Đề thi HSG cấp tỉnh (07-08)

ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9 THCS CẤP TỈNH
Năm học 2007-2008




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- Giám khảo số 1 :
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- Giám khảo số 2 :
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SECTION I: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2,4 points)
(Listen to this piece and do the following tasks – You will hear each part twice)

Part 1: Listen and number the pictures in the order you hear.




Answers:
1_________ 2__________ 3__________ 4__________ 5_________ 6___________

Part 2: Listen again and fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear.
7. The weekend picnic I enjoyed most was just _______________________ weeks ago.
8. My class decided to pay ___________________________ to the Botanical Garden.
9. We met at the _________________________________ on time.
10. We made a short_______________________________ round the garden.
11. One of the boys brought along his_______________________ and we sang our favourite songs.
12. In the afternoon, we went on ____________________________ more games.

SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (9,6 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
13. I think that spring is the nicest ________ of the year.
A. term
B. reason
C. season
D. period

14. Don`t buy that dress________ you really like it.
A. unless
B. if
C. provided that
D. so long as

15. We listened to the weather________to find out if it was going to rain.
A. foreteller
B. prediction
C. warning
D. forecast

16. When the wheat is ripe, the farmers will ________ it.
A. reap
B. gather
C. harvester
D. pick

17. She is ________a kind girl that everybody loves her.
A. so
B. such
C. very
D. too

18. Maria Roberts left her home in Leeds last week and nobody________her since then.
A. see
B. have seen
C. has seen
D. saw

19. You will see him when he ________here tomorrow.
A. to come
B. has come
C. will come
D. comes

20. His telephone doesn`t work and mine doesn`t ________.
A. neither
B. either
C. so
D. too

21. These clothes are _________cleaner than the others.
A. much
B. many
C. so
D. very

22. The fire ________out when they were having dinner
A. breaks
B. was breaking
C. has broken
D. broke

23. My brother is very _______of music.
A. fond
B. enjoyed
C. like
D. interested

24. William is big _____ his age.
A. by
B. for
C. with
D. through

25. Why are you _____ such a hurry?
A. with
B. by
C. on
D. in

26. We spent a ……………….trip at Nha Trang beach last summer.

 A. four-days
B. four-day
C. fourth-day
D. fourth-days

27. My mother often spends two hours a day ……………….. the housework.

 A. to do
B. does
C. doing
D. to be doing

28. This is Mrs Lan …………………son is our new English teacher.

 A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. whose

29. When we arrived at the station, my friends…………………………..

 A. had left
B. have left
C. having left
D. left

30. Would you mind …………………..me about your story?

 A. to tell
B. telling
C. told
D. to be telling

31. I used to ………………….. football with my friends after school when we were boys.

 A. played
B. play
C. playing
D. be played

32. She is not very beautiful…………………she is intelligent.

 A. but
B. so
C. and
D. therefore

33. This food tastes very ………………………..

 A. well
B. better
C. good
D. badly

34. She told me that she _______ my sister the week before.
A. had seen
B. would meet
C. saw
D. has seen

35. He preferred__________ television to _________ to the cinema.
A. watching/ go
B. to watch/ go
C. to watch/ going
D. watching/ going

36. She was told____________ the office phone for personal calls.
A. don’t use
B. not to use
C. not using
D. not use

37. I have three brothers, ____________ are businessmen.
A. who they all
B. that all of them
C. all of whom
D. who all of them

38. I wish I ___________ there yesterday afternoon!
A. was
B. had been
C. were
D. would have been

39. Either John or his brothers ___________ the key to the car.
A. have taking
B. has taken
C. have taken
D. has been taken

40. The job offer was too good for him to turn _______________.
A. down
 B. out
C. off
D. away

41. This house needs____________.
A. to repaint
B. repainted
C. to be repainting
D. repainting

42. Thanks to the development of the internet, we can now get access to __________ newspapers.
A. electrical
B. electronic
C. electric
D. electricity

43. I bumped into Janet quite _________ chance when I was shopping in London.
A. by
B. at
C. on
 D. with

44. If you heat an ice-cream, it _______ into water.
A. turns
B. would turn
C. turned
D. turning

45. Mary scarcely goes out at night, _____________?
A. doesn’t she
B. does she
C. did she
D. didn’t she

46. Let’s go swimming this afternoon, ____________?
A. do you
B. will we
C. do we
D. shall we

47. ................. beautiful your mother is!
A. What
B. How
C. How much
D. How many

48. It’s no use………English if you don’t try to speak it too.
A. to learn
B. learned
C. learning
D. learn

49. Nam has ....................... money that he can’t afford to buy food.
A. so few
B. so many
C. so little
D. so much

50. A good friend will stand ............... you when you are having trouble.
A. by
B. out
C. against
D. in


Part 2: Give the correct forms of words in the brackets
51. It is almost ___________________for young people leaving school to get a job.
POSSIBLE

52. It was _________________________ of you to make fun of him like that.
KIND

53. Elvis Presley was a ______________________ pop singer.
FAME

54. There was some new ________________________ in the laboratory
EQUIP

55. I have an _________________________ to the party tonight.
INVITE

56. In England there is no postal ________________________ on Sunday.
DELIVER

57. His attempt to break the world record was sadly _____________________.
SUCCESS

58. We bought this house at a ________________________ price.
REASON

59. I caught the train at the ___________________ station.
CENTRE

60. I met some ___________________at the park last week.
FOREIGN


SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (4 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
Do you think computer games are just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be (61) ____________to learn that the games industry now makes more money than Hollywood. (62)__________ a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games.
It is hardly surprising that video gaming has (63) __________ one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (64) _________, capture your imagination and play with your emotions.
The big (65) __________, however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime. You have not to say how the plot (66) __________ or which characters dominate the story. (67)_________ computer games, you direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting. Finding the right game is likely to signal the beginning of a lasting love (68)_________ with the interactive world of make – believe . It is wrong to think (69)__________ gaming as something simply for children and teenagers. In fact , the (70)_________ growth area of the market is the 35-35 age group.

61. A. concerned
B. admired
C. surprised
D. startled

62. A. As soon as
B. As well as
C. As far as
D. As long as

63. A. begun
B. grown
C. sounded
D. become

64. A. gaze
B. attention
C. breath
D. control

65. A. gap
B. variety
C. difference
D. direction

66. A. becomes
B. develops
C. turns
D. produces

67. A. Along
B. With
C. For
D. About

68. A. match
B. story
C. secret
D. affair

69. A. of
B. on
C. at
D. off

70. A. longest
B. widest
C. biggest
D. deepest


Part 2: Read the following passage then decide which the best choice is by circling the best answer A, B, C or D.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science. His father was most instrumental by supervising his work with the deaf. While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his studies eventually led to invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention - the telephone. The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to advances of aviation.
71. What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention?
A. Multiple telegraph B. aviation C. telephone D. acoustics
72. To what did Bell dedicated the last years of his life?
A. acoustical science B. aviation C. adventure D. architecture
73. What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell?
A. He worked very hard, but never achieved success.
B. He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot.
C. He dedicated his life to science and the well-being of mankind
D. He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone.
74. Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. Bell was born in the 19th century. B. Bell worked with the deaf.
C. Bell experimented with science of acoustics. D. Bell invented multiple telegraph.
75. How many years did Bell dedicate to aviation?
A. 100 B. 25 C. 35 D. 50
Part 3: Read the following passage then decide which the best choice is by circling the best answer A, B, C or D.
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