Đề và đáp án thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 9 - Năm học 2013-2014

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI 
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
PART A: PHONETICS ( 20 points)
I.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. ( 10pts)
1. A. food 	B.school	C. tool 	D. book
2. A. compose	B. emotion 	C. symphony	D. concern
3. A. massage	B. carriage	C.voyage	D. dosage
4. A.species	B. pollute	C. accept	D. receipt
5. A. leaf	B. of	 C. deaf	D. wife
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II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. ( 10 pts)
1. A. sewage 	B. simple	C. hobby 	D. describe
2. A. difference	B. encourage 	C. character	D. constitute
3. A. appliance	B. efficiency	C. misunderstand	D. identified
4. A. intelligent	B. population	C. opportunity	D. economics
5. A. reputation	B. entertainment	C. probability	D. continuous
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PART B: (70 points) VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet (40 points).
1. Nobody knows who invented the wheel, ______?
A. do they	B. don’t they 	C. does it 	D. doesn’t it
2. ________ having the best qualifications among all the applicants, Justin was not offered the job.
A. Although 	B. While 	C. In spite of 	D. Despite of
3. You have been reading for four hours. This book _____ be very interesting.
	A. can	B. might	C. must	D. should
4. English is ________ used in the world.
A. wide	B. widely	C. wider	D. widen
5. I can’t believe that you ______ all the five exercises. You just started ten minutes ago.
A. have finished 	B. will finish 	C. finished 	D. finishing
6. I can still vividly remember my father ______ me to ride a bicycle.
A. to teach 	B. teaching 	C. taught 	D. to have taught
7. My brother runs a business ______ he proves to have managerial skills.
A. however 	B. otherwise 	C. and 	D. but
8. The state laws limit the speed ______ motorists are permitted to drive.
A. at which 	B. which 	C. that 	D. where
9. ______ today, she would get home by Friday.
	A. Would she leave	B. Was she leaving	C. Were she to leave	D. If she leaves
10. He is _______ a lot of study pressure to win a place at university.
A. for	B. under	C. in	D. with
11. Shy people often find it difficult to ________ group discussions.
 	A. take place in	B. take part in	C. get on with	D. get in touch with
12. I live in a pleasant room _______ the garden.
	A. to overlook 	B. overlooking 	C. overlooked 	D. which overlooking
13. No one knows what the ______ of the explosion is.
A. source	B. cause	C. reaction	D. reason
14. I really can’t ______ the twins apart. They look so alike.
	A. say 	 B. talk	 C. take	D. tell	
15. The _______ age of the girls in this class is sixteen.
A. general	B. average	C. equal	D. usual
16. It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to ______.
 	A. meet 	B. break 	C. compare 	D. balance
17. My younger sister is very ______ and so she loves going out but I am much quieter and prefer to stay at home.
	A. enjoyable 	B. lively 	C. pleasing 	D. funny 
18. Lomonosov was not ______ a great scientist but also a very talented poet.
 	A. fairly	B. merely	C. hardly	D. scarcely
19. Linda: “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!” - Mary: “___________.”
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid 	B. You are telling a lie
C. Thank you for your compliment 	D. I don't like your sayings
20. Mark: “Do you find it very interesting to travel alone?” – Nick: “___________.”
A. Yes, you’re welcome 	B. Never mind 
	C. No, not at all 	D. It’s exciting
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II. Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL in the brackets. Write them on your answer sheet. (20 points)
1.He’s an expert in technology. We call him a____________________
(TECHNIQUE)
2. A famous pianist was __________________ for seven years
(PRISON)
3. She was given _______ for a three-month visit to Asia.
(PERMIT)
4. He is thinking of taking early ______ next year.
(RETIRE)
5. These workers got a bonus because they did their jobs ______. 
(EFFECT)
6. You can never be sure what he is going to do. He is so ______.
(PREDICT)
7. You can see her ______ on her face. She passed the examination with good results.
(SATISFY)
8. The church was damaged in the war but it has now been ______. 
(BUILD)
9. The thing I don’t like much about Kate is her ______.
(RELY)
10. It is becoming ______ obvious that changes will have to take place.
(INCREASE)
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III. Supply the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets ( 10 points)
a.She dislikes (1. ask) to do something by others.
b.The last time he ( 2. see) in public, he was wearnig a grey suit
c.She locked the door so as (3. not disturb ).
d. The city now (4. crowd) with people who ( 5. seek) employment
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PART C: ( 50 points) READING 
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (20 points)
ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. 
When you (1)______ speakers of English from around the world, you (2)______ notice that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some (3)______ in the words they use, including the names of (4)______ objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although pronunciation and (5)______ are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers (6)______ opposite sides of the world can understand (7)______ other quite easily. It does not seem to (8)______ where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen (9)______ learning English too. If you know English, you are more (10)______ to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.
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A. recognise
B. meet 
C. find 
D. attend
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A. originally 
B. strangely 
C. curiously 
D. immediately
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A. mistakes 
B. corrections 
C. changes 
D. differences
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A. common 
B. popular 
C. favourite 
D. general
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A. reading
B. composition 
C. dictation 
D. vocabulary
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A. to 
B. in 
C. from 
D. at
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A. each 
B. one
C. the 
D. some
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A. mind 
B. care 
C. matter 
D. worry
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A. by 
B. on
C. to 
D. for
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A. likely
B. certainly
C. possibly
D. luckily
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II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete the sentences. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (10 points)
Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend talking about food?, “Have you ever eaten......?”, “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and that what other people eat is strange or silly.
	In most part of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a large amount of beer, and the French drink wine every day.
	The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. Newzelanders eat sheep meat, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish.
	So it seems that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is little common sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.
1. The text is mainly about ______.
A. people’s attitude to food	B. the importance of meat
C. strange dishes in the world	D. food and life
2. The writer think that ______.
A. people eat only what is normal to everybody	
B. people often change their feelings about food
C. people have different opinions about food	
D. people like eating different food as they travel from one country to another.
3. In many Asian countries ______.
A. people almost always have rice in their meal	B. rice is a perfect food
C. rice is included in every menu	D. rice is completely eaten
4. The Japanese enjoy eating raw fish because ______.
A. it is not good to have fish cooked	B. it is special to them
C. it is well boiled	D. it doesn’t smell	
5. People everywhere think that ______.
A. we can spend few hours talking about food	
B. there is very little common sense in talking about food
C. there is very little common sense in what we say about the eating habits
D. we should do much to change our eating habits
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III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write it on your answer sheet. (20 points) 	Although the world’s energy resources (1) __________ taken many millions of years to produce, we (2) __________ quickly beginning to exhaust these supplies. Recently UN committee reported that (3) __________ world’s oil and gas supplies would (4) __________ about 100 years if used carefully.
	The report stated that there (5) __________ be enough oil and gas for a century only if the present demand could (6) __________ controlled. If the demand continued (7) __________ grow, the report said that fuel supplies would last for less (8) __________ forty years. According to the report, the governments now (9) __________ steps to control the amounts of fossil fuels (10) __________ are used.
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PART D: ( 60 points) WRITING 
I. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (20 points)
1. Do you make the children to do the morning exercise every day?
 A B C D
2. There was nothing specially about his clothes apart from his flowery tie.
 A B C D
3. He promised to telephone though I have never heard from him again.
 A B C D
4. My big dog is perfectly harmful, and has never been known to attack anyone.
 A B C D
5. Near the park is a famous landmark calling the Unification Palace.
 A B C D
6. All Mike's friends felt sorry about him when he had to give up playing football.
 A B C D
7. We couldn’t find the man who car was blocking our driveway.
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8. A large number of people was killed during the earthquake in China in May 2012.
 A B C D
9. The dentist gave me a check up and then telling me I needed two fillings.
 A B C D
10. He warned me to make an eye on my luggage as that place was full of thieves.
 A B C D
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II. Using the word given in each bracket and other words to complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. You must use between three and five words. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN IN CAPITAL. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (20 points)
1. If Alice hadn’t been delayed in the traffic, she would be here by now. 	(PREVENTED)
à The traffic _______________________________________________________ on time.
2. It’s a long time since our last conversation. (SPOKEN)
à We haven’t ________________________________________________________a long time.
3. I was strongly impressed by the performance of that young singer.(IMPRESSION)
à The performance of that singer ____________________________________________ me.
4. John failed to find the source of the River Nile.	(SUCCEED)
à John didn’t _____________________________________________ the source of the River Nile.
5. Without tourism, this area wouldn’t have much income. 	(DEPENDS)
à This area ___________________________________________________________ its income.
6.The play I watched last Sunday was better than this one. ( GOOD)
 àThis play________________________________________________ I watched last Sunday
7.The garage is going to repair the car for us next week. ( REPAIRED)
àWe are__________________________________________________ by the garage next week.
8. Man continues to take minerals from the earth in immense quantities. ( TAKEN)
àMinerals____________________________________________the earth in immense quantities.
9. “ I have to be criticied by non- professionals” the football start said. ( OBJECTED)
à The football star _________________________________________by non- professionals
10. I offered to help her but she said “ No, thanks”. ( TURNED)
à She______________________________________________ help
III. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (20 points)
1.Gary is proud of the fact that he is never late.
àGary prides___________________________________________________________
2. I don’t have enough money with me now; otherwise I will buy that coat.
	à If I ____________________________________________________________________
3. She thought it was too difficult for her to finish her work by lunchtime.
	à She found ______________________________________________________________
4. He speaks more persuasively than his brother.
à He is __________________________________________________________________
5. “Shall I carry the suitcase for you, Pauline?” said John. 
à John ___________________________________________________________________	
6. You needn’t go to that meeting.
à It isn’t __________________________________________________________________
7. My birthday party was held in an expensive restaurant.
à The restaurant ___________________________________________________________
8. It was wrong of you to allow a three-year-old child to walk home alone. 
à You should _____________________________________________________________
9. They decided to divide the money between the widows of the lifeboatmen. 
à They decided that ________________________________________________________ 
10. Keith certainly can’t be held responsible for the accident. 
à In no way _______________________________________________________________ 
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM 
ĐỀ THI HỌCS INH GIỎI LỚP 9 
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH 
(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 02 trang)
Part A: Phonetics (20 điểm) Mỗi từ xác định đúng được 2 điểm
I.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other
1. D. book
2. B.emotion
3. A massage
4. D. receipt
5. B. of
II.Choose one word whose streess pattern is different from the other
1. D. describe 
2. B. encourage
3. C. misunderstand
4. A. intelligent
5. D. continuous
* Lưu ý: Thí sinh chỉ cần viết đáp án A, B, C hoặc D
Part B: Vocabulary and grammar (70 điểm) 
I. (40 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 2 điểm
1. A. do they
2. C. In spite of
3. C. must
4. B. widely
5. A. have finished
6. B. teaching 
7. C. and 
8. A. at which 
9. C. Were she to leave
10. B. under
11. B. take part in
12. B. overlooking
13. B. cause
14. D. tell	
15. B. average
16. B. break 
17. B. lively 
18. A. fairly
19. C. Thank you 
20. D. It’s exciting
	* Lưu ý: Thí sinh chỉ cần viết đáp án A, B, C hoặc D
II. (20 điểm) Mỗi từ viết đúng được 2 điểm
1. technologist
2. imprisoned
3. permission
4. retirement
5. effectively
6. unpredictable
7. satisfaction
8. rebuilt
9. unreliability
10. increasingly
III. ( 10 points) Mỗi từ viết đúng được 2 điểm
 1. being asked 2. was seen 3. not to be disturb 4. is now crowded 5. are seeking
Part C: Reading (50điểm) 
I. (20 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 2 điểm	
1. B. meet 
2. D. immediately
3. D. differences
4. A. common 
5. D. vocabulary
6. C. from 
7. A. each 
8. C. matter 
9. B. on
10. A. likely
* Lưu ý: Thí sinh chỉ cần viết đáp án A, B, C hoặc D
II. (10 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 2 điểm
1. A. people’s attitude to food
2. C. people have different ...
3. A. people almost 
4. D. it doesn’t smell	
5. B. there is 
III. ( 20 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 2 điểm 
1. have
2. are
3. the
4. last 
5. would
6. be
7. to
8. than
9. take
10. which/ that
Part D: Writing (60 điểm) 
I. ( 20 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 2 điểm
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
II. (20 điểm) Mỗi câu viết đúng được 2 điểm
1. If Alice hadn’t been delayed in the traffic, she would be here by now. 	(PREVENTED)
à The traffic PREVENTED ALICE FROM BEING HERE on time.
2. It’s a long time since our last conversation. 	(SPOKEN)
	à We haven’t SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER FOR a long time.
3. I was strongly impressed by the performance of that young singer.	(IMPRESSION)
	à The performance of that singer MADE A STRONG IMPRESSION ON me.
4. John failed to find the source of the River Nile.	(SUCCEED)
	à John didn’t SUCCEED IN FINDING the source of the River Nile.
5. Without tourism, this area wouldn’t have much income. 	(DEPENDS)
	à This area DEPENDS (LARGELY / MOSTLY) ON TOURISM FOR its income.
6.The play I watched last Sunday was better than this one. ( GOOD)
 àThis play isn’t as / so good as the one/ play I watched last Sunday
7.The garage is going to repair the car for us next week. ( REPAIRED)
àWe are going to have/ get the car repaired by the garage next week.
8. Man continues to take minerals from the earth in immense quantities. ( TAKEN)
àMinerals continue to be taken from the earth in immense quantities.
9. “ I have to be criticied by non- professionals” the football start said. ( OBJECTED)
à The football star objected to being criticised by non- professionals
10.I offered to help her but she said “ No, thanks” (TURNED)
She turned down my offer of help.
III. (20 điểm) Mỗi câu viết đúng được 2 điểm
1. Gary prides himself on never being late.
2. If I had enough money with me now, I would buy that coat.
3. She found it difficult to finish her work by lunchtime.
4. He is a more persuasive speaker than his brother.
5. John offered to carry the suitcase for Pauline.
6. It isn’t necessary for you to go to that meeting.
7. The restaurant in which my birthday party was held was expensive.
8. You should not have allowed a three-year-old child to walk home alone.
9. They decided that the money should be divided between the widows of the lifeboatmen.
10. In no way can Keith be held responsible for the accident. 
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