1, 6 pts If we took a look at how people in Europe communicated just one hundred years ago, we would be very surprised to find out that English was hardly used outside the United Kingdom
Trang 1PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO
TẠO HUYỆN SƠN DƯƠNG
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 HUYỆN SƠN DƯƠNG NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề)
Điểm bài thi Giám khảo (Do CTHĐ chấm thi ghi)Số phách
BẰNG SỐ BẰNG CHỮ 1
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Chú ý: - Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi Đề thi gồm có 10 trang SECTION A: LISTENING (3 pts) I (Questions 1-4) Listen to the conversations and match them with the pictures a, b, c or d (0,8pt) 1 Conversation 1: ………… …… 2 Conversation 2: ………… ……
3 Conversation 3: ………… …… 4 Conversation 4: ………… ……
II (Questions 5-10) Listen to the conversation between Mr Hung and his
daughter, Nga, and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (1,2pts)
5 Nga stays up late because _
A She has to draw a pictrue
B She tries to finish a math question
C She tries to finish her essay
D She has to complete her English exercises
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Trang 26 Nga asked her father about _.
A the English language spoken in the US
B people who speak English in the UK
C the number of people who speak English in Southeast Asia
D people who live in Southeast Asia
7 The ASEAN countries have _
A about a quarter of a billion Moslems
B 25 million Moslems
C half a billion Moslems
D more than a billion Moslems
8 Moslems mostly live in _
A the Philippines
B Indonesia and Myanmar
C Indonesia and Malaysia
D Viet Nam and Thailand
9 The main religion in Vietnam is _
A Buddhism
B Islam
C Catholicism
D Hinduism
10 Mr Hung thought that _
A he himself would wake up late the next morning
B Nga would get up late the next morning
C both of them would wake up late the next morning
D Nga wouldn’t sleep at night
III (Questions 11-15) Listen and complete the paragraph with the words as you
hear (1 pt)
Mai is my neighbor She turned 16 recently and her parents held a birthday party for her I was one of those (11) _
The party began at about three in the afternoon There were about twenty of us gathering in Mai’s house She didn’t like having the party at a (12) _ because it is noisy and expensive
We gave presents to Mai and she happily opened them It must really be exciting to receive all those presents After that Mai’s mother served us soft drinks and biscuits We then listened to music and played cards The winners were given prizes At about four thirty Mai’s mother brought out the birthday cake It was beautifully (13) _ with pink and white icing Sixteen colorful candles sat in
Trang 3the middles of the cake We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “Happy Birthday” as she blew out the candles and (14) _the cake We helped ourselves to slices of the delicious cake and sang all the songs that we knew
Finally, at about six in the evening the party came to an end We were all tired but happy The parents of other children came to (15) _ them by motorbikes I helped Mai and her mother clean up the mess we had made After that I walked home, which was only three doors away
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SECTION B: PHONETIC (2 pts)
I (Questions 16-20) Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others (1 pt)
16 A Parachute B Mechanic C Christmas D Scheme
II (Questions 21-25) Circle the word that has the stress pattern different from
that of the other word (1 pt)
23 A Position B Precaution C Requirement D Resident
24 A Traditional B Economics C Limitation D Production
25 A Architectural B Engineering C Maturity D Comprehension
SECTION C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (5 pts)
I (Questions 26-30) Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B,
C or D (1 pts)
26 The man and his horse _ are standing on the road come from the USA
27 Had we caught the earlier train, we home at present
28 Most of the hotels were full and we had to spend a hard time _ accommodations
A to find B having found C founding D finding
Trang 429 I can’t recall that old movie, but maybe I did many years ago.
A to see B having seen C have seen D shave been seen
30 The scheme allows students from many countries to communicate _
A with one another B themselves C each of other D with other
II (Questions 31-35) Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to the sentence printed in italics (1 pt)
31 I wasn’t a bit surprised to hear that Kate had changed her job.
A I was a bit surprised to hear that Kate had changed her job
B That Kate had changed her job surprised me a bit
C Surprised, Karen had changed her job
D It came as no surprise to me to hear that Kate had changed her job
32 Students at high school are not allowed to go into the Moon Disco.
A High school students are made allowances to go into the Moon Disco
B Into the Moon Disco go high school students who are disallowed
C The Moon Disco is beyond the bounds of possibility for high school students
D The Moon Disco is off –limits to high school students
33 His treatment of children is unacceptable.
A Beneath contempt are the children he treats
B It is his treatment that is held in contempt by children
C It is not cricket of him to treat the children like that
D What his treatment of children is beyond the pale
34 Apart from the composition, I thought this test was easier than the previous one.
A I found no difficulty to do this test except the composition
B I took this test easier than the previous one aside from the composition
C The previous test was nowhere near as easy as this one save the composition
D This test was nothing like as easy as the previous one bar the composition
35 Nghia worked too hard at the office and this led to her illness.
A Nghia's illness was the result of his working hard at the office
B If Nghia didn't work too hard at the office, she wouldn't be ill
C Every time, Nghia works hard at the office, he is ill
D Nghia's illness prevented her from working hard at the office
III (Questions 36-40) Identify the error in each sentence Circle the corresponding
letter A, B, C or D and write the correction on the answer sheet (1 pt)
36 After said goodbye to my parents, I went to school with my sister
A B C D
37 Eight hundred years ago Christmas songs are performed for people in towns and
A B C
villages
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A B C D
39 If only I have done the test better than other students did
A B C D
40 Neither of the boys had ever been out of town before, so they were really exciting
A B C D
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IV (Questions 41-45) Give the correct forms of words in the brackets (1 pt)
41 The situation of Viet Nam is getting better and better ECONOMY
42 If your work is , you will get a raise SATISFY
43 Reading is an effective way to your vocabulary RICH
44 Most of the people who live in the country live in POOR
45 , the weather was so bad that we couldn’t go out FORTUNE Write your answers here:
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V (Questions 46-50) Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition (1pt)
46 Don’t worry (46) the money! I’ll lend you
47 I have been looking (47) my dog for two days but I haven’t seen it yet
48 I couldn’t believe what he said It was contrary (48) his thought
49 Are you capable (49) that job?
50 Don’t give up your hope Be confident (50) yourself
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SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (5 pts)
I (Questions 51-58) Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
(1, 6 pts)
If we took a look at how people in Europe communicated just one hundred years ago, we would be very surprised to find out that English was hardly used outside the United Kingdom The language most commonly used between people of different nationalities, and particularly the aristocracy, was French In fact, French
was the language of diplomacy, culture and education However, that is not the case
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There are many reasons why English has become the language of international communication Britain’s colonization of many parts of the world had something to
do with it, but it is mainly due to America’s rise to the position of major world power This helped spread popular American culture throughout the world bringing the language with it
But is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? Language specialists seem to be divided over this issue There are those who claim that it is important to have a language that the people in our increasingly globalized world have in common According to others, English is associated with a particular culture and therefore promotes that culture at the expense of others Linguists have suggested “Esperanto”, an artificially put-together language, as a solution to international communication problems but without success So English will continue being the world language until some other language, maybe Chinese, which is the most widely-spoken native language in the world, takes over as the world’s international language instead of English
51 According to the passage, a century ago _
A educated people throughout Europe
spoke English
C French was much more popular than English
B foreign travelers to England spoke
only French
D only the French aristocracy could speak English
52 What is chiefly responsible for the growth in popularity of English?
A Britain’s becoming an international power C American’s becoming powerful
B The French losing many colonies D The development of American culture
53 What is meant by “the language of diplomacy” (line 4)
A The language used by ordinary people C The language used by the aristocracy
B The language used by the English
and the French
D The language used by governments
54 What is true according to the passage?
A The linguists don’t like Esperanto C Esperanto is not a natural language
B Esperanto is difficult to learn D Esperanto is becoming more and
more popular
55 The linguists’ opinion on the spread of English is _
56 The author believes that _
A English is easier to learn than
Chinese
C English will probably be replaced as
an international language
B Chinese is going to be the next
language of international communication
D Chinese is growing in popularity among non-native speakers
57 These days _
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diplomacy
C more people speak French than English
B more non-natives speak English
than natives
D French is a dying language
58 What would be a good title for this passage?
A English in the future C English language means English
culture
B English as an international language D English - a difficult language to learn
II (Questions 59-68) Read and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete
the passage (2pts)
The computer is undoubtedly one of the most (59) _ and important inventions of the twentieth century Boring or time-consuming jobs which, in the past, would have been (60) _ by hundreds of workers can now be done by one small computer However, the (61) _ of the computer has not been entirely problem-free Many people feel that we are already too (62) _on computers They think that computers themselves are (63) _ too powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them
One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other machines, it can (64) _ If a computer is (65) _, the information it is storing can be lost
If a computer program has a(n) (66) _ in it, the computer’s calculation can be seriously (67) _ A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could (68) _terrible mistakes
60 A done out B made out C carried out D went out
61 A usage B experiment C introduction D operation
62 A dependent B based C influenced D carried
64 A break up B break down C break into D break out
65 A changed B modified C contaminated D damaged
66 A foul B abnormality C wrongdoing D error
III (Questions 69-75) Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
(1,4pts)
One of the (69) _ important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using natural gas for cooking and heating Large amounts of natural gas are (70) _ 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 (71) _ removed before the oil itself can be reached
Trang 8For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to (72) _ 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 (73) _ 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 (74) _ cooking without making the room hot It
is cheap and it can be moved easily from one place to (75) _ through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length
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69 70
71 72
73 74
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SECTION E: WRITING (5 pts)
I (Questions 76-83) Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that its
meaning is similar to that of the original one (1, 6 pts)
76 As I come nearer to the hospital gate, I become more nervous
The
77 The only reason I am late is that the traffic was so heavy
Had it not
78 Her passport and other identification were stolen
She
79 Her boyfriend was so proud of being a fire fighter
Her boyfriend prided
80 The film star wore dark glasses so that no one would recognize him
The film star avoided
82 It’s difficult for older people to learn a language
Older people have
83 John could not find the right house
John was
II (Questions 84-90) Make all the changes and additions necessary to make
complete sentences from the cues given (1,4 pts)
84 Nam/ Mary/ be/ pen pals/ over four years/
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85 I/ use/ walk/ past/ temple/ on/ way/ primary school/ when / little boy/
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87 new stadium/ build/ this area/ next month/ ……… ……….
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88 After/ finish/ degree/ English, / she/ went on/ study/ Law/ Harvard University/ ……… ……….
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89 The book/ you/ read/ last night/ write/ Charles Dickens/ ……… ……….
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90 They/ spend/ all day/ practice/ song/ they/ sing/ Lan’s next birthday/ ……… ……….
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