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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI HUYỆN LỚP 9
ĐỨC THỌ NĂM HỌC 2022- 2023

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Mô n thi: TIẾNG ANH

Thờ i gian là m bà i: 120 phú t
(Đề thi có 9 trang)

 Thí sinh không sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu nào, kể cả từ điển.

 Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi, ghi câu trả lời vào các chỗ trống hoặc các ô
cho sẵn.
 Riêng phần trắc nghiệm thí sinh chỉ ghi đáp án A, B, C hoặc D.
 Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.

Điểm của toàn bài thi Các giám khảo Số phách

(Bằ ng số ) (Bằ ng chữ ) (Ký và ghi rõ họ tên) (Do chủ tịch hộ i đồ ng ghi)
Giá m khả o 1:

SECTION A: LISTENING

PART I. You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is talking about
the shows she puts on for children. For each question, choose the correct answer by
writing A, B, C in the spaces provided. You will listen twice.
1. Before her children were born, Rachel worked as ____________.
A. an art teacher. B. a painter. C. an actor.
2. Who first thought of doing a show at a party?
A. Rachel’s husband. B. Rachel’s children. C. Rachel’s parents.
3. Rachel’s neighbor, Lena, helps by __________.
A. making some dolls for the shows.
B. performing in the shows.
C. writing the music for the shows.
4. When Rachel did a play about a lion __________.
A. the children laughed too much.
B. the children’s parents complained.
C. the children were frightened.
5. Rachel thinks her shows are successful because __________.
A. she enjoys doing them so much.
B. she does a show daily.
C. they are suitable for all ages.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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PART II. You will hear a radio program about some historic places to visit. For each
question, fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces. You will listen twice.

HISTORIC PLACES TO VISIT

Black Rock Caves
® Over 2 million years old.
® For half a million years, people and animals, especially (1)______________lived here.
® Special evening tours during the month of (2)_______________.
Salter House
® Built in the year (3)_______________.
® Made famous by the television series called Aunt Dorothy.
® All visitors want to see Dorothy's kitchen.
The Old Port
® Have a ride on an old tram to the (4)_______________village.
® In the factory, find out how people used to make (5)__________________.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION B: PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronunced differently
from the others in each group.
1. A. shepherd B. terse C. term D. jerk
2. A. hour B. rhythm C. inhabitant D. honour
3. A. food B. shoot C. shook D. spool
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that differs from the rest in the position of the main
stress in each of the following questions.
4. A. medical B. essential C. dangerous D. regular
5. A. difficult B. popular C. effective D. national

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION C: LEXICO – GRAMMAR

I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.
1. If you have anything important to do, do it straight away. Don't put it ______.
A. on B. off C. over D. up
2. Solar heat penetrates more deeply into water than ___________.
A. it is penetrating into soil B. it does into soil
C. does it into soil D. that it does into soil
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3. ______ on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.

A. Trees to be planted B. Planting trees
C. Trees being planted D. Trees are planted
4. He has been unable to find a job ______ with his ability as an accountant.
A. appropriate B. suitable C. requisite D. commensurate
5. In this assignment, we will ______ your work and then give you detailed feedback on
how to improve your writing.
A. assess B. judge C. measure D. test
6. He is the manager of the factory. He’s________ it.
A. charged with B. charged C. in charge D. in charge of
7. The higher the content of carbon dioxide in the air is, _________.
A. more heat it retains B. than it retains more heat
C. the more heat it retains D. it retains more heat
8. - Daisy: “What a lovely house you have!' - Mary: “ ___________.”
A. Lovely, I think so B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in
C. Of course not, it’s not costly D. No problem
9. _______to his brother's graduation party, George wouldn’t have met Mary.
A. Had he not gone B. Hadn’t he gone
C. If he has not gone D. If he shouldn't have gone
10. Nowadays children would prefer history _______in more practical ways.
A. to be taught B. teach C. be taught D. to be teaching
11. I thought she was going away the next Sunday,___________?
A. wasn't she B. did I C. didn't I D. was she
12. We bought some __________ glasses.
A. German lovely old B. German old lovely
C. lovely old German D. old lovely German
13. Gini and Adrian are talking about a film they have watched lately.
Gini: “I was intrigued by the plot of the film.”
Adrian: “_______. I couldn’t go further than episode 2.”
A. You can say that again B. No, it was fascinating
C. I hardly think so D. Yes, I would love to say so
14. He looks very familiar. I remember _________ him somewhere.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
15. It’s essential that every student __________ the exam before attending the course.
A. pass B. passes C. would pass D. passed
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II. From four underlined parts, choose the one that needs correction then correct it.
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0. The teacher did not allow the students discussing the take-home exam with each other.
1. A Geiger counter is an electronic instrument is used to measure the presence and
intensity of radiation.
2. A dolphin locates underwater objects in their path by making a series of clicking and
whistling sounds.
3. In spite of its small size, Europe had a great impact on world history than other
continents.
4. Before she moved here , Alene has been president of the organization for four years.
5. That Marta's been chosen as the most outstanding student on her campus make her
parents very happy.
6. My cousin composes not only the music, but also sings the songs for the major
Broadway musicals.
7. Our civilization is so commonplace to us that rarely we stop to think about its
complexity.
8. Ever since the world began, nations have difficulty in keeping peace with their
neighbors.
9. Those of us who have a family history of heart disease should do yearly appointments
with our doctors.
10. If one had thought about the alternatives, he would not have chosen such difficult a
topic for a term paper.
Your answers:
Mistake Correction
0. discussing to discuss
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4.
5.
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7.
8.
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III. Write the correct FORM of each branketed word in the numbered spaces. (0)
have been done as an example.
JOB INTERVIEWS
Interviews are an (0. PERFECT) method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human
(1.BE) like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of (2. SELECT)
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as it is commonly practised is that the forms are filled in by (3. APPLY) often fail to show
people as really they are. This means that you can follow all the best (4. ADVISE) when
completing your form and still find that you are (5. SUCCESS) at the next stage - the
interview. (6. SIMILAR), in the race cases where interviews are automatic, a candidate
with an (7.ADEQUATE) form may do surprisingly well. Of course, your form needs to
show that you have (8. CONFIDENT) in your (9. ABLE) to do the job, but don’t try to
turn yourself into someone else - a person you have to pretend to be at the interview.
Realism and (10. HONEST) are definitely the best approach.
Your answers:
0. imperfect
1.
2.
3.
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5.
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8.
9.
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SECTION D: READING
I. Read the text and fill in each gap with only ONE appropriate word.
These days it is impossible to open a newspaper (1) ______ reading about the
damage we are doing to the environment. The earth is being threatened (2) ________ the
future looks bad (3). ________ can each of us do? We cannot clean (4) _____ our
polluted rivers and seas overnight. Nor we can stop the (5) ________of plants and animals.
But we can stop adding to the problem (6) ________ scientists look for answer. It may not
be easy to change your lifestyle (7) _______ but some steps are easy to take: cut down the
amount of driving you do, or use as little plastic as possible. It is also easy to save (8)
________, which also (9) ________household bills. We all make a personal decision to
work for the future of our planet if we want to ensure a better world (10) _______our
grandchildren.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following
passage.
As computers have become (1) _______ tools for the rapid and economic production of
pictures, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in
computer science. It is used routinely in such (2) _______areas business, industry, art,
government, education, research, training, and medicine. One of the initial uses of
computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design, generally
(3) _______to as computer aided design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is (4)
_______ designers can see how an object will look after construction and make changes
freely and much more quickly than (5) _______ hand drafting. For three-dimensional (6)
_______of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft,
aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design vehicles and (7) _______
their performance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics systems.
Architects can design a building (8) _______, create a three-dimensional model, and even
go for a simulated “walk” through the rooms or around the outside of the building.
Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used
to create graphs, charts and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical,
scientific, and economic data. As an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to
create weather maps and cartographic materials. Computer art also has creative and
commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing, and film
productions, (9) _______for computer animation, which is achieved by a (10) _______
process.

1. A. handful B. overbearing C. controlling D. powerful

2. A. widening B. diverse C. versatile D. variant
3. A. resorted B. inferred C. implied D. referred
4. A. whether B. as C. that D. then
5. A. for B. with C. of D. over
6. A. rendering B. severing C. hindering D. pondering
7. A. try B. test C. experiment D. challenge
8. A. fallout B. layout C. breakout D. workout
9. A. specifically B. specially C. particularly D. definitely
10. A. consecutive B. connective C. sequential D. successive
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. Read the text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-G for each
paragraph (1-5) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to
use. There is an example at the beginning (0).

A. Planning the filming E. The right leader with business sense

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B. Selling it to the right person F. Putting the pieces together

C. Not as attractive as you think G. Hard work, but worth it
D. Giving people what they expect
Lights, Camera, Actions
Paragraph 0 – G. Most films start as an idea. It might be in a director’s mind, or in a
writer’s mind, but wherever it comes from, it’s the producer who needs convincing. The
producer is the businessman who finds the money to make the film. If you’ve got an idea
for the next blockbuster, you need to find somebody who is willing to make your film. The
producer will then organize the budget and decide how much it worth spending on the
film.
Paragraph 1. The producer will decide who is going to be responsible for making the
film: the director. This is an important decision since the director is the person who will be
in charge of the whole cast and crew. The producer will either find somebody who has
made similar films in the past or he or she might take a chance on a new director. Most
importantly, the producer wants someone he or she can trust to do a good job and to stay
under budget.
Paragraph 2. The producer and director then choose the other people to work on the
film and will decide on the members of the cast. People feel very strongly about actors and
a film has to have the right ones if it is to draw people into cinemas. Actors usually
become associated with a particular kind of film in the mind of the public and it can be a
risk to cast an actor in a different kind of role. Auditions and screen tests might be held to
make final decisions and rehearsals will begin.
Paragraph 3. While the actors are developing their characters, the director will be
making other key decisions concerning things such as location. Where the film is shot is
very important and the locations for filming will be chosen carefully. The film will also be
storyboarded, with pictures of all the key moments. Special effects will be planned and
costumes will be designed. This pre-production phase can take a long time because there
may not be a chance to change things later.
Paragraph 4. The actual shooting can take anywhere from a few weeks to a year, or
possibly even more. The actors spend a lot of time waiting for everything to be right - the
set, the lighting, the cameras - and boredom can be a real problem. Life at the Oscars
might seem wonderful, but life on a film set can be stressful and tedious.
Paragraph 5. Once filming is over, post-production begins. This is the stage where all
the elements of the film are brought together. The film is edited so that it tells a clear story
and any special effects are perfected. Music is added to emphasize the excitement or the
emotion of certain moments in the film. Often, the film is previewed to small audiences
and changes are made, depending on their reactions. Finally, the film makes its way into
the cinemas.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION E: WRTING
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I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the original sentence.
1. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
=> I have no _____________________________________________________________
2. I advise you to think carefully before accepting William’s offer.
=> You had_______________________________________________________________
3. “You broke my bicycle, Minh!” said Hoa.
=> Hoa accused ___________________________________________________________
4. Lan is a more careful driver than her sister.
=> Lan drives _____________________________________________________________
5. Tim looks nothing like his father.
=> Tim __________________________________________________________________
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each
answer and DO NOT CHANGE the word given.
1. Jane said it would be a good idea if I call in the plumber to check to the pipes.
(CHECKED)
=> Jane urged me ______________________________ .
2. She always has a good relationship with the children. (GETS)
=> She always ___________________________ the children.
3. Apparently, Sheila wasn’t listening to me. (APPEAR)
=> Sheila ______________________________ to me.
4. Although the weather changed, the picnic went a head as planned. (CHANGE)
=> The picnic went ahead as planned __________________________ the weather.
5. The film wasn’t as good as we expected. (COME)
=> The film _____________________________ expectations.
Your answers:
1.
2.
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3.
4.
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III. Writing
Some people believe that reading stories from a book is better than watching TV or playing
computer games for children. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Write a paragraph
of at least 150 words to express your opinion
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