SỞ GD&ĐT QUẢNG BÌNH KỲ THI CHỌN HSG TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2017-2018

Khóa ngày 22 tháng 3 năm 2018

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
LỚP 9 THCS
Họ và tên:…………….. Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Số báo danh:………….. Đề gồm có 05 trang

Lưu ý: * Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.

* Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
* Giám thị không hướng dẫn hoặc giải thích gì thêm.

SECTION ONE: LISTENING (15 pts)

* Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được ghi âm 2 lần. Giữa 2 lần ghi âm của mỗi phần và giữa
các phần có một khoảng thời gian chờ.

Part 1: A customer is calling the reception to book a room for next week. Listen to the conversation
and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). (7 pts)

STATEMENTS T F
1. The customer wants to book a single room
2. There isn’t any room available
3. The customer’s name is Duncan Geoffrey
4. His telephone number is 5762 3821
5. He will arrive on the nineteenth and leave on the twenty-third of September.
6. He will pay 210 pounds in total.
7. He will pay cash on arrival.

Part 2: Listen and fill in the following blanks to complete thẹ passage. Use ONE OR MORE THAN
words or/and number in each blank. (8 pts)
Hello, everyone. Sorry to interrupt your class. I just want to make a quick announcement about
our (8)…………………… Shimmers Dance School will be offering new classes this spring due to
strong demand. Angela Stevenson will be back this term, running the (9)………….…….. class. This
class will be on Tuesdays, and instead of normal hour (10)………………….. , we’ll be running the class
for an hour and a half, so it will continue until 8 o’clock. This means we have to charge higher fees, but
only slightly higher: from (11)………………..… That’s only £2.00 for the extra half hour! Next, Janine
Davis will still be teaching the tango classes. Instead of being on Mondays these classes will be on
Wednesday nights from 7 o’clock to 8 o’clock. The (12) ………………………….... will still be £7.50
for the hour. Last but not least, Andrew is taking over the tap class. This class is for early risers as it
starts at 8.30 on (13) ………………… and finishes at 10. We expect this class to be very popular as tap
is a great way to get fit while learning new (14) ……………………... This will cost £11.00. All the
other classes remain the same as the (15) ………….…. timetable. We hope there’s something for all of
you at Shimmers!

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SECTION TWO: PHONETICS (5 pts)
Part 1. Pick up the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (3pts)
16. A. feather B. leather C. feature D. measure
17. A. orchestra B. orchard C. chord D. chaos
18. A. audience B. august C. laugh D. taught
Part 2. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. (2pts)
19. A. experiment B. fabulous C. merchandise D. influence
20. A. decorate B. disappoint C. festival D. primary
SECTION THREE: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (15 pts)
21. I must think that matter over carefully before I answer you.
A. remember B. decide C. consider D. memorize
22. It’s necessary that every student of our class _____ hard.
A. study B. studying C. to study D. studies
23. Nobody is ready to go, ______?
A. isn’t he B. is he C. are they D. aren’t they
24. When tropical storm ______ 120 kilometers per hour, it can damage a lot of things.
A. arrives B. comes C. reaches D. runs
25. Peter : “What a lovely house you have!” – Mary: “___________________________”.
A. Of course not, it’s not costly B. I think so
C. Thank you. Hope you will drop in D. No problem
26. Some of my friends are taking extra classes in English ______ become tourist guides.
A. so that B. so as C. in order that D. so as to
27. Peter and his friend were badly injured in the last match, so ______ can play today.
A. both of them B. either one of them C. neither of them D. not any of them
28. Nancy talks as if she ______ everything.
A. knows B. had known C. knew D. know
29. ______ breakfast is the first meal of the day.
A. The B. A C. This D. 0
30. We had a good time last summer.
A. enjoyed ourselves B. had plenty of time C. had enough time D. had a useful time
31. I like school ______, but later I hate it.
A. at the first B. at first C. in the first time D. in a first time
32. I must get that letter posted. I must ______.
A. post it B. have posted it C. have it posted D. have got it to posted
33. Ha has ______ money that he can’t afford to buy food.
A. so few B. so many C. so little D. so much
34. The journey was rather long but really ______.
A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyable D. enjoyed
35. Do you know ______?
A. what it was wrong B. what was it wrong C. what wrong it was D. what’s wrong it
Part 2. Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms. (8 pts)
36. His sister ___________________ (give) a car for her twentieth birthday next year.
37. I _________________ (read) the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.
38. He ______________________ (elect) president of the football club at their last meeting.
39. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ______________ (go) to bed.

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40. He recommended the old soldier ____________________ (write) about the Second World War.
41. Present day problems demand that we _____________________ (be) ready for any emergency.
42. You ____________________ (not go) there because he did not expect you.
43. By the time you come back home, you _____________ (complete) this examination.
Part 3. Read the sentences below. Put the words given in brackets into the appropriate forms (7pts)
44. Jewish people celebrate freedom from (slave) __________ on Passover holiday.
45. I am very (pride) ______________ to be chosen for the national team.
46. We often go to the town cultural house, which always opens on (publicity) __________ holiday.
47. Although the problems were rather difficulty, they managed to (solution) __________ all of them.
48. Could you (straight) ______________ the picture over the sofa?
49. She wanted to have her skirt (long) ___________ .
50. They are cheered (enthusiasm) ___________ .

SECTION FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION (25 pts)

Part 1. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in
each gap. (10 pts)
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is ______(51) complicated as it is
serious. It is complicated ______(52) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For
example, exhaust ______(53) automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles
______ (54) transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material ______(55)
pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large ______(56) of people. Too much
fertilizer or pesticide can ruin soil, but fertilizers and pesticide ______ (57) important aids to the
growing of crops. Thus, to end ______ (58) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to
______ (59) using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But
pollution can ______ (60) gradually reduced in several ways.

Part 2. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Choose A,B,C or D
to indicate your answer. (10 pts)
Recent research has (61)________ that a third of people in Britain have not met their (62)
_______ neighbors, and those who know each other (63)_______ speak. Neighbors gossiping over
garden fences and in the street was a common (64)________in the 1950s, says Dr Carl Chinn, an expert
on local communities. Now, however, longer hours spent working at the office, together with the
Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighborhood (65)_________. "Poor neighborhoods once
had strong kinship, but now prosperity buys privacy," said Chinn.
Professor John Locke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large
(66)________ of surveys. He found that in America and Britain the amount of time spent in social
activity is decreasing. A third of people said they never spoke to their neighbors at (67)________.
Andrew Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in West London, with two flat mates,
who work in e – commerce. "We have a family of teachers upstairs and lawyers below, but our contact
comes via letters (68)________ to the communal facilities or complaints that we've not put out our bin
bags properly," said Mayer.
The (69)________ of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in burglaries
and (70)_______ of vandalism, the police have relaunched crime prevention schemes such as
Neighborhood Watch, call on people who live in the same are to keep an eye on each others' houses and
report everything they see which is unusual.

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61. A. exhibited B. conducted C. displayed D. revealed
62. A. side-on B. next-door C. close-up D. nearside
63. A. barely B. roughly C. nearly D. virtually
64. A. outlook B. view C. vision D. sight
65. A. ties B. joins C. strings D. laces
66. A. deal B. amount C. number D. measure
67. A. least B. once C. all D. most
68. A. concerning B. regarding C. applying D. relating
69. A. breakout B. breakup C. breakdown D. breakaway
70. A. acts B. shows C. counts D. works
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each question. (5 pts)

The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region. Although Vietnam
lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and influence has
resulted in the emergence of many East Asian characteristics in Vietnamese culture, and generally
Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, known widely as Chinese cultural
sphere.
Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many
distinct customs. While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional Vietnamese culture,
there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later Western cultures, most notably of
France, Russia and the United States.
In term of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture to
be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization. Vietnam’s population in 2006 was
84,402,966, with a population density of 253 people per km2. Most people live in or near the
densely populous Red River or Mekong deltas. Due to the nation’s southward expansion
throughout its history, along with the different climate and environment met by the settlers as they
moved further south, slightly different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between
Northern and Southern Vietnam.
71. The culture of Vietnam______ .
A. is the youngest in Asia B. does not get any Asian characteristics
C. is influenced by that of China D. was greatly dominated by that of Western
72. Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?
A. Of the United States B. Of the United Kingdom C. Of Russia D. Of France
73. Vietnamese people ______ .
A. cannot keep their own culture in their daily life
B. have many diverse nation customs
C. highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture
D. failed to retain the native customs
74.Through history, Vietnam expanded to the ______ .
A. south B. north C. east D. west
75. Which statement is true?
A. The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures.
B. The Mekong delta is more populous than the Red River one.
C. Red River delta is densely populous.
D. Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas.

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SECTION FIVE: WRITING (25 pts)
Part 1: 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. (7 pts)
76. I met her while I was staying in Paris last summer. stay
I met her......................................................................in Paris last summer.
77. I couldn't remember the name of my hotel when I got into the taxi. called
I couldn't remember.............................................................when I got into the taxi.
78. We were all surprised when she suddenly left the job. found
All.................................................................when she suddenly left the job.
79. "Are you a member of the club?" the receptionist said to me. belonged
The receptionist asked.............................................................the club.
80. Do shops usually stay open so late in this country? usual
Is.........................................................stay open so late in this country?
81. He doesn't often find it difficult to earn money. trouble
He seldom............................................................money.
82. Jack has become confident as a result of his success. turned
Jack's success has............................................................. person.

Part 2: Rewrite each of these sentences in such way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it. (8 pts)
83. Gary is the best guitarist in the class
 No one else …………………………………………………………
84. Lan was sick but she still went to class yesterday
 Despite ……………………………………………………………..
85. People think that doing morning exercises is good for health.
 It ……………………………………………………………………
86. Follow the instructions carefully and you won’t have any problems.
 As long as…………………………………………………………...
87. “I’m sorry, I gave you the wrong number” said Paul to Susan.
 Paul apologized…………………………………………………….
88. I have never seen such a mess in my life.
 Never…..…… …………………………………………………….
89. The people who were at the meeting will say nothing to the press.
 Nobody who………………………………………………………..
90. She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
 She …………………………………………………………………

Part 3: Essay writing (10 pts)

Write about 200 - 250 words about the following topic: Computers can translate all kinds of
languages well, so children don't need to learn more languages in the future.
Do you agree with the statement? Give reasons and examples for your answer.

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