Đề thi HSG lớp 9 tỉnh Bắc Ninh 2019-2020
UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2019-2020 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Lớp Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Thí sinh khơng phép sử dụng tài liệu, kể từ điển Giám thị coi thi khơng gi ải thích thêm PART ONE LISTENING (5.0 POINTS) I You will hear a woman talking on the telephone to a man about a car he is selling Complete the notes below (2.0 pts) Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer Car for sale (Mini) Example: Age of car: just under 13 years old Colour: (1)………………………………… Mileage: (2) ………………………………… Previous owner was a (3) ………………………………… Current owner has used car mainly for (4) ………………………………… Price: may accept offer from (5) £………………………………… (Note: (6) ………………………………… not due for months) Condition: good (recently serviced) Will need a new (7) ………………………………… soon Minor problem with a (8) ………………………………… Viewing Agreed to view a car on (9) ………………………………… Address: 238, (10) ………………………………… Road II A store assistant is helping a customer Listen and answer the multiple-choice questions below (1.2 pts) How many times has the customer visited Everest Stores before? A Once B Never C A few times Why is the customer buying a hat? A Because she’s going to her sister’s wedding B Because she’s going on vacation in New Orleans C It’s not for her, but for her sister Why does she need a new toaster? A Her old one doesn’t work anymore B She needs a bigger one C Her children asked her to get one What will the customer get on the 4th floor? A A small kitchen appliance and some information B A small kitchen appliance and a large one C A small kitchen appliance and a picture frame Why is she buying a DVD? A For her sister’s birthday present B Her daughter asked her to buy a DVD C As a present for her daughter’s birthday 1|Page Why does she decide to go to the 6th floor first? A Because there’s an escalator straight to the 6th floor B Because she has to buy something that is large and heavy C To get some more information III Listen to the audio and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) (1.8 pts) Flights and trains leaving Wuhan are being canceled Anyone would be permitted to leave the city The buses and boats in Wuhan were ordered to temporarily stop operating The virus is believed to have come from a supermarket selling wild animals and seafood The SARS outbreak spread from China to other countries between 2002 and 2003 As for Li Bin, the coronavirus is said to transmit from animals to people The WHO meeting with health experts lasts more than one day There was recently the Ebola outbreak in the Americas The countries with lots of people traveling to and from Wuhan are in danger of being infected by the virus PART TWO PHONETICS (0.5 POINTS) I Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions A label B danger C natural D ancient A purpose B produce C pollute D compose II Choose the word whose main stress has different position from the rest rest in each of the following questions A equivalent B independent C university D entertainment A intensive B requirement C usually D assessment A common B exam C degree D prepare PART THREE VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4.5 POINTS) I Choose the word or phrase which best completes the sentence in each of the following questions (1.5 points) _ is the period between childhood and young adulthood A Teenager B Adolescent C Adolescence D Teen The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that COVID-19 is a _ A pandemic B great event C common epidemic D virus I don’t think you have had your house decorated, _? A I B have you C haven’t you D don’t I It was so foggy that the drivers couldn’t _ the traffic signs A make out B break out C keep out D take out The teacher put the crayons on the bottom shelf to make them _ to the young children A accessible B receptive C invisible D edible “David’s married Elizabeth.” – “No, I don’t believe it! You’re pulling my _.” A toe B leg C mind D hair The fewer bags you take, _ trouble you will have en route A the fewer B the little C the less D the least Either I or John _ the keys to the car A has taken B have taken C has been taken D have been taken 2|Page _ your father was in hospital, we would have gone to see him A Had we known B If we have known C If we knew D We had known 10 As the streets of our city become busier, people are turning more and more to the _ bicycle A historical B old-fashioned C old-aged D elderly 11 I don’t usually like staying at hotels, but last summer we spent a few days at _ very nice hotel by _ sea A a / B a / the C the / a D - / the 12 I can’t find the tickets I seem _ them A to have lost B to lose C losing D to lost 13 We have decided to _ the money for the local secondary school A beg B collect C raise D rise 14 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 C Oh, that’s right D No, it’s very kind of you 15 _ our children maybe, we cannot go picking in this weather A Exciting though B Though excited C Excited as D Because of excitement II Supply the correct tense or form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the sentences (1.5 pts) By the time you (1) (come) back here next month, this building (2) (finish) It is requested that everyone (3) (obey) the traffic regulations Nearly all of the reporters (4) (attend) the press conference had questions (5) (ask) I’ll never forget (6) (meet) the Queen for the first time It was careless of you to break the glass You (7) (be) more careful with it I think I (8) (lose) my sunglasses I (9) (look) for them since moon, but I can’t find them Children always (10) (do) things noisily III Complete the passage by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets Write your answer in the numbered box (1.0 pt) CULTURE CLASHES One characteristic of the modem world is that people (1) _ (INCREASE) find themselves (2) _ (LIVE) side by side with people from other cultures While in the past people with different cultures were able to live quite (3) _ (SEPARATE), high mobility and (4) _ (FREE) of movement mean that we are more likely today to be confronted with people whose way of life is (5) _ (FAMILIAR) to us In such circumstances, (6) _ (RACE) is a real danger People feel a tremendous (7) _ (LOYAL) to their own culture, and are often unwilling to develop an (8) _ (APPRECIATE) of the positive aspects of other cultures They may feel that another culture presents a threat to their own heritage, one that could even lead to the (9) _ (APPEAR) of certain aspects of their way of life Often, however, this threat is more a matter of perception than reality and different groups live in (10) _ (RELATE) harmony in many parts of the world 3|Page IV Find ONE mistake in each of the following questions and correct it (0.5 pt) We took part in a six-hours journey to the eastern coast They’re going to get their house to decorate for the Christmas He drives too fast that no one likes to ride with him The novel writing by Mark Twain attracts a lot of children Some studies show that young babies prefer the smell of milk to those of other liquids PART FOUR READING (5 POINTS) I Read the following passage, choose and circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in each of the blanks (1.0 pt) PROOF THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN FOR STUDYING The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and children Patents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (1) youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate Now a study shows that grown-ups have been (2) all along Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music in the (3) They found that the sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour “This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to (4) with listening and writing at the same time.” said Dr Sarah Randall She also (5) to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals “All types of music (6) the same effect”, she said in her report “One’s ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be (7) by both vocal and instrumental music.”, she added Dr Randall claimed the research (8) that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong “Writing an essay is a complex (9) You are recalling information and putting it in (10) An additional stimulus in the form of music is hound to distinct But music is not the only distractor What is particularly worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television? A whereas B unlike C besides D despite A precise B right C valid D true A setting B background C surrounding D circumstances A manage B support C cope D stand A reached B drew C arrived D came A made B had C brought D kept A disturbed B interfered C bothered D shocked A pointed B displayed C demonstrated D presented A project B concern C scheme D task 10 A order B arrangement C line D pattern II Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions (2.0 pts) Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page Her subjects were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes Of this practice, she wrote, “Why many quotation marks?” I am asked “When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber” Close observation and concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry 4|Page Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St Lois After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Later she became a librarian in New York City During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York She spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved to Los Angeles-was widely known Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement From that time on her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems She wrote that she did not write poetry “for money or fame To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one’s happiness to express…” What is the passage mainly about? A The influence of the Imagists on Marianne Moore B Essayists and poets of the 1920’s C The use of quotations in poetry D Marianne Moore’s life and work Which of the following can be inferred about Moore’s poems? A They are better known in Europe than the United States B They not use traditional verse forms C They were all published in The Dial D They tend to be abstract According to the passage, Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT A artists B animals C fossils D workers What does Moore refer to as “flies in amber”? A A common image in her poetry B Poetry in the twentieth-century C Concentration on detail D Quotations within her poetry The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT A commercial artist B teacher C magazine editor D librarian The word “period” is closest in meaning to A movement B school C region D time Where did Moore spend most of her adult life? A In Kirkwood B In Brooklyn C In Los Angeles D In Carlisle The word “succeeding” is closest in meaning to A inheriting B prospering C diverse D later The word “it” in the third paragraph refers to A writing poetry B becoming famous C earning a living D attracting readers 10 It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she A wanted to win awards B was dissatisfied with what others wrote C felt a need to express herself D wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo III Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word (2.0 pts) 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 5|Page 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 make 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! PART FIVE WRITING (5.0 POINTS) I Finish each of the the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentences printed before it (1.6 pts) Mr Jacob only bought the parrot because his son wanted a pet If It was such a complicated problem that nobody could solve it So My sister refused to get the job in spite of the attractive salary Attractive Everybody was not surprised to hear that Caroline had not passed her driving test It came The heavy snow prevented the students from going to the mountain The heavy snow made it Everyone knows the world has been experiencing the deadly pandemic of COVID-19 The world They not clean the windows so the room looks rather dark Were they The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the tiger attacked him Hardly II Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given (1.4 pts) If we tried to force him to repay the debt, it would be a waste of time (point) There was……………………………………………………………………….………………… the debt Joanne has a rather unsatisfactory relationship with her sisters (get) Joanne……………………………………………………………………….…………… with her sisters I found it difficult to follow the instructions (trouble) I……………………………………………………………………………………… the instructions Judy was the only one who answered the question correctly (apart) Everyone gave the…………………………………………………………………………………… Judy The neighbors’ all-night parties were too much for me, so I moved (put) I moved because I……………………………………………………….the neighbors’ all-night parties The news was such a shock to them that they all sat there without saying a word (silence) They all sat there……………………………………………………………… so shocked by the news Jack doesn’t know the answer, though he pretends to (acts) Jack…………………………………………………………………………………………… the answer III Essay Writing (2.0 pts): Learning online is very popular with students in Vietnam and around the world, but should it be considered as the best method to gain knowledge instead of attending classes? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your idea 6|Page ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The end -Họ tên thí sinh: …………………………………………… Số báo danh:………………… 7|Page ... more careful with it I think I (8) (lose) my sunglasses I (9) (look) for them since moon, but I can’t find them Children always (10) (do) things noisily III Complete... from Bryn Mawr College in 190 9, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Later she became a librarian in New York City During the 192 0’s she was editor of The... threat to their own heritage, one that could even lead to the (9) _ (APPEAR) of certain aspects of their way of life Often, however, this threat is more a matter of perception than reality and