Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 THCS tỉnh Ninh Bình năm 2013 - 2014 môn anh

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets.. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.. Choose the be

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NINH BÌNH

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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS

NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi có 07 trang)

Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển

SECTION 1 LISTENING:

I Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word (20 points)

Time stands still in London

Time stood still in London on May 27 Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is famous around the world, _1 _ stopped for _2 _ minutes The clock’s minute hand froze at 10.20

PM and then started moving again at 11.50 PM _3 _ are baffled and cannot explain why the clock stopped It is usually very reliable and rarely loses even one second

Big Ben is well known for both its _4 _ and its hourly chimes It miraculously _5 _ the bombing attacks on London during World War II It even managed to keep time to within one and a half seconds of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) However, it hasn’t always been

so _6 _: snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten minutes late in _7 _

Many people _8 _ believe Big Ben is either the name of the clock itself or of the clock tower In fact, it is neither Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell that _9 _ on every hour It was _10 _ after Sir Benjamin Hall, who ordered the clock’s construction The official name for the tower that houses Big Ben is St Stephen’s Tower

Write your answers here:

1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

II Part 2: Listen to a biologist, Paul Hart who tells about his trip across Africa For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, or C (10 points)

1 Why did Paul choose the part of Africa where he visited?

A It is good for walking

B It will soon change

C He had been there before

2 How many scientists were there in Paul’s team?

3 What made the team’s journey slow?

A clearing paths through the forest

B finding somewhere safe to camp

C carrying heavy equipment

4 Whom was Paul angry towards to the end of the trip?

A the local guide B some of the team C fisherman

5 Where was Paul asked to go on another trip?

Write your answers here:

1 ……… 2 3 4 5

SECTION 2 PHONETICS:

III Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group (10pts)

Write your answers here:

1 ……… 2 3 4 5

IV Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words (10pts)

1 A advertise B advertisement C teenager D surrounding

4 A preference B disappointed C unpolluted D documentary

Write your answers here:

SECTION 3 LEXICO- GRAMMAR:

V Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (30 pts)

1 I can't make what is happening

2 A is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the bank robber

3 This dish Is it spicy?

A smells well B is smelling good C is smelled well D smells good

4 Who was the first American person on the moon?

5 She is one of the few people .

6 I live in Dalat, is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam

7 Neither the students nor the teacher come

8 On the way to the town, they stop a rest

9 It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth

10 The roof was damaged and water from the ceiling in wet weather

11 little we may like it, old age comes to most of us

12 The newspaper did not mention the of the damage caused by the fire

13 The judge him fifty dollars for parking his car illegally

14 You can take a taxi you don't mind waiting

15 They live in a large house on the edge of London

Write your answers here:

1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

11 ………… 12 13 14 15

VI Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it (10pts)

1 So far Linda has been writing 5 novels on the problems teenagers have to cope with in the

A B C D

new world

2 Pele, from Brazil, is considered one of the greatest football player of all time

A B C D

3 Is it important that the secretary finishes the typing today?

A B C D

4 Preserving natural resources means reserved them for our future

A B C D

5 There has been quite a few objections to the new policy

A B C D

Write your answers here:

1 2 3 4 5

VII Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets (10pts)

1 The university has the use of dictionaries during language examinations (author)

2 It is very difficult to find Mrs Burton's shop, for it was from all others in the street

(distinguish)

3 He is very generous Everyone admires his (selfish)

4 skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job (lead)

5 are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforests are being destroyed (Conserve)

Write your answers here:

1 ……… 2 3 4 5

VIII Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets (10pts)

1 What tune (play) when we came in?

2 She was badly hurt when her car hit another car If she (wear) her seat belt, she (not hurt) so badly.

3 If you don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) by the time we (get) there.

Write your answers here:

1 ……… 2 3 4 5

SECTION 4 READING:

IX Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(20 pts)

UNICEF means the United Nations Children's Fund It serves children in (1) all over the world It helps children of (2) races, nationalities, religions and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries The (3) of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers UNICEF (4) both long-term assistance and emergency

UNICEF was (5) in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War two in Europe It began (6) a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (7) the need for its services around the world UNICEF's primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (8) of life for almost one billion children UNICEF's main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (10) its work helping children and building brighter future

4 A receives B gets C takes D gives

Write your answers here:

1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

X Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (10 pts)

One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using natural gas for cooking and heating Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United States, usually several feet below the surface of the earth Natural gas is most often found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found Often the natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached

For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it and moving it from place to place Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for lighting, cooking and heating It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars recently In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels It can be used for cooking without making the room hot It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length

1 It can be inferred from the passage that

A natural gas is useless

B people once wasted natural gas

C natural gas is moved in trucks

D natural gas is found where there is no petroleum

2 This passage as a whole is about

A discovering natural gas B finding petroleum

C using natural gas and petroleum D natural gas and its use

3 Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?

A It is not used for heating B It moves through pipes

4 According to the passage, the easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another is

A to liquidize it and move it through pipelines

B to liquidize it and move it by trucks

C through pipelines

D to store it in large tanks to move

5 How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?

Write your answers here:

1 ……… 2 3 4 5

XI Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word

in each space (20 pts)

Speech is one of the most important (1) of communicating It consists of far more than just making noises To talk and also to be (2) by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language

(4) a language properly is very important The basic (5) of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) it quite well But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning

Words are the (8) thing we use in communicating what we want to say The (9) we say the words is also important Our tone of voice can express many motions and (10) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance

Write your answers here:

1 ………… 2 3 4 5

6 ………… 7 8 9 10

SECTION 5 WRITING:

XII Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (20 pts)

1 You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18th

The final date

2 When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem?

It's high time something

3 They estimated the price, including all the costs

Taking

4 Nothing was done about it

Nobody

5 It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon

I am

6 I didn't see her again for ten years

Five years

7 Driving on the left feels strange to me

I am not used

8 I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly

If he didn't

9 Please don't make me annoyed by such silly questions

I'd rather

10 People think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub

The prisoner

XIII Complete the sentence using the words given Make all the changes and additions if neccessary (20 pts)

1 We / be / close friends/ because / we / have / many things/ common

2 Passover/ celebrate/ every country/ world/?

3 We/ decide/ go/ short walk/ before/ sit down/ lunch

4 After/ walk/ three hours/ we/ stop/ let/ others/ catch/ up/ us

5 There/ be/ more/ and/ challenges/ school children today/ early age

6 Take/ tests / another challenge/ school children

7 It/ wrong/ you/ not/ give/ her/ chance/ talk

8 He/ suggest/ use/ gas/ instead/ burn/ coal/ for/ cook

9 Jack London/ bear/ January 13th/ 1876/ San Francisco/ California

10 Solar panels/ install / roof/ house/ energy/ sun

The end

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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH

LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014 Môn: Tiếng Anh

(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm: 02 trang)

SECTION I: LISTENING (30 points)

I Part 1: Listen then choose the best answer A, B, or C to each question (20pts = 10 x 2)

II Part 2: Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer A, B, or C (10 pts = 5 x 2)

SECTION II PHONETICS

III Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently (10 pts = 5x2)

IV Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words (10pts = 5x2)

SECTION III VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

V Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (30 pts = 15 x 2)

VI Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it (10pts = 5 x 2)

Correction

(should)

VII Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets (10pts = 5 x 2)

1 authorized 2 indistinguishable 3 selflessness/

unselfishness 4 leadership 5 Conservationists

VIII Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets (10pts = 5 x 2)

1 was being

played 2 had been wearing

3 wouldn’t have been hurt

4 will have been

SECTION IV READING COMPREHENSION

IX Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(20 pts = 10 x 2)

X Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (10 pts = 5x 2)

XI Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word in each space (20 pts = 10 x 2)

1 means/ways 2 understood 3 sounds/ sound 4 Learning 5 vocabulary

SECTION 5 WRITING:

XII Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed before it (20 pts = 10 x 2)

1 The final date for you to submit articles / for articles to be submitted for the magazine is June 18th

2 It's high time something was/ were done about the city's traffic problem by the council

3 Taking all the costs into account they estimated the price

4 Nobody did anything about it

5 I am not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon

6 Five years (has passed) since I last saw her

7 I am not used to driving on the left

8 If he didn't speak so quickly, I could understand him

9 I'd rather you didn't make me annoyed by such silly questions

10 The prisoner is thought to have been recaptured while drinking in the pub

XIII Complete the sentence using the words given Make all the changes and additions if neccessary (20 pts = 10 x 2)

1 We are close friends because we have many things in common

2 Is Passover celebrated in every country in/ around/ all over the world?

3 We decided to go for a short walk before sitting down for lunch

4 After walking for three hours we stopped to let (the) others catch up with us

5 There are more and more challenges for school children today at the/ their early age

6 Taking tests is another challenge for school children

7 It is/ was wrong of you not to give her a chance to talk

8 He suggests using gas instead of burning coal for cooking

9 Jack London was born on January 13th, 1876 in San Francisco, California

10 Solar panels are installed on the roof of the/ a house to receive energy from the sun

Tổng điểm toàn bài: 200 điểm Quy về thang điểm 20 là 200 : 10 = 20