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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THÀNH PHỐ - LỚP 9

NĂM HỌC : 2014-2015

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH

Ngày thi: 09- 4 - 2015
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Điểm Chữ ký GK

(Đề thi gồm 04 trang. Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này và không được sử dụng
bất kỳ loại tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm)
PART I. LISTENING: 4.0 pts
ction 1. Listen to the interview with a psychologist who studies dreams. Then, circle the best
answer.
Directed dreamers are people who____________.
. wake up in the middle of a dream C. can control what they are dreaming.
. can go back to sleep after dreaming D. remember what they have dreamt.
f you are having a dream and you wake up in the middle of it, you can ____________ go back
to sleep again and go back to the dream.
sometimes B. always C. never D. rarely
Dr. Border is trying to find out if people can_____________.
. dream the same dream regularly. C. dream they are looking for each other.
. talk in their sleep. D. meet each other in their dream.
At the centre there are__________ people who are very reliable and have directed dreams quite
regularly.
five B. three C. four D. two
What did the experiment require the people to do?
. To go to a river. C. To dream about a particular situation.
. To sleep in the same room. D. To get to know each other better.
The next morning, we interviewed them all______ and asked them what they had seen.
lonely B. partly C. separately D. hopefully
What did the interviewer find interesting about the experiment?
Neither of the men dreamt about the woman.
The woman only dreamt about one of the men.
Both of the men had an odd dream.
All the dreamers had the same dream.
Two men said that they had been ___________ and had seen each other.
to the zoo B. to the park C. to the pub D. to the office
Both of the men said the women hadn’t ___________ in their dreams.
been B. appeared C. come D. lived
The woman told that she hadn’t had a dream at all_________, or she couldn’t remember it
anyway.
last night B. that night C. the night D. at night
Section 2. What change has been made to each part of the theatre? Choose 6 answers
from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 11-16.
Rivenden City Theatre
Part of the theatre
A. doubled in number 11. box office _______________
B. given separate entrance 12. shop ____________________
C. reduced in number 13. ordinary seats _________________
D. increased in size
14. seats for wheelchair users________
E. replaced
F. strengthened 15. lifts_________________
G. temporarily closed 16. dressing rooms_______________
17-20. Complete the table below. Write no more than 2 words and/or a number for each
answer.
Play Dates Starting Tickets available Price
time
Royal Hunt October 13th to (18)_____ for (19)______ (20)
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of the Sun (17)_______ _pm and ________ £_____

PART II. PHONETICS (2pts)

A. Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. equipment B. pencil C. psychology D. explosion
2. A. husband B. useless C. must D. industrial
3. A. laughed B. suggested C. minded D. decided
4. A. though B. laugh C. cough D. rough
5. A. capital B. indicate C. device D. complicated
B. Circle the word with the main stress placed differently from the others in each group.
6. A. automation B. alphabetical C. incomplete D. applicant
7. A. provide B. improve C. contain D. borrow
8. A. attraction B. collection C. musician D. musical
9. A. arrangement B. distinguish C. theorist D. collective
10. A. variety B. sensible C. appointment D. continue
PART III: LANGUAGE IN USE: (6,0pts)
A. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
11. Don’t buy that book. I’ll________ you mine.
A. lend B. borrow C. rent D. hire
12. _______ she is worried about is the result of the investigation.
A. What B. That C. How D. Why
13. The committee is expected to________ a decision this evening.
A. lead B. join C. reach D. hold
14. Shortly after the lightening, there was an enormous_______ of thunder.
A. snap B. click C. smack D. clap
15. I used to see a lot of bikes on our street, but there seem to be very few ________
A. lately B. late C. lastly D. later
16. Five readers________ the correct solution to our recent competition.
A. communicated B. qualified C. subscribed D. submitted
17. The young men were_________ guilty of shoplifting.
A. accused B. convicted C. found D. condemned
18. She came pretty near _________ at the sight of her mother.
A. cried B. crying C. cry D. be cried
19. After a terrible argument with her boss, she handed in her _________ .
A. reservation B. reputation C. resignation D. responsibility
20. It________ to me that her ideas are very good.
A. thinks B. seems C. agrees D. looks
21. The manager kept me_________ outside his office a long time.
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waited
22. . I wish I _________ harder when I was young.
A. worked B. had worked C. have worked D. would work
23. Our football team lost __________ three goals to nil.
A. with B. by C. to D. in
24. This is___________ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.
A.by chance B. by myself C. by heart D. by far
25. I _________ my homework by the time my friends come to see me.
A. have finished B. shall be finished C. shall have finished D. finish
26. It’s surprising how few people can_________ between margarine and butter.
A. separate B. distinguish C. diagnose D. estimate
27. You will have to buy some new shoes as these are________.
A. worn out B. wasted away C. used up D. gone off
28. Swimming is dangerous there because of the strong_______ across the bay.
A. shower B. current C. pressure D. motion
29. _______the heavy rain, the school ground is flooded.
A. Because of B. Despite C. Although D. Because
30. If only Jane__________ my advice, things would have gone much better.
A. has taken B. had taken C. took D. would take
B. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs given in bold.
There are some extra ones.

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 do up slow down take over hang over grow up run for go on
Silence ________________the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and excitement.
Having seen a sharp bend ahead, Tim pressed hard on the brake pedal to __________________.
Charles Dickens was born near Portsmouth, Hampshire on 7 February 1812, but relocated to and ________________ in Camden Town
in London.
Barrack Obama has decided to ________________ the American presidency in the election that will take place next year.
Because I hate __________________ my shoes, I have bought a pair of shoes without any laces.
C. Use the underlined phrasal verb in column A to make a phrasal noun or adjective to complete the sentence in column B.
Column A Column B
The school took in some outstanding students last - Last year’s …………………… included some
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year. outstanding students.
Some prisoners broke out of the local prison last - There was a(n) ………………… at the local prison last
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night. night.
38 It was an experience that put everyone off. - It was a(n)……………….. experience.
She always speaks out and gives her opinion. - She is very………………………..
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A lorry which had broken down was blocking the - A ……………………… lorry was blocking the road.
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road.
D. Use the word given in the bracket to form a word that fits the gap in the passage.
To get an idea of the (41. artist)_________ and technical skill that goes into computer game, you only need to visit the Los
Angeles studio of Electronic Arts, the world’s largest and most (42. influence)_____________ gamemaker. The firm’s
(43.create)__________ team have just (44.start)_______ work on the latest version of one of their most popular games. As you
enter the building, you see an (45. impress)__________ display of photographs that (46. help)_______ you to imagine what the
game’s particular look and style will be like.
The (47.develop)_____________ of the game will involve engineers, technical experts and (48. music)____________, and will
cost more than $10 million. These days, there is a great deal of (49. similar)___________ between making a game and making a
Hollywood movie, and it’s big business.
According to (50. economy)____________, American spend more than $70 billion on computer games each year, or in other
words, they buy two games per household.
PART IV. READING: (4,0pts)
A/ You are going to read an article about blogs ( the internet sites where individuals regularly write their own thoughts and
comments). Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap
(51-57). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
Get blogging!
Do you want others to read what you write online? Try setting up the blog with SuSan Purcell’s guide to getting started.
Short for ‘weblogs’, blogs began as online diaries, but these days many are useful and entertaining sources of news and
information. A blog is really a kind of mini-website, but with one big difference: it costs nothing, or very little, to run. What makes
blogs different from most websites is that they are updated regularly and they are interactive – readers can comment on what you
write. (51)_______ You type your text as if it were any article and the software of the blog company does the rest. Each time you
add another piece of text, known as a ‘post’, that gets published at the top of the page and everything else moves down.
More than 130 million blogs have been started on the web and around a million blog posts are written every day. Every blog is
different: some have only one author, some are the work of two or more people, some are streams of nonsense about nothing in
particular. (52)_______ These are often the ones that attract most comments.
People blog for different reasons. Some blogs are platforms for the writers’ own opinions, some bloggers write to promote
themselves and show off their skills, some even sell stuff on their blogs. Other bloggers write to get in touch with people who have
similar views, while some blog to share their knowledge. (53)_______ Blogs can be password-protected so that they can only be
read by those who are allowed to view them.
The best blogs are those that specialise. If you cover too wide a topic area, you’ll find it difficult to attract a loyal audience. People
go to their favorite blog regularly, as they know they’ll always find something of interest there. (54)______ You’ll come across as
knowledgeable and others with the same interest will visit regularly.
It is very easy to set up a blog. You can be online within a few minutes of opening an account. Start by looking at as many blogs as
possible to get ideas. Most blogs publish a ‘blogroll’, or list of links to other blogs, so click on those to view examples. (55)
______The biggest and most user-friendly are free, although they all offer slightly different features, so make sure you investigate
and choose the one that provides what you want.
You can write as much or as little as you like but you must add posts regularly. It is best to write every few days, but it doesn’t
matter if you do so only at weekends or a couple of times a month, so long as your readers know when to expect posts. It is
frustrating to visit a favourite blog only to find that it hasn’t been updated as expected. You won’t always have the time to write
long blogs. (56)________Blogging about items in the news will help increase your readership, as more people will be searching for
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 It is often more satisfying to attract regular readers who interact with you, so write about what you know, check your facts and
don’t be afraid to say things people may disagree with – it’s good way of attracting comments. You’ll soon have a loyal audience
who will spread the word about your blog.
A. On those days, refer your visitors to another blog, E. No technical knowledge is required to blog.
something in the press or a video clip on the Internet. F. However, blogging is not necessarily about gaining a
B. Many, though, are clever, informative and well wide audience.
written. G. Teachers, for instance, often blog to help students to
C. When you’ve done this, you’ll be asked to choose a catch up when they miss a class.
name for your blog, so have something ready. H. Next you need to select a blog company.
D. They don’t want a wasted visit, so stick to your own
particular subject.
B/ Read the text below and fill one word in each gap to complete the passage.
…Although some shoppers may already find supermarket trolleys quite hard to push up and (58)_________ the aisles, one
supermarket chain(59)_________ about to make the task even harder. Next week sees the introduction of the so called Trim
Trolley, (60)___________ is designed to transform the typical forty-minute supermarket visit (61)____________ a gentle
workout.
The Trim Trolley can be set (62)_________different levels of resistance, making it harder or (63)________ to push. It is also
able to measure both the customer’s heart rate (64)___________ the number of calories burnt through sensors on
(65)_________ handle. Shoppers (66)_____________ thought to burn about 160 calories during a typical forty-minute visit to
the supermarket. Pushing the Trim Trolley for that length of time (67)__________ the resistance level at seven , the average
person would burn as (68)_______________ as 280 calories. In (69)_______________ words, the equivalent of a twenty-
minute swim. At the highest resistance level, a shopping trip could (70)___________ a trip to the gym…
PART V. WRITING (4,0pts)
A/ 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 in anyway.
71. I regret not studying English when I had the chance. wish
=.> I…………………………………………………..…………...
72. In the end it was discovered that John was the thief. out
=.> John……………………………………………………..…….
73. I need a calculator to arrive at the total. work
=.> I cannot ………………………………………………..……..
74. The effect of these pills only lasts for three hours. off
=.> The effect of these pills……………………………………….
75. Everyone thinks that the band has split up. thought
=.> The band………………………………………….…………...

B/What did you think of the last holiday home you stayed in? In about 200 words, describe the holiday home and say why you
did or did not enjoy your stay there.

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