PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS

THANH OAI NĂM HỌC 2014-2015

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian 150 phút
(Đề thi gồm 05 trang; thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)
ĐIỂM CỦA BÀI THI Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo SỐ PHÁCH
Bằng số: Giám khảo số 1:

Bằng chữ: Giám khảo số 2:

PART ONE: LISTENING(3.0)

Listen to the conversation between Kate and Nga then tick the best option.
1. Where is Nga from?
A. She is from China.
B. She is from Vietnam.
C. She is from Ho Chi Minh City.
D. She is from Hue.
2. Why is Nga studying English?
A. She needs it for her job.
B. She like it.
C. She needs it for her study.
D. Because it is interesting.
3. What does she do?
A. She works for a bank, an agribank in Ha Noi.
B. She works for a newspaper in Ha noi.
C. She works for a bank, an international in Ha Noi
D. She works for a hospital in Ha Noi.
4. What about her listening?
A. It's terrible. This is his biggest problem.
B. It is not terrible. This is her biggest problem.
C. It's terrible. This is their biggest problem
D. It's terrible. This is her biggest problem.
5. Does she like studying English?
A. Oh yes. It's an interesting language and it's very useful.
B. Oh yes. It's Vietnam's language and it's very useful.
C. Oh yes. It's an interesting language and it isn't very useful.
D. Oh yes. They are interesting languages and it's very useful.,

PART TWO: PHONETICS ( 1.0 point)

I.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others. (0,2 x 5 = 1.0pts)
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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 Write your answers here

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II.Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (0,2 x 5 =
1.0 pt)
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

Write your answers here

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PART THREE: (6.5 pts) 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 (0.1 x 15 = 1.5 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 leave
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
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 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

Write your answers here

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II: Fill in the gap with ONE correct preposition. (0.1 x 10 = 1.0 point)
1. What did you think _________ the film? Did you enjoy it?
2. She usually leaves __________ work at 6.30 every morning.
3. It’s important for us to prevent factories __________ discharging untreated wastes
into rivers.
4. Could I speak _________ Betty, please?
5. You must complete this answer sheet _________ pencil.
6. _________ first, our team played rather badly but then they tried their best and won
the game in the end.
7. Vietnamese women often wear Ao Dai, our long traditional dress, _________
special occasions.
8. Nam: What’s the time?
Hai: It’s nearly four o’clock now. It’s ten _________ four, to be exact.
9. They are living in a small house _________ the foot of the mountain in the North of
Vietnam.
10. _________ cold weather, it is very nice to sit by the fire.

III. Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL in the brackets. Write them
on your answer sheet. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 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 (SATISFY)
with good results.
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 (INCREASE)
place.
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IV: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form(0,2 x 10 = 2.0 points).
1. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize)……………..
2. You always (complain)………………about my cooking.
3. Lan bought a new English book yesterday. She (read)…………….it tonight.
4. I could tell at a glance that the pile of the letters on my desk (disturb)......while I
(be)............out.
5. I (return)…………..the book as soon as I finish (read)…………it.
6. He wishes that he (work)………………harder but it’s too late now.
7. He can’t send E-mail because he (not get)…………a modern for his computer.
8. When we (get)…………….to the restaurant, we (find)…………that nobody
(remember)………….to reserve a table.
9. Hardly he (take)......... up the book when the phone (ring)..............
10.Were I your age, I (do)………………differently.

Write your answers here.

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PART FOUR: READING ( 4.0 points)

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. (0.1 x 10 = 1.0 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.
1. A. recognise B. meet C. find D. attend
2. A. originally B. strangely C. curiously D. immediately
3. A. mistakes B. corrections C. changes D. differences
4. A. common B. popular C. favourite D. general
5. A. reading B. composition C. dictation D. vocabulary
6. A. to B. in C. from D. at
7. A. each B. one C. the D. some
8. A. mind B. care C. matter D. worry
9. A. by B. on C. to D. for

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 10. A. likely B. certainly C. possibly D. luckily

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II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write it on your answer
sheet. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 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.
Write your answers here.
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III: Read the following passage and answer the following questions. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0
points)
In the United Kingdom we each use about two hundred steel food and drink cans
every year. Steel cans are popular because they are convenient, easy to store and
unbreakable. But when you have finished with a can what do you do with it? Do you
throw it away and forget all about it? Probably! But behind the scenes there are people
whose job is to make sure that the steel is never wasted. In fact, recycling or re-using
steel cans is so successful that every day of the year more than five million cans start new
lives in new steel products.
After you have thrown away your can, what happens? Well, first of all it is collected
by those who empty your dustbin each week and taken to a tip or dump, together with all
the other household rubbish. Then the rubbish is stored and the steel cans are taken
separately to a special factory which then find its way back into your home in the form of
knives and forks, garden equipment and, of course, food and drink cans. So the next time
you open your favourite drink, just remember where your can may have been!
1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
A. advertise canned drinks. B. describe the steel industry.
C. provide some information. D. describe rubbish collection.
2. Why should somebody read the text?
A. to discover what happens to old cans.
B. to find out more about how steel is made.
C. to understand how rubbish is collected.
D. to learn about the soft drink industry.
3. How do we know that re-using steel is very successful?
A. Every person uses 5.000 cans a year.
B. Over 5.000.000 cans are recycled daily.
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 C. All cans and tins are now made from steel.
D. It reduces the amount of waste collected.
4. After being taken to the tip, empty cans _____________
A. are turned into high quality steel.
B. are washed and sent back to our homes.
C. are separated from rubbish and sent to a factory to be recycled.
D. are made into knives, forks and garden equipment.
5. What does the writer suggest about our action with old cans?
A. We are more interested in what happens to them.
B. We are making things difficult for the dustbin people.
C. We could help by sending them to the factory.
D. We should be more careful where we throw them.
Write your answers here.
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PART FIVE: WRITING (4.5 points)

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence printed before it. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 points)
1. He learned to speak English well in only one year.
Ò It took………………………………………….………………………….…..………
2. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
Ò Not only ………………………………………………………..…….………………
3. I prefer going out for a meal to staying at home.
Ò I’d rather……………………………….……………………………………………..
4. But for his help we wouldn’t have finished the project on time.
Ò If it ………………………………………………………………………………….. so
5. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
Ò The man is……………………………………………………………………….. …

II Complete the second sentence that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given in brackets. So not the words in any way.(0.2 x 5 = 1.0 points)
1. Marconi invented radio about a hundred years ago. (was)
……………………………………………………………………………………..
2. It’s a pity my father can’t speak English. (only)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. “ Do these clothes belong to you?’’ said Liz to me.(if)
……………………………………………………………………………………
4. Did you usually wear jeans when you were young? (use)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. We have never been to Viet’s native village before. (time)
……………………………………………………………………………………
III. Write an essay of about 200 words on the following topic: (2.5 points)

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People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good health? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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PHÒNG GD VÀ ĐT HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

Thanh Oai ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015
Môn: TIẾNG ANH

(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 03 trang)

PART ONE: LISTENING(3.0) Bài nghe phần listen unit 5
Listen to the conversation between Kate and Nga then tick the best option.
Mỗi từ xác định đúng được 0.6 điểm
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A

PART TWO Phonetics (2.0 điểm) Mỗi từ xác định đúng được 0.2 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. 2. B. 3. C. 4. A. 5. D.
describe encourage misunderstand intelligent continuous
* Lưu ý: Thí sinh chỉ cần viết đáp án A, B, C hoặc D
PART THREE: Vocabulary and grammar (6.5 điểm)
I. (1.5 điểm) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.1 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 10. B. under
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 she to leave
11. B. take 12. B. 13. B. cause 14. D. tell 15. B. average
part in overlooking
* Lưu ý: Thí sinh chỉ cần viết đáp án A, B, C hoặc D
II: Fill in the gap with ONE correct preposition. (0.1 x 10 = 1.0 point)
Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.1 điểm
1. of / about 2. for 3. from 4. to 5. in
6. At 7. on 8. to 9. at 10. In
III. Supply the appropriate form of the words in CAPITAL in the brackets. Write
them on your answer sheet. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 points)
Mỗi từ viết đúng được 0.2 điểm
1. technologist 2. 3. permission 4. retirement 5. effectively
imprisoned
6. unpredictable 7. 8. rebuilt 9. unreliability 10.
satisfaction increasingly
IV: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form(0,2 x 10 = 2.0 points).
Mỗi từ viết đúng được 0.2 điểm
1. being recognized 6. had worked
2. are always complaining 7. hasn’t got/ gotten
3. is going to read 8. got/ found/ had remembered
4. had been disturbed/ was 9. had he taken/ rang
5. will return/ reading 10. would do
PART FOUR: READING ( 4.0 points)
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. (0.1 x 10 = 1.0 points)
Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.1 điểm
1. B. meet 2. D. 3. D. 4. A. common 5. D.
immediately differences 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. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write it on your answer
sheet. (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 points)
Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.2 điểm
1. have 2. are 3. the 4. last 5. would
6. be 7. to 8. than 9. take 10. which/ that
III: Read the following passage and answer the following questions. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0
points) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.2 điểm
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D
PART FIVE: WRITING (4.5 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the sentence printed before it. (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 points) Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.2 điểm
1. It took him only one year to learn to speak English well.
2. Not only did he spend all his money but also borrowed some from me.
3. I’d rather go out for a meal than stay at home.
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4. If it hadn’t been for his help, we wouldn’t have finished the project on time.
5. The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car.
II. Complete the second sentence that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given in brackets. So not the words in any way.(0.2 x 5 = 1.0 points)
Mỗi đáp án đúng được 0.2 điểm
1 Radio was invented about a hundred years ago by Marconi.
2. If only my father could speak English
3. Liz asked me if those clothes belonged to me.
4. Did you use to wear jeans when you were young?
5. It/ This is the first time we have (ever) been to Viet’s native village.
III. (2.5points) Write an essay of about 200 words on the following topic:
People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good
health? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
Bài viết cần rõ nội dung; ngôn ngữ phù hợp, chính xác.
* Gợi ý phần cho điểm chi tiết như sau:
1. Form: an essay (0,5 points)
+ Organization: Introduction- body- ending- linking words…
2. Content: (1.0 points)
+ should be clear, logical and creative with explanations…
3. Language: (1.0 points) + Appropriate vocabulary (0.25 point)
+ Suitable connectors (0.25 point)
+ Correct grammar (0.25 point)
+ Punctuating/ Spelling (0.25 point)

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