SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO QUẢNGNAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi : 03/4/2009 SỐ BÁO DANH . HỌ, TÊN VÀ CHỮ KÝ Giám thị 1: Giám thị 2: Họ và tên học sinh: …………………… Ngày sinh: ……………………… ….… Nơi sinh:………………………… Nam/nữ Học sinh Trường THCS….… .…… ……. Huyện/Thành phố: ……………… …… SỐ THỨ TỰ (Do giám thị ghi) …………… MÃ PHÁCH (Do Chủ tịch HĐ chấm ghi) ………………. Chú ý: -Thí sinh hoàn thành các thông tin cá nhân vào phần trên nhưng không được làm bài vào phần dưới của trang giấy này vì đây là phần phách. - Bài thi không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không viết bằng hai thứ mực. - Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì trong khi làm bài. - Trái với các quy định trên, thí sinh sẽ bị loại. 1 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO QUẢNGNAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi : 03/4/2009 Đềthi này gồm 08 trang (2-9). Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trong đề trước khi làm bài. PHẦN GHI ĐIỂM DÀNH CHO GIÁM KHẢO SECTION I (2.5 điểm) Part 1 (1.25đ) 5 câu x 0.25 đ Part 2 (1.25đ) 5 câu x 0.25 đ Số câu đúng . Điểm . SECTION II (7.0 điểm) Part 1 (2.0đ) 16 câu x 0.125 đ Part 2 (2.0đ) 8 câu x 0.25 đ Part 3 (1.0đ) 8 câu x 0.125 đ Part 4 (2.0đ) 16 câu x 0.125 đ Số câu đúng . Điểm . SECTION III (5.5 điểm) Part 1 (2.5đ) 10 câu x 0.25 đ Part 2 (1.5đ) 6 câu x 0.25 đ Part 3 (1.5đ) 6 câu x 0.25 đ Số câu đúng . Điểm . SECTION IV (5.0 điểm) Part 1 (1.5đ) 6 câu x 0.25 đ Part 2 (1.5đ) 6 câu x 0.25 đ Part 3 (2.0đ) 8 câu x 0.25 đ Số câu đúng . Điểm . Tổng điểm bài thi: Điểm ghi bằng chữ: . Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ; Chữ ký giám khảo 2: .Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi này . SECTION ONE: LISTENING (2.5 pts). Part 1: (1.25pts). Listen to the text and write down the missing words or numbers. The first has been done as an example. The Olsen Twins The ….(0) twins…. were born on (1) . They have a (2) called Lizzie. The twins’ first TV show was Full (3) . Their first show ended in (4) , then they’ve acted in TV series and films . Ashley is (5) . than her twin. Part 2: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. 1. Marianne currently works in A. a studio B. a school C. a hospital D. a factory 2. The teenagers were tested to find out A. how much of their brain they were using. B. how good they were at math C. the size of their brains. 3. Marianne thinks teenagers should . A. spend time alone doing other things. 2 SỐ PHÁCH (Do Chủ tịch HĐ chấm ghi) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC B. talk to each other more. C. spend time with people of all ages 4. Thomas thinks games like Sim City encourage players to . A. plan well. B. become more caring. C. feel lonely 5. The investigation showed that teenagers . A. prefer to play in pairs, not in groups. B. are more sociable than Marianne thinks. C. are often lonely whether they play games or not. SECTION TWO: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. (7.0 pts). Part 1: (2.0 pts). Circle the best answer A, B, C or D. 1. I don’t think that red dress . her A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees 2. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep . A. raising B. growing C. gaining D. rising 3. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to . him to go. A. suggest B. persuade C. make D. prevent 4. The child was told to . for being rude to his uncle. A. confess B. excuse C. apologize D. forgive 5. . of the committee, I'd like to thank you for your generous donation. A. According B. On behalf C. Together D. In addition 6. Rare records may be lots of money. A. worth B. cost C. value D. price 7. I'd . you explained to her why we can't go. A. better B. rather C. want D. need 8. The nurse was on in the hospital all night. A. work B. alarm C. duty D. service 9. Cut the cake into six pieces. A. same B. like C. alike D. equal 10. Who was the first person to . the South Pole? A. get B. arrive C. reach D. touch 11. I don't think he'll ever the shock of his wife's death. A. get through B. get over C. get by D. get off 12. The poor child was in floods of . because his bicycle had been stolen. A. weeping B. crying C. tears D. unhappiness 13. They . going by air to spending a week travelling by train A. always B. rather C. better D. prefer 14. . from Bill, all the students said they would go A. Except B. Only C. Apart D. Separate 15. . you hurry, you won't catch the bus A. As B. Unless C. If D. Except 16. She came in quietly . not to wake the baby up. A. so as B. is if C. such as D. if so Part 2: (2pts). Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK CAPITAL. (0) has been done as an example. Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with difficult situations. If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (0) .competition ., meeting COMPETE someone important, or giving a .(1) in front of a large PERFORM audience, you will probably be quiet, (2) ., and worry that NERVE you will not be as (3) as you would like to be. SUCCEED What you need to do is to prepare yourself thoroughly by running through 3 the whole (4) . over and over again in your ACT mind , (5) . going through every detail. CARE For example, a famous pianist, (6) . for seven years PRISON for (7) reasons, could still play magnificently on his POLITICS release. When he was asked how he managed to play so well, his …(8) EXPLAIN was that he had practiced every day in his mind. Part 3:(1.0 pts). Match a line in A and its half in B to make a correct sentence. Write your answer in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example. A B E 0. My brother is too shy A. of fourteen new songs. 1. His last expedition ended B. for talented young sisters. 2. This lesson will focus C. on bringing her boyfriend. 3. If you do something, think D. a lot about composers. 4. Her latest album consists E. to ask girls to dance. 5. Luisa always insists F. with problems immediately. 6. In music lessons we learn G. on European classical music. 7. We’re always looking H. in complete disaster. 8. We usually try to deal I. about the effects on others. Part 4: (2.0 pts): In most of the lines of the following text, there is ONE unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Find this word and then write it in the box at the end of each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick ( ). The exercise begins with two examples at the beginning. Hibernation Syndrome Lines Answers I don’t know about you, but come to the winter months, my body 0 to seems to require more sleep than in summer and I’m definitely at 00 √ my happiest when I’m being curled up in a hedgehog-style ball. 1 ‘Wanting to sleep more in winter is not natural and nothing to 2 worry about, unless you are sleeping for more than twelve hours a 3 day,’ says sleep expert Dr James B. Maas. The reason for we feel 4 drowsy has as much to do with our biochemistry as it does so with 5 wanting to sniggle up like a couch potato indoors. ‘It’s all to do 6 with melatonin,’ explains Dr Maas, ‘a hormone with which is 7 secreted by the brain’s pineal gland in response to darkness’. 8 They may feel more sleepy, but as many people find getting to 9 sleep in winter is a problem. It’s hardly surprising. When lounging 10 around indoors drinking mugs of warming up coffee and snacking 11 on chocolate bars doesn’t always prepare you for a good 12 night’s rest. If you do have trouble nodding off, Deepak Chopra 13 has this tip: ‘Try a soothing mix of the sweet and sour 14 essential oils, such as orange, geranium and clove are mixed with 15 almond oil and rubbed it on to your forehead just before bedtime.’ 16 SECTION THREE: READING (5.5 pts). Part 1: (2.5 pts). Read the text about Antarctica and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. The continent of Antarctica is (1) a huge place that if it (2) a country, it’d be the second biggest in the world, after Russia. It never gets warm there. It is (3) cold in 4 eastern Antarctica that even the summer temperature is lower (4) your freezer at home. Although much of Antarctica consists (5) . ice, there is solid rock under it. The ice is so deep and heavy, however, (6) . it has pushed the earth down. If all that ice melted, the land (7) . start to rise by as much as 500 metres. Scientists believe the ice is already melting, and if it continues, the world’s seas and oceans will rise by (8) .to 60 meters. They say we must take action now, so (9) to avoid a global disaster. We need to use less fuel like oil and gas in (10) to reduce the effect of global warming on Antarctica’s ice. Part 2: (1.5 pts). Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to the questions below. Line Author Message 1 Quest4life In my opinion, you don’t inherit beauty from your parents. Beauty is a virtue that you have to search for on your own. Anyone can wear cosmetics and look glamorous on the outside. To find inner beauty, one must go on a quest, making personal transformations along the way. 5 Glamorgal The standards of beauty seem to change every day. Today a woman with a tattoo is beautiful. Tomorrow a tattoo is too masculine and she’s having it removed. There is too much pressure to be beautiful in our society. Instead of marketing beautiful bodies, magazines should promote healthy living 10 Young@heart To me, beauty is an everlasting thing. It doesn’t matter if your skin sags or your hair turns gray. While some people are reluctant to show their true age, I think genuine people are the most beautiful. 15 $$$hungry The most beautiful thing in the world is financial freedom. Money can buy a product that guarantees to make you look younger or more feminine. My goal is to be rich first and beautiful second. If you have money, the world will be a more bearable place. 1. What does ‘transformations’ in line 4 mean? A. Goals B. Friends C. Changes D. Decisions 2. What does ‘sags’ in line 10 mean? A. Hangs down B. Looks dirty C. Gets wrinkled D. Turns red 3. Who believes that beauty lasts forever? A. Quest4life B. Glamorgal C. Young@heart D. $$$hungry 4. What opinion does Quest4life express? A. Money makes you beautiful. B. You lose beauty as you age. C. Everyone should use cosmetics. D. We must search for inner beauty. 5. What does Glamorgal believe? A. Tattoos are unattractive. B. Health is more important than beauty. C. It’s important to read beauty magazines. D. Glamorous people have better lives. 6. What are these messages about? A. Advertisements for beauty products. B. Advice from professional beauty experts. C. Young people’s opinions about beauty. D. Reviews of beauty magazines for teenagers. 5 Part 3: (1.5 pts). Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list A - I for each gap from 1 - 6. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Write your answer in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example. A. For example, in the 1950s, young people around the world dressed like Elvis Presley. B. They usually like the same type of music and wear the same style of clothing. C. The truth is most people don’t want to look unfashionable. D. The British Queen Elizabeth was famous for her fashionable clothes. E. However, it can also explain what you think. F. There are adverts everywhere: on TV, on the Internet and in magazines. G. The French King Louis XIV was famous for his elegant style. H. Some people say they don’t care what they wear. I. Fashion is the most important thing that young people think of every day. THE POWER OF FASHION Fashion is something we think about every day. (0) H But they still choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel. .(1) They want to wear up-to-date clothes that make them feel good. The problem is fashion is always changing. During the eighteenth century, Paris was the centre of the fashion industry and, like today, the fashions changed. .(2) He wanted other countries to know about Paris fashions, so he sent fashion dolls to Europe. Dressmakers could then copy the clothes, footwear and hats on the dolls. In recent years, music, films, videos, books and TV have all influenced what people wear. . (3) Then in the 1990s, hip hop was very popular and young people dressed in baggy trousers and hooded tops and boots. Ray-Ban sold thousands of pairs of sunglasses after Will Smith wore them in the film Men In Black. If he’d worn a different type of sunglasses, they would have become popular instead. Young people often choose their clothes in order to be part of a group. The members of the group have the same interests, and have names such as goths, skaters or rappers. .(4) If a young person is a goth, for example, they wear black clothes. If somebody is a rapper, they often wear baggy jeans and lots of jewellery. Style can show what kind of music you like, or what group you belong to. .(5) In the 1970s, people wore badges to show what they thought about important issues. In the 1990s, Katherine Hamnett, a top British fashion designer, became popular when her T-shirts with messages such as ‘Preserve the rainforests’ were worn by different rock bands. In 2005, people at the Live 8 concerts wore white wrist-bands with the message ‘Make poverty history’. The truth is the fashion industry is huge. Millions of people around the world are involved in the buying, selling and production of clothing. Of course, advertising is important too. .(6) However, if the media didn’t exist, fashion would still change-just like it did in the days of Louis XIV SECTION FOUR: WRITING. (5.0 pts). Part 1: (1.5 pts). Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use the word given in brackets and other words to complete each sentence. Don’t change the form of the given words. (0) has been done as an example. 0. “Do you know how to get to the town center?” she asked me. (WAY) She asked me If I knew the way to the town centre. 1. The play I watched last Sunday was better than this one. (GOOD) This play . 2. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week. (REPAIRED) We are 3. Man continues to take minerals from the earth in immense quantities. (TAKEN) Minerals 4. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this summer. (DON’T) Why ? 5. “I hate to be criticised by non-professionals” the football star said. (OBJECTED) The football star 6. Foreigners find it difficult to use chopsticks. (USING) 6 Foreigners are . Part 2: (1.5 pts). Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Do not use more than FIVE words. (0) has been done as an example. 0. “Do you know how to get to the town center?” she asked me. She asked me If I knew the way to the town centre. 1. They don’t let us use mobile phones in class. We .mobile phones in class. 2. “I spoke to the director earlier” said David. David said .the director earlier. 7. She wishes she had told me about that. She regrets …………………………………………………… about that. 8. Without gravity, everything would float. If …………………………………………………………, everything would float. 9. He spent two days finishing that work. It …………………………………………………………………… finish that work. 10. He didn’t know about it until he came home. Not until he came home ……………………………………………. about it. Part 3: (2.0 pts). Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce from the following sets of words and phrases sentences that together make a complete letter. Dear Mr. Brown, 1. I / happy / get / letter / offer / job / your company. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. You / not tell / when / want me / start / work / you. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. My present employer / expect / stay / him / end / month. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. We / think / buy / house / office. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. My wife / anxious / find / good school / children / attend. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. She / worry / not / able / continue / study / same subjects. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. Let / hope / problems / not take / long / solve. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I / look forward / work / you. …………………………………………………………………………………………… Yours sincerely. ========== The end ========== 7 . TẠO QUẢNG NAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi :. sinh sẽ bị loại. 1 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO QUẢNG NAM KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời