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UBND THÀNH PHỐ CAO LÃNH KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CẤP THÁNH PHỐ, NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
____________ MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 17/12/2023
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
(Đề gồm 08 trang)
I. LISTENING (4.0 points)
PART 1. Listen to the recording twice and write on your answer sheet with ONE WORD
AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (1.0 point)
PART 2. You will hear part of a tutorial between two students and their tutor. The students
are doing a research project on computer use.
Listen to the conversation carefully and mark the correct answer A, B, or C on your
answer sheet. You will listen to the recording twice. (1.0 point)
1. Sami and Irene decided to do a survey about access to computer facilities because
_________.
A. mostly no one had investigated this before.
B. their tutor suggested this topic.
C. this was a problem for many students.
2. Sami and Irene had problems with the reading for their project because _________.
A. the language was too technical.
B. not much had been written about this topic.
C. they could not locate the books in the library.
3. How did Sami and Irene get the key data in their survey after having an idea?
A. From face-to-face interviews
MOVING COMPANY SERVICE REPORT
Phone number: (1)…………………………………………………………
USA Address : 509 Clark House,
1137 (2)…………………………drive in Seattle
Packing day: Monday
Date: 11th (3)………………………………………………………..
Clean – up by: 5:00 p.m.
Day: (4)………………………………………………………..
About the Price: Rather expensive
Storage Time: (5) ……………………………………………………..
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B. From observation of students
C. From online questionnaires
4. How many access computer centres at the university did they go to get the data ?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
5. What proportion of students surveyed thought that a booking system would be the
best solution?
A. 45% B. 65% C. 77%
PART 3. You will hear a teacher giving her students advice for exams. Listen carefully and
complete the passage below. Write on your answer sheet NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS OR NUMBERS for each blank. (2.0 points)
Advice for Exams
- The audience are advised to (1)________ as she is talking.
- Food can give you energy but eat sweets or drinking cola or sugar won‟t help you
study but (2)________ will, for example apples.
- Find a comfortable place, not „too‟ comfortable, with (3)________ when studying.
- Try and keep a positive mind and be relaxed. Have a break If you start (4) ________,
like going out for a stroll around the block.
- Choose the (5) ________, the things that will get you most points in an exam.
- Learn the main ideas and don‟t worry too much about (6) _________.
- Make notes of (7) _________ and read them, then cover them up and try to remember
all the points.
- Use past exam papers in the library to help you understand what kind of questions
(8)_________ .
- Take (9) _________ while you are studying. Five-minutes is usually enough.
- Drink a glass of water to (10) ________.
(Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org)
II. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (4.0 points)
A. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following sentences.(1,5 points)
1. I am supposed to submit the assignment by Friday, _______?
A. aren‟t I B. did I C. don‟t I D. shall I
2. Yesterday I met my friend _______ gave me a cat on my birthday.
A. that B. whom C. which D. whose
3. After graduating from school, I am going to _______ for a job in mobile marketing.
A. shortlist B. recruit C. apply D. specialise
4. My favourite pastime is playing ________ guitar, but my best friend prefers playing
________ tennis.
A. x/x B. the/x C. a/a D. a/the
5. After my father got a well-paid job at an international company, we moved to a ________
neighbourhood.
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A. respect B. respectful C. respecting D. respectable
6. Hard-working and talented students should be given more opportunities _________ their
skills.
A. developing B. to develop C. developed D. develop
7. Some chemicals which _________ the air quality and cause health problems can be used
for cleaning surfaces.
A. affect B. dispose C. breathe D. promote
8. My parents ________ a lot of their time writing letters before they started using social
media to connect with their relatives.
A. spent B. had spent C. can spend D. spends
9. My plane ________ fifty minutes late so I missed a date with Dr. Watson last week.
A. turned round B. carried on C. put out D. took off
10. Many people believe that the novel will be a best seller when it________.
A. will be publised B. was publised C. is publised D. has published
11. After a hesitation took them six weeks, they decided to ________ on the business deal.
A. speak of the devil B. feel under the weatherC. cut corners D. see eye to eye
12. My best friend is upset because she has to ________ school next week.
A. drop out of B. run out of C. talk back to D. come up with
13. John went to bed early last night ________ he was tired.
A. although B. because C. but D. so that
14. Employers always want job ________ to be able to demonstrate their skills and qualities.
A. employees B. workers C. staff D. applicants
15. I would be grateful for an opportunity to visit your company and discuss my application
with you in ________.
A. privacy B. face C. individual D. person
B.Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (0.5 point)
VISIT TO A FASHION SHOW
I was really (1) _______ about my first visit to a fashion show. I had always
loved fashion but had only ever seen models in advertisements on TV. Finally,
I was going to see a real show! I got out my most fashionable clothes. I wanted
to look as (2)_______ as the models. I don't know if I was completely
successful, but I never had much money to spend on clothes and I felt
(3)_______, which is the main thing. When we got there, it was fantastic!
There were so many beautiful women! The show started and imagine my
surprise when, completely (4)_______, the first model was wearing clothes just
like I was! Everyone saw the (5) _______ and a couple of people asked me
who my stylist was! Amazing!
ENTHUSIASM
STYLE
ATTRACT
EXPECT
SIMILAR
C. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct,
but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick () in the
space provided on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write
the word in the space provided on your answer sheet. (1 point)
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WEDDING DISASTER
1.
My wedding has been being arranged for months. I knew exactly what I
wanted for that special day. I had the caterers to give me a menu and
have got them to provide me with samples so that I could be sure we
would have the best food. I also wanted to have us a string quarter play
a classical music and I arranged that, too. My dress was being made
especially and I had the dressmaker put silver thread in it. Finally, the
big day when arrived. My dress was being delivered in the morning, but
by at ten it still hadn‟t arrived.They called me and said it had been
damaged! It was furious! I had my best friend quickly pop out and get a
new dress. I got my lawyer that to call to get my money back.
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D. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. Write your
answers on the answer sheet.(0,5 point)
In the US, many high school students learn to drive and get part-time jobs after celebrating
their 16th birthday. At 18, people in the United States (1.vote)________ in government
elections and join the military, but they are prohibited from going into nightclubs, buying
alcohol like beer or wine, or (2.gamble)________ until they are 21.
In many Latin American countries, a young woman‟s 15th birthday is important. At this
age, she is no longer considered to be a girl, but a woman. (3. mark)________ this special
day, families with 15-year-old daughters have a celebration called a quinceañera. The day
(4.begin)________with the young woman and her family going to the church. Later, there is
a party to which many guests (5. invite)________.
E. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles. (0) has been done as
an example. Write your answers on the answer sheet.(0,5 point)
0. Look out! The tree is falling towards you.
1. Lots of people got ill when the Covid-19 pandemic broke _______ in April.
2. Meggie came down ________ the cold, which meant she couldn‟t work.
3. The policewoman chased ________ the pickpocket, brought him to the ground and
finally arrested him.
4. Luckily, the bomb disposal squad defused the bomb before it went ________ .
5. I know we had an argument, and now we decided to break ________ .
III. READING (5.0 points)
A.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (1 point)
It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of (1) _______ in universities and other
institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. However, it
hasn't always been that way. (2) ________ the scientific method is now four or five hundred
years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could work out the (3)
________ of natural events just by the power of thought.
During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test
their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of
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(4) _______ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often
worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often
received very little reward for their hard work. (5) ________ the start of the 20th century,
though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive.
This individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts.
Modern science was born.
1. A. scientists B. science C. scientific D. scientifically
2. A. Therefore B. Instead of C. Because D. Although
3. A. aims B. causes C. purposes D. reasons
4. A. analysis B. attempt C. progress D. event
5. A. At B. In C. On D. For
B. Read the following passage and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word
in each. (2 points)
FUTURE CITIES
What do you imagine cities will be (1)_______ in the future? Will we have smart
buildings and flying cars? Or robots that will pick up our rubbish? What about schools? Will
we still travel to school or will we study (2)_______ from home? Perhaps all the buildings
and roads will be underground and we‟ll just have parks and cycle lanes above.
Maybe ... or maybe not, but what we do know is that in the future, cities are going to
(3)_______ more and more people living in them. More than half (4)_______ world‟s people
already live in cities, and by 2050, cities will become home to about 6.5 billion people.
That‟s a lot of people and very little space! More people means that we‟re going to have
more pollution, traffic and noise. It also means that we‟ll need much (5)_______homes,
schools, hospitals, jobs and transport. We‟ll need more resources, like water and energy, and
more ways to grow food too. Oh, and more parks (6)_______ play in!
Many cities are already planning for the future. For example, Bristol is a cycling city in
England. You can hire a bike, (7)_______of taking a car or bus, and ride in cycle lanes (8)
_______ are separated from the traffic. In Singapore, people are looking „up‟ to grow food!
To save space, they grow vegetables in lots of layers in special tall buildings, (9)_______
„vertical farms‟. And in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, there are „floating houses‟ built
(10)_______ water instead of on land! What do you think city life will be like in the future?
C. Read the following passage and put A, B, C, D and E into the blanks from 1 to 5 to
indicate the information which is suitable for each paragraph.(1 point)
HEALTH BENEFITS OF YOGA
Yoga is a healthy lifestyle. One of the benefits of yoga is that you can choose a yoga style
that is suitable for your lifestyle, such as hot yoga, power yoga, relaxation yoga, etc. If you
are a yoga beginner, Hatha Yoga, which focuses on basic postures at a comfortable pace,
would be great for you. If you want to increase strength through using more of your own
body‟s resistance, (1)____________________. Whether you prefer you're at home, in a
