Đề thi HSG lớp 9 môn tiếng Anh năm 2014-2015 - Phòng GD&ĐT Lai Vung

UBND HUYỆN LAI VUNG<br /> PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO<br /> <br /> KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9<br /> NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015<br /> <br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> <br /> MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH<br /> Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)<br /> Ngày thi: 07/12/2014<br /> <br /> (Đề thi gồm 08 trang)<br /> <br /> (Phần này dành cho hội đồng chấm thi)<br /> Điểm<br /> từng phần<br /> <br /> Điểm bài thi<br /> Bằng số<br /> <br /> Bằng chữ<br /> <br /> Câu I:..............<br /> <br /> Giám khảo 1:<br /> <br /> + Chữ ký: __________________<br /> <br /> STT<br /> (do hội đồng<br /> chấm thi ghi)<br /> <br /> + Họ và tên: ________________<br /> <br /> Câu II:….........<br /> Câu III:...........<br /> <br /> Giám khảo 2:<br /> <br /> Câu IV:...........<br /> <br /> + Chữ ký: __________________<br /> <br /> Số phách<br /> (do hội đồng<br /> chấm thi ghi)<br /> <br /> + Họ và tên: ________________<br /> <br /> Tổng:..............<br /> <br /> I. LISTENING (2.0 marks)<br /> A. Listen to the CD player twice and choose the correct answers: (1m)<br /> 1. The Statue of Liberty is in _____.<br /> A. the centre of New York City<br /> B. New York Harbour<br /> C. the suburbs of New York City<br /> 2. The Statue was made by_____.<br /> A. Americans<br /> B. the French<br /> C. the British<br /> 3. The Statue was completed in _____.<br /> A. 1886<br /> B. 1884<br /> C. 1866<br /> 4. The Statue was made because _____.<br /> A. French people wanted to show their friendship with American people.<br /> B. American people wanted to show their friendship with French people.<br /> C. French people wanted to show their friendship with British people.<br /> 5. Tourists can visit the Statue ____.<br /> A. every day, including Christmas day<br /> B. every day, except Sunday<br /> C. every day, but not on Christmas day<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> 1<br /> <br /> B. Listen to the CD player twice and fill in the missing words: (1m)<br /> Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write<br /> your answer in the box below:<br /> 1. Sally got a general ________ at local schools.<br /> 2. In _______ she joined the Star Sports Club.<br /> 3. There are ________ people in her family.<br /> 4. She likes _________ sports-basketball and swimming, for example.<br /> 5. She likes to read love stories- ____________ books.<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> II. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY: (8 marks)<br /> A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence and write it in the<br /> box below: (2ms)<br /> 1. _______ want to get a good job have to have certain qualifications and experience.<br /> A. Who<br /> B. Those which<br /> C. Those whom<br /> D. Those who<br /> 2. He is ____________ with his present job.<br /> A. satisfying<br /> B. satisfied<br /> C. satisfactory<br /> D. satisfy<br /> 3. Minh ran__________his brother, Thanh.<br /> A. more slowly than B. as slow as<br /> C. the most slowly<br /> D. so slowly than<br /> 4. Shy people often find it difficult to ________ group discussions.<br /> A. take place in<br /> B. take part in<br /> C. get on with<br /> D. get in touch with<br /> 5. Nobody knows who invented the wheel, ______?<br /> A. do they<br /> B. don’t they<br /> C. does it<br /> D. doesn’t it<br /> 6. I prefer staying at work late ______ work home with me.<br /> A. to take<br /> B. taking<br /> C. than take<br /> D. to taking<br /> 7. No one knows what the ______ of the explosion is.<br /> A. source<br /> B. reaction<br /> C. cause<br /> D. reason<br /> 8. I wish I_________Bob the money; he spent it all gambling.<br /> A. didn’t lend<br /> B. wouldn’t lend C. weren’t lending<br /> D. hadn’t lent<br /> 9. Many people will be out of _______ if the factory is closed.<br /> A. career<br /> B. profession<br /> C. work<br /> D. job<br /> 10. Mary will take a plane ________ she dislikes flying.<br /> A. because<br /> B. but<br /> C. even though<br /> D. so<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> 2<br /> 3<br /> 4<br /> 5<br /> 6<br /> 7<br /> 8<br /> 9<br /> 10<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> B. There are five mistakes in the passage. Write out the mistakes and correct them:<br /> (1m)<br /> <br /> Line<br /> Text<br /> If you stay in a Indian home, bring something from your home country as a<br /> 1<br /> gift. Despite it is not expected, it would be much appreciated. But find out<br /> the social status and religion of your hosts before you chose the gift. A<br /> bottle of whisky would be the perfect gift for some, and no at all<br /> appropriately for others. If you know the people you are going to stay with,<br /> it is a good idea to ask them how they would like. Some things are just not<br /> available in India.<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> Line<br /> 1<br /> <br /> MISTAKES<br /> a<br /> <br /> CORRECTED WORDS<br /> an<br /> <br /> C. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets.(2ms)<br /> One thing I know is that I wouldn't like to have an (0) occupation<br /> that has anything to do with physics,(1)............................ or math;<br /> I am not the (2)........................ type at all. In fact at school, I was a<br /> complete (3)........................ in these subjects. Neither am I very<br /> good at dealing with people, nor am I (4) ........................, so jobs in<br /> business, administration and (5)........................ don't really interest<br /> me either. Moreover I find it (6)........................to be surrounded by<br /> a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving (7)........<br /> work or artistic skills of some sort. I would like to have the chance<br /> of work outdoors (8)........................ and perhaps do a bit of traveling<br /> too. I am not (9)........................ concerned about becoming rich but<br /> I would like to have a (10)........................ income enough to live<br /> comfortably.<br /> <br /> OCCUPY<br /> CHEMIST<br /> SCIENCE<br /> FAIL<br /> AMBITION<br /> MANAGE<br /> IRRITATE<br /> CREATE<br /> OCCASION<br /> PARTICULAR<br /> REASON<br /> <br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1.<br /> 2.<br /> 3.<br /> 4.<br /> 5.<br /> <br /> 6.<br /> 7.<br /> 8.<br /> 9.<br /> 10.<br /> 3<br /> <br /> D. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2ms)<br /> My sister (1. work) _____________ for a bank. She (2. start) __________<br /> working five years ago. She (3. decide) ________________ that she wanted to go into<br /> banking while she (4. study)____________ at school. She (5. earn) _________ fifteen<br /> thousand pounds a year. She (6. do) ________ an evening course in business<br /> administration at the moment to improve her career prospects. She (7. probably/get)<br /> _____ promotion if she does well on the course.<br /> At the moment she (8. talk) ______ to a customer, Mr. Pike, who (9. want)<br /> __________ to borrow some money. Mr. Pike has a furniture shop. Next month he will<br /> open another shop nearby a town, but he (10. need) _________ some extra capital first.<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> 2<br /> 3<br /> 4<br /> 5<br /> <br /> 6<br /> 7<br /> 8<br /> 9<br /> 10<br /> <br /> E. Write a suitable preposition for each sentence in the box below: (1m)<br /> 1. Someone broke ___________ the school and made off with computer equipment worth<br /> 20,000 dollars.<br /> 2. The boys _______________ the end of the class are talking noisily.<br /> 3. I never feel tired _________ watching my father’s coin collection.<br /> 4. Clean air provides us ________ a healthy supply of oxygen.<br /> 5. Most towns put ______ a Christmas tree, a fir tree decorated with colored lights, shiny<br /> balls, tinsel and bows.<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> III. READING: (4 marks)<br /> A. Read the passage below carefully and write the best answer A, B, C or D in the<br /> box below: (2ms)<br /> Children in (1) _____ Netherlands must be at least four years old to (2) _____<br /> primary education. Almost all 4-year-olds (99.3%) in the country indeed attend primary<br /> school, (3) _____ this is not compulsory until children reach the age (4) _____ five.<br /> Primary school is free of charge. In most schools, children are grouped by (5) _____ in<br /> mixed ability classes, with one teacher for all subjects. Primary school (6) _____ of 8<br /> groups, thus schooling (7) _____ for 8 years. During the first two years, which (8) _____<br /> kindergarten, children receive an average of 22 hours of (9) _____, during the last 6 years<br /> children receive an average of 25 hours per week. Schools are open 5 days a week, but<br /> children are free on Wednesday afternoon. At the end of primary school, or in group 8,<br /> 4<br /> <br /> schools advice on secondary school choice. Most schools use a national test to support<br /> this advice, for instance the 'Citotoets’, a test (10) ____ by the Central Institute for Test<br /> development.<br /> 1. A. a<br /> 2. A. afford<br /> 3. A. although<br /> 4. A. of<br /> 5. A. old<br /> 6. A. includes<br /> 7. A. spends<br /> 8. A. also called<br /> 9. A. educate<br /> 10. A. develop<br /> <br /> B. an<br /> B. enter<br /> B. despite<br /> B. on<br /> B. elderly<br /> B. contains<br /> B. lasts<br /> B. is also called<br /> B. educative<br /> B. to develop<br /> <br /> C. the<br /> C. come<br /> C. in spite<br /> C. in<br /> C. aging<br /> C. consists<br /> C. lengthens<br /> C. is called also<br /> C. educator<br /> C. developing<br /> <br /> D. Ø<br /> D. run<br /> D. because<br /> D. for<br /> D. age<br /> D. composes<br /> D. takes<br /> D. is also calling<br /> D. education<br /> D. developed<br /> <br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <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 /> B. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE word: (1m)<br /> WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?<br /> Why do some everyday objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, while<br /> (1) _____ will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, (2) ______<br /> antiques expert, suggests that to see what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look<br /> (3) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever<br /> brought to her for an expert opinion. It was a French clockwork toy from the turn of the<br /> century - a fashionably dressed young man smoking a (4) _______ - which perfectly<br /> expressed that age of wealth and leisure. The clockwork toy was then just a cheap object<br /> of after-dinner amusement, (5) ______ today it is worth around 100,000 pounds.<br /> ANSWERS:<br /> 1<br /> <br /> 2<br /> <br /> 3<br /> <br /> 4<br /> <br /> 5<br /> <br /> C. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to the questions below:<br /> (1m)<br /> In the past, both men and women were expected to be married at quite young ages.<br /> Marriages were generally arranged by parents and family, with their children having little<br /> chance to say no in the matter. In the past it was not surprising to find that a bride and<br /> groom had only just met on the day of their engagement or marriage.<br /> In modern Vietnam, this has changed completely as people choose their own<br /> marriage-partners based on love, and in consideration primarily to their own needs and<br /> wants. Moreover early marriage is quite illegal.<br /> 5<br /> <br />