Đề thi học sinh giỏi tiếng anh 9

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH ĐỀ THI DỰ BỊ LỚP 9 THCS NĂM 2009 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi : 01/04/2009 II. PHONETICS (1 point) Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words in each group. 1. A- thank B- than C- month D- youth 2. A- advantage B- adventure C- advertise D- addtion 3. A- main B- complain C- curtain D- entertain 4. A- good B- noon C- soon D- food 5. A- sing B- morning C- long D- angry Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2: Choose the word with the different stress syllable. 6. A. adequate B. selection C. accessible D. convenient 7. A. emergency B. competition C. magnificent D. participate 8. A. manufacture B. representative C. decompose D. coeducational 9. A. behavior B. traditional C. magically D. equipment 10. A. injure B. saucepan C. socket D. countless Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. III. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (6 points) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part. 1. I have been looking for this book for months, and __________________I have found it. A. in time B. at last C. at the end D. at present 2. The purpose of the examination was to ___________________the students’ knowledge of the subject. A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test 3. What a waste of money! What did you buy that ____________________? A. to B. for C. at D. about 4. The newspaper report contained ____________________important information. A. many B. another C. an D. a lot of 5. She’s always on the phone; who’s she talking ____________________? A. to B. at C. for D. about 6. He likes to take ___________________in sport, not only to watch it. A. practice B. part C. place D. exercise 7. A: Have you heard John’s getting married again? B: Really? Who _________________________? A. about B. to C. at D. for 8. I’m absolutely no good at all ___________________any kind of sport. A. at B. with C. on D. for 9. Could you please ___________________an eye on the kids for a minute? A. put B. have C. keep D. take SỐ PHÁCH 10. Cut the cake into six ____________________pieces. A. same B. like C. alike D. equal 11. “I _____________________my leg. Can you help me? A. hurt B. ‘ve hurt C. ‘d hurt D. ‘m hurting 12. She used to ____________________her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels. A. earn B. gain C. get D. win 13. Last year we went to New York and we _______________at the Plaza Hotel for two weeks. A. used to stay B. were staying C. have stayed D. stayed 14. Banks only ____________________money if they are sure it will be paid back. A. borrow B. lend C. interest D. charge 15. Thanks for helping me. I’ll do the same for you in _____________________sometime. A. grateful B. return C. favor D. appreciate Your answers 1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. . 6. . 7. . 8. . 9. . 10. . 11. . 12. . 13. . 14. . 15. . Part 2: Choose the word or phrase which would not be appropriate. 1. The man’s application was turned down because he was found incapable to do the job. A B C D 2. You have made remarkable progresses in your study in the last few weeks. A B C D 3. She has spent many sleepless nights to examine the question raised by one student. A B C D 4. One of the weaknesses in English is that it is not pronounced the way it is written. A B C D 5. What I know are that the witness still needs to be protected. A B C D 6. In the first meeting, a headmaster briefly introduced me to the school’s teaching staff. A B C D 7. I had no sooner put the phone down when she rang back. A B C D 8. That poor little boy never has any successful result, no matter however hard he tries. A B C D 9. Motor vehicles are among the majoring causes of air pollution in big city centers. A B C D 10. Few people would want to sacrifice the convenience of having on their own transport means. A B C D Your answers 1. . 2. … . 3. … . 4. … . 5. … . 6. .… 7. … . 8. … . 9. …… 10. …. Part 3: Fill the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in parentheses. 1. The talk was both _____________________and entertaining. (INFORM) 2. Many elderly people live in _____________________. (POOR) 3. In those days jobs were _____________________. (PLENTY) 4. He played for England in a _______________________against Spain. (FRIEND) 5. The orchestra is very important for the ____________________life of the city. (CULTURE) 6. She is very _______________________about plants. (KNOW) Your answers 0. informative 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________ 4. ____________________ 5 . ____________________ III. READING (6 points) Part 1: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. (Write your answers in the space provided under this part) Kate had been waiting (1)……… …. a friend of her father’s to collect her from the bus station for more (2) ……… …. an hour, and she was tired (3)……… …. waiting. There was (4)……… …. else there, and it had (5)……… …. raining. A friend of hers had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she seemed to be getting wet. Perhaps her father was angry (6)……… …. her, she thought, or had simply forgotten to collect her. There wasn’t even a phone-box in the bus station. Why did (7)……… …. always go wrong when she traveled by bus? Either the bus was crowded and she felt very uncomfortable, or it (8)……… …. stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she (9)……… …. a car stopping outside. (10)……… …. was waving at her. It was her father! Your answers 1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________ 5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________ 10_______________ Part 2: Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital. Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher – and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do maths or number work; without a teacher they would only play games. Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as ‘the library lady’ or just ‘the helper’. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can. Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed. 1. The writer of this article points out that ________________________________ A. not enough is known about hospital teaching. B. every child in hospital receives some teaching. C. hospital teaching is of poor quality. D. many children pass through hospital each year. 2. The words ‘Little wonder’ in line 6 is closest in meaning to A. It’s hardly surprising B. It’s ironical C. It’s likely D. It’s common 3. This latest survey found that hospital teaching is provided _______________________ A. for the whole of the usual school day. B. for a small proportion of children. C. in every children’s hospital in the country. D. by full-time teachers. 4. It seems that the children interviewed in hospital _________________________ A. like having maths lessons regularly. B. wanted to play games most of the time. C. did not expect to receive any teaching . D. did not want any contact with their schools. 5. It is suggested that most teachers of children in hospital were ______________________ A. successful in getting the cooperation of parents. B. unable to get help from other hospital staff. C. unable to provide a proper teaching programme. D. in a position of great influence in the hospital. Your answers 1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________ Part 3: Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap 1-5. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use. London has a population of about 7,500,000. It lies on the river Thames. From about 1800 until World War II, London was the biggest city in the world, but now, there are many cities which are much bigger. London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its historic buildings such as St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament, where you can see and hear the famous clock, Big Ben. They also come to visit its theatres, its museums its many shops such as Harrods, where you can buy anything. Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Over 1,000,000 people a day use the underground, but there are still many cars on the streets. The air isn’t clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago. London is famous for its fog or “smog” which is a mixture of smoke and fog. 1. Is London the biggest city in the world? 2. What is Harrods? 3. What is smog? 4. Where can you hear and see the famous clock, Big Ben? 5. Was London cleaner 100 years ago than it is now? Your answers (1) __________ (2) __________ (3) __________ (4) __________ (5) __________ IV. WRITING (4 points) Part 1: For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin sentence, but using the word given in capital letters. These words must not be altered in any way. E.g: The programme only finished a minute ago. JUST The programme has just finished 1. The police towed away my car. I __________________________________________________________________ 2. Her parents moved to Hanoi ten years ago. It is _______________________________________________________________ 3. He can’t have known anything about the murder, I suppose. I’m absolutely _______________________________________________________ 4. There are more tourists in the city this year than ever before. Never ______________________________________________________________ 5. Are you fed up with having nothing to do? Don’t you wish ______________________________________________________ 6. We could just see him in the crowd. (make) We could ___________________________________________________________ 7. The area is so polluted that it is hard to live there. (pollution) Such _______________________________________________________________ 8. Why were you so impatient in such a situation? (supposed) You are _____________________________________________________________ 9. He is likely to arrive late again. (probably) He _________________________________________________________________ 10. I don’t mind if you leave now. (objection) I have________________________________________________________ Part 2: Use the following sets of words and phrases to write a complete letter. Dear Linh, 1. I / just / receive / letter / and / fully agree / idea / which / suggest / organize / a day / fathers. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. We / celebrate / Father’s day / as / people /do / Australia / USA. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. It / will / time / children / express / feelings / memories / love / fathers. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. In / opinion / we / should celebrate / this day / December 20 th . …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. I / suggest / this day / because / October 20 th / day / Vietnamese Women. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. And two days / this day / Vietnamese People’s Army Day / when / we / show / admiration / soldiers. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. On the Father’s Day / children / send cards / gifts / fathers. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. They / can also / have parties / read poems / or / sing / some songs / make / fathers / happy. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. I / think / other people / also / share / this idea / so / we / should / write / more friends. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 10. I / look / forward / hear / you / soon. ……………………………………………… -----The end----- . KỲ THI CHỌN CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH ĐỀ THI DỰ BỊ LỚP 9 THCS NĂM 20 09 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH Thời gian thi : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi. fathers / happy. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. I / think / other people / also / share / this idea / so / we / should / write / more friends.