PHÒNG GD – ĐT PHÙ MỸ ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ LỘC NĂM HỌC : 2010 – 2011 Môn : Tiếng Anh ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT Thời gian làm bài :150 phút ( không kể thời gian phát đề) I. READING : (12ms) Part I: In this part of the test you must choose the words or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences . ( 2ms ) 1. Nobody was injured in the accident, ? A. was there B. was he C. were they D. wasn’t it 2. She had changed so much that anyone recognized her. A. almost B. hardly C. not D. nearly 3. Would you like a beer ? – Not while I’m A. in the act B. in order C. on duty D. under control 4. There was hardly money left in my bank account. A. more B. no C. some D. any 5. The chemistry book was a little expensive. A. I bought B. that I bought it C. I bought that D. what I bought 6. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t this morning. A. come on B. ring out C. go off D. turn on 7. There isn’t foreign news in the paper. A. a lot B. lots C. many D. much 8. The stolen jewels were ……………………… a lot of money. A. valued B. cost C. priced D. worth 9. The children loved ………………………… the old castle. A. discovering B. exploring C. hunting D. detecting 10. After he hed broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ……………………… . A. hardly B.in difficulties C.with difficulty D. hard Part II: Filling in each space with one appropriate word . ( 1m ) Nowadays a lot of important inventions (1) carried out by scientists (2) for a large industrial firms. (3) , there are still opportunities (4) other people to invent various things. In Britain, (5) is a weekly television program which attempts to show (6) the various devices which people have recently (7) . The people organizing the program receive (8) about 700 inventions a year. New ideas can still be developed (9) private inventors. However, it is important to consider these (10) : Will it work? Will it be wanted? Is it new? Your answers: 1 ……………………… 2 ………………………… 3 ………………………… 4 ………………………… 5 …………………………… 6 ……………………… 7 ………………………… 8 ………………………… 9 ………………………… 10 …………………………… Part III: Read the following passage carefully, and then choose the words ( A,B,C or D) that best answer each of the questions about it ( 0.5 m) During the teenager years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often seem to dislike being questioned. They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in school. This is a normal development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand. It is part to becomng independent, of teenagers trying to be adultwhile they are stillgrowing up. Young people are usuallymore willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interst and not because people are trying to check up on them. Parents should do their best to talk to their son or daughter about school workand future plan but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for the danger signs: some young people in trying to be adult may experiment with drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to watch for any signs of unusual behavior which may be connected with these and get help if necessary. 1.This is from a ……………………… A. parents’ handbook B. school timetable C. teenage magazine D. children’s book 2. What is the writer trying to do? A. to be amusing B. to be argumentative C. to be helpful D. to be apologetic 3. Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult? A. Because teenagers are quiet. B. Because teenagers don’t want to talk to their parents C. Because teenagers think adults are not honest. D. Because most teenagers hate adults. 4. When can you expect a young person to be more talkative than usual? A. When people talk to them because they are really interested and not just checking on them. B. When adults give them a lot of money to spend. C. When adults talk to them about something other than their work in school. D. When adults talk to them about drugs, alcohol and smoking. 5. Some teenagers experiment with drinking or smoking because……………………………………. A. They regard it as a mark of adulthood B. women like smoking and drinking men C. cigarettes and alcohol are cheap D. cigarettes and alcohol are available everywhere Part IV: Read the following passage carefully, and then decide whether the following statements are True(T) or False (F) . ( 0.5m) English food Foreign visitors to England often ask people for advice on a good restaurant but when their hosts suggest one to them it is usually Italian or French. “ But I mean a typically English restaurant, ” they say. So as not to disapoint them, the host answers as best he can. The truth is that English people enjoy their own cooking at home but are often ashamed of it is in publish. Even the experts who write articles on food prefer to use the French word “ cuisine ”, which suggests that “ cooking ” is inferior . In fact, English cooking is not nearly so bad as people think. The trouble with it, in my opinion, is that most appetizing typical dishes do not go with the wine. At home, English people usually drink either water or beer or even ( however strange it may seem ) tea with their meals; in restaurant, they sometimes think they had better order wine for the sake of appearances . 1. It is difficult to find a typically English restaurant in England . 2. English people don’t enjoy their own cooking at home but are ofter proud of it is in publish . 3. According the author, English people use the French word “ cuisine ”, which means that they undervalue the cooking . 4. It is thought Engish food is terrible and actually it is . 5. English food is terrible because all most appetizing dishes do not go with the wine . Part V: There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for you. (2ms) Books are writing to provide knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves under the influent of superior mind, we improve our mental powers. Through good books we learn that people everywhere is the same, in all ages and in all classes. This knowledge improves our love of others and helps us to live in peaceful with them. We also understand that the world was made not only for man alone but for every creature that can feel hunger and thirsty , warmth and cold. Though it may be impossible for us to tralve throughout the world and see the things happened today, it is not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past. But good books helps us to see not only into the most remote regions of the world today but also the world in which our ancestors live. YOUR ANSWERS: 1. ……………………………………… 2. ………………………………… 3. ……………………………………… 4. …………………………………………… 5. ………………………………… 6. …………………………………… 7. …………………………………………… 8. ………………………………… 9. …………………………………… 10. …………………………………………… Part VI: You are going to read a passage about a elevel farmer .Six sentences or groups of words have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A – F the one which fits each gap ( 1 – 5 ). There is one eatra sentence which you do not need ro use. There is an example at the befinning ( 0) . ( 1 m ) Two robbers wanted to rob a farmer . “ We must wait until he is asleep, ” one of the robbers said. (0) ………………………………… . “ No, ” the other robber said, “ we must not do that. It is not safe. The farmer sleeps with a gun under his pillow. (1) …………………………… “ How can we do that ? ” “ You must lie down in the road, close your eyes and keep still I will go alone to the farmer’s house and tell him you are dead. He will come out of his house to look at you . (2) …………………………………… “ Yes, that is a good plan, ” the robber said. “ The road is empty now . (3) ……………………………………… The other robber ran to the farmer’s house and knocked on the door . “ Help ! Help ! ” he shouted . “ What’s the matter ? ” the farmer asked . “ My friend is dead. He is lying in the road. Come and help me. I must carry him home. ” “ The farmer left his house with the robber and walked to the road. (4) ……………………………………… “ I don’t think your friend is dead ” the farmer said . “ Oh, he is . I know he is, ” the robber said . “ Dead men have their mouths open, ” the farmer told him. “ Your friend’s mouth is closed. ” The robber lying in the road heard this . (5) …………………………………… The clever farmer saw him open his mouth and ran back to his farm – house . A. He saw the man lying in the road but he did not go near him . B. You must then jump up and hit him over the head . C. He opened his mouth quickly . D. We must make him come out of his house . E. Go to the farmer’s house quickly and I will lie down . F. “ Then we can go to his house and rob him ” . G. He talked to the man lying in the roard. H. You must run quickly. YOUR ANSWER: 0 + F 1. …………………… 2. ………………………… 3. …………………… 4. ………………… 5. ………………………… Part VII : Fill in each space with one appropriate word . ( 1 m ) Most of the people in Saragosa were attending a children’s graduation ceremony in the village shool when one of (1) ……………………… tornadoes in American history suddenly struck. A sudden loud whislting sound made everyone (2) ………………………… as the youngest child was shaking hands with the village mayor. It (3) ……………………… to the time of great happiness. Instead it ended in tragedy. The children (4) ……………………… their certificates when the tornado hit the village (5) ……………………… any warning. The walls of the school building fell in (6) ………………………… most of the parents were watching the ceremony. Tons of concrete were sent crashing down on them. Other parents (7) ……………………………… a huge meal in the school kitchen at the time of the disaster. Afterwards no bulding in Saragosa remaned standing. Out of a population of 185, at least 25 were (8) ………………………… and a further 112 were injured. “ The whold village (9) …………………………, ” said police officer Paul Desishler. “ There’s (10) ………………………… at all here now. It looks worse than a war zone . 1. A. the badly B. the baddest C. the worse D. the worst 2. A. sit up B. sitting up C. to sit up D. sat up 3. A. supposed B. was supposing C. was supposed D. supposing 4. A. were receiving B. received C. have received D. receive 5. A. of B. for C. with D. without 6. A. because B. if C. while D. in case 7. A. were prepared B. were preparing C. have prepared D. prepared 8. A. die B. died C. dead D. death 9. A. was going B. has gone C. wil go D. is going 10. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything YOUR ANSWERS: 1. ……………………………………… 2. ………………………………… 3. ……………………………………… 4. …………………………………………… 5. ………………………………… 6. …………………………………… 7. …………………………………………… 8. ………………………………… 9. …………………………………… 10. …………………………………………… Part VIII : Give the correct form of the words in brackets. There is an example for you : (1m) 1. He has great ……………………………… in God . ( believe ) 2. An …………………………… man has stolen all our money . ( know ) 3. She divorced him because of his …………………………… to the children . ( kind ) 4. He is so sad because the film ended ………………………………… . ( happy ) 5. It is usually forbidden to destroy …………………………… buildings . ( history ) 6. Women nowadays have more ……………………… tparticipate in social activities. ( free ) 7. Some designers have ………………………… the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it . ( modern ) 8. The accident happens because of driving …………………………………………… ( care ) 9. A large number of inhabitants have made ……………………………… on how to protect the environment . ( suggest ) 10. He is one of the most famous ………………………………… in the world . ( environment ) YOUR ANSWERS: 1. ………………………… 2. ……………………………… 3. ………………………………… 4. ……………………………………… 5. ………………………………… 6. ………………………… 7. …………………………………8. ………………………………… 9. ………………………………… 10. …………………………………. Part IX: Complete each space with the correct form of one of the verbs given in the list . Remember that there are more verbs than needed :(1m) Should wear kill destroy pollute live cut swim Eat join know disappear must be die attend We are slowly (1)……………… the earh. The seas and rivers are too dirty (2) …………………… in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well- (3) ……….city, for example, poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so that traffic policemen have to (4) ………………………… oxygen masks. We (5) …………………………… down many trees that there is now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow enough (6)……………… In certain countries in Asia there is too little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly (7)……………… . For instance, tigers are rare in India because we (8)……………… too many for them to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We (9)………… act now before it is too late to do anything about it.(10)………………. us now. Save the Earth. This is too important to ignore . YOUR ANSWERS: 1. ………………………… 2. ……………………………… 3. ………………………………… 4. ……………………………………… 5. ………………………………… 6. ………………………… 7. …………………………………8. ………………………………… 9. ………………………………… 10. …………………………………. Part X : These paragraphs or sentences ( A – H ) are not in a good order. Rearrange them into a good order ( 1 – 8 ) to make it a logical meaningful passage . (2ms) A. Anyone can try to make a drink which tastes similar to Coca – Cola. Chemists say that it Consists almost entirely of carbonated water and sugar . B. In only a few years Coca- Cola became the national drink of the United States. The shape of the famous bottle was invented in 1961. During the second World War, American soldiers drank three million bottles of Coca – Cola a day . C. Coca – Cola was originally invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1886, he created a new kind of medicine to cure tiredness and headaches . D. This helped spread the name and flavour of “ Coke ” all over the world . E. Then a businessman bought Pemberton’s recipe for his creation. He did something to the recipe and made a really refreshing drink that appealed to many people. Demand for the drink grew . A. But no one outside the Coca – Cola company has yet discovered what the “ magic ” combination of ingredients is, and a very few people – only seven, have ever known the secrete formula of Coca – Cola. Only two of them are still alive today, so they never travel on the same aeroplane. G. Today, nearly a hundred million bottles or cans are drunk every day, in one hundred and fifty - five different countries . H. It tasted so revolting that just about no one wanted to buy it. In the first year, Pemberton only Made $50 from his creation . Your answers: 1 ……………………… 2 ………………………… 3 ………………………… 4 ………………………… 5 ………………………… 6 ……………………… 7 ………………………… 8 ………………………… III. WRITING : ( 6ms) Part I : Rewrite the sentences so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before it ( 2ms) 1. It isn't necessary to finish the work today.  You don't 2. People say that he bought this car for his daughter .  This new car 3. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately .  Only 4. She can meet him if he arrives before eleven.  So 5. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.  In spite 6. I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night.  I wish 7. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.  Martin’s 8. “ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend.  John congratulated 9. My parents find fault with everything I do.  No matter 10. It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest.  Not only Part II : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it, using the words in the brackets. ( 1m ) 1. Please don’t go there now. ( rather )  I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… there now . 2. She listens more sympathetically than anyone else I know . ( a )  She is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I know . 3. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert . ( no )  We ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… the tickets for the concert . 4. Although I warned them not to climb that tree, they did . ( spite )  In ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… that tree . 5. They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic . ( avoid )  They ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… in the traffic . Part III: The following table show the number of bicycles which a company gave to the poor students in the years from 2005 to 2009. Describe the table. ( about 100 words ) ( 1m ) Years Number of bicycles 2005 100 2006 120 2007 180 2008 160 2009 320 Part IV : Write a composition on the following topic ( About 200 words ) ( 2ms ) “Your last summer holiday” PHÒNG GD – ĐT PHÙ MỸ KỲ THI HSG LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ LỘC Năm học : 2010 – 2011 Môn : Tiếng Anh Thời gian : 150 phút HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM I. READING : (12ms) Part I : 2ms (0,2m x10) 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. C Part II : 1m ( 0,1m x 10 ) 1. are 2. working 3. however 4. for 5. there 6. all 7. invented 8. information 9. by 10. questions Part III : 0,5m ( 0,1m x 5) 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A Part IV : 0,5m ( 0,1m x 5) 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T Part V : 2ms ( 0,2m x 10) 1. writing -> written 2. influent -> influence 3. is -> are 4. peaceful -> peace 5.was -> is 6. thirsty -> thirst 7. impossible -> possible 8. happened -> happen 9. helps -> help 10. live -> lived Part VI : 1m ( 0,2m x 5 ) 1.D 2. B 3. E 4. A 5. C Part VII : 1m ( 0,1m x 10) 1. D 2.A 3.C 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. C 9.B 10. C Part VIII : 1m (0,1m x 10) 1. belief 2. unknown 3. unkindness 4. unhappily 5. historical 6. freedom 7. modernized 8. carelessly 9. suggestions 10. environmentalists Part IX : 1m ( 0,1m x 10) 1. destroying 2. to swim 3. known 4.wear 5. have cut 6. to eat 7. disappearing 8. have killed 9. must 10. join Part X : 2m ( 0,25m x 8 ) 1. C 2.H 3. E 4. B 5. D 6. G 7. A 8. F III. WRITING : ( 6ms ) Part I : 2ms ( 0,2 m x 10) 1. You don’t have to finish the work today. 2. This new car is said to have been bought for his daughter. 3. Only by operating immediately can we save your eyesight. 4. So long as he arrives before eleven, she can meet him. 5. In spite of his good salary / having a good salary he was unhappy in his job. 6. I wish I had finished my homework last night. 7. Martin’s poor health doesn’t prevent him from enjoying life. 8. John congratulated his girlfriend on her cooking. 9. No matter what I do, my parents find fault with it. 10. Not only is it the cheapest watch but it’s also the nicest. Part II : 1m (0,2m x 5) 1. I’d rather you didn’t go there now. 2. She is a more sympathetic listener than anyone else I know. 3. We had / found no difficulty / problems / trouble in getting the tickets for the concert. 4. In spite of my warning, they climbed that tree. 5. They left early to avoid getting caught in the traffic. Part III : ( 1m) : Giám khảo chấm theo ý bài làm của học sinh. - Nội dung : 0,5 điểm - Ngữ pháp : 0,5 điểm Part IV : ( 2,0ms ) . Giám khảo chấm theo ý làm bài của học sinh. - Nội dung : 1,0 điểm. - Ngữ pháp : 1,0 điểm . PHÒNG GD – ĐT PHÙ MỸ ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ LỘC NĂM HỌC : 2010 – 2011 Môn : Tiếng Anh ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT Thời gian làm bài :150 phút ( không kể thời gian phát đề) I. READING. 2ms ) “Your last summer holiday” PHÒNG GD – ĐT PHÙ MỸ KỲ THI HSG LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN TRƯỜNG THCS MỸ LỘC Năm học : 2010 – 2011 Môn : Tiếng Anh Thời gian : 150 phút HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM I. READING. C. dead D. death 9. A. was going B. has gone C. wil go D. is going 10. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything YOUR ANSWERS: 1. ……………………………………… 2. ………………………………… 3. ……………………………………… 4.