Đề và hướng dẫn học sinh giỏi tiếng anh lớp 9 tham khảo bồi dưỡng 2015 (1)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC- ĐÀO TẠO
NAM ĐỊNH

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 09 trang

Điểm bài thi

Họ, tên và chữ ký 2 giám khảo

SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: ..........................

Giám khảo 1: .........................................

Bằng chữ: .......................

Giám khảo 2: .........................................

Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.

A. LISTENING (3.0 points)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu:

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Nội dung nghe gồm 3 bài, mỗi bài thí sinh được nghe 2 lần, đĩa CD tự chạy 2 lần;

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Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc;

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Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

PART 1. Questions 1-10 (1.0 point).
Questions 1-5.
You will hear 5 short conversations twice. There is one question for each conversation. For
questions 1-5 put a tick (√) next to the right answer. There’s an example at the beginning (0).
0. How many people were at the meeting?
A. 3

B. 13

√ C. 30

1. How will Jill go to the football match?
A. on foot

B. by bus

C. by car

B. her sister’s son

C. her father

B. do her school work

C. go to the cinema

2. Who’s going to visit the woman?
A. her baby
3. What will Ruby do tonight?
A. clean her shoes

4. How much did the woman’s desk cost?
A. £66.50

B. £60.50

C. £55.00

B. on the bath

C. in the kitchen

5. Where’s the man’s watch?
A. He’s wearing it
Questions 6-10.

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Listen to Amy telling her father about her shopping trip. What did she and her friends buy?
For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each person. There are two extra things which
you will not need. You will hear the conversation twice.
People

Things they bought

0. Amy

………H……… (Example)

A. CD

6. Alison

…………………

B. Magazine

7. Helen

…………………

C. Mobile phone

8. Lucy

…………………

D. Picture

9. Kerry

…………………

E. Shoes

10. Jo

…………………

F. Suitcase
G. Sweater
H. Video

PART 2. Questions 11-15 (1.0 point).
Listen to Helen talking to her friend, Sam, about being in a rock band. For questions 11-15,
tick (√) A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. There’s an example at the beginning
(0).

0. In Nick’s band, Helen ______
A. plays the guitar
√ B. sings
11. Sam agrees to play the guitar on ______
A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
12. Where does Nick’s band practice?
A. in a garage

B. at Helen’s flat
13. Sam should bring ______
A. sandwiches
B. CDs
14. The band will next play at ______
A. a party
B. a club
15. How much does Helen earn, per night, in the band?
A. £10
B. £25

C. plays the drums
C. Friday
C. in Nick’s bedroom
C. a sweater
C. a college
C. £110

PART 3. Questions 16-20 (1.0 point).
You will hear a woman asking about tickets for the theatre. Listen and complete questions
16-20. You will hear the conversation twice. There’s an example at the beginning (0).

THEATRE TICKETS
Name of theatre:

(0) Queen’s

There are tickets for show on:

(16) ……………………..

…….evening.
Price for one ticket:

(17) £………………………….

Get tickets from ticket office in:

(18) ……………………..….….Road

Show starts at:

(19) ……………………...…….p.m.

Bus number:

(20) ……………………..……..

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B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
I. Fill in each blank with an article (a, an or the) where necessary. Write your answers in the
numbered spaces provided. Put a cross (X) where no article is needed. There is an example
at the beginning (0). (1.0 point)
In (0) _____the______ days before (1) ___________ invention of radio and
television, (2) ___________ majority of people made their own entertainment at home.
Many (3) ___________ evenings were spent reading (4) ___________ novel, playing the
piano or painting (5) ___________ picture. In many ways, people were almost forced to find
(6) ___________ creative outlet in one form or another. Things have changed a lot since

then, however. Now, a typical evening’s entertainment would be to spend (7) ___________
few hours in front of (8) ___________ television. This is not really a very productive use of
one’s time or energy and has maybe contributed to (9) ___________ breakdown of
communication within (10) ___________ family.
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the numbered
spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2.0 points)
In 1894 a steamship (0.SAIL) ___was sailing___ across the Atlantic Ocean from
England to America. The sun (1.SHINE) ___________________ and a gentle breeze
(2.BLOW) ___________________. The ship (3.SAIL) ___________________ for three
weeks and was half way to its destination – New York. The passengers ( 4.RELAX)
___________________ on deck when suddenly they heard a loud bang. They all ( 5.JUMP)
___________________ up, (6.RUN) ___________________ to the edge of the boat and
(7.LOOK) ___________________ over the side. To their horror they saw that they (8.HIT)
___________________ some hard object which (9.TEAR) ___________________ a hole in
the side of the ship. Water (10.POUR) ___________________ into the steamship at an
alarming speed. Fortunately another ship arrived half an hour later, just in time to save
everyone on board.
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the numbered
spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2.0 points)

E-MAIL
There can’t be many people who are ( 0. AWARE) ___unaware___ of e-mail,
even if they have never actually sent one. Although there are some ( 1.SIMILAR)
________________ between e-mail and letters, there are also many differences. The
first is that e-mail is delivered ( 2.INSTANT) ________________, so it can be a very
(3.EFFECT) ________________ means of communication when speed is important.
This speed means that e-mail is more ( 4.PRACTICE) ________________ for
communicating over large distances. Another difference is that e-mail tends to be
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(5.RELATIVE) ________________ informal. People are much more likely to use
language which they would consider (6.SUIT) ________________ for a formal letter.
Words spelled (7.CORRECT) ________________ in an e-mail are less likely to be
checked than in a letter. One (8.EXPLAIN) ________________ for this is that an e-mail
seems to be less permanent than something written on paper. We can be sure that the
future (9.DEVELOP) ________________ of e-mail will have all kinds of ( 10.EXPECT)
________________ effects on the way we communicate.
IV. Write the verbs from the box in the gaps to complete these sentences. You will use some
of the verbs more than once. (2.0 points)
took

cut

put

turned

looked

pulled

ran

1. The journalists _________________ up with the managing editor’s reorganization of the
department for a long time before they started complaining.
2. The paper _________________ down on the number of reporters stationed in foreign
countries in an attempt to save money.
3. Someone in the street _________________ me for that TV presenter Angela Dimble and
asked for my autograph. I guess we do look similar.

4. When they offered me The Breakfast Show, I initially _________________ it down. I didn’t
fancy getting up so early every morning.
5. The receptionist _________________ me through to the wrong department by mistake, so
I had to call back.
6. The MTV Music Awards _________________ place in Los Angeles this year.
7. We always _________________ up to Peter – he was one of the best war correspondents
in the history of television.
8. They _________________ down that old TV studio last week. Apparently, they are going to
build a supermarket in its place.
9. Some friends kindly _________________ me up for a few days while I was there. It was
much nicer than staying in a hotel.
10. The newsagent _________________ out of copies of TeenPop on the first day of its
publication, so he had to order more.

C. READING (5.0 points)
I. The reading passage ‘Public Libraries’ has 7 sections I-VII. Choose the most suitable
heading for each section from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate letters (A-I)
in the space provided next to each section. There are two extra headings which you will not
need. Section I has been done as an example. (1.2 points)
A. Financial support
B. Local decisions
C. Influence of people’s interests
D. Materials about Morgan horses

F. Certain books stay in the library
G. Free services for everyone
H. A wide variety
I. Similar ways to arrange books
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E. History of public libraries
PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Section I. ………G…………
The word public comes from a Latin word, publicus, meaning people. A public library
is for all the people in a community to use. It charges no fee for its services. The public
library will have available, within the limits of its budget, a wide variety of books and other
materials. These books or other materials may be borrowed, or taken out for a specific
time, by anyone in the community. The library loans its materials.
Section II. ……………………
Public libraries are usually tax-supported. There are a few that are instead
supported from money that has been donated. And there are some that receive part of their
money from taxes and part from gifts.
Section III. ……………………
Few public libraries are exactly alike. Not only are the shapes and sizes of the
building different, but so are the number of books and other materials in each. Your nearest
library may be like the Los Angeles Public Library, which has over 4,538,458 books and
bound periodicals (magazines and journals) in its collection. Or it may be like the Cherokee
County Public Library, which has only about 3,800 books in its collection.
Section IV. ……………………
Libraries vary in other ways, too, for instance, in the number of hours (or days) they
are open or in the number of people who work there. Most public libraries, however,
arrange their books and other materials in similar ways. They divide their collections into
two basic age groups, children and adult. Adult books are in one place; children’s books are
in another. Then the books are further separated by the kind of book. Storybooks – works of
fiction – are separated from information, or fact books - nonfiction.
Section V. ……………………
People often want to refer to, that is, look something up in a certain basic
information book. Thus reference books, which are rarely read cover to cover, are put in a

special place in the library, a reference section or perhaps a reference room. Reference
books are never to be taken out of the library building.
Section VI. ……………………
Each library decides for itself how it should further arrange its books and other
materials. In a large city library, certain nonfiction materials may be put into a special area
or separate room. For instance, there may be a separate room just for all the materials a
library has on music. In another large city, the music materials might not be kept so
separate. It would depend on what the people in that city had indicated they found useful.
Section VII. ……………………
A library’s holdings are everything the library has in its collection. These holdings
almost always reflect the community’s special interests. Suppose, for example, there were
a town where Morgan horses were widely raised and trained. That town’s library would
most likely have a great deal of material about Morgan horses. Since the people who were
interested in Morgan horses would probably less interested in other breeds of horses, the
library might have only a small amount of material on Mustangs or Appaloosas.
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II. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Put a
tick (√) next to the correct answer. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1.6 points)
TOURISM
Tourism is (0) ______ business. Millions of people around Europe (1) ______ their
winters planning their destination for the following summer, and their summers (2) ______
to foreign countries for two weeks in the sun. They are the modern-day descendants of the
aristocrats and the wealthy who would (3) ______ months to complete the ‘Grand Tour’ of
Europe. But unlike their forefathers, tourists these days get a bad press. They’re not (4)
______ in the local culture, we’re told; they’re just after the chance to behave a bit more
wildly than they do at home. What’s (5) ______, they damage the local environment and
don’t respect the locals and their (6) ______ of life.
But are tourists really to (7) ______? Or is it the (8) ______ of the tourist industry,

which has (9) ______ to provide reasonably-priced alternatives? And if the local resort only
offers a succession of bars for the tourists to visit, can we really (10) ______ them for not
doing more cultural activities?
One holiday company, Far and Away, (11) ______ that tourists are crying out for
more cultural holidays and believes that it has (12) ______ to come up with a range of
package holidays which are affordable, culturally interesting, and environmentally friendly.
Their brochure, which is to be (13) ______ later this month, offers 200 holidays based on
cultural themes, (14) ______ history and architecture, learning the language, meeting the
locals and war and politics.
Will Far and Away (15) ______ where other companies have failed? Next summer’s
tourists will be the ones who (16) ______.
0. A. large
1. A. take
2. A. taking away
3. A. spend
4. A. devoted
5. A. more
6. A. way
7. A. criticize
8. A. criticism
9. A. avoided
10. A. accuse
11. A. claims
12. A. succeeded
13. A. brought up
14. A. comprising
15. A. succeed
16. A. make

√ B. big

B. spend
B. moving away
B. make
B. eager
B. most
B. manner
B. fault
B. fault
B. lost
B. charge
B. mentions
B. managed
B. brought out
B. holding
B. manage
B. take

C. heavy

D. bulky

C. pass
C. taking off
C. take
C. keen
C. less
C. standard
C. blame
C. blame
C. missed

C. criticize
C. informs
C. achieved
C. brought off
C. containing
C. win
C. decide

D. make
D. jetting off
D. pass
D. interested
D. this
D. means
D. accuse
D. accusation
D. failed
D. arrest
D. persuades
D. resulted
D. brought round
D. including
D. accomplish
D. do

III. Read the passage and put a tick (√) next to the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each of
the questions below. (2.2 points)
(1)

In the early days of the United States, postal charges were paid by the recipient,

and charges varied with the distance carried. In 1825, the United States Congress
permitted local postmasters to give letters to mail carriers for home delivery, but these

(5)
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carriers received no government salary and their entire compensation depended on what
they were paid by the recipients of individual letters.

(10)

(15)

(20)

(25)
1.

2.

3.
4.
5.

6.

7.
8.

In 1847 the United States Post Office Department adopted the idea of a postage
stamp, which of course simplified the payment for postal service but caused complaining by
those who did not like to prepay. Besides, the stamp covered only delivery to the post
office and did not include carrying it to a private address. In Philadelphia, for example, with
a population of 150,000, people still had to go to the post office to get their mail. The
confusion and congestion of individual citizens looking for their letters was itself enough to
discourage use of the mail. It is no wonder that, during the years of these cumbersome
arrangements, private letter-carrying and express businesses developed. Although their
activities were only semi-legal, they thrived, and actually advertised that between Boston
and Philadelphia they were a half-day speedier than the government mail. The government
postal service lost volume to private competition and was not able to handle efficiently even
the business it had.
Finally, in 1863, Congress provided that the mail carriers who delivered the mail
from the post offices to private addresses should receive a government salary, and that
there should be no extra charge for that delivery. But this delivery service was at first
confined to cities, and free home delivery became a mark of urbanism. As late as 1887, a
town had to have 10,000 people to be eligible for free home delivery. In 1890, of the 75
million people in the United States, fewer than 20 million had mail delivered free to their
doors. The rest, nearly three-quarters of the population, still received no mail unless they
went to their post office.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The increased use of private mail services
B. The development of a government postal system
C. A comparison of urban and rural postal services
D. The history of postage stamps
What happened in the early days of the US postal system?
A. No postal charges were applied for letters.
B. The recipients of letters had to pay the charges.
C. The senders of letters had to pay the charges.
D. The same charges were applied for all letters.

The word “varied” in line 2 could best be replaced by
A. increased
B. differed
C. returned
D. started
The word “covered” in line 8 could best be replaced by
A. hid
B. protected
C. included
D. spread
Which of the following was seen as a disadvantage of the postage stamp?
A. It had to be purchased by the sender in advance.
B. It increased the cost of mail delivery.
C. It was difficult to affix to letters.
D. It was easy to imitate.
Why does the author mention the city of Philadelphia in line 9?
A. It was the site of the first post office in the United States.
B. Its postal service was inadequate for its population.
C. It was the largest city in the United States in 1847.
D. It was honored by the first United States postage stamp.
The word “cumbersome” in line 12 is closest in meaning to
A. troublesome
B. handsome
C. hateful
D. quarrelsome
The word “they” in line 14 refers to
A. Boston and Philadelphia
B. Businesses
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C. arrangements
D. letters
9. The private postal services of the nineteenth century claimed that they could do which of
the following better than the government?
A. Deliver a higher volume of mail.
B. Deliver mail more cheaply.
C. Deliver mail faster.
D. Deliver mail to rural areas.
10. In 1863 the United States government began providing which of the following to mail
carriers?
A. A salary
B. housing
C. transportation
D. free postage stamps
11. The word “confined” in line 21 is closest in meaning to
A. granted
B. scheduled
C. limited
D. recommended

D. WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Use suggestions to make complete sentences. Make any changes necessary. You
can add more words but cannot omit the given words. Write your answers in the
space provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1.6 points)

0. He/ often/ go/ school/ foot.
He often goes to school on foot.

1. Nick/ not get/ good marks/ unless/ he/ study/ harder.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Last night/ after/ Tim/ have/ dinner/ he/ do/ homework/ bedroom.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. It/ such/ cold/ weather/ we/ just/ want/ stay/ indoors.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Martin/ try/ take/ medicine/ his cold.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Kate/ refuse/ lend/ man/ money/ because/ not/ meet/ him/ before.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. Fashion/ change/ every year/ and/ people/ nowadays/ love/ keep/ update trend.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. I/ glad/ you/ take part/ Summer camp/ International students/ my city/ next May.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8. If/ it/ not/ be/ for/ his innocence/ he/ not/ got/ trouble.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
II. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the clues at the beginning of each sentence. There’s an example at the beginning (0). (1.4
points)
0. Ryota started working here in 2011.
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 Ryota has been working here since 2011.
1. Driving fast is dangerous, whether you are an experienced driver or not.
 However __________________________________________________________.
2. In spite of all our warnings, he walked into the woods alone.
 Although we _______________________________________________________.
3. It is said that his wife died in a foreign country.
 His wife ___________________________________________________________.
4. The cook said that they had run out of cooking oil.
 The cook said that there wasn’t _________________________________________.
5. On arriving at an airport, I usually go straight to the check-in desk.
 I usually go straight to the check-in desk as _______________________________.
6. Such success has not been achieved by many players in the world of ice hockey.
 Only a few _________________________________________________________.
7. You must show your student card as you enter the library.
 You are ___________________________________________________________.
III. Writing an argument: (2.0 points)
It is said that ‘Living in a big city gives us lots of advantages’. What’s your opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience.
You should write about 150 words.
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO
NAM ĐỊNH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

A. LISTENING (3.0 points)
PART 1. (1.0 point)
- 0.1 point for each correct answer.
1A
6F

2B
7B

3C

8G

4A
9D

5B
10A

14C

15B

PART 2. (1.0 point)

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0.2 point for each correct answer.
11B

12A

13C

PART 3. (1.0 point)

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0.2 point for each correct answer.
16. Wednesday
17. 8.50

18. FERRET

19. 7.45

20. 136

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
I. Article. (1.0 point)
- 0.1 point for each correct answer.
1. the
2.the
3.X
6.a
7.a
8.the/a

4.a
9.the

5.a
10.the

II. Verb-form. (2.0 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
1. was shining
2. was blowing
3. had been sailing
5. jumped
6. ran
7. looked

9. had torn
10. was pouring/ had been pouring

III. Word-form. (2.0 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
1. similarities
2. instantly
5. relatively
6. suitable
9. development
10. unexpected
IV. Phrasal verbs. (2.0 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
1. put
2. cut
3. took
6. took
7. looked
8. pulled

3. effective
7. incorrectly

4. turned
9. put

4. were relaxing
8. had hit

4. practical

8. explanation

5. put
10. ran

C. READING (5.0 points)
I. Matching titles and paragraphs. (1.2 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
2A
3H
4I
5F
6B
7C
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II. Closing reading. (1.6 points)
- 0.1 point for each correct answer.
1B
2D
3C
4D
5A
6A
11A 12B 13B 14D 15A 16C
III. MCQ reading. (2.2 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
1B
2B

3B
4C
5A
6B

7C

8B

9D

10C

7A

8B

9C

10A

11C

D. WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Use suggestions to make sentences. (1.6 points)
- 0.2 point for each correct answer.
1. Nick will not/cannot get good marks unless he studies harder.
2. Last night after Tim had had dinner, he did his homework in his bedroom.
3. It is/was such cold weather that we just want/wanted to stay indoors.
4. Martin tried to take the/ some medicine for his cold.

5. Kate refused to lend the man some money because she hadn’t met him before.
6. Fashion changes every year and people nowadays love keeping update trend.
7. I am (very) glad that you are taking part in the summer camp for international students
in my city next May.
8. If it hadn’t been for his innocence, he wouldn’t have got into trouble.
II. Finish second sentences. (1.4 points)
- 0.1 point for each correct answer.
1. However experienced you are, driving fast is dangerous.
2. Although we had warned him, he walked into the woods alone.
3. His wife is said to have died in a foreign country.
4. The cook said that there wasn’t any cooking oil left.
5. I usually go straight to the check-in desk as (soon as) I arrive at/ get to an airport.
6. Only a few people/ players have achieved such success in the world of ice hockey.
7. You are required/ asked to show your student card as you enter the library.
III. Writing an argument. (2.0 points)
Marking scheme
The impression mark is based on the following scheme:
1. Format. (0.2 point) - the argument has 3 parts: the Introduction ( 01 para), the body (01
or more para) and the conclusion (01 para).
2. Content. (1.0 point): a provision of main ideas and details as appropriate to support the
argument.
Note:
- Students can totally agree/ disagree or partly agree
- Students can give their opinion right in the introduction or discuss the issue and give
his or her own opinion in the conclusion.
3. Language. (0.5 point): a variety of vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of
secondary gifted students
4. Presentation. (0.3 point): coherence, cohesion, and style appropriate to the level of
secondary gifted students.
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