Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase a, b, c or d 2ms For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life.. The computer lovers talk about how useful computers
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THÀNH PHỐ YÊN BÁI
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010 Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể giao đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh ……… SBD ………
Sinh ngày ………… tháng ……… năm ……
Trường THCS ……… Lớp ………
HỌ TÊN CHỮ KÝ CỦA NGƯỜI CHẤM THI
Người chấm thi số 1
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(Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi, thu bài sau 30 phút kể từ khi tính giờ)
PHẦN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (6 ĐIỂM)
I Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.5 ms)
II Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
2 A unpolluted B disappointment C infrastructure D intermediate
III Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank (2.5 ms)
1 I don’t know what is in my box It _ be a toy
2 If you have good qualifications, you will have a good _
3 His face looks _, but I can’t remember his name
4 Thay decided to go for a picnic _ the cold weather
5 The whole class is working hard _ for the examination
A preparation B prepares C prepared D preparing
6 She describes herself _ a fashion designer
7 My brother won’t come home _ 10 p.m
8 There is always _ traffic in the city center during rush hours
9 He is a very _ man He only thinks about himself
10 Thomas Edison had very little _
A learning B schooling C studying D graduating
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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Trang 211 Is physical education _ in your school?
A compulsion B additional C compulsive D compulsory
12 His good behaviours made a deep _ on me
A expression B impression C happiness D kindness
13 He really enjoys the peaceful _ in Vietnam
14 That question was difficult I wish I _ the answer
15 The Internet is a very fast and _ way for me to get information
16 It’s pouring with rain again! If only I _ an umbrella
17 Mrs Hoa is a street cleaner, so she _ up early
A used to get B is used to getting C gets used to getting D B & C are correct
18 He with his friend _ to school every moring but yesterday morning they ………
A go/didn’t B go/weren’t C goes/ weren’t D goes/didn’t
19 Malaysia is divided _ two regions They are separate………about 640 km of the sea
20 He spends too much money _
21 Happy New Year, Minh! - _!
A You, too B Happy New Year C Thanks D The same to you
22 Would you like a pice of cake? – Yes, _
23 We want to use solar energy, _ it can not be used on cloudy days
24 “Where do you live, the boy?”, asked the man
In reported speech this should be said:
A The man asked the boy Where do you live? B The man asked the boy Where he lives
C The man asked the boy Where he lived D The man asked the boy Where did he live?
25 Deaf-mutes can _ speak _ hear
A not only/but also B either/or C neither/nor D both /and
26 She takes care of her child in many ways
A respects B looks like C learns from D looks after
27 Tam has a wonderful sense of humor
A He is very able to laugh B He can laugh easily
C He is very able to see things as amusing D He is often laughed at
28 We need someone with energy to do this job
A activeness B intelligence C strength D wealth
29 Let’s try to be adult about this
A We should try to grow up quickly B We should act reasonably
C We should act childishly D We shouldn’t tell the adult about this
30 It’s high time he _
A starts B is starting C will start D started
31 The children stopped _ when I entered the classroom
32 Not only he but also I _ late for school
33 She asked me _ the room when she was studying
34 I caught a thief _ through the key’s hole
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36 Mr Nam found it _ to swim in the sea
A difficult B difficulty C difficultly D none is correct
37 She sings very _
A beautiful B beautifully C beauty D a & b are correct
38 It is _ who took my watch
39 Only if it is fine, we _ to the beach
40 Buying clothes and shoes _ my hobby
41 I can’t help _ when I see her slipping on a banana skin
42 When I met her, she _ to her boyfriend
A was talking B had talked C talkes D is talking
43 When we came to the hotel, we had our luggage _ upstairs
44 We have a good time _ out on the Tet holidays
45 The house needs _
A painting B to be painted C to paint D a & b are correct
46 My electric bike is _ yours
A the most expensive B more expensive than
47 After two hours travelling by car, we _ Vung Tau
48 He was _ tired that he fell asleep while doing homework
49 It was _ that we went for a walk in the mountain
A so nice day B such nice day C such a nice day D so a nice day
50 She entered the room quietly _ wake the baby up
A so that B so as not to C in oder to D not to
IV Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) (2ms)
For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life Experts predict that before long all school and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (21) ……… a computer of some kind Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings people either love them (22) ……… hate them The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and (23)
……… the home Apart (24) ………… all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (25) ………… your shopping with them Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (26) ……… jobs but are taken over by computerized robots as well
The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not leisure but (27)
……… They worry, too, that people (28) ……… spend all the time talking to computers may forget (29) ………… to talk to each other Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (30)
………… from human beings altogether
Trang 427 A unemployed B employment C unemployment D employ
PHẦN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM)
I Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage(3 ms)
Are the people born clever and others born (1) ………… ? or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both these (2) …………is “yes”
To some extent, our intelligence is given at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a (3) ………… born with low intelligence On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding will develop his intelligence less than (4) ………… who lives in rich and varied surrounding
Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth but (5) ………… Or not he reaches those limits will (6) ………… on his environment This wiew, no held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways It is easy to show that intelligence is something we are born with (7)
……… we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that (8) ……… degrees of intelligence will be completely different If, on the other hand, we take children identical twins, they will very likely be (9) ……… intelligent as others This clearly suggests that intelligence depends on (10) …………
II Read the text carefully then answer the questions (2ms).
People have smoked for a long time now The tobaco which is used to make cigarettes was the first grown in what is now part of the United States Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw Indians smoking, Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe where smoking began to catch on In the late 1800s, the Turkish made cigarettes popular
Cigarette smoke contains at leat two harmful substances, tar and nicotine Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, cause the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous The US Public Heath Service stated that cigarette smoking is the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases The US government now requires that each package
of cigarettes bears a special warning about the danger of smoking
Questions
1 Who was the first to smoke?
………
2 Where were cigarettes made popular in the late 1800s?
………
3 Why is smoking dangerous?
………
4 Which substance, tar or nicotine or both, affects breathing?
………
5 Why, in your opinion, do people smoke?
………
III Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete these sentenses (2ms)
1 My mother likes this machine because it works very ……… (EFFECT)
2 I suppose you can compare me to secretary although the ……… isn’t a good one (COMPARE)
3 Accidents happen because of driving ……… (CARE)
4 My aunt lives in the ……… area of the country (MOUNTAIN)
5 How ………this knife is ! It can’t cut anything (USE)
6 If your work is ……… , you will get a raise (SATISFY)
7 Among the boys, Nam is the ……… (BAD)
8 The world of computers is extremely ……… (COMPETE)
9 I found the film ……… so I turn off the TV and went to bed (INTEREST)
10 Please, don’t be so ……… like that (PATIENCE)
IV Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (2ms)
Trang 5A friend of mine, Jenny (1 work) ……… in the international sales division at an electronics
firm now She (2 just return) ……… from a trip to Japan She (3, ask) ………
(4 go)……… to Japan because she can speak Japanese, When she (5 be) ………… a business student at London University, she (6 study) ……… Japanese for four years She (7 never have) ………the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (8 go) ……… to Tokyo last year While she was there, she (9 speak) ………… Japanese everyday and (10 enjoy) ………
every minute of it She’s anxious to return V Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it If the sentences are right, write T (true) (2ms) 1 There were such many people on the bus that we decided to walk 1 ………
2 There are a few mistake in this test 2 ………
3 Must I carry these books home? – No, you mustn’t 3 ………
4 Houses in our city are getting moderner 4 ………
5 These may be the goods bringing to Viet Nam from China 5 ………
6 The verb ‘see” is an unregular verb 6 ………
7 Have you seen this film, haven’t you? 7 ………
8 I wish I had been on holiday at the beach now 8 ………
9 Many Vietnamese woman prefer to wear modern clothing at work 9 ………
10 She hates laughing at by others 10 ………
VI Rewite the following sentences so that the second one means exactly the same the one before (3 ms). 1 My brother started working for this company six years ago My brother has ………
2 “Please, do not smoke in this area of the restaurant” Customers are ………
3 I don’t have time to help mom with housework I wish ………
4 There is no better teacher in this school than Mr Jones Mr Jone ………
5 Although John was severely disabled, he participated in many sports In spite of his………
6 Both my brother and I are too young to drive Neither my brother ………
7 They have just built a new shopping mall there A new shopping mall ………
8 We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness If he ………
9 I wrote the report in two days last week It ………
10 The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden Vegetables ………
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Trang 6-ĐÁP ÁN CHẤM ĐỀ THI HSG CẤP THÀNH PHỐ PHẤN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM: (0,2 X 30 = 6 điểm)
1 D 6 A 11 B 16 B 21 A 26.D
2 A 7 A 12 C 17 A 22 D 27 C
3 C 8 D 13 D 18 C 23 C 28 C
4 D 9 B 14 A 19 B 24 B 29 B
5 B 10 C 15 D 20 B 25 A 30.A
21 D 22 B 23 A 24 B 25 A 26 C 27 A 28 D 29 D 30 D
31 D 32 B 33 C 34 C 35 C 36 D 37 C 38 C 39 B 40 D
41 B 42 A 43 B 44 A 45 B 46 A 47 B 48 D 49 C 50 B
51 C 52 A 53 D 54 B 55 D 56 B 57 C 58 B 59 C 60 B
PHẤN II: TỰ LUẬN: (14 ĐIỂM)
I Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage (0,2 X 10 =2ms)
II Read the text carefully then answer the questions (0,4 X 5 = 2ms).
1 The Indians were the first to smoke
2 Cigarettes were made popular in Turkey in the late 1800s
3 Because it causes lung cancer and other deadly diseases
4 Both tar and nicotine affect breathing
5 Students’ ideas
III Use the correct form of the word … (0, 2 X 10 = 2ms)
1 effectively 2 comparison 3 carelessly 4 mountainous 5 useless
6 satisfactory 7 worst 8 competitive 9 uninteresting 10.impatient
IV Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage (0,2 X10 = 2ms)
1 is working 2 has just returned 3 was asked 4 to go 5 was
V Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it… (0,2 X 10 = 2ms)
VI Rewite the following sentences (0,2 X 10 = 2ms)
1 My brother has been working/worked for this company for six years
2 Customers are asked not to smoked in this area of the restaurant.
3 I wish I had time to help mom with the housework
4 Mr Jone is the best teacher in this school.
5 In spite of his disability, John participated in many sports
6 Neither my brother nor I am old enough to drive.
7 A new shopping mall has just been built there.
8 If he were/was careful (weren’t/wasn’t careless), we would finish the work.
9 It took two days to write the report last week.
10 Vegetables used to be grown in the behind garden by the Bakers.