Đề thi HSG Tiếng Anh 9 thi xa

Read the passage about Phong and choose the best option.. (2) _______ he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college.[r]

PHÒNG GD&ĐT GIÁ RAI KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP CẤP THỊ XÃ

NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

(Gồm 08 trang) Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi:

Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Part 1: LISTENING

I Listen to the passage and complete the sentences Write the answers in the spaces provided You'll hear the passage twice (2 points)

Most kids say they don’t like school They say their subjects are boring or there’s too much homework In fact, school is one of the (1) _ times of a person’s life Think about it The hours are short – usually just six hours a day You have the opportunity to learn lots of really (2) _stuff You get to science experiments, learn a musical instrument and play sports On top of that, you get loads of (3) Oh, I nearly forgot, you also get to see and play with your friends five days a week What is there not to like? OK, school (4) _ are not the best in the world but you can bring your own lunch And yes, exams are (5) _, but if you study, you’ll well in them I’d love to go back to school If I had another chance, I’d try my best in every subject

Your answers:

1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………

II Listen to the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D Write the answers in the spaces provided You'll hear the passage twice (2 points)

1 How does Suzanne go to work?

A By car B By Skytrain C By metro D By motorbike How long does it take Suzanne to go to work every day?

A Two hours B Five hours C Half an hour D Three hours What is the most serious problem in Bangkok?

A Pollution B Bad weather C Traffic jams D Crime In the evening, the traffic is

A better B worse C the same D noisy

5 Why is traffic so bad in Bangkok?

A People move around by boat C There isn't a Skytrain or metro B There aren't enough roads D People travel to work by car

1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5……… Part 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS

I Complete the each of the sentences below For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (3 points)

1 She speaks English as as I

A good B better C very good D well

2 When I came home last night, my mother dinner

A is cooking B was cooking C cooked D

cooks

3 Would you mind if I _ your dictionary?

A use B using C to use D

used

4 Peter: I enjoy listening to pop music - Marry: _

A I don’t, either B I am, too C Neither I D So I The table of wood is more expensive than the plastic one

A made B to make C making D makes

6 I didn’t study hard enough for the examination I wish I harder

A had studied B studied C have studied D could

study

7 He stay up late when he was young

A used B was used to C used to D

used to be

8 Donald Trump as the president of the USA

A is chosen B chooses C chose D

chosen

9 He in Hanoi for two years but now he is living in Ho Chi Minh City

A lived B lives C has live D

was living

10 John likes Vietnamese songs very much he doesn’t speak Vietnamese well

A but B so C although D

because

11 He is looking forward ………you

A to see B seeing C to seeing D of seeing

12 My father advised me ………… part in outdoor activities

A take B to take C taking D

took

13 He suggests ……… paper bags instead of plastic bags

A used B using C to use D

14 You will fail the final exam _ you study harder

A if B but C because D unless

15 The teacher made a deep _ on the students by singing a very beautiful English song when he fisrt came to the class

A action B symbol C achievement D

impression Your answers: 1………

2………. 3………. 4……… 5……… 6……… 7……… 8………

9………

10……… 11……… 12……… 13…… 14…… 15……

II Read the passage about Phong and choose the best option For questions 1-10, write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (2 points)

As a child, Phong always dreamt of going (1) _to study (2) _ he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college Phong was very happy that his dream finally (3) true

When he first arrived in the country, Phong's English was not very good and sometimes he did not (4) _ what other people said He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with the new teaching and learning method He felt (5) in this new place, and missed all his buddies in Viet Nam The food there was so different (6) _ what his mum used to cook for him And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (7) But Phong was young and enthusiastic He learnt to (8) _ to this new environment After two years, Phong is now very (9) in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school He has a lot of friends from different countries He is even good (10) being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant

1 A travelling B abroad C up D foreign

2 A At B During C After D.While

3 A come B become C turned D came

4 A understand B.like C care D consider

5 A happy B interested C desperate D lonely

6 A from B for C as D about

7 A freely B careful C carefully D carelessly

8 A discover B explore C adapt D adjust

9 A bad B good C smooth D fluent

10

Your answers:

1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………

6 ……… 7 ……… 8 ……… 9 ……… 10 ………

III Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has the same meaning to the pervious one (2 points)

1 Their trip lasted for three days

-They had The last time I watched this film was in 2014

- I haven’t ……… ………

3 Although Lan took a taxi, she arrived late for the meeting

- In spite of My father spent hours repairing my bike

- It ……… ……… ………… ……… The teacher had the students clean the schoolyard

- The teacher… The river is so polluted that we cannot swim in it

- It is such You cannot smoke in this room

- You are My father is too busy to have a day off at the weekend

- My father.… They say that he invented the digital camera

- It …… ……… …… 10 "You'd better morning exercise", said my father

- My father Part 3: READING

I Read the passage and fill in each blank with only ONE suitable word Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)

_ their parents or classmates had more influence on their success at school

Some said their parents had the (3) _ influence on their achievement The (4) _ given was that parents usually loved their (5) _ unconditionally, and they definitely would their best to help and support their children For (6) _, parents could all the housework so that their children could have (7) _ for studying

However, some students revealed that their parents were (8) _ busy to spend time with them Therefore, it was difficult for parents to help their children In this case, classmates or friends affected their success the (9) _ because they talked to them more and they helped each other to deal (10) _ any difficulty in studying

Your answers:

1 ……… 2……… 3……… 4……… 5………

6 ……… 7 ……… 8 ……… 9 ……… 10 ………

II Read the passage below and choose the correct answers Write A, B, C or D in the spaces provided (2 points)

Chu Van An High School is one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Viet Nam Established in 1908 by the French, the school was located beside the West Lake,and was originally named after the location it was in It is a very pleasant, spacious school with great views of the lake from the classroom windows In 1943, the school was moved to Ninh Binh, and was not moved back to Ha Noi until 1945 In that year, the school was renamed Chu Van An, after a famous Vietnamese Confucianism teacher of the Tran Dynasty Professor Nguyen Gia Tuong became the first Vietnamese principal of the school Many famous people like ex-Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Doctor Ton ThatTung, and poet Xuan Dieu

used to be the school's students

Today the school is still located in the same area, and has maintained its

prestige, as well as its reputation as one of the top schools in Ha Noi It is very

difficult to be admitted to the school Every year, there are around three thousand applicants but only about five hundred are admitted Those applicants have to take an entrance examination conducted by the Department of Education and Training of Ha Noi

1 The passage mainly discusses

A Chu Van An, the teacher B Chu Van An School in the future

2 All of the following are true about the school EXCEPT A the school was originally named after the location it is in B the school admits three thousand students every year C the school has a view of the West Lake

D the school is large

3 The word 'principal' is closest in meaning to

A Teacher B head teacher C Founder D Supporter The word 'prestige' in the passage mostly means _

A Respect B Fame C Status D Position

5 It can be understood from the passage that _ A students of the school are very smart

B the school fees are very high

C only children from prestigious families can enter the school D the teachers at the school earn a lot of money

Your answers: 1.

……… 2……… 3 ……… 4……… 5 ………

III Use the words in the box to complete the following passage There are more words than you need Write the answer in the spaces provided (1 point)

which carry because make take is the richest poor although

Brunei is one of the smallest counties in the world Its population is only 250,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with (1) ………… longest name in the world) It is also the (2) ………… country in Asia and maybe one of the richest countries in the world (3) ………… it has a lot of oil and gas (4) it exports to Japan Every week huge tankers (5) …… oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan

Your answers:

1 ………… 2………

3 ………… 4………… 5…………

Part 4: WRITING (4 points)

Write about your NEIGBORHOOD in a paragraph of 100-150 words

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NĂM HỌC 2019 - 20120

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MƠN TIẾNG ANH (Gồm có 02 trang)

Part 1: LISTENING

I points Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.

1 best useful holidays lunches stressful II points Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.

1 A A C B B

Part 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS

I points Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.

1 10 11 12 13 14 15

D B D D A A C A A C C B B D D

II points Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.

1 B C D A D A C C D 10 A III points Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.

1 a three-day trip

2 watched this film since 2014

3 taking/ having taken / the fact that Lan had taken a taxi, she arrived late for the meeting took my father hours to repair my bike

6 a polluted river that we cannot swim in it not allowed to smoke in this room

8 is so busy that he cannot have a day off at the weekend is said that he invented the digital camera

10 advised me to morning exercise Part 3: READING

I points Each correct answer gets 0.2 point. 1 for

2 if/whether

3 most/biggest/greatest 4 reason

5 children/offsping

6 example/instance 7 time/opportunity 8 too

9 most 10 with II points Each correct answer gets 0.4 point.

1 C B B C A

III point Each correct answer gets 0.2 point.

1 the richest because which carry Part 4: WRITING (4 points)

The mark given to this part is based on the following scheme:

enough words 0.5

good spelling 1,0

exact grammar 1.0

coherence 0.5

good ideas 1,0

Total 4.0