Đề thi HSG tiếng anh lớp 9 có đáp án

PHÒNG GD- ĐT THANH LIÊM
TRƯỜNG THCS LIÊM PHONG
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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
( Time:150 minutes)

I. Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group (1,0 pts)
1. A. thought
B. ought
C. though
D. bought
2. A. cost
B. celebrate
C. call
D. candy
3. A. evidence
B. gemstone
C. pencil
D. meteor
4. A. windy
B. shift
C. ring
D. tide
5. A. studied
B. existed
C. suggested
D. provided

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II.Choose the word that has a different STRESS SYLLABLE from the others of each group (1,0
point)
1. A. realize
B. improve
C. possible
D. comfortable
2. A. important
B. especially
C. prefer
D. influence
3. A. general
B. opinion
C. abroad
D. surprise
4. A. comfort
B. nation
C. apply
D. moment
5. A. medical
B. advise

C. vegetables
D. physical
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45III Give the correct tenses /form of the verbs.( 2PTS)
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large industrial
firms. However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent) various things. In Britain,
there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all the devices which people (6 – invent )
recently. The people (7 – organize) the program receive information about 700 inventions per year.
New ideas can (8 – develop) by private inventors. However, it is important (9 – consider) these
questions : Will it work? Will it (10 – want)? Is it new?
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10.
IV. Điền đúng dạng của từ được in hoa để hoàn thành câu. (1,0đ)
1. We have two postal ___________________ a day.
(DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___________________ .
(EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ______________ .
(ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ______________ morning.
(SUN)

5. They left the house in a __________________ mess.
(FRIGHT)
6. He said “ Good morning” in a most ______________ way.
(FRIEND)
7. There is no easy ______________ to this problem.
(SOLVE)
8. He always drives more ________________ at night.
(CARE)
9. Does this _______________ suit you?
(ARRANGE


10. He is a very _________________ carpenter.

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(SKILL)

V. There is a mistake in each sentence , find out and correct it.(1,0pts)
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month
0/ seen
Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer
1/ ___________
Holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area
2/ ___________
in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road
3/ ___________
Through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult
4/ ___________
Because there had no water to drink and no shops where we
5/ ___________

could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet
6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”
7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work,
8/ ___________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping
9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there
10/ __________
VI. Complete this passagewith a suitable word( 1,0 pts)
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _____ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _____
important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things
needs lots (3) ______ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do”
things with what (4) ______know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______to
fly an airplane. A (6) ______ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book
and then try to (7) _______without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) _____. The
same is true of (9) ________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play
the piano without having lots of (10) _______ first
VII. Read the text and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each numbered blank (2.0pts)
Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go ...
(1) ... their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science, and all the other subjects.
That is quite true; but why do they learn these things? And are these thing all that they learn at school?
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time ... (2) ... they will be big and will
have to work ... (3) ... themselves. Nearly all they study at school has some practical use in their life,
but is that reason ... (4) ... they go to school?
There is more in education that just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to
learn, ... (5) .. when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows ... (6) ... will
always be successful, because ... (7) ... he has to do something new which he has never had to do ...
(8)......., he will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other

hand, is probably unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is
not just ... (9)... arithmetic, etc., ... (10) ... to teach pupils the way to learn.
1. A. learn
B. to learn
C. and learning
D. and to learn
2. A. that
B. when
C. while
D. as
3. A. for
B. on
C. with
D. to
4. A. what
B. which
C. because
D. why
5. A. so as
B. and that
C. so that
D. such that
6. A. how learned
B. how to learn
C. to how learn
D. how learning
7. A. whenever
B. whichever
C. whatever
D. however

8. A. ago
9. A. teaching
10. A. and

B. later
B. teach
B. that

C. before
C. to teaching
C. but

D. after
D. to teach
D. so

Your answer:
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Question VIII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (0,8p)
Cambridge
"Where is the university?" is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can
give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is a city.
You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city.
And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges.
Cambridge was already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years
ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as
early as 875.
In the fourteen and fifteen centeries more and more land was used for college buildings. The
town grew faster in the nineteen centry after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a
city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000. Many young students want to study at
Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become
a famous place all around the world.
1. Why do most people come to Cambrige?
2. When was more land in Cambridge used for college building?
3. When did the town really
4. Why do many visitors to Cambridge ask "Whereis the university"?
Question IX. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the
same. (1,2 pts)
1. Mary rang hours and hours ago.

It's hours ............................................................................................................. .
2. We did not go on holiday because we did not have enough money.
If we ............................................................................................................. .
3. It was so late that nothing could be done.
It was too ......................................................................................................... .
4. She left the room without saying any word.
She didn't ............................................................................................................................... .
5. As I get older, I want to travel less.
The older ............................................................................................................................. .


6. My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year.
I was ................................................................................................................. .
ĐÁP ÁN + BIỂU ĐIỂM HSG 9
I. I.(5 × 0,2 = 1,0pt)
1
C

2
B

3
D

4
D

5
A

II.(5 × 0,2 = 1,0 point)
1–B

2- D

3-A

4- C

III .(10 × 0,2 = 2 points)
1. are caried out
2. working
3. are
4. to invent
5. attempts

5- B

6. have invented
7. organizing
8. be developed
9. to consider
10. be wanted

IV.( 10 × 0,1 = 1.0pt)
1. deliveries
2. explanation

3. activities
4. sunny

5. frightening
6. friendly

7. solution
8. carefully

9. arrangement
10. skillful

V. .( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1. interested -> interesting
2. him -> his
7. wetter -> wettest
8. since -> for
VI. .( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1. learning
2. are
6. book
7. fly
VII.( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1
B

2
B

3
A

VIII. .( 4 × 0,2 = 0,8 pt)

3. gone -> went
4. among -> between
9. did -> done
10. any -> some
3. of
8. yourself
4
d

5
C

6
B

5. had -> was
6. bought -> buy

4. you
9. playing
7
A

8
C

1. Why do most people come to Cambrige?
Because they want to see the university.

2. When was more land in Cambridge used for college building?
In the 14th centery and in the 15th centery.
3. When did the town really
In 1845

5. how
10. practice
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d

10
C


4. Why do many visitors to Cambridge ask "Whereis the university"?
Because there is no wall to be found around the university.

IX. 6x 0.2= 1.2 pts
1. It's hours since Mary rang.
2. If we had had enough money, we would / could have gone on holiday.
3. It was too late to do anything / late for anything to be done.
4. She didn't say a word as she left the room.
5. The older I get, the less I want to travel.
6. I was allowed to go abroad alone for the first time last year.