01. SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỒNG THÁP LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2009 Đề thi môn: TIẾNG ANH Mistakes Ex: 00. lately Correct words Later Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) A. LISTENING. (2 MARKS) B. GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY. (8 MARKS) I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2 marks). 01. I _______ a letter to my friends A. posted B. isussed C. collected D.published 02. We can’t go camping today. The weather is _______. A. fine B. warm C. snowy D. sunny. 03. The prupose of the examination was to _______ the students’ knowledge of the subject. A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test 04. She asked me _______ I like tiked eating chocolates. A. if B. and C. that D. but 05. He used to walk a long way to work. Now he _______ to work. A. still walks B. no longer walks C. walks D. did not walk 06. This is the place where the car turned _______. A. on B. off C. up D. over. 07. Tom’s _______ finished his homework. A. just B. frequently C. often D. usually 08. The children _______ to the zoo. A. were enjoyed to take B. enjoyed being taken C. were enjoyed talking D. enjoy taking. 09. Let’s go, _______ we? A. don’t B. shall C. will D. do 10. The synonym of the verb “deny” is _______. A. permit B. refuse C. allow D. admit II. There are 5 mistakes in the passage below. Write out the mstakes and correct them (1 mark). In 1783, two French brothers built the first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years lately, in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine and flew in it. This was in the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office begun the first airmail service. Aeroplanes changed a much in the next thirty years. Then, in 1950s, aeroplanes became much faster because they had jet engines. In 1976, Concorde was build in the UK and France. It is the fastest passenger plane in the world and it can fly at 2500 kilometers an hour, so the journey in London to New York is only four hours. Today millions of people travel on aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world without them. Trang 1 02. 03. 04. 05. III. Supply correct form of the verbs in brackets (2 marks). I had two accidents last month. First, my friend and I were riding on our bicycles and it (01) ______________ (rain). We (02) ______________ (ride) fast because we (03) ______________ (want) to get home. I (04) ______________ (turn) the corner when suddenly, a cat (05) ______________ (run) in front of my bike. I tried (06) ______________ (stop), but I fell and (07) ______________ (break) my arm. Then a few days after that, I (08) ______________ (walk) up the stairs in my apartment when I (09) ______________ (hurt) my ankle. Fortunately, I (10) ______________ (not break) it, but it wasn’t a good month. IV. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets. (2 marks). The families in our street are slowly being driven mad by the (01) __________ (refuse) of the inhabitants of No 13 to have any form of (02) __________ (communicate) with them. The trouble started over what is known as noise (03) __________ (pollute). Every evening the (04) __________ (think) neighbors used to turned up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (05) __________ (neighbor) was able to hear anything else. Not knowing what (06) __________ (act) to take, local residents held a meeting to see if anyone had any (07) __________ (suggest) as to how to deal with the problem. A (08) __________ (decide) was made to send a number of people to talk to the family in No 13 and ask them (09) __________ (polite) to turn their music down after six in the evening. (10) __________ (Fortunately), the visit did not turn out to be successful,as the habitants of No 13 refused to talk to them, so on the advice of local police, the matter is now in the hands of the court. V. Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition. (1 mark). 01. I get tired _______ doing the same thing everyday. 02. Many Vietnamese women like wearing morden clothing _______ work. 03. When the Jones arrived _______ London. It was very cold. 04. Are you busy _______ your homework? 05. I couldn’t meet Mrs. Chi because she’s _______. C. READING COMPREHENSION. (4 MARKS) Passage 1. Finish-born botanist William Nylander taught at the university of Hesinki for a number of years and later moved to Paris, where he lived until his death at the end of the nineteenth century. During the second half of the last century, C. he was an esteemed lichenologist. D. he taught botany at a university in Paris. 04. According to the nineteenth -century theories, which elements form the composition of lichens? he became a prominent figure in the field of lichenology. A. odine and chemical reagents B. algae and fungi Botanists from all over the world sent samples to his laboratory to be analyzed and classified. It can be said without exaggeration that four of five lichens bear his name. C. hypochlorite and odine D. chemical reagents and atmospheric chemicals. 05. How could william Nylander best described? He was the first to realize the importance of using chemical reagents in A. degenerate B. dormineering. C. ingenious D. anxous. the taxomony of lichens. He selected the most common reagents used by the chemists of his time. Lichenologists all over the world still use these reagents, including tincture of odine and hypochorite in their laboratories. During the first half of the nienteenth century, a Japanese named Abahima added only one chemical product- Phenol diamines. Nylander was also responsible for discovering that atmosphere of big cities hindered the lichens’s development and cause them to disappear. Now they are used to detect atmospheric pollution. Nevertheless, he considered lichens to be simple plants and vehemently opposed the widely accepted modern theories that lichens are compound species formed by two discordant elements: algae and fungi. I. Write T (true) or F (false) (1 mark). _____ 01. Nylander was born in Paris. _____ 02. He used to work at a university Passage 2. A WELSH FESTIVAL Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh language all around them. _____ 03. He died in late 1990s _____ 04. He was a doctor. _____ 05. He was a vey well-known man. II. Choose the bestanswer (1 mark). 01. Internationally renowed scientists sent lichens samples to Nylander because ____________________ A. he considered them to be simple plants 01. a. on 02. a. takes 03. a. pass 04. a. our 05. a. arrived 06. a. but 07. a. just b. by b. finds b. put b. their b. attended b. and b. hardly c. in c. has c. spend c. his c.visited c. since c. quite d. at d. makes d. do d. its d. come d. however d. even B. he used reagents to deternine their use. 08. a. tests b. examinations c. competitions d. races C. he analyzed and classified them. D. he collected and preserved them. 09. a. long 10. a. one b. far b. a c. good c. the d. well d. some 02. Which of the following is not true? A. Nylander accepted his coleagues’ theories on the composition of lichens. B. Eighty percent of lichens bear his name. C. Today lichens are used to detect atmospheric pollution. D. Most of botanists consider lichens to be a compound specie. 03. All of the following are true except: A. he was the first to use chemical reagents in taxonomy of lichens B. he believed that lichens were simple plants. Trang 2 D. WRITING. (6 MARKS). I. Rewrite the following sentences without changing meanings of the ones given (3 marks). 01. Nam is bigger than Ba. » Ba 02. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year. » Why 03. No one in the group is younger than Lan. I. III. IV. I. II. I. II. » Lan 04. “How much do you think it will cost?” he asked. SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỒNG THÁP KỲ THI TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2009 » He wanted to know 05. It isn’t necessary to book tickets for the show in advance. » You need 06. Did they return those books to the library? Đáp án môn: TIẾNG ANH B. GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY (8 ĐIỂM) 01. A 02. C 03. D 04. A 05. B 06. D 07. A 08. B 09. B 10. B II. 01. begun » began 02. much » lot 03. build » built 04. in » from 05. on » by » Were 01 was raining 02. were riding 03. wanted 07. The story of their sufferings was painful to listen to. 04. was turning 05. ran 06. to stop 07. broke » It was 08. was walking 09. hurt 10. didn’t break 08. The flight to Ho Chi Minh City lasted one hour and a half. 01. refusal 02. communication 03. pollution » It took 04. thoughtless 05. neighborhood 06. action 09. Because the boy behaves well,every body loves him. 07. suggestions 08. decision 09. politely 10. unfortunately » Because of V. 01. of 02. at 03. in 04. with 05. out 10. Miss. Lan began her job as a television presenter 5 years ago. » Miss. Lan II. Make all changes and additions necessary to produce a complete letter from the words and phrases given. (3 marks). 01. I / be / glad / receive / letter. » 02. I / just / wonderful / news. » 03. I / pass / final / examination / university. » 04. My father / be / please / he/ hear this. » 05. He / already / promise / pay / holiday abroad / I / pass. » 06. So / I / come / England. » 07. I / like / study English / school / near / home. » 08. I / look for / advanced course / perhaps / three / four hours / day. » 09. You / help / find / one? » 10. I / look forward / see / soon. » C. READING COMPREHENSION (4 ĐIỂM) Passage 1. (2 điểm) 01. F 02. T 03. F 04. F 05. T 01. C 02. A 03. D 04. B 05. C Passage 2. (2 điểm) 01. C 02. A 03. C 04. B 05. B 06. A 07. D 08. C 09. D 10. C D. WRITING (6 ĐIỂM) 01. Ba is smaller than Nam (Ba isn’t so/ as big as Nam). 02. Why don’t we go abroad for our holiday this year. 03. Lan is the youngest (person) in the group. 04. He wanted to know how much we thought it would cost. 05. You need not book tickets for the show in advance. 06. Were those books returned to the library. 07. It was painful to listen to the story of their sufferings. 08. It took one hour and a half to fly to Ho Chi Minh City. 09. Because of the boy’s good behaviour, every body loves him. 10. Miss. Lan has been a television presenter for five years. 01. I am glad to receive your letter. 02. I have just got some wonderful news. 03. I have passed the final examination at the university. 04. My father will be very pleased when he hears this. 05. He has already promised to pay for a holiday abroad if I pass. 06. So I will come to England. 07. I’d like to study English in a school near your home. 08. I will look for an advanced course which perhaps lasts for three or four hours a day. 09. Can you help me to find one? 10. I am looking forward to seeing you soon. Trang 3 . 01. SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỒNG THÁP LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH NĂM 20 09 Đề thi môn: TIẾNG ANH Mistakes Ex: 00. lately Correct words Later Thời. hundred and twenty years lately, in 190 3, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine and flew in it. This was in the United States. Then, in 191 8, the US Post Office begun the first. airmail service. Aeroplanes changed a much in the next thirty years. Then, in 195 0s, aeroplanes became much faster because they had jet engines. In 197 6, Concorde was build in the UK and France. It