UBND HUYỆN YÊN ĐỊNH KÌ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 8,

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC&ĐÀO TẠO CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN VÒNG 1 DỰ THI

HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC: 2024 - 2025
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 06 trang)

SECTION A: LISTENING (15 pts)

Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần có tín hiệu
nhạc. Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: Listen to a tourist office assistant’s talking about a City Bus Tour and fill in
the missing information in the numbered space. NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS NEEDED. (5pts)
City Bus Tour Booking Form:
Number of passengers: 2
Passenger name(s): Susan Field and James
(1)____________
Contact telephone number: 07988 (2) ____________________
Hotel: (3) ______________________
Bus tour time: (4)____________________ p.m
Bus tour date: (5) _______________
Part 2: Listen to Sarah talking to her friend, Jane, about a new job.
6 - Sarah's boss wants a new
A. manager B. shop assistant C. secretary D. boss
7 - Sarah usually starts work at
A. 6.00 B. 8.30 C. 9.00 D. 8.00
8 - In the new job, Jane can earn
A. 160 a week B. 180 a week C. 210 a week D. 200 a week
9 - Sarah has lunch
A. in a cafe B. in a park C. at home D. at a canteen
10 - In the new job, Jane can have
A. 3 weeks' holiday B. 4 weeks' holiday
C. 5 weeks' holiday D. 6 weeks’ holiday
Part 3. Listen to the conversation between two friends and mark the statements as
true (T) or false (F) (5 pts).
11. Andy is writing an essay about different ancient civilizations.
12. The land where the Aztecs used to live is now part of the USA.
13. The Aztec people lived later than the 12th century.
14. It was very important for a boy to know how to fight well. .

15. Wendy thinks it was a shame that not all girls went to school.
SECTION B: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that
of the rest by writing your answer (A, B, C, or D) in your answering paper.
16. A. suggestion B. automation C. invitation D. station
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17. A. number B. plumber C. doubt D. debt

18. A. sacred B. crooked C. ploughed D. blessed
II. Choose the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word whose main stress is placed
differently from the others.
19. A. occasion B. disagree C. tradition D. expensive
20. A. influential B. opportunity C. temperament D. mountaineer
SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)
I.Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
21. We decided to celebrate by going out and painting the town …….
A. red B. purple C. gold D. brown
22. The extended family arranged marriage, ______ individuals were consulted on the choice of
their mate.
A. so B. and C. yet D. otherwise
23. I’m feeling a bit _______ the weather, I think I’m getting a cold.
A. with B. for C. upon D. under
24.You can raise a _________pet like a Neopet if you aren’t allowed to own a real pet.
A. domestic B. virtual C. weird D. beloved
25. She is wearing a/an ______ ring.
A. expensive nice gold B. nice gold expensive
C. gold nice expensive D. nice expensive gold
26. "I think we should take a shower instead of a bath to save energy" - " _______"
A. Great! Don't do that. B. Well done!
C. That's a good idea. D. OK. I don't want to.
27. One hundred dollars …………an big amount of money for her.
A. is B. are C. were D. is being
28. I hope we’ll find a solution _________ the problem.
A. before B. for C. with D. to
29. The girl _________ in the accident was taken to hospital.
A. injures B. injured C. injuring D. to injure
30. Nobody will go there, _________?
A. won’t he B. will they C. will he D. won’t they
II.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the blanks.
31. I’d like (go)________to the party, but it was impossible.
32. You’d better have that rubbish (take) _________ away.
33. Only yesterday I (realise) ___________ what was going on.
34. When I came to school, everybody (be)________ there.
35. Lan bought a new English book yesterday. She (read)__________ it tonight.
36. I (know)_________ the answer, I would tell you right away.
37. The flight QA123 to Moscow (take) ____ off at 10 pm next Sunday.
38. Too big and too heavy (pull)______behind passenger cars, these mobile homes are
moved by tow trucks.
III.Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
39. My brother doesn’t like him because of his ______. RELY
40. She studied ________ at university. ECONOMY
41. The boy was very violent and his parents found him ________. MANAGE
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42. I feel really tired after spending a …………… night studying for the exam.
SLEEP
43. You must learn to __________between politeness and real kindness. DIFFERENT
44. In nursing, women tend to ____ men by four to one. NUMBER
45. Sorry about the mistakes, I_____ the instructions you gave me. UNDERSTAND
IV. The passage below contains 5 mistakes (question 46-50). Find out the mistakes
and correct them. Write the correct answers on your answer sheet.
When you wear something, you often say "Look at me!" Your clothing communicates
to the world that you want the world to think of you. For example, when you go to a
party, you might choose clothes that makes you look exciting.
In different civilizations at different time, different kinds of clothes have been
acceptable. In Scotland and parts of the Orient, men as well like women wore skirts. In
Turkey and China, both men and women wore trousers. But in ancient Greece, men who
wore trousers were thought to be savages. In United States today, both men and women
wear pants.
46 line______ 47 line______ 48 line______ 49 line______ 50 line______
SECTION D: READING (30 pts)
I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
ONE word in each space. (10 pts)
It’s not easy for……..(51)…students of English to improve their accent. Unlike children,
who are flexible, adults often find ...(52)………..hard to change the way they speak.
This is ...(53)…….even the top or smartest adult students have difficulty with
pronunciation. There are several things that (54)……….international student can do to
improve his or her (55)……………
One method is to sing up for a pronunciation class. Studying pronunciation can (56)
………………students understand the rules of English, but in(57)………………to
practice speaking, Students often need to be opposed to English outside the classroom as
well.This is why many students say that studying in an English- speaking (58)
…………….
greatly affects their English. Living with native (59)…………can help students to learn
new vocabulary as(60)……………..as improve their accents. International students can
also learn important cultrural information. This can help to prevent misunderstandings
that can occur when people from different cultures live together.
II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for
each space. (10 pts)
If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It
has become a symbol of a wasteful, throw – away society. But there seems little
(61)____ it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic have brought enormous
benefits, even environmental ones. It is not really the plastic themselves that are the
environmental (62)______ - It is the way society chooses to use and (63)______ them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal –
nonrenewable natural resources . We (64)_____ well three million tons of the stuff in
Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (65)______ of
our annual consumption is in the form of packaging and this (66)_____ about seven
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percent by weight, of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled but very
little of it is, though the plastic recycling (67) ______ is growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy – rich; They have a higher calorific
(68)_____ than coal and one method of “recovery” strongly (69) ___ by the plastic
manufactured is the (70) ____ of waste plastic into a fuel.
61. A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood
62. A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
63. A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
64. A. remove B. import C. consign D. consume
65. A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate
66. A. takes B. makes C. carries D. constitutes
67. A. manufacture B. plant C. factory D. industry
68. A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
69. A. desired B. argued C. favored D. presented
70. A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to the questions below.
(10 pts)
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the
population would grow too quickly, and there would not be enough food or other
resources, so in a way, diseases are natural ways of keeping the Earth in balance. But
sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For example, in
1918, an outbreak of flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only
six months. Such terrible outbreaks of a disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not
prepared to fight. In 1918 a new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to
fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very quickly and killed large mumbers of people.
While there have been many different pandemic diseases throughout history, all of them
have a new thing in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily.
Second, while they may kill many people, they generally do not kill people very
quickly. A good example of this would be the Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is an
extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70 – 80 % of all people who
get the Marburg virus died from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become
a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means
that the virus does not have enough time to spread a large number of people. The flu
virus of 1918, on the other hand, generally took about a week to ten days to kill its
victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them
less common. Doctors carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become
pandemics. For example, in 2002, and 2003, doctors carefully watched SARS. Their
health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a pandemic.
71. According to the paragraph 1, How are disease a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They prevent pandemics. B. They have control the population.
C. They led the world grow quickly. D. They kill too many people.
72. Based on the information in the passage the term “pandemics” can be explained as
_______.
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A. Diseases with no kill

B. A deadly kind of flu
C. Diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
D. New disease like SARS or the Marbug virus
73. According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. changes a disease that body can not fight.
B. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of disease.
C. Population grow that the world cannot support.
D. The failure to make new medicines.
74. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic
EXCEPT that ________.
A. It involved a new kind of flu virus B. It killed over 25 million people
C. It was the last pandemic in history D. It took a little over a week to kill its
victims
75. The word “it” in the passage refers to ________.
A. disease B. flu virus C. pandemic D. bodies
76. Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They spread from people to people very quickly.
B. It kills many people very quickly.
C. They do not kill people very quickly.
D. They kill all the victims.
77. According to paragraph 3, why hasn’t Marburg virus become a pandemic?
A. It is not a deadly disease.
B. It does not spread from person to person easily.
C. Doctors have prevented it from becoming a pandemic.
D. It kills people too quickly.
78. The word “monitor” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
A. fight B. prevent C. watch D. avoid
79. The author mentioned SARS in order to ________.
A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease
B. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic
C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic
D. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon
80. This passage is mainly about _______.
A. How to prevent pandemic diseases. B. Pandemic diseases
C. Pandemic diseases throughout history D. Why pandemics happen
SECTION E: WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays
the same.
81. He spoke so loudly that all of us could hear him clearly.
So………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
82. It wasn't Tom that you saw in the department store, for sure.
It couldn't…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
83. He said he was not guilty of stealing the car
 He denied ……………………………………………………………….
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84. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.

 Sad as………………………….……………………………………………
85. You can try to get Lan to lend you some money but you won’t succeed.
 There’s no point………………………………………………….…………….
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one, by
using the words given. (do not change the word given).
86. It’s a pity I can’t cook well. BETTER
- I wish I ……………………………………………cook.
87. It’s waste of time to try and explain anything to Tony. WORTH
-………..……………………………………………………………………………
88. I’m willing to help you repair the radio MIND
- I……………………………………………………………………
89. She was so beautiful that I couldn’t stop looking at her. EYES
-…………………………………………………………………………
90. I didn’t agree with the idea. FAVOR
-………………………………………………………………………..
III. “On-line shopping brings a lot of benefits to people, especially in modern time”.
Write a paragraph about (150-180 words) to share your opinion about this
statement.

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