PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲNH LƯU KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN

LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023

Đề thi chính thức Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 08 trang)
Ngày thi: 08/12/2022

Họ và tên thí sinh: Số báo danh

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Ngày, tháng, năm sinh:
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Học sinh trường: Số phách
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Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 1: Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 2:

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Chỉ dẫn:

1. Đề thi gồm 08 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài.

2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô được đánh số phía dưới đề
của mỗi phần).

3. Thí sinh chỉ được dùng một loại bút, một thứ mực; không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì;

không đánh dấu hoặc làm ký hiệu riêng; phần viết hỏng phải dùng thước gạch chéo; không

được tẩy, xoá bằng bất kỳ cách gì (kể cả bút xoá).

4. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.

 5. Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.

PHÒNG GD&ĐT QUỲNH LƯU KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN
LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023

Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Điểm bằng số: ................................. Giám khảo 1: ............................ Số phách

Điểm bằng chữ: .............................. Giám khảo 2: ............................
SECTION A: LISTENING (20 points)
Part 1 (5 points): Listen to short dialogues and choose the correct answer:
1. What did Richard buy at the shop?
A. some papers B. a dictionary C. some envelopes D. a bag
2. What homework has Richard got tonight?
A. Maths B. Geography C. Arts D. English
3. Which of these is clean?
A. the T-shirt B. socks C. shorts D. gloves
4. How is Richard going to get to the football game?
A. By bicycle B. By bus C. By car D. On foot
5. What job does Richard want to do?
A. a pilot B. A photographer C. A teacher D. A footballer
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2 (10 points). Listen to three students talking about their study decide whether statements are
True (T) or False (F).
1. Adel is studying Biology at university.
2. He is studying in Africa.
3. He wants to understand how plants grow.
4. Yun is studying languages.
5. It’s not easy to study this subject.
6. Society in China is changing so fast.
7. This subject helps him know the impact of social changes on people.
8. Esra is in Oman.
9. The subject Esra studies tells us the way people learn in Education.
10. She is studying the differences between men and women in Education.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: (5 points) You are going to hear somebody giving their opinion about the media and its
influence on society. Then complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for
each blank.
The three forms of media are TV, radio and (1) _____. Politicians use the media during
political campaigns. Entertainers use it to stay in the (2) _____ eye. The percentage of people who
did not have a particular point of view about the privacy of (3) _____ was 4%. The most influential
form of media is (4) _____. We can be deceived by TV when we are shown carefully selected
images. Some TV stations turn true events into fictions. A newspaper had to pay 1.000.000 pounds
for printing lies about a rock singer. Sometimes a paper can avoid being sued if it makes a public
apology. There are (5) _____ kinds of newspapers; the “quality” papers and the tabloids.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (20 points)

I. (10 points) Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences.
1. For breakfast, you may have ______ sticky rice or noodles at the school canteen.
A. both B. either C. neither D. not only
2. It’s so sunny outside. You’d better __________ without a hat.
A. not go out B. not to go out C. go out D. going out
3. You should go ______ a diet because you’re putting ______ a lot of weight these days.
A. to / at B. on / off C. for / in D. on / on
4. ______ Vietnamese people, people in Thailand are used to driving on the left.
A. Similar to B. Different from C. Unlike D. Like
5. Choose the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following question.
I wish I could give you the solution to your problems at work.
A. reply B. conclusion C. answer D. end
6. It is necessary that every student _______ his homework before going to school.
A. finish B. finishes C. finishing D. finished
7. We have spent ______ time making crafts for the school festival lately.
A. a few B. too many C. a great deal of D. a large number of
8. - Alan: “Are you working late tonight again?” - Tom: “Yes, we’ll be here ______ the project.
A. since we’ve finished B. when we finished
C. until we finish D. by the time we’ll finish
9. _________ complaining that students are not queuing.
A. Several of the cafeteria workers B. Several of the cafeteria worker is
C. The cafeteria workers of several are D. Several of the cafeteria workers are
10. It’s no good pretending, we have to_______reality.
 A. look for B. come up against
C. get down to D. face up to
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. (10 points) Read the text below and correct ONE mistake in each line. Write your answer in
the box provided. Number (0) is an example.
Line
0 It’s true that children’s knowledge and experience is often enriched instead of being made
1 by mixed-ability teaching. At our school, we really wish to developing abilities of all our
2 pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value person qualities and social
3 skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes on all these aspects of learning. In
4 our classroom, the pupils often work in group; this gives them the opportunity to learn to
5 co-operate, to share, or to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with the
6 personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decide, to analyze and
7 evaluate, to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each others as well as from the
8 teachers. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work in individual tasks and
9 assignments. We teach our pupils use the library effectively. We expect our pupils to do
10 their best, not their least, and we give them many encouragement to achieve their goals.

Answers:
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
0 is are 6
1 7
2 8
3 9
4 10
5

SECTION C: READING (35 points)

III. (10 points) Read and choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
Texting is becoming more and more popular especially (1)______ young people. There are
two main reasons. One is cost, as many teenagers have to use pay-as-you-go mobile tariffs instead
of contracts, it is cheaper to send a text message (2)______make a voice call. So texters get better
value of money. But (3)______ is a second, less practical reason for its popularity. A generation is
in the habit of communicating mostly by text. What’s more, this new form of instant
communication is even more relaxed and (4) ______than either email or phone calls. Text
messaging has created a completely new language, (5) ______ abbreviations and unusual spellings.
 It is a language that is not (6) ______ by adults, even though they can buy special
dictionaries explaining it. Moreover, it has opened up a huge generation (7) ______ between
teenagers and their parents. For teenagers, text is convenient and quick, (8) ______ it sometimes
confuses parents. Text messaging is a teenage response to grown up technology and provide young
people with a means of communicating that is always (9) ______. It is also something that they can
call their own, and in spite of the fact that some concern in the teaching profession that literacy
skills are being lost, text messaging is a form of communication that is certainly here (10) ______.
(Source: haps://enwikipediaorgAviki/Text messaging)
1. A. from B. about C. of D. with
2. A. than B. to C. with D. by
3. A. there B. it C. one D. they
4. A. informally B. formally C. informal D. formal
5. A. capable of B. consisting of C. independent of D. full of
6. A. understand B. understood C. understanding D. understands
7. A. length B. gap C. distance D. difficulty
8. A. but B. and C. so D. because
9. A. accessed B. accessing C. access D. accessible
10. A. stay B. to stay C. to staying D. staying
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. (10 points) Read the following passage and fill in each gap with ONE appropriate word.
In the 21st century food does more than just you feed you. A new range of products
appearing on shelves in shops (1) ______ supermarkets is designed to give you specific health
benefits. The demands of modern life make these foods very attractive. Not (2) ______ do they
provide proven ways to improve health, but they are also very attractive as a quick and convenient
way (3)______ making sure we enjoy a healthy diet.
In some countries, (4) ______ is already possible to buy crisps that make you feel (5)
______ depressed, chewing gum that increases your brain power. Tea helps you (6) ______ over
the tiredness associated with long-distance air travel. In the (7) ______, experts promise biscuits
that will keep you healthy, and hot chocolate drink will give you strong bones.
(8) ______ the fact that these “functional” foods cannot replace a balanced diet and regular
exercise, they can help the body perform at its best a lot of the time. At present, these foods are
much (9) ______ expensive than other foods, but that is due to the ingredients they consist of and
the way they are made. All the foods contain probiotics which increase the number of “good”
bacteria in your stomach, helping to keep your digestive (10) ______ healthy.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
V. (5 points) Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question
Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In
her new series ‘Colour me Healthy’, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard
we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how
healthy we are.
‘Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?’ says Verity.
‘Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some
reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products as being a bit
disgusting. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or
black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design new products can use
these ideas to influence what we buy.’
During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each
programme. She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who
design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets
clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the American ‘Colour
Doctor’ who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights. However,
she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with
some surprising results.
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out
something new. But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on
the series, it’s up to the viewers to make their own decisions about how much they should believe.
1. What is the writer doing in this text?
A.
giving information about how colours influence us
B. giving his opinion of a recent television show
C. giving information about a television presenter
D. reporting what happens in a new television series
2. Which of the following shows the probable content of the four shows?
A. Part 1 – Health; Part 2 – Products and Industry; Part 3 – Emotions; Part 4 – Decisions
B. Part 1 – Cleaning Products; Part 2 – Make-up; Part 3 – Clothes; Part 4 – Food
C. Part 1 – Blue and Black; Part 2 – Red and Orange; Part 3 – White and Grey; Part 4 – Green and
Yellow
D. Part 1 – Meeting Designers; Part 2 – Meeting People who Name Colours; Part 3 – Meeting
Doctors; Part 4 – Meeting Scientists
3. According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?
A. It can help you to sell products B. It can help you to choose the best products
C. It can help you to change people’s minds D. It can give you new ideas
4. Who does the writer respect least?
A. Verity Allen B. The ‘Colour Doctor’
C. The people who name lipsticks D. The scientists who work with mice
5. Which of the following would make a good title for the text?
A. Another great show from Verity Allen! Five Stars!
B. Watch this programme! It will make you healthy!
C. Don’t miss this if you work in Business!
D. Enjoy it, but don’t believe everything.
Answers:
1. 2. 3.
VI. (10 points)You are going to read a magazine article about various local campaigns, choose
from the people (A-D).
A. Homes For All
Organisations that help the homeless are
warning that people will face even greater
hardship this winter unless urgent action is
taken to offer shelter to those without a home.
This warning follows publication of figures
showing an increase in the number of
homeless people. Susan Evans of the
organisation 'Homes for All' said: "With a
shortage of accommodation, more people
than ever before - young and old - are having
to sleep rough. A cold winter is predicted this
year which means that these people will have
to put up with sub-zero temperatures. Action
must be taken urgently to offer these people
shelter." A nationwide demonstration to raise
awareness of the problem will take place this
weekend. Supporters welcome.
B. Village Protest
Residents of local village, Shilden, are
preparing for a night of protest to save their
village from Government planners. Proposals
for a new motorway to be built that will run
within 2 kilometres of Shilden have caused
uproar amongst residents. They claim that
they were given insufficient time to respond
to the proposal. Tony Fellows, spokesperson
for the 'Village Protest' campaign explains:
"The planned route cuts across some of the
most picturesque countryside in the region.
Shilden welcomes thousands of tourists each
year. Many of the shopkeepers depend on this
trade and would almost certainly face ruin if
tourists were put off coming by the damage
this road is likely to cause". The all-night
protest will take place in the fields where the
building work is likely to begin.
4. 5.
C. New Youth Club
Youngsters in the city-centre will lose out on
a much-loved project if substantial funds are
not found this year. The 'New Youth Club',
which is open to young people from the ages
of 10 to 17, is being threatened with closure
by Health and Safety officials who claim the
building is unsafe. The club, built 30 years
ago, was badly damaged by heavy storms last
year and city engineers estimate that one
hundred thousand pounds in needed to repair
structural damage. With only limited funds at
their disposal, managers fear the club will
have to close. Youngsters from the club have
organised an Open Day on Tuesday in an
effort to raise some of the money needed to
enable the repairs to be undertaken. "This
alone won't be enough, however" warned
Adam Ross, Youth Leader.
D. Save lea Valley
A rare species of butterfly and many native
plants face extinction if the 'Lea Valley office
complex' project goes ahead. This is the claim
made by local environmentalists involved in
the 'Save Lea Valley' campaign. They argue
that the proposed development, to be built on
the site of woodland dating back hundreds of
years, will rob the country of several rare
species of wildlife. 'Local people would be
horrified if they knew of the consequences of
this project,' claimed environmentalist Ian
Wilson yesterday. "We need to instigate a
local campaign to alert everyone to the
dangers. We are starting by writing letters to
everyone in the area asking for their support.
The office complex developers must not be allowed to do this."

Which campaign mentions that______

1. Local businesses could be badly affected?
2. People in the area are not aware of the problem?
3. There are plans to build a brand new building?
4. The campaign do not have to meet together?
5. The problem affects all age groups?
6. The problem was caused by bad weather?
7. If the plan goes ahead it will spoil the look of the area?
8. The campaign cannot raise enough money on its own?
9. The problem was announced shortly after a report was published?
10. Young people are in danger?

Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION D: WRITING (25 points)

VII. (7 points) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same.
1. This museum has been used for three months. (STARTED)
 They ………………………………………………………………………
2. My sister was involved in her school running competition. (PART)
 My sister …………………………………………………………….…….
3. Could they grow anything here after the flood? (ABLE)
 Were they ………………………………………………………………..?
4. “Why didn’t you call me?”, said he. (CALLED)
 He wanted to ……………………………………………………………….
5. Making new friends at school is easy to her. (IT)
 She doesn’t ………………………………………………………..……….
6. My mother is no longer in the habit of shopping online. (AS)
 My mother used.……………………………………………………..……..
7. Her father often fixes the bike for her. (BY)
 She often ……………………………………………………………………
VIII. (8 points) Imagine you are Thanh. You have made a new penfriend, Mary who lives in the
UK. Write an mail to her. In the mail, you should:
- tell him/her about your hobbies.
- mention what you want to know about her family.
- ask for his/her advice to speak English well.
- suggest a video call.

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Best wishes,
Thanh

IX. (10 points) Write a story of about 100 to 120 beginning with the following sentence:
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