Tài liệu HSG huyện anh 28

Họ và tên thí sinh : _________________________
Số báo danh : ______________________________
Hội đồng thi : ______________________________
Đề chính thức
(gồm 6 trang)
ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT SINH GIỎI
KHỐI 9 - VÒNG 2
NH :2009-2010
Ngày kiểm tra :31/01/2010
Thời gian làm bài : 150phút
Chử ký GT
Số TT
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Điểm bằng số Điểm bằng chử Chữ ký GK 1 Chữ ký GK 2 Mật mã
Số TT
PART ONE . Multiple choice (40 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 .This kind of medicine is quickly ____________ into the body.
A. entered B. absorbed C. gone D. introduced
2 . It is impossible to ____________ why different people like different things ?
A. account B. cause C. reason D. explain
3. The young soldier ____________at the target and fired.
A. pointed B. aimed C. directed . D. tried
4 . She sang less beautifully than I ____________.
A. wished B. hoped C. expected . D. demanded
5 . COLGATE toothpaste contains much _________.
A. salt B. perfume C. fluoride . D. oil
6. Smoking is ____________ to your health .
A. harmful B. useful C. essential . D. wonderful
7. Attending all the lectures is important ____________ university students .
A. in B. with C. about D. to

8. Are you acquainted ______________ this lady?
A. with B. to C. by D. about
9 . Is she capable ____________using computers ?
A. about B. of C. with D. on
10. Hurry, or you will be late ____________ the meeting .
A. at B. to C. from D. for
11. Do you know how to _______________ chess?
A. Make B. play C. do D. game
12. I can’t move in your room! There is too much ________________
A. chairs B. furniture C. furnitures D. desks
13. “When will Mr Ba retire ? He began ___________ for the company thirty years ago.”
A. will work B. works C. to work D. to be worked
14. Excuse me, how do I ____________ to the post office from here?
A. Find B. get C. come D. leave
15.The cooker _____________ is displayed at Big C Supermarket looks modern .
A. why B. who C. which D. whose )
16. Could you tell me the ___________ to the bus station, please?
A. Road B. direction C. way D. street
17. I’ve got a ____________ in my leg.
A. Hurt B. pain C. damage D. ache
18. The company enjoys a world-wide_______________ for quality of design.
A. course B. reputation C. exchange D. paint
19. As the bus left, Helen’s friends said, ‘Have a good _______________
A. journey B. travel C. voyage D. going.
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20. I’m sorry, but I don’t ________________ the question.
A. know B. understand C. realize C. have
21. As it’s ________________ , take your umbrella.
A. windy B. snowing C. freezing D. raining
22. Excuse me. What time does this train ______________ London?

A. arrive B. reach C. come D. go
23. We couldn’t cross the ______________because there wasn’t a bridge.
A. river B. mountain C. beach D. field
24. How much time do you spend _______________ the website a day ?
A. posting B. responding C. surfing D. reading
25. Mrs. Thoa is generous to the poor ________ she is not rich.
A. but B. however C. although D. so
26. It’s possible that the last person _______ didn’t lock the door.
A. leaving B. who leave C. for leaving D. to leave
27. My friend gave me a surprise party, _______ was good of them.
A. that B. this C. which D. it
28. _______ you should do now is take a long holiday.
A. What B. That C. How D. As
29. I told you a lot of things, _______ was true.
A. several of which B. all of which C. of which all D. all that
30. What a nuisance! I’ve done everything possible but the cooker _______.
A. isn’t worked B. does not work C. didn’t work D. won’t work
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
31. Mostly none of my students enjoys reading his detective stories.
A B C D
32. Mr. Walker said to the press that there had been a big earthquake in Indonesia.
A B C D
33. When he met us, he offered that we could meet them at the air port.
A B C D
34. To my mind, the English is quite an easy language to learn.
A B C D

35. I looked for my keys, but I couldn't find it.
A B C D
36. Some of cities advise that the resident wear gas masks when traveling in the streets.
A B C D
37. The singular way to reduce pollution in the city is ban cars from downtown.
A B C D
38. Quite a few people can really understand the important significance of having
A B C
a good command of French.
D
39. Mankinds are responsible for the destruction of a wealth of the world’s cultural heritage.
A B C D
40. The Vietnam’s Olympic team, winning two golds in the last event, gave a hero’s welcome
A B C
on returning home.
D
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Answers :
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
PART TWO. Word Forms (60 pts)
A. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make
a meaningful passage. There are two extra words that you cannot use.
observe surprise see propose leak quickly
flash explode suggest crime fatal ground
Nobody knows the exact cause of the Hindenburg disaster. Sabotage has been
(1)_______, but experts at the time believed that it was caused by (2)_______ gas which was
ignited by static electricity. It had been waiting to land for three hours because of heavy
thunderstorms. The (3)_______ happened just as the first mooring rope, which was wet, touched
the ground. (4)_______ saw the first flames appear near the tail, and they began to spread
(5)_______ along the hull. There were a number of (6)_______ as the hydrogen-filled

compartments exploded. The airship sank to the ground. The most (7)_______ thing is that 62
people managed to escape. The (8)_______ were highest among the crew, many of whom were
working deep inside the airship. After the Hindenburg disaster, all airships were (9)_______ and,
until recently, they have never been seriously considered as a commercial (10)_______.
Answers :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
1. The __________ of one or several species may result in the loss of biodiversity. (appear)
2. The government has done everything possible for the protection of ____ animals. (dangerous)
3. There was a _________ belief that women were inferior to men. (spread)
4. Distinguished _____________________ were invited to the discussion. (politics)
5. Elephants losing their habitat is the direct result from ______________________. (urban)
6. We are grateful for the __________________________ help that you offered. (value)
7. Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, ____________ increases. (produce)
8. I felt ______________________ to know how my own money is being spent. (title)
9. ________________________, she wasn’t hurt in the car crash. (remark)
10. WHO’s objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the _____________
of the highest possible level of health. (attain)
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9 10.
PART THREE. CLOZE TESTS (40 pts)
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
PASSAGE A
Speech – the act of uttering sounds to (1)_______ meaning – is a kind of human action. Like any
other repeated action, speaking has to be learned, but once it is learned, it becomes a generally
(2)_______ and apparently automatic process.
As far as we can determine, human beings do not need to be (3)_______ to speak; most
babies seem to possess a sort of instinctive drive to produce speech-like noises. How to speak

and what (4)_______ are another matter altogether. These are learned from a particular society
(5)_______ the baby is born: so that, like all conduct that is learned from a society – from the
people around us – speech is a patterned activity.
The meandering (6)_______ and chatter of young child are eventually channeled by
imitation into a few orderly grooves that (7)_______ the pattern accepted as meaningful by the
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people around him. Similarly, a child's indiscriminate practice of putting things into his mouth
becomes limited to putting food into his mouth in a certain day. The sounds that a child can make
are more (8)_______ and numerous than the sounds that any particular language utilizes.
However, a child born into a society with a pattern of language is encouraged to make a small
(9)_______ of sounds and to make these few sounds (10)_______ until it is natural for him to
make these sounds and no others.
1. A. get B. describe C. convey D. reveal
2. A. unconscious B. unknown C. insensible D. irrational
3. A. recommended B. forced C. attacked D. learned
4. A. to talk B. telling C. to say D. speaking
5. A. into where B. into which C. where into D. that into
6. A. blabber B. chirp C. babble D. croon
7. A. represent B. express C. tell D. give
8. A. changed B. distorted C. varied D. reflected
9. A. gathering B. accumulation C. get-together D. selection
10. A. now and again B. over and over C. over again D. once again
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
PASSAGE B
In Britain there is a (1)____ now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days, many girls
from working-class (2)_______ in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country
worked in rich houses. They had to do all the (3)______ and their working day was usually very
long, they often worked on (4)_____, too. Once a year, it was usually (5)______ Sunday in March,

they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and (6)_____ presents for their
mothers and for other members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and
(7)_____they went back to their work. People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering
(8)____.Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received
one(9)_____day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It (10)_____ the last Sunday
in March.
Economical-energetic-poetries-(poems)-independence-appearance-introduced-
collector-enjoyable-invited-relax
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9 10.
PART FOUR. Reading Comprehension (10 pts)
Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the
passage.
Design is the act of making something better. Everything, no matter how ordinary, has been
designed. That some objects give us no special pleasure or are not fashionable does not alter the
fact that somebody decided what they would look like, what they would do and how they would be
used.
Every time you buy a new kettle or toaster, the quality of the design is influential,
encouraging you to choose one kettle or toaster over the others. Good design works well.
Excellent design works well and gives pleasure. Look at it the other way round. Some objects look
very good but do not work well. Take the Alessi kettle, with its curved handle and two-tone whistle.
It looks very exciting but the handle can get too hot to touch. Compare this with the familiar
Russell Hobbs automatic electric kettle. It has been in production since the late 1950s, works
perfectly and looks good.
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Poor designs are easy to find. If you cannot see what is at the back of the kitchen cupboard
without getting down on your hands and knees, that is bad design. If you catch your sleeve on a
door handle, that is bad design. If you cannot understand how to use the controls on your cooker
without searching for the instruction book - and if, when you find the book, you still cannot work the

timing switch, that is unpardonably bad design.
The question is: how, when these kinds of faults are so obvious, have some designs ever
reached our homes? The answer is that in most cases, bad designs emerge because not enough
energy and time is given to thinking through all the different questions that should be asked about
the product. Kitchen cupboard makers will say that they are making cupboards as economically as
possible. This kind of “cheapness” is one of the main reasons for the absence of good design in
our homes. To make a cupboard where the shelves swing out to display the contents when the
door is opened is more expensive.
1. What does the passage say that good designers think about?
A. how things will be used B. what people are used to
C. what is fashionable D. what will influence people
2. Things which are excellently designed
A. work perfectly. B. last a long time.
C. always get chosen by shoppers. D. both work well and look good.
3. What was wrong with the Alessi kettle?
A. It was too round B. It was unreliable
C. The design was impractical D. The design was old-fashioned.
4. In what way are some cookers badly designed?
A. The handles stick out too far. B. It is difficult to find the controls.
C. Using the timing switch is a confusing process. D. The instruction books have
no diagrams.
5. Why do badly-designed things get made and sold?
A. They are quicker and cost less to make.
B. Manufacturers pay low wages to designers.
C. Designers do not know enough about manufacturing processes.
D. There are too few food designers.
Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PART FIVE : WRITING : (20pts)
Write complete sentences using the suggested words : (20pts)

1. however / when /we/reach / Suoi Tien / it / began /rain
_______________________________________________________________________
2. hobby / can / almost anything / person / like / do / spare time //
_______________________________________________________________________
3. firstly / they / encourage / students / be / proud / their / school
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Huong / me /Hoi An Town / tomorrow / I / lot / photos / there
_______________________________________________________________________
5. 1897 / Jack London / 21 / year/ old / gold / discover/ Alaska.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Mr . King / have to / dinner / so / he / going / market /
now ._______________________________________________________________________
7. The bus / often / collect / children / 5 o’clock / after / class.
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