PHÒNG GD&ĐT THÁI HÒA

KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 – NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020

Bài thi môn: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 9 – VÒNG 1
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút (bao gồm cả phần nghe)

Điểm Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo Số phách

Bằng số: Giám khảo 1: …………………………….
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Bằng chữ: Giám khảo 2: …………………………….
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SECTION A: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part 1 (10 points). Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the
following sentences. Write it in ‘Your answers’ part.

1. To get a passport, you must send in your birth ____________ and two photos.
A. certificate B. license C. paper D. card
2. The computer won’t work unless you ____________ these cables.
A. connect ed B. connect C. don't connect D. didn’t connect

3. Ben and his friend were badly injured in the last match, so____________them can play
today.
A. both of B. either one of C. neither of D. not any of
4. Next summer, we’re ____________ a swimming pool built in our garden.
A. making B. deciding C. letting D. having
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5. The vegetables don t taste ____________ to me.
A. well B. delicious C. freshly D. neccessary
6. Linda: “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!” - Mary:
“____________.”
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid C. Thank you for your compliment

B. You are telling a lie D. I don’t like your sayings

7. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in the following sentence.
Now, when so many frogs were killed, there were more and more insects.
A. lesser and lesser B. less and less C. lesser and fewer D. fewer and fewer

8. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in the following sentence.
I didn’t go to school this morning. I stayed at home due to the morning rain.
A. on account of B. thanks to C. in spite of D. apart from
9. The children seem to be totally capable ____________ working by themselves.
A. on B. of C. in D. for
10. There used to be a/an ____________ in my grandfather’s bedroom.
A. black and white old broken TV C. old broken black and white TV
B. broken old black and white TV D. broken black and white old TV

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

Part 2 (10 points). There are 10 mistakes in each line in the following passage. Identify the
mistakes and write the corrections in the numbered boxes.
Line Passage
1 Nobody likes stay at home on a public holiday especially if the
2 weather is fine. Last August we decided to spend the day on the
3 country. The only difficulty was that millions of other person had
4 exactly the same idea. Us moved out of the city slowly behind
5 along lines of cars, but at last we came to an quiet country road
6 and after any time, stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought
7 plenty food with us and we got it out of the car. Now everything
8 was ready so we sit down near a path at the foot of a hill. It was
9 very peacefully in the cool grass until we heard bells ringing at the
10 top of the hill. What we saw made us to pick up our things and run
back to the car as quickly as possible.

Your answers:
Line Mistakes Corrections Line Mistakes Corrections
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

SECTION B. READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1 (15 points). Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank. Write your answers in
‘Your answers’ part.
Fire was very important to man. He needed fire to keep himself warm (1) ________ night.
He used fire to cook (2) ________ food. He used fire to frighten away enemies (3) ________ wild
animals. In some parts of the world he (4) ________ fire to signal messages. Red Indians, for
example, used fire to make smoke signals. In some (5) ________ countries people lit fire to
warm their friends of danger. Fire (6) ________ also used to give light. Before the invention of
the oil lamp, men used burning sticks as torchs. And (7) ________ man discovered gas and
electricity, he hung small fires in wire baskets (8) ________ posts to light the streets. One man
even used fire to (9) ________ the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle (10)
________ took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in (11) ________ equal
parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting (12) ________ number of parts left of
the burning candle. (13) ________ the candle clock (14) ________ not always work well. If there
was a wind (15) ________ on the candle, the flame burned too quickly.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 2 (10 points). Read the passage below and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D)
best fits each gap. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century,
he was the most famous man in England. He became (1)__________while still at the university,
mainly (2)________ of his sporting achievements. He as, at the same time, captain of the
university football, cricket and athletics team and held the world record for the long jump. He was
(3)________ a popular sport journalist. He was so famous that letters addressed to “ Mr. Fry,
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Oxford” were delivered to him (4)________ any difficulty. His college, although it has a quite
different name, (5)________ known as “ Fry’s College”.
Some people have criticized Fry’s sporting (6)________ . They point out that he lived at a
time (7)________ standards were quite low and (8)________ was much easier to do well in
several sports. It is certainly true that athletes at a time did not have the totally delicate approach
of modern athletes. However, it is only fair to judge him (9)________ the standards of his
(10)________ time. There is no doubt that he had extraordinary skills and an ability to write
about sport with style and intelligence.
1. A. fame B. rich C. well-known D. common

2. A. because B. that C. which D. thus

3. A. so B. too C. of D. also
4. A. with B. without C. no D. not
5. A. be B. which C. what D. was
6. A. achievements B. succeed C. famous D. expect

7. A. then B. when C. which D. that

8. A. him B. men C. it D. they
9. A. at B. beneath C. out of D. to
10. A. single B. lonely C. own D. private

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

Part 3 (5 points). Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each
question.
My Job at a Summer Camp, by Charlie Rose
Every year I work at a summer camp for kids and I really enjoy seeing the children do things
they never thought they could do. Nearly all the kids know how to swim and play table-tennis
before they come, but things like rock climbing are new experiences for most. Some of them are
very nervous, but after a bit of encouragement, they agree to try and they all get to the top in the
end, which makes them feel great.
The kids stay several weeks and some do miss home. You might expect it to be the really
young ones who feel like that the most but it’s actually the ten- to thirteen-year-olds. We don’t let
them use their mobile phones all the time. First we tell them they can phone home after lunch.
Then when they ask again, usually after dinner, we say it’s a bit too late to phone and suggest
doing it the next day. Most children are fine in a couple of days and at the end of their stay, it’s
amazing how many come and thanks us because they have had a great time.
It’s not just the children who get lonely. We get parents who are on the phone the whole
time, asking how their child is getting on, which is quite unnecessary. Often their son or daughter
will be busy, playing games or doing something else, so we have to tell parents to ring back
another time.
Some kids arrive dressed in smart, designer, new clothes and they sometimes argue when
we tell them to change into something they won’t mind getting dirty, but before long they realise
what we mean.
1. What is the writer trying to do in this text?
A. describe how children make friends at a summer camp.
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B. suggest how parents should choose a summer camp for children.
C. explain what it is like for children at a summer camp.
D. advise children how to behave at a summer camp.
2. What does the writer say about rock climbing at the camp?
A. Some children already know how to do it.
B. Some children prefer to swim or play table-tennis.
C. Some children refuse to take part.
D. Some children find it more enjoyable than they expected to.
3. What surprises the writer about the children who stay at the camp?
A. The youngest ones find it hard to be away from home.
B. They complain if they cannot phone their parents.
C. They miss meal times with their parents.
D. They seem grateful for their experience here.
4. What does the writer think about some parents?
A. They should visit their children instead of phoning them.
B. They don't need to keep on phoning the camp.
C. They shouldn't allow their children to bring phones to camp.
D. They need to be reminded to phone their children.
5. Which postcard might a child at the camp send home?
I was annoyed when they It's so unfair that everyone else
A suggested I put on old jeans, B can use their mobile phone, but
but I guess they were right. they won't let me use mine.
I've made some good I was really frightened
friends but we're all every time we went rock
C D
bored because there climbing, so they let me
isn’t much to do here. do something else instead.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION C. WRITING
Part 1 (5 points). Rewrite the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning
as the one before it.
1. I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
 I haven’t .................................................................................................................................
2. Have you forgotten that you sent her a letter last month?
 Don’t …………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. My brother studies now harder than he used to.
 My brother .............................................................................................................................
4. Jane is the most talented student in my school.
 No student…………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. The news was so wonderful that she decided to have a celebration.
 It was....................................................................................................................................

Part 2 (5 points). Complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the one before it, using the word given in brackets. DO NOT CHANGE THE
WORD.
1. They said they would rather Diana didn’t listen to music at work. TOLD
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2. John has done well in French, but not so well in Math. WHILE

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3. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car. HAVE
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4. As television programmes become more popular, they seem to get worse. MORE
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5. She is fond of her nephew although he behaves terribly. SPITE
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Part 3 (8 points). Your English friend Jack helped you hold a birthday party and gave you
three kittens on your 15th birthday. Write a thank-you letter to him.

Write your letter (about 100 - 120 words). DO NOT write any addresses.

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Part 4 (12 points). Your English teacher has asked you to write a story (120 - 150 words)

for your school story writing competition. Your story must BEGIN with the following

sentence:

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SECTION D. LISTENING

Part 1 (10 points). You will hear a recorded message about a competition. For each
question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Write ONLY ONE WORD
OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Man: Thanks for calling our competition hotline. We have all the (1) ________ you need to enter
this exciting painting competition. The most important date for you to remember is the one you
have to send in your paintings by – that’s the (2) ________ of August. We need them all in by that
date because the winning paintings will be in a show held from (3) ________ the fifteenth at the
School of Arts. This competition is becoming more and more popular. Last year (4) ________ of
you entered and this year we’re hoping to get (5) ________ . If you’d like to see the winning
paintings from last year, then please go to our (6) ________, www.youngpainter.org. The next
important bit of information is the topic for the competition. Last year’s topic of (7) ________, was
very successful. This year we’d like to see paintings showing your ideas on the subject of The
(8) ________. Think about your world, your family and home – How might it look (9) ________.
years from now? What inventions will we use to travel? Will we have robots working for us? And
what about issues like (10) ________ warming or pollution?
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2 (10 points). Look at the ten sentences for this part. You will hear a conversation
between a boy, Marcus, and a girl, Catherine, about their homework. Decide if each
sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, put a tick () in a box under A for YES. If it is
incorrect, put a tick () in a box under B for NO.
A B
YES NO
1. Marcus is tired and he wants to have a rest today.

2. Marcus finished all his homework before having football practice yesterday.

3. Catherine finds it hard to understand why Marcus has so much homework.

4. Marcus visited the Science Museum with his family on Sunday.

5. Catherine thinks visiting the museum was a good experience for Marcus.

6. Catherine offers to show Marcus the maths homework she has already done.

7. Marcus says Catherine is very good at Maths.

8. Catherine doesn’t want to finish the maths together.

9. Marcus worries that his teacher might be angry if Catharine helps him.

10. After talking to Catherine, Marcus feels more confident his homework.

Your answers:
0. A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

THE END

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