Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh 9 cấp Huyện năm học 2020-2021 (Có đáp án)

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1. PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO MANG YANG KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN LỚP 9 THCS, NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 11/11/2020 Đề thi gồm 7 trang; Thí sinh làm bài trên đề thi này. Điểm bài thi Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo Bằng số: ...... GK 1 . SỐ MẬT MÃ Bằng chữ: GK 2 . I. LISTENING. (4.0 pts) HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU - Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu. - Kết thúc bài nghe thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài thi. Part 1. You will hear a woman, Vanessa, talking about a journey she made with her husband, Robert, and her baby, Ben. For each question, put a tick in the correct box. 1. What did Vanessa and Robert decide to do last year? A. get married B. travel to England by boat C. look for new jobs 2. Vanessa was worried that ________. A. they wouldn't be prepared. B. the conditions would be bad. C. the baby would get ill. 3. How did Vanessa feel when they reached Singapore? A. She wondered if she should fly home. B. She was worried about the boat. C. She enjoyed the break from travelling. 4. Why was Vanessa's father-in-law particularly helpful? A. He was a good cook. B. He looked after the baby. C. He helped to sail the boat. 5. Because of spending so much time on the boat, the baby ________. A. learnt to walk late. B. doesn't play by himself. C. only likes certain food. 6. What is Vanessa's advice for people sailing with children? A. Don't take more than one child. B. Go for a short time. C. Don't let children get bored. Part 2. Listen to the recording twice. Complete the form below. Write no more than three words or a number for each answer. Example Answer Aim: protecting environment through recycling Type of group: non-profit Frequency of newspaper collection: (7) . . Name: (8) . . 1
2. Address: (9) . . E-mail: helpline@blackcat.com Postcode: (10) . . Recycling Ways of recycling Newspaper: in a (11) box Nearest rubbish collection centre On the East Side of (12) Blue box: (13) . . Rubbish that can be recycled Green box: glass and plastics Yellow box: paper Rubbish that cannot be recycled (14) . . Name of a booklet (15) . . Part 3. You will hear a conversation between a man, Marco, and his wife, Sarash about a film they have just seen at the cinema. Then answer Yes (A) or No (B). Statements A B 1. Marco and Sarah disagree that the city in the film was London. ____ ____ 2. 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. ____ ____ 4. Sarah wasn't disappointed with the way the main actor performed. ____ ____ 5. Marco thinks this film is the best the director has made. ____ ____ II. PHONETICS (1.0 point) Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the space provided below. (0.5 pt) 1. A. sunbathe B. thunderstorm C. earthquake D. math 2. A. sound B. southern C. drought D. mountain 3. A. practiced B. washed C. advertised D. missed 4. A. relationship B. recommend C. resident D. revolution 5. A. exchange B. charity C. teacher D. chorus Part 2: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. Write your answers in the space provided below. (0.5 pt) 1. A. comprise B. amaze C. surprise D. backstage 2. A. property B. pollution C. religion D. attainment 3. A. electrician B. Japanese C. comfortable D. possibility 4. A. celebrate B. consider C. expression D. criteria 5. A. population B. intelligent C. opportunity D. economics III. USE OF ENGLISH (5.0 pts) Part 1. Circle the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete the following sentences. (1.0 pt) 1. To a large extent, slavery was ________ during the past century. A. prevented B. abolished C. uprooted D. removed 2
3. 2. Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary ________. A. ingredients B. factors C. substances D. elements 3. They asked me a lot of questions, ________ I couldn’t answer. A. neither of them B. most of them C. neither of which D. most of which 4. I’m sure that this isn’t a true story. He ________ it up. A. must have made B. should have made C. would have made D. can have made 5. That carcinogenic substances________ in many common household items is well-known. A. are contained B. contained C. containing D. are containing 6. Hurricanes________ during this time of year. A. almost occur B. occur almost never C. almost never occur D. never occur almost 7. Each of us must take________ for our own actions. A. probability B. ability C. possibility D. responsibility 8. ________ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser. A. Being not B. Not having been C. Not being D. Having not been 9. No one enjoys________ in public. A. being made fun of B. to be made fun of C. making fun of D. to make fun of Circle the word or phrase OPPOSITE in a meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question 10. She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study. A. made room for B. put in charge of C. got in touch with D. lost control of Part 2: Use the correct form of the words in capital letters to form a word that fits in the space (2.0 pts) 1. The most _____________________games have sold in the millions. SUCCESS 2. People have ________________________that doing puzzles is good for you. COVER 3. It's easy to find a _________________________ to the problems posed. SOLVE 4. There has been an ___________________________ in the power of their brains. IMPROVE 5. Some _________________ argue that the brain gets better at a task the more it repeats it. SCIENCE 6. The improvement in the _________________________ is something that happens naturally. PERFORM 7. It remains ____________________ whether puzzles are actually helping to boost CERTAIN brainpower or not. 8. According to _______________________., most people sleep less than 8 hours every day. SEARCH 9. The advice passed down to our grandparents may contain some _____________________. TRUE 10. A good example is the______________ between being cold and catching a cold. RELATION 3
4. Part 3:The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the right column. The first one has been done as an example .(2.0pts) NOTHING LIKE A GOOD STORY I find the way children spend hours just watch TV quite depressing. I can’t be good 0. watching. for their imagination. I’m not very keen with watching myself. I’d rather read a 1 . good book. I wish children would switch off the TV and learned to enjoy the 2 . pleasure of reading- this came from my mother who was a marvelous storyteller. 3 . When it was time for her to go to bed, she would say ‘It’s time we had another 4 . story’. If she’d said ‘Get into bed or switch the light off it’, it would have been not 5 . very different. As it was, we began to look forward to bedtime so we were 6 . expecting yet another unforgettable tale. If only I had had more time to say my 7 .. children more stories when they were growing up. If they had got into a habit of 8 . listening to stories at bedtime, they’d been grown to love literature more. They can’t 9 . stand read books now because they’d sooner play some computer games instead. 10 IV. READING (5.0 points) Part 1: Read the passage then choose the word or phrase that best fits each space by circling A, B , C or D. (2.0 pts) CAREERS Work should be a meaningful and (1) __________ part of one’s life. The (2) _______ of a career is, therefore, one of the most serious decision anyone can (3) __________. It is important to take in consideration your (4) _______ and personal preferences. For instance, adventurous people who enjoy an outdoor life shouldn’t choose a (5) _______ in an office. If you like to work alone, you shouldn’t look for employment which requires working with the public. If you enjoy working with people, you may like a career in a (6) __________ such as human resources. You should (7) __________ about finding out as much as possible about intended career before you finish your education. It may take time to (8) __________ for the career you want. Don’t accept a job if you haven’t got a clue what your working conditions will be or how much you can expect to (9) __________. Future disappointment can be avoided by talking to professionals with (10) __________ in the career you are interested in as well as visiting different companies and institutions. 1. A. comfortable B. productive C. exported D. efficient 2.A. thought B. advice C. choice D. interest 3. A. do B. set C. have D. make 4. A. facilities B. skills C. references D. contracts 5. A. work B. job C. pension D. business 6. A. branch B. department C. workplace D. firm 7. A. set B. work C. look D. find 8. A. run for B. practise C. train D. learn 9. A. bring B. earn C. obtain D. win 10. A. reputation B. employment C. experience D. experiment 4
5. II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE WORD in each space. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 pts) The importance of computers Many of the things we do depend on receiving information from other people. Catching a train, making a phone call and going to the cinema all involve information (1) _____________ is stored, possessed and communicated. In the past this information used to (2) ___________ kept on paper in (3) ____________form of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now more and more information is put (4) _________computers. Computers play an important (5) _________ in our everyday lives. Consider the use of computers in both shops and offices. Big shops, especially chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amount of (6)______ .They have to make (7) ____________ there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be (8) ___________ to re-order before stocks (9) __________ out, to decide which things are selling well and so on. All these processes (10) ___________ performed quickly and efficiently by computers. Part 3: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer below. (1.0 pt) During the teenage years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often seen to dislike being questioned. They may seen unwilling to talk about their work in school. This is a normal development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand. It is part of becoming independent of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are usually more willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people are trying to check up on them. Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future plant but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for the danger signs: some young people in trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol. Or smoking. Parents need to watch for any signs of unusual behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary 1.This passage is taken from a A. handbook for parents B. school timetable C. teenage magazine D. book for children 2. Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to A. because most teenagers are quiet B. because teenagers don’t want to talk to other people C. because teenagers think adults are not honest D. because most teenagers hate adults 3. When can you expect young people to be more talkative than usual. A. When people talk to them because they are really interested and not just checking on them B. When adults give them a lot money to spend. C. When adults talk to them about sex , alcohol and drugs 4. Some teenagers experiment with drinking bad smoking because A. cigarettes and alcohol are available everywhere B. cigarettes and alcohol are cheap C. Women like smoking and drinking men D. they regard them as a mark of eduthood 5. The word BEHAVIOUS in the passage most nearly means A. feeling B. manners C. activities D. reaction V. WRITING (5.0 points) Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. (1.0 pt) 1. Peter was the first person I asked for advice. ( WHOSE )  Peter was ________________________________I asked for. 5
6. 2. If you are not satisfied with the hotel service, you should say so. (MAKE)  You should _____________________________the hotel service if you are not satisfied with it. 3. As long as I know you'll support me, I won't worry about money. (COUNT)  Provided I ________________________________ support me, I won't worry about money. 4. Driving a car without insurance is illegal. ( LAW)  It ________________________________a car without insurance. 5. They've postponed the meeting until January. ( OFF)  The meeting ________________________________ until January. Part 2: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one.(1.0 pt) 1. Although the girl is young, she is quite experienced. => In spite of ________________________________ 2. The play started as soon as we arrived at the theatre. => No sooner________________________________ 3. As Mike earned more money, he bought more clothes. => The _____________________________________ 4. Who often makes people in your class laugh ? => By ______________________________________ 5. The boys prefer playing soccer to staying indoors. => The boys would rather ________________________________ Part 3. Complete the sentences using the given words. Make any changes if necessary. (1.0 pt) 1. Mr.Brown / teach English/ six years now. __________________________________________________________________________ 2. The recent earthquake/ cause/ serious damage/ Japan’s economy. __________________________________________________________________________ 3. If/ I/ you/ I/ take/ public transport/ school/ avoid traffic jams/ save energy. __________________________________________________________________________ 4. It/ essential that/ the boy/ have/ good command/ English. __________________________________________________________________________ 5. We/ having/ very good/ time/ together/ help us/ strengthen/ friendship. __________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: (2.0 pts) In about 150 - 180 words, write a paragraph to talk about the bad effects of mobile phones on students’ study. The following suggestions may help you have better arguments: - They are time-consuming devices. - They affect students’ eyes and health. - They are causes of conflicts and misunderstanding among the friends. ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
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