DE THI HSG ANH VAN 9 NAM 2013-2014 HOT

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO  LONG AN
(Đề thi chính thức)
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 CẤP TỈNH MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 9
(Thời gian làm bài 150 phút không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 11/04/2012

PART 1: LISTENING (4pts)
Listen to the conversation three times. Then complete the table below.  Write no more than three words and/ or a number for each answer.

PART 2: USE OF ENGLISH (5pts)
A. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. (2pts)
Susan has been studying interior design part time for three years and she (1.get) _______ her diploma next month. Since she (2.work) _______ in the same company for over ten years, she feels that she (3.need) _______ a change, so she (4.plan) _______ to open her own design business. She (5.start) _______ looking for an office next week, and she (6.hope) _______ she will have found something in good location and at a reasonable price by the end of the month. Her tutors (7.tell) ______ her that she (8.be)______ very talented and they (9.assure) _______ her that she (10.make) _______ a success of the business.
B. Put the suitable prepositions into the reading passage. (2pts)
Trouble at Norton Mining
The entire workforce of Norton Mining has gone (1) _______ strike following a serious accident at the mine in Coolooma. The cause (2) _______the accident is unclear, but the union is blaming management attitudes to safety regulations. A spokesperson said “Damage (3) _______ equipment was frequently ignored and union demands (4) ____safer working practices were rejected. The managers’ relationship (5)_______ the union was very poor, so although we pointed out that there’d been a rise (6)_______ the number of minor accidents over the past year, they said there was no need for a change in working practices.”
John Norton, the chairman of Norton Mining, is away (7) _______ a business trip. His secretary said she had spoken to him (8) _______ the phone. The news of the accident had come (9) _______ a great shock to him, she added. She was unable to say when he would be back.
It is understood that the police would like to speak to Mr. Norton in connection (10) _______ a number of his financial dealings.
C. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt)
The Language Instinct
When I was young, I found language classes rather pointless. I enjoyed other subjects, but languages were my weaknesses. I couldn’t understand a word and I used to (1. pronounce) _______ everything. My teacher knew I was an ambitious student who wanted to do well, but I let myself down in languages. My marks were (2. accept) _______ in French and German and I wanted to give it up. Then one year I went to Germany and something amazing happened. It all started to make sense. I took (3. proud) _______ in talking to people. I didn’t feel like a (4. fail) _______ anymore and I started to make progress. In fact, languages became one of my (5. strong) _______. I went on to study German at college and became a good communicator.
PART 3: READING COMPREHENSION (6pts)
A. Read the passage and choose the best answers. (2pts)
The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell
In America, two monuments symbolize the ideal of freedom that the country holds dear. The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell represent freedom in different ways. The Statue of Liberty brings about feelings of hope for freedom to immigrants who enter the USA. The Liberty Bell commemorates the struggle for freedom that marks America’s past.
In the past, the Statue of Liberty was the first thing people saw when their boats approached America. The statue stands over 45 meters tall. It was given as a gift to the United States in 1885 by France. The date was chosen to mark the centennial of the establishment of the United States.
The sculpture is made of copper. The internal structure was designed by Gustave Eiffel, who also designed the famous tower bearing his name in Paris. The statue is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. In her right hand Lady Liberty holds a torch. It is meant to light the way of freedom across the land. In her left hand she holds a tablet with the date 1776 inscribed on it. This is to commemorate the year America declared its independence from Great Britain. It is possible to go inside the statue. Many people enjoy climbing the stairs to enter her head and torch.
The Liberty Bell is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is most famous for being rung on July 8, 1776. It was rung to summon citizens for the first