Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TỔ BỘ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
ĐỀ THI MÔN: Tiếng Anh; Lớp: 9
Ngày thi: 25/03/2016
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(không kể thời gian phát đề)
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Số báo danh: ______________ Phòng: _______
Học sinh lớp: ___________________________
Trường THCS: __________________________
Giám thị 1: .
Giám thị 2: .
(Kí – ghi rõ họ tên)
STT do giám thị ghi
Số phách
(Do CT HĐ chấm thi ghi)
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
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(Kí – ghi rõ họ tên)
STT do giám thị ghi
Số phách
(Do CT HĐ chấm thi ghi)
Điểm bài thi
Họ tên và chữ kí
Bằng số
Bằng chữ
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Giám khảo 2
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HỌC SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT GÌ VÀO PHẦN CHỖ TRỐNG NÀY
I. LISTENING: (0,5pt)
Soccer is a fun, recreational sport around the world, and it is a very popular sport among kids in the United States. Playing soccer is great for developing teamwork as well as improving your physical health.
Now, you will listen to a story about a man who likes watching soccer and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) according to what you hear.
1. According to the man, his team lost the first match due to __________.
A. bad weather conditions	B. injuries	C. poor officiating
2. What reason was NOT mentioned about why his team lost their second game? 
A. The referees made some terrible calls against some players.
B. They were disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct.
C. One of their players shot the ball into the wrong goal.
3. The man’s team was winning the final match until ___________. 
A. the other team made an amazing comeback
B. some of their players were ejected from the game
C. their fans booed the team and left the stadium
4. Which team does the man want to win the World Cup now?
A. He doesn’t care who wins at this point.
B. He wants the host nation to win.
C. He hopes the matches are cancelled.
5. Now that his team is out of the tournament, how is he spending his time?
A. He’s been following a golf tournament on TV.
B. He’s become interested in an online chess tournament.
C. He’s been playing in a local tennis tournament.
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (3,3pts)
Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)
1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.
A. Can
B. Might
C. Will
D. Should
2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?
A. don’t I
B. do I
C. are you
D. aren’t you
3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.
A. numerate 
B. numeral
C. numeric
D. numerous
4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.
A. So too many
B. Far too many
C. Quite too many
D. Such too many
5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.
A. gale
B. blizzard
C. hurricane
D. breeze
6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.
A. pushing the envelope
B. turning the other cheek
C. bending over backwards
D. going against the grain
7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.
A. talent 
B. hobby
C. liking 
D. pleasure
8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.
A. need have done
B. should have done
C. must have done
D. ought to have done
9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.
A. knees
B. legs
C. feet
D. ankle
10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.
A. in
B. to
C. on
D. for
11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.
A. absorbed
B. attentive
C. prudent
D. watchful
12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”
A. No, I haven’t been there before
B. No, it’s expensive
C. Yes, it sounds great
D. Yes, so I’m looking forward to it
13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.
A. Rim
B. Edge
C. Perimeter
D. Border
14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
A. relative
B. general
C. continuous
D. sharp
15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated? 
A. Of what use
B. What use
C. Of which use
D. Which use
16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.
A. being unsatisfactory
B. unsatisfactory
C. unsatisfied
D. unsatisfying
17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains. 
A. familiar
B. accustomed
C. aware 
D. unconscious
18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.
A. example
B. event
C. case
D. object
19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.
A. outage
B. outcast
C. outset
D. outpost
20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
A. interest in
B. uncertainty about
C. enthusiasm for
D. worry about
Part 2: Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. The first one has been done as an example. (0,5pt)
Ex: Windfarms are hailed as powedul weapons in the battle against __global__ warming; it is considered by many to be politically incorrect to criticise them. (GLOBE)
1. They are clean, green and therefore ____________________ and viewed as such throughout the world. (VIRTUE)
2. One turbine standing alone in a windswept setting could be described as beautiful, but can the same description be applied to a whole host of them? But all these drawbacks pale into _____________________ , we are told, compared to the great benefits that will result from this renewable energy. (SIGNIFY)
3. Furthermore, tears can be shed _________________________, rather to our embarrassment, when we hear inspiring music or moving speeches. (VOLUNTEER)
4. However _____________________ the case in general against windfarms may be, the district councils that decide whether or not they may go ahead are not allowed to take this into account. (PERSUADE)
5. The course aimed to adapt students’ technical ________________ skills into business-appropriate ones, while also giving you access to work experience. (ANALYSE)
Part 3: The passage below contains 4 errors in spelling, grammar or word form. Underline the errors and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. There are TWO example at the beginning (0, 00). (0,8pt)
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10
15
It is easy to lose view of India’s remarkable achievements in information technology amid the cries of alarm from Silicon Valley about America’s jobless recover. No less an authority than Intel Corp. founder Andrew S. Grove warns that American information technology could follow the path of steel into decline. With virtually every major U.S. corporation offshoring operations to India - especially such services as law, accounting, design, and medicine - a growing chorus is asking whether India’s high-tech success is a direct threat to American prosperity. The remarkable high-tech raise of India is a much-less-told tale than the ascendancy of China. Yet its impact may be greater. India may soon bring to services the kind of deflation now seen in manufacturing. Thanks to global broadband connections, the tens of thousands of English-speaking professionals graduating every year from India’s first-rate universities is plugging into the U.S. economy. Broadband arbitrages cost across global time zones, and India’s high-tech workers and service providers are paid about a tenth of which Americans get. India represents a new internationally competitive environment for America. The U.S. needs a public policy that recognizes this reality and improves science and engineering education, from elementary school right up through graduate education. The U.S. must also reverse its long decline in academic research spending. It must keep its venture capital and financial markets healthy to fund the startups that are essential to innovation and growth. And, although terrorist threats, it must remain open to the best immigrants, students, and businesspeople from around the world. India’s rise can threaten America or push it to a higher technological and economic level. That is up to America. 
Your answers:
0. sight (line 1)
00. recovery (line 2)
1.
2.
3.
4.
II. READING: (4,2pts)
Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. (1,0pt)
As gasoline prices continue to (1)_____, many people are looking for ways to reduce the (2)_____ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities. (3)_____ are some suggestions which will save you a (4)_____ amount of money on gasoline. 
1. Ask yourself every time you (5)_____ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, “Is this trip really necessary?” Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an (6)_____ of 36 cents. If the trip is not necessary, think twice before using your vehicle.
2. Drive at a (7)_____ speed on the highway. According to the Department of Energy, most automobiles get about 20 percent more miles per gallon on the highway at 55 miles per hour than they do at 70 miles per hour.
3. Consider (8)_____ an automobile which gets the best gas mileage. For example, generally, the following get better gas mileage: lighter weight vehicles, vehicles with smaller engines, vehicles with manual transmissions, those with four cylinders, and those with fewer accessories. Check the “fuel economy” labels (9)_____ to the windows of new automobiles to find the average estimated miles per gallon for given makes and models.
4. Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips (10)______ reduce gas mileage. If an automobile gets 20 miles per gallon in general, it may get only 4 miles per gallon on a short trip of 5 miles or less. 
(Adapted from “The Vocabulary Files C1”)
1.
A. crash
B. accelerate
C. escalate
D. fly
2.
A. danger
B. occurrence
C. burden
D. chance
3.
A. Below
B. After
C. Coming
D. Later
4.
A. measurable
B. negotiable
C. negligible
D. considerable
5.
A. think
B. plan
C. need
D. arrange
6.
A. equivalent
B. average
C. amount
D. increase
7.
A. mild
B. conservative
C. considerable
D. substantial
8.
A. inquiring
B. trading
C. preferring
D. purchasing
9.
A. attached
B. selected
C. stretched
D. held
10.
A. extensively
B. exclusively
C. intensively
D. drastically
Part 2: Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (0,5pt)
Are you ready to do your bit to stop global warming? On Saturday, March 29, you will have a chance to tell Toronto and the entire world that you are devoted to doing your part.
You can do it by turning off your lights during Earth Hour, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Started last year by the World Wildlife Fund in Sydney, Australia, Earth Hour this year is going international, with 17 cities signed up so far, including Toronto.
The challenge for us Torontonians will be to show we are as devoted to fighting global warming as Sydneysiders were last year. Of course, one hour of darkness isn’t going to stop global warming. But the thinking behind Earth Hour is that it gets people personally involved. Besides giving people a chance to show their concerns over climate change, the goal is to get them to start changing their wasteful habits. Did you know, for example, that your electronic devices that you think you’ve turned off are still drawing power if you leave them plugged in?
If you want to make a difference, sign up today and promise to turn off your lights when Earth Hour arrives on March 29. Persuade others to do their part. Start to think about changes that can be made in your home and your workplace that will cut down on waste and greenhouse gas.
(Source: https://www.thestar.com)
1. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. A Chance to Help Save the Earth	B. A Chance to Help Prevent Pollution
C. An Hour to Fight Against Bad Habits	D. An Hour to Keep Climate Unchanged
2. The passage mainly calls on people of _____ to join in the March 29th activity.
A. Sydney	B. Toronto	C. the world	D. the 17 cities
3. The word “devoted” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. mounted	B. excited	C. dedicated	D. interested
4. The Earth Hour movement mainly aims to get people to _____ to save our earth.
A. sense the danger	B. make a promise
C. perform their duties	D. show their value
5. Which is implied in the passage that should not happen in our daily life?
A. Picture A	B. Picture B	C. Picture C	D. Picture D
Part 3: Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (0,5pt)
These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the ‘great classless society’. The idea that the twentieth century is the age of the common man has become one of the great clichés of our time. The same old arguments are put forward in evidence. Here are some of them: monarchy as a system of government has been completely discredited. The monarchies that survive have been deprived of all political power. Inherited wealth has been savagely reduced by taxation and, in time, the great fortunes will disappear altogether. In a number of countries the victory has been complete. The people rule; the great millennium has become a political reality. But has it? Close examination doesn’t bear out the claim.
It is a fallacy to suppose that all men are equal and that society will be leveled out if you provide everybody with the same educational opportunities. (It is debatable whether you can ever provide everyone with the same educational opportunities, but that is another question.) The fact is that nature dispenses brains and ability with a total disregard for the principle of equality. The old rules of the jungle, ‘survival of the fittest’, and ‘might is right’ are still with us. The spread of education has destroyed the old class system and created a new one. Rewards are based on merit. For ‘aristocracy’ read ‘meritocracy’; in other respects, society remains unaltered: the class system is rigidly maintained.
Genuine ability, animal cunning, skill, the knack of seizing opportunities, all bring material rewards. And what is the first thing people do when they become rich? They use their wealth to secure the best possible opportunities for their children, to give them ‘a good start in life’. For all the lip service we pay to the idea of equality, we do not consider this wrong in the western world. Private schools which offer unfair advantages over state schools are not banned because one of the principles in a democracy is that people should be free to choose how they will educate their children. In this way, the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent: an able child from a wealthy home can succeed far more rapidly than his poorer counterpart. Wealth is also used indiscriminately to further political ends. It would be almost impossible to become the leader of a democracy without massive financial backing. Money is as powerful a weapon as ever it was. 
In societies wholly dedicated to the principle of social equality, privileged private education is forbidden. But even here people are rewarded according to their abilities. In fact, so great is the need for skilled workers that the least able may be neglected. Bright children are carefully and expensively trained to become future rulers. In the end, all political ideologies boil down to the same thing: class divisions persist whether you are ruled by a feudal king or an educated peasant.
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1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Equality of opportunity in the twentieth century has not destroyed the class system.
B. Equality means money.
C. There is no such society as classless society.
D. Nature can’t give you a classless society.
2. According to the author, the same educational opportunities can’t get rid of inequality because _______.
A. The principle ‘survival of the fittest’ exists.
B. Nature ignores equality in dispensing brains and ability.
C. Material rewards are for genuine ability.
D. People have the freedom how to educate their children.
3. Who can obtain more rapid success?
A. Those with wealth.	B. Those with the best brains.
C. Those with the best opportunities.	D. Those who have the ability to catch at opportunities.
4. Why does the author say the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent? Because _______.
A. Money decides everything.
B. Private schools offer advantages over state schools.
C. People are free to choose the way of educating their children.
D. Wealth is used for political ends.
5. According to the author, ‘class divisions’ refers to ___________.
A. The rich and the poor.	B. Different opportunities for people.
C. Oppressor and the oppressed.	D. Genius and stupidity.
Part 4: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. The first one (0) has been done as an example. (1,0pt)
Example: (0) with
When presented (0) _______ the idea of international boarding school, parents are (1) ______ to baulk at the prospect of emptying their bank (2) ______ to send their darlings to live a life permeated by blackboards, bunk beds and Bovril. (3) ______ conversely, will feel overjoyed at the prospect of signing (4) ______ for a literally fantastic life at Hogwarts. Such misconceptions neatly miss the point of international boarding education, sidestepping its capacity to (5) ______ solid foundations for students’ academic and professional success in today’s increasingly global society.
Parents, understandably, require justification for (6) ______ a considerate amount of money in their offspring’s education. Their offspring, on the other hand, should be made (7) ______ of the huge number of opportunities provided by boarding school life. Most of the world’s leading boarding schools offer stimulating, progressive (8) ______ which prioritizes their students’ needs, thus consistently produce graduates (9) ______ are confident learners, critical thinkers and self starters.
Therefore, the time has come for parents and students (10) ______ to discover the unique, intellectually challenging experiences offered by international boarding schools worldwide.
(Adapted from: https://asiancorrespondent.com/5-ways-international-in-boarding-school-pays-off-for-parents-and-students/)
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