Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 THCS - Năm học 2015-2016 - Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo Hải Dương (Kèm đáp án)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HẢI DƯƠNG
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2015- 2016
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Ngày thi: 24/3/2016
 (Đề thi có 05 trang)
Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
Phần trắc nghiệm: Chỉ cần viết chữ cái A hoặc B, C, D.
Phần tự luận: Viết đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của bài.
 (Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kỳ tài liệu gì.)
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A. LISTENING 
I. Listen to the conversation and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). 
(5 points)
Statements
T
F
1. Mr. Alan Jones would like a double room. 
 2. He will stay there for three nights.
3. He will pay in cash.
4. He requires a newspaper and a wake-up call at 7.00 in the morning.
5. He needs a porter to help with his luggage. 
II. Listen to the interview and fill in each of the blanks with the words/numbers FROM the RECORDING (There must be NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER in each blank). (10 points)
Sir Joseph is (6) ___________ years old, and one of the (7) ___________ men in the world. He was born in (8) ___________ and his family came to this country when he was (9) ___________. He spent his childhood in the East End of (10) ___________, like many other immigrants then. His family was (11) ___________. His father, who was a musician, was often ill and (12) ___________ work. His mother died when he was young, so he can’t remember much about her. He didn’t get much (13) ___________ because he had to earn his living. He was only 12 years old when he (14) ___________ school. He used to collect the (15)___________ and break them up, then he sold the firewood to make money. Now he’s rich enough to own a forest!
B. PHONETICS 
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group. (3 points)
16. A. mature
B. picture
C. nature
D. culture
17. A. profit
B. acid
C. revise
D. register
18. A. measure
B. pleasure 
C. understand
D. decision
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. (2 points)
19. A. important
B. destination
C. employment
D. successful
20. A. discover
B. experience
C. priority
D. recommend
C. GRAMMAR- VOCABULARY-LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
21. We were all pleased with the ____________. 
	A. delicious vegetable hot soup	B. delicious hot vegetable soup	
	C. vegetable soup delicious hot	D. hot delicious vegetable soup
22. He was born in Paris, ____________ he came back to visit last Sunday.
	A. which	B. where	C. when	D. that
23. Why is the window open? I remember ____________ it before I left home. 
	A. to close	B. close	C. closed	D. closing 
24. Paper money ____________ for over a thousand years.
	A. used	B. is used	C. has used	D. has been used
25. Bob had done badly in the interview. __________, he wasn’t offered the job. 
	A. Therefore	B. However	C. Because 	D. So
26. He told me that he had seen my cousin __________. 
	A. the previous day	B. the before day	C. the following day	D. yesterday
27. All the information found in the library is now __________ in my laptop.
	A. put 	 B. stored 	C. laid 	D. kept 
28. If we __________ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful. 	
	A. adopt	B. decide 	C. elect 	D. think
29. James denied __________ my bike but admitted __________ it.
	A. stealing / to borrow	B. stealing / borrowing	
	C. to steal / borrowing 	D. to steal / to borrow
30. The weather is terrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it will __________ soon.
	A. clear away	B. clear up	C. clear down	D. clear off
31. The room was full of people, and __________ were speaking.
	A. neither of them	B. no of them	C. each of them	D. all of them
32. Remember to do all your homework, __________ you?
	A. will	B. are	C. don’t	D. haven’t
33. According to traffic law, it is __________ for all motorcyclists to wear helmets. 
	A. official	B. optional	C. compulsory 	D. needed
34. Tom and Mary __________ had a big argument. They are not speaking to each other.
	A. should have	B. mustn’t have 	C. need have	 D. must have 
35. Only teenagers are admitted into that club. I wish I __________ five years younger!
	A. would be	B. am 	C. were 	 D. had been
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (5 points)
36. We like the people here. We are very impressed by their ________.	(HOSPITABLE)
37. She didn’t like him, so his presence caused her considerable ________. 	(COMFORT)
38. Some computer games are said to encourage children’s ________.	 (IMAGINE)
39. I want to go to Australia this summer, but it all ________ on my parents. (INDEPENDENCE)
40. It is impossible to see any differences between the male and female of the species. They are almost________. (DISTINGUISH) 
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (5 points)
41. He was still breathing hardly after having run for one hour and a half.
 A B C D 
42. The robber threatened killing the old woman if she didn’t give him her necklace.
 A B 	 C D 
43. My roommate is always makes a mess and that annoys me. 
 	 A B C D 
44. The roses grown in my grandmother’s garden are smelling so good!
 	 A B 	 C 	 D 
45. All of us found the film bored, so we decided to go home without seeing its ending. 
 A B 	 C D
IV. Match each sentence in column A with its suitable response in column B. Use each response once only. There are two extra options. (5 points)
A
B
46. Shall I bring you some orange juice?
47. How did your English oral test go?
48. How are you going to get downtown? Are you going to take a car?
49. How can I ever express my thanks to you for all you’ve done?
50. Honey, I’ve passed my driving test this time!
A. Sorry, I can’t. 
B. Good job!
C. Yes, please.
D. I guess so. The subway's too crowded at this time of day.
E. Not bad, thanks.
F. Just wait!
G. It’s my pleasure.
D. READING
I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space: 
(10 points)
Why did you decide to read this, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight's 
(51) __________? Common sense suggests that the answers to these questions depend on "readability". Whether the subject matter is interesting, the arguments (52) __________ and the layout attractive. But psychologists are discovering that to (53) __________ why people read - and often don't read technical information, they have to (54) __________ not so much the writing as the reader. Even the most technically confident people often ignore instructions for the video or home computer in (55) __________ of hand on experience. And people frequently (56) __________ little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading (57) __________ to assume that both beginners and (58) __________ readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish. There are (59) __________ among them about the (60) __________ of eyes, memory and brain during the process.
51. A. term
52. A. clean
53. A. ensure
54. A. examine
55. A. place
56. A. get
57. A. enjoy
58. A. sufficient
59. A. objections
60. A. role
B. period
B. clear
B. determine
B. inquire
B. purpose
B. pay
B. cause
B. able
B. arguments
B. concern
C. time
C. important 
C. value
C. trace
C. favour
C. take
C. lead
C. valid
C. contests
C. share
D. gap
D. happy
D. rate
D. calculate
D. interest
D. make
D. tend 
D. competent
D. competitions
D. relation
II. Read the following passage and fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
Teachers have often used memory tests to assess the intelligence (61) __________ their students. But having a good memory often has little to do with (62) __________. Studies have shown not (63) __________ that some people of below average intelligence have exceptional memories, but also that some highly intelligent people have poor memories. A good (64) __________ is more often the result of using techniques that can be learned, and many of the books that have been written (65) __________ the subject encourage people to use similar methods. One of these is that you make up short sentences or rhymes which can help you remember what you need to know by (66) __________. For example, the first letters of the words in the sentence ‘Richard of York gained battles in vain’ are ROYBIV; these are the colors of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, and so on. (67) __________ technique involves linking the sounds of words with images, (68) __________ can be particularly effective in learning new words. The learner needs to create an image to help to (69) __________ the word. By using techniques like this, many learners find it a lot (70) __________ than they had expected to keep on learning new vocabulary. 
III. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions: (5 points)
	Urban life has always involved a balancing of opportunities and rewards against dangers and stress: its motivating force is, in fact, money. Opportunities to make more money mean competition and competition causes stress, which is often the most intensive in the biggest cities, where opportunities are greatest. The presence of a large number of people inevitably involves more conflict, more travelling, the overloading of public services and the greater risk of criminals who are drawn to the rich parts of big cities. Crime has always flourished in the relative anonymity of urban life; but today’s ease of movement makes its control more difficult than ever before. City dwellers may become trapped in their homes by the fear of crime around them. 
	As a defense against these developments, city dwellers tend to use various ways to reduce the pressures on themselves: contacts with other people are generally made brief; doors are kept locked; telephone numbers may be ex-directory; journeys outside the homes are usually hurried, rather than a source of pleasure. Some people may use drugs and alcohol to forget their problems. As a result, all these defensive forms of behaviour are harmful to society in general: they cause widespread loneliness and destroy the community’s concern for its members. Lack of informal social contact and indifference to the misfortunes of other people are amongst the major causes of urban crime. 
Present-day architecture and planning have made the human problems of city life much worse. Old-established neighborhoods have been swept away by both public and private organizations, and replaced by huge, ugly, impersonal buildings. People have been forced to leave their familiar homes in order to move to tower blocks which are boring, inconvenient, and fail to provide any setting for human interaction or support. Efforts should be made to conserve human scale of the environment, and to retail familiar landmarks. 
71. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The higher crime rate in large cities.
B. The problems of living in cities.
C. Why some people in big cities are trapped in their home.
D. Ways to fight stress.
72. The word ‘dwellers’ is closest in meaning to _____________ .
A. criminals	B. neighbors	C. workers	D. inhabitants 
73. According to the author, architectural changes have affected city life by _________ . 
A. giving each person a say in planning 	
B. separating long-established communities
 	C. forcing people to live on top of each other	
D. making people move to the suburbs
74. The author’s general argument is that urban life would be improved by __________ .
 	 	A. moving people out of tower blocks	
B. rebuilding old buildings
C. building community centres	
D. preserving existing social systems
75. What does the word ‘its’ refer to?
A. behaviour	B. concern	C. community	D. lack
E. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (5 points) 
76. People will continue to use coal in the future.
→ Coal will .. .
77. It’s very kind of you to help me with this mess. 
→ I appreciate  .
78. Nam got a bad mark in his English test because he was lazy.
→ If Nam .. .
79. Mr. Pike can’t swim, but he wants his son to learn how to swim.
→ Despite his .. .
80. Immediately after the famous actor’s arrival, the party started.
→ No sooner ... .
II. Use the suggested words to make a complete letter. (10 points)
Dear Mai,
81. Thanks/ letter/ tell/ you/ come/ Melbourne.
82. I/ glad/ you/come at last/ you/ think/ we/ able/ meet up?
83. I/ understand/ you/ a bit/ worried/ as/ I /myself/ never/ forget/ first trip/ abroad.
84. Anyway/ you / ask/ advice/ now/ I/ give / some.
85. First/ all/ not/ forget/ pack/ warm clothes/ in case/ turn/ cold.
86. You/ never know/ weather/ going/ like/ even/ summer.
87. And/ definitely/ worth/ bring/ umbrella.
88. As far/ money/ concerned/ golden/ rule/ be not/ carry/ too much/ you.
89. Finally/ banks/ restaurants/open/close/ rather/ strange times/ public transport /be/ unreliable /taxis / expensive.
90. Give/ ring/ when/ arrive/ airport /and/ I / pick/ there.
Best wishes,
Pete
III. Write a paragraph of about 150-180 words on the following topic: (10 points)
 “The benefits of being able to use a popular foreign language”
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