TRƯỜNG THCS NGUYỄN TRÃI KỲ THI THỬ CHỌN HSG DỰ THI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
Môn: TIẾNG ANH 9
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao nhận đề)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÝ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: ……………………………… 1. ………………………………………………….

Bằng chữ: …………………………… 2. ………………………………………………….

A. PHONETICS
I. Choose one word with underlined part pronounced differently from the others .
1. A. recycle B. ocean C. social D. delicious
2. A. jealous B. weather C. pleasure D. bear
3. A. occasion B. success C. accept D. accident
4. A. weigh B. cough C. sigh D. high
5. A. boast B. coat C. abroad D. soap
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Choose the word whose stress partern is pronounced different from that of the
others.
6. A. champagne B. novel C. label D. campus
7. A. government B. development C. improvement D. retirement
8. A. simplicity B. pollution C. electricity D. activity
9. A. celebrate B. caculate C. numerous D. volunteer
10. A. support B. service C. resource D. control
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best options to complete the statements.
11. We saw the boys _______ football as we drove past the field.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
12. I had to take out a _______ to buy a new flat.
A. loan B. debt C. income D. profit
13. They had _______ ashtrays on the table.
A. two square glass B. square two glass C. two glass square D. glass square two
14. Coffee is cheap at this supermarket but it costs even _______ at BigC Supermarket.
A. least B. more little C. little D. less
15. I went to Spain on holiday _______, but I made a lot of friends there.
A. single B. alone C. lonely D. myself
16. Tom: “The hot weather doesn’t seem to bother you”.
Peter: “When I had my form, I _______ work in the hot fields for hours.”
A. used to B. had better C. must D. can
17. Vitamin C _______ by the human body. It gets into the blood stream quickly.
A. absorbs easily B. is easily absorbed C. is easily absorbing D. absorbed easily
18. Jeff: “Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you?”
Alice: “Jeff? What a coincidence! I _______ about you when the phone rang.”
A. was just thinking B. have just thought C. just thought D. was just thought
19. Don’t _______ heart. I’m sure you’ll succeed if you keep trying.
A. take B. cross C. lose D. sink
20. They’re trying to _______ their child out of the habit of telling lies.
A. finish B. end C. change D. break
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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IV. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I was delighted when I (21) _______ (become) a doctor because it (22) _______ (be) my
ambition since childhood. I (23) _______ (work) at this hospital for six years now. Although
there (24) _______ (be) bad times over the years, I (25) _______ (enjoy) my work at the
moment. I still (26) _______ (feel) pleased every time one of my patients (27) _______
(recover). I hope that in ten years’ time I (28) _______ (have) my own practice.
21. 22. 23. 24.
25. 26. 27. 28.
IV. Give the correct form of the word in capital letters given to complete the
sentences.
Forests
One third of (29) _______ Europe is covered by WEST 29. ______________
trees. This sounds (30) _______, but most of these IMPRESS 30. ______________
trees were planted recently and are no (31) _______ REPLACE 31. ______________
for the ancient natural forests. Europe’s ancient
woods are (32) ________ habitats for a large SUIT 32. ______________
number of (33) ________ species. Fast-growing DANGER 33. ______________
modern forests, however, are dark and (34) INVITE 34. ______________
_______ to birds and animals. The Worldwide Fund
for Nature recently held a seminar to increase (35) PUBLIC 35. ______________
_______ for a new campaign called “Forests for life”.
The (36) _______ wants to introduce bans on trade ORGANISE 36. ______________
in (37) _______ made from wood from these PRODUCE 37. ______________
forests. By the year 2000 they hope to have built up
a network to provide protection for (38) _______ EXIST 38. ______________
areas and help restore damaged forests.
V. Each sentence has a mistake. Find and correct it.
39. The work performed by these officers are not worth our paying them any longer.
40. Standing among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable.
41. She must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to call her.
42. The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
43. Marry being chosen as the most outstanding student made her parents very happy.
44. Jane said she would borrow me her new camera if I wanted to use it on my trip to Asia.
45. I haven’t watched this programme for a quite long time.
46. I put my book of zoology here on the desk a few minutes ago, but I can’t seem to find it.
47. The lion has long been of a symbol of strong, power, and cruelty.
48. R. Nureyev has become one of the greatest dancer that the ballet world has ever known.
Ss Mistake Correction Ss Mistake Correction
39 44
40 45
41 46
42 47
43 48
C. READING
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer.
The rate at which the deforestation of the world is proceeding is alarming. In 1950
approximately 25 percent of the Earth’s land surface had been covered with forests, and less
than twenty-five years later the amount of forest land was reduced to 20 percent. This decrease
from 25 percent to 20 percent from 1950 to 1973 represents an astonishing 20 million square
kilometre of forests. Predictions are that an additional 20 million square kilometres of forests will
be lost by 2020.
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 The majority of deforestation is occurring in tropical forests in developing countries, fuelled
by the developing countries’ need for increased agricultural land and the desire on the part of
developed countries to import wood and wood products. More than 90 percent of the plywood
used in the United States, for example, is imported from developing countries with tropical rain
forests. By the mid-1980s, solutions to this expanding problem were being sought, in the form
of attempts to establish an international regulatory organization to oversee the use of tropical
forests.
49. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to____________ .
A. cite statistics about an improvement on Earth’s land surface
B. explain where deforestation is occurring
C. make the readers aware of a worsening world problem
D. blame developing countries for deforestation
50. According to the passage, it is estimated that by 2020,_____________.
A. the areas of forest will have increased by 20 million square kilometres
B. another 20 million square kilometres of forest will be reduced
C. forests will represents only 20 percent of Earth’s land surface
D. forests areas will decrease from 25 percent to 20 percent
51. “Deforestation” in the passage is closest in the meaning to________
A. the state of destroying and clearing trees B. the action of planting trees
C. the state of importing wood D. the increase in agricultural land
52. In which part of the world does the most deforestation occur?
A. the United States B. developed countries
C. developing countries D. international regulatory organizations
53. In this passage, the United States__________.
A. establishes an organization to solve deforestation
B. represents 90 percent of rain forests in the world
C. used 20 percent of world plywood
D. imported more than 90 percent of the plywood the country uses.
49. 50. 51. 52. 53.

VII. Complete the passage with the suitable words.

My home town
I was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and
many parts of the city have hardly changed at (54) ______ during the last five centuries.
However, nowadays, it is (55) ______ longer the trade centre that it once was. It is difficult to
imagine that at one time its harbour (56) ______ to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and
that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (57) ______ full of spices and silks,
jewels and tea.
The old city centre is small, which (58) ______ it very easy to explore on foot. A river neatly
divides the town, (59) ______ only physically but in spirit too. On one side, you find many grand
houses, but on crossing the river, you find youself in ancient Chinatown, (60) ______ you really
take a step back into the past.
It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As (61) ______ as having
shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (62)
_____ high-quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago.
However, (63) _______ you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting
souvenir.

54. 55. 56. 57. 58.

59. 60. 61. 62. 63.

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 D.WRITING
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
64. Have you forgotten that you sent her a letter last month?
Don’t …………………………………………………………………………………………………
65. This is Pete’s third attempt at climbing Mount Everest.
This is the ………………………………………………………………………………………..
66. I don’t have another dictionary so I can’t lend you this one.
This is ………………………………………………………………………………………………
67. I was born in this city and still live there.
I have ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
68. We have never experienced such a cold winter in Greece before.
It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
69. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
In spite of his …………………………………………………………………………………….
70. Who does this bag belong to?
Whose ………………………………………………………………………………………………
71. My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview.
I must ………………………………………………………………………………………………
72. A week ago today we were in Venice.
This ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
73. If you walk slowly, it takes longer to get there.
The ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

IX. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one,
using the given word. Do not change the given word.

74. I can’t live in such a small flat. AS

………………………………………………………………………………………………
75. Please don’t use your dictionary. RATHER
………………………………………………………………………………………………
76. Bill’s typewriter had broken and he had to use a pencil. WHOSE
………………………………………………………………………………………………
77. I’ll try as hard as I can to finish in time. BEST
………………………………………………………………………………………………
78. Everyone did the exercise except Ann. ONLY
………………………………………………………………………………………………

X. Write a composition on the following topic about (about 150 – 180 words)
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The Internet is the best way to meet new people.
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