Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2013-2014 - Phòng GD&ĐT Hải Dương

 the underlined part pronunced differently from the others in each group. (5 points)
1. A. leader	B. leather 	C. feather	D. measure
2. A. asked	B. advised	C. worked	D. missed
3. A. parachute	B. machine	C. champagne	D. orchestra
4. A. economy	B. occasion 	C. freedom	D. logical
5. A. invite	B. river	C. shrine	D. primary
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points).
1. A. difference 	 	B. suburban 	C. character 	D. graceful
2. A. introduce	B. industry	C. entertain	D. Singapore 
3. A. challenging	B. religion	C. poetry	D. fashionable
4. A. economical 	B. federation 	C. itinerary 	D. complication
5. A. advertise	B. deposit	C. candidate	D. institute
B. GRAMMAR VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS (35 points)
I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (10 points)
1. Not only ................. visit Japan but they plan to stop off in the USA as well?
	A. they plan to	B. they must	C. will they	D. are they paying
2. I’ll hand over all my files to my assistant before I .
	A. am leaving	B. leave	C. will leave	D. shall leave
3.They hardly do anything nowadays, ..........................?
	A. Don't they	B. are they	C. aren't they	D. do they
4. Yesterday he said he regretted .........................to the exhibition last week.
	A. not to go	B. not to have gone	C. not being gone	D. not having gone
5. If he hadn't wasted too much time, he......................................in his exam.
	A. would fail	B. wouldn't fail	C. wouldn't have failed	D. won't fail
6. She required that her student.............................harder.
	A. learn 	B. to learn	C. learnt	D. learns
7.  the cold weather, she wasn’t wearing a coat.
	A. Although B. Because C. Since D. In spite of 
8. All traffic laws 
	A. is observed B. had better observe C. must have observed D. must be observed 
9. There a library there, but it .down last month
	A. used to be/ is knocked	B. used to be/ was knocked	
	C. is ued to being/ is knocked	D. is used to be/ was knocked
10. What time the next train leave?
	A. does	B. shall	C. will	D. would
II. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points)
1.He may not be a handsome man, but he’s a ...........husband. ( RELY ) 
2.We find Huong very................................ (COMMUNICATE) 
3. His boss told him off because he had behaved ..................... ( RESPONSIBLE )
4. She divorced him because of his  to the children. ( KIND )
5. The sun and the moon are often.in poetry (PERSON)
6. He wrote so many.sentences in his essay (GRAMMAR)
7. The roads in our town are being ................ (WIDE)
8. Thank you for your clear ................. I can understand the lesson thoroughly. (EXPLAIN)
9. He made some coffee, but it was horrible. In fact my brother said it was ..........(DRINK)
10.After several ................. attempts we have finally done it. (SUCCEED)
III .Each of the following sentences has an error marked A,B,C or D. Identify and correct the errors (10 points)
1. I suggested that you taking his advice to treat your cough.
A 	 B 	 C 	 D
2. The mouse avoided to be caught by coming out only when the two cats were outside.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
3. Think it over and let me know your decision tomorrow, shall you?
	 A	B C	 D
4. A number of tourists is going to return the evaluation form distributed by the travel agent.
 A B C D
5. Do you remember to try this kind of food somewhere else before ? 
 A B C D 
6. After she had bought for herself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.
	 A 	B 	 C 	 D 
7. Buying clothes are often a very time - consuming practice because those clothes that a 
 A 	 B 	C 	D 
person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her .
8. The pollution of the sea can be the result of careless or dumping of waste.
 A	 B	 C	 D
9. I try hardly but I can never catch up with him , because he is so smart
 A	 B	 C	 D
10. They promised that they would publish my article was sent in last week.
	 	A	 B	 C	 D
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (5points)
1. A lot of people (kill)................ by AIDS recently. And I wish nobody would die any more.
2.If only I (have)............................... money, I would lend you some.
3. When the police arrived, their car(go)..............................
4. I met John before I (be) ........................... a fortnight in Paris.
5.The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (go) ...................... out and they (sit) ........................ in the dark.
6. What tune (play)......................... when we came in?
7. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ............................. her seat belt, she (not hurt) ........................ so badly.
8.Coming into the room he saw Mary where he (leave) ........................... her.
C. READING: (25 points).
I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (10 points)
CARE (Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere) was (1) _______ in 1945 to help people after World War II. It (2) _______ over one hundred millions food packages. Meanwhile, it started self-help programs. Today, it has development programs in thirty-seven countries.
CARE gives equipment and teaches people how to build water systems, roads, schools, houses and (3) _______ centers. It also teaches people how to increase (4) _______ on their farms, how to (5) _______ areas, and how to start small village industries.
Doctor and nurses (6) _______ to go remote villages. They provide health (7) _______ for the villagers. They also teach them how to (8) _______ their health. They train people to provide simple medical care.
CARE also provides food for about thirty million people each year and (9) _______ of them are children. It gives special help when there is a flood, an earthquake, a (10) _______, or a war.
1. a. made	b. organized	c. deleted	d. undergone
2. a. distributed	b. parachuted	c. overused	d. improved
3. a. health	b. healthy	c. healthful	d. healthiness
4. a. contribution	b. collaboration	c. consumption	d. production
5. a. recover	b. reforests	c. refresh	d. restrain
6. a. defend	b. compete	c. volunteer	d. eliminate
7. a. care	b. beat	c. limitation	d. mention
8. a. solve	b. improve	c. establish	d. conserve
9. a. almost	b. either	c. most	d. altogether
10. a. drought	b. shower	c. stream	d. brook
II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer:(5 points)
	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 that 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 group 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 in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans 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.
1 The passage is mainly about.
How the Beatles became more successful than other groups
Why the Beatles split up after seven years.
The Beatles’ fame and success.
Many people’s ability to sing a Beatle songs.
2. The four boys of the Beatles .
came from the same family.
Came from a town in the north of England.
Were at the same age.
Received good training in music.
3. The word’ sensational’ is closest in meaning to 
	A. notorious	B. bad	C. shocking	D. popular.
4. The first song of Beatles were 
	A. written by themselves	B. broadcast on the radio
	C. paid a lot of money	D. written by black Americans
5. What is not true about the Beatles?
The members had no training in music.
They had a long stable career.
They became famous when they wrote their own songs.
They changed pop music.
6. The Beatles stopped their performances because..
they had earned enough money.
They did not want to work with one another.
They spent more time writing their own songs
They were afraid of being hurt by fans.
7. 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
8. What the fans of the Beatles often did was
	A. sing together with them	B. take their clothes as souvenirs
	B. ask them to write more songs	D. ask them why they would separate
9. 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	C. are the most famous
10. The tone of the passage is that of..
	A. admiration	B. criticism	C. neutral	D. sarcasm
III/ Read the passage and fill in the missing words: (10 points)
	Elezabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and (1)..............................to New York City when she was 10 years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly important for a woman in the (2)........................of the nineteenth century. After (3)......................many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she (4)..........................finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she that she taught in a school and gave music lessons to (5).................money for her tuition.
	In 1849, after (6)...............................from medical school, she decided to futher her education in Paris. She (7).......................to be a surgeon, but a serious eye inflection forced her to abandon the idea. Upon returning to the United States, she found it (8).................................to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and he sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first (9)...........................women and children.
	Besides being the first female physician and founding her own (10)............................., she also established the first medical school for women.
D. WRITING: (30 points).
I. Complete the following letter using the suggested words and phrases:(10 points)
	Dear Sarah,
1. Just / note/ thank you/ lovely day/ yesterday.
..
2. It/ hard/ get back/ work/ today/ relaxing time.
..
3. My children/ great time/ too/ talking/ dog/ pool.
..
4. It/ especially/ nice/ meet/ your parents/ after hear/ them so long/ they just/ I/ imagine/ them.
.
5. You/ like/ come/ us/ next weekend?
6. You/ can/ lunch/ Saturday/ go/ walk/ hill/ if/ weather/ good.
.
7. Bring/ your parents/ if/ still/ stay/ you.
.
8. It/ lovely/ see/ again.
.
9. Hope/ see/ next weekend/ thanks/ yesterday.
.
	Love
 Kate.
II. Rewrite the sentences so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before it (10 points)
1. As Mike earned more money, he bought more clothes. 
=>The ..
2. Who often makes people in your class laugh ? 
=>By ..
3.John only understood very little what the teacher said.
=>John could hardly.........................................................................................
4.I don’t suppose you have change for 2 pounds, do you?
=> Do you happen.....................................................................................................
5. She falls asleep because she doesn’t usually stay up late.
=> She is not used to.................................................................................................
6. I regret not studying Chinese when I had a chance.
=> I wish ..................................................................................................................
7. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.
=> We are going..............................................................................................................
8. Although the team played well, they lost.
=> In spite of....................................................................................................................
9. My mother was the most warm-hearted person I’ve ever known
 =>I’ve 
10.Nick told one of the detectives that he had taken the cashbox.
=>Nick admitted 
III. Tet is the most important holiday in our country. Write a letter to your pen pal to tell him/ her about it. You should use the following information in your letter (10 points).
- Time of the holiday
- Acivities people do before Tet
- Acivities people do during Tet
- The things you enjoy most about the holiday
- 
Begin and end your letter as follows:
Dear Lan,
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Thanh
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PHÒNG GD & ĐT TP HẢI DƯƠNG
ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
 ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
MÔN TIẾNG ANH- VÒNG 1
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Hướng dẫn chấm gồm: 02 trang
A. PHONETICS. (10 points).
 I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the others in each group. (5 points)
1. A. 2. B 3. D	4.D 5. B 
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points).
 1. B. 2. B3. B4. C 5. B 
B. GRAMMAR VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS (35 points).
I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (10 points)
1. C. 2. B. 3. D 4D 5C 6 A 7 D 8D 9 B 10A
II. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points)
1. reliable	2.communicative	3. irresponsibly
4. unkindness 	5 personalized	 6 ungrammartical	7. widened	
8. explanation	9. undrinkable	10. unsuccessful
III .Each of the following sentences has an error marked A,B,C or D. Identify and correct the errors (10 points)
1. B => Take /(should take)
2. B => being caught
3. D => will you
4. B => are going to
5. B=> trying
6. B => herself
7. B => is
8. C => carelessness
9A => hard 
10- C => sent	
IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 points)
1. have been killed	
2. had 	
3. had gone
4. had been.
5. had gone – were sitting.
6.was being played 
7. had been wearing/ had worn – wouldn’t have been hurt.
8. had left.
C. READING: (25 points).
I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (10 points)
1. b	 	2. a	3. a	4. d	5. b
6. c	7. a	8. b	9. c	10. a
II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (5 points)
	1 C	2 B	3 C	4 D	5 B
	6 D	7 A	8 B	9 A	10 A
III/ Read the passage and fill in the missing words: (10 points)	
1.emigrated
6.graduating
2.middle
7.wanted
3.writing
8.difficult
4.was
9.for
5.earn
10.hospital
D. WRITING: (30 points).
I. Complete the following letter using the suggested words and phrases (10 points)
	Dear Sarah, 
1. Just a note to thank you for the lovely day yesterday.
2. It was really hard to get back to work today after such a relaxing time.
3. The children had a great time too, and are still talking about the dog and the pool.
4. It was especially nice to meet your parents after hearing about them for so long; they really are just as I imagined them.
5.Would you like to come to see us next weekend?
6. You could come for lunch on Saturday and we could go for a walk in the hills afterwards if the weather is good.
7. Please bring your parents if they are still staying with you.
8. It would be lovely to see them again.
9. Hoping to see you next weekend, and with thanks again for yesterday
	Love, 
	Kate 
II: Rewrite the sentences so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before it (10 points)
1. The more money Mike earned, the more clothes he bought. 
2. By whom are people in your class often made to laugh ? 
3.John could hardly understand what the teacher said.
4. Do you happen to have change for 2 pounds?
5. She is not used to staying up late so she falls asleep.
6.I wish I had learned/learnt Chinese 
7. We are going to have the car repaired by the garage next week.
8. In spite of playing well, the team lost
9.I’ve never known a more warm-hearted person than my mother (was).
10.Nick admitted to one of the detectives that he had taken the cashbox
III. Tet is the most important holiday in our country. Write a letter to your pen pal to tell him/ her about it. You should use the following information in your letter (10 points).
1.