Nếu chúng ta đã xem xét cách thức con người ở châu Âu truyền chỉ một trăm năm trước đây, chúng tôi sẽ rất ngạc nhiên khi thấy rằng tiếng Anh đã được hầu như không được sử dụng bên ngoài
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TRƯỜNG THCS
NGUYỄN HỮU TIẾN
-ĐỀ KSCL HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG VÒNG 2
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 9
Thời gian: 150 phút
NAME: Score: _
A LISTENING ( 1,8 point)
Part 1: (Question 1-7) (0,7p)
There are seven questions in this part.
For each question there are three pictures and a short recording.
Choose the correct picture and put a tick (√) in the box below it.
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(there is one example for you)
Monday - Saturday, open from: (1) 9.00 AM
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Shop sells books, postcards and: (5) ………
B Vocabulary and grammar
I Choose the best option in A,B,C or D to complete each of the sentences (1.6 points)
1 If I had known how difficulty the job was, I _ it
A won't have taken B wouldn't take
C won't take D wouldn't have taken
2 She is one of the few people _
A I look up to them B to whom I look up
C to that I look up D to who I look up
3 Because of the rain, many people have called to ask _ canceled
A that the parade was B whether the parade was
C if or not the parade was D that the parade would be
4 It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep _
5 She _ her neighbor’s child for the broken window
6 Both my parents work in _ education, teaching at a college
7 The more he tried to help her, _ she seemed to appreciate it
8 One of the windows of my cars is very hard _
9 from Bill, all the students said they would go
Trang 410 Mrs Smith: You made a lot of noise last night! - David: _.
A Really? B What a pity!
C Oh! I’m really sorry! D It’s kind of you to say so
11 Alfonso: “I had a really good time Thanks for the lovely evening.” - Maria: “ _.”
A I’m glad you enjoyed it B Yes, it’s really good
12 smoking is a causative factor of many diseases, there is not ban on tobacco advertising
13 You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday You _ be really hungry
14 Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano _ the Philippines, erupted in 1991
15 You have never been to Nha Trang, _?
16 That pipe has been leaking for ages We must get it _ soon
II Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (2.0 points)
1 A young lady (1- leave) this note for you ten minutes ago As you (2- have) breakfast, I (3- not disturb) you at the time
2 I think it is a pity you (4- not take) more exercise You (5- get) fat
3 Have you booked your hotel room yet? Well, I (6- write) to the hotel last week but they (7- not answer) yet
4 That man (8- stand) at the bus stop for the last half hour Shall I tell him that the last bus (9- go)
5 Look at that tree! It (10- fall) You should keep away from it now
III Choose the incorrect part in the following sentences among A, B, C or D (2 points)
1 She wishes that we hadn't sent her the candy yesterday because she was on a diet
2 Today is such a beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores
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3 Nancy said that she went to the supermarket before coming home
4 Tim has become one of the greatest dancer that the ballet world has ever known
5 After living in London for two months, my brother got used to drive on the left
6 Even though being ill, Mary still went to school last Monday
7 We looked to hundreds of books before we found what we were looking for
8 Even though she looks young, she is twice older than my twenty-year-old sister
9 George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help
10 The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended
IV Give the most suitable form of the words given (2 points)
1 The of the Hollywood actor, Jimmy Hilton, was announced last night DIE
2 My new car is more than the one I had before ECONOMY
3 I was very that you won the first prize IMAGINE
4 Humphrey Davy helped Faraday much in his later DISCOVER
5 The farmer is trying to the pig before killing it for meat FAT
6 This organization is very concerned about the of the rain forests DESTROY
8 I had my trousers because they were too short LONG
9 I think it is very of him to expect us to work overtime every night REASON
10 If your work is you won’t get a raise SATISFY
C READING
I Read the passage below and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D (1.0 point)
Trang 6If we took a look at how people in Europe communicated just one hundred years ago, we would be very surprised to find out that English was hardly used outside the United Kingdom The language most commonly used between people of different nationalities, and particularly the aristocracy, was
French In fact, French was the language of diplomacy, culture and education However, that is not the
case nowadays English has replaced French as the international language of communication Today, there are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak it as a first language
Nếu chúng ta đã xem xét cách thức con người ở châu Âu truyền chỉ một trăm năm trước đây, chúng tôi
sẽ rất ngạc nhiên khi thấy rằng tiếng Anh đã được hầu như không được sử dụng bên ngoài Vương quốc Anh Ngôn ngữ phổ biến nhất được sử dụng giữa các dân tộc khác nhau, và đặc biệt là tầng lớp quý tộc,
là người Pháp Trong thực tế, tiếng Pháp là ngôn ngữ ngoại giao, văn hóa và giáo dục Tuy nhiên, đó không phải là trường hợp hiện nay Anh đã thay thế tiếng Pháp là ngôn ngữ quốc tế của truyền thông Ngày nay, có nhiều người nói tiếng Anh như một ngôn ngữ thứ hai hơn những người nói nó như là một ngôn ngữ đầu tiên.
There are many reasons why English has become the language of international communication Britain’s colonization of many parts of the world had something to do with it, but it is mainly due to America’s rise to the position of major world power This helped spread popular American culture throughout the world bringing the language with it
Có nhiều lý do tại sao tiếng Anh đã trở thành ngôn ngữ giao tiếp quốc tế Thuộc địa của nhiều bộ phận của thế giới của Anh đã có một cái gì đó để làm với nó, nhưng nó chủ yếu là do sự gia tăng của Mỹ vào
vị trí quyền lực chính trên thế giới Điều này đã giúp truyền bá văn hoá nổi tiếng của Mỹ trên toàn thế giới mang tiếng với nó.
But is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? Language specialists seem to
be divided over this issue There are those who claim that it is important to have a language that the people in our increasingly globalized world have in common According to others, English is associated with a particular culture and therefore promotes that culture at the expense of others Linguists have suggested “Esperanto”, an artificially put-together language, as a solution to international communication problems but without success So English will continue being the world language until some other language, maybe Chinese, which is the most widely-spoken native language
in the world, takes over as the world’s international language instead of English
Trang 7Nhưng là nó tốt mà tiếng Anh đã lan rộng đến tất cả các nơi trên thế giới một cách nhanh chóng?
Chuyên gia ngôn ngữ dường như được chia về vấn đề này Có những người cho rằng điều quan trọng
là phải có một ngôn ngữ mà mọi người trong thế giới ngày càng toàn cầu của chúng tôi có điểm chung Theo những người khác, tiếng Anh được gắn liền với một nền văn hóa đặc biệt và do đó thúc đẩy nền văn hóa tại các chi phí của người khác Ngôn ngữ học đã đề nghị "Esperanto", một ngôn ngữ nhân tạo thỏa với nhau, như là một giải pháp cho vấn đề truyền thông quốc tế nhưng không thành công Vì vậy, tiếng Anh sẽ tiếp tục trở thành ngôn ngữ trên thế giới cho đến khi một số ngôn ngữ khác, có lẽ Trung Quốc, đó là ngôn ngữ bản địa rộng rãi nhất nói trên thế giới, phải mất hơn như là ngôn ngữ quốc tế của thế giới thay vì tiếng Anh.
1 According to the passage, a century ago _
A educated people throughout Europe spoke English
B foreign travelers to England spoke only French
C French was much more popular than English
D only the French aristocracy could speak English
2 What is meant by “the language of diplomacy”?
A The language used by ordinary people B The language used by the English and the French
C The language used by the aristocracy D The language used by governments
3 What is true according to the passage?
A The linguists don’t like Esperanto B Esperanto is difficult to learn
C Esperanto is not a natural language D Esperanto is becoming more and more popular
4 The author believes that _
A English is easier to learn than Chinese
B English will probably be replaced as an international language
C Chinese is going to be the next language of international communication
D Chinese is growing in popularity among non-native speakers
5 What would be a good title for this passage?
A English in the future B English as an international language
C English language means English culture D English - a difficult language to learn
II Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions (2,0 points)
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The tourist industry is considered to be the world’s largest industry Before 1995 about 1 million people (1) …… abroad each year (2) …… by the 1990s the figure had (3) …… up over 400 million every year
(4) …… large numbers of tourist, however, beginning to cause problems For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains (5) …… came to enjoy Every parts of Mount Everest in the Himalaya are reported to be covered (6) …… old tins, tents and food that have been (7) …… away But at a time when we have greater freedom to (8) …… than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holiday (9) …… causing problems by spoiling the countryside
Now there is a new holiday guide called Holiday That Don ’ t Cost the Earth It (10) … you how
you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent or your tour operator the right questions before you go on holiday
III Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word (2,0 points)
Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away “You never know when you might need it” was (1) of her favorite sayings She lived (2) herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us Although I never went to her house, I knew
it was full (3) antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on In every room, there were dozens
of paintings so that her house was (4) an art gallery I remember my father (5) that she was a “ Staffordshire Darby” but I had (6) idea what he meant I (7) out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Staffordshire We used to
Trang 9make up stories (8) her My sister Alice, (9) was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10) saw him again!
D WRITING
I Rewrite each of the following sentences using the suggested words given so that it has exactly
the same meaning as the one printed before it (2 points)
1 While I strongly disapprove of your behavior, I will help you this time
Despite………
2 I regret not paying much attention to the lecture
I wish………
3 It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour
It’s better to avoid
4 Turn off all switches before leaving the room
All switches ………
5 The bridge was so low that the bus couldn't go under it
It was so low
6 “Would you like to go with me to the market, Mai?”- Ha said
Ha
7 As television programmes become more popular, they seem to get worse
The more ……….………
8 We were very impressed by the new cinema but found it rather expensive
Impressed………
9 I never intended to go to the meeting
I never had………
10 Do the test carefully or you may get bad mark
If you……….………
II Write a passage: (3,0 points)
It is said that English is a useful language and it is necessary to learn English Do you think so?
Write a passage (not more than 200 words) about your idea
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A LISTENING (1,8 point)
Listen to the tape then complete the information in each sentence.
(there is one example for you)
(2) 7.30 p.m (3) north station
(4) 3rdof May (5) T-shirts (6) 12
Part 1:
1 a
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 c
6 a
Part 2:
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 a
C Vocabulary and grammar
I Choose the best option in A,B,C or D to complete each of the sentences (2 points)
1 B
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 D
6 C
7 A
8 C
9 B
10 B
11 C
12 C
13 A
14 B
15 D
16 D
17 B
18 D
19 D
20 B
II Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (1,2 points)
1 Left/ were having/ didn’t disturb
2 Think/ don’t take/ are getting
3 Have …booked?/ wrote/ have not answered
4 Has been standing/ has gone?
5 Is going to fall
III Choose the incorrect part in the following sentences among A, B, C or D (2 point)
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 B
5 C
6 A
7 A
8 C
9 B
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IV Give the most suitable form of the words given (2 point)
1 Death
2 Economical
3 Imaginary
4 Discoveries
5 Fatten
6 Destruction
7 Thoughtful
8 Lengthened
9 Unreasonable
10 Unsatisfactory
C READING
I Read the passage below and choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D (2 points)
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 C
5 B
II Read about Keiko’s evening out Then put the pictures in order (2 points)
1 D
2 E
3 A
4 B
5 C
III Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage ( 2 points)
1 useful
2 who
3 along
4 some
5 doing
6 gives/ shows
7 have
8 losing
9 what
10 like
D WRITING
I Rewrite each of the following sentences using the suggested words given so that it has exactly the same meaning as the one printed before it (2 points)
1 Dispite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time
2 It is better to avoid travelling during the rush hour
3 This pair of shoes needs reparing/ to be repaired
4 Nam asked Mary if the books belonged to her
5 Ha invited Mai to go to the market with her
6 She is fond of her newphew in spite of his terrible behavior
7 Impressed were we by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive
8 I never had any intention on going to the meeting
9 If you do the test carefully, you may get bad marks
10 The more popular television programmes become, the worse they seem to get
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12 The book which I am reading at the moment is very interesting
13 Robert has been out of job/ jobless/ unemployed for two years
14 All switches must be turned off before leaving room
II Use the words given to write the complete sentences (1 point)
1 It seems really difficult for everyone in Vietnam to have a trip abroad
2 She has written ten novels since she became a writer
3 We decided to go for a short walk before sitting down
4 The internet is a very convenient way for me to get information
5 The price of the holiday depends on when you want to travel
III Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word:
1 one 6 no
2 by 7 found
3 of 8 about
4 like 9 who
5 saying 10 never