Đề thi HSG anh 9

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học: 2012- 2013 – Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
(không tính thời gian phát đề thi)

A. READING: (14ms)
Part 1: In this part of the test you must choose the words or phrases which best completes each of the following sentences. (2ms)
Lots of people …………..yoga to relax.
A. take up B. give up C. practice D. make
2. With the availability of the Internet, we are able to get……….to much more information than people of yesteryears.
A. excess B. access C. assess D. incest
3. The building was badly…..in the fire.
A. hurt B. wounded C. damaged D. inhured
4. The house I grew up ………..has been demolished and replaced by an office building.
A. in B. in it C. in that D. in which
5. Cuba is ………..sugar growing areas in the world.
A. largest B. one of largest C. one of the largest D. one of the larger
6. …………the gold medal, he will have to do better than that.
A. To win B. So he wins C. So that he wins D. Winning
7. Who can suggest a good……..to this problem?
A. result B. key C. solution D. answer
8. Many goods………..in China are now not very saleable in Vietnam.
A. manufacturing B. manufactured C. manufacture D. to manufacture
9. I only eat……..meat.
A. a little B. too few C. too much D. a few
10. Not until darkness fell………..he hadn’t done half of his work.
A. that he realized B. that he didn’t realize C. did he realize D. didn’t he realize
Part 2: Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. use only one word in each space. write the answers on your answer sheet. (1,5ms)
TELEVISION AND READING
Many people believe that watching TV has resulted in lower reading standards in schools. (1)…………………, the link between TV and printed books is not as simple as that. In many (2)………………, TV actually encourages people to read: for example, when a book is turned into a TV series, (3)………………..sales often go up.
One study of this link examined six- year- old children who (4)………….viewing a special series of 15- minute programmers at school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as (5)……………as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each program me is an animated film of a children’s book. The story is read aloud (6)………..certain key phrases from the book appear on the screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was (7)…………………watching these programmers was very important to the children. If anything prevented them (8)……………….seeing a program me, they were very disappointed. What’s more, they wanted to read the books (9)……………………………the different parts of the series were based on.
The programmer also gave the children (10)…………….confidence when looking these books. As a result of (11)……………familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to……………….(12) other. On (13)……………..occasion, the children showed great sympathy when discussing a character in a book because they themselves (14)…………..been moved when watching the character (15)……………..TV.
Part 3: Read the passage below and circle the best answer( A,or B, C, D) to complete the sentences (1m)
As viewed from space, Earth’s distinguishing characteristics are its blue water and white clouds.
Enveloped by an ocean of air consisting of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the planet is the only one in our solar system known to harbor life. Circling the Sun at an average distance of 149 million kilometers (93 millions miles), Earth is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest planet the solar system.
Its rapid spin and molten nicked-iron core give rise to an extensive magnetic field which, coupled with the atmosphere, shields us from nearly all of the harmful radiation coming from the sun and other stars. Most meteors burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere before they can strike the surface. The planet’s active geological processes have left no evidence of the ancient pelting it almost certainly received soon after it was formed