Đề thi HSG tiếng Anh 9

Circle the letter preceding the word whose underlined part differently pronounced from those in each group: 5,0 pts21.. Circle the letter preceding the word whose main stress pronounced

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

HUYỆN KRÔNG BÚK

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9

NĂM HỌC 2022-2023

Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi : 24/02/2023

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này)

A LISTENING (20,0 pts)

You will listen to each part TWICE.

I Part 1: Questions 1 – 10 (10,0 pts)

Questions 1 – 4: Choose the correct letter A, B, or C.

1 What is the name of the language school?

A The George School of English

B The Edinburgh School C The Gordon Language School

2 Where is the interview?

3 What is the student’s name?

4 What is the teacher’s name?

Your answers:

1 ……… 2 ……… 3 ……… 4 ………

Questions 5 – 10: Complete the form below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer REGISTRATION NAME NATIONALITY AGE OCCUPATION ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO (5) ………

(6) ………

(7) ………

(8) ………

(9) ………, London SW 127 TH (10) ………

II Part 2: Questions 11 – 20 (10,0 pts)

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

Questions 11 and 12: Choose TWO letters A – E

Which TWO things does the speaker mention about public clocks?

The fact that they are

A old B accurate C useful D beautiful E free F noisy

Questions 13 – 20: Complete the table below

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

of service

Special feature Favourite aspect

for speaker London Big Ben refers to the

(13) ………

1859 Biggest bell in

England

It is very (14)

………

Vancouver (15) ……… (16) …… Whistle sounds on

the quarter hour

It is charming

Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral

clock

1842 The clock tells the

story of the (17)

…………

It is a (18)

…………

design

Your answers:

B PHONETICS (10,0 pts)

I Circle the letter preceding the word whose underlined part differently pronounced

from those in each group: (5,0 pts)

21 A promised B raised C laughed D missed

24 A pneumonia B receipt C psychology D paragraph

25 A advantage B adventure C advertise D addition

Your answers:

II Circle the letter preceding the word whose main stress pronounced differently from

those of the rest (5,0 pts)

26 A import B access C attend D prefer

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27 A federation B unpolluted C disappearing D profitable

28 A fabulous B skyscraper C housework D determine

29 A particular B environment C furniture D opponent

30 A advisable B admirable C reliable D desirable

Your answers:

C VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (25,0 pts)

I Circle the letter preceding the word or phrase to complete each sentence below

(10,0 pts)

31 A man was talking about how unfair the law is

A arrested for smoking marijuana B arresting for smoking marijuana

C he was arrested for smoking marijuana D to arrest for smoking marijuana

32 Have you considered applying for a job with the ……… service ?

A civil B governmental C civic D national

33 Women used to be responsible for the chores and taking care of the children, ………….?

34 That was the reason ………… he didn’t marry her

35 The quality of the young artist’s paintings are beginning to gain.…throughout the world

A knowledge B understanding C recognition D familiarity

36 Mr Anderson ………… the factory for six years before he ………

A ran/died B has run/died C had run/was dying D had run/died

37 ………….it was so cold, he went out without an overcoat

A If B Since C Although D Because

38 To reduce garbage and save our natural resources, we should ……….bottles and cans

A discard B recycle C throw away D misuse

39 After his interview on TV, he came ………… a lot of criticism

40 The film on TV last night was so boring I wish I ……… time seeing it

A didn’t spend B haven’t spent C wouldn’t spend D hadn’t spent

Your answers:

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II The passage below contains 10 errors For questions 41-50, UNDERLINE the

errors and WRITE THE CORRECTIONS in the corresponding numbered boxes

provided (0) has been done as an example (10,0 pts)

A newspaper makes it money from the price people pay for it and also from the

advertisings it carries A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily does a lot of money Less seriously newspapers are probably read just for entertainment They have big headings above the new stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violent The gossip columns are full of stories of private live of famous people

No one takes the political views of such papers seriously On an other hand, in a free country where there is no censorship, serious newspapers are read principle for their news, sent to themselves by their correspondents around the world and by the big news agencies People also read these newspapers for their revisions of new books, films and plays and for the editorials what represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment

Your answers:

III Fill each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters (5,0 pts)

51 Many old industries ……… a long time ago, and won’t return

(APPEAR)

52 The factory has made more goods in a shorter time for less money; on other words

……… has risen a lot

(PRODUCE)

53 ……… , dark clouds soon appeared and it began to rain

(FORTUNE)

54 I’m pleased to hear that you had an ……… Christmas vacation

(ENJOY)

55 Now that she got a job, Lena is ……… of her parents

(DEPEND)

Your answers:

D READING (25,0 pts)

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I Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Circle your choice (10,0 pts)

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS Sometimes you might feel that if you had a perfect memory, all your problems with learning would be solved You would be able to (56) ……… through exams without much revision You would never again (57) ……… the embarrassment

of forgetting someone’s name but imagine, for a moment, not forgetting anything- not even last year’s shopping lists you would be (58) ………… with information

With hard work you can recall the parts of a verb or the layout of a town as you need them, so that you can learn a foreign language or (59) ……… a taxi driver’s license But the memory (60) ……… called for by some professions are only one of the roles memory plays in our lives Memory covers a wide range of actions and needs What

we (61) ………about the brain is far from complete, so philosophers and scientists find it difficult to be (62) ………about the nature of memory Remembering and forgetting can be understood in many different ways but broadly, three distinct classes of memory have been established: personal, cognitive and habit memory

Personal memories are those acts of remembering which (63) ……… specifically to each person’s life history If you say, “I remember the first time I travelled by train”, you will probably have an image in your mind of the occasion and be able to describe things in it Cognitive memory helps us learn, for example, stories, a speech, or a piece of music Habit memory (64) ……… those abilities needed to perform actions such as typing or driving All these actions must be learned but once they have been, you will rarely remember anything (65) ………as you perform them

58 A overweight B stuffed C burdened D overloaded

Your answers:

II Read the passage carefully and fill in each blank with one suitable word (10,0 pts)

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TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION Since about the end of the World War Two, technology has advanced rapidly These advances in agriculture, transportation and industry have (66) ………… our way of life Unfortunately, these advances have also (67) ……….our environment

The most (68)……… example of a useful technological advances, of course, the car Cars have changed the ways we live and added to our convenience and comfort They do, (69)……… , pollute the atmosphere Measures are finally being taken to (70)

………… the pollutants produced by a car Now lead is being (71)………….from gasoline and catalytic converters are (72)………in modern cars to remove pollutants produced

by the engines Another example of a common product of modern technology that (73)

……….to environmental pollution is plastics Plastics cause pollution when they are manufactured because a great deal of electricity is needed in their production They are also

a problem to (74)………….because they will not biodegrade and they cannot be (75)

………… in the soil

Your answers:

III Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (5,0 pts)

When you enter the supermarkets, you see shelves full of food You walk in the aisles between the shelves You push a shopping cart and put your food in it

You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles If you hear fast music, you walk quickly The supermarket plays slow music, you walk slowly and have more time to buy things

Maybe you go to the meat department first There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale The dairy department sells milk and milk products such as butter and cheese Many customers like milk that has only little butterfat in it One store has three different containers of low fat milk One says ‘1% fat’ on the container The second says ‘99 percent (99%) fat free’ The third says ‘Low fat’ in big letters and 1% in small letters As you can see, all the milk has the same amount of fat The milk is all the same The amount of milk in each container is

also the same However, in this store they cost three different amounts of money Maybe the

customers will buy the milk that costs the most

76 What is the main topic of this passage?

A How different kinds of food are arranged in supermarkets

B Soft, slow music makes people buy more in supermarkets

C The supermarket is designed to make you buy things

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D Be sure not to be deceived in supermarkets

77 The manager knows …………

A which customers like low fat milk B which customers like slow music

C where customers enter the meat department D where customers come from

78 When you walk by the expensive meat …………

A maybe you will buy some B maybe you will buy low fat milk

C you will look for fresh food D you will walk on the shelves

79 The word “they” in the last paragraph means ……….

A the customers B the managers of the supermarket

C the containers of low fat milk D the food in the supermarket

80 There are three different containers of low fat milk

A One has 99 percent of butterfat B They all cost the same amount of money

C One has less fat than the others D They all have the same amount of fat

Your answers:

E WRITING (20,0 pts)

I Rewrite each of the second sentences in such a way that it means the same as the

first (10,0 pts)

81 The weather was so beautiful that we went swimming

 It was

82 My sister prefers staying at home and watching TV to going to the cinema

 My sister would

83 I’m absolutely sure that they weren’t playing in this weather

 They can’t

84 Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early

 But for his

85 It is reported that Bac Giang city has increasingly developed in the past few years

 Bac Giang city

86 It is your fault to make my room dirty

 You will take

87 I last saw him when I was a student

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 I haven't

88 Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill

 No sooner

89 Even though the old woman’s memory was poor, she told interesting stories to the children

 Despite

90 If you changed your mind, you would be welcome to join us

 Were you

II Write a paragraph from 100 words to 120 words to answer the question: (10,0 pts)

“Should smartphones be banned among students?”

THE END

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