were you ............................................................................................................................
II. Write a paragraph from 100 words to 120 words to answer the question: (10,0 pts)

“Should smartphones be banned among students?”

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