ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT THI HSG AV9 MỸ CÁT PHÙ MỸ 2010 2011

PHÒNG GD- ĐT PHÙ MỸ
TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ CÁT

ĐÈ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN
MÔN: ANH VĂN 9 – NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI : 150 PHÚT .

I. READING (14 ms)
Part 1. In this section you must choose the word or phrase that has the same or that best to complete
each sentence. Write your answer in the spaces below. Number 0 is an example. (2,5 ms)
0. He goes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ School at 6.30 everyday.
a. to
b. in
c. at
d. on
1. I'm sure they were……………lies!
A. telling

B. speaking

C. talking

D. saying

2. She always………… the crossword in the paper before breakfast.
A. makes

B. writes

C. does

D. works

3. The newspaper report contained…………important information.
A. many

B. another

C. an

D. a lot of

4. He couldn't …………..his father that he was telling the truth.
A. admit

B. confide

C. trust

D. convince

5. Milk bottles can be ………………..after being cleaned.
A. recycled
B. reused
C. broken

D. reduced

6. It was raining heavily ………………..we arrived home.
A. while
B. until

C. because

D. when

7. She asked me ……………………..I liked eating chocolates.
A. if
B. and
C. that
D. but
8. You look ………………………than last year.
A. much tall
B. more tall
C. much taller

D. more taller

9. What ……………………advice she gave us !
A. so good
B. such good C. a good

D. good

10. My dog as well as my cats ……………twice a day.
A. eat
B. eats
C. has eaten

D. have eaten

11. When I came into the class, I realized I knew ………………...

A. them all
B. all them
C. they all
12. Do it right now, ………………… ?
A. do you
B. aren’t you C. will you
13. We ………………for her for ten minutes.
A. wait
B. waited

D. all of they

D. don’t you

C. are waiting

D. have been waiting

14. His father is not interested in tennis and …………………
A. he doesn’t, either

B. so doesn’t he

C. neither does he

D. neither is he

15. The little girl wasted half an hour ……………….for her picture book.
A. look

B. looking

C. to look

D. looked


16.……………..does it take you to do the washing ?
A. How fast

B. What time C. How long

D. How often

17. Your hair is long. Are you going to ………………….?
A. have it cut B. have cut it

C. be cutting it

D. have it cutting

18. Would you like tea or coffee? – I ………….drink tea than coffee.
A. would likeB. would prefer

C. would rather

D. would wish

19. It is high time you ……………….more attentive in class.
A. are

B. were

C. must be

D. have been

20. He was …………….that we turned off the TV set immediately.
A. so bad singer

B. such bad singer

C. such bad a singer D. so bad a singer

21. I wish you ………………that! It’s really annoying habit.
A. won’t do

B. couldn’t do

C. wouldn’t do

D. don’t do

C. It’s OK

D. You’re welcome

22. “I’m sorry about that!” – “……………..!”
A. That’s right

B. Of course

23. Not until 2008 ……………..across the river.
A. the first bridge was built
C. built the first bridge

B. the first building of a bridge was
D. was the first bridge built

24. Excuse me! I’m learning my lesson. …………..turning down your stereo a bit ?
A. Would you please
C. Could you

B. Would you mind
D. Would you like

25. Tom, Write carefully and don't …………any mistakes.
A. do
B. have
YOUR ANSWER:

C. give

D. make

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Part 2: read the text below and then decide which words below best fits its space. Write your
answer in the spaces below. (1m)
Most British people (1) --- abroad on holiday to visit family or on short business trips. People are
advised to find out how to get urgent treatment before leaving the UK. They have to (2) --- a form
which explains what they (3) --- do if they fall ill or (4) --- an accident, and what arrangement exist
in (4) --- in country for medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple. But (6) --- people do not
have this information; they may (7) --- that private medical care is extremely expensive. It is not
unusual for people to discover that they don't have money (8) ---with them to (9) --- the total cost
and (10) --- such circumstances an already difficult situation becomes event more complicated.
1. A. go
B. come
C. arrive
D. visit
2. A. put
B. bring
C. fill
D. get
3. A. ought
B. will
C. should
D. may
4. A. have
B. get
C. happen
D. take


5. A. their

6. A. because
7. A. look
8. A. enough
9. A. pay
10. A. on
* YOUR ANSWER:

B. each
B. weather
B. want
B. little
B. give
B. in

C. one
C. as
C. find
C. few
C. spend
C. at

D. this
D. if
D. know
D. full
D. have
D. up

1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Part 3: Complete each sentence with a phrase from box A followed by a phrase from box B.
Do not use any phrase more than once. (2ms)
A
B
clear up
as she waved goodbye.
keep on advertising
when I get home.
picked out
anything
rush into
in his new job.
ring you back
her tragic loss.
burst into tears
until we find someone
is getting on well
suitable.
will be taking off
on her farm in Cornwall.
got over
in two hours' time
brought him up
the best display.
his room before doing his
homework
1.I'll......................................................................................................................
2. The plane ....................................................................................................
3. The boy was told to ......................................................................................

4. Tom's grandmother ........................................................................................
5. It was a long time before she .......................................................................
6. John ....................................................................................................
7. We'll have to ..........................................................................................
8. The competition judges ................................................................................
9. Daisy ..........................................................................................................
10. Think about it. Don't ..........................................................................
Part 4. For question from 1 to 10, read the following text and then choose from the list A_K the
best phrase or sentence given below to fill each f the spaces. Write one letter (A-K) in the spaces
below. The exercise begins with an example. (2ms)
A. the first language
B. such as skiing
B. Island continent
D. Its neighbors
E. The biggest population
F. Both English and French
G. who speak other languages
H. small country
I. a cold water
J. is famous for
K. many French speaking people
Australia is an (0) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the south Pacific. The capital is Canberra, but the city with
(1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is Sydney which has nearly four million. English is (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
of most people, but there are also many immigrants (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Canada is the second
largest country in land side. It stretches 3.223 miles from east to west and from the North Pole to the
US border. (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are official languages. (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ live in the


province of Quebec, where Montreal is the biggest city. Canada has (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and
many Canadian enjoy water sports and ice skating.

Switzerland is a (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in central Europe. (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are France in the
west, Italy in the South, Australia in the east, And Germany in the North. Sixty percent of the land in
Switzerland. Is mountains. Switzerland (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ its banks, tourism and skiing.
YOUR ANSWER: 0: C
1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _
_ 6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _
_
Part 5: Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to complete the passage. Write your answer in
the spaces below. Number 0 is an example. (1 ms)
New Year (0) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ one of the most important (10_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the United
States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the party. At twelve o’clock (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
night, everyone says “Happy new year” and they (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ their friend and relative
good luck. New Year’s parties usually last along (4) ---. Many people don’t go home (5)_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as
witches, ghost or other. Most children go (7)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ house to house asking for candy or
fruit. If the people at the house do not give (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ candy, the children will (9) _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trick on them. But this (10)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ever happens. Almost people give
them candy or fruit.
YOUR ANSWER: 0: holiday
1. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _

Part 6: Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces:
Air Pollution
Every one wants to (1)...........pollution. But the pollution problem is as (2)...........as it is serious.
It is complicated(3).............much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For
example(4)...........from automobiles causes a large (5)...........of all air pollution. But the
automobile(6)...........transportation for millions of people.Factories (7).....much of waste that pollutes
air and water, but factories gives employment to a large number of people.
Thus to end or greatly reduce pollution (8)........people would have to stop using many things that

benefit them. Most of people don’t want to do that, of course. But pollution can be(9)...........reduced
in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to lessen the amount of pollution that such things
as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that
(10)...........businesses and traffic to stop or cut down on certain polluting activities.
1. A. cause
2. A. easy
3. A. because
4. A. gas

B. destroy
B. simple
B. so that
B. exhaust

C. lessen
C. permanent
C. although
C. vapor

D. increase
D. complicated
D. when
D. garbage

5. A. series

B. percentage

C. number

D. emission

6. A. carries

B. gives

C. provides

D. brings

7. A. discharge B. provide

C. supply

D. cause

8. A. gradually B. obviously

C. differently

D. immediately

9. A. only

B. gradually

C. clearly

D. directly

10.A. forbit

B. require

C. permit

D. prevent


1. YOUR ANSWER:
1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _

Part 7. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. And only one word
in each space. Write your answer in the spaces below. Number 0 is an example. (1m)
Relative
top
although
put
to
holiday
preparations
Bought
are
about
start
Christmas is the biggest (0) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the year in most of Britain. Celebrations (1) _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on 24th December, Christmas’s Eve, (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ there have been several
weeks of (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before hand. The Christmas trees, presents, food, drinks and
decorations have been (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Christmas cards have already been sent (5)_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ friends and (6)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a week before Christmas, people usually (7)_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ up their decorations and an angel on the (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the Christmas trees
family presents (10)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ usually put under the tree.
YOUR ANSWER: 0: holiday
1. _ _ _ _ _ __ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _

6. _ _ _ _ _ __ 7. _ _

Part 8: give the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answer in the spaces below.. (1, 5
ms)
1.One major ........of the area is the lack of public transport. (advantage)
2. We asked her to take part but she made no............ to us. (respond)
3. Taxis are too..........for many people to offord.
4.Could you please ..........us about the courses and fees?

(cost)
(information)

5. Martin looked at her .........

(thoughtful)

6. The tast we are dealing with is .........complicated.

(extreme)

7. This book provides information which is very ............to us.(value)
8. No one can deny the ...........of his contribution.

(precious)

9. Our house is ...........by several burglar alarms.

(protection)

10. It was ............so all we stay at home.
(snow)
11. The air is heavily with traffic fumes.
(polluted)
12. Bao is very _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ kind and generous.
(social)
13. Ann is a home for children whose parents are dead.
(orphan)
14. I’m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sorry for her delay. (extreme)
15. There was a lot of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this morning at work began on the new supermarket.
(Active)
YOUR ANSWER:
1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
11. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ 14._ _ _ _ _ _ __ 15. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Part 9: Each line of the following passage contains one error. Find and correct it. (2ms)
Tet holiday is celebrating on the first day of the Lunar New Year
(0) celebrated
after the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses
(1) _________________
paint the walls. New clothes are buyed for the occasion. One or
(2) _________________
days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, who is the
(3) ________________

some weeks
and
two


traditional cake, and others goodies . On the New Year’s Eve , the
(4) _________________
whole family gets together for a reunion dinner. Every members of
(5) ________________
the family should be present during the dinner in which much
(6) _________________
kinds of dishes is served . On the New Year morning, the
(7) _________________
members of the family pay them respects to the elders. In
(8) _________ _________
they receive lucky money wrapping in red tiny envelops.
(9) ________________
Then people go to visit their neighborhoods, friends and relatives.
(10) _________________

different
young
return

YOUR ANSWERS
1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 4._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 9._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 10. _ _ _ _ _ _

II. WRITING. (6 ms)

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. In the briefcase you will find a map, a file and a calculator.
The briefcase..........................................................................................................
2. Pierre emigrated to Brazil in 1991 and is still there.
Pierre has ..................................................................................................
3. Are you sure that jacket is the right size for you?
Does that jacket .....................................................................................?
4. There may be some delay in obtaining the permit.
Perhaps there .............................................................................................
5. I gave Ted the message, but he already knew about it.
I needn't .......................................................................................................
6. He is a fascinating lecturer because he knows a lot about his subject.
His wide ......................................................................................................
7. I'd prefer you to sign the contract without any further delay.
I'd rather ..................................................................................................
8. Lola said she was sorry she had not attended the meeting.
Lola apologized for ........................................................................................
9.We know that feudalism lasted for hundreds of years in Europe.
Feudalism .................................................................................................
10. I was very sorry I wasn't able to see him off at the station.
If only ......................................................................................................
Part 2: Write a short composition (about 250 words). (4ms)
“Where would you like to live? In the country or in the city? Why?"
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ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
I/ READING:
Part 1. 2,5 ms Chọn đúng mỗi từ cho 0,1 điểm
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

A

C

D

D

B

D

A

C

D

B

A

C

D

D

B

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

C

A

C

B

D

C

C

D

B

D

Part 2. 1m Chọn đúng mỗi từ cho 0,1 điểm
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. a
5.d
6. d
7. c
8.a
9.a
10. b
Part 3. 2msChọn đúng mỗi từ cho 0,2 điểm
1. I'll ring you back when I get home.
2. The plane will be taking off in two hours' time.
3. The boy was told to clear up his room before doing his homework.
4. Tom's grandmother brought him up on her farm in Cornwall.
5. It was along time before she got over her tragic loss.
6. John is getting on well in his new job.
7. We'll have to keep on advertising until we find someone suitable.
8. The competition judges picked out the best display.
9. Daisy burst into tears as she waved goodbye.

10. Think about it. Don't rush into anything.
Part 4: 2 ms Chọn đúng mỗi câu cho 0,2 điểm
1. E
2. A
3. G
4.F
5.K
6.I
7. B
8. H
9. D
10.J
Part 5. 1m mỗi câu đúngcho 0,1 điểm
1. festivals/holiday
2. at
3. wish
4.time 5.until/till
6. dress
7. from
8. them
9. play
10. hardly
Part 6: 1m
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

C
D
A
B
B
C
A
D
B
Part 7. 1m
1. start
2. Although 3. preparations 4. bought 5. to 6. relatives
7. About
8. put
9. top
10. are
Part 8: 1,5 ms mỗi câu đúngcho 0,1 điểm
1. disadvantage 2. response

3. costly

10
B

4. inform 5. thoughtfully

6. extremely
7. valuable 8. preciousness
9. protected
10. snowy
11. polluted
12. sociable 13. orphanage
14.extremely
15. activity
Part9 . 2 ms mỗi câu đúngcho 0,2 điểm
1. after  before 2. buved  bought 3. who  which 4. others  othe
5. members  member 6. much  many 7. is  are
8. them  their 9. wrapping  wrapped 10. neighborhoods  neighbors


II. WRITING. 6ms
Part 1. 2ms mỗi câu đúngcho 0,2 điểm
1. The briefcase contains a map, a file and a calculator.
2. Pierre has been living/lived in Brazil since 1991.
3. Does that jacket really fit you?
4. Perhaps there will be some delay in obtaining the permit.
5. I needn't have given Ted the message because he already knew about it.
6. His wide knowledge of his subject makes him/means he is a fascinating lecturer.
7. I'd prefer you to sign the contract without any further delay.

8. Lola apologized for not attending/ having attended the meeting.
9. Feudalism is known to have lasted for hundreds of years in Europe.
10. If only I had been able to see him off at the station.
Part 2.(4 ms ) Giám khảo chấm bài theo bài làm của HS .
- Ý tưởng : 2 điểm
- Ngữ pháp : 2. điểm