PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN LỚP 9 THCS

THANH OAI NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014

Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 07 trang)

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SECTION 1. LISTENING:
Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (2,0 points)
Time stands still in London
Time stood still in London on May 27. Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is
famous around the world, ___1___ stopped for ___2___ minutes. The clock’s minute
hand froze at 10.20 PM and then started moving again at 11.50 PM. ___3___ are baffled
and cannot explain why the clock stopped. It is usually very reliable and rarely loses even
one second.
Big Ben is well known for both its ___4___ and its hourly chimes. It miraculously
___5___ the bombing attacks on London during World War II. It even managed to keep
time to within one and a half seconds of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). However, it
hasn’t always been so ___6___: snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten
minutes late in ___7___.
Many people ___8___ believe Big Ben is either the name of the clock itself or of
the clock tower. In fact, it is neither. Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell that ___9___
on every hour. It was ___10___ after Sir Benjamin Hall, who ordered the clock’s
construction. The official name for the tower that houses Big Ben is St. Stephen’s Tower.

Write your answers here:

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6 ………. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10....................

SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in
each group. (1,0pts)
1. A. parachute B. mechanic C. Christmas D. scheme
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouths D. months
3. A. shadow B. vanish C. Danish D. Spanish
4. A. have B. many C. shadow D. thank
5. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist
Write your answers here:

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 II. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
(1,0pts)
1. A. advertise B. advertisement C. teenager D. surrounding
2. A. economic B. introduce C. religion D. souvenir
3. A. earthquake B. literature C. disappear D. generous
4. A. preference B. disappointed C. unpolluted D. documentary
5. A. recommend B. spectator C. individual D. unexpected
Write your answers here:

1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………….. 4. ………… 5. ……………

SECTION 3. LEXICO- GRAMMAR:
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (3,0 pts)
1. I can't make ________ what is happening.
A. away B. over C. out D. on
2. A ________ is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the bank robber.
A. prize B. reward C. notice D. repayment
3. This dish ________. Is it spicy?
A. smells well B. is smelling good C. is smelled well D. smells good
4. Who was the first American person ________ on the moon?
A. walking B. who walked C. walked D. to walk
5. She is one of the few people ________.
A. to whom I look up B. I look up
C. who look up to D. to who I look up
6. I live in Dalat, ________ is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam.
A. in which B. that C. which D. where
7. Neither the students nor the teacher ________ come.
A. has B have C. is D. are
8. On the way to the town, they stop ________a rest.
A. taking B. to take C. to have D. having
9. It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth ________.
A. filling B. to fill C. filled D. being filled
10. The roof was damaged and water ________ from the ceiling in wet weather.
A. spilled B. dripped C. drained D. dropped
11. ________little we may like it, old age comes to most of us.
A. In spite of B. So C. As D. However
12. The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
A. range B. amount C quantity D. extent
13. The judge ________ him fifty dollars for parking his car illegally.
A. charged B. fined C. punished D. prohibited
14. You can take a taxi ________ you don't mind waiting.
A. except B. unless C. provided D. apart
15. They live in a large ________ house on the edge of London.
A. detached B. single C. separated D. divided
Write your answers here:

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II. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it. (1,0pts)
1. So far Linda has been writing 5 novels on the problems teenagers have to cope with in
A B C D
the new world.

2. Pele, from Brazil, is considered one of the greatest football player of all time.
A B C D
3. Is it important that the secretary finishes the typing today?
A B C D
4. Preserving natural resources means reserved them for our future.
A B C D
5. There has been quite a few objections to the new policy.
A B C D
Write your answers here:
1 2 3 4 5

Mistake ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

Correction ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

III. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (1,0pts)
1. The university has ________ the use of dictionaries during language examinations.
(author)
2. It is very difficult to find Mrs. Burton's shop, for it was ________ from all others in the
street. (distinguish)
3. He is very generous. Everyone admires his ________. (selfish)
4. ________ skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job.
(lead)
5. ________ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforests are being destroyed.
(Conserve)

Write your answers here:

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IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0pts)
1. What tune (play) ________ when we came in?
2. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ________ her seat belt,
she (not hurt) ________ so badly.
3. If you don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there.

Write your answers here:

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 SECTION 4. READING:
I. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(2,0 pts)
UNICEF means the United Nations Children's Fund. It serves children in (1)
________ all over the world. It helps children of (2) ________ races, nationalities,
religions and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (3) ________
of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers. UNICEF (4)
________ both long-term assistance and emergency.
UNICEF was (5) ________ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children
who suffered during World War two in Europe. It began (6) ________ a temporary
agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (7) ________ the
need for its services around the world. UNICEF's primary concern is to help governments
of developing countries improve the (8) ________ of life for almost one billion children.
UNICEF's main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) ________ it also has
more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel
Peace Prize (10) ________ its work helping children and building brighter future.

1. A. communities B. organizations C. groups D. society

2. A. every B. all C. some D. few
3. A. view B. purpose C. opinion D. intention
4. A. receives B. gets C. takes D. gives
5. A. found B. produced C. created D. built up
6. A. like B. with C. for D. as
7. A. due to B. in spite of C. since D. for
8. A. cost B. level C. character D. quality
9. A. and B. besides C. but D. moreover
10. A. as B. with C. for D. in

Write your answers here:

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II. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.(1,0
pts)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of
using natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the
United States, usually several feet below the surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often
found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the
natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no
value. Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it
and moving it from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for
lighting, cooking and heating. It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars
recently. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking
without making the room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to
another through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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 A. natural gas is useless
B. people once wasted natural gas
C. natural gas is moved in trucks
D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum
2. This passage as a whole is about ________.
A. discovering natural gas B. finding petroleum
C. using natural gas and petroleum D. natural gas and its use
3. Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?
A. It is not used for heating. B. It moves through pipes.
C. It is cheap. D. It can be stored.
4. According to the passage, the easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another
is ________.
A. to liquidize it and move it through pipelines.
B. to liquidize it and move it by trucks.
C. through pipelines.
D. to store it in large tanks to move.
5. How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A. two B. three C. four D. five

Write your answers here:

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III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space. (2,0 pts)
Speech is one of the most important (1) ________ of communicating. It consists of
far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (2) ________ by other people, we
have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ________ that
everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible
if everyone made up their own language.
(4) ________ a language properly is very important. The basic (5) ________ of
English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) ________ it quite
well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ________ and the more
precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say.
The (9) ________ we say the words is also important. Our tone of voice can express many
motions and (10) ________ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.

Write your answers here:

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6 ………….. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10........................

SECTION 5. WRITING:
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it. (2,0 pts)
1. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18th .

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 The final date .............................................................................................................
2. When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem?
It's high time something ........ ........................... ................................. ..................... .
3. They estimated the price, including all the costs.
Taking ....................................................................... .................................................
4. Nothing was done about it.
Nobody ...................................... ........................... ....................................................
5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon.
I am ........................................................................................ ...................................
6. I didn't see her again for ten years.
Five years .............................................. ................................. ..................................
7. Driving on the left feels strange to me.
I am not used ........................................................................ .....................................
8. I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly.
If he didn't .............. ............................... ...................................................................
9. Please don't make me annoyed by such silly questions.
I'd rather ................................................. ...................................................................
10. People think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub.
The prisoner .............. ............................ ...................................................................
II. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if
neccessary. (1,0 pts)

3. We/ decide/ go/ short walk/ before/ sit down/ lunch.

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4. After/ walk/ three hours/ we/ stop/ let/ others/ catch/ up/ us.
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6. Take/ tests / another challenge/ school children.
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7. It/ wrong/ you/ not/ give/ her/ chance/ talk.
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9. Jack London/ bear/ January 13th/ 1876/ San Francisco/ California.
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III. Write about 150 words about your father - the one you love most of all:( 2,0 pts)
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 ĐÁP ÁN KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TIÊNG ANH LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN
(Năm học 2013 - 2014)

SECTION I: LISTENING (2,0 points)

Listen then choose the best answer A, B, or C to each question. (2,0pts = 10 x 0,2 )

1. mysteriously 2. 90 3. Engineers 4. accuracy 5. survived

6. reliable 7. 1962 8. mistakenly 9. strikes 10. named

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
SECTION II. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (1,0 pts = 5x0,2)

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A
II. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. (1,0pts =
5x0,2)

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
SECTION III. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (3,0 pts = 15 x 0,2)

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A

6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B

11. D 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A

II. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it. (1,0pts = 5 x 0,2)
1 2 3 4 5

Mistake A D C C A
(should)
Correction
has written players finish reserving have been
III. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (1,0pts = 5 x 0,2)
3. selflessness/
1. authorized 2. indistinguishable 4. leadership 5. Conservationists
unselfishness
IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0pts = 5 x 0,2)

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1. was being 3. wouldn’t have 4. will have been
2. had been wearing 5. get
played been hurt sold
SECTION IV. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(2,0 pts = 10 x 0,2 )

1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C

6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. C
II. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (1,0 pts =
5x 0,2)

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D
III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space. (2,0 pts = 10 x 0,2)
3. sounds/
1. means/ways 2. understood sound 4. Learning 5. vocabulary

6. speak 7. express 8. main 9. way 10. show

SECTION 5. WRITING:
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it. (2,0 pts = 10 x 0,2)
1. The final date for you to submit articles / for articles to be submitted for the
magazine is June 18th.
2. It's high time something was/ were done about the city's traffic problem by the
council.
3. Taking all the costs into account they estimated the price.
4. Nobody did anything about it.
5. I am not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.
6. Five years (has passed) since I last saw her.
7. I am not used to driving on the left.
8. If he didn't speak so quickly, I could understand him.
9. I'd rather you didn't make me annoyed by such silly questions.
10. The prisoner is thought to have been recaptured while drinking in the pub.
II. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if
neccessary. (1,0 pts = 5 x0, 2)

1. We decided to go for a short walk before sitting down for lunch.

2. After walking for three hours we stopped to let (the) others catch up with us.
3. Taking tests is another challenge for school children.
4. It is/ was wrong of you not to give her a chance to talk.
5. Jack London was born on January 13th, 1876 in San Francisco, California.

III. Write about 150 words about your father - the one you love most of all. (2,0 pts)
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