ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN 2010-2011

English Examination for selecting good students, Grade 9, school year 2010 -2011

Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Thái Nguyên Môn thi: Tiếng anh lớp 9
kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Ngày thi: 29/ 3/ 2011
Năm học 2010 - 2011 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Đề chính thức
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi theo hớng dẫn dới mỗi câu)
Điểm Giám khảo số 1
(họ tên, chữ ký)
Giám khảo số 2
(họ tên, chữ ký)
Số phách
(do chủ tịch HĐ ghi)
Bằng số Bằng chữ
Bi thi ny gm cú 7 trang c ỏnh s t 1 - 7. Thớ sinh kim tra s t bi thi trc khi lm bi.

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Example: 00. A. man B. bad C. many D. manage
Answer: 00. C
01. A. nuclear B. plumber C. consumer D. reduce
02. A. faucet B. water C. resource D. power
03. A. reduced B. realized C. saved D. compared
04. A. scheme B. mechanic C. machine D. chemistry
05. A. village B. shrine C. river D. picnic
06. A. tired B. enjoyed C. reached D. arrived
07. A. worry B. hurry C. sorry D. curry
08. A. pronounce B. other C. won D. ton
09. A. headache B. flame C. shame D. shadow
10. A. reservoir B. recent C. resent D. research
01. 02. 03. 04. 05.

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in bracket.
11. Jane (go) to England in 2001 and ( study) there for 3 years.
12. Please (not drink) much, you (drive) tonight.
13. When the train to Hanoi (leave)? - It (leave) at 7.15 tomorrow morning.
14. Mr. Black sounded really unhappy this morning. He ( have) his car (steal).
15. What (be) for dinner? It (smell) very delicious.
16. I (go) to London next week. - How long you (stay) there?
17. Yesterday, when (open) the front door, I (see) a thief in the living room.
18. Wild animals (reduce) a lot in number because the forests, their home,(destroy) seriously.
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
III. Choose the correct answer
It is true that there have been great (19) ___ in technology over the last forty years. For examples,
the uses of mobile phones and email communication are common these days. (20) ___, machines could
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never do as good a job as a human, especially when it (21) ___ to interpreting what people are (22) ___.
Of course, machines can translate plain statements such as "Where is the bank?" but even simple
statements are not always (23) ___ because meaning depends on more than just (24) ___. For instance, the
word "bank" has a (25) ___ of different meanings in English. How does a translating machine know
which meaning to take?
In order to understand what people are saying, you need to take into account the (26) ___ between
speakers and their situation. A machine cannot (27) __ the difference between the English expression
"Look out" meaning "Be careful!" and "Look out" meaning " Put your head out of the window". You
need a human being to (28) ___ the situation.
(29 ) ___ with written language, it is difficult for a machine to know how to translate (30) ______
because we rarely translate every word. (31) ___ the contrary, we try to take into consideration how the

idea would be (32) ___ in the other language. This is hard to do because every language has its own way
of (33)______ and saying this.
19. A. advances B. steps C. progress D. advantages
20. A. Moreover B. In addition C. However D. Besides
21. A. arrives B. goes C. comes D. reaches
22. A. talking B. saying C. speaking D. telling
23. A. obvious B. direct C. straight D. straightforward
24. A. grammar B. vocabulary C. words D. sentences
25. A. number B. variety C. plenty D. couple
26. A. relations B. relationship C. attitude D. action
27. A. say B. speak C. talk D. tell
28. A. interpret B. understand C. think D. believe
29. A. However B. In contrast C. Similarly D. In addition
30. A. exactly B. righteously C. rightfully D. accurately
31. A. With B. For C. On D. By
32. A. translated B. expressed C. spoken D. said
33. A. doing B. working C. making D. creating
19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank ONE suitable word.
The computer is a wonderful machine. It is the most important (34) . Almost (35) profession now
uses computers. They are used in science, industry, business, medicine, and education. The oldest kind of
computer has been used in China (36) the sixth century. In the 17
th
century an adding machine was invented.
The first large, modern computer was built in 1937.
Computers improved quickly. A few years later a computer could do 5,000 additions (37) second.
Today all computers have a processing unit, an arithmetic and logic unit, and a memory. Computers are (38)
smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster. Even in a very large computer, the part that does the actual

computing is (39) the size of the end of a finger.
Computers can work together – they can network (40) each other. The worldwide computer network
is called the (41) . Using Internet, you can find all kinds of information and news from people and countries
around the world.
34 35 36
37 38 39
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40 41
V. Give the correct form of the words in bracket.
42. These shoes are smart, but they are very (COMFORT)
43. The in this town are very friendly. (RESIDE)
44. People use first-aid to ease the victim’s pain and (ANXIOUS).
45. The train made a late (DEPART)
46. Some people think that gods create eruption. (VOLCANO)
47. Everyone has a number of , but no one has many true friends. (ACQUAINT)
48. We are now fully aware of the of natural resources. (CONSERVE)
49. You shouldn’t others if you also have a lot of mistakes. (CRITIC)
50. A lot of toys encourage children’s (IMAGINE)
51. The factory has provided cheaper lately. (PRODUCE)
52. A holiday in America can be _________ cheap. (SURPRISE)

42 43 … 44
45 46 47
48. 49 50
51 52
VI. Find the underlined words or phrases that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct.
Example. The thief asked her handing over her money.
A B C D

53. Graham told Jane that he would see her tomorrow.
A B C D
54. I’d like to get some information about apply for universities in the UK.
A B C D
55. If I listened to your advice, I wouldn’t have failed the exam.
A B C D
56. The purpose of volunteer work is to help poor people how improving their life.
A B C D
57. Never before has so many people in the United States been interested in soccer.
A B C D
58. We are going to purchase the dishwasher advertise on TV last night.
A B C D
59. Visitors were not allowed to enter the park after dark because the lack of security and lighting.
A B C D
60. Mary had prepared a three-courses dinner when we arrived, so we were able to eat immediately
A B C D
Example: C
⇒
to hand
53 54 55
56 57 58
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VII. Read the following passages and then do the exercises that follow
A.
A. They do not know when a volcano will send hot rock into the air
B. That can make trouble for people nearby
C. The following example is about volcanic eruptions
D. They are both volcanoes

E. But the hot rock killed a large part of the forest
Scientists have known a lot about the earth. They understand how mountains are made and what a
volcano is. (61) …. . Mt. Vesuvius in Italy and Mt. St. Helens in the United Stated are both famous
mountains. (62) …… . Volcano is a mountain that is open at the top. Smoke and hot air come out of the
hole. Sometimes very hot rock also comes out of the mountain. (63) …… . This is what happened with
Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. St. Helens. Hot rock poured out of Mt. Vesuvius and covered the town of Pompeii
in 79 AD. Everyone in the town was killed. The Mt. St. Helens volcano did not kill many people.
There were no cities close to the mountain. (64) … and a lot of dirt fell on cities many miles
away. Today there are still many difficult questions for scientists who study the earth. (65) … . They
still are not sure about the inside of the earth.
61 62 63 64 65
B. Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend talking about food ? “ Have you ever eaten ?”
“ What did you have for lunch ?” and so on. And when you travel from one country to another, you find
that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and
that what other people eat is strange or silly.
In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat
potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things
we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and
coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink large amount of beer, and the
French drink wine every day.
The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought
to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep
meat, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like eating sheep meat because of its smell, but
they enjoy raw fish.
So it seems that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is little common
sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and
there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.
66. The text is mainly about
A. people’s attitude to food. B. the importance of meat.
C. strange dishes in the world. D. food and life.

67. In many Asian countries
A. people almost always have rice in their meals. B. rice is a perfect food.
C. rice is included in every menu. D. rice is completely eaten.
68. The Japanese enjoy eating raw fish because
A. it is special to them. B. it doesn’t smell.
C. it is well boiled. D. it is not good to have fish cooked.
69. People everywhere think that
A. we can spend few hours talking about food.
B. there is much common sense in talking about food.
C. there is little common sense in what we say about eating.
D. we should do much to change our eating habits.
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70. The writer think that
A. people eat only what is normal to everybody.
B. people often change their feelings about food.
C. people have different opinions about food.
D. people like eating different food as they travel from one country to another.
66 67 68 69 70
C.
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. She received a general education in local
schools and some scientific training from her father. As a brilliant student, she harbored the dream of a
scientific career, which was impossible for a woman at that time. To save money for a study tour abroad,
she had to work as a private tutor. Finally, in 1891, Marie, with very little money to live on, came to Paris
to realize her dream at the Sorbonne. Despite her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
She earned a physics degree with flying colors, and went on to take another degree in mathematics. She
met Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894 and in the following year they got married. From then
on, they worked together on their research. In 1903, Marie became the first woman to receive a PhD from
the Sorbonne. She was the first woman in France to be a university professor. Soon after, she was
awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.

71. What does the phrase ‘with flying colors’ mean?
A. Specially B. colorfully C. Satisfactorily D. Successfully
72. How could Marie Curie realize her dream?
A. By working hard to get through Sorbonne. B. By working in Warsaw.
C. By being trained by her father. D. By saving money to travel.
73. Which of the following statement is NOT true about Marie Curie?
A. She got married in 1895. B. She got a PhD in Sorbonne.
C. It was not easy for her to become a scientist. D. She won a Nobel Prize in Physics.
74. What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. Marie Curie’s success in Physics. B. Marie Curie’s schooling.
C. Marie Curie’s dream of scientific career. D. Marie Curie’s biography.
75. What did Marie Curie study in Sorbonne?
A. Physics B. Math and Chemistry
C. Physics and Math D. Chemistry and Physics
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
VIII. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one printed
before it.
76. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the house.
In spite
77. He prefers golf to tennis.
He’d rather
78. I don’t play chess as well as I used to.
I used
79. We last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago.
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We haven’t
80. The bookshelf was so high that the children couldn’t reach it.
The bookshelf was too
81. It takes three hours to drive from Hai Phong to Hanoi.

It is a
82. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party.
I wish
83. We don’t visit our grandparents often because they live so far away.
If
84. Minh will be eighteen next week.
It’s
85. “ You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary” said John.
John
IX. "Many people say that it is the main responsibility of schools for the violence among students ".
To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Write a composition, not more than 200 words. (86 – 100)

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Total mark: 100:5 = 20
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