PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THỊ XÃ

THỊ XÃ KỲ ANH LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
(Đề thi có 06 trang, gồm 9 phần)

Lưu ý: → Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kể tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.
→ Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các ô cho sẵn ở cuối các phần.
→ Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D vào ô cho sẵn.
→ Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.

Điểm của toàn bài thi Các giám khảo Số phách

(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ) (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) (Do Trưởng Ban chấm thi ghi)
Giám khảo 1:

Giám khảo 2:

PART I : PRONUNCIATION
I. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. increase B. ink C. pink D. thank
2. A. apology B. classify C. testify D. verify
3. A. beloved B. naked C. ploughed D. learned
4. A. rings B. museum C. opposite D. anniversary
5. A. massage B. carriage C. voyage D. dosage
II. Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the group.
6. A. obvious B. notorious C. credulous D. numerous
7. A. advice B. beauty C. picture D. postcard
8. A. comfortable B. commercial C. generous D. demontrate
9. A.. practical B. designer C. minority D. occasion
10 A. economical B. federation C. itinerary D. complication

YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

I. Choose the right word or phrase A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. Your hair needs.............................. You’d better have it done tomorrow
A. cut B. to cut C. being cut D. cutting
2. My father hasn’t had much........................with my family since he moved to New York
A. contact B. business C. connection D. meeting
3. I wondered why he ............................ his job.
A. has changed B. changes C. used to change D. had changed
4. His.................................. and bad work led to his dismissal from the firm
A. unpunctual B. unpunctuality C. inpunctual D. punctuality
5. ......................... that she burst into tears.
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A. Her anger was such B. She was so anger C. So angry she was D.Such her anger was
6. In recent years, more and more people................................. for thing with credit cards
A. pay B. have been paying C. are paying D. paid
7. _______ he loved her, he didn’t forgive her for what she had done.
A. Much as B. Because C. No matter D. However
8. The price of fruit has increased recently, _______ the price of vegetables has gone down.
A. otherwise B. when C. whether D. whereas
9. The curtains have_______ because of the strong sunlight.
A. weakened B. faded C. fainted D. lightened
10. It was clear that the young couple were _______ of taking charge of the restaurant.
A. responsible B. reliable C. capable D. able
11. She loved tennis and could watch it till the _____ came home.
A. she B. everyone C. horses D. cows
12. I am sorry I opened your handbag but I _______ it for mine.
A. mistook B. confused C. recognized D. imagined
13. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours .
A. hadn’t B. should have C. mustn’t D. needn’t have
14. _______ for the intolerable heat in the hall, we would have stayed much longer.
A. If it weren’t B. Unless it were C. Had it been D. Had it not been
15. I must go to the dentist and _______.
A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth
C. get my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of

YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II. Put the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. In the 18th century jean cloth was made …………….. from cotton. (COMPLETE)
2. I want to talks to the girl ………. from the whale two days ago. (SAVE)
3. You can watch a ……… of local and international programs on different channels. (VARIOUS)
4. He is interested in the …………… of old building. (PRESERVE) .
5. Don't depend on him; he's a very ………………….. person. (RELY) .
6. Rob was dismissed after being told by his…..that he must leave in a month's time. (EMPLOY)
7. He's quite an……… person. He plays lots of sport and goes running everyday (ENERGY)
8. English is a……………easy language for Swedes to learn. (COMPARE)

YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
III. From four underlined parts in each of the following sentences, identify only ONE part
that needs correcting. Write your answers in the box given.
1. Harvey seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does, too.
A B C D
2. Many people have complain about the dirt from the factory.
A B C D
3. The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended.
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4. They asked me what did happen lastnight, but I was unable to tell them.
A B C D
5. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
A B C D
6. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
A B C D
6. Each year people around the world spend billions of dollars to buy goods on the Internet
A B C D
7. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Hallowen night.
A B C D
8. I'd lost my front door key and I had to smash a window by a brick to get in.
A B C D
YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.

PART III. READING COMPREHENSION

I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each blank in the following passage .
A DAY IN YOUR LIFE IN THE YEAR 2020
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing
so quickly that we don’t even know what our own lives will be (1) _____ in a few years. What
allows is not science fiction. It’s how experts see the future.
You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK. You have it on automatic
pilot, and with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” (2) _____ you home safely.
You’re hungry, so you head for the kitchen as soon as you get home. You ordered groceries
by a computer an hour ago, and you know that by now they (3) _____. Your kitchen has a two-door
refrigerator, (4) ____ opens to the outside to accept deliveries. You’ve already paid for the food by
having the money (5) ____ from your bank account. Nobody uses cash any more.
What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now
you use your diagnostic machine to find out which food your body (6) ____ . You find out you need
more vegetables and less fat. Your food - preparation machine (7) ____ you a salad.
After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need
for doing your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you (8) ____
never go into the office any more
The information screen shows an urgent massage from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the
screen to translate Portuguese (9) ____ English. As you wait for it, you’ll have a movie, which you
(10) _____ .
1. A. similar B. like C. alike D. about
2. A. to get B. get C. how to get D. what to get
3. A. have arrived B. are arriving C. arrive D. will arrive
4. A. which B. that C. what D. and
5. A. added B. counted C. reduced D. subtracted
6. A. eats B. prefers C. needs D. finds
7. A. makes B. does C. works D. feeds
8. A. most B. hardly C. almost D. mostly
9. A. onto B. into C. to D. from

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10. A. transmit B. order C. broadcast D. transmitted
YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. Read the passage carefully and then choose the correct answers
Petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, home heating oil, residual fuel oil, and
lubricating oil, come from one source – crude oil found below the earth’s surface, as well as under
large body of water, from a few hundred feet below the surface to as deep as 25,000 feet into the
earth interior. Sometimes crude oil is unsecured by drilling a hole into the earth, but more dry holes
are drilled than those producing oil. Either pressure at the source or pumping forces crude oil to the
surface.
Crude oil wells flow at varying rates, from about ten to thousands of barrels per hour.
Petroleum products are always measured in forty-two-gallon barrels.
Petroleum products vary very greatly in physical appearance: thin, thick, transparent, or
opaque, but regardless, their chemical composition is made up of two elements: carbon and
hydrogen, which form compounds called hydro-carbons. Other chemical elements found in union
with the hydrocarbons are few and are classified impurities. Trace elements are also found, but in
such minute quantities that they are disregarded. The combination between carbon and hydrogen
forms many thousands of compounds which are possible because of the various positions and
unions of these two atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule.
1. What is the principle components of all petroleum products?
A. Refined substances B. Residual fuel oil C. Crude oil D. Hydrogen and carbon
2. The word opaque means most nearly the same as ___________.
A. light B. crude C. transparent D. turbid
3. The word minute is closest to the meaning to ___________.
A. timely B. huge C. insignificant D. instant
4. How is crude oil brought to the surface?
A. Expansion of the hydrocarbons B. Vacuum created in the drilling pipe
C. Pressure and pumping D. Expansion and construction of the earth surface
5. Many thousands of hydrocarbon are possible because ___________.
A. complicated refining processes rearrange the chemical structure
B. the pressure needed to force it to the surface caused molecule transformation
C. the petroleum products vary greatly in appearance
D. the two atoms in the molecule assume many positions
YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PART IV: WRITING

I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one, by using the word
given.( Do not change the word given.) ( 10 points)
1. She didn’t say a word as she left the room. à She left .............................................................
2. I last read a book on September 20th. à I haven’t ……………..................................................
3. I tried hard as I could, but I just couldn't get the money. à No matter .....................................
4. They asked him, “ Shall we go to the stadium tomorrow?” à They invited him………………
5. The robbers made the bank manager hand over the money. à The bank manager……………
6. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it. à The furniture was too ………………..
7.The time of departure for your flight to Rio is six o’clock. à The plane to Rio takes …………
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8. You didn’t sleep well last night, so you look very tired now. à If you………………………..

YOUR ANSWER:

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II. Write a composition on the following topic (at least 120 words): “School students’ study
might be affected a lot by the wide spread of the Social Websites.” What is your opinion about
this?”
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