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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO<br /> HÀ NAM<br /> <br /> KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS<br /> NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018<br /> Môn: Tiếng Anh<br /> Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút<br /> (Đề thi gồm 08 trang, thí sinh làm bài ngay vào đề thi này)<br /> <br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> <br /> Điểm của bài thi<br /> Bằng số:<br /> <br /> Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo<br /> Giám khảo số 1:<br /> <br /> Bằng chữ:<br /> <br /> Giám khảo số 2:<br /> <br /> SỐ PHÁCH<br /> <br /> SECTION A: LISTENING (30 points)<br /> Part I. Listen to Thomas Lambert talking about his life as a ballet dancer. Choose the correct answer.<br /> (10 points)<br /> 1. How did Thomas feel about doing performing arts?<br /> A. It was important to maintain a family tradition.<br /> B. It was something he was born to do.<br /> C. He wasn’t talented enough to become a pianist.<br /> D. he found it interesting and important.<br /> 2. Thomas went to different ballet schools because<br /> A. he liked performing in different places.<br /> B. he enjoyed travelling to different countries.<br /> C. he needed to find out what suited him best.<br /> D. he wanted to get the widest range of experience.<br /> 3. What does Thomas like best about ballet?<br /> A. It’s difficult to get it right.<br /> B. It involves more than movement.<br /> C. Each ballet tells a story and it attracts him.<br /> D. It’s fun performing in front of an audience.<br /> 4. What does Thomas like best about awards?<br /> A. Some of them are worth more than others.<br /> B. It is very important to him.<br /> C. Dancers have to win them while they are young.<br /> D. It’s difficult to win them because dancers have a short career.<br /> 5. Thomas says that by the time he stops dancing he wants to have<br /> A. studied more about ballet.<br /> B. started to teach ballet to new students.<br /> C. increased audiences for ballet.<br /> D. made the most of his time on stage.<br /> Your answers:<br /> 1.<br /> <br /> 2.<br /> <br /> 3.<br /> <br /> 4.<br /> <br /> 5.<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> Part II. Listen and fill the information you hear in the numbered spaces. NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS<br /> OR A NUMBER for each space. (10 points)<br /> Transport from Airport to Milton<br /> Example<br /> Answer<br /> Distance:<br /> …….147…….. miles<br /> Options<br /> * Car hire<br /> - don’t want to drive<br /> * (1)……………………………………….<br /> - expensive<br /> * Greyhound bus<br /> -$ 15 single , (2).………………. return<br /> - direct to the City centre<br /> - long (3)……………..................….…….<br /> * Airport (4)………………………………..<br /> - door to door service<br /> - need to (5)………………………….…….<br /> Part III. You will hear a conversation between a girl and her father about what she’s going to study<br /> next year. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Put a () in the box under A for YES and<br /> under B for No. (10 points)<br /> Yes<br /> NO<br /> Statements<br /> (A)<br /> (B)<br /> <br /> 0.Charlotte wants to study Spanish because she thinks Spanish is easy.<br /> 1. Chartlotte’s grandmother was born in England.<br /> 2. Charlotte’s father is sorry he can’t speak Chinese.<br /> 3. Charlotte’s father is keen on her studying in China.<br /> 4. Charlotte plans to go to China alone.<br /> 5. Charlotte and her father agree that her mother wants to visit China.<br /> SECTION B. PHONETICS (10 points)<br /> Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (5 points)<br /> 1.<br /> A. breathtaking<br /> B. breathe<br /> C. mouth<br /> D. monthly<br /> 2.<br /> A. spectacular<br /> B. sandal<br /> C. affordable<br /> D. negative<br /> 3.<br /> A. career<br /> B. peer<br /> C. pear<br /> D. appear<br /> 4.<br /> A. shortage<br /> B. carriage<br /> C. teenage<br /> D. storage<br /> 5.<br /> A. climber<br /> Your answers:<br /> 1.<br /> <br /> B. subtle<br /> 2.<br /> <br /> 3.<br /> <br /> C. debtor<br /> 4.<br /> <br /> D. probable<br /> 5.<br /> <br /> Part II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.(5 points)<br /> 1.<br /> A. volunteer<br /> B. understand<br /> C. temperature<br /> D. scientific<br /> 2.<br /> A. accidental<br /> B. sensitivity<br /> C. beneficial<br /> D. industrial<br /> 3.<br /> A. television<br /> B. information<br /> C. economic<br /> D. engineer<br /> 4.<br /> A. adolescence<br /> B. metropolitant<br /> C. multicultural<br /> D. spectacular<br /> 5.<br /> A. swallow<br /> B. extinct<br /> C. crisis<br /> D. journey<br /> Your answers:<br /> 1.<br /> <br /> 2.<br /> <br /> 3.<br /> <br /> 4.<br /> <br /> 5.<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> SECTION C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (65 points)<br /> Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence. (15 points)<br /> 1. He thought the talk was fascinating. His friend, _______, fell asleep halfway through it.<br /> A. although<br /> B. nevertheless<br /> C. therefore<br /> D. B or C<br /> 2. All of the students_______ the seniors will receive their grades in two weeks.<br /> A. but<br /> B. so<br /> C. and<br /> D. or<br /> 3. The press puts _____ on the police forces who were unable to cope with the crowd of savage hooligans.<br /> A. fault<br /> B. charge<br /> C. blame<br /> D. guilt<br /> 4. We couldn’t stay long so we only wished Mark many happy ________ of his birthday and hurried to the<br /> airport.<br /> A. days<br /> B. returns<br /> C. moments<br /> D. regards<br /> 5. "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?”<br /> - “ _________ the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.”<br /> A. All of<br /> B. Of all<br /> C. For all<br /> D. From all<br /> 6. “Excuse me, is this seat free?” - “_____________”<br /> A. No, you can’t sit here.<br /> C. Sorry, it is taken.<br /> B. Yes, it is seated by a boy.<br /> D. Yes, but I don’t know so.<br /> 7. Noone who was invited to the party last night came, ___________?<br /> A. didn’t they<br /> B. weren’t they<br /> C. did they<br /> D. was he<br /> 8. He may be shy now, but he’ll soon come out of his ______ when he meets the right girl.<br /> A. shoe<br /> B. shell<br /> C. shed<br /> D. hole<br /> 9. “By the way, have you heard the one about the Welshman, the Irishman and the pig?”<br /> “Yes, we have. That joke’s as old as______”.<br /> A. Solomon<br /> B. the hills<br /> C. a dinosaur<br /> D. Jupiter<br /> 10. Just think, ______ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!<br /> A. under<br /> B. over<br /> C. after<br /> D. in<br /> 11. The referee called off the soccer game because of the darkness.<br /> A. canceled<br /> B. postponed<br /> C. put off<br /> D. called up<br /> 12. Matthew has changed his ______ several times about buying a new car.<br /> A. sight<br /> B. view<br /> C. head<br /> D. mind<br /> 13. We're living in an apartment for now, but soon we'll be looking for a house to buy.<br /> A. in a hurry<br /> B. to shake hands C. for the time being D. up to now<br /> 14. Playing ____ violin was to be ____ great adventure for him. He knew _______ little about it.<br /> A. ø/a/a<br /> B. the/ ø /a<br /> C. a/a/a<br /> D. the/a/ ø<br /> 15. Of the two shirts, this one is ___________<br /> A. the prettiest<br /> B. the most pretty C. more pretty<br /> D. the prettier<br /> Your answers:<br /> 1<br /> 2<br /> 3<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> 6<br /> <br /> 7<br /> <br /> 8<br /> <br /> 9<br /> <br /> 10<br /> <br /> 11<br /> <br /> 12<br /> <br /> 13<br /> <br /> 14<br /> <br /> 15<br /> <br /> Part II. Give the correct form of the words (20 points)<br /> Computer skills in the office<br /> To be (0) successfully in the bussiness market, it is vital for a company to keep up 0.Success<br /> with all the latest technological development. Nowadays it is (1)_____________ 1. Wide<br /> accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually 2. Possible<br /> (2)____________ . This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> for their technology departments.<br /> Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all<br /> (3)___________ have some degree of (4) ___________ with personal or desktop<br /> computers, even if this involves no more than the (5) ____________ of a basic<br /> computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become<br /> (6)______________ with using computers after practical experience .<br /> Thanks to computers, today’s businesses are run and managed with far less<br /> (7)________________ than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example,<br /> computers enable the (8)_____________ of huge amounts of information and greatly<br /> speed up the (9) _______________ of documents and reports.<br /> In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert,<br /> they are (10)__________ to get very far without at least a basic knowledge of<br /> computers.<br /> <br /> 3.<br /> 4.<br /> 5.<br /> 6.<br /> 7.<br /> 8.<br /> 9.<br /> <br /> employ<br /> Familiar<br /> Complete<br /> Comfort<br /> Difficult<br /> Organise<br /> Prepare<br /> <br /> 10. Like<br /> <br /> Your answers:<br /> 1……………………………………..<br /> <br /> 6………………………………..<br /> <br /> 2……………………………………<br /> <br /> 7……………………………….<br /> <br /> 3……………………………………<br /> <br /> 8……………………………….<br /> <br /> 4……………………………………<br /> <br /> 9………………………………….<br /> <br /> 5……………………………………... 10……………………………….<br /> Part III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (20 points)<br /> 1. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ( tell ) _________the truth.<br /> 2. But for his help, her project (not complete) _________so sucessfully.<br /> 3. (Not know) _________ where the theater was, she asked for directions at the hotel reception.<br /> 4. There you are! I ( wait) _________ for two hours. Where’ve you been?<br /> 5. Under the tree (some students/ stand) now.<br /> 6. I feel as if my head (be) _________on fire now, doctor.<br /> 7. He would rather he (visit) _________Halong bay last year.<br /> 8. I'd love ( go) _________ to the party, but it was impossible.<br /> 9. One of the most urgent problems (face) _________ us now is the need to control population growth.<br /> 10. It’s high time we (do) _________ something to save the earth now.<br /> Your answers:<br /> <br /> 1……………………………………..<br /> <br /> 6………………………………..<br /> <br /> 2……………………………………<br /> <br /> 7……………………………….<br /> <br /> 3……………………………………<br /> <br /> 8……………………………….<br /> <br /> 4……………………………………<br /> <br /> 9………………………………….<br /> <br /> 5……………………………………... 10……………………………….<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> Part IV. Each of the numbered lines in the passage contains a mistake, underline and correct it.<br /> (10 points)<br /> Plants and animals hold medicinal, agriculture, ecological value. Endangered<br /> species must be protected and saved so that future generations can experience their<br /> presence and value.<br /> Plants and animals are responsible for a variety for useful medications. In fact, about<br /> forty percentage of all prescriptions written today are composed from the natural<br /> compounds of different species. These species not only save live, but they<br /> contribute to a prospering pharmaceutical industry worth over $40 billions annually.<br /> Unfortunately, only 5% of know plant species have been screened for their<br /> medicinal values, although we continue to lost up to 100 species daily. The Pacific<br /> yew, a slow-grow tree found in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, was<br /> historical considered a "trash" tree. However, a substance in its bark was recently<br /> identified as one of the more promising treatments for ovarian and breast cancer.<br /> Additionally, more than 3 million American heart disease sufferers would die with<br /> 72 hours of a heart attack without digitalis, a drug derived from the purple foxglove.<br /> <br /> 0. agricultural<br /> <br /> 1. ………………….<br /> 2. ………………….<br /> 3. ………………….<br /> 4. ………………….<br /> 5. ………………….<br /> 6. ………………….<br /> 7. ………………….<br /> 8. ………………….<br /> 9. ………………….<br /> 10. ………………….<br /> <br /> SECTION D. READING COMPREHENSION (50 points)<br /> Part I. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the following paragraph. (20 points)<br /> Psychologists have long been interested in ___(0) how___ we judge intelligence in strangers. Now<br /> scientists have designed tests ____(1)_____ try to discover which cues help people to judge IQ accurately,<br /> and which cause them to get _____(2)______ wrong. High school pupils were videotaped answering<br /> thought- provoking questions and the videos were____(3)_____shown to groups of judge’s who were asked<br /> to assess the students’ physical type and monitor a variety of behavioural cues. Next the judges were asked<br /> to rate the students’ intelligence. At the same time, each student was _____(4)_____ required to sit a<br /> standard IQ test.<br /> Certain cues matched the ______(5)______ of the IQ tests more closely than others. ____(6)_____<br /> speaking quickly, using a lot of words or displaying ease of understanding caused the judges to rate the<br /> students’ intelligence highly, and was reflected in the IQ tests _____(7)_____ cues seemed to give judges<br /> an entirely false impression of intelligence as measured by the IQ test. ____(8)_____ the cues that led<br /> judges to assess students as dull were factors ______(9)______ as using halting speech or slang. Cues that<br /> led judges to view students as bright included talking loudly and using proper English. ___(10)____ of these<br /> straits correlated with measured IQ, however.<br /> Your answers:<br /> 1……………………………………..<br /> <br /> 6………………………………..<br /> <br /> 2……………………………………<br /> <br /> 7……………………………….<br /> <br /> 3……………………………………<br /> <br /> 8……………………………….<br /> <br /> 4……………………………………<br /> <br /> 9………………………………….<br /> <br /> 5……………………………………... 10……………………………….<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br />