Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Vĩnh Tường, Vĩnh Phúc 2013-2014 - Học Toàn Tập

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PHÒNG GD&ĐT

VĨNH TƯỜNG

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN

NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014

Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

PART A: LISTENING

(All the recordings will be played twice)

You are going to hear a conversation with a woman who wants to join an international 
social club.

Questions 1–5. Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER 
for each answer.

Questions 6–10. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

6. According to Don, what might be a problem for Jenny?
A. her accent

B. talking to her colleagues
C. understanding local people

7. How many members does the club have now?

A. 30 B. 50 C. 80

8. How often does the club meet?

A. once a week B. once every two weeks C. once a month

9. What is the club’s most frequent type of activity?

A. a talk B. a visit C. a meal

10. The main purpose of the club is to help members to
A. meet Australians.

B. learn about life in Australia.
C. enjoy themselves together.

PART B: PHONETICS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. communicate B. experience C. embroidery D. inspiration

2. A. banyan B. blanket C. gather D. exchange

3. A. behave B. decorate C. expect D. describe

4. A. realize B. product C. mechanic D. separate

5 A. comment B. garment C. even D. cement

International

Social Club

Application form

Name: Jenny Foo

Age: 21

Nationality: (1)……….

Address: (2) ……… Road, Bondi

Mobile phone: (3) ………

Occupation: (4) ………

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PART C: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

I. Choose the right word or phrase A-D to complete the sentences.

1. _______ my friends were unsuccessful at the job interviews.

A. Most B. The most of C. Most of D. Most out of

2. _______ hard it is, we’ll finish solving it before you come back.

A. No matter what B. How far C. No matter how D. Whichever

3. It was clear that the young couple were _______ of taking charge of the restaurant.

A. responsible B. reliable C. capable D. able

4. Have you ever been to Da Lat City? I remember _______ to the city by my teacher.

A. taking B. to take C. to be taken D. being taken

5. _______ he loved her, he didn’t forgive her for what she had done.

A. Much as B. Because C. No matter D. However

6. Can you give me the _______ for tomato soup?

A. formula B. recipe C. order D. method

7. I must go to the dentist and _______.

A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth

C. my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of

8. I didn’t get home until after midnight last night. Otherwise, I _______ your call.

A. would return B. returned C. would have returned D. had returned

9. By next year, we _______ here for ten years.

A. lived B. have lived C. will live D. will have lived

10. _______ for the intolerable heat in the hall, we would have stayed much longer.

A. If it weren’t B. Unless it were C. Hadn’t it been D. Had it not been

11. She was _______ as anyone could have had.

A. as patient teacher B. a patient a teacher

C. as patient as teacher D. as patient a teacher

12. _______ parrots are native to tropical regions is untrue.

A. All B. That all C. Since all D. Why all

13. I am sorry I opened your handbag but I _______ it for mine.

A. mistook B. confused C. recognized D. imagined

14. English is used as an access _______ world scholarship and world trade.

A. into B. for C. to D. toward

15. If you come to the cinema, _______ your friend with you.

A. bring B. get C. invite D. take

II. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the 
spaces. There is an example at the beginning.

Example: 0. amusement

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critics of zoos remain (10. CONVINCE) _______ , there can be no doubt that animals in

zoos today enjoy a more comfortable existence than in the past.

III. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, 
and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick () by 
the number on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write 
the word on your answer sheet. There are two examples at the beginning.

PROBLEMS WITH A FRIEND

0….…being.…..…....

00. ..…..……….…

1. ………..…
2. ………..…
3. ………..…
4. ………..…
5. ………..…
6. ………..…
7. ………..…
8. ………..…
9. ………..…
10. …………..……..

Susie Williams has been my best friend ever since we were being
at primary school together, and last week she told me some good
news. She had decided not to marry with her boyfriend. They had
been going out on together for about two years, and got engaged
last Christmas. I was never happy about their relationship, as I
thought so that he was not the right partner for her. I always

felt that if they had of got married, she would have completely
lost her independence because he would have to made her give
up her studies and stay at home all the day. Susie would have
hated that, as I know that she is a very ambitious person, but
when I mentioned it to her she was became quite angry, saying
that I was jealous her, and wanted him for myself. Sometimes it
isn’t easy being a best friend.

PART D: READING

I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the 
following passage.

Because writing has become so important in our (1) _______, we sometimes think of it
as more real than speech. A little thought, (2) _______, will show why speech is primary
and writing sencondary to language. Human beings have been writing for (3) _______ 5000
years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been
human (4) _______.

When writing (5) _______ develop, it was derived (6) _______ and represented speech,
albeit imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. (7)
_______, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not
severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being can
not be prevented from doing so. (8) _______, it takes a special (9) _______ to learn to
write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of society didn’t acquire the skill,
and even today many who speak languages with writing (10) _______ never learn to read or
write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.

1. A. culture B. education C. training D. competition

2. A. though B. nevertheless C. however D. furthermore

3. A. at least B. at last C. totally D. finally

4. A. people B. personality C. beings D. being

5. A. rather B. quite C. has D. did

6. A. with B. of C. about D. from

7. A. However B. Otherwise C. Furthermore D. But

8. A. On behalf of B. On the other hand C. Another way D. By the way

9. A. affect B. affair C. effort D. effect

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II. Fill in each space in the following passage with one suitable word.

A pioneer is the field of telecommunications, Alexander Graham Bell was (1) ____ in
1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Ontario, and then to the United States, setting in
Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Throughout his life, Bell had been
interested (2) ___ the education of deaf people. This interest led him to (3) ____ the
microphone and, in 1867, his “electrical speech machine”, which we now call a (4) ____.
News of his invention quickly (5) ____ throughout the country, even throughout Europe. By
1878, Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1884,
long distance connections were (6) ___ between Boston, Massachusetts and New York City.
Bell imagined great uses for his telephone, like the model from (7) _____ 1920s, but
would he ever have (8)_____ telephone lines being used to transmit video images? Since his
(9) _____ in 1922, the telecommunication industry has undergone an amazing revolution.
Today, non-hearing people are able to use a special display telephone to communicate.

Bell’s “electrical speech machine” paved the way (10) _____ the information
superhighway.

III. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions below.

I must tell you about our holiday this year-it was one of the best we’d ever had. No, we
weren’t staying in an expensive hotel, but a youth hostel! I know what you are thinking: We
must have gone mad. But we haven’t- I just wish we’d discovered youth hostels years ago.
Now that I’m back at university again. Luxury hotels are a thing of the past, and I was
complaining about this one day to a friend who said that she and her family never stayed
anywhere but hostels. I had no idea that hostels could be anything from a cottage to a castle.
In fact there are four different grades- simple, standard, superior and special. So you pay an
overnight charge according to the kind of hostels you stay at. You can’t stay more than
three nights at a time but that didn’t bother us because we wanted a touring holiday.
Basically you look after an evening meal if you arrive early enough. There are a few rules
like having to be in by 11 p.m in the evening and out by 10 a.m in the morning but
otherwise you’re free to do what you want. Now I really believe that the best thing about
this whole holiday was meeting so many different and interesting people. I used to think
hostels were only for the young and noisy, but not any more. You can’t imagine what a
variety there was! Anyway what are you all doing next year?

1. This is from _______.

A. a letter B. a magazine C. a poster D. a diary

2. What is the writer trying to do?

A. to make complaints B. to offer instruction

C. to give direction D. to give information

3. Why didn’t the writer stay in the hotel?

A. She had to be in by 11p.m and out by 10a.m.
B. It was too noisy.

C. She couldn’t stay as long as she wished.

D. She didn’t have enough money to stay in a hotel because she is studying again.
4. What did the writer most enjoy about holiday?

A. She could do anything she liked.
B. it was a touring holiday.

C. She enjoyed meeting other people staying in the hostel.
D. the holiday was lying and interesting.

5. The writer was _____

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PART E: WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaningto the first one, by 
using the word given. (Do not change the word given).

1. It's possible Karen didn't hear her name being called. might

→ Karen .……… her name being called.

2. “Don’t forget to lock the house when you go out, William,” his mother said. reminded

→ William’s mother ……… when he went out.

3. Nobody expected her to lose, but she did. against

→ Against .……….. she lost

4. There weren't many guests at the wedding. only

→ There were ……… guests at the wedding.

5. Promise to look after it and you can borrow my tennis racquet. long

→ You can borrow my tennis racquet, ………. to look after it.

II. You borrowed some books from your school library. Unfortunately you have to go

away to visit a sick relative and cannot return the book in time.

Write a letter to the library. Explain what has happened and tell them what you want 
to do about it.

You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin
and end your letter as followed:

Dear Sir/Madam,

__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

Yours sincerely, 
 Reader