Tài liệu HSG huyện anh 23

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ - NĂM HỌC 2007 - 2008
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 9
THỜI GIAN: 150 PHÚT (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
GIÁM KHẢO 1: GIÁM KHẢO 2: ĐIỂM: PHÁCH:
A. PRONUNCIATION:
I. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part:
1. convenient together today modern ..........................
2. tool moon soon cook ..........................
3. ch emistry champ church champion ..........................
4. cough though rough tough ..........................
5. h our honour host honest ..........................
6. th ough thought within than ..........................
7. fear tear bear hear ..........................
8. food good soon too ..........................
9. cure tutor sure pure ..........................
10.invention question information protection ..........................
II. Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
1. person enough picture people ..........................
2. rainfall children religion different ..........................
3. extreme generous lonely clothing ..........................
4. friendly extra along orphanage ..........................
5. method quiet major electric ..........................
6. produce towel advent flower ..........................
7. interactive experience commercial linguistics ..........................
8. temperature acquaintance distinguish describe ..........................
9. generous humorous precious mysterious ..........................
10. reputation description suggestion pollution ..........................
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES: Choose the right word or phrase in the brackets and fill in the
blank to complete the sentences.
1. My village is about 120 kilometers ............................................... ( in / at / to / for ) the west of HCMC.
2. I would rather she ............................................... ( did / do / will do / to do ) the work again.

3. We ............................................... ( came / arrived / went / reached ) the nearest village before sunset.
4. If only I ............................................... ( were / am / can be / would be ) in the countryside right now.
5. He can’t earn money ............................................... ( unless / until / if / without ) he has no job.
6. Do you ....................................... ( want / object / mind / disapprove ) my turning the television on now?
7. Nobody phoned while I was out,....................................( didn’t we? / did we? / did they? / didn’t they? )
8. A ............................................... ( sailor / pen pal / writer / designer ) is a person whose job is to decide
how to make things or decide their shape or appearance.
9. It’s very crowded here. I wish ............................................... ( there were a few people / there weren’t so
many people / there is no one / there was somebody here ).
10. Quiet, please. The headmaster would like to ............................................... ( talk / say / tell / mention ) a
few words.
11. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ............................................... ( very perfect / perfective
/ perfectively / perfectly ).
12. ............................................... ( Campus / Hall / Institute / Dormitory ) is a large building in a college or
university where students live.
13. Can you tell me how many chapters this book ............................................... ( consists of ? / consists ? /
comprises of ? / includes ? )
14. ............................................... ( All of films / All of the films / Of all films / Of all the films ) you have
watched , which film impresses you most ?
15. The mother divided the cake into four equal pieces. The children were ...............................................
(pleased with / pleased about / happy at / happy on ) the equal division.
16. We think that with our solidarity we can ............................................... ( overcome / pass / get by / do )
this difficulty.
17. What aspect of learning English ............................................... ( you find to be difficult? / do you find to
be difficult? / you find difficult? / do you find difficult? )
18. She thinks chatting on the internet is ............................................... ( time-consumed / times-consumed /
time-consuming / times-consuming ).
19. The woman seldom writes poems or stories, ............................................... ( does she? / doesn’t she? /
does he? / doesn’t he?
20. I’ll go on holiday ............................................... ( as soon as / how / until / as ) I can.

C. READING:
I. Put the sentences in logical order to build a dialogue:
A. Oh, I see. And I have a question for you. Do you know when the color television was invented?
B. It was invented by Peter Carl Goldmark.
C. He was American.
D. Your color television looks very nice. Is it new?
E. What’s his nationality?
F. I know this question. In 1950, wasn’t it?
G. Yes. My father has just bought it.
H. I’m sorry. I don’t know.
I. You’re right. And who invented it?
II. Complete the passage below by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in the
brackets:
The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the (1)(refuse) ...................................... of the
inhabitants of No. 13 to have any form of communication with them. The trouble started over what is known as
noise (2)(pollute) ............................................... Every evening, the (3)(think) ............................................
neighbors used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (4)
(neighbor) ..................................................was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what (5)
(act) .................................................... to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (6)
(suggest) ..................................................... as to how to deal with the problem. A decision was (7)
(make) ..................................................... to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13 and ask
them (8)(polite) ................................................. to turn their music down after six in the evening. Unfortunately,
the visit did not turn out to be (9)(success) ..................................................., as the inhabitants of No. 13 refused
to talk to them. So on the (10)(advise) ....................................................... of local police, the matter is now in
the hands of the court.
III. Read the passage and answer with true ( T ) / false ( F ) / not given ( N ):
There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most important ones. Two-
thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their
mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as
a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for

more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the land area in the world.
It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of
the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than three-
fourths of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than three-fifths of the radio stations broadcast
programs in English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. English is the
language of international communication.
1. Chinese is the most important language. ....................
2. About 66.6 per cent of the world’s population speak six major languages. ....................
3. Vietnamese speak English as their first language. ....................
4. 75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English. ....................
5. 40 per cent of the world’s radio stations use English. ....................
6. English has more speakers than Chinese. ....................
7. People in India speak English as their second language. ....................
8. People in New Dehli cannot speak English. ....................
9. People in France speak English as their foreign language. ....................
10. People in Australia also speak English. ....................
D. WRITING:
I. Cloze test: Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
Water is our life source . It makes up 70 percent (1) ……....................…………………our bodies, and the average
person actually spends 18 months of his life in the bath (2)………......................…………….shower.
But we are only now learning (3) …………......................……………to look after water. Acid rain has polluted as
many as 18,000 lakes and our seas and our rivers are (4) ……………..........…............………..with waste products. It is
now very expensive to try to repair the damage (5)…………….....................………….has been done .We have some
hope for the future, though, because new (6)………...................………………..of water have been discovered. People
living the Sahara Desert have (7) ……………..............…………fish swimming in deep undergrowth steams. Scientists
also believe (8)…………….......….........………is a huge lake beneath London. If we have learnt anything from our
mistakes, we will try to keep these new areas of water clean .
II. Building sentences: Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences .
1) Learning / foreign language / necessary / us / get / job. //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................………………………………………………………………………………….

2) I / spoke / the man / wife / injured / accident. //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………………………………………………………….
3) family / I / spend / two months / plan / summer / holiday. //
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................……………………………………………………………………
4) driver / stop / car / time / save / child. //
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....................…………………………………………………………………….
5) Boxing / too / dangerous / her / play, / it ? //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....................……………………………………………………….
6) If I / younger / learn / drive / car. //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………………………………….
7) Of all / hotels in town / the Royal Hotel / comfortable. //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................………………………………………………………….
8) He / try / stop / smoking / many times / but / he / never / succeed. //
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................………………………………………………….
9) I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course. //
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................……………………………………………………………………….
10) It / difficult / prevent / people / park here. //
...............................................................................................................................................................................
III. Sentence transformation: Rewrite each of the sentences in a such a way that has the same
meaning as the sentences above it.
1) Six years ago we started writing to each other.
We have …………………………………………………………………………………......................…………………………………………………………………………………………
2) Please do not smoke in this area of the restaurant.
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 football in the school team.
He used …………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................………………………………………………………………….
10)” How can I use this machine ? “ asked the man
The man wanted to know ………………………………………………………………………………......................…………………………………………………………..
E. LISTENING : Listen to the conservation carefully and answer the questions below.
I. Circle the correct answers a, b or c:
1) What is the name of her house ?
a. Orchard Cottage b. Riverside Cottage c. Bramble Cottage
2) What is Sainsbury’s ?
a. a supermarket b. a hotel c. a bank
3) What did they want to do ?
a. to sell her cottage b. to move her cottage c. to knock down her cottage
4) When did it happen ?
a. last year b. two months ago c. two years ago
5) How old is the woman ?
a. 69 b. 75 c. 79
II. Answer the questions :
1) What did they want to build ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….......................…………………………………………………………………………………………
2) How much money did they offer her at first ?
………………………………………………………………………………………......................……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3) Why doesn’t she need that money ?
………………………………………………………………………………………......................……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4) Was she their first customer ?

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Phòng Giáo dục T.p Buôn Ma Thuột
.............o0o................ KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 9
ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
A. PRONUNCIATION:
I. 10 điểm: 1 điểm cho một từ đúng
1. modern 2. cook 3. chemistry 4. though 5. host
6. thought 7. bear 8. good 9. sure 10. question
II. 10 điểm: 1 điểm cho một từ đúng
1. enough 2. religion 3. extreme 4. along 5. electric
6. produce 7. interactive 8. temperature 9. mysterious 10. reputation
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES:
30 điểm: 1,5 điểm cho một chỗ đúng
1. to 2. did 3. reached 4. were 5. if
6. mind 7. did they? 8. designer 9. there weren’t so many people 10. say
11. perfectly 12. Dormitory 13. consists of? 14. Of all the film 15. pleased with
16. overcome 17. do you find difficult? 18. time-consuming 19. does she? 20. as soon as
C. READING:
I. 20 điểm: D – G – A – F – I – H – B – E – C
* 2 câu đúng ( D G ): 3 điểm
3 câu đúng ( D G A ): 6 điểm
4 câu đúng ( D G A F ): 9 điểm
5 câu đúng ( D G A F I ): 12 điểm
6 câu đúng ( D G A F I H ): 14 điểm
7 câu đúng ( D G A F I H B): 16 điểm
8 câu đúng ( D G A F I H B E): 18 điểm
9 câu đúng ( D G A F I H B E C): 20 điểm

II. 20 điểm: 2 điểm cho một từ đúng
1. refusal 2. pollution 3. thoughtless 4. neighborhood 5. action
6. suggestions 7. made 8. politely 9. successful 10. advice
III. 20 điểm: 2 điểm cho một câu trả lời đúng
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
6. F 7. T 8. F 9. N 10. T
D. WRITING:
I. Cloze test:
20 điểm : 2,5 điểm cho một câu đúng
1.of 5.which / that