Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trường Lớp 9 THCS - Năm học 2013-2014 - Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠOCHIÊM HÓA TRƯỜNG THCS TÂN MỸ Số phách (do Trưởng BGK chấm thi ghi): .................................................................. ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 9 THCS - NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề này có 07 trang) ĐIỂM KẾT LUẬN CỦA BÀI Chữ ký xác nhận của giám khảo Ghi bằng số Ghi bằng chữ Giám khảo số 1 Giám khảo số 2 Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên bản đề thi này. SECTION I: LISTENING (3 points). Part 1: Listen to the recording and complete the form below. You are allowed to listen to the recording TWICE (2 points). Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo? Carlo: Yes. Tim: Okay. Let’s go to a restaurant downtown. If we go through the park, we can…………………… (1) a bus on Ocean Drive. Carlo: That’s fine. I……………… (2) like walking in the park. You’re lucky to have a place like this close to your home. It’s so beautiful with all the…………........................... (3) and a pond in the middle. Tim: Carlo! Be careful. You’re walking…………………… (4).The park keeper is……………………… (5) some more – you’ll kill the new grass! Carlo: Oh, sorry. I didn’t see the sign. Tim: Come on. It’s time we……………. (6) the bus. Carlo: Is that our bus, Tim? Tim: No. That’s a …………….. (7) bus. We want the number 130. Carlo: Where are we going to eat? Tim: It’s up to you. There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town. Carlo: Oh, no. I can eat………………… (8) food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat……………….. (9). Tim: Okay. I know…………… (10) where we need to go! Part 2: You will listen to the trip to Ba's village. Listen and fill in the gaps with ONE missing word. You are allowed to listen to the recording TWICE (1 point). At 6.30 in the morning, the bus…………. (11) Ba and his family from their home. After picking everyone up, the bus continued north on………………. (12). It crossed the Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel. Then, it left the highway and turned left into a ………………. (13) road westward. This road ran between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond. Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small…………………. (14).Finally, the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to………………………. (15)in the evening. SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (9 points). Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D (3 points). 1. He laughed …… when he was watching “Tom and Jerry” on TV. A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. unhappy 2. The children felt …….when their mother was coming back home. A. excitement B. excitedly C. excited D. exciting 3. The Browns had to use all their ……. to buy their new house. A. savings B. expenses C. reservers D. remains 4. He is a person …… friends trust him. A. whom B. his C. who’s D. whose 5. If he worked more slowly, he …… so many mistakes A. wouldn’t make B. won’t make C. didn’t make D. doesn’t make 6. The party, at ….. I was the guest honor, was extremely enjoyable. A. that B. who C. which D. where. 7. It’s ……. long time since he last saw his grandparents. A. so B. ever C. too D. such a. 8. She never let you cook the meals, ……………….? A. didn’t she B. doesn’t she C. did she D. was she 9. After arriving home, they usually……. their uniforms. A. take out B. take off C. put out D. put off. 10. He worked………..than his workmates. A. more carefully B. more careful C. as carefully D. carefullier. Part 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (2 points). 11. I haven’t come back to London for my father last visited me. A B C D 12. I will lend you this money if you will promise to pay it back. A B C D 13. Do you know how getting to the post office from here? A B C D 14. Mary and Henry always goes out for a meal on their wedding anniversary. A B C D 15. Tom wishes his neighbors don’t make so much noise. A B C D 16. She was waiting nervous in the waiting room for the interview. A B C D 17. The children are very boring and they don’t know what to do. A B C D 18. The policeman told her not to driving her car so fast again. A B C D 19. At last I’ve found the information that I was looking on. A B C D 20. They asked me what happened last night, but I was unable told them. A B C D Part 3: Fill in the correct form of the word in capital to complete the sentence (2 points). 21. Their ……………………has lasted a lifetime. FRIEND 22. The streets were …………………………… so that planes could use them. WIDE 23. My brother is an………………………..engineer. ELECTRIC 24. You must be …………………………..when you open that door. CARE 25. Don’t worry. I’ll try to finish this work ………………………. SUCCEED 26. Preserving natural resources is of great ………………………….. IMPORTANT 27. Many university and college …………………………. like wearing jeans STUDY 28. Daphne has always been …………………..in collecting antiques. INTEREST 29. There are many ……………………………in our country of a year. CELEBRATE 30. We must learn about keeping the environment………………………. POLLUTE Part 4: Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2 points). A friend of mine, Dave (31.work) ……………. in the Asian sales department of the Microsoft for two year. He (32.just/return)………….. from a business trip to Vietnam. He (33.ask) ……………….. (34.go) ………….. because he can speak Vietnamese. When he (35.be) ……………… a business student at Harvard university, he (36.study) ...........................Vietnamese for four years. He (37.never/have) ……… the opportunity to use his Vietnamese until he (38.go) ………….. to Hanoi last year. While he was there, he (39.speak) ……………… Vietnamese and (40.enjoy) ……………… every minute of it. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION: (6 points) Part 1: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point). Good results in your study can be obtained from developing good study habits. The best place to study is a comfortable room with good lighting. The best chair for studying should be the one which you would be comfortable in, but not so comfortable that you may fall asleep in it after a while. Before you start, look for a quiet environment without distractions. If you find your home too noisy to study, try the library or community center instead. When you study, set realistic goals for yourself to achieve. For example, do not try to study five chapters of Geography in one sitting when you know that it takes more than an hour to finish one chapter. Furthermore, remember not to push yourself too hard. When you have studied for a period of time, reward yourself by taking a short break. You could perhaps take a short walk or listen to some music for a while. If you begin to feel sleepy when studying, do not force yourself to go on as you may lose your power of concentration. Instead, you should take a short sleep to refresh yourself. Studying may be strenuous on the eyes. When you study, it may be a good idea to lift your eyes away from your books occasionally. Looking at objects at a distance or at greenery can help soothe tired eyes. 1. The first thing to be considered in developing good study habits is ________. A. your ability to study well B. the best chair to sit for studying C. your attitude towards good study at home D. environment for studying 2. Which of the following does not improve your good study habits? A. a quiet room with enough lighting B. an extremely comfortable chair C. a proper chair and a right-size table D. a public or college library 3. When studying, you had better ________. A. learn as much as you want in one sitting B. learn either sitting or standing C. take a short break after each chapter D. set reachable goals for you 4. Taking a short sleep is necessary when ________. A. you feel sleepy and can not concentrate on studying B. your eyes become red after studying C. you can not lift your eyes away from your books D. you want to go on after getting your concentration 5. The best title for the passage may be ________. A. how to use your study time efficiently B. how to build up good study habits C. how to get relaxed when studying D. how to avoid sleepiness when studying Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2: Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T), or false (F) (2points). There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most important ones. Two- thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only the language for more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one - fifth of the land area in the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India it is one of the official languages. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than three - fourths of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than three - fifths of the radio stations broadcast programs in English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. English is the language of the international communication. 6. Chinese is the most important language. 7. About 66.6 per cent of the world’s population speaks six major languages. 8. Vietnamese speak English as their first language. 9. Seventy-five per cent of the world’s mail is in English. 10. Forty per cent of the world’s radio stations use English. 11. English has more speakers than Chinese. 12. People in India speak English as their second language. 13. People in South - Africa cannot speak English. 14. English is the official language on one- fifth of the land area in the world. 15. People in Australia also speak English. Your answers: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part 3: Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D (2 points). Jeans are very popular with young people all (16)……. the world. Some people say that jeans are the “ uniform” of (17)…….. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans……….. (18) two hundred years ago. People in Genoe, Italy made pants. The cloth (19)……… in Genoa was called “Jeans”. The pants were called “Jeans”. In 1850, a sale man (20)………..California began selling pants. His name was Levi Strauss (21)………..they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (22)………. with gold miners, farmer and cowboys. Six years (23)….., Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (24)……….called Denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (25) …………jeans. Young people usually wear them. 16. A. in B. on C. over D. above 17. A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest 18. A. starting B. finished C. finishing D. started 19. A. make B. makes C. making D. made 20. A. in B. on C. at D. with 21. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So 22. A. famous B. popular C. good D. wonderful 23. A. late B. later C. latest D. last 24. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes 25. A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn Your answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part 4: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (1 points). More than two hundred years ago, the term "environmental pollution" was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank ____26____ water and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening ____27____ the environment. Actually, it's man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes, everybody knows that cars and motorbikes emit gases that cause poisonous air and cancer but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil ____28____ but they don't want to ____29____ money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution without doing anything to ____30____ the environment? Your answers: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. SECTION IV: WRITING (2 points) Part 1: Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, begin with the given words or phrases.(1 point) 1. My brother works in a factory which has more than a thousand employees. -> There…………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 2. Keep your feet dry or you will get a cold. -> If …………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 3. “ Do you sometimes go to this English Speaking Club?” Mrs. Brown asked. -> Mrs. Brown asked me……………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………... 4. Mr. Pike played soccer after school everyday when he was a school boy. -> Mr. Pike used to……………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………... 5. He is a more persuasive speaker than his brother. -> He speaks……………………………………………………………………….......... …………………………………………………………………………………………... Part 2: Use the suggested words to write full sentences (1 point). Don’t forget / keep / touch / us. -> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 2. If / I / be / you / I / take part / these / cultural / activity. -> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 3. It / be / national holiday / yesterday / so / my friends / I / go / picnic. -> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 4. I / would like / congratulate / you / pass / your exam. -> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………... 5. They / as / fast / your cars. -> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. _ THE END _ PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠOCHIÊM HÓA TRƯỜNG THCS TÂN MỸ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 9 THCS - NĂM HỌC 2013-2014 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH SECTION I: LISTENING (3 points). Part 1: Listen to the recording and complete the form below. You are allowed to listen to the recording TWICE. (2 points) 1. catch 2. really 3. trees and flowers 4. on the grass 5. growing 6. caught 7. 103 8. Mexican 9. hamburgers 10. exactly Part 2: You will listen to the trip to Ba's village. Listen and fill in the gaps with ONE missing word. You are allowed to listen to the recording TWICE. (1 point) 11. collected 12. Highway Number 1 13. smaller 14. bamboo forest 15. come back SECTION II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (9 points). Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (2.5points) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B C A D A C D C B A Part 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. (2.5points) 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. D Part 3: Fill in the correct form of the word in capital to complete the sentence (2 points). 21. friendship 22. widened 23. electrical 24. careful 25. successfully 26. importance 27. students 28. interested 29. celebrations 30. unpolluted Part 4: Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2 points). 31. has worked 32. has just returned 33. was asked 34. to go 35. was 36. studied 37. had never had 38. went 39. spoke 40. enjoyed SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (6 points). Part 1: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point). 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B Part 2: Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T), or false (F)(2 points). 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F 11. F 12. T 13. F 14. T 15. T Part 3: Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D (2 points). 16.C 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. B Part 4: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (2 points). 26. clean/pure 27. to 28. polluted 29. spend 30. protect SECTION IV: WRITING (2 points). Part 1: Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, begin with the given words or phrases (1 point). There are more than a thousand employees where my brother works. If you don’t keep your feet dry, you will get a cold. Mrs. Brown asked me if I sometimes went to that English Speaking Club. Mr. Pike used to play soccer after school when he was a school boy. He speaks more persuasively than his brother (does). Part 2: Use the suggested words to write full sentences (1 point). Don’t forget to keep in touch with us. If I were you, I would take part in these cultural activities. It was a national holiday yesterday, so my friends and I went on/for a picnic. I would like to congratulate you on passing your exam. They are as fast as your cars. - THE END -