SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2005- 2006 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề này gồm 04 trang) I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. days B. ways C. says D. plays 2. A. pear B. rear C. fear D. near 3. A. thank B. than C. month D. youth 4. A. chorus B. cheap C. child D. change 5. A. noon B. good C. soon D. food 6. A. houses B. chooses C. horses D. rises 7. A. pleased B. raised C. embarrassed D. closed 8. A. unlock B. until C. undo D. under 9. A. book B. look C. floor D. good 10. A. hate B. mate C. cake D. manager II- Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. 1. Can you please ___________that everyone has got a ticket? A. control B. check C. assure D. know 2. Katie really takes ___________her mother, she has got the same character. A. in B. up C. after D. on 3. ___________teenagers copy popular idols, the stars have to understand what the young really want. A. However B. Despite C. In spite of D. Although 4. Drunkenness is ___________for many road accidents. A. responsible B. guilty C. faulty D. cause 5. The United States is ___________big that there are five time zones. A. much B. too C. so D. very 6. Members of aristocracy don’t ___________a great deal of power nowadays. A. wield B. practice C. sway D. manage 7. For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls provide the best ___________. A. reply B. response C. solution D. result 8. The little boy was left in ___________his grandmother during his parents’ absence. A. the charge of B. care of C. care D. charge 9. A local charity benefited from the ___________of the annual summer fête. A. earning B. income C. pay D. proceeds 10. You’ve been overworking recently, and would find a holiday ___________. A. benevolent B. beneficial C. essential D. profitable 11. He spent his entire life __________round the world, never settling down anywhere. A. scattering B. scrambling C. transporting D. roaming 12. I have absolutely no ___________of the conversation you refer to. A. reminiscence B. reminder C. recollection D. recall 13. Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was ___________. A. belated B. overdue C. unscheduled D. unpunctual 14. The government clearly had not the slightest ___________of changing the legislation, in spite of the continued protest. 1 ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC A. intention B. ambition C. willingness D. desire 15. In his absence, I would like to thank all concerned on my brother’s ___________. A. interest B. part C. business D. behalf 16. I must get to bed early tonight; I sat up till the __________hours to finish that report. A. late B. small C. deep D. last 17. The air in the town center was ___________with petrol fumes. A. thick B. strong C. full D. unpleasant 18. The development company ___________approval from the council for their plans for a new shopping center. A. sought B. begged C. pleaded D. searched 19. I think it would be ___________to take an umbrella. A. sensitive B. thoughtful C. understanding D. sensible 20. With every ___________he took, he got more and more tired. A. walk B. match C. step D. foot 21. What time does the 4.50 train from Manchester ___________to London? A. reach B. get C. come D. arrive 22. The company ___________half its work-force. A. unemployed B. turned down C. retired D. dismissed 23. These jeans will ___________when you wash them. A. decrease B. reduce C. shrink D. lessen 24. She gave ___________doing her shopping in town because it was too crowded. A. over B. in C. out D. up 25. I’m afraid the supplies you requested last week are out of ___________. A. order B. stock C. sight D. range 26. The crime ___________is constantly rising in inner city area. A. rate B. number C. commitment D. act 27. He was called upon to ___________evidence against his sister. A. say B. give C. tell D. put 28. While the policeman wasn’t looking, he _________knowing looks at his accomplice. A. threw B. made C. cast D. pointed 29. There is a(n) ___________to the number of burglaries we can tolerate before moving out. A. limit B. border C. boundary D. end 30. The defendant had been ___________with robbery and assault. A. guilty B. accused C. blamed D. charged III- Complete each sentence below with a suitable preposition. 1. Port comes ___________Portugal. 2. He talked to me ___________the problem. 3. I prefer to pay ___________cheque rather than cash. 4. The movie was boring from beginning ___________end. 5. The room measured three meters ___________five. 6. The train is not ___________time so we will be late. 7. Through the holidays it rained day ___________day. 8. He lied ___________the police when he arrested for drunken driving. 9. In the floods there were ten thousand square kilometers ___________water. 10. The goods do not have to be paid for in advance but can be sent cash ___________ delivery. IV- Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the rst sentence. 1. I have never been here before. 2 It is the 2. He has no cause to complain. There is no reason 3. Try as he might, he could never manager to get an accurate balance in his checkbook. Although 4. “I’m sorry, Angela” said Martin.” I’m afraid I’ve damaged your bike.” Martin apologized 5. He was unable to take up the post until early the following year. Not until V- Fill each numbered blank with the correct form of the word given below. 1. industry 2. cancer 3. water 4. regulate 5. ship 6. hazard 7. astronomy 8. introduce 9. dispose 10. oppose TOXIC WASTE Domestic waste is one thing; (1) __________waste is another. Waste from factories may contain such nasty things as compounds of heavy metals and dioxins and PCBS. Nobody, but, wants that (2) __________stuff in their own backyard. So what do you do? According to one man in the business: “It’s simple- you go to Senegal, Djibouti or somewhere like Mauritania, all poor and semi-desert countries. You contact the local authorities and they take you somewhere really crazy, out in the middle of nowhere, just scorpions and snakes. You pay well, and then you start to dig your pit, some 30 meters down, all (3) __________and according to the US, Swiss and EC (4) __________. Finally, you can start your (5) __________” In Europe it costs about $500 a ton to dispose of (6) __________waste; in Africa, it can cost as little as $2.50 a ton. The sums of money involved in the business are (7) __________according to a report in The Independent, an African diplomat in London said he was offered $3 million by a company dealing in toxic waste for an (8) __________to his country’s president. A properly organized waste (9) __________trade could easily wipe out the country’s national debt. From Benin comes the story of the shipment of two cargoes of radioactive waste from France. Reports that it has been buried in an area known for its (10) __________to the government have been denied. VI- Complete each numbered blank in the passage by ONE word from the list. There are more words than you need. A stutter makes it difficult to speak. For example, a st-st-stutter m-m-makes it d-d-d- difficult to speak. At the speech clinic of a university, the lecturer (1) __________an idea for helping his stuttering students. He decided to give (2) __________some practical exercises. He knew that stuttering is often caused by shyness, (3) __________he sent them to shops to ask for things which the shop did not usually have in stock. He told them to ask for the object, then to ask (4) __________it could be found, and then (5) __________to get there. One result was a lot of requests for p-p-p-p-ping-p-p-pong or t-t-t-table t-t-t-t-tennis balls (6) __________the university bookshop. At (7) __________the early customers were sent off somewhere (8) __________. However, (9) __________the fifth student arrived, he found that the bookshop had (10) __________ping- pong balls in stock to supply everyone in the university. The shop manager was (11) __________. He said, “I don’t know what’s going (12) __________. Why should people expect a bookshop to stock ping-pong balls? Well, we (13) 3 puzzled at so many in had how when last enough on up plays have where them what first else __________to keep our customers happy. But (14) __________really worries me, though, is why everyone who (15) __________ping-pong stutters.” VII- Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the 4 options marked A, B, C, or D. Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for his own use. This not only provided more abundant food but also allowed more people to live on a smaller plot of ground. We tend to forget that all of our present- day pets, livestock, and food plants were taken from the wild and developed into the forms we know today. As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to organize their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history. One aspect of early natural history concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine. The early herbalists sometimes overworked their imaginations in this respect. For instance, it was widely believed that a plant or part of a plant that resembled an internal organ would cure ailments of that organ. Thus, an extract made from a heart-shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person suffering from heart problems. Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the rudiments of our present knowledge of drugs and their uses. 1. What does this passage mainly discuss? A. Cures from plants B. The beginning of natural history C. Prehistoric man D. Early plants and animals 2. According to the passage, domestication of plants and animals probably occurred because of ___________. A. need for more readily available food B. lack of wild animals and plants C. early man’s power as a hunter D. the desire of historic man to be nomadic 3. The word “this” refers to A. providing food for man B. man’s domestication of plants and animals C. man’s ability to live on a smaller plot of land D. the earliest condition of prehistoric 4. The word “blossomed” is closest in meaning to ___________. A. produced flowers B. changed C. learned D. flourished 5. It can be inferred from the passage that an herbalist is which of the following? A. A dreamer B. An early historian C. Someone who uses plants in medicine D. A farmer 6. The phrase in this respect refers to ___________. A. the development of human culture B. the development of the field of natural history C. the use of plants for drugs and medicine D. the origin of knowledge of nature 7. The word “extract” is closest in meaning to ___________. A. design B. substance C. fungus D. ailment 8. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage? A. The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similar shaped organ. B. Early herbalists were unimaginative. C. The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine. D. There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant. 9. The word “rudiments” is closest in meaning to ___________. A. beginnings B. history C. requirements D. protocol 10. This passage would be most likely lead to a more specific discussion in the field of A. zoology B. biology C. anatomy D. astrology 4 THE END 5 . SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2005- 2006 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề này gồm 04 trang) I- Choose the word. 7. astronomy 8. introduce 9. dispose 10. oppose TOXIC WASTE Domestic waste is one thing; (1) __________waste is another. Waste from factories may contain such nasty things as compounds of heavy. council for their plans for a new shopping center. A. sought B. begged C. pleaded D. searched 19. I think it would be ___________to take an umbrella. A. sensitive B. thoughtful C. understanding