UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM SỞ GIÁO DỤC& ĐÀO TẠO Độc lập - Tự do – Hạnh phúc KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYÊN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 DỰ THI CẤP TỈNH Khóa ngày 10 tháng 02 năm 2009 Đề chính thức Môn TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) ( Đề gồm 4 trang )------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION : ( 2.0 pts ) Question 1 : Listen to the passage then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. The passage will be read twice : 1. Computer won’t be able to touch the lives of people who live in distant villages. 2. From your own room, you can search the news you want from all over the world on the Internet. 3. Computers are not very useful in some areas such as business. 4. Computers can work during the night while we are sleeping and give us a report we want the next morning. Question 2 : Listen to the passage then pick out ONE best option ( A,B,C or D ) to complete each sentence. The passage will be read twice : 1. Environmental pollution is the result of ………… A. natural disasters. B. industrialization. C. careless use of natural resources. D. both B and C. 2. Avoiding environmental pollution is……… A. uneasy B. possible. C. very easy D. serious 3. By wearing a mask when getting out of houses, people want……… A. to protect their faces’ skin from the sunlight. B. to avoid cold or hot atmosphere. C. not to inhale traffic fumes and chemical wastes. D. not to inhale all kinds of pure air. 4. Nowadays, if living indoor we……. A. can protect ourselves from pollution. B. cannot avoid toxic indoor pollution. C. can inhale quite pure and safe air. D. can protect ourselves when doing housework. PART II : READING COMPREHENSION : ( 6.0 pts ) Question 3 : Read the passage below then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE : It is important to have healthy teeth. Good teeth help us to chew our food. They also help us to look nice. How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering AV9 – HSGH 2008 - 2009 of the tooth. This happens after germs and bits of food have collected there. Then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth. Eventually, poison goes into the blood, and we may feel quite ill. How can we keep our teeth healthy? Firstly, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year. He can fill the small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth. He can examine our teeth to check that they are growing in the right way. Unfortunately, many people wait until they have toothache before they see a dentist. Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day- once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal. Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish, brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolates, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals. They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay. 1. Good teeth help us to chew our food and to look nice. 2. The decay usually begins firstly inside the tooth or from the blood. 3. The decay spreads inside the tooth after it begins in a little crack in the enamel covering of the tooth. 4. Dentists can help us keep our teeth healthy. 5. Dentists can help us brush our teeth twice a year. 6. Most people go to see a dentist before they have toothache. 7. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. 8. Some kinds of food are good for our teeth while some others are harmful. Question 4 : These announcements appear at some places only. Match each announcement ( 1 – 8 ) with a proper place ( A – J ) where it usually appears : Announcements Appearing places 1. Shake well before using 2. Staff only ! 3. Don’t feed the animals. 4. Use no hooks ! 5. Ladies / Gentlemen 6. Push in 7. Keep gate closed ! 8. Speed limit – 80 mph A. At the zoos B. On the front doors of a building C. On boxes or bottles of medicine D. On the doors of toilets E. On motorways F. On bags of sugar or flour G. In front of a cinema or theatre H. Railway station I. On the way or on the doors to some rooms or offices J. Inside the gates of kindergartens Question 5 : Fill in each numbered blank with ONE word chosen from the list below to complete the meaning of the passage : outside, through, but, travel, churches, experiments, ago, remember, taught, who As you turn on the radio for your favourite programme, do you ever wonder how you can hear those sounds? How do they…( 1 )…through the air and reach your radio exactly as they are sent out? It all began nearly a hundred years…( 2 )…when a young Italian called Guglielmo Marconi discovered how to send sounds…( 3 )…the air. Marconi was born in Boloyma in northern Italy 2 AV9 – HSGH 2008 - 2009 in 1874. His father was a rich Italian businessman, and his mother was a Scot…( 4 )…had lived in Ireland and had gone to Italy to study music. The family lived in a countryhouse just …( 5 )…Boloyma. When he was a boy, people did not think that Marconi was clever. He was a quiet boy who spoke little…( 6 )…thought a lot. He liked to sit and read science books in his father’s big library. He also liked to do…( 7 )…with electricity. For most of his early life, he was…( 8 )… at home. He did not go to school. PART III : GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY : ( 8.0 pts ) Question 6 : 1. Pick out ONE word that has the underlined syllable pronounced differently from the others in each case : a) ch air , church , chemist , change , choice b) great , neat , heat , seat , meat c) simplify , apply , reply , supply , primary d) g arment , generation , gold , gasoline , golf 2. Pick out ONE word that is of different kind or part of speech from the others in each case: a) sunset , sun-glasses , sunflower , sunlight , sunburnt b) junkyard , benefit , sewage , trash , garbage c) amusing , rollicking , joyful , terrible , pleasant d) enlarge , widen , golden , enrich , deepen Question 7 : Write the verbs in the numbered brackets into its correct tense and form : Last Tet my classmates and I ( 1. visit ) Rach Mieu Bridge. The bridge ( 2. open ) on January 19, 2008. Since then, there ( 3. be ) hundred thousands of visitors coming to see the bridge. This suspension bridge ( 4. connect ) Ben Tre to Tien Giang. They ( 5. start ) the construction in 2002, and thousands of workers ( 6. work ) hard for 6 years to offer a huge gift to the local people on the occasion of Tet. Before the bridge was put in use, people ( 7. travel ) across the large river by ferry-boat or wooden boat. It ( 8. take ) the passengers a lot of time to travel across Rach Mieu ferry-boats during the Lunar Tet for many years. Question 8 : Fill in each blank in these sentences with the suitable form of the words in brackets : 1. Vietnamese people are very…………….( friendliness) 2. Over a million…… ( publish) of this work have been sold since 2000. 3. The…… ( communicate ) throughout the world has been easier thanks to the Internet. 4. The speed of cars and motorcycles is……….( limitation ) inside the city. 5. The reason for his absense is very clear. It is…… ( deny ) 6. Do you know the ………( widely ) of this lake? 7. Ho Chi Minh City is…… ( locate) on the bank of Sai Gon River. 8. Helen was introduced to many other stamp…….( collection ) at the meeting. Question 9 : Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that they remain the same meaning as the old ones : 3 AV9 – HSGH 2008 - 2009 1. He won a prize at the competition because he spoke English fluently. Because of…… 2. Mr. Le said to his daughter, “ Do as many exercises in English as you can.” Mr. Le advised……. 3. I think no other flowers are as beautiful as rose. I think rose……. 4. They will open the flower garden to the public for ten days. The flower garden…… 5. The pagoda is very small. A lot of visitors cannot stay inside at the same time. The pagoda is not……… 6. My father hasn’t driven any car for 10 years. The last time…… 7. The weather is not good. They cannot climb up to the top of the mountain. If……. 8. When he was young, he went swimming every morning. He doesn’t do it anymore. He used……… PART IV :WRITING ( 4.0 pts ) Question 10 : Write a letter to your friend to tell him/ her how your family prepared to celebrate last Lunar Tet. ( in about 120 to 150 words – You mustn’t use your real name and address. ) Question 11 : Your friends and you were chosen into the team of good students to sit for the examination of gifted students in English. You are discussing on a plan to study and practise for the exam.Rewrite the conversation in about 15 to 20 conversational exchanges. -------------------------------------------------The end------------------------------------------------------- 4 . How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering AV9 – HSGH 2 008 - 20 09 of the tooth. This happens after germs and bits. 9 : Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that they remain the same meaning as the old ones : 3 AV9 – HSGH 2 008 - 2009