Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh lớp 9

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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 08/4/2014

SỐ PHÁCH
(Do chủ tịch HĐ chấm ghi)
……………….

Đề thi này gồm 09 trang (1-9). Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trong đề trước khi làm bài.
PHẦN GHI ĐIỂM DÀNH CHO GIÁM KHẢO
SECTION I
Part 1: 10 câu
x 0.1 đ ...... câu đúng
....... điểm
(2.0 điểm)
Part 2: 5 câu
x 0.2 đ ...... câu đúng
Question 1: 12 câu
...... câu đúng
SECTION II
Question 2: 10 câu
x 0.2 đ ...... câu đúng
....... điểm
(7,4 điểm)
Question 3: 8 câu

...... câu đúng
Question 4: 7 câu
...... câu đúng
Question 1: 10 câu
...... câu đúng
SECTION III
Question
2:
6
câu
x
0.2
đ
...... câu đúng
....... điểm
(5,6 điểm)
Question 3: 12 câu
...... câu đúng
Question 1: 7 câu
x 0.2 đ ...... câu đúng
SECTION IV
Question
2:
8
câu
...... câu đúng
....... điểm
(5.0 điểm)
Question 3: Viết thư
2.0 đ

......................
Tổng điểm bài thi:
Điểm ghi bằng chữ:..........................................................................
Chữ ký giám khảo 1:............................; Chữ ký giám khảo 2:..........................
........................................Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào tập đề thi này...................................
SECTION ONE: LISTENING (2.0 pts)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
- Bài nghe gồm 2 phần: Phần 1 (part 1) được nghe 2 lần, phần 2 (part 2) được nghe 3 lần, mỗi
lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần đều có hướng dẫn hoặc tín hiệu;
- Thí sinh có 1 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài tập sau khi nghe;
- Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe;
- Giám thị chỉ cần bấm nút “play” 1 lần cho đến hết và không giải thích gì thêm.
Part 1: Listen to three callers – Laura, Howard and Monica on radio programme, calling
the Problem Solver for help and write the best answer in the box. You will listen to the tape
twice.
1. What does the Problem Solver think Laura's problem is?
A. She has noisy neighbors.
B. She has unfriendly neighbors.
C. She likes eating cakes too much.
2. What’s Laura's problem?
A. Her neighbors are always noisy.
B. Her neighbors give her cakes and she’s getting fat.
C. Her neighbors never bring her cakes.
3. What advice does he give her?
A. Stop being friends with them.
B. Accept the food, and then give it to someone else.
C. Ask them to stop what they are doing.
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4. What does the Problem Solver think Howard's problem is?
A. He worries too much.
B. His daughter goes out too much.
C. His daughter works too hard.
5. What’s the problem with Howard's daughter?
A. She’s unhealthy.
B. She cries all night.
C. She’s studying too much.
6. What does his daughter do when she isn’t studying?
A. She rides her bike or takes a walk with her dog.
B. She watches films with her friends.
C. She swims or goes out for dancing.
7. What option does he suggest?
A. Ask her to change her habits.
B. Let her continue to do what she's doing.
C. Tell her to take her studies more seriously.
8. What does the Problem Solver think Monica's problem is?
A. She wants to take a vacation.
B. She doesn't want to take the new job.
C. She didn't get the job she wanted.
9. What is Monica’s problem?
A. She has to move to San Francisco.
B. She’s supposed to start a new job during her vacation.
C. She’s forced to cancel her vacation to Vietnam.
10. What does he think she should do?
A. She should cancel her vacation plans.
B. She should find another job.
C. She should tell the company about her plans.
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.

9.

10.

Part 2: You will hear a conversation between a doctor and a patient who has come for an eye
test. Listen and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. You will
listen to the tape three times. (0) has been done as an example.

PATIENT RECORD
Time of appointment:

Example: 0. 10.00 am

Given name:
Family name:
Date of birth:
Address:

.

Simon Anthony
Lee

1.
.
2.___________________________,
Adams Terrace, Willington.
Phone no.
0211 558809
Name of insurance company: 3.
.
Date of last eye test:
4.
.
Patient’s observations:
5. Problems seeing ______________________.
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SECTION TWO: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7,4pts)
Question 1. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to finish each of the following sentences.
Write your answer in the numbered box below. (0) has been done as an example.
0. He __________ a teacher.
A. be
B. is
C. are
D. am
1. Our teachers suggest __________ money to help the poor in this area.
A. to collect
B. collected
C. collecting
D. collect
2. It was considerate of you not to play the music while I __________asleep.

A. felt
B. fell
C. feel
D. was feeling
3. A. "What did you buy so much paint _______?"
B. "I'm going to paint my room again."
A. for
B. about
C. with
D. by
4. Few people came to the meeting last night, __________?
A. did people
B. didn’t they
C. did they
D. were they
5. Jim: Could you do me a favor, please?
Lina: “__________”
A. No, Thanks. I can manage.
B. Yes. That’s very kind of you.
C. Never mind.
D. Sure. What can I do for you?
6. Have you __________yourself recently? How tall are you?
A. counted
B. calculated
C. added
7. Don't go too fast! I can't __________up with you.

D. measured

A. go

B. walk
C. keep
8. If __________don’t like a play, they walk out of the theater.

D. run

A. spectators
B. audiences
C. viewers
D. actors
9. In my company, the deputy director usually __________ responsibility for
organizing meetings and conferences.
A. makes
B. gets
C. takes
10. The documentary was first __________on BBC television.
A. broadcast
B. played
C. recorded
11. You have never __________a crime, have you?
A. robbed
B. stolen
C. admitted
12. The castle is set in beautiful __________.
A. environment
B. surroundings
C. situation

D. becomes
D. performed

D. committed
D. views

 Write your answers here. You can write only the letter A, B, C or D.
0. B 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Question 2. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct
but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) at the end

of the line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word at the end of the
line. Some lines have been done as examples.
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WOMEN DRIVERS
For the years women drivers have traditionally been seen

0. the
00. 
as bad drivers. However, a survey carried out for the British
1.
television network, the BBC, seems to tell a different story. Over
2.
three times like as many men as women confess to bad driving
3.
habits. According to of the survey, men are more likely to drive
4.
too close up to the car in front or read a map while they are driving!
5.
More men they appear to drive when they are tired and in
6.
danger of falling asleep. Women stop at more red traffic lights and
7.
have fewer of serious accidents. Is this due to traditional female
8.
characteristics such as gentleness compared with typical male
9

characteristics such as aggression or a difference in the intelligence?

According to the Royal Automobile Club, things change as men
10.
get older. After the age of 30, so they tend to become safer!
Question 3. Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK
CAPITAL. Write your answer in the numbered boxes below.(0) has been done as an example.
TRAVELING
Up until the 1960s, not many British people had (0) flown abroad for their
FLY
holidays. Although the idea was (1) ______________, flying was still too
ATTRACT
expensive for most people. The only (2) ______________people had was to go CHOOSE
to British resorts. Instead of flying, families (3) ______________to the British DRIVE
coast. Places like Blackpool and Brighton had millions of (4) ______________ VISIT
every year. During the 1960s and 1970s, prices dropped and (5) ____________ TRAVEL
began to visit places like Spain. At first, hotels were (6) ______________,
COMFORT
but they slowly got better. These days, the (7) ______________lounges at
DEPART
airports are full and people travel (8) ______________and forwards across the BACK
world for work and on holiday. Every summer, tourists go in all directions in
search of the perfect beach and the perfect resort.
 Write your answers here.
0. flown
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
Question 4. Match each phrasal verb in the sentences (0 - 7) in A with its meaning (A-I) in
B. Write your answer in the numbered boxes below. There is an extra in B which you do not
need to use. (0) has been done as an example.
A
B
0. Don’t worry about me - I can look after myself.
A. become bad
1. His evidence just doesn’t add up
B. pay a visit
2. I’m afraid that deal didn’t come off after all
C. watch out
3. Drop in whenever you pass
D. take care of
4. They were lucky to get off with such light sentence
E. make sense
5. This milk has gone off
F. take place successfully
6. I don’t hold with the idea of using force
G. agree with
7. Do look out for spelling mistakes in your work
H. stop working
I. avoid punishment

 Write your answers here. Write A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H or I next to the number.
0. D
1.
2.

4.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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SECTION THREE: READING (5,6 pts)
Question 1. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
Write your answer in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done as an example.
SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has (0) ________ that over half the children in Britain who take their own
lunches to school do not eat (1)________ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to
(2)________ meals at lunch time. Children can choose to bring their own food or have lunch at
the school canteen.
One shocking finding of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches
prepared by parents. There are strict standards for the preparation of school meals, which have
to include one (3)________ of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and
starches food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (4)________ by researchers contained sweet
drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children (5)________ twice as much sugar as they should at
lunchtime.
The research will provide a better (6)________ of why the percentage of overweight students
in Britain has (7)________ in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government can not instruct
parents, but it can remind them of the (8)________ value of milk, fruit and vegetables.
Children can easily develop bad eating (9)________ at this age and parents are the only ones
who can (10)________ it
0.

A. informed

B. told

C. shown

D. said

1.

A. approximately

B. properly

C. probably

D. possibly

2.

A. give

B. do

C. make

D. provide

3.

A. piece

B. portion

C. bowl

D. kilo

4.

A. examined

B. found

C. taken

D. looked

5.

A. take

B. contain

C. consume

D. consist

6.

A. view

B. knowledge

C. understanding

D. opinion

7.

A. increased

B. expanded

C. extended

D. added

8.

A. nutritional

B. healthy

C. positive

D. good

9.

A. behaviors

B. styles

C. attitudes

D. habits

10.

A. prevent

B. define

C. decide

D. delay

 Write your answers here. You can write only the letter A, B, C or D.
0. C

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Question 2. You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who teaches survival
techniques. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences
A-H the one which fits each space (0 - 6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need
to use. Write your answer in the numbered boxes. (0) has been done as an example.

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A Mears even takes groups to visit a highly-protected nature reserve in Canada to
watch bear cubs being born and raised.
B He has just hired an Internet consultancy firm to design a website which will give
people all over the globe access to his knowledge.
C I try to show people how to reconnect with nature, how to see it in a different light.
D This experience, and others like it, led Mears to write The Survival Handbook, which
was published in 1989.
E The ancient woodlands should be left alone, and areas not needed for agriculture
should be planted with trees and allowed to grow wild.
F These ancient skills help to put us back in touch with nature, and to understand our
place in the world.
G He also teaches how to identify edible plants for food.

H His passions are reflected in Woodlore, a series of courses in which he passes on
survival techniques to people of all ages

The man who can survive any where
Ray Mears tells Graham Hadley how learning survival skills can help us rediscover nature.
Armed with little more than a hunting knife and a cooking pot Ray Mears can survive
anywhere. He loves nothing more than spending days, weeks or even months alone in the wild,
and he will talk passionately about any aspect of the natural world, from his favourite trees to
endangered species of animals. 0. H Those who sign up for the courses range from children
to grandparents, with a large number of twenty to thirty-year-olds looking for a taste of
adventure.
'People might see it as survival skills,' he says, 'but I aim to teach a little more than that.
1.
__________
Some who have participated on the course have experienced a very profound
change in their life. They develop a greater awareness of nature. They return to the cities and
notice the seasons change for the first time. They see the geese, the pigeons, the edible plants
growing between the cracks in the pavement. The city and their life in it are transformed.'
The Woodlore courses take participants to experience tribal life with the native people of
Namibia, or to shiver through an Arctic survival course in Lapland. 2.
These are the
places to fulfill the schoolboy dream of lighting fires with just a couple of sticks.
3.
'There are lots of simple survival tips, like it's often better to avoid anything which is
green. More energy is used up eating it than you get out of it. Roots are best because you need
carbohydrates.'
There is a very serious purpose to what Mears does. 'All around the world cultures are losing
ancient skills as the latest generation is attracted away from the land to an easy life through
technology,' he explains. 'We live in a world where we can have whatever we want, but along
the way we have lost contact with the natural world. 4.

Without them, there's a danger
we could lose sight of where we've come from.'
'The area around London is particularly threatened. 5.
People need places where they
can get close to nature.'
But Mears is not against the latest technological developments and is well aware of the
6.
benefits.
___________‘In this way people can become part of a global tribe, one
which lives both for and from the natural world.’
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 Write your answers here. You can write only the letter A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H.
0. H

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Question 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
ONE word in each space. Write your answer in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done

as an example.
THE POWER OF FILE SHARING
The big music story of 2005 turned (0) out _ to be the success of the Arctic Monkeys, a British
group whose debut single went straight (1) _______the top of the charts. But theirs was no
ordinary success story in the music business. Far (2) _______ being discovered and promoted
by one of the big record labels, the group had made it (3) _______ their own; recording their
own material and freely distributing it by the Internet. Music fans had downloaded the songs,
realized (4) _______ good they were and then forwarded the files to their friends by means of
what became known (5) _______ 'file sharing'. In (6)_______words, the group's reputation
had been established via word-of-mouth.
The previous decade had seen a real revolution (7) _______ home recording. It had become
possible for anyone with musical talent, and a modest amount to invest in the latest digital
equipment, to achieve home recordings of comparable quality (8) _______ those produced in
professional studios.
To people in the music business, (9) _______, the idea of allowing free downloading was
unthinkable. Surely, they reasoned, if you gave your music away on the Internet, (10) _______
would buy a hard copy. But the success of the Arctic Monkeys demonstrated that the loss of
potential income when people downloaded songs (11) _______ than buying them, could be
offset by the increased exposure the music got (12) _______ a result. In effect, it was worth
making some songs freely available as a way of generating interest in others for which, of
course, people had to pay.

 Write your answers here.
0. out

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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SECTION FOUR: WRITING. (5.0 pts)
Question 1. Make any changes and addition to build the sentences from the cues given.
0. I / not / much time, / so / not / use / Internet / very often.
I do not have much time, so I don’t use the Internet very often.
1. Lan / run / home / with / dog / tell / mother / what / Skippy / do.
___________________________________________________________________________
2. It / be / long time / since / I / last / hear / you.
____________________________________________________________________________
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3. Nowadays / Internet / increasingly/ develop / and /become/ important / part/ our/ daily life.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Linda / better / apologize / Mrs. Green / lost / cell phone.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. material / call / jean / name / sailors / Genoa / Italy.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. They / have / dog / look /neighbors / whenever / they / go / holiday.
___________________________________________________________________________
7. There / people / can’t help / laugh / as / see someone / slip / banana skin.
___________________________________________________________________________
Question 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
Use the word given in brackets. You must use between THREE AND FIVE WORDS,
including the word given. Don’t change the form of the word given. (0) has been done as an
example.
0. The pond isn't deep enough to swim in. (TOO)
The pond

is too shallow to

swim in.

1. We had such a lot of homework to do at the weekend. (SO)
We had ________________________________________ to do at the weekend .
2. Hoa regrets not watching that film last night. (HAD)
Hoa ____________________________________________ that film last night.
3. All the students passed the exam except Jenny. (WHO)
Jenny was the _____________________________________ pass the exam.
4. People believe that Alan's wife destroyed his diaries after he died. (HAVE)
Alan's diaries___________________________________ destroyed by his wife after he died.
5. The coffee machine in our office hasn’t worked for three months. (OUT)

The coffee machine in our office ___________________________________ for three months.
6. The secretary said that they had run out of paper for the photocopier. (LEFT)
The secretary said that there was _______________________________ for the
photocopier.
7. She found the photographs when she was cleaning her room. (CAME)
She ______________________________________ when she was cleaning her room.
8. It was wrong of you to lie to me. (TO)
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You ________________________________________________ the truth.
Question 3. Read the advertisement below and write a letter of about 120 – 150 words to the
Foreign Language Council requesting for more information about the courses , fees, etc.
(Please DO NOT show your address, your name or signature in the letter.)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
COUNCIL
G/F, 12 Nam Trang Street
Study English, French or Chinese in
the morning & evening
Places available in beginner/
intermediate classes
Courses start on 3rd November
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