5pts It is well known that the building development company Cityspace wants to knock down the existingseafront sports club in Layton and replace it with a leisure centre that will consis
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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9,
NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 Thời gian: 150 phút
I You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students For each question, put a tick (v) in the correct box (3pts)
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II Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part (2.5 pts)
III Choose the word with different stress pattern (2.5pts)
12 A adorable B ability C impossible D entertainment
13 A engineer B corporate C difficult D different
16 A permission B computer C million D perfection
IV Grammar and vocabulary Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences (35 pts)
17 I don’t like horror films I think they are and
A frightening/ boring C frightened/ boring
18 Terylene shirts are wearing, but cotton shirts are much
A harder/ most comfortable C harder/ more comfortable
B hardest/ most comfortable D more hard/ more comfortable
19 I saw man in armchair at window He was reading newspaper
A a/ the/ the/ a B the/ the/ the/ a C a/ the/ a/ the D a/ an/ the/ a
20 Someone who saw robbery called the police
21 he comes, we won’t be able to go
22 Can you make sure Alice put the gold ring?
23 Do you mind here?
24 I can hardly imagine Mike across the Atlantic Ocean all by himself
25 Every time that I miss the bus, it means that I walk to work
26 Every time when I missed the bus, I to return home late
27 Do you believe that there are two in my class?
28 are going to Europe for a holiday
A The Brown B The Brown’s C The Browns’ D The Browns
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30 He asked her , but she didn’t have time to visit him just then
31 The machanic broke the engine its many components
32 He backed the truck the edge of the cliff
33 I usually finish work early Friday I don’t work weekend
34 Let’s meet five Sunday, July 14
35 What colour is the shirt? It is so far that I can’t see colour
36 They rarely drive to office They live near
37 Look at new watch Do you like ?
38 He said he at the “Ritz” Hotel
A is staying B has stayed C was staying D will stay
39 They realized that they their way in the dark
40 He asked me where I
41 The driver as well as the passengers hurt in the accident
42 Not only the teacher, but also the students themselves tired
43 If you the president, what ?
44 If you salt on ice, it
A put/ will melt B would put/ melts C will put/ will melt D put/ melted
45 She this mistake if she more attentive
A would have noticed/ had been C would notice/ had been
B will have noticed/ had been D would have noticed/ were
46 If I of his arrival, I him
A had known/ will have met C know/ would meet
B knew/ would have met D had known/ would have met
47 Be quiet, please We at the translation and you a lot of noise
A are working/ are making C are working/ make
48 In the morning I little time, so I a shower in the evening
49 – “We must buy new plates.”
_ “It’s useless You always plates.”
50 _ “You the money which you yesterday?”
_ “Yes, I it in the pocket of my coat when I home.”
A found/ lost/ found/ came C have found/ lost/ have found/ came
B have found/ lost/ found/ came D have found/ lost/ was finding/ came
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V Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D (13 pts)
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It is well known that the building development company Cityspace wants to knock down the existingseafront sports club in Layton and replace it with a leisure centre that will consist of a multi-screen cinema, restaurants and an entertainment centre But a local action group has promised to fight the ₤30 million redevelopment of the sports club, which has provided family facilities for over 25 years
The action group was set up three weeks after the project was annouced Members of the group argue that the new centre will be too big and will totally change th way the town looks They also dislike the removal
of sports facilities from the centre and the change to less healthy activities such as video games and films Apart from the size of the project, they say that the 550 parking spaces provided will be too few and parking will become more difficult as a result
Local hotel owners have welcomed the project, but the action group says that iin general it will only have
a bad effect on the neighbourhood According to one group member it will resuls in up to 4,000 people being around Layton seafront late at night “A lot of old people and families live nearby,” he explained A meeting is being held tonight to discuss the plans
52 What is the writer trying to do in the article?
A show why the new leisure centre is needed
B give her own opinion about the new leisure centre
C describe the arguments against the new leisure centre
D suggest where the new leisure centre should be built
53 What will the reader discover from the article?
A how long it will take to complete the new leisure centre
B how many members the action group has
C how much it will cost to join the new leisure centre
D how long the sports club has been in Layton
54 What does the action group think about the new leisure centre?
A It will not be right for the area
B It will cost too much to build
C It will not attract enough people
D It will provide too little entertainment
55 Which group of people is keen on having the new leisure centre?
A people who do a lot of sport
B people working in the tourist industry
C people who come into Layton by car
D people living near the seafront
56 What would be a good headline for the article?
A Action group changes its mind
B Leisure plans under attack
C Seafront invaded by crowds again
D Good news for Cityspace
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Natural navigation
Max Davidson learns how to find his way using only stars, sun, trees and wind
“Take the Circle, District or Piccadilly Line to South Kensington, then walk up Exhibition Road It will take you between 10 and 15 minutes The Royal Geographical Society is on the junction between Exhibition
Trang 4Road and Kensington Gore.” The instructions are so idiot-proof that at 9 am precisely all seven of us are in our places, like expectant schoolchildren
A man in a check suit, with a nearly trimmed beard, enters and introduces himself “Tristan Gooley Welcome.” He flashes a shy smile “Just to put this all into context, I think I can safely say that you are the only people in the world studying this particular topic today.” It is quite an intro There are a few oohs and ahs from the audience Tristan Gooley, navigator extraodinary, has his audience in the palm of his hand We are here because we are curious about how you get from A to B And if you are curious about how to get from A to B, who better to ask than Tristan Gooley? He is the only man alive who has both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic You can’t argue with that sort of CV
“Natural navigation”, his new baby, is exactly what that phrase suggests: route-finding that depends on interpreting natural signs- the sun, the stars, the direction of the wind, the alignment of the trees – rather than using maps, compasses or the ubiquitous satnav “Of course, 99.9 per cent of the time, you will have other ways
of finding wherever it is you want to get to But if you don’t ” Gooley pauses theatrically, “there is a lot to be said for understanding the science of navigation and direction-finding If people become too dependent on technology, they can lose connection with nature, which is a pity.”
The natural navigator’s best friend, inevitably, is the sun We all lnow that it sises in the east, sets in west and, at its zenith, is due south But if it is, say, three in the afternoon and you are lost in the desert, how do you get your bearings? The answer, says Gooley, is to find a stick By noting the different places where its shadow falls over a short period of time, you will quickly locate the east-west axis “The sun influences things even if you can’t see it,” he explains You might not be in the desert, but walking along a forest track in Britain One side of the track is darker in colour than the other “Ah-ha!” thinks the natural navigator “It is darker because it
is damper, which means it is getting less sun, because it is shaded by the trees, whcish means that south is that way.” You can now stride confidently southwards – or in whichever direction you wish to head – without fiddling with a map
As the day wears on, the detective work forces us to look at the world in new and unexpected ways Just
when we think we are getting the hang of it, Gooley sets us a particularly difficult task A photograph of a house
comes up on the screen An orange sun is peeping over the horizon behind the house There is a tree in the foreground “Just study the picture for a few minutes,” Gooley says, “and tell me in which direction the photographer is pointing the camera.” Tricky Very tricky Is the sun rising or setting? Is the tree growing straight up or leaning to the right? Is that a star twinkling over the chimney? Are we in the northern or southern hemisphere? “South-east,” I say firmly, having analysed the data in minute detail “Not quite.” “Am I close?”
“Not really The answer is north-west.” Ah well Only 180 degrees out
Still, if I am bottom of the class, I have caught the natural navigation bug What a fascinating science, both mysterious and universal It id hardly what you would sall a practical skill: there are too many man-made aids to navigation at our disposal But it connects us, thrillingly, to the world around us – and to those long-dead ancestors who curcled the globe with nothing but stars to guide them It reminds us what it means to be human
57 What is the writer’s main point in the first paragraph?
A that the Royal Geographical Society was easy for all of them to find
B that the route to the Royal Geographical Society might sound complicated
C that all of them wanted to arrive at the Royal Geographical Society on time
D that they did not need instructions to find the Royal Geographical Society
58 What does the writer say about Tristan Gooley in the second paragraph?
A He was different from what he had expected
B He began in an impressive day
C He had always wanted to meet him
D He seldom gave talks to the public
59 What does Tristan Gooley say about “natural navigation”?
A It can be more accurate than using technology
B It is quite a complicated skill to master
C It should only be used in emergency situations
D It is not required most of the time
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A only works in the desert
B involves more than one piece of information
C works best at particular times of the day
D may surprise some people
61 The example of walking along a forest track illustrates
A the fact that the sun may not be important to finding your way
B the difference between the desert and other locations
C the advantage of learning natural navigation
D the relationship between natural navigation and other skills
62 What does “it” in the phrase “getting the hang of it” (paragraph 5) refer to?
A something unexpected
B the day
C a particular problem
D natural navigation
63 What does the writer say about the task involving a photograph?
A It was not as simple as it first appeared
B He needed more information in order to do it successfully
C He became more confused the longer he spent on it
D He was not surprised to hear that his answer was wrong
64 The writer’s attitude towards natural navigation is that
A it would take a long time to be good at it
B it is a valuable skill in the modem world
C it is only likely to appeal to a certain kind of person
D it is exciting but not very useful
VI Choose the best option to fill in each gap (10 pts)
James Cook
James Cook sailed around the world in the late 18th century and because famous as an explorer He first went to sea in 1746 Eleven years later, he (65) the navy He was a very good sailor and (66) was not long before he was given his own ship
In 1768, the Royal Society (67) a scientific voyage to Tahiti Cook was asked to command the
ship, Endeavour, and to take a group of scientists (68) board The voyage lasted three years Cook
made (69) that his sailors ate fresh fruit In this way, he was able to (70) them from the terrible illnesses (71) by a bad diet Cook was the first European to draw maps of New Zealand and to (72) eastern Australia He also sailed to Antarctica and drew maps of the Pacific and its (73) islands In 1779, he died (74) a fight in Hawaii
VII Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space (15pts)
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Where do you start if you want to write a successful story? Clearly, what you need first of (75) is
an idea which you can develop into a strong plot But (76) do ideas like this come from? The
(77) is “anywhere and everywhere” They may come from something that has (78) to you or to (79) else, from a newspaper, an interesting picture, or even a song It’s a good idea to keep a notebook nearby (80) that you can write down the details of any odd incidents (81) catch your
imagination Make a note of ideas (82) titles too, and any special phrases or descriptions that you think
of A small tape recorder can (83) useful for this purpose Some writers even keep (84) their bed
in (85) wake up with the “idea of the cetury”
Another method of developing the story is to make use (86) the characters themselves Why not (87) putting three people you know well into a situation such as a wedding, where feelings may be very strong, and see (88) happens But don’t make the final characters too much like your Aunt Jane or Uncle Jim or you may find (89) in real trouble
VIII Give each word in bracket its correct form (9pts)
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Humans have long been fascinated by (OUT => OUTER) space, and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms (90 ELSE) which we might be able to contact Naturally, we’ve all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema sreens, but “aliens” like these owe more to the (91 CONVENIENT)
of using human (92 ACT) to play the parts than to any real form of (93 SCIENCE)
investigation
However, many serious space (94 RESEARCH) are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might (95 ACTUAL) look like One early result is Arnol the Alien, (96 DESIGN) by biologist, Dougal Dixon This strange being, (97 LIKE)
humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but, despite its odd (98
APPEAR) , its behaviour is not very different from our own.
IX Rewrite each sentence using the word in bold at the end of each sentence (10 pts)
99 No one has explained why our flight is delayed reason
=> No one has the delay to our flight
100 I’d rather you didn’t phone me at work prefer
=> I’d me at work
101 When Mary wanted a new car, she had to save up for a year Mary
=> It save up to buy a new car
102 They are letting David out of hospital next week released
=> David hospital next week
103 “Did you leave a tip for the waiter, Dad?” I asked he
=> I asked my father a tip for the waiter
104 Jane didn’t expect to win the competition, but she entered it anyway went
=> Jane didn’t expect to win the competition, but she it anyway
105 I do not intend to tell you my plans intention
=> I you my plans
106 Don’t sign for the parcel until you have checked that everything is there you
=> Make sure that nothing is sign for the parcel
107 Sasha only moved to a new class because her teacher recommended it Sasha
=> If her teacher hadn’t recommended it to a new class
108 The motor in this machine needs cleaning once a week has
=> The motor in this machine once a week
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