Đề HSG Anh 2014 Dân Hòa

PHÒNG GD&ĐT THANH OAI
TRƯỜNG THCS DÂN HÒA
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
VÒNG 2
NĂM HỌC 2014- 2015
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút( không kể thời gian giao đề)

PART ONE: LISTENING (0.3 x 10 = 3.0 pts) : Listen and fill in the missing words:
Are you looking for a cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t
cause (1) ……… or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar
energy from our (2) ……… . At present , most of our electricity comes form the
use of coal, gas, (3) ………, or nuclear power. This power could be(4) ……… by
the sun. One percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is (5) ………
to provide for the total population.
Many (6) ……… are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed
on the (7) ……… of a house and the sun’s energy is used to heat water. The
energy can be stored for a (8) ……… of days, so on cloudy days you can use
solar energy too.
Sweden has an advanced solar energy (9) ……… . There, all buildings will
be heated by solar energy and cars will use solar power instead of gas by
the year (10) ………
Your answers:










10.

PART TWO: PHONETICS (0.2 x 10 = 2.0 pts)
Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1.
A. horses
B. houses
C. faces
D. places

2.
A. food
B. look
C. took
D. good

3.
A. cough
B. laugh
C. though
D. rough

4.
A. headache
B. character
C. stomach
D. challenging

5.
A. sound
B. southern
C. drought
D. mountain

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D (0.2 x 5 = 1.0 pt)
1.
A. iron
B. metal
C. forest
D. dessert

2.
A. opportunity
B. decoration
C. temperament
D. expectation

3.
A. activity
B. electricity
C. simplicity
D. pollution

4.
A. explanation
B. experiment
C. achievement
D. discovery

5.
A. interview
B. industry
C. essential
D. difficult

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (6.5 pts)
Circle best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. (0.1 x 15 = 1,5 pts)
1. Lots of people ……..yoga to relax.
A. give up
B. take up
C. practise
D. make


2. We…….a lot of sightseeing when we were in Athens.
A. did
B. made
C. saw
D. had

3. All the boys are good at cooking, but …………… is as good as the girls.
A. either
B. neither
C. every
D. none

4. The Smiths bought a very beautiful house …………. a fairly good price.
A. by
B. of
C. with
D. at

5. If you don’t mind, I ………..finish my coffee before leaving.
A. would
B. would have
C. would like
D. would rather

6. Nobody has eaten dinner, ……………..?
A. has he?
B. haven’t they?
C. have they?
D. hasn’t he?

7. Your house has ………… nice furniture.
A. such
B. such a
C. so
D. so a

8. My dog as well as my cats …………twice a day.
A. eats
B. eat
C. has eaten
D. have eaten

9. What a ………….. car!
A. new small nice
B. new nice small
C. nice new small
D. nice small new

10. Our children are looking forward to ………….. to the circus this weekend.
A. be taken
B. taking
C. being taken
D. take

11. The Boing 747 is twice …………the Boing 707.
A. bigger than B. as big as