Phßng GD – §T QuËn Long Biªn ®Ò thi häc sinh giái líp 9 vßng 2 (2007-2008) Thêi gian: 150 phót Sè ph¸ch Ch÷ ký gi¸m thÞ §iÓm A. Listening: I. These people are describing natural disasters. Listen and number the disasters they are talking about. There are 2 disasters extra. ____ A. drought ______B. volcanic eruption ______C. famine ______D. tornado ______E. earthquake ______F. snowstorm ______G. flood ______H. Tsunami B. Phonetics: I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 9. A. jean B. styles C. students D. labels 10. A. adopt B. evolve C. stroll D. follow 11. A. exist B. mind C. inspire D. provide 12. A. refusal B. music C. student D. studying 13. A. lecturer B. medium C. inventor D. president 14. A. teach B. cheer C. characterize D. watch II. Choose a word in each group that has different stress pattern: 15. A. pollution B. pesticide C. dynamite D. difficult 16.A. replace B. account C. collect D. label 17. A. conserve B. tumble C. receive D. reuse 18. A. appliance B. consumer C. attention D. luxury 19. A. category B. efficiency C. necessary D. ordinary 20. A. resource B. power C. matter D. faucet C. Vocabulary and structures: I. Cirle the best options to complete the following sentences: 21. Why didn't you go to school yesterday? I didn't go to school yesterday____________. A. as my bike broke down B. because my bike broke down C. because of my bike broke down D. because of my broke bike 22. Many people seem to be talking too much but______ about the environmental protection. A. do too little B. doing too little C. did too little D. to do too little 23. The air in this area is getting polluted____________ the smoke and fumes from vehicles. A. instead of B. since C. as D. because of 24. Nam, _______________ is loved by all his friends at school. A. whom won the first prize B. who won the first prize 1 C. that won the first prize D. won the first prize 25. She was standing there, sobbing while I _____________ towards her. A. was walking B. walked C. has been walking D. has walked 26. Can you guess ________________? A. about whom is being talked B. whose is being talked about C. about who I am talking D. who I am talking about 27. Although my father is a famous scientist, he __________with what he has done. A. is not satisfied B. will be satisfied C. is satisfied D. was not satisfied 28. ________ on your nomination, Dong. We are proud of you. A. We are congratulating B. To congratulate C. With congratulations D. Congratulations. 29. After his flight to the moon, Neil Armstrong wrote a report_____ what he saw there. A. described B. describing C. describe D. to be described 30. After_____________ some pictures of Mars, the students were asked to write an exposition about the existence of minerals and gemstones on that planet. A. showing B. being shown C. show D. to show 31. Because of his short-sightedness, he mistook the weather balloon__________ a spacecraft. A. win B. to C. for D. out of 32. A few people claimed they once sighted flying saucers and were_____________ by aliens from those spacecrafts. A. collected B. captured C. gathered D. disappeared 33 Both the earth and the moon move_____________ round the sun. A. out of orbitB. on orbit C. after orbit D. in orbit 34. Nobody has seen him since yesterday morning ?……… A. has nobodyB. have they C. haven’t they D. hasn’t nobody 35. The noise of the traffic prevented me from to sleep. …… A. falling B. starting C. beginning D. going II. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find out and correct it: 36. I think several preparations should made before the typhoon strikes. A B C D 37. My brother, that you met at the party last night, has been researching tornadoes for years. A B C D 38. In 1960, a huge tidal wave started in Alaska hit California and severely damaged one of its coastal towns. A B C D 39. There must strong winds yesterday night, because some trees on the streets were A B C uprooted D 40. The price of fuels has increased considerably in the past few months, and many A B C people are worried with it D II. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a worm that fits in the space in the same line : 2 Genius We all know stories about people with exceptional memory who have the _______41______to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only once. Now experts are saying that such feats can be taught. For example, most people can ___42___ about nine numbers if they are read out once in a second. In one experiment, ten hours’ training _____43__ only a small __44__ but the results after practicing for a thousand hours were ___45__: some people remembered 80 or even 100 numbers. Similarly, most adults can __46__ only about five out of set of 21 colors that are only ___47__ different. But after 80 training hours one person could recognize 18 of them, Studies of 76 major ___48____ show that it took at least ten years of _____49______ training before any of them wrote a major work. Psychologist are therefore raising the __50______ that genius is the product of teaching. 41.Able 42.Repetition 43.Product 44.Improve 45.Amaze 46.Identify 47.Slight 48.Compose 49.Music 50.possible 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. D. Reading: I. Choose the best one that has the right order. 1. Moreover, the soil is extremely dry on Mars because of the lack of water. 2. In conclusion, I strongly believe that life does not exist on Mars. 3. Lastly, over 95% of Mars' atmosphere is Carbone Dioxide (CO 2 ), which is deadly to breathe in. 4. Even though Mars is more similar to Earth than any other planers in the solar system, I think that its conditions are not suitable for the existence of life. 5. To begin with, water is one of the most important elements for life to exist; however, very little water can be found on Mars. 6. Therefore, microorganism cannot live there. (51- 55). A. 5 → 1 → 3 → 6 → 2 → 4, C. 4 → 5 → 1 → 6 → 3 → 2. B. 4 → 5 → 6 → 3 → 1 → 2. D. 5 → 1 → 6 → 4 → 3 → 2. II. Read the following text and choose the best one: Solar energy is a long lasting source of energy, and it can be used almost anywhere. To generate solar energy, we only need solar cells and the sun! Solar cells can easily be installed on house roofs, so we do not need any new space. Compared to other renewable source, they also possess 3 many advantages: wind and water power rely on turbines which are noisy, expensive and which take up large space. Solar cells are totally silent and non- polluting. As they have no moving parts, the require little maintenance and have a long lifetime. 56. What is the passage mainly about? A. solar energy. C. the disadvantages of solar cells. B. the advantages of solar cells. D. Renewable energies. 57. Why don't we need new space in order to use solar energy? A. Because solar energy can be used anywhere. B. Because solar cells are small. C. Because solar cell can be installed on house roofs. D. Because solar energy is long lasting. 58. What does the word they in line 5 refer to? A. solar cells B. advantage C. renewable energies D. turbines 59. Where in the passage can you find the information about the disadvantages of other renewable sources other than solar energy? A. Line 1-2 B. Line 3-4 C. Line 5-7 D. Line 7-8 60. What is NOT listed in the passage as an advantage of solar cells? A. They are non- polluting C. They have a long lifetime B. They are quiet D. They are cheap. III. Read the texts and think of the word which best fits each space: (10pts) For many people the language of the Internet is English. “World, Wide, Web: Three English Words” was the name of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Times a few years ago. The 61 went on to say: “If you want to 62 full advantage of the Internet, there … … … …… is only one real way to do it: learn English.” In 63 , it is not difficult to learn to use Internet services. But 64 Internet services are…… … … rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar 65 … … English. In fact, 66 of English is one of the most important aspects that help you …… …… …… 67 the Internet. Learning to use a new Internet 68 may take a few hours, a few … … ……… days, or some weeks, but it takes years to learn a language so that you can use it fluently and confidently. Of course, when you know some English, you can learn more just by using it on the Internet. But 69 least your English should 70 good enough to understand … … … … commonly used words and to know what to do on the Internet. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. VII. REWRITE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEANS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SENTENCES PRINTED BEFORE IT. A. Begin the sentences as shown 71. They couldn’t find Susan anywhere. => Susan……………………. 72. On arrival, she went straight to her hotel room. As soon as……………………. 73. I’m certainly not going to give you any more money. I have……………………. 74. You can use it as long as like and it won’t wear out. 4 No matter……………………. 75. “If Brian doesn’t train harder, I won’t select him for the team”, said the manager. The manager threatened……………………. B. The given words must not be altered in any way: 76. Although the team played well, they lost. (Despite) => …………………………………………………………………………… 77. Everyone but Jane failed to produce the correct answer. (succeeded) =>Only Jane……………………. 78. We’d prefer you not smoke. (rather) => …………………………………………………………………………… 79. He wasn’t to blame for the accident. (fault) => …………………………………………………………………………… 80. The two theories appear to be different. (common) => …………………………………………………………………………… VII. CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO FOLLOWING TOPICS TO WRITE ABOUT 100-120 words (81-100) 1. “What might happen if the pollution goes on? Write about the effects and give ways ” to make the environment better? 2. “ The energy is running out. How to save the energy? ” 5 I. Listening: Tape transcript: 3. article 4. take 5. general 6. although 7. with 8. knowledge 9. use 10. service 11.at 12.be 6 . after 80 training hours one person could recognize 18 of them, Studies of 76 major ___ 48_ ___ show that it took at least ten years of _____49______ training. ten hours’ training _____43__ only a small __44__ but the results after practicing for a thousand hours were ___45__: some people remembered 80 or even