Page 1 of 6 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2012-2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề (Đề thi gồm 06 trang; thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này) ĐIỂM CỦA BÀI THI Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo SỐ PHÁCH Bằng số: Giám khảo số 1: Bằng chữ: Giám khảo số 2: SECTION A. PHONETICS (20 points) Part I. Circle your choice (A, B, C or D) indicating the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (10 points) 1. A. villages B. universities C. houses D. churches 2. A. mountain B. entertainment C. complain D. remain 3. A. worked B. impressed C. beloved D. practiced 4. A. ground B. sound C. southern D. account 5. A. village B. message C. dosage D. massage Part II. Circle your choice (A, B, C or D) indicating the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (10 points) 1. A. decide B. account C. about D. patient 2. A. invent B. native C. careful D. subject 3. A. relation B. noisy C. advice D. provide 4. A. payment B. important C. difficult D. airmail 5. A. artistic B. control C. country D. occasion SECTION B. LEXICO & GRAMMAR (70 points) Part I. Circle your choice of the word, phrase or expression (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. (20 points) 1. My mother to visit Paris where my brother is working. A. has long wanted B. wanted long C. had long wanted D. long wanted 2. ……… flowers are made by hand and by machine. A. Handmake B. Artificial C. Natural D. Tropical 3. “Who's your sister?” - “She's the girl who has …… ” A. a short curly hair B. curly short hair C. short curly hair D. a curly short hair 4. Many foreign visitors to Britain find A. it difficult to travel in this country. B. it is difficult to travel in this country C. traveling in this country is difficult D. it is difficult traveling in this country. 5. taking a new course of English for Special Purposes. A. An increasing number of students is B. An increased number of students are C. The increasing number of students are D. An increasing number of students are 6. He was only nine, but he ate his father did. A. many much than B. more than that C. much as D. much more than 7. Don't forget to your coat and gloves before going out. It's very cold outside. A. turn on B. put on C. go on D. come on 8. around us gives us vital information about our environment. A. The sounds are heard C. Hearing the sounds B. That the hearing of sound D. What ever the sounds are heard ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Page 2 of 6 9. You are very different me. I never want to ask my parents any pocket money. A. with/for B. for/for C. with/about D. from/for 10. He didn't make every to become the champion of the competition. A. effort B. impression C. trial D. apology 11. It is book that I tried to read it from beginning to end at one time. A. so interesting book B. so an interesting C. too interesting D. such an interesting 12. “Can you me a favor with this heavy bag, Beck?” said Peter. A. put B. do C. make D. get 13. She managed to bring up her three children carefully the early death of her husband. A. despite B. account of C. although D. unless 14. I have recently swimming to lose weight. A. tried on B. held up C. carried out D. taken up 15. We left quietly A. in order to not wake up the baby. C. in order not wake the baby up. B. so as to wake the baby up. D. so as not to wake the baby up. 16. Only when you are eighteen … …… a motorbike. A. you will ride B. can you ride C. you can ride D. you ride 17. Nowadays, it is that all motorcyclists must wear helmets in Vietnam. A. official B. compulsory C. optional D. separated 18. Don't him to arrive early. He's always late. A. think B. judge C. attend D. expect 19. The bill came to over a thousand dollars A. at all B. in all C. to all D. of all 20. It's true that you've decided to give up smoking, ? A. isn't it B. haven't you C. have you D. is it Part II. Use the correct tense/form of the verbs in brackets to make complete sentences. (10 points) 1. Your hair is too long now, Peter! It needs (1. cut) right away. 2. It’s time we (2. finish) our negotiation and (3. come) to an agreement. 3. I have never enjoyed (4. drive) , so let me drive as usual. 4. Do you mind my (5. turn off) the radio? I am unable (6. concentrate) on my work. 5. They (7. dance) when you (8. arrive) at her party last night? 6. My closest friend (9. leave) for America to further her study next month. I will miss her a lot. If only she (10. decide) not to leave, I would be very happy. *Your answers: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. Part III. Choose and use the correct form of one appropriate word from the box to fill in each gap to make a meaningful passage. (20 points) solve, person, nation, usual, know, plenty, need, develop, act, provide Food plays an important part in the (1) of nations. In countries where food is scare, (2) have to spend most of their time getting enough to eat. This (3) slows down progress, because men have little time to devote to science, industry, government, and art. In nations where food is (4) and easy to get, men have more time to spend in (5) that lead to progress and enjoyment of leisure. The problem of (6) good food for everybody has not yet been solved. Many wars have been fought for food. But it is no longer (7) to go to war for food. Page 3 of 6 Nations are beginning to put scientific (8) to work for a (9) to their food problems. They work together in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to help hungry (10) produce more food. Part IV. Identify (by underlining) and correct 10 errors in the following text. (20 points) UNICEF, the United Nation Children’s Fun, serves the children of a world. It serves children at all races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 100 developing countries. It purpose is to help provide a better life to children and their mothers. It gives both long-term assistance or emergency help. This program is very necessary. Today 800 million humans live in condition of poor and hopelessness. Two-thirds of them are children and mothers of small children. Four- fifths of these children have not regular health services. Nine out of ten are not protected against childhood diseases. One hundred million does not have enough of the right foods. Most of they drink impure water. Unsafe water is one of the reason millions of people die every year. *Your answers: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. SECTION C. READING (60 points) Part I. Fill in each gap in the following text with one suitable word. (20points) Rivers are one of the world’s (1) important natural resources. Many cities are by large (2) , and almost every country has at (3) one river that plays an important part in the lives of its people. (4) transportation, rivers provides food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people (5) live on their banks. And in order to get water (6) crops, engineers sometimes build a dam across a river and let the water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not (7) to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for home and industries. (8) , the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow in size and the number of industries (9) We are learning that it is (10) to keep rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources. Part II. Read the following passage and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (20 points) WEATHER Weather (1) the lives of everyone. The climate of any country depends on its (2) on Earth, its distance from the sea and how high it is. In countries which have sea all around them, (3) Britain and New Zealand, winters are mild and summers are cool. There is not a huge (4) from one season to another. Countries (5) the Equator have hot weather all year with some heavy rain, (6) in deserts where it rains very little. Above the desert (7) are no clouds in the sky so the heat of the sun can easily warm the ground (8) the day but it gets very cold at night. People are always interested in unusual weather and pictures of tornadoes, for (9) , are shown on television. Strong winds and rain can cause a lot of damage to buildings and (10) modern methods of weather forecasting they can still surprise us. 1. A. influence B. effects C. creates D. influences 2. A. place B. stay C. position D. seat 3. A. like B. alike C. similar D. as 4. A. exchange B. change C. cause D. move 5. A. near B. far C. with D. next 6. A. beside B. except C. apart D. especial Page 4 of 6 7. A. which B. what C. there D. those 8. A. on B. at C. from D. during 9. A. which B. example C. them D. what 10. A. in spite of B. without C. on account of D. because of Part III. Read the following texts and choose the best answer to each question (20 points) Text 1. STUDYING ABROAD Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the disadvantages of studying abroad. First, a student may feel lonely by being far from home and friends. Also, difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very disappointing and can affect the student’s grades. It can be very expensive to pay the costs of travel and housing in a different country. Finally, if there is an emergency at home, it will be hard to get home in a hurry. However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a new culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other ways of thinking, which can promote friendships among countries. He can learn a new language which may be beneficial for keeping up with research after the student has finished studying. He can learn experience not available in his country. The student may also get the opportunity to study at a university where a leading expert in his field may be teaching. The leading expert can introduce the student to the most up-to-date findings of the top researchers in the field. Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid the student in becoming an expert as well. 1. What exactly states the main idea of the passage? A. Studying abroad has only disadvantages. B. Studying abroad has only advantages. C. Studying abroad has both advantages and disadvantages. D. Studying abroad has neither advantages nor disadvantages. 2. When studying abroad, a student may have the following disadvantages EXCEPT A. being homesick and feeling lonely B. spending a lot of money for accommodation and transportation C. having difficulty going home immediately in an emergency D. being exposed to a new culture 3. While studying abroad, a new culture to which a student is exposed A. brings about no advantages to him/her B. enriches his knowledge about people and other ways of thinking C. has no effects on him/her D. causes some troubles to him/her 4. At a foreign university, a student A. can learn a foreign language B. cannot learn a foreign language C. has to learn his/her mother tongue D. doesn’t have to learn a language 5. With regard to a student's activities while studying at a foreign university, what is not mentioned in the passage? A. meeting his/her neighbor B. traveling C. meeting a leading expert in his/her field D. making friends Text 2. As a result of years of research, we know that too much animal fat is bad for our health. For example, Americans eat a lot of meat and only a small amount of grains, fruit and vegetables. Because of their diet, they have high rate of cancer and heart disease. In Japan, in contrast, people eat large amount of grains and very little meat. The Japanese also have very low rates of cancer and heart disease. In fact, the Japanese live longer than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, when Japanese people move to the United States, the rates of heart disease and cancer increase as their diet changes. Moreover, as hamburgers, ice cream, and other high fat foods become popular in Japan, the rates of heart disease and cancer are increasing there as well. People are also eating more meat and diary products in other countries such as Cuba, Mauritius and Hungary. Not surprisingly, the disease rates in these countries are increasing along with the change in diet. Consequently, doctors everywhere advise people to eat more grains and vegetables and to eat less meat and fewer diary products. 1. What does this passage as a whole tell us? Page 5 of 6 A. Children eat the same way their parents eat. B. People are advised to cut down animal fat and to eat more grains, fruits and vegetables. C. Eating meat causes heart disease and cancer. D. More and more Japanese people in the United States have heart disease and cancer. 2. What in people's diet may be the main cause of high rate of heart disease and cancer in America? A. A large amount of grains B. A large amount of meat and little grains, fruit and vegetables C. Very little meat D. Small amount of grains, fruit and vegetables 3. What is NOT TRUE about the Japanese? A. In Japan, they eat very little meat and a lot of grains. B. They have long life expectancy. C. In the United States, their diet is changed and more and more of them have heart disease and cancer. D. They have no increasing rates of cancer and heart disease. 4. “ the rates of heart disease and cancer are increasing there as well.” Where does "there" refer to? A. In the United States. B. In Cuba. C. In Japan. D. In Cuba, Mauritius and Hungary 5. As inferred from the reading passage, what is not good for our health? A. Eating a lot of hamburgers and ice - cream B. Eating a lot of high fat foods C. Eating a lot of meat and diary products D. All of the above SECTION D. WRITING (50 points) Part I. Use the cues in the brackets to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (20 points) 1. They haven't seen my brother for five years. (time) The 2. Her children began to live independently at the age of sixteen. (since) Her children have 3. It is sometimes difficult for me to get on well with my brother. (difficulty) I sometimes 4. If you don't get out of the cold water immediately, you will catch cold. (or) 5. Mr. Pike played volleyball after school everyday when he was small, didn't he? (used) ? 6. My son studies in a university which has more than three thousand students. There 7. She took her new car to the garage in order to get them to service it last week. (had) She 8. The road was blocked, the police didn't allow us to enter the restricted area to search for our friends. (because of) We 9. "Why don't you buy a pair of tickets and invite her to the concert next Saturday" Peter said to me. (advised) Peter 10. My parents went out last Sunday. They wanted to have a meal in a big restaurant. (for) Page 6 of 6 My parents Part II. Write a letter of 150 - 180 words to tell your pen pal about your last summer holiday. (30 points) THE END Page 7 of 6 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NAM ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2012-2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lưu ý: - Tổng số điểm toàn bài là 200; - Kết quả làm bài thi của thí sinh được quy về thang điểm 20. SECTION A. PHONETICS (20 points) Part I. Circle your choice (A, B, C or D) indicating the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (5 questions × 2 points = 10 points) 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5.D Part II. Circle your choice (A, B, C or D) indicating the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (5 questions × 2 points = 10 points) 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C SECTION B. LEXICO & GRAMMAR (70 points) Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence. (20 questions × 1 point = 20 points) 1. A 5. D 9. D 13. A 17. B 2. B 6. D 10. A 14. D 18. D 3. C 7. B 11. D 15. D 19. B 4. A 8. C 12. B 16. B 20. A Part II. Use the correct tense/form of the verbs in brackets to make complete sentences. (10 questions × 1 point = 10 points) 1. cutting/to be cut 6. to concentrate 2. finished 7. Were they dancing 3. came 8. arrived 4. being driven 9. is leaving 5. turning off 10. decided Part III. Choose and use the correct form of one appropriate word from the box to fill in each gap to make a meaningful passage. (10 questions × 2 points = 20 points) 1. development 3. usually 5. activities 7. necessary 9. solution 2. people 4. plentiful 6. providing 8. knowledge 10. nations Part IV. Identify (by underlining) and correct 10 errors in the following text. (10 questions × 2 points = 20 points) ERRORS: UNICEF, the United Nation Children’s Fun, serves the children of a world. It serves children at all races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 100 developing countries. It purpose is to help provide a better life to children and their mothers. It gives both long-term assistance or emergency help. This program is very necessary. Today 800 million humans live in condition of poor and hopelessness. Two-thirds of them are children and mothers of small children. Four- fifths of these children have not regular health services. Nine out of ten are not protected against childhood diseases. One hundred million does not have enough of the right foods. Most of they drink impure water. Unsafe water is one of the reason millions of people die every year. CORRECTION: => UNICEF, the United Nation Children’s Fun, serves the children of the world. It serves children of all races, nationalities, religions, and political system in more than 100 developing countries. Its purpose is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers. It gives both long-term assistance and emergency help. This program is very necessary. Today 800 million humans live in condition of poverty and hopelessness. Two-thirds of them are children and mothers of small children. Four- fifths of these children have no regular health services. Nine out of ten are not ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Page 8 of 6 protected against childhood diseases. One hundred million do not have enough of the right foods. Most of them drink impure water. Unsafe water is one of the reasons millions of people die every year. SECTION C. READING (60 points) Part I. Fill in each gap in the following text with one suitable word. (10 questions × 2 points = 20 points) 1. most 3. least 5. who 7. only 9. increases 2. rivers 4. Besides 6. for 8. However 10. necessary/important Part II. Read the following passage and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 questions × 2 points = 20 points) 1. D 3. A 5. A 7. C 9. B 2. C 4. B 6. B 8. D 10. A Part III. Read the following texts and choose the best answer to each question (20 points) Text 1. (5 questions × 2 points = 10 points) 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. A Text 2. (5 questions × 2 points = 10 points) 1. B 2. B 3. D 4.C 5. D SECTION D. WRITING (50 points) Part I. Use the cues in brackets to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (10 questions × 2 points = 20 points) 1. The last time they saw my brother was five years ago. 2. Her children have lived/have been living independently since they were sixteen. 3. I sometimes have difficulty (in) getting on well with my brother. 4. Get out of the cold water immediately or you will catch cold. 5. Mr. Pike used to play volleyball after school (everyday) when he was small, did he? 6. There are more than three thousand students in my son's university OR: There are more than three thousand students in the university where/in which my son studies. 7. She had her new car serviced (at the garage) last week. OR: She had the garage service her new car last week. 8. We were not allowed to enter the restricted area (by the police) to search for our friends because of the roadblock/ the blocked road. 9. Peter advised me to buy a pair of tickets and invite her/my girl friend to the concert the following Saturday. 10. My parents went out for a meal in a big restaurant last Sunday. Part II. Write a letter of 150-180 words to tell your pen friend about your last holiday. (30 points in total) Bài viết cần hợp lý về thể loại, bố cục; đầy đủ và rõ nội dung theo yêu cầu; ngôn từ phù hợp chính xác. * Gợi ý phần cho điểm chi tiết như sau: 1. Form: 4 points An informal letter with 3 separated sections (including the opening, the body and the closing) which are all easy to read and understand. 2. Content: 8 points Successful fulfillment of the task with appropriate content: - A proper greeting/opening & a good closing. - A complete description of the holiday including the following points: + Time of the holiday + Place of the holiday + People to go with + Transportation and accommodation + Specific activities during the holiday + People's emotions and feelings during/after the holiday 3. Use of language: 8 points + Appropriate vocabulary (2 points) + Correct grammar (4 points) + Punctuating/ Spelling/ connectors (2 points) THE END . END Page 7 of 6 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NAM ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2012 -2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Lưu ý: - Tổng số điểm toàn bài là 200; - Kết quả làm. 1 of 6 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2012 -2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề (Đề thi gồm 06 trang;. (9. leave) for America to further her study next month. I will miss her a lot. If only she (10. decide) not to leave, I would be very happy. *Your answers: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9.