Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2013-2014 - Sở GD&ĐT Ninh Bình (Có đáp án)

 SỞ GD - ĐT NINH BÌNH	 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC 
 	 Năm học 2013 - 2014 	 	 	 Môn: Tiếng Anh 
 Ngày thi: 15/3/2014
 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
 	 Đề thi gồm 5 phần, 6 trang	 
Điểm bài thi
Họ và tên, chữ ký của giám khảo
Số phách 
(Do Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số: ............................
Bằng chữ: ..........................
Giám khảo 1: ...............................................
Giám khảo 2: ...............................................
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này)
PART A: LISTENING. (2.0 POINTS)
Có 2 bài nghe. Thí sinh nghe lần lượt mỗi bài 2 lần. Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.	
I. Listen to the passage and fill each blank with ONE missing word. Write your answer in the
 numbered box. (1.0 point)
The Academy Awards, also (1). as the Oscars, is an annual (2). held by the U.S. movie industry. The event is run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has to maintain (3). security of who has won what until the winners are announced. It started in 1929 and has grown into a worldwide extravaganza. Millions of people tune in each year to see whether their favorite movie, director or actor has picked up the top award. The gold statuette prize, called an (4). ,is the highest honor in the movie industry. It can turn an actor into a legend or a movie into a classic. It also turns Hollywood into a (5). and paparazzi paradise. 
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
II. Listen to another passage and write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box. (1.0 point)
6. According to the passage, Vietnam ranks ..for growth in the number of telephone subscribers.
A. 6th	B. 2nd	C. 30th 	D. 8th 
7. Vietnam is among the..countries in the world that have more than two million telephones.
A. 6	B. 140	C. 13	D. 30
8. In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its ..networks.
A. mobile phone	B. subscriber	C. fixed telephone	D. post office
9. According to the passage, at present, ... percent of communes across Vietnam have telephone 
 services.
A. 90	B. 80	C. 14	D. 93
10. According to the passage, the country which has the highest growth in the number of telephone 
 subscribers is ...
A. China	B. the US	C. Britain	D. India
Your answers:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
PART B: PHONETICS (1.0 POINT)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
 Write your answer A, B, C or D in the numbered box. (0.6 point)
11. 	 A. elephant	B. recognize	C. sentence	D. essential
12. 	 A. surprising	B. housing	C. pleasing	D. increasing
13. 	 A. plough	B. laugh	C. bought	D. caught
Your answers:
11.
12.
13.
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. Write your answer A, B, 
 C or D in the numbered box. (0.4 points)
14. A. priority
B. temperature
C. considerate
D. traditional
15. A. minority
B. economic 
C. inspiration
D. understanding
Your answers:
14.
15.
PART C: LEXICO-GRAMMAR. (7.0 POINTS)
I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. Write your answer in the 
 numbered box. (2.0 points)
16. - “Do you mind if I smoke here?”
 - “I’m sorry, ...”	
A. I’d rather do
 B. I don’t
 C. you’re welcome
D. I’d rather you didn’t
17. Their aim is to ..up a new political party.
A. strike
B. stand
C. set
D. show
18. It is hot in the day-time but the temperature ..sharply at night.
A. slips
B. drops
C. descends
D. reduces
19. I read a number of articles, ..were very useful.
A. most of them
B. almost of them
C. almost of which
D. most of which
20. ..more help, I could call my neighbor. 
A. Should I need
B. Needed
C. I have needed
D. I should need
21. “ It was very kind of you to invite us to your party”
- “.....................................”
A. It’s my pleasure.
B. No, thanks.
 C. Ok, that’s great.
 D. Good idea, thanks.
22. Phone me before eight; ............I’ll be too busy to talk to you.
A. unless
B. whether
C. otherwise
D. if
23. What a nice day! Let’s go for a picnic,..? 
A. will we
B. do you 
C. shall we 
D. don't we 
24. I shall do the job to the best of my ...
A. capacity
B. ability
C. knowledge
D. talent
25. Take this cake and cut it into eight ..pieces.
A. same
B. like
C. alike
D. equal
Your answers:
16.
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II. Give the correct form/tense of the verbs in brackets. Write your answer in the numbered box. 
 (2.0 points)
26. The children always (do) ..things noisily.
27. I remember (pay) ..him. I gave him $5.
28. When I first came to this village, it was a quiet place. But since then a lot of houses (build) ...
29. It's no use (ask) ..her. She doesn’t know anything. 
30. He (sleep) ..since 10 o’clock. It is time he woke up.
31. The game (play) ..well by both teams last Sunday.
32. By 2020 this area (be) ..turned into an industrial centre. 
33. The grass looked as if it (not cut) ..for years. 
34. Mr. Pike together with his children (play) ..in the garden now.
35. If we (know) ..your father was in hospital, we would have gone to see him.
Your answers:
26.
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III. Give the correct form of each word in brackets to complete each of the sentences below. 
 Write your answer in the numbered box. (1,0 point)
36. Please don’t be so .. . I can’t do all the work by myself. 	 (REASON)
37. Sorry about the mistakes. I ..the instructions you gave me. 	 (UNDERSTAND) 
38. Recently nutritious foods have increased in ..	 	 (POPULAR)
39. The old lady hid all her ..under the floor.	 (SAVE)
40. This school has a good ..	 (REPUTE)
Your answers:
36. 
37. 
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40. 
IV. Each sentence below has ONE mistake. Find out and correct it. Write your answer in the
 numbered box. (2.0 points)
Example: Thirty hours a week are a heavy work schedule.
Answer: are ® is
41. Not the children but also their parents are opposed to the new uniforms.
42. The farmers had poor crops last year because the flood.
43. Don’t eat this chicken soup! It tastes terribly.
44. Oh no! I don’t have many time to prepare for the job interview.
45. Millions of dollars are donated yearly to the Red Cross to aid people in disaster-struck area.
46. My telephone has been out of work for a few days.
47. If you move quiet, you can see small wild animals in this area.
48. The teacher ordered that we not to open our books until she asked us to do so.
49. I feel sleepy. Would you mind if I go to bed?
50. Jane did a lot of mistakes in her composition.
Your answers:
Mistake
Correction
Mistake
Correction
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46.
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PART D: READING COMPREHENSION. (6.0 POINTS)
I. Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your
 answer in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
Sumo wrestling is a national sport in Japan. Every year there are six (51).. and millions of Japanese watch them on television. A tournament is a (52) ..of matches. Sumo is almost as old as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say that there was Sumo wrestling over two thousand years ago. Often (53) .. are fit and (54).. very quickly. It is beautiful to watch them play. However, Sumo wrestlers (55).. training when they are boys. They (56) .. to make their bodies strong. They also eat and eat. They wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler (57) .. the match if he leaves the ring. He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to (58) .. the other down on the floor or out of the ring. Sometimes one wrestler just (59) .. aside when the other wrestler rushes toward him. Then that wrestle falls down or falls out of the ring. Sumo is not very (60) .. in other countries, but the Japanese love it. Even young people find this traditional sport exciting. 
51. A. tournaments
52. A. series
53. A. fighters
54. A. move
55. A. open
56. A. motion
57. A. misses 
58. A. push 
59. A. walks
60. A. general
B. fights
B. groups
B. athletes
B. change
B. set
B. exercise
B. loses
B. hit
B. slips
B. normal
C. games
C. number
C. participants
C. divide
C. set off
C. move
C. cancels
C. carry
C. steps
C. known
D. meetings
D. combination
D. players
D. weigh
D. start
D. act
D. quits
D. place
D. takes
D. popular
Your answers:
51.
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54.
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II. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete or answer each sentence. Write your answer in the numbered box. (2.0 points)
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
	However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well-especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are, so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
61. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ..
A. push their children into trying too much.	B. help their child to become a genius.
C. make their child to become a musician.	D. neglect their child's education.
62. Parents' ambition for their children is not wrong if they ..
A. force their children into achieving success. B. themselves have been very successful. 
C. understand and help their children sensibly. 	 D. arrange private lessons for their children
63. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious children?
A. Successful musicians.	B. Unrealistic parents.
C. Their children.	D. Educational psychologists.
64. Michael Collins is fortunate in that ..
A. his father is a musician.	B. his parents are quite rich.	
C. his mother knows little about music.	D. his parents help him in a sensible way.
65. The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ..
A. "surprised at".	B. "extremely interested in". 
C. "completely unaware of".	D. "confused about". 
66. Winston's parents push their son so much and he ..
A. is afraid to disappoint them.	B. cannot learn much music from them.
C. has become a good musician.	D. has won a lot of piano competitions.
67. The word "They" in the passage refers to ..
A. concerts.	B. violin lessons.
C. parents in general.	D. Michael's parents.
68. All of the following people are musicians EXCEPT..
A. Winston's father.	B. Michael's mother.
C. Michael's father.	D. Winston's mother.
69. The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ..
A. 	"getting ready to do something".	B. eager to do something.
C. 	"not objecting to doing anything".	D. "not wanting to do something".
70. The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that..
A. successful parents always have intelligent children.
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children.
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants.
D. parents should spend more money on the child's education.
Your answers:
61.
62.
63.
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66.
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68.
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70.
III. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the 
 numbered box. (2.0 points)
Parents send their children to school to (71) .. for the time when they grow up. Children learn their (72) ... language so that they will be able to (73) .. fluently with other (74) .. around them. Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their (75) ... They learn foreign languages in order to (76) .. from other countries’ heritage. The more foreign languages they learn, the (77) ..benefits they get. Children also learn mathematics to calculate, (78) ..to know about the nature, and history to know about human beings and (79) ..events. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical uses (80) ..their life.
Your answers:
71.
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80.
PART E: WRITING. (4.0 POINTS) 
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the 
 sentence printed before it. (1.4 points)
81. It is said that he escaped to a neutral country.
	® He is ..
82. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
® No sooner ...
83. I have never seen such a mess in my life.
® Never..
84. Please don't tell him the truth.
® I'd rather ....
85. The food is so stale that we can not eat it.
®The food is not ...
86. “I didn't attack anybody!” said the man.
® The man denied...
87. We do not have enough money so we can't buy that house.
	® If ....
II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings, using the words given.
 Remember not to make any changes to the words given. (1.0 point)
88. I can't possibly work in all this noise! (impossible)
® .....
89. You shouldn’t feel that what happened was your fault. (for)
® .....
90. There is no point in asking George to help. (worth)
® .....
91. My advice is that Mary should apply for that job. (If)
® .....
92. Although July was severely disabled, she participated in many sports. (despite)
® .....
III. Write a paragraph of about 120 words to express your opinion on how to protect the 
 environment. (1.6 points)
THE END OF THE TEST