Gián án Đề thi HSG Môn Tiếng Anh 2010-2011

UBND HUYỆN TRẦN VĂN THỜI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2010 -2011
Ngày thi : 09 - 01 - 2011
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Điểm: Giám khảo 1:
Giám khảo 2:
Mã phách:
A. GRAMMAR
I. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) which best completes each sentence.
Circle the letter you choose (3.0m)
1) Please ask them . . . . . . . . . . in this area.
a) don’t smoke b) not smoking c) to not smoke d) not to smoke
2) Come and . . . . . . . . . . . . badminton, Nam!
a) do b) make c) take d) play
3) Timson . . . . . . . . . . 13 films and I think her latest is the best.
a) made b) had made c) has made d) was making
4) My birthday is . . . . . . . . . . February 2
nd
.
a) on b) in c) at d) from
5) You should learn your lesson . . . . . . . . . .
a) careful b) carefully c) careless d) carelessly
6) “The students went on a canoe trip yesterday.”
“I heard it was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”
a) excited b) exciting c) exciteful d) an excitement
7) “Do you think your father will worry if we’re late?”
“Maybe we’d better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . him.”
a) call b) be calling to c) to call d) will call
8) I said “Happy Birthday” before . . . . . . . . . . Lan a present.
a) give b) will give c) gave d) giving

9) Tam . . . . . . . . . last night when the telephone . . . . . . . . . . .
a) slept-rang b) slept-wasringing
c) was sleeping - rang d) was sleeping-was ringing
10) It’s very crowded here. I wish ...............................................
a) there were a few people b) there weren’t so many people
c) there is no one d) there was somebody here
11) Quiet, please. The headmaster would like to ......................................... a few words.
a) talk b) say c) tell d) mention
12. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ...............................................
a) very perfect b) perfective c) perfectively d) perfectly
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after each
sentence so that they can make the sentences meaningful (2.0m)
1. My ……………………………………… television programs is cartoon. (favor)
2. Life is more . . . . . ............... . . . . now. (comfort)
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3. Would you like to go . . . . ............ . . . . . . (swim)
4. He speaks French very . . ............... . . . . . . . . . (good)
5. Life in the city is . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . from life in the country. (difference)
6. Lan has a ……………………………… of many lovely dolls. (collect)
7. Meat is not a . . . . . . . . . . food if we know how much to eat. (health)
8. You should go to a doctor and have a thorough ……………………. (examine)
III. Identify the words or phrase (A, B, C or D that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct. Circle the letter you choose (1.5m)
1. I discovered something interestingly in the store so I got in to buy it.
A B C D
2. Would you mind help me solve these mathematics problems? I can hardly
A B C
understand how to do them.
D

3. She was having dinner when a man was coming and giving her a present
A B C D
4. Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered.
A B C D
5. After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.
A B C D
6. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.
A B C D
IV. From each number, pich out one word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from the others. (1.5m)
1) a-colour b-perform c-boring d-your
2) a-want b-watch c-bath d-water
3) a-thank b-think c-them d-father
4) a-happen b-hour c-house d-horse
5) a-filled b-destroyed c-prepared d-wished
6) a-scout b-crowd c-cloud d-flow
B. READING
I. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word (2.5m)
The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in.
Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they
can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) ..........
that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find the time.
English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different
from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square
tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is
the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.
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II. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
(2.5m)

I live in a small village (1)____ Henfield - there are about 500 people here. I love it
because it is (2) ____ and life is slow and easy. You never (3) ____ queue in shops or
banks. The village is clean - people (4) ____ it and don’t throw their rubbish in the
streets. The air is also (5) ____ because there’s not much heavy traffic. It’s much more
(6) ____ here than in a city . Everyone knows everyone and (7) ____ someone has
problem, there are always people who can help .There are (8) ____ things I don’t like
about Henfield. One thing is that there is not much (9) ____ in the evening - we haven’t
got any cinemas or theaters. Another problem is that people always talk about (10) ____
and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a
big city./.
1. A. was B. is C. called D. name
2. A. quietly B. quiet C. noisy D. noisily
3. A. had B. should C. wait D. have to
4. A. look after B. find C. think D. look for
5. A .dirty B. not clean C. clean D. dizzy
6. A . friendly B. unfriendly C. boring D. uninteresting
7. A .if B. . because C. so D. but
8. A. much B. a little C. a few D. some
9. A. doing B. to do C. jobs D. things
10. A. another B. every one C. each other D. any one
III. Read the passage and answer the questions below (2ms):
A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays and the various towns try
to organize entertainment for them.
In one seaside holiday town in the South of England, arrangements were
made for a bank to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week.
Unfortunenately, it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there
was only one person in the audience because, though the bank was under cover, the
audiences were not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat. After an
hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and asked whether he had a special

request “yes, I have,” said the man, “please finish as soon as you can. I’m the keeper of
this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home”
A) Choose the best answer (2ms)
1) What was the weather like when the band first performed?
A – It was fine. B – It was rainy.
C – It was stormy. D – It was sunny.
2) The band performed . . . . ..
A – In the park. B – In a large theatre.
C – On the beach D – In the middle of the room.
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3) Who was the man the conductor talked to?
A – He was a musician. B – He was the keeper of the park.
C – He was a person who liked music much
D – He was a beggar.
4) The band . . . . . . . . . .
A – Performed in an hour. B – Did not play well so nobody liked it.
C – Couldn’t perform because they were wet.
D – Had to lock the gates after the performance.
C. WRITING
I.Complete the following sentences, using words given. (2.5m)
1. Look ! / sun / set / mountains
.....…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. In my life/ I / never be/ Pac Bo Cave.
.....…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. My uncle/ give up/ smoke / one year.
.....…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She/ say / enjoy / Vietnamese food / much.
.....…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. He/ learn / English / two years now.

.....…………………………………………………………………………………………
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly
the same as the sentence printed before it (2.5m)
1) Ten years ago we started working together.
We have ………………………………………………………………..................
2) Please do not make noise in this area.
Customers are requested ………………………………………………....………
3) Can you look after my cat while I’m on holiday ?
Can you ………………………………………………………………............……
4) He wanted to relax, so he took up Yoga.
He took up Yoga in…………....…………………………....……………………
5) It was my grandfather who bought the house many years ago.
The house ………………………..………………………………………………..
6) Life in urban areas is less healthy than life in rural areas.
Life in rural areas is …………………..…………………..………………………
7) It was so late that nothing could be done.
It was too ………………………………….....……………………………………
8) Her presence made him feel better .
He felt …………………………………..…………………………………………
9) As a school boy, he often played badminton in the school team.
He used ……………..……………………..………………………………………
10)” How can I play the guitar ? “ asked the boy
The boy wanted to know …………………….………………..…….....................
... The end …
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UBND HUYỆN TRẦN VĂN THỜI HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO MÔN TIẾNG ANH
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
A. GRAMMAR

I (3.0m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1-d 2-d 3-c 4-a 5-b 6-b
7-a 8-d 9-c 10-b 11-b 12-d
II. (2.0m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1. favorite 5. different
2. comfortable 6. collection
3. swimming 7. healthy
4. well 8. examination
III. (1.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1- B 2-B 3-C 4-B 5-A 6-B 42-B
IV. (1.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1-a 2-c 3-c 4-b 5-d 6-d
B. READING
I (2.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1. more 2. for 3. there 4. so 5. can
6. in 7. each 8. has 9. be 10. where
II. (2.5m, 0.25 m for each correct answer)
1. C. called
2. B. quiet
3. D. have to
4. A. look after
5. C. clean
6. A . friendly
7. A .if
8. D. some
9. D. things
10. A. another
III.
1)
B – It was rainy.

2)
A – In the park.
3)
B – He was the keeper of the park.
4)
A – Performed in an hour.
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