Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Sở GD & ĐT Nam Định

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NAM ĐỊNH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NĂM HỌC 2013- 2014
Môn: Tiếng Anh 
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
 Đề thi gồm 07 trang
Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: ..........................
Bằng chữ: .......................
Họ, tên và chữ ký 2 giám khảo
Giám khảo 1: .........................................
Giám khảo 2: .........................................
SỐ PHÁCH
Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.
A. LISTENING (4.0 points)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu:
Nội dung nghe gồm 02 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần, đĩa CD tự chạy 2 lần;
Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc;
Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe. 
Section I: Questions 1-10.( 2 points )
Louise wants to join a video library. You will hear the conversation between Louise and the owner of the video library. You will hear the conversation twice.
Questions 1-5: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer .
VIDEO LIBRARY APPLICATION FORM
 Example	 Answer
 Surname:	 Jones
 First name :	 Louise Cynthia
 Address :	 Apartment 1,72 (1)..Street Highbridge
 Post code :	 (2).
 Telephone :	 98356712 ( home)
	 (3)..(work).
 Driver’s licence number :	(4)
 Date of birth : 	 Day : 25th Month : (5)... Year : 1977
Questions 6-8: Circle three letters A-F.
 What types of films does Louise like ?
	A. Action	B. Comedies	C. Musicals	D. Romance	E. Westerns	F. Wildlife
Questions 9-10 : Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
9. How much does it cost to join the library ?
10. When will Louise’s card be ready ?
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Section II: Questions 11-20.( 2 points)
You will hear two students Tim and Jane talking about their studying. Circle the letter A, B, or C to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. You will hear the conversation twice.
Questions 11-15
11. When did Jane arrive ?
	A. on Saturday	B. on Sunday	C. on Friday
12. What subject is Tim studying ?
	A. English	B. History	C. Geography
13. What subject is Jane doing ?
	A. Biology	B. Geography	C. Psychology
14. How many books does Tim have to read ?
	A. 43	B. 57	C. 45
15. When is Jane’s first lecture ?
	A. on Tuesday	B. on Wednesday	C. on Friday
Questions 16-20 : Before the discussion continues, you have some time to look at questions 16-20
16. What is Jane’s study strategy in lectures?
	A. She listens to the lectures carefully.
	B. She writes all the words she hears
	C. She records lectures
17. What’s Tim’s strategy for reading ?
	A. Skimming books	B. Reading quickly	C. Reading slowly
18. What is the subject of Tim’s first lecture ?
	A. French industry	B. French revolution	C. French history
19. What is the title of Tim’s first essay ?
	A. Why study history 	B. When study history	C. Why listen to history
20. What is the subject of Jane’s first essay ?
	A. Animals 	B. Languages	C. Animal language
PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (6.0 points)
 I. There is a mistake in each sentence. Find out the mistakes, underline and correct them. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2 points )
0. Jay, together with his parents, have visited California twice .
have àhas
1. Much industrial products can be made from soybeans. 
2. According some scientists, the earth is losing its outer atmosphere because of pollutants.
3. Passengers travel comfortable and safely in the new jumbo jets. 
4. I think she will be suitable for the work because she has been working like a teacher for a long time. 
5. All of the mammals, dolphins are undoubtedly among the friendly to human.
6. I hadn’t understood his directions. However, I asked him to repeat what he’d said.
7. A lot of information on the Internet are not reliable. 
8. She is no longer young to enter a beautiful contest.
9. Could you buy me some sugar if you went shopping ?
10. Grover Cleveland was the only American president served two nonconsecutive terms. 
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided. (1.0 point) 
The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising. Why _________ this (1. happen) ________________________? One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process. After all, there (2. be) ________________________ ice ages and long periods of warmth, so we could just (3. experience) ________________________ another warming trend. This kind of answer (4. have) _____________________ more supporters a few years ago. What scientists now (5. believe) ___________________ is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, human ( 6. gradually / change) _______________________________ the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We (7. create) _______________________ an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, (8. let) _____________ heat from the sun through and then (9. hold) _______________ it in. ____________________ temperatures and sea levels (10. keep)_________________ rising? The general answer is unfortunately yes. 
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2.0 points)
MEMORIES
I have never forget the most (0. wonder) moment in our career when we were given the highest score for our (1. perform) in the ice-skating championship (2. compete) at Helsinki. We received the (3. believe) score of nine marks of 6.0, which was the maximum score that could be given. The (4. long) of time that we had spent practicing our dance routine finally paid off. The (5.difficult) that we had found with some of the (6.music) pieces we had chosen was soon overcome and becoming (7.fame) was only a matter of time.
Those were the (8.excite) days of being young and (9.optimism) about everything and having the feeling that our (10.popular) would never lessen.
 0. wonderful
 1. 
 2. ...
 3. ...
 4. ...
 5. 
 6. 
 7. 
 8. .
 9. .
 10. ...
IV. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.(1 point )
1. “ Would you like me to get you a taxi ?”	“.......................................”
	A. That would be delightful. Thanks 	B. Well, let’s see
	C. Yes, please, if it’s no bother.	D. Yes, I see.
2............................... home schooling is apparently very successful, many people still believe in the benifits of traditional schooling.
	A. Despite that	B. Because	C. Even though	D. Inspite of
3. Put all the toys away............................... someone slips and falls on them
	A. provided that	B. unless	C. in case	D. as long as	
4. There’s almost no place .................................... that isn’t affected by pollution.
	A. on earth	B. on the world 	C. on the earth	D. in the earth
5. Marie Curie was the first woman.................................... two Nobel prizes.
	A. who awarded	B. to be awarded	C. awarding	D. that was awarding
6. “Would you mind putting the parcel in the post for me?” “.........................................”
	A. Don’t mention it	B. Yes, I would. I’ll do it now.
	C. Not at all. I’ll do it today	D. Yes, of course
7. “ I don’t think we should exercise late at night.”	“...................................................”
	A. Neither do I	B. I think so, too	C. So do I	D. I don’t, neither.
8. If you agree, I would like to a suggestion.
A. show 	B. set up 	C. reach 	D. make
9. Never ___________ till tomorrow what you can do today.
	A. put out	B. put off	C. put away	D. put down	
10. It’s hard to _________ well with him. He’s got such a difficult character.
	A. get over	B. get on	C. get into	 D. get in
PART C. READING (5.0 points)
I. Read the following passage and circle the most suitable answer ( A,B,C or D ) for each space: (2 points)
	A thousand years ago _____(1) lived two Chinese brothers. One was very wealthy but miserly. ______(2) was poor but generous. The wealthy brother, whose name was Kim,_______(3) all of his time figuring out how to increase his wealth. The poor brother, whose name was Cho, shared with his neighbours what little he had.
	By and by came a time when it rained for many days. The rice in Cho’s little paddy would not grow, for it was at the bottom of the hill. Kim, who raised silkworms, was not________(4) . Cho climbed the hill to ask his brother for help. Kim had many silkworms, whose threat he sold at a large profit. Kim did not want to give his brother ________(5) valuable, but only to appear to be helping him. Kim gave Cho a box of worms__________(6) he thought were near dead. Cho thanked him and took them home.
	Cho fed the worms _______(7) with mulberry leaves and they grew fat and healthy. Soon Cho had silk to sell. When Kim heard of this he became enraged at his brother’s good fortune. One night he sneaked down the hill and cut all Cho’s worms in half. Instead of dying, each of Cho’s worms regenerated, so he had ________(8) many as before. Upon hearing this, Kim became more enraged. He went out into his own collection and cut all his own worms in half. ______(9), Kim’s worms died and he lost his fortune. Cho never knew what his brother had done or why. He just took him into his modest home and cared for Kim for the _______(10) of his life.
1. A. here	B. there	C. who	D. have
2. A. The other	B. Another	C. The others	D. Others
3. A. spent	B. gave	C. did	D. devoted
4. A. effect	B. caused	C. affected	D. effective
5. A. everything	B. anything	C. many things	D. something
6. A. when	B. what	C. who	D. that
7. A. very generous	B. generously	C. in general	D. general
8. A. as twice	B. more twice	C. twice as	D. more twice as
9. A. But	B. While	C. Therefore	D.Although
10. A. sake	B. existence	C. history	D. rest
II. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions . ( 2 points )
	In 1976, two American spacecraft landed on Mars in order to search for signs of life. The tests that the Viking landers performed had negative results. However, scientists still have questions about our close neighbour in space. They want to investigate further into the possibility of life on Mars.
	Scientists’ interrest in the Red Planet is based on an assumption. They believe that 4.5 billion years ago, Mars and Earth began their existence under the similar conditions. During the first billion years, liquid water- in contrast to ice- was abundant on the surface of Mars. This is an indication that Mars was much warmer at that time. Mars also had a thicker atmosphere of carbondioxide (CO2). Many scientists think it is possibly that life began under these favourable conditions. After all, Earth had the same conditions during its first billion year, when life arose. At some point in time, Earth developed an atmosphere which is rich in oxygen, and an ozone layer. Ozone (O3) is a form of oxygen. The ozone layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet light from the Sun. While life not only began on Earth, it also survived and became more complex. In contrast, Mars lost its thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Ultraviolet radiation intensified. The planet eventually grew colder, and its water froze.().
	Scientists believe there are other areas on Mars that are similar to specific places on Earth which support life. For example, an area in Antarctica, southern Victoria Land, which is not covered by ice, resembles an area on Mars. In its dry valleys, the temperature in southern Victoria Land averages below zero, yet biologists found simple life forms ( microorganisms ) in rocks and frozen lakes. Perhaps this is also true of places on Mars.
	Scientists want another investigation on Mars. They want to search for fossils, the ancient remains of life. If life ever existed on Mars, future missions may find records of it under sand on or in the ice.
	Even if future missions discover no evidence of past or present life on Mars, the new missions may clarify our understanding of how life begins. Scientists will better understand the conditions that are necessary for survival of life – on Earth or in the universe. They will look for the answers to other intriguing questions. How is the earth different from Mars? How can we explain the development of life here on our planet and not on Mars, our close neighbour? Are we alone in the universe ?
1. What is the main idea of the passage ?
	A. Two spacecraft looked for evidence of life on Mars, but they were unsuccessful.
	B. Scientsts are interested in the possibility that there is or was life on Mars
	C. Mars is quite similar to Earth but there is no form of life on it
	D. Scientists are interested in how Mars is different from the Earth.
2. The phrase “ our close neighbour in space” reffers to 
	A. the Viking spacecraft	B. the Sun
	C. Mars	D. people living on Mars
3. Which of the following statements is not true ? 
	A. Mars and Earth had the same conditions at their beginning of existence
	B. Life began and survived on Earth , not on Mars.
	C.Mars and Earth are at the same age.
	D. Mars was much warmer than the Earth during the first billion years.
4. According to paragraph 2, what form does the water on Mars have today?
	A. liquid	B. solid	C. gas	D. We don’t know.
5. What do CO2 and O3 in paragraph 2 represent ?
	A. chemical symbols	B. abbreviations
	C. amounts of gases	D. the elements of the atmosphere
6. According to paragrahp 4, what are “fossils” ?
	A. a source of fuel	B. a part of natural resources
	C. the ancient remains of life	D. the ancient remains of Martians
7. What is the purpose of the dash ( – ) as used in the last paragraph ?
	A. to add extra information	B. to give a definition.
	C. to give an explanation or example.	D. to connect two sentences
8. In the beginning Earth and Mars were similar in that___________
	A. Liquid water was abundant on their surface.
	B. Their atmosphere was rich in oxygen.
	C. Simple forms of life arose on both planets.
	D. They both lost their atmosphere of carbon dioxide .
9. Which of the following is not true ?
	A. American spacecraft searched for signs of life on Mars in 1976.
	B. Scientists do not want to investigate life on Mars any more.
	C. Scientists believe there are other areas on Mars which support life.
	D.Scientists believe they may find ancient remains of life on Mars under sand or ice.
10. According to the passage, in the future scientists want to look for___________.
	A. evidence of past and present life on Mars.
	B. the condition necessary for the survival of life on Mars
	C. the explanation for the development of life on Earth but not on Mars. 
	D. the answers to the environmental problems.
III. Read the passage and fill in each blank with one suitable word (1 point )
	One warm day on late May, 43 students, two teachers, and six parents boarded the school bus for a trip to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. In less than an hour they arrived. The group had been studying nutrition and __________________(1) about to learn what it takes to feed a zoo.
	The zoo nutritionist was waiting for them when they arrived. Before they went to see the animals, they got to take a peek at the area_____________(2) food is odered, received, and sorted. The nutritionist pointed out that feeding about 7,000 animals is quite a feat. “ You had ____________(3)be amazed,” she said. “ For example, a single gray seal eats about 25 pounds of fish a day. Four big cats consume ___________(4) than 450 pounds of meat a week. And, believe it or not, we order crickets from a criket farm - some 38,000 at a time.” The children were amazed as the nutritionist told them even more about the menu of incredible proportions.
	Later , as the children walked around and observed the animals, they saw them in a different light. In fact, they would never think of the zoo again ________________(5) imagining the tons of food it takes to feed its residents
PART D. WRITING (5.0 points)
I. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using the clues at the beginning of each sentence. There’s an example at the beginning (0). (2 points)
0. She was not used to driving on the left.
àShe found it strange to drive on the left.
1. It rained torrentially , but we all enjoyed the excursion.
à Despite .....
2. What a pity! I don’t have enough money to buy that dictionary.
à If.................................................................................................................................................... 
3. This will be the boy 's first performance outside London.
à This will be the first time ............................................................................................................
4. The concert was not as good as we had expected.
 à The concert didn’t come............................................................................................................
5. More butter is eaten in America than in Europe.
à Not so
6. His parents always make him study hard.
à He..
7. "Sorry. I'm late" Mary said to the chief accountant.
à Mary .
8. It is not a habit of mine to stay up late.
à I am
9. As soon as he arrived, things went wrong.
à No sooner...
10. I’m sure she didn’t do it on purpose.
à She can’t .................................................................................................................
II. Use suggestions to make complete sentences. Make any changes necessary. You can add more words but cannot omit the given words. Write your answers in the space provided. (1.0 point)
1. Internet/ not only/ time-consuming/ costly/ but /dangerous/ because of/ viruses/ bad programs.
2. Tet / time/ families/ enjoy special food/ gather together.
3.If/ I/ you/ I/ practise/ speak/ English more regularly.
4. You / think / local authorities/ fine heavily/ anyone/ catch/ fish by electricity ?
5.Nowadays/ Ao dai/ usually/ wear/ women / especially/ special occasions.
III. Topic writing. (2.0 points)
Cuttting down forests is becoming a more and more serious problem that needs solving immediately. What are the bad effects that forest destruction causes ? Suggest some sollutions to this problem. Give your own opinion and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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