Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc năm 2013-2014

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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2013-2014

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề

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PART A: LISTENING

Section 1: You will hear people talking in eight different situations For questions 1-8 choose the best answer A, B, or C Each situation will be played TWICE

1 You hear part of a radio program What is the person talking about?

2 You hear two people talking on a train How is the woman feeling?

3 You hear two friends talking What is the woman’s opinion about the possible tax increase?

A The government won’t use tax income sensibly

B Wealthy people are right to move abroad

C The increase is necessary to have better public services

4 You hear two friends talking on a park bench What are they discussing?

5 You overhear two people talking on a bus What is their relationship?

A husband and wife B boss and employee C friends

6 You hear someone talking on the radio What has happened?

A a road accident B a crash in a car race C some injuries due to flooding

7 You hear two people talking in a restaurant Where does the man want to sit?

A by the window B near the kitchen C at a quiet table

8 You hear a radio show about a new book How much does the woman like the book?

A very much B a little C not at all

Section 2: Listen and complete the form below using no more than TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER The conversation will be played TWICE

PART B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Section 1: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences

1 In 1898, _ pharmacologist, John H Abel, isolated the hormone adrenalin

A an American who B who, an American C an American D he was American

Personal details

Family name: Cullen Child’s first name: (1)

Age: (2)

Birthday: (3) _

Other children in the family: a brother aged (4) _

Address: (5) , Brisbane

Emergency contact number: 34678890 Relationship to child: (6) _

Development

 Has difficulty (7) _during the day

 Is able to (8) herself

Child- care arrangements Days required: (9) _and _

Pick-up time: (10)

2 A: “My parents have been married for thirty years and they are still going strong”

B: “ _ !”

A What a pity B It’s all right C Sorry about that D How sweet

3 You don’t much _ importance to quality, which is a big mistake

4 It’s going to be a _ date I know nothing about the girl I am meeting tonight

5 _ getting off the train, we realized we had missed our destination

6 A: “ It’s my birthday today”

B: “ !”

A Good for you B Many happy returns C Congratulation D Well done

7 This is the third time you have forgotten about your homework How are you going to _ for this?

8 I like this essay because it’s very _

A imaginative B imaginary C imaginable D imagination

9 _ how little progress he made, the boy wouldn’t give in

10 _ in mind that these pills must be taken regularly if they are to be effective

11 She had changed so much that _ anyone recognized her

A almost B hardly C not D nearly

12 A: Would you like a beer? – B: Not while I’m _

A in the act B in order C on duty D under control

13 The reason I left is _ I was bored

A why B that C while D for

14 I bumped _an old friend while I was walking along the street

A across B into C over D for

15 Everyone _Tom was invited to the party

A as B from C but D for

16 We have decided to _some money for the local secondary school

A go up B increase C raise D rise

17 She didn’t get _well with her boss, so she left the company

A at B on C through D up

18 Please don’t disturb me _there is something urgent

A if B or C otherwise D unless

19 “But, son”- I told him - “you’re my own _”

A heart to heart B body and soul C flesh and blood D skin and bone

20 We hire our bicycle _

A by hours B by the hour C by an hour D for hours

Section 2: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space at the same line Number 0 has been done as an example

DOLPHINS

Humans are destroying dolphins at an (0) _

rate Long fishing nets called “Walls of Death” are

mainly to blame Since their (1) _, millions of

dolphins, seals and whales have been (2) _

caught up and killed Most caring people feel that

this situation is (3) _ It is known

that dolphins are (4) _ creatures and killing

0 ALARM

1 INTRODUCE

2 ACCIDENT

3 ACCCEPTABLE

4 INTELLIGENCE

0 ALARMING

1. _ 2. _

3. _ 4. _

them is both (5) _ and a foolish waste

Now the (6) _ of some charities to raise money

for the (7) _ of dolphins means that this

(8) _ may soon be stopped One large charity (9)

_ sells products such as T-shirts and jewellery

and uses the profit to pay for their (10) _

5 HUMANE

6 EXIST

7 CONSERVE

8 DESTROY

9 ORGANISE

10 ACTIVE

5. _ 6. _

7 _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _

Section 3: Identify the incorrect part out of the four underlined options (A, B, C, or D) and then correct it

1 Hue, known as the old capital of Vietnam, is famous with its beautiful landscapes and spicy foods

A B C D

2 The roles of people in society have changed, and so are the rules of conduct in certain situations

3 It should not be assumed that lower the price, the happier the buyer

4 Paper was expensive during the Middle Ages that it had to be used sparingly

A B C D

5 The rings of Saturn are too distant to be seen from earth without a telescope

A B C D

PART C: READING

Section 1: For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only ONE word for each space

The Isle of Wright is a small island just off the coast of England near the towns of Portsmouth and Southampton

Queen Vitoria loved the island (1) much that she had Osborne House built, which has not changed

at (2) since the day she used to visit with her huge family (3) tourist attractions included Butterfly Wood, where, (4) the name suggests, visitors can see a large range of butterflies and two zoos In summer it is usually warm and sunny (5) for holidaymakers to enjoy the miles of clean beaches

Alternatively, for those (6) want to be out of doors but don’t like sunbathing, the Isle of Wright is

an excellent place for cyclists There are numerous little paths which lead (7) picturesque villages all (8) the island Newport, the island’s capital, is also (9) a visit It’s a busy little town with (10) of small specialist shops

Section 2: Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap

SAY “NO” TO PLASTIC BAGS

Did you know that on average we take home 150 plastic bags annually? In (1) words, that means a global figure of one million plastic bags taken home every minute We are sure you will agree this is a truly shocking statistic

Plastic bags can not be simply(2) of along with your domestic rubbish- they can blow off landfill sites and become highly (3) litter which can remain in the environment for a numbers of years They are not only an eyesore but they are a (4) to the environment too For example, plastic bags almost blocked Buriganga river in Bangladesh, and are widely (5) responsible for causing devastating floods there on two separate occasions

They also (6) a particular threat to wildlife More and more (7) dead turtles and whales are discovered washed up on beaches, killed by swallowing plastic bags To marine life, a plastic bag closely (8) a jellyfish

These are the reasons why you should reuse the plastic bags you already have or take a small rucksack

on trips to the supermarket Why not take (9) now and show how much you care about the environment by (10) this small step!

2 A disposed B thrown C finished D used

3 A evident B observable C visible D marked

4 A risk B danger C difficulty D issue

7 A popularly B frequently C common D generally

8 A resembles B reminds C equates D appears

9 A again B advantage C action D account

10 A helping B doing C following D taking

Section 3: Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to answer each question The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications history Although Samuel B Morse succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence was constructed By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies The following year, San Francisco was added to the network

The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam-driven rotary printing press by Richard M Hoe in 1846, revolutionized the world of journalism Where the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail and on hand operated presses, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a newspaper could supply and allowed for more timely reporting The establishment of the Associated Press as a central wire service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in journalism

1 The main topic of the passage is

A the history of journalism

B the origin of the national telegraph

C how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads

D the contributions and development of the telegraph network

2 The word “gathering” refers to

A people B information C objects D substances

3 The author’s main purpose in this passage is to

A compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the steam-driven rotary press

B propose new ways to develop the communications industry

C show how the electric telegraph affected the communications industry

D criticize Samuel B Morse

4 This passage would most likely be found in a

A U.S history book B book on trains C science textbook D computer magazine

5 It can be inferred from the passage that

A Samuel B Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry

B Morse’s invention did not immediately achieve its full potential

C the extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention

D journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry

Section 4: Read the following passage and match the paragraph 1-5 with its corresponding heading (A-G) There are TWO more headings than needed

Tough sensor can take the heat

1 A new gas sensor made form a nickel’s worth of materials can endure high temperatures, corrosion, vibrations, and exposure to water, according to its inventors at Argonne National Lavatory in Illinois The tiny sensor detects a variety of gases

2 Conventional silicon sensors do not work well at temperatures above 150 degree F But Argonne’s new sensor, made of ceramics and metals, is not affected by high temperatures “The materials

in this sensor behave well through a wide range of temperatures,” says Michael Vogt, a control system engineer at Argonne

3 Vogt and his colleagues made the sensor by film-screening layers of ceramic and metal on a ceramic substrate, then firing the sensor in an industrial oven at more than 1,000C The Argonne researchers set out to build a sensor that would detect overheating computer components Before an overheating component fails, and possibly ignites, epoxy in the circuit boards releases a gas The Argonne sensor can detect this vapour and cut off power to the circuit

4 The device senses gases by applying a steadily increasing voltage across its electrical leads, and monitoring current spikes induced as gasses react on the sensor’s surface Each gas reacts at a characteristic voltage, and the size of the current spike indicates the “signature” of several representative organic solvents

5 The sensor could be used to monitor hydrocarbon emissions from cars; today’s typical sensors only measure oxygen The sensor could also monitor gases in industrial chemical processes

List of headings

A How the device works in gas detection

B The manufacture of the conventional sensor

C A brief introduction to the new gas sensor

D Other uses of the new gas sensor

E How the device was designed

F A change leading to enormous improvements

G The danger of overheating computer components

Paragraphs 1.

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3

4

5

PART D: WRITING

Section 1: Complete each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it Use the word given in CAPITALS (if provided)

1 Her passport and other identification were stolen

She………

2 Her boyfriend was so proud of being a fighter

Her boyfriend prided………

3 I have never known a dancer as talented as Helena (FAR)

Helena is ………

4 Could you watch my bag while I am away?

Could you keep………

5 Thousands of people were unable to go to work because of the heavy snow (PREVENTED)

The fact that………

Section 2: Write an essay of around 250 words on the following topic

“Easy access to so much information on the Internet creates problems, especially for the young”

Do you agree with the above statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion

END OF THE TEST