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ĐỀ HSG THANHHOA KEYS
ĐỀ HSG THANHHOA KEYS
ĐỀ HSG THANHHOA KEYS
Good morning. I hope you all had a good sleep. We are now (1)……..……..………
for Wanaka. We arrive at the first destination, Puzzling World at 9.30. The first
puzzling (2)………….……….…… which welcomes you is the Leaning Tower. When
you get inside the spacious café, you will find yourself among various wooden puzzles
and games. The Illusion Room is a must-see as there’s nothing else like it in the world.
Puzzling World is possibly the most photographed attraction in New Zealand.
At 12.30, we (3)…………………..……… for Lake Wanaka, New Zealand’s
(4)………………….……. largest lake. This “natural paradise” has something for
everyone. Adventure lovers may follow the biking and walk (5)………..……………….
through the park.
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PART B: PHONETICS (5 pts)
Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
the rest in the same line. (3 pts)
Question II: Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other
three words in each question. (2 pts)
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Question II: Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the sentence.
Question III: Use the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets to complete the
sentences.
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The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff.
Water on Earth gets stored in oceans, lakes, rivers, ice, and even underground. Water
goes from storage into the atmosphere by a process called (4)______ . When water
evaporates, it changes from a liquid (5) _______ a gas, called water vapor. Water vapor
goes up into (6) _______ atmosphere. Water returns to the Earth as precipitation in rain
or snow by changing into drops of water when the air (7) _______ cold enough. Clouds
are collections of water droplets. Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right
back into storage.
Water that falls (8)_______ land always flows from (9) _______ places to lower
ones. This flow is called runoff. Water from the land flows into streams. Streams join
(10) _______ to make rivers and eventually the water flows into storage in the oceans.
Then the water cycle starts all over again.
Question II: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or
phrase for each space. (10 pts)
It is easy these days for a boy or a girl to have a book to enjoy. Today books are
light and (1) _______________. Try to imagine a time when there were no books.
There was (2) _______________ a time.
When man first began to draw, he used the walls of his caves; later he made marks
on (3) _______________ other objects such as large pieces of stone and bricks of clay.
(4) _______________ time, the man thought of using the smooth sides of animal hides to
write on. You see, the paper did not yet exist. Without paper, books (5)
_______________we know them could not be made.
Paper was first produced by the Egyptian many hundreds of years ago. At that
time there grew in the valley of the Nile River in Egypt a reedy plant (6)
_______________ the papyrus. In endeavoring to find material suitable (7)
_______________ writing, the Egyptian found a (8) _______________ to use this
plant. The stem of the plant, especially its center or pith, was cut up and laid out in
layers which were processed by soaking, pounding, and drying into thin, flexible,
writing (9) _______________. A wonderful development of great importance to
mankind had been (10) _______________.
1. A. portable B. transferable C. moveable D. transportable
2. A. in fact B. really C. such D. indeed
3. A. endless B. variety C. numerate D. numerous
4. A. Without B. With C. In D. On
5. A. as B. like C. which D. that
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Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below.
The growth of cities, the construction of hundreds of new factories, and the spread
of railroads in the United States before 1850 had increased the need for better
illumination. But the lighting in American homes had improved very little over that of
ancient times. Through the colonial period, homes were lit with tallow candles or with a
lamp of the kind used in ancient Rome-a dish of fish oil or other animal or vegetable oil
in which a twisted rag served as a wick. Some people used lard, but they had to heat
charcoal underneath to keep it soft and burnable. The sperm whale provided superior
burning oil, but this was expensive. In 1830 a new substance called "camphene" was
patented, and it proved to be a remained expensive, had an unpleasant odor, and also
was dangerously explosive.
Between 1830 and 1850 it seemed that the only hope for cheaper illumination in
the United States was the wider use of gas. In the 1840s American gas manufacturers
adopted improved British techniques for producing illuminating gas from coal. But the
expense of piping gas to the consumer remained so high that until mid- century gas
lighting was feasible only in urban areas, and only for public buildings for the wealthy.
In 1854 a Canadian doctor, Abraham Gesner, patented a process for distilling a pitch
like mineral found in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that produced illuminating gas
and oil that he called "kerosene" (from "keros", the Greek word for wax, and "ene"
because it resembled camphene). Kerosene, though cheaper than camphene, had an
unpleasant odor, and Gesner never made his fortune from it. But Gesner had aroused a
new hope for making illuminating oil from a product coming out of North American
mines.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why better lighting had
become necessary by the mid-nineteenth century?
A. development of railroads
B. demand for better medical facilities
C. increases in the number of new factories
D. growth of cities
2. The phrase "served as" inline 5 is closest meaning to ___________.
A. differed from B. functioned as C. rested upon D. reacted to
3. The word "this" in line 7 refers to ___________.
A. lard B. charcoal C. wick D. oil
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of camphene?
A. high-cost B. bad smell C. potential to explode D. greasy texture
5. What can be inferred about the illuminating gas described in the paragraph?
A. It was first developed in the United States.
B. It was not allowed to be used in public buildings,
C. It was not widely available until mid-century.
D. It had an unpleasant smell.
6. The word "resembled" in line 17 is closest in meaning to____.
A. was similar to B. cost the same as C. was made from D. sounded like
7. According to the passage, what advantage did the kerosene patented by Gesner have
over camphene?
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A. Kerosene had a more pleasant smell. B. Kerosene was less expensive.
C. Kerosene burned more brightly. D. Kerosene was safer to use.
8. The word "it" in line 18 refers to_____.
A. fortune B. odor C. camphene D. kerosene
9. Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
A. A description of events in chronological order
B. A comparison of two events
C. An analysis of scientific findings
D. The statement of a theory and possible explanations
10. Where in the passage does the author mention the origin of a word?
A. Lines 4-6 B. Lines 7-8 C. Lines 12-13 D. Lines 14-17
Question II: Use the word given to complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word given.
1. It took two hours to fly from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city. (FLIGHT)
→ It _______________________________________________________________
2. I haven’t decided whether to move or not yet. (MADE)
→ I haven’t _________________________________________________________
3. At the moment I can’t afford to buy a new car. (QUESTION)
At the moment _____________________________________________________
4. You must do exactly what the teacher tells you.( CARRY)
→ You must ___________________________________________________________
5. When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled. (NOT…HAIR)
→ When they broke the news, ______________________________________________
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Question III. Write a paragraph of about 120 words to give your opinion on the
following topic (10 points).
“Secondary school students shouldn’t use mobile phones”
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐÁP ÁN VÀ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
THANH HÓA ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
I. ĐÁP ÁN
PART A: LISTENING (15 pts)
Question I. Listen to the passage. Choose the best answer for each question below.
(5 pts)
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B
Question II. Listen to the passage about jeans. Decide whether the following statements
are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). You will listen twice. (5 pts)
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
Question III. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. You will listen twice.
(10pts)
1. heading 2. thing 3. leave 4. fourth 5. tracks
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2. to discover ............ had lied
3. will be given ..........don’t study
4. have been told
5. may/might have eaten
6. presented
7. had she left
8. will finish
Question II: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or
phrase for each space. (10 pts)
1. A 2. C 3. D 4.C 5. A
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. A
Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below. (10
pts)
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C
6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. D
1.Format: (3 points)
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The paragraph should have 3 parts:
a. Introduction: a topic sentence in which students should express their opinion whether
they agree or not with the given topic.
b. Body: Students should give advantages of mobile phones to secondary school
students if they don’t agree with the topic or disadvantages of mobile phones to
secondary school students if they agree with the topic.
c. Conclusion (summary of the main advantages or disadvantages of mobile phones to
secondary school students, students’ opinion on the topic)
2. Content (4 points)
SS should give specific advantages or disadvantages of mobile phones to secondary
school students:
* Some suggested advantages:
- Mobile phones can help secondary school students keep in touch with family and
friends in a quick and convenient way.
- Mobile phones can help secondary school students to relax after hard-studying hours
by listening to music, playing games…..
- Mobile phones connected to the Internet can help secondary school students find
useful information quickly and easily and save information for a long time.
- Mobile phones can help secondary school students have more friends.
* Some suggested disadvantages:
- secondary school students can spend too much time or money on mobile phones and
ignore their study.
- Mobile phones connected to the Internet can provide secondary school students with
bad information.
- Some games on mobile phones can be addictive.
3. Language (3 points)
(Grammatical accuracy, wide range of vocabularies and structures)
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