80 BO DE LUYEN THI HSG ANH 9 CO NGHE 2019

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HĨA CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 201... – 201..
Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
Ngày thi: 21/3/201...
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, khơng kể thời gian giao đề

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

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I. Listening. (15 pts)
Part 1. Listen and tick the box. There is one example. You will hear the conversation twice. (5 pts)
EXAMPLE: How many people were at the meeting?

A. 
1. Which house did the woman stay in?

A
2. Which one is Mr. Brown?

A
3. What will Steve get for his birthday?

A
4. What’s Jane going to do this evening?

B. 

B

C. 

C

B

B

C

C


A

B

C

5. Where will the friends meet?

A

B

C

Part 2. Listening to this language course director describing the leisure activities for the coming week.
Circle the correct answer. You will hear the talk twice. (5 pts)
1. In the cookery class, they'll make ______.
A. sweets
B. bread
C. biscuits
2. Tomorrow evening, they'll hear poetry written by ______.
A. students
B. foreigners
C. children
3. The concert will be given by ______.

A. a pianist
B. a band
C. an orchestra
4. On Thursday, the talk will be about ______.
A. a film
B. a new city
C. an old house
5. The Sunday walk is in ______.
A. some gardens
B. a park
C. the hills
Part 3. You will hear a radio programme giving information about a show. Listen and fill in the
missing information. You will hear the conversation twice. (5 pts)
THE USK SHOW
 Open from:

(1) _______________________ till 6 pm

 Place:

USK Agricultural (2) ________________________

 Children’s events include:

+ Craft workshop (start at 10)
+ (3) _______________________ rides

 Exhibition showing:

Farm machinery and tools

 Food and drinks available in:

(4) _________________________

 Family tickets cost:

(5) _________________________

II. Rearrange the following sentences to make a logical dialogue between two people. Number the
sentences in order. (5 pts)
A. Sure. I’ve got them here.
B. That sounds like a good idea. So I can also tell about my visit to Laos and all of the historic places.
C. Thanks for your help. Once I get organized, it won’t be so difficult.
D. Hi, Lee. You don’t look happy today. What seems to be the problem?
E. Well, now you’re feeling better about this, I think I’ll be on my way. I have to finish my task, too.


F.
G.
H.
I.

But now, I can’t come up with any ideas, and the deadline is tomorrow.
I have to write a long composition about my last holiday for my English class.
Why don’t you write about your impression of the pyramids in Egypt?
That won’t be too difficult. Remember the pictures you showed me last week? The ones from your cruise
last summer.
J. Don’t worry. You are very good at writing, aren’t you?
Answers: 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____

III. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. The World Water Day was broadcast ______ on Bac Giang TV on March 20th 2015.
A. direct
B. straight
C. live
D. immediately
2. The label tells the consumers how energy efficient each model is, compared ______ other appliances
______ the same category.
A. with - in
B. with - for
C. to - for
D. at - in
3. The ______ of living keeps going up. It never seems to go down.
A. price
B. expense
C. cost
D. value
4. What ______ of learning English do you find most difficult?
A. side
B. detail
C. aspect
D. experience
5. Mrs. Helen had to stop working ______ ill health.
A. in front of
B. on account of
C. on behalf of
D. ahead of
6. He’s been working all the morning and so now he feels ______.
A. tiring
B. exhausting

C. worn-out
D. tireless
7. The ao dai is the traditional ______ of Vietnamese women.
A. cloth
B. clothing
C. dress
D. dressing
8. What are the ______ of you getting a promotion?
A. chances
B. possibilities
C. occasions
D. opportunities
9. This street is named ______ our national hero of Hoang Hoa Tham.
A. with
B. by
C. for
D. after
10. The judge ______ him on his excellent German when he finished his speaking contest.
A. congratulates
B. praised
C. complimented
D. admired
IV. Give the correct form of the words in capital letters to complete the paragraph. (5 pts)

Most foreigners who visit Britain are surprised to find that its inhabitants are more informal than
they had imaged. It is (1. INCREASE) _______ common to use first names in most situations even
without any personal (2. INTRODUCE) _______. Handshaking is (3. APPROPRIATE) _______
except for first meetings, or when people see each other again after a long (4. ABSENT) _______.
Also surprising is the British attitude towards (5. PUNCTUAL) _______. Business meetings
frequently start ten minutes late and, on social occasions, it is (6. POLITE) _______ to arrive on

time. If you receive a dinner (7. INVITE) _______, you should arrive ten to twenty minutes after the
stated time. In conversation, politeness is valued, so British people avoid strong (8. STATE)
_______ of opinion. This sometimes gives the impression that they are (9. DECIDE) ________ but is
in fact just their way of avoiding (10. ARGUE) _______ or confrontation.
Answers:

1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
4. _______________________
5. _______________________

6. _______________________
7. _______________________
8. _______________________
9. _______________________
10. ______________________

V. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (5 pts)

1. Her father pays her fee; otherwise, she (not be) ______ here.
1. __________________
2. It is necessary that he (start) ______ to repair the machine at once.
2. __________________
3. My old parents attended to my early learning very much. But for that, I 3. __________________
(not pass) ______ all the examinations (become) ______ a doctor as I
__________________


am today.

4. Just as they (get) ______ out of the room, the fire alarm went off.
4. __________________
5. Don’t you remember (promise) ______ (keep) ______ your room clean 5. __________________
and tidy? You’d better get all the rubbish (take) ______.
__________________
__________________
6. With this promotion, I feel that I (reach) ______ a turning point in my
6. __________________
career.
7. I (work) ______ very hard for this exam. I hope I do well.
7. __________________
VI. The passage below contains 10 errors. Find and correct them. Write your answers in the
numbered blanks provided. (0) has been done as an example. (10 pts).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

A recent investigation by scientists at the U.S Geological Survey show that
strange animal behavior might help predictable future earthquakes. Investigators
found such occurrences about ten kilometers from which a fairly recent earthquake
take place. Some birds made strange sounds and flew about wildly, dogs barked
and ran around uncontrollable.

Scientists believes that animals can sense these environmental changes as
early as several days before disaster.
In 1976 after observe animal behavior, the Chinese scientists were able to
predict a terrified earthquake. Although hundreds of people were killed, the
government was able to evacuate millions of another people and thus keep the
death toll in a lower level.

Answers:

0. Line 1:
1. Line ...

___ show __  _ shows _____________________
___________________________________________

2. Line ...

___________________________________________

3. Line ...

___________________________________________

4. Line ...

___________________________________________

5. Line ...

___________________________________________

6. Line ...

___________________________________________

7. Line ...

___________________________________________

8. Line ...

___________________________________________

9. Line ...

___________________________________________

10. Line ...

___________________________________________

VII. Read the passage and choose from the list A – G the best phrase given below to fill each of the
spaces. (0) has been done as an example. (5 pts)
ENGLISH SPELLING
English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had to use the twenty- three
letters of the Latin alphabet (0) _____. Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added
letters (1) _____. This resulted in some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1066,
French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence. Many
French words were introduced and the spelling of many English words changed (2) _____. The result was a
rich and irregular mix of spellings.

The printing press was invented in the 15th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first
languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention (3) _____. Sometimes technical decisions were
made to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken off the ends of words and
sometimes added to words. With time, people became used (4) _____. Fixed spellings were therefore created
by the printers’ decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued (5) _____. It is no wonder that
English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same
spelling at the end, but are pronounced differently. Words such as feet, meat and seize, on the other hand, are
spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle.
A
to seeing words spelled in the same way


B
C
D
E
F
G

to follow French patterns
to change, as it still does
to influence the French
to how English words were spelled
to represent the forty-four sounds of English
to write down what they heard

Answers: (0) ___G____

1. _______

2. _______

3. _______

4. _______

5. ________

VIII. Read the passage below and choose the correct answers by circling A, B, C or D. (5 pts)
The causes of headaches, whether they are a common kind of tension or migraine headaches, or any
other kinds, are usually the same. During periods of stress, muscles in the neck, head and face are contracted
so tightly that they exert tremendous pressure on the nerves beneath them; headaches, taking many forms
from a constant, dull pain to an insistent hammering result. Although at least 50% of American adults are
estimated to suffer one or more headaches per week, it is the 20 million migraine sufferers who are in
special difficulties. Migraines, which are mostly suffered by women, can involve tremendous, unrelieved
pain.
Migraines, which may also be caused by stress, can occur in people who bottle up their emotions and
who are very conscientious in their performance. Escaping from stressful situations, being open with one’s
feeling, lowering one’s expectations can help reduce the stress and so cut down on those headaches which
cannot be “helped” by aspirin and other non-prescription painkillers.
1. It can be restated from the passage that ______.
A. tension or migraine headaches are common to all people
B. headaches can have a variety of symptoms
C. tension or migraine headaches are suffered by at least 50% of American adults
D. headaches always produce the same result
2. During the period of stress ______.
A. the neck, head and face are contracted
B. some nerves have great pressure put on them
C. a constant dull pain always results
D. some important muscles experience hammering

3. In America ______.
A. a majority of adults has at least one headache a week
B. only women suffer migraines
C. over 20 million men suffer migraines
D. a majority of the headaches suffered are migraine headaches
4. A restatement of the last sentence of the first paragraph could be ______.
A. Women suffer tremendous, unrelieved pain when they have migraines.
B. All sufferers of migraine, usually women, can experience great, continuous pain.
C. Female migraine sufferers experience great, continuous pain.
D. Migraines are associated with tremendous, unrelieved pain for the women who experience them.
5. According to the author, migraines can be caused by ______.
A. expectation of stress
B. being too worried about doing a job
C. escaping from one’s emotions
D. lowering your experience in life
IX. Read the passage, then fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
The environment is the natural world in (1) _________________ people, animals and plants (2)
_________________. The natural environment has been (3) _________________ affected and degraded
by human activities through many decades. For instance, the burning of fossil (4) _________________ by
factories and motor vehicles has led to air pollution and (5) _________________ in acid rains, greenhouse
effect and (6) _________________ warming. The use of harmful chemical in agriculture has led to serious


(7) _________________ pollution and health problems. Deforestation for land use has affected the
ecosystem and led to the (8) _________________ of rare animals, and extreme floods and land erosion.
Harmful rubbish and sewage dumped in rivers and oceans has polluted the water (9) _________________
harmed aquatic
animals. There are many human activities having serious impacts (10)
_________________ the natural environment. They have changed and degraded the natural environment
and led to various health problems.

X. Read the passage below and choose the correct answers by circling A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
Probably one of the most exciting new inventions in the field of recycling is a machine that can clean
used photocopier paper. The device, (1) _____ a “de-copier”, uses a mixture of chemicals to loosen the ink
from the paper. A brush then removes the ink, (2) _____ the paper clean and ready to be reused. (3) _____
the manufacturers, nothing like this has appeared on the market before it. They claim that the machine is (4)
_____ of cleaning a single sheet of paper at least five times. This is because the damage done to the paper by
the cleaning chemicals is compensated for by a special chemical which causes an increase (5) _____the
strength of the paper.
It is predicted that the machine will catch on despite the high (6) ____. The initial price of £30,000
will probably be too high for small companies but they will either be able to (7) _____ one for a reasonable
monthly sum or wait for a (8) _____ smaller, cheaper version to be launched. Multinational companies will
have a golden opportunity to do their bit for the environment and will save £30,000 within 18 months,
assuming they use 1000 sheets of paper a day. In addition to saving money and the environment, the
machine will, to a great (9) _____, provide a (10) _____ to improve security as it offers an alternative to
shredding highly confidential documents.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

A. called
A. letting
A. On behalf of
A. capable

A. to
A. amount
A. take
A. slightly
A. length
A. route

B. named
B. leaving
B. As regards
B. able
B. in
B. cost
B. lend
B. sparingly
B. extent
B. manner

C. know
C. losing
C. By reason of
C. possible
C. for
C. value
C. borrow
C. virtually
C. range
C. method

D. described

D. resulting
D. According to
D. competent
D. through
D. worth
D. rent
D. fully
D. amount
D. way

XI. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with
the given words. (5 pts)
1. People rumor that the director of the film “Forever Young” is travelling in Vietnam.
 The director ___________________________________________________________________
2. All visitors to Vinh Nghiem pogoda recognize the beauty of its architecture.
 Everyone _____________________________________________________________________
3. If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home.
 Get _________________________________________________________________________
4. It is extremely unfair that no witnesses were questioned.
 The fact ______________________________________________________________________
5. Basically, success depends on your hard work.
→ Basically, the __________________________________________________________________


XII. Use the given word to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 pts)
1. Jeans are widely used among teanagers because they are fashionable and convenient. (If)
→ Teanagers wouldn’t ____________________________________________________________
2. Teachers are very worried about students’ bad behaviours at school recently.

(which)

→ Students _____________________________________________________________________
3. I’ve never had problems with this smart phone before.

(time)

→ This _________________________________________________________________________
4. What does TV benefit people’s life?

(about)

→ What ________________________________________________________________________
5. “It is wrong of you not to finish your homework.” said the teacher to her student.

(criticized)

→ The teacher ___________________________________________________________________
XIII. Write a paragraph of about 100-120 words on how to save energy in your home. (10 pts)
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO A

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HĨA CẤP TỈNH

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

NGÀY THI 21/3/201…
MÔN THI: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 9
Bản hướng dẫn chấm có 02 trang

(Tổng điểm: 100 điểm)

I. (15 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
Part 1. 1. A

2. B

3. B

4. A

5. A

Part 2. 1. B. bread

2. C. children

3. B. a band

4. C. an old house

Part 3. 1. 10/ ten

2. college

3. horse4. student café

5. A. some gardens

5. 10 pounds/ £10/ 10/ ten

II. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 0,5 điểm)

1. D

2. G

3. J

4. F

5. H

6. B

III. (15 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1.C. live

6.C. worn-out

2.A. with - in

7.C. dress

3.C. cost

8.A. chances

4.C. aspect

9. D. after

5.B. on account of

10.C. complimented

IV. (10 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. increasingly

6. impolite

2. introduction

7. invitation

7. I

8. A

9. E

10. C


3. inappropriate

8. statement(s)

4. absence

9. indecisive

5. punctuality

10. argument(s)

V. (5 pts) (Mỗi động từ đúng 0,5 điểm)
1. wouldn’t be
2. (should) start
3. wouldn’t/ couldn’t have passed – to become
4. were getting
5. promising – to keep - taken
6. have reached
7. have worked/ have been working

VI. (10 pts) (Mỗi lỗi tìm được được 0,5 điểm, sửa đúng được 0,5 điểm. Chú ý: các lỗi mà học sinh tìm được có thể
khơng theo thứ tự dưới đây)

11. Line 2:

predictable -->predict

12. Line 3:

which --> where

13. Line 4:

take --> took

14. Line 5:

uncontrollable --> uncontrollably

15. Line 6:

believes --> believe

16. Line 7:

disaster --> the/a disaster (or: disasters)

17. Line 8:

observe --> observing

18. Line 9:

terrified --> terrifying/ terrible

19. Line 10:

another --> other

20. Line 11:

in --> at

VII. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. F

2. B

3. E

4. A

5. C

3.A

4.B

5.B

VIII. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1.B

2.B

IX. (10 pts). (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)


1. which

2. live

4. fuels

5. resulted

6. global

7. soil/ land

3. seriously/badly/negatively/severely

8. extinction

9. and

10. on

X. (10 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. A. called

6. B. cost

2. B. leaving

7. D. rent

3. D. According to

8. A. slightly

4. A. capable

9. B. extent

5. B. in

10. D. way

XI. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. The director of the film "Forever Young" is rumoured to be travelling in Vietnam.

2. Everyone who visits Vinh Nghiem pagoda recognizes the beauty of its architecture.
Everyone visiting Vinh Nghiem pagoda recognizes the beauty of its architecture.
3. Get the work finished by lunchtime and you can go home.
4. The fact that no witnesses were questioned is extremely unfair.
5. Basically, the harder you work, the more success you have.
Basically, the harder you work, the more successful you are.

XII. (5 pts) (Mỗi câu đúng 1 điểm)
1. Teenagers wouln't use/wear jeans if they were not fashionable and convenient.
2. Students behave/ have behaved badly at school recently, which makes teachers (very) worried.
Students behave/ have behaved badly at school recently, which worries teachers (so much).
3. This is the first time I have (ever) had problems with this phone.
4. What benefit(s) does TV bring about to people’s life?
5. The teacher criticised her student for not finishing her homework.

XIII. Write a paragraph of about 100-120 words on how to save energy in your home. (10 pts)
Các tiêu chí chấm bài viết đoạn văn.


Tiêu chí

Mơ tả chi tiết các tiêu chí

Điểm

Cấu trúc

- Đúng cấu trúc của đoạn văn, phù hợp với chủ đề: Có câu chủ đề (Topic sentence);
các ý minh họa (Supporting sentences/ ideas, từ 2 supporting sentences/ ideas trở
lên); và câu kết luận (Concluding sentence).

3

- Viết đúng chủ đề, các ý minh họa rõ ràng, có tính thuyết phục.

2

Nội dung
- Viết logic, hợp lí; mạch lạc, rõ ràng

Ngơn ngữ

2

- Viết đúng cấu trúc ngữ pháp; sử dụng các liên từ hợp lý để liên kết các ý trong
đoạn

2

- Sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp, phong phú, hạn chế lặp lại từ vựng
- Viết đủ số từ theo quy định
Trình bày

1
- Khơng xuống dịng

Tổng điểm

10/100
Cách tính lỗi (trừ điểm)

- Mỗi lỗi ngữ pháp, cấu trúc câu,….

0,2

- Mỗi lỗi từ vựng

0,2

- Số lượng từ (+ - 30% số từ theo quy định)

1

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