Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Lớp 9 môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2014-2015 - Sở GD&ĐT Ninh Bình (Đề dự phòng) (Có đáp án)

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Bằng số: ................................
Bằng chữ: .................................
Giám khảo 1: ...........................................................
Giám khảo 2: ..........................................................
(Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này)
	PART A: LISTENING (3.0 points)
Hướng dẫn thí sinh: 
- Phần thi nghe gồm 3 bài. Thí sinh được nghe 2 lần liên tiếp. Nghe lần lượt 2 lần bài I, sau đó 2 lần bài II, rồi 2 lần bài III. Giữa mỗi lần nghe có 1 khoảng 15 giây để chuyển. 
- Thí sinh đọc kĩ yêu cầu của từng bài trước khi nghe .
I. Listen and decide whether the statements are True or False (1.0 point)
1. Anna doesn’t like summer weather
2. Anna usually spends two weeks in a national park every summer
3. Terry has never been to the mountains for the desert in summer.
4. Terry is attracted to the beauty of nature
5. Mary enjoys the comfortable life in the cites.
Your answer:
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II. Listen and fill in each blank with ONE word/ number (1.0point)
Last week, China’s largest micro blogging service announced (6) policies that will restrict what its users can place online. Sina Weibo is a service which lets users publish texts and (7). in real time. There are about (8) .million Sina Weibo users. The service has been under increasing pressure from the Chinese government to better censor its content. Last week, Sina Weibo announced new policies. It says support evil teachings or destroy the security of (9). Many web users have criticized the new policies. Chad Catacchio is an American-based (10) who follows technology news out of China. He agrees with others who say similar policies have been in place all along. This new policies are set to take effect on May (11)
Also in (12) .., the government announced new rules requiring micro blog users to register their accounts using their real names. China has more than (13).. million Internet users. The country has taken great steps to control (14).. It has one of the largest and most developed censorship systems in the world. Websites like Twitter, (15) ..,facebook are banned in the country.
Your answer:
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III. Listen and answer the questions (1.0point)
16. What time was “The Asian Games Report” programme?
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17. How many gold medals have the Japanese athletes won in the first three days?
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18. How many times has Lee Bong-ju competed in the long jump?
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19. What was the last sports event mentioned in the report?
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20. How was Vichai after he finished his performance?
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PART B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (4.0 points)
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence. (1 point)
21. All the sentences below use “the”, which is the correct one?
A. Can you pass the sugar please? B. The crime is a problem in many big cities.
C. The apples are good for you. D. I love the skiing.
22. Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh city_______ 2002.
A. for B. since C. in D. about
23. He prefers soccer______ tennis.
A. from B. than C. to D. or
24. If they worked more carefully, they _____ so many mistakes.
A. won’t make B. don’t make C. wouldn’t make D. didn’t make
25. He _______to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home.
A. goes B. was going C. went D. has gone
26. There’s a strange man behind us. I think ______.
A. we are followed B. we are being followed
C. we are being following D. we are following
27. Which of the following is the strongest advice?
A. You should get a hair- cut. B. If I were you, I’d get a hair-cut.
C. You ought to get a hair- cut. D. You really must get a hair- cut.
28. ________ you mind if I use your dictionary? 
A. Will B. Do C. Can D. Did
29. Mr. Vo Van Kiet, _______ was our former Prime Minister, was born in Vinh Long.
A. that B. whose C. Who D. whom
30. All that rubbish will have to be ________ at once.
A. get rid of B. got rid of C. got rid D. getting rid of
Your answer:
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Error Identification: Find in each of the sentences a mistake and then correct it. (1.0 point)
	31. They have been able to learn a lot about life on a farm when they came here.
 A B C D
	32. Minh was extreme pleased that he got mark 10 for the final test in Maths.
 A B C D
	33. A new department store was building in our town last month.
 A B C D
	34. If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive car.
 A B C D
	35. The Internet is a very fast and convenient way for us to get a lot of informations.
 A B C D
Your answer:
Mistake
Correction
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Give the correct form of the words in bracket (1.0 point).
36. A lot of toys encourage children’s_________. (imagine)
37. The factory has provided cheaper__________ lately. (produce)
38. Burning coal is an _______ way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (economy)
39. According to some scientists the earth is losing its outer atmosphere because of_____________. ( pollute)
40. She has one of the biggest art________ in Britain. ( collect)
After the earthquake, very few people were found to be_______________ (live).
I’m sorry about the mistakes, I ___________the instructions you gave me. (understand)
Traveling in a plane for the first time was ______________experience. (memory)
There are ______________ways of doing this exercise. (vary)
 I was kept______________last night by the noise. (wake)
Your answer:
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Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets (1.0 point)
No sooner the announcement _______________ (make) than everyone started complaining. 
There is no point in trying to get Tim _______________ (lend) you his car. 
The children were frightened because the lights suddenly had gone out and they _______________ (sit) in the dark. 
_______________ (Come) into the room he saw Mary where he had left her. 
Don’t you think it’s time you______________(take) a holiday?
51. This is the first time I (read) ______________a novel 52. _____________(write) by an America novelist.
53. He wore a false bear___________ (avoid) 54. _____________(recognize).
55. By next December, my parents _____________(marry) for 52 years.
Your answer:
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PART C: READING COMPREHENSION (5.0 points)
 Read the passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write your answer in the spaces provided. (2 points)
Travelling to all corners of the world is (56) _____ easier and easier. We live (57) _______ a global village, but how well do we know and understand each other ? Here is (58) __________ simple test. Imagine you have arranged a meeting at 4 p.m . What time should you expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they are German, they ‘ll be exactly (59) _______ time. If they are American, they ‘ll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are Bristish, they be 15 minutes (60) _______, and you should allow up to an hour for the Indians. Therefore, these are some small advice in (61) _______ not to behave badly abroad. In France you shouldn’t sit down in a cafard untill you are shaken hands with everyone you know.In Afghanistan you ‘d better spend at last 5 minutes (62) _______ hello. In Pakistan you mustn’t wink. It is offensive. In the Middle East you must never use the left hand for greeting, eating, drinking or smoking. Also, you should care not to admire (63) ___________ in your host’s home. They will feel that they have to give it to you. In Russia you must your hosts drink for drink or they will think you are unfriendly. In Thailand you should clasp your hands (64) _______ and lower your head and your eyes when you greet someone. In America you should eat your hamburger with both hands and as quickly as (65) _______. You shouldn’t try to have a conversation until it is eaten. 
Your answer:
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Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question (1 point)
A most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. From the time infants are born, they hear language because their parents talk to them all the time. Between the ages of seven and ten months, most infants begin to make sounds. They repeat the same sounds over and over again. This is called babbling. When babies babble, they are practicing their language.
What happens, though, to children who cannot hear? How do deaf children learn to communicate? Recently, doctors have learned that deaf babies babble with their hands. Laura Ann Petitto, a psychologist, observed three hearing infants with English-speaking parents and two deaf infants with deaf parents using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Dr. Petitto studied the babies three times: at 10, 12, and 14 months. During this time, children really begin to develop their language skills.
After watching and videotaping the children for several hundred hours, the psychologist and her assistants made many important observations. For example, they saw that the hearing children made varied motions with their hands. However, there appeared to be no pattern to these motions. The deaf babies also made different movements with their hands, but these movements were more consistent and deliberate. The deaf babies seemed to make the same hand movements over and over again. During the four-month period, the deaf babies' hand motions started to resemble some basic hand-shapes used in ASL. The children also seemed to prefer certain hand-shapes.
Hearing infants start first with simple syllable babbling, then put more syllables together to sound like real sentences and questions. Apparently, deaf babies follow this same pattern, too. First, they repeat simple hand-shapes. Next, they form some simple hand signs and use these movements together to resemble ASL sentences.
Linguists believe that our ability for language is innate. In other words, humans are born with the capacity for language: It does not matter if we are physically able to speak or not. Language can be expressed in different ways - for instance, by speech or by sign. Dr. Petitto believes this theory and wants to prove it. She plans to study hearing children who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent. She wants to see what happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both sign language and speech. Does the human brain prefer speech? Some of these studies of hearing babies who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent show that the babies babble equally with their hands and their voices. They also produce their first words, both spoken and signed, at about the same time. More studies in the future may prove that the sign system of the deaf is the physical equivalent of speech.
Adapted from “Issues for Today” by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare
66: According to paragraph 1, babies begin to babble ______.
A. at their first moment after birth	B. at their first experience of language
C. when they are more than 6 months old	D. when they first hear their parents talk to them
67: The phrase “the babies” in paragraph 2 refers to ______ in the study.
A. the hearing infants	B. the deaf infants
C. the hearing and deaf infants	D. the disabled infants
68: The writer mentions “American Sign Language (ASL)” in paragraph 2 as a language ______.
A. used by the deaf to communicate	B. especially formed by infants
C. used among psychologists	D. widely used by American children
69: The word “resemble” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. making initial movements	B. studying funny movements
C. creating strange movements	D. producing similar movements
70: It is stated in paragraph 3 that both the deaf and the hearing children made movements with their hands, but ______.
only the hearing children made different movements 
the deaf children made less consistent hand movements 
the hearing children only repeated the same hand motions 
only the deaf children repeated the same hand motions 
71 : According to paragraph 4, hearing infants learn to talk first by ______.
A. hand-shapes
B. babbling
C. hand motions
D. eye movements
72: The word “real” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.
A. meaningful
B. formal
C. general
D. original
73: It is mentioned in the last paragraph that Dr. Petitto plans to study ______.
what happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both speech and sign language 
whether all children speak and make motions with their hands at the same time 
the assumption that the human brain prefers sign language to speech 
whether the sign system of the deaf is the physical equivalent of speech 
74: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
The human brain prefers speech. 
Humans are innately able for language. 
Babies produce spoken words before signed ones. 
Language cannot be expressed in different ways. 
75: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
A. Education for Deaf Children	B. How do Children Master Language?
C. Language: Is It Always Spoken?	D. American Sign Language
Your answer:
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Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (1.0point) 
 Environmental pollution is a term that (76)______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with (77)______ gases and smoke, (78)_____ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the (79)_____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings (80)_____ various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (81)_____ junk and litter on the land and in the water.
 Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are necessary to the (82)_____ of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (83)_____ dead. Polluted water kills fish and other (84)_____ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (85)_____ beautiful world.
 76. A. means B. refers C. provides D. reduces
 77. A. thick B. natural C. exhaust D. influent
 78. A. purifies B. pumps C. sprays	 D. contaminates
 79. A. soil B. forests C. streets D. beaches
 80. A. on B. in C. by D. with
 81. A. spoiling B. leaving C. scattering D. gathering
 82. A. survival B. environment C. development D. growth
 83. A. so B. ever C. too D. even
 84. A. animal B. marine C. human D. plant
85. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. natured 
Your answer:
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IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. (1 point)
The Beatles
 In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at the time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fan were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
86.The passage is mainly about 
 A. how the Beatles became more successful than other groups
 B. why the Beatles split up after 7 years.
 C. The Beatles’ fame and success.
 D. many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song.
87. The four boys of the Beatles
 A. came from the same family B. came from a town in the north of England
 C. were at the same age D. received good traning in music
88. The word ‘ sensational’ is closest in meaning to
 A. notorious B. bad C. shocking D. popular
89. The first songs of the Beatles were
 A. written by themselves B. broadcard on the radio
 C. paid a lot of money D. written by black Americans
90. What is NOT true about the Beatles	
 A. The members had no training in music
 B. They had a long stable career
 C. They became famous when they wrote their own songs.
 D. They changed pop music
91. The Beatles stopped their live performances because 
 A. They had earned enough money
 B. They did not want to work with each other 
 C. They spent more time writing their won songs
 D. They were afraid of being hurt by fans
92. The year 1970 was the time when
 A. they split up B. they changed pop music
 C. they started their career D. they stopped singing live
93. What the fans of the Beatles often did was
 A. sing together with them B. take their clothes as souvenirs
 C. ask them to write more songs D. ask them why they would separate
94. Some songs of the Beatles now
 A. are still famous as they used to be B. became too old to sing
 C. are sung by crazy fans D. are the most famous
95. The tone of the passage is that of
 A. admiration B. criticism C. neutral D. sarcasm
Your answer:
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PART D: WRITING (6.0 points)
Rewrite the sentences using the beginning words (2. 5 points)
I don’t really want to visit the museum. 
I’d rather ............................................................................................................................ 
He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport. 
He regretted........................................................................................................................
Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.
Only when...............................................
There was no need for you to have gone to all that trouble.
You.....................................................................................................................................
I cannot believe that she was the winner. 
I find it.................................................................................................................................
 101. You should review your lessons for the exam.
 	It’s time .
 102. Although Jane took a taxi, she still arrived late for the interview.
 	In spite of.
 103. The magazine is published everyweek.
	The magazine comes..
 104. Her success went beyond her expectation.
	Never..
 105. We have no seats left for the concert on December 24th 
	All the seats
Rewrite the sentences using cues given (1.5 points)
We won’t get to the airport in less than 20 minutes. (LEAST)
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The boss was annoyed because his secretary came to work late. (OBJECTED)
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We didn’t go there that stormy weekend in case we couldn’t get back (FEAR)
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The demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night. (SUCH)
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Are children keen on sports activities? (TAKING)
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