ĐỀ THI HSG ANH VĂN 9 2013-14

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NÚI THÀNH NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 28/11/2013
SỐ BÁO DANH

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HỌ, TÊN VÀ CHỮ KÝ
Giám thị 1: …………………………………………………...
Giám thị 2: …………………………………………………...




Họ và tên học sinh: …................................................................
Ngày sinh: ……………………………………………………..
Nơi sinh: ………………………………... Nam/nữ : …………
Học sinh trường THCS: ……………………………………….



MÃ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tịch
HĐ chấm ghi)

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Chú ý:
Thí sinh hoàn thành các thông tin cá nhân vào phần trên nhưng không được làm
bài vào phần dưới của trang này vì đây là phần phách.
Bài thi không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không viết bằng hai thứ mực.
Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì trong khi làm bài.
Trái với các quy định trên thí sinh sẽ bị loại.

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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS
NÚI THÀNH NĂM HỌC 2013 – 2014

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 28/11/2013
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SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tịch HĐ chấm ghi)
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Đề thi này gồm 07 trang (1 – 7). Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trong đề trước khi làm bài.

PHẦN GHI ĐIỂM DÀNH CHO GIÁM KHẢO

 Điểm bài thi:


Điểm ghi bằng chữ: ……………………………………..................................
Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ……………………….; Chữ ký giám khảo 2: ………………………….


…………………………….. Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi này ………………………….......

SECTION ONE: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (35 points)
Question1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D. Circle your choice. (10 points)
1. ........................ people go to soccer matches now than twenty years ago.
A. Less B. Lesser C. Fewer D. Few
2. “............................ does it take you to go to school?” – “About half an hour.”
A. How many B. How far C. How much D. How long
3. Never put .......................... till tomorrow what you can do today.
A. off B. away C. ever D. out
4. Peter: What a fantastic cook you are, Margaret!
Margaret: .....................................................
A. Sorry, I don’t think so. C. No, no, it’s not true.
B. It’s kind of you to say so. D. I’d prefer it.
5. We arrived ................................ to have some coffee before class.
A. enough early B. early enough C. too early D. early too
6. ............................, after trying three times, he passed the examination.
A. Lastly B. Last of all C. At last D. Last
7. If you want to learn English better, you have to ....................... the four main skills a lot.
A. improve B. buy C. invite D. pronounce
8. Nam and his friend were badly injured in the last match, so ........................ can play today.
A. both of them B. either of them C. neither of them D. not any of them
9. Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?
A. novel B. poet C. gather D. remote
10. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced differently?
A. chopstick B. champagne C. chocolate D. check
Question 2: Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in BLOCK CAPITAL. (10 points)
A new hobby
I saw some badminton on TV and found it quite (1) ......................, so I INTEREST
thought I’d see if there was a club or (2) ........................... in my area. I looked ASSOCIATE
everywhere but, (3) ............................, the nearest club was 80 kilometers FORTUNE
away. So, without any (4) .............................., I decided to form my own club. KNOW
It was very hard in the beginning – I didn’t have any (5) ........................... and I EQUIP
had to convince a few people that it was an (6) ........................... way to keep ENJOY
fit. I organised a small (7) ............................., which was a lot of fun, and things COMPETE
started to grow from there. Now we’ve got a full – time (8) ......................... and TRAIN
our (9) ........................... come from all over the country. One of our members OPPOSE
was even a bronze (10) .............................. in the national championship! MEDAL


Question 3: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number on the separate answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on the separate answer sheet.
Some lines have been done for you as examples. (10 points)

THE LADY VANISHED
0. In 1889, an Englishwoman and her daughter, on a visit to the Great .......... √...........
00. Exhibition in Paris, checked up into one of the most expensive hotels ...........up.........
1. there. Each had her own room. The daughter wanted to have take .......................
2. in the sights and sounds of the city immediately but her mother, tired .......................
3. after the trip, wanted to sleep. The girl accordingly she went out alone, .......................
4. strolled the Champs Elysées and saw the Eiffel Tower. When has she .......................
5. returned to her mother’s room for six hours later, she found it empty. .......................
6. There was no sign of her mother ever having been there. When she .......................
7. asked the manager he insisted on that no one at the hotel had seen .......................
8. her or her mother check in. The mother had disappeared away! .......................
9. The desperate girl searched for weeks before that finally returning to .......................
10. England. She died ten years later in a mental hospital. So that what was .......................
11. the explanation? After the daughter had been gone sightseeing, her .........been........
12. mother had complained to the hotel doctor that she felt ill. It turned out ........... √..........
13. that she had contracted the plague! Hotel staff were instructed but not ..........but.........
14. to say a word to anyone about it, in case visitors panicked and left the ............ √.........
city. No one knows what happened to the mother.



Question 4: Match to make sentences. There is one extra half you do not need. (5 points)

A
B

0. My uncle’s invited me .......................
1. We always listen ................................
2. Dave’s competing ..............................
3. I just had my turn so it’s ....................
4. You should concentrate .....................
5. We took it in ......................................

a. in the school tennis tournament.
b. turns to use the skateboard.
c. to go fishing with him next weekend.
d. to what our coach tells us.
e. on improving your technique.
f. to taking part in the competition.
g. your go now.


Questions
0
1
2
3
4
5

Answers
c








SECTION TWO: READING (25 points)
Question 1: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE word in each space. One has been done as an example. (10 points)
Ten years ago, Paul Freeman was so poor that he couldn’t (1) ....................... to go on holiday unless he stayed with relatives. He lived in a tiny house with three friends and would only buy clothes if they were very (2) .......................... . However, he had always wanted to (3) ........................... up his own business and, eventually, he decided to go for it. It wasn’t easy, and he couldn’t risk buying anything expensive in (4) ....................... he needed the money for the business. Today, however, he is wealthier (5) ............................ he ever imagined he would be.
Paul’s story contains a few useful lessons. (6) ........................ you want to be rich, it doesn’t matter what you produce, as long as there is a market for it. You might have difficulties in the beginning but you should never (7) ............................ up. If you’re finding it hard to get by, (8) ....................... to be patient. Then, provided that you are careful with money, you should soon start to be successful.
Even now, Paul rarely goes on holiday. So why doesn’t this successful entrepreneur take holidays? Perhaps it is because he has invested some of his money (9) ............................ houses. Ask yourself this: if you – like Paul – had luxurious homes in Jamaica, Florida, Switzerland and France, how many holidays (10) ............................ you need?

Question 2: The people below all want to buy a book on travel.
On the following page there are descriptions of eight books.
Decide which book (letters A-E) would be the most suitable for each person or people (numbers 1-5). For each of these numbers mark the correct letter on your answer sheet. (5 points)
1. Robert is planning to travel round the world by train. He would like a book with pitures and maps to take with him on his long journeys.
2. Mrs. Jones used to love visiting France, but now she is too old to travel. She wants a book with lots of photographs which will help her to remember everything she enjoyed.
3. The Harpers are planning to go on holiday round Europe. They intend to drive their car and go for walks, so they need a book with maps and pictures to guide them on their way.
4. Clive wants to buy a book as a present for his friend Tom. Tom enjoys fishing and driving round England.
5. Peter has to write something for his history teacher about world explorers. He wants to know about explorers from the past and their travels to different parts of the world.
A. Ala