Đề thi khảo sát học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2011-2012 - Phòng GD & ĐT Ý Yên

1PHềNG GD – ĐT
HUYỆN í YấN
ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HSG – NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Mụn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phỳt
 Ngày thi: 29/11/2011 Đề thi gồm 8 trang
Họ và tờn : ...Lớp: 9.
Trường THCS: SBD: .
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Điểm bài thi
Bằng số: ..........................
Bằng chữ: ........................
Họ, tờn và chữ ký 2 giỏm khảo
Giỏm khảo 1: ..........................................
Giỏm khảo 2: ..........................................
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Chỳ ý: Thớ sinh làm bài vào đề thi này
PART I. LISTENING (3.0 points)
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu:
- Phần nghe gồm 1 bài, thớ sinh được nghe 2 lần,
- Mở đầu và kết thỳc phần nghe cú tớn hiệu nhạc.
- Hướng dẫn: thớ sinh nghe và điền từ thiếu vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau.
Dengue fever feels like a severe case of the flu, including pain in the muscles and
joints. The World Health Organization says there may be (1)_____________ million
dengue infections every year.
Deaths are rare, (2)____________ than thirteen thousand a year. But dengue has
spread sharply since the nineteen (3)______________.
The disease is found mostly in cities. The (4)_____________ says forty percent of
the world's population is now at risk in more than one hundred countries.
Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific are the most affected. (5)____________ is
also found in Africa, the Americas and the eastern Mediterranean.
There is no vaccine against dengue and no special treatment. Scott Ritchie of James
Cook (6)_____________ in Queensland, Australia, says control efforts target the
mosquitoes that spread dengue.
He (7)________________ the only way to control it is through the use of pesticides
chemicals and perhaps community education.
But some mosquitoes are getting resistant to those pesticides. He and other scientists
from Australia and the United States are (8)_____________ on a different plan of
attack. They blocked the growth of dengue virus in mosquitoes by infecting them
with a kind of bacteria called Wolbachia pipientis.
Wolbachia is commonly (9)_____________ in fruit flies and is safe for people. The
researchers released mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia into an indoor test area
filled with uninfected (10)_____________.
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2The infected ones mated with the uninfected ones and successfully spread the
bacteria. The researchers then tried their experiment (11)_____________.
Over a two-month period they released more than three hundred thousand
(12)_____________ mosquitoes in two Australian towns. Scott O'Neill at Monash
University in Melbourne says the mosquitoes quickly infected wild populations just
as they had in the indoor test.
Once the release has stopped, the Wolbachia continued to increase until the
experiments ended. (13)_____________, the plan is to do tests over the next two to
three years in an area where many people are infected with dengue.
The researchers described their work in two papers published in the journal
Nature.Mosquitoes also spread malaria.
The kind of mosquito that injects the malaria parasite into the people it bites is most
active around (14)_____________ and sunrise.
So bed nets can help protect people while they sleep. But the mosquito that spreads
dengue, Aedes aegypti, is most active (15)_____________ the day.
PART II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer. Circle A, B, C or D: (3pts)
Example: I haven't seen her _______ a long time.
A. since B. before â. for D. at
1. I work as a teacher and my wife _______________, too.
A. do B. is C. work D. does
2. Are there enough apples for us to have one _______________?
A. every B. each C. self D. individually
3. In life ______________ can make a mistake; we're all human.
A. anyone B. some people C. not anybody D. someone
4. She knows that she _____________ to pay now.
A. had better B. needn't C. should D. ought
5. Don't forget to __________ the alarm clock for six o'clock tomorrow moming.
A. put B. ring C. set D. wind
6. I remember ___________ him say the grass needed ______________.
A. hearing / cutting B. heanng /to cut
C to hear/ to be cut D. to hear / cutting
7. The room was______________ of strangers.
A. full B. complete C. crowded D. filled
8. My alarm goes _____________at 5 a.m.
A. in B. off C. up D. down
9. The loudspeakers won't work unless you ______________ those cables
A. connected B. connect C. don't connect D. can't connect
10. All the boys in my class are good at cooking, but ________is as good as the girls.
A. either B. neither C. every D. none
11. I made one or two mistakes, but ____________of my answers were correect.
A. much B. most C. more D. few
12. We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the _____________.
A. bill B. invoice C. price D. cost
13. I was passing their house, so I ________________Claire and Michael.
3A. dropped in B. came up with C. got on with D. run into
14._______________John nor his friends are going to the beach today
A. Either B. Neither C. Nor D. So
15. I want to _______ advantage of the sale at the shoe shop while it's on.
A. make B. have C. get D. take
II. Fill in the blanks with a, an, the, X (for no article) (1p)
 a. My father has just bought me (1)............ LG computer.
b. (2).......... whale is (3)............. mammal, not (4)...... fish.
 c. We are going to (5).............. tea with (6)............... Smiths today.
d. (7). Titanic, one of the most famous ocean liners sank on its first voyage across
(8). Atlantic.
e. For centuries,(9)....... buildings were made of (10)............. stones.
III. Give the correct form of the words in capital letters. Write your answers on
the numbered blanks. There is an example at the beginning: (1.0 p)
These days it is (0) impossible to open a newspaper
without reading about the damage we are doing to the
environment. The earth is being (1) ................... and the
future looks bad. What can each of us do? We cannot clean
up (2) ..................... rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we
stop the (3)........................ of plants and animals but we can
stop adding to the problem while (4)...... search for
answers, and laws are passed in nature’s (5)....
It may not be easy to change your lifestyle (6). ..
but some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of
(7)...... you do, use as little plastic as possible. It is
also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8).......
bills. We must all make a (9)........ decision to work
for the future of our planet if we want to (10) ..... a better
world for our grandchildren.
0. POSSIBLE
1. THREAT
2. POLLUTE
3. APPEAR
4. SCIENCE
5. DEFEND
6. COMPLETE
7. DRIVE
8. HOUSE
9. PERSON
10. SURE
IV. Use the correct form the verbs in the following sentences. Write the answers
on the spaces provided .(2pts)
a. This is the first time I (1- read)...a novel (2- write).... by an American
novelist.
b. The stereo (3- play).... since 6 pm. I wish someone (4- turn)....it off.
c. He wore a false beard (5- avoid).... (6- recognize).....
d. She describes the accident as if she (7- witness) ..... it yesterday.
e. (8- Write) ..... the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope.
f. If you don’t hurry, all the tickets (9- sell) ....by the time we (10- get) ..... there.
 1.................  2 .......... 3.... .. ................. 4 ....................
 5 ............... . 6 .......... 7.... . .................. 8 ....................
 9 ............... . .................. 10... .
4PART III: READING
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer. (1 pt)
Let us begin by saying what does not cause our dreams. Our dreams do not
come from another world. They are not messages from some outside source. They
are not a look into the future, either.
All our dreams have something to do with our emotions, fears, longings,
wishes, needs and memories. But something on the ‘outside’ may affect what we
dream if a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may include a feeling of this
kind. If the covers on your body such as a quilt or a blanket have slipped off your
bed, you may dream that you are sleeping or resting on the ice and snow. The
material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experiences
you have today.
So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on
you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may
also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is
why very young children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school
examinations, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their families, and
prisoners of freedom.
To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and how your wishes
or needs can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of an experiment. A
man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbent
cotton. He would dream that he was in a hospital and his charming girl friend was
visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hand!
There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream,
what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams though a
bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it offers an interesting approach to
the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not
come true. In other words a dream is a way of having your wishes carried out.
1. Our dreams_______ .
A. are simply messages from another world B. are a curious look into the future
C. have a little connection with our emotions, wishes or needs
D. are to some degree caused by some of our feelings.
2 If the covers have slipped off your bed, you may dream that_______ .
A. something comfortable happens to you. B. you are staying in freezing
surroundings
C. some people are making noise D. you have nothing on at all
3 When the back of a man’s hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbent cotton
in the experiment, he would dream that _______ .
A. his hand was being struck by someone B. his hand was gently touched by his sweetheart
C. his hand was badly hurt by something D. somebody was wiping sweat off his body
4 When a person feels hungry, he is likely to dream of _______ .
A. wonderful fairies B. lovely young girls
C. fine food and drinks D. his family members
5 Some scientists' explanation of dreams __________ .
A. does not give an outlet for our wishes B. gives us an exact answer to the problem
5C. offers a meaningful approach to the problem
D. is widely accepted and thought highly of by the public
II. Read the following text and do the following exercises (3pts)
1- Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-6) of the
article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Write your
answers in the numbered boxes. An example is given.
A Decide on a dream
B Be ambitious
C Get informed
D Sell yourself
E Get experience
F Be realistic
G Use your contacts
H Be positive
HOW TO GET THE JOB OF YOUR DREAMS
 0 H
The main complaint from young people these days seems to be “I don’t know what I
want to do” followed closely by “It’s pointless trying anyway”. Times have changed
and the job market is not what it was with even graduates living off state
unemployment benefits. But there is work if you want it, and if you are prepared to
try hard and follow our handy and helpful plan for Getting The Job Of Your Dreams,
you can still find your first foothold on the career ladder.
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Compromise, improvise and give up your ideas of walking straight into a company
director’s job and you may find that later rather than sooner you are engaged in
doing a useful and rewarding job.
 2
Think about what you would like to do. If you hate children, forget about primary
school teaching. If you cant’ stand writing, forget about journalism. Do you want to
work abroad? Do you want to work in an office? Be imaginative! Don’t limit
yourself to what you want to be, but to what you like to do. And watching telly
doesn’t count!
 3
If you like listening to people’s problems and helping your friends out when they’re
in tricky situations, you should find out about the kind of jobs which involve this sort
of work. Psychotherapy, social work, teaching, and personnel management are some
of the jobs you could do. Find out what you would have to do in the job, and how
you could get qualified.
 4
Get in touch with people you know who already have your dream job. Ask to spend a
day ‘shadowing’ them. They can explain how they got where they are today, the pros
and cons, the salary and other details and you can first-hand experience of what the
job involves.
6 5
It’s not too late to volunteer your free time for the sake of your curriculum vitae.
Write off and offer your services free. Then impress your colleagues by learning fast
and being nice to everyone. Who knows, they may even offer you a job. And you can
still claim unemployment benefit while you’re volunteering, so long as you make an
effort to find paid employment.
 6
It will take more than an impressive curriculum vitae and a smart suit to get you a
job but you can’t go wrong with a carefully worded ‘Hire me’ letter mailed to
prospective employers. Who knows, your letter could end up on the desk of a
compassionate employer. What have you got to lose?
2- Read the text again and find words or phrases in the article with these
meanings (7-15). The paragraph number is given in brackets.
7. useless (0) ..
8. accept less then you wanted (1) ..
9. giving personal satisfaction and pleasure (1) 
10.difficult, awkward (3) 
11.contact (4) 
12.advantages and disadvantages (4)
13.learned directly, not from books or other people (4)
14.people you work with in a professional job (5)
15.kind and caring (6)
III. Choose the words from the box to complete the following passage. Use each
word once. Write the answers on the numbered blanks. There is an example
at the beginning: (1p)
wastes, dirty, threatens, pollution, recycling, serious,
areas, products, disposing, sources, garbage,
Many cities have a (0) serious (example) pollution problem. Motor
vehicles, factories, and other (1) ___________ create so much air pollution
that it may hang in the air like (2) ___________ fog. Air pollution (3)
___________ the health of the people who live in cities. City (4)
___________cause water pollution when they are poured into waterways.
These wastes kill fish and make some (5) ___________ unfit for swimming. In
addition, many large cities have difficulty (6) ____________ of their garbage.
The amount of (7) ___________ grows each year, but places to put it are
quickly filling up.
Citizens, governments, industries, scientists, and business people must
work together to gradually reduce (8) _____________. For example, most
cities have introduced (9) _____________ programs, which cut down on
garbage and the space needed to store it. Residents separate recyclable
products from garbage, and city governments provide drop-off cites or pick up
the (10) ____________ from homes.
7PART IV: WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.
 Example: She cycles to school every day. (bike)
 →She goes to school by bike every day.
1. Harry's home is still in Spain, isn’t it? (lives)
→ Harry .he?
2. The motor in this machine needs cleaning once a week. (has)
→ The motor in this machine ..once a week.
3. You can borrow my bike if you are in a hurry. (mind)
→ I ..you my bike if you're in a hurry
4. I regret giving Dennis my phone number. (I)
→ I wish  my phone number.
5. Jackie hasn't been swimming for five years. (swimming)
→ The last . was five years ago.
II. Finish second sentences. Write your answers on the spaces provided .There is
an example at the beginning. (2pts)
 Example: It takes me 3 hours to do my homework every day.
→I spend 3 hours doing my homework every day.
1. Harry can't afford to go on holiday.
 →Harry hasn't ......................................................................................................
2. "Would you like to go to the concert with us tonight?" they said to me.
 →They .................................................................................................................
3. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.
 →So ....................................................................................................................
4. You should take the train instead of the bus.
 →If .......................................................................................................................
5. I’m sure that someone forgot to lock the door.
 →Someone must...................................................................................................
6. They bought this house ten years ago.
 →They have .........................................................................................................
7. The course finished with a big party.
 →At the end .........................................................................................................
8. The plane had hardly left the airport when the accident happened.
 →Hardly ..............................................................................................................
9. You feel tired now because you didn’t sleep well last night.
 →Had ...................................................................................................................
10. When did you start the project ?
 →How long....................................................................................................?
8III. Use suggestions to make a complete letter. Write your answers on the spaces
provided. (2pts)
Dear Mom,
1. I have/ wonderful/ time/ here/ London.
2. I/ stay/ International School of English/ some/ foreign students.
3. They/ from/ France/ Italy/ Thailand.
4. They/ friendly/ helpful/ their English/ much better/ mine .
5. Every day/ I/ practice/ speak English/ them.
6. My speaking/ bad/ so/ they/ help/ correct/ pronunciation.
7. Sometimes/ I/ find/ difficult/ understand them/ especially/ when/ speak/ fast.
8. My/ English grammar/ ok/ but/ sometimes/ spelling mistakes.
9. hope/ improve/ my English/ end/ course.
10. I/ look forward/ hear/ you/ soon.
Yours truly,
Linh
Dear Mom,
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