Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Sở GD & ĐT Thanh Hóa

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HểA
Số bỏo danh
...............
.
........................
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Kè THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
Năm học: 2014-2015
Mụn thi: Tiếng Anh
Lớp 9-THCS 
Ngày thi: 25 thỏng 3 năm 2015
Thời gian : 150 phỳt (khụng kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi này gồm cú 05 trang
PART A: PHONETICS (5 pts)
Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. (3 pts)
1. A. please
B. measure
C. rise
D. pause
2. A. model
B. hobby
C. solid
D. solar	
3. A. puppy
B. ready
C. occupy
D. study
Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. (2 pts)
4. A. linguistics
B. experience
C. dormitory
D. community
5. A. institute
B. festival
C. deposit
D. resident
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Question I: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
6. She tries to set ________ an hour a week for practice.	
A. about	B. down 	C. aside	 	D. in
7. Jane said she ________18 years old the next week.
 A. was	 	B. is	 	 	C. will be	 	 D. would be
8. If I _________ you, I’d take some rest before the game tomorrow.
A. am	B. could be	C. were	D. would be
9. - “Do you think the book is expensive? - “Yes, it’s not _________ what we paid for it.”
A. worthy 	B. worth of 	C. worth 	D. valuable
10. Stop that nonsense, _________?
A. don’t you	B. do you	C. will you	D. aren’t you
11. If you don’t want this pen, take _________. There are some left in the box.
A. the other	B. others	C. one other	D. another
12. Will you empty the basket for me, please?
A. Yes, certainly	 	B. Yes, please	C. No, thanks	 	D. No, I don’t
 13. Several important methods were_______for preserving food in the nineteenth century.
	A. seen 	 B. covered	 	 C. prepared	 	 D. invented
14. The smaller the room is, the _________ furniture it needs.
A. fewer	B. small	 	C. more	 	D. less
15. You will have to _________ your holiday if you feel too tired.
A. put down	B. put out	C. put off	D. put up
Question II: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. (10 pts)
16. You’d better have that rubbish ( take) _________ away.
17-18. He resented (ask) _________ (wait) _________. He had expected the minister to see him at once.
19. Present day problems demand that we (be) _________ready for any emergency. 
20.21. Suppose everyword of this (be)_____ true , what action the committee (wish)______ to take ?
22. He (not go) _________ there because they did not expect him. 
23. You always (complain) _________ about my cooking.
24-25. Tom: 	 “It is time we (do) _________something to protect our environment.” 
 	 David: “Yes, Ok. I think it (destroy) _________seriously in the last ten years.” 
Question III: Supply the correct form of the word in capital letters. (10 pts)
 26. She studied ________ at university. 	 	ECONOMY
 27. In particular, parents are afraid of changes in their children’s _______ 	PERSON
 28. These clothes are attractive but entirely ________ .	PRACTICE
 29. I couldn’t help it. The accident was ________ .	AVOID
 30.Because they are ________ durable and portable, books have 
long been used to preserve and ditribute information.	RELATE
 31. The boy was very violent and his parents found him ________ . 	MANAGE
 32. Jim is one of the most ________ members of the committee. 	SPEAK
 33.We are interested in the _________ of rainforests. 	 	PRESERVE
 34. Some designers have ____the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. 	MODERN
 35. ________ fruit juice contains no extra sugar.	SWEET
PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts)
Question I: Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word. (10 pts)
DEALING WITH WAST PLASTIC
Every year people throw away miliions of tonnes of plastic bottles, boxes and wrapping. These create huge mountains of waste that are extremely hard to get (36) _______ of. Now a new recycling process promises to reduce this problem by turning old plastic into (37) _____.
Scientists have (38) ______ a long time to develop their ideas because waste plastic has always been a bigger problem than (39) ______ like waste paper. You can bury plastic but it takes many years to break down. If you (40) ______ it, it just becomes another form of pollution. A few products, for example bottles, can be reused, but it is (41) _____ or difficult to do this with a lot of plastic products.
Now a group of companies has developed a new method of (42) _____ that could save almost any plastic (43) __________. Nearly every type of waste plastic can be used: it does 
(44) ______ have to be sorted. In addition, labels and ink may be left on the products. (45) ______ is simply mixed together and heated to more than 400 degrees centigrades so that it melts. It is then cooled, producing a waxy substance that can be used to make new plastic products.
Question II: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.(10 pts)
In the age (46) ______ highly-developed telephoned networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and fewer people are (47) _____time to sit down and write letters to friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to (48) _____ in contact with people who were any distance away and letter- writing was (49)______as an important skill for all learned people to master. 
Gradually, (50)______, the importance of witing letters is descreasing to a point that the majority of us (51)______make a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we are apply for a job or make a complaint. In business circles the (52)____is for routine communications to become shorter. Even though clients may appriciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letter is often regarded as (53)_____.Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its (54)_____is essential in many situations but how often have you put the telephone down, (55)_____with what you have managed to say? I don’t think. I’ll throw my pen away yet. 
46. A. in 	 B. at	 C. of 	D. on
47. A. using 	 B. spending 	C. putting 	D. taking 
48. A. keep 	 B. connect 	 C. maintain	D. hold 
49. A. noticed B. considered C. heard	D. seen 
50. A. therefore B. however C. furthermore 	D. thus
51. A. may 	 B. would 	 C. have to 	D. dare to 
52. A. tendency B. intention 	C. fashion	 D. inclination 
53. A. unusual B. inefficient 	C. unimportant	D. impossible 
54. A. rate	B. pace	C. tempo 	D. speed 
55. A. dissatisfied	B. pleased 	C. disturbed 	D. contented 
Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below.(10 pts)
MICKEY MANTLE
Line 5
Line 10
Line 15
Line 20
Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one Would Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”, a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
56. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mickey Mantle as the greatest baseball player of all time
B. Mickey Mantle’s success and private life full of problems
C. Mickey Mantle and his career as a baseball player
D. Mickey Mantle and the history of baseball
57. It can be inferred from the passage that for most Americans ______________ .
A. success in Mantle’s career was unnatural
B. success in Mantle’s career was difficult to believe
C. Mantle had to be trained hard to become a good player
D. Mantle had a lot of difficulty achieving fame and success
58. The word “fulfill” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______________.
A. do something in the way that you have been told
B. do what you have promised or agreed to do
C. achieve what is hoped for, wished for, or expected
D. get closer to something that you are chasing
59. The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closet in meaning to ______________.
A. quickened	B. bettered	C. delayed	D. worsen 
60. Which of the following is mentioned as the main cause of the destruction of Mantle’s body?
A. His loneliness	B. His way of life
C. His liver transplant operation	D. His own dream
PART D: WRITING (20 pts)
Question I: Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed above it. (5 pts)
61. Her ability to run a company really impresses me.
à What ______________________________________________________.
62. The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness.
à The Prime Minister’s _________________________________________ .
63.“If I were you, I would try my best to learn English well”. John said to Jane. 
à John advised ________________________________________________ .
64. Since we had nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.
à Having ____________________________________________________ .
65. As television programmes become more popular, they seem to get worse.
à The more ___________________________________________________ .
Question II: Do not change the given word, use it to rewrite each of the following sentences so that each has as a similar meaning as the original one (5 pts) 
 66. It’s possible that we may soon have no more oil. 	RUN	
à It’s possible that we may soon _______________________ oil.
67 The plane had hardly left the airport when the accident happened. 	SOONER
à No _________________________________the accident happened.
68. Although her leg hurt, Jill finished the race. 	 	PAIN
à In spite _______________________________________ the race.
 69. Perhaps they didn’t notice the tyre was flat. 	MIGHT
à The ______________________________________ the tyre was flat.
 70. First of all, the director explained the reason for the meeting.	 	BEGAN
à The director _____________________ the reason for the meeting.
Question III: Write a paragraph (120 – 150 words) about the advantages and disadvantages of using facebook. (10 pts)
----------------- THE END -----------------
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HểA
Kè THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
Năm học: 2014-2015
A- ĐÁP ÁN:
PART A: PHONETICS (5 điểm – Mỗi cõu đỳng 1 điểm)
1.B
2.D
3.C
4. C
5.C
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 điểm)
Question I.
6.C
7.D
8.C
9.B
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.D
14.D
15.C
Question II.
16.taken
21. would .....wish
17. being asked 
22. shouldn’t have gone
18. to wait
23. are always complaining
19.(should) be
24. did 
20.were
25. has been destroyed
Question III.
26. economics
31.unmanageable
27. personality 
32. outspoken
28. impractical
33. preservation
29. unavoidable
34. modernized (_sed)
30. relatively
35. unsweetened
PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts) - Mỗi cõu đỳng 1 điểm
Question I.
36. rid
37. new
38. taken
39. substances
40. burn
41.costly/expensive
42. recycling
43. waste
44. not
4. 45. Everything
Question II.
46.C
47.D
48.A
49.D
50.B
51.C
52.A
53.B
54.D
55.A
Question II
56.B
57.B
58.C
59.A
60.B
PART D: WRITING (20 pts)
Question I (5 điểm- Mỗi cõu đỳng 1 điểm)
61.
What I am really impressed by is her ability to run a company
62.
The Prime Minister’s resignation resulted from his sudden illness
63.
John advised Jane to try her best to learn English well.
64.
Having nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.
65.
The more popular television programmes become, the worse they seem to get.
Question II (5 điểm- Mỗi cõu đỳng 1 điểm)
66.
It’s possible that we may soon run out of oil
67.
No sooner had the plane left the airport than the accident happened
68.
 In spite of a pain in her leg, Jill finished the race
69.
They might not have noticed ( that) the tyre was flat.
70.
The director began by explaining the reason for the meeting.
Question III. Essay: (10 điểm)
Marking criteria: 
+ Task completion (4 điểm)
Tuỳ theo khả năng hoàn thành về bố cục và những yờu cầu nội dung cho mỗi phần ( mở bài,thõn bài,kết luận) giỏm khảo cú thể chấm từ 1-4 điểm.
+ Grammatical accuracy and spelling 3 điểm: bài viết khụng cú lỗi chớnh tả và từ ba lỗi ngữ phỏp trở xuống được cho 3 điểm tối đa. Cứ 4 lỗi chớnh tả hoặc ngữ phỏp trừ 1 điểm (Trừ khụng quỏ 3 điểm).
- Coherence and cohesion (tớnh mạch lạc và sự liờn kết cõu, đoạn) – 3 điểm: 
Tựy mức độ mạch lạc, liờn kết cõu, liờn kết đoạn của bài viết, giỏm khảo cú thể chấm 1-3 điểm.
B- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM:
Bài thi chấm theo thang điểm: 20
Điểm bài thi làm trũn đến 0,25
Tổng số điểm thớ sinh làm đỳng
Điểm bài thi 	= ---------------------------------------
4