KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BÌNH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 NĂM
PHƯỚC HỌC 2018 - 2019
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể
(Đề thi có 06 trang) thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 06/3/2019
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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 POINTS) (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1: Questions from 1 to 5. (1.0 point - 0.2/ each)
Listen to a conversation and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1. The man wants to buy a birthday present for his .
A. girlfriend B. mother C. sister D. grandmother
2. What does the man want to buy?
A. a shirt B. a skirt C. a sweater D. a hat
3. What color item does the man want to buy?
A. green B. blue C. red D. black
4. In the end, the man buys a one.
A. green B. blue C. red D. black
5. How much did it cost?
A. $16 B. $26 C. $34 D. $ 24
Part 2: Questions from 6 to 15. (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
You will hear someone giving a lecture to a group of parents about keeping children safe in water.
For questions from 6 to 15, listen and complete each of the following sentences with one word or
number.
6. The speaker says a may be dangerous for small children.
7. The of the Royal Lifesaving Society website can be found on the fact sheet.
8. A child can start swimming lessons when it is months old.
9. During swimming lessons, very young children learn to roll onto their ………………………….
10. At a private pool, there should be one for every four children.
11. Children must learn not to go close to the unless an adult is supervising them.
12. There are more in private swimming pools than public pools.
13. At home, put an alarm on the rear so you hear a noise if your child has gone into the
garden.
14. Apart from public and private pools, the can also be dangerous for children.
15. At the beach, a red flying is a sign which means you must not swim.
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
16. I felt most when they made me sit at a little table at the back.
A. confusing B. insulted C. shameful D. headache
17. To protect the environment, you must take to reduce plastic waste.
A. part B. action C. care D. place
18. Volcanoes are divided into three main groups, based on their shape and the type of material they
 .
A. make up for B. make from C. are made out of D. are made of
19. The car driver the cyclist for the accident.
A. blamed B. accused C. stated D. forced
20. Last year Peter earned his brother, who had a better position.

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 A. twice more than B. twice as much as C. twice as many as D. two times more than
21. Though Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim didn’t sign any agreement at the second summit in Ha Noi, the
two leaders made the positive progress in terms of relations.
A. a few of B. lot of C. a great deal of D. a great many of
22. Anna and Mary are talking about their school day.
Anna: “I think school days are the best time of our lives.” Mary: “ .”
A. I don’t think that’s a good idea. B. I agree with you completely.
C. I am afraid so. D. You are welcome.
23. The Vietnamese government affirmed that the second DPRK-USA summit in Viet
Nam would be among the most significant events of the country in 2019.
A. being held B. was held C. to be held D. held
24. A wedding is a good opportunity for off new clothes.
A. wearing B. showing C. putting D. dressing
25. There were so many celebrities at his wedding party, made us surprised.
A. some of which B. some of who C. that D. which
26. Snow and Jane are talking about Jane’s new electric bike.
Snow: “ ” Jane: “Thank you. I’m glad to hear that.”
A. Where did you buy your electric car? B. Your electric bike is new, isn’t it?
C. What a nice electric bike! D. How expensive electric bike!
27. We have to water these trees every day, ?
A. don’t we B. do we C. haven’t we D. have we
28. I have just bought a shirt for you, son. I hope you will like it.
A. blue cotton beautiful new B. beautiful new blue cotton
C. new beautiful cotton blue D. cotton beautiful blue new
29. I have joined a gym but in the end I decided to exercise at home.
A. could B. must C. will D. may
30. Would you like ice cream? There is one in fridge.
A. an/ a B. the/ the C. an/ the D. the/ a
31. his assistance in those days, I would not be so successful now.
A. If it had not for B. Had it not been for C. If there were not D. Unless I had
32. there have been some positive signs in recent years, Vietnam’s sea transport sector still
face difficulties.
A. Despite B. Though C. Because D. Because of
33. By the time the fire engines arrived, the house to the ground.
A. was burned B. has been burned C. had been burned D. was being burned
34. happens, I shall stand by you.
A. Whatever B. Whoever C. However D. Which
35. I can’t lend you any money. It is out of the .
A. order B. possibility C. practice D. question
Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.
36. Foreign reporters say Ha Noi Capital is beautiful and ………………………… (peace)
37. Bình Phước, the country’s largest cashew , is entering the cashew harvest(productive)
season.
38. …………………………, many people are killed in traffic accidents nowadays. (tragic)
39. There were wild street ………………………… when Viet Nam won the 2018 AFF Cup. (celebrate)
40. Due to a severe drought, thousands of farmers had suffered …………………………. (lose)
41. We should turn off unnecessary lights, and use lighting where possible. (nature)
42. The second DPRK-USA summit in Viet (rely)
Nam shows that Viet Nam is a
………………………… friend and partner of the

international community.
43. Smoking is actively ………………………… in the public. (courage)
44. To gain independence, our people fought ………………………… against invaders. (tire)
45. Recent financial scandals have ………………………… changes in parliamentary procedures. (necessary)
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 55 (1 point - 0.2/ each)
Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the words and correct them. There is an
example at the beginning (00).
46. He won the race so he tried his best to run fast.
47. Conserving energy and water can help you save money and helps protect the environment.
48. Mr. Smith will be appointed as our new manager because he’s the most intelligent of the two men.
49. Viet Nam carries out new food safe measures in agricultural sector.
50. The bilateral relation between Viet Nam and the US have developed quickly since the
normalization of ties.
Part 4: Fill in each of the sentences with a correct preposition. (1 point - 0.2/ each)
51. US President Donald Trump met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi last
Wednesday, ahead his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
52. Dong Xoai City of Binh Phuoc Province was declared December 1st, 2018.
53. Ho Chi Minh devoted all his life the struggle for the liberation of our country.
54. Tuan is an active student. He has taken part different charity activities in his town.
55. Campers must put the campfires completety because they may cause disastrous fires.
SECTION III: READING (6.0 POINTS)
Part 1. Questions from 56 to 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
MICKEY MANTLE
Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York
Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last
year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle
symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and
left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He
was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from
Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-
tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a
person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was
Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played
without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank
to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and
accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life
and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped.
Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery,
Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
56. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mickey Mantle as the greatest baseball player of all time
B. Mickey Mantle’s success and private life full of problems
C. Mickey Mantle and his career as a baseball player
D. Mickey Mantle and the history of baseball
57. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that Mantle .
A. played for New York Yankees all his life B. had to try hard to be a professional player
C. earned a lot of money from baseball D. introduced baseball into the US
58. According to the passage, Mantle could .
A. hit with the bat on either side of his body
B. bat better with his left hand than with his right hand
C. hit the ball to score from a long distance
D. give the most powerful hit in his team
59. The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to .
A. Mantle’s being a fast and powerful player B. Mantle’s being a wonderful athlete
C. Mantle’s being fascinated by many people D. Mantle’s being a “switch-hitter”
60. It can be inferred from the passage that for most Americans .
A. success in Mantle’s career was difficult to believe
B. success in Mantle’s career was unnatural
C. Mantle had to be trained hard to become a good player
D. Mantle had a lot of difficulty achieving fame and success
61. The author uses the word “But” in paragraph 4 to .
A. change the topic of the passage
B. give an argument in favor of Mantle’s success and fame
C. explain how Mantle got into trouble
D. give an example of the trouble in Mantle’s private life
62. The word “fulfill” in paragraph 4 mostly means .
A. do something in the way that you have been told
B. achieve what is hoped for, wished for, or expected
C. do what you have promised or agreed to do
D. get closer to something that you are chasing
63. The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to .
A. worsened B. bettered C. delayed D. quickened
64. We can see from paragraph 5 that after his father’s death, Mantle .
A. played even better B. forgot his father’s dream
 C. led a happier life D. suffered a lot of pain
65. Which of the following is mentioned as the main cause of the destruction of Mantle’s body?
A. His loneliness B. His way of life
C. His liver transplant operation D. His own dream
Part 2. Questions from 66 to 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently (66) across words you
do not fully understand. Sometimes you (67) the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you
guess. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the degree of accuracy you require and the time
at your (68) .
If you are the sort of person who (69) to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is worth
remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an approximation and one
builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (70) of
contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English
into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to (71)
an English-English dictionary.
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary. (72) you are allowed to use
one, it is very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are, (73)
, forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.
When you find unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you develop
efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will (74) a number of possible problems
and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought likely.
Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both
within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues (75) from the formation of the word.
66. A. put B. drop C. see D. come
67. A. look for B. look up C. look into D. look out
68. A. freedom B. convenient C. disposal D. pleasure
69. A. cares B. enjoys C. tends D. enters
70. A. multiple B. variety C. variation D. diversity
71. A. survey B. consul C. refer D. inquire
72. A. Otherwise B. Provided C. Although D. Even if
73. A. nevertheless B. therefore C. moreover D. however
74. A. surpass B. get over C. go over D. overcome
75. A. derived B. extracted C. made D. originated
Part 3: Questions from 76 to 85 (2.0 points- 0.2/ each)
Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Scientists explain excitement of children
The reason children become more excited than adults at receiving gifts has (0) been identified by
scientists. They found that the areas of the brain involved in processing rewards were far more active in
younger people when they received a prize. Children find (76) almost impossible to contain
their excitement. It is almost impossible for children to contain their excitement on birthdays. (77)
……………………….. team from the US National Institute of Mental Health did the study.

They used scans to study (78) ……………………….. parts of the brain were stimulated. Rewards (79)
……………………….. presented to participants. Younger people showed (80) ……………………….. activity in key
brain areas while they viewed a video game and received money.
Dopamine is believed to act (81) a 'currency' in the brain's reward processing areas.
The study suggests that this is (82) ……………………….. getting presents is less exciting for older people.
Receiving presents is less thrilling as people (83) older.
The scientists say that targeting these dopamine mechanisms (84) ……………………….. help in
the development of ways of treating various disorders of the reward system, such as pathological
gambling
(85) drug addiction.
SECTION IV. WRITING (4 POINTS)
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it. (1 point - 0.2/ each)
86. It takes me two hours to prepare the new lessons every night.
 I spend..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87. I’m sorry now that I didn’t take my teachers’s advice.
 Now I wish..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88. He said, “Unless I receive her letter tomorrow, I’ll phone her”.
 He said that if...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89. They have said that the police caught the man killing the girl.
 The man..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
90. It is my opinion that you should spend more time practising speaking English.
 Were...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2: Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as the ones printed
before them, using the words given. Do not change the words given. (0.5 point - 0.25/ each)
91. Miss Young is proud of her cooking. (takes)
 Miss Young.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92. When I was driving, I realized that the car wasn’t working properly. (wrong)
 When I was driving, .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 3: Essay writing (2.5 points)
Many students spend a lot of time playing computer games every day. Write an essay (about 200
words) about the advantages and disadvantages of playing computer games.
* Note: You are not allowed to include any personal information such as your name, your school’s
name, your address, in your writing.
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