Sở giáo dục và đào tạo hảI dơng Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh Lớp 9 THCS năm học 2011 2012 Mụn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút Ngày thi: 23/3/2012 (Đề thi gồm 04 trang) Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, không làm bài vào đề. Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết phơng án chọn A hoặc B, C, D Phần tự luận : Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài. (Thí sinh không đợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì) A. LISTENING Hớng dẫn phần thi Nghe hiểu: Trong phn thi Nghe hiu thớ sinh c nghe 2 ln. M u v kt thỳc cỏc phn nghe cú tớn hiu. Thớ sinh cú thi gian c cõu hi trc khi nghe ni dung bi. Mi hng dn (bng ting Anh) cú trong bi nghe. I. Listen to an interview with a doctor about three diets and decide whether the statements are true or false. Write (T) or (F) in your answer sheet. (5 points) True / False 1. Of the 3 diets, the doctor likes the Mediterranean diet most. 2. According to him, salty snacks are not good for your health. 3. In Mediterranean diet, there are many fruits and vegetables. 4. Asian people eat a lot of fish in their diet. 5. Nowadays American-style fast food is not popular in Asia. II. Listen to the advertisements about three entertainment events and fill each blank with a word or a number. (10 points) B. phonetics Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (5 points) 16. A. currency B. effective C. influence D. separate. 17. A. remove B. repeat C. effort D. prefer 18. A. desire B. current C. instant D. absent 19. A. religious B. establish C. remain D. amateur 20. A. awareness B. dormitory C. continuous D. enrichment C. grammar vocabulary language functions I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (10 points) 21. You should take regular exercise _______ sitting in front of television all day. A. without B. even C. in spite of D. instead of 22. Id rather you _____ at home. You may get a cold if you go out tonight. A. stay B. will stay C. stayed D. to stay 23. Her shoes _____ her dress, they look very well together. A. suit B. match C. fit D. compare 1 đề chính thức 1. Summer in the City Celebration During the event, good (6) _________ and live music are provided. Theres entertainment for the (7) __________ too. It is held at Washington Park, Saturday and Sunday, from (8) ________a.m. to (9) __________ p.m. 2. The Broadway show Get up and Go It is on at 8 p.m. daily and 2 p.m. on (10) ____________ The singing and (11) ______________ are wonderful. Its at the Paramount (12) ________________ 3. Della Thompsons live performance It is at the Blue Moon (13) ___________ at (14) __________ oclock. Tickets sale: $15 for general admission and $10 for (15) ___________ . 24. When I phoned the manager, his secretary told me to _____ on as he was talking to someone else. A. wait B. hold C. try D. do 25. Nobody believed Paul at first but he _____ to be right. A. came out B. worked out C. carried out D. turned out 26. Would you please _____ him speak about the new plan? A. let B. allow C. ask D. tell 27. Give me some more mineral water, _____? A. will you B. shall you C. are you D. do you 28. Tet is the holiday _____ celebrated in Lunar New Year. A. which is B. what is C. when is D. which 29. They have decorated their house _____ many beautiful flowers. A. for B. in C. with D. from 30. _____ we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work. A. For now B. By now C. Ever since D. Now that II. Provide the correct form of the words in capital letters to complete the sentences. (10 points) 31. She always listens _____ to what her teacher says. ATTENTION 32. The explanation of the accident is very _____. CONFUSE 33. You should get very good _____ from this computer. SERVE 34. He was turned down for the job because he was not _____. QUALIFY 35. People must have _____ for the air pollution. RESPONSIBLE 36. People are worried about the increasing pollution in _____ areas . INDUSTRY 37. The world of computers is extremely ________. COMPETE 38. Tom had eaten so much that he had to ______ his belt. LOOSE 39. Students who _____ the school rules will be punished. OBEY 40. In some places, the weather changes so quickly that it’s very ______ . PREDICT III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (5 points) 41. He experimented with ways of transmitting speech over a long distant with his assistant. A B C D 42. You don’t have to open the door while he's there because the light will ruin the picture. A B C D 43. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research A B C D 44. Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long. A B C D 45. The university I graduated of last spring sent me this letter. A B C D IV. Match each sentence in column A with its suitable response in column B. Use each response once only. (5 points) D. READING I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each space. (10 points) This year’s annual local festival was one of the best we have ever had. Almost everyone who lives in the town (51)_____ took part in it or watched it. The weekend celebrations began (52)_____ a concert in the main square, at which a number of local groups played. This included the annual competition to (53)_____ the best song written by a local person. There were eight entries and the (54)_____was a local actor, Henry Turner. He decided on The Right Way by Rosie Dash as the winner. After the concert, there was a magnificent firework (55)________, which drew gasps of amazement from the crowd. On the following day, the annual parade was held, and this year it was even more spectacular than (56)______ . Hundreds of people marched through the streets, (57)______by bands, and some of the costumes were quite extraordinary. There were large crowds on both sides of the streets and they cheered as the parade went (58)_____ . When it was over, everyone went to the main square, where there was a market selling A B 46. Why don’t you take a rest? You look tired. 47. I have to go to class because I have a test, but if I could, I’d go with you to the movie. 48. Oh, I don’t really like what I see. 49. Excuse me! Could you tell me when Dr. Smith has office hours. 50. Do you mind if I take some photos? A. I’d prefer you didn’t. We don’t have much time B. Really? What’s that? C. Yes. You can do if you want. D. Not really, but there’s a sign on the door I think. E. Yes, I’d love to but I can’t. F. That’s too bad. I thought that you could come along. G. Yes. May be I will. 2 almost everything you could imagine, lovely food (59)______ at plenty of stalls, dancing and games for the children. Everyone enjoyed themselves and the many weeks of hard work put in by the organizing committee (60)______ worth it. 51. a. not only b. both c. either d. also. 52. a. by b. with c. at d. from 53. a. find b. see c. look d. get 54. a. moderator b. referee c. decider d. judge 55. a. show b. display c. performance d. exhibition 56. a. often b. previous c. usual d. common 57. a. accompanied b. followed c. led d. commanded 58. a. along b. past c. away d. forward 59. a. selling b. ready c. available d. prepared 60. a. exactly b. very c. greatly d. well II. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10 points) In order to stay healthy it is important to have a balanced (61) _________. We should eat (62)_________three main groups of food. (63)_________ groups are protein, carbohydrate, and fat. Proteins are very important for (64) _________our body. They help us to build new cells as old (65)________die. Meat and milk products are major sources of protein. We can also get protein (66)________fish, eggs, and beans. Carbohydrate and fat are important to enable us to store (67)__________. Carbohydrates are (68)_________ in sugar and in cereals. Fat can be found in vegetable oil, in butter and in nuts. Our body also (69)_________ minerals, such as iron and calcium, and vitamins. Fish, vegetables and milk contain (70)__________of the minerals we need. Vitamins are found in fresh vegetables and fruit. III. Read the following passage and answer the questions below. (5 points) Wave power Cumbre Vieja, a huge, active volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands erupts every few decades, and scientists are worried because the walls of the volcano are getting weaker. Scientists fear that when it erupts, one side of the volcano could collapse and fall into the sea. If this happened, it would be a catastrophe. Why? Because it would cause a tsunami – an enormous wave – the biggest ever recorded in history. How would it happen? The volcano is by the sea, and the water next to the volcano is about six kilometers deep. If the volcano collapsed, 500 billion tonnes of rock would fall into the sea. This would create a huge tsunami about 100 meters high. What would happen next? The wave would travel away from the Canary Islands in all directions at about 800 km/h. The other Canary Islands would immediately be covered by water. In less than an hour a 90-meter wave would hit north-west Africa. The side of the volcano faces west, across Atlantic Ocean, which would protect Europe a little. However, a 12-meter tsunami would still reach Lisbon within three hours. After five hours it would reach Britain. The wave could travel a kilometer inland, and devastate towns and villages. London would be flooded. How far would it travel? The wave would have enough energy to travel right across the Atlantic Ocean. Eight hours after the eruption it would hit the east coast of America. It would still be about 30 meters high. Boston would be hit first, followed by New York, then the coast down to Miami. The wave would cause a lot of damage in the Caribbean and Brazil too. It would travel for several kilometers inland because the coast is very flat. It would destroy everything and kill thousands of people. Answer the questions: 71. Why are scientists worried about Cumbre Vieja? 72. How long would it take the wave to reach the African coast? 73. Why would Europe be in less danger than America? 74. How big would the wave be when it reached Lisbon? 75. Why would it travel a long way inland in the Caribbean and South Africa? 3 E. WRITING I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (5 points) 76. The train couldn’t run because of the storm. The storm …………………………………………………………………………………………… 77. The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired. The car was too…………………………………………………………………………………… 78. Because she behaves badly everybody hates her. Because of ………………………………………………………………………………………… 79. I’m grateful that you looked after my mother so well. Thank you ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 80. Practice speaking everyday or you can’t improve your English. If ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… II. Use the set of words to write complete sentences of a passage. (10 points) Computer games and TV 81. UK today / few / and / few / teenagers / play / games / outside / friends. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 82. Most / them / prefer / play computer games / own. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 83. In fact / play computer games / one / most popular leisure activities / UK. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 84. 2003 / British shoppers / spend / £ 1,152 million / computer games! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 85. general / boys / more interested / computers / girls. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 86. Teenagers / also love / watch TV. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 87. Watch TV / more popular / boys / girls / UK / most other European countries. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 88. UK / the TV / often on all day, / teenagers / watch / before / after school. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 89. More / half / children / have / television / bedroom, / about / third also / have / video recorder. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. III. Your uncle, who is living abroad, wants to buy a present for your birthday. He has just asked you what you would like as present. Write a letter of about 100 – 120 words telling him about your choice. In your letter, you should give your choice and state clearly why you like it. (10 points) Begin and end the letter as follows: March 23 rd , 2012 Dear Uncle Ba, ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………. Love, Quoc Anh ========== The end ========== Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: Sè b¸o danh Hä tªn, ch÷ ký gi¸m thÞ 1: Hä tªn, ch÷ ký gi¸m thÞ 2: 4 . dơng Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh Lớp 9 THCS năm học 2011 2012 Mụn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút Ngày thi: 23/3/2012 (Đề thi gồm 04 trang) Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, không. đề. Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết phơng án chọn A hoặc B, C, D Phần tự luận : Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài. (Thí sinh không đợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì) A. LISTENING Hớng dẫn phần thi. Nghe hiểu: Trong phn thi Nghe hiu thớ sinh c nghe 2 ln. M u v kt thỳc cỏc phn nghe cú tớn hiu. Thớ sinh cú thi gian c cõu hi trc khi nghe ni dung bi. Mi hng dn (bng ting Anh) cú trong bi nghe. I.