Đề thi thử chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 9 cấp Tỉnh - Đề số 01

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1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH ___ NĂM HỌC . ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 01 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) SECTION 1 LISTENING Part 1. Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C for each of the following questions. 1. What kind of clothes do Linda’s parents want her to wear? A. shiny trousers B. tight tops C. casual clothes 2. What is Tom's opinion about Linda's choice of clothes? A. He thinks that her parents are right. B. He sympathizes with Linda. C. He disagrees with Linda’s parents. 3. What do you think Linda will do after talking to Tom? A. She may start saving money to buy clothes. B. She may follow her parents' advice. C. She may offer her parents some advice. 4. Why don't Tom’s parents want him to play computer games? A. They think some of the games are harmful. B. They think playing computer games makes him neglect his studies. C. They think none of the games are useful. 5. What do Tom’s parents want him to do? A. Play a musical instrument. B. Do more outdoor activities. C. Browse the Internet to find information. Part 2. Listen to the recording twice . Complete the table below. Write one word or a number for each answer. COOKERY CLASSES Cookery Class Focus Other Information Example how to (6) . * small classes The Food Studio and cook with seasonal * also offers (7) .classes products * clients who return get a (8) .percent discount Bond’s Cookery food that * includes recipes to strengthen School is (9) . your (10) . * they have a free (11) .every Thursday The mainly (13) * located near the (14) . (12) . * a special course in skills with .Centre food a (15) .is sometimes available Page 1
2. SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS) Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each) Choose the best answer to each question. 16. I had two copies of it originally, but I can’t find ___ one now. A. another B. the other C. the others D. other 17. Professor Moore doesn’t work at the school ___. A. also B. too C. still D. any more 18. If only he ___me a chance, I could have told him the truth. A. could B. has given C. had given D. gave 19. The Chief of police, ___work is very important, takes care of the public safety. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 20. She is wearing a ___. A. short nice nylon skirt B. nice short nylon skirt C. nylon short nice skirt D. nylon nice short skirt 21. To get touch with someone is ___. A. to touch him B. criticize C. respect him D. communicate with him 22. The ___ items in the cake are flour, sugar and shortening. A. alternative B. enviable C. commercial D. essential 23. I hung the picture ___ the fireplace. A. on B. under C. between D. above 24. Older people rarely approve ___ habits of the young generation. A. for B. to C. of D. with 25. She had changed so much that ___ anyone recognized her. A. almostB. hardlyC. neverD. no 26. The teacher was not invited. She ___ come, otherwise. A. willB. wouldC. would haveD. had 27. Please go to the ___ to look for your hand luggage. A. lost and foundB. barber’sC. butcher’sD. grocer’s 28. He’d better look for a different job, ___ he? A. shouldn’tB. hadn’tC. better notD. wouldn’t 29. ___ traveling is educational, it can also be stressful and expensive. A. SinceB. ProvidingC. WhileD. Even 30. She insisted that the report ___ as his source of information. A. not be mentioned B. not to mention C. not mentioning D. not mention 31. Don't count your___ before they hatched. A. ducklingsB. chickensC. puppiesD. birds 32. The day their first child was born, the new parents were ___ with joy. A. overpoweredB. overtakenC. overcomeD. overthrow 33. By the time you finish your job, everyone ___ home. A. has goneB. will have goneC. had goneD. was going 34. The ___ child is forever asking questions. He's incredibly curious. A. acquisitiveB. acquittedC. inquisitiveD. exquisite 35. ___, he couldn't solve that mathematical puzzle. A. As intelligent as was heB. Intelligent as he was Page 2
3. C. So intelligent was heD. Although he is intelligent Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. (2 points - 0.2/ each) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence. 36. All the dancers performed (attract) 37. It is . to live in the country than in the city. (health) 38. Farmers have to use . to protect their crops. (herb) 39. He is a . scientist although he is still young. (know) 40. The . his father created in him helps him to be a good doctor. (inspire) 41. Those remote areas are still . to the Internet. (access) 42. He made quite a number of . in his career as a footballer. (succeed) 43. The . of knowledge for the young is a policy to follow. (rich) 44. No . details about the celebration have been given. (far) 45. Would you like to go . with us this Sunday? (picnic) Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50. (1 points - 0.2/ each) Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them. 46. Most people are surprising to see how rapidly bacteria can multiply under favorable conditions. 47. Little land animals live in the polar regions which covered with snow years round. 48. A dolphin, often called a “porpoise”, is considered to be one of the bright among animals. 49. It looks as if those kids can never keep quietly for just a while. 50. We found an interesting piece of furnitures in that old house we bought. Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55. (1 point - 0.2/ each) Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. 51. Don’t look down Peter just because he’s not as good at the job as you are. 52. Could you slow , please. I don’t like driving so fast on country roads. 53. Our car broke at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. 54. She ran in a marathon last week but dropped after ten kilometers. 55. Billy hasn't been working; he won't get his examinations. SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS) Part 1. Questions 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each) Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. Television is one of man’s most important (56) ___ of communication . It brings (57) ___and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President (58) ___a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to (59) ___about peace. (60) ___television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them (61) ___of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore out of space. In (62) ___to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are (63) ___to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more (64) ___programs than any other kinds. The programs include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (65) ___and motion pictures. 56. A. waysB. manners C. meansD. fields 57. A. news B. picturesC. charactersD. messages Page 3
4. 58. A. makeB. speakC. sayD. do 59. A. talkB. cause C. bringD. tell 60. A. ByB. BecauseC. Thanks D. Through 61. A. coverageB. lotC. informationD. amount 62. A. orderB. spite C. additionD. exchange 63. A. used B. designedC. madeD. going 64. A. entertainmentB. musicC. filmD. news 65. A. gamesB. playsC. happens D. events Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each) Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question. Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability. On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator, and from the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell, all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee. Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires and conductors that it can be supplied instantly over vast distances. To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use coal or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal. Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity. The reactor leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation. Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without harmful effects to the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most importantly, they hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do not use solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by trucks and cars that burn fossil fuels. 66. The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first paragraph to___. A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy. B. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity. C. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy. D. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity. 67. Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms? A. GasB. PetrolC. SteamD. Hot wind Page 4
5. 68. What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible? A. It is cheap and easy to useB. It is used to drive motor engines C. It can be adapted to various usesD. It can be made with ease 69. What do we call machines that make electricity? A. VoltagesB. Electric magnets C. Generators or TurbinesD. Pipes and radiators 70. The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are ___. A. atomic power and waterB. water and coal C. sunlight and wind powerD. wind and gas 71. The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ___. A. harmful effectsB. the tidesC. scientistsD. new ways 72. Electric magnets are used in steel works to ___. A. lift heavy weights up to ten tonsB. test the steel for strength C. heat the molten steelD. boil a jug of water 73. The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate electricity is that they ___. A. do not pollute the environmentB. are more reliable C. are more adaptableD. do not require attention 74. Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases? A. SunlightB. PetrolC. WaterD. Wind 75. The best title for this passage could be ___. A. Types of Power PlantsB. Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life C. How to Produce ElectricityD. Why Electricity is So Remarkable Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each). Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap. My mother and my father are very different people. Mum is always very calm; not exactly easy-going, because she (76) things very seriously sometimes, but she doesn’t get excited. When we (77) small she almost never shouted at us. When we (78) something wrong, she talked to us about it very firmly, but in a soft tone of (79) If we shouted and cried, she made us go and sit (80) ourselves in her sewing-room (81) we calmed down. So when the news came, she reacted in her usual way, quietly seeing what she could do to prepare (82) the changes that were coming. Dad, on the other (83) , shouted, kicked a chair, and went for along walk to try cool off. During the next few days he was cross with us, as nothing was our fault. All of our kids were worried (84) what was going to happen, and a (85) afraid, but we didn’t talk to our parents much. We were also were sad about having to leave all of our school friends. SECTION IV. WRITITNG (4 POINTS) Part 1: Questions 86 – 95. (2 point- 0.4/ each) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 86. “That’s a lovely new dress, Jean,” said her mother.  Jean’s mother complimented Page 5
6. 87. I’m absolutely sure he took the money on purpose.  He couldn’t possibly 88. His disabilities didn’t prevent him from sailing around the world.  Although 89. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out.  No matter 90. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.  There 91. The boss made them work very hard.  They 92. I am sorry I didn’t succeed in finding the solution.  If only 93. I advise you to be patient in this situation.  If I 94. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.  It was 95. We stayed in this hotel last summer.  It is Part 2: Questions 90 – 93. (2 point - 0.4/ each) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. 96. Mai caught a bad cold yesterday. (down)  97. He is looking forward to going on the picnic this weekend. (wait)  98. Nobody could possibly believe the story he told us. (beyond)  99. They share a lot of hobbies and interests. (common)  100. The painting is worth $25,000. (valued)  101. My bank manager and I get on together very well. (terms)  102. I was about to leave when you arrived. (point)  103. He didn't succeed in convincing his boss to give him a pay rise. (failed)  104. I won't tolerate his bad manners any longer. (up)  105. Nobody could think of a solution to the problem we were faced with. (come)  Page 6