Thí sinh không được ký tên hoặc dùng bất cứ dấu hiệu gì để đánh dấu bài thi ngoài việc làm bài theo yêu cầu của đề ra.. Không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không viết hai thứ mực trê[r]
(1)SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÚ THỌ
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP THCS NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI THI
A CẤU TẠO ĐỀ THI: Đề thi gồm có phần:
I NGHE HIỂU (Listening) : 10 câu.
II NGỮ ÂM (Phonetics) : 10 câu.
III TỪ VỰNG VÀ NGỮ PHÁP (Lexico-grammar) : 35 câu.
IV ĐỌC HIỂU (Reading): : 25 câu.
V VIẾT (Writing): : 20 câu.
B HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI:
Thí sinh làm tồn thi đề thi theo yêu cầu phần Thí sinh phải viết câu trả lời vào phần trả lời cho sẵn phần. Trái với điều này, phần làm thí sinh khơng chấm điểm
Đề thi gồm có trang Thí sinh phải kiểm tra số tờ đề thi trước làm
Thí sinh khơng ký tên dùng dấu hiệu để đánh dấu thi việc làm theo yêu cầu đề Không viết mực đỏ, bút chì, khơng viết hai thứ mực tờ giấy làm Phần viết hỏng, cách dùng thước để gạch chéo, khơng tẩy xóa bất kỳ cách khác (kể bút xóa màu trắng) Trái với điều thi bị loại
Thí sinh nên làm nháp trước ghi chép cẩn thận vào phần làm đề thi Giám thị không phát giấy làm thay đề giấy làm thí sinh làm hỏng
Giám thị khơng giải thích thêm đề thi Thí sinh khơng sử dụng tài liệu kể từ điển
SECTION LISTENING
I Part 1. Complete the form below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer You will hear the recording twice (10 points)
LIBRARY INFORMATION For registration, the man must take: Two (1)
Two forms of I.D.e.g driving licence, (2) _
Cost to join per year (without current student card): (3) £ Number of items allowed: (members of public): (4)
(2)Fines start at (5) £ Write your answers here:
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II. Part 2:
You will hear a conversation between a man (Marco) and his wife (Sarah) about the film they’ve just seen at the cinema and decide whether each sentence is correct (T) or incorrect (F). (10 points)
1 Marco and Sarah agree that the city in the film was London Marco feels that the length of the film made it rather boring
3 Sarah was upset about how some of the audience behaved during the film Sarah was disappointed with the way the main actor performed
5 Marco thinks this film is the best the director has made Write your answers here:
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III Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently Write your answers in the space provided (10 points)
1 A notice B post C monument D comb A river B rivalry C icon D stripe
3 A muscles B needles C routes D wardens
4 A sacred B died C naked D wanted A catastrophe B confidence C recipe D sesame Write your answers here:
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IV Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group Write your answers in the space provided (10 points)
1 A readable B satisfy C evidence D distinguish A relationship B deliberate C customer D equipment A participate B literature C intimate D powerful
(3)5 A antonym B consequence C opponent D lunatic Write your answers here:
1 ……… SECTION LEXICO - GRAMMAR
V Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences Write your answers in the space provided (40 points)
1 Your parents must be proud of your result at school" - " _" A Sorry to hear that B I am glad you like it C Thanks It's certainly encouraging D Of course
2 Is it necessary that I _ here tomorrow?
A am being B will be C be D would be 3.When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your
A fingers B hands C thumbs D fingertips
4 I read the contract again and again _ avoiding making spelling mistakes
A in terms of B by means of C with a view to D in view of
5 Not until a monkey is several years old to exhibit signs of independence from its mother
A beginning B does it begin C and begin D it begins I must go to the dentist and _
A get my teeth to take care of B take care of my teeth C my teeth be taken care of D get my teeth taken care of He had travelled for 20 years and then he decided to return home
A farther away B far and wide C far from it D farthest of all “You should stop working too hard you’ll get sick.”
A or else B if C in case D whereas
9 He carried a(n) driving license
A artificial B unfaithful C.untrue D false
10 Despite playing under strength, the village team _ beat the rivals
A could B were able to C couldn’t D weren’t able to 11.The government has introduced _
(4)12 , they slept soundly
A Hot though was the night air B Hot though the night air was C Hot the night air as was D Hot although the night air was
13 He suddenly saw Sue the room He pushed his way the crowd of people to get to her A across…through B over…through
C across…across D over…along
14 Nobody likes his behaviour, ?
A they B don’t they C does he D doesn’t he 15 I like that photo very much Could you make an _ for me?
A increase B enlargement C extension D expansion 16 – “When are you planning to resign?”
- “By Christmas ”
A no later B until lately
C at the latest D if not later
17 Please _ your luggage and leave now I can’t stand your presence any more
A throw off B pack up C fit in D pile up
18 _, he would have been able to pass the exam
A Studying more B Had he studied more
C If he studied more D If he were studying more
19 Joe seemed to be in a good mood, he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us
A yet B for C and D so
20 I had to pay through the nose to get my car repaired at a service station in the middle of the desert
A spend less money than usual B pay too much for something
C make a lot of money D cost a lot of money
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here
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6 ……… 10
11 ….… 12 13 14 15
16 …… 17 18 19 20
(5)1 Humus, a substance found in soil, is soft and spongy and enables plant roots to send out tiny hair through that they absorb water and food
2 From the monitoring of earthquake waves it is evidence that the Earth’s outer core is liquid, whereas the inner one is solid
3 People tend to make a lot of shopping at Xmas time Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital
5 A fully grown male mountain lion may be eight long feet Write your answers here:
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Correction ……… ……… ………… ……… ………
VII Supply the correct form of the words in bracket Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
1 She supports her theory with evidence (COPY)
2 Will it ever be possible for the human race to reach the extreme of the universe? (BOUND)
3 He says he had no intention of hurting me, but I am sure he hit me (PURPOSE)
4 Safety tests on old cars have been throughout Europe (STANDARD)
5 The teacher warned the children that if they again, they would be punished (BEHAVE) Write your answers here:
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VIII Supply the correct form and tense of the verbs in brackets (10 points)
1 We would like (invite) to the president’s reception, but we weren’t Did you know that Oscar Wilde (live) in Paris during his final years? There was no sign indicating that the cottage (break) into
4 Without their valuable assistance we (never, gather) enough money for our son’s operation
(6)1 ……… SECTION READING
IX Exercise 1: Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage (20 points)
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are in danger of getting so (2) _ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3) _ Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) _teenagers require nine or ten hours According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age
This (6) _ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at school The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7) _ Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (8) how children perform the next day A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9) they release a hormone that is essential for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate) It’s true that they can, to some (10) , catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon
1 A behind time B about time C.in time D at time A few B less C much D little A jeopardy B threat C risk D danger A or B because C whereas D so
5 A puts B gets C brings D makes A raises B rises C results D comes A organized B arranged C established D acquired A in B on C to D at A at which B which C where D that 10 A rate B extent C level D point Write your answers here:
(7)X Exercise 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question (10 points)
Universally acclaimed as America’s greatest playwright, Eugene O’Neill was born in 1888 in the heart of the theater district in New York City As the son of an actor he had early exposure to the world of the theater He attended Princeton University briefly in 1906, but returned to New York to work in a variety of jobs before joining the crew of a freighter as a seaman Upon returning from voyages to South Africa and South America, he was hospitalized for six months to recuperate from tuberculosis While he was recovering, he determined to write a play about his adventures on the sea He went to Harvard, where he wrote the one-act Bound East for Cardiff It was produced on Cape Cod by the Provincetown Players, an experimental theater group that was later to settle in the famous Greenwich Village theater district in New York City The Players produced several more of his one-acts in the years between 1916-1920 With the full-length play Beyond the Horizon, produced on Broadway in 1920, O’Neill’s success was assured The play won the Pulitzer prize for the best play of the year O’Neill was to be awarded the prize again in 1922, 1928, and 1957 for Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night Although he didn’t receive the Pulitzer prize for it, Mourning becomes Electra, produced in 1931,is arguably his most lasting contribution to the American theatre In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize
O’Neill’s plays, forty-five in all, cover a wide range of dramatic subjects, but several themes emerge, including the ambivalence of family relationships, the struggle between the sexes, the conflict between spiritual and material desires, and the vision of modern man as a victim of uncontrollable circumstances Most of O’Neill’s characters are seeking for meaning in their lives According to his biographers, most of the characters were portraits of himself and his family In a sense, his work chronicled his life
1 How many times was O’Neill awarded the Pulitzer Prize?
A Five B Three C Four D One
2 The word “briefly” in paragraph is closest in meaning to A without enthusiasm B on scholarship
C seriously D for a short time
3 What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 2: “According to his biographers, most of the characters were portraits of himself and his family In a sense, his work chronicled his life”?
A His biographers took pictures of him with his family B His biography contained stories about him and his family C He had paintings of himself and members of his family D He used his family and his own experiences in his plays
(8)A adventures at sea B life in college C relationships between men and women D family life
5 We can infer from information in the passage that O’Neill’s plays were not
A autobiographical B controversial
C popular D optimistic
Write your answers here:
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XI Exercise 3: Gap-filling Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (20 points)
Every culture has its own unwritten list of behavior that is acceptable Every society .(1) has its taboos, or types of behavior that are considered the violation of (2) manners If you travel to (3) country, on business or vacation, it is really helpful to learn some of that country's customs so that you needn't insult (4) local people there.
The word “taboo” comes (5) the Tongan language and it is used in modern English to describe (6) and non-verbal behavior that is forbidden (7) to be avoided In spite of people's common thought, (8) are not universal and they tend to be specific to certain (9) or country, and usually form around a community’s values and beliefs Therefore, (10) is considered acceptable behavior in one country may be a serious taboo in another.
Write your answers here:
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XII Sentence transformation (20 points)
Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold Do not change the word given You must use between three and six words, including the word given There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write only the missing words in the space provided. I last saw him at my 21st birthday party since
I……haven’t seen him since my 21st birthday party.
1 I don’t usually make such foolish mistakes habit
I’m such foolish mistakes.
(9)I’m not sure when they capital punishment in this country
3 Of all the cities I know, there are few that are more beautiful than St Petersburg loveliest St Petersburg is one visited
4 Most medical students study for their degrees until they are 25 graduate Most medical students of 25
5 I really don’t want to tidy my room right now feel
I really don’t my room right now
6 Please don’t leave the building because we might need to speak to you again case Please don’t leave the building to speak to you again My elder sister likes to look after small children care
My elder sister enjoys small children The meeting probably won’t last more than a few minutes likely
The meeting on for more than a few minutes Last night the theater was almost empty anybody
Last night the theater 10 I can’t promise that you will get the job guarantee
There will get the job
XIII Sentence building (20 points)
Complete the letter using the words given Make all the changes and additions if necessary.
Dear John,
1 last letter / you / kindly offer / put / me / your flat / I / be / Berlin I/ be / afraid / I / unable / take / offer / time being
My father / so sick / I / to stay / home / care / him
He / very sick / I cannot / him / alone
5 My brother / also / help / look / Dad / but / he / now / away / business trip / Paris
(10)
7 If / room / free / I / glad / stay / you
I / let / know / plan / soon / possible / order / not interfere / own plan Thank / much / again / offer
10 I / not / wait / see / you / Berlin
With love,
Maria