ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIẾNG ANH CẤP THÀNH PHÔ CÓ ĐÁP ÁN

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ
Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016
MÔN:Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm 115 câu 06 trang)

PART A. LISTENING
I. Listen and fill in the missing words (5pts)
Chau: Dad, I’m doing an assignment.Can you help me with the(1)..........................?
Chau’s father: What is the assignment about?
Chau: It’s about the important dates of the (2)........................ Where and when did the first printed
newspaper appear,Dad?
Chau’s father: It first appeared in the 7th or 8th century AD,in China.
Chau: And when was the lelegragh invented?
Chau’s father: Perhaps it was in the late 19th century.Do you know what two new (3)............... of
media appeared in the early 20th century?
Chau: Radio and newsreels?
Chau’s father: Excellent! And when did (4)........................ become commercially viable? Can you
guess?
Chau: In the 1940s?
Chau’s father: No.It was in the 1950s.
Chau: When did the Internet become the major force in (5)....................?
In mid and late 1990s
Chau: Thank you ,Dad. Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment.
II. Listen then choose the best answer (5pts)
1. We should take some time to look around your..................... if we live in an earthquake zone,
A. house

B. room

C. neighbor

D. village

2. We should block the rollers on your .............. and washing machine to prevent them from moving
A. computer

B. TV

C. fridge

D. dish washer

3. We should check the .................. in your bathroom and bed room.
A. doors

B.windows

C.picturs

D. mirrors

4.We should not put our bed next to a .................
A. window

B. frigde

C. TV

D. computer

5. The first thing to remember is to................... during an earthquake


A. run out of the house

B. stay inside

C.climb up the trees

D. swim in the river

PART B: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other three in each
group.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. loved

B. hatred

C. sacred

D. beloved

2. A. wash

B. walk

C. horse

D. god

1. A. half

B. calm

C. culture

D. chalk

2. A. pretty

B. prepare

C. precious

D. prefer

3. A. moon

B. tool

C. food

D. cook

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each group.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces on the right. (5 pts)
1. A. university

B. engineer

C. Japanese

D. uncomfortable

2. A. interesting

B. difficult

C. efficient

D. beautiful

3. A. horizontal

B. grammatical C. magazine

D. mathematics

4. A. concert

B. allow

C. accept

D. admit

5. A. minimize

B. employee

C. immediate

D. embroider

PART C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the spaces on the right. (10 pts)
1. If you want to go you may. I have no _____ to your going.
A. disagreement

B. objection

C. subject

D. upset

2. My sister has several English friends, _____ is a doctor.
A. one of whom

B. one of them

C.of them one

3. Susan was alone in the house when the fire _____.
A. broke in

B. broke out

C. broke off

D. broke up

4. The patient _____ to listen to his doctor's advice.
A. refused

B. prevented

C. lacked

D. resigned

D. of whom one


5.If only he ______ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.
A. has

B. would have

C. had

D. should have

6._____ I remember, there used to be a big tree in the middle of the school.
A. As far as

B. So much as

C. As well as

D. Much more than

7.My little brother caught a cold last week and hasn’t _____ it yet.
A. got through B. got over

C. got out

D. got off

8.The football team won partly because they had been well trained by their.
A. teacher

B. coach

C. instructor

D. director

9.Jack, as well as his two sisters, hardly ever went out in the evening, _____?
A. did he

B. didn’t he

C. did they

D. didn’t they

10.Do you know the name of the restaurant at _____ we had dinner in last night?
A. that

B. where

C. when

D. which

11.Nobody knew he was coming. He arrived_____
A. expected

B. unexpected

C. expectedly

D. unexpectedly

12.It is a great _____ that the exhibition was cancelled at the last minutes.
A. pity

B. sorrow

C. complaint

D. sadness

13.I don’t know him but he looks as if he _____ be her brother.
A. can

B. could

C. would

D. shall

14.It’s not worth _____ to him because he will never listen.
A. talk

B. talking

C. to talk

D. that you talk

15.When Mr. Spendthrift ran out of money, he _____ his mother for help.
A. fell in with B. fall upon

C. fell behind

D. fell back on

C. out

D. by

16.Her father passed _____ last year.
A. away

B. through

17._____ from her intelligence, she is always polite to everyone.

A. Not only

B. Apart

C. Except

D. As well

18.I estimate that this diamond ring is _____ about $10.000.


A. valued

B. precious

C. worth

D. priced

19. She went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A. down with

B. in for

C. over

D. through

20. I can't _____ what he's doing; it's so dark down there.
A. see through B. make out

C. look into

D. show up

II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces provided on
the right. (10 pts)
1.Her (anxious) was so great that she broke a glass.
2. It is expected that there is a serious (short) of electricity this summer.
3.His father asked him to (apology) for being so rude to his guest.
4.Give me something to drink please! I’m dying of (thirsty).
5.I’m sure he’ll be successful. In fact, he’s so (ambition).
6.This is an (forget) event. I’ll remember it forever.
7.His father is a famous (history).
8.(Basic), the performance was a great success.
9.If your work is (satisfy), you will get a longer contract with the company
10.This matter is very (confident). Don't discuss it outside the office.

III. Fill each gap in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
1.Do you think they will be _____________ time for the performance?
2.Who is responsible ___________ damaging my car?
3._____________ no circumstances should you leave the office without permission.
4.To raise a big family, she has to work _____________ dawn to dusk.
5.I'm sick of staying home _____________ the four walls.
6._____________ account of the bad weather, they had to call off the match.
7.We'll provide you _____________ whatever information you ask for.
8.It was not polite __________ him to leave without saying a word.
9.His father died __________ lung cancer at the age of 65.
10.The weather here has got a bad effect __________ his health.

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.
Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (10 pts)
1. We couldn't help (laugh) when they heard the teacher's funny story.
2.At this time next week, we (have) a holiday at the seaside.
3.Someone seems (follow) us. We’d better go faster.
4.By the time I get to the station, the train (leave) for 10 minutes.
5.At the moment Jack, as well as all his classmates, (do) a test given by the teacher.
6.He postponed (make) a decision till it was too late to do anything.
7.(Cook) the dinner, she took a shower.
8.He became addicted to (smoke). He really regretted not taking his father's advice.
9.Hurry up or all the tickets (sell) by the time we get there.
10.You have been working all morning. It’s time you (take) a rest now.
VI. Identify one error in each of the sentences below and then correct it. Write your answer (A, B,
C or D)
and corrections in the spaces that follow. Number 0 is an example. (5 pts)
1.It is obvious that parents always protect their children in dangers.
A
B
C
D
2. The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to break due to the rain.
A

B

C

D

3.Ann’s new bicycle costs much more than me.
A
B
C
D
4.When we go on vacation, we prefer swimming and active sports to sightseeing and lie on the beach.
A

B

5.The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
A
B
C
D

PART D : READING COMPREHENSION

C

D


I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers. Write A, B, C, or D in the space on
the right. (5 pts)
Independence Day in the United States is celebrated every year on the Fourth of July. For most
communities throughout the nation, the traditional celebration includes parades down the main streets,
picnics with hot dogs and lemonade, and, of course, a fireworks display at night. In some towns across
the country, however, special events are planned in honour of the occasion.
In Bristol, Rhode Island, fire engine teams from communities throughout New England compete in

a contest to squirt water from their fire hoses. Flafstaff, Arizona holds a huge three-day powwow,
including a rodeo for twenty Native American tribes. The annual Eskimo games with traditional kayak
races are held in Kotzebue, Alaska. Two auto races are always scheduled for the Fourth, including a
four-hundred-mile stock car event at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, and an
annual auto race up the fourteen-thousand-foot precipice at Pike's Peak in Colorado.
Several small towns celebrate in other unique ways. Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of Mark
Twain, invited the children to participate in a fence-painting contest, performing a scene from Mark
Twain's novel Tom Sawyer. In Lititz, Pennsylvania people gather in the Limits Springs Park to light
thousands of candles and arrange them in various shapes and images.
1. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?
__________
A. Holidays in the United States.
B. Traditional celebrations for the Fourth of July.
C. The origin of the Independence Day.

D. Small towns in America.

2. The author mentions all of the following as ways the Fourth of July is celebrated except _____.
__________
A. parades
B. races
C. dances
D. fireworks
3. The word huge in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by _____.
A. exciting
B. amusing
C. complicated
D. large
4. The word them in paragraph 3 refers to _____.
A. shapes

B. candles
C. children

__________
__________

D. images

5. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. the Fourth of July is celebrated in Canada as well as in the US.

__________

B. towns in the US celebrate July Fourth in different ways because of their regional customs.
C. although fireworks are not legal, they are displayed on the Fourth of July.
D. The Fourth of July is not celebrated in large cities in the US.

II. Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word from the list.
Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
V. Choose a suitable word in the list to complete each gap in the passage. (5 pts)
what

extremely

enough

in

get

advised

if

leaving

each

find

Advice for travellers who may fall ill while abroad
Most British people go abroad on holiday to visit families or on short business trips. People are …(1)
… to find how to get urgent treatment before …(2)… the UK. They have to …(3)… a form which
explains …(4)… they should do if they fall ill or have an accident, and what arrangements exist in …
(5)… country for medical treatment. The regulations are fairly simple but …(6)… people do not have
this information they may …(7)… that medical care is …(8)… expensive. It is not unusual for people
to discover that they do not have …(9)… money with them to pay the total costs and …(10)… such
circumstances an already difficult situation become even more complicated.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________ 10. _________
III. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word. (10 pts)
POOR BUT CLEVER
It was a very cold winter. A poor man (1) _____________ was very cold wanted to drink (2)
_____________ hot to warm himself, but he had only (3) _____________ penny in his pocket. He
went into a (4) _____________ and asked the waiter: “How (5) _____________ is a cup of tea?” “Four
pence, Sir.” “That’s (6) _____________ much for me,” said the man:

“How much is a glass of hot

water?” “We don’t sell hot water, we give it (7) _____________.” “How much for two lumps

(8)

_____________ sugar?” “We don’t (9) _____________ sugar, Sir, we give it free.” “All right, give me
a little hot water and two (10) _____________ of sugar. I will have tea next time.”
PART E: WRITING
I. Use the suggested words and phrases to make complete sentences. (10 pts)
1.My father / used / smoke / lot / but / he / not / any more.
______________________________________________________________________________
2.Homework / must / hand in / before / end / week.
______________________________________________________________________________
3.I find / hard / persuade Jane / change / mind.
______________________________________________________________________________
4.No one / take / notice / her presence / party.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. My parents / going / have / old house / rebuild.
6. Manager / get on well / employees.


........................................................................................................................................................
7. Person / Mary meet / theater / Howard Anderson.
........................................................................................................................................................
8. Neither Bill / John / have / sister.
........................................................................................................................................................
9. John/ always/ first/ come and/ last/ arrive.
........................................................................................................................................................
10. there/ no point/ persuade Bill/ change/ mind.
........................................................................................................................................................

II. Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one, using the word
in capitals.
Do not change this word in any way. (5 pts)
1. His rude behaviour is too much for me. PUT
I can’t ……………………………………...............…… any longer.
2. The two sides were unable to reach an agreement. SUCCEED
The two sides …………………….……………….………. an agreement.
3. I’m sure it was Tom who made all this mess. MUST
All this mess …………………………………...............…… Tom.
4. “I am sorry I have caused you so much trouble, Peter.” said Steve. APOLOGIZED
Steve ………………………………………...............…… so much trouble.
5. I am not sure exactly how deep the harbour is. EXACT
I am not sure …………………..…………………… of the harbour.

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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ
Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016
MÔN:Tiếng Anh 9
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 03 trang)

Tổng điểm: 100
Sau khi chấm, qui về thang điểm 10

PART A. LISTENING
I. Listen then choose the best answer (5pts)
1 point for each correct answer
(Thiếu S trừ 0,5)
1. information

2. media

3. forms

4. television

5. journalism

II. Listen and fill in the missing words (5pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

PART B: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of others. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR


I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer

1. B 2. A

3. A

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. B

9. A 10. D

11. D 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. B

II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct word
1.anxiety

2.shortage

3.apologize

4.thirst

5.ambitiuous

6.unforgettable

7.historian

8.basically

9.satisfactory

10.confidential

III. Fill each gap in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct preposition or adverb particle
1. in

2. for

3. under

4. from

5. within

6. on

7. with

8. of

9. of

10. on

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct verb tense/form
1. laughing

6. making

2. will be having

7. having cooked/ cooking

3. to be following

8. smoking

4. will have left

9. will have been

5. is doing

10. took

V. Identify one of the underlined parts … that is not correct and get it right. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct identification, 0.5 point for a right correction
1. C → from
2. B → surrounding
3. D → mine
4. C → lying

5. B →worse
PART D: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1. A

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. C

II. Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word from the list.
Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (5 pts)
0.5 point for each correct answer
1. advised

2. leaving

3. get

4. what

5. each

6. if

7. find

8. extremely

9. enough

10. in

III. Fill each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct answer
1. who

2. something 3. one

4. bar

5. much

6. too

7. free

9. sell

10. lumps

8. of

PART E: WRITING

I. Use the suggested words and phrases to make complete sentences. (10 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
(Đúng 1 vế cho 0,5)
1.My father used to smoke a lot but he does not (smoke) any more.
2.Our/ the homework must be handed in before the end of the week.
3.I find it hard to persuade Jane to change her mind.
4.No one took any notice of her presence at the party.
5.My parents are going to have our/the old house rebuilt.
6.The/our manager gets on well with his/the employees.
7. The person Mary met at the theater was Howard Anderson.
8..Neither Bill nor John has a sister.
9..John is always the first to come and the last to arrive.
10.There is no point in persuading Bill to change his mind.


II. Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means the same as the original one, using the word
in capitals.
Do not change this word in any way. (5 pts)
1 point for each correct sentence
(Đúng 1 vế cho 0,5)
1. Mr Norris, whose son is a friend of mine, a famous doctor.
2. John is always the first to come and the last to arrive.
3. It’s time we started studying for the final exam.
4. There is no point in persuading Bill to change his mind.
5. We are going to have our house repainted.
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