Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn tiếng Anh lớp 9 VnDoc com giaovienvietnam com PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THẠCH HÀ Ngày 28 tháng 9 năm 2018 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019 Môn thi Tiếng Anh 9 Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Lưu ý → Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển → Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô cho sẵn ở cuối các phần → Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D vào ô cho s[.]
giaovienvietnam.com PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THẠCH HÀ ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày 28 tháng năm 2018 Lưu ý: → → → → KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Thí sinh khơng sử dụng tài liệu nào, kể từ điển Thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào ô cho sẵn cuối phần Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh ghi đáp án A, B, C D vào ô cho sẵn Giám thị khơng giải thích thêm A PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others A fox B exactly C existence D exhaust A honest B hang C honour D vehicle A charity B choke C purchase D parachute A advise B promise C release D tense A pleasure B sound C same D best Your answers: II Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the A occasional B industrial C information D variety A assistant B decision C redundant D management A essential B average C promotion D deliver A compulsory B education C technology D intelligent A accessible B important C apprehension D alternative Your answers: III Choose the most suitable word or phrase My sister is busy _ a letter A in writing B at writing C writing D to write He recommended that I _there early A be B was C were D would be He said that he badly sick since he returned from abroad A had been B has been C was D would be She is her brother A twice as old as B twice older than C as old as twice D more twice older than The smaller the room is, the _ furniture it needs A fewer B smaller C more D less I find the time of English meals very strange I’m not used _ dinner at pm A to have B to having C having D.have He spent the entire night thinking and in the end _ a brilliant idea A came up to B put up with C came up with D put through to Mary: “Peter failed in the final examination last term.” - Nancy: “ ” A Really? B Sorry to hear that C What’s wrong? D I can’t believe it Trang 1/8 giaovienvietnam.com He is the man who won’t his promise A ruin B destroy C hurt D break 10 It’s a nice a day we should something A either … or B neither …… nor C so …… that D such …… that 11 My boss is angry with me I didn’t all the work that I last week A should B should have done C must have done D might have done 12 the students here are serious about studying A Most B Most of C Almost of D Almost 13 Listen carefully I'm going to give you advice A some B a few C few D little 14 Call an ambulance There's been A accident B an accident C some accident D any accident 15 the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished A Until B In C On D By Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 IV Complete sentences using the correct form of the words Don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you Remember, it’s (CONFIDE) We have (APOLOGY) to our teacher for being late for the meeting The recent hurricane caused (WIDE) damage How are you getting on with your (CORRESPOND) course in Russian? But how could you it? Really, Ophelia, I feel quite (SHAME) of you! The government should take action to help the (EMPLOY) find jobs (LITERATE) _ was one of the three problems facing Vietnamese government after the August Revolution Is it possible to (DISTINCT) _ between a hobby and an interest? Sam works as a (TELEPHONE) in an office in the town centre 10 I'll always remember that journey - it was an (FORGET) experience Your answers: 10 V Read the text below and look carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there If a line is correct, put a tick (Error: Reference source not found) by the number If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided Trang 2/8 giaovienvietnam.com VI N0 Your answer The text _or I had a wonderful experience or last weekend and I 00 would like to tell you about it Once a month I spend a _ weekend away with two friends We usually prefer sleep in _ our tents, but sometimes when we feel like to having _ a real rest, we book a room in a hotel On Thursday evening, _ I suggested them that we should go on a ‘mystery weekend’ _ and they agreed with at once On Saturday morning, we got into _ my father’s car, one which I had borrowed for the weekend _ Noone else knew for how long the drive would be I was _ the only one who knew it where we were going I had been _ busy on the telephone that morning making all the hotel 10 _ arrangements Where you think I took them off? 11 _ To the Bond Marina Hotel, on the banks of the River Dart, 12 _ where a boat was got ready to take us all on a trip up 13 _ the river It was such a lovely day that we sat on the seats 14 _ on deck and enjoyed ourselves the sunshine When we got 15 _ home on Sunday, everyone wanted another ‘mystery weekend’ Fill in the blank with one suitable preposition The house was _ fire, but the blaze was soon brought _ control As I am the deputy I’m _ charge _ the office while the manage is away Don’t give me any money _5 it You can have it _6 nothing It’s a good idea _7 theory, but I don’t think it’will work _8 practice She was concentrating so hard _9 her book that she didn’t hear me come _10 _ the room Your answers: 10 B READING I Read the article and choose the correct answer 30 DAYS ON THE MINIMUM WAGE Could you change your life in just 30 days? That’s the question documentary maker Morgan Spurlock asked when he filmed his new TV series, 30 Days Martin Grady reviews the first program of the series, 30 Days on the Minimum Wage* Spurlock, who is most famous for Supersize Me, his movie about the dangers of eating junk food, became frustrated that few people know about poverty in America He and his fiancée, Alex, decided to film an experiment They’d give up their jobs for a month and try to live on the minimum wage The resulting documentary, which was filmed reality-show-style using a handheld camera, contains a powerful social message about the growing gap between the rich and poor in the US The couple travel to Columbus, Ohio, one of the poorest cities in the US The only apartment that they can afford to rent is filthy, in a dangerous area, and has no furniture The heat doesn’t work very well, so they’re often cold Alex begins working as a dishwasher, while Morgan does construction work with no safety equipment Neither of them earns more than the Trang 3/8 giaovienvietnam.com minimum wage It’s difficult to watch Morgan and Alex struggling in such terrible conditions A charity gives them some furniture for free, but they have to live without reliable heat, TV, or telephone They’re exhausted all the time and begin to argue about money The couple interview people in the same situation and listen to their stories It’s difficult to imagine, but these people have lived on the minimum wage for decades and many have children When Alex gets sick and Morgan badly injures his wrist, they go to a free clinic but can’t see a doctor because of long lines People there say that without free medical care they’d die After 30 days, Morgan and Alex have spent over $1,000 more than they have earned, mostly because of the medical expenses They are shocked They can go back to their comfortable life in New York, but what if they couldn’t? How would they continue to survive? *At the time of Morgan and Alex’s experiment, minimum wage in the US was $5.15 an hour 30 Days on the Minimum Wage is _ A a TV series ` B a TV documentary C a drama series Supersize Me was about _ A how eating too much junk food can be bad for you B poverty in the US C the popularity of junk food Morgan Spurlock is _ A single B married C engaged The purpose of the experiment was to discover if Morgan and Alex could _ A give up their jobs B make a movie together C live on very little money Morgan and Alex interviewed people _ A and told them their life story B who were living in the same way C in the same apartment building Morgan and Alex rented their apartment because _ A it was the only one they could find B it was cheap C it was in a good building Morgan and Alex _ $5.15 per hour A both earned more than B earned exactly C didn’t earn more than The couple had to live with _ A no furniture B a poor heating system C very little food During the experiment, Morgan and Alex _ A got along very well B argued about junk food C sometimes disagreed about money 10 Morgan and Alex weren’t able to see a doctor at the free clinic because _ A they hadn’t applied for free medical care B there were too many people waiting C they didn’t have insurance Your answers: 10 II Complete the passage by filling a suitable word into each gap: Most _1 _ the addicts are men They come home _2 _ work, eat their meal quickly and then spend the evening _3 _ their computers Some of them make programs, _4 _ most of them just play games Some wives say the computer is killing their marriage Their husbands play until three _5 _ four o'clock _6 _ the morning and all weekend People call these lonely wives "computer widows" Trang 4/8 giaovienvietnam.com When television became popular _7 _ the 1950s, doctors said it caused "television neck", "TV eyes" and other new illnesses Now it is the home computer People say it causes headaches, backaches and makes their eyes tired But worst _8 _ all, it is addictive That means it is _9 _ drinking, smoking or taking drugs Some people can't stop _10 _ it Your answers: 10 III Read the passage and choose the best answer to complete it An unlucky day Helen packed a small suitcase, said goodbye to her mother and hurried out of the house to to the station There was no one waiting at the bus stop, so it looked as if a bus had just left Helen looked at her watch anxiously; it was already two o’clock Her train left at two thirty, and since it would at least twenty minutes to reach the station, she did not have much time to even if a bus came along at once Just then a taxi came slowly down the road Helen knew that the to the station was at least two dollars, which was more than she could but she quickly made her that it would be well the extra expense in order to be sure of catching the train So she stopped the taxi and got in she told the driver that she had to catch the train which left at half past two The man nodded and said that he would take a short to get her to the station in good time All went well until, just as they were coming out of a side street into the 10 that lead to the station, the taxi ran 11 a car There was a loud crash and Helen was thrown 12 so violently that she hit her head on the front seat Both drivers got out and began 13 each other Helen got out as 14 to ask them to stop quarrelling, but 15 took any notice of her at all A go on bus B get the bus C drive taxi D catch the bus A else B other C person D more A be B take C waste D lose A spend B wait for C spare D go A cost B expense C fare D money A pay B afford C give D have A decisionB mind C head D own A cheap B done C for D worth A time B way C cut D road 10 A main road B main side street C alley D train 11 A off B up C for D into 12 A forward B over C up D hard 13 A shouting B to shout at C to shout for D shouting to 14 A well B soon C much D if 15 A none B no one C neither D both of them Your answers: 10 11 12 13 14 15 C WRITING I Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them “Haven’t you got any cheaper television?” Trang 5/8 giaovienvietnam.com -> “Are these ?” I would prefer you not to smoke in here -> I’d rather I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him -> I regret I didn’t arrive in time to see her -> I wasn’t early It is pointless to have that old typewriter repaired -> That old typewriter is The value of Sterling has fallen slightly in the past week -> There has This event will always be remembered for the rest of our life -> Never We couldn’t answer those two difficult questions -> Those two The last time my eyes were tested was in 2001 -> I have 10 I like giving presents more than I like being given presents -> I prefer II Rewrite the following sentence with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one Do not chance the form of the words in the capital letters It was unkind of you to talk to her like that SHOULDN’T I have never tasted such good food before EVER The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star IF attended Do you object to working on Sunday? AGAINST If you are under age, you can not watch certain films OLD Your answers: III Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences Jane/ had/ him/ check/ ticket/ before/ got on/ train -> I/ saw/ Mary/ walk/ her mother/ the concert hall -> The football fans/ gathering/ the stadium/ since/ I/ arrive -> We/ be/ very tired/ last night/ because/ we/ play/ football/ afternoon -> The match/ would/ been/ great fun/ if it/ not rain yesterday -> IV Write a passage: Many people suppose that living in a city has a lot of disadvantages Write a passage Trang 6/8 giaovienvietnam.com about 180 - 200 words to tell about your idea The end! PHÒNG GD&ĐT THẠCH HÀ ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐỂM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Tổng: 20 điểm, cụ thể sau: A PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (8.5 Điểm) I 0.5 Điểm (5 X 0,1) A B D A A II 0.5 Điểm (5 X 0,1) C D B B C III Điểm (15 X 0,2) C A A A C B C B D 10 C 11 B 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 D IV Điểm (10 X 0,2) confidential apologised/ widespread apologized ashamed correspondence unemployed illiteracy telephonist 10 unforgettable distinguish V 1.5 Điểm (15 X 0,1) prefer to them with one for it 10 off 11 12 got/ was 13 Trang 7/8 14 ourselves 15 giaovienvietnam.com VI Điểm (10 X 0,1) on under in of for for in in on 10 into B READING (5.5 Điểm) I Điểm (10 X 0,2) B A C C B B C B C 10 B II Điểm (10 X 0,2) of from on but or in in of like 10 doing III 1.5 Điểm (15 X 0,1) D A B C B B D C A 10 D 11 A 12 B 13 B 14 A 15 C/ B -> “Are these the cheapest TV that you have got?” -> I’d rather you didn’t smoke in here -> I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to him -> I wasn’t early enough to see her -> That old typewriter is not worth being repaired -> There has been a slight fall/ decrease/ drop in the value of Sterling in the past week -> Never will we forget this event for the rest of our life -> Those two questions were too difficult for us to answer/ so…that… /couldn’t be answered -> I have not had my eyes tested since 2001 10 -> I prefer giving presents to being given C WRITING (6 Điểm) I Điểm (10 X 0,2) II Điểm (5 X 0,2) You should not have talked to her like that This is the best food I've ever tasted If a famous film star had not attended the party, it wouldn't have been a success - If a famous film star had not attended, the party wouldn't have been a success - If it hadn’t been for the attendance of a famous film star, the party wouldn’t have Trang 8/8 giaovienvietnam.com succeed/ been successful Are you against working on Sunday? If you are not old enough, you cannot watch certain films III Điểm (5 X 0,2) Jane had him check her ticket before she got on the train I saw Mary walking with her mother into the concert hall The football fans have been gathering into the stadium since I arrived We were very tired last night because we had played football in the afternoon The match would have been great fun if it had not rained yesterday IV Điểm * Nội dung, ý tưởng: 1.0 điểm: * Kỹ thuật ngôn ngữ: 1.0 điểm: - Viết đoạn văn dài khoảng 180 – 200 từ; - Có bố cục rõ ràng, câu văn mạch lạc, viết ngữ pháp, dùng từ phong phú, xác * Tùy mức độ thí sinh viết được, giám khảo dựa vào thang điểm để định The end! Trang 9/8 ... giaovienvietnam.com about 180 - 200 words to tell about your idea The end! PHÒNG GD&ĐT THẠCH HÀ ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐỂM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2018 – 20 19 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Tổng:... C/ B -> “Are these the cheapest TV that you have got?” -> I’d rather you didn’t smoke in here -> I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to him -> I wasn’t early enough to see her -> That... 5/8 giaovienvietnam.com -> “Are these ?” I would prefer you not to smoke in here -> I’d rather I wish I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to him -> I regret