Đề HSG tỉnh CB Anh 9 (2009-2010)

sở giáo dục & Đào Tạo Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 cấp tỉnh
Cao Bằng năm học 2009-2010

Môn thi : tiếng Anh
Ngày thi : 25 / 03 /2010

Thời gian làm bài :150 phút
(không kể thời gian giao đề )
( Đề gồm 04 trang )



Họ tên, chữ ký của giám khảo

Giám khảo 1:

Giám khảo 2:


hướng dẫn làm bài thi nghe

- Phần thi nghe được thực hiện từ phút đầu tiên tính từ khi có hiệu lệnh làm bài.
- Giám thị bật băng cho học sinh nghe đến khi có nhạc hiệu lần 2 thì cho dừng phần thi nghe để học sinh tiếp tục làm bài thi viết.

A. Listening
You will hear people describing some of the things they do at work. Listen and tick ( x ) the activities they describe: ( 4 pts )

1.

interview people
5.

collect post



describe people


deliver post

2.

collect guests
6.

sell TV sets



take guest on tours


repair TV sets

3.

fill in forms
7.

check machines



type letters


mend machines

4.

sell houses
8.

take telephone calls



buy houses


make telephone calls





B. Reading
Choose the word or phrase ( a, b, c or d ) that best fits the blank space in the following passage and then fill it into blank : ( 4 pts )
About twenty per cent of the world’s present (1)...............................already comes from the sun in one form or another. Special devices have already been made available to put on the roof of houses and flats to (2)...............................the sun’s rays and thus heat water. Thousands of these devices are now being used to provide (3)...............................in homes throughout the United States while more than a million solar water-heating units have already been (4)................................in homes in Japan. Other purposes for (5)..................................solar energy is at present being used include the separation of salt (6)..................................seawater, irrigation and sewage disposal.
For most people in developing countries, the (7)...............................is not for air conditioners or central heating (8).................................for cheap ways of cooking food, drying crops and lighting homes.
1.
a. electricity
b. energy
c. resources
d. materials

2.
a. collect
b. give
c. make
d. produce

3.
a. fuel
b. source
c. power
d. gas

4.
a. supplied
b. completed
c. stored
d. placed

5.
a. that
b. which
c. it
d. this

6.
a. from
b. to
c. of
d. with

7.
a. supply
b. necessity
c. need
d. lack

8.
a. and
b. or
c. then
d. but


C. Grammar and vocabulary
I/ Choose the best answer in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences : ( 2 pts )
1. My father gets used to ( read / reading)..........................newspapers in the morning.
2. Do you ever wish you ( can / could )........................... fly?
3. We have written to each other ( since / for ).......................last Christmas.
4. Can you divide this cake ( into / among )............................four equal pieces.
5. When I first arrived ( at / in )..........................New York, I didn’t know anyone.
6. We really enjoyed ( to have / having )...............................local food.
7. I wish you ( to stay / stayed )..............................here longer.
8. We’re having a party ( at the end / in the end )........................................of this week.
II/ Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs ( in the correct form): ( 2 pts )

Check
translate
make
knock
wake
arrest
find
spend


1. An important decision will.....................................until the next meeting.
2. That tower is dangerous. It ought to....................................down before it falls down.
3. When you go through Customs, your luggage may..................................by a customs officer.
4. Hellen told the hotel receptionist that she wanted to..................................up at 5: 30.
5. His new novel will probably...................................into a number of foreign language.
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