TRƯỜNG THCS LONG KIẾN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 9 Tổ Tiếng Anh Năm học : 2010 – 2011 --------------------- Khóa ngày : 29/12/2011 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút(Không kể thời gian phát đề) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ( Thi sinh làm bài trên đề thi :đề thi có 6 trang) ĐIỂM (BẰNG SỐ) ĐIỂM (BẰNG CHỮ) CHỮ KÝ GK1 CHỮ KÝ GK2 SÔ PHÁCH (Do CTHĐ chấm ghi) PART ONE : LISTENING Listen to the tape twice and then circle the best answer (A, or B, C, D) for each sentence (2ms) 1. tim invites Carlo to go to a …………………………………… A. shop B. restaurant C. bar D. museum 2. Carlo really likes walking in the ………………………………. A. countryside B. street C. zoo D. park 3. They want to catch the …………………………………………. A. 103 B. 301 C. 130 D.013 4. Carlo loves American food and he want to eat ……………………………. A. hamburgers B. sandwiches C. beefsteak B. pizza PART TWO: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY A. Circle the word (A, or B,C,D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the same group(1.0m) 1. A. tick B. miss C. predict D. describe 2. A. ground B. group C. sound D. south 3. A. forced B. ordered C. plowed D. controlled 4. A. close B. grocer C. wonder D. poem 5. A. campus B. Publish C. supper D. bucket B. Circle the word (A, or B,C,D) whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others in the same group (1.0m) 1. A. program B. grammer C. passage D. advice 2. A. exchange B. design C. novel D. champagne 3. A. grocery B.pagoda C. benefit D. scenery 4. A. government B. edition C. opinion D. deposit 5. A. federation B. mausoleum C. interaction D. development C. Circle the best option(A, or B, C, D) to complete the following sentences(3ms) 1. Malaysia is a ……… country of ASEAN. A. friend B. member C. region D. partner 2. In the morning, after having breakfast, Namoften …… the chickens A. grows B. rises C. feeds D. fishes 3. I think the …… is too expensive. It costs $2,000. A. lesson B. lecture C. scholarship D. course 4. Lan’s pen pal was really ……. By the beauty of Hanoi. A. expected B. worried C. embarrassed D. impressed 5. The exam you took yesterday was easy,…… ? A. was it B. wasn’t it C. did you D. didn’t you 6. Is kuala Lumpur very different …… Hanoi? A. from B. into C. for D. with 7. How long ……. DamSen Amusement Park? A. do you visit B. didyou visit c. have you visited D. were you visiting. 8. I asked Mary …… she liked learning Vietnamese. A. did B. whether C. has D. when 9. We were tired, …… we were in bed at 9 pm. A. so B. so that C. therefore D. such that 10. I arrived in Singapore …… the evening of Thursday. A. in B. on C. at D. for 11. When learning English, you should have a dictionary to ……the new words. A. look into B. look after C. look for D. look up 12. If you …Joan tomorrow, could you ask her to call me? A. see B. willsee C. saw D. would see 13. Nga wants to go home …she feels sick. A.as if B. since C. until D. so 14. When the teacher came into the class, the children stopped …… . A. to talk B. talking C. talk D. talked 15. Miss white sang very_________ at my birthday paty last night. A. beautify B. beauty C. beautiful D. beautifully 16. We need more sugar. There is…… sugar in the spot. A. much B. many C. little D. any 17. They are very fond …… pop music. A. in B. of C. with D.at 18. _ Tom: “what’s your name?” - Alice: “…….” A. Pardon? B. Really? C. OK D. Forgive me 19. I got up late because my alarm clock didn’t ……… . A. see off B. turn off C. go off D. take off 20. Jonh: “ Merry Chrismas!” A. You are the same! B. Same for you! C. The same to you! D. Mery Christmas with you! D. Fill in each blank with the correct from of the word given in brackets (1.0m) 1. Nowadays we can watch a ……. of interesting progams on TV. (VARY) 2. Thanks to the Internet people can get the … information. ( LATE) 3. we usually watch the news on TV because it’s …………… (INFORM) 4. Today the ao dai is both traditional and ………… (FASHION) 5. We should fine heavily anyone using …………… to catch fish. (ELECTRIC) 6. The tour around the country was …………… cheap. (SURPRISE) 7. On Passover Day, people celebrate …………. From slavery. (FREE) 8. Uncle Tom is a ………. man who is loved by all his friends. (CONSIDER) 9. John drives very ………… .he usually has accidents. (CARE) 10. ……………… stamps is my hobby. (COLLECT) Your answers: 1. ……………………. 2. ……………………. 3. …………………… 4. ……………………. 5. ……………………. 6. ……………………. 7. ……………………. 8. …………………… 9. ……………………. 10. …………………… E. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Circle the mistake (A, or B, C, D) (2.0m) 1. I wish I have time and money to travel around the world. A B C D 1. We have seen a movie called “The white shark” on Sunday evening. A B C D 3. The grass hasn’t cut since we moved here. A B C D 4. When he lived in the countryside, Nam usually goes fishing with his cousins. A B C D 5. The holiday was so disappointed that we dicided to ask for our money back A B C D 6. Uncle Tom said that he would go to Nha Trang tomorrow. A B C D 7. Mrs. Lan never listens to music on the radio, doesn’t she? A B C D 8. Nam studies very hardly, so he always gets good marks. A C C D 9. Would you mind turning off the light? The room is getting dark. A B C D 10. These dictionaries are all too expensive for we to buy at this time. A B C D PART THREE READING A. Read the passage below and circle the best answer (A, or B, C, D) for each question (1.5ms) Tamara Adams is fifteen years old. She normally catches the bus to school at 8.30. She meets her best friend, Stacey Thomas, at the bus-stop. Like all the other girls at Westin High School, Tamara wears the school uniform – a green shirt and a white blouse, with green shocks, a green tie, and a blue jacket. When she comes home in the evening, she does her homework and watches TV. But this week Tamara isn’t going to school. She isn’t living at home. She’s staying at an expensive London hotel. And she definitely isn’t wearing her school uniform. She’s wearing the latest fashions. Six months ago Tamara won a competition in Flair magazine. The prize was to be a model in a top fashion show this week. So now it’s 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning. At this time tamara usually walks across the school playground to her next lesson. Nobody looks at her. She’s just another girl with her friends. But this week things are different. She isn’t walking across the playground. She’s walking along the catwalk at the London Clothes Show. Hundreds of people are watching and cameras are flashing. 1.How does Tamara usually go to school? A. on foot B. by bike C. by bus D. by car 2. What does Tamara often do in the evening? A. only does her homework B. watches TV and goes to bed C. does her homework and listens to the radio D. does her homework and watches TV 3. What does the word ‘definitely’ in line 6 mean? A. luckily B. certainly C. immediately D. presently 4. What does Tamara often do at 11 a.m on Wednesday? A. walks across the school playground to her next lesson. B. walk across the catwalk at the London Clothes Show. C. takes a lot of pictures. D. stay at an expensive hotel in London. 5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? A. Tamara often wears green shocks to school. B. Tamara never wears tie to school. C. Tamara won a big competition six months ago. D. Tamara usually meets a friend at the bus-stop on the way to school. B. Read the passage below and circle the best answer (A, or B, C, D) for each question (1.5ms) Well, I think that living in Bangkok is very exciting. I haven’t lived here allmy life. My family came here when I was three. But now it is my home. Nearly allmy friends live here. It is our capital city, and very big. From morning till night there are crowds of people on the main streets. Some parts of the city are very noisy. I have a long journey to school every day, but I don’t mind because it is so interesting. There’s always something happening on the streets. There are all kinds of people selling things _ fruits, flowers, cooked food, clothes – everything you could imagine. I really enjoy the excitement of the crowed streets and large modern buildings. I love walking around the streets at the wekend with some other boys from my class. 1. When did the writer move to Bangkok? A. When he was three months years old. B. At the age of three. C. When he was in grade three . D. at the age of thirteen. 2. What does the word ‘main’ in line 4 mean? A. quiet B. minor C. major D. clean 3. Why doesn’t the writer mind the long journey to his school? A. Because he travels by bus. B. Because he can see many interesting things in the streets. C. Because he is selling fruits. D. Because he can enjoy cooked food. 4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? A. The writer was born in bangkok. B. Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand. C. The writer’s house is very far from his school. D. Almost streets in Bangkok are crowded and busy. 5. Who does the writer walk around the streets at weekends with? A. his sister b. his brother C. his cousins D. his classmates C. Read the following passage and circle the best answer (A, or B, C, D) for each blank (1.0m) Getting around Hanoi is quite convenient. There are taxis or …(1)…, a Vietnamese style tricycle taxi, (2)… around town. Another area where you can catch a nostalgic …(3)… is the Old Quarter on Hoan Kiem District, Hang Chieu Street. The mazelike streets feature countless shop houses …(4)… narrow frontage but deceiving depth. Monuments and museums and around the lake area …(5)… the Museum of the Revolution, Museum of History, the Opera House and St. Joseph’s Catheral. The …(6)… museum houses photographs chronicling Vietnam’s fight to free …(7) … from French colonialism, Japanese facism and American imperialism. The opera House on Trang Tien Street is the centerpiece of French …(8)… in Hanoi. This was the place where Vietminh troops …(9)… the triumph of the August Revolution in 1945. Nowadays, this 400- seat, three-tier theater …(10)… national celebrations, ballets, symphonies, operas and concerts. 1. A cars B. motorbikes C. cyclos D. bicycles 2. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. driving 3. A. atmosphere B. weather C. climate D. air 4. A. with B. for C. of D. against 5. A. consist B. contain C. have D. include 6. A. single B. once C. one D. first 7. A. ourselves B. herself C. themselves D. yourself 8. A. tradition B. custom C. architecture D. engine 9. A. announced B. said C. spoke D. informed 10.A. puts B. sets C. keeps D. hosts D. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE appropriate word(1.0m) Television is an important invention of the 20 th century. It has been____(1)__ popular that now we can’t imagine what life would be like if____(2)___ were no television. Television is a major means of communication, it____(3)____ pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of home. Though television. ___(4)___ can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands, television widens our knowledge by introducing us to new ideas which may lead us to new hobbies and recreations .In addition ___(5)__ the news, television provides us with a variety of programs that can satisty___(6)___ taste. Most people now aim to like spending their evenings__(7)___ television. It is more convenient for them to sit at __(8)__ watching television than to go out for amusements elsewhere. Your answers: 1. ……………………. 2. ……………………. 3. …………………… 4. ……………………. 5. ……………………. 6. ……………………. 7. ……………………. 8. …………………… PART FOUR : WRITING A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (2.0ms) Ex: The sea was so rough that the ferry couldn’t sail. The rough sea made the ferry unable to sail. 1. Nga wishes she spent her summer holiday in Singapore. Nga has ………………………………………………. 2. Maryam and Lan were pen pals two years ago. Maryam and Lan have……………………………… 3. We need to repair this pair of shoes. This pair of shoes …………………………………… 4. How long have you worked as a designer? When …………………………………………………. 5. Do the test carefully or you may get bad mark. If you …………………………………………………. 6. “Do these books belong to you, mary?” Nam asked Nam asked Mary ………………………………………. 7. You forgot to buy me a magazine, didn’t you? You didn’t …………………………………………… 8. Why don’t we go to Ba’s village this weekend? Let’s ………………………………………………… 9. Jane is the tallest girl in her class. Nobody ………………………………………………. 10. My brother plays the guitar well. My brother is …………………………………………. B. Complete each of the following sentences,using the words given:(1m) 1. Mary / used / walk / school / when / young . ________________________________________________________ 2. He / usually / watch TV / after dinner . ________________________________________________________ 3. If / you / work / hard / you / pass / examination . _________________________________________________________ 4. I / wish / have / new / car . _________________________________________________________ 5. would you / like / come / visit / us / next week __________________________________________________________ C. Paragraph writing: Many people say that playing computer games too much is very harmful. Do you agree or disagree with this saying? Write a paragraph of about 120 to 150 words to tell your idea. State at least 3 reasons to support your opinion(2.ms) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………… The end ……… . . 29/12/2011 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút(Không kể thời gian phát đề) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ( Thi sinh làm bài trên đề thi :đề thi có 6 trang) ĐIỂM