SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BẮC GIANG ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh; Lớp: 9 Phổ thông Ngày thi: 30 tháng 3 năm 2013 Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề ĐIỂM BÀI THI Bằng số: Bằng chữ: Chữ ký giám khảo 1: Chữ ký giám khảo 2: LƯU Ý : - Đề thi gồm 05 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi. - Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. I. Listening Part 1. You will hear a conversation twice. For questions 1-5, put a tick next to the right answer. (5 pts) 1. In addition to paper books, what did the little girl make with paper at school? A. an animal B. a person C. a building 2. What thing did she NOT talk about when making the object in Question 1? A. paper B. glue C. scissors 3. What did the girl do after school? A. She rode her bicycle. B. She watched television. C. She went to the store. 4. Who did she meet and play with at the junior high school? A. her teacher B. her cousins C. her father 5. Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. at a house B. at school C. at a park Part 2. You will hear a tour guide talking about a day trip. Listen and complete questions 6 -10. You will hear the information twice. (5 pts) TRIP TO CHESTER Coach leaves: 9.15 a.m Arrives Chester: (1) Morning visit: (2) Price of family ticket: (3) £ Lunch in: (4) Afternoon visit: (5) Part 3. Listen to Patrick talking to his mother about a photo of his old school friends. What is each person wearing? For questions 11-15, write a letter A-H next to each person. You will hear the conversation twice. (5 pts) Example: 0 Peter ___D___ People Their clothes 1. Martin ______ A. coat 2. Joanna ______ B. dress 3. Amy ______ C. hat 4. James ______ D. jacket 5. Robert ______ E. jeans F. shirt G. sweater H. trousers Trang 1/5 Số phách II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (5 pts) 1. A. perform B. campus C. mountain D. equal 2. A. distinguish B. appliance C. opinion D. politics 3. A. cover B. although C. freedom D. ancient 4. A. experience B. encourage C. mystery D. convenient 5. A. efficiency B. communicate C. territory D. environment III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling A, B, C or D. (10 pts) 1. - “Would you like to have noodles, spaghetti or something different?” - “______.” A. Anything will do B. Yes, please C. Never mind D. I don’t mind 2. If I ______ be somebody else, I ______ to be a film star. A. could / would B.can / would like C. could / would like D. can / like 3. Opposite our house there is a large park, ______ there are beautiful trees and flowers. A. where B. in that C. which D. that 4. We have done a lot of work on tenses lately and we now ______ most of the rules. A. were understanding B. are understanding C. understand D. will understand 5. – “Your hairstyle looks terrific, John!” - “ ______.” A. I’m glad you like it B. I don’t know C. No, you are wrong D. Excuse me 6. We delayed our departure ______ the weather condition. A. in spite of B. on account of C. instead of D. on behalf of 7. During the rush hour the traffic ______ in the city centre is terrible. A. condensation B.accumulation C. concentration D. congestion 8. If a bomb goes off, it ______. A. fails B.explodes C. strikes D. misses its objects 9. Mike is not feeling well so we gave him ______ to do than you. A. fewer B. little work C. less work D. least works 10. Our friends won a big prize when he took part in the ______ on TV last week. A. game show B. news C. music program D. weather forecast IV. Rearrange these following sentences to make a complete conversation. (5 pts) A. And we shouldn’t cut many trees or burn too much coal or gas. We should recycle things, save power and water. B. Yes, you’re right. C. I see. So now we keep the paper in our bag. D. Look! There’s a lot of waste paper on the floor. E. What should we do to prevent pollution now? F. That’s good. Do you know anything about pollution? G. Yes, I do. Pollution is very harmful to our Earth. H. Let’s pick up and put it into the trash can. I. That’s a good idea. J. Why don’t we recycle it? We can save a lot of it and we don’t pollute the environment. Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. (5 pts) 1. I asked him to put ________ the lights if he was the last to leave the room. 2. The village has changed a lot thanks ________ the knowledge the children brought home. 3. The boys got ________ the garden by climbing ________ the fence. 4. I turned ________ the job because it was badly paid. 5. My grandparents live ________ 34 Hai Ba Trung Road, in a flat ________ the top floor. 6. What do you buy these eggs ________? 7. Look after the baby while I am ________. 8. She wanted to know what aspect ________ learning English I found most difficult. VI. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters. (5 pts) 1. Earth Hour is a __________________ event organized to raise people’s awareness about the need to take action on climate change. (WORLD) Trang 2/5 2. Solar energy, wind power and water power are __________________ sources of energy. (ALTERNATE) 3. The Internet is used for many purposes: education, communication, entertainment and ____________________. (COMMERCIAL) 4. In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries but __________________. (NECESSARY) 5. Some designers have modernized the Ao dai, the traditional dress of Vietnamese women, by printing lines of _________________ on them. (POETIC) VII. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (5 pts) 1. Don’t be surprised when you see how thin Matin is. He (be) extremely ill. 1. _______________ 2. The ideas (present) in this book are not really interesting. 2. _______________ 3. Scarcely she (leave) the office when they arrived. 3. _______________ 4. Should you agree to help us with the housework, we (finish) everything on Saturday. 4. _______________ 5. - “I left a cookie on the table but now it’s gone. What happened to it?” - “I don’t know. One of the children (eat) it.” 5. _______________ VIII. Each of the following sentences contains ONE error. Underline and correct it. (5 pts) 1. It has been suggested that he saves money for his study tour abroad. _____________________ 2. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal. _____________________ 3. Although she smoked, drank and never took exercise, but she lived to be 100. _____________________ 4. The receptionist said me that the hotel had been fully booked. _____________________ 5. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not make me interested. _____________________ IX. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (10 pts) Another strong earthquake shook Bac Tra My District in Quang Nam Province at 1.34 p.m on Thursday, September 27 th , 2012. Over 200 houses faced cracks (1) ______ the quake. Financial aid (2) ______ provided to families whose houses faced cracks. (3) ______ the earthquake was strong, it was still milder than the 4.1 magnitude quake on September 23 rd . On Thursday, a delegation from the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control was sent (4) ______ survey the earthquake belt in Bac Tra My District. The delegation (5) ______ houses and schools in the area affected by the quakes, inspected the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant and met with authorities in Bac Tra My District. Frequently recurring earthquakes spread panic among people in Bac Tra My District, many of (6) ______ are from ethnic minority groups living in resettlement areas around Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant. Several households abandoned (7) ______ homes and set up temporary camps elsewhere in fear. A press conference was (8) ______ on September 28 th at the People’s Committee office in Quang Nam Province to reassure the (9) ______ on the safety of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant. The district authorities have now organized three courses to raise awareness and knowledge of (10) ______ best to cope with earthquakes. Your answers: 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. _________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ X. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts) SPRING FESTIVAL From (1) ______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) ______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter, however, is not the (3) ______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (4) ______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (5) ______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (6) ______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (7) ______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (8) ______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (9) ______ colourful, but (10) ______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets. Trang 3/5 1. A. earliest B. latest C. previous D. old 2. A. which B. when C. because D. by then 3. A. single B. one C. only D. lonely 4. A. giant B. tremendous C. extreme D. huge 5. A. gone B. carried C. brought D. run 6. A. in B. out of C. against D. from 7. A. through B. one other C. each other D. mutually 8. A. falls B. appears C. happens D. occurs 9. A. the same B. as C. not less D. equally 10. A. instead of B. on behalf of C. in spite of D. place of Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ XI. You are going to read an article about a sailing race. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A - H for each paragraph from 1 – 5 of the article. There are two extra headings which you do not need to use. There has been an example for you. (5 pts) EX: Paragraph 0: D A. The consequences of poor performance E. Benefiting from the power of nature B. An unexpectedly demanding way of life F. Cooperating to overcome the power of nature C. A solution that seems to work G. It’s not what people think D. The terrible consequences of making a mistake H. No way out if you don’t like it Paragraph 0: Imagine for a moment, spending the night on board of a large yacht, being roughly woken in the pitch dark and ordered on deck. Every so often you will be totally drenched, very suddenly, in salt water. You will be sharing the same cramped space with 14 other people for a whole year. Your stomach, when not affected by seasickness, will be hit by the competitive tension and nervousness that afflicts all sportspeople. You will be obliged to concentrate without cease. The slightest loss of focus could cost someone their life. Paragraph 1: For the eight crews taking part in the Round-the-world yachting race, this has been daily life since they left Britain eleven months ago. Now, after racing 50,000 across kilometers of ocean, they are soon due home. While most of us have worked, slept, taken a holiday, these crews have sailed and sailed, day after day, night after night, in weather conditions that would test any human. This is the reality of ocean yacht racing, which bears little resemblance to the popular image of sailing - the quick sprint around a lake before returning ashore for a meal and a warm bath. Paragraph 2: Racing 20-metre yachts around the world is a story of unrelenting hard work, pushing yourself to the limits of endurance. But it is also a story of the vastness and beauty of the sea, of seeing the sun rise and set on hundreds of desolate horizons, and of the supreme satisfaction of arriving somewhere knowing that wind alone has taken you there. Paragraph 3: Unlike the captains, who are professional sailors, the crews all consist of amateur volunteers who have actually paid for the privilege of taking a year off from their work and enduring these difficult conditions. On board London Light the ages range from 21 to 65. For the youngest member, Susan Porter, the trip is about the excitement of both the racing and the elements “Being able to pitch yourselves as a team against a storm gives you a huge sense of achievement”, she says Paragraph 4: Jerry Wallace, a marketing director, found sailing a refreshing change from the selfish individualism of business. Although he was prepared for the discomfort, the mental stress of long distance racing was not what he has anticipated, “A grand Prix driver has a few hours of focus, a footballer 90 minutes, but we have been racing for 11 months. This is something I didn’t really appreciate before I start.” Paragraph 5: Inevitably, there are tensions. The kind of people who choose to take part in races like this tend to motivated and strong-willed. On a trivial level, there are the usual arguments about things like Trang 4/5 cleaning, tidying, personal hygiene, even the way people snore. Row on a boat must be addressed immediately. Left to develop, they get much worse. On London Light they have done this by having a meeting where problems can be discussed and resolved by majority vote. Cooperation is the key, and everyone can have their say. The London is one of the few boats that has never lost any crew early because of a personality clash. Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ XII. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words. (10 pts) 1. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation like this. Only __________________________________________________________________________. 2. You can use it as long as you like, and it will not wear out. No matter _____________________________________________________________________. 3. You needn’t make an appointment to see the personnel manager. There’s _______________________________________________________________________. 4. The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours. It is a _________________________________________________________________________. 5. If you don’t believe in it, you will never be able to do it. Believe _______________________________________________________________________. 6. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected. The patient made _______________________________________________________________. 7. You practice a lot, and you will play well. The more______________________________________________________________________. 8. The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness. The Prime Minister’s _____________________________________________________________. 9. Be sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you leave. Be sure not ____________________________________________________________________. 10. Your car might break down on the rough mountain road, so take plenty of spare parts. In case ________________________________________________________________________. XIII. Use the given word to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 pts) 1. I’d love to be really intelligent! (wish) ______________________________________________________________________________. 2. The police have found the stolen money in the park. (by) ______________________________________________________________________________. 3. Sudden fires often cause serious damage. (that) ______________________________________________________________________________. 4. There’s hardly anything he doesn’t know about whales. (knows) ______________________________________________________________________________. 5. He enjoys walking in the rain. (pleasure) ______________________________________________________________________________. XIV. Use the given suggestions to complete sentences. (5 pts) 1. Many / visitors / country/ impress / beauty / Hanoi. ______________________________________________________________________________. 2. Wear / uniforms / encourage / students / be / proud / be / students / their school. ______________________________________________________________________________. 3. Learners / learn / how / spell / pronounce / words / use / them / writing / speaking. ______________________________________________________________________________. 4. Malaysian / unit / currency / ringgit / consist / 100 sen. ______________________________________________________________________________. 5. Tom / hear / pen pal / since / move / another / city? ______________________________________________________________________________? - THE END - Trang 5/5 . GIANG ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh; Lớp: 9 Phổ thông Ngày thi: 30 tháng 3 năm 2013 Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể. thời gian giao đề ĐIỂM BÀI THI Bằng số: Bằng chữ: Chữ ký giám khảo 1: Chữ ký giám khảo 2: LƯU Ý : - Đề thi gồm 05 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi. - Thí sinh không được sử dụng. quakes, inspected the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant and met with authorities in Bac Tra My District. Frequently recurring earthquakes spread panic among people in Bac Tra My District, many of