PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP THIỆU HÓA Năm học: 2016-2017 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp - THCS ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 03 tháng 12 năm 2016 Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm có 06 trang PART A: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question I:Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line (3 pts) A depend B ethnic C impress D region A comprise B divide C official D primary A ghost B mosque C optional D tropical Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question (2 pts) A educate B demonstrate C modernize D guarantee A modify B advertise C continue D beautiful PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence (15 pts) I don’t suppose there is anyone there, …………………….? A isn’t there B is there C I D don’t I Petrol now is…………… it was 20 years ago A as expensive twice as B twice as expensive as C as twice expensive as D as expensive as twice The population of the world is growing at a dangerous ………… A rate B step C measure D costs We found that ……………… students in this class are from the same city A most of the B most all C almost the D most of 10 “Excuse me Do you watch-repair?” “ ……………….” A Why not B Yes, we do, Madam C That’s right ThuVienDeThi.com D Here we are 11 Is there……….for every one? A wine enough B enough of wine C enough wine D of wine enough 12 Designers made different……………of jeans to match the 1960s fashions A form B appearance C modules D styles C saw D seen 13 We’re looking forward to……………….you A seeing B see 14 His father is not interested in tennis and……………… A he doesn’t, either B so doesn’t he C neither does he D neither is he 15 I find it difficult to make a good……… on this problem A want B decision C thougt D view C often use D get used to being 16 Herbs…………….in soups and sauses A are used to be B are often used 17 All the sentences below use “the”, which is the correct one? A Can you pass the sugar please? B The crime is a problem in many big cities C The apples are good for you D I love the skiing 18 Our friends have lived in Hanoi Capital……………2002 A for B since C in D about C to D or 19 He prefers soccer………… tennis A from B than 20 If they worked more carefully, they………….so many mistakes A won’t make B don’t make C wouldn’t make D didn’t make Question II: Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters (10 pts) 21 Some people claim to be able to the future (TELL) 22 He took the job to be independent (FINANCE) 23 Traveling in big cities is becoming more………….every day (TROUBLE) 24 The new airport will improve………….between the islands (COMMUNICATE) 25 It’s ……………… of motorists to drink and drive (RESPONSIBILITY) ThuVienDeThi.com 26 The……………of this factory are widely consumed in this country (PRODUCE) 27 You must keep on working with him no matter how much you……… ( AGREE) 28 It is not harmful to take that drug because it is …………… (ADDICT) 29 The police are interested in the sudden ……of the valuable painting (APPEAR) 30 His busy schedule made him completely …………to his students (ACCESS) Question III Choose the underlined part in each sentence that needs correcting (5 pts) 31 The twentieth century was a time when there was a lot of important events A B C D 32 We were sacked due to Bill’s carelessly schedule, and we all blamed him for that A B C D 33 It is extremely important for an engineer to know to use a computer A B C D 34 Happy people find it easily to get to sleep and they sleep soundly A B C D 35 If today is Sunday, I would go to the zoo with my friends A B C D PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts) Question I: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space (10pts) English has for(36)………… than a century and a half been called a world language The number of people (37)……… speak it as their mother tongue has been estimated at about four hundred million It is recognized as an (38)……… language in countries where 1,5 billion people live In China, the importance attached (39)………learning English is such that a televised teaching course drew audiences of up to one million (40)…… this spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent In the late sixteenth century English was (41)…………by just under five million people The arrival (42)……… English in North America was the key in its worldwide expansion The United States is a huge commercial market and this (43)……… tended to promote the English language in many other (44)………… About eighty per cent of the data stored on the world's computers is believed to be in English and nowadays insufficient (45)……… of English can be a problem in business Question II: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.(5pts) ThuVienDeThi.com Television first (46)……… some fifty years ago in the 1950s Since then, it has been one of the most (47)……….sources of entertainment for both the old and the young Television offers cartoons for children, world news, music and many other programs If someone is interested in sports, for (48)… he can just choose the right sports channel There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match while it is actually happening Television is also a very useful way (49)……… companies to advertise their products It is not too hard for us to see why there is a TV set in almost every home today And, engineers are developing interactive TV (50)…………allows communication between viewers and producers A appeared B invented C came D happened A cheap B expensive C popular D impressive A sure B certain C case D instance A of B in C for D with A who B which C what D it Question III Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.(5pts) Mrs.Lan: What’s the matter, Mrs Linh? Mrs Linh: I’ve just received my latest electricity bill It’s so enormous Mrs.Lan: Let me see It’s 350,000 VND What an enormous bill it is! Mrs Linh: I paid 200,000 VND last month I don’t know why it’s higher this month Mrs.Lan: Which counter is installed in your house? Mrs Linh: The usual mechanical counter was replaced with an electronic counter at the beginning of this month It is said to run more exactly and be more convenient for the power officials to record monthly electricity numbers Mrs.Lan: I don’t know what happens The usual mechanical counter is still used in my house Why don’t you complain to the Power Department of Ho Chi Minh City about it? Mrs Linh: Thanks for your advice I am writing a complaint letter right now Questions: 51 The bill Mr Linh received last month was lower than the latest one 52 Mrs Linh has spent 550,000VND on electricity in the last two months 53 Mrs Lan insisted that the electrical counter is wrong ThuVienDeThi.com 54 The usual mechanical counter is still used in Mrs.Linh’s house 55 Electricity numbers are recorded every month Question III: Reading the test then choose the best answer from to 5.(5pts) The streets are crowed with traffic Taxis are bringing tired people from the airport and the railroad stations to the hotels They hope to sleep a few hours before their busy day in the big city Trucks are bringing fresh food and vegetable into the city Ships loaded with food and fuel are tied up at the dock Toward morning the streets are quieter But they are never deserted in the big city Soon it’s morning in the big city By eight o’clock the streets are filled again with people Millions of people live in the big city, and millions of people who work in the big city live in the suburbs, the commuter, are hurrying out of railroad station, subways, buses and apartment houses Hurry, hurry, hurry Everyone is in a hurry Some stop only to drink a quick cup of coffee There is no time for breakfast Others stop to buy the morning paper They read the headlines before they hurry on to the tall office buildings where they work The noise of traffic grows louder Trucks are loading and unloading The early shoppers are stepping out of buses and cars The policemen blow their whistles again and to stop the traffic or to hurry it along Elevated trains are roaring overhead Subways are rumbling below the ground There are the noises of a city at work 56 The writer says that, in the big city……………………… A Trucks are being unloaded B The streets are always crowed C The streets are deserted D Ships are being loaded with food and fuel 57 The streets in the big city are quieter………………… A In the day time C at night B in the evening D toward moring 58 What brings fresh fruit and vegetables into the city? A Taxis B airplanes C trucks D buses 59 The correct definition of ‘suburb’ is……………… A an area C a residential district B a district on the outskirts of a city D a poor populous area in the city 60 Levated trains are those that run on tracks…………… A above the street level C high above the pedestrians B laid along the river banks D laid on long bridges ThuVienDeThi.com PART D: WRITING (20 pts) Question I: Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it (5 pts) 61 They have chosen John for the school’s football team John has…………………………………………………………………… 62 Does your brother use the internet every day? Your brother…………………………………………………………… 63 The failure of the team caused us great disappointment We were …………………………………………………………………… 64 The guide speaks too quickly for me to understand The guide doesn’t…………………………………………………………… 65 Thank you for the gift you presented me yesterday I’m ………………………………………………………………………… 66 Mr Lee finished his work more quickly than Mrs Brown did Mrs Brown didn’t………………………………………………………… 67 I would prefer you to your computer science by yourself I would rather……………………………………………………………… 68 Ms Lan didn’t get her new car until last Sunday It was……………………………………………………………………… 69 These students couldn’t answer those two difficult answers Those two…………………………………………………………………… 70 He isn’t present at the meeting, and I’m not either Neither……………………………………………………………………… Question III: Within about 150 words, write a paragraph to share your experience how to learn English well with your friends (10 points) - THE END - ThuVienDeThi.com PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP THIỆU HĨA Năm học: 2016-2017 Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp - THCS ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 03 tháng 12 năm 2016 Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm có 06 trang A- ĐÁP ÁN PART A: PHONETICS (5 pts ) I D C A II D C PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I B 11 C 16.B B 12 D 17.A A 13 A 18.B A 14 D 19.C 10 B 15 B 20.C Question II 21 foretell 26 products 22 financially 27 disagree 23 troublesome non-additive 24 communications disappearance 25 irresponsible inacessible Question III 31 C 32 B 33 D 34 B 35 A PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts) Question I 36 more 37 who 38 official 39 to 40 but 41 spoken 42 of 43 has 44 nations 45 knowledge Question II ThuVienDeThi.com 46 A 47 C 48 D 49 C 50 B 52 T 53 F 54 F 55 T 57 D 58 C 59 B 60 C Question III 51 T Question IV 56 B PART D: WRITING (20pts) Question I (10 pts) 61 John has been chosen for the school’s football team 62 Your brother uses the internet everyday, doesn’t he? 63 We were disappointed at the failure of the team 64 The guide doesn’t speak slowly enough for me to understand 65 I’m greatful/ thankful for the gift you presented yesterday 66 Mrs Brown didn’t finish her work so/as quickly as Mr Lee did 67 I would rather you did your computer science by yourself 68 It was not until last Sunday that Ms Lan got her new car 69 Those two difficult answers couldn’t be answered by these students 70 Neither he nor I am present at the meeting Question III Paragraph : (10 pts) Marking criteria: + Task completion (2pts): Tuỳ theo khả hoàn thành bố cục yêu cầu nội dung cho phần ( mở bài,thân bài,kết luận) giám khảo chấm điểm tuyệt đối + Grammatical accuracy and spelling (4 pts): viết khơng có lỗi tả từ ba lỗi ngữ pháp trở xuống cho điểm tối đa Cứ lỗi tả ngữ pháp trừ điểm + Coherence and cohesion (tính mạch lạc liên kết câu, đoạn) – (4 pts): Tùy mức độ mạch lạc, liên kết câu, liên kết đoạn viết, giám khảo chấm cho điểm tuyệt đối B- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM Bài thi chấm theo thang điểm: 20 điểm Điểm thi làm tròn đến: 0,25 điểm Tổng số điểm thí sinh làm Điểm thi = ThuVienDeThi.com ... TẠO ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP THI? ??U HĨA Năm học: 2016-2017 Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh Lớp - THCS ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 03 tháng 12 năm 2016 Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) ... tuyệt đối B- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM Bài thi chấm theo thang điểm: 20 điểm Điểm thi làm trịn đến: 0,25 điểm Tổng số điểm thí sinh làm Điểm thi = ThuVienDeThi.com ... more 37 who 38 official 39 to 40 but 41 spoken 42 of 43 has 44 nations 45 knowledge Question II ThuVienDeThi.com 46 A 47 C 48 D 49 C 50 B 52 T 53 F 54 F 55 T 57 D 58 C 59 B 60 C Question III 51