SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2015-2016

-------------------------- HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

(Hướng dẫn chấm có 02 trang)

PART 1. LISTENING (2 POINTS)

Section 1: You will listen to a telephone conversation between Carl and Bella. Listen and choose the
correct option to complete the statements from 1 to 5. You will hear the recording TWICE (0.5 pt;
0.1pt/item)

1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
Section 2: You will hear five people talking about friendship. For questions from 1-5, choose from the list (A-H)
what each speaker says is the most important to them in a friendship. Use each letter only once. There are three
extra letters which you do not need to use. You will hear the recording TWICE. (0.5 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. C 2. G 3. E 4. A 5. F

Section 3: Listen to a talk about citizen journalism. Complete the notes below with one word in each
gap. You will hear the recording TWICE (1 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. analyzing/ analysing 2. information

3. Ordinary 4. online
5. Serious 6. trusted
7. providers 8. contributions
9. complement 10. edited

PART 2. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (2.5 POINTS)

Section 1: Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences (1 pt;
0.05 pt/item)

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. D 16. B 17. A 18. A 19. D 20. C

Section 2: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space at the
same line. (1 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. STARRING 2. POPULATION 3. ECONOMIC 4. STRATEGIC 5. SITUATED

6. LEADERS 7. FORMALLY 8. INDEPENDENCE 9. EVIDENT 10. TOURIST

Section 3: The passage below contains five mistakes in five different lines. Identify and correct them
(0.5 pt; 0.1/ item identified AND corrected)

Lines Mistakes Corrections

1 philosophy philosophical
2 evidences evidence
3 have has
4 what that
5 others other

PART 3: READING (3 POINTS)

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Section 1: You are going to read a magazine article from which five sentences have been removed.
Choose the most suitable sentences from the list A-G for each part (1-5) of the article. There are two
extra sentences which you do not need to use. (0.5 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. C 2. F 3. G 4. A 5. D

Section 2: Read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each space (1 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. A. mood 2. B. putting 3. B. looking for 4. D. composing 5. C. common

6. A. while 7. C. doing 8. A. came 9. A. tap 10. B. possibilities

Section 3: Read the following extract and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best
answers/completes the questions (1 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. A

Section 4: Read the following extract and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word for each space (0.5 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. with 2. despite 3. mine 4. out 5. that/this

PART 4: WRITING (2.5 POINTS)

Section 1: Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.
(0.5 pt; 0.1 pt/item)

1. Ever since uncle Timber fell down the stairs a few years ago, he hasn’t felt right.
2. You can’t blame me for having broken the glass/ breaking the glass.
3. No sooner had he arrived than things went wrong.
4. The exam this year is said to be much easier than it was last year.
5. She’s always been on good terms with her neighbours.

Section 2: Essay writing (2 pts)

Candidates’ essays are evaluated based on the following criteria:

Content: 40 %: Arguments are adequately supported (with main ideas, supporting

ideas and relevant examples etc.).
Language: 30 %: Demonstrate a diverse range of lexical items and grammatical
structures.
Presentation: 30%: Write with suitable style, cohesion, coherence. Appropriate word
count.

* Note for Part 3, Section 4 and Part 4, Section 1: The marking scheme above serves as a set of guidelines for the examiners. Due to
the unpredictable nature of the candidates’ answers, there might exist other acceptable alternatives to those suggested in the
guidelines. During the marking of the candidates’ papers, should any potentially correct answers arise, examiners are advised to
discuss thoroughly and agree on the validity of those answers.

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