PHÒNG GD&ĐT NGHI LỘC KÌ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 THCS (Đề thi có 05 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên thí sinh: Ngày tháng năm sinh: Số báo danh Học sinh trường: Số phách Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 1: Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 2: HƯỚNG DẪN: 1. Đề thi gồm 05 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài. 2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô được đánh số phía dưới đề của mỗi phần). 3. Thí sinh giữ gìn bài làm cẩn thận. 4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thước gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh chỉ được dùng bút một màu xanh hoặc đen để làm bài. Không dùng mực màu đỏ. 5. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. 6. Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. PHÒNG GD-ĐT NGHI LỘC KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN LỚP 9 Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 1 Đề chính thức NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Điểm bài thi Họ tên, chữ kí giám khảo Số phách Điểm bằng số: …………………… Giám khảo 1: ……………………… Điểm bằng chữ: ………………… Giám khảo 2: ……………………… SECTION A: PHONETICS AND SPEAKING I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three. 1. A. change B. sale C. fame D. man 2. A. seat B. bread C. jeans D. neat 3. A. invented B. walked C. laughed D. developed 4. A. television B. occasion C. pleasure D. expensive 5. A. whether B. clothing C. ethnic D. those 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. Identify the word whose main stress is different from that of the other three. 6. A. religion B. atmosphere C. currency D. tropical 7. A. however B. afternoon C. official D. imagine 8. A. machine B. program C. forecast D. cabbage 9. A. collect B. replace C. borrow D. explore 10. A. terriffic B. important C. effective D. dangerous 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. III. Rearrange the following sentences to make a logical dialogue between two people. Number the sentences in order. A. Shall I invite David and Hellen? B. OK. And I will bring some lemonade. C. Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow? D. I don’t really like cheese. E. I think it will be sunny tomorrow so I’ll probably wear my shorts. I won’t take a pullover. F. I won’t buy any cheese then. I will bring some fruit instead. G. Shall I buy some cheese? H. Yes. That’s a good idea. I will make some sandwiches. I. That’s a good idea. It will be nice if they come. J. Well, I think I will take mine. It is still cold in the mornings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SECTION B: VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 2 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 1. I wonder why my pen friend hasn’t replied _______ my e-mail. A. for B. back C. to D. with 2. Remote controls are used to _______ with TV. A. connect B. relate C. tie D. interact 3. You seem ______________. 4. - “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?” - “ _______ . Do you need only one?” A. I’m sorry. B. Not at all. C. Yes, I do. D. Yes, I would. 5. You look _______ you were tired. A. as if B. like C. although D. until 6. I disapprove _______ people smoking in public places. A. in B. of C. at D. on 7. - “Would you like _______ lunch with us?” - “Yes, I’d love to.” A. have B. to have C. having D. had 8. Why did Nam keep making jokes about me? I don’t enjoy _______. A. be laughed at B. to be laughed at C. laughing at D. being laughed at 9. Make up your mind, _______ it will be too late. A. if B. so that C. or D. and 10. An announcement about the ten o’clock flight to Los Angeles _______. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. II. Supply the correct word form to complete the following sentences. 1. I was kept _____ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above. WAKE 2. He regularly writes _____ for our newspapers. POET 3. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely_______ . RECOGNISE 4. Necessity is the mother of _____ . INVENT 5. The price of the book is $10, including ______ and packing. POST 6. Evironmental ______ is everybody’s responsibility. PROTECT 7. We can see many _____ on TV everyday. ADVERTISE 8. Fashion _______ must be imaginative people. DESIGN 9. He was able to provide the police with some ______ information. VALUE 10. When you take an exam, you are an _____. EXAMINE 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them. Summer in England is the better season of all.The sky is clear and blue. The sun shines brightly. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is generally dry. It is very pleasant taking a walk in the morning when the country is cool, or again on the evening when the sunshine is not so heat, and the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling. Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 A. nervous and anxious C. nervous and anxiously B. being nervous and anxious D. nervouly and anxiously A. has been already made C. has already been made B. has already made D. already made 3 Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 SECTION C: READING I. Fill each blank in the following passage with one suitable word. Rivers are _______ (1) of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on large rivers, and _______ (2) every country has at least one river that _______(3) an important part in the lives of its people. Besides transportation, rivers ________ (4) food, water for crops, water to drink, and opportunities for recreation for people who live along their _______ (5). And in order to get water for crops, engineers build a damp ________ (6) a river and let the water become a lake _______ (7) the dam. Then people can use their ________ (8) not only to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. However, the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow _____ (9) size and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to ______ (10) river clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of natural resources. 1………………. 3…………… 5………………. 7…………… 9…………… 2………………. 4…………… 6………………. 8…………… 10………… II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: People commonly complain that they never have enough time to accomplish tasks. The hours and minuites seem to slip away before many planned chores get done. According to time management experts, the main reason for this is that most people fail to set priorities about what to do first. They get tired down by trivial, time-consuming matters and never complete the important ones. One simple solution often used by those at the top is to keep lists of tasks to be a accomplished daily. These lists order jobs from most essential to least essential and are checked regularly through the day to access progress. Not only is this an effective way to manage time, but also it serves to give individuals a much - deserved sense of satisfaction over their achievements. People who do not keep lists often face the end of the work day with uncertainty over the significance of the accomplishments, which over time can contribute to serious problems in mental and physical health. 1. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? a. Common complaints about work. b. Accomplishing Trivial Matters. c. Achieving Job Satisfaction. d. Learning to Manage time. 2. According to the passage, why do many people never seem to have enough time to accomplish things? a. They do not prioritise tasks. b. They get tired down by one difficult problem. c. They fail to deal with trivial matters. d. They do not seek the advice of time management experts. 3. In paragraph 2, the word those refers to: a. daily lists Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 4 b. trivial matters c. priorities d. people 4. The passage states that one solution to time management problems is to a. consult a time management expert. b. accomplish time-consuming matters first. c. keep daily lists of priorities and check them regularly. d. spend only a short time on each task. 5. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses a. mental and physical health problems. b. another solution to time management problems. c. ways to achieve a sense of fulfillment. d. different types of lists. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION D: WRITING I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one. 1. " If I were you I wouldn't trust Peter," she told John. She advised ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. He will come because he wants to be sure of meeting you. He will come so …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. He was fool to say that. It ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Why isn't this TV working? What …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….? 5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon. I am …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. The stereo was so powerful, I nearly went deaf. It was ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. With a lot of luck, you may get your novel published. If…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. They arrived too late to get good seats. They didn’t…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. He wrote the letter in two hours. It………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 10. Nobody has ever rented this expensive villa for years. This expensive…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… III. Write a composition on the following topic: (about 150-200 words) How important is English to you? 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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three. (1 x 5 = 5 marks) 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C II. Identify the word whose main stress is different from that of the other three. (1 x 5 = 5) 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D III. Rearrange the following sentences to make a logical dialogue between two people. Number the sentences in order. (1 x 10 = 10) 1. C 2. H 3. B 4. G 5. D 6. F 7. E 8. J 9. A 10. I SECTION B: VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (1 x 10 = 10) 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. C II. Supply the correct word form to complete the following sentences.(1 x 10 = 10) 1. awake 6. protection 2. poems 7. advertisements 3. unrecognisable 8. designers 4. invention 9. valuable 5. postage 10. examinee III. There are ten mistakes in this paragraph. Find them out and correct them.(1 x 10 = 10) Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 7 Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections 1. better best 6 raises rises 2. because of because 7. beauty beautiful 3. taking to take 8. has is 4. on the evening in the evening 9. it’s its 5. heat hot 10. thousand thousands SECTION C: READING I. Fill each blank in the following passage with one suitable word.(1 x 10 = 10) 1. one 3. plays 5. banks 7. behind 9. in 2. almost 4. provide 6. across 8. water 10. keep II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. (5 x 2 =10) 1. d 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b SECTION D: WRITING I. Finish the second sentence in such a way………… (1 x 10 = 10) 1. She advised John not to trust Peter. 2. He will come so as to be sure of meeting you. 3. It was foolish of him to say that. 4. What is the matter / wrong with this TV? 5. I am not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon. 6. It was such a powerful stereo that I nearly went deaf. 7. If you are lucky, you may get your novel published. 8. They didn’t arrive early enough to get good seats. 9. It took him two hours to write the letter. 10. This expensive villa hasn’t been rented for years. II. Write an essay on the following topic… (20 marks) - Layout : - Grammar, structure and vocabulary: - Content: . Total marks: 100: 5 = 20 marks THE END. Asia is the biggest of the seven continents. In fact, it covers about 30 percent of all the world’s land. Asia is _______ (1) big that it touches Europe in the west and nearly reaches North America _______ (2) the east! In northern Asia are the vast frozen lands of Siberia. In the south _______(3) the damp tropical forests of Malaysia ________ (4) Indonesia. Asia has large, crowded cities _______ (5) Bombay, India. It ________ (6) huge, empty inland deserts like the Gobi in China. Seven _______ (7) the ten longest rivers in the world flow through Asia. Asia has the world’s highest point at ________ (8) Everest in Nepan. It has the lowest point, too. That’s near the Dead Sea, in an area of southwest Asia called the Middle East. At any given moment _____ (9) are places in Asia that are very hot and others that are very ______ (10) . There are places that are as dry as a bone and others that are rainy and wet. 1.so 2. in 3. are 4. and 5. like 6. has 7. of 8. Mount 9 there 10. cold 1 Summer in England is the better season of all.The sky is clear and 2 blue.The sun shines bright. But it is not pleasant to go out at noon 3 because of the sun dazzles our eyes. The air is geneerally dry. 4 It is very pleasant taking a walk in the the morning when the country Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 8 5 is cool, or again on the eveningwhen the sunshine is not so heat, and 6 the moon raises above the horizon. How beauty it is in summer in 7 the countryside. There high in the sky, there has the moon which sheds 8 it’s silver light together with thousand of little stars twinkling and twinkling. 9 10 Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 2010-2011 9 . học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 201 0- 2011 1 Đề chính thức NĂM HỌC 201 0- 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Điểm bài thi Họ tên, chữ kí giám. HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 201 0- 2011 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 THCS (Đề thi có 05 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên thí sinh: Ngày tháng năm sinh: Số báo danh Học sinh trường:. SECTION B: VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 9năm học 201 0- 2011 2 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 1.