Đề thi học sinh giỏi tiếng anh 9 Tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc năm học 2006 - 2007(có đáp án)

SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9-THCS- NĂM HỌC 2006- 2007
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề này gồm 03 trang)
I- Listening: Listen and complete the details below.

II- Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other
words.
1. A. journalist B. architect C. conductor D. plumber
2. A. obey B. detail C. delay D. begin
3. A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. exercise
4. A. banana B. develop C. percentage D. recently
5. A. mechanic B. service C. national D. realize
III- Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to
complete each sentence.
1. Too many exams and tests have put students _____________pressure.
A. in B. on C. under D. into
2. Be patient _____________you won’t succeed.
A. because B. or C. though D. when
3. Susan couldn’t help _____________when I told her the joke.
A. laughing B. laugh C. to laugh D. laughed
4. I remember _____________him. It was a fine five-dollar note.
A. paid B. to pay C. paying D. to be paid
5. They _____________the bridge by the time you come back.
A. will finish B. will have finished
C. will be finished D. have finished
6. Most teachers make _____________for young students’ mistakes.
A. up B. room C. allowance D. way
7. One of the major causes _____________heart disease is lack of exercise.

A. for B. to C. of D. by
8. I _____________the impression that they would not charge me.
A. had B. made C. gave D. took
9. My grandfather often _____________of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Example
Identification and security check: (0)…….Platinum Card Service.
Card number: 6992 (1)…………………………11478921……
Name: …….Carlos da Silva…………….………… ……
Postcode: SE1 (2)…………………….………… …… …….
Address: (3)………………….….Vauxhall Close, London.
Date of birth: 13 July (4)………… …………………….………
Mother’s maiden name: (5)……………… ………………….………….
A. speaks B. tells C. says D. converses
10. Our parents often have a strong _____________on our lives.
A. impact B. effect C. result D. influence
IV- Use the context to help you choose the best meaning or synonym for each
highlighted word.
1. A blizzard is a severe winter storm, which occurs in North America.
A. chronic B. strict C. painful D. harsh
2. A musical comedy has a plot with songs and dances connected to it.
A. story B. plan C. piece of ground D. setting
3. The stomach breaks down food with digestive juices.
A. moisture B. saps C. secretions D. chemicals
4. According to the ancient Greeks, the heart was the seat of human intelligence.
A. chair B. situation C. center D. place
5. American immigration in the 19
th
century peaked in the 1880s.
A. was sharped B. was topped

C. was pointed D. was at its highest point
V- Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for
the sentence to be correct. Write that word or phrase on the answer sheet and
correct it.
1. The Moon’s gravitation field cannot keep atmospheric gases from escape into space.
2. Although the pecan tree is chiefly value for its fruit, its wood is used extensively for
flooring, furniture, boxes, and crates.
3. Many flowering plants benefit of pollination by adult butterflies and moths.
4. George Gershwin was an American composer whose concert works joined the sound
of jazz with them of traditional orchestration.
5. A food addictive is any chemical that food manufacturers international add to their
products.
VI- Read and rewrite the following passage and using full-stop where necessary.
Some of the examples are shown in the passage, do the same to your choice.
Nowadays woods and forests in all countries in the world are losing trees as more land
is needed for the construction industry, for fuel and for paper .However we need trees
and plants to provide us with the oxygen we breath . So the destruction of trees is a
thread to our survivals the matter is not just in the hands of governments and big
companies the solution to the problem is one of partnership between governments and
big companies and ordinary individuals take newspapers, for example newspapers are
made from paper which comes from wood pulp however, there is little need for them to
be made totally from wood pulp in fact, in many cases, papers are now made from over
60% recycling paper this has come about through pressure from the government to
encourage recycling and from the environmentalists made up of individuals stricter
controls could be placed on companies to ensure that are renewed however, the final
responsibility here is on individuals to put pressure on the governments and big
companies and in the end to collect paper for recycling
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VII- Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to
complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.

What will the city of the future look like? This question has been asked so many
times over the (1)_________500 years- and answered inconsequently (2)_________
equal number of times-that we can be sure of (3)_________thing only: No one can
predict accurately how cities will look 50 and 500 years from now.
The reason is simple. Cities change continually. For over fifty years they have
changed (4)_________rapidly that the oldest residents will remember the time
(5)_________their city seemed to belong not just to another era (6)_________to a
different dimension.
(7)_________is true to both of planned and unplanned cities. Planned city such as
New York and Paris, (8)_________are closely organized on a grid or diagram of streets
and avenues, have effectively burst at the seams this century, (9)_________unplanned
cities such as London, Tokyo and Los Angeles have grown just (10)_________
dramatically. Although their centers might remain much as they were many years
(11)_________their suburbs have spread (12)_________the tentacles of an octopus.
Some economists argue that expansion is a (13)_________of healthy economy,
(14)_________that expanding cities (15)_________international investment.
1. A. last B. few` C. previous D. next
2. A. the B. an C. some D. few
3. A. the B. one C. a D. single
4. A. very B. so C. such D. really
5. A. because B. though C. as D. when
6. A. according B. so as C. referring D. but
7. A. This B. There C. It D. So
8. A. that B. where C. which D. they
9. A. but B. after C. while D. however
10. A. so B. as C. this D. such
11. A .ago B. once C. from now D. previously
12. A. like B. in the way C. to D. for
13. A. sign B. way C. need D. state
14. A. so B. now C. or D. and

15. A. draws B. gets C. attracts D. catches
VIII- Write a letter of 100-120 words to tell a friend of yours about the subject you
like best at school. You should tell him/her the reason why you like the subject and
how you make progress in your favorite subject.
THE END
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