Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh lớp 9 huyện Lai Vung, Đồng Tháp 2014-2015 - Học Toàn Tập

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UBND HUYỆN LAI VUNG

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
(Đề thi gồm 08 trang)

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Ngày thi: 07/12/2014

(Phần này dành cho hội đồng chấm thi) 
Điểm

từng phần Điểm bài thi Giám khảo 1:

+ Chữ ký: __________________
+ Họ và tên: ________________

STT 
(do hội đồng
chấm thi ghi)
Câu I:...

Câu II:…...

Câu III:...
Câu IV:...

Tổng:...

Bằng số Bằng chữ

Giám khảo 2:

+ Chữ ký: __________________
+ Họ và tên: ________________

Số phách 
(do hội đồng
chấm thi ghi)

I. LISTENING (2.0 marks)

A. Listen to the CD player twice and choose the correct answers: (1m) 
1. The Statue of Liberty is in _____.

A. the centre of New York City
B. New York Harbour

C. the suburbs of New York City
2. The Statue was made by_____.

A. Americans B. the French C. the British
3. The Statue was completed in _____.

A. 1886 B. 1884 C. 1866
4. The Statue was made because _____.

A. French people wanted to show their friendship with American people.
B. American people wanted to show their friendship with French people.

C. French people wanted to show their friendship with British people.
5. Tourists can visit the Statue ____.

A. every day, including Christmas day
B. every day, except Sunday

C. every day, but not on Christmas day
ANSWERS:

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B. Listen to the CD player twice and fill in the missing words: (1m)

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write 
your answer in the box below:

1. Sally got a general ________ at local schools.
2. In _______ she joined the Star Sports Club.
3. There are ________ people in her family.

4. She likes _________ sports-basketball and swimming, for example.
5. She likes to read love stories- ____________ books.

ANSWERS:

1 2 3 4 5

II. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY: (8 marks)

A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence and write it in the 
box below: (2ms)

1. _______ want to get a good job have to have certain qualifications and experience.

A. Who B. Those which C. Those whom D. Those who

2. He is ____________ with his present job.

A. satisfying B. satisfied C. satisfactory D. satisfy

3. Minh ran__________his brother, Thanh.

A. more slowly than B. as slow as C. the most slowly D. so slowly than

4. Shy people often find it difficult to ________ group discussions.

A. take place in B. take part in

C. get on with D. get in touch with

5. Nobody knows who invented the wheel, ______?

A. do they B. don’t they C. does it D. doesn’t it

6. I prefer staying at work late ______ work home with me.

A. to take B. taking C. than take D. to taking

7. No one knows what the ______ of the explosion is.

A. source B. reaction C. cause D. reason

8. I wish I_________Bob the money; he spent it all gambling.

A. didn’t lend B. wouldn’t lend C. weren’t lending D. hadn’t lent

9. Many people will be out of _______ if the factory is closed.

A. career B. profession C. work D. job

10. Mary will take a plane ________ she dislikes flying.

A. because B. but C. even though D. so
ANSWERS:

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B. There are five mistakes in the passage. Write out the mistakes and correct them: 
(1m)

Line Text

1 If you stay in a Indian home, bring something from your home country as a
gift. Despite it is not expected, it would be much appreciated. But find out
the social status and religion of your hosts before you chose the gift. A
bottle of whisky would be the perfect gift for some, and no at all

appropriately for others. If you know the people you are going to stay with,
it is a good idea to ask them how they would like. Some things are just not
available in India.

ANSWERS:

Line MISTAKES CORRECTED WORDS

1 a an

C. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets.(2ms)

One thing I know is that I wouldn't like to have an (0) occupation OCCUPY

that has anything to do with physics,(1)... or math; CHEMIST
I am not the (2)... type at all. In fact at school, I was a SCIENCE
complete (3)... in these subjects. Neither am I very FAIL

good at dealing with people, nor am I (4) ..., so jobs in AMBITION 
business, administration and (5)... don't really interest MANAGE
me either. Moreover I find it (6)...to be surrounded by IRRITATE
a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving (7)... CREATE
work or artistic skills of some sort. I would like to have the chance

of work outdoors (8)... and perhaps do a bit of traveling OCCASION
too. I am not (9)... concerned about becoming rich but PARTICULAR
I would like to have a (10)... income enough to live REASON
comfortably.

ANSWERS:

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

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D. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2ms)

My sister (1. work) _____________ for a bank. She (2. start) __________
working five years ago. She (3. decide) ________________ that she wanted to go into
banking while she (4. study)____________ at school. She (5. earn) _________ fifteen
thousand pounds a year. She (6. do) ________ an evening course in business
administration at the moment to improve her career prospects. She (7. probably/get)
_____ promotion if she does well on the course.

At the moment she (8. talk) ______ to a customer, Mr. Pike, who (9. want)
__________ to borrow some money. Mr. Pike has a furniture shop. Next month he will
open another shop nearby a town, but he (10. need) _________ some extra capital first.
ANSWERS:

1 6

2 7

3 8

4 9

5 10

E. Write a suitable preposition for each sentence in the box below: (1m)

1. Someone broke ___________ the school and made off with computer equipment worth

20,000 dollars.

2. The boys _______________ the end of the class are talking noisily.
3. I never feel tired _________ watching my father’s coin collection.
4. Clean air provides us ________ a healthy supply of oxygen.

5. Most towns put ______ a Christmas tree, a fir tree decorated with colored lights, shiny
balls, tinsel and bows.

ANSWERS:

1 2 3 4 5

III. READING: (4 marks)

A. Read the passage below carefully and write the best answer A, B, C or D in the 
box below: (2ms)

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schools advice on secondary school choice. Most schools use a national test to support
this advice, for instance the 'Citotoets’, a test (10) ____ by the Central Institute for Test
development.

1. A. a B. an C. the D. Ø

2. A. afford B. enter C. come D. run

3. A. although B. despite C. in spite D. because

4. A. of B. on C. in D. for

5. A. old B. elderly C. aging D. age

6. A. includes B. contains C. consists D. composes

7. A. spends B. lasts C. lengthens D. takes

8. A. also called B. is also called C. is called also D. is also calling

9. A. educate B. educative C. educator D. education

10.A. develop B. to develop C. developing D. developed

ANSWERS:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE word: (1m) 
WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

Why do some everyday objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, while
(1) _____ will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, (2) ______

antiques expert, suggests that to see what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look
(3) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever
brought to her for an expert opinion. It was a French clockwork toy from the turn of the
century - a fashionably dressed young man smoking a (4) _______ - which perfectly
expressed that age of wealth and leisure. The clockwork toy was then just a cheap object
of after-dinner amusement, (5) ______ today it is worth around 100,000 pounds.

ANSWERS:

1 2 3 4 5

C. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the questions below: 
(1m)

In the past, both men and women were expected to be married at quite young ages.
Marriages were generally arranged by parents and family, with their children having little
chance to say no in the matter. In the past it was not surprising to find that a bride and
groom had only just met on the day of their engagement or marriage.

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The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional
Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of westernization, many of the age-old customs
practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both
Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas, often combining both western and eastern elements.
Besides the wedding ceremony, there is also an engagement ceremony which takes place
usually half a year or so before the wedding. Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion,
the date and time of the marriage ceremony are decided in advance by a fortune teller.
The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array of ceremonies: the first
is the ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to
receive the bride (along with the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the

bride to the groom's house for another ancestor ceremony and to welcome her into the
family, then the last is a wedding banquet. The number of guests in attendance at these
banquets is huge, usually in the hundreds. Several special dishes are served. Guests are
expected to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the
banquet will go from table to table collecting.

1. In the past, _________.

A. Vietnamese couples were free to make a decision on the marriage
B. Vietnamese marriage was decided by parents and family

C. getting married at an early age was not allowed

D. parents had no right to interfere their children's marriage

2. In former days, the fact that a bride and groom had only first met just on the day of 
their engagement or marriage was _________.

A. surprising B. uncommon C. popular D. strange

3. Which sentence is referred Vietnamese modern marriage? 
A. Most young people do not have their marriage based on love.
B. All marriages are arranged by parents and family.

C. Marriage is quite westernization.

D. Couples do not get married at quite young ages.
4. According to the passage, __________.

A. Oversea Vietnamese people do not like to organize a traditional wedding

B. There is an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so
before the wedding

C. Many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding do not
exist nowadays

D. Vietnamese people never ask a fortune teller the date and time of the marriage
ceremony

5. Which does not exist in a Vietnamese wedding party?

A. firecrackers B. guests C. dishes D. gifts

ANSWERS:

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IV. WRITING: (6 marks)

A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in

meaning to the sentence printed before it. (1,5ms)

1. I can’t play football as well as Peter does.

→ Peter ……….
2. The knife is so dull that we can’t use it.

→ The knife is too ….………...
3. I won’t go with you unless you let me pay my own way.

→ If …………. .…..………..
4. It’s ages since we last met him.

→We have …..………...
5. She said nothing when leaving the room.

→ She left ……….……….

B. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new 
sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original 
sentence. Do NOT change the form of these words.(1,5ms)

1. I solved the problem in two hours. (TOOK)

→...

2. Even though I admire his result examination, I don’t like him. (AS)

→...
3. It’s a pity my father didn’t go home early. (WISH)

→...
4. Could you look after the children until I get home? (MIND)

→...
5. “How long has Jane been working here?” she asked me. (HAD)
→...

C. Paragraph writing. (3.0 ms)

Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily 
homework is necessary for students?

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