Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 293 UBND tỉnh quảng ngãi Sở Giáo dục Đào Tạo Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt chuyên Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 (Cho thí sinh thi vào chuyên Anh) Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi: 10/ 7/ 2008 A. pronunciation (10 points). I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the others in each group. (5 points) 31. A. crop B. concern C. conserve D. protect 32. A. conserve B. advertise C. perfect D. reverse 33. A. cities B. workers C. series D. satellites 34. A. food B. good C. tooth D. tool 35. A. although B. without C. thank D. these II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points) 6. A. cartoon B. open C. paper D. answer 7. A. manage B. shortage C. village D. teacher 8. A. remain B. convenient C. volunteer D. memorable 9. A. maintain B. marine C. challenge D. device 10. A. important B. community C. organize D. diseases B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40 points). I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (10 points) 11. The stolen jewels were ________ a lot of money. A. valued B. cost C. priced D. worth 12. ________, after trying three times, he passed the examination. A. Lastly B. Last of all C. Last D. At last 13. I dont see any________ in arriving early at the theatre. A. cause B. point C. reason D. aim 14. The children loved ________ the old castle. A. discovering B. exploring C. hunting D. detecting 15. This is the oldest building ________ the village. A. of B. by C. in D. to 16. These figures show a ________ in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales. A. loss B. lessening C. reduction D. lowering 17. ________ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply. A. late B. later C. Latter D. Lately 18. After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ________. A. hardly B. in difficulties C. with difficulty D. hard 19. You will have to ________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel. A. put off B. cut down C. put out D. put up 20. At four oclock Mr Hutchinson still had some ________ to do in the garden. A. work B. job C. effort D. task II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points) 7. This is the first time I (read) ________ a novel (write) _________ by an American novelist. Đề chính thức Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 294 8. The stereo (play) ________ since 6 pm. I wish someone (turn) ________ it off. 9. The new students hope (include) ________ in many of the school’s social activities. 10. He wore a false beard (avoid) ________ (recognize) ________. 11. (Write) ________ the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope. 12. If you don’t hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there. III. Fill in the blank with a / an / the. Put an where none is required. (5 points) 6. My father has just bought me _______ LG computer. 7. _______ whale is _______ mammal, not _______ fish. 8. We are going to _______ tea with _______ Smiths today. 9. _______Titanic, one of the most famous ocean liners, sank on its first voyage across _______ Atlantic. 10. For centuries, _______ buildings were made of _______ stones. IV. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points) Ask any adult over forty to make a (1) _______ between the past and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily worse for as long as they can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in their (2) _______ the summers were considerably hotter, and that winter always included (3) _______ falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. (4) _______ was negligible, the money in your pocket really was worth something, and you could buy a (5) _______ house even if your means were limited. And above all, people were somehow nicer in those days, and spent their free time on innocent (6) _______ making model boats and tending their stamp (7) _______ rather than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know, this figure of the past simply cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with heath and (8) _______ which prove that it is not true. So, why is it that we all have a (9) _______ to idealize the past and to be so (10) _______ of the presents? Compare Young Abound Employ Size Pursue Collect Prosper Tend Critisize V. Fill in each blank with a suitable prepostion. (5 points) 7. It’s a small island, four miles _______ the Thai coast. 8. I know her _______ sight, but I’ve never talked to her. 9. _______ be half of everyone here tonight, I’d like to thank you _______ your advice. 10. You can refer _______ these documents _______ more information. 11. How much did he change you _______ doing _______ the room? 12. She began her talk _______ an apology _______ the audience. C. READING (30 points). I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (10 points) Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy. Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Twothirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 295 language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world. 1. What is the main topic of this passage ? A. The number of nonnative users of English. B. The French influence on the English language. C. The expansion of English as an international language. D. The use of English for science and technology. 2. The word “emerged” in line 2 could best be replaced by which of the follwing ? A. appeared B. hailed C. frequented D. engaged 3. As used in line 3 , the word “ elements ” is not similar to which of the following : A. declaration B. features C. curiousities D. customs 4. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England? A. in 1066 B. around 1350 C. before 1600 D. after 1600 5. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except __________. A. The slave trade B. Colonization C. Missionaries D. The Norman invasion 6. As used in line 6, which of the follwing is closet in meaning to the word “course”? A. Subject B. Policy C. Time D. Track 7. The word “enclaves” in line 8 could be best replaced by which of the following? A. communities B. organizations C. regions D. countries 8. The word “proliferated” in line 9 is closest in meaning to which of the following? A. prospered B. organized C. disbanded D. expanded 9. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the word “ constituting ” in line 15 ? A. looking over B. sitting down C. doing in D. making up 10.According to the passage, approximately how many nonnative users of English are there in the world to day? A. a quarter million B. half a million C. 350 million D. 700 million II. These paragraphs or sentences ( A – H ) are not in a good order. Rearrange them into a good order (1 – 8) to make it a logical meaningful passage. (8 points) Y. Anyone can try to make a drink which tastes similar to CocaCola. Chemists say that it consists almost entirely of carbonated water and sugar. Z. In only a few years CocaCola became the national drink of the United States. The shape of the famous bottle was invented in 1961. During the Second World War, American soldiers drank three million bottles of CocaCola a day. AA. CocaCola was originally invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1886, he created a new kind of medicine to cure tiredness and headaches. BB. This helped spread the name and flavour of ‘ Coke’ all over the world . CC. Then a businessman bought Pemberton’s recipe for his creation. He did something to the recipe and made a really refreshing drink that appealed to many people. Demand for the drink grew. DD. But no one outside the CocaCola company has yet discovered what the ‘magic’ combination of ingredients is, and a very few people only seven, have ever known the secrete formula of CocaCola. Only two of them are still alive today, so they never travel on the same aeroplane. EE. Today, nearly a hundred million bottles or cans are drunk every day, in one hundred and fiftyfive different countries. FF. It tasted so revolting that just about no one wanted to buy it. In the first year, Pemberton only made $50 from his creation. III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (12 points) Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 296 LOOKING FOR A JOB I finished university six month (1) _______, I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course very much (2) _______ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have (3) _______ got fulltime jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4) _______ something suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5) _______ the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6) _______ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7) _______ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8) _______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9) _______ generous to me . At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10) _______ week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11) _______ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12) _______. D. WRITING (20 points). I. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. (10 points) 11. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life. Martin’s 12. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted. Had his 13. Mary was the only student absent from class. Apart 14. Jane hasn’t made much progress at school. Jane has only 15. My parents find fault with everything I do. No matter 16. It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest. Not only 17. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder. Little 18. “ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend. John congratulated 19. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it. On 20. The last storm destroyed Lan’s house. It‘s high time II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage (10 points) 11. Jack London/ famous/ American writer. 12. He/ bear/ January 13th/1876/ San Francisco/ California. 13. family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money. 14. He/ work/ hard/ different jobs. 15. Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long. 16. 1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold. 17. There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories. 18. He/ come/ home/ start/ write. 19. writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties. 20. poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40. Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 297 The end (§Ò thi nµy cã 04 trang) Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: Sè b¸o danh: Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 298 A. pronunciation (10 points). I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the others in each group. (5 points) 1/ each. 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points) 1/ each. 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. C B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (35 points). I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence (10 points) 1/ each. 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. A II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (10 points) 1/ each. 33. have read written 34. has been playing would turn 35. to be included 36. to avoid being recognized 37. Having written 38. will have been sold get III. Fill in the blank with a / an / the. Put an where none is required. (5 points) 0.5/ each. 1. an 2. the 3. a 4. a 5. 6. the 7. the 8. the 9. 10. IV. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage (10 points) 1/ each. 31. comparison 32. youth 33. abundant 34. Unemployment 35. sizeable 36. pursuits 37. collection 38. prosperity 39. tendency 40. critical V. Fill in each blank with a suitable prepostion (5 points) 0.5/ each. 1. off 2. by 3. on 4. for 5. to 6. for 7. for 8. up 9. with 10. to C. READING (30 points). I. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question (5 points) 1/ each. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. C II. These paragraphs or sentences ( A H ) are not in a good order. Rearrange them into a good order (1 8) to make it a logical meaningful passage. (8 points) 1. C 2. H 3. E 4. B 5. D 6. G 7. A 8. F III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage (12 points) 1/ each. 1. ago 2. although 3. already 4. for 5. in 6. where 7. salary 8. having 9. a/per 10. very 11. situation 12. about UBND tỉnh quảng ngãi Sở giáo dục đào tạo đáp án đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt chuyên Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi: 10/ 7/ 2008 Đề chính thức Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 299 IV. WRITING (20 points). I. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. (10 points) 1/ each. 11. Martin’s poor health doesn’t prevent him from enjoying life. 12. Had his aunt not died and left him her legacy of £10.000, he wouldn’t have been able to buy the house he wanted. 13. Apart from Mary every students was present in class. 14. Jane has only made a little progress at school. 15. No matter what I do, my parents find fault with it. 16. Not only is it the cheapest watch but it’s also the nicest. 17. Little did the police suspect that the judge was the murder. 18. John congratulated his girlfriend on her cooking. 19. On account of his mother’s being there, they said nothing about it. On account of the fact that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it. On account of his mother’s presence , they said nothing about it. 20. It’s high time Lan repaired her house. / It’s high time for Lan’s house to be repaired. II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage. (10 points) 11. Jack London was a famous American writer. (1 point) 12. He was born (0.5 point) on January 13, 1876 in San Francisco, California.(0.5 point) 13. His family was very poor, (0.5 point) and he had to leave school to make money.(0.5 point) 14. He worked hard in different jobs. (1 point) 15. Later, he returned to school (0.5 point) where he didn't stay long.(0.5 point) 16. In 1897, he went to Alaska (0.5 point) to find gold.(0.5 point) 17. There he found ideas (0.5 point) for his books and stories.(0,5 point) 18. He came back home (0.5 point) and started to write. (0.5 point) 19. His writings were successful,(0.5 point) and he became (0.5 point)rich and famous in his twenties Or : His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his twenties 20. In poor health, he died in 1916 at the age of 40. (1 point) Tæng ®iÓm bµi thi : Tæng sè c©u ®óng/ 10. The end Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 300 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐAKRÔNG ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Năm học: 2008 2009 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề) PART I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence below. 1. You will not succeed working harder. A. unless B. without C. but D. if 2. John cannot buy a computer because he has …… money. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 3. Trains stop here to passangers only. A. get off B. pick up C. get on D. get in 4. I think we should turn the faucets after use. A. off B. on C. in D. at 5. They were when they read that result. A. delight B. delighted C. delighting D. delights 6. She sang the song A. beautiful B. beauty C. beautifully D. beautily 7. What is the between living in the city and living in the country.? A. differ B. difference C. different D. differently 8. That film is interesting for me to see it many times. A. enough B. so C. too D. such 9. she is not happy ……….a lot of her friends sent her birthday cards. A. because B. if C. so D. although 10. That computer was expensive, ………. we couldn / t afford to buy it. A. because B. so C. but D. if Question II: Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition to complete the following passage.O. in Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name. He was born (0) a small town on the Missouri river in the USA. The boy had many friends (1) school and when he became a writer, he described them (2) his stories. Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (3) the age of twenty he found work on a river boat. After some time he left the boat and went to live (4) California. Here he began to write short stories (5) the name (6) Mark Twain. He sent them (7) newspapers. The readers loved his stories very much. Question III: Complete the following letter by putting the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Dear David, I / ve got a surprise for you! My life (1) (change) quite a lot since I last saw you. I am in Australia now. It is a fantastic country. I (2) (come) here for a holiday. When I came ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC VÒNG II Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 301 here, I didn / t meet my parents because they (3) (visit) Boston. I stayed at a small hotel and I / d really like (4) (move) to Sydney. I / m not married but I / ve got a wonderful girlfriend (5) (call) Kelly. I (6) (learn) to repair machines but I am not very good. I wish you (7) (be) here with me now. How about (8) (come) out to stay with me in the summer? Please write soon Best wishes, John. PART II: SPEAKING AND READING Question IV : Choose the best explanation to find out what each sign means. 1. A.Do not use this entrance to return vehicles to the factory B. Factory vehicles are turning here all the time. C. Do not turn here as this entrance in used all the time. 2. A.Nobody minds if you smoke. B. You may smoke only everybody agrees C. Go outside if you want to smoke D. Everyone has agreed not to smoke. 3. A. Musicians must not play here. B. Musicians will not be paid. C. Musicians can leave instruments here. 4. A. Close the door if there is a fire. B. This door will not close easily. C. This fire door should not be used. D. Always keep this door closed. 5. A.The play will start later than usual today. B. Please be quite because the play has started. C. We never start late for any reason. D. If you arrive late, you cannot go straight in. Question V: Tim is talking to his mother about his result of the first semester Reoder the following expressions (from 1 to 10) to make the complete dialogue. Examle: 0. B 1 2 A. ………Oh, is this the good report? B. … Tim?Tim? Are you home? C. ……….May I see the report? D……… I went to your school today and Miss Jackson gave me your report card. E. ……….Yes, Mom. I / m in the living room. What / s this, Mom?. F. ……….Don / t worry. It / s excellent. You did very well. G ……….What / s that, Mom? H. ……….Sure. I / m proud of you, Tim. I know you worked very hard this semester, but there / s one thing you need to improve. NO TURNING BY VEHICLES AT ANY TIME Factory entrance always in use SMOKING IS PERMITED IF ALL AGREE WARNING Street musicians are not allowed to perform in this station FIRE DOOR KEEP SHUT Latercomers will not be admitted until the interval Chu Van An secondary school. 2009 302 I. ……….Yes, I know. Some of those English pronunciation sounds are really hard. I will try my best to improve them. K. ………I believe you can do it, Tim J ……….Miss Jackson said you should work harder on your English pronunciation. She asked me to give you this dictionary. Question VI: Read the text and then choose from the list A-E the best sentence to fill in each space. A. But now I realize that he spent much time on them, he / ll even steal from his own mother to pay for the habit. B. Even if he wanted to, he couldn / t and he doesn / t. C. He had taken some money out of it and was just about to put it in his pocket. D. But that isn / t all last Sunday, I got up earlier than usual. E. But now his work has become so bad that his teachers say he is just wasting his time there. I have recently become very worried about my 15yearold son, Nick. Although he was never brilliant at school, he always used to get reasonable marks. (1) (2) Nick was in the kitchen. The radio was on so loud that he didn / t hear me come behind him. My handbag was on the table. (3) We had a terrible row. Finally, he broke down and confessed everything. He has been going every day to a big amusement arcade near his school and playing electronics games. I had always thought they were hamless. (4) He has promised he won / t go there again, but I think it is difficult for him to stop it. (5) What can I do to help him? Question VII: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space. Jack London Jack London, the famous American writer, was (1) in San Fransico in 1876. When he was young, he (2) to sell newspapers, work at a hotel and on a ship (3) money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4) he was too poor to pay for the university. In (5) years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. (7) books were about working people who came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North. (8) his books, we can learn that Jack London loved people, and he was sure that man is stronger (9) anything in the world. His life was short, he (10) in 1916. PART III: WRITING Question VIII: Find the mistake in each of the following sentence and correct it .Number 0 is an example. 0. We is learning English at the moment. Is are 1. Would you mind to open the door for me? 2. The camera which you bought is very different than mine. 3. I / d like buying a new dictionary but I don / t have enough money. 4. Last Tuesday Mr. Hoang didn / t go to work because his illness. 5. How many sugar do you need to make a cake? Question IX: Write a letter [...]... thị không được giải thích gì thêm) ………………THE END…………… PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐAKRÔNG * ĐÁP ÁN BÀI THI HSG LỚP 9 VÒNG II 303 Chu Van An secondary school 20 09 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh PART I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Question I: ( 1,0 điểm - Mổi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm) 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9. D Question II : ( 0,7 điểm - Mổi câu đúng được 0,1 điểm) 1 at 2 in 3 at 4.in 5 under 6.of 5.B 10.B 7.to...Chu Van An secondary school 20 09 This is part of a letter you received from an American pen pal, Mary I live in Washington DC Where do you live? What are there in your home village? What do people often do for a living ? 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I 5.C 10.K 4.A 5.B 4 because 9 than 5 the 10 died PART III: WRITING Question VIII : ( 1,0 điểm - Mổi câu đúng được 0,2 điểm) 1 to open opening 2 than from 3 buying to buy 4 because of or because he was ill 5... và câu kết; đảm bảo chính xác về mặt ngôn ngữ, đẩy đủ thông tin theo yêu cầu, sử dụng được các liên từ, từ nối làm cho câu văn mạch lạc (1,0 điểm) ………………THE END…………… 304 Chu Van An secondary school 20 09 305 . school. 20 09 293 UBND tỉnh quảng ngãi Sở Giáo dục Đào Tạo Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt chuyên Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 9 (Cho thí sinh thi vào chuyên Anh) Thời. tạo đáp án đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt chuyên Năm học 2007 2008 Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 120 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Ngày thi: 10/ 7/ 2008 Đề chính thức Chu. 300 PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐAKRÔNG ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 Năm học: 2008 20 09 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề) PART I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR