Đề thi HS giỏi AV9 - 2

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9
GIA LAI Năm học: 2006- 2007
MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)


Họ và tên chữ kí của hai giám khảo

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Số mật mã

Điểm bài thi (bằng số và bằng chữ)






ĐỀ BÀI:

SECTION1: LISTENING (4 ms)
(Phần nghe gồm 2 phần. Mỗi phần sẽ được nghe 3 lần)

PART ONE:
Soccer star Karl Kessel is describing his daily routine. Listen and match the times to the activities. Write a, b, c, d ... in the gap ( )

has breakfast ( ) a) 8:30
gets up ( a ) (example) b) 9:20
watches game tape ( ) c) 10:00
does warm–up exercises ( ) d) 11:00
gets to stadium ( ) e) 12:30
eats lunch ( ) f) 2:00
plays soccer ( ) g) 4:45
has team meeting ( ) h) 5:30

PART TWO:
Listen to people describe themselves on an introduction tape. Check (V) the information that is true for each person.



Ellen
Jonh
Shelly
Henry
Paul
Aido

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works at home







10
kind of short







11
wants a tennis partner







12
likes to travel







13
works in a school







14
likes to have fun







15
likes to talk







16
plans to be a doctor










SECTION 2: READING (4ms)
Reading 1: (3ms)
English, the International Language
More than 6,000 languages are spoken in the world today. More than 400 million people speak English as their first, or native, language. Yet there are now even more speakers of English as a second language than there are speakers of English as a first language! The number of people who speak English is growing quickly . Because of the huge population of China – more than one billion people – Chinese is the only language with more speakers than English.
English is the native or official language of one–fifth of the land area of the world. It is spoken in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. It is also one of the official languages in India.
More people study English than any other language. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are in English. Furthermore, many university classes are taught in English even though English is not the native language of the students.
English is the language of international communication. It is the language of international business, research, and science. More than three–fourths of the world’s mail is written in English. Three–fifths of the world’s radio stations use English. More than half of the world’s scientific and research journals are in English. Most other languages have borrowed many English words.
Is English a good international language? It is probably the world’s largest language with more than one million words! The grammar is simpler than in the other major languages. However, English spelling is difficult, especially for nonnative speakers of English. The major reason that spelling in English is diffcult is that Modern English spelling represents Old English pronunciation. The English we use today is written almost the same as it was hundreds and hundreds of years ago, but the way people pronounce the words has changed a lot. Therefore, many words in English are not pronounced the way they are spelled.
People have often tried to create new languages for communication. Hundreds of artificial languages have been invented since 1880. Esperanto is the most well– known of these “universal languages”. No one speaks these languages as a native language. People try to use them to communicate in the world. However, none of them has ever become very popular. English is the only true international language.
Questions Circle the letter of the best answer:
China has a population of more than
A. one thousand C. one billion
B. one million D. one trillion
English is the native language of