Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Phòng GD & ĐT Sơn Dương

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
Đề thi này có 09 trang. 
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS 
Năm học 2015-2016 
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 
Thời gian: 150 phút 
(Không kể thời gian giao đề) 
(Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi) 
Điểm bài thi Họ, tên, chữ ký Số phách 
(Do Chủ tịch Hội 
đồng chấm thi 
ghi) 
Bằng số Bằng chữ - Giám khảo 1: 
................................................................. 
- Giám khảo 2: 
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SECTION I: LISTENING (4 points) 
Part 1. You are going to hear a conversation between a student who is looking for a flat in London, 
and a letting agent. Choose the correct answers, A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. 
1. The man wants to rent a flat because he ____________ 
A. is a student in London. 
B. is going to stay in London for the rest of his life. 
C. he can’t afford to buy a flat. 
2. He wants to rent a flat for ____________. 
A. himself only B. himself and two flatmates C. his friends 
3. He wants the flat to be ____________. 
A. furnished B. close to the university C. in central London 
4. The man seems to be pleased that there is ____________. 
A. a post office across the street 
B. a pub in the neighbourhood 
C. an Internet café nearby 
5. He doesn’t accept the first offer because ____________. 
A. the rent is too high 
B. the flat isn’t furnished 
C. the neighbourhood isn’t suitable 
6. The man ____________. 
A. loves quietness B. plays electric guitar C. loves parties and music 
7. He is very interested in the second offer because ____________. 
A. the rent is low B. it’s a detached house C. there are already four students in the house 
8. The rent in the second offer is ____________. 
A. £300 per one person B. £100 per one person C. £300 per one room 
Đề chính thức 
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Part 2. You are going to hear an interview with Joshua, a surfer. Choose the correct answers, A, B or 
C. You will hear the interview twice. 
1. How old is Joshua? 
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 
2. When is his exam? 
A. This year. B. Next month . C. Next year. 
3. In summer, how often does Joshua go surfing on schooldays? 
A. Usually once a day. 
B. Usually twice a day. 
C. He usually surfs at weekends. 
4. Why does Joshua do homework at lunchtime? 
A. Because he wants more tome for surfing. 
B. Because he works hard. 
C. Because he can’t go surfing at lunchtime. 
5. Why doesn’t Joshua surf before breakfast in winter? 
A. Because the waves are not very good. 
B. Because it’s cold. 
C. Because there isn’t enough light. 
6. Who in Joshua’s family surf? 
A. Just Joshua B. Joshua and his sister C. The whole family 
7. When is the next competition for Joshua? 
A. Next week. B. Next month. C. In two months’ time. 
Part 3. You will hear a tour guide talking about a day trip. Listen and fill in the missing information. 
You will hear the information twice. 
TRIP TO CHESTER 
Coach leaves: 9.15 am 
Arrives in Chester: (1) ______________________________________________ 
Morning visit: (2) ______________________________________________ 
Price of family ticket: (3) £ _____________________________________________ 
Lunch in: (4) ______________________________________________ 
Afternoon visit: (5) ______________________________________________ 
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SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4 points) 
Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
1. About 100 people _________ outside the theatre for tickets when we got there. 
A. were queuing B. queued C. have queued D. queue 
2. How much is the bus _________ to the city centre? 
A. fee B. price C. fare D. cost 
3. The tower is 63m in _________. 
A. high B. scale C. height D. rise 
4. She’s changed a lot _________ she left school. 
A. for B. since C. during D. after 
5. She was born twenty-five years _________ in a small village in Yorkshire. 
A. before B. since C. over D. ago 
6. According to the programme, the show _________ at 9 o’clock. 
A. is start B. shall start C. starts D. starting 
7. We’re really looking _________ to seeing you both next weekend. 
A. ahead B. in front C. forward D. in advance 
8. I locked the door _________ we could continue our discussion undisturbed. 
A. in order to B. in order C. so that D. for that 
9. The pilots suddenly went on strike. _________ , our fight was cancelled. 
A. As result B. With the result C. As a result D. With result 
10. I wish I _________ more money. 
A. have B. had C. will have D. has 
11. When you buy a shirt you need to check the _________ to see size, material and make. 
A. note B. poster C. marker D. label 
12. Polly went to the _________ to book her holiday trip. 
A. holiday store B. tour store C. travel agent D. vacation agent 
13. I had to get up early, __________I would miss the train. 
A. so as B. but C. otherwise D. if not 
14. The boss suggested that his secrectary _________ him complete the letter on time. 
A. helps B. help C. to help D. helping 
15. The color of the tie, which I gave you on your last birthday, _________ you well. 
A. fits B. suits C. goes with D. matches 
16. A lot of progress has been _________ since the country became independent. 
A. created B. done C. built D. made 
17. You are late again. Please try to be _________ in the future. 
A. accurate B. punctual C. efficient D. reliable 
18. Marry is wearing a_________ T- shirt and a green shorts. 
A. blue cotton beautiful large B. cotton large blue beautiful 
C. beautiful large blue cotton D. beautiful cotton blue large 
19. I’ll write to you when I _________ time. 
A. have had B. have C. will have D. would have 
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20. Isaac _________ us a really funny joke, but I can’t remember it. 
A. said B. told C. spoke D. mentioned 
Part 2: Fill in each gap with one correct preposition. 
Cheating 
You’re doing a history test. Your friend, who’s sitting next to you, really wants to succeed (1) 
______________ the test. There’s a question (2) ______________ the First World War, which you’ve been 
learning (3) ______________ recently. You know a lot (4) ______________ it, but your friend isn’t really 
capable (5) ______________ answering the question properly. Your friend whispers “Help me!” to you. 
What should you do? Should you help your friend (6) ______________ the question, or just continue 
(7) ______________ your own test? 
Every student has to cope (8) ______________ this difficult situation at some point. What’s your 
opinion (9) ______________ cheating? Should you help your friend cheat (10) ______________ the test or 
not? 
Part 3: Give the correct forms of words at the end of the lines to fill in the gaps. 
A new painter 
Were you (1) ________________________ enough to be invited to the opening of 
the Winchester Art Gallery last Thursday evening? I was, and therefore had 
the pleasure of seeing the new (2) _____________________________ of Daniella 
Warner’s paintings. Daniella Warner is not (3) ________________________ yet – 
but she is clearly an (4) ________________________ who has a very bright future. 
All Daniella Warner’s paintings – without (5) ___________________________ - are 
(6) _______________________________. She very often paints areas of oustanding 
(7) ___________________________ beauty, such as lakes and forests, but she 
makes them (8) _______________________________, lively places. Her paintings 
often focus on the subjects of (9) _____________________________ and peace. It’s 
certainly not easy to be a (10) __________________________ artist these days, but 
if anyone deserves it, Daniella Warner does. Daniella Warner’s paintings 
will be on show at the Winchester Art Gallery until Saturday 25th March. 
LUCK 
EXHIBIT 
FAME 
ART 
EXCEPT 
IMAGINE 
NATURE 
EXCITE 
FREE 
SUCCESS 
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SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (9 points) 
Part 1: Read the following passage carefully and fill in each blank with one appropriate 
word from the box. Write your answers in the space provided. There are two words that 
you do not need. 
terms words came pieces touch change 
last experience talk accent get make 
Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (1) _____________________. Some have changed 
so much that you can hardly recognise them: they speak with a different (2) ____________________, 
they are also interested in different things, and all you can do is to make a small (3) _________________ 
and hope they’ll go soon. Others, though you might have been out of (4) ______________________ with 
them for years, are just the same as they always were – it’s as if you (5) ______________________ saw 
them yesterday. 
Before you know it, you’re exchanging (6) ______________________ about your families and friends, 
and setting out the (7) ______________________ for another game of chess. A few change for the better. 
There’s one person that I (8) ____________________________ on with very well now, though we weren’t 
on speaking (9) ________________________ for our last two years at school. One day, we met at a party 
and made it up and (10) ______________________ engaged the same evening. 
Part 2: In the following letter, 10 sentences (A- J) have been removed. Choose one correct 
sentence from the list of missing sentences in the box to fill in the gap. Write the 
corresponding letter from A – J in the numbered spaces from 1 - 10. 
A. and other historical places F. which I received last Saturday 
B. we can practice our French together G. we were so cold 
C. the whole four days H. My uncle works there 
D. doing this month I. the last time you were here 
E. but me and Melissa J. because I want to work 
Dear Jane, 
Thank you for your last letter (1) ______________ . I am happy that you have decided to start 
learning French like me. If you want, we can go on holiday together next summer to France and 
then (2) ______________. When I come to visit you in London in the spring, we can talk together in 
French if you want. 
Yesterday, I returned from my short holiday camping in Scotland. I went with Melissa, my 
friend that you met (3) ______________. Do you remember her? We stayed in her tent in a campsite 
near Edinburgh but the weather was terrible for (4) ______________ we were there. It rained every 
day and everything was so wet and (5) ______________. But while I was there I saw a lot of interesting 
places and we visited a lot of castles (6) ______________. One day, we hired a boat and went out onto a 
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lake which was near the campsite. It rained all day (7) ______________ decided to go for a swim in the 
lake and that was wonderful. 
I am starting my new job tomorrow in the library near my house. (8) ______________ and he 
helped me to find a job for every Saturday morning. I work from nine o'clock in the morning until 
one o'clock in the afternoon. It is very useful for me (9) ______________ in a library when I finish 
university. How is your job at the supermarket? Please tell me what you are (10) ______________. 
I am going to do my French homework now! 
Kate 
Part 3: Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the gap by circling 
its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
THE ROLE OF READING BOOKS 
If you want to prepare yourself for great achievement and have more to (1) ____________ to 
your education or your work, try reading more books. (2) ____________ up some of the interestingly 
informative books and search for well-researched material that can help you grow. 
We should (3) ____________ our children to read more books and spend less time watching 
TV. Some people have commented that this is inconsistent. "Why is the written word a superior 
way to get information than television?" That is an interesting point of view worth further (4) 
____________. Reading is a skill that is in much greater demand than the demand for watching TV. 
There are no jobs that (5) ____________ a person to be able to watch TV but reading is an integral 
part of many jobs. The written word is an incredibly flexible and efficient way of communication. 
You can write something down and, in no time, it can be (6) ____________ to many different people. 
Not only that, we can (7) ____________ vast amounts of information through reading in a very short 
time. A good reader can acquire more information in reading for two hours than someone 
watching TV can acquire in a full day. You are able to gain a lot of information quickly because you 
are a fast reader with good comprehension skills. It will save you massive amounts of time and 
you will be able to assimilate vast quantities of information. 
1. A. contribute B. collect C. gather D. gain 
2. A. Make B. Set C. Take D. Pick 
3. A. discuss B. encourage C. suggest D. define 
4. A. explore B. explorer C. exploration D. explorative 
5. A. inquire B. tell C. require D. ask 
6. A. sumitted B. handed C. sent D. communicated 
7. A. inhale B. breathe C. eat D. digest 
Part 4: Read the following passage then choose the best answer by circling its 
corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
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 1 There are lots of clothes shops in the Bluewater Shopping Centre in the south of England, so it's 
easy to find fashionable hooded tops for sale there. However, you can't wear a hooded top while 
you’re looking, because they're banned. The shopping centre believes that teenagers who wear 
hooded tops often use them to hide their faces while they're behaving badly. That's why the new 
5 rule bans people wearing ‘hoodies’ (hooded tops) from the shopping centre. Baseball caps are 
also banned. And the managers of the shopping centre say that their new rules are working. More 
people are shopping there, and trouble-makers are staying away. 
The Bluewater Shopping Centre is not the only place in the UK where certain clothes are banned. 
Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School in Wales are not allowed to wear hooded tops because 
10 the head teacher believes that they cause bad behaviour. If children wear hooded tops to school, 
the teachers take them away, and don't give them back until the end of term. Most of the 
parents agree with this new rule. 
However, many people, especially young people, believe that these rules are silly and unfair. They 
say that baseball caps and hooded tops are an important part of teenage fashion, and it’s 
15 impossible to judge a person's personality from the clothes they wear. The head teacher of 
Coombeshead College in the south of England agrees. In fact, hooded tops are now part of the 
school uniform at Coombeshead College. 
Many adults believe that young people's behaviour is getting worse. One politician, Lord Ashley, 
said. 'Children are ten times worse than in the past.' However, he said that in 1823! 
20 The generation gap is nothing new. 
1. At the Bluewater Shopping Centre, _________________. 
A. there aren’t any fashionable clothes B. hooded tops and baseball caps are banned 
C. only hooded tops are banned D. teenagers are banned 
2. The result of the ban is _________________. 
A. clothes shops are closing B. teenagers are hiding their faces 
C. there are more teenagers in the shops D. there are more customers in the shops 
3. Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School _________________. 
A. are not allowed to wear hooded tops B. can’t shop at the Bluewater Shopping Centre 
C. all support the new rule D. all behave very badly 
4. The head teacher of Coombeshead College doesn’t believe that _________________. 
A. young people behave well B. hooded tops are fashionable 
C. you can judge a person by their clothes D. school uniform is a good idea 
5. Why did the writer of the article include Lord Ashley’s statement? 
A. To show that adults always think children behave badly. 
B. To show that children always behave badly. 
C. To show that children behaved well in 1823. 
D. To show that adults are the same as. 
6. The word “them” in line 11 refers to _________________. 
A. the children B. the teachers C. the hooded tops D. the parents 
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Part 5: Read the passage and then decide if the statements are True (T), False (F) or Not given 
(NG). 
INTELLIGENCE PILLS 
Some scientists have predicted that healthy adults and children may one day take drugs to 
improve their intelligence and intellectual performance. A research group has suggested that such 
drugs might become as common as coffee or tea within the next couple of decades. 
To counter this, students taking exams might have to take drugs tests like athletes. There are 
already drugs that are known to improve mental performance, like Ritalin, which is given to 
children with problems concentrating. A drug given to people with trouble sleeping also helps 
people remember numbers. 
These drugs raise serious legal and moral questions, but people already take vitamins to help 
them remember things better, so it will not be a simple problem to solve. It will probably be very 
difficult to decide at what point a food supplement becomes an unfair drug in an examination. 
_________ 1. Only children will take pills to improve their intellectual performance. 
_________ 2. Intelligence pills are already as common as coffee or tea. 
_________ 3. Coffee is as common as tea. 
_________ 4. Students could have to take intelligence drugs tests. 
_________ 5. A sleeping pill helps people remember numbers. 
_________ 6. Vitamins to help people study are illegal. 
_________ 7. Food supplements are unfair. 
Part 6: Fill in each gap with one suitable word. 
Jam Boy 
Craig Flatman has an unusual diet. The 15-year-old boy has eaten only jam sandwiches (1) 
___________________ eleven years. Craig is over six feet tall and keen (2) ___________________ sports, so it 
seems that the high-sugar diet has not affected his growth or energy levels. Dr. David Rae carried 
out medical tests on Craig: the results were normal. Dr. Rae, (3) ___________________ was a little 
surprised at the results, says Craig has (4) ___________________ eat more iron. Craig has promised to 
improve his diet, but admits that the idea of eating friut and vegetables makes (5) ___________________ 
sweat. Dr. Rae thinks that if he continues to eat only jam sandwiches, his health will suffer in the 
future. 
SECTION D: WRITING (3 points) 
Part 1: Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given words so that the meaning 
stays the same. 
1. It’s my opinion that you should take more exercise. 
If I ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
2. It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error. 
The accident __________________________________________________________________________________________ 
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3. I don’t phone you because I don’t know your phone number. 
If ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
4. I have been studying English for five years. 
I started ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
5. “Don’t go too near the edge.” Their mother said. 
Their mother warned ______________________________________________________________________________ 
Part 2: Write a paragraph of about 120 words about some of the ways school students 
should do to save energy. 
Key 
___________ The End __________