Đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Sở GD & ĐT Hải Dương

S Ở GI ÁO D ỤC V À Đ ÀO T ẠO
H ẢI D ƯƠNG
Đ Ề THI H ỌC SINH GI ỎI LỚP 9.
M ÔN : TI ẾNG ANH
N ĂM H ỌC: 2015- 2016.
TH ỜI GIAN: 150 PH ÚT( KHÔNG K Ể THỜI GIAN GIAO ĐỀ)
( Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi. Phần trắc nghiệm chỉ ghi kết quả A, B, C ho ặc D)
A. LISTENING (15pts) 
I.Listen to Lucia talking about what she can do and complete the chart. Write the answer True (T) or False (F) on your paper. (5 pts).
Lucia can
True (T)
False (F)
1
drive a car
2
speak French
3
speak Spanish
4
Cook
5
play tennis
II. Listen and choose the best answer (a, b, c or d) for each of the following questions (10 pts).
1. Why do people in different places have different homes?
a. Because the weather conditions vary.
b. Because living standards vary.
c. Because they live in different places.
d. Because they have different concepts about homes.
2. What kind of raw material did prehistoric people use for building homes?
a. Stones.
b. Trees and branches or stones and rocks.
c. Glass.
d. Mud.
3. Where did people in hot, flat places usually live?
a. Large caves.
b. Storeys.
c. Ground holes.
d. Apartments.
4. Where did people living in the mountains usually live?
a. Mountain caves.
b. Ground holes.
c. Flats.
d. Forest.
5. What does home mean to people who live there?
a. Happiness.
b. Peace, comfort and love.
c. Sadness.
d. Building.
B. PHONETICS: Choose the word with the different stress pattern. (5pts)
6. A. message	B. wardrobe	C. arrange	D. comment
7. A writer	B baker	C builder	D career
8. A children	B neighbor	C famous	D approve
9. A Australian	B authority	C aviation	D technology
10. A. realize	B. improve	C. possible	D. comfortable
C. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE 
I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (10pts)
11. She said that she Dr Rice already. 
A. saw	 B. has seen	 C. had seen	 D. was seeing
12. Lan wishes she ... ill today .
 A. isn’t 	 B. weren’t	 C. didn’t	 D. wouldn’t
13. John went to the mountains for his holiday, and ....
A. so did we B. so didn't we C. we didn't ,too D. we didn't so
14. The old man ... care of everyday .
 A. is taked B. is took C. is taken	 D. took
15. You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday. Yoube really hungry.
A. might	 B. will	 C. can	 D. must
16. Martin asked us..........................so much noise.
	A. not make B. to make	 C. not to make	 D. made
17. The problem .......... never occurred.
A. I had expected it B. who I had expected C. that I had expected it 
D. I had expected
18. . ..... you or your sister is elegible for that job.
A. Either B. Every C. Neither D. No
19. Don’t waste time ..video games all day. 
A. playing	 B. play	 C. to play	 D. to playing
20. He prefers playing soccer ..going to school.
A.than	 B.to	 C.before	 D.after
II. Provide the correct form of the words in bracket(10pts)
21. What’s thebetween them? (relation)
22. English is a ....easy language for the Swedes to learn. (compare)
23. I need a pocket..................... (calculate)
24. The sun and the moon are often..in poetry.( person) 
25. He is full of ...for his English teacher. (admire)
26. If it doesn’t rain soon, there’ll be a great.. of water. (short)
27. Some young people today have a very strange.......................... (appear)
28. Hung was punished for his..................................... ( lazy)
29. My father can repair electrical ...very well. (apply)
30. They can't find the..........................to the last problem. (solve)
III. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find and correct it
 (5 pts)
31. I will give him the message when he will come here tomorrow.
 A B C D .........................
32. The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended. 
 A B C D 	.........................
33. Peter has told Mary to shut the door behind her, but do not lock it
	A	 B	 C	D ......................... 
34. Lan aksed me if I was going to visit my aunt the day before. 
 A B C D ......................... 
35. All our housework could one day be doing by robots.
 A B C D .........................
IV. Match the sentences in column A with the suitable response in column B.Use each response once only .( 5pts)
A
B
36. Excuse me.
37. Would you like some tea?
38. May I help you?
39. What would you like to do this Sunday?
40. Are your Mom and Dad OK?
36........
37. ......
38. ......
39. ......
40. ......
a.Yes, please.
b. Yes? What can I do for you?
c. Yes. They’re fine.
d. No thanks. I’m fine.
e. Why don’t we go to the seaside?
f. What a great idea. I’d love to.
g. Not at all.
D. READING:
I. Fill in each blank one suitable word to complete the passage.(10pts)
 Len Deighton has led..(41) interesting and varied life. He has been writing..(42) years but he has also ..(43) a photographer, waiter and even an advertising man. In 1992, he took his first job.(44) a railway clerk. Afterwards, he went on to become an art.(45) at St.Martin’s school of art in London. He ..(46) part time as a waiter in order to make money. At the beginning of the sixties, he went to settle in France where he ................. (47) lived ever since. In 1962, his first book (48) published. Since(49), he has written over twenty-five books. Not only has he ......(50) his famous spy novels but he has also written a history of the R.A.F.
II. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space ( 10 pts). 
HOPES AND DREAMS
 Some years ago, my daughter was (51) ____ English at a university on the south coast. One evening she phoned to tell me that what she really wanted to do was travel round the world, so she was looking (52) ____ the possibility of working in another country. She had seen several (53) ____ in the newspaper for student teachers of English abroad, and she was (54) ____ in one in Italy, which she was desperate to visit. She decided that this would be a good way to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to (55) _____ for the job. The reply (56) ____ a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she (57) ____ go for an interview in London the following week. She was so excited that she immediately got in touch with the school owner and agreed to attend the interview. She was determined that nothing would prevent her (58) ____ doing what she had set out to do. A (59) ____ days before the interview she had a very strange dream in which she (60) ____ birth to a beautiful baby. She was a little nervous and worried about the dream and phoned to ask me what I thought it might mean . As I knew something about dreams, I was able to assure her that it only symbolized her desire to do well in the interview.
51. 	A. studying 	B. learn 	 C. studies 	D. study	
52. 	A. up 	B. over 	C. into 	D. round	
53. 	A. notices 	B. posters 	C. advertisements	 D. announcements	
54. 	A. interested 	B. keen 	C. attracted 	 D. enthusiastic	
55. 	A. claim 	B. inquire 	C. request 	D. apply 	
56. 	A. was 	B. took 	C. spent 	 D. passed	
57. 	A. should 	B. would 	C. must 	D. will	
58. 	A. of 	B. from 	C. in 	 D. about	
59. 	A. some 	B. several 	C. few 	D. little	
60. 	A. made 	B. had 	C. gave 	 D. produced	
 III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A,B, C or D ( 5pts)
Australia.
	Is Australia the world's largest island or its smallest continent? Actually, it's both. In fact, Australia is the only country that's also a continent. Australia has a population of about 16.5 million people. That makes this island nation one of the least densely populated countries. 
	What ethnic groups make up the Australian population? The majority of Australians are of English, Irish, Italian, Greek, Dutch and Polish. However, over the past 50 years, some four million people from more than 120 countries have made Australia their home. This includes a large number of Asian and African immigrants.
61. What does the passage mainly discuss?
	A. The natural resources of Australia	
C. The history of Australia
	B. The economic feature of Australia	
D. The geographical features of Australia
62. That makes this island nation one of the least densely populated countries means
	A. This nation has the most population in the world
	B. This nation has more population than other countries.
	C. This nation has less population than its neighbours.
	D. This nation is one of the countries that have the least population.
63. The majority of Australians are of 
	A. English and Irish.
	B. English, Irish and Greek.
	C. English, Irish, Greek, Italian, Dutch and Polish.
	C. English, Irish, Greek, Dutch and Polish.
64. Over the past 50 years, some four million people from more than 120 countries have made Australia made their home means
	A. They left their countries and moved to Australia.
	B. They build their new houses in Australia. 
	C. They bought houses in Australia.
	D. They made their houses the same as in Australia.
65. What is not true about Australia?
	A. It is the biggest island in the world.
	B. It consists of islands.
	C. It is the only country that is also a continent.
	D. It is the smallest continent.
F. WRITING:
I. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (5pts)
66. He started to learn English ten years ago.
à He has ..
67. You can’t visit the United Kingdom unless you get a visa.
 à If you..................................................................................................................................
68. " Are you tired after the trip?". Lan asked Hung.
à Lan asked Hung
69. My classmate knows a lot more about it than I do.
àI don’t know........................................................................................................................
70. Nobody will tidy the room next week.
 àThe room	
II. Use the suggested words and phrases to write a letter(10 pts).
71. I/ arrive/ Hanoi/ 5 o’clock yesterday morning.
72. Now/ I/ staying/ nice hotel.
73. It / not far/ city center.
74. I/ already see/ Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum/ some places of interest.
75. Tomorrow/ take a trip/ Ha Long Bay.
76. I/ never / be there before.
77. I/ be / excited / trip/ not sleep.
78. I/ be home/ Sunday, Nov. 10th.
79. I/ tell you/ more/ trip/ when / be in Hue.
80. I hope/ you / be/ well.
 Dear Mom ,
.
........................................................................................
Yours,
Ha
III. Some people say that secondary school children should wear uniforms, others think that they should wear casual clothes. Which point of view do you agree with ? Write a paragraph of about 120 words in which you express your opinion about this (10 points).
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