Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Vòng 2 - Năm học 2008-2009

đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 Năm học: 2008 – 2009
Môn: tiếng Anh ( vòng 2)
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Chú ý: - Bộ đề thi này gồm có 06 trang, từ trang 01 đến trang 06	 - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào bộ đề thi này.
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Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 1:
Số phách
- Bằng số:..
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(Do chủ tịch hội 
- Bằng chữ:
Họ tên, chữ ký của người chấm thi số 2:
đồng chấm thi ghi)
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Part a: listening: 
 Listen to the following interview and choose the correct answers: (100,2=2mks):
 1. Steven has to work 
A.very short hours
B. short hours 
C. long hours
D. very long hours
 2. What time does he start work in the morning?
A. seven o’clock
B. eight o’clock
C. nine o’clock
D. ten o’clock
 3. When does he have days off?
A. Wednesdays
B. Thursdays
C. Fridays
D. Saturdays
 4. He doesn’t have to 
A. wear white
B. do the washing up
C. be careful about hygiene
D. stand up all the time
 5. How long did he learn the course of the profession at college?
A. one year
B. two years
C. three years
D. four years
 6. In the first year, Steven had to learn the basic and take 
A. exams
B. care
C. guests
D. hotels
 7. He wrote to about six , and one of them gave him his first job.
A. canteens
B. restaurants
C. hotels
D. houses
 8. He doesn’t have to  too long to get the job.
A. learn
B. practise
C. do
D. wait
 9. The secret of being good at his job is  to details.
A. discussion
B. patience
C. attention
D. option
 10. What are his future plans?
A. have his own place
B. buy a new house
C. get another job
D. go on holidays
Part b: phonetics
Choose the word in each group which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others (50,2=1mk):
 1. A. tongue
B. lung
C. month
D. fond
 2. A. washes
B. lessons
C. potatoes
D. cars
 3. A. consumer
B. reduce
C. plumber
D. use
 4. A. watched
B. stopped
C. worked
D. cleaned
 5. A. danger
B. angry
C. language
D. passage
Part c: vocabulary and structures: (6mks)
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms or tense of the verbs in brackets (60,25=1,5mks):
 1. My brother spent hours ...(repair) his motorbike.
 2. Don’t forget to bring my dictionary when you...(come) back tomorrow.
 3. Would you mind ...(show) me how to send an e-mail?
 4. We can’t find our motorbike. You ...(see) it?
 5. The ao dai ...(mention) in poems and songs for centuries, and nowadays they ...(wear) by many Vietnamese women at work.
II. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:
(5 0,2 = 1 mk)
 1. This man on television supposes to be the tallest in the world.
	 A B C D
 2. The weather doesn’t look very good. If it rains, I stay here.
	 A B C D
 3. I haven’t finished to decorate the Christmas tree yet.
	A B C D
 4. Their neighbour will look for the garden when they go on holiday.
	A B C D
 5. The water and land around the chemical factory are serious polluted.
	 A B C D
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences(100,2=2mks):
 1. My brother can’t earn money ... he has no job.
A. unless
B. until
C. if
D. without
 2. Is this true... the law says there is no smoking in restaurants in this city?
A. that
B. what
C. that what
D. if
 3. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, ... this incident again.
A. I will never mention
B. I never mention
C. Will I never mention
D. I don’t mention
 4. Lan wishes she... have to clean all the windows.
A. don’t
B. doesn’t
C. wasn’t
D. didn’t
 5. If only we ... in the countryside right now.
A. are
B. were
C. would be
D. can be
 6. The police officer stopped them and asked them where ... 
A. were they going
B. are they going
C. they are going
D. they were going
 7. We couldn’t go on a picnic as planned ... it was raining hard.
A. however
B. but
C. so
D. because
 8. Because plastic bags are very hard to ..., they will cause pollution.
A. tear
B. wrap
C. dissolve
D. collect
 9. Jim doesn’t speak very clearly, ...
A. so it’s difficult to understand him
B.because it’s difficult to understand him
C. but it’s difficult to understand him
D. as it’s difficult to understand him
 10. They ... the nearest village before sunset.
A. came
B. arrived
C. went
D. reached
IV. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets: (60,25=1,5mks)
 1. The price of ... has gone up again.	Electric
 2. If it doesn’t rain soon, there’ll be a great ...	short
 3. We must learn about keeping the environment ... pollute
 4. Don’t eat those vegetables. They are ...	poison
 5. The cost of ... must be paid by the buyer.	Carry
 6. Environmental ... is everybody’s responsibility. Protect
Part d: reading comprehension: (5,5 mks)
 I. Read the following passage carefully. For each of the following dictionary definitiom, write down the correct word (underlined and printed in bold type in the passage): (100,2=2mks)
 The world’s ocean are so vast that they can cope with the present levels of pollution. However, little is known about the long-term effects of such slow poisoning. The most serious problem of moderm time is that man is destroying the earth’s natural resouces and transforming huge areas into wasteland. As a result, it is becoming extremely difficult to grow enough to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. A way of protecting all the wildlife on the earth must also be found as many species are in danger or disappearing completely from the face of the earth. The danger, however, is not confined solely to the land and the sea. The smoke in the atmosphere, for example, is increasing so much that the amount of sunlight has been reduced in many cities. Man’s whole environment is being changed in a serious way.
birds, animals, fish which are not tamed.	 wildlife
keeping something safe from harm.	______________
the process of making something dirty or impure	______________
barren area, desert	______________
the air, water and land in which we live	______________
completely changing in form or nature	______________
wealth, goods or products people can use	______________
the air surrounding the earth	______________
the number of people living in a place	______________
difficulty, which needs attention and thought	______________
results, consequences	______________
II. Complete the passage with the most suitable words: (6 0,25 = 1,5mks):
 Every year, people in many countries learn English. Some of (1)  are young children. Others are teenagers. Many (2)  adults. Some learn at school. Others study by themshelves. A few learn English just by hearingthe language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. Most people must work hard to (3)  English. 
 Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to (4)  this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English (5)  it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of the books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines (6)  English.
-> Answers:
 1..
2..
3..
 4..
5..
6..
III. Read and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each space: 
(10 0,2 = 2mks)
 Jeans are very popular with young people all (1)  the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of (2) But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (3)  two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (4) in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a saleman (5)  California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strass. (6)  they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (7)  with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years (8) , Levi began making his pants with blue cotton (9)  called delim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10)  jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
 1. A. in
B. on
C. over
D. above
 2. A. youth
B. young
C. younger
D. youngest
 3. A. lots
B. much
C. most
D. almost
 4. A. make
B. makes
C. making
D. made
 5. A. in
B. on
C. at
D. with
 6. A. Although
B. But
C. Because
D. So
 7. A. famous
B. popular
C. good
D. wonderful
 8. A. late
B. later
C. latest
D. last
 9. A. cloth
B. clothing
C. cloths
D. clothes
 10. A. wear
B. wearing
C. wore
D. worn
Part e: writing (5,5mks)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. (4 0,25 = 1 mk):
 1. Not a single house in the village escaped undamaged.	WHICH
 -> ..
 2. The dog that chases our cat belongs to those people.	WHOSE
 -> ..
 3. It might rain, so take an umbrella with you.	CASE
 -> ..
 4. Do you get on well with your next-door neighbor?	WHO
 -> ..
 5. There will be a lot of sunshine in the north-east.	SUNNY
 -> ...
II. Rewrite these sentences, not to change their meaning, beginning with the words given: (6 0,25 = 1,5 mks)
Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
 -> In spite ..
2. That woman used to work with us when we lived in London.
 -> That’s ....
3. Does your little sister use the Internet everyday?
 -> Your little sister ....
4. If someone doesn’t put the coal in, the fire will go out.
 -> Unless ...
5. “Let’s use fewer plastic bags,” he said.
 -> He suggested 
6. We don’t have enough money, so we can’t buy that car.
 -> If we .
III. Make complete sentences from the words and phrases given: (5 0,2 = 1 mk)
novel/ published/ last month/ one of the best-sellers.
 -> ....
how fast/ you/ drive/ when/ accident/ happened?
 -> ......
 3. Thanh/ Linh/ who/ not/ come/ class yesterday/ explain/ absence/ teacher.
 -> ......
 4. Easter/ joyful/ festival/ which/ celebrate/ many countries/ world.
 -> ......
 5. watch/ which/ give/ me/ mother/ 14th birthday/ be/ invaluable present.
 -> ......
IV. Some students say that it’s difficult to learn ‘Listening” at school, especially with tapes. Do you agree? Why? or Why not? (2 mks)
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Hướng dẫn chấm đề thi chon học sinh giỏi lớp 9 Năm học: 2008 -2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh (vòng 2)
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Part a: listening (2 mks): (100,2=2mks)
1 - D.
very long hours
2 – C
at nine o’clock
3 – A
Wednesdays
4 – B
do the washing up
5 – B
Two hours
6 – A
exams
7 – C
hotels
8 – D
wait
9 – C
attention
10 – A
Have his own place
Part b: phonetics (50,2=1mk)
1 - D. fond	2 – A. washes	3 – C. plumber	4 – D. cleaned	5 – A. danger
Part c: vocabulary and structures: (6mks)
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms or tense of the verbs in brackets (60,25=1,5mks):
 1. repairing	2. come	 3. showing 4. Haveseen	5. has been mentioned
II. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:
(5 0,2 = 1 mk)
 1. B	2. D	 3. B	 4. B	 	 5. D
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences(100,2=2mks):
 1 – C. if	2 – A. that	 3 – A. will never mention 4 – D. didn’t
 5 – B. were	6 – D. they were going	7 – D. because	 8 – C. dissolve
 9 – A. so it’s difficult to understand him	10 – D. reached
IV. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets: (60,25=1,5mks)
 1. electricity	2. shortage	3. unpolluted	
 4. poisonous	5. carriage	6. protection
Part d: reading comprehension: (5,5 mks)
 I. Read the following passage carefully. For each of the following dictionary definitiom, write down the correct word (underlined and printed in bold type in the passage): (100,2=2mks)
1. protecting	 2. pullution	 3. wasteland	 4. environment	 5.transforming
6. resouces	 7. atmosphere 8. population 9. problems 10. effects	
II. Complete the passage with the most suitable words: (6 0,25 = 1,5mks):
 1. them	 2. are	 	 3. learn
 4. answer	 5. because	 6. in
III. Read and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each space: 
(10 0,2 = 2mks)
 1. C	2. A	3. D	4. D	5. A	
 6. C	7. B	8. B	9. A	10. B
Part e: writing (5,5mks)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word. (4 0,25 = 1 mk):
 1. There was not a single house in the village which escaped undamaged.
 2. Those are the people whose dog chases our cat.
 3. Take an umbrella with you in case it rains.
 4. Do you get on well with the person who lives next door?
 5. It will be sunny in the north-east.
II. Rewrite these sentences, not to change their meaning, beginning with the words given: (6 0,25 = 1,5 mks)
Inspite of his broken leg/ having a broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.
That’s the woman who used to work with us when we lived in London.
Your little sister uses the Internet everyday, doesn’t he?
Unless someone puts the coal in, the fire will go out.
He suggested using fewer plastic bags.
If we had enough money, we could/would buy that car.
III. Make complete sentences from the words and phrases given: (5 0,2 = 1 mk)
The novel that/ which was published last month is one of the best-sellers.
How fast were you going when the accident happened?
Thanh and Linh who didn’t come to class yesterday explained/ are explaining their absence to the teacher.
Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries in the world.
The watch which was given to me by my mother on my 14th birthday is an invaluable present.
IV. Some students say that it’s difficult to learn ‘Listening” at school, especially with tapes. Do you agree? Why? or Why not? (2 mks)
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	Thân bài: Nêu được ít nhất 5 ý về việc đồng ý hay không đồng ý với quan điểm trong bài, có ví dụ chứng minh thuyết phục về những quan điểm đó hay gợi ý cách nghe có hiệu quả, đặc biệt đối với học sinh các trường phổ thông.	 	 1,25 điểm
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