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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC
2017-2018
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi có 06 trang)

PART A. LISTENING
Section 1: You will hear a man telephoning a library to find out about joining. Listen and complete the
form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. You will hear
the recording TWICE.

LIBRARY INFORMATION
For registration, must take
- two(1)_______________and
- two forms of I.D. E.g.driving licence, (2)_______________
Cost to join per year(with out current student card): (3) £_______________
Number of items allowed: (members of public)(4)_______________
Loan times: fourweeks
Fines start at (5) £_______________
Computers can be booked upto (6)_______________hours in advance
Library holds most national papers, al l(7)_______________,and magazines
Need(8)_______________to use photocopier

Answer
Creative Writing class
- tutor is John(9)_______________
- held on(10)_______________evenings

Section 2: You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students. Listen and choose the best answer A, B,
or C. You will hear the recording TWICE.
1. Why is tonight’s disco special?
A. It’s the last week of the course. B. It starts earlier than usual. C. It’s Sam birthday.
2. Where will the football match take place?
A. at Henry’s College B. at the sports centre C. in a park
3. After the football match, the students will .

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A. go to a pizza restaurant B. have a party at the college C. celebrate on the beach
4. The train to Thornton leaves at .
A. 12.15 B. 12.45 C. 1.20
5. What should the students bring to the picnic?
A. drinks B. bread rolls C. glasses

Section 3: You will hear a student called Shona giving a presentation on her research report. Listen and
choose the best answer A, B, or C. You will hear the recording TWICE.
1. In order to set up her research programme, Shona got .
A. advice from personal friends in other countries
B. help from students in other countries
C. information from her tutor’s contacts in other countries
2. What types of people were included in the research?
A. young people in their first job
B. men who were working
C. women who were unemployed
3. Shona says that in her questionnaire her aim was .
A. to get a wide range of data
B. to limit people's responses
C. to guide people through interviews
4. What do Shona’s initial results show about medical services in Britain?
A. Current concerns are misrepresented by the press.
B. Financial issues are critical to the government.
C. Reforms within hospitals have been unsuccessful.
5. Shona needs to do further research in order to .
A. present the government with her findings
B. decide the level of extra funding needed
C. identify the preferences of the public
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1: Choose the correct option marked A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.
1. weak was awell-known fact.
A. That their team was B. That their team being
C. Theirteam was D. If their team was
2. Richard, my neighbour, in World WarII.
A. says to fight B. says to have fought C. is said to fight D. is said to have fought
3. the phone rang later that night did Tom remember the appointment.
A. No sooner B. Only C. Not until D. Justbefore
4. My sisterhas just sixteen.
A. completed B. turned C. become D. had
5. Jane really loves the jewelry box that her parents gave her as a birthday present.
A. wooden brown nice B. nice wooden brown C. brown wooden nice D. nice brownwooden
6. I’ve got so much spare time. Now I’m thinking of taking a new hobby like stamp collecting.
A. in B. off C. up D. over
7. I have always my older brother for his courage and honesty.
A. taken up B. taken after C. lookedup to D. lookedafter
8. The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouths .
A. drip B. moisten C. water D. wet
9. It was such a shock to receive a letter like that .

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A. in the red B. out ofthe blue C. in the pink D. over themoon
10. - Jane: “Would you mind if I use your computer for an hour?” - Tony: “ .”
A. Not at all. I’ve finished my job B. Yes, you can use it
C. Of course not. I still need it now D. Yes, it’s all right
11. Don’t be in by his charm – he’s ruthless.
A. let B. put C. taken D. dropped
12. If Jim the plane, he here by now.
A. hadn’t missed/ would have been B. didn’t miss/ would have been
C. hadn’t missed/ had been D. hadn’t missed/ would be
13. He insisted that his method correct.
A. be B. were C. was D. is
14. in several early civilizations, a cubit was based on the length of the forearm from the tip of
the middle finger to the elbow.
A. It used as a measurement B. A measurement was used
C. The use of a measurement D. Used as a measurement
15. You just never lift a to help me – I have to do everything myself!
A. shoulder B. hand C. finger D. wrist
16. At the end of the match the players were exhausted.
A. solely B. utterly C. actually D. merely
17. of all of us who are here tonight, I would like to thank Mr. Jones for his talk.
A. On behalf B. On account C. In person D. Instead
18. He agreed to give me his car for the weekend on that I helped him write his essay.
A. condition B. term C. rule D. decree
19. George was from school for bad behavior.
A. exiled B. dismissed C. expelled D. discharged
20. The pictures are similar, but there are differences between them.
A. subtle B. few C. remarkable D. clear
Section 2: Each line in the following passage contains one mistake. Find out the mistake and correct it
as the example below.
Line 0: because → because of
People have always valued elephants because their size and strength. 0……………….
Asian elephants has been captured and trained to work for human being 1……………….
for two thousand years. We have been used in battles from the 3rd century 2……………….
up when World War II. Because they are easily trained, they have been 3……………….
used to transport goods and carry huge logs from forests which was once 4……………….
their homes. Approximately twenty-five percents of the world’s 5……………….
population of Asian elephants have been caught and trained to do variety 6……………….
jobs, including carrying passengers and help to capture more wild 7……………….
elephants. Elephants are considered to be more intelligent then most 8……………….
animals, including domestic dogs and cats. This shows by the way they 9……………….
can easily learn to do tricks and perform tasks, as soon as by the playful 10……………..
behavior of young elephants, who energetically play games of hide and
seek, tug of war and tag.
Section 3: Supply the correct form of the word provided to the right of each blank.
When computers appeared in the 1950s, many people thought that it
would not be long before these (1) machines started talking, thinking human being. In fact,
for themselves and taking over the world. People predicted all kinds of things, although computers today
from robot (2) to computerized houses. None of it happened. Despite can process information
the billions of dollars and years of research given to developing artificial thousands of times faster
intelligence, computers are still unable to hold a normal (3) with a than they could fifty years

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ago, they are only two or three times better at using human language than they 1. IMPRESS
were back then. In (4) , the huge increase in computer
use has proved that today’s computers, with their windows, mice, icons and 2. SERVE
commands, do not operate in the same way as the human brain. If this were not
true, there would be no need for the thousands of tech support staff (5) 3. CONVERSE
by all centres.
The trouble is that, even though computers can turn (6) into
text, recognise objects by using cameras, search through (7) amounts
of data and even use robot (8) to move like human beings, they are 4. ADD
unable to put all these (9) together and actually think and function like
human beings. One of the reasons for this is that scientists still do not know
much about how the human brain works, so it is (10) to program 5. EMPLOY
computers to copy the brain’s processes. 6. SPEAK
7. END
8. MECHANIC
9. ABLE

10. POSSIBLE

PART 3. READING
Section 1: Read the following passage and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word for each space.
Getting from place to place has been a challenge for humans (1) the beginning of man’s
existence. Not only (2) people struggle with the actually physical problems of travel, but they also
need to know the right direction to go. In one’s own little part of the world, this may have been relatively
easy, but, as humans expanded further and further, it became necessary to determine how to get from one
place to (3) and back again. Paths, roads, and trails made journeys easier, and the creation of maps
transmitted this knowledge to others. (4) , once humans pushed onto the vast oceans, there were (5)
roads or accurate maps. The compass, showing the magnetic north, was a great, yet imperfect,
aid. Latitude could be measured by sun angles, but (6) the perfection of timepieces in the 19th
century, it was almost impossible to measure longitude. Fortunately, today there is a device which allows
people easily to find their position no matter (7) they are: the Global Positioning System (GPS).
The Global Positioning System (8) of a series of twenty-four satellites in geosynchronous
orbit around Earth at an altitude of 12,500 miles. These satellites are in fixed positions, so, by reading the
(9) from three of them, a person holding a GPS receiver can know exactly where he is. The GPS
receiver synchronizes its clock with (10) of the satellites’ atomic clocks.

Section 2: Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions.
What is ‘extreme’ weather? Why are people talking about it these days? ‘Extreme’ weather is an
unusual weather event such as rainfall, a drought or a heat wave in the wrong place or at the wrong time. In
theory, they are very rare. But these days, our TV screens are constantly showing such extreme weather
events. Take just three news stories from 2010: 28 centimetres of rain fell on Riode Janeiro in 24 hours,
Nashville, USA, had 33 centimetres of rain in two days and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.
The effects of this kind of rainfall are dramatic and lethal. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed,
burying hundreds of people. In Pakistan, the floods affected 20 million people. Meanwhile, other parts of
the world suffer devastating droughts. Australia, Russia and East Africa have been hit in the last ten years.
And then there are unexpected heat waves, such as in 2003 in Europe. That summer, 35.000 deaths were
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So, what is happening to our weather? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Or are they
caused by human activity and its effects on the Earth’s climate? Peter Miller says it’s probably a mixture of
both of these things. On the one hand, the most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in
the climate. Two of the most famous weather cycles, El Niño and La Niña, originate in the Pacific Ocean.
The heat from the warm ocean rises high into the atmosphere and affects weather all around the world. On
the other hand, the temperature of the Earth’s oceans is slowly but steadily going up. And this is a result of
human activity. We are producing greenhouse gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. This heat
warms up the atmosphere, land and oceans. Warmer oceans produce more water vapor - think of heating a
pan of water in your kitchen. Turn up the heat, it produces steam more quickly. Satellite data tells US that
the water vapor in the atmosphere has gone up by four percent in 25 years. This warm, wet air turns into
the rain, storms, hurricanes and typhoons that we are increasingly experiencing. Climate scientist, Michael
Oppenheimer, says that we need to face the reality of climate change. And we also need to act now to save
lives and money in the future.
(Source: © 2015 National Geographic Learning, www.ngllife.com/wild-weather)
1. It is stated in the passage that extreme weather is .
A. becoming more common B. not a natural occurrence
C. difficult for scientists to understand D. killing more people than ever before
2. Which of these things is the basis of normal weather patterns?
A. greenhouse gases B. human activity C. El Niño and La Niña D. water vapour
3. What caused thousands of deaths in 2003?
A. a period of hot weather B. floods after a bad summer
C. a long spell of heavy rain D. large-scale landslides
4. According to the passage, extreme weather is a problem because .
A. we can never predict it B. it only affects crowded places
C. it’s often very destructive D. its causes are completely unknown
5. Which statement is NOT supported by the information in the passage?
A. Extreme weather is substantially influenced by human activity.
B. Unusual weather events are part of natural cycles.
C. We can limit the bad effects of extreme weather.
D. Such extreme weather is hardly the consequence of human activity.
Section 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
FENG SHUI – POSITIVE FEELINGS CHINESE STYLE
Recently, the Feng Shui business has been booming as more and more people (1)
an interest in Asian culture and lifestyles. Whether people are (2) Feng Shui experts or
simply buying books and trying it out for themselves, there is no doubt that, in the West, in the last few
years the idea of Feng Shui has really (3) off.
So what exactly is Feng Shui? Well, it is a Chinese art form that is concerned (4) the way
you arrange the rooms and the furniture in your house. It is believed that organising these things correctly
will (5) you happiness and good luck. In the UK there are currently about 300 Feng Shui
consultants. They will come to your house or office and give you advice (6) on your lifestyle and
date of birth. According to one such expert, I (7) install an aquarium with six black and one red
goldfish in my living room in order to absorb bad vibes. He also told me to (8) attention to one of
my windows. He advised me to put plants on the window sill to prevent the loss of positive energy. The real
‘weak spot’ in my house, however, was the cooker. He reassured me that hanging some dried vegetables
above it would solve the (9) .Whether you believe in the power of Feng Shui or not, it is certainly
having a major (10) on the way thousands of people organize their homes.
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2. A. requesting B. asking C. consulting D. advising
3. A. made B. driven C. taken D. started
4. A. with B. of C. in D. through
5. A. carry B. give C. make D. bring
6. A. based B. put C. held D. carried
7. A. ought B. need C. have D. must
8. A. give B. pay C. have D. put
9. A. fault B. error C. mistake D. problem
10. A. affect B. impact C. consequence D. power

Section 4: You are going to read an article about treasure in the mud. Five sentences have been removed
from the article. Choose the sentences from A-F the one which best fits gaps 1-5. There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use.

TREASURE IN THE MUD

Ian Smith likes to spend his free time looking for ancient objects
Mudlark was the nineteenth-century name for someone who searched in river mud at low tide, on
the lookout for objects that other people had lost or thrown into the water. For the original mudlarks it was
a way of making a living. But for Ian Smith it’s a hobby, because he’s looking for objects of historical
interest. Ian heads down to the River Thames at low tide with his electronic metal-detector and a spade.
Working around fast and sometimes dangerous tides, he hunts for ancient everyday objects from cups and
coins to buttons and badges. Anyone can have a go, as long as they have permission. There are currently
about 300 licensed mudlarks in Britain. But Ian, who is an antique dealer by profession, is not an ordinary
one. After thirty years, there’s barely a patch of wet mud on any tidal river in the UK that he doesn’t know.
1.
‘You’re not likely to find a chest of gold on a foreshore and the spectacular stuff in museums is
there because it is extremely rare,’ Ian tells me when I meet him under London’s Tower Bridge shortly
after breakfast. Here it’s more likely to be the everyday possessions of ordinary families. In other words,
they are objects that tell us how such people used to live centuries ago. It’s mostly rubbish – literally, from
a time when unwanted things were simply thrown into the river. Mudlarking involves working with a metal
detector, but also using your eyes – studying the surface, picking it over and knowing what you’re looking
at when you see it. Mudlarking, says Ian, is an activity that tends to attract solitary characters.
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‘But,’ he adds, ‘it’s also very tranquil. You may be in the middle of the city but the lapping of the
water takes you away from the hustle.’ We quickly make our first find, the sole from a sixteenth-century
shoe. Then, much to my dismay, Ian casually tosses aside our find: ‘You get to see a lot of those over the
years,’ he says.
3.
That piece of shoe leather, for example, is a give-away that the patch of mud around it is likely to
have been eroded by the tides to the sixteenth-century layer. Several oyster shells – an expensive shellfish
now, but common workman’s food then – support the theory. Conscious that the tide is against us, we dig a
little deeper. An item is often better preserved in the mud that it would be if exposed to the air.
4.
‘While mudlarking is ultimately about the love of history, it is also a race to capture and record
what we can before it’s gone,’ says Ian. ‘The water erodes layers, and property developments push further
and further out into the river.’ Sifting the mud in his surgeon’s gloves, Ian picks up what the untrained eye
would see as a lump of stone.
5.
Next, what looks to be a bit of grit reveals itself to be a tiny silver penny bearing the image of
Queen Elizabeth I. ‘People ask fishermen what they get out of staring out over a river for hours on end and,
unless you’re a fisherman, it’s hard to explain,’ says Ian. ‘It’s the same with mudlarking. Like fishing, it’s
very easy to become obsessive about it. But unlike fishing, you also have the pure excitement of seeing
something that’s been buried for centuries. It’s still amazing to me that this stuff is there.’

SENTENCES

A. Long, disused sets of steps that descend into the mud are another such clue.
B. But finding such objects can point towards more interesting things nearby.
C. It turns out to be part of a sword.
D. Because of this wide experience, he has special permission to dig deep in search of antiquities.
E. This scientific fact means the muddy shoreline is a sort of time capsule.
F. You have to be that sort of person to want to poke about in the mud for thirty years.

PART 4. WRITING
Section 1: Write the sentence beginning with the word(s) given so that it has the closest meaning to the
original one. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

1. While I strongly disapprove of your behavior, I will help you this time.
→ Despite my .
2. I only realised that I had forgotten to close the door when she told me.
→ Only when .
3. Despite Jack’s strange clothes, everybody ignored him.
→ Nobody took .
4. We will not delay our voyage whether there is a rain or not.
→ Regardless .
5. To pass the time, I looked through some magazines.
→ I whiled .

Section 2: Write an essay within 250 words on the following topic:

Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school.
- Do you agree or disagree with the above statement?
- Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge and experiences.

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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Gồm 02 trang)

PART A. LISTENING (4 points)

Section 1: You will hear a man telephoning a library to find out about joining. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. You will hear the recording TWICE. 2 points
(0.2pt/item)

1. (passport) photos/ 2. (a) bank statement 3. 125 (per year) 4. 8 5. 1.50

(passport) photographs
6. 48 7. local papers/ local 8. (a) card/ cards 9. Grantingham 10. Friday
newspapers

Section 2: You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students. 1 point (0.2pt/item)

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A

Section 3: You will hear a student called Shona giving a presentation on her research report. Listen and
choose the best answer A, B, or C. 1 point (0.2pt/item)

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C

PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5 points)

Section 1: Choose the correct option marked A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. 2 points
(0.1pt/ item)

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

Section 2: Each line in the following passage contains one mistake. Find out the mistake and correct it
as the example below. 1 point (0.1pt/ item) - Tìm đúng nhưng không sửa được cho 0,05 điểm

Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction

1 has have 6 variety various/a variety of
2 We They 7 help helping
3 when until/to 8 then than
4 was were 9 shows is shown
5 percents percent 10 soon well

Section 3: Supply the correct form of the word provided to the right of each blank. 2 points (0.2pt/ item)

1. impressive 2. servants 3. conversation 4. addition 5. employed

6. speech 7. endless 8. mechanisms 9. abilities 10. impossible

PART C. READING (6 points)

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Section 1: Read the following passage and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word for each space. 2 points (0.2pt/ item)

4. However/Nevertheless 5. no
1. since 2. do 3. another
Nonetheless
6. until/till/til 7. where 8. consists 9. signal 10. that

Section 2: Read the following passage and choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to indicate the correct
answer of each of the questions. 1 point (0.2pt/item)

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

Section 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 2 points (0.2pt/item)

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

Section 4: Choose the sentences from A-F the one which best fits gaps 1-5. There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use. 1 point (0.2pt/ item)

1. D 2. F 3. B 4. E 5. C

PART D. WRITING (5 points)

Section 1: Write the sentence beginning with the word given so that it has the closest meaning to the
original one. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 1 point (0.2 pt/ sentence)

1. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
2. Only when she told me did I realise that I had forgotten to close the door.
3. Nobody took notice of Jack despite his strange clothes.
4. Regardless of the rain, we will not delay our voyage.
5. I whiled away the time looking through some magazines.

Section 2: Essay writing. 4 points

Candidates’ essays are evaluated based on the following criteria:
Content: 40% (1.6 pts): Arguments are adequately supported (with main ideas, supporting
ideas and relevant examples etc.).
Language: 30% (1.2 pts): Demonstrate a diverse range of lexical items and grammatical
structures.
Presentation: 30% (1.2 pts): Write with suitable style, cohesion, coherence. Appropriate word
count.

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