Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2014-2015

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1. UBND HUYỆN THANH SƠN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN PHÒNG GD&ĐT NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. (Đề thi có 08 trang) Điểm Họ tên, chữ kí giám khảo Số phách Bằng số: 1 . Bằng chữ: 2 . ĐỀ BÀI Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này. - Số lần nghe là 02 lần đữa tự động phát: Các yêu cầu bằng Tiếng Anh, đầu mỗi đoạn có 01 phút để thí sinh đọc yêu cầu của bài tập. Giữa 2 lần nghe có thời gian trống là 10 giây. Thời gian trống giữa 2 đoạn là 2 phút để thí sinh làm bài. Hết phần thi nghe có nhạc kết thúc. - Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển. SECTION ONE. LISTENING I. Part 1: (10 points) Listen to the recording and choose the best answer to the questions below. 1. People dream ___ times a night. A. two to four B. three to four C. four to six D. three to six 2. Sleepers go into the REM stage about every ___ minutes. A. 70 B. 80 C. 100 D. 30 3. The first dream of the night may last about ___ minutes. A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 4. The last dream of the night may be ___ long. A. half an hour B. one and half an hour C. an hour D. two hours 5. ___ spend almost half of their sleep in the REM stage. A. Babies B. Young children C. Adults D. Old people Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 II. Part 2: (10 points) You will hear a conversation between a secretary and a student. The secretary is asking the student for information in order to complete an application form for a course. As you listen, fill in the appropriate information on the form below. 1
2. Answers Surname 1 . . Age 2 Country 3 Address 4. 124 Hardcourt . . Telephone No 5 . SECTION TWO. PHONETICS III. Pronunciation: (10 points) Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. Write your answer in the right box below. 1. A. laughed B. paused C. roughed D. promised 2. A. food B. mood C . good D noodle 3. A. collect B. convenient C. forget D. confident 4. A. many B. sandy C. candy D. hand 5. A. surprising B. increasing C. pleasing D. housing Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 IV. Stress: (10 points) Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. Write your answer in the right box below. 1. A. computer B. expression C. neighborhood D. appliance 2. A. inspiration B. population C. preparation D. collection 3. A. decide B. sailor C. pattern D. mention 4. A. career B. manage C. museum D. hotel 5. A. minority B. especially C. conservation D. environment Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 SECTION THREE. LEXICO-GRAMMAR V. Multiple choice: (40 points) Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D). 1. My English friend finds it difficult to get used ___with the chopsticks. A. to eating B. to be eating C. to eat D. eat 2. This is your new classroom, ___? A. isn’t this B. isn’t it C. isn’t this D. is it 3. He said that he___ back in two hours. A. came B. will come C.comes D. would come 2
3. 4. If he ___ taller, he ___ join the army. A. is /would B. are/would C. were/would D. were/will 5. Do you know the place ___ Uncle Ho was born? A. which B. in where C. in which D. when 6. Children were made ___ to bed at 9.30 p.m A. for go B. to go C. go D. going 7. “We can’t go now. Let’s wait ___ the rain stops.” A. until B. when C. after D. as 8. Minh walked ___ the mosque ___ the way home. A. to/ in B. at/ to C. past/ on D. on/ at 9. He worked hard ___ everything would be ready at 8 p.m. A. so as B. so that C. in order to D. so as to 10. ___ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities. A. Most B. Most of C. Many D. The number of 11. - Do you have to buy this car? - No, I ___ . It isn’t necessary. A. mustn’t B. don’t need C. won’t D. needn’t 12. We were so late that we ___ had time to catch the train. A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. simply 13. The smaller the room is, ___ furniture it needs. A. the fewer B. few C. the less D. less 14. “Make yourself at home!” - “___ ” A. Not at all. Don’t mention it B. Thanks. Same to you C. That’s very nice. Thank you D. Yes, can I help you? 15. It was___ that I left before the end. A. so a film boring B. so a boring film C. such boring film D. such a boring film 16. - Mike: “Our living standard has been getting better” - Susan: ___ A. Yes, It’s nice of your say so. B. Thanks for saying so C. No, it’s nice to say so. D. Sure. I couldn’t agree more 17. There is one television program which is above all ___in popularity. A. another B. other C. the other D. others 18. My mother was in the ___ of feeding the pigeons in the morning. A. manner B. habit C. custom D. tradition. 19. I’ll call the hotel and confirm a ___ for us for Friday night. A. protection B. reservation C. conservation D. preservation. 20. My older brothers are 22, 20 and 18 years old ___. A. respectively B. together C. reliable D. orderly Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3
4. VI. Error identification: (10 points) From four underlined parts, choose the one that needs correction then correct it. 1. I have to fetch the kids at school at 4 o’clock. A B C D 2. Because of the rain, many people have called to ask if the parade was canceled. A B C D 3. He looks familiar. I remember to meet him but I can’t remember exactly where and when. A B C D 4. Your friends went to your native village last weekend, weren’t they? A B C D 5. He has repeated urged the government to do something about this. A B C D Write your answers here: Number Error Correction 1 2 3 4 5 VII. Word form: (10 points) Write the correct form of the word to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. 1. Liz looked in silent ___ at the beautiful scenery of the countryside. admire 2. My school has a lot of ___ teachers. qualify 3. In___, I’d like to thank you for helping me while I have been working here conclude 4. The wind moved ___ through the trees all the night. rest 5. Mr. Henry is said to be a weak and ___ man. decide Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 VIII. Verb form: (10 points) Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. 1. You had better have your house (repaint) ___ right now. 2. The radio has been playing since 5 pm. I wish someone (turn) ___ it off. 3. (Write) ___ the letter, Jane put it carefully in a beautiful envelop. 4. He left for London 2 years ago and I (not see) ___ him up to now. 5. The full-moon festival (celebrate) ___ in the mid-fall. Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 . . 4
5. SECTION FOUR. READING IX. Exercise 1: (20 points) Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of the blanks. Long ago, people did not think about conservation. There were very (1) people. Then, people learned to use natural resources, which are all the things on the Earth to (2) life. Plants, animals, air and water and natural resources. They learned that (3) woods, forests, and other natural resources could make their lives easier. People began to live longer. The (4) of people living on the earth grew and grew. Today, billions of people (5) on the Earth. All these people use more and more natural resources. People are using (6) fossil fuels and other natural resources faster than the planet can replace them. People cut down forests and destroy the (7) of many plants and animals. Conservationists look for ways to (8) natural resources. They try to manage natural resources so that people will have (9) timber, fossil fuels, water and food. They look for ways to save (10) plants and animals. With conservations’ help and encouragement, everyone now can do something to conserve natural resources. 1. A. few B. little C. a few D. a little 2. A. feed B. raise C. support D. grow 3. A. use B. using C. uses D. used 4. A. amount B. deal C. variety D. number 5. A. inhabit B. settle C. live D. stay 6. A. on B. up C. in D. away 7. A. buildings B. flats C. houses D. homes 8. A. spend B. save C. hold D. waste 9. A. some B. any C. enough D. still 10. A. endangered B. dangerous C. danger D. dangered Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X. Exercise 2: (10 points) Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty- four time zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty - four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days. If you make a five - day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each one, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty - five or twenty- three hours. If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday, traveling west, it is tomorrow! 5
6. 1. The difference in time between zones is . A. seven days. B. twenty- four hours. C. one hour. D. more than seven days. 2. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean . A. is in one time zone. B. is divided into twenty- four zones. C. cannot be crossed in five days. D. is divided into five time zones 3. If you cross the ocean going east, you set your clock . A. ahead one hour in each new time zone. B. ahead one hour for the whole trip. C. back one full day for each time zone. D. ahead by twenty- three hours. 4. The International Date Line is the name for . A. the beginning of any new time zone. B. any point where time changes by one hour. C. the point where a new day begins. D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean. 5. The best title for this selection is . A. A trip Across the Atlantic. B. How Time Changes Around the World. C. Crossing the International date line. D. How time zone were set up Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 XI. Exercise 3: Gap-filling. (20 points) Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space. Thailand, located in the Southeast of (1)___, has a total area of 513,115 sq km. It is bordered by the (2) ___ Laos in the Northeast, Cambodia in the Southeast and Malaysia in the South. The total (3) ___ is about 65.5 million in 2010. Bangkok, the (4) ___ populous city, is the capital of Thailand. The country’s unit of currency is the Baht, which consists of 100 Satang. The country enjoys a tropical monsoon climate, and there are (5) ___ between the weather in the North and the South. The Northern Thai have three seasons in a year, hot from March to May, rainy from June to October, and cool from November to February. The Southern Thai have (6)___ two seasons, rainy from April to November and hot from December to March. The national (7)___ is Thai. English is also (8)___ and understood by many citizens, especially in Bangkok and other tourism areas. (9)___Thailand has no official religion, up to 96.4% people (2002) believe in Buddhism. Additionally, there are followers of some other (10)___ such as Muslims, Hinduism and Christianity. Write your answers here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SECTION FIVE. WRITING XII. Sentence transformation: (20 points) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before or using the given words. 6
7. 1. You remembered to post the letter, didn’t you? You didn’t ___ 2. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car. Despite___ 3. Please don’t interrupt me while I’m speaking. I’d rather ___ 4. If he doesn’t work harder, he’ll lose his job. Unless___ 5. The people who were at the meeting will say nothing to the press. Nobody who___ 6. I never intended to go to the meeting. I never had___ 7. “If I were you, I would not trust Peter,” she told Tom. She advised Tom___ 8. You can rely on me to do my best. I promise___ 9. Nobody has cleaned the streets this week. The streets ___ 10. Michael didn’t return to his hometown until he was at the age of 70. Not until ___ XIII. Sentence building: (20 points) Use the following sets of words and phrases to write full sentences about the advantages of the Internet. Make all the changes and additions if necessary. Dear John, 1. Thank/ much/ invitation/ spend/ this weekend/ you / family/ country house. ___ 2. I/ love/ come/ unfortunately/ I/ be unable/ accept. ___ 3. My aunts/ live/ England/ going/ stay/ us/ November 13th/ this Sunday. ___ 7
8. 4. As/ it be/ first visit/ country/ I plan/ show/ them/ round. ___ 5. I like/ take/ them/ visit/ Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum/ One-Pillar pagoda. ___ 6. We also/ go to visit/ General Vo Nguyen Giap’s tomb in Quang Binh/ if / have/ time. ___ 7. It be/ possible/ visit you/ December instead? ___ 8. I/ be/ you/ few days/ after/ aunts/ go back/ Singapore. ___ 9. Please tell/ following weekend/ be convenient. ___ 10. I / look / see / you/ all again. Give/ regards/ family ___ Yours love, Doan Trang THE END 8