ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2009-2010 MÔN TIẾNG ANH - SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CÀ MAU

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2009-2010 MÔN TIẾNG ANH - SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CÀ MAU

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VỊNG TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS

Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 04 – 04 – 2010

(Đề thi gồm cĩ 7 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề)

Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này

ĐIỂM

TOÀN BÀI THI (Họ, tên và chữ ký) Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2

(Do Chủ tịch HĐ ghi)

Bằng chữ Bằng số

SECTION I: VOCABULARY,GRAMMAR & READING (13.5 pts)

PART I: (2.5 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best

completes each sentence Circle the letter you choose.

1 The mosquito bite my eyelid and I couldn’t open my eye properly

2 I suggest we _ outside the cinema tomorrow at 8:30

3 _ playing professional basketball, she also enjoys tennis

4 The newspaper report contained _ important information

5 The meeting had to be put until a late date

6 He had to leave early, _ he?

7 I’ll show you around the city, when you to visit me

8 These buses are _ to run every 15 minutes, but I’ve been waiting here for 25 minutes already

9 His eyes were _ bad that he couldn’t read the number plate of the car in front

10 She can remember a time cars were rarely seen in the village

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

PART II: (1.0 pt) Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable preposition.

Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

People who are deprived of sleep lose energy and become quick-tempered After two days (1) _ sleep, a person finds that lengthy concentration becomes difficult He can force himself to perform tasks well (2) _ short periods, but he

is easily distracted He makes many mistakes especially (3) _ routine tasks, and his attention slips (4) _ times Every “sleepless” person experiences periods (5) _ which he dozes off for a few seconds or more He completely falls asleep when he is kept active continuously

Persons who go without sleep (6) _ more than three days have great difficulty thinking, seeing, and hearing clearly They have periods of hallucinations, during which they see things that do not really exist They also confuse daydreams (7) _ real life and lose track (8) _ their thoughts in the middle of a sentence

Your answers:

PART III: (2.0 pts) Supply the correct form of the VERBS in the brackets to complete the passage Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

Louis Armstrong, who (1 bear) in 1900 and (2 die) in 1971, was a very

famous jazz musician and bandleader He used to be known as ‘Satchmo’, and this

nickname (3 stay) with him all his life As a child in New Orleans, he learned to play the trumpet while he (4 live) on a special home for children who (5 get) into

trouble with the police

When Louis Armstrong (6 finish) his stay in the home, he joined various bands and then he formed his own Between 1925 and 1928, he (7 make) about sixty records as the leader of two small groups (8 call) the hot Fives and Hot

Sevens These records made him one of the first solo stars in the history of popular music

Your answers:

3 _ 7 _

PART IV : (1.0 pt): Identify the words or phrases ( A, B, C, or D) that must be

changed for the sentence to be correct Circle the letter you choose.

1 He never goes home before he will finish his work

A B C D

2 Mai often arrives at the office at nine o’clock, but because the storm, she was late

A B C D this morning

3 The sun is so bright for us to look at directly

A B C D

4 She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview

A B C D

5 Bob’s father had him to repeat the poem many times

A B C D

PART V: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the sentences with the correct form of the

word in brackets.

1 The restaurant is now under new _( MANAGE)

2 Your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your complete (SATISFY)

3 Oscar had eaten so much that he had to _ his belt (LOOSE)

4 I would like to book a to Hong Kong ( FLY)

5 We have had a lot of from customers today (COMPLAIN)

6 Please make your at the counter over there (PAY)

7 The is that the plan will fail (CONCLUDE)

8 I have never been _ like that before ( THREAT)

9 There is a saying in English: “ _ speak louder than words” (ACT)

10 English is a easy language for Swedes to learn ( COMPARE)

Your answers:

PART VI: ( 1.0 pt) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced

differently from the rest Circle the letter you choose.

3 A chair B cheap C chemist D child

PART VII: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C

or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.

In order to help solve the problem of pollution, people have to be aware of its causes, some of which are quite obvious in everyday life In many cities people are forced to breathe in polluted air, commonly known as smog, which is a mixture

of gases sent out by car exhausts and factory chimneys What can be done to reduce air pollution is to remove factories from cities and use lead-free petrol in cars

The pollution of rivers, lakes and seas leads to the death of the creatures that live in them Factories are largely responsible for the present situation, which

is expected to worsen if governments do not make them to obey the law against pollution and punish industries which pollute water

Finally, all over the world, especially in cities, we see huge amounts of rubbish in the streets, which we are responsible for The rubbish collection system

often does not work properly and people themselves add to the problem by

dropping litter in the streets There is so much we could do to help solve the problem The point is how willing are we to do something about it?

1 In order to help solve the problem of pollution,

A people need to know what causes it

B people don’t need to know what causes it

C people have to do something immediately

D people don’t need to do anything about it

2 Smog is caused by

A cars only

B factories only

C cars and factories

D air

3 The pollution of rivers, lakes and seas is largely caused by

A car exhausts

B lead-free petrol in cars

C factories

D creatures

4 Which of the following is NOT true?

A People add to the problem of pollution by collecting rubbish

B People add to the problem of pollution by dropping litter.

C Huge amounts of rubbish in the cities cause pollution

D We are responsible for huge amounts of rubbish in the cities

5 The opposite of the word properly in the passage is

PART VIII: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word from the

box Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

the future looks bad What can each of us do? We cannot clean up our

we want to ensure a better world for our grandchildren

Your answers:

SECTION II: WRITING (6.5 pts)

PART I: (2.5 pts) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that

means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it

1 She suggested that they sing a song

 She suggested their

2 In spite of a lot of difficulties, she managed to sell the house

 Although

3 Their parents don’t appreciate his help, do they?

scientists household threatened defense impossible

polluted decision completely driving disappearance

 His help ?

4 The children like candies but their parents don’t allow them to eat sweet food  The children wish

5 The doctor said to me: “ You can leave the hospital today”  The doctor

6 I haven’t written to you for a month  I last

7 I’m always nervous when I travel by air  Traveling

8 “ Can I borrow your typewriter, Janet?” asked Peter  Peter asked

9 She knows a lot more about it than I do  I don’t know

10 My French friend finds driving on the left difficult  My French friend isn’t

PART II: (4.0 pts) “What are some of the benefits that books have given us?” You should write a paragraph about 120-150 words expressing your own opinion.

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