ĐỀ, ĐÁP ÁN HSG ANH 9 BG 2011

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
BẮC GIANG

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (Lớp 9)
Ngày thi: 02 tháng 4 năm 2011
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút



ĐIỂM BÀI THI

Bằng số:

Bằng chữ: ................................

Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ..............................................................

Chữ ký giám khảo 2: ...............................................................



LƯU Ý:
- Đề thi gồm 04 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.



I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 pts)
1. A. food B. school C. tool D. book
2. A. compose B. emotion C. symphony D. concern
3. A. erased B. preserved C. attacked D. arrived
4. A. species B. pollute C. accept D. receipt
5. A. loves B. laughs C. crops D. earthquakes
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______

II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. (5 pts)
1. A. tomorrow B. important C. mystery D. however
2. A. celebrate B. historical C. retirement D. communicate
3. A. frequently B. gymnastic C. adjective D. difference
4. A. understand B. engineer C. Vietnamese D. adventure
5. A. laboratory B. electricity C. education D. mathematics.
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
- “Would you like some more tea?” - “_______.”
A. No, I wouldn’t B. Yes, I would C. Yes, please D. No, let’s not.
2. Let’s wait for her here; I’m sure she will ________ soon.
A. turn off B. turn up C. turn down D. turn over
3. Thousands of people ________ near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate.
A. living B. are living C. who living D. A and C are correct
4. Their office is ________ 168 Trang Tien Street.
A. at B. on C. in D. from
5. - “Thanks for your help, John.” - “________.”
A. There’s nothing B. Nothing C. It sounds good D. It’s my pleasure
6. I wish I ________ at the festival yesterday!
A. was B. were C. had been D. would have been
7. This school needs ________. It looks so old.
A. to repaint B. repainting C. repainted D. to be repainting
8. The captain as well as the passengers ________ frightened.
A. be B. was C. to be D. were
9. I had nothing to ________, so I decided to keep silent.
A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
10. We found that ________ students in this class are from the same city.
A. most of B. most all C. almost the D. most of the
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______

IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters. (10 pts)
1. She is very happy because her application for a ___________________ has been accepted. (SCHOLAR)
2. Our visit to Cuc Phuong National Park last week was an _____________________ experience. (FORGET)
3. ________________ are doing their best to make people aware of the danger of air pollution. (ENVIRONMENT)
4. The differences between British English and American English are ________________ small. (COMPARE)
5. These students voluntarily spent their summer vacations helping the _________________. (ADVANTAGE)
6. They work as __________________ in a big hotel. (RECEIVE)
7. The children listened _________________ to the rules of the game explained by the teacher. (ATTENTION)
8. Don’t worry, that’s _________________. (IMPORTANCE)
9. The tsunami in Japan on March 11th caused terrible _________________. (DESTROY)
10. Linh _________________ me to her birthday party last Sunday. (INVITATION)

V. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. - Can you tell me when the train for Ho Chi Minh City (leave)? - At 8 every morning.
2-3. This is the first time I (read) a novel (write) by an English novelist.
4-5. I (sit) down for a rest while the shoes (repair).
6-7. At that time I (not know) what (do) since I was too shocked.
8. During the trip, try to avoid (bite) by mosquitoes.
9. They said that they (work) there for twenty-nine years and they would stop working the following year.
10. Have you seen my keys? I remember (put) them on the table this morning but I can’t find it now.
Your answers:
1. ................................................................
6. ................................................................


2. ................................................................
7. ................................................................


3. ................................................................
8. ................................................................


4. ................................................................
9. ................................................................


5. ................................................................
10. ..............................................................


VI. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Underline and correct it. (10 pts)
1. I do not know where could he go so early in the morning.
→ ....................................................

2. The food in my country is different than that in the United States.
→ ....................................................

3. Some of the students seemed very nervously before the final exam.
→ ....................................................

4. The teacher told the students to sit down and not opening the booklets until he told them to do so.
→ ....................................................

5. In order to being a good salesgirl, you mustn’t be rude to the customers.
→ ....................................................

6. The office was broken into but nothing were missing.
→ ....................................................

7. The effectiveness of learning with computers depend on some factors.
→ ....................................................

8. He usually spends half an hour walking with his son everyday.
→ ....................................................

9. She wondered how her friend looked like now, after so many years away.
→ ....................................................

10. Da Lat, where is located on High Land, is famous for its mild climate.
→ ....................................................


VII. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (10 pts)
Illiteracy is the condition of being unable to read and (1) ______. Illiteracy is also (2) ______ to describe the condition of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. Computer illiteracy (3) ______ the inability to use a computer programming language.
Most of us who use computers (4) ______ how to send emails, or how to create a new folder. But we know (5) ______ about programming languages, the artificial languages used to write instructions that can be executed by a computer. Even in developed countries, a very small percentage of computer users are able to read or write this kind of computer language. Should we (6) ______ the effort to learn a computer language, especially when these are so complicated? The answer is “Yes”. Because (7) ______ computer illiteracy, users depend on software manufacturers. Our society becomes more dependent on information technology, and in a few years’ time, reading and writing a computer language will be as essential as using a (8) ______ language. Computer users will not be able to survive (9) ______ they know the code - the set of detailed instructions that tell a computer what to do. In the future, survival and professional success will presuppose knowing everything about the machines we (10) ______ with.
Your answers:
1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 5. _____________
6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10. ____________

VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
If you are going (1) ______ a school camping trip, you will need a strong, well-made tent, and a warm sleeping bag. For cooking you will need a stove, and some simple cooking utensils such (2) ______ a kettle, a frying-pan and a saucepan, as well as a tin-opener. You will need paraffin for your stove, a bucket for (3) ______ water and a wash bowl. You should also be (4) ______ to take a safety lamp, some matches and a length of rope for securing things.
For yourself you should have (5) ______ warm sweater, jeans and really comfortable shoes or boots, (6) ______ a complete change of all clothing in case you (7) ______ soaked. Besides toilet things, towel and swim suit, you should as (8) ______ take eating utensils, a small first-aid kit, a knife, some scissors and a needle and some thread, also a good torch (9) ______ night time. Food stores should include instant coffee, teabags, sugar, salt, ketchup, dried milk, soup, tinned meat, vegetables, biscuits and baked beans. Perishables can be bought (10) ______ .
1. A. on B. in C. over D. about
2. A. just B. only C. as D. like
3. A. putting B. carrying C. pouring D. having
4. A. special B. possible C. confident D. sure
5. A. a B. any C. the D. some
6. A. so B. too C. also D. such
7. A. take B. get C. have D. make
8. A. also B. so C. either D. well
9. A. for B. at C. with D. against
10. A. local B. locality C. localities D. locally
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______

IX. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (5 pts)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natura