Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Năm học 2014-2015 - Trường THCS Cao Viên (Có đáp án)

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1. PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015 TRƯỜNG THCS CAO VIÊN Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề thi gồm có: 05 trang (Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào các tờ đề này) Điểm Họ tên, chữ kí của người chấm thi số 1 Số phách Bằng số: Bằng chữ: Họ tên, chữ kí của người chấm thi số 2 A. PHONETICS: 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words in each group by circling A, B, C, or D. (5 x 0,2 = 1pt) 1. A. myth B. breath C. tooth D. with 2. A. biscuits B. magazines C. newspapers D. vegetables 3. A. packed B. punched C. pleased D. pushed 4. A. call B. cup C. coat D. ceiling 5. A. month B. boss C. shop D. got 2. Select A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose stress position is different from the rest. (5 x 0,2 = 1pt) 6. A. become B. between C. improve D. forward 7. A. assistant B. holiday C. colony D. possible 8. A. faithfully B. sincerely C. completely D. extremely 9. A. figure B. ever C. apply D. happy 10. A. salary B. essential C. industry D. interview B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (20 x 0,2 = 4 pts) 11. We love HANOI, ___ in the spring. A. mostly B. most C. especially D. specially 12. Are you looking for anything in ___ ? A. special B. detail C. peculiar D. particular 13. Dress ___ when you go for an interview. Don’t wear your Jeans. A. nice B. nicely C. smart D. newly 14. Mexico is the most popular vacation ___ for people from The United States. A. target B. connection C. departure D. destination 15. To the best of my ___ , he married an Irish girl A. retention B. recall C. memory D. recollection 1
2. 16. Every Sunday we ___ go walking in the park. A. seldom B. usually C. rarely D. never 17. We’ll play tennis and ___ we’ll have lunch. A. so B. after C. immediately D. then 18. I feel terrible, I didn’t sleep ___ last night. A. an eye B. a wink C. a jot D. an inch 19. This is the most expensive car I have ___ driven. A. ever B. always C. often D. sometimes 20. The ___ at the football match because violent when their team lost. A. spectators B. groups C. observers D. customers 21. Not until 1856 ___ across the Mississippi River A. the first bridge was built B. was the first bridge built C. the first building a brdge D. the bridge building was 22. The cost of living has ___ over 10 percent in the past years. A. raised B. raise C. risen D. rising 23. Now men and women remain single longer than they once ___ A. do B. did C. doing D. were done 24. Two thousand miles ___ a long distance. A. are B. make C. have D. is 25. When it began to rain, they ___ in the yard A. played B. were playing C. have played D. had played 26. He ___ on his English study all yesterday evening A. used to work B. had worked C. was working D. working 27. These chairs are ___ better than the others. A. as B. very C. much D. either 28. Why did Berth ask you ___ a bicycle ? A. that if you had B. do you have C. that you had D. if you had 29. Malaria is a disease ___ by the anopheles A. transmit B. transmitting C. is transmitted D. transmitted 30. Is swimming under water very difficult ? No, it’s just a matter ___ able to control your breathing A. to be B. of being C. that you are D. being 2.Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters: (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) 1. English spelling presents special for foreign learners. ( DIFFICULT ) 2. The school is performing well, but we recognize the need for further ( IMPROVE) 3. Let me introduce you a university. I think it’s really reliable. ( REPUTE) 4. We placed in a number of national newspapers. ( ADVERTISE) 5. If you want to attend the course, you must pass the examination.(WRITE) 6. We couldn’t go out because it rained (CONTINUE) 7. The professor criticized his students both .and individually. (COLLECT) 2
3. 8. His teacher found that she could do the with no trouble at all.(CALCULATE) 9. After the war, many soldiers turned to live in . (RETIRE) 10. Should we this invention. (PUBLIC) 3. There is a mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it(10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) 1. Jones tried to use chopsticks but he can’t. He isn’t used to use them. -> 2. He is one of the most boring people I ever meet. He never says anything interesting. -> 3. Ann is going to America next month. She hasn’t never been there before. -> 4. I wasn’t able to understand French so I didn’t know what he said. If only he spoke English. -> 5. She is a foreigner because she needs a visa to stay in this country. -> 6. Tom is good at math. He is fond of attend a higher mathematics course. -> 7. After living in England for a year, Long finally gets used to drive on the left. -> 8. Summer is coming. We are looking forward to spend our free time relaxing in the sun. -> 9. I wish I didn’t tell him the truth. He looks so worried now. -> 10. It’s really cold and miserable here in the winter. I hope we would live in a warmer place next year. -> C. READING COMPREHENSION 1.Read the passage and circle the best option to complete the passage: (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) Society has changed in many ways since the (1)___of computers, and people’s lives at home and at the office have been (2)___. Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they used to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much more interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that, (3)___the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby had become much more specialized. A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (4)___spend time with their families than stay late in the office every day. Home life is seen (5)___as important as working. Some companies now make managers take their annual holidays 3
4. (6)___ __they don’t want to, because this leads to quite an improvement in their (7)___ __if they have some rest. (8)___these changes, some people are working harder than (9)___. The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is making it harder to get into university than it was 20 years ago. Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (10)___hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents. 1. A. existence B. introduction C. recommendation D. manufacture 2. A. damaged B. changed C. transferred D. affected 3. A. since B. if C. although D. because 4. A. like B. rather C. better D. prefer 5. A. be B. being C. to be D. been 6. A. unless B. however C. even if D. as 7. A. performance B. rehearsal C. display D. expression 8. A. In addition to B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In place of 9. A. ever before B. lately C. ever since D. never before 10. A. very B. too C. as D. so 2.Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) There are about 3,000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most important (1)___. Two-thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. More than 400 million people speak English as their (2)___tongue. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows (3)___many people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers (4)___English, but it is only (5)___language for over one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on one-fifth of the land area the world (6)___. It is (7)___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 (8)___in English. More than three-fifths of the radio stations (9)___programs in English. More than half of the scientific and research (10)___are in English. English is the language of international communication. D. WRITING 1.Complete the unfinished sentence in such a way that it means nearly the same as the sentence printed before it.(10 x 0,3 = 3 pt) 1. The boss made them work very hard. They ___ 2. I am sorry I didn’t succeed in finding the solution. If only ___ 3. John’s behavior sometimes surprises everyone. Everyone ___ 4. The girl took the gold pen by mistake. The girl didn’t mean ___ 4
5. 5. Several contestants withdrew from the final round. Just a few contestants took ___ 6. I advise you to be patient in this situation. If I ___ 7. Mai had difficulty solving the problem. Mai came ___ 8. He dislikes English food very much. He doesn’t think ___ 9. There were a lot of people in the discotheque. The discotheque ___ 10. He didn’t buy the shirt he liked because he didn’t have any money with him. Had ___ 2. In about 200 words, write about the benefits of the Internet. (3pts) - the end- 5
6. KEY: A. PHONETICS: 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words in each group by circling A, B, C, or D. (5 x 0,2 = 1 pt) 1.D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A 2. Select A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose stress position is different from the rest. (5 x 0,2 = 1 pt) 6.D 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.B B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (20 x 0,2 = 4 pts) 11.C 16.B 21.A 26.A 12.D 17.D 22.C 27.C 13.B 18.B 23.B 28.A 14.D 19.A 24.B 29.A 15.D 20.A 25.C 30.B 2.Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters: (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) 1.difficultly 2. improvement 3.reputive 4.advertisement 5.writen 6.continuously 7.collectively 8.calculator 9.retirement 10.publish 5. There is a mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it(10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) 1.use->using 2.I ever meet-> I've ever met 3.bỏ never 4.spoke-> had spoken 5.because->so 6.attend->attending 7.drive-> driving 8.spend->spending 9.didn't tell->hadn't told 10.would->will C. READING COMPREHENSION 1.Read the passage and circle the best option to complete the passage: (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) 1.B. introduction 2.D. affected 3.C. although 4.B. rather 5. C. to be 6.C. even if 7.A. performance 8.C. In spite of 9.A. ever before 10. D. so 2.Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 x 0,2 = 2 pts) (1) ones (2) mother (3) how (4) than (5) the (6) over (7) spoken/used (8) written (9)broadcast (10) journals/publications D. WRITING 1.Complete the unfinished sentence in such a way that it means nearly the same as the sentence printed before it.(10 x 0,3 = 3 pt) 1. They were made to work very hard by the boss. 2. If only I had succeeded in finding the solution. 3. Everyone is sometimes surprised at/by John’s behavior. 4. The girl didn’t mean to take the gold pen. 5. Just a few contestants took part in the final round. 6. If I were you, I would be patient in this situation. 6
7. 7. Mai came up against (some) difficulty solving the problem. 8. He doesn’t think much of English food. 9. The discotheque was crowded with/full of people. 10. Had he had/brought (enough/some) money with him, he would/could have bought the shirt. 2. In about 200 words, write about the benefits of the Internet. (3pts) 7