Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Sở GD & ĐT Long An

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 	KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
	LONG AN 	Năm học: 2016-2017
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
	Khóa ngày: 21/04/2017
 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 9
	(Đề thi gồm có 4 trang)	Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET), 
KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRỰC TIẾP LÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY
PART 1: LISTENING (4 POINTS) 
You will hear people talking in five different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer. Listen to the recording TWICE.
1. You overhear some people talking at a party in a hotel. Where did the people first meet each other?
A. at school
B. at work
C. at a wedding
2. You overhear a conversation in a restaurant. Why haven’t they seen each other lately?
A. He has been too busy.
B. He has been ill.
C. He has been away.
3. You overhear someone talking about a concert. How did she feel at the time?
A. angry
B. frightened
C. disappointed
4. You hear a writer of children’s stories talking about books and compact discs. What advantage does he think books have over compact discs?
A. They may last for a longer time.
B. They are easier to look after.
C. They contain better quality material.
5. You hear a husband and a wife talking about their summer holidays. What problem do they have?
A. They really hate flying anywhere.
B. They can never think of anywhere to go.
C. They never agree about what to do.
PART 2: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (5 POINTS)
I. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses. (2 points)
Sonia: 	Hi, Jim. How’s it going?
Jim:	Great.
Sonia: ______ (1. you, enjoy) the rock concert last night?
Jim: 	 You bet! I had a terrific time.
Sonia:	 Tell me about it. I _______ (2. go, never) to a rock concert.
Jim: 	Well, I _______ (3. go, never) to a rock concert before either. I _______ (4. know, not) what to expect. I’ve been to symphony concerts lots of times, but never a rock concert. Ten minutes before the concert was supposed to start, hundreds of teenagers _______ (5. try, still) to find their seats. The place was a madhouse. I thought that things would settle down once the concert began. Boy, was I wrong! As soon as the lead singer _______ (6. appear) on the stage, everyone _______ (7. start) screaming at the top of their lungs. I couldn’t hear myself think. But after a while things _______ (8. calm) down. And the music was great. At one time during the concert, while the lead singer _______ (9. sing) a famous hit song, many people in the audience knew the song so well that they sang along with him. All in all, the concert _______ (10. be) a lot of fun, but very noisy. 
Sonia: It does sound like really fun!	
II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition. (2 points) 
We’ll buy a smaller house when the children have grown _____ and left home.
He can’t keep his secrets _____ his wife. Sometimes he even feels that she knows what he’s thinking.
I’m sorry. I took your jacket _____ mistake this morning.
Finally, he admitted having opened the suitcase _____ asking its owner.
Some countries try to prohibit their citizens _____ travelling abroad.
My pen pal and I have a lot _____ common.
I think your mother should let you make _____ your own mind.
Sarah is becoming increasingly impatient _____ small children.
Can I lean my bike _____ the wall?
Poor working conditions are believed to have caused a decrease _____ production.
III. Use the correct form of the words given in CAPITALS. (1 point)
The victims of the _______ village were provided with food and medicine.
Do you know what ______ cause air pollution? 
The teacher said this water was ______ and couldn’t be used in our experiment.
I spent my first two weeks back at work ______ myself with all the new procedures.
5. There are very few ______ places left on earth. Man has been nearly everywhere.
FLOOD
POLLUTE PURITY
FAMILIAR
EXPLORE
PART 3: READING COMPREHENSION (6 POINTS)
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question . (2 points) 
FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball of cheese! Then telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamt of going there. 
On July 20, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints when they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. 
The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day the landing craft roared as the two men took off from the moon. They joined Micheal Collins in the spaceship that waited for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long trip back to earth. 
Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.
This story tells ______
about the first men to walk on the moon.
how men found footprints on the moon.
what the men brought back from their trip to the moon.
who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there.
A telescope is probably something that _______
makes balls of light seem brighter.
turns the moon into another world.
makes many of men’s dreams come true.
makes faraway things seem closer.
The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because _______
they wanted something to show they were there.
people wanted to use them to learn about the moon.
they wanted to keep them as souvenirs.
they might sell them to scientists.
The Americans’ machines will most likely stay on the moon until _______
someone takes them away.
a storm covers them with dust.
rain and wind destroy them.
they become rusty and break to pieces.
The next people who go to the moon most likely could _______
find that the machines have disappeared.
leave the first set of footprints on the moon.
find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked.
D. find that dust has wiped off the two men’s footprints.
II. Read the text below and fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word. (4 points)
Second-hand 
but better than new
Many people who are building their own homes or renovating existing buildings have discovered that it makes more sense to buy second-hand goods (1) ______ to buy new doors, fireplaces or radiators. These days a large (2) ______ of businesses offer second-hand material, though many of them cater exclusively for professional builders. However, there are outlets that sell to members of the public, so someone who wants to indulge (3) ______ a spot of Do It Yourself will probably be able to find reclamation material, (4) ______ second-hand building supplies are known, anywhere in the country. 
Searching for (5) ______ one wants can be time-consuming, so why bother? Is there, for example, any financial reason to make it worth one’s while? The answer, in many cases, is yes. An oak door in good condition will be considerably (6) ______ expensive than a new one, even (7) ______ it is only a few years old. However, the majority of clients of reclamation yards are on (8) ______ lookout for items that simply can’t be found these days, (9) ______ as stone fireplaces several centuries old. Items like this (10) ______, of course, be expensive, but there are a lot of people who do not mind paying a high price for a second-hand fireplace that is, in their view, better than new.
PART 4: WRITING (5 POINTS)
I. Sentence transformation (1 point)
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. YOU MUST USE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX WORDS, INCLUDING THE WORD GIVEN. 
The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours. 
JOURNEY
It is a ___________________________________________ London to Bristol.
I’d rather not spend another day at the beach.
FEEL
I _______________________________________ another day at the beach. 
Your car might break down on the rough mountain road, so take some spare parts. CASE
In ______________________ the rough mountain road, take some spare parts.
John and I have received the same number of job offers.
AS	
I have received ___________________________________________ John.
The person who encouraged me the most at school was my English teacher. 
ENCOURAGEMENT
The person who _______________________at school was my English teacher.
II. Writing a paragraph (4 points)
Write a paragraph of at least 90 words.
Give a tour of your neighborhood by describing the most important features.
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