Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 cấp thành phố - Năm học 2017-2018 - Sở giáo dục và đào tạo Hà Nội (Kèm đáp án)

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1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP THÀNH PHỐ HÀ NỘI NĂM HỌC 2017-2018 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 04/4/2018 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Đề thi gồm: 04 trang) Điểm Giám khảo PHÁCH Bằng số Bằng chữ Họ và tên Chữ ký 1. 2. - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi và không được sử dụng bất kỳ loại tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. - Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm ___ PART I: LISTENING (3.0 pts) You will hear people talking in 5 different situations. For questions 1-5, circle the best answer A, B or C. 1. You hear a film review on the radio. What criticism does the reviewer make? A. The acting is poor B. The music is unsuitable C. The story is difficult to follow 2. You hear two students talking about a holiday abroad. What do they agree about? A. Traveling abroad without price reduction is difficult. B. Holidays are more enjoyable if you go abroad. C. Foreign travel is harmful to the environment. 3. You hear a woman talking on the radio about a place called Dolphin Bay. Where did she first hear about Dolphin Bay? A. on the radio B. on television C. on the Internet 4. You overhear a woman talking outside the post office. Why had she gone to the post office? A. to buy stamps B. collect a parcel C. to send a parcel 5. You hear part of a discussion on local radio. What is the programme about? A. building new housing B. improving road safety
2. C. protecting wildlife ANSWER KEYS 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C Listen carefully and complete the sentences from 6 to 15. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each blank. You have the chance to listen to the lecture twice. (2pts) Problems affecting small areas of rainforest 6. A process called___ has a negative effect in these areas. 7. There is less food, especially___ , for animals to eat. 8. Larger animals may see a fall in___ diversity because of lack of contact with other populations. 9. The 'edge effect' can change both the___ and the amount of light at the forest edges. 10. There is probably more___ activity in forest areas close to farmland. 11. Small animals which have a particular___ may be most at risk. Assessing biodiversity Basic method: Walk through the forest and watch out for sign of the animals Some animals make a lot of noise, for example (12) ___ Some birds have easily identified nests Animals with predictable (13)___ habits such as snakes Trapping methods: Simple traps using a long (14)___ of plastic and buckets for small animals Mist nets can trap birds Camera traps for other species A (15) ___ can be used to identify animals trapped more than once. KEY 1. fragmentation 2. fruit 3. genetic 4. temperature 5. hunting 6. diet 7. monkeys 8. hiding 9. sheet 10. microchip PART II. PHONETICS (2.0 pts) I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt) 1. A. fathom B. feather C. anthem D. within 2. A. mortgage B. dosage C. massage D. luggage 3. A. washed B. handed C. laughed D. helped 4. A. lost B. most C. ghost D. dose 5. A . prescription B. preliminary C. presumption D. preparation
3. II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1.0 pt) 1. A. successive B. apprentice C. attendance D. atmosphere 2. A. assassinate B. international C. preferential D. differentiate 3. A. refugee B. ambitious C. understand D. comprehend 4. A. preference B. attraction C. advantage D. infinitive 5. A. mechanic B. terrific C. Arabic D. Pacific PART III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4.5 pts) I. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (1.5 pts) 1. After the playwright rewrote the script, the story began to take___. A. turn B. notice C. shape D. part 2. Anyone who criticises the leader is simply asking for___. A. painB. trouble C. difficulty D. discomfort 3. Sophie was feeling a bit ___ on her luck after not getting the part, so Frank bought her lunch. A. down B. under C. below D. behind 4. Leo was ___ from the meeting after he began objecting loudly to other people's ideas. A. dejected B. rejected C. ejected D. injected 5.___ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser. A. Being not B. Not having been C. Have not been D. Having not been 6. Herbs ___ in soups and sauces. A. are used to be B. are often used C. often use D. get used to being 7. She tries to set ___ an hour a week for practice. A. about B. down C. aside D. in 8. Remember to ___ the sliced beef in a little oil for half an hour before stir-frying. The beef will be tender that way. A. garnish B. sprinkle C. stew D. marinate 9. Each of the guests ___ a bunch of flowers. A. are given B. is given C. were given D. give 10. To everyone’s surprise, Mr Brown ___ at the Trade Union meeting. A. turned in B. turned over C. turned up D. turned round 11. Although they had only been invited for lunch, they ___ until suppertime. A stayed on B stayed out C stayed up D stayed in 12. He always did well at school ___ having his early education disrupted by illness. A on account of B in spite of C in addition to D even though 13. This missile is designed so that once ___ nothing can be done to retrieve. A fired B having fired C they fired D firing 14. I am never free on Tuesday evenings as I have a ___ arrangement to go to the cinema with a friend. A long-standing B long-lived C long-range D. long -lasting 15. “ Do you think it’s going to rain heavily?” - “___” A. I won’t hope so B. I don’t hope C. I don’t hope so D. I hope not III. Replace the word or phrase in bold with the word or expressions with a similar meaning (A, B, C or D). (0.5 pt) 1. If you lose your key to the laboratory, you should inform security immediately. A. unlock B. mislead C. destroy D. mislay 2. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time, it is essential that you apply for an extension.
4. A. propose B. turn C. submit D. apply 3. Students whose assignments are copied from another source will be severely penalised. A. plagiarised B. repeated C. cited D. quoted 4. The researchers then did a second study with a much larger group of subjects. A. composed B. conducted C. collaborated D. corrupted 5. In my view, each student should set themselves clear goals at the beginning of each academic year. A. undertakings B. objectives C. supplements D. regulations IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (1.0 pt For many people, unintentionally hearing a mobile phone conversation causes more (1.annoy) ___ and frustration than the general background noise of people talking to each other. Scientists from the University of San Diego recently carried out an interesting study with a group of (2.voluntary) ___ to investigate this phenomenon in a controlled way. The (3.participate) ___ were asked to solve a series of anagram puzzles while, (4.know) ___ to them, researchers conducted a scripted conversation in the background, either between two people in the room or between someone on a phone and a caller not in the room. (5.Overwhelm) ___ , subjects found the one-sided phone conversation more (6.memory) ___ and distracting than the two-sided interaction. One of the (7. research) ___, Dr Rosa Vessal, suggested that two-way conversations are less distracting because they are easier to follow. 'The content of a phone conversation is (8.predict) ___ ,' she said. 'Not knowing where its heading is distracting.' What are the (9.imply) ___ of the research? One might be that we should not (10.estimate) ___ how distracting overheard phone conversations can be for drivers. 1. annoyance 2.volunteers 3.participants4.unknown 5.Overwhelmingly 6.memorable 7. researchers 8.unpredictable 9. implications 10.underestimate V. Think of one word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. Number ‘0’ is an example. (1.5 pts) 0. After being responsible for two false starts, the athlete was disqualified from the sprint. - I couldn’t understand what Grandma was saying until in her false teeth. - Making false statement to the police is an offence. 1. Try to keep your room ___clean___ and tidy for when your friends come round. - After examining me, the doctor gave me a ___clean___ bill of health. - You should make a ___clean___ break and tell Joel you don’t want to see him again. 2. We hope it won’t be too long before we start a __family___. - My dad thought that the whole thing reflected badly on the ___ name. Our dog’s got a great personality and we all treat her like a ___ member. 3. I moved to Birmingham, determined to make a ___fresh___ start. - I afraid we’re___ out of bananas. - The new manager is ___ from university and doesn’t have much experience, in my opinion. 4. There’s a crack in the __bottom___ of my glass. He had started at the ___ and worked his way up to become a manager. - The police officer was determined to get to the ___ of things and asked a lot of questions. 5. 5. The magazine is printed on low ___quality___ paper. - What’s the most important ___ you look for in someone applying for a job here? - Ask yourself whether you spend enough ___ time with your children.
5. PART IV. READING (5.0 pts) I. Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (2.0 pts) Policy making to encourage technological achievement, a field of human ingenuity that appears to move (1)___than any other, is a very difficult area – and one that has been fraught over the last 200 years. Of course, technology (2) ___a significant role in both the environment and health. Today, some of the biggest challenges faced (3) ___ technology policy makers involve areas like transport and telecommunications. The most prominent innovations in this area in the last two centuries have required the concomitant (4)___of huge infrastructure; roads for cars, railways for steam engines and cables for telephone and internet services have all required significant public spending. Essentially, these (5) ___were so immensely profitable that they have had an influence on regulatory processes, and vice versa. At present, however, the problem of (6) ___timely and effective policy to cover these areas is more a problem of classifying the technological systems that come under them. There is little doubt that the internet is a (7) ___ tool – but when only one active user is involved in the ‘telecommunication’, which in fact takes place between numbers of machines, the water becomes murkier. Most legal systems consider the act of downloading to be reproducing, but it bends our historical definition of that term. Similarly, camera drones are not a form of (8) ___.- yet they make use of airspace that has not been utilized before, and could, in theory, compete with other air traffic. To give an example, an Irish man was (9) ___ to four years in prison for running a site that archived links to copyrighted material. He didn’t download the material himself, or even host it – he simply made it possible for others to find it. In this instance, and in many others, technology policy highlights how (10) ___we have to go to adapt to a changing world – and how far we have already come. 1. A. quicker B. faster C. sooner D. further 2. A. plays B. pays C. goes D. takes 3. A. to B. for C. in D. by 4. A. environment B. device C. implementation D. production 5. A. systems B. problems C. ideas D. suggestions 6. A. create B. creating C. created D. creates 7. A. telegram B. telegraph C. telecommuter D. telecommunications 8. A. transport B. travel C. tour D. sightseeing 9. A. considered B. killed C. taken D. sentenced 10. A. happy B. far C. kind D. near II. Read the passage carefully and then fill each gap with ONE suitable word. (2.0 pts) It never ceases to amaze me how litle notice some people now take of rules in public places. When I was a child, it would never have occurred to me not to comply (1) ___ the rules. If someone smoked in defiance of a “No Smoking” sign on a train, they (2) ___ rapidly be reminded of their transgression by several irate passengers, who would refer the errant smoker (3) ___ the sign in no uncertain terms. What’s more, the person accused would normally (4) ___ for his indiscretion, and would certainly refrain (5) ___ repeating his anti-social behaviour. These days reminding someone of their public duty not (6) ___ drop litter or swear on the streets is likely to succeed only in unleashing a torrent of verbal abuse from the wrongdoer. Many people seem blithely unaware that, for example, the ‘silence in the library’ rule applies to them, as much as to anyone (7) ___. Asking them is not enough, pleading with them might still not deter them from their noisy chat, resorting to physical violence, an undesirable option, seems the only one likely to (8) ___ results. But in all seriousness, what really annoys me is that one (9) ___ made to feel
6. churlish or old-fashioned just to insist on basic respect of everyday manners. Truly, it seems polite (10) ___ and good manners count for nothing in today’s society. 1. with 2. would 3. to 4. apologize 5. from 6. to 7. else 8. get 9. is 10. behaviour III. Read a magazine article below. Six paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-F the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. (1.0 pt) If you work in an economy which is going through difficulties, the chances you’re calling on your emotional intelligence’ (EI) less than you might like, according to research which shows that the art of identifying, understanding and managing your emotions to improve your performance appears to decline in tough economic times. A team of occupational psychologists led by John Cooper studied 12,400 workers, mainly from the UK managerial population between 2001 and 2010, and found that use of emotional intelligence increased steadily during the economically strong years of 2001 to 2007, but dropped sharply between 2008 and 2010 during a banking crisis and recession. 1. ___ The term ‘emotional intelligence’ was first used in psychology in 1966, and although several different interpretations have developed since then it is still a relatively new field. Cooper’s report describes it as an ‘innate human attribute’ which, if understood and used well, can help us manage our thinking and feeling to improve our behaviour and relationships. ‘If we liken the mind to a high-performance engine,’ it goes on to say, then this ‘would be the oil that enables us to maintain and manage ourselves to perform to our full potential.’ Emotional intelligence is divided into two main areas: personal intelligence and interpersonal intelligence. These, in turn, are split into 16 measurable scales including self-regard and regard for others, self-awareness and awareness of others, emotional resilience, flexibility, trust and emotional expression. 2. ___ Measuring emotional intelligence can also identify areas of development for employees in specific positions. An awareness of where you sit on each scale can help determine whether you need extra training, or will excel in a particular industry or sector. Self-employed people score higher than any other occupational group, possibly because there is a greater need to be emotionally intelligent if you are mostly dependent upon yourself for your success. 3. ___ The study found that senior managers and directors tend to score highly in all aspects, but especially in self-belief, emotional resilience, positive outlook, going after goals, conflict handling and independence. Low scores on some of these scales, however, can have a negative impact on others, especialy if the low scorer holds a senior position. 4. ___ Another executive, by contrast, approached a colleague about the performance of a manager he was responsible for with the words. ‘I think I’ve put him into the wrong position because he is very good, but he’s not thriving. What’s your opinion?’ This showed humility and openness, features of good emotional intelligence. 5. ___ The consequence of this appears to be that employees feel liked, competent and significant, and the business has become more productive and profitable. The implication to be drawn from this would seem to be that unlike personality traits and IQ, emotional intelligence can be changed and developed, which, in turn, can have a postive impact on work and economic activity. A. Having observed both approaches, one senior manager decided his own firm would benefit from the incorporation of emotional intelligence into management methods. Training to this end was accordingly organised.
7. B. Results for other work sectors also proved interesting. People with jobs in health, for example, scored significantly lower in self-regard, which may result in them putting the needs of others first, while those in the sales sector scored strongly on self-assuredness, not being easily put off and being able to connect with people without being overly caring. C. Despite this, those who feel their effectiveness generally - but especially at work - isn’t up to scratch, need not despair. Emotional intelligence is not fixed and can be enhanced. In order to do this, however, you need to know what your EI rating is. D. Using these categories, the study came up with results which seem to confirm some commonly held presumptions. For instance, while there is no significant difference between men and women in overall scores, men have a more critical mindset with higher self-esteem and higher valuation of others. Also, emotional intelligence improves with age, as we develop a more balanced outlook an become less dependent on, but more trusting of, others. E. In an example of this, six managers were asked by a company director to present their views of why a particular problem had emerged in the business. After the first person had outlined what he thought the problem was, the director shouted, ‘So you’ve been lying to me for a year.’ Who around that table would now say what they thought the problem was? F. The likelihood is then when facing uncertainty people may feel threatened and switch into ‘survival mode’ to try to protect what they have. Moreover, ‘this can make things worse as workers become less adaptive and responsive to change, and may miss business or personal opportunities.’ 1. F 2. D 3. B 4. E 5. A PART V: WRITING (5.5 pts) I. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning using the words in the brackets. Do not change the words given. (2.0 pts) 1. Driving without a seatbelt is illegal in most European countries. (against) ___ 2. Most websites think about user privacy when they encourage people to change their passwords regularly. (consideration) ___ 3. He spoke confidently and that impressed me. (which) ___ 4. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. (once) ___ 5. Karen received a medal for her services to the country. (recognition) ___ 1. It is against the law to drive without a seatbelt in most European countries. Driving without a seatbelt is against the law in most European countries. 2. Most websites take/ are taking user privacy into consideration/ take/ are taking into consideration user privacy when they encourage people to change their passwords regularly. 3. The thing which impressed me was the confident way he spoke./ He spoke confidently, which impressed me. 4. All at once there was a knock at the door. 5. Karen received a medal in recognition of her services to the country. II. Finish the second sentence in such a way that is similar to the original one. (1.0 pt) 1. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. Only when ___ 2. The traffic was so bad that there was obviously no way we would get to the station on time. The traffic was so bad that we obviously did not stand ___ 3. Colin will only read your email if you mark it as urgent.
8. Unless ___ 4. Lily said that she’d always intended to invite Phil to the party. “It had always been my ___”, said Lily 5. I think you should take up jogging. If I ___ 1. Only when Alice and Charles had (had) their second child did they decide to move to a bigger house. 2. The traffic was so bad that we obviously did not stand a/any chance of getting to the station on time. 3. Unless you mark your email as urgent, Colin will not/won’t read it. 4. “It had always been my intention to invite/ of inviting Phil to the party”, said Lily. 5. If I were you, I would take up jogging. III. “Scientific inventions are making our life happier”. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Write at least 200 words to support you ideas. (2.5 pts) ___ ___ ___