ĐỀ THI đề XUẤT CHỌN học SINH GIỎI lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh năm học 2016 2017

TRƯỜNG THCS THẠNH LỢI
Lớp: ………
Họ tên học sinh: ……………………………..
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Phòng thi
Số báo
Thời gian: 150 phút
danh
(Không kể thời gian
phát đề)

Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9
Năm học: 2016 – 2017.
Ngày thi:…. / ….. /2016
Chữ kí GT 1
Chữ kí GT 2

Số của mỗi
bài
Số mật mã

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Chữ kí GK1

Chữ kí GK2

Số mật mã

Số tờ:…………
Lời ghi của giám khảo

Điểm thi (bằng số)

Điểm thi (bằng chữ)

I. LISTENING (2,0 marks)
Part 1: Listening to the CD player twice and fill in each blank with one word or a
phrase. There is one example. Write the word in the box below. (1.2 mark)
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Some …(1)… in the Netherlands are spending three hundred thirty thousand
dollars on a hamburger The people are scientists at the University of Maastricht. They
want to …(2)… that they can make a hamburger that tastes good and does not require an
animal to be killed
Researcher Mark Post and his team have been growing muscle-tissue cells in a laboratory
with muscle taken from a …(3)…
MARK POST: “We have committed ourselves to make a couple of thousand of
these small tissues and then assemble them …(4)… a hamburger.” Several teams around
the world are trying to …(5)… meat without killing animals. So far the Dutch team
appears to have made the most progress.
Mr. Post says he wants to show that the world’s growing demand for meat could
be …(6)… more efficiently and with less harm to the environment.
ANSWERS:
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Part 2: Listen to the CD player twice and write the best answer in the box below.
There is a pause after each time you listen. (0.8 marks)
1. How many percents do graduate schools in the United States increase in applications
from international students this year?
A. seven percents

B. eight percents

C. nine percents

D. ten percents

C. four years ago

D. five years ago

2. When is the increase the same as?
A. two years ago

B. three years ago

3. Which countries showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master’s and
doctoral programs this fall?
A. China

B. China, Mexico

C. Mexico and Brazil

D. China, Mexico and Brazil

4. Which is the top area of study for international students?
A. Engineering

B. Business

C. Physical

D. Earth sciences

ANSWERS:
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II. PHONETICS: (1 mark)
A. Choose the word whose primary stress is pronounced differently from that of the
others. Write your answer in the box below. (0,4 mark)
1. A. achievement

B. experiment

C. explanation

D. discovery

2. A. surprising

B. astonishing

C. amazing

D. interesting

ANSWERS:
1

2

B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others. Write your answer in the box below. (0,6 mark)
1. A. carol

B. habit

C. graze

D. match

2. A. sound

B. southern

C. drought

D. mountain


3. A. headache

B. character

C. stomach

D. challenging

ANSWERS:
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III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (7,0 marks)
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence and write it in
the box below. ( 2,0 marks)
1. The …........... in the southern part of the country is very rich and fertile.
A. ground

B. soil

C. earth

D. land

2. …........... the rise in unemployment, people seem to be spending more.
A. Nevertheless

B. Meanwhile

C. Despite

D. Although

3. All the doors were open, …........... seemed rather odd.
A. it

B. that

C. who

D. which

4. You must …........... these instructions very carefully.
A. bring out

B. carry out

C. carry on

D. get up to

5. …........... of the students in our class could solve this math problem.
A. Neither

B. None

6. I’ve passed my exam, dad.
A. It’s my pleasure.

C. Not much

D. Not

- …………..

B. Good job!

C. You’re welcome.

D.Good way!

7. I told him I’d prefer to walk but he insisted on …........... me a lift.
A. taking

B. helping

C. making

D. giving

8. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _____ new procedures to

save time and money.
A. establish

B. manufacture

C. control

D. restore

9. They received _______ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good

B. such a good

C. so good an

D. such good

C. rather than stay

D. rather than staying

10. She’d prefer to go out ________ home.
A. than to stay
ANSWERS

B. than staying


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B. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find the mistake and write your correction
in the space provided below. (1,0 mark)
0. Jane looked sadly and worried this morning. I wonder what happened to her.
0.sadly → sad
1. They are so beautiful pictures that I can’t help buying.
2. We are terrible sorry for being late.
3. They suggested us that we should leave for London.
4. Many students find very easy to learn English grammar.
5. I am delighting that you passed your examination.
ANSWERS
MISTAKES

0. 0. sadly
1

CORRECTED WORDS
sad

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3
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C. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the box
below. (1,0 mark)
1. Dictionaries are …………. books.

REFER

2. You should ………………... this in detail.

DESCRIPTION

3. Mr Green doesn’t smoke. He is a ………………...

SMOKE

4. She is always making a lot of ………………….

COMPLAIN

5. They felt ………………. as they could do nothing to make
the situation better.

ANSWERS

HELP


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D. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. Write your answers in the box.
(1,0 mark)
1.

It is imperative that the letter (send) ……………………… at once

2.

That guy admitted (steal) ………………………the gold watch.

3.
4.
5.

Had you listened carefully to the instructions, you (not be) ………………………

that confused now.
Neither Jane nor Peter (be) ………………………coming to the club tonight.
Mr. Bill often (have) ……………… difficulty (get) ……………… along with his
friends due to his irritating manner.

ANSWERS:
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E. Write a suitable preposition for each sentence in the box below. (1,0 mark)
1. She’ll visit us as soon as she arrives ……….. Paris.
2. Who’s the woman dressed…………. green.
3. Peter is excited ………………… winning the prize.
4. The boss has been ill …………………flu for the last week.
5. This document is very important …………your case.
ANSWERS:
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F. Complete the text with a, an, the or X( no article). Write your answer in the box
below. (1 mark)
Example: I had___X____ dinner with the Queen.
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain, traditions
play (1)…… more important part in the life of (2)…… people than in other countries.
Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law
for about three hundred years that all (3)…….. theatres are closed on Sundays. No (4)
…….. letters are delivered, only (5)…….few Sunday papers are published.
ANSWERS:


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IV. READING (4,0 marks)
A. Choose the word which best completes each blank in the following passage. Write
your answer in the box below. (2,0 marks)
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its (1)…........... on the
world’s climate. Many scientists put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase
(2)…........... the world’s temperatures and are convicted that, more than (3)…...........

before, the Earth is at (4)…........... from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According
to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, (5)….......... as hurricanes
and droughts, even more severe and causing sea levels all around the world to (6)
…........... .
Environmental groups are putting (7)…........... on governments to take action to
reduce the (8)…........... of carbon dioxide which is given off by factories and power
plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favor of more money being
spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, (9) …........... could then
replace existing power station.
Some scientists, (10)…..........., believe that even if we stop releasing carbon
dioxide and other gases into atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several
hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.
1.A effects

B. aspects

C. affects

D. influences

2.A in

B. at

C. by

D. to

3.A yet

B. never

C. once

D. ever

4.A threath

B. danger

C. risk

D. harm

5. A the same

B. like

C. such

D. so

6.A raise

B. arise

C. rise

D. lift

7. A force

B. pressure

C. persuation

D. encouragement

8. A amount

B. deal

C. number

D. count

9.A that

B. which

C. who

D. where

10. A but

B. however

C. moreover

D. though

ANSWERS:


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B. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word to complete the text. Write your
answer in the box below. (1,0 mark)
Detective stories are the most popular (1)……….. of stories in the world. But (2)
……….. is the most famous fictional detective? Without a doubt, it is Sherlock Holmes.
The (3)……….. of the Sherlock Holmes stories was Arthur Conan Doyle. He was

born in Scotland in 1859 and studied medicine at Edinburgh university. After (4)…
university he moved to the south of England and (5)……….. as a doctor, but in his spare
time he started to write detective stories.
ANSWERS:
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C. Read the passage, choose the best answer and write it in the box below. (1,0
mark)
About 200 million years ago, as the Triassic Period came to a close, many species
of animals disappeared from the face of the Earth. Scientists previously believed that
the series of extinctions happened over a period of 15 to 20 million years. Recent
discoveries in Nova Scotia suggest, however, that the extinctions may have happened
over a much shorter period of time, perhaps less than 850,000 years.
Evidence for a rapid extinction of species at the end of the Triassic Period is found
in the McCoy Brook Formation along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. Fossils found in
this formation indicate a rapid disappearance of species rather than a slow and gradual
change over time. One explanation for a relatively sudden extinction at the end of the
Triassic may be that a large meteorite struck the earth at the time and is responsible for a
70- kilometer hole nearby. If geologists and other researchers can find evidence, such as
shocked quartz in the rock formations, that a meteorite did strike the earth, it would give
more credence to the theory of rapid Triassic extinctions. It is possible, however, that
even if a rapid extinction happened in and around Nova Scotia, it did not necessarily

occur in the rest of the world.
- Meteorite: thiên thạch
1. Which of the following could best replace the word "close"?
A connection

B dispersion

C separation

D end


2. The author uses the phrase "the face of the Earth" in order to
A emphasize the disappearance
B focus on one part of the Earth
C focus on one period of time
D point out the reference to land, not water
3. All of the following were mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A the extinction of late Triassic animals
B the duration of time for the extinction
C a large meteorite hitting the Earth 10 million years ago
D the use of types of rock in scientific research
4. Which of the following could best replace the word "struck"?
A affected

B discovered

C devastated

D hit

5. What is the main topic of this passage?
A the disappearance of animal species at the end of the Triassic Period
B evidence of a rather sudden extinction of species
C the possibility of an extinction happening throughout the world at the same time
D a meteorite hole in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia
ANSWERS:
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V. Writing (6,0 marks)
A. Write the second sentence that it has the same meaning as the first one. (1,5
marks)
1. I wish you could lend me your bicycle.
It’s a pity I __________________________________________________________
2. “Must we stay in this hotel all evening?”, he said to us.
He asked ___________________________________________________________


3. Without your help, I shouldn ' t have been able to find my way.
If you______________________________________________________________
4. You should go to the doctor at once.
Don’t postpone ______________________________________________________

5. After she finished her work, she went to bed.
Having _____________________________________________________________
B. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
(1,5 marks)
Example: The programme only finished a minute ago. JUST
The programme has just finished.
1. The job received over a hundred applications. (applied)
- Over a hundred people______________________________________________
2. Our future is in your hands, my dear! (depends)
- Our future 3. I’d rather you didn’t use the office phone. (mind)
Would you_________________________________________________________
4. I’m sorry I can’t give you all the expensive things in life. (wish)
- I________________________________________________________________
5. If I were you, I’d try to get some sleep. (advise)
- I ________________________________________________________________
C. Write a paragraph about 100 words on the important roles of computers
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